In 1800 the Banbridge region was home to a significant percentage of all of the Clugstons in the world. Unravelling the relationships is complicated, since so many of them were named “Robert” or “John”.
I’ve taken a lot of information from Peter Morell McWilliams’ site http://www.treasureyourexceptions.com/ which has a detailed discussion of this family, and a fantastic collection of transcripts of church records. He has also transcribed the baptisms at Banbridge. https://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/down/churches/banbridge-presby-baptisms-1756-94.html. Other major resources are the Irish Deeds (online at the LDS FamilySearch site), the Irish civil records and the many records at PRONI.
The Clugston property at Lisnaward
The earliest records are for John Clugston, husband of ____ Lowry, who purchased a lease in Lisnaward in 1713, in partnership with his widowed mother-in-law Margaret Lowry, born Margaret Campbell. In 1726 Margaret gave her share of the lease to her children James and Isabella Lowry. (Deeds v53 p243 #35276). The fact that the heir, James Lowry, was not a lessee on the original lease indicates that he was a minor. John Clugston was therefore a newly-wed, likely born around 1890. James Lowry of Lisnaward left a will dated 1764 and lodged 1770.
All the original lessees were dead by 1788, when the heir, John Clugston of Lisnaward, sold 12 acres of that property to Robert Jamison in Lisnaward in 1788 (Deeds v406 p66 #265818), and sold him the remaining 12 acres in 1800, together with the adjacent bog. John’s wife was Agnes Jamison, so Robert Jamison is probably her brother. John and Agnes had children born in Banbridge in 1781 and 1783, so he is probably born around 1840.
There was an Exchequer Court of Equity Bill dated 11 Feb 1794 with defendant William Lowry, plaintiffs Ann Lowry widow, Andrew Lowry, Hugh Moore & Ann his wife, and John Clugston. (The Bill itself was destroyed in the Four Courts fire).
In 1863, John Jamison had Lisnaward #29, #30, and #31. Robert Lowry had the mostly-adjacent #22, #24, #25, #26, and #27. It looks as though the original Clugston/Lowry property was the entire south-west quarter of Lisnaward.
Though there are no land deeds for intermediate years, we can trace the intermediate generations through the freeholder records. These were used for voting; only Protestant men with a lifetime lease of 40s/yr or more were allowed to vote. Only a very small number of these records have survived.
Lisnaward, 1755 election: Clugston, Robert Lisnaward, Down, 1755, Landlord Lord Clanwilliam
Lisnaward, 1789 election: 18 May Clugston, John; Banbridge: Clugston John 26 Jan 1789; Lowry, Thomas 1789; Lowry, John 1755; Lowry, James, 1789.
The 1755 record shows that John Clugston had died (likely aged about 60), and Robert Clugston was his son and heir. Robert would be about 40 years old at this point.
In 1813, Thomas Lowry and James Lowry were freeholders in Lisnaward for the lives of John Clugston, James Lowry, and Isabella Lowry. All the lives were clearly dead; it’s interesting they didn’t update the lives! When one of the lives dies, you are supposed to pay a fee to change the life to someone else, so that you get to retain the lease. I think this means they were applying the rules very informally.
John Clugston of Seapatrick, Protestant, also appears in the 1766 Religious Census. (The census returns for Lisnaward have not survived, so we don’t know if Robert was still alive, but I’m almost certain he was). This means he was born before 1745. If he is the son of Robert, he must be born well after 1735. Seapatrick is part of the electoral division of Banbridge, so this is the same John Clugston of Banbridge who was a freeholder in Lisnaward in 1789. In the election of 1769, John Clugston is a freeholder in Lisnafiffy. There is a will probated for John Clugston in Banbridge in 1801, meaning he died around age 60.
Lisnafiffy is near Banbridge, and it straddles the boundary between the parishes of Seapatrick and Tullylish. As we’ll see below, the Clugston property also lay in both parishes.
A major obstacle for my theory is, how could John of Seapatrick really be the son and heir of Robert, when he is living in Banbridge, rather than in Lisnaward? Note that the 1789 record clearly shows that he was a leaseholder of the Lisnaward property. An explanation could be, that he married a girl from Seapatrick, and lived on her parents property (her mother might be a widow, for example). He retains ownership of the Lisnaward property but doesn’t live there. When his son John marries, he lives on the Lisnaward property with his brother-in-law. When the brother-in-law marries in 1788, they sell him half of the property. When John senior dies in 1800, his son sells him the rest of the property and moves to Lisnafiffy.
The Clugston property at Lisnafiffy
After selling the first half of the property at Lisnaward, the Clugstons appear to have purchased a new lease near Banbridge. We know from the 1819 Freeholder records that the large Clugston lease in Lisnafiffy was from the Earl of Clanwilliam, and was for the lives of John, Aran, and Archibald Clugston. In 1819, both John and Aran were living in Lisnafiffy. At that time, there was only one Archibald Clugston in the world. He lived in the Isle of Man, and is the progenitor of all Manx Clugstons. From the 1841 Manx census, he was born in Ireland between 1771 and 1776. John and “Aron” are his older brothers.
Lisnafiffy: Clugston, John 1769
Lisnafiffy: Clugston, Aaron 26 Jan 1789.
Lisnafiffy 1819: John Clugston, lease for lives of “John, Aran and Archd. Clugston”. Landlord: Rev Thomas Waring. Aran Clugston, lease for lives of “John, Aran and Archd. Clugston”. Landlord: Rev Thomas Waring.
John Clugston’s son was Robert baptised in Banbridge in 1781, making John born before 1759. Robert’s census record from 1721 has survived (and is almost the only surviving 1821 transcript for County Down!), so his family is quite well documented. He lived in Drumhorc, next to Lisnafiffy. Robert’s eldest son John was living on the western (Tullylish) side of the Lisnafiffy property in 1865, indicating that he was the heir. The line of heirs from the original John of Lisnaward is therefore John-Robert-John-John-Robert-John.
John Clugston appears in the Tithe Applotment Field books for Seapatrick, 1835.3.4:
Lisnafiffy, John Clugson (sic!), House and Offices, £4s9d0
The other two houses in Lisnafiffy were Samuel Law, house office and bleaching concerns £88, David Waugh £5s17d0.
Aaron Clugston and wife Mary had a son James baptised in Banbridge in 1785. This means Aaron was born before 1763.
In 1789, Aaron was a freeholder in Lisnafiffy. As previously mentioned, both John and Aaron still held the freehold in 1819. But in the 1835 Tithe Applottments, the western part was occupied by John, and the eastern part by Moses Clugston 1787-1871. Thus, Moses is the son of Aaron. By 1865, the same land was occupied by Henry Clugston 1800-1874. The will of Henry Herron (d. 1868, death cert 1869.Q1), of Gilford, Down, wife of Ann, mentions his brother-in-law Henry Clugston and sisters-in-law Mary Bodel nee Clugston 1797-1881, Margaret Ann Clugston, and Rachel Clugston. Moses, Henry, Margaret Ann, and Rachel Clugston all died in Laurencetown, Lisnafiffy. They must all be siblings, though they probably have a different mother, since there is a ten year age gap between Mary and Moses. None of these people had any Clugston descendants.
Aaron Clugston and his wife Jane also had son William 1820-1900 and Eliza 1821-1901. They seem to have so many younger siblings that I think they must be siblings of Mary Bodel and Henry. Most of them were born in Kilpike, which is adjacent to the east side of Lisnaffy.
Though this tree involves considerable deduction and some speculation, it explains virtually all known Clugston records from the Banbridge area, as well as the Isle of Man. There is another cluster of Clugstons near Scarva, 7km to the south of Banbridge, apparently descendants of John Clugston d. Aghderg 1806. They are discussed below. The only possible way these trees could join together is if the original John Clugston =___ Lowry of Lisnaward, had another son, whose family eventually moved southwards to Scarva.
There is also Moses Clugston, witness to a will in 1754 in Derrydrummock. Clearly he is related to the later Moses and Aaron.
John Clugston b. 1690, d. after 1726 but before 1755
= _____ Lowry m before 1713.
(dau of Margaret Campbell, sister of James and Isabella)
Sarah Clugston d1758 Drumnascamph = ____ McKee
Robert Clugston b ~1715, d. before 1789
(1755: freeholder in Lisnaward)
Elizabeth Clugston = James (or John) McWilliam
Robert McWilliam b Ballymony bap 1777.7.13 Banbridge Non-subscribing Pres
Elizabeth McWilliam b Ballymoney bap 1780.11.5 Banbridge Non-subscribing Pres
Sarah Clugston = Archibald Knight m 1779.9.12 Tullylish
Jane Knight b Lisnafiffy bap 1780.5.28 Banbridge Non-subscribing Pres
John Clugston (born after 1734, before 1739) d. 1801
(1766: Protestant in Seapatrick)
(1789: of Banbridge, freeholder in Lisnaward)
John Clugston b~1760 d. 1850 Seapatrick = Agnes Jamison
(1789: freeholder in Lisnaward)
(1788, 1800: of Lisnaward)
Robert Clugston 1781.7.2- b Banbridge = Kitty 1785-
Mary Clugston 1807- = Thomas Anderson m 1835.3.11
John Clugston 1809-1878.11.14 = Margaret Brown 1815-1879.6.2
Ann Clugston 1815- = Samuel Bothwell
Robert Clugston 1817-1882.2.10 = Anne Mills ~1819-1909.4.17
Samuel Clugston 1820= Mary Anne Gaskin 1819-1878.9.3 m 1843
Aaron Clugston
(Freeholder in Seapatrick 1789 and 1828; in Ballykeel 1821)
=(1) Mary Knight (probably died in childbirth)
James Clugston b. Lisnafiffy bap 1785.11.2 Banbridge Non-subscribing Pres (must have died young)
=(2) Mary Meek
James Clugston b. Lisnafiffy bap 1788.4.6 Banbridge Non-subscribing Pres
Moses Clugston 1787-1871.5.6
= (1) Rebecca Donaldson Knocknagon m 1828
Mary Clugston 1830.1.24-
Margaret Clugston 1831.3.13-
=(2) Mary Doran m 1841
Mary Clugston 1796-1881.5.8 = John Bodel 1792-1870.9.9
Henry Clugston 1800-1874.12.19 (unmarried)
Rachel Clugston 1800-1872.1.15 (unmarried)
Margaret Ann Clugston 1803-1872.1.21 (unmarried)
Ann Clugston = Henry Herron -1868 (no children)
(male) Clugston = Mary Ardery 1811-1884.2.23
=(3) Jane ______
David Clugston = Catherine Burns m 1840
John Clugston 1813-1878.10.10 millwright
= Betty Anne Smyth 1804-1894.3.29
Mary Jane Clugston = John Anderson m 1834.10.17
(Marriage witnesses: John Clugston, William Clugston)
Kennedy Clugston 1812-1874 = Sarah Waters 1811-1871
(Not proved to be a son of Aaron, but was born in Kilpike where Aaron lived)
(Many of the earlier children may be from this second marriage)
William Clugston 1820-1900.6.11 = Jane Geary 1821-1904.2.23
(Two sons moved to Queensland)
Eliza Clugston 1821.12.2-1902 b Ballykeel
Archibald Clugston ~1773-1846 b Ireland = Mary Shaw ~1781-1848 b Ireland
(moved to Isle of Man)
James Clugston 1807 m 1834
Charles Clugston 1809
Thomas Clugston 1811
Archibald Clugston 1813
John Clugston 1815
Catherine Clugston m 1856
William Clugston m 1839
Jane Clugston 1820
Richard Clugston 1822 m 1844
____ Clugston (presumably named John and born 1710-1720)
John Clugston d. 1806 Aghaderg = Mary ____
John Clugston ~1770-1858.7.28 = ___schoolteacher
William Clugston = Agnes Graham m1845
Robert Clugston 1818-1895.1.28 = Mary Ann Guy 1815-1878.8.26
Robert Clugston -1832 = Faithful ___ -1860
Anna Maria Clugston 1818-1896.3.11
Sarah Ann Clugston 1824-1911.9.25 = Nathan Carswell m 1847
(Probably a son of Robert=Faithful, or son of the schoolmaster)
John Clugston 1820-1887.1.29 of Ouley
(This family from Tullymurry -> Armagh must be related to the Aghdaerg branch; both were Church of Ireland)
Thomas Clugston d. before 1864
= Ann ______ 1799-1882.4.5
Marianna Cluxton 1826.12.2-1853.9.26
Andrew Clugston 1829.1-1895.1.26 = Anne Reynolds 1833-1915
Isabella Cluxton b 1833.9.27 = Francis Kearns m 1859
Frederick Willoughby Clugston b 1838.4.27
Thomas Clugston = Anne Kennedy m 1855
(Must fit into this family somewhere; couldn't be Mary Ardery, who had remarried)
John Clugston = Mary 1811- b Ireland
Eliza Clugston 1840- = Thomas Beck 1839- m 1858
Where did John Clugston come from?
