William Calvin was born about 1785 or earlier, probably at Creevelea townland, Clones parish, County Monaghan, where his family had lived for at least several generations. He married Anne (Jane) Hadden in 1816 at the Aughnacloy/Ballygawley Presbyterian Church in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was a farmer and an elder in Stonebridge Presbyterian Church near his Creevelea home in Clones parish.
William and Anne's children were Eliza Jane (born abt 1817), William (born abt 1820), Anne (born 1821), Maria (born 1822), Matilda (born 1825), Joseph Hadden (born 1827), John (born 1829), Isabella (born 1831), David (born 1834), Lucinda (born 1836/1838) and Archibald (born 1840). There was also an unnamed daughter baptised in 1837 who must have died young.
Stonebridge Presbyterian Church held a "visitation" in 1834, when church members were visited and counted. Three Calvin households were listed at Creevlea:
h/h 29 - Margaret Calvin, widow, and William
h/h 33 - William Calvin, "oldest"
h/h 35 - William and Ann Calvin, E. Jane, Wm., Maria, Matilda, Joseph, John, Isabella, David
Margaret Henry married John Calvin of Creevelea, who died in 1808. She and her son William were in h/h 29 in 1834.
William Calvin "oldest" of the 1834 visitation was the man who died in 1837 at age 86, as recorded on the family tombstone at Stonebridge Presbyterian Church cemetery. His wife Jane had died in 1829 at age 75.
William Calvin and Anne Hadden were in h/h 35; their children's names match baptismal records of Stonebridge church as well as grandson John Alexander Calvin's 1911 description of the family. We can see that their daughter Anne, baptised in 1821, is missing and presumably had died.
The 1832 Tithe Applotment books (people whose holdings were subjects to tithes or church payments) shows 3 Calvin households at Creevelea townland in Clones parish:
William Calvin, senior - 5 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches [the man who died in 1837]
William Calvin, junior - 12 acres [the church elder who married Anne Hadden]
Margt. Colvin - 16 acres, 1 rood, 13 perches [Margaret Henry, widow of John Calvin]
In 1851, the Calvins at Creevelea were counted in the Encumbered Estates records. By the end of the terrible famine of the 1840s, with many tenants' deaths and emigration, many Irish estates were bankrupt with mortgages that the owners couldn't pay. However, the estates couldn't be easily sold because they were entailed (a type of trust/legal document that restricts sale and inheritance). In 1848-1849, the Encumbered Estates Court was set up to assist with the sale of these bankrupted estates. The Court could sell the estate, pay off creditors, and clear the title for new owners.
Creevelea was part of one of those estates, the property of "Miss Ann Carney." Its tenants in 1851 included William Calvin, James Calvin, Margaret Calvin.
By the time of Griffith's Valuation a few years later (completed in 1861 for County Monaghan), William Calvin and Margaret Calvin were the only Calvins listed at Creevelea. Their landlord was Francis Fitzgerald.
William Calvin, the church elder, is said to have died in 1861, according to a 1911 letter written by his grandson, Prof. John Alexander Calvin (1867-1950). Civil death registrations didn't begin until 1864, and no other death record or obituary has been found for William. There is no marker with his name on it in the Stonebridge Presbyterian Church cemetery.
William and Anne's children were Eliza Jane (born abt 1817), William (born abt 1820), Anne (born 1821), Maria (born 1822), Matilda (born 1825), Joseph Hadden (born 1827), John (born 1829), Isabella (born 1831), David (born 1834), Lucinda (born 1836/1838) and Archibald (born 1840). There was also an unnamed daughter baptised in 1837 who must have died young.
Stonebridge Presbyterian Church held a "visitation" in 1834, when church members were visited and counted. Three Calvin households were listed at Creevlea:
h/h 29 - Margaret Calvin, widow, and William
h/h 33 - William Calvin, "oldest"
h/h 35 - William and Ann Calvin, E. Jane, Wm., Maria, Matilda, Joseph, John, Isabella, David
Margaret Henry married John Calvin of Creevelea, who died in 1808. She and her son William were in h/h 29 in 1834.
