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Patrick
Otrassy/Tressy of Rosclogher, Co. Leitrim, founder of the Irish
College of Valencia Spain in 1628 Estudios
Sobre La Misión De Irlanda El de
Valencia lo fundó el doctor Patrick Tracy, que fue alumno del colegio de
Salamanca. Tracy fue enviado en 1628 Valencia para doctorarse en teología en
esa ciudad y fundar allí un colegio de irlandeses, la fecha de clausura es
incierta, aunque hay viáticos para colegiales del seminario de Valencia hasta
1663. (AGS. E. 2794. Consulta del consejo de Estado, Madrid, 18 febrero
1631.) The
Irish College At Valencia (1623-1680): Historical Consequences According
to the official records the seminary college at Valencia was established in
1628 by the diocesan priest, Patrick Tracey (sometimes ‘Tressy’), a man whose
achievements were comparable to those of other famous college founders, such
as Christopher Cusack and Theobald Stapleton. Having said this, it is clear
that Tracey was, and has remained, one of the less well-known figures. There
is reason to date the Irish presence at Valencia to a slightly earlier point,
as there was clearly already an Irish community in Valencia before 1628. In all
of this the key personage was, as stated above, Patrick Tracey, who was a
priest of the ecclesiastical diocese of Tuam in Connacht. From 1621 he was
enrolled as a student at the College at Salamanca, where he studied Theology.
In 1627 he was sent by the Rector of the College at Salamanca to Valencia in
order to found the seminary college there. He later obtained his doctorate at
the University of Valencia. He had scarcely arrived in the city when he met
his compatriots, Malachy Maher (Malaquías Meher), who had obtained his
doctorate in Theology in 1621; he also met and befriended Thaddeus Cleary
(‘Tadeo Clario’) and James Cleary (‘Diego Clario’), who had graduated in the
Faculty of Arts in 1626. Another Irish exile, Patrick Master (‘Patricio
Mestre’) also obtained his doctorate in Theology at Valencia in 1628. Tracey
obtained the degree of Bachelor of Theology on 17 June 1628 (Jerónimo Agustín
Morlá acting as his sponsor); he went on to obtain the degree of Doctor of
Theology on 23 July 1629, with Francisco Cruílles acting as his sponsor.
Tracey affirms unequivocally in a memorial to the King that he went on to
found the seminary for Irish priests with the blessing of the Superiors of
the College at Salamanca, that is: ‘having gone afterwards by order of his
Superiors to the City of Valencia to establish a seminary of his nation, he
did so to great satisfaction and effect.’ The foundation of a seminary for
the training of diocesan priests was an innovation. Six colleges are known to
have existed between 1550 and 1643, but the Irish did not figure as students
in any of them. From the middle of the 16th century there existed the College
of the Presentation, founded by Tomás de Villanueva, with ten scholarships
for paupers. In 1668 it became a senior college. The College of the
Assumption was another institution in Valencia, offering three scholarships
for the natives of Valencia. The College of the Purification (1572) was a
similar institution, while Juan de Ribera’s College of Corpus Christi (1594)
offered six scholarships for priests and 24 for students. There was also the
College of the Order of Montesa de St George (1606, Colegio de la orden de
Montesa de San Jorge), and finally the College of the Holy Monarchs (1643)
for students of medicine. Based on this information, we must conclude that
the first students of the Irish College at Valencia were either holders of
scholarships from the College of the Purification, or that they set up a
college ex novo. The latter is the most likely explanation. The
Irish students must have begun to study on an institutional basis around
1623, thanks to the benevolence and patronage of the Dominican Fray Isidoro
de Aliaga, successor to Juan de Ribera as Archbishop of Valencia (Aliaga
served as Archbishop from 1612 to 1648). The Archbishop was responsible for
enrolling the first Irish students, who lived together in a rented house. The
college operated without any recognized institutional structure until the
arrival of Tracey from Salamanca in 1628, the date at which, as we have seen,
the seminary was officially founded. Tracey exuded a certain authority, not
only because he was a graduate of the University of Salamanca but also
because he had the full backing of the College of the Irish at Salamanca. On
the other hand his importance is easily exaggerated: it appears that he spent
only a short time at Valencia, perhaps five years. A month
before obtaining the degree of Doctor of Theology, Tracey requested a
certificate from the University of Salamanca stating that he had studied
Theology from 1627; his intention was surely that he would later present it
to the Council of State in order to ask for a viaticum to return to Ireland.
It was in Madrid in 1631 that he formally asked for the viaticum, which was
granted him in February of that year ‘from the hand of the Senior Almoner’;
accordingly, the Senior Chaplain of the Palace must have been the person who
processed this merced, as this was the practice in almost all cases.115
However, Tracey did not go to Ireland, but instead went to the University of
Alcalá de Henares in 1632, where the Senate of the University appointed him
Rector of the Irish College which had been founded there by Theobald
Stapleton two years previously. It was surely due to Tracey’s enormous
prestige that he was elected to this position. Antonio Cardinal Barberini,
Protector of Ireland, visited the College of Alcalá de Henares in 1631, and
wrote a report on the Irish Colleges in Spain, dated 4 April 1634. In this
report, he details the state of the colleges at Salamanca, Lisbon, Santiago
Seville, Madrid and Alcalá; he also mentions the College at Valencia, saying
that it was founded around 1624 and that at the time of his writing there
were about ten students living on alms in a single house. Notwithstanding
Tracey’s claim to have been the founder of the Seminary College at Valencia,
in 1626 Thaddeus Cleary (‘Tadeo Claro’) obtained his doctorate in Theology,
and in 1633 so did Hugh O’Reilly; both students had previously obtained their
degrees in Arts from the same University. It is therefore clear that, in
addition to Tracey, there were two other prominent Irish theologians in Spain
in these years. We cannot determine, until more in-depth research is done in
the Municipal Archive of Valencia, how many Irish graduates of the Faculty of
Theology there were, but we do know from sources in the Archivo General de
Simancas and the Archivo General de Palacio Real about a number of
petitioners who claimed that they had studied at Valencia; indeed information
is also available on Irish students who asked for help in order to be able to
study at the University of Valencia under the patronage of Archbishop Aliaga. Enrique
García Hernán, CSIC, Madrid http://www.irishinspain.es/irlandeses/doc/research/estudiosmisionirlanda.php. References: 1613 Lexicon ecclesiasticum latino hispanicum... Valencia...Otrasay, como
Valencia de Alcanara &c. D.
