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ROMAN CATHOLIC BASILICA PARISH MARRIAGES
1793, 1797 - 1799

St. John's District

This page contains the earliest surviving marriage records for St. John's Roman Catholic Parish, later known as the Roman Catholic Basilica Parish of St. John the Baptist. During this era, only four RC parishes had been established in Newfoundland i.e. St. John's, Ferryland, Placentia, and Harbour Grace. As the first established and largest parish, St. John's performed marriages and baptisms for many outlying settlements in eastern Newfoundland that did not have access to the other established parishes. These marriages have been transcribed from digital images of original records that are currently posted on familysearch.org under Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1945, St. John's, Catholic Basilica of Saint John the Baptist, Marriages 1793 - 1820. Details contained in   [square brackets]   have been provided by the transcriber to clarify some of the abbreviations used in the originals and to provide additional information to researchers. Some of the surnames, names, place-names, etc. are very hard to decipher and their spellings tend to vary greatly in these parish registers. They have been recorded here as I perceive they are written in the originals. In addition to the many spelling variations, there are lexicons used in the originals which are not familiar to most of us. For example, &c. (an old form of etc.) is used under Witnesses to indicate "and others". The word alias, in respect to a bride, appears to indicate she was a widow and gives her maiden name. In a few cases, a previous married name and maiden name are provided. In relation to a place-name, the same word (alias) is used to denote "formerly of". Some priests also used month references based on the ancient ten month Roman calender. In that format November, for example, is written in the original as 9ber, since it was the ninth month of the Roman calendar.

