2396. Arthur Colley relationship not confirmed
Arthur Colley was the Rector of St. Mogue's Church in Ballycanew from before the rebellion in 1798 until the 1820's.
1829. Ann or Jane Smith or Maria Pierce
As it is believed that the Rev. Fossey Tackaberry was of Huguenot origin(this came from the "Crookes" as well as Jane Vipond of Cork) then it becomes possible that this is through the "Fosseys"(a Huguenot name) although the "Pierces", on his mother's side(Maria Pierce,believed mother of Jane Cranwill), looks the more promising or,of course,both.
John Pierce,Whitestown,County Wexford,died c.1750 being when his Will was proved.It is also believed that there were "Pierces" at Killpipe and Ballythomas(thanks again to Henry Hollingsworth).
From Lila Cranwill, December 1950 - copied from Mia Cranwill (3 Sheils Square, Stillorgan, Dublin)
Owing to Bigotry which has been and is still rife here, the name was changed in about 1734 to Cranwill to emphasise the fact that the religion of the family was not that of their sisters”s.
My uncle Tom took great interest in genealogy and heraldry and once told me that originally the family were maurading Danes, who settled on the Lincolnshire fens (place now called Cranwell.) If this was so they brought the name with them, for I once met, in England, a Danish family called Trakranen who carried exactly the same coat of arms and crest as ours (Trakranen - Three Cranes)
This moves the family a good step farther back: a pity it cannot be substantiated, but so far back records could not be obtained. The simple type of our arms are a proof of antiquity - newer types are more elaborate. There is or was a family of Cranwells in England, but they are quite distinct from our family, as they carry as crest a Hare, running on a green mount.
There are also Cranwells in Ireland, Roman Catholics, but my uncle told me they are in no way connected with our family. He also told me that once he saw some deeds of property dated 1746 with John’s name spelled Cranwell and one some years later with Patrick’s name spelled Cranwill (about 1776) and Craynwell.
Some years ago (about 1920) I met a lady who had just sold the land in Lincolnshire to the British Army and now they have an Air School for Military Cadets there. They have adopted our coat and crest, as the family is officially obsolete, which it is in Ireland and England. That is the reason it is no longer quoted in Burke’s Landed Gentry of recent dates.
About 50 years ago I traced the coat and crest from the current Burke but even then it was given as obsolete. (this was the English edition and the family apparently had died out there many many years ago.)
2404. Dorothy Cranwill
According to the St. Moyue's marriage records the couple were married by licence. Dorothy's marriage record is at the very bottom of the St. Mogue's record photo. Most likely her sister Ann's record located at the top of the photo.
As well as Uncle Eades the Rev. Fossey Tackaberry mentioned Aunt Morris and who would be Dorothy Cranwill,of Ballycanew parish, who married Richard Morrice 7 April 1804.
Believed to have had a brother James who married a lady named Mary and had a son William in 1809, christian in St. Mogue's, Ballycanew.
Mary was a descendent of Richard 3rd just like Ann Hill.
Lady Mary Hamilton was born before 1704. She is the daughter of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn and Hon. Elizabeth Reading .1,2 She married Henry Colley, son of Henry Colley and Mary Usher, in 1719.1
1833. Richard Wesley Colley Wellesley 1st Baron of Mornington
Richard Colley, 1st Baron Mornington, inherited Wellesley estates, including Dangan Castle, nr Trim, Co.Meath, adopted name Wesley or Wellesley,