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Theatre in Dublin, 1745–1820: A Calendar of Performances

By John C. Greene
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His will:
Benjamin Handy made a will dated 28 March 1845 in Bath, Somerset

This is the last Will and Testament of me Benjamin Handy of the City of Bath

Gentleman I issue and [21] bequeath unto my dear wife Mary Handy (late Mary Grant)
who for several years previously to our marriage lived and cohabited with me
by and under the name of Mary Handy

a certain annuity a clear yearly sum of one hundred and twenty eight pounds
and purchased by me of Walter Hilton Jessop of Cheltenham Attorney-at-law
for the sum of one thousand six hundred pounds
and which annuity is charged upon
and issued out of a plote or parcel of ground in the parish of Cheltenham
in the County of Gloucester situated in a certain place there
called Church Meadow
heretofore belonging to Mr Hooper surgeon and also out of and upon a certain messuage or tenement
with the offices thereto belonging lately erected and built on the said plote or parcel of ground
which is numbered 2 and forms part of a Crescent lately building
or built in Church Meadow aforesaid which messuage is now or late was in the occupation of Souce Haydon
and which ground and premises are owned[?] by the said Walter Hilton Jessop (of whom)
I purchased the same to Mr William Parker late of No. 10 Bridge Road Lambeth in the County of Surry Riding Master deceased in
and for securities the said annuity and which annuity is granted for and during the term of my own life the life of my said wife Mary Handy, (late Mary Grant) and the life of our daughter Louisa Handy and the lives and life of the survivors and survivor of them for
and during the term of her natural life and now and after her decease
I give and bequeath the same unto my daughter Louisa Handy and my daughter Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland

11 Something is squeezed in line above the last name, and some illegible numbers in the right margin.
of Kingston in the County of Surry, Innkeeper in equal shares and proportions for and during the life of my said daughter Louisa.

I also bequeath unto my said dear wife Mary Handy the sum of one thousand pounds joint annuities standing in my name
in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England and which said annuities are payable half yearly
in the Months of January and July.

I also give and bequeath unto my said dear wife Mary Handy all that my leasehold messuage or tenament
and premises situate and being No. 1 in Alexander Buildings near the Turnpike Walcot near the City of Bath
being the eighth house from the Eastern end of Alexander Buildings to the last house of the west end of the same buildings
and which messuage and premises I lately purchased of Dr. Morgan of the City of Bath
for and during her natural life and from and after her decease

I give and bequeath one moiety of the said issues and profits thereof unto my daughter Henrietta Hand absolutely for and during the remainder of the term of years now to come in the lease under which I hold the same premises and the remaining moiety of the sayd leasehold messuage or tenament and premises (from and after the death of my said dear wife)
I give and bequeath unto her executors administrators or assigns upon trust to pay the rents issues and profits of the said remaines [?] moiety of the said leasehold messuage or tenament and premises as and when they shall respectively become due and payable unto my daughter Sophia harris (late Sophia Handy) now the wife of Alfred Harnes Harris of Seven Oakes in the County of Kent Gentleman
or into the hands of such person or person as she shall by any note in writing under her hand but not by way of anticipation
I appoint to receive the same to the intent that the same may be for the sole and unalienable use of my said daughter Sophia Harris
and may not be subject to the debts [21v]
control disposition or arrangements of her present husband and I declare and direct that the receipt and receipts of the said Sophia Harris or of such person or persons as she shall from time to time appoint to receive the same as aforesaid and her or their receipts only shall be good and sufficient discharges to the person or persons paying the same (or so much as in such receipt or receipts shall be expressed or acknowledged to be received and from and after the decease of my said daughter Sophia Harris upon trust for all and every the children or child of said daughter Sophia Harris by her present husband who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years equally to be divided between or among them on their attaining that age.

If more than one absolutely as tenants in common and if there shall be only one such child in trust for such only child absolutely and upon trust during their respective minorities to apply the said rents issues and profits of the said worth of the said leasehold messuage or tenement and premises for the respective maintenance and education of such children or child until they respectively attain the age of twenty one years or respectively die but in case there shall be no child of the said sophia Harris by her present husband who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years then upon trust that the said last mentioned moiety of the said leasehold messuage or tenement and premises for all the residue of the said term of years then to come in the said lease under which I hold the same shall fall into and become part of my residuary estate and from and immediately after my decease give and bequeath unto my said wife Mary Handy her executors administrators or assigns [?] the sum of one thousand six hundred pounds stock in the three and a half percent reduced bank annuities
now standing in the my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England upon the same and the life trusts to
and for the sole and separate use and benefit of my said daughter Sophia Harris and her children as are hereinbefore mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the bequest to her and them of the said moiety of my said leasehold messuage or tenement and premises No 1 Alexander Buildings aforesaid the same not to be subject to the debts control or arrangements of her present husband
I also give and bequeath unto my said dear wife Mary Handy all my household furniture fixtures plate linen china boots wearing apparel Guns ?omes[?] and spirituous liquors watch chain and seals together with all the horses Carriages and harness
which I may die possessed of and I also give and bequeath unto my said wife Mary Handy
the sum of five thousand pounds stock in the three and a half per cent reduced bank annuities for her own absolute use
and benefit to be transferred to her immediately after my decease