As we’ve seen, the original John Clugston had a young bride — she was probably only 20 years old — and he was presumably young, and born around 1690. Lisnaward is a fairly obscure place, far from any of the ports and not a natural place for new immigrants to settle in. We can be confident that he was born in Ireland. Can we identify his family?
There is a possible sister for John. Blaris is north of Lisnaward, south of Lisburn which is itself south of Belfast.
Mary Clugston = John Watt m 1714/5.1.15 Blaris
If this is the case, their grandfather could be John Clugston junior, merchant of Belfast, born around 1640. In 1675 he had five small children in Belfast, which means the oldest is born around 1665. This would be the perfect age for him to have a grandson born in 1690. His uncles were named John and Robert, so we would expect those names to persist. John Clugston junior was bankrupt and his children were living in poverty but he would have had wealthy friends and good business skills, so some children may have survived.
The other major possibility is John Clugston who lived in Killnior(?), Saintfield, Co Down, in 1663. This is substantially further from Lisnaward than Blaris is. We know nothing more about this man.
The progenitor of the Pennsylvania Clugstons is Robert Clugston born around 1715. Some sources claim that he was born in Belfast. If this is true, he could be another descendant of John Clugston junior.
The families from County Antrim almost always contain many men named William or Hugh Clugston and are unrelated to this one, and the Clugstons/Cluxtons who moved south of Ulster are different again. But most other Irish Clugstons are probably related. For reference, these are the other trees starting with men named Robert or John Clugston, who are believed to have come from Ireland.
(Freeholders in Rawes, Armagh in 1753)
Thomas Clugston
Robert Clugston
John Clugston
Robert Clugston Jr
Joseph Clugston
William Clugston
Robert Clugston d. abt 1835 Newtownhamilton Armagh
Robert Clugston d1859 = Eleanor 1782-1865
sons Robert, John 1807-1848, Thomas, William, Isaac, Joseph
Thomas Clugston 1787-1865 = Jane Martin
sons Robert 1830-1879, Samuel 1835-1915
James Clugston = Sarah Smyth 1791-1876
sons John 1819, Robert 1823, James 1828
____ Clugston
Robert Clugston abt1793-1845 b Ireland d. Orange, NY
John Clugston 1805-1853 b Ireland d. Orange, NY
Robert Clugston ~1715-~1768 b Ireland d Adams County PA
Joseph Clugston 1740-1798 b Adams d. York, PA
= Jenet Martin 1752-1829 (or Jane Mnu)
David Clugston Sr 1767.1.11-1833.7.19 b Frank
= Anne McCreary 1771.4.16-1854.11.18 (2nd dau of William and Mary McCreary)
Robert Clugston 1775-1837 = Rachael Calhuon
John Clogston = Peggey
Nancy Clugston -1806 = Samuel Drummond m 1785
Elizabeth Clogston = ____ Smith
William Clogston
William Clugston 1745? - 1804
Robert Clugston 1747-1833 d. PA = Margaret Young
Thomas Patrick Clugston 1780-1835 = Mary Byers 1792-1869
Mary Clugston ("Polly")1755-1796 d. Patton, Allegheny
= William Johnston 1745-1825
Sarah Clogdeston of Drumnascamph, Tullylish, will probated 1758; became Mrs McKee.
The Belfast Newsletter, 8 Nov 1763 p3 records a suicide of a solider named “Clackston” near Lurgan (this is only the abstract, I have not seen the article itself):
“+Tanderagee Co. +Armagh =Clackston soldier field +Lurgan gun ground shothimself body girl cows inquest verdict slaughter lunacy.”
Of course this could be a Claxton or Clarkston who was merely on duty in the area.
There were a few other Clugston freeholders elsewhere in County Down, most of whom appear to be unrelated.
In 1804, James Clugston leased 5 acres in Drumanaquoile, Down, for £15/year. (PRONI D566/178). By 1824 he was a weaver. His wife Sarah Cluxton 1791-1866 had Aghlisnafin 6b, and died in Drumanaquoile. This is about 15km from Lisnaward. In 1810, Alexander Clugston leased 5 acres in Claragh (adjacent to Drumanaquoile and Aghlisnafin) for £32/year (PRONI D566/262).
Freeholder records mention “Hugh Clughston, Drumhirk, 13 Aug 1787, Landlord Sir John Blackwood, Baronet” (PRONI D/654/A3/1B). Sir John Blackwood died in 1799. His father, Sir Robert Blackwood, Baronet, died in 1774, so presumably the lease was granted between 1774 and 1787.
Hugh of Drumherk was also registered in Newtownards on 1816.7.16, with a 40s lease for the lives of Hugh Clugston, Isabella Clugston, and John Clugston (PRONI D/654/A3/1N). This Drumhirk is 30 km to the north, near Comber. On the same day, John Ferguson and William Ferguson of Drumherk were also registered, with a 40s lease for the lives of Hugh Clugston and John Clugston. I think it is likely that Hugh Clugston was married to Isabella Ferguson. The other freeholders in Drumherk on that day were William Lowry (for lives of William Lowry, William Lowry, and James Lowry), James McCully (for the lives of James McCully, William McCully, and Hugh McCully), James McHarry (for his own life), David and John McKee (for lives of Samuel McKee, James McKee, and John McKee), William Morrow (for lives of William, Joseph and Alexander Baxter). Freeholders in the 1787 election (D/654/A3/1A) were David Boyd, James Cairnes, William Dunwoody; Hugh Clugston and William Lowry were the only ones present in both years.
Interestingly one of the other freeholders in 1787 is John Boddle
I do not think Hugh is related to the Lisnaward Clugstons. He is probably a descendant of Alexander Clugston 1675-1720.1.9 d. BallyMcConnell, Down (buried in Bangor with his son Samuel 1700-1781.8.9). The name “Hugh Clugston” is common in County Antrim but not elsewhere in Down. Possibly from that family is:
(Ballysallagh Major is south-west of Bangor)
William Clugston Flax dresser
Margaret Clugston of Ballysallagh, Bangor
= Robert Hunter of Ballymullan m1865.9.2 Ballygilbert Pres, Bangor, Down
(Robert son of John Hunter labourer)
(Marriage witnesses: Joseph Hunter, Mary McCullough)
James Blackwood acquired the lands of Drumhurk in Bangor from Matthew Forde the Elder of Seaford in 1750 (deed #97634, v144 p309 img 465). Sir John Blackwoods is mentioned as owning Drumhirk in deed #203356 (v306 p278 img 147), and in #217196 (v321 p440 img 238, 1778) and #237297 (v351 p463)
In 1804, Thomas Waring of Newry mortgaged the lands of Drumhurk (this is actually Drumhorc) and Lisnafiffy to George Malinsley, Andrew McKnight + Alexander Addaley.
There is a second John Clugston who died in Aghaderg in 1806. This is a few km south of Banbridge. He is probably related, but could not be a brother of John Clugston of Seapatrick d 1801, though they seem to be about the same age. He could be a grandson of John Clugston of Lisnaward.
Some of the Clugston households are difficult to identify. Fortunately, one of them is well documented.
Robert and Kitty Clugston of Drumhorc
The Crosslé collection includes one of the most precious records in Irish genealogy: a transcript of an 1821 census return. This is the family of Robert Clugston born about 1781.7.2 (adult ages are rounded down to five years). Robert was the son of John Clugston and Agnes Jameson.
P[arish] Tullylish ba[rony] Lower Iveagh co Down No 2 Townland Drumhurk one story home Robert Clugston aged 40 bleacher and weaver Kitty his wife aged 35 flax spinner John his son aged 11 Robert his son aged 4 Samuel his son aged 1 Mary his daughter aged 14 flax spinner Ann his daughter aged 6 flax spinner
The family occupied land both in Drumhorc and the neighbouring townland of Lisnafiffy.
In 1866, Robert’s son John held Tullylish Lisnafiffy #1. When his brother Robert of Drumhorc moved away, John also took over Robert’s farm but John died later that year. When John died, John’s son Robert took over the Lisnafiffy farm.
Robert’s son Robert had a small farm in Drumhorc #6 until 1878. In 1878 it was taken by his brother John Clugston, who also took Drumhorc #5 from John McAlinder, but in 1879 it went back to John McAlinder. In 1879 John took #7 from Thomas McQuile but his name is also penciled in in 1874. In 1894, #5 was taken by Hugh Hogan and in 1896, #6 went to Mrs McVeigh.
In 1877, Robert Jr moved to County Armagh. Robert took Moyrourkan #1c and #3 in Armagh from James Devlin, and in 1879 he also took #5. The family was still there in 1911.
John’s wife Margaret almost certainly had the surname Brown. There are three reasons for believing this:
(a) John’s son William named a son Hugh Brown. (He also had a daughter Lizzie Sands; the mother of his wife Lizzie Kennedy probably had surname Sands. One of the witnesses at Samuel’s wedding (Samuel married Lizzie’s sister) was Maggie Sands).
(b) John’s son John named a daughter Margaret Brown.
(c) Robert Clugston of Lisnafiffy was the sole executor of William Brown of Dromarrin 1819-1891.12.28, father of Annie Thompson. William would be Margaret’s older brother. There was a James Brown in Drumarin in 1823.
William’s daughter Annie Brown married William Thompson 1890.8.20 at Scarva Pres, a witness was Maggie Brown.
The Brown family were landowners in Lisnafiffy in 1783. They were from the same social class.
Aaron Clugston = Mary Knight
James Clugston b. Lisnafiffy bap 1785.11.2 Banbridge Non-subscribing Pres
(must have died young)
=(2) Mary Meek
James Clugston b. Lisnafiffy bap 1788.4.6 Banbridge Non-subscribing Pres
John Clugston = Agnes Jamison
Robert Clugston b Banbridge bap 1781.7.2 Banbridge Non-subscribing Pres. Bleacher and weaver
= Kitty ___ 1786- flax spinner
(1821: Dumhorc)
Mary Clugston 1807- Drumhorc
= Thomas Anderson m 1835.3.11 Tullylish Pres
John Clugston 1809-1878.11.14 Tullylish famer
= Margaret /Brown?/ 1815-1879.6.2
(1864-1878: Tullylish Lisnafiffy #1)
(1878: also took brother Robert's farm)
William Clugston 1845-1909.2.10. (1868: Accountant. 1901:Linen merchant)
= Lizzie Kennedy 1841-1924.8.24 illiterate m 1868.5.21 Tullylish
(Lizzie dau of William Kennedy farmer)
(Marriage witnesses: John Anderson, Maggie Kennedy)
(1901: 57 Wellington Park, Belfast)
(1909: 62 Wellington Park, Belfast)
(1911: 7 kids, 5 living)
(William was an executor of the will of Ruth Armstrong 1819-1901.6.30 of 419 Lisburn Rd. widow of James Armstrong gentleman. Witness to the will was Hugh Clugston of 54 Wellington Park Belfast; same for William Peebles d. 1904.10.16 London)
(Keen chess player. Discussed chess problems in 500 issues of the Belfast Newsletter and Northern Whig from 1896 until 1909).
(Elizabeth widow of William Clugston died 1924.8.24, 18 Bawnmore Rd)
William John Clugston 1869.8.14 b 29 Harmony Place Belfast
John Clugston 1869-1942.10.30 Linen merchant
= Florence Nightingale Greenfield 1878-1944.2.12 m 1901.6.12
(John Clugston died 2 Seaview Terrace, Holywood).
(Joined Freemason lodge 234 "Victoria" Holywood, 17 Sept 1913)
(Football and Lacrosse international)
(Was Ireland's goalkeeper 14 times.)
