Randall Brice, of Lisburn

Abt 1646 - 1697  (~ 51 years)

• Name	Randall Brice
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1646  [1]
  Occupation	Abt 1690	County Antrim, Ireland   [2]
  	Deputy Governor
  Will	7 Sep 1697  [3]
  Death	Between 8 Sep 1697 and 11 Oct 1697	Dublin, Ireland   [4, 5]
  Probate	12 Oct 1697  [3]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 3 sisters
  > 1. Randall Brice, of Lisburn           b. Abt 1646             d. Between 8 Sep 1697 and 11 Oct 1697, Dublin, Ireland  (Age ~ 51 years) ▻ Penelope Beaghan,  m. [J] 21 Mar 1676 > 2. Mary Brice           b. Abt 1651             d. 21 Oct 1717  (Age ~ 66 years) ▻ Rt. Hon. Thomas Knox, of Dungannon > 3. Lieut. Col. Edward Brice, of Kilroot           b. Abt 1659             d. 11 Aug 1742, County Antrim, Ireland  (Age ~ 83 years) ▻ Dorothy Upton,  m. Bef 1690 ;   Jane Dobbs,  m. 1718   4. John Brice           b. Between 1636 and 1664             d. 28 Oct 1674, Dublin, Ireland  (Age ~ 38 years)   5. Hugh Brice           b. Abt 1663             d. 1687  (Age ~ 24 years) > 6. Grisel Brice           b. Between 1640 and 1670             d. Bef 1780  (Age ~ 139 years) ▻ William Brown > 7. Jane Brice           b. Between 1636 and 1675 ▻ William Innes
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Brice, of Castle Chichester           b. Abt 1611, Scotland           d. 22 Nov 1676, Dublin, Ireland (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Stewart           b. Between 1620 and 1629             d. Jan 1704 (Age ~ 84 years)

  
  

  Wife	Penelope Beaghan           b. Between 1646 and 1660             d. 1707 (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	[J] 21 Mar 1676  [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	Randall was ~ 30 years old - Penelope was ~ 30 years old.
  Children	1. Edmond Brice           b. Between 1662 and 1698             d. Bef 31 Mar 1716 (Age ~ 54 years)   2. Randal Brice, of Lisburn           b. Between 1681 and 1684             d. Bef 1794 (Age ~ 112 years)   3. Charles Brice, of Castle Chichester           b. Abt 1684             d. 1746 (Age ~ 62 years)   4. Elizabeth Brice           b. Between 1662 and 1698             d. Bef 1808 (Age ~ 145 years)   5. Penelope Brice           b. Between 1663 and 1680             d. Between 1696 and 1767 (Age ~ 33 years)
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Randall Brice was born c. 1646, the eldest son of Robert Brice of Castle Chichester and his wife Elizabeth Stewart. Career Signed an address of the Gentry of the County Down to King Charles II 1682/3. Family Life Randall married Penelope Beaghan, daughter and coheir of Peter Beaghan of Dublin, and had five children: Edmond, died abroad intestate without issue Randall, b. about 1691 Elizabeth, who maried Joshua Wilkins Penelope, who married Charles Ryves May possibly have had an eldest son Robert2 who died sin prole. Death Randall died in September 1697. An extract of his will1 reads as follows: Randle Brice of Lisburne Co. Antrim Esq - Leaves all his estate real & personal of what nature or kindsoever in Ireland or elswhere (except his lease of Mathremorne) to his eldest son (with power to settle a third part for jointure on any wife & power to make leases for 21 years) for life, remainder to his eldest son lawfully to be begotten & his heirs male, remainder to Edmond's 2nd and other sons in succession, remainder to Testators 2nd son Randle & his heirs male of his body, remainder to Testator's right heirs for ever. £1000 portion to daughter Penelope. £600 portion to daughter Elizabeth. 440 guineas to servant Edward Peers requesting he wiould assist Testator's widow to settle his accounts with the Marquess of Normanby. Wife Penelope sole executrix. Overseers Testator's brother Lesly, his brother Knox, & friend Charles Campbell togeher with brother Edward Brice. Will dated 7 Sept 1697, proved by widow Penelope 12 Oct 1697. Testator died in Dublin. Appoints widow guardian to his several children unless she marries, Guardianship then transferred to brother Edward. Lease of Mathremorne left to son Randle. Footnotes [1] National Library of Ireland, Registered Pegrees Vol. 17, Page 184, Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts (http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000530453#page/93/mode/1up) [2] National Library of Ireland, Registered Pegrees Vol. 17, Page 84, Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts (http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000530453#page/84/mode/1up)

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Deputy Governor - Abt 1690 - County Antrim, Ireland Death - Between 8 Sep 1697 and 11 Oct 1697 - Dublin, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0158] Jean Agnew, Belfast Merchant Families in the Seventeenth Century, (Four Courts Press, 1996), Appendix A, pages 212-214. [S0163] Henry A.S. Upton, A List of the Governors and Deputy Governors of Counties in Ireland in 1699, (Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Sixth Series), Page 37. [S0435] Registered Pedigrees Vol. 15, ca. 1813-1839, (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts), Brice; Page 378 (http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000530338#page/192/mode/1up). [S0157] Samuel M'Skimin, History and Antiquities of Carrickfergus (3rd Edition), (Belfast, 1829), Page 333. [S0162] Ancestry, Ireland, Index to the Prerogative Wills, 1536-1810, (ancestry.co.uk), Brice.