A very big thank you Tara and Dathai, and I apologise for my late reply! I have been following through on your responses, and forgot all about saying thank you!
It appears that Henry was the victim in the shooting case, so have been just rechecking my sources on FindMyPast, as I don't currently have a subscription for Genes Reunited, although I am registered with them (actually twice - different dates
). I've tried to buy some GR pay as you go credits this morning, and it appears that I need to delete one of my registrations before I can order credits!
Wasn't successful at that, and as there was a facility for enquiry re deleting one of a double registration before buying credits, have filled in their enquiry form with request to delete my nominated Registration, so will need to wait for that to kick in before I can get to the complete articles.
Although I do have a number of articles re Henry from FindMyPast, not the shooting one.
However, earlier another Rootschatter had found the following re a shooting of a Maxwell Mathews some time ago, which matches with Dathai's 1829 find, where the name is stated to be Henry Maxwell Mathews!
"Also there are reports in newspapers in September 1828 of an attempt on the life of an "industrious and respectable Protestant farmer named Maxwell Mathews, of Moyalley". Maybe he decided to move to Dublin after that"
" On Thursday night last, an industrious and respectable Protestant farmer, named Maxwell Mathews, of Moyalley, in the county of Westmeath, was waylaid and maliciously fired at on his return home from the town of Mullingar. A man walked close up to him, and having ascertained his person, deliberately presented a pistol at his head. Mathews fortunately had presence of mind sufficient to strike the instrument of death before the assassin could effect his bloody purpose. The direction being changed, the ball passed through both his coats a little above the hip, but without doing any injury to his person. The assassin immediately fled, and without uttering a single word. Will the Government offer a reward for this outrage ? "
Still totally confused, mainly because of the dates! The entry in the Petty Court Sessions was 1854!!
The incident was 1828! Unless this guy had 2 pot shots at him!
And I have Henry's death and burial date as 1838!
Death
1838
1 May
Age: 64
Dublin, Ireland
Henry Maxwell Mathews of Portland Street, Dublin - from Dublin Evening Mail, 7 May, 1838
Burial 4th May 1838
I hope somehow that this is all going to eventually make sense to me. Perhaps I can't see the Forest for the trees!
I'll be waiting for a reply from Genes R. Then I can get those credits to take a look at the ones you have pointed me to Dathai.
Thanks guys for your interest, and again, sorry about the late reply.
Jeanne
