The Irish Bomfords

Achmuty family

(11) Robert Auchmuty, Judge of the Admiralty, Boston, Mass., third son of Captain John Achmuty of Newtownflood

Notes from Clare Eagle (emails Apr 2009)

Robert Auchmuty XE "Auchmuty:Robert" , Judge of the Admiralty, Boston, Mass., third son of Captain John Achmuty of Newtownflood and Isabella Stirling his wife.

Dublin pedigree: “Robert Achmuty Judge of Vice Admiralty November 1733 and Judge of the Admiralty in New England 1738: dead 1756 2nd son == Julia widow living 1756.”

Will of Captain John of Newtownflood 1726: “To my second son Robert Auchmuty the like Sume of Five shillings sterl”

Annette Townsend in ‘The Auchmuty Family of Scotland and America’

- pg 18 Will, dated 15 March 1741,

- pg 1 “Robert Auchmuty died in 1750 age 63 … places his birth in 1687.”

Helena Forbes Auchmuty: “Robert 3rd son of Capt John went to America he married a widow Clarke in London by whom he had 3 sons.”

Thomas Gordon Auchmuty in 1828 p 34: “Robert who emigrated to America married and had issue Sons Rev’d Sam’l Auchmuty Rector of Holy Trinity Church New York, US in 1775 and Robert [jr, who also became] Judge of the Admiralty in New England who is buried in the Cemetary of St Pancras London. I know not if any other son or any daughters, he had also a son James a Commissary in British Army.”

Bessie Auchmuty quoted in TGA p 52: “….. brother to him (James, Dean of Armagh) was Robert a Lawyer. The two brothers spent some time in London the latter married a Mrs Clarke the widow of a rich Master Tailor and went immediately to America where he settled and had three sons Samuel the eldest a Clergyman and Rector of New York who had ten children and took refuge with his wife and them in the Church when they had burned his house during the civil war, tis said he died of a broken heart. He bore an excellent character, Sir Samuel was his son, the eldest was Robert Nicholas he died a Merchant at Rhode Island abut the time my dear brother Sam died, leaving a family, there was a third son Richard a Surgeon died unmarried young.”

Will: dated 15 March 1741, quoted in full in The Auchmuty Family of Scotland and America by Annette Townsend, published by Grafton Press New York 1932 page 17.

Robert married first, in London, Mrs Clarke, a widow of Dublin for whom there is no record of children. He married secondly Mary as named in his will. Annette Townsend on page 20 names her Mary Julianna Treillhard XE "Treillhard:Mary Julianna"

Robert and Mary Julianna his second wife had three sons and two daughters as named in his will dated 15 March 1741 q.v. Appendix page XX

Henrietta Auchmuty who married John Overing.
Samuel Auchmuty, Reverend.
Isabella Auchmuty who married Benjamin Pratt.
Robert Auchmuty, Judge of the Admiralty.
James Smith Auchmuty, Judge.

More about Judge Robert and his family in Section VII.

See Box 2 packet 13 #12

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e3cd2833-4935-433d-b9b3-e17e611d5cbf (Fulham Papers vol VI] says '[p.] 82-83. Samuel Myles to Bishop Gibson, Boston, undated. Speaks of forwarding the answers to the bishop's queries, which probably places it in 1724. Complains of Harris's opposition. Attributes it to Myles's refusal to join him in opposing the founding of Christ Church. Describes his [Harris's?] principal supporter, Robert Auchmuty, as of 'indifferent character'. May not be this Robert.