Dyton family of Newtownpark (1776 -1796)
Timothy Dyton married Alice James
died July 1796 11 Jun 1761
Newpark St Andrews
Timothy Dyton married Alice James, a widow with 3 children on 11 Jun 1761
at St Andrews, Dublin. Alice was the widow of Richard James, of Newton’s Head,
opposite Sycamore Alley in Dame Street and was the proprietor and printer of
The Dublin Gazette from 1754 until his death on 2 Mar 1757. The Dublin
Gazette was a newspaper printer under the authority of the Government. After
Richard’s death, Alice continued the business of bookseller and printer of the
Gazette until she married Timothy Dyton at which time he took over the business
and became an active member of the printers Guild of St Luke. Timothy was
master of St Patricks Hospital from 1757 but left the post in 1783 after he was
accused of the careless management of funds. He was attacked by footpads in
1769, he was uninjured but robbed of his watch, wallet and cloak.
Timothy took on his step son Richard James as an apprentice in 1763. Timothy’s
step daughter Mary married a Mr Vincent, she secondly married Sir St George
O’Kelly of Ballymacall in Co Meath on 8 Jun 1781 at Monkstown and had a
daughter Alice who married a Mr Whelan. St George was a widower, whose
daughter Mary had married Thomas Fleming, his wife Elizabeth Reilly died
February 1780.
Timothy went into partnership in 1782 with Sir O’Kelly and continued as
booksellers and printers of the Dublin Gazette and moved from 11 Dame Street
to 21 Ship Street.
A second apprentice of the business was James Noble who married widow Mary
Vincent of Newtownpark, a niece of Timothy Dyton in January 1776. They had two
children William and Elizabeth. James Noble, printer died at Nassau Street in
December 1780.
Timothy died at his home in Newtownpark in July 1796, and St George continued
the business until April 1799 when the printing of the Gazette was handed over to
the King’s printers without notice to St George. St George was Sheriff of Dublin in
1794 and knighted at Dublin Castle in June 1794. Lady O’Kelly died at Ship Street
in January 1802 and St George died in June same year and place. The house in
Newtown Park was advertised for sale by the trustees of Sir George in 1803
although this was contested by the Greggs and the Murrays, relatives of Lady O’Kelly.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – September 2019
Timothy Dyton married Alice James
died July 1796 11 Jun 1761
Newpark St Andrews
Timothy Dyton married Alice James, a widow with 3 children on 11 Jun 1761
at St Andrews, Dublin. Alice was the widow of Richard James, of Newton’s Head,
opposite Sycamore Alley in Dame Street and was the proprietor and printer of
The Dublin Gazette from 1754 until his death on 2 Mar 1757. The Dublin
Gazette was a newspaper printer under the authority of the Government. After
Richard’s death, Alice continued the business of bookseller and printer of the
Gazette until she married Timothy Dyton at which time he took over the business
and became an active member of the printers Guild of St Luke. Timothy was
master of St Patricks Hospital from 1757 but left the post in 1783 after he was
accused of the careless management of funds. He was attacked by footpads in
1769, he was uninjured but robbed of his watch, wallet and cloak.
Timothy took on his step son Richard James as an apprentice in 1763. Timothy’s
step daughter Mary married a Mr Vincent, she secondly married Sir St George
O’Kelly of Ballymacall in Co Meath on 8 Jun 1781 at Monkstown and had a
daughter Alice who married a Mr Whelan. St George was a widower, whose
daughter Mary had married Thomas Fleming, his wife Elizabeth Reilly died
February 1780.
Timothy went into partnership in 1782 with Sir O’Kelly and continued as
booksellers and printers of the Dublin Gazette and moved from 11 Dame Street
to 21 Ship Street.
A second apprentice of the business was James Noble who married widow Mary
Vincent of Newtownpark, a niece of Timothy Dyton in January 1776. They had two
children William and Elizabeth. James Noble, printer died at Nassau Street in
December 1780.
Timothy died at his home in Newtownpark in July 1796, and St George continued
the business until April 1799 when the printing of the Gazette was handed over to
the King’s printers without notice to St George. St George was Sheriff of Dublin in
1794 and knighted at Dublin Castle in June 1794. Lady O’Kelly died at Ship Street
in January 1802 and St George died in June same year and place. The house in
Newtown Park was advertised for sale by the trustees of Sir George in 1803
although this was contested by the Greggs and the Murrays, relatives of Lady O’Kelly.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – September 2019