Jacob Poole

1774 - 1827  (53 years)

• Name	Jacob Poole  [1]
  Birth	11 Feb 1774	Growtown, County Wexford, Ireland   [1]
  	First name(s)     Jacob Last name     Poole Sex     Male Birth year     1774 Birth date     11/02/1774 Birth place     Growtown Denomination     Quaker Meeting     Wexford Father's first name(s)     Joseph Father's last name     Poole Mother's first name(s)     Sarah Mother's last name     Martin Country     Ireland Archive     Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives Archive reference     MM VI M2 Description     Wexford MM Burials 1659-1811, Family list 1641-1804 Record set     Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births Subcategory     Parish Baptisms Collections from     Ireland Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records ? Findmypast
  		Jacob Poole 1774 Birth IRE_QUAKER_ROB-WEXFORD-1859_0020.jpg
  Gender	Male
  _UID	EBE05AB6240549BD804087334CC4B068AC8D
  Death	20 Nov 1827	Janeville, County Kilkenny, Ireland   [2]
  	He died 20 Nov. 1827, and was buried in the graveyard of the Society of Friends at Forest, Co. Wexford. Archive     Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives Archive reference     ROD-WEXFORD-1859 Record set     Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Deaths First name(s)     Jacob Sex     Male Last name     Poole Burial year     1827 Birth year     - Death year     1827 Denomination     Quaker Country     Ireland Burial place     Forrest Meeting     Wexford Age     54 yrs Address     Growtown Death date     20/11/1827 Burial date     22/11/1827 Register type     Death & Burial Description     Register of deaths, WEXFORD, 1859 Subcategory     Parish Burials Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Collections from     Ireland ? Findmypast
  		Joseph & Sarah Martin Poole Joseph & Jacob Poole
  Burial	22 Nov 1827	Taghmon, Forest, Growtown, Wexford, Ireland   [2]
  		Joseph & Sarah Martin Poole Joseph & Jacob Poole IRE_QUAKER_MMV1M-2_0090
  Notes	POOLE, JACOB (1774?  1827), antiquary, son of Joseph Poole and his wife Sarah, daughter of Jacob Martin of Aghfad, co. Wexford, was born at Growtown, co. Wexford, 11 Feb. 1774. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, and he was seventh in descent from Thomas and Catherine Poole of Dortrope, Northamptonshire. Their son, Richard Poole, came to Ireland with the parliamentary army in 1649, turned quaker, was imprisoned for his religion at Wexford and Waterford, and died in Wexford gaol, to which he was committed for refusing to pay tithe in 1665. Jacob succeeded to the family estate of Growtown, in the parish of Taghmon, in 1800, and farmed his own land. He studied the customs and language of the baronies of Bargy and Forth, on the edge of the former of which his estate lay. The inhabitants used to speak an old English dialect, dating from the earliest invasion of the country, and he collected the words and phrases of this expiring language from his tenants and labourers. This collection was edited by the Rev. William Barnes from the original manuscript, and published in 1867 as 'A Glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy.' The glossary contains about fifteen hundred words, noted with great fidelity. The dialect is now extinct, and this glossary, with a few words in Holinshed and some fragments of verse, is its sole authentic memorial. Poole completed the glossary and a further vocabulary or gazetteer of the local proper names in the last five years of his life. He died 20 Nov. 1827, and was buried in the graveyard of the Society of Friends at Forest, co. Wexford. He married, 13 May 1813, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Deborah Sparrow of Holmstown, co. Wexford, and had three sons and three daughters. A poem in memory of Poole, called 'The Mountain of Forth,' by Richard Davis Webb, who had known and admired him, was published in 1867, and it was owing to Mr. Webb's exertions that the glossary was published. [Barnes's edit. of a glossary of the old Dialect, London, 1867; Mary Leadbeater's Biographical Notices of Members of the Soc. of Friends who were resident in Ireland, London, 1823; information from his grandson, Benjamin Poole of Ballybeg, co. Wexford.] N. M. [3] (Research):https://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=Poole%2C+wexford&type=AllFields&limit=20 Journal of Jacob Poole, a member of the Society of Friends in Co. Wexford, including discussions of antiquarian and religious topics, 1788-1827. Manuscript Main Creator: Poole, Jacob, 1774-1827 Language: English Published / Created 1788-1827. Notes Physical description: 1 item (1 journal vol). Subjects: "...Society of Friends -- Ireland -- Wexford (County)..." Portion of a commonplace book (pages 239-284 only), relating to the Society of Friends, kept by Jacob Poole of Co. Wexford, [ca. 1815-1820]. Manuscript Main Creator: Poole, Jacob, 1774-1827 Language: English Published / Created [ca. 1815-1820]. Notes Physical description: 1 item (1 commonplace book). Subjects: "...Society of Friends -- Ireland -- Wexford (County)..." Extracts made by Jacob Poole from the minutes of the County Wexford monthly meetings of the Society of Friends, 1777-1779 with associated later material, 1777-1785. Manuscript Main Creator: Poole, Jacob, 1774-1827 Language: English Published / Created 1777-1785. Subjects: "...Society of Friends -- Ireland -- Wexford (County)..."
