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Hickson

Thomas Hickson,
of Gowlane.
He mar Katherine Hussey.
They had issue:

John Hickson.
See wikitree.
He mar Susan Fitzgerald.
They had issue:

1. Christopher Hickson.
   He mar Elizabeth Conway.
   They had issue:

   
   

   1. Robert Hickson,
      Robert Christopher Hickson.
      He mar 1770 to Mary Hickson.
      They were 1st cousins.
      They lived Tralee.
      Living Tralee as at 1798.
      Later (after 1802) of Fermoyle House, Co. Kerry.
      They had issue:
      1. Catherine Hickson,
         eldest dau, born 1779.
         Living Tralee at mar.
         She mar 22 May 1798 to Robert Arthur Blennerhassett. No issue.
         They were 1st cousins through her mother Mary Hickson.
         They mar at Tralee CoI church.

   
   

2. James Hickson.
   See wikitree.
   He mar Rosanna Kane.
   They had issue:

   
   

   1. Rosanna Hickson.
      She mar Arthur Blennerhassett, of Fortfield [born est c.1745] and had issue.
      Ancestors of Blennerhassett Baronets from the 3rd Baronet on.

      
      

   2. Mary Hickson.
      She mar 1770 to Robert Hickson and had issue.

   
   

3. John Hickson.
   See wikitree.
   He mar Ellen Trant.
   They had issue:

   
   

   1. James John Hickson.
      He mar Mary O'Connell.
      They had issue:
      1. John James Hickson.
         He mar 1809 to Sarah Day.
         They had issue:

         
         

         1. Mary Agnes Hickson,
            born 27 November 1825, Nelson St, Tralee,
            bapt 1 December 1825 [Tralee CoI par records].
            Not to be confused with an earlier Mary who was born in 1811 and died young.
            Co.Kerry genealogist and historian.
            See wikipedia and wikitree.
            See her works.
            See controversy with James Franklin Fuller in Kerry Evening Post 1893.
            See historical articles in Kerry Evening Post 1897.
            She wrote to Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay in 1897.
            She died unmarried in Mitchelstown, Co.Cork, 6 Apr 1899, age 73 yrs.
            She was bur St.John's graveyard, Tralee (a bit out of town N of St.John's church, see modern street view).
            See reprints of historical articles in Kerry Evening Post 1908.

Grave of Mary Agnes Hickson.
Near main entrance of St.John's graveyard, Tralee.
See full size. See other shot.
See wider shot showing location.
Photos 2006 by Kate Healy Coburn.

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References

• "Hicksons of Fermoyle, Genealogical Notices" in [O'Kief, vol.5, p.455].

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Sources yet to be consulted

• Hickson on pp.207-211 and p.239 of [Hickson, 1874].

• Hickson in [Denny, 1923]

• Hickson copy (with hand-written notes) of Smith's History of Kerry [Smith, 1756].
  • See cover. Says owned by John James Hickson. But presumably the notes are by Mary Agnes Hickson.
  • See hand-written notes inside cover and on pp.52-53 and on pp.54-55 and page at back.