Patricius Tressy venit 1621. 2. Iobris. Conaciensis Treacy
(ms Tressy), Patrick. of Connacht. Came in 1621. Archivium Hibernicum: Or, Irish Historical Records,
Volume 62, 2009 IV. Sponsors for Alberto Hugo O Donel, Madrid 1625
A.H.N. Madrid Alcántara, Exp. 736 Patricio Tressy [Priest; born
Rosclogher, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.] A.H.N. Madrid, Santigo, Expedientes 3146, 5853; A.G.S. Estado. Leg. 2767
Walsh,
Micheline ed (1978) Spanish Knights. Vol IV. Irish Manuscript Commission. |
1586-1621 Spanish Flanders
A.G.R.E.G.C., reg. 18/66. The
testimonies were requested by...Margaret Daly, widow of William Tracey...
Henry, Grainne (1992) The Irish military community in
Spanish Flanders, 1586-1621. Irish Academic Press.
1639. Dec. 17. Ostend. Statement by
Cajetan Callaghan, chaplain, that Margaret Duly is the widow of William Trassi, Irishman, late of the
company of Captain Walter de la Hoyde;...
1658 Nov 29 Brussels. Orders to
incorporate in a company of Horse under the command of Colonel Druot those
Irish soldiers of the governor of Arras who have come to serve his Majesty,
namely Farlox Oconnor, Connor Oconnor, Danor Oconnor, John Oconor, Richard
Lott, John de Laghi, Dermot Omahouni, John Omolouni, Denis Otrashe, Owen Osullivan, and Flores Lealy. EG., reg. 56, fol.
102.
1658 Dec 3 Brussels.
Grant of twenty five crowns monthly to Captains Lawrence Theodore, Balthasar Tresy, Bernard Connor,
Leonard Blancheville, Richard Duyr, and Thimoly Lany, who had been captains of
Irish companies in Lorraine. EG., reg. 56, fol. 105v.
Brendan Jennings, (1964) Wild geese in Spanish
Flanders, 1582-1700. Irish Manuscripts Commission
1573-1677 Registers Of Licences To Pass Beyond The Seas
Nicholas Tressy, 1632 to Flanders, Ref: E 157/16
Roger Tressy, 1631 to Flanders, Ref: E 157/15
15
October 1660
An Order of Reference, by the Commissioners for governing his Majesty's Army in Ireland, to the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, made upon a Petition of Francis Tracy
Held by: Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections, MS. Carte 154, fol(s). 33v
Irish Preachers and Confessors in
the Archdiocese of Malines…students at the University of Louvain, or were
ordained in the Low Countries…
9. 1646. Feb. 25. Master Thomas Tracey (Treaci). Approved
for hearing the confessions of Irish soldiers serving in the royal army. Until
revocation.
Brendan
Jennings. Irish Preachers and Confessors in the Archdiocese of Malines,
1607-1794. Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 23 (1960), pp. 148-166
1660 Edmundus Trohy/Trosy/de Trohz (-1718) Casseliensis Hijbernus Tipperary Co./city
Tipperary
Matr.
(C, pauper) (19 Dec. 166o); MB (31 Aug. 1668 - 28 Feb. 1669); ML (31 Aug. 1668
-28 Feb. 1669); mentioned as Doctor at Antwerp in a dedication of a book (1686)
by John O'Dwyer[ nr.4 05];D octorc itya nd citadelA ntwerp; IPCL euven
Foundation of scholarships left sum of4,585 florins; died at Antwerp (3 June
1718). MUL, VI, p. 150, n. 16o; RAL, OUL 277, f. 536, 538; Bruneel (2004), p.
43 nrs. 664, 670; RD, III, p. 485, n. ii
Jeroen
Nilis. Irish Students at Leuven University, 1548-1797 (With Index) Archivium
Hibernicum, Vol. 60 (2006/2007), pp. 1-304
Lart, CE, ed (1910) The parochial
registers of Saint Germain-en-Laye: Jacobite extracts of births, marriages, and
deaths; with notes and appendices. Vol. One 1689-1702. St. Catherine Press,
London.
Morris.
(1691. 17 Mai), a.e.b. Simon, f. Le chevalier Mores, major de cavalerie. Irl.
et de Marie Trassi (Tracy;).
P.
Guillaume Simon Lautree (Luttrell) Col. de cavalerie. Irl.
M. Anne
Porchell. (Purcell) ff. baron Porchel et de deff Pourcel.
S.S. Anne
Purcell. G.S. Luttrell.
MORRIS.
Templemore, Ireland,
Arms : Or, a fesse dancette betw. ia chief a crescent and in has? a lion ramp.
sa.
Eedmond Morris, who was a Captain in Luttrell's Horse, in the Irish Army of
King James II., belonged to a branch of the Montmorency-Morris family, which
descended from John, second son of the Lord of Lateragh, who died A.d. 1562,
seized in fee of Lateragh and other estates… This Eedmond was the above
mentioned Captain in Luttrell's Horse ; in which regiment he served till the
surrender at Limerick, when he wentover to the English, having reached the
grade of Lieut. -Colonel. The regiment being shortly after broken up, he was
reduced to seek employment in France, in whose service he became a colonel.
While in France he married the daughter
of a merchant, named Tracy, which so irritated his father, Sir John, that
he cut him off from the entail ; whereupon Redmond returned to London, and, in
1703, conformed to the Protestant religion, and obtained a special Act of
Parliament disqualifying his father from changing the natural line of
succession. He, however, died before his father, in 170i, and was buried in St.
