He was educated by Dr Norris and entered Trinity College Dublin on 26 July 1784, aged 16. B.A. 1789. [1]
Curate of Newcastle, Co Wicklow (Diocese of Glendalough), 1790; Vicar of Attanagh, Queen’s County (Diocese of Ossory), 1801-1807; and Rector of Cork.
Francis married Belinda Isabella Comerford.
Children
Patrick married Frances Arbuthnot, 2nd daughter of Right Rev. Alexander Arbuthnot, D.D., Bishop of Killaloe.
Robert, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Trin. Coll. Dublin, b. 3 Nov. 1798 ; married Eleanor Vesey, daughter of Rev. George Vesey, D.D., of Derrabard House, co. Tyrone
Francis (Rev.), Incumbent of Samlesbury, Lancashire, B.A. Queens' Coll. Cambs., b. 4 June, 1800 ; married (1), 6 May, 1828, Marianne Cuppage, daughter of Gen. Alexander Cuppage, of Clare Grove, co. Dublin, (2) 15 Nov. 1865, Sophia Elizabeth Wahl, widow of Perkins.
Samuel, b. 2 Jan. 1803 ; d. an infant.
Amelia Teresa, married 31 July, 1837, Rev. Arthur Wynne, son of the Rev. Richard Wynne and d.s.p. 25 Oct. 1868.
↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Francis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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