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Arthur Blennerhassett, of Riddlestown

Arthur Blennerhassett,
of Riddlestown Park, Co.Limerick,
mar Margaret Hayes [dau and co-heiress of Jeremiah Hayes, of Cahir Guillamore, nr Kilmallock, Co.Limerick],
she was the only lady member of the Limerick Hellfire Club, which met at Askeaton Castle,
he drowned in Lakes of Killarney, Co.Kerry, Oct 1775,
(todo) see Hibernian Chronicle, 9th Oct 1775,
had issue:

Gerald Blennerhassett,
of Riddlestown, had issue:

1. Gerald Blennerhassett,
   of Riddlestown, Co.Limerick,
   mar 2ndly, 1778, to Letitia Bateman [dau of John Bateman by his 2nd wife Grace Brooke] and had issue:

   
   

   1. Gerald Blennerhassett, had issue:
      1. Gerald Blennerhassett, born 1809,
         mar 1840 to Geraldine Anne Fitzgerald and had issue.

      2. Clara Anne Blennerhassett, born c.1812,
         mar 1835 to John Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin and had issue.

      3. William Massy Blennerhassett, bapt 1814,
         officer in RIC, Sub-Inspector,
         mar 1847 to Margaret Sophia Fitzgerald.

   2. John Blennerhassett, mar 2ndly and had issue:
      1. Letitia Grace Blennerhassett, born 1821,
         died unmarried, 31st Mar 1915, age 94 yrs,
         bur 2nd Apr, Crecora, Co.Limerick [Kilpeacon, Limerick, burial register].

      2. John Brooke Blennerhassett, born c.1827,
         had issue [did NOT have a daughter Letitia - that is a confusion with his sister].

         Ancestor of Blennerhassett
         of Rockfield, Ballycahane par, Co.Limerick (possibly formerly held by Nihell, definitely formerly held by Furnell),
         and also of Ballyregan (NOT Ballyvegan), Ballycahane par, Co.Limerick.

      
      

   3. Letitia Blennerhassett, born est c.1785,
      mar Nantenan church, Co.Limerick [must be Nantinan, Nantinan par, WC Co.Limerick], 8th May 1804 [Limerick General Advertiser or Gazette, 9th May 1804], NOT 11th May 1807,
      to Samuel Harding [eldest son of Henry Harding, of Harding Grove, Co.Limerick, and his wife Elizabeth],
      he was Lieutenant in 18th Light Dragoons,
      marriage settlement dated 16 May 1807, registered with [LR] 30 July 1807, book 593, p.210, no.402483,
      she was entitled to £2,960 under will of her late father,
      had issue:
      1. Sarah Harding,
         mar c.1835 to Michael Cullen (may have originally been Culhane),
         they emig with their children to the U.S. in 1866,
         ancestors of:
         1. James Cullen,
            of Texas,
            researching family tree.

      2. Henry Harding, eldest son, born 1811,
         died 12 Mar 1885, Chicago, USA, age 74 yrs,
         see [Limerick Chronicle, 31st March 1885].

      3. Joseph Harding, youngest son, born 1820,
         died 16 Nov 1885, Chicago, USA, age 65 yrs,
         see [Limerick Chronicle, 5th January 1886].