Intermarriage and Other Families
This page shows the interconnection between the Townsend/Townshend family and some of the thirty-five families with whom there were several marriages between 1700 and 1900. It also gives a brief historical background about those families. Names shown in italics indicate that the family shown is connected with the Townsend/Townshend elsewhere. Baldwin
The Baldwin family in Co Cork traces its origins to William Baldwin who was a ranger in the royal forests in Shropshire. He married Elinor, daughter of Sir Edward Herbert of Powys and went to Ireland in the late 16th century. His two sons settled in the Bandon area; the eldest brother, Walter, acquired land at Curravordy (Mount Pleasant) and Garrancoonig (Mossgrove) and the youngest, Thomas, purchased land at Lisnagat (Lissarda) adjacent to Curravordy. Walter’s son, also called Walter, was a Cromwellian soldier and it is through his son Herbert that the Baldwin family in Co Cork derives.
Colonel Richard Townesend [100] Herbert Baldwin b. 1618 d. 1692 of Curravordy Hildegardis Hyde m. 1670 d. 1696 Mary Kingston Marie Newce
Horatio Townsend [104] Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] Henry Baldwin Elizabeth Becher m. b. 1648 d. 1726 of Mossgrove 1697 Mary Synge m. 13 May 1682 b. 1666 d. 1750 Philip French = Penelope Townsend [119] Joanna Field m. 1695 m. 1713 b. 1697 Elizabeth French = William Baldwin John Townsend [300] Samuel Townsend [400] Henry Baldwin m. 1734 of Mossgrove b. 1691 d. 1756 b.1692 d. 1759 of Curravordy b.1701 d. 1743 Katherine Barry Dorothea Mansel m. 1725 b. 1701 d. ca 1769 Alicia Warren m. 1728 Henry Baldwin of Lissarda John Townsend [303] Edward Townsend [401] = Anna Baldwin m.176 2 Walter Baldwin d. ca 1790 b. ca 1730 b. 1727 d. 1806 Helena Becher m.1752 of Curravordy Katherine Morris m. 1726 Elizabeth Reddish Mary Hutchinson
Jonas Baldwin = Barbara Townsend [312] Samuel Townsend [405] = Mercy Baldwin of Lissarda m. 1793 b. 1768 d. 1836 m. 1794 Barry
The Barry family trace their origins to Sir Robert de Barri of Lismore who died in 1185. David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore and a direct descendant, married Lady Alice Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork in 1621 and left one son, Richard Barry, 2nd Earl of Barrymore whose second daughter, Lady Katherine Barry, married John Townsend, the eldest son of Colonel Richard Townsend.
Sir Robert de Barri
of Lismore Richard 2nd Earl of Barrymore Colonel Richard Townesend [100] b. 1630 d. 1694 b. 1618 d. 1692 Susan Killigrew m. 1666 Hildegardis Hyde Mary Kingston
Redmond Barry of Rathcormack Lady Katherine Barry = John Townsend [101] Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] Mary Boyle m. 1666 b. 1646? b. 1648 d. 1726 Mary Synge m. 1682 Colonel James Barry = Susannah Townsend [114] of Rathcormack
Katherine Barry = John Townsend [300]
b. 1691 d. 1756
Beamish
Amongst the list of English settlers in Ireland about the time of Queen Elizabeth I, appear the name of Beamish or Beamis. The lands granted to members of the family in Co Cork were confirmed to three brothers under an Act of Settlement by Patent in 1688. The Beamish family in Ireland derives from the second brother, Francis of Kilmaloda, an officer of the Bandon Militia in 1641, who married Katherine Bernard daughter of Francis Bernard of Castle Mahon in 1679. In the 1870s the Beamish estates in county Cork amounted to over 12,000 acres.
Richard Beamish of Mount Beamish married Mary Townsend [111] in 1695. Francis Beamish of Kilmaloda married Mary Townsend [138] in 1784. John Beamish married Elizabeth daughter of Dr James Edward Somerville, grandson of Mary Townsend [506] in 1871. William Delacour Beamish married Gertrude Mary Fitzgerald Townsend [555] in 1902.
Becher
Fane Becher, the third son of Henry Becher, Sheriff and Haberdasher of London, was granted over 12,000 acres in Co Cork during the reign of Elizabeth I. Fane’s grandson, Major Henry Becher, married Elizabeth Notte of Aughadown in 1636 and by her had a son, Colonel Thomas Becher of Sherkin Island and Aughadown, from whom the Becher family in Co Cork derives. He was an active, powerful man and his name features much in county Cork records. One of the richest men in the county with estates valued at £898 a year, he was aide-de- camp to King William III at the battle of the Boyne on 1st July 1690.
