Person:Thomas Semple (6)

Timeline

1650 - Born - Castlefinn, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

DONAGHMORE, a parish, in the barony of RAPHOE, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER; containing, with the post-town of Castlefinn.

1663 - Muster Roll of Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland - Thomas Semple was given a sword. - The Muster Roll of the

LondonDerry 1630 and 1663 - 'THE NAMES OF THE MEN & ARMES OF THE LIBERTYES OF LONDONDERRY"

1689 - Present at the Siege of Derry, Ireland - One of the Clergy that Remained in Londonderry, County Derry, during this Siege. Was of the Episcopalian Church of Ireland and "A Conformist." - The Protestant ministers in the city were not divided in the same proportions as the people. Among them the Episcopalians were as eighteen to eight. The following were the names of the Episcopalians who were in the city during the siege:

George Walker, of Donaghmore, Dungannon

Michael Clenakan,[8] Derry. Diocese of Derry

Seth Whittel, Bellaghy. (d) Diocese of Derry

James Watmough, of Errigal, Garvagh. (d) Diocese of Derry

Richard Crowther, Curate of Cumber. (d) Diocese of Derry

Thomas Sempel, Curate of Donaghmore.[9] Diocese of Derry

Robert Morgan, Curate of Cappagh. Diocese of Derry

John Rowan, of Balteagh. (d)

Thomas [10] Jenny, Prebend of Mullaghbrack. Diocese of Armagh

John Campbell, of Seago. Diocese of Armagh

Moses Davies, of Stewartstown. Diocese of Armagh

Andrew Robinson, of Stewartstown.[11] Diocese of Armagh

Bartholomew Black, Curate of Aghalow. Diocese of Armagh

———-Ellingworth, near Newry. (d) Diocese of Armagh

John Knox, of Glaslough. Diocese of Clogher

——- Johnson, of ——— Diocese of Clogher

———Christy, of Monaghan Diocese of Clogher

William Cunningham, of Killeshandra, in Diocese of Kilmore.[12]

Those marked thus (d) died during the siege.

[9] This is Donaghmore, County Donegal, Ireland

24 May 1690 - Curate of Balteagh, Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland until March of 1702.

14 Apr 1702 - Curate of Aghanloo, Limavady, County Londonderry, Ireland until his death.

1723 - Aghanloo, Limavady, County Londonderry, Ireland

Thomas Semple

• Remained inside the city walls during the Siege of Derry

Before and during the Siege, Thomas was probably the episcopal minister of this cathedral - Cathedral Church of St. Columb Built between 1628 and 1633 by the Honourable the Irish Society, the Cathedral was used by both Episcopalians and Presbyterians for worship during the Siege. A hollow shell fired into the City on 10 July 1689 carried an offer and terms of surrender to the citizens. The shell now sits on a pedestal at the entrance hall to the Cathedral. Governor Walker’s Bible and the locks of the Gates are also preserved in the Cathedral's Chapter House.

During the Siege the Cathedral’s tower acted as the signalling station to those outside the City. The crimson flag flown from the Cathedral was the sign of ‘distress’. It also informed the relief ships beyond the boom on the river that the City had not been taken. Following the siege the colour crimson was adopted as the commemorative Siege Colour and remains as the colour of the Apprentice Boys today.

The Apprentice Boys Association attends annual Thanksgiving Services in the Cathedral to commemorate the Shutting of the Gates and the Relief of City.

St Columb’s was the first Cathedral to be erected in the British Isles following the Reformation.

SOURCE URL: http://www.siegeheroestrail.com/mobile#trail-8

Search Request

There is a Register [The register of Derry Cathedral (S. Colomb's), parish of Templemore, Londonderry, 1642-1703] in my References, if someone could find or research the Semple name and it's surname varients and advise back to me what they find, it would greatly be appreciated.

1.   Graham, John. A history of the siege of Londonderry and defence of Enniskillen, in 1688 and 1689: with historical poetry and biographical notes, etc. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994)
   Page 137.

   Thomas Sempel, Curate of Donaghmore. Diocese of Derry. (ie. This is Donaghmore, County Donegal, Ireland).

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ulster Archaeological Society. Ulster Archaelogical Society newsletter. (Belfast: The Society], 1981-)
   Volume 2, Page 20 of 36.

   Thomas Semple - 14 Apr 1702 - Curate of Aghanloo, Limavady, County Londonderry, Ireland until his death in 1723.
   
   Also,
   
   05 June 1717 - Gervase Semple a.m. Read assent, 16 June. Died in 1727. Diocese of Derry. Mother: Mildred ? (ie. baptised at Templemore, Londonderry in 20 Jan 1690 and mother Mildred ? (ie. ? is blank in the record, probable surname Gervais ? may be from the French Huguenot Gervais Family with ties to Waterford, Ireland and large land holdings in County Tyrone -THE GERVAIS FAMILY WERE MAJOR LANDOWNERS IN COUNTY TYRONE, WITH 7,727 ACRES 'Cecil Manor'

3.   Church of Ireland. Cathedral Church of St. Columb (Londonderry, Ireland), and Richard Hayes. The register of Derry Cathedral (S. Colomb's), parish of Templemore, Londonderry, 1642-1703. (s.n., 198-?).

   I have a Search Request for the surname Semple Sempill Sempil and surname varients from this register...Please

4.   Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family.
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Walker, George. Walker's diary of the seige of Derry in 1688-89. (Londonderry: Printed by James Hempton, 1895).
6.   Thomas Witherow, D.D. Derry and Enniskillen in the Year 1689. (http://www.libraryireland.com/Derry1689/Contents.php)
   Chapter VIII.

   
   |The Clergy at the Siege of Derry