Item 517 - Christopher Ormsby to Thomas Ormsby

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Letter from Christopher Ormsby of Dublin to his brother Thomas Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo, largely concerning business, legal and family matters. Largely concerning the marriage of his daughter Sarah (Sally) to John Willington which took place "this day at 12 o'clock ... in Thomas Church in presence of ... Owen and Anne Phibbs, S. Lindsey and family, Mr. and Mrs. Willington the aunt and uncle of John ... John's brother Capt. Willington of the 17th Dragoons ..." He refers to the marriage settlement. "I gained my points as to settlements, five hundred pounds jointure and five thousand on younger children. John Willington appears to have one brother and 2 half brothers and also sisters and a half sister. He also writes about the plans for his eldest daughter Jane Ruttledge to come and stay with her four children "this a contrivance of hers and her mothers, knowing it to be my intention to sell this house being four times too large [and] expensive for me ... I am going on 12 years here ..." There is much complaint about the expense of Jenny's carriage and horses and the letter concludes "if Jane comes up I am resolved to quit the house". In a few lines at the back of the third page he writes "Now that my girls are all settled after my wonderful and great slavery, it would be very hard if I cannot have a place of retirement to rest from the fatigues I have gone thro' for nearly half a century. I see I have bad prospect with the most unreasonable woman who has no thought but self gratification to spend or rather squander away money - not caring how it came".

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21/08/2018
11/07/2025