Colonel Richard Townesend [100] Colonel Thomas Becher MP b. 1618 d. 1692 of Baltimore Hildegardis Hyde Elizabeth Turner m. 1662 Mary Kingston Henry Becher Horatio Townsend = Elizabeth Becher Philip Townsend Bryan Townsend John Becher Lionel Becher of Aughadown [104] b. 1670 [106] [200] of Bristol of Sherkin b. 1664 d. 1738 m. 1697 d. 1697 b.1664 d. 1735 b. 1648 d. 1726 b. 1677 d. 1742 b. ca 1686 Catherine Owen Helena Galwey Mary Synge Hester Duddlestone Catherine Dunscombe m. 1698 m. 1705 m. 1682 m. 1695 m. 1712
Elizabeth Becher = Richard Townsend John Townsend Mary Townsend = John Becher Samuel Townsend Edward Becher d. 1743 [201] [300] [121] of Creagh [400] b. ca 1715 b. 1684 d. 1742 b. 1691 d. 1756 b. 1710 m. 1727 b.1700 b.1692 d. 1759 Mary ? Katherine Barry Dorothea Mansel
Colonel John Becher = Barbara Townsend Helena Becher = Edward Townsend Edward Becher
of Hollybrook [306] m. 1752 [401] of Ballycamclogh d. 1778 m. 1771 b. 1727 d. 1806 Jane Bousfield
m. 1756
Samuel Townsend Lionel Becher
[405] of Rock Castle b.1768 d. 1836 b. ca 1750
Mercy Baldwin Sarah Stammers m. 1794 m. 1782
Samuel Townsend = Charlotte Becher Anne Townsend = Edward Baldwin Becher
[412] b. 1820 d. 1881 [417] of Rock Castle
b. 1800 d. 1865 m. 1844 b. ca 1812 d. 1865 m. 1836
Carleton
Burke’s Irish Family Records 1912 records the lineage of the Carleton family of Co Cork deriving from Francis Carleton who was born in 1713, the third son of John Carleton of Darling Hill, High Sheriff for Tipperary in 1717. Francis married, Rebecca, daughter of Hugh Lawton of Castle Jane, Co. Cork in 1737.
Mildred Townsend [6A08] married Webber Carleton in about 1800. Edward Warren of Belleville, son of Anna Townsend [408] married Penelope Carleton in 1824.
Daunt
Thomas Daunt of Owlpen Manor in Gloucestershire went to Ireland in about 1585 and took up residence at Britfieldstown House, near Robert’s Cove in Co Cork. In 1588 he leased Tracton Abbey, Co Cork from Sir Warham St Leger and the following year purchased the Gortigrenane Estate from him. It is from his son, Thomas Daunt of Gortigrenane, that the Daunt family in Co Cork derives. Several members of the family owned property in the Kinsale area in the 1870s. These included the representatives of Achilles Daunt with 2000 acres, George Daunt with 1000 acres and William Henry Daunt of Fahalea, with 1,372 acres.
Colonel Richard Townsend [100] Thomas Daunt b. 1618 d. 25 Sep 1692 of Owlpen and Gortigrenane Hildegardis Hyde b. 1593 d. Dec 1669 Mary Kingston Catherine Clayton Captain Horatio Townsend [104] Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] Cornelius Townsend [108] Georged. ca 1700 Daunt b. 1648 d. 1726 b.1650 d. 1696 of NovohalElizabeth & Gortigrenane Becher Mary Synge Jane Swete b. 1630 d. 1697 m. 1697 m. 1682 Mary Turner
Richard Townsend [201] Henry Daunt John Townsend [300] Philip Townsend [500] John Townsend [122] Horatio Townsend [600] Thomas Daunt
b. 1684 d. 1742 of Knocknamanagh b.1691 d. 1756 b. 1700 d. 1786 b ca 1672 d. 1736 b. 1706 d. 1772 of Gortigrenane Mary Synge m. 1706 b. ca 1682 d. 1738 Katherine Barry Elizabeth Hungerford Margaret Bowdler Mary Hungerford b. 1675 d. 1747 Elizabeth Becher Anne Knolles m. 1706 m. 1733 Joanna Murphy m. 1739 Elizabeth Synge m. 1697
Horatio Townsend [130] Achilles Daunt b. 1699 d. 1764 b. 1702. d. 1760 Anne Richards Anne Daunt m. 1742
Maria Townsend = Thomas Daunt Achilles Daunt Philip Townsend Richard Townsend Edward Townsend Richard Townsend = Mildred Daunt [212] of Fahalea of Newborough [304] [501] [601] [6A00] b. 1747 b. 1707 d. 1755 b. 1707 d. 1779 b. 1735 d. 1794 Mary Delap b. 1736 d. 1817 b. 1741 d. 1819 b. ca 1750 d. 1805 m. 1772 m. 1746 Frances French Margaret Townsend Elizabeth Townsend m. 1747 [141] [144]
m. 1762 d. 1790 b. 1742 d. 1831 m. 1766 Thomas Digby Daunt = Frances Daunt John Townsend = Eleanor Townsend of Fahalea m. 1779 [316] [510] b. 1758 d. 1837 b. 1764 d. 1849 m. 1788 d. 1817
George Digby Daunt = Helena Townsend
of Broomley [619]
m. 1815 d. 1846 b. 1783 d. 1846
Eliza Daunt = John Townsend b.1818 d. 1904 [333]
m. 1867 b. 1805 d. 1883
De Burgh
