Thomas Carson (1763 - 1816)

Born Nov 1763 in County Monaghan, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Waggett) Carson — married 16 Sep 1802 in County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1816 at age 52 in Kilmahon, County Cork, Ireland

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Thomas was born in 1763. He was the son of Thomas Carson and Mary Dawson.

He was educated by Mr Burrowes and entered Trinity College Dublin on 10 May 1780, aged 16. B.A. 1785. ^[1]

He was ordained Deacon at Cloyne on 2 November 1788, and Priest, also at Cloyne, on 1 August 1790.

He was licensed to the curacy of Mogeely on 3 November 1788, and held that post until 1794. From 1795 to 1796 he was Vicar Ahem, and Rector Bretway; from 1796 to 1805, Vicar Clondulane and Templebodane; and from 1805 to 1816, Rector, Vicar Clonmult. He was also from 1799 to 1816, Rector, Vicar Kilmahon (Cloyne).

On 27 March 1797, he was appointed Domestic Chaplain to Murrough, 5th Earl of Inchiquin.

Thomas married Elizabeth Waggett, eldest daughter of Christopher Waggett, of Kitsborough, co. Cork, and Johanna Barkley, on 16 September 1802. ^[2]

Marriage Notice - Faulkner's Dublin Journal 21 September 1802

The Rev Thomas Carson, Rector of Shanagarry and Clondelane in the co of Cork to Miss Waggett, eldest dau of the late Christopher Waggett of the city of Cork, Esq.

Children

1. Thomas (Right Rev.), married Eleanor Anne Burton, eldest daughter of Robert Burton and Elinor Williams, on 29 September 1833.
2. Joseph (Rev.), D.D., Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, b. 5 May 1815; married Harriett Blunden, only daughter of William Pitt Blunden, of Wellington, co. Kilkenny, and Harriett Pope, on 21 July 1841.
3. Maria, died unmarried Aug. 1830.
4. Elizabeth married James Colthurst, only surviving son of James Colthurst, Capt. 3rd Buffs, and Hester Warren, on 25 November 1841.
5. Anna married Rev. William Allen Fisher, on 3 February 1844.

He died in 1816 and was buried on 2 September 1816, in Kilmahon Churchyard.

Death Notice - Cork Advertiser 3 September 1816

last Thursday at Kilmahon Glebe, the Rev Thomas Carson of Kilmahon and Clonmult.

Sources

1. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
2. ↑ https://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dm/IRE_DIOC_007246530_00321.pdf

• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke, revised by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 1912, Family: Carson of Shanroe
• Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, Vol 2 by William Maziere Brady, 1864, Pg 281