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James Carrique Ponsonby
The family of Carrique Ponsonby (or sometimes Carrigue Ponsonby) of Crotto, Co.Kerry.
- References:
- Marriage settlement of James Carrique Ponsonby and Mary O'Hara, two deeds:
- Deed, Ponsonby to O'Hara, dated 3 May 1766, registered 12 May 1766, [LR] vol. 251 p.79 no. 160211 (NOT p.77). This is about extensive Ponsonby lands in Co.Kerry and Co.Limerick.
- Deed, O'Hara to Ponsonby, dated 2 and 3 May 1766, registered 12 May 1766, [LR] vol. 251 p.81 no. 160212. This is about extensive O'Hara lands in Co.Sligo.
- The Clare St, Dublin, property:
- Deed, Shiel to Ponsonby, dated 30 June 1769, registered 1 July 1769, [LR] vol.272 p.562 no.176498 (NOT p.527).
- Deed, Ponsonby to O'Hara, dated 7 Nov 1770, registered 10 Nov 1770, [LR] 283 167 183578.
- Marriage settlement of James Carrique Ponsonby and Mary O'Hara, two deeds:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
- Deed, 3 Mar 1781, between James Carrique Ponsonby,
of Crotto, Co.Kerry, and Thomas Rice of Dublin.
Deed wit by
Henry Blennerhassett.
Quoted in
[Ponsonby, 1929].
- Private Irish statutes 1534-1800
- Act of Parliament, 1781-82 (21 and 22 George III) chapter 5P. "For vesting in trustees the settled estate of James Carrique Ponsonby, esquire in co. Limerick, and certain parts of his unsettled estate in co. Kerry".
- Deed, 3 Mar 1781, between James Carrique Ponsonby,
of Crotto, Co.Kerry, and Thomas Rice of Dublin.
Deed wit by
Henry Blennerhassett.
Quoted in
[Ponsonby, 1929].
James Carrique Ponsonby,
of Crotto, Co.Kerry,
mar [Marriage settlement, May 1766] to Mary O'Hara [only dau of Charles O'Hara of "Nymphsfield" or "Nymph's field" or "Nympsfield", Co.Sligo],
"Nymph's field" is unidentified, there is a Nymphsfield in Cong par, far S of Co.Mayo, on Co.Galway border, but this is a long way from Co.Sligo,
the land records clearly show the O'Hara lands were in Co.Sligo,
in [Deed, 1769] he takes possession of a property in Clare St, Dublin (see map), deed witnessed by "Rowland Blennerhassett of Dublin" (unidentified),
in [Deed, 1770] he transfers the Clare St, Dublin, property to his father-in-law Charles O'Hara,
MP for Tulsk 1776-83,
he may be "James Ponsonby" who is Lieutenant Colonel in the Kerry Legion as at 1779 [Fuller, 1919],
[Deed, 1829] says the original inheritance at the marriage settlement 1766 was £6,000 off lands in Co.Limerick, and the said lands were exchanged by Act of Parliament 1781-82 for other lands in Co.Kerry,
High Sheriff of Co. Kerry 1781-82,
MP for Tralee 1783, to apparently 1790 [Kerry MPs],
he died Dec 1796,
Mary died pre-1799,
[Deed, 1829] said they had only two children,
had issue:
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William Ponsonby,
William Carrique Ponsonby, of Crotto, eldest son.
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Richard Ponsonby,
Richard Carrique Ponsonby, of Crotto, younger son.