(Florence signed the Ulster Covenant in 1912)
Dorothy E J Clugston 1902-
Florence Clugston 1907-
William Kennedy Clugston 1870.9.13-1947 b 50 Regent St Belfast d. Flyde, Lancashire. Linen Salesman
(1901: 49 Grafton St, South Manchester, Chorlton)
(1939: Lytham St Anne's M.B., Lancashire)
Hugh Brown Clugston 1872.10.7 b46 Regent St Belfast (single in 1911)
Lizzie Sands Clugston 1874.9.28 b37 University St Belfast
= Rev Wilson Marshall 1875- m 1909.7.7
(33 Tassagh, Crossmore, Armagh. Belfast Weekly News 1909-Jul-15)
Frances Georgina Clugston 1877-1944.1.12 b. Belfast (never married. Will exists)
Robert Clugston 1847-1910 farmer
= Elizabeth Dodds 1861-1947 m 1892.10.26 Drumlee Presb, Banbridge
(Robert bachelor farmer of Lisnafiffy Laurencetown)
(Eliza dau of John Dodds of Drumadonald farmer)
(Witnesses: Jos. Clugston, Sarah Dodds)
(1901: 2 Lisnafiffy Upper, Tullylish)
Margaret Clugston 1893.9.17 b Lisnafiffy (single in 1911)
= George Crothers farmer m1919.6.10 Tullylish
(George son of William J Crothers farmer)
(Marriage witnesses: John Crothers, Saidie Clugston)
Sarah Jane Clugston 1895.5.13 b Banbridge (single in 1911)
John Clugston 1897.7.13 - 1967.4.16 b Lisnafiffy(single in 1911)
Rachel Clugston 1901.2.16-1901.3.12 b&d Lisnafiffy (not present in 1901 census)
Samuel Clugston 1850-1914.10.1 d Dungannon accountant
= Margaret Kennedy 1846-still alive in 1911) m 1874.1.6
(Margaret dau of William Kennedy farmer)
(Marriage witnesses: James Anderson, Maggie Sands)
(Dungannon parliamentary revision, Liberals in 1884 were instructed by Mr Samuel Clugston & Mr Alexander Patterson)
William Kennedy Clugston 1876.4.28
= Alice Maude Glossop 1883- m 1906 Yorkshire
William Kennedy Clugston 1907-1916
Helen Mary Clugston 1909- b Dungannon, Tyrone
Edward Brian Clugston 1916- b Dungannon, Tyrone
Margaret Clugston 1878.4.16 b. Castle Hill, Dungannon
= Alex Bell m 1915 Dungannon
John Clugston 1880.6.11-1912.4 b. Dungannon d.Lurgan (died unmarried)
James Clugston 1883 (single in 1911)
Elizabeth Clugston 1885 (single in 1911)
Mary Clugston 1885 (single in 1911)
Jane Clugston 1851.4.17-1927.9.5 bap 1852 Tullylish Presb d. Brant, Ontario
= Robert Bodwell 1849.7 b Ireland m 1891.6.18 Tullylish Presb.
(1891: Jane lived in Upper Lisnafiffy. Robert lived in Canada. Witnesses John Clugston and Mary Jane Clugston; this would be the dau of Robert=Ann Mills)
(Robert son of Samuel Bodwell farmer)
(Marriage cert gives Jane's father as John; death cert (by nephew John Westbrook) gives parents Robert Clugston = Ann, born 17 Apr 1851)
(1901: Brant, Ontario. Janes was born 1852, immigrated 1891)
(1911: Brant, Ontario. Jane was born 1856.4)
Robert James Bodwell 1895.5.23 b Onondaga Township, Brant, Ontario
John Clugston 1854-1921.8.13 d. Laurencetown, Gilford
= Rachel Bothwell 1857-1937.7.13 m 1880.3.12 Scarva Arderagh
(Wedding witnesseses: John Brown, Minnie Bothwell)
(1901: 5 Lisnafiffy Upper, Down)
(1911: 31 Lisnaiffy Lower, Down. 5 kids, 4 living)
Margaret Brown Clugston 1880 = John Gray Wills m 1913.10.2 Tullylish Pres
Anna Clugston 1884-1841.12.12 National school teacher
John Clugston 1896
James Clugston 1886- Clerk
= Annie Elizabeth Maginnes 1887- m 1909.10.9 Lurgan.
(1 child still living in 1911)
James Clugston 1856-1881.7.26 clerk d. 68 Wellington Park Belfast
(Died in the house of his brother William)
Ann Clugston 1815- Flax spinner
Robert Clugston 1817-1882.2.10 farmer of Drumhorc d. Moyrourkan
= Anne Mills ~1819-1909.4.17 m 1848.4.13 Tullylish d. Tullylish
(Anne dau John Mills of Kernan)
(Anne's name is sometimes given as "Anne Wills")
(Marriage witnesses: Jolinen? Mills, George Brown)
(1901, 1911: Moyrourkan 16, Mullaghbrack, Armagh)
Mary Clugston 1849.1.29 b. Drumhorc
Samuel Clugston 1850.8.16-1881.2.2 b. Drumhorc d. Moyrourkan. Salesman in wholesale drapery
(Death witness: sister Mary Jane Clugston)
James Clugston 1852-1919.4.17 Farmer. Bachelor.
(1919: Mayorkan Tandragee Armagh. Death witness: brother John)
Robert Clugston 1854
(I suspect "Robert" is actually the same son as John)
John Clugston 1854-1941.3.6 b Co Down Merchant's salesman. 1901: Warehouseman 1911: clerk 1920: Linen business
= Margaret Jane Harvey Whittaker 1861 b Derry
m1883.4.7 Magherafelt Dunntyn Co Londonderry
(John was living at 7 University St Belfast before marriage)
(Margaret dau of Robert Whittaker shopkeeper)
(Wedding witnesses Robert Whittaker, Lily Hogg)
(1901: 27 Deramore Ave, Ormeau, Down)
(1911: 47 Fitzroy Ave, Cromac, Belfast. 6 children 3 living)
(1919,1941: 47 Fitzroy Ave Belfast)
Robert Clugston 1885.3.23- b 57 Fitzwilliam St Belfast Clerk
Eva Clugston 1886.9.28- b 54 Fitzwilliam St Belfast
(Birth witness: Jane Crotty 54 Fitzwilliam St)
= Nathaniel Bendall m1920.4.29 All Saints Church, Connor, Belfast
(Marriage witnesses: Robert Clugston, Winifred Ethel Clugston)
Herbert Clugston 1888.5.5-1907.9.28 b 54 Fitzwilliam St d. 47 Fitzroy Av Belfast
Winifred Ethel Clugston 1894.9.8- b27 Deramore Ave, Ormeau
Mary Clugston 1911.10.5-1911.10.6 b&d Laurencetown, Banbridge
Mary Jane Clugston 1857- 1943 (single in 1911)
(1901, 1911: Moyrourkan 16, Mullaghbrack, Armagh)
Samuel Clugston 1820-
Elizabeth Clugston b. Banbridge 1783 bap 1783.5.12 Banbridge non-subscribing Pres
I believe that these are Robert Senior’s children Samuel and Ann:
Samuel Clugston = Mary Anne Gaskin 1819-1878.9.3 m 1843 Down, Conner & Dromore (Mary daughter of James Gaskin) Mary Anne remarried William Getgood m 1852.9.3 Tullylish Down, so Samuel must have died around 1850.
Probably also from Banbridge. This might be Anne Bothwell 1815-1881.11.5 d.42 Hamber St Belfast, widow of a butler, where James Bothwell was also living.
Ann Clugston = Samuel Bothwell
Rachel Bothwell 1841.5.1-1917.12.27 b Ireland d Brandford, Toronto, Canada
= Wilkerson Westbrook
And clearly related:
James Brown = Mary Bothwell m1880.9.3 Presb Tullylish
(James son of William Brown farmer of Dunnavran?)
(Mary dau of James Bothwell farmer of Lisnafiffy)
(Marriage witnesses: John Clugston, Jane Brown)
The will of Mary Knight, widow of Lisnafiffy 1802-1878.3.16 had executors Samuel McGaffin of Kernan and John Clugston of Lisnafiffy. The witnesses were Robert Clugston and James Chambers. The death was reported by Eliza Hall of Lisnafiffy.
Samuel is
Andrew McGaffin of Kernan farmer
Samuel McGaffin 1839-1917.9.14
= Agnes Hawthorne 1847- m1866.1.12 Scarva 13 children
(Samuel son of Andrew McGaffin of Kernan)
(Witnesses John Anderson, Mary Jane Hawthorne)
Thomas McGaffin 1885.1.7 b Kernan.
Henry Clugston of Lisnafiffy
Robert’s son John (1809-1878) owned a farm which was contiguous with the farm of Henry Clugston (1800 – 1874.12.19). The farm on the other side of Henry’s farm was leased by John Bodel, who married Henry’s sister Mary Clugston. Robert had a daughter Mary who also married, which proves that Henry is not the son of Robert.
The probate records show that Mary, Henry, and Margaret Ann Clugston were siblings. The will of Henry Herron (d. 1868, death cert 1869.Q1), of Gilford, Down, wife of Ann, mentions all three together with Rachel Clugston. Rachel Clugston died in the same week as Margaret Ann, both at Lisnafiffy Laurencetown Co Down
(CLUGSTON—Jan. 10, at her residence, Lisnafiffy, Laurencetown, Co. Down, Rachel Clugston, aged 73 years. CLUGSTON- Jan. 21, at her residence, Lisnafiffy, Laurencetown, Co. Down, Margaret Clugston, aged 68 years — Belfast Weekly News, 1872.1.27).
Henry Herron’s will also mentions “Mary Macklin formerly Clugston of Banbridge”, but also mentions that she is the daughter of Robert Ardery. I presume this means she was formerly married to a Clugston. He does not mention John, Robert, Aaron, or Moses (discussed below), even though they were still alive at the time. Henry Herron donated £500 to the Unitarian Congregation Banbridge.
___ Clugston
Mary Clugston 1796-1881.5.8 d Lisnafiffy
= John Bodel 1792-1870.9.9 farmer m1816.3.22 Banbridge non-subscribing Pres
(Mary's death witness: son John of Lisnafiffy)
Francis Bodel 1822-1911.10.9 d. Lisnafiffy
= Anne Anderson m1847.1.14 CofI Seapatrick
(Witnesses: Henry Bodel, Robert Anderson)
James Bodel
John Bodel 1825-1903.4.17 d. Tullylish
= Margaret Brown m1883.9.27 CofI Tullylish
(Margaret dau of James Brown farmer. She was the widow of __ Grey)
(Witnesses: Maggie Getgood, Annie Getgood)
James Bodel = Sarah Craig m1857.11.5 CofI Seapatrick
(Witnesses: John Bodel, James Craig illiterate)
(Sarah dau of Alexander Craig of Lisnafiffy farmer)
Anna Bodel
= Robert Craig engineer man illiterate m1861.5.10 CofI Seapatrick
(Robert son of Archibald Craig of Lisnafiffy farmer)
(Anna was a widow. Witnesses: John Bodel, John Donaldson)
Mary Jane Bodel 1837- = Alexander McGaffin m1854.11.7 Presb Tullylish
Henry Clugston 1800 - 1874.12.19 d. Lisnafiffy (died unmarried)
(No death witness)
Rachel Clugston 1800 - 1872.1.15 d Lisnafiffy. (died unmarried)
(death witness: Francis Bodel)
Margaret Ann Clugston 1803 - 1872.1.21 d. Lisnafiffy (died unmarried)
(death witness: Francis Bodel)
Ann Clugston = Henry Heron -1868 d. Gilford Co Down
(no children)
(male) Clugston = Mary Ardery 1811-1884.2.23 d. Church St Banbridge
The related trees are:
___ Herron
___ Herron
Henry Herron -1868 = Ann Clugston
James Herron of Druminee Castlewellan
Henry Herron
Anna Herron
Hanna Herron
William Herron of Clough Co Down
___ Herron
Miss Margaret Jane Herron of ____ Co Antrim
Robert Ardery
Robert Ardery Jr = Catherine
Mary Ardery 1811-1884.2.23 d. Church St Banbridge
(death witness: daughter Margaret Bambrick)
= (1) ____ Clugston
Agnes "Fanny" Clugston 1856-1903.11.4 (1901 census says born 1852) b Antrim
(1901: 379 West Division Carrickfergus Rural, domestic servant of farmer William J Rodgers 1849-=Lizzie 1868-)
(Death witness: Henry Bambrick 1869- b Co Down, nephew, 20 Buckingham St Belfast = Lizzie Henning 1875 b Armagh m1893.7.4 son of John Bambrick Saddler but Henry 1867.6.23 b Banbridge son of John Bambrick Saddler = Margaret McCormish m1867.5.24 Seapatrick; John son of John Bambrick saddler, Margaret dau of Joseph McCormish painter+glazier, both of Banbridge, witness John Sprott+Joseph McCormish)
= (2) William Macklin house painter (died by 1884)
Margaret Macklin = John Bambrick 1833-1881.1.10 clerk d. Bann Terrace Banbridge m 1867.7.30 CofI Warrenpint
(Margaret living at Warrenpoint before marriage. John living at Banbridge)
(Witnesses: William Ardery, Mary Jane Macklin)
Frederick Arthur Ardery Bambrick 1875.18-1883.12.16 b Bridge St Banbridge d. Church St Banbridge
Edwin Ernest Herron Bambrick 1887.6.2-1941.5.4 b. Bann Terrace, Banbridge d.Galiano Island, BC, Canada
John Bambrick 1881.6.13-1883.4.11 b Bridge St, Banbridge
PRONI D1046/410 1870.2.12 is the probate record of Margaret Ann Clugston of Lisnafiffy.
