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Ann Knolles (?1685-c1737)

Ann Knolles was born in the 1680s in Co Cork, the second daughter of Thomas Knolles and Margaret Hungerford. Her birth took place after her parents’ marriage in 1680 and before the death of her mother and remarriage of her father in 1692 (O’Hart Irish Pedigrees 1915 v 2 p 274).

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Elizabeth Synge (c1682-1757)

Elizabeth Synge was born about 1682, probably at Bandon, Cork, the only daughter of George Synge and Mary Hewitt. Her birth date was after her parents’ marriage in 1681 and before her mother’s death in 1684, although her monument at Owlpen suggests a birth date of about 1676.

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John Hungerford (c1741-1802)

John Hungerford was born about 1741 in county Cork, Ireland, the second son of Richard Hungerford and his first wife Mary Cranfield Becher. His birth date was after his parents’ marriage in 1738 and elder brother’s birth and before his mother’s death (between 1743 and 1747).

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Ann Daunt (?1720-?1792)

Ann Daunt was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Henry Daunt and Ann Knolles (Burke’s A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland 1850, v 2 supplement p 93). Her birth date was after her parents’ marriage in 1706 and (if she was over 16 when she was married) before 1726. Based on the birth dates of her brothers she was probably born about 1720.

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