John Patrick Prendergast

John Patrick Prendergast¹

• Birth*: 7 March 1808; Ireland^2,3
• Marriage*: 1838; Loughgall Church, County Armagh, Ireland; Spouse=Caroline Ensor^4,5
• Death*: 6 February 1893; Dublin, Dublin, Ireland^2,3
• Burial*: Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland; with his wife⁶
• Note: Bio:
  John Patrick Prendergast was a barrister and historian, residing Dublin, Ireland. He came from an old Irish family that is definitely traced back to the 1169 conquest of Ireland.
  
  At age 11, with brother Francis, he attended the school of Dr. Valpy, Greek scholar, at Reading, England. He then trained for the law 1825 - 1828 at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. After a year of residency in the (Middle) Temple, he began practice as Barrister-at-Law. In 1834 he joined Leinster Bar, and served on a circuit court that included Kilkenny. In 1836 he succeeded his father and grandfather in the agency of Lord Clifden's estates, administering for many years.
  
  Starting in 1848 he began studying records of the Cromwellian Settlement in the latter 1600's and gained access to important record collections. His book "The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland" published in 1865 indicted the English treatment of the Irish with a large body of facts largely ignored by unsympathetic English historians.^1,3
• Note: Parents:
  John Patrick Prendergast was the second son of Francis Prendergast (1757-1846), and the first son of Francis' second wife Ester Patrick (-1846).
  
  Half-brother:
  Jeffry Francis Prendergast (1799-1879) was the first son of Francis Prendergast (1757-1846) and Francis' first wife Maria Reynolds (-1807). Jeffry Francis Prendergast married Margaretta Sophia Wehrtmann, daughter of Johann Friedrich Wehrtmann. They resided in Dresden where he was employed in his father-in-law’s banking business. They were childless. Furniture inherited from this uncle came down to the heirs of Francis Ensor Prendergast.
  
  Children:
  "She [Caroline] bore 3 girls and two boys, but only the second child, Francis Ensor, long survived the perils of birth."⁷
• Note: Writings - books authored:
  
  1 - "The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland", publ. 1865, 2nd edit. 1875. His major work, largely critical of England's dealings with Ireland.
  
  2 - "Calendar of the Irish Council book, 1 March 1581 to 1 July 1586 : made by John P. Prendergast between 1867 and 1869 : printed from Prendergast's version in the State Paper Office, Dublin Castle, collated with the fair copy in the Public Record Office of Ireland", publ. 1967
  
  3 - "The Tory War of Ulster : with the history of the three Brennans of the County of Kilkenny, descriptive of Ireland from the restoration to the revolution, A.D. 1660-1690.", 2 volumes, publ. 1868
  
  4 - "The Carte Manuscripts In The Bodleian Library, Oxford: A Report", publ. 1871, by Charles William Russell & John Patrick Prendergast, who together had been commissioned selecting official papers relating to Ireland for transcription from the Carte manuscripts in the Bodleian Library.
  
  5 - "Ireland from the Restoration to the Revolution", publ. 1887
  
  Writings - Other:
  
  1 - "Letter to the Earl of Bantry, or, A warning to English purchasers of the perils of the Irish incumbered estates court : exemplified in the purchase by Lord Charles Pelham Clinton of two estates in the Barony of Bere, County of Cork", publ. 1854. Also called "An Open Letter to the Earl of Bantry...". Published to intentionally embarrass Bantry for his treatment of poor tenants, trying to extract £1600 from them.
  
  2 - "The Prendergasts of Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, AD 1169-1760", by Viscount Gort. John Patrick Prendergast collaborated in the 1850's and 1860's with Gort and did much of the research.
  
  3 - "Some account of Maurice de Prendergast, : the first of the family who settled in Ireland, and of his immediate posterity: illustrated from the contemporaneous Norman geste of the conquest of Ireland, and from some early records.", publ. 1865; about 16 pages.
  
  4 - "Further notes in the history of Sir Jerome Alexander", publ. 1873. About 20 pages, in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, London.
  
  5 - "Some account of Sir Audley Mervyn, His Majesty's prime sergeant and speaker in the House of commons in Ireland, from 1661-1666", publ. 1874 in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, v. 3, p. 421-454, vol. III.
  
  6 - "The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin" by Charles Haliday, publ. 1882; edited by, and 125 page forward by, his friend John P. Prendergast.
  
  7 - "The vice-royalty of Ireland and the viceregal court, historically vindicated.", publ. 1886, about 15 pages.
  
  8 - The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin, by Charles Haliday, publ. 1881, Dublin, Alex. Thom & Co. Edited and published posthumously by his good friend John Patrick Prendergast, who also wrote the 123 page introduction.^8,9

Family:

Caroline Ensor b. 10 Dec 1805, d. 1875

• Marriage*: 1838; Loughgall Church, County Armagh, Ireland; Spouse=Caroline Ensor^4,5

Child:

Francis Ensor Prendergast+ ^10,5 d. 7 Dec 1897