I give and bequeath unto each of my two natural sons begotten by me on the body of the said Mary Handy
previously to our marriage each of whom bear my name
(that is to say Benjamin Thomas Handy and Henry Handy the sum of one thousand four hundred pounds stock
in the three and a half percent reduced bank annuities now standing in my name in the Books of the Governor
and Company of the Bank of England at the same to be transferred to them respectively immediately after my decease

I also give and bequeath unto each of my two natural daughters begotten by me on the body of the said Mary
prior to our intermarriage both of whom likewise bear [fol. 22r] my name (that is to say)
the said Louisa Handy and the said Henrietta Handy the like sum of one thousand six hundred pounds stock
in the three and a half percent reduced bank annuities now also standing in my name in the Books of the Governor and Company
of the Bank of England the same to be transferred to them respectively immediately after my decease

I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Mary Handy her executors administrators and assigns the like sum of one thousand six hundred pounds stock in the three and a half percent reduced bank annuities now also standing in my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England upon trust to pay the interest dividends and annual proceeds thereof as and when the same shall respectively become due and payable unto the proper hands of my natural daughter the said
Jane Elizabeth Mary Anne Rowland the wife of the said George Rowland (late Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Handy)
or unto the hands of such person or persons as sh[oul]d by any note in writing under her hand shall from time to time
but not by way of anticipation appoint to receive the same during her natural life to the intent that the same may be for the sole and unalienable use of my said natural daughter Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland and may not be subject to the debts control disposition
or engagement of her present husband and I declare and direct that the receipt and receipts of the said Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland or of such person or person as she shall from time to time appoint to receive the same as aforesaid and her or their receipts only shall be good and sufficient discharges to the person or persons paying the same for so much as in such receipt or receipts shall be expressed or acknowledged to be received and from and after the decease of my said natural daughter Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland upon trust
for all and every the children or child of my said natural daughter Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland
by her present husband who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years equally to be divided between or amongst them on their attaining that age of more than one absolutely as tenants in common and if there shall be only one such child then in trust
for that only one such child absolutely and upon trust during their respective minorities to apply the interest dividends
and annual proceeds thereof for the respective maintenance and education of such children until they respectively
attain the age of twenty one years or respectively die
but in case there shall be no child of the said Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland by her present husband
who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years then upon trust that the said trust stock
or sum of one thousand six hundred pounds in the three and a half per cent reduced bank annuities
shall fall into and become part of my residuary estate and my will and meaning is and I hereby declare
that if any or other of them my said natural children namely
the said
Benjamin Thomas Handy
Henry Handy
Louisa Handy
Sophia Harris
Henrietta Handy
and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland
shall happen to die before the legacies herein intended
for them respectively shall become payable then I direct such lapses legacy or legacies shall fall into
and become part of my residuary estate and as to for and concerning all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects
whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kind or quality soever the same be (after [22v]

payment of the said several legacies hereinbefore given and bequeathed and of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and mourning for my said dear wife the said
Benjamin Thomas Handy
Henry Handy
Louisa Handy
Sophia Harris
Henrietta Handy
and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland my said natural children)

I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said dear wife for her own sole and separate use and benefit for ever and lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said dear wife Mary Handy sole Executrix of this my will
hereby revoking and making void all former and other will and wills by me at anytime heretofore made
and do declare this only to be my last will and Testament in Witness whereof I the said Benjamin Handy
have to this my last will and Testament contained in five sheets of paper to the four first sheets thereof set my hand
and to the fifth sheet thereof my hand and seal this twenty third day of July the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine B. Handy (??) signed sealed published and declared
by the said Benjamin Handy the testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us
who in his presence and at his request and the presence of each other have set and subscribed our names as witnesses
h[ereto on the day of the date above written
(the words “wife of George Rowland” in the eleventh line form the bottom of the first sheet being previously interlined
– Ino Robinson G. Hall, Mary [?] Street Piccadilly London – Philip Davis [?] same place and date

This is a Codicil to my last will written within and dated the twenty third day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
whereas in my said will I have bequeathed to Benjamin Thomas Handy and Henry Handy in my said will named the sum of one thousand four hundred pounds stock each Now I do hereby bequeath to them and each of them the sum of two hundred pounds like stock more in addition to the said bequeath of one thousand four hundred pounds stock each I direct the Executrix in the said will after my decease to ??? and invest in some respectable government or other office the sum of two hundred pounds to purchase an annuity upon and during the life of my natural son George Handy and I direct my executrix to pay the amount of the said annuity to the said George Handy
half yearly during his life but such annuity is not to be mortgaged anticipated incumbered or charged by the said George Handy
only to be paid to him or on his own receipt every half year.

