CO-SMCY-0799

Record Date: 
9 August 2013
Graveyard: 
Collegiate Church of Saint Mary
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Mr. John Rea

by his last will and testament

dated the 4th day of July 1795

made a charitable bequest of

the sum of

one hundred pounds

the interest arising therefrom

to be annually distributed

by the church wardens

to the poor on the church books.

Memorial Type: 
Wall or mural tablet
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.955073429952
Longitude: 
-7.8534811699989
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Rea
Date of death - year: 
1795
Notes: 

In an "Account of Youghal Church, College and Sir W Raleigh's house" (The Topographer and Geneologist", Samuel Hayman) this wooden tablet is described along with the addition "Two of his lineal descendants received some of it, together with the other Protestant poor  of the parish, at the last distribution"