August 1927

Seagoe Parish Magazine.

AUGUST, 1927.

CLERGY :

Rev. Canon Archer, B.D., The Rectory, Seagoe,

Portadown.

Rev. W. A. Henry, 21 Edward St., Portadown.

CHURCHWARDENS :

Rector's—Thos. E. Maginnis, Breagh.

People's—John R. Reid, Portadown.

July Anniversary Service.

On Sunday, July 10th, at 7 p.m., an Anniversary

Service was held in Seagoe Parish Church. The

Church was crowded and the members of the Lodges

who attended numbered 216.

The Hymns were very

heartily sung, and the choir sang very sweetly a

suitable anthem. Time special preacher was the Rev.

T. C. Moore, M.A., Curate of Shankill The collection

was in aid of the Lord Ennnskillen Memorial

Orphan Fund, and amounted to £8 18s 0d.

Death of Mrs. Hoy.

We record with much regret the death of Mrs. Hoy,

of Lylo, which occurred after a brief illness, on

July 10th. Her husband and two elder daughters

had only recently left for Canada. Mrs. Hoy got a

chill which developed into pneumonia and proved

fatal after a few days' illness. Much sympathy is

expressed for her children, six in number, who are

left motherless and without their father. The funeral

took place on Tuesday, Tuly 12th, to Seagoe graveyard.

Church Workers' Rally,

A Church workers rally for the Parishes of

Seagoe, Portadown and Drumcree will (D.v.) be held

in the Town Hall, Portadown, on Tuesday evening,

September 27th, at 8 p.m. Admission will be free by

tickets. The chair will be taken by the Rev. G. W.

Millington, M.A., Rector of St. Mark's. Among the

speakers will be the Rev. Canon Kerr, B.D., Rector

Of Seapatrick (Banbridge), Miss Hartford, head of

the Women's Settlement, Belfast, and Mr. Barker

Wells, a prominent lay worker, from Belfast. Further

particulars will appear in our next issue.

The Magazine.

The circulation of the Seagoe Parish Magazine

has continually increased since the beginning of this

year. A parishioner recently expressed the pleasure

experienced in reading over the back number of the

Magazine, especially the Old Seagoe Notes. He had

no less than twelve complete years of the Magazine

in his possession. Those of our readers who preserve

their copies each month will soon find that

they have at hand a very interesting record of the

Service was held in Seagoe Parish Church. The

we print some important and interesting facts

regarding the history of the Parish in the 17th and

18th centuries. These facts, relating chiefly to the

old Seagoe families of Burleigh and Campbell have

never previously been •printed. The Rev. Canon

Swanzy, Vicar of Newry, the distinguished genealogist,

has supplied many of the details given. We

hope in an early issue. of the Magazine to print a

photograph of Dean Blacker, who was Vicar and

Rector of Seagoe for 50 years, from 1777 to 1826

Mrs. Dawson, of Corcraine House, Portadown, has

very kindly lent us the block from which the portrait

will be printed.

Eleven Years Ago.

Extracts from the War Diary of the late Herbert

M. Murray, P.P.C.L.I.

[In our June issue we printed Herbert Murray's account

of the fierce fighting in which he took part in

Sanctuary Wood, outside Ypres. We continue his

story this month.]

Monday, June 5th, 1916.—-Got up about 8 0'clock

and got cleaned up, and in afternoon Re had a muster

parade, and the Battalion only mustered 330

strong, but there was still hopes that a few stragglers

would turn up. No. 1 Company suffered the most

casualties. Went to see Colonel's body.

Tuesday, June 6th—Muster Parade. Total number

of casualties, counting those who had not turned

up to date, as 400. Official number of casualties 389,.

19 officers—6 killed, 13 wounded.

Wednesday, June 7th—Warned to be ready to

march off to rest billets at 7 0'clock, but postponed

on account of operations up at the front line. Had

to stand to instead, but in afternoon order came to

be ready to move off in half an hour. Fell in at

2-30 and marched off 3 0'clock through Poperinghe,

getting further and further away from the sound of

the guns.

Passed Canadians Headquarters and

halted for short rest. The General sent out a plate

of fruit cake, which was very quickly devoured by

those who were nearest.

I succeeded in obtaining a

piece in the scramble. While passing through

Poperinghe Major Gray was thrown from his horse

and received a fractured leg. As we were passing

through the 42nd Camp they cheered us two or three

times. We marched for six hours and finally

reached our destination, about two miles from

Steenvorde. Nice billets, lots of straw and ideal surroundings.

Thursday, June 8th—Rested; no parades. Friday

and Saturday the same. Friday, arrival of new draft

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of the 5th University Company, 200 strong. Saturday,

another draft of men from the 61st Batt.