I give and bequeath to my old friend Joseph Southby fire work maker formerly of the Vauxhall Gardens
but now of the Surrey Gardens the sum of two hundred pounds and in all other respects I ratify my said will

In witness whereof I the said Benjamin Handy have to this Codicil set my hand this twenty fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty two --- B. Handy – Signed published and declared by the said Testator Benjamin Handy
as and for a Codicil to his last will and to be taken as part thereof in the presence of us
--- H. G. Robinson Sol. Half Moon St. -- Wm Whiting his Clerk.

In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury In the Goods of Mr. Benjamin Handy deceased.

Appeared Personally Henry George Robinson of No. 6 Half Moon Street Piccadilly in the County of Middlesex Esquire
and made oath that he is one of the subscribed witnesses to [fol. 23r]Codicil to the last will and Testament of Benjamin Handy
late of the City of Bath Gentleman deceased now hereunto annexed bearing date the twenty fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty two and he further made Oath that on the twenty fifth day of June aforesaid the said testator duly executed
the said Codicil to his said will by signing his name at the foot and thereof in the presence of this deponent and of William Whiting
the other subscribed witness thereto both of whom were present together at the same same time and thereupon this deponent
and the said William Whiting attested and subscribed the said Codicil in the presence of the said testator – H.G. Robinson
-- On the 26th day of May 1845 the said Henry George Robinson was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit Before me
– S. B. Burnaby ??? Fred: Geo: Cox. Not ??

Proved at London with a Codicil 28th May 1845 before the Worshipful Sherrard Beaumont Burnaby22
A man of this unusual name, was the vicar of St. John at Hampstead from 1873 to 1900 (from “Find-a-Grave”),
but this more likely the older one c.1771-1848, who seems to have been Doctor of Laws..
Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Mary Handy Widow the Relict the sole executrix
to whom admon was granted being first sworn 3 July to administer (Transcript supplied by James Doelman, descendant).

Children of Benjamin Handy and Mary Huntley (Grant)

Jane Handy b. b 27 Feb 1799Jane Handy was born before 27 February 1799 in Crowe St, Dublin.
She was christened on 27 February 1799 in St Peter, Dublin.
She was the daughter of Benjamin Handy and Mary Huntley (Grant).

Charles Handy b. 5 Aug 1801
Henry Handy b. 5 Aug 1801
Charles & Henry Handy were twins,
Charles was born first, and, they were born before 5 August 1801 in Peter St, Dublin, Ireland
They were christened on 5 August 1801 in St Peter, Dublin, ireland
They were twin sons of Benjamin Handy and Mary Huntley (Grant).

Mary Huntley, widow of Grant - was daughter of Chief Neil Huntley of The Catawba Tribe (from The United States of America) or Turtle Island, who came to UK/IRELAND to be part of Handy's Circus troupe.

 

Benjamin Handy died 1824 - The greatest horseman in the world - Handy Circus Troupe SusanLynneSchwenger (View posts) Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:16PM Classification: Query Edited: 13 Aug 2012 01:17PM his carrer was circa 1784 - 1824 Ben Handy aka Benjamin Handy Circus troupe Benjamin aka Ben Handy c1784 * his career in the circus - died 1824 billed as - "The Greatest Horseman in The World" or "The unparalleled vaulting horseman" equestrien, clown, manager part owner of Astley's 1st wife was Signora Riccardini ~ equestrienne and, their child Mary Ann Handy aka The Wonderful Child of Promise who was born in 1784, who started into circus performing at the age of 40 months (3 years, 4 months) in 1788. His 2nd wife was Mary Huntley, a widow of Franics Grant and, connected to the group of Catauba Native American Indians, that Benjamin Handy had helped secure passage from The USA, to UK & Ireland to perform. Benjamin Handy was at Astey's on 27 jul 1795, and, The Benjamin Handy Group/ Trooupe appeared at the new circus in Manchester from August to Ocotber 1795. After that, he took his group to Ireland, whence Ben Handy was hailed. He set up again at Limekiln Lane, Bristol in Feb 1796. By then he had added to his company / troupe, some Catauba Indians who displayed their native abilities. Handy remained in Bristol through March 1796, was in Manchester for summer of 1796, and, was again at Bristol in early 1797. His benefit bill of 25 March 1797 noted that he was Lining No. 2 Lower College St., Bristol. He and his troupe were engaged in June 1797 by The Elder Astley for performances in London. Benjamin Handy & William Davis, took over The Dubin Amphithreatre Royal, but at the end of 1797 there was a huge disaster. The wife of Wm. Davis and, their child, along with Handy's daughter "The Wonderful Child of Promise" & 20 horses were among the losses suffered when the Viceroy Ship went down on a trip from Liverpool, UK to Dublin, Ireland. In 1804 Handy & Davis joined Crossman, Smith & Parker to form a new company in London, UK. They bought a half sum of the management of Ashley's Amphitheatre with John Ashley holding the other half. At some point Benjamin Handy retired. De Casto, in his Memoirs wrote... "Handy lives as an independant gentleman, and a Magistrate for The County of Somerset, very near the famed City of Bath. In the mid to late 1790's, Benjamin Handy lived with "mary handy" aka Mary Huntley - Grant widow - connected to the Catauba Native American Tribe. Perhaps the following entry in the registers of St Paul, Covent Garden shows that the two of them, although having 3 children out of wedlock eventually married. Children of Benjamin Handy and Mary Huntley Grant were: ◦Jane Handy b. b 27 Feb 1799 ◦Charles Handy b. 5 Aug 1801 ◦Henry Handy b. 5 Aug 1801 charles handy - married Mary Gibbons the parents of benjamin handy were anthony & jane handy trying to connect anthony - and, jane into family tree

