Hannah (Fuller) Maddock (1669 - 1732)

Born 4 Aug 1669 in Lehinch, King's County, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Maddock — married 16 Sep 1692 in Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1732 at about age 62 in Coldblow, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Hannah was a Friend (Quaker)

Hannah Fuller was a Quaker. She was born in 1669, the daugther of Abraham Fuller of the King's County. ^[1] She married Joseph Maddock, a linen draper, in a Quaker ceremony in Dublin in 1692 ^[2] and had a large family. He died in 1715 leaving her with several young children.

Hannah appears to have been particularly concerned to secure marriages for her daughters, each of whom had been left a £450 marriage portion in her husband's will. The eldest Hannah (Maddock) Nixon (1696-1723), who was nineteen, married Jacob Nixon in a Quaker ceremony four month's after Joseph Maddock died. A month later, the Quaker meeting heard that Elizabeth (Maddock) Roberts (1700-), then only fifteen, had married Robert Roberts, who was not a Quaker, and decided to make enquiries of her mother, Hannah senior. Ten months after that, Hannah entered into a marriage settlement for her next daughter, Amy, who was only 13. (The final daughter, Sarah, married Richard Nunn in 1722 when she was 15.) Her son Joseph Maddock (1694-) also 'married out' from Quakers in 1718.

This activity plainly concerned the Quakers, who recorded a minute

Friends being Grieved by the unfaithfulness of Hannah Maddock, by encouraging her children in a Wrong Liberty, contrary to Truth, both in marriage and education, its desired that something may be considered at next meeting for clearing Truth of her miscarriage and deceit, she continuing to come to our meetings for worship.^[3]

The following meeting resolved to tell her to amend her ways and condemn her own behaviour failing which she would be disowned. ^[4] She then disappears from the Quaker record.

After her husband's death, Hannah entered into a large number of property and other financial transactions including those related to her children's marriages. For example, in 1717 she entered into a settlement for the marriage of her daughter Amy and Henry the son and heir of Cadwallader and Margaret Edwards of Ballyhire, Wexford. ^[5] In this deed, she committed to pay a marriage portion of £1,000 for Amy's marriage, despite her husband only having provided £450 in his will.

Plainly she didn't have the money, because in 1726 she entered into two deeds in relation to the same marriage settlement. A complicated deed with five parties mentioned the £1000 marriage portion of Amy Maddock, viz £450 devised to her by her father’s will and paid by his executors and £550 paid by her mother Hannah Maddock before the date of the deed. In return for this her daughter's parents-in-law transferred a large part of their property to trustees, income going to themselves during their lives and then to their son and daughter-in-law. This property included not only Cadwallader Edwards' inheritance of lands in Wexford (as envisaged in the original marriage settlement) but also Margaret Edwards nee Arthur's inheritance of houses in the town of Wexford. ^[6] The second of the deeds explained where the extra £550 had come from. ^[7] Amy's mother-in-law Margaret Edwards nee Arthur had mortgaged her inheritance to provide more than half of Amy's dowry.

The 1722 marriage of her daughter Sarah to Richard Nunn also saw her scrabbling about for money. The marriage settlement showed Sarah's total marriage portion at £600, £450 coming from her father's will, £35 from Sarah's uncle Joshabeth Maddock (1681-1717) to be paid on the death of his mother Ammiel (UNKNOWN) Maddock (abt.1647-1731) and £115 contributed by Hannah herself. ^[8]

Hannah Maddock left a will dated December 1731 and proved in April 1732, an abstract of which mentions her son [in-law] John Roberts, her sons Joseph, Abraham, Jacob, Isaac and James Maddock, her daughters Elizabeth Roberts, Amy Phillips and Sarah Nunn, grandchildren Hannah Nunn, Mary Nixon and Cadwallader Paul Edwards and Margaret Edwards, grandmother of Cadwallader Paul. ^{[9] [10]}