The de Burgh family traces itself back to William de Burgh, brother of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, who received a grant of lands in Ireland in about 1185. The family, originally from Co Mayo, settled at Dromkeen in Co Limerick in the 15th century. In 1726 Thomas Burgh of Dromkeen, son of the Rev Richard Burgh, married his cousin Mary Burgh of Oldtown, Co Kildare and had a son Richard who when he died in 1762 left his estate to his cousin Walter Hussey. Distinguished as one of the most eloquent advocates at the Irish Bar and later Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, he held land in the parish of Dromkeen, Co Limerick, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. His son, John Hamilton Hussey de Burgh, married Louisa Jane Townsend [249] of Shepperton in 1844 and their daughter, Jane de Burgh married Henry John Townsend [251] in 1864
Fleming
The Fleming family in Co Cork is of Scottish origin and there are many Fleming monuments in Glasgow Cathedral; the crest and motto borne by the Flemings of New Court, Skibbereen are included in the East window. According to the book ‘Pooles of Mayfield’ the Fleming family in Ireland derives from Tom and Lionel Fleming who arrived in Youghal in Co Cork in the early 17th century. Lionel reputedly was a friend of William Wrixon with whom he went to Skibbereen where he settled and acted as land agent to the Becher family. The ‘Newcourt’ Flemings derive from his son, Stephen, who married in 1675 Mary Becher, sister of Colonel Thomas Becher of Baltimore (see Becher above). By 1870 the Fleming estate in Co Cork amounted to over 3000 acres, principally in the parishes of Aghadown and Kilmoe, West Carbery.
Colonel Richard Townesend [100] Lionel Fleming b. 1618 d. 1692 from Glasgow? Hildegardis Hyde Mary Kingston Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] Stephen Fleming b. 1648 d. 1726 m. 1675 Mary Synge m. 1682 Mary Becher
John Townsend [300] Philip Townsend [500] Lionel Fleming Horatio Townsend [600] b. 1691 d. 1756 b. 1700 d. 1786 Martha Ancram b.1706 d. 1772 Katherine Barry Elizabeth Hungerford m. 1733 Mary Hungerford m. 1739
Philip Townsend [304] Mary Townsend [506] Horatio Townsend [5D00] Lionel Fleming Samuel Townsend [6B00] Mary Delap b. 1739 d. 1815 b. 1749 d. 1837 Martha Wren b. 1753 d. 1800 Thomas Somerville Helena Meade m. 1785 m. 1750 Helena Robinson John Townsend [316] m. 1759 Katherine Corker m. 1787 m. 1782 b. 1764 d. 1849 Eleanor Townsend [510] Becher Fleming m. 1788 of Newcourt Agnes Somerville m. 1820 Judith Somerville
John Townsend [333] Eliza Townsend [5D05] Horatio Townsend [6B01] b. 1805 d. 1883 b. 1789 d. 1863 b. 1783 d. 1864 Martha Fleming m. 1838 Lionel Fleming Katherine Morris m. 1808
Eliza Daunt m. 1867 m. 1819 Henrietta Chetwood m. 1822
Becher Fleming of Newcourt Elizabeth Fleming = Horatio Townsend [6B05] Elizabeth Reeves m. 1894 b. 1830 d. 1895
French
This family descends from Richard French, who died in 1651 leaving a bequest to the poor of St. Finn Barr's parish in the city of Cork, which, in 1912, was still being paid from property belonging to the family. Richard French had five sons and four daughters. His eldest son was a magistrate and Mayor of Cork in 1696. By the mid 18th century Marino, Clonmel, Co Cork, was the seat of the French family. At the time of Griffith's Valuation (1850-58) the family owned about 2,550 acres in Co Cork.
Penelope Townsend [119] married Philip French of Rath in 1713. Susannah Townsend [505] married Michael French of Rath in about 1750.
Galwey
The Galwey family are a very old Co Cork family and can trace their ancestors back to the mid 14th century at which time they lived in Kinsale, having possibly migrated from Co Galway – hence the name. By the mid 16th century the Galweys were well established in Cork city and by the end of the 17th century were living at Lota. Throughout the early generations, several in the family held high civic office either as Alderman, Mayor of Cork or High Sheriff. Several members of the Galway family owned between 200-500 acres in the hinterland of Clonakilty in the 1870s and William Galway owned over 1300 acres at the same time.
Philip Townsend [106] married Helena Galwey in 1708. Janet Mary Townshend [5B11] married Charles Richard Galwey in 1870.
Herbert
Thomas Herbert of Kilcuagh, who went to Ireland under the care and patronage of his relative Lord Herbert of Cherbury and Castle Island in 1656, served as High Sheriff Co Kerry in 1659. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Kenny of Cullen that same year, and had two surviving sons – Edward Herbert of Muckruss and Arthur Herbert of Currans, Cahernane, and Brewsterfield. It is from these two sons that the Herbert family in Ireland derives. In the 1870s the Cahernane family estate amounted to over 3000 acres in Co Kerry.
