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a. Note:   Matching data found in: Notable Men of Rochester and Vicinity, Page 8 Sample text: LEON-Junk. LANGWORTHY, L. B.-Reminiscences of Rochester by an Octogenarian (1868). LANIGAN, GEORGE T.-Out of the World (a series of fables). LEE, ARTHUR T.-Army Ballads. ...
  Matching data found in: Notable Men of Rochester and Vicinity, Page 36 Sample text: C. Hutchins, Rossiter Johnson, Joseph O'Connor, Charles E. Fitch, Isaac M. Gregory, George T. Lanigan, Isaac H. Bromley, George II. Ellwanger, Edward S. Martin, Philip ...
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  RICHARD SHEE, esq. of Cloran, who, according to Lodge (Peerage of Ireland), commanded an Irish regiment in the Spanish service in Flanders, during the exile of King CHARLES II. which was almost wholly destroyed at the siege of Arras. He m. first, Catherine, daughter of Sir Richard Everard, bart. of Fethard, in the county of Tipperary, by his wife, Catherine, daughter of James Tobin, esq. of Cumpshinagh, in the same shire, and had issue, EDMOND, his heir. Richard, living in 1682, d. s. p. Margaret, m. to Richard Butler, fifth Viscount Mount Garret, and d. s. p. Colonel Shee espoused, secondly, Bridget, daughter of -- Malone, esq. by whom he had another son, Robert, who d. s. p. He was s. at his decease by his eldest son,
  EDMOND SHEE, esq. of Cloran, whose will bears date 23rd July, 1709, and was proved 26th May, 1739. He wedded Catharine, daughter of -- O'Dwyer, esq. of Dundrum, in the county of Tipperary (of the ancient and princely family of the O'Dwyers, of Kilnemanagh), and had one son and four daughters, viz. RICHARD, his successor. Margaret, m. to Sir John Morres, bart. of Knockagh, in the county of Tipperary, (who d. in 1723), and was mother of SIR REDMOND MORRES, who d. s. p. in 1742. Edmond Morres, d. unmarried. Catherine Morres, m. to Ambrose Kearney, esq. of Cappagh. Mary Morres, m. to James Everard Long, esq. of Grove, and of Killoran, in the county of Tipperary. Margaret Morres, m. to John Uniacke, esq. of Youghal. Elizabeth Morres, m. to -- Uniacke, esq. Mabel, m. to George Lanigan, esq. and had a son, William Lanigan, esq. who marrying Elizabeth, dau. and eventual heir, of Thomas Fogarty, esq. of Castle Fogarty, in the county of Tipperary, his son inherited that ancient estate, and became Lanigan, of Castle Fogarty. Ellen. Bridget. Mr. Shee was s. by his only son LENIGAN, OF CASTLE FOGARTY.
  LENIGAN, JAMES, esq. of Castle Fogarty, in the county of Tipperary, m. Ellen-Frances, daughter of John Evans, esq. and sister of William Evans, esq. late M. P. for Leominster, by whom he has two daughters, namely,
  SARAH-ELLEN-HENRIETTA. PENELOPE-ELIZABETH-MARIE. Mr. Lenigan succeeded his father in 1825. He is a magistrate for the county of Tipperary.
  Lineage. The ancient family of FOGARTY, now represented by the LENIGANS of Castle Fogarty, was of importance in Ireland antecedently to the descent of the English in the reign of Henry II. "That part of Ossory," says Gough, in his continuation of Camden, "which appertains to the county of Tipperary, has in the north the ancient Cantred of Eile ni Bhogartagh, containing the present baronies of Eliogarty and Kilnelongarty; the chiefs of which were the O'FOGARTYS, some of which still remain with considerable landed properties in their paternal country."
