'Gunn2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Gun of Ballybunion, Gun-Cuninghame of Mount Kennedy, Gun of Rattoo
[This page was originally named 'Gun1'. Its name was changed on 09.01.18.]

                               
According to BLG1886, "This family is originally from Caithness, N.B." (reported on Gunn1).
William Gun of Lislahane Castle (a 1641)
1. William Gun of Rattoo (d 1723)
  m. (1694) Catherine Townsend (dau of Richard Townsend)
  A. Townsend Gun of Rattoo
m. Elizabeth Blennerhassett (dau of Conway Blennerhassett of Castle Conway)
  i. William Townsend Gun of Rattoo (d 1812)
  m1. (1765) Sarah Stoughton (dau of Anthony Stoughton of Ballyhorgan)
  a. Townsend Gun of Rattoo (d 1817) had issue
  m. (1803) Amelia Wilson (d 1849, dau of William Wilson)
  b. Thomas Gun (d unm)
  c. William Gun
  m. Margaret McKenny (dau of Sir Thomas McKenny, Bart)
  (1) Sarah Gun
  d. Elizabeth Gun
  m1. (1783) James Fuller Hartnet
  m2. William Ponsonby of Crottoo (Major)
e. Sarah Gun
  m. Samuel Morris of Ballybeggan
  f. Frances Gun
  m. Thomas Collis
  g. Penelop Gun
  m. Rev. James Mahon
  (1)+ issue - Anthony, William
  h. Catherine Gun
  m. Rev. Stephen Dunlevie
  m2. Eliza Kane
  i.+ other issue - John, George, Cherry, Charlotte
  ii. Elizabeth Gun (b 14.09.1736, d 16.01.1823)
  m. (05.10.1755) Thomas Mullins, 1st Lord Ventry of Ventry (b 25.10.1736, d 11.01.1824)
B.+ other issue - Francis, Rebecca, Sarah, Catharine
2. George Gun of Carrigafoile Castle
  m. Sarah Connor (dau of Thomas Connor, Archdeacon of Ardfert)
  A. William Gun of Kilmaney
  m. Eliza Dobson (dau of William Dobson)
i. William Gun
  m. ?? (Mrs. Collis who m3. Cam. Richard Frankland)
  a. George Gun of Riversdale, later Gun-Cuninghame of Mount Kennedy (d 15.02.1827)
  m. Jean (Jane) Gordon (d 30.11.1831, dau of Gen. Robert Gordon by Anne Cuninghame)
  (1) Robert Gun-Cuninghame of Mount Kennedy (b 04.09.1792, d 07.06.1877) had issue
  m1. (21.07.1817) Elizabeth Foulkes of Birchamp House (d 14.07.1829, dau of Archibald Hamilton Foulkes of Coolawinna by Elizabeth Du Carel)
  m2. (11.09.1832) Annabella Erina Pery (d 25.04.1841, dau of Edmund Henry Pery, 'Viscount Glentworth')
  (2) Eliza Gun-Cuninghame (d 28.07.1853)
  m. (01.02.1812) Arthur Henry of Lodge Park
  (3) Jane Gun-Cuninghame (d 23.07.1867)
  m. (07.03.1814) Francis Jack Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (b 12.12.1787, d 20.06.1880)
(4) Georgiana Frances Gun-Cuninghame (d 16.01.1840)
  m. (25.10.1815) Sir Simeon Henry Stuart, 5th Bart of Harteley Mauduit (b 23.10.1790, d 23.10.1868)
  (5)+ other issue (d unm) - Anne, Matilda, Henrietta
  ii. Sarah Gun (d 12.1824)
  m. (1771) Sir Joshua Paul, 1st Bart of Paulville (d 15.04.1799)
  B. George Gun (4th son)
  m1. (1747) Elizabeth Raymond (dau of James Raymond of Ballyregan)
  i. George Gun of Ballybunion
  m. (1774) Arabella Denny (dau of Rev. Barry Denny of Ballyvelly)
  a. Barry William Gun of Ballybunion and Plover Hill (d 25.08.1828) had issue
  m. (05.09.1807) Jane Wilson (dau of William Wilson)
b. Jane Joice Gun
  m1. (1812) Robert Cashell (Captain)
  m2. William Hikemann
  c. Arabella Gun
  m. John Watts
  m2. Joice Leslie (dau of Robert Leslie of Tarbert House)
  ii. John Leslie Gun (d unm)
  C. Elizabeth Gun
  m. Richard Morris
  D. Honora Gun
  m. (1746) James Raymond ## see here ##
  E. Sarah Gun
  m. (1734) Arthur Blennerhassett
  F.+ other issue - Richard, John,Henry

Main source(s): BLG1886 (Gun of Rattoo) with input from BLG1886 (Cuninghame of Mount Kennedy)
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