John JAMES D. L.

  General Notes:

JP of Ballycrystal House, Co Wexford, Ireland

http://www.acudestress.ca/james/Ireland_files/JamesGenealogyFinal2.pdf
Possibly mentioned there, but dates don't really match...
Willmount House, on the eastern slopes of Mount Leinster housed the family of Lieut. Thomas James , one time commander of the 70 man Killoughram Rangers , a local infantry militia active after the Rebellion of 1798 . Thomas JAMES, born in 1771, was the son of John James and Mary Michal (a french (from France) surname which was modified to Mitchell) who married in 1765.

Thomas was said to be (letter of Wilhelmina James) a first cousin of Colonel Ralph James, son of Richard JAMES of Carnew. John JAMES, Ralph JAMES J.P. of Urelands, Wicklow, and Richard JAMES (1730-1994) of Carnew were sons of Thomas and Ann (Lawrenson) James ( b.c.1687/92- 1790) known for his virility eg. riding his horse a few day before his death. Ann Lawrenson was the daughter of one Ralph Lawrenson.

There is also at Carnew a further Richard James (wife Mary James 1703-1761) who died in 1779. Richard , brother of Ralph and Alderman William died at Carnew in 1794.* (see will & snippet from Gentleman's Magazine below) Richard JAMES's other son, Lieut. Richard James an officer in the Shillelagh Cavalry died shortly after the Battle of Vinegar Hill (July 1798) after suffering "a fever" while defending Hackettstown. This Richard James operating his father's tannery and a chandlery business in Carnew suffered losses during the Rebellion of 1798 . The losses were declared by his brother Ralph, at the time a half pay Captain of the late Royal Dublin Regiment. Mention in the 1799 claim of "140 pounds yearly in leases for two old lives viz. Alderman James of Dublin and latter's brother Ralph James" is a reference to Alderman William James (1730-1807) of Dublin being their uncle. Ralph declared that he "has three sisters living" and does not report brothers living.

Their uncle, William JAMES who was in the linen trades, had been Police Commissioner in Dublin, Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1793/4. Descendants were willed by him (1805-7) the lands at Ballycrystal , and possibly (this remains vague) the adjacent lands Willmount House in Cloroughbeg and Cloroghmore which he used as a shooting lodge until granting a lease to brother John James, and his nephew Thomas James (letter from Wilhelmina James). Willmount House 10

John married.