Re: Benjamin Thomas Handy died 1824 - The greatest horseman in the world - Handy Circus Troupe SusanLynneSchwenger (View posts) Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:29PM Classification: Query Edited: 13 Aug 2012 01:35PM Benjamin Handy - WAS BORN IN DUBLIN, IRELAND and, is definitely irish, just like his 3 children, also born in ireland NOT sure, but, I'LL post in below this stuff written by Jim Doelman - who ISN'T accurate about Handy being anything other than irish - even in an article written about Handy it states, that he took the circus, back to ireland, WHENCE he came (meaning, where he came from) The other info , in the article appears to be accurate thanks ********************************************************** Although he had children in Dublin, this is an English family and not connected to the Irish Handy family. Jim Doelman wrote: Family tradition suggests that Charles Handy had been involved in the circus, with particular skills in equestrian tricks. early in his life, and this seems to be confirmed by the resources in the field of circus history. Charles' birth, based upon Canadian census records, must have been in or about 1801, and we find a Charles Handy born to a Benjamin and Mary Handy in Dublin on Aug 5, 1801 and baptized (along with a twin brother Henry) in St Peter's Church.This Irish birth-place might seem a problem given that in the Canadian censuses Charles gave his place of birth as England; however, as will be discussed below, Benjamin Handy and his circus were working in both England and Ireland at the time of Charles' birth, and Charles was to grow up largely in England. It is also likely that a person of English extraction in nineteenth-century Ontario would be reluctant to identify himself as Irish. This same couple had a daughter, Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann, who was baptized in Liverpool on 30 May 1799 . Benjamin Handy was baptized in St Mary, Hampton, Middlesex (just west of London) on 4 July 1766 to Anthony and Jane Handy; the earliest traces of him after that is in the 1780s as an ostler in Hughes equestrian company based in London. A later account of his circus work describes his early occupation as ostler. The same source suggests that in the late 1780s he opened a riding school in Bath. Certainly, his work with trick riding became his main pursuit in the early 1790s, and he was involved in circuses both as performer and owner throughout the 1790s. His first ventures as owner were in Bristol, and then at the Lyceum in London from 1794 on, where for some time at least his partner was the famous Philip Astley, who was the most significant figure in the early development of the circus in England (he had also begun as a horse-trainer). It seems from one play-bill that the circus performed as part of the celebration of the marriage of the Prince of Wales in April 1795. In the remaining years of the decade Handy's circuses were also to perform in Manchester, Bristol, Dublin and Liverpool. Handy's first wife, who performed with Handy in the late 1780s under the name “Signora Riccardini”, died in 1789.Also of great renown was their daughter Mary Ann (born ca. 1784), who performed from about the age of five under the stage name “The Child of Promise”, first in equestrian stunts, and then as a tight-rope dancer. Her name is prominent on most of the surviving Handy circus bills of the 1790s. However, she drowned in 1797 with other members of Handy's troupe traveling from Liverpool to Dublin on the ship Viceroy. Benjamin's second wife, Mary Huntley (Grant), seems also to have been an equestrian performer.1212 We know her name as Mary Huntley from the baptism record of Jane Elizabeth Mary Anne Handy in 1799. A number of broadsheets from the 1790s (including a Apr. 20, 1795 one) describing performance by Handy's circus at the Lyceum list a “Miss Huntley” among the principal performers. Mary and Benjamin lived as husband and wife from the mid-1790s, but were not legally married until 1818; he writes in his will that she “for several years previously to our marriage [she] lived and cohabited with me by and under the name of Mary Handy”; all the named children in the will are described as “natural” (that is, illegitimate). Given that her name in the will (and in the marriage record of 1818) is given as “Mary Grant”, it seems likely that she was the Mary Huntley who married one Francis Grant on 17 January 1788, at Saint Martin's Church, Birmingham,Warwick, England. On 7 June 1818, Benjamin and Mary were finally wed; she died in Feb. 1857. Benjamin Handy married Mary Huntley (Grant) in 1818. Benjamin Handy made a will dated 28 March 1845 in Bath, Somerset. This is the last Will and Testament of me Benjamin Handy of the City of Bath Gentleman I issue and [21] bequeath unto my dear wife Mary Handy (late Mary Grant) who for several years previously to our marriage lived and cohabited with me by and under the name of Mary Handy a certain annuity a clear yearly sum of one hundred and twenty eight pounds and purchased by me of Walter Hilton Jessop of Cheltenham Attorney-at-law for the sum of one thousand six hundred pounds and which annuity is charged upon and issued out of a plote or parcel of ground in the parish of Cheltenham in the County of Gloucester situate in a certain place there called Church Meadow heretofore belonging to Mr Hooper surgeon and also out of and upon a certain messuage or tenement with the offices thereto belonging lately erected and built on the said plote or parcel of ground which is numbered 2 and forms part of a Crescent lately building or built in Church Meadow aforesaid which messuage is now or late was in the occupation of S..ouce Haydon and which ground and premises are owned[?] by the said Walter Hilton Jessop (of whom) I purchased the same to Mr William Parker late of No. 10 Bridge Road Lambeth in the County of Surry Riding Master deceased in and for securities the said annuity and which annuity is granted for and during the term of my own life the life of my said wife Mary Handy, (late Mary Grant) and the life of our daughter Louisa Handy and the lives and life of the survivors and survivor of them for and during the term of her natural life and now and after her decease I give and bequeath the same unto my daughter Louisa Handy and my daughter Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland11 Something is squeezed in line above the last name, and some illegible numbers in the right margin. of Kingston in the County of Surry, Innkeeper in equal shares and proportions for and during the life of my said daughter Louisa. I also bequeath unto my said dear wife Mary Handy the sum of one thousand pounds joint annuities standing in my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England