Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameLt. Col. Willaim (II) Candler Esq
Birth25 Sep 1608, Ixworth, Suffolk, England
Death1680, Callan Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
FatherWilliam Candler (1582-~1609)
MotherHannah Fiske (1580-1616)
Spouses
Birth1598, Essex, Cambridgeshire, England
Death1641, Callan Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
Marriage1632, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
ChildrenMary Ann (~1621-<1669)
Notes for Lt. Col. Willaim (II) Candler Esq
According to members of the CANDLER family who have expanded on the earlier family research of kin Allan Candler, William Candler was born about 1610/12, possibly in London, of a family that originally came from Norfolk.
He married about 1634/35 and settled in Kent, possibly his wife's home county. The Candlers had several children but only two daughters survived infancy.
William's wife died during the English Civil War and shortly thereafter, William joined Parliamentary forces opposing the King. When William joined the Parliamentary Army, the young Candler daughters were placed in the care of relatives, but whether they were Candler's or his wife's relatives is unclear.
After the end of the Civil War, William Candler remained in the Army and subsequently volunteered for service in Ireland, attracted by the promise of Irish land grants when the Rebellion was put down. Once in Ireland, he remained for the rest of his life.
English regimental records show that William CANDLER was a Captain in the Army as early as 1647 and that he served in Ireland under Sir Hardress Waller from December 1649 through at least March 1655 when his unit was demobilized and given land in-lieu-of-back-pay in County Wexford. .
Candler held the rank of Captain throughout the Irish campaign but when he retired from the Army in 1655, he was cited for "bravery in the field" and breveted to the rank of Lt. Colonel and granted an estate at Balliknockan in Kings County, Ireland . Therefore, in late 1655, an unmarried William Candler remained in Ireland, recently retired from the Army with a nice Lt. Col's pension and substantial Irish property.
In the Petty Census of Ireland that was completed in early 1659, William Candler of Balliknockan is referred to as an "Esquire" and is shown as the head of a household containing four "English persons". Dr. Petty's charge was to firmly establish the English population of Ireland, and his count is considered to have been exceedingly accurate and complete. The King's County tabulation was taken before August, 1657). The Petty Census tells us that not only did William Candler retire from the Army with a Lt. Colonel's pension and an Irish estate, but he had subsequently been granted the hereditary title of Esquire. Since Candler certainly was not married from 1647 through 1655 while he was in the Army, it seems likely that his 1657 instant "family" probably included children from an earlier marriage. . His oldest son, Thomas Candler, born at Balliknockan in 1663 by his second wife, Ann Villiers Candler, had already acceded to his father's Esquire title at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Burrell in 1684.
Callan Castle is the name William Cander gave to his property in Callan, County Kilkenny. True, the property included the ruins of an old mote and bailey fort , but William Candler built and lived in a large manor house .
FAMILY HISTORY: ANTHONY ROOTS AND BRANCHES, By Nancy Jacob, FHL 929.273 An86j 1983 Vol. 2: pg 54: "William Candler of the family Essex and Northampton Counties of England came to Ireland in 1648 as captain in the regiment commanded by Sir Hardress Waller. He afterwards won, by meritoriuous conduct, a promotion to Lieut. Col. and was personally invested by Crowmwell with the barony of Callan Castle about 1653 located 6 miles from Kilkenny. Callan was defended by a wall and three castles; Butler's Castle, Skerry Castle and the Great Castle. Its garrison fought bravely, but finally Cromwell's army stormed the Great Castle and put all the defenders to the sword. Butler's Castle surendered and the men were spared. Skerry fought desperately and refused to surrender. While the English were unable to make a break in the wall they scalded the defenders to death.
He married about 1634/35 and settled in Kent, possibly his wife's home county. The Candlers had several children but only two daughters survived infancy.
William's wife died during the English Civil War and shortly thereafter, William joined Parliamentary forces opposing the King. When William joined the Parliamentary Army, the young Candler daughters were placed in the care of relatives, but whether they were Candler's or his wife's relatives is unclear.
After the end of the Civil War, William Candler remained in the Army and subsequently volunteered for service in Ireland, attracted by the promise of Irish land grants when the Rebellion was put down. Once in Ireland, he remained for the rest of his life.
English regimental records show that William CANDLER was a Captain in the Army as early as 1647 and that he served in Ireland under Sir Hardress Waller from December 1649 through at least March 1655 when his unit was demobilized and given land in-lieu-of-back-pay in County Wexford. .
Candler held the rank of Captain throughout the Irish campaign but when he retired from the Army in 1655, he was cited for "bravery in the field" and breveted to the rank of Lt. Colonel and granted an estate at Balliknockan in Kings County, Ireland . Therefore, in late 1655, an unmarried William Candler remained in Ireland, recently retired from the Army with a nice Lt. Col's pension and substantial Irish property.
In the Petty Census of Ireland that was completed in early 1659, William Candler of Balliknockan is referred to as an "Esquire" and is shown as the head of a household containing four "English persons". Dr. Petty's charge was to firmly establish the English population of Ireland, and his count is considered to have been exceedingly accurate and complete. The King's County tabulation was taken before August, 1657). The Petty Census tells us that not only did William Candler retire from the Army with a Lt. Colonel's pension and an Irish estate, but he had subsequently been granted the hereditary title of Esquire. Since Candler certainly was not married from 1647 through 1655 while he was in the Army, it seems likely that his 1657 instant "family" probably included children from an earlier marriage. . His oldest son, Thomas Candler, born at Balliknockan in 1663 by his second wife, Ann Villiers Candler, had already acceded to his father's Esquire title at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Burrell in 1684.
Callan Castle is the name William Cander gave to his property in Callan, County Kilkenny. True, the property included the ruins of an old mote and bailey fort , but William Candler built and lived in a large manor house .
FAMILY HISTORY: ANTHONY ROOTS AND BRANCHES, By Nancy Jacob, FHL 929.273 An86j 1983 Vol. 2: pg 54: "William Candler of the family Essex and Northampton Counties of England came to Ireland in 1648 as captain in the regiment commanded by Sir Hardress Waller. He afterwards won, by meritoriuous conduct, a promotion to Lieut. Col. and was personally invested by Crowmwell with the barony of Callan Castle about 1653 located 6 miles from Kilkenny. Callan was defended by a wall and three castles; Butler's Castle, Skerry Castle and the Great Castle. Its garrison fought bravely, but finally Cromwell's army stormed the Great Castle and put all the defenders to the sword. Butler's Castle surendered and the men were spared. Skerry fought desperately and refused to surrender. While the English were unable to make a break in the wall they scalded the defenders to death.