Court of Chancery/Exchequer Records featuring "Heaphy" or whose maiden name was "Heaphy"
Ireland, Court of Chancery Bill Books 1627 - 1884
"Those taking cases to Exchequer tended to be land owners, merchants, business owners, professionals and the larger farmers as it was expensive for anyone else to attend court in Dublin. However defendants in cases could come from a broader sector of society" - Findmypast.
20 June 1702 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Hugh Brady. Others: Thomas Heffernan, Timothy Fogherty, Anthony Irby and his wife Elizabeth, John Heaphy & Congrieve
Pet: Hassard Powell Esq
[Identified as Limerick families]
30 April 1704 - 1705 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: John Nettles, Henry Wallis, Richard Downing, Boyle Andrews, John Jackson, Robert Nettles, and Francis Drew
Pet: John Heaphy
23 December 1721 - 13 June 1722 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Elizabeth Honohan, Matthew Slattery, Samuel Weston , Mary his wife, Henry Leonard, Richard Southwell, Aggy, his wife, Henry Rose, Thomas Rose, Denis Connel, Darby Ryan, John Quin, Thomas Lee, John Glasson, John Southwell, Peter Heaphy & Brettridge Badham
Pet: John Webster
[Identified as Cork & Limerick Families - associated with the barony of Orrery & Kilmore, North West Cork. It is possible that the Peter Heaphy referenced here is an origin line for Heaphy of Doneraile and Fermoy, which have not yet been fully investigated (2025)]
10 November 1724 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Matthew Carmody, James Butler, Daniel Heaphy, Macrath Heffernan
Pet: William Butler
22 November 1728 – 29 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Darby Ryan, Daniel Heaphy, Barthos Meade, Mary his wife, James Kennedy, Margaret his wife.
Pet: Standish Grady Esq
June 1731 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Daniel Heaphy
Pet: William Alcock Esq
16 December 1732 [Court of Chancery]
Def: John Heaphy and William Tubbs
Pet: John Bryan, James Fitzgibbon, Terrence Magrath, and Elizabeth Brown
[Identified as Limerick families]
1733 [Court of Exchequer]
Pet: Hugh Massey & George Purdon Esq Executors of Elizabeth Irby
Def: Elizabeth Powell, Daniel Heaphy & Edward Purdon, Edward Moore Ryves & Elizabeth Powell Ryves, his wife, administration of Hassard Powell, deceased & William Bourke.
[Note to side]
1734 – Elizabeth Powell Moore Ryves – Wm Bourke
1734 – Exceptions to defendants Powell Ryves – Powell & his wife
1735 – Bourke admin of TF Browne
1735 – Elizabeth Powell admin of DP Baker
[Identified as Limerick families]
21 June 1733 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Hugh Massy, George Purdon, James Butler and Macraith Heffernan
Pet: John Heaphy
[Identified as Limerick families]
16 Nov 1733 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: William Tubbs and Macraith Heffernan
Pet: John Heaphy
[Identified as Limerick families]
June 1734 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Christopher Crofts, Arthur Gelhin, Denis Brouder, David Sheehan & John Heaphy
Pet: Rodger Sheehy
20 Jun 1747 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: John Heaphy, Margaret, his wife & Tim O’Brien.
Pet: Cornelius O’Brien & Ellen, his wife.
[Identified as John Heaphy & Margaret O'Brien Heaphy - marriage 1742, of Boskill, Limerick]
06 Jul 1747 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: William Anderson and Daniel O’Brien
Pet: John Heaphy
[Identified as John Heaphy, husband of Margaret O'Brien - of Boskill, Limerick]
06 June 1752 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: John Heaphy, Margaret, his wife & Tim O’Brien
Pet: Cornelius O’Brien & Elinor, his wife
[Identified as John Heaphy & Margaret O'Brien Heaphy - marriage 1742, of Boskill, Limerick]
14 Dec 1752 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Bryn O’Donnell, Standish Tubbs, William Tubbs, William Slatterford, Raymond Evans, Robert Powell, John Heaphy, Michael Rice and Edmond Butler
Pet: James Apjohn
[Identified as Limerick families]
1753 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Edward Herbert, Hannah Babington, William Meredith, Peter Ferritter, Richard Chute, Samuel Sealy, George Herbert, William Blennerhassett, Alice Babington, Patrick Lacy, Richard Collins, Arthur Hutchins, Martin Joy and Daniel Heaphy
Pet: Missing
[Identified as Daniel Heaphy, husband of Rachel Blennerhassett of Killorglin, Co. Kerry]
29 May 1755 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Ellen O’Brien, Elizabeth Purdon, Thomas Carr (Clerk), Geo Massy (Clerk), William Purdon, Ringrose Drew, Ringrose Bonnerman, Mary O’Brien, Cornel O’Brien, Thomas O’Brien, Tim O’Brien, Matthew Kennedy, Ellen, his wife, John Heaphy & Margaret, his wife.