and which said annuities are payable half yearly in the Months of January and July. I also give and bequeath unto my said dear wife Mary Handy all that my leasehold messuage or tenament and premises situate and being No. 1 in Alexander Buildings near the Turnpike Walcot near the City of Bath being the eighth house from the Eastern end of Alexander Buildings to the last house of the west end of the same buildings and which messuage and premises I lately purchased of Dr. Morgan of the City of Bath for and during her natural life and from and after her decease I give and bequeath one moiety of the said issues and profits thereof unto my daughter Henrietta hand absolutely for and during the remainder of the term of years now to come in the lease under which I hold the same premises and the remaining moiety of the sayd leasehold messuage or tenament and premises (from and after the death of my said dear wife) I give and bequeath unto her executors administrators or assigns upon trust to pay the rents issues and profits of the said remaines [?] moiety of the said leasehold messuage or tenament and premises as and when they shall respectively become due and payable unto my daughter Sophia harris (late Sophia Handy) now the wife of Alfred Harnes Harris of Seven Oakes in the County of Kent Gentleman or into the hands of such person or person as she shall by any note in writing under her hand but not by way of anticipation I appoint to receive the same to the intent that the same may be for the sole and unalienable use of my said daughter Sophia Harris and may not be subject to the debts [21v] control disposition or arrangements of her present husband and I declare and direct that the receipt and receipts of the said Sophia Harris or of such person or persons as she shall from time to time appoint to receive the same as aforesaid and her or their receipts only shall be good and sufficient discharges to the person or persons paying the same (or so much as in such receipt or receipts shall be expressed or acknowledged to be received and from and after the decease of my said daughter Sophia Harris upon trust for all and every the children or child of said daughter Sophia Harris by her present husband who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years equally to be divided between or among them on their attaining that age. If more than one absolutely as tenants in common and if there shall be only one such child in trust for such only child absolutely and upon trust during their respective minorities to apply the said rents issues and profits of the said worth of the said leasehold messuage or tenement and premises for the respective maintenance and education of such children or child until they respectively attain the age of twenty one years or respectively die but in case there shall be no child of the said sophia Harris by her present husband who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years then upon trust that the said last mentioned moiety of the said leasehold messuage or tenement and premises for all the residue of the said term of years then to come in the said lease under which I hold the same shall fall into and become part of my residuary estate and from and immediately after my decease give and bequeath unto my said wife Mary Handy her executors administrators or assigns [?] the sum of one thousand six hundred pounds stock in the three and a half percent reduced bank annuities now standing in the my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England upon the same and the life trusts to and for the sole and separate use and benefit of my said daughter Sophia Harris and her children as are hereinbefore mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the bequest to her and them of the said moiety of my said leasehold messuage or tenement and premises No 1 Alexander Buildings aforesaid the same not to be subject to the debts control or arrangements of her present husband I also give and bequeath unto my said dear wife Mary Handy all my household furniture fixtures plate linen china boots wearing apparel Guns ?omes[?] and spirituous liquors watch chain and seals together with all the horses Carriages and harness which I may die possessed of and I also give and bequeath unto my said wife Mary Handy the sum of five thousand pounds stock in the three and a half per cent reduced bank annuities for her own absolute use and benefit to be transferred to her immediately after my decease I give and bequeath unto each of my two natural sons begotten by me on the body of the said Mary Handy previously to our marriage each of whom bear my name (that is to say Benjamin Thomas Handy and Henry Handy the sum of one thousand four hundred pounds stock in the three and a half percent reduced bank annuities now standing in my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England at the same to be transferred to them respectively immediately after my decease I also give and bequeath unto each of my two natural daughters begotten by me on the body of the said Mary prior to our intermarriage both of whom likewise bear [fol. 22r] my name (that is to say) the said Louisa Handy and the said Henrietta Handy the like sum of one thousand six hundred pounds stock in the three and a half percent reduced bank annuities now also standing in my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England the same to be transferred to them respectively immediately after my decease I give and bequeath unto my dear wife Mary Handy her executors administrators and assigns the like sum of one thousand six hundred pounds stock in the three and a half percent reduced bank annuities now also standing in my name in the Books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England upon trust to pay the interest dividends and annual proceeds thereof as and when the same shall respectively become due and payable unto the proper hands of my natural daughter the said Jane Elizabeth Mary Anne Rowland the wife of the said George Rowland (late Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Handy) or unto the hands of such person or persons as sh[oul]d by any note in writing under her hand shall from time to time but not by way of anticipation appoint to receive the same during her natural life to the intent that the same may be for the sole and unalienable use of my said natural daughter Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland and may not be subject to the debts control disposition or engagement of her present husband and I declare and direct that the receipt and receipts of the said Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland or of such person or person as she shall from time to time appoint to receive the same as aforesaid and her or their receipts only shall