DONE

DONE first pass of:

• BLENNERHASSETT in Hickson's Old Kerry Records (2 vols).
• BLENNERHASSETT in [Hickson, 1884].
• BLENNERHASSETT in [ffolliott, Cork, Kerry]
• ROWAN in [Denny, 1923]
• [Correspondence of Daniel O'Connell].

Denny, 1923

• Working through [Denny, 1923]
• DONE: Expanded Blennerhassett
• DONE: Expanded Eagar
• DONE: Expanded Kilgobbin church / parish records

• DONE: Expanded Killarney church / parish records. See p.41 and p.42.
• This says there is a Killarney church reference in Cork Examiner, 28 Mar 1910. But I cannot see it.

To do

• Expand all my entries.
• Go through complete Addenda p.i and p.ii and p.iii and p.iv. DONE Blennerhassett and Cashell.

• Revisit for DENNY and all church/parish topics.

• Royal Descents

• Tralee on p.45 and p.46

NAI

1. Garvey research.
   Notes from lost Blennerhassett wills. See list.

2. Business Records Survey no.117
   • This is an old PRO reference, from 1989. This item cannot now be found in NAI. It may be in [KCL].
   • See original reference.
   • From [Kelly and others, 1989, p.396].
   • It has a Blennerhassett/Chute deed of 1804 relating to Blennerville. It may have more deeds and papers.

3. Blennerhassett in [Crossle Genealogical Abstracts]. Does not look relevant.

4. BLENNERHASSETT in [O'Kief]

CSORP

1. Search - 1834 on - Blennerville, Churchtown, Blennerhassett
2. Search - Yielding
3. Search - Butler - too many hits

Petty Sessions

• Is George Cashel ever mentioned in petty sessions before 1828? Search:
  • Tralee petty sessions
  • Castlegregory petty sessions, near Tralee.
  • O'Dorney petty sessions, near Tralee.
  • Miltown petty sessions
  • Killorglin petty sessions
  • Killarney petty sessions
  • Coolmagort petty sessions, near Killarney.
  • Sixmilebridge petty sessions, near Killarney.

• DONE - Searched Ancestry online.
• Findmypast online - No records for Co.Kerry before 1851. More to come online though.
• Try originals in NAI.

List of JPs

• "A.Blennerhassett J.P." in 1828
• Cashel had to be personally known to him
• Cashel had to use a local J.P. - same parish
• Is there an exhaustive list of J.P.'s of Co.Kerry and what times they served?
• Grand Jury Reports for Kerry may list JPs.
• Magistrates in Commission of Peace in Ireland, 1831
• Magistrates, 1834, Co. Kerry
• Magistrates in Commission of Peace in Ireland, 1835
• Magistrates, 1835, Co. Kerry
• NAI may have Court Records - think appointed for life - need list of when appointed
• would High Sheriff of Co.Kerry mean NOT J.P.?

Wills

The Baronets family had lots of wills, but, like most Irish wills, almost all were burnt in 1922.
We can continue to hunt for copies and abstracts.

• DONE - Searched Testamentary Index for: Blennerhassett, Chute, Yielding, Hurly
• DONE - Searched Wills 1858 on for: Blennerhassett
• DONE - Searched BLENNERHASSETT in Irish will index, 1828-1839 (index into summaries)
• DONE - Searched Prerogative Will book for 1834 (A-E). [NAI] microfilm MFGS 41/7. Index at end. No Blennerhassett or Cashel.
• Other will transcripts in microfilm MFGS 41 are not right dates for any of our wanted Blennerhassett wills.
• [Betham abstracts] has no Blennerhassett after 1800.

To do

• See these wills:
  • T 11806. Richard Chute, will 1861.
  • T 11684. Theodora Eliza Chute, admin 1915.

NLI

1. Find every reference to early Blennerhassetts in [Journals of the House of Commons of Ireland].
   • DONE first pass of vol.1.

2. Eagar, 1861

3. Blennerhassett reference in [O'Hart], 4th edn, 1887, 1:818.
   • Might be only a small reference.
   • No Blennerhassett pedigree in 3rd or 5th edns.

4. Trinity College Estate, 1800-1923, Robert MacCarthy, 1992.

5. The College: A History of Queen's University College Cork by John A. Murphy, 1995.

6. [JMD] reference:
   • [Denny, 1923] has a reference to Blennerhassett in "Funeral Entries" on p.350 of [JMD, vol.7].
   • "Funeral Entries" seems to have its own page numbering. Cannot see it in online copies of vol.7, part 1 or part 2.
   • See original paper publication of vol.7. "Funeral Entries" may be a separate volume.
   • It might possibly refer to vol.9.

