The Irish Bomfords

Achmuty family

 

(1a) John Hawick

 

Notes from Clare Eagle (emails Apr 2009)

 

Thomas Gordon Auchmuty 1828 p 47:   “Oral tradition amongst the people of this country relates the first Arthur to have been a man of great personal strength and of good stature sandy hair and a high colour whence they say was derived the sobriquet of roe or red, old John Hawick now years dead had frequently seen him and by Mary Hawick the sister of his father Peter Hawick a servant of Arthur Auchmuty’s he had a son John from whom are descended the various inferior branches of the name in this country as I am informed by James Hawick the grandson of Peter Hawick and grand nephew of this Mary”

“Illegitimate Branch according to the narrative of James Harwick 27 July 1828.   Peter Hawick, servant of Capt Ar. Auchmuty (had a sister) Mary Harwick (who by) Cap’t Arthur Auchmuty Senior of Ballyhanny (had) John, born a bastard, (married) Mary Murphy .”  There follows a tree showing this illegitimate line : -

 

Arthur and Mary Hawick XE "Hawick:Mary"  had one son, as recorded by TGA in 1828:

1.  John who married Mary Murphy and had one daughter Margaret and three sons Arthur, Thomas and James :

 

Mary Hawick’s brother Peter XE "Hawick:Peter" , servant to Capt Arthur Auchmuty had a son John Harwick XE "Harwick:John"  who died aged 90.  this John had a son James Hawick XE "Hawick:James"  alive in 1828 who informed Thomas Gordon Auchmuty of the above illegitimate line.  Etc  (Details of this line not included in this account but available if wanted)

 

All that I can find dispersed through this part of the County of Longford are descended thus of Arthur Auchmuty Senior of Ballyhanny (Capt Arthur Roe) and Mary Hawick.  It is not unuseful to ascertain this as hereafter nearer alliances might be claimed.”