Thomas Blennerhassett, of Ballymacelligott and Listrim
Thomas Blennerhassett,
of Ballymacelligott and Listrim, Co.Kerry,
born est c.1695.
He mar
Avice Spring.
They had issue:
- Col. Arthur Blennerhassett,
of Arabella House, born 1731.
He
mar 1stly, 1764 [her a widow, age 38]
to Arabella Blennerhassett [born 1726].
He built Arabella House
(or Arabela House),
Arabela townland, Ballymacelligott par, Co.Kerry
(some distance to the E of Ballyseedy).
Named after his wife.
Managed to get the townland named after her too.
See ARABELLA in
[Houses of Kerry].
Arabella House was later owned by Rowan.
MP for Co.Kerry
1776 to 1783.
[O'Carroll, 2009, p.72]
says it is this
Arthur who was that MP,
NOT his cousin and brother-in-law
Arthur Blennerhassett.
Arthur appears in
painting
of Irish House of Commons, 1780.
There is a key to this among the photos in the
Day papers.
He was Colonel 1779-1782
of the "Kerry Legion" regiment
(also known as the "Palatine" or Ballymacelligott corps)
of the Kerry Volunteers.
Chaplain of the regiment was
Rev. John Blennerhassett.
See him
listed
in Munster Volunteer Registry, 1782, p.48.
Arabella died 1795.
Inherits Ballyseedy, 1799:
Col. Arthur inherited "Ballyseedy"
from his cousin in
1799.
Think this means the old ruined
Ballyseedy Castle and estate.
He married 2ndly in 1800 at Wells, Somerset.
He lived at Bath, Somerset. Living there by 1805.
He would be
Col. Arthur Blennerhassett
who writes a letter of 24 Oct 1806
from Crescent, Bath,
to
Maurice Fitzgerald, 18th Knight of Kerry.
He died Bath, 1810, age 79 yrs.
- Thomas Blennerhassett,
born 1736.
See Wikitree.
He is said to have mar without his father's consent and been disinherited.
This branch would have inherited Ballyseedy otherwise.
He is believed to be the father of:
- Arthur Blennerhassett, of Gortatlea, Co.Kerry, born c.1755.
Thomas Blennerhassett,
of Ballymacelligott, and his wife,
and his brother
John's wife,
appear on p.56
of
[Hickson, 1874].
This is the chapter on the
Danish Silver Robbery of 1731.
