Memoirs of the Fultons of Lisburn

34 MEMOIRS OF THE FULTONS OF LISBURN
William Wightman, of whom James m. Andrew's sister Margaret (see below). He d. 5th
June 1822, aged 43," and administration was granted' 1 to his widow, William Thompson (his
nephew) and James Ward (his brother-in-law). She survived him till " 17th March 1850,
aged 70 years." a Their issue were :
(1) Richard, bap. 15th June 1802,° d. aged 8 years. a
(2) Andrew William, bap. 20th November 1804, d. aged 4 years. a
(3) William, bap. 1st June i8o6, c m. Sophia Matilda Bolton, who d. 26th June,
1879, aged /S.^ I have failed to obtain information about him, except that in his later
years he held a small post in the Inland Revenue or Registration Department in
Lisburn. It is surmised that Mary Jane Fulton, wife of Robert Watson, who d. 8th
August, 1880, aged 30, :v was his daughter. He d. 5th September i8Si, a being the last
whose name appears on the great tombstone.
(1) Eliza, b. about 1800, m. (as second wife) John Barbour of "The Plantation,"
Lisburn (uncle of the late J. D. Barbour, D.L., of Conway House, Lisburn), who d.
1831 or 1833. They had three dans., Maria, Jean, and Isabella; one 111. Dr. Pirie of
Belfast, and another Mr. Lowry. Mrs. Barbour lived till an old age in Belfast, with
Dr. Pirie's family, and was buried, as was her husband, in the Kilrush burial ground,
Lambeg.' 1
(2) Isabella, bap. 23rd December 1807. Lived with her mother in Belfast ; d. num.
3. James Forrest, of whom presently.
4. Richard, b. 5th September, 1 ' bap. nth September 1788.° Cornet half-pay. 23rd
Dragoon Guards, 1S03 ; Lieut., 1805, 12th "Prince of Wales's" Regt. of Light Dragoons;
Capt. 1S1 5 ; Retired, half-pay, 25th March 1816. In his will of 1827 he describes himself
as " of Killinchy," so he may have settled there, which would account for his father
Richard being there at the time of his death. Or his father may have had property there,
which he left to him. Richard (the captain) died 24th February 1827, in the house of Mrs.
Reid, his second cousin once removed {dan. of James, 2nd son of John Fulton " of
Calcutta"). By his will, proved 9th April 1827/ he left all his property to his brother
Robert and his sisters Mary Ann, Grace and Ellen. Mrs. Ruttledge (his great-niece) has a
very fine miniature of him in uniform, and Sir Forrest Fulton has a copy of it.
5. John Forrest, b. c and bap." 17th February 1790 ; d. 17th March 1790/'
1. Margaret, b. 2nd February 1775 ; c in. 10th August 1803,° her father Richard signing
the Register, James Wightman, of Grove Green, Lisburn. They had issue as under, with
others :
(1) Eliza, bap. 30th October 1804.° (2) Margaret, bap. 26th February 1806/ who was
probably the person who witnessed the testamentary letter of Eleanor Fulton to Mrs. John
Mclntyre, dated 9th June 1834. (3) Mary, bap. 30th June 1807.° James Wightman went
to America and was never afterwards heard of. His wife d. "30th March 1819, aged 44
years." a
2. Ann (called Fanny and Nancy?), b.gth. September 1776 ; c d. " 17th February 1779,
aged 22." a
3. Eliza, b. 28th September 1778 ; c m. at Homra, nth November 1802^ James Ward
of Lisburn and Strawberry Hill, co. Down ; d. 21st July i8oS, e leaving a son :
Thomas, bap. 25th November 1804," who afterwards was of Cherry Hill, Belfast, and in. 1839, Harriet
Hojel. He d. 14th November 1867, aged 63, leaving a son, James Thomas Ward, now of Cherry Hill, head of
a M. L. b A.C. c L. P. R. d Letter of J. D. Barbour, 8th November 1S96.
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