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BLENNERHASSETT family of BALLYSEEDY, ELM GROVE & ASH HILL in Co.KERRY Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH06_Ballyseedy_B.xlsx) revised July 2014, copyright © Bill Jehan 1968-2014 Thanks to all who have contributed to these pages - please email additions & corrections to: [email protected] CONTINUED FROM page BL 01 of: Blennerhassett of BALLYCARTY & LITTER, Co.Kerry B 01 "heart within a heart" >|>>> John >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>Arthur Blennerhassett; of old Ballyseedy Castle & of Tralee (dsp); b.est.c1660; d.7.1.1686 Tralee Castle; Letters of administration 1686 inscribed on keystone of arch Blennerhassett Jr | m.?.3.1677/8; Anne Maynard of Curryglass, Co.Cork above the 1721 foundation stone in (BL 1) b.est.c1630 | NOTE: Two Denny 1st cousins (of Arthur Blennerhassett) from Tralee, married sisters of Anne Maynard Banqueting Hall at Ballyseedy Castle prob. at Ballycarty | Co.Kerry; settled |>>>Col. John >>>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Mary Blennerhassett; living 1689; died young(?); mentioned in Will of her Foundation stone 1721 at "Ballyseedy Castle", formerly "Elm Grove" at adjoining town- | Blennerhassett | g.mother Elizabeth Denny Blennerhassett but not in 1708 Will of her father land Ballyseedy | (alias 'Hassett) | / | of Ballyseedy |>>>Col. John >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>>>John Blennerhassett >>>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Frances >>>>>>>>>>>|>> Jemmett Browne; of Riverstown, Co.Cork & Arabella House, Ballymacelligott; b.c15.10.1787 ["Cork Evening Post" 15.10.1787]; his g.father Robert | (succeeded 1677) | Blennerhassett Jr, MP | Jr. of Ballyseedy | Blennerhassett | High Sheriff Co.Cork 1816; d.18.2.1850; Will pr.7.8.1850 [PCC]; unm.; succeeded by his brother John Browne BH of Flimby in | / | of Ballyseedy | b.15.6.1715 | b.c1753 | Cumberland had | b.c1665 Co.Kerry; | (succeeded 1708); | / | d.19.10.1824 Bath |>> Rev. John Browne >>>>>|>> Jemmett Browne >>>>>>>>>|>> Charlton Basil >>>>>>>>|>> 2 sons ARABELLA HOUSE, BALLYMACELLIGOTT settled Ballycarty | under 21 in 1673; | b.c1691/2, probably at | edu. Middle Temple | [Bath Chronicle | LL.B. of Rivers- | of Riverstown; | Jemmett-Browne |>> 1 dau. when his father | Edu. TCD (SC 1683) | old Ballyseedy Castle | (admitted1733) | 21.10.1824] | town; b.15.11.1794 | b.6.12.1832 | of Riverstown; Tho. was granted | / | "THE GREAT | / | / | Riverstown; | d.5.5.1897; in 1878 | b.2.7.1866; m.22.12.1898 Rosa Cicely Salter lands 29.8.1590; | he left property at | COLONEL JOHN" | High Sheriff of | of Bath in 1823-4 | [Hibernian Chro- | assumed surname | the lands included | Ballyseedy, Currens, | Col. of a Regt. of Foot | Kerry 1740; | / | nicle 17.11.1794] | Jemmett-Browne |>> Arthur Blennerhassett Jemmett-Browne; b.29.5.1869; d.30.12.1914 Ceylon (dsp) Ballyseedy, with | Urroghrohall | (Regt. name unknown) | MP (Knight of the | she gained Bally- | / | / the Geraldine fort | (Urrohogal), | in 1721 he built | Shire) for Co.Kerry | macelligott (inc. | Vicar Holy Trinity | m.1st 10.8.1864 Frances Mary Custance d.15.3.1875 Ballyseedy Castle | Carraghmore and | Elm Grove (Elmgrove); | 1751-60 & 1760-63 | Arabella House | Cheltenham, Glos. | m.2nd 19.6.1877 (cousin) Frances Caroline Cecil Stephenson (issue) (on s.bank of river | Killmurry, Co.Kerry | this house renamed as | / | which she did not | of 2 Pittville Lawn, | Lihy