Hi,
I know a number of people have traced their Carscadden/Cascadden/Corscadden
family back to County Donegal, or at least to Ireland, so I thought these
references may be of use to someone. I am not yet able to tie them to mine,
but the Spinning Wheel Premiums offer the most hope for me.
Regards,
Marjean
Found at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/
Spinning Wheel Premium Entitlements List 1796 for County Donegal. In order
to encourage the linen industry the Irish Linen Board awarded free spinning
wheels to people growing certain acreages of flax. The persons name, parish
and number of wheels were recorded. There are 6,814 names here in two text
files, alphabetical by surname, with the parish location as well
"Carscadden, Alexander" Parish : Killaghtee
"Carscadden, Andrew" Parish : Drumhome
"Carscadden, Arthur" Parish : Raphoe
"Carscadden, James" Parish : Donegal
"Carscadden, John" Parish : Drumhome
"Carscadden, Robert" Parish : Donegal
"Carscadden, William" Parish : Killymard
"Carscaddin, Arthur" Parish : Drumhome
"Carscaddin, John" Parish : Kilcar
"Carscaddin, Thomas" Parish : Kilcar
Index to Wills; Diocese of Raphoe 1684 - 1858
(Transcribed by Cathy Joint Labath)
{The Diocese of Raphoe includes almost all of County Donegal.}
Corscadden, Alexander; Drimconer; 1827
Corscaden, Arthur; Ballintra; 1847
Raphoe Marriage License Bonds
Transcribed by Patricia Greber
The Diocese of Raphoe, in the Ecclesiastical Province of Armagh, covers
almost the whole of Co. Donegal, and consisted of thirty four parishes. This
index - which only covers forty five years of the 18th century and thirteen
years of the 19th century - is the list of marriage license bonds from this
Diocese which were held at the Public Record Office before 1922. The
original bonds were destroyed in a fire of that year and now all that
survives is the Index.
The Index gives the name of the intended bride and bridegroom, and the year
of the bond. Up to 1754 the year began on 25th March, and thus entries which
give a date such as 1731-2 indicate that the bond was dated between 1st
January and 24th March of what we would now call 1732 but which was then
called 1731.
The bonds refer to marriages to be celebrated in the Established Church
(which by law preformed "mixed" marriages after 1746) but do not cover
either Catholic or Presbyterian weddings unless these were, for some reason,
preformed in the Anglican Church. Prior to about 1870 it was customary for
all persons of moderate substance and upwards to be married by licence, and
banns were used only by those of very slender means. Civil registration of
non-Catholic marriages began in 1845, and previous to this before the Bishop
would issue a licence he required the bridegroom and another surety (usually
a representative of the bride) to enter into a bond in a specified sum,
varying according to the Bishop's assessment of the risks involved. The bond
was for the purpose of indemnifying the Bishop, should any legal or
canonical impediment to the purposed union later appear and he be sued for
wrongful issue of a licence. In a case where the parties came from two
different Dioceses, the bond was taken out in the bride's Diocese as the
licence was directed to a specific parish where the marriage was to be
preformed, usually the parish where the bride resided.
Lastly it should be stressed that this Index is not a complete list of
marriages by licence in the Diocese for the two periods covered: it is
merely the list of the bonds received by the Public Record Office from that
Diocese. ROSEMARY FFOLLIOTT
CORSCADDEN Robert & Jane Temple 1825
CORSCADDIN Anne & Thomas Jacob 1828