Sunday, June 11th—Church Parade drill order at

9-30. Marched up to PX.R. Headquarters. Chaplain

made feeling reference to Colonel Buller's death

Stayed for Holy Communion after service. Went

for walk in afternoon.

Canada in Flanders,"

By Lord Beaverbrook, Vol. 2, p. 173.

[We print below the description given by Lord

Beaverbrook in his "Canada in Flanders" of the

engagement in which Herbert Murray took part in the

early days of June, 1916].

The storm which burst on the Division at 8-30 a.m.

on the morning of June 2nd, 1916 was like a tropical

tornado which presses men flat to the ground and

suffocates them with the mere force of the wind

which uproots forests and hurls them headlong,

obliterates all ancient landmarks and the houses and

shelters of men and beasts. But here the blinding

crashes overhead were not those of thunder and

lightning but of high explosive. The fragments

which drove through the, air were not bits of wood

or masses of vegetation. They were steel and iron

fragments which pierced the flesh and stopped the

heart. The solid trenches melted away and mounds

and craters appeared where none existed before. At

about 1-30 p.m. it became the turn of the Princess

Patricia's to withstand the assault. The Princess

Patricia's had two companies in the firing line. The

right hand company was blown out of its trenches

and the survivors took ground in the communication

trenches, At 1-30 p.m. the Germans were

lapped round the left of all except the front line

company, commanded by Captain Niven, which

turned about and volleyed into the Germans' right

rear. This company kept its position in the front

line and maintained it for eighteen hours after the

bombardment began Captain Niven had with one

hand to fend off attempts to bomb his men at right

and left down the trench, and with the other to turn

and enfilade the Germans, who were pressing in

on either flank. The enemy then attacked the P.P.'s

in the cornmunication trenches. Colonel Buller

rallied the supports in the trench. Not satisfied with

their rate of progress, he climbed outside to urge

them on and was killed instantly. General

M'Donnell says of Buller—He fell as the splendid

soldier and gallant hearted gentleman would have

wished, in the forefront of the battle, at the head of

his Regiment, all ranks of which idolised him. If

the support line had gone the whole of the Ypres

salient would at that hour in the day have gone

with it. Colonel Buller and his men held the post

at the critical hour.

(To be continued.)

ITEMS

At the General Synod held in Dublin in May Mr.

James Twinem, who is a lay representative to the

Synod from the United Diocese of Down and

Connor and Dromore, proposed a notice of motion

suggesting that the General Synod should occasionally

be held in Belfast. The Rector (Rev. Canon Archer)

seconded the motion, which was eventually rejected.

The levelling of the road at the entrance to the

graveyard at Old Seagoe is a much needed improvement.

The open drain was always a source of danger,

especially at the time of funerals.

A large number of graves in Old Seagoe graveyard

are now very neatly kept and brightened

with fragrant and pretty flowers. We are glad also

to record that ,some of the grave plots in Seagoe

Church ground are now also carefully tended and

neatly planted with flowers.

List of Advertisers in Seagoe

Parish Magazine.

The following firms advertise in the Seagoe

Magazine :—

Messrs. T. J. Montgomery & Son.

Wm. Paul & son, Ltd

Thomas Hyde & Son.

Hamilton & Rock.

T. A. Shillington & son, Ltd.

Geo. A. Locke & Son.

Sherman & Stoops.

Inglis & Co. Ltd.

Hugh Wallace.

R. M'C1ernents & son.

The Co-Operative Society, Ltd.

The " Portadown News."

The Workshops for the Blind.

Ye Anchor Cafe.

Mr. John H. Twinem.

R. J. Uprichard.

Erskine Mayne.

Thos. Kerr.

John Sandford.

James Vance.

John Dermott.

A. J. Hall.

John Waugh.

John Montgomery

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Parish Register for July.

Baptism,

Hunter—July 2nd, 1927, Robert, son of William James Graham and Emma Hunter, of Edenderry.

Sponsors - Mary NVebb, Ernma Hunter.

Burials.

Thompson—July 2nd, Margaret Thompson, of Killicomaine; aged 78 years.

Hoy—July 12th, Frances Jane Hoy, of Lylo ; aged 47

M'DowelI—July 25, at Kernan, Margaret M'Dowell; aged 86.

Interred in Seagoe Cemetery on Wednesday, 27th.

Old Seagoe Notes.

Rev. John Campbell, Vicar of Seagoe 1687-1730.

