Born in Hammond's Marsh, St Peter's Parish, Cork, Ireland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Galwey
— married
10 Jun 1785 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John Galwey, William Patrick Galwey, Robert Galwey, Charles Galwey, Lydia Elizabeth Galwey, Isabella Galwey, Edward Galwey and Richard Galwey I
Died
at age 97
in Mespil Parade, Dublin, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jan 2015
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Biography
Lydia was born in 1765. Lydia Webb ... She passed away in 1862. [1]
1. She was eldest dau of Patrick Webb, Cornet, Gen Bligh’s Dragoons, of Hermitage, Co Cork (son of Arthur Webb of Webbsborough, Co Kilkenny (Ref 3) by Elizabeth, dau of Sir Henry Wemys of Danesfort in the same county) (Ref 4) by Elizabeth, dau and co-heir of William Waldron.
2. She wrote in an old family Bible that "I was born in my grandmother's house ... on the Eve of St Patrick's day 1765" (Ref 2).
3. She was buried with her sons in St Mary's, Donnybrook, Dublin (Ref 5).
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by John Gibb, Saturday, January 3, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
1. Blackall, H., Galweys of Munster, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Vol. LXXII No. 215 (Jan-Jun 1967) pp. 36 & 37.
2. Birth: Bennett, CJB, Galweys of Lota, Hodges Figgis, Dublin, 1909, p. 24.
3. Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1904, ‘Webb of Webbsborough’
4. Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1850, vol ii ‘Wemys of Danesfort’
5. Bennett, CJB, Galweys of Lota, Hodges Figgis, Dublin, 1909, p. 164 .
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