Mary's Church, London. His heart was sent to Ireland and deposited in the
Morris Chaiiel at Droom, near Knockagh. Edmond had two sons and four daughters
', his sons were : 1. John, and 2. Simon, who both enjoyed the baronetcy.
John became fourth Bart., on the death of his grandfather, in 1720 ; he married
Margaret O'Shee, of Cloran, county Kilkenny, by whom he had two sons — Redmond,
and Edmond, and three daughters ; he died a.d. 1728. His second son, Edmond,
died unmarried ; his eldest son, Redmond, who became the fifth Bart., was of delicate
habit and intellect, became a Protestant, and through personal pique alienated
his estates from his next male heir, and died unmarried, A.D. 1740. His uncle
Simon, second son of Captain Redmond, succeeded to his title.
John O'Hart. Irish pedigrees; or, The origin
and stem of the Irish nation (Volume 2)
1692 William Thessy
A brave and gallant Irish officer, in the service of France in the time of Louis XIV. He earned honor and distinction by his gallant conduct on various occasions, and well sustained the reputation of Irish valor. He served under Catinat and other celebrated commanders and participated in some of the great victories won through the aid of the gallant Irish brigades in France.
O'Brien,
James (1884) Irish Celts. A Cyclopedia of Race History...Detroit.
"The troops which had lately arrived in France, after the treaty of Limerick, were new-modelled in 1695, and reduced to twelve regiments, the command of which was given to those who had most influence at the court of St Germain. These regiments, called "the troops of King James," were, —...The Limerick regiment of infantry: Sir John Fitzgerald, colonel; Jeremiah O'Mahony, lieutenant-colonel; William Thessy, major....
Mac-Geoghegan,
James abbé (1832) A history of Ireland: from its first settlement to the
present time
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Steven Tracy/Thrasi (-1703) Rotterdam The Leiden Sphaera, a top
attraction in Museum Boerhaave (the Dutch National Museum for the History of
Science and Medicine in Leiden), was built around 1670 by the clock maker
Steven Tracy for Adriaen Vroesen, a mayor of Rotterdam with a keen interest
in science. It is a very early example of an orrery: a dynamic scale model of
the solar system. It is among the earliest and most
elaborate mechanical planetaria to be operated by a clockwork mechanism. The
device depicts the Copernican solar system, in which the Earth and the other
planets revolve around a stationary sun. In order of distance from the sun,
the Sphere includes Mercury, Venus, the Earth (with its moon), Mars, Jupiter
with the four Galilean satellites, and Saturn. The mechanism in the base of
the Sphere regulates an accurate representation of the orbital periods of
each of the planets and their inclined orbits around the sun. In 1710, this
magnificent piece was given to the University of Leiden, where it could be
seen in operation for more than a century. Tracy incorporated 2 vertical
brass rings (1.5 meters in diameter), which support a wide zodiac-band (28.6
cm) composed of embossed constellation figures cur from sheet brass and
mounted in rectangular frames. The Sphere sits on a wooden cube (84 cm tall).
A 13 cm clock-face at the top of the pedestal displays the time and slot apertures
indicated the day, month and year. Among the notable features of the Sphere,
it was the first such device to incorporate a geared model of Jupiter's
system. The basic design is similar to that of the Romer - Horrebow ceiling
planetarium, but with a number of important additions, including the
incorporation of offset cams to give the model planets a Keplerian motion
similar to those on the Rittenhouse orreries. The Saturn cam is inclined,
whereas the other planets (other than earth), the cams are horizontal.
Following receipt, the Sphere was thoroughly overhauled by the Den Haag
clockmaker Bernard van der Cloesen. The Leiden Sphere still resides in Leiden
in the Rijksmuseum. Steven Tracy's
portrait (destroyed in 1940) with celestial globe, painted by Adriaen van der
Werff, is
given in Planetarium-boek Eise Eisinga (1928), p. 357. Another
image of the portrait
(RKD) gives evidence that the Leiden sphere was depicted in the background:
the two great circles (colures) and the equator (added by Cloesen, 1711) are
discernible. A grandson
was Steven Hoogendijk (son of Adriaan Hoogendijk and Elisabeth Tracy,
daughter of Steven Tracy or Thrasi, sister of Stephen Tracy) founder of the 'Bataafsch Genootschap',
see Verh. Bat. Gen. 9, iii-. Ref; http://adcs.home.xs4all.nl/blaeu/leidse/leidse-1711.html Baillie, G.H. (1929) Watches Their
History, Decoration And Mechanism. Methuen, London Taub, Liba and
Willmoth, Frances (2006) The Whipple Museum of the History of Science:
Instruments and Interpretations. Cambridge University Press King, H.
C. (1978) Geared to the stars, pp.213-4 |
Steven
Tracy c
1685 (1683 – 1687)
Dutch watch by
Steven Tracy, Rotterdam, c. 1690. Gold case with enamel paintings by Huaud le
puisne. Inside the case is a river scene with castle, and the edge bears four
landscapes. The dial has a central painting of a woman seated with a basket
of flowers. Silver hand set paste brilliants. British Museum. |
17th and 18th
Centuries Extract of the parochial registers of Nantes
Parish St Nicolas: 6
November 1693 Denis Tracy present at the baptism of François, son of Jean Kaudy
(absent) by Marie Fanin
Hôtel-Dieu (Nantes 's
hospital): 27 November 1751 Burial of Guillaume (William) Tracy, priest of
Elphin diocese, 27 years old, son of Thomas Tracy and Winifred Kirchey.
(Thanks to Alain Loncle de Forville)
Other References
Finistere (North
Brittany) Burial; Jean Trassy, Landerneau, prés de Brest+ 28/01/1692 (I
suppose, a soldat)
Burial Guillaume Tresy,
30 years old, soldat in Fittgerald's regiment, 21/01/1692 Parish La Chandeleur,
Quimper
(Thanks to Alain Loncle de Forville)
1600 to 1799 Irish
Wild Geese at the Hôtel Royal d'Invalides Paris
There were 2,350 Irishmen listed at
the Hôtel Royal d'Invalides. Eight Traceys are stated in the records which is a
very high number for an individual surname. It has been stated that those
admitted represented about one per cent of the number of men enlisted in a
specific regiment. As such, there may have been 800 Traceys who served in the
armies of France.
