Ron Prentice was the driving force behind the foundation of HAFS. In September 1990, he gathered together about 20 descendants and researchers of the Hungerford family at his home in Mosman, leading to the creation of the Society.
Ron Prentice – by Peter Sherlock Read More »
Editorial by Charles Sherlock; Everard de Hungreford: The quest for the first Hungerford ancestor by Peter Sherlock; Enid – a legend in her own lifetime by Pauline Tyrrell; “A pretty ordinary kind of bloke” Athol Gordon Townley – 1905-1963 by Lesley Greenwood and William Jacob Watriama (1880-1925): an advocate and his family by Lesley Abrahams
HAFS Journal Vol 16 No 1 – May 2021 – Forebears ancient and modern Read More »
‘An Authentic Tale’ by Pauline Tyrrell; Origins of the Irish Hungerfords: new evidence by Peter Sherlock;
HAFS Letters: 1896 – 1916 by Lesley Greenwood & Pauline Tyrrell
HAFS Journal Vol 15 No 4 – November 2020 – The varied records of history Read More »
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Ron Mathieson – A Eulogy Read More »
Death of an Honorary Life Member – Ron Mathieson by Judith Fitz-Henry1 It was with great sadness that we heard of the death of our
Ron Mathieson 1921-2006 Read More »
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Our new Constitution has now been registered! Read More »
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Following the story that John Knight appeared to be the son of Emanuel Hungerford, John’s great-grandson Alan Knight did an AncestryDNA® test and a Y-DNA
Knight Hungerford ancestry – what the DNA showed Read More »
Margaret Hungerford was born at unknown date, probably in Co Cork, to Thomas Hungerford and Mary May. She was born after her parents’ marriage in 1640 and, as she was married in 1680, probably no later than the early 1660s.
Margaret Hungerford and Thomas Knolles were married in 1680 (Cork Marriage Licence Bonds). They had three daughters.
Margaret Hungerford (?-?1690) Read More »
Thomas Knolles was born on 6 December 1660 probably at Co Cork, the only son of Thomas Knolles and Dorothy Busteed (Burke, Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1850 v 3 p 361).
Thomas inherited the estates of Killeighy and Knockahowlea, Cork, and at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, from his father in 1677.
Thomas Knolles (1660-1707) Read More »
Mary Hewytt was born on an unknown date probably in Co Cork, the daughter of Thomas Hewytt of Clancoole and an unknown woman. As she was married in 1681 and had children in 1682 and 1684, she was probably born in the 1650s or early 1660s and may have been the sister of the Thomas Hewytt who married Jane Hungerford in 1686 in Cork.
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George Synge was born about 1649, Co Cork, the youngest son of George Synge, Bishop of Cloyne, and his second wife Elizabeth Stevens.
He was tutored by Mr Scroggs and entered Trinity College Dublin as a pensioner on 27 February (1665) 1666 aged 16 years (Alumni Dublinenses 1924 p 798). He received the MA about 1673 and the LLD about 1683.
George Synge (c1649-1692) Read More »
George Daunt was born about 1631, possibly in Cork. He was the fourth and youngest son of Thomas Daunt and Katherine Clayton. In 1682 his brother Achilles stated that George was aged 50 and living at Gortigrenane, Cork (Visitation of Gloucestershire 1682-3 p 55).
George Daunt (c1631-c1697) Read More »
Martha Turner was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Henry Turner and Dorothy Boyle. She was probably the younger sister of Elizabeth Turner who married Henry Becher, and perhaps born shortly before her father’s death in 1653.
Martha Turner (?1650-1710) Read More »
Edward Cranfield was born at unknown date, probably in Barbados, the son of Edward Cranfield and Elizabeth Parker. He was born after his father’s arrival in Barbados in 1633 and before his father’s death in 1649.
Edward Cranfield was raised in Barbados and appears to have been resident there as late as 1662 when he sold 360 acres of land to Nathaniel Kingsland for “a valuable sum of sugar” (Genealogies of Barbados Families p 371). By 1663 he was in London when he launched a suit against his uncle Lord Morley concerning the administration of the affairs of his mother Elizabeth, who had been declared to be a lunatic and had left unadministered parts of his father’s estate (Lords Journals v XI p 574).
Edward Cranfield (?1641-1700) Read More »
Mary Bush was born in 1662 at Bath, Somerset, the daughter of John Bush and Ann Chapman. She was baptised on 27 December 1662 at Bath Abbey (Bath Abbey Registers).
Mary was the eldest surviving child of her parents, and was related to many of Bath’s most prominent families who, like her father, served as aldermen and mayors of the Bath Corporation.
Mary Bush (1662-1750) Read More »
Elizabeth Turner was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Henry Turner and Dorothy Boyle. As her youngest child was born in 1688 Elizabeth must have been born after 1642, and before the death of her father Henry in 1653.
As Elizabeth’s father died when she was a young child. She was probably raised by her mother and her stepfather Thomas Roberts, a clergyman in the Dioceses of Cork and Ross and of Cloyne who died in 1664.
Elizabeth Turner (?1647-c1721) Read More »
Thomas Becher was born about 1640, Baltimore, Co Cork, the son of Henry Becher and Elizabeth Notte.
Thomas was educated by a Mr French at Baltimore, and on 2 June 1658 was admitted to Trinity College Dublin aged 18, giving his birth place as Baltimore (Alumni Dublinensis 1924 p 55).
Thomas Becher (c1640-1709) Read More »
Mary Moore was born about 1661, probably in Co Cork, daughter of Emanuel Moore, Baronet, and Martha Hull. She was born after her parents’ marriage in 1660 and (as she was married in 1677) probably no later than 1663.
Mary Moore (c1661-?1730) Read More »
Richard Hungerford was born at unknown date, probably in Co Cork, the eldest son of Thomas Hungerford and Mary May. He was born after his parents’ marriage in 1640 and before the birth of his younger brother John in 1658.
Richard Hungerford (?1650-1729) Read More »