be good and sufficient discharges to the person or persons paying the same for so much as in such receipt or receipts shall be expressed or acknowledged to be received and from and after the decease of my said natural daughter Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland upon trust for all and every the children or child of my said natural daughter Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland by her present husband who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years equally to be divided between or amongst them on their attaining that age of more than one absolutely as tenants in common and if there shall be only one such child then in trust for that only one such child absolutely and upon trust during their respective minorities to apply the interest dividends and annual proceeds thereof for the respective maintenance and education of such children until they respectively attain the age of twenty one years or respectively die but in case there shall be no child of the said Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland by her present husband who shall live to attain the age of twenty one years then upon trust that the said trust stock or sum of one thousand six hundred pounds in the three and a half per cent reduced bank annuities shall fall into and become part of my residuary estate and my will and meaning is and I hereby declare that if any or other of them my said natural children namely the said Benjamin Thomas Handy Henry Handy Louisa Handy Sophia Harris Henrietta Handy and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland shall happen to die before the legacies herein intended for them respectively shall become payable then I direct such lapses legacy or legacies shall fall into and become part of my residuary estate and as to for and concerning all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kind or quality soever the same be (after [22v] payment of the said several legacies hereinbefore given and bequeathed and of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses and mourning for my said dear wife the said Benjamin Thomas Handy Henry Handy Louisa Handy Sophia Harris Henrietta Handy and Jane Elizabeth Mary Ann Rowland my said natural children) I give and bequeath the same and every part thereof unto my said dear wife for her own sole and separate use and benefit for ever and lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said dear wife Mary Handy sole Executrix of this my will hereby revoking and making void all former and other will and wills by me at anytime heretofore made and do declare this only to be my last will and Testament in Witness whereof I the said Benjamin Handy have to this my last will and Testament contained in five sheets of paper to the four first sheets thereof set my hand and to the fifth sheet thereof my hand and seal this twenty third day of July the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine B. Handy (??) signed sealed published and declared by the said Benjamin Handy the testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and the presence of each other have set and subscribed our names as witnesses h[ereto on the day of the date above written (the words “wife of George Rowland” in the eleventh line form the bottom of the first sheet being previously interlined – Ino Robinson G. Hall, Mary [?] Street Piccadilly London – Philip Davis [?] same place and date This is a Codicil to my last will written within and dated the twenty third day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine whereas in my said will I have bequeathed to Benjamin Thomas Handy and Henry Handy in my said will named the sum of one thousand four hundred pounds stock each Now I do hereby bequeath to them and each of them the sum of two hundred pounds like stock more in addition to the said bequeath of one thousand four hundred pounds stock each I direct the Executrix in the said will after my decease to ??? and invest in some respectable government or other office the sum of two hundred pounds to purchase an annuity upon and during the life of my natural son George Handy and I direct my executrix to pay the amount of the said annuity to the said George Handy half yearly during his life but such annuity is not to be mortgaged anticipated incumbered or charged by the said George Handy only to be paid to him or on his own receipt every half year. I give and bequeath to my old friend Joseph Southby fire work maker formerly of the Vauxhall Gardens but now of the Surrey Gardens the sum of two hundred pounds and in all other respects I ratify my said will In witness whereof I the said Benjamin Handy have to this Codicil set my hand this twenty fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty two --- B. Handy – Signed published and declared by the said Testator Benjamin Handy as and for a Codicil to his last will and to be taken as part thereof in the presence of us --- H. G. Robinson Sol. Half Moon St. -- Wm Whiting his Clerk. In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury In the Goods of Mr. Benjamin Handy deceased. Appeared Personally Henry George Robinson of No. 6 Half Moon Street Piccadilly in the County of Middlesex Esquire and made oath that he is one of the subscribed witnesses to [fol. 23r]Codicil to the last will and Testament of Benjamin Handy late of the City of Bath Gentleman deceased now hereunto annexed bearing date the twenty fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty two and he further made Oath that on the twenty fifth day of June aforesaid the said testator duly executed the said Codicil to his said will by signing his name at the foot and thereof in the presence of this deponent and of William Whiting the other subscribed witness thereto both of whom were present together at the same same time and thereupon this deponent and the said William Whiting attested and subscribed the said Codicil in the presence of the said testator – H.G. Robinson -- On the 26th day of May 1845 the said Henry George Robinson was duly sworn to the truth of this affidavit Before me – S. B. Burnaby ??? Fred: Geo: Cox. Not ?? Proved at London with a Codicil 28th May 1845 before the Worshipful Sherrard Beaumont Burnaby22 A man of this unusual name, was the vicar of St. John at Hampstead from 1873 to 1900 (from “Find-a-Grave”), but this more likely the older one c.1771-1848, who seems to have been Doctor of Laws.. Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the Oath of Mary Handy Widow the Relict the sole executrix to whom admon was granted being first sworn 3 July to administer (Transcript supplied by James Doelman, descendant). Children of Benjamin Handy and Mary Huntley (Grant) ◦Jane Handy b. b 27 Feb 1799 ◦Charles Handy b. 5 Aug 1801 ◦Henry Handy b. 5 Aug 1801