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FQM1M-1%2F0092&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F31055 : accessed 02 October 2019), birth of Hannah Fuller in Lehinsie King's Co on 4d 6mo (Aug) 1669, father: Abraham, mother: Mary; citing Leinster QM births, marriages & burials 1650-99 (approx.), Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
2. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.ie/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F10452B : accessed 03 October 2019), marriage of Hannah Fuller and Joseph Maddock of Dublin in Dublin on 16d 7mo (Sep) 1692; citing Register of marriages, DUBLIN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
3. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11A-6%2F0116&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F251526 : accessed 27 July 2023), minutes dated 22d 2mo (Apr) 1718, citing Dublin Men’s Meeting Minutes 1716-23, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
4. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11A-6%2F0117&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F251536 : accessed 27 July 2023), minutes dated 6d 3mo (May) 1718; citing Dublin Men’s Meeting Minutes 1716-23, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
5. ↑ Register of memorials of Irish Deeds, Irish Property Registration Authority, Henrietta St, Dublin Volume number 33 Page 59 Memorial number 19655 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSNJ-TWY4?i=330&cat=185720 retrieved 45126.518587963) Marriage settlement. Indented articles between Cadwallader Edwards of Ballyhire, co Wexford of the first part and Hannah Maddock of the City of Dublin of the other part dated 26 June 1717 in which Cadwallader Edwards covenants that his son and heir Henry Edwards shall take to wife Amy Maddock daughter of said Hannah before 5 July next following. In consideration of the said marriage and of £1000 Cadwallader and Margaret Edwards would transfer their properties in the baronies of Forth and Shilmalier (Ballyhire, Ballywitch, Bing, Waddingsland, Fassa, Rosecane, Great and Little Ballycann, Hyseland, Ballydugan, Ballygeery and his part of Harristown and Killgarvan) to William and Lewis Roberts as trustees for the use of Henry Edwards for his life and after his decease to pay £150pa to Amy Maddock. Also that Cadwallader Edwards should be entitled to charge the estate with an amount up to £600 for bequests in his will. After the death of Henry Edwards, the estate to pass to the 1st son of Henry and Amy Edwards and in want of sons the 1st daughter, subject to the payment of a sum not exceeding £1000 for younger children of the marriage.
6. ↑ Register of memorials of Irish Deeds, Irish Property Registration Authority, Henrietta St, Dublin, Volume number 76 Page 319 Memorial number 54618 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-39KF-3?i=450&cat=185720 retrieved 45126.5251959491) Memorial of a quinquepartite indenture dated 18 Oct 1726 between Cadwallader Edwards of Wexford, Margaret his wife, of the first part Henry Edwards the son and heir and Amy Edwards als Maddock daughter of Hannah Maddock widow of the second part, William and Lewis Roberts gents of Dublin of the third part, Hannah Maddock of the city of Dublin widow of the fourth part and Joseph Maddock of Dublin of the fifth part citing articles of marriage between Henry Edwards and Amy Maddock dated 6 June 1717 mentions £1000 marriage portion of Amy Maddock, viz £450 devised to her by her father’s will and paid by his executors and £550 paid by her mother Hannah Maddock before the sealing of this deed in which Cadwallader and Margaret Edwards transferred property to trustees to provide income for themselves, their son and daughter-in-law.
7. ↑ Register of memorials of Irish Deeds, Irish Property Registration Authority, Henrietta St, Dublin, Volume 51 page 453 Memorial 34327 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHW-D9JJ-5?i=551&cat=185720 : Accessed 23 July 2023) Deeds of lease and release dated 17 & 18 October 1726. Deed of lease between Cadwallader Edwards of the town of Wexford Esq and Margaret his wife of the one part and Robert Roberts of the City of Dublin of the other part. Deed of release between Cadwallader Edwards of Wexford and Margaret his wife of one part and Henry Edwards gent of Ballyhire, Hannah Maddock of Coldblow, Lewis Roberts and William Roberts of county Dublin of the second part and Robert Roberts of the City of Dublin of the third part. Released properties in the town of Wexford for the sum of £600 (also five shillings) transferred property to Robert Roberts. Property is messuages houses lands tenements and hereditaments in the towne and liberties of Wexford hereinafter mentioned (long list of houses and their occupants inc property in the possession of Richard Waddy)… including the rights of the said Cadwallader Edwards in his own right and of the said Cadwallader and Margaret Edwards in the right of the said Margaret transferrable to the said Robert Roberts heirs etc forever for the said six hundred pounds redeemable on payment of the same six hundred pounds and interest therein mentioned.
8. ↑ Register of memorials of Irish Deeds, Irish Property Registration Authority, Henrietta St, Dublin, Volume 34 page 201 Memorial 21216 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-S97M-M?i=109&cat=185720 : Accessed 27 July 2023) Richard Nunn of Hill Castle co Wexford, gent, and Hannah Maddock of Coldblow in the City of Dublin widow dated 18 June 1722 in consideration of the marriage shortly to be concluded between Richard Nunn and Sarah the youngest daughter of Hannah Maddock and for the sum of £450, Sarah’s portion as left to her in her father’s will and £35 settled on her by her uncle Jehosebeth payable about the time of the death of Sarah’s grandmother Amy Maddock and £115 given by the said Hannah Maddock as an additional marriage portion making £600 in total agrees to convey the townlands of Hillcastle, Ballcorvan, Hilltown, Ballygarvey, Shillmane and Mollering being in the barony of Forth county of Wexford to Henry Edwards and Joseph Maddock as trustees from which Sarah Maddock would be entitled to £60pa as widow’s annuity and for whichever of the sons of the marriage they shall think most worthy subject to the deduction of a sum not exceeding £1000 for other children of the marriage.
9. ↑ Betham Genealogical Abstracts, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FNAI%2F007634323%2F00733&parentid=IRE%2FNAI%2FGENABS%2F00257463%2F1 : accessed 19 July 2023), will abstract of Hannah Maddock of Coldblow, county Dublin, widow, dated 21 December 1731, proved 8 April 1732; citing Genealogical abstracts of records of the Prerogative Court of Armagh, Betham's Genealogical Abstracts Prerogative Wills. (Phillips Mss) ( & Misc) C. 1681-1699 D. 1550-1694, National Archives of Ireland.
10. ↑ "Ireland, Indexes to Wills, Probate Administration, Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1591-1866"
    Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland Indexes to Wills, Admin and Marriage Licence Bonds
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 62077 #47661 (accessed 19 July 2023)
    Hanna Maddock probate in 1732 in Coldblow County Dublin. Occupation: Widow.