Pet: Alice Bonnerman, executor John Ringrose
[Identified as John Heaphy & Margaret O'Brien Heaphy - marriage 1742, of Boskill, Limerick]
12 August 1756 – 17 August 1769 [Court of Chancery]
Def: James Supple, Mary his wife, Edward Herbert, William Merdith, Peter Ferritter, Richard Chute, Samuel Sealy, William Blennerhassett Esq, Alice Babington alias Supple, Patrick Lacy, Richard Collins, Arthur Thomas Hutchins and Ellen his wife, Martin Joy, Daniel Heaphy Boyle Supple
Pet: John Scott Esq, Catherine Scott, Robert Leslie Esq Executors of Angela Scott, the said Robert Leslie & Aphra, his wife, John Sealy, gent, and Catherine Scott, widow.
[Identified as Daniel Heaphy, husband of Rachel Blennerhassett of Killorglin, Co. Kerry]
30 May 1761 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Wm Drought
Pet: Robert Heaphy & Mary, his wife.
[Identified as Robert Heaphy & Mary Ann Conway Heaphy - marriage 1753, of Queens/Kings County]
07 May 1763 – 07 July 1765 [Court of Chancery]
Def: James Hastler, Lelias O’Brien, otherwise Hastler Thomas Holt, Elen other Elinor O’Brien, John Heaphy, Margaret his wife Heaphy & John Damer of Shronehill, Esq., Cornelius & Thomas O’Brien, James Fox, Matthew Ryan, John Damer of Dublin Esq, William & John Armstrong, James Cambell Esq, Mary his wife, Edward O’Brien Esq and Susanna, his wife.
Pet: Donatus O’Brien Esq
[Identified as John Heaphy of Boskill, Limerick - unknown if Margaret here refers to his wife (Margaret O'Brien) as "his wife" is crossed out, or is it Margaret Heaphy, who marries Rev. Simon Holland. There is a reference to Damer, who has the connection with Horan]
27 May 1764 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: John Heaphy
Pet: Thomas Heffernan
[Identified as John Heaphy, husband of Margaret O'Brien - of Boskill, Limerick]
29 June 1764 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Jim/Tim O’Brien, Thomas O’Brien, Cornelius O’Brien, John Bonnerman, Philip Tisdell Esq, Elin Driscoll, Robert Bradshaw & Susannah, his wife.
Pet: John Heaphy & Margaret, his wife.
[Identified as John Heaphy & Margaret O'Brien Heaphy - marriage 1742, of Boskill, Limerick]
05 Jul 1764 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Erasmus Grace, Robert Grace, Samuel Barrett, Jane his wife, William Oliver Grace, Elizabeth Grace, widow, Edward Price, Thady Meagher, Richard Odlum, John Larke, Jerome Alley, Laurence Mason & elder Samuel Mason of younger, Robert Heaphy, Richard Wall, John Young, Bridget Doran, William Walker, John Ryan, Anne Talbot, widow, William Thompson, Archibald Frazier, Edward Harte of younger, Michael Fitzpatrick, Catherine Phelan, James Bergin Dullahanty, Martin Fitzpatrick, Patrick Ryan and Mary Fitzpatrick.
Pet: Marmaduke Grace, Gent
[Identified as Robert Heaphy, husband of Mary Ann Conway - of Queens/Kings County]
Feb 1773 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Patrick Ryan, Peter Heaphy, Simon Fraley, Matthew Fraley, Michael Galvin, James Carroll, John Burke, Pat Quinlivan, Simon Lecxnane, James Quelly, Michael Vaughan, John Hure, Daniel Spillicey, Rodger Couney & Daniel Couney.
