Sparrow & Coin/Coyne families in & near Kilmanagh, Kilkenny
I am trying to find information on the forebears and descendants of Thomas Sparrow and Elizabeth/Eliza/Alice Coin/Coyne who were married 13th Jan 1814 in St Canice's, Kilmanagh, Kilkenny. I would particularly like to find out more about their ancestry. Thomas was alive in 1844 but died before Elizabeth who died 24th March 1864 in Callan aged 80 (so born about 1784) and is buried in Mallardstown, Kilkenny. She was listed as a widow of Kilmanagh. Nothing is known of either Thomas or Elizabeth's parents, and nothing is known about any siblings Elizabeth may have had. I am uncertain whether the Thomas Sparrow(s) listed in the Griffiths Valuations are this Thomas or his son.
Thomas & Elizabeth had five children that I am aware of. 1). Frances bap 13 Nov 1814 in Kimanagh, who married Thomas Lewis of Mountown, Co Meath in Oct 1832, and who died 1903 in Enderry, Co Offaly. 2). Susan bap 15 Sep 1816, Kilmanagh. 3). Elizabeth, born 1818, Kilmanagh. 4). Thomas, born about 1821, Kilmanagh, died 6 Nov 1878, Kilmanagh. He appears to have been the post master in Callan. He married Hannah Thompson in 1848 in Kilmanagh. She was born about 1828 and died 1882 in Kilmanagh. 5). Francis born Apr 1825, Kilmanagh, Kilkenny. Migrated to Sydney, Australia in 1844 aboard the ship "Elizabeth". Listed as a farm labourer, episcopalian and was literate. He appears to have been living in Shanagolden, Limerick at the time of his emigration. He became a Christian Israelite, married Caroline Lewin in Hobart Tasmania in 1852, later moved to Victoria and died in Melbourne on 11th April 1890 (he is my 3 x great grand father).
The records in Kilkenny indicate that Thomas (senior) had siblings James, Frances/Fanny & Jonathan.
James was born C 1787 in Kilkenny. He married Anna Galbraith C1810 and they had children John & Thomas, both born 20 Jul 1812 in Kilkenny, Mary bapt 22 Oct 1815 in Kilmanagh & Michael born 8th Aug 1818, Kilmanagh. Nothing is known about what happened to Anna, but James and the children were in Canada by 1824 when James remarried Martha Douglass in Quebec.
Frances Married William Wesley Cox in Kilmanagh on 20th December 1803 in St Canices' Kilmanagh. The marriage licence for Fanny and William registered in the Diocese of Ossory and detailed in the "Irish Genealogist" notes that William was a servant, of Pottlerath and that Frances was a spinster from the Parish of Kilmanagh. They migrated to Quebec Canada after 1820.
Jonathan married Rebecca Calbeck before 1828 as they had a son James on 14 Sep 1828. It is unknown whether this marriage and James' birth took place in Ireland or America. Jonathan was in New York by 1832 as he married his second wife, Mary McNarland there on 18 Nov 1832. They were in Quebec, Canada by 1838. Nothing else is known about Rebecca.
I would love to hear from anyone connected to this family, and would greatly appreciate any guidance or direction as to how to trace Thomas & Elizabeth's forebears and their families.
Thanks,
Andrea Fitzgerald