Henry Clugston was a witness to John Bodel’s will. Another witness was James Shaw. John Bodel had bought land in Tullylish from Eliza Shaw. They may be related to Archibald Clugston’s wife Mary Shaw.
John, Aaron and Archibald
John Clugston also appears in the Tithe Applotment Field books for Seapatrick, 1835.3.4:
Lisnafiffy, John Clugson (sic!), House and Offices, £4s9d0
The other two houses in Lisnafiffy were Samuel Law, house office and bleaching concerns £88, David Waugh £5s17d0.
He appears to be the John Clugston whose will was probated in Seapatrick in 1850.
John Clugston of Seapatrick had a will probated in 1801, proving there were two generations of Johns.
Having identified these men we can make sense of the earlier freeholder lists.
Lisnafiffy: Clugston, John 1769
Lisnafiffy: Clugston, Aaron 26 Jan 1789.
Lisnaward: 18 May Clugston, John, Banbridge; Clugston John 26 Jan 1789
Lisnaward: Clugston, Robert Lisnaward, Down, 1755, Landlord Lord Clanwilliam
Note the two John Clugstons are listed together. Note also that John and Aaron are registered on the same day.
Since John was registered in 1769 we see that he is from the previous generation. Apparently he is the father, and has registered his freehold with tenure for the lives of his three oldest sons. There is a will reported in 1801 for John Clughstin, Seapatrick, presumably the father. (There is another will reported in 1806 for John Clughstin, Aghaderg; he is discussed below).
John is mentioned first, so presumably Aaron is younger, but must still be over 21 in order to be able to vote. This means he must have been over 53 when his daughter Eliza was born. Archibald, who is not listed, would still have been under 21 years old (and may have already run away to sea).
In the religious census of 1766, John Clugston of Seapatrick is listed as a Protestant. No Clugstons are in the 1740 Religious Census.
On 1713.4.4, the 24 acre farm in Lisnaward was leased from John Magill Esq to John Clugston and his mother-in-law Margaret Campbell, (“Widow Lowry”), for the lives of John Clugston and Margaret’s children James Lowry and Isabella Lowry. On 1726.2.27 Margaret transferred her rights to James and Isabella.
In 1755, Robert Clugston was a freeholder in Lisnaward.
In 1788, John sold one 14acre moiety of the farm to Robert Jameson.
On 1880.4.16, Robert Donnell sold his freehold in Lisnaward.
The Landed Estates records for 1880 (and again in 1885) state “The premises demised by said lease of 1713 were partitioned by deed dated the 26th day of January, 1787, made between James Lowry and Thomas Lowry of the one part, and John Clugston of the other part, and by said deed the premises ordered to be sold in this manner were allotted to said John Clugston”. It also states “The lands are held … under fee-farm grant, dated the third day of March 1866, under the Renewable Leasehold Conversion Act… made between the Right Honourable Richard, Earl of Clanwilliam, of the first part, John Jameson, John Mitchel, the Rev Archibald Lowry, Robert Lowry, James Mulligan, John Johnston, Samuel Johnston, William Saul, Margaret Lowry, Mary Lowry, and Jane Lowry, of the second part, and said Rev Archibald Lowry of the third part, in lieu of a lease for lives renewable forever, dated 4th May 1713”.
John Clugston (protestant in Seapatrick 1766, d. 1801 Seapatrick)
John Clugston d. 1850 Seapatrick
Aaron Clugston (freeholder in Seapatrick 1789 and 1828)
Archibald Clugston ~1773-1846 b Ireland = Mary Shaw ~1781-1848 b Ireland
From the same time period there is a probable sister for John, from the Banbridge marriage register 1756-1794:
Sarah Clogston = Archibald Kneight m 1779.9.12 Tullylish Presbyterian
And Robert Clugston was a freeholder in Lisnaward in 1755.
The other freeholder families in Lisnaward in 1789 were Barron, Lowry (both from 1755), Brown (from 1783), Mitchell (from 1781, 10 pounds), Marfisen(?), Ward, and Dixon. The Clugstons were the only ones listed as Banbridge. The dates for the other freeholders suggest that John was one of the early freeholders in Banbridge.
In the Griffiths valuation there are a cluster of Clugston men farming a group of properties. This is surely the land which had been the freehold of Aaron, John, and Archibald.
Henry could hardly be a son of Aaron. Aaron had a daughter born in 1821, but Henry’s sister Mary was born in 1796. This would require Aaron to have a family spanning 25 years. Thus, Henry must be the son of John. When Henry Clugston died, his farm was taken over by John Bodel’s son John.
Aaron was living in Ballykeel in 1821 when his daughter Eliza was born; in the 1828 Tithe Applotments, Aaron is listed as living in Kilpike whereas John and Moses are in Lisnafiffy and Robert is in Drumhorc. Thus, Aaron was not living on the original farm at Lisnafiffy.
There is another John Clugston 1813-1878 in Edenderry, a carpenter and mill-wright who married Betty Anne Smyth in 1834. She died in 1894 aged “90” but was was probably only about 80. As he was born in Kilpike he is probably a son of Aaron. Also in Edenderry was Sarah Waters 1811-1871 who in 1834 married Kennedy Clugston of Kilpike 1812-1874, a rag-and-bone merchant. Two of their children were born in Edenderry. It seems likely that John and Kennedy were brothers.
Another Kilpike marriage is recorded at Tullylish Presbyterian Church. In 1834 Mary(Jane) Clugston married (John) Anderson. The witnesses were John and William Clugston. The only known William Clugston in Banbridge at that time is the son of Aaron Clugston of Kilpike, though he would have only been 14 or 15 years old at that time. This is very young but would be allowed under the 1753 Marriage Act which required only “two or more credible witnesses”. This would indicate that she is the daughter of Aaron. This gives further circumstantial evidence that John of Edenderry is the son of Aaron, because he is probably the other witness.
Moses Clugston
Moses Clugston is listed in the 1828 Flax Growers Bounty List, along with Aran and John, and also in both the Tithe Applotments 1828. Moses was married at least twice. His death on 1871.5.6 at age 84 in Laurencetown, Banbridge was reported on 1871.5.9 in the Belfast Newsletter and the Belfast Telegraph, and also on 1871.5.10 in the Belfast Morning News. Henry’s sisters died at Laurencetown two years later.
Moses was alive during the Griffith’s survey so was probably living with the other Clugstons in Kilpike. He was not mentioned in Henry Herron’s 1868 will.
Moses Clugston of Lisnafiffy 1787-1871.5.6 d. Laurencetown
=1 Rebecca Donaldson Knocknagon m 1828.6.2 Tullyish Pres
Mary Clugston 1830.1.24-
Margaret Clugston 1831.3.13-
=2 Mary Doran m 1841 Lisnafiffy
Which land did Moses have? Henry had #22b which by 1865 was sub-leased to David Hamilton. John Bodell also had land in Lisnafiffy in the 1828 Tithe Aplottments; he was already John’s son-in-law by then and had probably already taken Lisnafiffy #20. The land at #19, occupied by Francis Bodel, is probably the land which John Bodel mentions in his will as having been bought from Eliza Shaw. In 1793 (deed #301999), one sixth of Kilpike was occupied by Robert Bodell, which he had aquired from John Anderson of Armagh, Co Armagh. In deed 1838-7-93 Elizabeth Shaw of Tullylish married Henry Magill; John Shaw is also mentioned.
Tithe Applotments
In the Tithe applotments for Aghaderg:
FIN/5/A/1: p 15 and p83 and p109 Drumsallagh. 16. Robert Clugston 13ac0rd20pc
FIN/5/A/1: p8 and p76 and p103 : Ballintaggart 27. Widow Cluelow 6ac. (Not a Clugston)
In the Tithe applotments for Kilkeel Parish:
FIN/5/171A/Ballyveamore p28 William Clugston. 5ac of 4th class land.
In the Tithe applotments for Kilmegan Parish (completed 1834):
FIN/5/A/184: p40 Drumnaquoile. From Colonel Forde. James Clugston 5ac2rd25pc
(All of Drmuninaquoile was owned by Matthew Forde).
FIN/5/A/184: p25 Magherasaul. Alexr Clugston 7a1rd16pc. From the Most Noble the Marquis of Downshire
In the Tithe applotments for Kilmood Parish:
FIN/5/A/185: Drumhirk p9 172. Hugh Clugston 7ac3rd35pc. 3rd rate land (171. was James Kearns 10ac0rd5pc); there were 29 people in Drumhirk. In Griffith’s Survey, 1863, there were 27 landholders in Drumhirk.
In the Tithe applotments for Seapatrick:
FIN/5/A/246A p25 also FIN/5/A/246B p 16: Kilpike. 33 Aaron Clughston 3ac3rd20pc
also FIN/5/A/246C p48 Kilpike Aran Clugston 1ac2rd arable 4ac3rd inf arable 27pc road
FIN/5/A/246A p26 also FIN/5/A/246B p 18: Lisnafiffy. 14. Moses Clugston 7ac; 13 was “Archibald Crothers”; 15 was “James Shaw” and 16 “Charles Shaw”.
also FIN/5/A/246C p49 Lisnafiffy. Moses Clugston 6ac2rd arable 4ac20pc inf arable 2rd road
FIN/5/A/246A p27 also FIN/5/A/246B p 18: Lisnafiffy. 28 John Clugston 14ac2rd
also FIN/5/A/246C p49 Lisnafiffy. John Clugston 16ac arable 8ac2rd inf arable
Next to John and Moses was John Bodell with 8ac arable, 1ac1rd inf, 12pc road.
Aaron is listed as being in Ballykeel in 1821 when his daughter Eliza was baptised, but in Kilpike in 1828, whereas Moses and John were in Lisnafiffy in 1828. All three townlands are adjacent.
There is a James Clungston in the Flax Grower’s Bounty.
James is probably James Clonglay who died at Lisnafiffy, Banbridge on 1862.6.19 aged 60. He may not be a Clugston at all.
Aaron Clugston
Eliza’s baptism is recorded at Tullylish Presbyterian Church. William’s will is available online at the PRONI website. It mentions his sons Aaron, William John, Alexander, and Edmund, and his sister Eliza. The executors of William’s will were his son Edmund, and “Robert Davidson Gentleman”. This seems to be Robert Davidson 1836- = Annie 1861-, 11 Church St Banbridge, occupation “House and Dividends” in 1901. When Alexander was married in Brisbane in 1873, the newspaper described him as William’s third son.
William’s wife’s surname “Geary’ is interesting. Archibald Clugston’s daughter Ann was married to a John Geary.
William and Jane are both “of Seapatrick”.
(Griffiths: 7 (from Rev. Daniel Dickinson, sublets to 2 people), 10 (from J.W. Murland, sublets to 10 people), land at 22 (from William Bell) Kilpike, Seapatrick, Banbridge. Lived at 7a. 10 went to Edmund Clugston in 1906. 7a went to Edmund in 1907.)
Rev Dickinson was rector 1832-1870 of Holy Trinity, Church of Ireland.
Aaron must have been in his 50’s when his children were born.
