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Leyne

Leyne wills in 1743-1785 in Ardfert and Aghadoe wills in [Index to Irish Wills, vol.3].

Jeremy Leyne, MD.
See entry in tree by Patrick Lyons.
He mar 1745 to Elizabeth O'Connell.
Doctor in Tralee.
He died 1772.
They had issue:

Maurice Leyne, MD.
He mar 1786 to Agnes McGillycuddy [descendant of Edward III].
He died in the cholera epidemic in 1833 (NOT 1823).
They had issue:

Capt. Richard Leyne,
born 1790.
He mar 1817, Tralee, to Elizabeth O'Connor [born 1800, descendant of Edward III].
He died 1864.
They had issue:

John Gerald Leyne,
born 1841 (by age at death).
He mar Margaret Elizabeth Wilkinson.
He is listed as "Master Mariner" at dau's birth and his death.
Captain, City of Cork Steam Packet Company.
He died 1893, Cork, age 52 yrs.
They had issue:

1. Elizabeth Leyne,
   Elizabeth Agnes Leyne,
   born 1879, Cork.
   See her bapt entry, St.Patrick's, Cork, 5 May 1879. Someone wrote a note that she later married O'Connell.
   She mar 1909 to Daniel O'Connell and had issue.

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References

• Extracts from Leyne Manuscript, by John T Collins. [O'Kief] Vol. 11, pp.926-930.
  • See p.926 on Ancestry copy.
  • See p.926 on FamilySearch copy.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• LEYNE in [Denny, 1923]

• Items of Maurice Leyne (son of Capt. Richard Leyne):
  • Notebook containing poems, and notes re Leyne. Date 1848. [NLI] MS 34,938 A. See entry.
  • Autograph album, c.1848. [NLI] N.6305, P.7142. See entry.