The Irish Bomfords

Achmuty family

 

(14) Richard Auchmuty of Dublin, fourth son of Captain John Achmuty of Newtownflood

 

Notes from Clare Eagle (emails Apr 2009)

 

Richard Auchmuty XE "Auchmuty:Richard"  of Dublin fourth son of Captain John Achmuty of Newtownflood and Isabella Stirling his wife

 

Dublin pedigree:   “Captain Richard Auchmuty or Achmuty of Dublin 3rd son will dat 5 Aug 1756 pr’d 17 Feb 1759 buried Jan 1759 at 67 in Old church of Lisbrack M.I.”

 

Will of Captain John of Newtownflood 1726:  “to the only use and behoof of my third son Richard Auchmuty”

 

Helena Forbes Auchmuty:  “Richard second son of Capt John and Miss Stirling never married, he lived to be elderly, was a well informed gentlemanly man, he had some quarrel with his brothers and gave a lease forever of Newtown Flood after the death of his father Capt John who died in Dublin of a decline, to the Bond family  He never forgave himself and tis supposed hastened his death pulling (putting?) such a property out of his family.”

 

Bessie Auchmuty quoted in TGA p 53:  “Cap’n John had a son Richard and another Forbes both lived to a good old age and died unmarried”

 

His Will, dated 1756 is in the National Archives of Ireland, Dublin.

 

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See https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LW-6XRN?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6JXT-ZCZM&action=view&cc=4496119&lang=en&groupId= , extract of his will: dated 5 Aug 1754, pr 13 Feb 1759, son of John Auchmuty of Newtown co Longford, sister Isabella Perrot widow, sister Martha Dodd, sister Hellen Dodd, nephew John son of illegible Auchmuty, neice Isabella dau of ditto, neice Mary dau of ditto, nephew Rob Savage, and has sketch of a shield (two stars and an arrow) and possibly a motto (?dum spirit spero?)