DONE

1. Go through BLENNERHASSETT in McAnlis.

2. DONE first pass of the following:
   • BLENNERHASSETT in NLI catalog
   • BLENNERHASSETT in Hayes.
     • Original p.248 and p.249.
     • Supplement p.56 and p.57.

   • ROWAN in NLI catalog
   • ROWAN in NLI Ms catalog

List of JP's

1. A List of the Justices of the Peace in Ireland, Dublin, 1844.
2. Find 1828 list. No list in NLI catalogue.

NLI Ms

1. Robert Blennerhassett's 1798 marriage settlement in D.27079 refers to Elizabeth Blennerhassett as "now the wife of Denis Murphy".
   Get image.

2. Rowan papers

3. O'Connell papers
   • Richard Francis Blennerhassett duel with Daniel O'Connell's brother, John O'Connell, Jan 1813.
     See: Letters of Daniel O'Connell to his wife, 1800-16.

NLI offsite

Off-site material must be ordered at least 5 working days in advance.

1. Arthur Blennerhassett of Blennerville is mentioned in connection with schools in Blennerville 1824 [Heritage Council, 2001].

2. Find BLENNERHASSETT in early [Debrett's Baronetage].
   • Probably not useful: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1829. 929721 d 2. Offsite Special Access.

Strange NA.UK entry about NLI

• "Discovery" at [NA.UK] has an unusual entry:
  Blennerhassett family, baronets, of Blennerville. Family and estate papers. 18th cent-19th cent. Held by: NLI.
  And then refers us to Hayes.
• However, nothing corresponding to this is found in Hayes.

Day diary, RIA

• Diary of Justice Robert Day
• [O'Carroll, 2004] printed and indexed:
  • Most of it (not all of it) for 1801-1829.
  • None of it for 1794 or 1830-1840.

• To do:
  • Read entire thing. Time consuming.

• Search for events:
  • Have done a quick search for specific events: Blennerhassett deaths in 1828 and 1831 and 1839. Nothing found.
  • Search for more events?

UCD

• O'Connell papers
  • Richard Francis Blennerhassett duel with Daniel O'Connell's brother, John O'Connell, Jan 1813.

Other Dublin

1. [DCA]
   • Find source for the Richard Yeilding entry in [Dublin directory, 1738].
   • This is a special modern compilation from various sources.
   • Think the Richard Yeilding entry is NOT from Watson's Almanack. It has no general list of people at this stage.
   • The Richard Yeilding entry might be from the collection of bail bonds of Apr-Sept 1738. Now in DCA.

2. GROI
   • Johanna Eagar
   • O'Donel
   • Hewson

Letters of any Co.Kerry gentry family around 1806

• It could be random if any Kerry people would mention our story in a letter around 1806.
• If a son of Rowland Blennerhassett had an affair with a servant, probably no one outside the family would mention it.
• If a daughter of Rowland Blennerhassett had an affair, it would be a big scandal, and almost any Co.Kerry family might mention it in gossip.

• Talbot Crosbie Papers.
  • Looking for any letters of James Crosbie, MP, of Ballyheigue, about 1st Baronet, around 1804-1809.
  • These are papers of Crosbie, Earl of Glandore, family though.
  • Would be in the time of John Crosbie, 2nd Earl of Glandore.

• McGillycuddy papers.
  • Blennerhassett on pages xxxi, xxxii, 83, 111, 200.
  • Where are originals?

• Papers of Browne, Viscount Kenmare.

• Papers of Herbert of Muckross.

Knight of Kerry papers

• In the 19th century a collection was made of Knight of Kerry papers.
• Mainly letters of 17th Knight of Kerry and 18th Knight of Kerry. 1750 to 1850 period.
• The 17th Knight was born 1717, succ 1779, died 1781. See him at wikitree and genealogics and thepeerage.
• The 18th Knight was born 1774, succ 1781, died 1849. After his father's death, he was the ward of Judge Robert Day of Tralee.
• There are 18 volumes. Vols 1 to 17 are in family possession.
• Vol.18 is letters dated 1796 to 1884 "abstracted from the general series because of the celebrity of the correspondents".

• [PRO.NI]
  • Home page
  • Catalogue
  • Vols 1 to 17 on microfilm. MIC/639 (MIC639/1 to MIC639/9).
  • Vol.18. Photocopy in T/3075.
  • The PRO.NI website has an index, and summaries of the letters, and sometimes complete transcripts.
  • Due to site design, it is impossible to link to the PRO.NI summaries and transcripts.
  • To see them, go to Search and then:
    • PRONI Ref: MIC639* - More
    • PRONI Ref: T3075 - More

• DONE - Mostly done the Knight of Kerry papers, using PRO.NI website.
  • DONE - In the PRO.NI summaries, I have done first pass of searches for: Blen, Hasset, Rowl, Cashel
  • To do: Vol.18. T3075/18/1 to T3075/18/145. Need to order as a single item, not 145 orders.