Pet: George Studdert Esq
[Not Identified]
06 March 1775 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Tobias Horan Esq & Elias Horan executors for Robert Horan, Margaret Horan, otherwise, Meredith, wife of Tobias Horan, Catherine Horan, otherwise Prestidge, Timothy Duhigg, Mary his wife, Robert Duhigg, Margaret Heaphy, Matthew Duhigg, Catherine Duhigg, Robert Fitzgerald, Terence Monsell, Robert Fitzgerald Horan and William Shippey
Pet: Cornelius Callaghan Esq
[Identified as Margaret Heaphy, b. 1741, husband of Rev. Simon Holland and daughter of Mrs Horan Heaphy - of Limerick]
26 February 1777 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Tobias Horan, Elias and Catherine Horan, Timothy, Robert & Mary Duhigg, Margaret Heaphy, Margaret Horan, Robert Fitzgerald Esq, Terence Monsell, Robert Fitzgerald Horan, Dennis O’Brien, George Quinn, Edward Dunne, George Parker, Joanna Barker, Solomon Camby, Benjamin Biggs, Joseph Rawlins, Martha Parry.
Pet: John Parker, clerk and Catherine, his wife on behalf of themselves and the other legaled & Creditors of Robert Horan Esq, deceased.
[Identified as Margaret Heaphy, b. 1741, husband of Rev. Simon Holland and daughter of Mrs Horan Heaphy - of Limerick]
17 May 1777 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Tobias Horan, Margaret (Meredith) his wife, Daniel Hogan and Elias Horan, John Clark, Catherine Horan oth Prestidge, Timothy Duhigg, Robert Duhigg, Matt Duhigg, Rev. John Parker & Catherine his wife, (Duhigg), Margaret Heaphy, Robert Fitzgerald Horan, Robert Fitzgerald, Terence Monsell & Dennis O’Brien.
Pet: Brien Kennedy
[Identified as Margaret Heaphy, b. 1741, husband of Rev. Simon Holland and daughter of Mrs Horan Heaphy - of Limerick]
1782, 1783, 1784 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Peter Heaphy, John Fryer, Godfrey Leonard, Richard Cutlack Partridge, Rich Taylor, James Wall, Denis Leonard, Atty Anastace Wall, widow & John Evans, Godfrey Leonard. 20th of Dec 1782.
Pet: John Wall Bourke
[Not Identified]
11 Mar 1785 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Simon Holland and Margaret his wife (Includes a long list)
Pet: John Parker, administrator for Catherine, his wife
[Identified as Margaret Heaphy, b. 1741, husband of Rev. Simon Holland and daughter of Mrs Horan Heaphy of - Limerick]
23 Nov 1801 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Burrows Kelly and John Evans
Pet: George Hassett and Elinora his wife and Ann Heaphy, a minor by Elinora her mother.
[Identified as Elinor Wall Heaphy, who married Conway Heaphy in 1791 with her daughter Mary Ann Conway Heaphy]
28 June 1809 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Matthew Heaphy and Timothy Buckley
Pet: Timothy Leuchane
[Not Identified]
10 May 1811 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Denis O'Brien
Pet: Cornelius O'Callaghan, Simon Holland, Hezekiah O'Callaghan, Margaret Holland.
[Identified as Margaret Heaphy, b. 1741, husband of Rev. Simon Holland and daughter of Mrs Horan Heaphy of Limerick]
02 May 1812 [Court of Chancery]
Def: Denis Keating, Mary Ann, his wife
Pet: John Evans & Henry Lyons
[Identified as Mary Ann Conway Heaphy, daughter of Conway Heaphy and husband of Denis Keating]
01 Nov 1817 – 2 Jul 1818 [Court of Chancery]
Def: William Donovan
Pet: Denis Keating, Mary his wife, John Evans, Conway Heaphy, Elenor Hassett & George Hassett.
[Identified as Mary Ann Conway Heaphy, daughter of Conway Heaphy and husband of Denis Keating, with her brother, Conway Heaphy, her mother, Elinor Wall Heaphy Hassett]
1818 - 1819 [Court of Chancery]
Def. Richard, Earl of Bantry, Richard White, Hamilton White, minors. Lucinda White, Simon White, Arthur Blennerhassett, Rowland Blennerhassett, Richard Blennerhassett, Blennerhassett Heaphy.