Helena Townsend [218] married Arthur Herbert of Cahernane and Currans in about 1750. John Henry Townsend [238] married Mary Herbert of Myross Wood in 1849.
Hungerford
The Hungerford family traditionally claims descent from the Hungerfords of Farley in Somerset through Captain Thomas Hungerford. Thomas accompanied his relative, Colonel Sir Edward Hungerford of Farley Castle, on his expedition against Ireland in 1647 and subsequently purchased a number of estates. In 1674 he bought Rathbarry Castle from Edward Williams of Brechrock and the family remained there until Thomas’ son, Colonel Richard Hungerford, built a house at Inchydoney (The Island), near Clonakilty, which became the seat of his descendants. The Hungerfords married into many other influential families in the area including the Bechers, Jones’s and Daunts. Between 1852 and 1859 over 1600 acres of Hungerford land in East Carberry was offered for sale in Encumbered Estates Court/Landed Estates Court.
Colonel Richard Townsend [100] Captain Thomas Hungerford b. 1618 d. 1692 of Rathbarry Hildegardis Hyde Mary ? Mary Kingston
Colonel Richard Hungerford Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] Thomas Hungerford of The Island b. 1648 d. 1726 of Cahermore d. ca 1729 Mary Synge Frances Synge Mary Moore m. 1682 m. 1684
Rev Emmanuel Thomas Hungerford Col Thomas Hungerford Hungerford of The Island of Cahermore d. ca 1729 m. ? Susannah Becher Barbara Townsend [210] m. 1724
Richard Hungerford Horatio Townsend [600] Philip Townsend [500] John Townsend [300] Thomas Hungerford of The Island b. 1706 d. 1772 b. 1700 d. 1786 b.1691 d. 1756 of Cahermore Mary Becher m. 1738 Mary Hungerford Elizabeth Hungerford Katherine Barry Sarah Boisseau Mary Hungerford m. 1739 m. 1733 m. 1751
Thomas Hungerford Richard Hungerford Richard Townsend [501] Philip Townsend [304] Richard Hungerford
of The Island Mary Hungerford ? b. 1736 d. 1817 Mary Delap of Cahermore
Mary Cranfield Becher m. 1775 Eleanor Sealy m. 1762 Mary Shaw m. ca 1775
Richard Hungerford Richard Hungerford Eleanor Townsend [510] = John Townsend [316] Richard Townsend [315] Richard Hungerford of The Island b. 1776 m. 1788 d. 1817 b. 1764 d. 1849 Helena Hungerford b. ca 1776 Frances Eyre Becher Isabella Masters Agnes Somerville b. ca 1775 ? m. 1800 m. 1793 m. 1794 Richard Townsend [332] ?
? ? b. 1795 d. 1850
Elizabeth Hungerford b. ca 1800
Maunsell
The Maunsell family in Ireland derives from Thomas Maunsell of Vandy, Buckinghamshire,
who was a lawyer and served in Sir Francis Drake’s fleet against the Spanish Armada. He
retired in 1609 and settled at Mocollop, Co Waterford. The family later was given lands in
counties Galway and Limerick. Richard Maunsell settled in Limerick in the 18th century and
represented the city in Parliament from 1741 to 1761. His eldest son Thomas married Dorothea
Waller of Castle Waller and had four sons; of these Robert of Bank Place, Limerick had a
distinguished career in India and was a founder of Maunsells' Bank with his brother Thomas
and Sir Matthew Blakiston in 1789. Robert's descendants were living in Co Limerick in the late
19th century.
Dr Richard Townsend [530] married Katherine Hare Maunsell in 1863. Richard Horatio
Townsend [6A10] married Katherine’s sister, Frances Maria Maunsell in 1868. Alice Maud
Townsend [6A19] married Katherine’s brother, William Hare Maunsell, in 1884
Meade
The Meade family can trace its origins to Adam Meade who owned land in the area of Buttevant, Co Cork, in the early 14th century. Over the following three centuries several members of the family held notable positions in Co Cork, be it Mayor, Recorder, magistrate and latterly, Member of Parliament. In 1623 John Meade of Ballintober was knighted and it is from him that all subsequent generations of the family in Co Cork derive. He was succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel William Meade whose eldest son, John, was created a Baronet and was the ancestor of the Earls of Clanwilliam. In 1787 the Reverend John Meade, Rector of Ballymartle, near Kinsale, Co Cork, bought the estates of Ballymartle and Ballintober from his cousin John, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam. The family was the principal lessor in the parish of Ballymartle in the late 19th century owning over 2000 acres.