Among the Vicars of Seagoe few, if any, possess

a more interesting or important record than that of

the Rev. John Campbell, who became Vicar of Seagoe

in 1687 and continued to live at Seagoe and to hold

that office until his death in 1730. His portrait was

published in Seagoe Magazine many years ago, and

the original painting, which was purchased by the

present Rector about 20 years ago, hangs at present

on the walls of Seagoe Rectory. Many new facts

have lately come to light regarding Mr. Campbell,

of which the following is a summary:—He was the

son of John Campbell, and was born in 1663. He

entered Trinity College, Dublin, on March 8th, 1679-80,

at the age of 16. He obtained scholarship in 1681,

and graduated B.A. in the spring of 1684. On June

19th, 1687, he was ordained Deacon in the Diocese of

Dromore, and in the same month, on June 29th,

received Priests' Orders at the hands of Capel, Bishop

Of Dromore. These facts are derived from the ancient

Registers of Dromore. At the same time he

was appointed Vicar of Seagoe in place of Rev. Henry

Jenny, who had resigned. He was inducted to the

Vicarage on October 4th or 14th by the Rev. Oliver

Gardiner, Vicar of Donaghcloney, and according to

the Dromore Registry read his assenet on 16th

October, 1687. On September 1st, 1687, he had

obtained a faculty to hold the Vicarage of Killead, Co.

Antrim, as well as that of Seagoe and also the

chaplaincy to Viscount Massareene. Mr. Campbell

was a nephew of the first Lord Massareene.

Mr. Campbell was a close and trusted friend of

the Rev. George Walker, and when the Siege was

about to begin brought up to Derry with him a

party of Seagoe men to defend the City. He and his

men remained in Londonderry throughout the Siege,

and George Walker in his diary of the Siege pays

a special compliment to Mr. Campbell and his

Dromore men for their bravery during the Siege. When

the City was relieved Mr. Campbell returned to

Seagoe and resumed his duties, but when King

William marched to the Boyne both Walker and

Campbell went with him. George Walker, 'then

Bishop elect of Derry, was killed, but Campbell

survived and returned once again to the peaceful

surroundings of Seagoe. In 1710 Mr. Campbell

published a pamphlet which ran into a second edition.

It is entitled " A Letter to a Parishioner."

It is based on the texts Ephes. iv., 3, Heb. xiii., 17,

Romans xvi., 17, 18, Jude, verse 19. The text from

Ephesians is " Endeavouring to keep the unity of

the Spirit in the band of Peace."

It is dated from Lilo (Lylo), June, 1710. The name " G. Waring,

given me by ye author" is inscribed on the copy in

the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. The letter

concerns the religious disputes which arose out of

the proceedings of the Commonwealth. On the 20th

January, 1714, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss

Mary Burleigh in Antrim Parish Church. Miss

Burleigh was a member of an important Ulster

family. They had a family of five sons and several

daughters. His eldest son, Clotworthy, born in 1715,

obtained a scholarship in T.C.D. in 1735, but died

young in 1736. The Rev. John Campbell died in

December, 1730, and was buried at Seagoe. He was

succeeded in the Vicarage of Seagoe by the Rev.

Arthur Fforde.

THE BURLEIGH FAMILY IN SEAGOE.

It has only recently been found that the well

known Ulster family of Burleigh had a close

connection with Seagoe Parish. This arose through the

marriage in 1714 of the Rev. John Campbell, Vicar

of Seagoe, with Miss Mary Burleigh. The Burleigh

family is usually associated with Carrickfergus,

where is situated the family residence of Burleigh

Hill, but they had also residences at Lylo, in Seagoe

Parish, and at Burleigh Court, a fine old house in

Portadown, which stood at the rear of the premises

now occupied by the Ulster Bank. The laneway

which runs down beside Mr. Sandford's establishment

is still Known as Burleigh Court, and traces of

the, old house may still be seen there. Burleigh Court

had extensive gardens running down to the banks

of the Bann, which then flowed near where the Post

Office is at 'present. A famous pear tree in the garden

was known as King William's pear tree. In Burke's

"Landed Gentry" for 1863 there is a full account of

the Burleigh family. The founder of the family was

William Burleigh, Lieut. Col. of the Earl of Kildare's

Regiment, and formerly Sir John Clotworthy's

Regiment of Horse. He was wounded in 1641 in the

defence of Lisburn against O'Neill. His eldest son

was William Burleigh, who married Anne, eldest

daughter of Sir Roger Langford, and had two sons,

the elder of whom was Hercules Burleigh. Hercules

was a Captain in the Army and served during the

Siege of Derry. He was twice married. His first

wife was Margaret, daughter of George Pearson, of

Harwood Shields, Northumberland. She bore him

three sons and several daughters. A daughter of a

second marriage was married to Sir William Brown,

Bart. Hercules Burleigh died in 1744.

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Old Seagoe Notes (continued).

How the Burleighs Came to Seagoe.

