JEREMIAH TAYLOR ANDREWS (1810?-1845) was born in 1809 or 1810.
Nothing is known of his parents or his early life.
JEREMIAH TAYLOR ANDREWS (1810?-1845) was born in 1809 or 1810.
Nothing is known of his parents or his early life.
On Wednesday 8 July 1835, he married Martha Rogers, "of the city of Armagh"
.
The officiant was the Rev. James Gibson.
(This marriage does not seem to have taken place in Armagh, and nothing is known of any Rev. James Gibson at this time.
There was a Presbyterian minister of this name associated with the Lisluney Meeting House on the border between Armagh and Monaghan.
A Rev. James Gibson was also active in the Deaf and Dumb Society in Magherafelt.)
, her father was William Rogers.
This may have been the proprietor of Rogers' Hotel and Posting Establishment, Armagh's largest hotel.
Jeremiah was living in Armagh in July 1838, when two lead pipes of his (or according to the report in the Belfast Commercial Chronicle, a leaden pipe and a brass water-cock) were stolen by Terence M'Shane and John Watson, who sold them to a Mary Corvan.
(The lead fetched a penny a pound.)
The thieves were sentenced to ten months' imprisonment, three of them at hard labour.
A little earlier in 1838, John Jones, a prominent Armagh auctioneer, had died.
On 23 June 1838, a notice had appeared in the Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser.
It read:
J. T. ANDREWS
RESPECTFULLY informs the Inhabitants of
ARMAGH and its Vicinity, that he has taken out
License as
GENERAL
AUCTIONEER & VALUATOR,
and purposes Establishing a SALE-ROOM, in a Business
part of the Town, of which he will give due notice.
He will also undertake the Receiving of Rents and
Collection of Accounts, for the faithful performance of
which he will give satisfactory security.
J. T. Andrews trusts, from his well-known character
and strict attention, that he will pay to all Orders he may
be favoured with, to obtain a share of public patronage.
Armagh, 21st June, 1838.
The earliest advertisement for a sale by him that has yet been found appeared in the Newry Telegraph for 19 September 1838. It advertised an investment opportunity - the auction of the lease of 13 and 14 Lower English Street "in which the Pawnbroking has been carried on for the last Fifty Years."
Another, in the Northern Whig of 24 December 1839 concerned the sale "by public auction, without reserve, at the Linen-hall in the City of Armagh, on Tuesday the 31st of December next at the hour of two o'clock" of "the entire Herd of Beautiful and High-Bred Short-Horned Durham Cattle, the Property of A.W. Cole Hamilton, Esq., of Beltrim Castle in the County of Tyrone." A further advertisement, in the Northern Whig of 9 March 1839, was for a sale of bleaching machinery at Redford, 2½ miles on the Armagh side of Dungannon.
Jeremiah appears in Lennox's New Commercial Directory of 1840 as an auctioneer and valuator in Upper English Street, Armagh. (The job of valuator, or valuer, was especially important at a time when taxation and rents were becoming a political issue.) He is also listed as a coach agent (the railway arrived in Armagh in 1848). He is also listed in Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland (1846) as an auctioneer and valuator in Lower English St.
Jeremiah was a member of the jury in a murder case at Armagh Assizes on 7 August 1841.
(Patrick Wood was convicted of murdering a policeman, Thomas Powell, on 2 January of that year.
The trial extended over three days.)
He was still in Armagh in 1844, where his son, Thomas was born.
He described himself at Thomas' baptism as a valuator.
The Armagh Guardian of 11 February 1845 bears an advertisement for a house auction to be conducted by him.
COUNTY OF ARMAGH. ---------------- TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, on TUESDAY, the 11th day of February next, at the hour of TWO o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the BERESFORD ARMS HOTEL (Mr. WILTSHIRE's), in the City of Armagh, KILLEEN COTTAGE and LANDS, with sufficient TURBARY ; held by Lease for Lives Renewable for Ever, at the Yearly Rent of £10 14s. 9d. The COTTAGE - which is in excellent order - possesses every requisite for a respectable family; and the LANDS, containing about 17 ACRES Statute Measure, are of superior quality. This property is very desir- ably situated, being within one mile of the City of Armagh, on the leading road to Newry, and is at present held by a respecta- ble Tenant, from year to year, at £48 per annum. For further particulars apply to JOHN STANLEY, jun., Solicitor, Armagh; or to JEREMIAH ANDREWS, Auctioneer, Armagh. January 28, 1845.It seems the salerooms were in Upper English St. Further advertisements appear throughout that year. Another advertisement of 28 January 1845 reads:
Mr. J. T. ANDREWS
TAKES leave respectfully to inform the Public, that he is
fitting up a Sales'-Room, at 28, UPPER ENGLISH-STREET,
(opposite the Tontine,) where he will dispose of by Auction,
on stated days, or by Private Sale, if so instructed, Goods and
Property of every description. The want of such a medium of
disposing of Goods and Property in this City, by persons not
wishing to be troubled with sales at their own residences, and
for other causes, has been much felt; and it is by the desire
and advice of some of his most particular friends and patrons
that Mr. A. is opening the above concern. Persons sending
Property to this Establishment will find that every exertion
shall be made to dispose of it to the best advantage, and parti-
cular attention shall be paid to Commissions to buy Goods for
parties who cannot themselves attend at Sales.
Mr. ANDREWS takes this opportunity of returning his grate-
ful thanks to the Public for the very liberal support he has
received, (having been favoured with the conducting of the
principal Sales that have taken place in Armagh and neighbour-
hood,) since he commenced the business of an Auctioneer. He
refers with confidence to those for whom he has done business,
for the manner in which he conducts and settles the Sales with
which he is intrusted.
Notice of the first day of Sale will be given in a future
advertisement.
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Wanted to Purchase, Two Second-hand Piano Fortes,
For one of which a liberal sum will be given, and it will be
required to be a good well-toned instrument, with all the modern
improvements, and not much used ; the other is intended for a
learner, and will not be required to be so good.
Apply to
J. T. ANDREWS,
Auction Sales' Rooms,
29, Upper English-street, Armagh.
20th Jan. 1845,
The last advertisement that can be found was for a cattle auction on 13 May 1845. It seems that Jeremiah fell ill around this time, and went for treatment to Dublin.
On 11 November 1845, the Armagh Guardian announced Jeremiah's death, on Saturday, 8 November: "in Dublin, J.T. Andrews, Esq., of Armagh, after a lingering illness, aged 35 years." A similar notice appeared in the Newry Telegraph of 13 November.
In the Armagh Guardian for 29 June 1846, there is an advertisement to state that "Mr M R Bell has taken out a license (sic) as an auctioneer", giving 51 English Street as the address. (It seems the whole of English Street in Armagh was renumbered about this time - the present-day number 51 is roughly opposite the site of the City Hall, which replaced the old Tontine Buildings.)
Less than two months after Jeremiah's death, Martha was appointed Matron of Armagh County Infirmary. She resigned after a year.
On 15 July 1854, when Thomas was ten years old, Martha remarried, to John Bell, of Lurgangreen, County Louth. He possibly died before the 1870s, as Martha seems to have lived later with her son and reverted to the name Andrews.
Martha later moved to Waterford. She died, aged 70, on 26 March 1882 at her son's home, 10 Bridge Street, Waterford.
Jeremiah and Martha Andrews had a son:
1 THOMAS ANDREWS (1844-1921), baptized at Armagh Cathedral on 20 April 1844, of whom more anon.