Samuel Blennerhassett
Samuel Blennerhassett,
born 1709,
of Tralee.
He
mar
Catherine Connor.
He died 24 Oct 1794
[Bill Jehan]
or Nov 1794 [grave],
age 85 yrs.
He was bur Ballyseedy church.
They had issue:
- Henry Blennerhassett,
born 1734.
He was a solicitor, of Dublin.
He
mar Mary Poujade.
Marriage settlement dated 5 Jan 1759.
Henry and Mary separated. Deed of separation 26 Mar 1784.
Mary's will dated 1 Jan 1802. Described as of St.Andrew St, Dublin.
Her will proved 25 May 1803.
Will burnt in 1922.
But notes survive in
[D950/1/9].
See pp.22-23
and p.47
and pp.48-49
and p.50
and p.52.
See also abstract of her will in
[MGH, 1883].
Henry died 15 Apr 1816, age 82 yrs.
He was bur Ballyseedy church.
Henry and Mary
had issue:
- John Henry Blennerhassett.
He mar 1stly to Elizabeth O'Connell.
Mar licence dated 1791.
See note in [D950/1/9, p.24].
John Henry Blennerhassett, of Terrace, Tralee,
a Protestant, is
listed
among
Tralee Voters in 1835.
He
had issue by 1st wife:
- Anne Blennerhassett,
mar Rowland Tallis Eagar and had issue.
- Mary Blennerhassett,
born Ireland,
1767.
[Burkes Irish, 1976]
says born 1764.
Age in 1851 census would say born 1776.
She
mar 1791 to Capt. Thomas Blennerhassett and had issue.
- Charlotte Blennerhassett.
She mar Rowland Eagar.
Mar licence dated 1793.
See note in [D950/1/9, p.25].
- Avice Blennerhassett, born 1742.
Some sources have her as "Anne".
But marriage to John Moore Eagar says "Avice".
She mar 1stly to John Hoare.
She
mar 2ndly, pre-1776, to Robert Blennerhassett and had issue.
At 3rd marriage in 1807, she was age 65 and husband was age 36.
The ages are so strange that the Rector notes them.
She
mar 3rdly, 18 Nov 1807
[Tralee CoI par records]
to John Moore Eagar [born 1771, a generation younger than her].
Graves at Ballyseedy church.
From
p.598
of
vol.7 (1908)
of
[JMD].
Notes on this branch on
p.335
of [Hickson, 1872].
Avice Blennerhassett
Extract from EAGAR in
[Burkes Irish, 1958].
Lists John Moore Eagar's wife as "Anne" and as widow of "John Blennerhassett".
Extracts from BLENNERHASSETT in [Burkes Irish, 1976].
These now give her husband as Robert Blennerhassett, but still call her Anne.
She is "Avice" in her
marriage in 1807 to John Moore Eagar.
From Tralee par records.
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