It is possible that Aaron the father of William and Eliza is not Aaron the freeholder in 1789, but is rather his son. However we do know that Aaron’s brother Archibald had children at a similar age.
Aaron Clugston = Jane
(Freeholder in Seapatrick 1789 and 1828; in Ballykeel 1821)
William Clugston 1820-1900.6.11 Farmer d. Seapatrick village
= Jane Geary 1821-1904.2.23 d Kilpike m 1841.2.15 Banbridge non-subscribing Pres.
(William's death witness: son Edmund)
(surely William and Jane had children in the 12 year gap between Alexander and Edmund??)
William John Clugston 1841-1917.3.15
= Lousia Annie Perry 1849-1900.2.1 m 1875
(emmigrated to Brisbane 23 Dec 1869)
Ellen Trennate Mary Clugston 1877- m 1914
Arthur Alexander Clugston 1882-1931
Emily Louisa Clugston 1884-
Irene Isabel Anne Clugston 1888- m 1918
Jane Elizabeth Gray Clugston 1875-1877
Phillip William Edmund Clugston 1879.11-1884.4.15
Aaron Clugston 1847- of Seapatrick famer
= Sarah Ann Austin 1841-1914 m 1882.4.25 Scarva Presb.
(Marriage witnesses: Samuel G Wilson, Minnie E Pillar)
(Methodist. Griffith's shows he leased a farm in Tanaghmore, Magharelly, Down, starting in 1885. They had no children, which is unsurprising since Sarah was 41 years old when they married).
Alexander Clugston 1848-1924 Sawmill owner
= Ellen Mott m. 1873.12.31 Only had one son.
(emmigrated to Brisbane 23 Dec 1869.)
(Involved with Enoggera school, Brisbane)
(Ellen is probably Helen Clugston 1846-1943 d. Queensland)
Charles William Clugston 1876-1894
Edmund Clugston 1860-
=(1) Isabella Jane Armstrong 1864-1910.2.14 illiterate m 1888.04.10 Tullylish Presb.
(Isabella dau of James Armstrong labourer)
(Marriage witnesses: John Campbell, Jane Wilson)
Jean Clugston 1888.8.2 b Seapatrick village
= Edmund Lindsay m1912.9.10 Newmills, Tullylish.
Rachel Clugston 1899.10.23
= John Lindsay m1919.8.15 Newmills, Tullylish
=(2) Margaret Mackin ??-1926.4.4 m 1912.9.5 RC church Lisnafiffy
Edmund Clugston 1913.12.14 b Banbridge
Eliza Clugston 1821.12.2-1902, b Ballykeel
(subleasing Kilpike 4, Banbridge from William)
(died unmarried. She is mentioned as a sister in William's will).
David Clugston
= Catherine Burns m 1840.8.2 Tullylish, Co Down
(David was a witness at William & Jane's wedding, presumably a brother)
John Clugston 1843.4.23 bap Banbridge Catholic church
(Baptism witnesses: Patrick Delany, Bridget Magninis)
David Clugston 1845.2.3 bap ("Clockisty") Banbridge Catholic church
(I cannot find any further trace of this family. They may have all died in the Great Hunger 1845-1849)
John Clugston, carpenter of Edenderry
John Clugston was a carpenter, who had worked at the mill at Edenderry since the age of 17, so he was probably born nearby. He’s not the son of Robert, and is not mentioned in the wills of John’s children (and he is much younger than John’s other children). I am confident he is the son of Aaron.
John Clugston 1813-1878.10.10 Carpenter and mill-wright d. Banbridge workhouse
= Elizabeth "Betty" Anne Smyth 1804-1894.3.29 d. Library Lane Banbridge m 1835.3.14 Banbridge non-subscribing Presb
(John's cause of death: gangrene)
(John was a carpenter at Richard Haye's mill, Edenderry. In 1843 he had worked at the mill for 13 years. In 1861 he was a wheelwright. In 1865 he was a millwright).
(Elizabeth was a "Mechanic's widow". Death witness: Agnes Patterson)
(Griffiths: 4h Edenderry, leased from Richard Hayes. House went to Wm Kilpatrick in 1888).
Elizabeth Clugston 1838-
= Robert Irwin shoemaker m1863.3.12 Irvinestown CoI Magheraculinorug, Co Fermenagh
(Ederney, Co Fermenagh is extremely far from all other Clugstons. I guess after the scandal she ran away to start a new life, OR, this was a shotgun wedding which did not last).
(Elizabeth dau of John Clugston millwright)
(Robert son of Christopher Irwin shoemaker)
(Both living at Ederney before marriage)
(Marriage witnesses: John Graham, George Irwin)
Selina Clugston 1841- dress maker
= Patrick Crawley m 1861.1.12 Registry Office Banbridge
(Selina dau of John Clugston carpenter)
(Patrick son of Patrick Crawley)
(Marriage witnesses: Richard Beattie, Mary Clugston illiterate)
=(2) Martin Keogh (Might not have married) tailor
Elizabeth Keogh 1867.9.1 b Rathfriland st Banbridge
James Keogh 1869.2.7 b Banbridge
Edith Teresa Kehoe 1878.7.9-1885.4 b&d Banbridge
George Kehoe 1879.11.24-1879.12.5 b&d Bridge St Banbridge
Mary Clougston (not married)
(Not proven to be a dau of John, but is probably the marriage witness of Selina)
Elizabeth Cloughston b 1868.4.24 Banbridge workhouse
John Clugston v. Thomas Connor.
Clugston v. Connor. This action was brought to recover damages for the seduction of the plaintiff’s daughter. The defendant is cashier and book-keeper in the employment of Mr. Hayes, linen manufacturer, the town of Banbridge, and the plaintiff is wheelwright, also in Mr. Hayes’s employment.
Statement of counsel, it appeared that about four years ago an intimacy commenced between the defendant and the plaintiff’s second daughter, Elizabeth Cloughston. The seduction was alleged to have taken place under promise of marriage; in the month of November, 1859. The plaintiff’s daughter, who about 22 years of age, became pregnant, and gave birth to a child some months since. The defendant did not deny the improper intimacy between him and Elizabeth Cloughston, but he traversed the allegation as to the promise of marriage and to his being the father of her child. Several witnesses were examined each side. The jury found for the plaintiff—damages. £75. Counsel for the plaintiff—Mr. Joy, Q.C., and Mr. Frazer. Counsel for the defendant—Mr. Armstrong, Q.C., and Mr. Hamill.
–“Belfast Mercury”, 5 February 1861
There is another John with a daughter named Eliza of a very similar age.
Since Eliza was illiterate she could hardly be the dau of Grumpy John schoolmaster. The fact that she worked in the mill is suspicious; perhaps she is the same person.
John Clugston farmer
= Mary 1811- b Ireland
(When John died, Mary moved to her daughter Eliza's house in Milton, Glasgow)
Eliza Clugston 1840- (1858: in Ballydown mill, Banbridge) illiterate
= Thomas Beck 1839- (1858:weaver. 1884:weaver 1891:Coal Merchant) illiterate m 1858.4.5 Church of Ireland, Seapatrick
(Eliza dau of John Clugston farmer)
(Thomas son of Thomas Beck merchant's clerk)
(Marriage witness: Tisdal Cummins, James Brown)
(1881: 12 Oakbank St, City, Milton, Lanarkshire)
Thomas Beck 1860-1886.11.20 d. Banbridge = Jane Craig 1861- m1884.7.10 Banbridge
William Beck 1865- b Ireland
Eliza Jane Beck 1865.11.5 b Pound St Banbridge
Joseph Beck 1870.5.17 - b Ballyvalley Banbridge
Matthew Beck 1873.5.31 b. Banbridge
(Birth witness: Mary Clugston)
Thomas Beck 1879- b Glasgow
John seems to have had a son James. Certainly John was the only Clugston with a house in Edenderry, Seapatrick in the Griffiths Survey.
Aug. 11th. 1865., The following parties were summoned for having taken part in an unlawfully assembly on the 13th. July, Edward McBride, Loughbrickland, William Brown, Loughbrickland, Joseph Brown, Ballynagreagh, James Beatty, William Pillow, Leganamy, David Gibson, Ballymacarratybeg, James Thompson, William Black, John Black, Tullycan, William John Bodel, John Barclay, William Bigham, Banbridge, James Clugston, William Henry Graham, Edenderry, John Fivey, Banbridge, Hugh Campbell, Loughbrickland, John Craig, Andrew Pilson, Andrew Burnett, Banbridge, Thomas Hoy, William McBurney, Sam. Magill, Ballydown, Robert Bednell, Gilford, John Evans, Richard Hutchinson, Tandragee, Moses Tully, James Murphy, Ballynagreagh, Andrew Hare, and James Hall. The charge against the defendants, as stated in the summons, was for having, on the 13th July, formed themselves into an unlawful assembly, and met and paraded together at Scarva, in the County Down, accompanied by and having amongst them persons playing music, and wearing emblems which tended to provoke animosity between different classes of her Majesty’s subjects. The case against all parties was dismissed.
Of these, Moses Tully was born in 1845. It’s likely that most of the others were similarly aged around 20.
Robert Clugston =Mary Guy had a son James Clugston born 1856 who was too young. The James in the 1828 flax grower’s bounty is too old.
Kennedy Clugston
Kennedy moved to Dublin. Since he was from Kilpike, he is very likely to be another son of Aaron. He is one of only three Clugstons to have a surname as first name, the others being Bailey Cluxton of Kildare and Cunningham Clugston of Belfast.
Kennedy Clugston 1812-1874.3.27 b Kilpike d 23 Exchequer St Dublin, Marine Dealer
= Sarah Waters 1811-1871-4-19 b Edenderry d. 23 Exchequer St Dublin m. 1834.03.06 Banbridge non-subscribing Pres
(Griffiths: 24 St Andrew, Dublin South (1854), "Kennedy Cluxton")
(Insolvent 1854. Exchequer St rag and bone dealer)
(Dublin street directory 1850 Clugston, Kerr, 27 Exchequer street)
(Sarah's death witness: Sarah Clugston)
(Kennedy died 23 1/2 Exchequer St Dublin. Death witness Sarah Hillis).
Anne Jane Clugston
= John Carroll. Boot closer. m 1857.5.25 St Michan Catholic, Dublin
(Anne Jane had an adult Catholic baptism 1857.4.27 Westland Row Dublin, clearly to allow marriage. Sponsor Eliza Corcoran)
(John son of John Carroll)
(Marriage witnesses: Sarah Kelly, William Maginnes)
(1866: 3 Longford St, Dublin)
Mary Clugston 1835.5.15 b. Edenderry
= Joseph Geary grocer m 1863.6.17 St Thomas Presb, Dublin
(Joseph son of John Geary farmer)
(Joseph living at Clare, Waringstown, CoDown before marriage)
(Marriage witnesses: John Carroll, James Bittles)
Thomas Cluxton 1836.10.9 b. Edenderry
Sarah Clugston 1845-
= Hugh Hillis 1837- m 1872.3.22 Jerns St Presb, Dublin North
(Witness: Alfred Barnes, Annie Kennedy)
(7.1 Dufferin Ave, Merchant's Quay, Dublin)
(Probably a pre-marriage daughter of Ann Jane)
Ann Jane Clugston 1857.4.27 bap St Andrews, Dublin city
Clugstons in Drumsallagh and Derrydrummuck
Unlike the Clugstons closer to Banbridge, none of this family seem to have been Presbyterian. Many married at the registry office, which probably means they married Catholics.
There is a will reported in 1806 for John Clughstin, Aghaderg. Crossle reports:
Dromore Grant Book 1790-1814 II-5-14
Adm of John Clugston of psh Aghaderg decid intest qld 24 Jan 1806 to Mary Claxton his wid.
He is likely to be the father of John Clugston 1780-1858.7.28 and Robert Clugston 1785-1832.
Grand Lodge of Freemasons
Glascor Hill. John Clugston 6 April 1810 (Glaskerbeg is the townland next to Derrydrummuck)
John Clugston, of the townland of Derrydrumuck, about ninety years of age, left his home, on 28th July last, with the intention, as he stated going into Banbridge, and thence to Belfast. He has since disappeared from his relatives, and has not been heard of. It would be taken as an act of great kindness, should any person have seen a man answering to the following description, to intimate the fact to his relatives. He had on his person, when he left his dwelling, an invisible green coat, rather the worse of wear, patched under one arm; a wool hat, with broad leaf; corduroy trousers, of a dark colour; brown moleskin vest; checked necktie, which was much worn; and Blucher boots. He was getting into incipient dotage; and his family and he were not on the best of terms, the most anxious fears are entertained for the old man’s safety.
