The Irish Bomfords
Achmuty family
(5) Thomas Auchmuty of Bryanstown, only son of Captain Arthur Achmuty
Notes from Clare Eagle (emails Apr 2009)
Thomas Auchmuty XE "Auchmuty:Thomas" of Bryanstown [Brianstown, Brienstown],only son of Captain Arthur Achmuty and Elizabeth Rhynd his wife
Dublin pedigree: “Thomas Auchmuty of Bryanstown, Co Longford, will dated 24 Dec 1712 prvd 11 Jun 1714 by Dorcas his widow, was bd 16 Mar 1712 in the old church of Lisbrack: monument erected by his widow.”
Will of Arthur of Ballykenny dated 1697: “bequeath to my Grandson Thomas Aghmuty My Lands tenemts. and Hereditmts together with My freehold of BalliMcBryan My benefitt of the Lease of Bally Kenny Kilmore and Tully together with My Tenemts. & Parkes in Newtown fforbes alsoe My three partes of the Lands of Lissonanagh under the condicon if it shall not be in his power to sell Al--- dispose Mortgage or quit Away Any parte or parcell of the sd. Lands tenements or hereditaments without the Consent and Advice of My Exr. hereafter Named”
and “I Leave to My Grandson Thos. Aghmuty all my Black Cattle horses Mares & Sheep and all the household stuffe and other goods within My house yt I shall leave undisposed of before My Death”
Helena Forbes Auchmuty: “Thomas married a co-heiress of the name of Dorcas Townley. His sisters all married one to Galbraith. One Dean Carruthers, 3rd to Balfour and the youngest to Jesop of Doory (?) This Thomas continued to live at Brienstown till his death which happened at an early age leaving a widow and five sons the eldest of whom she called by the name of her father Samuel, he was my grandfather.”
Thomas Gordon Auchmuty pp 27, 28: “Thomas his eldest son and first of that name, married Dorcas Townley of excellent family and in whose right her descendants from Thomas Auchmuty quarter the Arms of Townley and Moygne perhaps others for she was the daughter of Samuel Townley who lived at Moygne Hall in the County of Cavan who married Dorcas Moygne daughter and co-heiress of Roger Moygne son of Thomas Moygne Bishop of Kilmore a native of Lincolnshire who died in 1628 - the other sister and co-heiress married Major Nicholas Moon of Ardaghstown in Co Louth – This Thomas A’hmutys name appears amongst other Commissioners in Co Longford for collecting a polltax anno . . . . Wm 3rd as do his father Arthur Juniors and his grandfather Arthur Seniors in former ones. He died as appears by the monumental inscription in the old church yard of Lisbrack the burying place of the family in Ireland – the 13th March 1712 a young man for I believe he was not of age when his grandfather died in 1698 he left five sons, Samuel, John who perished at sea, Arthur a Physician living at the Castle of Sharvogne Co Longford, Thomas an Officer of Horse and Townley a Merchant in Dublin ….
Thomas married Dorcas Townley
Dublin Pedigree: “Dorcas Townley dau of Samuel Townley Esq of Moigne Hall, Co Cavan by Dorcas his wife dau & co-heir of Roger Moigne son of Thomas Moigne Bishop of Kilmore [Sam’l Townley was son of Major Chas Townley of the ancient and distinguished family of Townley of Lancashire] will dat 21 July 1758 under the name of Dorcas Lawder of Dublin widow pr’d 5 Nov 1761 by her son Townley Auchmuty.” and “James Lawder of Kilmore 2nd husband”
Thomas Gordon Auchmuty pp 27, 28: – his widow married 2ndly Captain James Lawder of Kilmore in Co Roscommon and lived to a very great age surviving both her husbands. I have read a memorandum of the time and manner of her death which was somewhat sudden amongst my great grandfather’s manuscripts – her first husband our ancestor Thomas Auchmuty appears from letters of his remaining to have been a man of sagacity not inferior to any of his family.”
Parish Register of St Catherine’s Dublin from 1752: page 34
“Burials Mrs Dorcas Lowther 9 July 1760.”
Thomas and Dorcas had five sons: -
1. Samuel of Brienstown (more in Section II)
2. John
3. Thomas
4. Townley (more in section IV)
5. Arthur of Shervogne (more in section IV)