  Person ID	I24317	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Poole,   b. 25 Jun 1731, County Wexford, Ireland d. 23 Dec 1800, Growtown, County Wexford, Ireland (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Sarah Martin,   b. 26 Jan 1739/40, Aghafad, County Monaghan, Ireland d. 6 Feb 1814, Growtown, Wexford, Ireland (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1765	Aghafad, County Monaghan, Ireland
  Family ID	F8336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Sparrow,   b. 1782   d. 9 Mar 1872, Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	13 May 1813	Taghmon, Forest, Growtown, Wexford, Ireland   [4]
  	He married, 13 May 1813, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Deborah Sparrow of Holmstown, co. Wexford, and had three sons and three daughters. First name(s)     Jacob Last name     Poole Birth year     - Role     Groom Denomination     Quaker Address     Growtown Wexford Meeting     Wexford Father's first name(s)     Joseph Father's last name     Poole Father's address     Growtown Mother's first name(s)     Sarah Marriage year     1813 Marriage date     01/05/1813 Marriage place     Forest Spouse's first name(s)     Mary Spouse's last name     Sparrow Spouse's father's first name(s)     Thomas Spouse's father's last name     Sparrow Spouse's father's address     Wexford Spouse's mother's first name(s)     Deborah Attendee list     John Sparrow James Webb Jacobe Martin Jacobe County     Wexford Country     Ireland Archive     Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives Archive reference     MM VI M5 Register type     Marriage Description     Wexford MM of Marriages Certificates 1812-1849 Record set     Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages Collections from     Ireland Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory     Parish Marriages ? Findmypast
  		Jacob Poole & Marry Sparrow Marriage IRE_QUAKER_MMV1M-5_0004
  Children	1. Sarah Poole,   b. 3 Mar 1814, Growtown, County Wexford, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown   2. Deborah Poole,   b. 1815   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Eliza Poole,   b. 1818   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Joseph Poole,   b. 1822   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thomas Poole,   b. 1824   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Jacob Poole,   b. Abt 1826, CountyWexford, Ireland d. 15 Jun 1862, Ballybeg Townland, Ferns Parish, Gorey, Wexford, Ireland (Age ~ 36 years)  [biological]
  Family ID	F8337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Feb 1774 - Growtown, County Wexford, Ireland Marriage - 13 May 1813 - Taghmon, Forest, Growtown, Wexford, Ireland Death - 20 Nov 1827 - Janeville, County Kilkenny, Ireland Burial - 22 Nov 1827 - Taghmon, Forest, Growtown, Wexford, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S479] Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Births, ((findmypast.com)), accessed 12 Oct 2018), Jacob Poole 1774 Birth. (Reliability: 3). [S148] Findmypast, Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Deaths, ((findmypast.com)), accessed 13 Oct 2018), Jacob Poole Death. (Reliability: 3). [S686] Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki: 16 Oct 2011), Volume 46, pg 97, published 1896, Poole, Jacob (DNB00) (1774-1827) edited by Norman Moore. accessed 18 Oct 2018. (Reliability: 3). POOLE, JACOB (1774'961827), antiquary, son of Joseph Poole and his wife Sarah, daughter of Jacob Martin of Aghfad, co. Wexford, was born at Growtown, co. Wexford, 11 Feb. 1774. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, and he was seventh in descent from Thomas and Catherine Poole of Dortrope, Northamptonshire. Their son, Richard Poole, came to Ireland with the parliamentary army in 1649, turned quaker, was imprisoned for his religion at Wexford and Waterford, and died in Wexford gaol, to which he was committed for refusing to pay tithe in 1665. Jacob succeeded to the family estate of Growtown, in the parish of Taghmon, in 1800, and farmed his own land. He studied the customs and language of the baronies of Bargy and Forth, on the edge of the former of which his estate lay. The inhabitants used to speak an old English dialect, dating from the earliest invasion of the country, and he collected the words and phrases of this expiring language from his tenants and labourers. This collection was edited by the Rev. William Barnes from the original manuscript, and published in 1867 as 'A Glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy.' The glossary contains about fifteen hundred words, noted with great fidelity. The dialect is now extinct, and this glossary, with a few words in Holinshed and some fragments of verse, is its sole authentic memorial. Poole completed the glossary and a further vocabulary or gazetteer of the local proper names in the last five years of his life. He died 20 Nov. 1827, and was buried in the graveyard of the Society of Friends at Forest, co. Wexford. He married, 13 May 1813, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Deborah Sparrow of Holmstown, co. Wexford, and had three sons and three daughters. A poem in memory of Poole, called 'The Mountain of Forth,' by Richard Davis Webb, who had known and admired him, was published in 1867, and it was owing to Mr. Webb's exertions that the glossary was published. [Barnes's edit. of a glossary of the old Dialect, London, 1867; Mary Leadbeater's Biographical Notices of Members of the Soc. of Friends who were resident in Ireland, London, 1823; information from his grandson, Benjamin Poole of Ballybeg, co. Wexford.] N. M. [S118] Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Marriages, ((findmypast.com)), accessed 13 Oct 2018), Jacob Poole & Mary Sparrow Marriage. (Reliability: 3).