– “Downpatrick Recorder”, 21 August 1858
JOHN CLUGSTON, Derrydrumuck, near Loughbrickland, County Down, Wandered from his Residence on 28th July. Description when leaving — Invisible Bine Body Coat, with Patch under right arm; Two Vests, one Dark Double-Breasted, other Drab Single-Breasted Cloth; Dark Cord Trousers; Black Wool Hat, broad leaf; Bloucher Boots; Age about 85 years ; Height, 5 feet 5 inches. Any Person knowing his whereabouts will please communicate to Agent for Morning News, Loughbrickland.
–“Belfast Morning News”, 24 August 1858
In 1826, the list of teachers in ireland includes “Dromore, Derrydramack, John Clugstone, presb[yteria]n, pay about 10l.”. The school was “a cabin used as a cow house in winter; might cost 5l” — “Education in Ireland: Reports from Commissioners 1801-1826”, Vol 121, p378.
In the Griffith survey, Derrydrumuck 9ab is leased from “Trus Hon Robt Meade” by “Rep John Clugston”. He has a representative either because he’s missing, or senile. He is clearly the same John Clugston who was a 40s freeholder leasing land in Derrydrumrick from Terence McComisky in 1821; McComisky’s freehold was for the life of Cornelius Wilson. This is a house and two small patches of land. The fact that his family are concerned about him, shows that he had descendants living in the Banbridge area. From 1886 the land was occupied by “Robert Clugstone” until 1897, when it went to Samuel A Clugstone. In 1909 it went to Thomas F___.
There is another Robert Clugston 1818-1895.1.28 in Drumsallagh. He inherited grumpy John’s land after John’s death. His will shows further family estrangement. After dividing his land between his sons Samuel and James, he states “to my son John Clugston a sum of one pound which I owe him and this one pound is in full satisfaction and discharge of all claims by him on my estate.” He was leasing his father’s 4 acres in Derrydrummuck 9ab to Captain T Percy. Robert lived at Loughbrickland 10a 37, a house in the centre of the village, near to the school at Loughbrickland 10a 35.
On 14 March 1844 Robert Clugston was indicted (with Seargent William Hume, William Campbell, Thomas Anderson, James Jackson, Samuel Waldron, Robert McBarney, George Harper, John Morgan, Joseph Edmundson, John Edmundson jun. John Edmondson sen, James Brown, Thomas Lusk, and John Clarke) with walking in an Orange Procession in July 1843 into Scarva, and for assaulting two Catholics. Robert played the fife in the procession. This was apparently the first Orange parade in Irish history that turned violent.
Robert is listed as a “farmer of Derrydrummuck” in his will. He is listed in the 1877 and 1880 street directory for Loughbrickland as “Clugston, Robert, grocer”.
Another useful record from this generation is the probate record of Faithful Clugston. She was a widow who died in Drumsallagh in 1860. The executor of her will was her daughter, Anna Maria Clugston. Anna Maria Clugston was born in 1818 and died unmarried in Drumsallagh in 1896. The Griffith’s survey shows she lived at Drumsallagh 46. The Griffith’s Revision Books show that in 1870 Anna Maria took Drumsallagh 45 as well and state “Robert Henry Carswell jointly”. Then they state “miss Clugston is sole occupier in 1879”.
In the 1828 Tithe Applotments the only Clugston with land in Drumsallagh is Robert. A will was probated for Robert Clugston of Drumsallagh in 1832. Anna Maria is the only Clugston with land in Drumsallagh in the Griffith’s survey.
Presumably, Anna Maria and her mother Faithful continued to live in her father Robert’s house after his death. The marriage certificate of Anna’s sister Sarah (=Nathan Carswell) shows her father as Robert Clugston.
John Clugston d. 1806 Aghaderg = Mary ____
John Clugston ~1770-1858.7.28 d Derrydrummuck Presbyterian schoolteacher
= /Susan Frazer/
(1826: Schoolteacher)
(After his death his farm went to his son Robert)
(Susan dau of Samuel Frazier=Jane Torrance, schoolteacher of Markethill, Armagh)
William Clugston, weaver
= Agnes Graham, widow of Ballintagart illiterate m1845.12.28 Banbridge registrar's office
(William of Ballintaggart son of John Clugston schoolmaster)
(Agnes dau of James Graham, farmer. She was a widow in 1845)
(Marriage witnesses: Marshall Porter, Elizabeth Sarah Balmer)
Robert Clugston 1818-1895.1.28 d. Derrydrummuck Grocer
= Mary Ann Guy 1815-1878.8.26 Loughbrickland grocer's wife m 1851.3.20 Scarva CofI, Down
(Robert of Ballingteggart, son of John Clugston farmer)
(Mary Anne of Ballinteggart dau of William Guy farmer)
(Mary Anne was previously married to Mr. Gordon)
(Marriage witnesses: William Hammond, Margaret Hammond)
(Mary's death witness: Robert Clugston)
(Robert's death witness: son James)
John Clugston 1853-1920.1.11 b. Down d Linen Hill, Ballinafoy. farmer
(1911: Ballynafoy 9, Annaclone, Down)
James Clugston 1856-1909.2.6 b Down d. Ballinafoy, Banbridge labourer
(1901: Newtownbutler, Fermanagh. Irish Church)
Samuel Alexander Clugston 1860- (single in 1911)
(1888: National School Teacher at Glenavy, Antrim)
(1887.1.3, 1888: Freemason, Glenavy)
(1911: N.S. teacher, 86 Newtownbutler, Fermanagh. Irish Church)
Robert Clugston -1832 d. Drumsallagh. farmer.
= Faithful ___ -1860. d Drumsallagh
Anna Maria Clugston 1818-1896.3.11 d Drumsallagh
(Death witness: R H Carswell)
Sarah Ann Clugston 1824-1911.9.25 d. Carrickdrummond, Co Down. Presbyterian.
= Nathan Carswell of Carickdruman m 1847.6.25 Registrar's Office, Banbridge.
(Nathan son of James Carswell farmer)
(Marriage witnesses: Adam Lennismore, Anna Maria Clugston)
(1901: 9 Ballymacaratly More, Donaghmore, Down)
(1911: 2 Carrickdrummond, Glaskermore, Down)
Robert Henry Carswell 1848-1927.5.29
= Matilda Bell m1881.7.15
Nathaniel Carswell 1883.1.6 b Drumsallagh
Joseph Carswell 1852- farmer
Mary Carswell 1855-
Susan Frazier was married to a “Clugstan”. She was one of 8 children of Samuel Frazier =Jane Torrance. He was a schoolteacher at Markethill, Armagh. Her brother, Samuel Frazier, was born about 1786, and had a son Thomas Frazer 1816-, a Presbyterian who lived around Banbridge and had children buried into. By process of elimination she must be the wife of the schoolmaster Grumpy John.
William Cluxton of Ballynaskea, Aghaderg, d. 1850.1.30, is probably another brother of Grumpy John. He had a Roman Catholic burial. Most of the Clugstons seem to have been staunchly Protestant, so he would have to have married a Catholic.
Matthew Clugston of Aghaderg seems to be his son (since Matthew had a Catholic marriage). But William could potentially be a brother who died young.
Matthew had a house and small garden in Ballynaskeagh 24g, part of a cluster of small houses on a large estate.
This seems be Matthew Clugston of Loughbrickland, Merchant Seaman (ticket #406241) Other merchant seamen at the same time include Alex Clugston of Bangor #239978, Jas Clugston of Forfar #357737, William Clugas of Douglas #404658, William McCluggish of Carrickfergus, #477211. (The National Archives BT114 piece 4, 1845-1854).
William Cluxton d. 1850.1.30 d. Ballynaskea, funeral Aghaderg Catholic church
Matthew Clugston 1819-1879.12.11 d. Church St Banbridge. Labourer
= Mary McClory 1815-1875.1.13 d Church St. m 1844.7.28 Aghaderg Catholic church
(Matthew's death: Widower. Labourer age 60. Witness: Essy McClory of Banbridge. Mary's death witness (age 60?): Essy McClory)
There is however a Matthew Clogston born Belfast, Merchant Seaman, age 28 in 1856. In 1855 he had a voyage with Home voyage “S.11.11 Thetis Dumfries J St John 6.10”. The brig Thetis was owned by David Cassady 1811-1862 of Dumfries who died on a return voyage from Quebec.
“Matthew Clugdon” born 1824 or 1827 is mentioned in 1853 British merchant seamen.
This next man might in fact be Robert Clugston weaver/soldier of Belfast. He would be an army pensioner. Who is Samuel Clugston illiterate alive in 1873? It could be Samuel 1850-1881 b Drumhorc, or Samuel 1848 or 1855 illiterate = Rebecca Dinsmore who was in Carnmoney Co Antrim. Since he was illiterate he could not be Samuel Alexander Clugston 1860- schoolteacher. Could not be Samuel 1846-1904 of Larne =(2) Martha Bradford (he was literate); the Samuels from Co Armagh were all literate. In 1881 in Killside, Antrim was another illiterate Samuel Clugston marriage witness.
Robert Clugston (1853:pensioner)
Matthew Clugston 1828- sailor
= Sophia Black m1853.7.14 St Annes CofI Belfast
(Sophia dau John Black)
(Marriage witnesses: James Miller, William Thompson)
Elizabeth Clugston 1854- (died before 1906)
= Charles Moore Weldridge 1853- .Painter. m 1873.7.12 St Annes Church of Ireland, Belfast
(Eliz dau of Matthew Clugston sea captain)
(Charles son of Samuel Weldridge shoemaker)
(Marriage witness: Samuel Clugston (illiterate), Jane Eliza Thomson)
(As "Charles Moore" son of William Moore he married Jane Bell 1889.10.31 St Annes Church while Elizabeth was still alive! Court case reported 1893.10.14 Irish News, also Northern Whig. She died 1903.9.8, he then remarried Mary Jane Carthy 1906.7.28)
Sophia Willdridge 1874.8.25 b 94 Henry St Belfast
Charles Moore Willdridge 1879.11.26-1881.12.20 b. 9 College St Wesh Belfast d. 133 Sandy Row Belfast
PRONI D4220/3/2 is
“18 March 1841. Survey for Margaret Caldwell of lands in Ballynaskeagh, Co. Down, signed by Walter Caldwell, Martin Caldwell, John Clugston.”
Clugstons near Ouley, County Down
These are descendants of John born 1820. He is the right age to be the son of Robert and Faithful Clugston. But John Clugston of Edenderry born 1818 could also be their son (though it is far more likely his father is Aaron).
Note that James Chambers and Robert Clugston of Lisnafiffy were witnesses of Mary Knight’s will in 1878, so this John may be related to the Lisnafiffy Clugstons.
John Clugston 1820-1887.1.29 of Ouley labourer widower.
(Cause of death: kicked by a horse)
(Witness at John's death: Son John Clugston of Arderagh)
Jane Clugston 1844-1897.1.17 illiterate d. Drummaharc Loughbrickand
= John Winters surfaceman illiterate
m 1872.10.14 Registrar's Office, Newry; m1873.11.23 Agharderg Catholic)
(1872: Jane lived in Ouley)
(John son of Peter Waters farmer of Ouley)
(Marriage witnesses: Anne Moore illiterate, Edward Leeb)
(This may be John Winters, widower, b 1841 of Caskum 20, Loughbrickland).
John Winters 1874.1.16 b Loughbrickland, Down
Agness Winters 1875.9.14
Jane Winters 1879.7.12 b Ardkeragh, Down
John Clugston 1846-1913.2.15 b. Ardheragh. d. Glaskamore. labourer. Illiterate.
(Griffiths 1864: Ouley 5b John Clugston, landlord John Waddell -> Thomas Waddell (1891) --> Vacant in 1895.)
(John was found dead. Coroner report 1913.2.17).