John Tressy Aged 70, native of
Portomne [Portumna] county Galloway, trooper in Dossemonfs troop, Bourbon
regiment, where he served 10 years and previously 27 years in the Clare
(formerly Greder alemand, Furstemberg and Hamilton) regiment per his
certificate. His disabilities make him unfit for service. 20 May 1714, he died
at la Hogue on detachment. 13/01/1708 Vol. 16, no. 18237
Richard
Tracey: Loghrea, county Galway; aged 25; enlisted 10 August 1725; square build;
1.71 metres; good legs; good stance; short, curly brown hair; good nose; good
eyes; Skelton's troop (1728); admitted to the Invalides on 12 May 1763. [2Xv,
vol. 38, no. 94640]
Richard
Treacy, Aged 60, native of Canoth [Connacht?] in Ireland, trooper in offarrell's troop, Fitzjames
Irish regiment, where he served 30 years and previously 9 years in Berwick. He
suffers from sabre wounds to the head received in several encounters. 7 August
1765, he died at the hospital of Calais, being on detachment with the d'Espagne
company. Received 12/05/1763, Vol. 38, no. 94640.
Thomas Trassy Aged 46, native of
Galloway in Ireland, soldier in Mannery's company, Irish regiment of Dillon,
where he served 28 years per his certificate dated 16 August last. His
disabilities make him unfit for service. He is one of the half-pay soldiers
sent to a company of invalides at Mariembourg. 27 November 1727, he died at
Ardres on detachment. Received 12/09/1726 Vol. 23, no. 41294
Thomas Trassy aged 36 of Cork,
soldier of the colonel of Galmoy's Regiment under the Queen of England's Dragoons,
in which he says he has served 8 years, as well as 6 years in Ireland. He bears
an order from the Marquis of Barbesieux to be received. Harquebusier by trade.
Catholic. Received 11th February 1700. 13 May 1700. gave up his place. Given £30
PSC.
Thomas Trassy aged 36 of Dublin,
dragoon of Sr. Carroll, lieutenant colonel of the King of England's Dragoons
Regiment in which he says he has served 10 years as much in France as in
Ireland. He has had his left arm "cut" after a musket shot at
Valence. Married in Paris. Catholic. Received 15th August 1697. 15th May 1700
he gave up his place. Given 30 PSC.
William Tracy aged 32 of County
Obredary [Londonderry or Edenderry Offaly?], grenadier of Sr. Galfer, Dillon's
Regiment, in which he has served 12 years, confirmed by his certificate. His
right arm is crippled from a musket shot at Chiari. Catholic Received 28th July
1701. Died 12 October 1719. at Nantes ATD.
William Trassy Aged 67, native of
Portomny [Portumna] county Gallway in Ireland, sergeant in lieutenant-colonel
Schahanasy's company, Irish regiment of Clare, where he served 42 years of
which 3 as sergeant per his certificate. His wounds and bad sight make him
unfit for service. 7 February 1732, he died. Received 11/10/1730 Vol. 25, no.
46094
William Tressy Aged 50, native of
county Galloway, soldier in James Dillon's company, Dillon regiment, where he
served 5 years per his certificate, and says he served previously 4 years in
Cahieux's cavalry, 4 years in the Brittany dragoons, and 4 years in Hamilton.
He received a sabre blow to the head and his left leg is crippled by a musket
shot received at the crossing of the river Theu in Catalonia; these with other
wounds make him unfit for service. 13 May 1698, he renounced his rights; he
received 30 livres to help him on his way and his certificates were returned to
him. Received 21/02/1697 Vol. 12, no. 9031
(William Tressy, had served 13 years
in three French formations - cavalry and infantry - before he entered the
Dillon regiment and was badly wounded in Spain. He left the HRI and received a
going-away present of 30 livres. Like many others who left the HRI, he probably
had friends outside and joined them. Prior to 1690, the HRI records noted that
several of the Irish veterans who left went back to their own country, and
Tressy, may have returned to Galway.)
Ref:
Eoghan Ó
Hannracháin. Some Wild Geese of the West. Journal of the Galway Archaeological
and Historical Society, Vol. 54 (2002), pp. 1-24
Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin. Two Score Galway Troopers in France. Journal
of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 55 (2003), pp. 64-71
1702 Cremona
In the
poem ‘Cremona’ by Emily
Lawless (1902), in the first stanza she makes a reference to “Tracy” along with
the other great names of the Irish military. However, I have been unable to
locate the origin of this reference.
“Homesick, sad, and weary,
Heartsick, hungry, dreary,
(Shout, boys, Erin's the renown!)
O'Brien, Burke, and Tracy,
MacMahon, Dillon, Lacy,
We watch the town.”
1727, James Egan, Tuam,
Sello Menor.
Ref. AG 1195
Parents: Dominic Egan and Ana Tracy.
Paternal grandparents: Cormac Egan
and Isabel Burke.
Maternal grandparents: Thomas Tracy
and Mary MacDonagh.
His coat of arms is signed by James
Terry, Athlone king of arms at the court of James III, in exile in Paris 1720.
The petitioner was in the court of
Paris with His Majesty king James III. He was forced to leave because of a
person who owed him a considerable sum of money, and he had to support his
family.
Samuel Fannin,BA,DipEd. Spanish Archives of Primary Source Material for
the Irish. http://www.irishancestors.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Fannin-Bilbao-Coru%C3%B1a3.pdf
Register of deaths of Irish
residents in Cadiz
Diego Trecy, Thomatown, Waterford
[Thomastown Kilkenny?], son of Juan Trecy and Ana O’Donovan, age 72, bachelor,
1798.
