| Origin of the Magenis Name
The modern spelling of this name is usually MacGuinness or MacGenis but in the historical records in English they are as a rule Magennis or Magenis, a form still to be found in some places today. In Irish the name is MagAonghusa, i.e. son of Angus. They are descended from Saran, chief of Dal Araidhe in St. Patrick's time and thence to Eochaidh Cobha of Iveagh, County Down. Like the chiefs of many of the great Irish septs Magennis took advantage of the English policy of "surrender and regrant" warly in the seventeenth century; earlier they were often at loggerheads with the ecclesiatical authorities and they showed a tendency to accept the tenets of the Reformation; conforming bishops include two Magennisses - one of the diocess of Down, the other of Dromore. However, by 1598 the Magennis chief of the time, whoe father was officially regarded as "the civillest of all the Irish in these parts," had joined Yyrone (who was his brother-in-law) and thus "returned to the rudeness of the country." A generation later their loyalty to Ireland and the ancient faith was undoubted. The Franciscan Bishop of Down and Connor, Hugh Magennis (d. 1640), was closely related to Viscount Iveagh and many of the Gaelic nobility of Ulster. They were consistently on the Irish side during the resistance to English aggression in that century and after the disasters following the battle of Boyne they were finally dispossessed of their wide patrimony in Co. Down, much of which had been planted with English (not Scottish) settlers after the Cromwellian war. Many of them took service as Wild Geese. The best known of these was Brian Magennis, second Viscount Iveagh, who was colonel of Iveagh's Regiment in the Austrian Imperial Army and was killed in action in 1703. His brother Roger Magennis, third Viscount (d. 1709), served both France and Spain with distinction. The present Lord Iveagh (of the second creation), head of the largest brewery concern in the world - Guinness of Dublin - though not a direct descendant of the lords of Iveagh mentioned above, belongs to a cognate family of Co. Down, This family spent very large sums on improvement of housing and social conditions in the city of Dublin as well as on the upkeep of St. Patricks Cathedral and its surrounding. |
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| 14 - 18 May 1790 married =Marmion,James/Mr. +Mourne =Magenis,Jane/Miss niece =Magenis,Roger |
| THE BELFAST NEWSLETTER INDEX, 1737-1800 |
| Marriage of Arthur's parents |
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| Householder Lists, South Down 1848
BALLYLOUGH 1 Arthur Magenis 2 Denis O’Hare 3 Terence Rafferty 4 John O’Hare 5 John McCourt 6 Mrs Ravey 7 Mrs Henry Larkin 8 Patrick O’Hare (Square) 9 David Hanlon 10 Charles Larkin 11 Patrick Books 12 James Murtagh 13 Arthur Larkin 14 William O’Hare (Square) 15 Luke McCamly from PRONI: More Co. Down estate papers Less sensationally, D/1503 also includes: plans, correspondence, etc, relating to improvements at Newcastle harbour, c.1840-1902; the building contract for Castlewellan Castle, 1856; and an award, etc, relating to the Castlewellan Extension of the Great Northern Railway, 1900-1903. In addition, PRONI holds photocopies (T/1972, T/2088, T/2209 and T/2215) of the following maps: 3 volumes of maps, etc, of Arthur Magenis's estate at Castlewellan, 1727; map, etc, of Edward Mathews' estate at Newcastle, 1737; a map of Earl Annesley's Castlewellan demesne, surveyed by James Forsyth, 1810; maps of Earl Annesley's estate in the Ballyward area, Co. Down, 1814-1816; a volume of maps of turf bogs on the Annesley estates in the Castlewellan and Newcastle areas, 1832; and 3 maps of the Newcastle estate, c.1850. |
| Arthur's wife Mary E Magenis obit att.
