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George Lynne

George Lynne,
born est c.1570,
of Southwick Hall, Northamptonshire.
He mar Isabella Forrest [bapt 27 July 1575].
He died in lifetime of his father.
He died 5 Nov 1606, age est c.36 yrs.
He was bur 6 Nov 1606, Southwick Church.
Inquisition into his death, 26 August, 5th James I (26 August 1607).
Isabella fl 1607.
George and Isabella had issue:

1. George Lynne,
   of Southwick Hall,
   born 10 May 1594.
   Listed as age 13 yrs 3 months 16 days at inquisition into his father's death, 26 August 1607.
   He succ his grandfather 1617.
   He mar Mary Kirkham [born 1594].
   He died c.1672, age c.78 yrs.
   George and Mary had issue:
   1. John Lynne,
      of Southwick Hall, JP,
      born 1614.
      He mar Grace Cade.
      He detailed his aunt and grandparents in Herald's Visitation 1682 (essentially confirmed the entire structure here).
      He died 11 Jan 1694 [new style year, at the time regarded as end of 1693], age 79 yrs.
      He was bur Southwick.
      John and Grace had issue:
      1. George Lynne, ancestor of Lynne of Southwick Hall.

      2. Mary Lynne, mar Martyn Johnson [bapt 1652] and had issue.

   
   

2. William Lynne, born 1597,
   mar Elizabeth Whetenhall and had issue.

   
   

3. Martha Lynne,
   NOT Margaret.
   She would be named after her grandmother Martha Throckmorton, who died 1600, so perhaps born est c.1601.
   There is apparently a Martha Lynne, bapt 17 July 1598, Haddon, Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire). (todo) See original. This could be her since Haddon is close to her mother's family home of Morborne.
   Her father died 1606.
   She mar John Blennerhassett [of near Tralee, Co.Kerry, Ireland] and had issue.
   Her aunt Elizabeth Forrest had married before 1605 to Sir Arthur Denny of Tralee, Co.Kerry. Denny died in 1619 and her aunt re-married and stayed in Tralee. It would be her aunt who brought her over to Ireland to marry another Munster Plantation settler, John Blennerhassett.
   She moved to near Tralee, Co.Kerry.

Extract from [Green, 1877], showing line from Lynne to Blennerhassett.
See full size top and bottom.

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List of portraits

There is a list of Lynne portraits on pp.62-63 of [Green, 1875-77].

• Ones of most interest: The above says the following portraits were in the possession of Everard Green as at 1877:
  1. PORTRAIT of Isabella Forrest.
  2. PORTRAIT of 3 children of George Lynne and Isabella Forrest.
  3. PORTRAIT of William Lynne (born 1597).
  4. PORTRAIT of Elizabeth Whetenhall.
  5. PORTRAIT of Mary Kirkham.
  6. PORTRAIT of John Lynne (born 1614).
  7. PORTRAIT of Grace Cade, painted 1640.

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Controversy about Lynne pedigree, Kerry Evening Post, 1893

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• Leslie Blennerhassett has images relevant to Martha Lynne's English ancestry.