Patrick Tr(e)acy & Ann(e)
Elizth b. 21 June 1789 Cathedral St. Mary
Limerick (LDS)
Richard Taylor b. 11 November 1791
c. 15 November 1791 Saint John Limerick (LDS)
1822, 1828 and 1841, there are references to a
Methodist Thomas Tracy of Limerick, who it may be presumed is a relation.
Richard T
Tracey & Dorothea Wood 1824 (Killaloe Marriage
Licence Bond)
Tracey, Samuel
Joshua, pen. P.T., Dec. 5 1847, aged 18; s. of Richard Taylor, Predicator Methodistas; b. Co. Tipperary.
Society of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records
1854 Saml Tracy
At a meeting of
members of the Female Bounty Fund held in Cork 16th of is month 1854
present...Co Tipperary...Saml Tracy le,
1859 Albany
Co New York naturalization petitions for Irish born
Samuel Tracy, 24, b. Tipperary, left from Liverpool,
Albany Oct 14
April 19, 1854 (BL) Death
April 9, at
Tullamore, Samuel Wood, eldest son of the Rev.
Richard Taylor Tracy, Wesleyan Minister.
6
December 1854 (NG) Deaths
Dec 4...At his father's house,
Youghal, Richard Watson, youngest son of the Rev.
Richard T. Tracy, Wesleyan Minister.
December 6, 1854 (FJ) Death
December 1, at Youghal,
Richard Watson, youngest son of the Rev. Richard T. Tracy, Wesleyan Minister.
Collegiate Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland
Richard Watson TRACY
Birth: 18 Sep 1833
Death: 1 Dec 1854
(aged 21) Youghal, County Cork, Ireland
(Note: Youngest son
of Methodist Minister Reverend Richard Taylor Tracy and Dorothea Tracy nee
Wood.)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245028503/richard-watson-tracy
Dorothea Tracy, (née Wood), Catherine Street, Limerick Chronicle 2nd
September 1882, wife of Rev. R. T. Tracy, death notice
“Tracy –At her residence, 62 Catherine-street, Dorotheo the beloved wife of the Rev R. T. Tracy, and
daughter of the Rev Samuel Wood. – Funeral on Monday morning at 9 o’clock.”
Died on 17th October, 1889, in Limerick.
Richard Taylor Tracy, Registration district: Limerick, Record type: Deaths, Registration date - quarter and year: Oct - Dec 1889, Age: 99
Obituary: Richard Taylor Tracy, Rev., 62 Catherine Street 17/10/1889 death notice, (further report 17/10/1889) (funeral report 19/10/1889)(further report 26/10/1889) [online]
22 October 1889 Northern Whig
The
Methodist Church.
Death of Rev. T.
Tracey, M.A.—Many will learn with regret the death of the Rev. Richard Taylor
Tracey, of Limerick, who was not only by long way the father of the Irish
Conference, but probably the oldest Methodist minister in the world. Deceased
was a native of Limerick, and entered the ministry in 1817. After performing
the active duties of the Itinerancy for nearly forty years, during which time
was twice stationed in Armagh, twice Sligo, twice Carlow, and twice in Roscrea; once In Oldcastle, Cookstown,
Mallow, Drogheda, Coleraine, Waterford. limerick, Ballina, Newry, Tullamore, and Youghal, respectively, he, became a supernumerary 1857, and
for the last thirty two yean be resided in Limerick, with the exception of two
years which lived Youghal, four in Cork, and three in
Ennis. He was in the 99th year of his age when he died, and the 73rd of his
ministry. He remembered the Irish rebellion of 1798, and the excitement, and
massacres of that time produced an impression on his mind which he never
forgot, and to which he frequently referred in his annual communications to the
Conference. He also had a distinct recollection of the evils of the unhappy
division of 1816 between the Wesleyans and Primitive Wesleyans, and, of course,
lived to see that breach satisfactorily healed Id 1878. All his early
contemporaries have long since passed away, and have only been known to the
present generation by their names. Mr. Tracey was married to a daughter of the
late Rev. Samuel Wood, a distinguished minister of early Methodism, and by her
had four children — two sons and two daughters. Both the sons died shortly
after they had taken out their degrees as medical men, but the daughters still
survive, and are living in Limerick. Mrs. Traoey has
been dead for some years. Deceased was a good
preacher, a painstaking, conadentions pastor, and a
kind friend. Towards all was most gentlemanly in his bearing, and was greatly
beloved by those who know him. He died last Thursday, and was buried on
Saturday in Limerick, his funeral having bean attended by large concourse of
parsons representing all classes in the community.
