Thomas Antony - Southwell Brown, esq. a younger brother of her eldest sister's husband. Frances, unmarried. Anne, died unmarried. II. Elizabeth, m. to Robert Twiss, esq. justice of the peace, of Cordel House, in the county of Kerry, high sheriff of the said county in 1802, and uncle to Arthur Blennerhassett, esq. of Ballyseedy, now M.P. for that county, and had issue, George Twiss, his heir. Robert-Atkins Twiss, M.D. now Arthur Twiss. Margaret-Ormsby Twiss. III. Anne, m. to Richard-Harding Wigmore, esq. of Ballynona, in the county of Cork, and of Ross House, county of Clare, and has issue, Henry Wigmore. Robert Wigmore. William Wigmore. Arthur Wigmore. Mary Wigmore. Sarah Wigmore. iv. Margaret, m. Arthur Ormsby, esq. of Bird Hill House, county of Tipperary, and now of Brookdale, county of Cork. v. Hannah, m. to William Fitzgerald, esq. of Adrival, county of Kerry, and of Black fort, county of Tipperary, widower of her cousin, Miss Minnitt, of Black fort, and has issue, one son and two daughters, viz. William Fitzgerald. Mary Fitzgerald. Margaret-Ormsby Fitzgerald. VI. Henrietta, m. first to the Rev. Warham Leader, rector of Upper Shandon, Cork, second son of William Leader, esq. of Mount Leader, in the county of Cork; and secondly, to the Rev. Mathew Moore, now rector of Cahirconlish, in the county of Limerick, second brother of M. Crosbie Moore, esq. of Mooresfort, in the county of Tipperary, justice to the family of Perton Hall, Staffordshire, and had issue, 1. STEPHEN, his heir, who m. and had issue, inter alios, GEORGE HASTINGS, esq. who m. Isabella, daughter of Brady esq. of Raheen, county of Clare, and grandaughter of Joseph, second son of Colonel Richard Ringrose, of Moynoe House, and had issue, with three daughters, one son, HENRY, a lieutenant in Lord Moira's regiment, died unmarried, when his father gave up 'his birthright, the earldom of Huntingdon, which he had been claiming for years. II. JOHN HASTINGS, m. Mary, daughter and co-heiress of John Minnitt, esq. of Knygh Castle, in the county of Tipperary, and had issue, of the peace and deputy lieutenant, and has issue, Mary-Hastings Moore. Arms Argent, a chevron sable, charged with three unicorns' heads, erased, of the field, quartering Hastings, Minnitt, through the same family Woollaston and numberless others, Going, Ringrose, &c. Crest-A demi-heraldic tiger, ppr. erminée ducally collared and lined or. Estates In the counties of Cork and Tipperary. Seats-Firville, near Mallow, in the co. of Cork, of Robert Atkins, esq. Monaquil, county of Tipperary, of Philip his eldest Fountainville, granted before 1660, the estate of William Atkins, esq. the elder branch of this family, who is first cousin of the present possessor of Firville. son. Family of Ringrose. COL. RICHARD RINGROSE, of Moynoe House, in the county of Clare, whose will was made 24th March, 1707-8, was grandson of Col. John Ringrose, a Hampshire gentleman, who stood high in favour with Queen Elizabeth, and is said to have adopted the surname of RINGROSE at the express order of her Majesty. Col. Richard Ringrose m. Jane, or Alice, daughter of Dr. Synge, an Irish bishop, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Joseph, who m. Isabella, daughter of Brady, esq. of Raheen, in Clare, and had two sons, Jacob and Philip, whose descendants still exist, and a daughter, Isabella, who m. her cousin, Anthony Brady, esq. of Raheen, and had issue. Jacob, who m. first, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of George Crofts, esq. of Velvertstown, in the county of Cork, by whom he had a daughter, ELIZABETH, m. to Robert Atkins, esq. of Fountainville, and had issue. He m. secondly, and had another daughter, JANE, m. first, to Crorsdale, esq. and secondly, to James