Colonel Richard Townsend [100] Lieut Col William Meade b. 1618 d. 1692 of Ballintober Hildegardis Hyde b.1612 d. 1692 Mary Kingston Elizabeth Travers
Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] Robert Meade Samuel Meade Cornelius Townsend [108] b. 1648 d. 1726 b.1645 m. 1682 m. 1st ? b. 1650? d. 1696 Mary Synge m. 1682 Frances Courthope Elizabeth Wallis Jane Swete nd m. 2 1716
Horatio Townsend [600] Philip Townsend [500] Helena Townsend [209] = Rev William Meade John Townsend [122] b. 1706 d. 1772 b. 1700 d. 1786 b. 1695 m. 1719 b.1685 d. 1764 d. 1736
Mary Hungerford Elizabeth Hungerford Margaret Bowdler m. 1739 m. 1733 Joanna Murphy
Susannah Townsend [604] = Rev John Meade Richard Townsend [501] Rev Robert Meade Rev William Meade Horatio Townsend [130] m. 1768 of Ballymartle b. 1736 d. 1817 of Dunderrow of Ringcurran b. 1699 d. 1764
b.1720 dsp 1800 Eleanor Sealy m. 1762 b.1722 b. 1779 b.1728 d. 1769 Anne Richards Charlotte Nisbett Martha Bourne m. 1753 m. 1759
Horatio Townsend [5D00] = Helena Mead Rev John Meade b. 1749 d. 1837 m.1785 of Ballintober b.1767 b. 1816
Thomas Townsend [509] Alice Corker Samuel Meade = Grace Townsend [142] b. 1770 d. 1847 m.1791 b.1711 d.1788 m. 1769 Martha Uniacke m. 1799
Thomas Townsend [5A00] Rev John Meade Richard Meade b. 1809 d. 1879 b.1792 b. 1864 b.1801 b. 1860 Sarah Wood m. 1816 Catherine Stephens Elizabeth Carr m. 1839
Richard Townsend [5A02] John Meade = Elizabeth Meade b. 1845 d. 1922 b.1819 d.1898 m. 1851 Arabella Denny m. 1874 Dr William Meade b.1862
Eliza Bullock
Henry Townsend [5A12] = Dorothea Meade
b. 1881 d. 1949 b.1892 m.1913 Morris
The Morris family in Co Cork originates from Leebotwood in the Parish of Condover,
Shropshire. It appears that the founders of the Irish branch of the family were two brothers,
Captain William Morris and Jonas Morris, sons of Abraham Morris and his wife, Elizabeth.
Captain William Morris of Benduff (Castle Salem) was granted almost 976 acres in the barony
of East and West Carbery in 1666 and a further 234 acres were granted in 1669. Benduff was
a Norman fortress, with walls eleven feet thick, situated in a secluded valley about a mile from
Rosscarbery that formerly belonged to Florence McCarthy; a Roman Catholic rebel whose
estates were seized by Cromwell. William’s great grandson, Abraham Morris of Dunkettle,
was a successful Cork Merchant who purchased a considerable amount of land from the
trustees of forfeited estates in the baronies of Barrymore, Duhallow and Muskerry. In the 1790s he was elected Member of Parliament for county Cork in a controversial election by which time he was well established at Dunkettle near Cork. In the latter half of the 19th century the Morris family owned 6,494 acres in Co Cork.
Abraham Morris Colonel Richard Townsend [100] Elizabeth ? b. 1618 d. 1692 Hildegardis Hyde Mary Kingston
Alderman Jonas Morris Captain William Morris Bryan Townsend [200] of Cork of Benduff (Castle Salem) b. 1648 d. 1726 d. 1680 Mary Synge m. 1682 Joyce Bowdler m.1652
John Townsend [300] Elizabeth Morris = Fortunas Morris Richard Townsend [201] Horatio Townsend [600] b. 1691 d. 1756 m. 1682 of Castle Salem b. 1684 d. 1742 b. 1706 d. 1772 Mary Hungerford Katherine Barry d. 1691 Mary Synge m. 1706 William Morr is Elizabeth Becher m. 1739 of Castle Salem d.1763
Dorothy Lackey m. 1707
Philip Townsend [304] Francis Jennison William Morris = Katherine Townsend [307] Jonas Morris = Mary Townsend [308] Samuel Townsend [6B00] Mary Delap m. ca 1760 of Union Hall of Castle Salem b. 1717 m. 1737 of Barley Hill m. 1740 d. 1759 b. ca 1753 d. 1800 b. 1709 d. 1783 d. 1782 Helena Robinson m. 1782
Richard Townsend [315] William Morris Sir Abraham Morris Mary Morris = John Townsend [214] b. ca 1762 of Castle Salem of Dunkettle m. 1769 b. 1737 d.1810
Helen Hungerford d. 1806 b. 1752 d. 1822 ? Jennison Barbara Jennison m. 1784 Jane Rice
Elizabeth Townsend [326] = Edward Morris Catherine Morris = Horatio Townsend [6B01]
m. 1820 of Bend uff m. 1808 d. 1816 b. 1783 d.1864
Newman
The Newman family of Co Cork trace their origins to Robert Newman who was living at th Fifehead Magdalen in North Dorset in the early 16 century. His son, grandson and great-
grandson all lived in South Somerset and it was his great great- grandson, Richard Newman,
who emigrated to Ireland sometime before 1651. Richard was granted the castle and lands of
Newbury , which were formerly in the possession of Sir Richard Kyrle, by patent of James II.
Richard's grandson, Adam Newman , purchased the Dromore estate , near Mallow and left this
to his nephew , also named Adam. At the time of Griffith's Valuation (1850-58) the family
owned nearly 121,000 acres in Co Cork.