Samuel Fannin,BA,DipEd. Spanish Archives of Primary Source Material for
the Irish. http://www.irishancestors.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Fannin-Spanish-Archives-of-Primary-Source-Material.pdf
1741 A Spanish ship (70 tons, 1 man), bound from San Sebastian to Ferrol, laden with timber
or oak plank; taken on 14/25 November 1741 by HMS Newcastle (Thomas Fox
commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.
National Archives UK HCA 32/139/20
Examination of Thomas Watts, Isaac
Marsh and James Tracy carried out in Portsmouth, 25 November 1741
"James Tracy, of Dinglycoutch
[Daingean Uí Chúis - Dingle] in the county of Kerry in the kingdom of Ireland,
marriner aged twenty three years or therabouts being sworn and examined
deposeth as followeth:
To the first Interrogatory this
depondent saith that he was born at Dinglycoutch aforesaid and for seven years
last pat hath been genersally at sea and had no certain residence ashore and
thast he is a subject to the King of Geat Britain.
1741-73 Registers of St. Mary's Highfield Street, Liverpool
14 Jan 1748/9 ware
married John Malloy & Ann Taylor. Wittnesses Rice Bellis, Edwd Tracey, Mary
Walsh & Ann Burn.
24 Feb 1747/8 ware
marred Tho : Mercer & Elizabeth Tracey Jn presence of Miss Eaton
7 Feb 1748/9 ware
married James Clancy & Serah Trasier, wittnsses Wm Burn, Mrs Drumgold, Mr
Rob' Rothwell, & M. Washington.
18 December 1758 Was
baptd Denis Betts child Mary Godfr John Murray, Godmr Cecily Traisy.
21 January 1760 Was
baptd Dan' Northon's child Eliz Godfr Davd Tressy, Godmr Cisy Tressy
3 August 1760 Was
baptd Fredrick Davies's Child Eliz, Godfr Thos Tressey, Godmr Mary Handish
8 February 1761 Was Baptd Jn Lovelady’s child Jn Godfr Wm Thracy godmr Mary Leatherbarrow.
28 March 1762 Was
Bapd Jno lindals Child Mary Godfr Thos Tracy Godmr Ailes Howard
6 August 1762 Was
Baptd Jos. Parkinson's Child Rich Godfr Thos Bride Godmr Cicily Tracy.
Trac[e]y, Traisy,
Trasier, Tress[e]y,
C[ecil]y, 255, 259,
271 ; David, 259 ;Edward, 198; Elizabeth, 197 ; Sarah, 198 ; Tho[ma]s, 262, 269
Miscellanea. Catholic Record Society (Great Britain)
Registers
of Bristol
1788 17 Feb: Suscep: Michael Tracy et Maria
Foley.
1789 15 Julii, Suscep: Michael Tracy et
Eleonora Nary.
1789. 6 aug : ejusd : an : Suscep: Mich: Tracey
& Mar: Foley.
1797. Baptize 6^ Aprilis. Susceperunt Michael
Tracey & Maria Burke.
1798. Aug^ 24 Blanch Tracey
1803. Suppletas caeremoniae Ecclesiae die 30^
Martii 1803. Susceperunt Michael Tracey et Maria Sullivan.
1803. 8^ Mail Susceperunt Jacobus Fardough et Margarita Tracy.
1807. Oct' 10 Michael Tracy
Miscellanea. Catholic Record Society (Great Britain)
Jacobite Rebellions 1715
And 1745 Scotland
R Tracy, 1715-1716 Petitions & lists of prisoners
Andrew Tracey, b. 1719, 1745-1747 Prisoner lists
Eleazar Tracey, 1746 Prisoner lists
Richard Tracey, b. 1696, 1746 Prisoner lists
Richard Tracey, b. 1706, 1746 Prisoner lists
Richard Tracey, 1747 Transportation warrants
Robert Tracey, 1749 Transportation warrants
Samuel Tracey, 1746 Prisoner lists
Susanna Tracey, 1749 Transportation warrants
https://search.findmypast.ie/search-world-Records/scotland-jacobite-rebellions-1715-and-1745
1746 Feb 21
SP 36/81/2/50
Folio 50. List of prisoners of war from Fitzjames regiment of horse, in King of France's service. Taken off Ostend [Belgium] by Commodore Knowles on 21 February 1746, now confined in gaol at Maidstone [Kent]. Quartermasters: Mark Wickham; Cristopher O'Farell; George Gornon; Hugh Martin; Matthieu Wolverston; Michael Betagh; Michael Macdermott; Morrice Cassedy; Thomas Coghlan; Charles O'Brian; Edmond Moor; Robert Rockley. Corporals: John Fling; Matthias Dignam; Bernard Macdonall; Christopher Wolverston; Darby Magrah; Luke Lynch. Private men: Patrick Macdonnah; Thomas Slatry; James Norris; Edmond Barry; Edmond Fenegan; Peter Croghan; John Downe; Charles Collins; Bernard Kelly; James Dowling; John Kelly; Owen Bulger; Andrew Tracey; Peter Cheevres [Cheevers]; Thomas Moore; Edmond?Puriell; William Carroll; Edmond Puriell junior; John Connor; James Skulley; Ferdinand Kelly; Charles Dayley; Thomas Dyer; William Cowens; James Macdonnall; Patrick Macdonnall. Endorsed '[received] May 30 1747 from the Constable of Maidstone'
Former reference in The National Archives: Folios 224-225
1746
SP 36/92/1/3
Folios 3-4. List of [Jacobite] prisoners in Canterbury [Kent] and Rochester [Kent], of FitzJames' Horse [regiment of French army]. Chart with seven labelled columns, name, age, rank, place of birth, county or town, time of service in years/months. Prisoners at Canterbury: Garrott Fagan; John Foster; James Hoy; Felix Short; William Savage; Thomas O'Brien; William Anderson; Edmond Kelly; John McMahon; Daniel Lawler; Andrew Brown; John Carney; Hugh Byrne; Edward Hart; James Downey; Michael McGuire; Thomas Plunket; Thomas Moore; William Tute; Mathew Burke; Patrick Slattery; Thos (Thomas) Concannen; Michael Hoide; Brien Cane; Edmond Farrell; John Lawless; William Doyle; Nicholas Roach; Timothy Duffy; Thos [Thomas] Manwaring; Robert Lacy; John Quinn; Joseph Cahil; Ambrose Kirwen; Luke Walsh; William Lacy; Andrew O'Shaghnassy; John McNamara; Thomas Esmond; Owen Daly; James Gaffney; Patrick Hughes; John Fagan; William Ross; Thomas Nugent; Mathew Mchegan; James Kelly; Robert Gaffney; Darby Magher; Timothy McCarty; James Moran; Richard Tracey; Morgan O'Bryan; Henry McCarty;?Jobe?Speen; Squire Sammy; Edward Bond; John Crookshanks; Thomas Manners.