or Lee, just | / | "Ballyseedy House" | Resident JP Kerry | occupy) 28.4.1811 | Cheltenham 1837; |>> John Christopher Browne; b.1834; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford; d.1857 unm. inside present w. | MP Tralee 1692 | at 1821 remodelling; | 1736; Served on | & 24 Circus | later East Hayes, | end of Ballyseedy | MP Dingle 1695-9 | "Ballyseedy Castle" | Kerry Grand Jury | (1821), both from | Pittville Circus & |>> Edward Francis >>>>>|>> Wiston John Jemmett-Browne b.23.9.1878; of Leighton Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; Wood); his father | MP Kerry 1703-9; | at 1880s remodelling; | 1747 & 1755 with his | Will of her friend | there d.25.7.1857 | Browne | Assumed surname Kynnersley-Browne in lieu of Jemmett-Browne, by deed poll 1927, on succeeding John BH Sr built | [KING p.263] | also of Little Cuffe | father & his uncle | & cousin Arthur | / | b.3.12.1835 d.<???> | his cousin Thomas Frederick Kynnersley at Leighton Hall; Lord of the Manor of Leighton and of Eyre; there "a strong | has two John | Street, Dublin; | William | Blennerhassett | owned Arabella | Assumed surname | Served in the South African (Boer) War 1899-1902 and during WWI 1914-1919 with A.S.C house"; ruins of | Blennerhassetts as | bef.1774 he passed | Blennerhassett | who d.1810 (B 09) | House in 1853, | Jemmett-Browne | the two buildings | MPs in 1704, in error | Elm Grove to his bro. | / | / | later sold it | in 1878 |>> Capt. Anthony Edward Jemmett-Browne; b.26.1.1882; edu. Wellington and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; remain, together | / | William BH (B 11) and | Lt. in a Regt of Foot | although senior | / | / | 2nd Lt. Royal Sussex Regt. (107th Regt. of Foot) 11.8.1900; Lt. 8.7.1903; Capt. 1.4.1910; known locally | Served on Kerry | moved to Oak Park, | commanded by | heir of "The Great | m.3.1.1832 (Maria) | GENEALOGIST | served in S.African War 1901-2, at Cape Colony, Orange River Col. & Transvaal (Queen's medal, with two clasps); as Puck's House, | Grand Jury 1679. | Killeen, Tralee, the | his father 1745-56 | Col. John" BH | Judith Hamilton | / | during WWI served with the BEF (2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regt.) in France & Flanders; d.10.9.1914, KIA many local people | / | home of his g.dau. | / | when he d.1775, | d.27.2.1874 | Lt. East India Co. | at Priez during the Battle of the Marne "…while leading the front platoon of the advance guard of the division having forgotten | Deputy Governor of | Letitia Bateman (B 04) | Patron of | she did not inherit | | 1856-57; Lt.-Col. | into action"; bur. where he fell; reinterred at Montreuil-aux-Lions British Cemetery, Aisne, France (grave I.C.6) their true origin; | Kerry 1699; | / | Ballyseedy Church | the Ballyseedy |>> Frances Browne | 35th Regt. of Foot | the adjacent fresh | a list of Governors in | d.5.5.1775 at Oak Park | living 1756 | estate because of | / | (Capt. 1863, Lt. 1864) |>> Dorothy Margaret Jemmett-Browne; d.1928 unm. water spring is | Ireland 1699 names | Will dated 19.11.1774 | / | the entail limiting | m.1813 Rev. | / called Puck's Well | him "Sir John | pr.1776; original | d.c10.5.1763 | succession in-tail | Francis Fox of Fox | Indian Army 1866 (part of his diary exists); of 6 Neville Street, Onslow Gardens, London 1910; of 50 Elm Park Gardens, London c1918; / | Blennerhassett" but | Will lost but a copy | at Tralee; | male, to the | Hall, Co.Longford | / MP Tralee 1661 | have not found this | of 