Edward James Talbot Laughlin (abt. 1830 - abt. 1886)

Born about 1830 in County Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Heycock) Laughlin — married 19 Apr 1860 in Pitchley, Northampton, England

Died about 1886 at about age 56 in Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Edward was born about 1830. He was the son of Edward Laughlin and Louisa Hamilton.

Trinity College, Dublin ^[1]

Laughlin, Edward James, Pen. (Mr Miller) Nov 8, 1846, aged 16; s. of Edward, Generosus; b. Co. Dublin B.A. Aest 1851. M.A. Aest 1857

After graduating from Trinity in 1851 he joined the 2nd West India Regiment as an Ensign, becoming a Lieutenant in 1854. Raised in 1795 as Myers Regiment of Foot, this was one of twelve (later reduced to six) units recruiting free-born blacks and (until abolition) slaves in the West Indies; though always fully part of the British Army, they were not a popular choice for officers - which is perhaps why his commission was 'without purchase'. He saw action in the West Indies and the west coast of Africa, and then (with the 41st Royal Welch Regiment) in the Crimea. ^[2]

He retained the same rank until December 1856 but he has disappeared from the Army List by April 1857. E.J.Laughlin retired from the Regiment on 3rd March 1857. ^[3]

He was then ordained, taking an ad eundem or courtesy MA degree from Oxford in 1857 (a practice that continued with Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, and some colonial universities, after it had ceased elsewhere) and served in St Paul, Dock Street briefly; he married in 1860. He was curate of West Bilney in Norfolk from 1862, and from 1866 until his death in 1886 of Willingham, in Ely diocese, living in the Rectory; he died intestate, and was buried in the churchyard there. His daughter Susannah became a Roman Catholic, and one of her children became a nun.

Oxford University Alumni ^[4]

LAUGHLIN - Rev Edward James of Trinity Coll., Dublin, B.A. 1851, M.A. 1857 adm. 'Ad Eundem' 17 Dec 1857, formerly in the Army

He married Susanna Heycock, daughter of Rev. Charles Heycock on 19 April 1860 at Pitchley, Northampton, England. ^[5] Children:

1. Susannah

Willingham ^[6] Most 19th-century curates stayed for less than 10 years but E. J. T. Laughlin, a former army officer, served from 1866 to 1886 in the Willingham Church. His mother Louisa was living with him, when she died in 1867.

He passed away in 1886.

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. Generosus = Well born, Aest = Summer graduation
2. ↑ http://www.stgitehistory.org.uk/media/stpauldockstreetcurates.html
3. ↑ The sword made for Edward James Laughlin.
4. ↑ Source Information: Ancestry.com. Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007., Original data: Foster, Joseph. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 and Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. Oxford: Parker and Co., 1888-1892.
5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNP2-R8P : 12 March 2020), Edward James Laughlin, 1860.
6. ↑ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol9/pp409-411

• Hamilton Memoirs - Historical and genealogical notices of a branch of that family which settled in Ireland in the reign of King James 1., Author Everard Hamilton, Publisher: Dundalk, William Tempest, Dundafgan Press, 1920