Richard Newman Colonel Richard Townesend [100]
of Cork b. 1618 d. 1692 m. ca 1651 d. 1693 Hildegardis Hyde
Sarah French Mary Kingston
Richard Newman of Newbury
Elizabeth Dillon
Dillon Newman Colonel Bryan Townsend [200]
of Newbury b. 1648 d. 1726 m. ca 1694 d. 1733 Mary Synge m. 1682
Martha Becher
Philip Townsend [500] Adam Newman Horatio Townsend [600]
b. 1700 d. 1786 of Dromore b.1706 d. 1772 Elizabeth Hungerford m. 1733 Mary Carleton Mary Hungerford m. 1739
Richard Townsend [501] Adam Newman = Mary Townsend [605] Richard Townsend [6A00] b. 1736 d. 1817 of Dromore m.1768 b. 1750 d. 1805 Eleanor Sealy m. 1762 Mildred Daunt m. 1772
Adam Newman Thomas Townsend [509] b. 1770 d. 1847 of Dromore & Newbury Frances Dring m. 1803 Martha Uniacke m. 1799
Richard Townsend [517] = Mary Newman Frances Newman = Samuel Townsend [6A03] b. 1800 d. 1843 m. 1829 m. 1836 b. 1776 d. 1864
Robinson
Nothing is known about the origins of the Robinson family in Co Cork though, according to ‘An Officer of the Long Parliament’, they might be related to the Robinsons of Armagh. The earliest mention is that of the Rev William Robinson who was Vicar of Abbeystrewry, near Skibbereen, in 1781. His father, Rev Thomas Robinson, lived at Coronea near Skibbereen. George Robinson of Coronea, grandson of the Reverend William, owned almost 1000 acres in Co Cork in the 1870s. Colonel Richard Townesend [100] b. 1618 d. 1692 Hildegardis Hyde Mary Kingston Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] b. 1648 d. 1726 Mary Synge m. 1682
John Townsend [300] Samuel Townsend [400] Horatio Townsend [600] b. 1691 d. 1756 b. 1692 d. 1759 b.1706 d. 1772 Katherine Barry Dorothea Mansel m. 1725 Mary Hungerford m. 1739
John Townsend [303] Rev Thomas Robinson = Dorothea Townsend [404] Edward Townsend [401] b. ca 1730 d. 1787? of Coronea m. ca 1759 b. 1727 d. 1806 Elizabeth Reddish Helena Becher m. 1752 Anna Baldwin m. 1762
Richard Townsend [310] = Dorothea Robinson Mary Townsend [314] = William Robinson Helena Robinson = Samuel Townsend [6B00] b. ca 1758 d. 1814 m.1784 b. ca 1752 d. 1806 m. 1781 m. 1782 b. 1753 d. 1800
Dorothea Robinson = Edward Townsend [406] Roche dsp
The Roches were established at Trabolgan, Whitegate, Co Cork, from the mid 17th century. In 1703 Edmund Roche of Trabolgan purchased over 2,500 acres in the barony of Barrymore, forfeited by Walter Coppinger and his son James – thought to be a brother of Dominic Coppinger who married Dorothea Townsend [114]. In 1672 Edward Roche married Catherine Lavallin of Walterstown, Co Cork, and they had four sons. The eldest Francis died unmarried in 1755 and all the Roche estate was eventually inherited by his grandnephew Edward Roche of Kildinan. In 1805 Edward Roche married Margaret Honoria Curtain, a relative of Edmund Burke. Their son Edmund Burke Roche was created Baron Fermoy in 1856.
Rev Butler Townsend [126] married Frances Roche in 1734. She was a daughter of John Roche from West Carberry and her sister, Martha, married Francis Townsend [125], Butler's brother, in 1743
Somerville
The Rev William Somerville, with his family, fled to Ireland in an open boat in 1692 to escape the persecution that was then being inflicted on the Episcopal Clergy in Scotland. The Somerville family of Co Cork are descended from William’s second son, Thomas, who was educated in Dublin and ordained. Following his curacy at Christchurch, Cork he was appointed to the livings of Myross, Brade and Castlehaven. The Somerville family lived at Castlehaven and in the late 18th century built a house on the present site of Drishane in Castletownshend. Colonel Thomas Somerville of Drishane owned over 450 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.