If was through the family of Hercules Burleigh

that the connection of the Burleigh family with

Seagoe apparently began. His eldest son, William,

was born in 1700, and formed a connection with the

County Armagh by marrying Elizabeth, daughter

and .co-heiress of Thomas Clerk, of County Armagh.

Williarn died in 1750, leaving three sons and a

daughter. Henry, the second son, was born in 1702

near Hillsborough, in the Co. Down. He entered

T.C.D. in 1718 and graduated there in 1722. George,

the third son of Hercules, also graduated at T.C.D.,

and afterwards was ordained and became Curate of

Tullylish and later of Carrickfergus. Mary, who

was a daughter of Hercules, married the Rev. John

Campbell, Vicar of Seagoe. A certain Henry

Burleigh, who was no doubt related to those already

mentioned, is recorded Lin Seagoe Registers as having

in 1708 married Judith Robinson. Willam Burleigh,

a grandson of Hercules, married Ellen, daughter of

Hamlet, Obins, of Castle Obins. It may have been

he who built and resided in Burleigh Court, Portadown.

Rev. Hugh Tisdail, Vicar Of Seagoe in 1748.—22nd

October, Hugh Tisdall, vice Arthur Forde, resigned

(Dromore Register), son of the Rev. William Tisdall,

D.D., Vicar of Belfast, by Ellinor, daughter of Hugh

Morgan, of Cottlestown, Co. Sligo, M.P. Co. Sligo

1692—1712 ; born Dublin, educated by Dr. Clarke„

Lisburn, entered T.C.D. 29th Sept., 1723, aged 16,

Scholar 1726, B.A. 1728, M.A. 1735, Vicar of Donegore

and Kilbride (Connor) 1733-40, Rector and Vicar

of Kilmore (Meath) 1740, presented by Crown, faculty

19th Oct., 1748, to hold Kilmore, with Seagoe. He

married at Dowry Parish Church, 22nd June, 1740,

Jane, sister of Hill Benson, Dean of Connor, and of

Trevor Benson, Archdeacon of Down, and daughter

of the Rev. Edward Benson, Prebendary of St.

Andrew's (Down), by Jane, daughter of the Revd

John Windor, Prebendary of Kiiroot, Connor. The

Rev. Hugh Tisdall died May, 1763. (In Public

Gazetteer, 28th May.)

SERVICES

THE PARISH CHURCH.

HOLY COMMUNION—1st Sunday after Morning

Prayer ; 3rd Sunday at 8 a.m., and on the Chief

Festivals.

HOLY BAPTISM—1st Saturday of Month at 3 p.m.,

and during any Service in the Parish Church.

if notice be given ; Two Sponsors at least are

required, and they must be Confirmed members

of the Church. Churchings are held at each

Baptism. Mothers are expected to bring a thankoffering. (See Book of Common Prayer.)

MORNING PRAYER—Sundays and Chief Festivals

11.30 a.m.

EVENING PRAYER—Sundays 7 p.m., Wednesdays

8 p.m.

DISTRICT SERVICES.

Hacknahay—Last Sunday of Month at 3.30 p.m.

Drumgor-—Second Sunday of Month at 4 p.m. CLASSES,

ADULT CLASSES--sundays at 10 a.m.

For Men—Edenderry. For Women—Seagoe

School.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS—10 a.m. Edenderry Parochial

Hall and Seagoe School. 3 p.m. Seagoe, Edenderry Parochial Hall, Levaghery, Hacknahay,

Carne, Drumgor.

Men's Recreation Room, Bridge St., open every

night from 7 p.m.

Seagoe C.L. Brigade in Edenderry Parochial Hall,

on Tuesdays at 8 p.m.

Mothers' Union, Edenderry 1st Tuesday, at 4 p.m.

DAY SCHOOL—Seagoe, 9.30 a.m. Principal—Mr. S

Rennix.

MARRIAGES must be performed between 8 a.m and 3 p.m. Licenses are issued by Rev Canon Hannon,

Rectory, Lurgan. Due notice (48 hours) must be given to the Rector of intended weddings. FEES—

By License—Labourers 5/-, Tradesmen 10/-, Merchants and Farmers 15/-, Professional £l. By Banns 5/-.

FUNERALS will be attended by the Clergy if proper notice be given. SICK CASES should be notified to

the Clergy without delay. FEES FOR CERTIFICATES BAPTISM, 3/7 ; Children (Factory), 1/- and 2/-

(non-residents) ; MARRIAGE, 3/7. An extra search fee is chargeable in certain cases. It will be a help

to the Clergy if they are notified of the arrival of new Church families in the Parish.

A copy of the Magazine will be sent post free to any subscriber for 3s per annum.