RC Basilica Marriages 1793, 1797-1799 St. John's City
This document, although labeled "Marriages from 1793 to 1799" actually contains only a small number of marriages for the year 1793 and the years 1797-1799. The physical size of the document appears to be quite small, much like a pocket notebook, and the quality of the writing in the records suggests to me that it was likely just that, a jot-book used by a priest to record his "draft" entries. The pages are numbered 1 - 19, but none of the entries indicate the name of the officiating priest. This group of marriages is not indexed, likely because of the small number of entries. Based on the digital images, the small notebook appears to be attached to a full sized register containing marriage entries for 1799-1820. It is attached between the index pages for 1799 - 1811 and the actual marriage entries for that time-frame. Over the years some comments (in pencil?) were written diagonally on the front cover of this notebook, but it is unclear which marriage records were being addressed in the comments. It says: "N.B. These marriages are registered in the handwriting of W.? J. O'Donel + MFH" (Bishop O'Donel was actually known as James Louis O'Donel.) "N.B. not so, for I find? this writing as late as 1810. Bp O'Donel left in 1806 + MFH *" "* unless he wrote them in Ireland & sent them out" [to Newfoundland] These notations are likely those of Michael Francis Howley (1843-1914) Newfoundland born priest, archbishop, and author. The last comment (with the asterisk) is rather interesting since part of the folklore/speculation concerning missing parish records in Newfoundland is that a number of them were carried to Ireland when some Irish priests returned home. It appears that Archbishop Howley thought there may have been a grain of truth to the folklore. How else could Bishop O'Donel have written (i.e copied?) them in Ireland. For the record, no Newfoundland parish registers have ever been found in Ireland, and I think that the Archbishop was mistaken about the handwriting beyond 1806.
Date of Marriage		Married at	Groom	Last Permanent Residence	Bride	Last Permanent Residence	Witnesses	Clergy	Remarks
Day-Mth	Year		SURNAME, Name	City, Town, Parish, etc.	SURNAME, Name	City, Town, Parish, etc.
Page 1			Image 5 or 6
2-Apr	1793	St. John's	NEAGLE, Garrett	Parish of Carrik, D[iocese] of Waterford	MICHELL, Mary	St. John's	Mich'l Cahil Mich'l Mara Bridget Harrahill &c.		[The groom was likely from the Parish of Carrick-on-Suir (southern Tipperary) which now falls under the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.]
7-Apr	1793	St. John's	HEALEY, Edmund	Parish of Kilmachoe	SEXTON, Mary	St. John's	Edmund Mulloy Denniss Brien? Anty Mulloy		[Edmund's parish was likely Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny. The name Anty is an Irish diminutive of Anastasia/Anastatia.]
14-Apr	1793	St. John's	QUAYS, Richard	Parish of Thomastown, C[ounty] Kil[kenny]	NEILL, Mary	Parish of Carrik*	Patrick Hanery? Ellenor Delany		not pd. [Quays likely a spelling based on the pronunciation of the surname Keyes. *The bride was likely from the Parish of Carrick-on-Suir (southern Tipperary) which now falls under the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.]
Page 2			Image 7
13-Apr	1793	St. John's	HAUGHTON, John	Parish of Thomastown, C[ounty] Kil[kenny]	RYAN, Mary	St. John's	John Smyth William Delany		not pd.
Page 3
4-Nov	1793	St. John's	FLANNERY, Patrick	Parish of StradBally, County of Waterford	CULLOTON, Bridget	Parish of Sutton's, County of Wexford	Daniel Connor Michael Kiersy
5-Nov	1793	St. John's	SHEA, John	Quittivity	WALSH, Eleanor	St. John's	James Shahan? his daughter & Mary More		[Quittivity refers to the village, east of St. John's, now known as Quidi Vidi.]
