Maurice Morgan O'Connell (1776 - 1797)

Born 1776 in County Kerry, Ireland

Ancestors

Died Dec 1797 at about age 21 in San Domingo, West Indies

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Biography

Maurice was the son of Morgan O'Connell and Catherine O'Mullane.^[1]

At the age of 12 Maurice and his brother Daniel were sent to Harrington's School in Cork.^[2] A year later they were sent to Liege but were refused admission because Daniel was too old.^[2] They were admitted at St. Omer in 1791 before moving to Douai College in 1792.^[2][3] By January 1793 relations between England and France had deteriorated to such an extent that he and his brother Daniel were forced to travel to London.^[3]

He became a Lieutenant in Count Walsh de Serrant's Regiment and died on active service in San Domingo in December 1797.^[1][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records Page 897 (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Irish Pedigrees: O'Connell Family Genealogy, or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, John O'Hart., accessed 16 Mar 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ed. O’Connell, Maurice R. The Correspondence of Daniel O’Connell, Vol. I, 1792–1814 (Dublin: Irish University Press, 1973)
4. ↑ O'Connell, Mrs, Morgan John. The last colonel of the Irish Brigade, Count O'Connell, and old Irish life at home and abroad, 1745-1833 Volume II, Page 217 (London, 1892)