Limerick Chronicle Margaret Elizabeth Tracy, 19/08/1909, daughter of late Rev. Richard Taylor, Methodist minister; death notice The Rev. Richard Taylor
Tracey, m.a., Wesleyan Minister, was born on the 11th
November, 1791; was accepted for the ministry by the Conference of 1815; was
appointed to a circuit in 1817; died on 17th October, 1889, in Limerick, having
almost completed his 98th year, and 73rd of his ministry. The dates in this
case can be relied upon, as they are all entered in the minutes of the
Conference, and properly authenticated.
Milligan,
Seaton F. (1890) Some Recent Cases of Remarkable Longevity. The Journal
of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Fifth Series, Vol. 1, No. 3
(3rd Quarter, 1890), pp. 232-239
[1818] The Wesleyan Conference met on July
3rd...Richard T. Tracy of Limerick...received on trial...Messrs. Bailey and
Tracy had been appointed to the Cookstown and Churchhill mission, at the last Conference;...
[1822] These proposals
were published in a circular, signed by Messrs...Thomas Tracy, Limerick...
[1825 Coleraine] The
Rev. Richard T. Tracy, however, was appointed, with the Rev. John Holmes as his
colleague. They both remained in town for the first Sabbath, Mr. Holmes
preaching in the morning, and Mr. Tracy in the evening. At the close of the
latter service a prayer-meeting was held, at which the officials were set to
work. To help in removing the want of harmony that existed, Mr. Tracy soon
afterwards invited all the leaders and principal friends to his own house for
tea. At first, when they came in, there was some shyness ; but as the house
filled, the hearty welcome, the cheerful room, and the encouragement given to
free social intercourse did their work, until the spell was completely broken,
and there was such a meeting as had not been in Coleraine
for years. It proved to be the beginning of better days ;
the public services and classes were more largely attended, and God granted His
abundant blessing. There was a gracious revival and much spiritual prosperity.
So deeply interesting and profitable were the services that at times it was
difficult to bring them to a close. On one lovefeast
occasion the chapel was open all day and all night, so that many of those
present went direct from the meeting, on the following morning, to open their
shops for business.
At this time there was an infidel club in the
town, which exerted a pernicious influence even on some members of the
congregation. The preachers declared war against this ungodly association. Mr.
Tracy first intimated his willingness to converse on the questions in dispute,
with any willing to speak to him. He then lent them suitable books, and finding
that he was gaining ground, took courage, and published that he would preach a
series of sermons on the evidences of Christianity and the folly and immoral
tendencies of infidelity.. For several Sabbath
evenings the chapel was filled so full that some persons could not obtain
admission. The result was that the club was broken up and the members
scattered, some joining the Society. The leader soon afterwards, when under the
influence of drink, fell oflF a coach, was severely
hurt, and for some time confined to bed. He was visited by some members of the
Society, who admonished him and prayed with him, and there was reason to think,
not in vain.
There had been for some years in Coleraine a bad practice which the ministers succeeded in
effectually stopping. On the Sabbath afternoon, between the two services
elsewhere, people were accustomed to come to the neighbourhood of the
preacher's residence for lunch, and some of the young persons
to play pitch and toss. Mr. Mayne used to speak to
them and give them tracts, but it was of no avail. He was only the Methodist preacher ! Mr. Tracy, having tried a word of counsel in
vain, went to the Mayor, and arranged with him that the police should iwt^tfex^.^ which they did; the Sabhath-breakers were coui^eWftdL
\ft ^^^«ft.^ did not return to their former habit. For this act Mr. Tracy
received public thanks.
[1826] At Bushmills a
new chapel was opened on October 22nd ; the services
conducted by the Revs. Richard T. Tracy and John Saul,
were seasons of gracious visitation, and the collections and subscriptions were
sufficient to meet all demands, so as to leave the building free of debt. The
entrance-gates were a novelty in ecclesiastical architecture, being suspended
on two pentagonal basaltic pillars, which were fair specimens of those which
form the Giant's Causeway. There were then in this village good congregations,
a promising society, and a Sunday-school.
[1837] The May district
meeting of this year in Sligo was rendered memorable by the bringing forward of
William Arthur as a candidate. He preached one
evening, during the sittings of the district, with wonderful power. No doubt
the sermon was open to criticism on some points, but none could think of that
during its delivery. Many under it were convicted; one young man said he felt
as if the flames of the pit were coming up about him. Mr. Arthur has since
preached more eloquent sermons, but not one more remarkable for the
demonstration of the Holy Spirit. He had been requested by the Rev. R. T. Tracy
to supply for him for a fortnight on the Sligo circuit, and here his labours
were so acceptable and so Divinely owned that he was induced to remain for
about three months, his youthful appearance, earnest piety, burning zeal, and
impassioned eloquence giving a unique attraction to his ministrations. He
visited and laboured in town and country, and set them all aflame.
Congregations were large wherever he preached, and many were brought to God.