=(1) Mary Moor (of Glaskamore) (Might not be married)
Mary Clugston 1871.10.24 b Glaskamore, Co Down
=(2) Margaret Chambers 1844-1877.4.17 d. Ardkeragh labourer's wife m 1873.10.24 ("Glugston") Scarva Presb church
(Margaret dau of George Chambers of Newry. Both living in Curley Lordship of Newry before married; this is directly south of Ouley. Death witness: John Clugston of Ouley)
(Marriage witnesses: William Chambers, Isabella Chambers)
(1901: Glaskermore, Co Down)
(1911: Glaskerbeg West, Glaskermore, Co Down. John was born in 1843)
William John Clugston 1874.10.6-1884.9.1 b. Ouley, Down d. Arderagh, Down
Thomas Clugston 1875.12.17-1913.1.28 b Ouley, Down d. Glaskermore, cause:tuberculosis 5 years. Bachelor.
George Clugston 1877.3.3 b. Arderagh, Down (twins)
Jane Clugston 1877.3.3-1877.3.23 b&d Ardkeragh, Down (twins)
William James Clugston of Ouley was born in County Down 1846 and living alone in Ouley 11 in 1911. (This is Griffiths 15; “Jas Clugeston” took it from John Little in 1884, and was replaced with “Wm J Clugeston” in 1885). Illiterate. The house is marked as “(Thatch)” in Griffiths indicating he was not wealthy.
William James Clugston 1843-1912.1.7 b Down. d. Ouley. Never married.
(1901: Ouley 16, Co Down)
(1911: Ouley 11, Co Down. Born 1839)
(Death witness Isaac Peterson, farmer, neighbour)
Thomas Clugston of Tullymurry
Thomas Clugston of Tullymurry, Donaghmore, County Down was a ploughman married to Ann. Their first child was born in 1826. Around 1830 they moved to Ballintate, County Amargh. See the Armagh page for further details. Tullymurry is slightly west of Ouley.
Kilkeel, County Down
In the Tithe applotments for Kilkeel Parish:
FIN/5/171A/Ballyveamore p28 William Clugston. 5ac of 4th class land.
James is presumably the son of William.
James Clugston 1814-1884.7.22 d Ballyvea, Kilkeel fisherman (or farmer)
= Sarah McCrory 1814-1886.4.16 d Ballyvea. Kilkeel Cause of death: breast cancer
(James' death witness ("Claxton"): daughter Margaret Sloane)
(Sarah's death witness: daughter Ellen)
(1901: 3 Ballyveaghmore, Ballykeel, Down. Leased from James Stevenson)
Margaret Clarkson 1837-
= John Sloan 1833- fisherman m 1869.5.31 church of Ireland Kilkeel
William Sloane 1869.1.28
Margaret Sloane 1871.7.29
John Sloan 1873.6.4
Sarah Sloan 1879.4.9 Ballviegh, Down (Birth witness: Annie Sloan, illiterate)
Mary Clugson 1839-
= John McClenaghan 1835- m1869.11.12 parish church, Kilkeel
William McClenaghan 1870.9.28-1919.1.10 b Ballykeel Kilkeel (birth witness Margaret McClenaghan) d. Toronto, Ontario
William McClenaghan 1870.8.20 b Down
Sarah Jane McClenaghan 1873.7.17 b Kilkeel
(this could be John 1835- = Mary 1839- Ballykeel 27, son John b 1880)
(Mary McClenaghan 1848-1918 d Kilkeel farmers widow. death witness maggie Mclenaghan)
Sarah Clugston 1841.1.15 bap 1841.31 at Annalong Pres
James Clugston 1852- (or 1854) b. Down. Fisherman
Ellen Clugston 1857- (or 1858) Seamstress
= George Nugent 1863- b Down. Fisherman m 1886.9.9 Annalong Church of Ireland Kilkeel
(George son of William Nugent of Ballymartin farmer)
(Ellen living at Ballyocamore before marriage. Witness: Jane McClunghan, Richard Cretchley)
William Nugent 1892 = Elizbeth K Newell m 1922.7.1 New York
Robert Clugstone age 18 in 1839 (so born 1821) of Mourne, County Down, Ireland was an army deserter. Kilkeel is part of Mourne.
Presumably Robert is another son of William.
Clugstons in Eastern County Down
There are several extremely early references to Clugstons in County Down.
In the 1663 Subsidy Roll there was a John Clugston in Killnior(?), Saintfield. This is near the town of Carryduff, much closer to Belfast and Lisburn than the later Clugston references. There is a John Clugston who married Alice Lawrensons in Lisburn in 1673, but by 1684 the Clugstons married in Lisburn were from Belfast.
In 1606, Alexander Clugston had sasine of Dirvairds, near Glenluce in Scotland. This next man is probably his son. Most or all of the Clugstons in eastern County Down appear to be his descendants.
1648 Alexander Clugston of Portaferry, County Down, was attorney for Patrick McMullen of Regiment Kiringent(?)to Sr James Montgomery, and executor for the will of John O’Lindsay, resident of Braddon, Isle of Man. Archdeacon’s wills IOM
(Sir James Montgomery of Rosemount, County Down, born 1600, fled to Scotland in 1649 when Oliver Cromwell approached Ireland).
Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Records, 1949:
Clugston, Sanders, County Down, Rentals, Portaferry 1644-5.
(This is Alexander Clugston, attorney)
Clug(g)es (or Clugis(h)), Chas, Portaferry and Tullyboard, Co Down. Rentals 1705-38 (OD)
Index to Diocesan Wills, County Down 1608-1859.
Clugish, Charles (senior), mariner, Portaferry 1738
(“Clugish” is the name MacLucas from Isle of Man. I do not think Charles was related to the Clugstons).
The names in this family are extraordinarily different from the names near Banbridge. It looks as though the mother was English, and likely had a father named Edward.
____ Clugston
Edward Clugston d 1710.9.13 Kilkenny
(probate granted to his sister-in-law Hanna)
Samuel Clugston of Islandmuck, Gent, co Down d1707
= Hanna _____
(Children all under 21 in 1707, ie born after 1686)
Elizabeth Clugston
Edward Clugston. gauger.
Hanna Clugston
= Robert Macoom m 1710.3.1 Kilbegan, Co Meath
John Clugston
Margaret Clugston
James Clugston
Alexander Clugston of Ballynaughnaugh (Ballynanny, Clonduffe), co Down
(These next two are not proven to be sons of James)
James Clugston of Jigginstown and Killcullen Bridge, Kildare
Michael Clugston of Fonfaney, Co Down
Irish deed #31465 21 Feb 1723, is a deed from Rev Dean John Burdett of Ballymaney Co Kildare to James Claxton of Giginstown Co Kildare, and Michael Claxton of Fofaney Co Down. James Cluxton of Giginstown is the progenitor of the Cluxtons of Kildare. Deed #129624 (v197 p 70), 1758.9.15 states that James Claxton of Jigginstown held a lease of Lurgan Linney, Co Down from Mr Ford, and that this land was currently in the possession of Mrs Margaret Claxton otherwise Johnston. Fofanny is an Electoral Division centred on Kilcoo, Co Down, and was sometimes called “Phephenny” or “Phofenny”. The Forde estate is to the north-east. Interestingly in 1747, deed #87043, Samuel Paxton lived in Phofennyreagh and bought land in Phophennybane. Did Michael’s family change their name to Paxton?
(Tyrella or or “Tyrolla” or “Island Muck” is 3km SE of Clough, it is “near the manor of Earlspark otherwise Ballykinlar”)
(Drumnaquoile is 5km NW of Clough)
(Magheradrool is 2km SE of Ballynahinch, 2km NE of Drumnaquoile).
Samuel Clugston, Tyrella of Islandmuck; will probated 1707.8.1
Administration of the goods of Samuel Clugston, late of Islandemuck, Co Down, gent, deceased, intestate, granted 1st August 1707 to Hanna Clugston of Islandemuck aforesaid, widow of said deceased, as well for her own use as for Elizabeth, Edward, Hanna, John, and Margaret Clugston, minors, children of said deceased.
License granted 17 March 1710, to solemnize matrimony between Robert McCoom of the parish of Kilbegan, Co Westmeath, gent, and Hanna Clugston of the parish of Kilbegan, aforesaid, by the rector of said parish.
(I think this is the widow of Samuel; she was probably born in Kilbeggan, and moved back to her birthplace after his death. Other than James Clugston of Jigginstown, Co Kildare, there are no other early known Clugstons in the south of Ireland).
Administration of the goods of Edward Clugston, late of the City of Kilkenny, gent, deceased, intestate, granted 28th June 1710 to Alexander Clugston of Ballynaughnagh, Co Down, farmer, nephew of the deceased.
[Crossle notes: Ballynaughnagh: place very distinctly written – no mistake]
This might be Ballynanny, Clonduff (east of Newry) which was written “Ballynanagh” in the 1659 census; or more likely Ballynagallagh, which is two townlands east of Tyrella/”Island Muck”. The Irish name for it is “Baile na gCailleach”.
This next family must be extremely poor, for James received social welfare in 1705. It is probable that this James is the same man who was a ruling elder in June 1705, because the Drumca church was an offshoot of the Ballynahinch church. In 1694 and 1697 and 1705, John Clugston and James Clugston were Ruling Elders of the Presbyterian church at Clough / Drumcaw. The Drumcaw church was originally founded by Rev Henry Livingston, who was also minister of Ballynahinch and Drumbo. He resigned in 1687 and was replaced by Rev Thomas Maxwell who died in 1705. Interestingly Rev Henry Livingston’s grandfather was Lord Livingston. In 1592, Sir Patrick Vaus mentioned Alexander Cluigstone and Laird Levingstoun. It’s likely that Rachall is the daughter-in-law of John or James. To be over elders they should be over 50, and therefore born before 1650.
Why would Janet, a married woman, be moving to this new parish? I think she must have just married a Clugston, and would thus be born just after 1690. Is she related to John Clugston of Lisnaward? Is James of Magheradrool her father-in-law, and if so is he James of Newry, whose son Alexander was a life in 1693? Alexander is the right age to be her husband.
James Clugston Magheradrool requested financial assistance of 6 pence from Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church 23 Dec 1705.
Mrs. Janet Clugston Magheradrool produced a testimonial from Rev. Gilbert Kennedy of Tullylish to Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church, Mar 1715
Rachall Clugston Magheradrool produced a Testimonial from Rev John Hutchinson of Armagh to introduce her at Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church 10 Feb 1723
(Rev Gilbert Kennedy was ordained by the Presbytery of Armagh 23 Mar 1703 as minister of Donacloney and Tullylish).
https://archive.org/details/recordsofgeneral01pres
1694.6.5 John Clugston, Synod Rep, ruling elder Drumca, Down
1697.6.2, 1704.6.6, 1705.6.5 James Clugston, Elder, Drumca. Synod rep with Rev Thomas Maxwell
In 1693.2.26 a freehold in Derry Beg, Newry in 1693 was obtained for 3 lives including the life of Alexander Clugston, son of James Clugston of Newry. Alexander was probably still a minor. We can safely assume he was the eldest son of James.
PRONI D2638/B/2/4 21 August 1734
Counterpart lease from Robert Nedham to Joseph Clugston of a ‘lot of ground situated on the west side of Boat Street’ for three lives renewable.
PRONI T1510/1 16 November 1805
Joseph Clugston, Newry, Co. Down, Tailor to Edward Cosgrave, Cloughley, Co. Armagh, Farmer.
Conveyance Sum of £15. 0. 0.
Premises at William Street, Newry.
PRONI D2638/B/5/6 30 September 1820
Renewal lease from Francis Lord Kilmorey to Joseph and John Grandy, for three lives renewable of a tenement on the west side of Boat Street formerly in the possession of Joseph Clugston [D2368/B2/4] and bequeathed to the Grandys upon the death of Clugston
1767 Joseph Clugston, becomes an apprentice tailor in Newry, County Down. Apprenticeships began age 14 and ended age 21, so he is likely born 1753. He is listed as a freeholder in Newry in 1787, 1789, and 1790. He died around 1810. Mary Clugston was his sole heiress.
Index to Belfast Newsletter, 22 Sept 1767:
master taylors town +Newry journeymen trade employ +Newry 19. boycertificate apprentice =Clugston,Joseph =Gray,James. =Dooney,Patrick=Corregan,Hugh =Dooney,Hugh =Coyle,James =McIntire,Hugh. =McCartney,David=Kennedy,Hugh =Maguinis,Daniel =Maguinis,Francis =McMaguinis,James.