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Re: Benjamin Thomas Handy died 1824 - The greatest horseman in the world - Handy Circus Troupe SusanLynneSchwenger (View posts) Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:53PM Classification: Query MARY N/R - NON RESIDENT Area - DUBLIN (COI) , Parish/Church/Congregation - ST. PETER Baptism of CHARLES HANDY of PETER STREET on 5 August 1801 Back to search results New search Name Location Datee.g. 13/08/1710 More search options Name CHARLES HANDY Date of Birth N/R N/R N/R Address PETER STREET Father BENJAMIN HANDY Mother MARY Further details in the record About the record Book Number Page Entry Number Record_Identifier 3

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Re: Benjamin Thomas Handy died 1824 - The greatest horseman in the world - Handy Circus Troupe SusanLynneSchwenger (View posts) Posted: 13 Aug 2012 02:05PM Classification: Query St. Peter's Church, Aungier Street, DublinFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search Coordinates: 53°20′21.66″N 6°15′57.94″W / 53.33935°N 6.2660944°W / 53.33935; -6.2660944 St. Peter's Church St. Peter's Church in the 19th century. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location Aungier Street, Dublin Country Republic of Ireland Denomination Church of Ireland History Former name(s) St. Peter del Hille Dedication St. Peter Architecture Architectural type Gothic Completed 1685 Closed 1950 Demolished 1983 Administration Parish United Parish of St. Peter and St. Kevin St. Peter's Church was a former Church of Ireland parish church located in Aungier St. in Dublin, Ireland, where the Dublin YMCA building now stands. It was built on land that formerly belonged to the Whitefriars in Dublin. It served the largest Church of Ireland parish in Dublin. Contents [hide] 1 The church 2 The churchyard 3 The parish 4 Notable parishioners 5 References and sources [edit] The churchThe land of the Whitefriars, who arrived in Dublin the 12th century, took in what was probably a pre-Viking Irish monastic settlement. A small church, dedicated to St. Peter (St. Peter del Hille), was built in 1280 near present-day Stephen St. Later a hostel and church, dedicated to St. Stephen (after which St. Stephen's Green is named) and for the use of lepers, was built nearby, and its clergy also administered to the parishioners of St. Peter's. The Whitefriars were dissolved by Henry VIII in the 16th century and their lands forfeited by the Crown during the Reformation.[1] In 1625 Sir Francis Aungier obtained a grant to the Whitefriars' estates. A later Francis Aungier (created Earl of Longford) started developing the area and while building Aungier Street in 1677 also contributed to the building of the church, which was completed in 1685. The church took the place of the two older churches, both falling into ruin.[2] The new St Peter's was enlarged in 1773 and rebuilt in the Gothic style in 1867, retaining only the nave walls of the original church.[3] At the time it was the largest Church of Ireland parish church in Dublin. The church was demolished in 1983. In the 19th century charity sermons were delivered in the church by guest preachers. The most famous of these at the church was the Rev. Walter Blake Kirwan (1754–1805). For a number of years he managed to raise over £4,000 per annum for charity, in addition to donations of jewellery, watches and other items which parishioners overcome with emotion spontaneously threw into the collection plate.[4] [edit] The churchyardThe churchyard of St. Peter's was the final resting place of many members of the parish, which in the 19th century grew to be the largest Church of Ireland parish in Dublin. It was also used as a burial place by the Huguenot community. The churchyard continued in use until about 1883.