Remember Henry Marmion married Agnes Laverly (and we know they were from Down)..and lived in Kansas City MO..you took a picture of their Tombstone....well Look..a Laverly/Magenis connection Lavery, Margaret Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 19 Sep 1871 Father: Edward Lavery Mother: Mary Magenis here are more Magenis: Macken, Catherine Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 20 May 1871 Father: John Macken Mother: Mary Magenis Magenis, Edward William Birth Gender: Male Birth Date: 14 Sep 1870 Father: John Magenis Mother: Annie Elizabeth McKenigney Magenis, Birth Gender: Male Birth Date: 31 Aug 1871 Mother: Margaret Magenis Magenis, Margaret Birth Gender: Female Birth Date: 14 Jan 1871 Father: Arthur Magenis Mother: Margaret McMahon --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And this is what I think Mary Macdonell told Alfred Marmion..and it wasconfused! Magenis, Sir Arthur Charles (1801-1867), British diplomat. Attached to mission in Berlin (1825); attaché in St Petersburg (1830); secretary of legation in Switzerland (1838); secretary of embassy in Austria (1844); minister plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation (1851); envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Württemberg (1852), to Sweden and Norway (1854), and to Lisbon (1859-1866). British Envoys to Germany, Vol. II, pp. 525-529 Vol. III, pp. 6, 13, 98, 305, 406, 410-411, 413-417, 432-434, 443-455 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in MO: BENTON, Thomas Hart and Elizabeth. ADs. 5 November, 1835. Approximately 9-3/4" x 7-3/4", one page. Quite fragile: separating at folds, a little chipped and browning at outer edges. Act of emancipation, signed by the famous statesman Thomas Hart Benton and his wife Elizabeth, emancipating their 41-year old slave Sarah after approximately 14 years of "long and faithful services". "We, Thomas H. Benton & Elizabeth Benton, in consideration of long & faithful services, did, upwards of a year ago, set free the bearer, Sarah, a black woman, aged about forty one years, and our slave at that time; in confirmation of which we do now deliver this act of emancipation. The said Sarah was born in Virginia, in the family of Col.. James McDowell, and came with us to the State of Missouri, in the year 1821, as our slave; she is an honest, sober and industrious woman, always a house servant, and is a good seamstress, washer & ironer. She was married some years ago to Daniel, formerly the slave of Mrs. Ann Benton, now belonging to W. Charles Cabanne, and is now his wife. Given under our hands & seals at St. Louis, this 5th day of November in the year 1835. Thomas H. Benton (Seal). Elizabeth Benton (Seal). Also signed, sealed & in presence of three witnesses A. Rutland, Arthur L. Magenis, J. (Joshua).B. Brant. On verso signed by the Clerk, Archibald Gamble. Docketed "Filed 11 November, 1835" with the embossed "St. Louis Country Circuit Court Seal". Thomas Hart Benton is one of the most famous citizens in the history of Missouri. At the time of this document Benton had been in Congress for 14 years. His wife, Elizabeth, was from a prominent Virginia family. There is a very interesting circular sidelight to this manumission. Sarah, the ex-slave referred to in this document was, from birth, the property of Elizabeth Benton's father, Colonel James McDowell. Sarah's husband, the slave named Daniel in the above document, had been the property of Mrs. Ann Benton, Thomas Hart Benton's mother. According to the Dictionary of American Biography Benton's "views on slavery ... materially changed. While in 1820 he had opposed all slavery restriction in Missouri by 1828 he had come to favour gradual abolition". During the battle to retain or repeal the prohibition of slavery contained in the Missouri Compromise, Benton led the fight to oppose repeal. $5,000.00. #8324 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Marmion's Cousin (son of his 1st cousin Arthur...........his son Arthur (2nd Cousin) 5. Arthur L. Magenis to Poinsett, February 8, 1840 printed in Army and Navy Chronicle, X, 115. Mr. Magenis, of St. Louis, Missouri, visited Tallahassee and gave Poinsett a verbal and written report concerning the bloodhounds. 5. Arthur L. Magenis to Poinsett, February 8, 1840 printed in Army and Navy Chronicle, X, 115. Mr. Magenis, of St. Louis, Missouri, visited Tallahassee and gave Poinsett a verbal and written report concerning the bloodhounds. 