7-Nov	1793	St. John's	MADDEN, Thomas	Parish of Ballyneill, D[iocese] of Lismore	PHELAN, Mary	St. John's	Miss Jenkins Ned Phelan &c.		[This parish appears to be in southern Co. Tipperary, and may also be spelled as BallyNeale in some documents]
Page 4			Image 8
11-Nov	1793	St. John's	SLATTERY, Edmund	Clonmell [Co. Tipperary]	DEVERIX, Anastasia (alias WALSH)	Waterford	Daniel Hurley Pat Knox		[Clonmel is the largest town in Co. Tipperary.]
11-Nov	1793	St. John's	TEE, Sylvester	Ross, Count[y] Wex[ford]	DINN, Margaret	Toads Cove	Nicholass Cullen Mrs. Canon		[This couple settled in the Toads Cove/Burn Cove area.]
11-Nov	1793	St. John's	PRENDERGAST, Thom's	Sutton's Parish, Count[y] Wex[ford]	KEEF, Mary	Toads Cove	Nicholass Cullen her mother &c &c.		[This couple settled in the Cape Broyle area.]
17-Nov	1793	St. John's	POWER, Mich'l	Parish of Tentern, Count[y] Wex[ford]	BRIEN, Mary	St. John's	her father, sister &c &c.		[Parish usually spelled Tintern.]
16-Nov	1793	St. John's	O'DONEL, Thom's	Feathard, Count[y] Tip[perary]	BARRETT, Mary	St. John's	Mich'l O'Reily & her ???		pd. only .13.6 [Parish usually spelled Fethard. The shortened form "9ber" used for the month of November.]
Page 5
2-Nov	1793	St. John's	KEEF, Denniss	Parish of Thom'stown, C[ounty] Kilkenny	MORISEY, Mary	St. John's	[No witnesses recorded]
23-Nov	1793	St. John's	TOBIN, Maurice	Cappaquin [County Waterford]	WALSH, Margaret	St. John's	Patrick Flannery Daniel Hanley?		pd. [aka Capaquin, Cappoquin]
Page 6			Image 9
Matrimonia 1797
9-Oct	1797	St. John's	WALSH, Patrick	Parish of Monchian, County Kilkenny	KENNA	Petty Harbour	Patrick Knox Mary Mionihin?		[The spelling of the parish name appears to be one of the many variant spellings of Mooncoin (in Irish: Móin Choinn).]
29-Oct	1797	St. John's	MOREY, William	Parish of Passage, County Waterford	MUDGE, Anora	Porta Grave	Thom's Power Mrs. Sheil?		[Porta Grave for Port de Grave, Conception Bay]
Page 7
16-Oct	1797	St. John's	CLEARY, Simon	Parish of Nash, County Wexford	MURREN, Sara	Kitavity	Charless McHugh Bryan Fitzpatrick Mary Cliertony?		[Kitavity is another variation for the village at the east end of St. John's, now known as Quidi Vidi.]
25-Oct	1797	St. John's	BOLAN, Nich'ls?	St. John's	POWER, Mary	Petty Harbour	[No witnesses recorded]
3-Nov	1797	St. John's	KEOGH, James	St. John's	GRENAN, Joana	St. John's	John Ready Margaret Wall
Page 8			Image 10
3-Nov	1797	St. John's	BROWN, John	Parish of Tentern, County Wexford	MURPHY, Catherine	St. John's	Edmond Mulloy Anty Mulloy her Fr. & Mother &c.		[Parish usually spelled Tintern.]
3-Nov	1797	St. John's	MURPHY, Laurence	Wexford Town	PIKE, An[n]	St. John's	Martin Fahey Nicholass Power Catherine Murphy
22-Dec	1797	St. John's	STRICKLAND, Thom's	[not given]	WALL, Bridget	St. John's	Martin Fahey Elizabeth Wall		3 Dollars only pd. [Thomas was noted as being a soldier.]
27-Dec	1797	St. John's	MURPHY, James	County of Wicklow	CONWAY, Bridget	Bay Bulls	Bartholemew Walsh Nell Flan
Page 9
5-Jan	1798	St. John's	WALSH, Patrick	Diocess of Cashel	MURPHY, Mary (or CANTWIL?)	Waterford	Martin Fahey Mary Prendergast
17-Jan	1798	St. John's	BUTLER, John	Parish of Cashel [County Tipperary]	WILLIAMS, Sara	Crumardan	William Clancy Martha Barret		[No matches found for the placename Crumarden in the United Kingdom.]
18-Jan	1798	St. John's	CLANCY, Rich'd	Formuse [Fermeuse]	PINE, Elizabeth	St. John's	William Mullins Elizabeth ????		not pd. but to be paid by Capt'n Roe
Page 10			Image 11
22-Jan	1798	St. John's	KEHOE, Andrew	Sutton's Parish, County of Wexford	BRIEN, Anna	St. John's	her Fr. & Martin Fahy
29-Jan	1798	St. John's	BULGER, Edward	Bay Bulls	CAREY, Ellen	Bay Bulls	Martin Ryan Margaret Keef		Pd. only £0.19.6
13-Feb	1798	St. John's	DOYLE, Thomas	Innischorty, County Wexford	BRIEN, Elizabeth	St. John's	her Father & Anna Kehoe		[Likely for Enniscorthy, the second largest town in Co. Wexford.]