[5] After the church was closed the churchyard was taken over by W & R Jacob's biscuit factory as a recreation ground for its staff. When the land was developed in the 1980s the remains of the Huguenots were transferred to Mount Jerome cemetery. In December 2000 planning permission was granted to the YMCA by Dublin Corporation to erect a hostel at the site. Among the notable people buried in St. Peter's Churchyard were the Earl of Roden and several members of his family, along with a great number of bishops and other dignitaries. Also interred there are the Dunboyne family and the notorious Black Jack Fitzgibbon, Earl of Clare and Lord High Chancellor of Ireland.[1] [edit] The parish Location of St. Peter's church (in red) on an 1829 map of Dublin Due to the shortage of clergymen after the Restoration, the new parish of St. Peter in 1680 consisted of the old parish, the whole of St. Kevin's, almost all St. Stephen's and a good part of St. Bridged's. Due to the large size of the parish, several chapels-of-ease were required to administer it. These included St. Kevin's in Camden Row, St. Stephen's in Mount St. and several others. The parish corresponded to the civil parish of St. Peter's.[5] [edit] Notable parishionersNotable parishioners associated with St. Peter's when the church was built in the 17th century were the Cuff family (after whom Cuffe St. is named), who were relatives of the Aungiers, Lord Arran (son of the Duke of Ormonde), Lady Antrim and Lord Merrion[6] and Lieutenant-general Archibald Hamilton, who fought at the Siege of Derry, in 1688.[5] William Molyneux resided just behind the church in Peter's Place. The novelist Charles Robert Maturin (1780–1824) was born in Dublin of a Huguenot family. In 1805 he became curate of St Peter's, where he remained until his death. The church was the parochial church of the family of Robert Emmet and family members, notably Emmet's grand-nephew Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet, believed that Emmet was reburied in the family vault in St Peter's. According to this story, which was independently shared by the Hammond family, friends of the Emmets, the interment of Mary Anne Holmes around 1804 was used to secretly transfer Emmet's body from St. Michan's Church with the help of the Rev Thomas Gamble, who ministered in St Michan's.[5] The barrister John Connellan Deane, son of the prominent architect Thomas Deane, was married in the church in 1839;[7] he died at Posillipo in 1887 and was buried in the English Cemetery, Naples. Owen Connellan, writer, antiquarian and Professor of Celtic Languages and Literature at Cork, who had a house in Emor Street. His daughter Catherine was married in the church.[8] George Bernard Shaw attended St. Peter's parish school in Camden Row. [edit] References and sourcesNotes 1.^ a b Wright 2.^ Craig, p. 40 3.^ McDonald 4.^ O'Donovan, Life by the Liffey. P. 41 5.^ a b c d Report (4 November 1907), "History of St. Peter's Parish Church", The Irish Times: p. 7 6.^ Craig, p. 43 7.^ Church records 8.^ Church records Sources Gilbert, John (1854). A History of the City of Dublin. Oxford: Oxford University. George Newenham Wright (last modified 2005). "An Historical Guide to the City of Dublin". Online book. http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/Wright/wright10.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-02. MacSorley: The Story of our Parish, 1917. John O'Donovan, Life by the Liffey Maurice Craig, Dublin 1666–1866 Frank McDonald, The Destruction of Dublin, Gill and Macmillan 1985.