5. Arthur L. Magenis to Poinsett, February 8, 1840 printed in Army and Navy Chronicle, X, 115. Mr. Magenis, of St. Louis, Missouri, visited Tallahassee and gave Poinsett a verbal and written report concerning the bloodhounds. Arthur L Magenis to Poinsett. Feb 8, 1840 printed in Army and Navy Chronicle X, 115. Mr Magenis of St Louis. Missouri . visited Tallahassee and gave Poinsett a verbal and written report concerning the bloodhounds. These dogs were purchased in Matanza Cuba and used in the Indian Wars in Florida. Joel Poinsett was Sec of War 1834 to 1841. The dogs greatly aided the end of the wars there. : Note: In the case files there are two folders; one with a list of correspondents and transcriptions of their letters; another with a list of Story manuscript holdings at the University of Texas. 1-29 Magenis, Arthur L., s.a. http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~law00104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- more on the envoy Arthur C. Meginis Bu 10/5 18.7.1859 Letter from H. Howard, Lisbon, Portugal to A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain; 18 Jul 1859. Acknowledges his letters and has forwarded the information to Mr Stuart; has visited the King following the death of the Queen of Portugal, who had been ill with diphtheria; the King asked him to write to Queen Victoria on his behalf; thinks that Mr Stuart will enjoy his move to Naples, which is an easy step to Paris, where, he concludes, Grey will not stay long; asks what Lumley will say to St Petersburg; Lord Malmesbury had offered him a transfer to Hanover; had communicated with Lord John Russell and discovered that [Arthur C.] Magenis was to succeed him in Lisbon, having refused Copenhagen; suggests that Magenis had not been treated well by Malmesbury. 4 ff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this is our Arthur's cousins ....... MAGENIS, ARTHUR J Lieutenant-Colonel—Enlisted at a camp near Little Rock, Arkansas, October 1, 1862; age 28; relieved by election, November 28, 1863. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Dublin: Magenis Anne Widow 310 Magenis Arth. 310 Magenis Arthur 310 Magenis Bryan Oge M'Brown 310 Magenis Daniel M. Esq. 310 Magenis Daniel Esq. 311 Magenis Hugh Col. 311 Magenis Hugh Fitzjohn 311 Magenis John M. 311 Magenis Mary Widow 311 Magenis Phelemy Esq. 311 Magenis Richard 311 Magenis Roger 311 Mageniss Thomas 311 above from: http://www.eiretek.org/chapters/lee/vicar/vicarsm.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NRA 23648 Sir Arthur Charles Magenis: diplomatic and personal papers (confidential) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In The Newspaper in County Down: 5 Oct. 1756 3 set 1 Nov. lands +Linish +Ballywilly +Stranagh +Ballykeel +Drumbenue. barony +Upper!Iveagh Co. +Down +Rathfryland +Newry market towns. River Ban mills bleach-greens turf weavers dealers linen. =Magenis,John +Cabra =Magenis,Arthur/Dr. +Drogheda 1. ADLAND LINEN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Plunkett, 6th Earl of Fingall (d 31.01.1738/9) m. Mary Magenis (dau of Roger Magnis of Iveagh) (i) Arthur James Plunkett, 7th Earl of Fingall (b 25.07.1731, d 21.08.1793) m. (19.03.1755) Henrietta Maria Wollascot (d 12.04.1808, dau of william Wollascot of Woolhampton) (a) Arthur James Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall (b 09.09.1759, d 30.07.1836) m. (18.12.1785) Francis Donelan (b 26.03.1766, d 30.01.1835, dau of John Donelan of Ballydonelan) ((1)) Arthur James Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall (b 29.03.1791, d 22.04.1869) had issue m. (11.12.1817) Louisa Emilia Corbally (b c1796, d 07.04.1866, dau of Elias Corbally of Corbalton Hall) ((2)) Harriet Plunkett (d 22.03.1871) http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/pp/plunkett3.htm Magenis, Roger, Ballely, Dromore Magistrate in the County Down Directory 1862 From Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory for the Year 1862 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Magenis R. H. 193 Antrim Magenis R. H. 193 Antrim from Land Owners in Ireland, 1876 - Antrim Office bearers, Down County Directory (from Bassett's County Down Guide and Directory, 1886) Magenis, Dr. Edw., Lurgan MAGISTRATE |
| Marriage of Arthur's parents |
| Marriage of Arthur's parents |