Page 11
17-Jan	1798	St. John's	FARRELL, Mich'l	Thomastown, County Tip[p]erary	CAREY, Mary	Killanall in s[ai]d County	her Br. Mrs. Ryan &c &c.		[Likely for Killenaule (Irish: Cill Náile), a small town in southern Co. Tipperary.]
15-Feb	1798	St. John's	POWER, James	Waterford	HAMHIL, Margaret	St. John's	Edmund Mulloy & wife Mrs Wyse &c.
17-Feb	1798	St. John's	QUIRK, Cornelious	Parish of Kilcash, County Tipperary	DENORY, Margaret	St. John's	Herny Shea Miss Little &c &c.
18-Feb	1798	St. John's	MURRAY, John	Ross, County Wexford	MADDOCK, Ellen	St. John's	her Fr. & Mother Capt'n McBrier &c &c &c.
Page 12			Image 12
20-Mar	1798	St. John's	FLYN, James	Parish of Fennnor, County Waterf[or]d	BRIEN, Mary (alias CAMPBLEE) [Campbell?]	St. John's	John Power Mary Maddock
Page 13
26-Nov	1797	St. John's	MCNAMARA, Michael	City of Waterford	FORESTALL, Mary	Harbour Grace	Thom's & Mary Cadwell
27-Sep	1797	St. John's	KEIRWICK, John	Diocess of Cashel & Parish of Macharkee	POWER, Joana	St. John's	Samuel & An[n] Brien Thom's Lawler & An[n] Horan		[It is likely that the parish was actually Moycarky in northern Tipperary. Research indicates the surname Kerwick was recorded there in 1829 and 1850.]
1-Dec	1797	St. John's	POWER, Patrick	Parish of Kilrossanty, County of Waterford	SHANAHAN, Mary	St. John's	Rob't? Power An[n] Moran
Page 14			Image 13
8-Apr	1798	St. John's	MURPHY, Michael	County Wexford	PRENDERGAST, Mary	St. John's	Mrs. Murphy John Brown Robert Dowlan
Page 15			Image 14
9-Nov	1797	St. John's	DOHERTY, George	Sutton's Parish, [County Wexford]	CONNERS, Catherine	St. John's	Mich'l Currin Catherine Murphy
Page 16			Image 15
10-Nov	1797	St. John's	MURPHY, Laurence	Wexford	PIKE, An[n]	St. John's	Martin Fahy Catherine Murphy Nicholass Power &c.		[duplicate record, with a different date.]
27-Nov	1797	St. John's	MOCKLER, William	Diocess of Cashel	BRIEN, Dolly	Bay Bulls	her Fr, Cornelius Brien, John Walsh & Margaret Kelly		[This couple settled at Bay Bulls]
20-Jun	1798	St. John's	DORAN, Hugh	Parish of Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny	MURPHY, Isabella	St. John's	Nicholass Veil Hannah Cuthburth
6-Aug	1798	St. John's	CUTH?, Michael	Parish of Knockbuy, D[iocese] of Waterford	LANE, Elizabeth	Formuse [Fermeuse]	Luke Neill Mrs. Roach		[The surname as I see it appears to be spelled as Cuth. The name of Michael's parish in Co. Waterford is generally spelled Knockboy.]
Page 17
20-Nov	1798	St. John's	HENESY, Francis	Parish of Timon	WITHFORTH, Honora	Parish of Shandon in the City of Cork	Cornelious Spellan Mary Corbitt		[It is likely that the Parish Timon is the parish of Taghmon, Co. Wexford.]
20-Nov	1798	St. John's	KENORY, Francis	Torbay	DOD[D], Anora?	Torbay	James Lean her Mother Mary More
??-Dec		St. John's	FITZSIMMONS, Bryan	Youghal [Co. Cork]	[left blank]	Carbonier [Carbonear]
17-Dec	1798	St. John's	KELLY, Owen	Ballybrack C[ounty] W[aterford]	CASEY, Esther	Conception Bay	John Power Catherine Loughlin		not paid
31-Jan	1798	St. John's	CLANCY, William	Parish of Kilcash, D[iocese] of Lismore	KEATING, Martha	Harbour Main	Thom's Summers Margaret Shea		[Kilcash parish was in Co. Kilkenny.]
Page 18			Image 16
3-Jan	1799	St. John's	KENEDY, William	City of Waterford	SHEA, Bridget	St. John's	Robert Shea Mary MaGrath
5-Feb	1799	St. John's	MADDOCK, Stephen	Parish of Carrick, D[iocese] of Lismore	MARSHAL, Mary	St. John's			[The groom was likely from the Parish of Carrick-on-Suir (southern Tipperary) which now falls under the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.]
Page 19
18-Dec	1798	St. John's	BARNES, William	[not given]	CLARK, Mary	[not given]	John Clark Elonora Walsh		[William noted as a soldier.]

 

Transcribed and Contributed by Kevin Reddigan (Feb 2014)

Page Last Modified: Thursday January 22, 2015

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