William Calvin "oldest" of the 1834 visitation was the man who died in 1837 at age 86, as recorded on the family tombstone at Stonebridge Presbyterian Church cemetery. His wife Jane had died in 1829 at age 75.
William Calvin and Anne Hadden were in h/h 35; their children's names match baptismal records of Stonebridge church as well as grandson John Alexander Calvin's 1911 description of the family. We can see that their daughter Anne, baptised in 1821, is missing and presumably had died.
The 1832 Tithe Applotment books (people whose holdings were subjects to tithes or church payments) shows 3 Calvin households at Creevelea townland in Clones parish:
William Calvin, senior - 5 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches [the man who died in 1837]
William Calvin, junior - 12 acres [the church elder who married Anne Hadden]
Margt. Colvin - 16 acres, 1 rood, 13 perches [Margaret Henry, widow of John Calvin]
In 1851, the Calvins at Creevelea were counted in the Encumbered Estates records. By the end of the terrible famine of the 1840s, with many tenants' deaths and emigration, many Irish estates were bankrupt with mortgages that the owners couldn't pay. However, the estates couldn't be easily sold because they were entailed (a type of trust/legal document that restricts sale and inheritance). In 1848-1849, the Encumbered Estates Court was set up to assist with the sale of these bankrupted estates. The Court could sell the estate, pay off creditors, and clear the title for new owners.
Creevelea was part of one of those estates, the property of "Miss Ann Carney." Its tenants in 1851 included William Calvin, James Calvin, Margaret Calvin.
By the time of Griffith's Valuation a few years later (completed in 1861 for County Monaghan), William Calvin and Margaret Calvin were the only Calvins listed at Creevelea. Their landlord was Francis Fitzgerald.
William Calvin, the church elder, is said to have died in 1861, according to a 1911 letter written by his grandson, Prof. John Alexander Calvin (1867-1950). Civil death registrations didn't begin until 1864, and no other death record or obituary has been found for William. There is no marker with his name on it in the Stonebridge Presbyterian Church cemetery.
William Calvin was born about 1785 or earlier, probably at Creevelea townland, Clones parish, County Monaghan, where his family had lived for at least several generations. He married Anne (Jane) Hadden in 1816 at the Aughnacloy/Ballygawley Presbyterian Church in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was a farmer and an elder in Stonebridge Presbyterian Church near his Creevelea home in Clones parish.
William and Anne's children were Eliza Jane (born abt 1817), William (born abt 1820), Anne (born 1821), Maria (born 1822), Matilda (born 1825), Joseph Hadden (born 1827), John (born 1829), Isabella (born 1831), David (born 1834), Lucinda (born 1836/1838) and Archibald (born 1840). There was also an unnamed daughter baptised in 1837 who must have died young.
Stonebridge Presbyterian Church held a "visitation" in 1834, when church members were visited and counted. Three Calvin households were listed at Creevlea:
h/h 29 - Margaret Calvin, widow, and William
h/h 33 - William Calvin, "oldest"
h/h 35 - William and Ann Calvin, E. Jane, Wm., Maria, Matilda, Joseph, John, Isabella, David
Margaret Henry married John Calvin of Creevelea, who died in 1808. She and her son William were in h/h 29 in 1834.
William Calvin "oldest" of the 1834 visitation was the man who died in 1837 at age 86, as recorded on the family tombstone at Stonebridge Presbyterian Church cemetery. His wife Jane had died in 1829 at age 75.
William Calvin and Anne Hadden were in h/h 35; their children's names match baptismal records of Stonebridge church as well as grandson John Alexander Calvin's 1911 description of the family. We can see that their daughter Anne, baptised in 1821, is missing and presumably had died.