Colonel Richard Townesend [100] b. 1618 d.1692 Hildegardis Hyde Mary Kingston
William Somerville Bryan Townsend [200] Agnes Agnew b. 1648 d. 1726 Mary Synge m. 1682
Richard Townsend [201] Thomas Somerville Philip Townsend [500] John Townsend b. 1684 d. 1742 of Myross b. 1700 d. 1786 [300] Mary Synge m. 1706 b. 1689 m. 1723 Elizabeth Hungerford m. 1733 b. 1691 d. 1756 Elizabeth Becher Anne Neville Katherine Barry
Richard Townsend John Townsend Thomas Somerville = Mary Townsend Horatio Townsend Richard Townsend = Eleanor Sealy Philip Townsend [213] [214] of Drishane [506] [5D00] [501] m. 1762 [304] b. ca 1730 d. 1783 b. 1737 d.1810 b. 1739 d. 1815 b. 1739 d. 1815 b. 1749 d. 1837 b. 1736 d. 1817 Mary Delap Elizabeth Fitzgerald Mary Morris m. 1769 m.1759 Katherine Corker m. 1752 Richard Townsend Richard Townsend Elizabeth Townsend = Thomas Somerville Philip Somerville Richard Somerville Eleanor Townsend = John Townsend [219] [221] [225] of Drishane of The Prairie of Ballymore, Cobh [510] [316] b. 1756 d. 1826 b. 1770 d. 1847 b. 1776 d. 1832 m. 1796 d.1811 b. 1782 d. 1861 Letitia Hungerford m. 1788 b. 1764 d. 1849 Henrietta Newenham Barbara Mellifont Maria Townsend [5D07] Agnes Somerville m. 1784 Anna Townsend m. 1815 m. 1820 [408] Henrietta Townsend [242] m. 1816 Henrietta Townsend = Thomas Somerville Jonas Townsend = Mary Somerville Agnes Somerville = Horatio Townsend m. 1845 [334] [234] b. 1797 d. 1882 [237] b. 1804 d. 1895 d. 1869 m. 1822 b. 1800 m. 1827
b. 1808 d. 1892 Synge
th Born at Bridgnorth, Shropshire, in 1614 Edward Synge came to Ireland in the early 17
century. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, became a Doctor of Divinity and was appointed
Bishop of Limerick in 1661. Two years later he transferred to the bishop ric of Cork, Cloyne,
and Ross. Dying in 1678, Edward was succeeded by his sons, Samuel, Dean of Kildare and
Edward, Archbishop of Tuam. The Synge family seat is at Lislee Court, Bandon and the
family owned 1000 acres in county Cork in the 1870’s.
Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] married Mary Synge in 1682. She was the eldest daughter of Rt
Rev Edward Synge , Bishop of Cork and Ross and sister of Very Rev Samuel Synge, Dean of
Kildare, whose daughter, Mary, married Brian's eldest son, Richard Townsend [201] in 1706.
Trench
The Trench family of Woodlawn, Galway is descended from Frederick Trench who came to
Ireland early in the 1600s. Strategic marriages into the Warburton and Power families led to the
acquisition of more lands in East Galway. Much of the Woodlawn estate was originally Martin
and Barnewall lands which the Trench family purchased in the early eighteenth century. Five
generations later, his descendant Frederick Trench was created Baron Ashtown in 1800 and by th the end of the 19 century the family owned over 8000 acres in county Galway as well as land
in seven other counties.
Richard Townsend [513] married Helena Trench in 1827. She was the youngest daughter of
The Hon and Very Rev Thomas Trench of Clenmalyre, Ballybrittas, Queen's Co (Offaly), Dean
of Kildare and younger brother of Frederick Trench 1st Baron Ashtown . Richard's sister,
Elizabeth Townsend [514], married Helena Trench's brother, Richard Trench.
Warren
Robert Warren, an officer of Cromwell’s Irish army, established himself in the East Carbery area of county Cork in the mid 17th century. In 1703 his son Wallis Warren bought Kilbarry, part of the confiscated estate of the Earl of Clancarty, and now known as Warren's Court, Co Cork. His grandson Robert Warren of Warren's Court was created a baronet in 1784 and his younger sons acquired 1700 acres of land from the Orpen family in the early part of the nineteenth century. Sir Augustus Warren's estate in Co Kerry in the 1870s amounted to over 8700 acres and his estate in Co Cork amounted to 7,787 acres at the same time. His brothers owned a further 2,000 acres.
Colonel Richard Townesend [100] b. 1618 d. 1692 Hildegardis Hyde Mary Kingston Wallis Warren Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] of Kilbarry b. 1648 d. 1726 Elizabeth Knolles Mary Synge m. 1682 m. 1684
Richard Townsend [201] John Townsend [300] Robert Warren Samuel Townsend [400] b. 1684 d. 1742 b. 1691 d. 1756 of Kilbarry d. 1743 b. 1692 d. 1759 Mary Synge m. 1706 Katherine Barry Anne Crooke Dorothea Mansel m. 1725 Elizabeth Becher
John Townsend [214] John Townsend [303] Sir Robert Warren Edward Townsend [401] b. 1737 d. 1810 b. ca 1730 d. 1787? of Warren’s Court b. 1727 d. 1806 Mary Morris m. 1769 Elizabeth Reddish b. 1723 d. 1811 Helena Becher m. 1752 Mary Carre m. 1748 Anna Baldwin m. 1762
Richard Townsend [221] Richard Townsend [310] Thomas Warren = Anna Townsend [408] Samuel Townsend [405] b. 1770 d. 1847 b. ca 1758 d. 1814 of Monkstown b. 1770 d. 1848 b. 1768 d. 1836 Barbara Mellifont m. 1769 Dorothea Robinson m. 1784 m. 1790 d. 1820 Mercy Baldwin m. 1794 Anna Townsend [408] John Townsend [318] = Alicia Warren b. ca 1784 ca 1821 m. 1808
Elizabeth Townsend [244] = William Warren Mary Warren = Edward Townsend [411] m. 1835 d. 1863 of Monkstown m. 1823 b. 1798 d. 1857 b. 1805 d. 1885 Richard Warren = Augusta Townsend [424] of Cobh b. ca 1840 m. 1877 d. 1900
Townsend/Townsend
Between 1790 and 1900 there were fifteen Townsend/Townsend marriages; coloured coded for ease of reference, they are shown below.
