Paul Dane (abt. 1740 - 1800)

Born about 1740 in Fermanagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Swords) Dane — married about 1769 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1800 at about age 60 in Fermanagh, Ireland

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Paul Dane of Killyhevlin

Paul Dane married Margaret Swords of Belturbet, Co. Cavan about 1769 ^[1]

Paul Dane left seven sons and two daughters - ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Richard Martin Dane of Killyhevlin (his heir who in 1809 married Anna Auchinleck b:1790)

William Dane (Capt.13th Reg. Foot & Capt. Cowans Co.) died Wexford in the Rebellion of 1798-1800

James Dane of Dromard (married a daughter of James Armstrong)

John Dane (Capt. 6th Foot; A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester; who married a daughter of Major Humphries of the 6th Foot)

Paul Dane (Ensign in Tyrone Militia)

Christopher Dane of Enniskillen (who died unmarried)

Alexander Dane (who died young : his head was cut off when playing “commons” on the ice at Killyhevlin)

Catherine Dane (who married Dr Trimble)

Elisabeth Dane (who married Captain Willis)

from "The History of Enniskillen" by Trimble, vol.p.300 - Paul Dane’s father was also Paul Dane whose father was John Dean or Dane, the Dane family came to Fermanagh from Hambleton, Devonshire in the 17th C . Paul Dane, Provost of Enniskillen, died 4.1.1745 age 98. According to family tradition he was present at the Battle of the Boyne ….. personally thanked by King William for the good work done by the Enniskilliners. His house (somewhere about Toneystick) was burned 13.7.1689, the day of the battle of Kilmacormick, least it be of use to the Jacobites. Later acquired lands at Killhevlin, Slee & Drummona.

Paul Dane died in 1800 ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland : Dane of Killyhevlin Timothy William Ferres
2. ↑ Trimble's History of Enniskillen - The Dane Family p.302 vol.2; by W. Copeland Trimble
3. ↑ Descriptive Notes on The Irish Historical Atlas etc. by the Earl of Belmore
4. ↑ Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland : Dane of Killyhevlin Timothy William Ferres
5. ↑ Paul Dane Esq. buried 1800 - IGPArchives/ire/fermanagh/churches/enniskillen- ENNISKILLEN - PARISH AND TOWN, SOME ENTRIES IN THE REGISTERS] from the late Earl Belmore's article on " The Old Enniskillen Vestry Book”

• A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Bernard Burke, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies pub: Dalcassian Publishing Company 1912
• A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1 pub: 1847 John Burke & Bernard Burke page:305 “Dane of Killyhevlin”