Ryder (Tuam)
Description
John Ryder, Archbishop of Tuam 1752-1775, had a son the Reverend Charles Dudley Ryder, Provost of Tuam, who married Elizabeth Catherine Charnel, heiress to Snareston Hall, Leicestershire. Their daughter Katherine married Samuel Madden of Hilton Park, Clones, county Monaghan.
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Ryder (Tuam) | John Ryder was Archbishop of Tuam in 1752 to 1775. His granddaughter married Samuel Madden of Hilton Park, Clones, county Monaghan, and records in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland show that the Ryders owned some land in the Tuam vicinity, which passed to the Madden family, including the townland of Cloontooa, parish of Tuam, barony of Clare. |
| Madden (Hilton Park) | The Madden family came to Ulster following the marriage in 1635 of John Madden of Maddenton, county Kildare and Elizabeth daughter and heir of Charles Waterhouse of Manor Waterhouse, county Fermanagh. Their grandson was the Reverend Samuel Madden of Manor Waterhouse and Spring Grove (Roslea Manor), county Fermanagh and of Maddenton (Hilton), county Monaghan, author and founder member of the Dublin Society, known as ‘Premium Madden’ for his gift to Trinity College, Dublin. In 1734 the Reverend Samuel purchased the county Monaghan estate from the granddaughters of Sir Robert Forth. He was succeeded by his third son John Madden of Maddenton (Hilton), county Monaghan and Manor Waterhouse. John’s son, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Madden, succeeded to the property following his father death in 1791. In 1781, Samuel married Katherine, daughter and heiress of the Reverend Charles Dudley Ryder, Provost of Tuam and son of Archbishop John Ryder of Tuam. Their eldest son, Colonel John Madden, succeeded to the Maddenton and Manor Waterhouse properties while their second son Charles Dudley Madden lived at Roslea Manor, county Fermanagh. In the mid-nineteenth century the county Monaghan estate of Colonel Madden’s son, another John, was located in the parish of Currin, barony of Dartree and also in the parishes of Clones, Clontibret and Killeevan. In 1876 he is recorded as owning 4,644 acres in the county while his cousin John Madden of Rosslea Manor owned 629 acres. McParlan records Mr. Madden as a non-resident proprietor in county Leitrim in 1802. In the 1850s John Madden held land in the parish of Cloone, barony of Mohill. He held lands in Leitrim on long leases from the Archbishops of Tuam and by virtue of his 1864 marriage to a member of the Clements family. In the 1880s Bateman refers to John Madden of Hilton Park as the owner of over 3500 acres in county Leitrim and 4,600 acres in county Monaghan. In 1864 he married Caroline Clements, sister of Robert 4th Earl of Leitrim and the Madden children benefited under the will of William Sydney 3rd Earl of Leitrim, who was assassinated in 1878. About 1780 the name of the family residence was changed from Maddenton to Hilton and Shirley writes that ‘The greater part of it was burnt in 1803’. Hilton Park is still occupied by the Madden family who have an estate of over 600 acres. See http://www.proni.gov.uk/records/private/madden.htm. |