Margaret [141] = Richard [501] d. 1790 1736 - 1817 Cornelius [108] John [122] Horatio [130]
d. 1696 d. 1736 1699 - 1764 Jane Swete Margaret Anne Richards Elizabeth [144] = Edward [601] Bowdler 1742 – 1831 1741 - 1819
Richard[201] John [214] Richard [221] = Anna [408] 1684 - 1742 1737 - 1810 1770 – 1847 d. 1848 Mary Synge Mary Morris Elizabeth Becher
John [303] Richard [310] Thomas [319] Edward [340] = Mary [436] 1730? - 1787? 1758 - 1814 1785 - 1848 1825 – 1885 b. 1846 John [300] Elizabeth Reddish Dorothea Robinson Helena Freke 1691 - 1756 Katherine Barry Philip [304] John [316] = Eleanor [510] John [333] Judith [372] = Edward [6B20] Mary Delap 1764 – 1849 d. 1817 1805 - 1883 b. 1842 1831 - 1919 Martha Fleming Richard [100] 1618 - 1692 Samuel [405] Samuel [412] Mary [436] = Edward [340] Hildegardis Hyde 1768 - 1836 1800 - 1865 b. 1846 1825 – 1885 Mary Kingston Edward [401] Mercy Baldwin Charlotte Becher 1727 - 1806 Helena Becher Anna [408] = Richard [221] Samuel [400] Anna Baldwin d. 1848 1770 - 1847 1692 - 1759 Dorothea Mansel Samuel [403] Elizabeth [410] = Horatio [607] 1733 - 1794 d. 1855 1768 - 1824 Elizabeth Aitkenhead Richard [517] Robert [531] = Gertrude [5A04]
1800 - 1843 1838 – 1911 1847 - 1885 Thomas [509] Mary Newman Richard [501] 1770 - 1847 Bryan [200] 1736 - 1817 Martha Uniacke Thomas [5A00] Gertrude [5A04] = Robert [531] 1648 - 1726 = 1809 - 1879 1847 – 1885 1838 – 1911 Mary Synge Margaret [141] Elizabeth Carr d. 1790 Eleanor [510] = John [316] Philip [500] d. 1817 1764 - 1849 1700 - 1786 Elizabeth Hungerford Chambre [5D01] Marianne [5D16] = John [622] 1797 - 1852 1833 – 1910 1815 - 1884 Frances Stewart Horatio [5D00] 1749 - 1837 Isabella [5D08] = Edward [620] Helena Meade Katherine Corker 1796 – 1865 1800 - 1851 Susan [5D09] = Edward [626] 1805 – 1882 1803 - 1880
Edward [601] 1741 – 1819 Edward [620] = Isabella [5D08] = Horatio [607] 1800 – 1851 1796 – 1865 Elizabeth [144] 1768 – 1824 1742 - 1831 = John [622] = Marianne [5D16] Elizabeth [410] 1815 – 1884 1833 – 1910 d. 1855 Edward [626] = Susan [5D09] 1803 – 1880 1805 – 1882
Richard [6A10] Emily [6A24] = William [6B31] 1838 - 1879 b. 1878 1870 - 1917 Horatio [600] Richard [6A00] Samuel [6A03] Frances Maunsell 1706 - 1772 1750 - 1805 1776 - 1864 Mary Mildred Daunt Frances Newman Frances [6A16] = John [6B04] Hungerford 1839 – 1917 1824 - 1873
John [6B04] 1824 – 1873 = Samuel [6B24] = Mary [6B33] Horatio [6B01] Frances [6A16] 1870 – 1904 d. 1941 1783 - 1864 1839 – 1917 Katherine Morris Henrietta Chetwood Horatio [6B05] Kathleen [6B39] = Edward [6C10] 1830 - 1895 1876 – 1956 1861 - 1932 Elizabeth Ware Elizabeth Fleming
Samuel [6B00] Thomas [6B03] Edward [6B20] 1753 - 1800 1786 - 1860 1831 – 1919 William [6B31] = Emily [6A24] Helena Robinson Caroline Jeynes = 1870 - 1917 b. 1878 Judith [372] Mary [6B33] = Samuel [6B24] b. 1842 d. 1941 1870 – 1904
Edward [6C00] Samuel [6C01] Edward [6C10] = Kathleen [6B39] 1800 - 1878 1831 - 1920 1861 – 1932 1876 – 1956 Elizabeth Bath Emma Bridges