Capt. Jenkin Conway
Capt. Jenkin Conway.
See
Wikitree.
He mar
Mary Herbert [born est c.1550,
poss. descendant of
Henry I].
They must have lived for a time in London.
What must be their children Elizabeth and Jenkin are found
baptised 1576 and 1577
at
St Margaret's, Westminster, London.
Capt. Jenkin was an officer who served in Ireland against the
Desmond Rebellion.
[Rowan, 23 May 1908]
says he came to Ireland in 1583
(the last year of the Rebellion).
In 1587 he was
granted
Killorglin,
Co.Kerry,
as part of the
Munster Plantation.
He was
granted the 13th century
Killorglin Castle.
Grant confirmed 1592.
Also granted the island of Innisfallen
in Lough Leane near Killarney.
Killorglin Castle was burned
in Aug 1600,
during the
Nine Years' War.
Capt. Jenkin
apparently died before the 1613 patent grant.
Capt. Jenkin and Mary had issue:
- Alice Conway,
eldest dau.
She
mar Edward Roe [or Edmund].
He was a wealthy burgess of Tralee, Co.Kerry.
He was appointed in 1613 surveyor of the work of walling Tralee, which work did not happen.
See [Hickson, 13 May 1908].
They lived at Cloghane (or Clahane) near Tralee.
This was a house on the W side of Ballymullen, SE side of Tralee.
Page 30 of
[Rowan, 1846]
says Arthur Denny leased Cloghane
to Edward Roe on 4 Apr 1619.
They
had issue:
- Elizabeth Roe.
[Hickson, 14 Apr 1897]
shows her name was
Elizabeth, not Alice.
She was heiress of Cloghane (or Clahane), near Tralee, Co.Kerry.
She mar 1632-1638 to James Conway [of Dublin] and had issue.
See
1632 diary entry
about their proposed marriage.
They were married by 1638. See
["The Conways of Kerry", 1920].
Ancestors of Conway of Cloghane (or Clahane), Co.Kerry.
- Elizabeth Conway.
She must be
bapt at
St.Margaret's Church, Westminster, 26 Aug 1576 (see below).
She mar Robert Blennerhassett and had issue.
-
Jenkin Conway.
He
must be
bapt at St.Margaret's Church, Westminster, 26 Sept 1577 (see below).
He eventually built a new castle at Killorglin and
re-named it
Castle Conway.
Baptisms in London, 1576 and 1577
Elizabeth Conway and Jenkin Conway,
children of Jenkin Conway,
are baptised
at
St Margaret's, Westminster, London,
in 1576 and 1577.
There are
other Jenkin Conways.
But this must be this family.
They must have lived for a time in London before they moved to Ireland.
- References:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
Baptism of Elizabeth Conway, St.Margaret's Church, Westminster, 26 Aug 1576.
From
p.35
of
[Burke, 1914].
Baptism of Jenkin Conway, St.Margaret's Church, Westminster, 26 Sept 1577.
From p.36
of [Burke, 1914].
Killorglin Castle in 1600 (during the Nine Years' War)
Killorglin Castle is mentioned as a strategic castle in Kerry in 1600.
This is a dispatch
by
George Carew, President of Munster, of uncertain date but apparently in 1600,
during the
Nine Years' War.
He refers to
Florence MacCarthy,
who was organising for a Spanish force to land.
From
pp.223-224
of
[MacCarthy, 1867].
Cannot find this dispatch in initial search of
Calendar of the Carew manuscripts
and
Cecil Papers in Hatfield House.
See also
[Hickson, 9 May 1908].
Killorglin Castle was burned by
Florence MacCarthy
in Aug 1600,
during the
Nine Years' War.
This was during the
Munster campaign of
George Carew, President of Munster.
Extract from
[Pacata Hibernia, 1633].
This is from
pp.238-239
of
vol.1
of 1896 edn.
Discussion of the above section of Pacata Hibernia.
Extract from
[Hickson, 9 May 1908].
Sources yet to be consulted