List of prisoners at Rochester. Name, age, rank, birthplace, county or town. Patrick McNamara; John Houlton; Dennis Daly; John Reddy; Garrot Finnell; Stephen Magher; Robt [Robert] Thompson; Danl (Daniel) Sullivan; Richd [Richard] Dunnevan; Richd [Richard]?Whelay; Danl [Daniel] Farrell; Pat [Patrick] Phelan; Willm [William] Burke; Pat [Patrick] Brennan; William Doogan; James Hughes; Jas [James] Phelan; Pat [Patrick] Martin; Pat [Patrick] Fahy; Pat [Patrick] McDonald.
1746 Mar 22-1746 May 17
SP 36/161/1/149
Folios 149-150. List of the names
and rank of the [Jacobite] Rebel prisoners held in the jails at Maidstone
[Kent]. In the County jail Owen Burlger; John Kelly; Luke Lynch; Peter Chaners;
Andrew Treacy; Edmond Purcell; James
Cavanagh; Thomas Moor; James Skully; Fardi Kelly; Thomas Brown; John Connor;
Charles Daily [sic]; Danl [Daniel] Magowram; Wm [William] Caroll; Edmund
Purcell; Thomas Davor; James McDonald; Patrick McDonald; Christopher
Wolverston. In the Bridewell Michel [sic] McDermott; George Gernon; Hugh
Martin; Christopher Offarell; Mark Wickham; Charles Obrian; Metthew [sic]
Wolverston; Thomas Coghlan; Robert Rockly; Michel [sic] Betagh; Morris Cassedy;
Edmund Moore; John Fling [?Flynn]; Matthew Degnam; Bryan McDonald; Patrick
McDonald; Thomas Slatery [Slattery]; James Norris; Edmund Barrie; Wm [William]
Cowen. In the Town jail Edward Finningan [?Finnegan]; James Douling [?Dowling];
James Russell; Peter Crohan; John ?Herrns; John Downs; Samuel Chancellor;
Charles Collins; Bryan Kelley; Darby McGragh.
1746 Oct 20
SP 36/88/2/94
Folios 94 - 95. List of 69 mainly
Irish [Jacobite] prisoners from FitzJames' regiment of the French Army confined
at Maidstone [Kent] and Rochester [Kent], detailing their age, place of birth,
rank, length of service, and noting the circumstance of their enlistment in
France.
Prisoners 1 to 32 are named as: Mark
Wickam; Christr [Christopher] O'Farrell; George Gernon, alias Garland; Mark
Woolfeston; Thomas Coghlan; Michael McDermot; Michael Betagh; Hugh Lewis
Martin; Christr [Christopher] O'Brien; Edmond Moore; Morrice Cashedy; Robert
Rockly; Dermot Magrath; John Flinn; Mathew Dignum; Daniel Magoran; Bernard
McDonald; Christr [Christopher] Woolferston; Patrick MacNamara; John Houlton;
Stephen Magher; Dennis Daly; John Riddy; Garrot Fennell; Daniel Sullivan;
Robert Thompson; Richard Donevan; William Dougan; Daniel Farrell; Peter
McDonald; James Whealan; Patrick Whelan.
Prisoners 33 to 64 are named as:
Richd [Richard] Whealan; Patrick Martin; Patrick Fahy; Patrick Brenan; James
Hughes; Willm [William] Burke; Samuell Chancelor; John Down; John Hern; Charles
Collins; Peter Croghan; Willm [William] Cowen; Patrick McDonogh; Thomas
Slattery; James Norris; Edmond Barry; James Dowling; Barnaby Kelly; Edmond
Finegan; Luke Lynch; Thomas Moore; Edward Purcell; James Scholey; Ferdinand
O'Kelly; Thomas Brown; Edwd [Edward] Purcell, Junior; John Connor; William
Carrol; Andrew Tracey; Peter
Chivers; Thomas?Dwyer; Patrick McDonald.
Prisoners 65 to 69 are named as:
James McDonald; Owen Bulger; John Kelly; Charles Daly; James Cavenagh.
Document also mentions the brig
John, Ben [Bejamin] Trigue master; the Grace and Mary, Burke master; the Ann
galley, Henry Haly master; the Mary, Galby Sweetman master; the William Semple;
the Thurloe privateer, of Liverpool [Lancashire]; the Samuel brig of Belfast
[Antrim], Logue master; the Tartar man-o-war; the Georgia packet. And mentions
individuals recruiting: 'one Farrell'; 'one White'; Colonel Cooke, a brother to
Cooke of Painstown, Carlow; 'one Mooney'; Captain Shea now in Marshalsea
[prison, Surrey]; Lady Burke of Glynsk; Mr Walker of Maidstone [Kent].
The return is certified by Captain
Stratford Eyre.