• [NLI]
  • Vols 1 to 17 on microfilm. POS 9074-9082
  • POS 9082 has Vol 17 plus index of correspondents.
  • NLI is meant to have Vol 18 original but can't find ref.
  • To do: Find Vol.18

• Denny papers
  • Transcripts of Knight of Kerry letters

  Dates	PRO.NI online text	NLI microfilm images
  1783-1799	MIC/639/3	POS 9076
  1799-1803	MIC/639/4	POS 9077
  1803-1816	MIC/639/5	POS 9078
  1816-1828	MIC/639/6	POS 9079
  1828-1834	MIC/639/7	POS 9080
  1835-1847	MIC/639/8	POS 9081

DONE - Searched other Knight of Kerry letters:

• Ms 29,065. Correspondence between Maurice "Hunting Cap" O'Connell and Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight of Kerry. 1803.

Dublin Castle letters about Baronetcy, 1804 to 1809

It seems a Baronetcy for Rowland Blennerhassett would have been discussed in Dublin Castle from 1804 to 1809.
Letters may refer to arguments for and against.
Dublin Castle papers of this time could be in various places. (NLI, BL, etc.)
Look for indexed papers.

• Chief Secretary for Ireland in this period:
  • Sir Evan Nepean 1804-05
  • Nicholas Vansittart 1805
  • Charles Long 1805-06
  • William Elliot 1806-07
  • Sir Arthur Wellesley 1807-09

• Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in this period:
  • Earl of Hardwicke 1801-05
  • Earl of Powis 1805-06
  • Duke of Bedford 1806-07
  • Duke of Richmond 1807-1813

KCL

Papers

1. P30 Blennerhassett papers
   Seems to be mainly Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy, but family tree may show other lines.

2. Collins papers again.
   • DONE first pass.

3. Chute papers
   • DONE first pass.
   • To do: Look through SL/B/1-5 again looking for postage stamps (DNA).

Other

1. Go through Blennerhassett BMD notes from newspapers.
   See p.1 and p.2. And abbreviations p.1 and p.2.

2. Go through Kerry Archives Collection

3. Rental books of the Denny estate
   • [Denny, 1923] says these mention Blennerhassett and Cashell.
   • Tralee Miscellany, vol.5, is supposed to have extracts from the Rental Book of the Denny estate. But cannot see that.

4. Tralee Protestant par records, Hickson
5. McMorran, history of Tralee
6. BLENNERHASSETT in [Godfrey Papers]

DONE

1. BLENNERHASSETT in main card index
2. BLENNERHASSETT in genealogy card index
3. BLENNERHASSETT folder in Local History filing cabinet
4. BLENNERHASSETT in Journal of the KAHS
5. BLENNERHASSETT in the old Kerry Magazine
6. BLENNERHASSETT in index of Hickson
7. Genealogy shelf up to: personal family histories

Kerry graveyards

Graves of Baronets family.

• Dromavally, near Killorglin.
  • Search for Kilcolman burials. When do they cover Dromavally?
  • Can we identify the Blennerhassett vault?

• Arthur Blennerhassett tomb, Blennerville. There might have been more graves, but church and site were cleared.

• Churchtown House is beside Knockane church and graveyard.

Limerick

1. Local custody - St.Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, par records.
   • Millicent Agnes Yielding bapt 18 Dec 1742.
   • Microfilm copy of original in [NAI] Microfilm 15. Have done first pass.

PRO.NI

1. Garvey research again.
   Search for any more material by author of D950/1/9 (Blennerhassett).
   Understand the system of notebooks.

   
   

2. O'Donel papers again. Read full deed of 1861.

3. Knight of Kerry letters. See vol.18.

UK

1. GRO.UK
   • Goold-Adams
   • Mahony
   • Le Jeune

2. Cambridge again - 4th Baronet papers.
   • Did first pass of Add.7486/50/5. Could do more.
   • Add.7486/32. Lectures given by the 4th Baronet at Queen's College Cork, on French history, Jan-Mar 1898.
   • Add.7486/33. Lectures and articles of Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 1897-1906. Apparently includes speech by the 4th Baronet at Queen's College Cork, 11 Dec 1897.

3. Various locations in UK
   • Other papers of 4th Baronet and wife

4. Shropshire
   • Kynnersley-Browne papers.

5. BL
   • Find BLENNERHASSETT in early [Debrett's Baronetage].

6. [SOG]
   • Irish will transcripts. Has some Ardfert wills. e.g. Thomas Blennerhassett 1743.
   • Where is full list?