Charles Henry Crookshank (1886) History of Methodism in Ireland
1818 Cookstown
1819 Armagh
1820 Sligo
1821 Clonmell
1822 Mallow
1823 Roscrea
1824-5 Drogheda
1826-7 Coleraine
1828-1830 Roscrea
1831-2 Carlow
1818 Cookstown
1819 Armagh
1820 Sligo
1821 Clonmell
1822 Mallow
1823 Roscrea
1824 Drogheda
1826 Coleraine
1828 Roscrea
1831 Carlow
1834 Sligo
1844 Carlow
1849 Armagh
1854 Youghal
1857 Youghal, Sup.
29 July 1829 (FJ) Methodist Conferences
Preachers appointed to the
Limerick District...at Roscrea, Rev. Richard
Tracey...
1830
The Representatives
of the Rev. Richard Tracy and of Joseph Leech, Townparks
(part of) Methodist Chapel, Roscrea, Tipperary,
0a/0r/18p, £5 rent, Lease dated 2nd November 1830. John Earl of Portarlington to the Rev Richard Tracey and Joseph Leech,
of that plot or part of the former Castle garden in the town of Roscrea, called the Methodist Concerns, for 109 years from
the 25th day of March previous at the yearly rent of one pepper-corn for the
first seven years, and of £5 sterling for the residue of the term. The premises consists of a Methodist Meeting-house and the
Ministers residence, which are excellent buildings, in good repair, having been
recently erected.
July 12,
1831 The Belfast News-Letter
...Carlow - Rev Richard T. Tracey...
1832 Electoral List
Carlow
Tracey Rev. R.T., Brown St., Gentleman, Dissenter, Do
[Liberal]
23 Jun 1835
Memorial No: 184306126
Samuel Kyle, Revd Methodist Minister, of Roscrea, TIP
Trustee: Richard F Treacy of
Sligo Sligo
July 14,
1835 (BL) Wesleyan Methodist Conference
VI The Sligo District
19. Sligo Richd T. Tracy
22. Boyle Richard T. Tracy
1837 Dublin Almanacy
Richard T. Tracy, Methodist Wesley, Sligo &
Chairman Sligo District
03 March 1838 Wexford Independent
Notice Wesley Methodist
Chapel, Rowe-street, Wexford...Sermons...Rev Richard T
Tracey of Waterford...
July 5, 1839
The Belfast News-Letter
Limerick - R.T. Tracey
1839 Shearman Directory
Rev Richard T Tracy, Wesley Chapel, Parade Quay, Waterford. Nobility/gentry/clergy
1841 Missionary Committee
...Richard T. Tracy [1842 Sligo]...Thomas Tracy of Limerick...
Richard T Tracy, Rev., Brown St.
Wesleyan Methodist Meeting House, Charlotte Street,
Minister, Rev. Richard T. Treacy.
July 4, 1843
(FJ) Wesleyan Methodist Conference
VI. The Sligo District
Ballina - Revs. R.T. Tracy
Rev. R.T. Tracy, Chairman
July 4, 1843
(FJ) Wesleyan Methodist Conference
II. Waterford District
Carlow - Richard T. Tracy
Richard T. Tracy, chairman of the district
Jul 19, 1844 (BL) Annual
Wesleyan Conference
Waterford District
Carlow - Richard T. Tracy
Wexford - Richard T. Tracy, chairman of the district.
1846 Slater's Directory
Richard T Tracy, (rev), Brown Street, Carlow. Wesley
Methodist Church.
28 Apr 1848
Rev. Richard T. Tracy of Needham Place, Newry; Wesleyan Minister ;signed an enrolment of people willing to keep law
and order and swear allegiance to the Queen
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633289#page/98/mode/1up
2. The Waterford District – Chairman Rev. R.T. Tracey
II – The Waterford District
7. Carlow, Richard T. Tracy (pp.37)
Richard T. Tracy, Chairman
XI – The Newry District
48. Newry, Richard T. Tracy (pp. 486)
April 1848
In consideration of
the presen[t] and seeing that evil disposed persons [
]We the undersigned inhabitants of the [town of Newry
and district ] expedient and necessary, that all loyal and well-affected men
should [ ] maintenance of peace and order, the enforcement of the laws, and
mutual pr[otection] and we hereby enrol ourselves for
these purposes, solemnly engaging, that we shall bear true allegiance to Her
Majesty the Queen...Richard T. Tracy Wesleyan Minister Needham Place,
Newry...T2961/1
1850 Thoms
Directory of Ireland
Newry District
Armagh: Richard T. Tracy, Alexander Twiss
Richard T. Tracy, Chairman of the District.