1746 Nov 2
SP 36/89/1/7
Folio 7. List of prisoners in the Fitz-James' Regiment of Horse who were confined in Canterbury [Kent], with age, rank, where born, county, town, enlistment date, occupation, and details of enlistment and embarkation for France. Naming:
James Hoy; Thomas O'Brien; William Anderson; Edmond Kelly; William Tate; Mathew Burke; Edmond Farrel; Timothy Duffy; Thomas Manwaring; Robert Lacy; Morgan O'Brien; Nicholas Roach; Andrew O'Shagnessy; William Lacy; Mathew Mehagan; Robert Gaffney; Darby Magher; Daniel Lawler; John Carney; Luke Walsh; Patrick Hughes; Thomas Esmond; Edmond Hart; James Downey; Thomas Moore; Thomas Concannen; James Mourn; Garrot Fagan; Felix Short; William Savage; Edmond Bond; John Crookshank; Thomas Manners; John McMahon; John McNamara; Andrew Brown; Hugh Byrne; Michael McGuire; John Lawless; Ambrose Kirwan; Thomas Plunket; James Kelly; Owen Daly; Patrick Slatery; Thomas Nugent; Michael Hyde; Timothy McCarthy; Brian Cane; William Doyle; John Quinn; John Fagan; Joseph Cahil; John Foster; Richard Tracey; Henry McCarty; Job Speen; Squire Sammy; William Ross; James Gaffney.
Also mentions recruitment by Colonel Nugent, Captain Bethagh; Lieutenant Dellamere; Lieutenant Devereaux; Captain Murphy; Captain Baker; Lieutenant Lally; Quartermaster Farrell; Quartermaster Kelly; 'one McCarty an Irish French officer'; Captain Coghlin; and Lord Bagget. List signed by Captain Stratford Eyre.
17 February 1868 (FJ) Weekly News Trial - Manchester Martyrs
Mr. Heron, resuming his
address...where the Irish mother pressed over her first born and wished him to
be a freeman. He turned to foreign countries - to the Blakes and O'Donnells,
who had founded in Spain a long line of princes, marshals, and
captain-generals, to the Butlers, Traceys,
and Dillons, who were the foremost captains in the army of Austria and
Russia...
1749 The Tracy case.
Folio 143: Albemarle
to Bedford. The Tracy Case. Also a Frenchman of Irish extraction has been executed in the
Bastille for writing a satire against the king. UK Secretaries of State: State
Papers Foreign, France SP 78/233/49
|
Paris 12. Aug. 1749 H.G. the El of Albemarle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paris 1st/12th
August 1749 His Grace the Duke of Beford My Lord, I
was honour’d last Saturday with your Grace’s Dispatch of the 24th
of last month inclosing the case of Mrs. Susanna Tracy. I have lately had a
Memorial delivered to me by her sister to the same purport as that youres
Grace has now sent me, and I waited only for the return of the French Court
to Versailles to speak of it to Mr. Puyzieulre, and to demand he as a subject
of Great Britain. This is a Prolectess(?) I thought I could not refuse her;
and now that I have received by Your Grace His Majesty’s Commands, I shall be
more express in my representations; and have drawn up a Memorial on that
subject, which I shall convey to him tomorrow; and from the Justice of the
Demand I cannot expect there will be the least Delay in ordering the
necessary redress(?). When I shall have taken her out of the convent, (?)
proper care shall be had of her till some person appointed to conduct her to
England comes to receive her, which your Grace is pleased to acquaint me I
shall be apprized of in time. Next
Tuesday the Foreign Minister will have the opportunity of being admitted to
Audiences, and till then I don’t expect to have any thing of moment to
communicate to Your Grace. This Court seems now a little more quiet than they
were, in their Apprehension on the side of Russin(?). A
man of Irish extraction, but born in this country, was taken up some time ago
for writing a satire against the Court, in which, after calling the French
King a Tyrant, he added, that thos there was no Henry the Fourth, there might
yet another Ravaillac(?) be found. This author was secretly executed last
Saturday in the Bastille. I
have the Honour to be with the greatest Respect My
Lord Your
Grace’s Most
obedient, humble Servant Albemarle P.S. Since I have wrote my letter I have been informed Mr. Tracy is in
Paris. Colol. Yorke sent for him at my Desire. Mr. Tracy has given him his
Word of Honour (which is again repeated in the inclosed letter I have the
honour of transmitting to Your Grace) that if he is allow’d to take his Wife
out of the Convent, and to carry her to England he will use her well. This I
thought the best way of proceeding and therefore I have stops(?) any
application to the French Minister. I shall see Mr. Tacy myself to morrow,
when I will make him renew, in the most solemn manner, the same promise he
has made to Colol. Yorke. Alb |
1768 Members of Ultonia Irish Regiment
Murphy, W.S., An
Irish Regiment in Mexico, 1768-1771 in 'The Irish Sword' (Dublin) 2:8
(Summer 1956), pp. 257-263. Members of Ultonia Irish regiment of the Spanish
army arrived in Mexico on 18 June 1768 as a part of Charles III's strategy to
protect that country from a possible British invasion. Most of the officers
were Irish or had Irish family names. The regiment returned to Spain in 1771. Short
biographies of Colonel Marcos Keating, Cadet Carlos Connely, Captain Lucas Treby (Tracy), Captain
Patricio O'Heir, Captain Diego Barry, and Captain Diego Quinn.
F. Tracy, Theatin at Paris, 1780.
Butler,
Alban. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints. Dublin,
1779-80.
1790 État Nominatif Des Pensions Sur Le Trésor Royal
TRESSY. (Pierre-Augustin) 64. M. du
R. 1782...1,200
A titre de retraite, en qualité de Valet - de - chambre de Madame Sophie
de France.
TRESSY. (Jacques) 68. M. du R.
1782...1,270
A titre de retraite, en qualité de Garçon de la chambre de Madame.
Sophie de France, faisant le produit
net des gages, nourritures et logement dont il jouissoit.
1790 Nominal State Of Pensions On
The Royal Treasury
TRESSY. (Pierre-Augustin) 64. M. of
R. 1782 ... 1,200
As a pension, as Valet of the chambre of Madame Sophie de France.
TRESSY. (Jacques) 68. M. of R. 1782
... 1,270
As a pension, as a boy of the chambre of Madame Sophie de France, making
the net proceeds of wages, food and lodging which he enjoyed.