LR

• Blennerhassett deeds in LR

DONE

• DONE - Looked at all Rowland Blennerhassett in 1758-1821
• DONE - Looked at all Robert Blennerhassett in 1800-1809
• DONE - Looked at all Baronet branch names in 1804-1859

Searching for Baronet branch deeds

• Robert (d.1765), Frances
  • Rowland (d.1821)
    • Millicent
    • Richard (d.1817), Agnes (d.1842)
    • Robert (d.1831)
    • Arthur (d.1839), Helena Jane (d.1846)
    • William (d.1842), Elizabeth (d.1857)
    • Rowland (d.1854), Letitia (d.pre-1855)
  • Arthur (d.1790), Catherine (d.1810)
    • Robert(d.1814), Catherine (d.1841)

• Find wills / will substitutes for Millicent's siblings.
• In a multi-person deed, the name it is listed under in the index is often fairly random. This is true for both the Grantor and Grantee side. Just need to search anything remotely plausible.
• (todo) Search for other Kerry surnames as Grantor to Blennerhassett.

To do

• 1838 deed of Robert Blennerhassett of Mount Rivers the younger. Possibly marriage settlement.
  Search for deeds related to Robert Blennerhassett and Catherine Crone.

• Find Chute mar settlement 1875. This refers to the lost will of the grandmother Helena Jane Mullins.

  
  

• Mark all searched deeds in yellow in table.

• Do similar table and search for all YIELDING / YEILDING deeds.
• Search BUTLER of Waterville/Belville. Going to be hard. Too many false hits.
• Search HASSETT.

• Find these:
  • Godfrey to Blennerhassett, 1788. [Deed, Dec 1802] refers to a deed of 25 Mar 1788 from Edward Godfrey to Rowland Blennerhassett about the house in Tralee where the 1st Baronet then lived.
    Searched Godfrey in Grantor index 1788 to 1792. Not found.

  • What appears to be yet another Deed of 25 Mar 1804. Richard Blennerhassett of Ballymacprior and Richard Chute of Chute Hall and Richard Blennerhassett of Blennerville. Transcript in [Kelly and others, 1989, p.396].
    Searched Blennerhassett in Grantor index 1804 to 1809. Not found.

Misc

• Irrelevant: Blennerhassett of Newmarket, Co.Cork.
  • Deed, 1784. Arthur Blennerhassett of Dublin and Melian Blennerhassett of Rathkeale, widow. 435 289 285306.
  • Deed, 1794. Melian Blennerhassett of Dublin, widow, to Stoughton. 479 449 308212 (think not 306212).
  • Deed, 1797. Melian Blennerhassett of Co.Cork, widow, and her dau Sarah. 511 40 330125.
  • Deed, 1800. Registered 1806. [LR] 584 158 396318. Arthur William Blennerhassett.

• Unidentified:
  • Deed, 1788. Registered 1788. [LR] 387 541 263841. Arthur Blennerhassett of Dublin and Thomas O'Connor.
  • Deed, 1792. Registered 1801. Robert Blennerhassett of Milltown, Co.Kerry, to John Shea. 537 207 352595.
  • Deed, 1796. Registered 1804. [LR] 564 95 376561. Arthur Blennerhassett of Tralee to John O'Hagan.
  • Deed, 1806. Registered 1806. [LR] 586 9 394547. Arthur Blennerhassett of Tralee to O'Connor.
  • Deed, 1809. Registered 1809. [LR] 613 260 418577. Arthur Blennerhassett of Dublin, attorney, and Michael Dwyer.
  • Deed, 1840. Registered 1840. [LR] 1840 19 100. Arthur Blennerhassett of "Ballyordey", Co.Kerry.

Letitia Yielding theory

• Letitia Yielding of Tralee
  • Some of the facts fit quite well.
  • See notes on Yielding theory.
  • See notes on Letitia Cashel.
  • Find more about the 1811 legal case.

Other theories

1. Arthur of Fortfield had a natural dau Elizabeth
   • She mar pre-1798 to Denis Murphy.
   • She cannot be mother of George Cashel.
   • Denis Murphy is alive in [Tithe Survey, 1823-37].
   • Try to find out what happened to Arthur Murphy (bapt 1799).

2. Oliver Mason Creagh mar Cashel
   • He mar 1stly in 1863 to Letitia Collis (born 1837), grand-dau of Rowland Blennerhassett and Letitia Hurly.
   • After she died he mar 2ndly in 1869 to Annie Cashel.

Google searches

Search with Cashell will include Cashel.
Search with Blennerhasset will include Blennerhassett.

Main searches:

• Blennerhasset Cashell
• Hassett Cashell
• Hasset Cashell

With George:

• Blennerhasset "George Cashel"
• Hassett "George Cashel"
• Hasset "George Cashel"

• Blennerhasset "George Cashell"
• Hassett "George Cashell"
• Hasset "George Cashell"

Alternative:

• Yielding Cashell
• Yeilding Cashell

• Butler Waterville Cashell
• Butler Belville Cashell