Moloney, esq. of Kiltarman, in Clare, and had issue, by both. Isaac. Col. Ringrose died, it is stated, at a very great age, and was s. by his son, JOHN RINGROSE, esq. of Moynoe House, in the county of Clare, Col. in the army, who m. Avarina, daughter and co-heiress of Col. Bartholomew Purdon, of the county of Cork, and had issue, 1. Richard, was poisoned by mistake at the age of twenty-one. II. ALICE-SYNGE, who m. John Bowerman, esq. of Coolinah, in the county of Cork, son of Col. Kyrle Bowerman, of the Isle of Wight, and had issue, 1. HENRY BOWERMAN, esq. of Cooli nah, who m. Amelia, daughter of Evans, esq. of Carkir, and had an only daughter and heir, BRIDGET, who m. Richard Ne ville, esq. of Furnace, in the county of Kildare, M.P. and d. 12th January, 1807, leaving three daughters, viz. HENRIETTA NEVILLE, M. AMELIA NEVILLE, d. unm. 2. John Bowerman, who m. the wi- 3. Richard Ringrose Bowerman, esq. of Moynoe House, in Clare, who m. Avarina, daughter of Simon Purdon, esq. of Tinneranna, in Clare, and had issue, Elisha, m. to Michael Eyre Dalton, esq. of Wood Park, in Clare. Eliza, d. unm. 4. Jane, m. to the Rev. Robert Nettles, rector of Ballinamona, in the county of Cork, and had issue. 5. Catherine, m. to John Ryves Nettles, esq. 6. Elizabeth, d. unm. III. MARGARET, m. to Francis Drew, esq. of Drewscourt, in the county of Limerick, high sheriff in 1718, and had issue, 1. Barry Drew, esq. of Drews Court. 2. Ringrose Drew, esq. of Drewsborough, who m. a daughter of James Molony, esq. and had a son, Ringrose, of Drewsborough, who had, with two daughters, GRAHAM, OF LEITCHTOWN. GRAHAM, JAMES, esq. of Leitchtown, in the Stewartry of Monteith, and county of Perth, succeeded his father in 1810; m. in 1835, Ellenor Smith, only surviving daughter of the late John Thwaites, esq. of Topsham, in Devon. Mr. Graham is in the commission of the peace for Perthshire. of Perth, now known by the name of Leitchtown. By her he had issue, GILBERT GRAHAM, who succeeded to his father in the lands of Leitchtown. He m. Janet, daughter of James Smith, by whom he had several sons. The names of the younger sons cannot be actually traced in consequence of the family papers having been lost during the rebellion of 1715. Gilbert died in 1704, when his eldest son succeeded him, viz. PATRICK GRAHAM, of Leitchtown, who m. in 1695 Margaret, only daughter of William Napier, of Culragsean, who was killed by the Camerons at Inverary. He had issue, 1. JAMES, his heir. 11. William, died abroad without issue. 1. Margaret, m. to Robert Forrester. JAMES GRAHAM, was bred a surgeon, and went early abroad. On his return he married Ann, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Leckid, minister of Kilmaronock, and sister of William Leckie, of Broitch, in Stirlingshire, by whom he had issue, J. Thomas, died abroad unm. II. JOHN, of whom afterwards. 1. Margaret, m. to Mr. Wodhouse, of II. Ann, m. Major Mayne, of Powis, III. Janet, died unmarried. The second son, JOHN GRAHAM, esq. went to Jamaica when very young. He succeeded to the lands of Leitchtown at his father's death, in the year 1774. He returned to Scotland in 1796, and married Agnes, daughter of James Macewan, by whom he had issue, I. JAMES, his heir. II. John, who died young in 1815. 1. Marie, m. Hugh Galbraith, Glasgow. II. Jannet-Ann, died unm. in 1828. He died in 1810, and was s. by his son, the present JAMES GRAHAM, esq. of Leitchtown. Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th or, on a chief azure three escalops of the first; 2nd and 3rd or, a fess checky azure and argent, in chief a chevronelle azure, all within a border sa. Crest-A demi eagle, wings expanded proper. Motto-Right and reason. DAWE, OR DAWES, OF DITCHEAT. DAWE, HILL, esq. of Ditcheat, in Somersetshire, b. 16th December, 1771, s. his father, 24th December, 1820, and is in the commission of the peace for the county. Lineage. This family, which settled at Ditcheat in 1669, having bought the manor and advowson of the parish church, which were a part of the property of Lord Hopton, is a scion of the Dawes, of Dorsetshire, of the time of EDWARD IV. In the Harleian MSS. we find "Dawe, fam. Ped. 1500, 33, (fol. 316.) by Mr. Sampson Lennard, Blue-Mantle," Henry Dawe is described as living temp. EDWARD IV. at East Chelborough, Dorset, and marrying Christiana, daughter and coheir of Joh. Osmond de West Chelborough, and in the pedigree their descendants intermarry with the Leighs of Frome, St. Quentin, Allens of Melberie, Fishers of Evershott, Harbins of Charminster, Mollins of Godmanton, Guppies of Benfield, and Portland in Halstook, Trewars of Tintenhull, Palmer of Rampesham, and Hunt of Speckington, Somerset. EDMUND DAWE, of Ditcheat, who m. Anne Salmon, of Stratton on the Fosse, had eight children, viz. EDMUND, b. 1670, his heir. Thomas, of New Inn Middlesex, and of Charles, of Langley, Bucks. EDMUND DAWE, who succeeded his father in 1695, m. Martha, daughter of Jonathan Hill, esq. of Cholderton, Wilts. High sheriff for that county in 1689, and had issue, HILL, b. 26th April, 1704, his heir. Edmund, b. 5th June, 1706, of Nether Stowey, m. Anne Webber, of Bromefield, Somerset, and had issue, several children who all d. s. p. except Hill, who became a surgeon at Bridgewater, and m. Miss Mary Coles, by whom he had one daughter, MaryAnne, who m. in 1800, James Anthony Wickham, esq. of North Hill House, Frome. Elizabeth, b. 17th October, 1702. Martha, who died an infant. Edmund Dawe died, and was buried at Ditcheat, 10th September, 1708. His widow Martha remarried, first, George Vince, surgeon of Malborough; secondly, Henry Hale, M.D. of Salisbury, and left issue by both. His son and heir, HILL DAWE, esq. of Ditcheat, a justice of the peace, succeeded his father in 1708. Hem. Susannah, daughter of Andrew Moore, esq. of North Newton, high sheriff for Somersetshire in 1725, and had issue, HILL, his heir, b. 1st March, 1736. Martha-Hawley, b. 1763, who m. Sophia, b. 12th June, 1774, m. Hill Dawe d. 25th June, 1769, and Susannah his wife, in 1785. Their son and successor, HILL DAWE, esq. of Ditcheat, captain in the Somerset militia, succeeded his father in 1769, and m. Miss Mary Muns, of Wells, by whom he had issue, HILL, his heir. Andrew-Moore, b. 1778, paymaster to the 53rd regiment of foot, m. Anne, daughter of Richard Hare, esq. of Bath, and has issue, Henry-Andrew, b. 1809, who m. Catharine, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Murray, minister of Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland. Hill-Richard, b. in 1810. George-Selwyn, b. 1784. Charles, b. 1789, captain in the 46th regiment of foot, m. 1833, Sophia, daughter of the Rev. William Leir, rector of Ditcheat, and has issue, three children, Charles-Richard, William-Hill, and Sophia-Nina. Susannah. Charlotte. Elizabeth, m. William Jeffreys, gent. and has a daughter. The eldest son is the present HILL DAWES, esq. of Ditcheat. Arms—Arg. on a pile gu. a chevron between three crosses crosslet, arg. Crest-A lion's gamb erased arg. holding a fleur-de-lys, or. Estates. In Somersetshire. LEIR, OR LEAR, OF JAGGARD'S HOUSE. LEIR, THOMAS-MACIE, esq. of Jaggard's House, in the county of Wilts, b. 19th November, 1795, succeeded to the representation of the Somersetshire branch of the family, upon the demise of his father, Thomas Leir, esq. of Weston, in that county, 9th May, 1836. He m. Miss Collard, of Swansea, and has issue, I. THOMAS. 11. Charles. III. Henry, 1. Anne. 11. Jane. III. Maria. IV. Isabella. |