Bernard
Conolly
Born in Ireland
Son of Thomas Conolly
and Mary (Unknown) Conolly
Brother of
Edward Conolly and Mary (Conolly) Thompson
Husband of
Margaret (Hanna) Cross
— married
1786 (to 1794) in Newry Ireland
Descendants 
Died
at age 51
in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland
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Biography
- Bernard was born 12 March 1743 in Ireland. He was the son of Thomas Conolly and Mary (Unknown) Conolly.
- Bernard married Margaret Hanna (daughter of William Hanna and Jane Wallace) in 1786 at Newry, Ireland.
- Bernard Conolly passed away in 15 June 1794 at Clones Monaghan Ireland.
- He was buried in St. Tighernach's Church of England Graveyard, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland. [1]
Research
- 1. Bernard CONOLLY was born on 12 March 1743 in Ireland. He died on 15 June 1794 in Clones, Monaghan, Ireland. He was buried in St.Tighernach's Church of England Graveyard, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland.
- 2. He was married to Margaret HANNA (daughter of William HANNA and Jane WALLACE) in 1786 in probably Newry, Ireland. Margaret HANNA was born on 9 September 1763 in Newry, County Down, Ireland. She died on 1 August 1846 in Ann Arbor, MI.3
- Margaret HANNA and Bernard CONOLLY had the following children:
- Note: (These children stayed with Hanna's father when she remarried.)
- Jane Eliza CONOLLY, born about 1789, married James Scott1 March 1813.
- William John CONOLLY, born about 1790.
- Richard CONOLLY, born in 1791, married Margery Thompson 13 December 1813 Clones, Monaghan, Ireland, he died 19 August 1822.
- Bernard CONOLLY, born on 29 September 1790 and died on 29 July 1791.
- "My ancestor was Bernard Conolly, a Merchant of Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. I've visited his gravesite in St. Tighernach's graveyard in Clones.He was buried there in 1794 along with some of his children and other family members.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Bernard Conolly
- ↑ Bernard Conolly Hanna/Conolly information from Lois Shirley Draper Barker, Sydney, Australia
- Bernard Conolly
- Descendants of William Hanna
- Hanna/Conolly information from Lois Shirley Draper Barker, Sydney, Australia
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Page 320 of "History of Methodism in Ireland- Wesley and His Times" Vol 1, C H Crookshank, Belfast, 1885. Tells of Wesley speaking at Clones "another was Mr Bernard Connolly, who when passing the chapel one evening was induced to enter, and the result was his conversion to God,"
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Categories: Clones Town, County Monaghan
1. Bernard CONOLLY was born on 12 March 1743 in Ireland. He died on 15 June 1794 in Clones, Monaghan, Ireland. He was buried in St.Tighernach's Church of England Graveyard, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland.1, 2 He was married to Margaret HANNA (daughter of William HANNA and Jane WALLACE) in 1786 in probably Newry, Ire. Margaret HANNA was born on 9 September 1763 in Newry, County Down, Ireland. She died on 1 August 1846 in Ann Arbor, MI.3
Margaret HANNA and Bernard CONOLLY had the following children: (These children stayed with Hanna's father when she remarried.) Jane Eliza CONOLLY, born about 1789, married James Scott1 March 1813. William John CONOLLY, born about 1790. Richard CONOLLY, born in 1791, married Margery Thompson 13 December 1813 Clones, Monaghan, Ireland, he died 19 August 1822. Bernard CONOLLY, born on 29 September 1790 and died on 29 July 1791. "My ancestor was Bernard Conolly, a Merchant of Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland. I've visited his gravesite in St. Tighernach's graveyard in Clones.He was buried there in 1794 along with some of his children and other family members.
"Margaret Hanna's mother was Jane Wallace, a descendant of the famous Scottish hero William Wallace's brother Malcom Wallace. Hence the great pride in the aristocratic Hannas of Newry."
"My ggrandfather William J. Conolly of Goulburn had one sister, Mary Conolly. She married Obadiah Willans, came to live in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. They had 8 children, one of whom, Harriett Eliza, born Dublin 1851, married John James Woodward. Their grandson became a Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and Governor of New South Wales.
Sources: Hanna/Conolly information from Lois Shirley Draper Barker, Sydney, Australia Click here for more Hanna/Conolly information from Lois Shirley Draper. Michigan Pioneer Record, Lansing, MI