Michael Thunder (abt. 1712 - abt. 1780)

Born about 1712 in Ballaly near Lusk, County Dublin, Leinster, Kingdom of Ireland (Great Britain)

Descendants

Biography

The Thunders are descendants of a merchant family in Dublin. Although childless, Francis Thunder of Dublin, who owned the same or similar coat of arms (see below), can be considered one of the oldest known ancestors (b. before 1595 and d. 1619).^[1]

Michael Thunder of Ballaly was born abt 1712 in today's Balleally, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. His parents were Henry Thunder of Ballally (b. 1682) and Mary Dodd (b. 1690).^[2]

As far as we can tell, his only brother was Henry Thunder.

When he was 8 years old, in 1720, his father Henry Thunder of Ballally died.

On the 24th of May 1740 he married Ellinor Rourk of Lusk. He was 27 years old when he married her. He probably had eight or nine children with her (see Patrick Thunder, their son, for details)

In 1761 he leased a 100 acres (0.156 sq. miles) of land in today's Irishtowne (near Lusk, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland) for 31 years. All his life Michael seemed to have lived in Ballaly and worked as a farmer.^[3][4]

In 1778 he qualified as a loyal catholic (loyal to the government) before the court of the King’s Bench.^[5]

His family possessed the following coat of arms: "Argent (or silver, or white) a chevron engrailed between three trumpets firstways Description: sable (or black), a mullet of the first. Crest - A cubit arm proper grasping a trumpet sable (or black). Motto: Certavi et vici (I have fought and conquered)."^[6]

He died on the 22nd of May 1780 when he was 67 years old. His wife Ellinor Rourk followed sometime in 1789.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Funeral Entries, Vol. 3, containing armorial and genealogical notes made by officers of arms concerning deceased persons..., various, Genealogical Office, Ireland, (BET 1604 AND 1622) (79) Source Repository: National Library of Ireland (ODB + A) - 7-8 Kildare Street
2. ↑ Geneanet (Henry Thunder Family Tree), (21.06.2022), Rich Miller Source Repository: World Wide Web (Internet)
3. ↑ Registry of Deeds, Michael Thunder of Ballally, (03.12.1761), Right Honorable Lord Henry Benedict Barnwall, 4th Viscount of Barnewall of Kingsland, Registry of deeds appointed by parliament, Volume 215, 141024, Family History Center Source Repository: FamilySearch - Family History Center (ODB + A) - Wartenau 20
4. ↑ Registry of Deeds, Michael Thunder of Ballally, (19.07.1740), Michael Thunder of Ballaly, Ballally, Lusk, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland, Irish Registry of deeds appointed by parliament, Volume 99, 69376, Family History Center Source Repository: FamilySearch - Family History Center (ODB + A) - Wartenau 20
5. ↑ Index to Catholic Qualification Rolls Leinster, Ulster, Munster, Connaught, Dublin, Ireland, (BET 1778 AND 1790), King's Bench, FamilySearch.org (143)
6. ↑ The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Sir Bernard Burke (Ulster King of Arms), Harrison, 59, Pall Mall, London, (1884) (1012-1013) Source Repository: Internet Archive (ODB) - 300 Funston Avenue
7. ↑ Geneanet (Henry Thunder Family Tree), (21.06.2022), Rich Miller Source Repository: World Wide Web (Internet)