Pet. Richard Devonsher Newenham.
[Identified as Lucinda Heaphy, daughter of John Heaphy of Tralee; husband of Hamilton White with reference to her uncle, Blennerhassett Heaphy, son of Daniel Heaphy]
02 Jul 1821
Def: Thomas Heaphy, John Heaphy, Cornelius Heaphy, Kendall O’Brien, Richard O’Brien – including a long list of names
Pet: Edmund Morris, Jones Spinster
[Not Identified]
1825 [Court of Exchequer]
Def. James Gorham and Richard Chute.
Pet. Lucinda White, widow.
[Identified as Lucinda Heaphy, daughter of John Heaphy of Tralee; husband of Hamilton White]
April 1826 [Court of Exchequer]
Def. Lucinda White o'wise Heaphy, widow, Richard White and John Hamilton White
Pet. Richard, Earl, Viscount of Bantry
[Identified as Lucinda Heaphy, daughter of John Heaphy of Tralee; husband of Hamilton White]
1832/33? [Court of Exchequer]
Def: Robert Heaphy
Pet:
[Not Identified]
1833 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: – Def Js Heaphy, (?) Heaphy and a long list of names
Pet: (?) Croffs Esq
[Not Identified]
30 Oct 1834
Thomas Heaphy, Thomas Heaphy, JS Heaphy, Lau Heaphy and a long list of names
[Not Identified]
1839 [Court of Exchequer]
Def. Charles Allison, Baron Headly, Amelia Gun, Jane Gun and Pierce Chute.
Pet. John Blennerhassett Esq, Lucinda White, widow and Henry Carey.
[Identified as Lucinda Heaphy, daughter of John Heaphy of Tralee; husband of Hamilton White]
1841 [Court of Exchequer]
Def: James Gorham, William Chute, James Eden & Pierce Chute, Richard Chute, Robert Wade & Elizabeth, his wife, Arthur Chute, Caleb Chute, Rev. Robert Conway Hourly, Barry Collins & Mary Ann, his wife, John Roche, Rowland Blennerhassett & Cornelius M?, Thomas E. Wood, and [?]
Plaintiff. Lucinda White, widow. Administrator of John Heaphy deceased.
[Identified as Lucinda Heaphy, daughter of John Heaphy of Tralee; husband of Hamilton White with a reference to her father, John Heaphy]
1846 [Court of Exchequer]
Def. Caleb Chute, Rev. James Pierce Chute, Barry Collins and Mary Ann his wife, Cornelius O'Brien = Rev. Robert Wade & Elizabeth, his wife, Arthur Chute, Rev. Arthur Blennerhassett Rowan, William Maunsell Chute, Richard Chute, Lucinda White, Rev. Thomas Chute Goodman, Francis Walker, Reverened George Hickson and Crommellin Irwin, John Lynch, Peter Thompson, Edward Quilton, John Vance, John Busteed, Rev'd Francis Tadler, James Hickson, Richard Chute, Mary Tallimon, Rev'd John Kirwan, Mary O'Sullivan, John Chadwick, William Guinness, William Murray Mansfield.
Pet. James Gorham Esq.
[Identified as Lucinda Heaphy, daughter of John Heaphy of Tralee; husband of Hamilton White]
1848 [Court of Exchequer]
Def. Right Hon Richard White, Earl of Bantry, Elizabeth White, Hamilton White, Richard White, Elizabeth Lucy White, Anne Marie White, Francis James White, Rose Eleanor White, Edward Thomas White, Frances Maria White, Walter White, Alice Olivia White, Lucinda White, John Hamilton White, Charles Henry White, John Blennerhassett, George Adair, Eliza Adair, Mary Adair, Charlotte Adair, John Williams, Thomas Gilman, James Cooper Walker, Ellen Williams, John St. George Williams, and Lamuel Ebenzer Warren.
Plaintiff. Sarah Adair, Spinster.
[Identified as Lucinda Heaphy, daughter of John Heaphy of Tralee; husband of Hamilton White]