July 1, 1853
(BL)
Tullamore - R. Tracey
In the Griffiths Valuation of 1854 the following was recorded:
Church Street, Tullamore townland of the Parish of Kilbride, Co. Offaly
|
Map
no. 17 |
Occupants |
Immediate
Lessor |
Description |
Area |
Valuation
(land/buildings) |
|
7 |
Earl
of Charleville |
Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel |
- |
£10.0.0 |
|
|
8 |
– Lyddon |
Rev. R.T. Tracey |
Ho., off., & small garden |
- |
£4.10.0 |
|
9 |
Rev William Molloy |
same |
Ho., off., & small garden |
- |
£4.10.0 |
|
13 |
Rev. R.F. Tracey |
Abigal McDonnell |
Ho., off., yd., & garden |
0.0.15 |
£0.10.0/£11.10.0 |
June 30,
1854 (BL) Wesleyan Ministers
Cork District - Youghal
- Richd.
T. Tracy...
1855 The following members were elected:-
…Rev RT
Tracey, Nelson-place, Youghal
Proceedings and Transactions of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland
Archaeological Society (1855)
July 3, 1858
(BL)
Youghal - Richd.T. Tracey...
1858-1865 Report of President of Queen's College, Cork
...Rev. Mr. Tracy, Dean of the Wesleyan Community...Report of the
Wesleyan Dean of Residence, Cork, 3 Duke Parade December 9 1862...Richard T.
Tracy
July 2 1859 The Portadown Weekly News
Stations of the Wesleyan Ministers for 1859-69
Cork—Thomas T. N. Hull, Robert G. Jones; Richard T.
Tracy, supernumerary.
13 March 1861 Cork Examiner
... Rev. Mr. Tracy, Wesleyan minister, said that the students under his
care gave entire satisfaction. Their morals propriety of conduct in general was
exemplary, and ...
24 February 1863 Cork
Examiner
... R. T. Tracy, 3, Dyke Parade. ...
1863 Cork City Directory
Richard T Tracey, Rev, Wesleyan Dean of Residence (Queen’s College), 3
Dyke Parade, Cork
June 1863 Stations of Wesleyan Ministers
Missionary
Stations...Ennis: Richard T Tracy, supernumerary...
June 1866 Stations of Wesleyan Ministers
Missionary Stations...Killarney, R.T. Tracy, Supernumerary. Chairman
of the District (Cork)
June 1869 Stations of Wesleyan Ministers
Limerick...R.T.
Tracy...
Nobility, Gentry & Clergy
Rev. Richard Taylor Tracey, 48 Catherine Street, Limerick
659 Ennis, Richard T. Tracy Supernumerary. Letters to be addressed to Limerick.
754 Limerick, (George Street) Richard T. Tracy Supernumerary
June 1872 Stations of Wesleyan Ministers
Ennis
Richard T. Tracy, supernumerary, letters to be addressed to Limerick...
June 1875 Stations of Wesleyan Ministers
Ennis R.
T. Tracy, Super...
1875 Bassett
Rev. R. T. Tracey, Catherine Street, Limerick
1875-6 Bassett's Directory
Ennis Clergy
Methodist-Rev Richard Tracey
June 1876 The Wesleyan
Conference
Ennis –
Richard T. Tracy, Supernumerary
...Letters
of sympathy were directed to be sent to...R.T. Tracy...
1877 Bassett
Rev. R. T. Tracey, 48 Catherine Street, Limerick
Protestant Dissenting Chapels
Rev. R. Tracey, 48 Catherine Street, Limerick
Rev. R. T. Tracey, 48 Catherine Street, Limerick
December 1881 Sunday Closing
...RT Tracy, Limerick...
21 Nov 1883 (BL) The Methodist Church
The numerous friends of the venerable R. T. Tracy, of Limerick, will be
pleased to learn that he is well. Although he has entered on his 93rd year his memory
is still quick aid retentive, and his intellect unclouded. He began his public
labours at the early age of 17, and continued until he was 86.
1884 Bassett
Rev. R. T. Tracey, 53 Catherine Street, Limerick
Richard T. Tracy, Rev, Catherine
Street, Rated Occupier, house and yard, Shannon Ward
Rev. R. T. Tracey, 62 Catherine Street, Limerick
Protestant Dissenting Chapels
23 June 1887 Freeman's Journal
The Methodist
Conference... Rev II Tracey, Limerick, who is the father of the Conference, and
96 years of age, and was read by the secretary (the Rev James Donnelly), in
which he conveyed his ...
June 1887 The Methodist
Church
...A letter in reply
to the Conference letter of sympathy was read from Rev R.T. Tracy, M.A., now in
his 96th year of his year...
June 1890 The
Methodist Church
The obituaries of the following ministers...for insertion in the minutes...Richard
T. Tracy, M.A. of Limerick, born in 1791, died in 1889...
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