The 1832 Tithe Applotment books (people whose holdings were subjects to tithes or church payments) shows 3 Calvin households at Creevelea townland in Clones parish:
William Calvin, senior - 5 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches [the man who died in 1837]
William Calvin, junior - 12 acres [the church elder who married Anne Hadden]
Margt. Colvin - 16 acres, 1 rood, 13 perches [Margaret Henry, widow of John Calvin]
In 1851, the Calvins at Creevelea were counted in the Encumbered Estates records. By the end of the terrible famine of the 1840s, with many tenants' deaths and emigration, many Irish estates were bankrupt with mortgages that the owners couldn't pay. However, the estates couldn't be easily sold because they were entailed (a type of trust/legal document that restricts sale and inheritance). In 1848-1849, the Encumbered Estates Court was set up to assist with the sale of these bankrupted estates. The Court could sell the estate, pay off creditors, and clear the title for new owners.
Creevelea was part of one of those estates, the property of "Miss Ann Carney." Its tenants in 1851 included William Calvin, James Calvin, Margaret Calvin.
By the time of Griffith's Valuation a few years later (completed in 1861 for County Monaghan), William Calvin and Margaret Calvin were the only Calvins listed at Creevelea. Their landlord was Francis Fitzgerald.
William Calvin, the church elder, is said to have died in 1861, according to a 1911 letter written by his grandson, Prof. John Alexander Calvin (1867-1950). Civil death registrations didn't begin until 1864, and no other death record or obituary has been found for William. There is no marker with his name on it in the Stonebridge Presbyterian Church cemetery.
William and Anne's children were Eliza Jane (born abt 1817), William (born abt 1820), Anne (born 1821), Maria (born 1822), Matilda (born 1825), Joseph Hadden (born 1827), John (born 1829), Isabella (born 1831), David (born 1834), Lucinda (born 1836/1838) and Archibald (born 1840). There was also an unnamed daughter baptised in 1837 who must have died young.
Stonebridge Presbyterian Church held a "visitation" in 1834, when church members were visited and counted. Three Calvin households were listed at Creevlea:
h/h 29 - Margaret Calvin, widow, and William
h/h 33 - William Calvin, "oldest"
h/h 35 - William and Ann Calvin, E. Jane, Wm., Maria, Matilda, Joseph, John, Isabella, David
Margaret Henry married John Calvin of Creevelea, who died in 1808. She and her son William were in h/h 29 in 1834.
William Calvin "oldest" of the 1834 visitation was the man who died in 1837 at age 86, as recorded on the family tombstone at Stonebridge Presbyterian Church cemetery. His wife Jane had died in 1829 at age 75.
William Calvin and Anne Hadden were in h/h 35; their children's names match baptismal records of Stonebridge church as well as grandson John Alexander Calvin's 1911 description of the family. We can see that their daughter Anne, baptised in 1821, is missing and presumably had died.
The 1832 Tithe Applotment books (people whose holdings were subjects to tithes or church payments) shows 3 Calvin households at Creevelea townland in Clones parish:
William Calvin, senior - 5 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches [the man who died in 1837]
William Calvin, junior - 12 acres [the church elder who married Anne Hadden]
Margt. Colvin - 16 acres, 1 rood, 13 perches [Margaret Henry, widow of John Calvin]
In 1851, the Calvins at Creevelea were counted in the Encumbered Estates records. By the end of the terrible famine of the 1840s, with many tenants' deaths and emigration, many Irish estates were bankrupt with mortgages that the owners couldn't pay. However, the estates couldn't be easily sold because they were entailed (a type of trust/legal document that restricts sale and inheritance). In 1848-1849, the Encumbered Estates Court was set up to assist with the sale of these bankrupted estates. The Court could sell the estate, pay off creditors, and clear the title for new owners.
Creevelea was part of one of those estates, the property of "Miss Ann Carney." Its tenants in 1851 included William Calvin, James Calvin, Margaret Calvin.
By the time of Griffith's Valuation a few years later (completed in 1861 for County Monaghan), William Calvin and Margaret Calvin were the only Calvins listed at Creevelea. Their landlord was Francis Fitzgerald.
William Calvin, the church elder, is said to have died in 1861, according to a 1911 letter written by his grandson, Prof. John Alexander Calvin (1867-1950). Civil death registrations didn't begin until 1864, and no other death record or obituary has been found for William. There is no marker with his name on it in the Stonebridge Presbyterian Church cemetery.
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