27.6.1776 at [SA]; | Will dated 26.7.1757, | "eldest son of | d.1834 (issue) | from his grandmother Frances Browne (nee Blennerhassett) he inherited "...a considerable quantity of old deeds, marriage settlements, (his father was MP | title used elsewhere | listed in [MO]; obit. | pr.9.11.1763; | the eldest son"; | | deeds of entail, Wills, letters patent & other documents..." relating to the Blennerhassett family, Elm Grove and the Ballyseedy estate; for Co.Kerry at the | & there is no record | in [DHJ 31.5.1775], | ["Faulkner's | she did inherit |>> Jane Browne | the entail had prevented Frances from inheriting the Ballyseedy estate but she had, following the death of her grandfather same time); High | of him knighted | [Hibernian | Dublin Journal" | the family papers, | d.1876 unm. | "The Great Colonel John" in 1775, kept these family papers Sheriff of Co.Kerry | / | Chronicle 22.5.1775] | 10.5.1763] & [May | (see RIGHT) and | | Edward Jemmett-Browne, using these documents with Mary Agnes Hickson's printed version of "Black Jack's Book" [BJB/HICKSON] 1658 & 1663 | in 1699 he brought | & [Annual Register | [May 1763 Magazine | perhaps some |>> Annabella | and pedigrees in Burke's etc, compiled a Ms. "Blennerhassett Pedigree" [JB/1], completed c1911, leather bound & illustrated; / | Protestants from | vol.18 Dec.1775] | of Magazines"] | furnishings and Browne | this he later gave to Arthur Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy Castle (B 13) from who it passed to his daughter Hilda Blennerhassett who One of 3 men in | Kilkenny & other | / | / | paintings from d.1810; unm. | made it available to be photocopied at [NLI ref. N.4216, microfilmed as POS 3887]; a better quality copy is in the private archives of Kerry appointed | parts of Ireland to | his son Arthur BH & | m.1st 21.2.1736 | Elm Grove | Glin Castle, Co.Limerick by the Gov.-Gen. | to Killarney, to | family visited him at | Anne Crosbie | / | most, but not all, of the Mss. inherited by Edward Jemmett-Browne are now in the "Leighton Hall Collection" of Ireland in 1673 | establish a linen | Oak Park in summer of | (dsp before 1753) | m.2.10.1784 at | [papers of Browne family of Riverstown, deposits 823 & 846, uncatalogued] at Shropshire Archives [SA]; Blennerhassett/Ballyseedy to receive arms | manufactory; he | 1774, the year before | / | Lady Anne Fitz- | papers are in deposit 823: box 14 (all), box 18 (bundle 4), box 25 (bundle 19), also bound notes on BH in Cumberland & Ballyseedy from "..persons of | published c1699 | he died; while there | dau. of William | Gerald's, Glos. St. | entail, 1910, in 823 box 28; following the death of Hilda Blennerhassett in 1965, the original leather bound "Blennerhassett Pedigree" Ms. the Popish religion | "Proposals by | Arthur's wife Jane | Crosbie of Tubrid; | Dublin (not 1782) | was inherited by Sir Adrian Blennerhassett, Bart. of London (p.F 02) in this Kingdom..." | John Blener- | wrote humorous letter | widow of John Leslie | Rev. Jemmett | / who had been | Hassett & George | to her step-brother | of Tarbet (Terbert) | Browne | m.9.8.1877 Elizabeth Mary Robinson; of West Lavant House, Sussex commanded to | Rogers, Esquires, | Dr Andrew Coltee | House, Co.Kerry; | of Riverstown, Co. | hand them in | for encourageing | Ducarel LL.D. (b.1713 | also niece of | Cork |>> Margaret Browne (assumed surname Jemmett-Browne 1878) d.8.7.1906 unm. / | a linnen | d.1785), the renowned | Margaret Crosbie, | / |>> Frances Browne; d.