In February 1784 Joseph Clugston was one of hundreds of signatories to a declaration by “Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Down” in support of the government (Dublin Evening Post Feb 26 & 28, Hibernian Journal Mar 3, 8 & 10)
James Clugston of Newry
Alexander Clugston
(1693.2.26: mentioned on lease #39995 v31 p 342 1716.10.19 )
Joseph Clugston
(1738: Leasing land on Boat St, Newry from Robert Nedham, for £1 17s)
Joseph Clugston 1753-1808 d. Newry tailor
(1787: Sold the "Jolly Sailor" inn, corner of William St and Boat St, Newry)
(1787,1789,1790: Freeholder in County Down)
(1796: Sold land in Boat St, Newry)
(1805.11: Sold his garden in William St, Newry)
(1808.8: was deceased. His daughter Mary Grandy was his only heir)
Mary Clugston
= Henry Grandy of Rosstrevor County Down
Around 1800 the names James Clugston and Alexander Clugston recur near the same village.
James, Alexander and Robert Clugston of Drumnaquoile/Claragh
These men are all from the neighbouring townlands of Ballywillwill, Drumnaquoile, Claragh, Drumcaw, Aghlisnafin, Maghersaul near the centre of the east coast of County Down, near the village of Seaforde. It seems that they lived very close to the junction between these townlands.
PRONI D566/178. 1804.12.1
Lease from 1 November 1804 for 1 life or 18 years from Mathew Forde, Esq., Seaforde, Co. Down to James Clugston, farmer, Drumanaquoile, Parish of Kilmegan, Co. Down. Rent £7. 11s. 10d. stg, rent plus fees £15.18s. 6d. stg, per annum alienated without consent. Lands relating to 5 acres 2 roods 38 perches plantation measure of Drumanaquoile, Parish of Kilmegan, Co. Down.
PRONI D566/262. 1811.10.4
Lease from 1 November 1810 for 1 life or 17 years from Mathew Forde, Esq., Seaforde, Co. Down to Alexander Clugston, farmer, Clera [Claragh, Parish of Loughinisland], Co. Down. Rent £32. 5s. 3d. stg, rent plus fees £60. stg, per annum alienated without consent. Lands relating to 5 acres plantation measure of Claragh, Co. Down.
In the Tithe applotments for Kilmegan Parish (completed 1834):
FIN/5/A/184: p40 Drumnaquoile. From Colonel Forde. James Clugston 5ac2rd25pc
(All of Drmuninaquoile was owned by Matthew Forde).
FIN/5/A/184: p25 Magherasaul. Alexr Clugston 7a1rd16pc. From the Most Noble the Marquis of Downshire
Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Ireland
Castlewellan Lodge:
15 May 1810 Robert Clugston, James Clugston (a total of 31 men joined on this day)
(There are no intermediate entries).
3 Feb 1816: John Clugston (6 men joined this day)
Mr A Clugston of County Down was a subscriber to a book of poetry “Poetic sketches, descriptive of the Giant’s Causeway, and the surrounding scenery: with some detached pieces” (1819)
https://archive.org/details/poeticsketchesde00mkin
Sarah is either James’s wife, or his sister.
The Castlewellan Court Book, 1824 mentions two court cases:
Sarah Clugston and Jane Bell of Drumnaquile assaulted Biddy Smith of Ballywillwill on 1824.5.29-1824.5.30
David Magorien of Canvaraghan vs James Clugston of Drumnaquile, non-payment of wages for weaving, amount 4s/2d 1824.6.20
James Clugston Weaver, Drumnaquoile
= Sarah /Clugston/ 1791-1866.5.1 d. Drumnaquoile
( James Clugston, Drumnaquoile, Down, 1815 & 1821, Landlord Matthew Forde)
(1829 Tithe Aplottments: Clugston, James Townland: Drumnaguoile)
(Griffith's 1863: Aghlisnafin 6b, Kilmegan, Down: Sarah Cluxton (subleased from James McDowell.
This is 100m from Drumnaquoile, and 50m from Ballywillwill)
In 1813, Robert Clugston of Ballywilwill was a 40s freeholder with land leased from Rev George H McDowell Johnston (PRONI D/654/A3/1G).
In 1815, Robert Clugston was a 40s freeholder with land in Clera leased from Matthew Forde, for the life of James Blackwood, Esq (who was a common choice). In the same election James Clugston of Drumnaquoile was a 40s freeholder leased from Matthew Forde, for the life of John Robert Moore (also a popular choice).
In 1821 James Clugston of Drumnaquoile was still a 40s freeholder. Robert was not listed.
Clough Presbyterian Church has baptism and marriage records from 1791 to present.
Alexander Clugston of Ballywillwill
(1810.11.1: Leased 5ac in Cleragh for 17years)
Margaret Clugston bap 1793.7.4 Clough Presbyterian Church
John Clugston bap 1795.8.1 Clough Presbyterian Church
In order to be 21yo freeholders, James must have been born 1783 or earlier, and Robert born 1792 or earlier. It seems safe to assume Robert is an older son of Alexander, and since James married Sarah, the same age as Alexander’s known children, he is more likely to be a son of Alexander than a brother.
If this is true then Alexander was born in the 1760’s.
John is the perfect age to be the man who joined the Castlewellan freemasons in Feb 1816; he would have just turned 21.
This shows that James, Alexander, and Robert were all related, probably brothers. The freemason records strongly suggest that John was the only male from the next generation who reached adulthood.
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Someone suggests that Margaret Clugston of Aghaderg may have been married to John Mehaffey 1785-1873, and that she died in Ireland in 1867. This would be Margaret Mehaffy 1797-1865.Q3 d Lurgan.
http://www.familytreecircles.com/looking-for-john-mehaffey-mahaffey-and-
margaret-clugston-of-durmallagh-aghaderg-down-ireland-5753.html
Presumably the dau of Aaron of Kilpike.
Mary Jane Clugston Kilpike = John Anderson m 1834.10.17 Tullylish Pres
Witnesses John & William Clugston
____ Clugston
Jane Clugston abt 1826-1886.1.12 d Tullyear, Banbridge Spinster. housekeeper
Elizabeth Clugston of Tullyear. Sister of Jane.
Eliza Clugston 1835-1897.3.17 d. Loughbrickland. Spinster. Found dead, heart failure.
Eliza Clugston 1820-1888.2.17 found dead in ditch at Sheeptown, Newry. Widow.
Death cert: 1888.2.19; Body found at Sheeptown. Eliza Clugston; widow; 70 years; housekeeper; accidentally drowned at Sheeptown. Certified; information received from Robert C Parke, coroner for the County of Down; inquest held 21st Feburary 1888.
Margaret Clugston - 1888.2.18 d. Sheeptown, Newry.
(Housekeeper for Mr Moore, Blacksmith, Sheeptown. George Heslip found her drowned in a ditch with a bottle of whisky near her house near Sheeptown Chapel. "Middle aged", so presumably born around 1840. Earlier news story gives her name as Ellen, found by Murphy).
Margaret Clugston, widow, 1831-1903.8.17 Char woman b. Co Down d. Tullyhugh, Co Down
(from 1896: Tullyhugh 47Bb, Tandragee rural, Armagh)
(1901: Tullyhugh, Tandragee Armagh. Church of Ireland)
(1880 Clugston, Mrs., dispensary nurse, Mill Street, Tandragee (https://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PT_STW1880.htm))
Note that Mary Anne Cluxton of Tandragee married Henry Harper Crummey in 1880. She was the daughter of Andrew, son of Thomas.
In Griffiths VAL/12/B/11/5B (1874 - 1883), Mill St Tanderagee is image 54-62 and 98-99 but she is not listed.
In November 1894 both she was sacked from being a midwife after one of her patients, Mrs Sloane, died due to infection caused by her neglect. Dr Palmer was sacked as well.
___ Clugston labourer = Margaret _____
Emma Clugston 1867-1873.10.31 d. Tandragee Banbrige. Labourer's child
Samuel Clugston labourer =(not married) Jane Peery
Lucy Peery = John Costley m1859.11.30 Donaghcloney
(John son of William Costley farmer of Dromore)
(Lucy was living at Ballykeel before marriage, this townland is east of Dromore. Lucy was explicitly "called by mothers name")
(Marriage witnesses: James Kelly, John Nicholson)
Mary Clukston = Lamly Hughs
William Hughs bap 1828.7.24 Newry Catholic Church
Mary Hughs bap 1830.8.6 Newry Catholic Church
Anne Clugston = Patrick Reavy
James Reavy bap 1831.2.18 Aghaderg Catholic Church
Anne/Mary Clugston/Clukston = Daniel Reavy
John Reavy bap 1840.4.1 Aghaderg Catholic Church
Easter Reavy bap 1842.8.21 Aghaderg Catholic Church
John Reavy bap 1845.2.27 Aghaderg Catholic Church
Bridget Reavy bap 1847.6.11 Aghaderg Catholic Church
There were also a couple of Cluxton references at Warrenpoint, County Down, but they seem to all relate to the Craxton family.
Early parish records from Down
Sarah Clogston m1779 (=Archibald Kneight)
Margaret Clugston bap 1793 (this is dau of Alexander bap 1793.7.4 Clough Pres)
John Clugston bap 1795 (this is son of Alexander bap 1795.8.1 Clough Pres)
Robert Clugston m1814 (this might be Robert=Faithful)
___ Clogston bap 1826
Emily Clugston bap 1829 (this may be the dau of Robert=Margaret in Belfast)
Mary Clugston d1833
John Clugston m1835 (= Betty Ann Smith)
Margaret Clugston m1840.1.28 (= James McShane, Catholic parish registers)
John Cloughston bap 1843 (I think this is the son of David)
Clugston m1795
James Clugston m1802 (probably the marriage of James=Sarah)
Mary Clegston m1816
David Clugston bap 1855
David Clugston bap 1858
David Clugston bap 1874 (this is David Coates Clugston of Antrim)
Sarah Clughston = Peter Sheriff m1808 (marriage licenses Down, Connor+Dromore)
Freemason lodge 336 Banbridge
231 Sam Clugston 23 Dec 1820 (The S is a bit ambiguous, it could be a J. But every other James in the record is written Jas).
I have no idea who this person is, but may be Samuel Clugston labourer father of Lucy Peery.
The Harshaw Diaries mention the burial of Jack Clugston in 1850. The author, James Harshaw, was a Unitarian farmer who lived in Donaghmore. Jack is probably the son of Robert=Faithful, or of Thomas Cluxton of Ballintate, County Armagh.
1821 Census record, Antrim Town, Scotch Quarter (Thrift Genological Abstracts):
John Barr 42 carpenter
Mary 30 wife
Sarah 5 dau
Hugh 2 son
Mary Ann Barr under 1
Isabella Clugston 68 mother in law
I suspect that this is the same family who owned land in Drumhirk, County Down around 1787. The father was named Hugh Clugston, and the lease was for the lives of Hugh Clugston, Isabella Clugston, and John Clugston. John would be the first child of Hugh and Isabella, and would be born around just before 1785.
Diocese of Dromore 1763
Whereas we James Patterson James Clogston + James McCannon being present at the house of Samuel Barr in Saturday night 25 Sep 1763 said Samuel B being desirous to settle the affairs of his house, which he did in the following manner before us, that is to say to his wife Elizabeth if having a child then in that case they they are to have the whole, except his clothes, which is to be divded in the following manner, to his father Thomas Barr his blue coat + waistcoat + his brother John to have the remainder of his clothes but in case she having no child then in that case she is to have all that she brought with her + the best cow + a calf + the rest of his effects except his clothes to be divided in the following manner that is to say his brother Johan is to have the __ parts + his brother Solamen is to have the remainder of his all debts + demands is paid off. Proved + admin with the will annefed granted to Elizabeth Barr widow + John Barr brother of the testator who were sworn before us this 18 Oct 1763.
Dromore will
Hugh Wallace of Derrydrummock
To prevent comp__ions that may fall out in my ___y I make my will.
share between by 2 daus Jane + Esther. Also 1/3 of my lands to my dau Jane 1/3 to dau Esther 1/3 to my ux Martha during her widowhood. Appt my brother in law James McMayn + Andrew Harshaw exors. 23 Jan 1752 Hugh Wallace. Witnesses: Tim White John Wallace Moses (x) Clugston. Probate 1 Mar 1754 to James McMayn one of exors before Ed Arnold.
Clugston Family History 