BLENNERHASSETT family of CASTLE CONWAY, KILLORGLIN and ROSSBEIGH in Co.KERRY Blennerhassett Family Tree (BH07_Killorglin_K.xlsx) revised November 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 K 01 >|>>> Capt. Robert >>>>>>|>> Edward Blennerhassett; b.est.1663 Castle Conway; d. an infant Blennerhassett | "...Captain |>>Robert Blennerhassett; b.est.1664; d.young 'HASSETT..." | (p.BL 01) b.est.c1627 |>>Capt. John >>>>>>>>>|>> Conway >>>>>>>>>>>>|>> Avice Blennerhassett; b.16.6.1718; d.1804; unm. prob. at Ballycarty | "BLACK JACK" | Blennerhassett Sr | Co.Kerry | Blennerhassett | of Castle Conway |>>Capt. Conway >>>>>>>>|>> Avice (Avis) Blennerhassett; unm.; b.c1743/4 Ireland; / | "The Galway | b.3.10.1693 | Blennerhassett Jr | of 18 Vineyards, Bath 1806-12 (she owned 18 & 19, No.19 being rented out for income) but by 1828 had given them to her brother Harman held his father's | Prisoner of 1688" | / | b.3.6.1720 (not 8.3.20) | (this probably the property she granted to Harman Blennerhassett by deed of covenant dated 10.8.1824) lands at Killorglin, | / | Barrister-at-Law; | bapt.16.6.1720 St.Peter | / Co.Kerry; | b.c1665 Co.Kerry; | Admitted to Middle | & St.Kevin, Dublin | 1812-26 she leased in turn No's 4, 6 & 8 Cottage Crescent, Old Wells Rd (renamed Bloomfield Crescent 1872, Bloomfield Rd c1941/47), 1659 census has | edu.TCD | Temple in 1710; | / | a fine Georgian terrace on a hill above Bath with spectacular views over the city; She was at No.4 in 1812, No.6 in 1819 & No.8 in 1824-1826; 22 Irish and | (Pensioner 1683, | KC (Kings Council) | JP Co.Kerry 1785; | There in 1824-26 she provided refuge for her brother Harman Blennerhassett (K 14), his wife & son Joseph Lewis Blennerhassett; 4 English on | Scholar 1685, | Hilary 1721/2 [II . 77] | of Castle Conway, | Avice bequeathed her house at 18 Vineyards Bath to Harman's widow Margaret Agnew Blennerhassett (K 12), providing Margaret with a Robert Hassett's | BA 1687) d.c1738; | [POAHS p.13] | Killorglin, Co.Kerry; | small rental income; by his Will Harman Blennerhassett had appears to leave part of Avice's property at 18/19 Vineyards, Bath to John Killorglin estate | of Castle Conway, | "...A lawyer of | then of Kinsale, | Kingdom of Bathearton near Bath, but this cannot refer to both these houses as Harman's widow Margaret later sold one, in 1844 / | Killorglin, Co.Kerry | great promise..."; | Co.Cork from bef.1774 | NOTE: documents at Bath c1812-26 name Avice as "Mrs Blennerhassett", the title "Mrs" used in the sense of a courtesy title for an unmarried High Sheriff of | improved Castle | "..An able lawyer.." | also of Ballyreen & | gentlewomen of middle age; Avice, with Harman, Margaret & Joseph Lewis Blennerhassett, in 1826 left Bath and moved to St.Aubin, Jersey; Co.Kerry 1682; | Conway & planted | / | Reen Lodge, Co.Kerry | in 1828 they all moved to St.Peter Port, Guernsey, CI, where they were tenants at No.1 Mount Row (corner of Mount Row & Prince Albert Rd) [HICKSON/OKR] | extensively there | MP Tralee 1723-4 | 1784-5 | / [BIFR p.136] [BP] | / | / | / | A romance between Avice Blennerhassett & Major Post was, sadly, stopped by her brother Harman in 1786; have him MP 1634 | The protestant | m. est. c1717 | d.13.3.1792 Kinsale, | the Major never forgot her and at his death he bequeathed Avice a considerable sum invested in funds, in error, but this | King William III | Elizabeth Harman | Co.Cork; "...he died | enabling her to live comfortably on the interest; after Avice died, her brother Harman & his family also lived off this money was his g.father | "William of Orange" | b.est.c1695; | a very rich man..." | / (p.BL 01) | whose wife Mary | of Bawne (Moyle), | / | Avice Blennerhassett d.7.2.1838 at Guernsey; bur.15.2.1838 Candie Cemetery, St.Peter Port, plot D77X (with Avice Nelburn bur.2.4.1834 / | was heiress | Co.Longford & | a quantity of legal | & Mary Kimber Nelburn bur.29.4.1849); Avice's original Will (superseded by a later Will benefiting her brother Harman) was presented to m. est.c1662 | presumptive to the | Castle Roe, Carlow | judgements against | the Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park, West Virginia, by Lord Kingsale 2nd cousin | throne of England, | / | Conway BH for re- | / Avice Conway | sailed from Holland | daughter of | payment of debt are | AVICE NELBURN: Avice & her brother Harman were both godparents to Avice Nelburn (b.c1827 Jersey d.27.3.1834 Guernsey), b.est.c1640 | & landed at Torbay, | Col. Wentworth | in Leighton Hall Coll- | daughter of Henry Nelburn (d. Jersey) and "their faithful nurse & friend" Marie "Mary" Nelburn (nee Kimber; b.1795 England); (dau. & coheir of | England 5.11.1688 | Harman, Capt. of | ection (p.B 01) at [SA] | Mary Nelburn had lived with her parents on Jersey; when the BHs moved to Guernsey she went with them; she d.21.4.1849 Guernsey Edward Conway, | (old style date); | Battleaxe Guards & | / | of Castle Conway, | He advanced upon | Margaret (Mary?) | m. est. c1743 |>>John Blennerhassett; fl.1774 (mentioned in the 1774 Will of "The Great Colonel John" Blennerhassett of Ballyseedy, p.B 01) d.c1790 Killorglin, Kerry; | London to oppose | Wellesley, dau. of | Eliza (Elizabeth) Lacy | g.dau of | the Catholic King | Garrett Wellesley of | b.est.c1724 d.c1808; |>>Susannah "Susan">>>>>>>|>> John de Courcy, Maj. & Lt.Col. 1st Foot Guards; Jenkin Conway) | King James II | Dangan, Co.Meath | daughter of Maj. | Blennerhassett; | d.4.6.1813 George Street, Portman Square, London; from fatigue suffered during / | (James Stuart) | (g.g.uncle of | Thomas Lacy (Lacey) | of Castle Conway, | service in the Peninsular War campaign in Spain [Cork Morning Chronicle 11.6.1813] d.?.4.1683 | who then fled to | Arthur, 1st Duke of | 33rd Ft Hawley's Regt. | Killorglin; & Kinsale, | drowned at sea ; | France | Wellington) | wounded at Fontenoy | Co.Cork; |>>Rev. Thomas de Courcy, 27th (20th) Baron Kingsale (Lord Kingsale 1822) bur. in Chapel at | / | | | d.13.12.1819 Kinsale | b.10.1.1774; d.25.1.1832 [GM Feb.1832]; [FOSTER] has 25.1.1882 in error; unm. Castle Conway; | During the "Williamite" wars that followed, | | / | Date recorded in | the Killorglin Blennerhassetts supported King | | m.31.10.1763 |>>Capt. Michael >>>>>>>>|>> John Stapleton >>>>>>>>|>> John Constantine >>>>>>|>> Adelaide Constance latin inscription | William in opposing the "Jacobite" supporters | | John de Courcy, 26th | de Courcy, RN, | de Courcy | de Courcy Rohesia de Courcy on monument | of the Stuart King; Five Blennerhassetts of | | (19th) Baron Kingsale | b. soon after 1774; | 28th (21st) | 29th (22nd) Baron d.9.7.1926 (dsp) erected by son | Killorglin & Ballyseedy were foremost on a list | | (Lord Kingsale 1776) | d.22.7.1813 | Baron Kingsale | Kingsale b.5.11.1827 m.30.11.1887 John 'Black Jack'; | of persons declared attainted if they did not | | Baron Courcy of | near Exeter, Devon; | (Lord Kingsale 1832) | (Lord Kingsale 1847); Admiral Sir Richard [BJB/OKR] has | surrender before 10.8.1689 (not 1661); | | Courcy | [CMC 2.8.1813]; | b.17.9.1805; d.7.1.1847 | Capt. East Devon Edward Tracey, KCB April 1663 in | although the Ballyseedy Blennerhassetts | | and Baron Ringrone; | Lt. 10.5.1797; | / | Militia 1853-55 d.7.3.1907 error and | appear to have had some Jacobite | CASTLE CONWAY | SEE NOTES ON K 17 | Cmdr 15.4.1808 | m.3.10.1825 | d.15.6.1865; [BIFR p.136] | sympathies & not actively taken sides | HISTORY | of Kinsale, Co.Cork; | / | Sarah Chadder | m.1.3.1855 Adelaide Brown-Westhead; d.21.1.1885 repeats the error | / | | Maurice FitzThomas | sat in Irish parliament | m.10.3.1801 Catherine | b.c1800; of | [BJB/ROWAN] | of these five were John "Black Jack" BH & his | c1215 built Killorglin | 28.10.1777 following | Savery de Lisle | Portlemouth, Devon; |>>Michael Conrad de Courcy has correct 1683 | brother Thomas, who were among eight Kerry | Castle; a part of the | his father's death | (she re-married twice, | d.31.12.1883 | 30th (23rd) Baron Kingsale (Lord Kingsale 1865); / | Gentlemen who refused to surrender & in 1688 | confiscated Earl of | / | to Lt. B.S.Simms, RN | | b.21.12.1828 d.15.4.1874; unm. Following his | resolved to join Sir Thomas Southwall's band | Desmond lands, in | d.24.5.1822 Cork | and to W.W. Ball) | | marriage Robert | of 200 men (and a lady, Mrs Gun) who were | 1587 it was granted | [GM vol.92 | | |>>Florence Helena de Courcy d.13.7.1899 unm. settled at Castle | about to make their way from Mallow to Sligo, | with much land to | pt.1 Jun.1822 p.562] | | | Conway, having | where Lord Kingston and a large force were | Capt. Jenkin Conway, | / | | |>>Catherine Adela de Courcy d.17.10.1910; having by this | fighting for K. William; Stopped at Loughrea | one of the original | one source calls him | | m.24.10.1951 m. acquired most | 1.3.1688 by a body of James's troops and, | undertakers with | "Sir" John de Courcy | | Lt-Col. Severus William Lynam Stretton; d.23.11.1984 of the estates | despite Mrs Gun's entreaty to "...fight & die | Sir Edward Denny of | but no evidence | | granted to the 1st | honourably rather than trust to the mercy of | Tralee; the grant was | / | |>>William Almericus de Courcy, RN; b.11.10.1810 d.5.7.1867; Jenkin Conway | a perfidious enemy...", they surrendered | confirmed 1592; the | brother of Capt. | | m.14.11.1839 Charlotte Weymouth; of Marlborough, Devon in 1587 (grant | / | | original MacCarthy | Michael