'Forward1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Forward of Castle Forward, Forward of Cork, Forward of Fermoy
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| Robert Forward (Dean of Dromore) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Forward | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Forward | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Gage of Magilligan | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Forward of Castle Forward, Sheriff of Donegal (Colonel, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Sampson | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Forward of Castle Forward (d 1770, Colonel, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Stewart (granddau of Sir William Stewart, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alice Forward, Countess of Wicklow (b 1736/7, d 07.03.1807 | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.08.1755) Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow (b c1726, d 26.06.1789) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Eleanor Forward | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Skipton of Beechhill (formerly called Skipton Hall) (b c1683, d 1739) | |||||||||||||||
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| We suggest that those who are interested in the following family should look at the article on which it is based, which may be seen here, O'Brien reports some uncertainties, not least between 'Christopher Forward Senior' and 'Christopher Forward Junior', but appears to have carried out praiseworthy research on the family. We start with siblings Christopher & Barbara who we show as children of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (Christopher?) Forward | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Christopher Forward of Cork of Fermoy (a 1682, 1700) | ||||||||||||||
| Possibly the Christopher (a 1727, d before 1758) who married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1708) Elizabeth Austen (d 01.1758) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Forward of Fermoy (a 1724, d 09.1764) possibly of this generation, nephew of Barbara Cockerell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hely (a 1761, dau of Francis Hely of Gortroe by Prudence, dau (by Margaret Vowell) of Matthias Earbery of Ballincollig, son of Nicholas) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Rebecca Forward (b c1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c08.1778) Wensley Bond (b 1736, d 1820, Dean of Ross) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Forward (b c1742, d 09.11.1817) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Garret Atty Nagle of Knockanevin (d 1784) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Garret Nagle (b 1772) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Croker | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Christina Forward of Grange East | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1788) William Tynte Austin of Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Forward Austin of Grange Hill (a 1850) | ||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Francis (dvp 21.12.1762), Barbara, Mary, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Frances Forward sister of William | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Hendley of Fermoy | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - James, William Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Forward possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.03.1727) Richard Lloyd (d 04.1775, rector of Rathcormac) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Barbara Forward possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1728) Richard Gaggin | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Barbara Forward (a 02.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1690) William Cockerell, Sheriff of Cork & Fermoy (d 1707) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Hodder | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Wikipedia ("William Forward") and note in BLG1863 ('Skipton of the Casino'), BLG1886 ('Skipton of Beechhill')
(2) For lower section : data included within the article 'Forward family of Eighteeth Century Fermoy' by Niall C.E.J. O'Brien (18.08.2017), a link to which is provided above
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