'Kenny1'
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Families covered: Kenny of Ballinrobe, Kenny of Roxburgh (Roxborough)
| BLG1886 reports that "The ancestor of this family is stated to have come to England on the expulsion of the Huguenots from France." | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Kenny (settled in Ireland c1660) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Gray (dau of John Gray of England) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Kenny of Ballinrobe, co. Mayo (d 11.12.1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.10.1698) Frances Courtney (d 25.02.1766, dau of David Courtney son of Rev. John of Ballinrobe) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Courtney Kenny of Roxburgh in Ballinrobe (b 14.04.1702, d 17.09.1799, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.04.1726) Eliza Thompson (dsp 06.08.1731) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (29.09.1731) Anne Rogers (d 05.12.1782, dau of Rev. John Rogers of co. Down) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Kenny of Roxburgh (b 11.10.1734, d 28.10.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.01.1757) Eliza Crowe (b 1735-6, d 29.07.1814, dau of William Crowe, Dean of Clonfort, by Emilia, dau of George Evans of Bulgadon Hall & sister of 1st Baron Carbery) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Kenny (d Gawilphur 1803, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha (widow of George Cumming of Cuddledore) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Kenny (Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Inge of Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | son | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Kenny | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Poole of Louth Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Martha Kenny | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Corfield (son of Thomas of Little Stretton) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Eyre Evans Kenny (d unm c1836, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | J. Thomas Kenny of Newtown, Castlebar, co. Mayo (d 11.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.09.1758) Mary Pick (d 08.1812, dau of Rev. Vesian Pick of Johnstown) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Kenny of Ballyornan, co. Wicklow (b 13.12.1793, Lt. Colonel, 2nd son?) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Anne Jessie Kenny (dau of Capt. Courtney Crowe Kenny) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Eyre Evans Crowe Kenny (b 15.01.1805, d 01.1891, youngest son?) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Walsh (d 1887) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Catherine Kenny (b 27.11.1792, settled in New York) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Michael O'Brien | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Nancy Kenny (b 30.05.1801) | ||||||||||||||
| m. J. Armstrong | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Amelia Hanna Kenny (b 15.05.1802, settled in USA) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Thompson | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - John (b 05.08.1791, d 1791), William (b 05.1795), Robert Bryanston (b 08.09.1797, d 03.07.1798), Thomas (b 05.10.1799, d 08.1800), Eliza (b 27.10.1789), Amelia Hannah (b 26.08.1796, d 1798), Mary (b 29.09.1798, d 11.1821), Hannah Rose Deborah (b 01.11.1803, d 08.1804), Dorah (b 11.05.1808), 8 others (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | David Crowe Kenny (b c1782, d 20.08.1847, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Courtney Crowe Kenny (Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Geils (dau of Gen. _ Geils) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Kenny had issue (2 daus) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Turner (dau of Major _ Turner) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Kenny (Lt. Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | James William Gammell Kenny (Colonel) had sssue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.05.1837) Eliza Beatty | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.08.1847) Margaret Rosborough Rennick (d 17.08.1858, dau of Major Alexander Rennick of Derryargan) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Anne Kenny | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Kenny of Ballyornan @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Jessie Kenny (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Geils (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Anne Kenny | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Evans (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Emily Kenny | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mackay (Dr.) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Elizabeth Kenny | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Clarke | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Marsh | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Courtney Kenny of Roxborough, co. Mayo (b 29.11.1736, d 03.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.04.1775) Susanna Mason (d 06.07.1806, dau of Stanhope Mason of Moira) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Courtney Kenny of Ballinrobe (b 27.09.1781, d 15.03.1863, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.12.1816) Louisa Fenton (d 15.08.1841, dau of William Fenton of Spring Grove & Underbank) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Mason Stanhope Kenny of Halifax, Yorkshire (b 29.11.1786, d 25.04.1865) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1812) Sophia Fenton (dau of William Fenton of Spring Grove & Underbank) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | John Kenny (b 20.02.1788, dsp 27.10.1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lovelock | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Ann Kenny (b 22.09.1776, d 01.1848) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.1799) _ Maxwell (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Susanna Kenny (b 15.05.1780, d 10.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.1798) Thomas Gildea of Castlebar & Ballinrobe (son of James of Fort Royal) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Mariann Kenny (b 01.04.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.03.1801) John Clarke of Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Brilliana Kenny (b 29.08.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.09.1802) William Griffith of co. Sligo | |||||||||||||||
| h.+ | other issue - Courtney (b 19.04.1778, d 06.1781), William (b 26.04.1790, d unm 17.08.1811), Susanna (b 20.03.1779, d 04.07.1779), Brilliana (d 1782) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Kenny (b 05.06.1740, dsp, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Shuldham (dau of Lemuel Shuldham of Ballymulvey) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Frances Kenny (b 05.07.1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arthur Stanhope | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Ann Kenny (b 12.02.1742/3, d 18.12.1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gregory Cuff of Creagh (d 26.07.1811) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Hannah Kenny (b 11.01.1743/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Garnet | |||||||||||||||
| vii.+ | other issue - son (b 08.07.1739, d 11.1739), George (b 19.01.1741/2), Hannah (b 23.06.1737, d 25.09.1737), Ann (b 17.06.1738, d 28.09.1738), Elizabeth (b 20.11.1744), Mildred (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Tunbridge Kenny (d 09.1757) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BIFR1976 (Kenny), BLGI1912 (Kenny of Ballinrobe), BLG1886 (Kenny of Ballinrobe)
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