  The chief of the Sept in 1583,
  CONOHER NA SURY O'FOGARTA,(*) of Munroe, in the county of Tipperary, was father of DONOUGH O'FOGARTY, who was slain in battle at Lateragh, his father then living, 26th November, 1583, and was the Donogh who married Ellen Purcell, of the ancient baronial family of Loghmoe, and lies buried in the Abbey of Holy Cross, to which he was a considerable benefactor. He was s. by his son, DONALD O'FOGARTY, of Munroe, surnamed Grany, or the Ill-favored, whose son and heir, (*) Anglice-- CORNELIUS O'FOGARTY of the Suir. DONOUGH O'FOGARTY, of Inchy O'Fogarty, Fishmoyne, and Bally Fogarty (now CASTLE FOGARTY) left two sons, viz. ROGER, his successor. William, of Fishmoyne, physician to his majesty King CHARLES II. who, under the charge of being concerned in the Meal Tub plot, was imprisoned in the Tower, and died there s. p. in 1665. This is the gentleman described in the Act of Settlement as Ensign William Fogarty, and who under that act is included amongst those exempted from confiscation. His will bears date in 1606. The elder son and heir, ROGER O'FOGARTY, of Inchy O'Fogarty. m. a daughter of Cashuy, and was s. by his son, TEIGE, or TIMOTHY O'FOGARTY, of Bally Fogarty, &c. who m. Margaret, daughter of Burke, of Barrycurry (of the family of Lord Brittas), and had issue, CORNELIUS, his heir. Thomas, m. Anne, daughter of James Magrath, esq. of Derrymore, and had a son, Margrath Fogerty, who was father of Thomas Fogerty, and grandfather of Magrath Fogerty, esq. of Ballinlonty, and of Philip Fogerty, esq. barrister-at-law. John. Dyonisius, a priest. Malachy, doctor of the Sorbonne, and prefect of the College of Lombard in Paris, anno 1705. The eldest son and heir, CORNELIUS FOGARTY, esq. of Castle Fogarty, b. 14th May, 1661, captain in the army of King JAMES II. m. in 1696, Mary, daughter of Michael Kearney, esq. of Milestoun, in the county of Tipperary, and dying in 1730, was s. by his son,
  TEIGE, or TIMOTHY FOGARTY, esq. of Castle Fogarty, who d. s. p. at the age of fifty, in 1747, and was s. by his brother,
  THOMAS FOGARTY, esq. of Castle Fogarty, who wedded Christian, daughter and eventual heir of James Meyler, esq. of Sallymount,
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  JAMES, his heir. Thomas, captain in the regiment of Uttonia, in the Spanish service, died unm. in 1781. ELIZABETH, m. to WILLIAM LANIGAN, esq. of Zoar, in the county of Kilkenny, and by him, who d. 23rd November, 1768, left an only son, THOMAS LENIGAN. Mr. Fogarty died in 1758, and was s. by his elder son,
  JAMES FOGARTY, esq. of Castle Fogarty, who having conformed to the Established Church, served the office of high sheriff for the county of Tipperary in 1783. He died unm. in 1788, when his sister, ELIZABETH LANIGAN, became his heir, and the estates passed through her to her only son, THOMAS LENIGAN, esq. who thus became "of Castle Fogarty" (see family of LANIGAN, at foot). This gentleman m. first, in 1794, Peniel, daughter of Edmund Armstrong, esq. of Buncraggy, in the county of Clare (by his wife, Hannah, sister of Robert Henry Westropp, esq.) and had issue, JAMES, his successor. Edmund. Anna, m. to John Dennis Ryan, esq. lieutenant 13th Dragoons, second surviving son of the late George Ryan, esq. of Inch, in the county of Tipperary, and has four sons and four daughters, viz. George-Adolphus Ryan. Lionel-Thomas Ryan. John-Vivian Ryan. Valentine Ryan. Penelope-Maria Ryan. Annette-Elizabeth Ryan. Emma-Henrietta Ryan. Marian Ryan. Elizabeth. Henrietta. Mr. Lenigan wedded, secondly, Clarinda, daughter of John O'Reilly, esq. of Mount Street, in the city of Dublin, and had by that lady two other daughters, viz. Mary, a nun. Rosetta. He died 2nd August, 1825, and was s. by his elder son, JAMES LENIGAN, esq. now of Castle Fogarty.
  Family of Lanigan.
  The name of LANIGAN, or LENIGAN, formerly LANGADEEN, or LLANAGHAN, is Welsh, the family having been originally of Llanaghan, in the county of Brecon, to which place it gave its designation. It has been settled, however, from an early period in Ireland.
  WILLIAM LANIGAN, the first upon record, was father of JOHN LANIGAN, whose son, WILLIAM LANIGAN, m. first, Miss Grace, of Kilkenny, by whom he had issue, and, secondly, Mary, daughter of Charles Gore, esq. of Goreyhiggen, sixth son of Sir Paul Gore, bart. by whom he had two sons and a daughter, namely, VALENTINE, who conformed to the Established religion, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM, who m. Rebecca, daughter of Henry Briscoe, esq. and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN, who assumed the surname of STAUNARD, in consequence of inheriting a property under the will of an English gentleman of that name, not a relation. He was s. by his son, JOHN STAUNARD, esq. of Grange, whose son is JOHN STAUNARD, esq. now of Grange. GEORGE, of whom presently. Catharine, m. to John Maher, esq. The second son, GEORGE LANIGAN, esq. of Zoar, in the county of Kilkenny, m. Mabell, third dau. of Edmond Shee, esq. of Cloran, in Tipperary (by his wife, Catherine,(*) daughter of O'Dwyer of Dundrum), and had issue, WILLIAM, his successor. Redmond. Catherine, m. to Edward Kavanagh, esq. of Ross. Margaret. Mr. Lanigan was s. by his elder son,
  WILLIAM LANIGAN, esq. of Zoar, who, as above stated, m. ELIZABETH FOGARTY, only daughter of Thomas Fogarty, esq. and heiress of her brother, JAMES FOGARTY, esq. of CASTLE FOGARTY.
  Arms--Quarterly; 1st, az. on a pallet arg. three trefoils in pale vert, between two lions rampant, or, each between three fleurs-delys, two and one arg. for LENIGAN. 2nd, az. in chief, two lions rampant, supporting a garb, all or, in the dexter base, a crescent, and in the sinister an Irish harp or, stringed arg. for FOGARTY, ancient. 3rd, vert, a fess arg. between three garbs, two and one, or, for FOGARTY, modern.
  Estates--In the Barony of Eliogarty, in the county of Tipperary, possessed by the family of Fogarty before the time of STRONGBOW.
  Seat--Castle Fogarty.
  *) This lady's sister, Margaret, m. Sir John Morres, bart. of Knockagh. ________________________________________________


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