1794 Irish
College Toulouse
Six Irish student had
been imprisoned in the Irish College in Toulouse…released on 30 October
[1794]…The six students were Tracy, O’Meara, Cotter, Murphy, and two brothers
named MacCarthy. In their session of 7 November 1794, the Committee of Public
Safety ordered that the navy put them on a neutral ship to Hamburg and from
hence to Ireland.
Swords, Liam (19??) The green cockade, the Irish in the French
Revolution 1789-1815.
5 November 1859 Pilot (Boston & NY) [see
Derry]
From the Dubin Irishman.
Marshal MacMahon and the Irish in
France.
It was announced in our last that a
Gold medal had been presented, at Lille, to Marshal MacMahon, by a deputation
of Irishmen. The telegraph said “a deputation from Ireland;" and we
suspected at the time that this was an error.
“ Lille, Saturday, Oct. 8th. ...In
conclusion, we beg your acceptance of the accompanying Gold Medal, as a token
of our homage to your high attainments and noble name. We have engraved thereon
the emblems of Erin, together with the grateful souvenir of those who have the
honor to present it.
“ ‘ The Delegates,
John Tracy, Sec.,
Stephen Daw,
Edward Kirkwood.
8 June 1861 Pilot (Boston
& NY)
Duke of Magenta and the Irish of Lille.
The following important correspondence between Mr. Tracy, a gentleman formerly of Glasgow, and the Duke of Magenta, will be found interesting ta our readers:—
“Moullins, Lille, April 22, 1861.
“My Dear Duke — When, a few weeks ago, I had the signal honor of an interview with your Excellency, you were pleased to promise me the privilege of placing your illustrious name at the head of a subscription list of the Irish residents of Lille, towards the erection of an altar and statue of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, in the Church of Moullins, Lille. In accordance with your desire, I now beg to submit to your Grace the list of subscriptions, and to observe that the cost of the altar and statue are already defrayed; but there remains the marble pavement of the sanctuary, on which we desire, if pleasing to you, to engrave your coat-of-arms—as those of Ireland’ already surmounted the altar—and therein leave to future generations a lasting memorial of a pious work. To this I have the honor to request your Excellency to place at the head of the Irish list that illustrious name, so venerated by every Irishman in whatever clime, and which acts like magic on his heart. Ireland is proud to claim as her son the brave descendant of her greatest monarch; and she will be doubly proud to learn, as we have done from yourself, that your illustrious and pious lady is also of Irish origin. The noble Duchess of Magenta has besides recently endeared herself to the Irish people by acts of devotedness and charity in favor of the numerous poor of that unfortunate country. Her name, consequently associated with a few other noble ladies in this work of love, will remain henceforth engraved on the hearts of a grateful people, who will invoke each day Heaven’s choicest blessings on such benefactors. I have the honor to remain, my Lord Duke, yours, &c., John Tracy. “ To His Excellency Marshal MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, &c. &c., &e., Lille,”
The Marshal’s Reply.
“General Head-Quarters, Lille, 23rd April, 1861.
“Sir — I am most happy to join my ancient compatriots in the erection of a statue of Saint Patrick in the church of Moulins, Lille. As the statue is got up not for one individual, but for all the Irish of Lille, I think it would not be well to engrave the particular arms of one of them on the pavement of the chapel. It is that motive which hinders me from sending you my coat-of-arms as you desire. — Please to receive, sir, the renewal of the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. Mal MacMahon,
“Monsieur Tracy, a Moulins, Lille.”
“Moulins, Lille, 25th April, 1861.
“My Lord Duke —lt is my duty to thank your Excellency for the much prized letter and donation of 200 francs for the statue of St. Patrick, which you did me the honor to address me to-day by your courier. That letter recognises, as your ‘ancient compatriots,’ the humble Irish emigrants established or employed in this city and suburbs. They will, I am sure, feel proud of this signal honor, and endeavor to merit by showing themselves worthy sons of the mother country, so dearly cherished by all true Irishmen. As for myself, I shall conserve as a precious relic your Grace’s esteemed autograph, which will cause me to be considered by my countrymen at Lome as one enjoying a distinguished privilege.—With the sincere thanks of the Irish, please accept, my Lord Duke the devoted sentiments of respect with which I have the honor to remain, your Grace’s most humble
and obedient servant, John Tracy
“To Marshal MacMahon, &c., &c., Lille.”
Spain
1881 British Census - "Dudley Union
Workhouse" Burton Road Sedgley
Stafford, England
Patrick
Tracey, b. approx 1793 Soll..verra Spain, Age 88, Blacksmith, Widowed
Italy
Ricerche sul '600 napoletano
Il Capitano di Vascello Daniele
Trassey della nave Caterina faceva la spola tra Taranto e Genova per conto del
Mercante Daniele Trassey ivi residente noleggiata in Genova da A. Brancato per
carico di grano
The Captain of Vessel Daniele
Trassey of the ship Caterina shuttled between Taranto and Genoa on behalf of
the Merchant Daniele Trassey resident there chartered in Genoa by A. Brancato
for loading of grain
1670s?
...Per la movimentazione delle
partite che venivano comprate e vendute, i Brancati facevano spesso ricorso al
noleggio di navi ed a collaborazioni con comandanti, sia del Regno che di
Genova ed Inglesi, tra i quali ultimi si segnalano Daniel Trassey, Thomas
Hasloch, George Davies, Richard Bakker
...For the movement of the
consignments that were bought and sold, the Brancatis often resorted to the
chartering of ships and to collaborations with commanders, both from the
Kingdom and from Genoa and the English, among whom we note Daniel Trassey,
Thomas Hasloch, George Davies, Richard Baker
References:
D'Alton,
John (1855) Illustrations Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish
Army List (1689). Dublin.
Lawless, Emily (1902) With the wild geese. Isbister &
Co. Ltd.
O'Callaghan,
John Cornelius (1870) History of the Irish Brigades in the service of France.
Cameron & Ferguson, Glasgow.
Ó
hAnmracháin, Eoghan: ‘Wexford Veterans in the Hôtel Royal des Invalids, Paris’
in The Past 2006.