1718 June 11

DEED: 38-403-24787

JOHNSTON to OLIVER

NOTE: My notes and the image of the signature of William OLIVER come from the actual memorial of this deed.
The transcription of the memorial at the Registry of Deeds can be viewed at Image 219.

 

It would appear that William OLIVER was already residing at Lislooney prior to the lease. This lease poses questions for which I have no answers. Why was this lease signed in 1718 but the memorial signed five years later in 1723? Why was this lease for only one acre in Lislooney, but for a term of 99 years? Did it give access to a road, was it a part of the land that had been separated from the main part of the lease by a road, or was it an acre of bog (hence possibly adding onto and cleaning up an omission from an earlier deed)? NOTE: In subsequent deeds relating to OLIVERs with the same forenames and land interests, there is reference to an acre of bog in Cavanapole, a nearby townland.

Lislooney is mentioned in the following deeds: 1718 June 11 1738 Feb 6 1738 Jun 6 1750 Oct 22 1764 Aug 25 1782 Sept 7 1788 May 26 ROD: 398-441-263358 1824 April 6 Also referenced in 1853 Apr 16: 1788 Feb 6 to & in possession of Arthur OLIVER & Benjamin OLIVER & lately in the possession of James OLIVER refers to lease 6 Feb 1788 renewed 13 April 1829 & a debt judgement 1822 against Benjamin OLIVER for £400 to John BURNS.

 

Memorial of an Indenture made the Eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighteen between George Johnston [1] of Ballynametagh [2] in the County of Ardmagh [3] Gent of the one part and to William Oliver [4] of Lislooney [5] in the said county ffarmer of the Other Part Witnesseth That the said George Johnston for and in consideration of the rents and covenants therein mentioned doth Demise sett and to farm let unto the said William Oliver his Ex^rs Admin^rs and Assigns one acre of land English Measure Lyeing and being in the townland of Lisooney Joyning to the townland of Anagh [6]   & Bordering on the East Side of the Highway Leading from Tynan  to Keady [?]ing the Barrony of Tureany [7] and county aforesaid to have and to hold the said unto him the s^d William Oliver his heirs Admin^rs and Assigns from the first day of May [?]ding the date of the s^d Lease for  & During the full Term and space of ninety nine years from thence fully to be Completed and Ended Yielding & Paying therefore and thereout yearly and every year for the same the sum of five shillings as by the s^d Indenture of Lease Containing severall other Clauses and Covenants [Relation?] being thereunto had may more fully and at Large appear which s^d indenture was Signed Sealed & Perfected by the s^d George Johnston in the presence of William Scott [8] and Francis Scott [9] both of Killalea [10] in the County of Ardmagh Gents who are subscribing Wittnesses thereto and this memorial was also perfected by the s^d William Oliver in the presence of Ffrancis Scott of Killalea Gent and John Scott [11] of Ardmagh who are subscribing witnesses hereto In witness whereof the s^d William Oliver hath hereunto Sett his hand and Seale this tenth day of September one thousand seven hundred twenty three 1723

 

 

Signed Sealed and Perfected                                                                   William Oliver

 in the presence of

 

Francis Scott

John Scott

 

[Coun?] Ardmagh

At a [Goull?] Quarter session of the year hold at Ardmagh in and for the s^d county the 16^th day of October 1723

Ffrancis Scott of Killalea in the County of Ardmore for to some this day before us in open Court and made oath that he is a subscribing wittness to the Lease in the above Memorial mentioned of which the above is a memorial & saw the above named Geo Johnson

Sign Seal and [?] the same & is also a subscribing wittness to the above memorial and saw the above named William Oliver Sign Seale and [?] the same note

                                                                                          Capt [El?] note in support [?]

                                                                                                       [?] [?] ocbry 1723

                                                                                                           John Hamilton [12]

                                                                                                              J.A. Manson [13]

 

 

The above map is based on one that can be found at townlands.ie. The names of contiguous and nearby townland names shed light on the connections between various members of the OLIVER families and the other leases that they held.

The map above shows the location of the townland of Lislooney is with respect to Killylea (about 3.5 km as the crow flies) as well as to Derryhaw (2-3 km along the Derryhaw road aka the Highway Leading from Tynan to Keady). Significant OLIVER leases were connected to these places.

To understand the above map, you have to stand on your head. Its orientation has North at the bottom of the page, rather than the more usual orientation of North being at the top of the map. Even so, the road leading from Tynan in the east (on the right) to Keady in the east (on the left) is clear. The road leading from Fellows Hall connects to the road slightly to the east (hence to the left) of where Lislooney is. SOURCE: Taylor and Skinners Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. p. 266