Generation No. 07
Gerald (1) Byrn(e) of Sleaty, The Queens County, now Laois.
Born . 1706.
Married c. 1772
Died : 1782
His father died in 1736 and because he had no heir Gerald was being pushed out of his Sleaty inheritance by his sister Ann Best and others . Whilst he was of the Protestant faith the trouble was he was not married and therefore had no acceptable son and heir.
In an indenture No. 132499, registered 16th June 1759 ( see above) his fathers wishes were that Gerald could inherit Sleaty providing he was a Protestant and had a '' legitimate'' male heir. Gerald was brought up as a protestant but he married a Roman Catholic, Mary Kavanagh, Dau. of Simon Kavanagh, Esq. of Rocksavage, Co. Carlow. c:1772 . To consolidate Geralds inheritance Mary subsequently changed her religion and was baptised in the in the Church of Ireland , Carlow in 1809. The had issue two sons
Charles II and John.
Charles II went on to live in Sleaty.
It is recorded in the mid 1700s that his brother John was ' of Ballinakill ' and Leighlinbridge 1759 , so when Edmund Gaungagh died in 1737 and was buried in the vault in the old Cemetery in Clonmore,along with his children Murtagh, John and Anne there was no one left in Ballinakill, John, son of Charles I, would have inheritance rights along with his Penal Law rights.
Now who broke up their brothers Charles's Stone who erected his stone in Clonmore in 1745 ???
Envious and starving locals up in arms over the death of Edmund and his family whilst Charles lived well as a Protestant Land lord in Sleaty ??
The rebels of 1798 retreated from Hacketstown to Clonmore and burned down the Protestant Church, may be they had a go at the Stone of the turncoat Charles of Seaty whose son Gerald featured in the abuse of Rebel prisoners in Carlow after the Rising. ??
Who knows !
When Gerald died in Mary realised the tenuos situation of her son and her deceased husbands inheritance, so she erected at her own expense the memorial stone in the old Sleaty graveyard. The main contender for the Sleaty fortunes was of course, the first born of Charles, Ann Best (nee Byrne) who was then living with her husband Weaver Best of Knockbeg, in ( not as good ) Ardristan , some 10/20 miles from her birthplace Sleaty. She was well aware of the the father's inheritance conditions set out in Indenture No. 132499 as above.
Charles's inheritance would have have been quite substantial , apart from the Ballinakill and Sleaty lands his collectible rentals due to the Hon. and Revd. Francis Paul Stratford amounted to £1379 .5 .0 for 1st Feb 1790 to the o/e Feb 1808.
Gerald died ( '' on the 7th -? 178-? aged -? 3 years '' ) and was buried in the old Sleaty Graveyard across the road from Sleaty 'Castle' his original home place.
See transcript from records of actual on site surveys carried out by Michael Purcell in 1986 on behalf of Carlow CC and FAS.
According to the the Browning pedigree Gerald died in Nov 1782 aged 76 and therefore he would have been born 1706 and this and his marriage to Mary Kavanagh is also confirmed by his memorial stone inscriptions.
Gerald (1) Byrn(e) of Sleaty, The Queens County, now Laois.
Born . 1706.
Married c. 1772
Died : 1782
His father died in 1736 and because he had no heir Gerald was being pushed out of his Sleaty inheritance by his sister Ann Best and others . Whilst he was of the Protestant faith the trouble was he was not married and therefore had no acceptable son and heir.
In an indenture No. 132499, registered 16th June 1759 ( see above) his fathers wishes were that Gerald could inherit Sleaty providing he was a Protestant and had a '' legitimate'' male heir. Gerald was brought up as a protestant but he married a Roman Catholic, Mary Kavanagh, Dau. of Simon Kavanagh, Esq. of Rocksavage, Co. Carlow. c:1772 . To consolidate Geralds inheritance Mary subsequently changed her religion and was baptised in the in the Church of Ireland , Carlow in 1809. The had issue two sons
Charles II and John.
Charles II went on to live in Sleaty.
It is recorded in the mid 1700s that his brother John was ' of Ballinakill ' and Leighlinbridge 1759 , so when Edmund Gaungagh died in 1737 and was buried in the vault in the old Cemetery in Clonmore,along with his children Murtagh, John and Anne there was no one left in Ballinakill, John, son of Charles I, would have inheritance rights along with his Penal Law rights.
Now who broke up their brothers Charles's Stone who erected his stone in Clonmore in 1745 ???
Envious and starving locals up in arms over the death of Edmund and his family whilst Charles lived well as a Protestant Land lord in Sleaty ??
The rebels of 1798 retreated from Hacketstown to Clonmore and burned down the Protestant Church, may be they had a go at the Stone of the turncoat Charles of Seaty whose son Gerald featured in the abuse of Rebel prisoners in Carlow after the Rising. ??
Who knows !
When Gerald died in Mary realised the tenuos situation of her son and her deceased husbands inheritance, so she erected at her own expense the memorial stone in the old Sleaty graveyard. The main contender for the Sleaty fortunes was of course, the first born of Charles, Ann Best (nee Byrne) who was then living with her husband Weaver Best of Knockbeg, in ( not as good ) Ardristan , some 10/20 miles from her birthplace Sleaty. She was well aware of the the father's inheritance conditions set out in Indenture No. 132499 as above.
Charles's inheritance would have have been quite substantial , apart from the Ballinakill and Sleaty lands his collectible rentals due to the Hon. and Revd. Francis Paul Stratford amounted to £1379 .5 .0 for 1st Feb 1790 to the o/e Feb 1808.
Gerald died ( '' on the 7th -? 178-? aged -? 3 years '' ) and was buried in the old Sleaty Graveyard across the road from Sleaty 'Castle' his original home place.
See transcript from records of actual on site surveys carried out by Michael Purcell in 1986 on behalf of Carlow CC and FAS.
According to the the Browning pedigree Gerald died in Nov 1782 aged 76 and therefore he would have been born 1706 and this and his marriage to Mary Kavanagh is also confirmed by his memorial stone inscriptions.
