Francis Flood (1627 - abt. 1730)

Husband of Anne (Warden) Flood — married 1692 in Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1730 at about age 103 in County Kilkenny, Ireland

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Biography

Birth and Origins

Major Francis Flood of Burnchurch, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, was born perhaps c. 1627 or perhaps later), the son (or grandson) of Thomas Fludd, grand-nephew of Robert Fludd and therefore descended from Sir Thomas Flood or Fludd of Kent (Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I)^{[1] [2][3] [2]}

Burke states that Francis Flood Esq of Burnchurch was from the lineage of the eldest son of Sir Thomas Fludd. Francis [?or his father] was a major in the army who commanded a body of horse in the personal army of the Protector Cromwell and went to Ireland in at the same time as the Ponsonboys, Cuffes and Wardens, all of how settled in Kilkenny in 1647. (Note the Cuffes at least may have been in Ireland for a couple of generations before settling in Kilkenny).^[1] If this is the case then Francis must have been at least 18-20 years of age, if not more, and would be born 1629 or earlier. Though his children appear to have been born in the 1790s. Other sources suggest a different Francis Flood^[4]

Marriage and Family

He married Anne Warden, only daughter and heir of Col. Henry Warden m.p., granddaughter of Sir Richard Warden and niece [by marriage) of Agmondsham Cuffe Esq. of Desart, father of the 1st Baron of Desart.^[1] 1792

Their children:

• Warden Flood of Flood Hall, a lawyer and Chief Justice of Kilkenny.
• Lieut Col John Flood of Flood Hall b. 1696 d. 1774 m. Jane Compton
• Charles Flood of Ballymade, Co. Kilkenny d. unmarried 1770
• Henry Flood in Holy Orders
• George of Flood of Kilkenny in holy orders, rector of Rathdowny, Queens, Co. d. 1770
• Francis Flood of Paulstown Castle, co. Kilkenny JP & High Sherriff of Kilkenny m. Isabella Francis Hatton
• Richard Flood d. unmarried
• Anne Flood married Dr Henry Candle Archdeacon of Ossory and Rector of Callan^[1]
• William Flood

Occupation

MP of Burnchurch, County Kilkenny Ireland

He was expelled from the House of Commons in Dublin in 1705. (Between 1692 and 1800 only eight Members were expelled from the Irish House of Commons.)

A fellow MP, Agmondisham Cuffe, complained that Flood had abused his position as an Army Major and as a Magistrate for unlawfully billeting his troops on Cuffe’s tenants. He was also accused of making false enlistment returns, keeping for himself money granted to others by the Grand Jury and enforcing illegal methods of recruitment.^[5]

Estates

The Floods possess three estates in the county of Kilkenny Flood Hall, Farmley and Paulstown Castle

"From the seventeenth century, this 4000 acre estate was held under the various names of one family: Warden, Flood, and Hanford. The estate was originally granted to William Warden who fought in the Confederate wars. In 1692, William's grandaughter, Anne Warden (heir of his son Henry Warden), married a Longfordman, Major Francis Flood, bringing the Baronnial estates of Burnchurch, Kilkenny with her. The estate was inherited by Anne and Francis' son Warden and his probably illegimate son Henry. However, another grandson, John Flood of Flood Hall, successfully challenged Henry's will (which left the bulk of the state to Trinity College Dublin to establish a chair of Irish and for the purchase of Irish books and manuscripts) on the basis that Henry was born out of wedlock^{[6] [1]}

Death

He died 1730, Will 27 May 1727.

Probate:

188 Francis Burncheill in Kilkenny, Esq. 27 May 1727 /1730

Ist Son Warden Fo

Daug' Anne Fo

Sons Charles, Harry, George, Richard, William

2 John^[7]

Research Notes

Possible descendant Francis Flood b. Kilkenny possible of Francis Flood who d 1838, immigrated to Boston/USA & his son Francis Warden Flood . Also William Flood of Paulstown, Kilkenny

Henry Flood https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Flood & http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/f/Flood_H/life.htm & https://books.google.it.ao/books?id=mBdHAQAAMAAJ&

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Burke's Landed Gentry: John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, Henry Colburn, 1850, p 421-422, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QXOaP8pHr8AC&pg=PA421&lpg=PA422&dq
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Allen D Candler, Colonel William Candler of Georgia, his ancestry and progeny, ATLANTA, GA. The; FRANKLIN PRINTING & PUBLISHING Co. , 1902 , https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G001346.pdf
3. ↑ Ven Dr Henry Candler D.D. Archdeacon, family search file, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K23T-1VM/ven-dr-henry-candler-d.d.-archdeacon-1699-1758
4. ↑ Warden Flood, Memoirs of the life and correspondence of the Right Hon. Henry Flood, M.P., colonel of the volunteers: containing reminiscences of the Irish commons, and an account of the grand national convention of 1783, Publication date 1838, Topics Flood, Henry, 1732-1791, Publisher Dublin, J. Cumming; [etc.,etc.], https://archive.org/details/memoirslifeandc00wardgoog
5. ↑ 07 July-Francis Flood MP Kilkenny, On This Day, Website, OTD
6. ↑ Flood Estate Papers Repository: Kilkenny Archaeological Society, Irish Archive Resources. https://iar.ie/archive/flood-estate-papers/
7. ↑ Genealogical notes: "Ireland, Betham Genealogical Abstracts, 1179-1830", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JXT-F1NZ : 27 October 2022), Francis Flood, 1727.