Geoffrey Eagar
Marriage of Geoffrey Eagar and Millicent Eagar, 18 September 1798, Ballynacourty CoI church.
Geoffrey Eagar,
or
Jeffery,
of Ballinvoher, Dingle peninsula, Co.Kerry.
He mar 1798 to his 1st cousin's dau
Millicent Eagar
[grand-dau of
Robert Blennerhassett,
descendant of
Edward III].
Listed at children's baptisms 1799-1802 as living in the parish of Ballinvoher.
Wife's death notice describes him (though name given wrong) as of
Anascaul,
Ballynacourty par,
Dingle peninsula.
He died pre-1835.
She died in Tralee on 12 May 1835.
They had issue:
-
Philip Eagar,
bapt 24 June 1799,
Ballynacourty CoI church, Co.Kerry.
See entry
from here.
Ballynacourty is the adjoining parish to Ballinvoher, to the W of it, on the Dingle peninsula.
EAGAR in
[Burke's Arms, 1860]
says he married a Miss Martin and emigrated to America.
This is clearly the death of Millicent Eagar in Tralee on 12 May 1835, with an error in the name of her husband.
From Kerry Evening Post,
May 13, 1835.
The baptism of Philip Eagar,
24 June 1799, Ballynacourty CoI church.
EAGAR in
[Burke's Arms, 1860]
says Philip Eagar married a Miss Martin and emigrated to America.
From
p.215.
Philip Eagar who had Catholic children
There is a Philip Eagar of Co.Kerry around the same generation as the above,
who married Joanna Barrett, and had issue who were Catholic.
See
entry
in
tree
by
Frank Mullady.
And his descendant, Mullady, DNA matches my Cashel family.
Frank Mullady thought he might be identical with the Protestant Philip Eagar above:
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He is in the right parish, Ballinvoher.
-
However [Burke's Arms, 1860]
says the above Philip Eagar married a Miss Martin and emigrated to America.
-
It is also a stretch to have the above Philip Eagar being a grandfather at age 36.
-
Unless more evidence emerges, it looks like they are different people.
However, it is possible this Philip Eagar does descend from the landed Eagar family:
- The DNA match of Mullady is to both sides of my Cashel family.
- Hence, assuming it is Co.Kerry, the match must be through
George Cashel.
- George Cashel descends from a Blennerhassett family which is heavily inter-married with Eagar.
- So it is possible Philip Eagar descends from that family.
- However caution that we have no evidence the Mullady link to us
is through their Eagar line.
It could be through a different line.
Philip Eagar.
The family story among his descendants was he was Protestant.
He mar
Joanna Barrett.
Their children were bapt Catholic.
(todo) Try death of Johanna Eagar,
[GROI], Tralee,
1865, 3rd qr, age 70 (born 1795), vol 15 p 385.
Philip and Joanna had issue:
- Ellen Eagar,
born est c.1815.
She
mar John Shea.
At son's bapt 1835 they are living Listry, Kilbonane par, Co.Kerry (SE of Milltown).
They
had issue:
- John Shea,
bapt 26 Oct 1835, Milltown RC church, Co.Kerry.
See entry
from here.
- Catherine Shea, born 1856,
mar John Riordan and had issue:
- Catherine Riordan, born 1895,
mar John Sullivan and had issue:
- Catherine Geraldine Sullivan, born 1930,
mar --- Mullady and had issue:
- C. Mullady.
DNA match to (Blennerhassett Cashel family):
Donal Duggan and
Mitrina Ryall and
Frank McGrath.
DNA match to (Cashel of Alaska):
David Price.
- Johanna Eagar,
bapt 20 September 1829 [Annascaul RC par records].
See entry
from here.
Annascaul would be the large RC parish including Ballynacourty and Ballinvoher.
Her father is listed as Philip Eagar.
The RC baptism of John Shea,
26 Oct 1835.
The RC baptism of Johanna Eagar, 20 September 1829.
- This could be yet another Philip Eagar:
Philip Eagar who mar 17 March 1828
at Kilcolman CoI church, Co.Kerry,
to Judy Hickey [of Milltown].
Milltown is not far E of Ballinvoher.
