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Wicklow / Re: penrose, wicklow
« on: Monday 10 August 15 11:08 BST (UK)  »
Kathleen the Doyle's were a large family and very much settled from Dublin down to Wexford.
I understand this branch were quite wealthy in 1865 when James Doyle husband of Hannah died and worth around £100,000 mostly accumulated from banking. The Doyle's and Penrose's centred much of their commercial activity in Dublin, which was the second largest city in the British Isles in 1724 and were involved in import and export through Cork and Waterford using their Quaker connections.

James Doyle 1747-1797 of Cooladine in Wexford and Gayfield in Dublin married twice.
Firstly to Hannah who had Anne Doyle 1780-1810 who married Daniel Penrose.
Secondly to Elizabeth who had Susanna who died 1862 unmarried. James Doyle 1788-1865 who married Hannah Clark  of Crimplesham Hall in Norfolk - no children. Thomas Doyle who wed Caroline Storrs of Bristol - unknown descent. Joseph Doyle 1793-1872 who married Elizabeth Clark (sister of Hannah) of Crimplesham Hall in Norfolk - no known children.

My great grandfather James Doyle Penrose moved to Norfolk to look after Hannah Clark after her sister and brother in law and husband had died in 1874 and lived at Downham Market for 8 years then moving on to London.

No link to the other names I am afraid.

All best   Dom

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Wicklow / Re: penrose, wicklow
« on: Sunday 09 August 15 19:36 BST (UK)  »
A possible connection with my Penrose family of Brittas and your Christopher Penrose.

A family tale passed down by my father mentions an adopted son (of his younger brother) of Richard Penrose of Ballykean and Brittas 1726-1756 being disowned for marrying a Catholic. The tale says he was called Daniel, but Daniel married Anne Doyle in 1800 and she was a Quaker without doubt and Daniel was not adopted. The tale said Richard had no children of his own, but he had 5 in the records.

However, Daniel had a younger brother called Thomas who married in 1793 and had Isabella and Maria and the name Sharp is mentioned, but am not sure if she is Thomas's wife. There is a lease between William Halpin and Thomas Penrose of Brittas in 1806, which could be the same Thomas, so maybe Thomas was disowned yet Thomas married after his father Richard Penrose died. The story may mean the Quaker Meeting disowned Thomas for marrying a Catholic lady, which could have happened. Maybe Christopher Penrose was a son of Thomas, although this is not shown and Catherine Doyle was a relation of Anne Doyle who married Daniel my forebear. 

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Wicklow / Re: penrose, wicklow
« on: Friday 17 July 15 10:34 BST (UK)  »
I will check all my family records. Richard Penrose of Ballykean was my forebear. He was murdered at Ballykean by intruders in 1686 and William Walsh was hanged for the offence at Wicklow. The big question regarding Christopher was why he was a Catholic living in a strictly Protestant area.

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Wicklow / Re: penrose, wicklow
« on: Thursday 16 July 15 20:56 BST (UK)  »
The Penrose family of Ballykean and Brittas in Wicklow were from Wheldrake in the East Riding of Yorkshire and arrived soon after 1655. They became Quakers and were involved in business in Waterford, Cork and Dublin. They arrived soon after the English Civil War and settled in Wicklow which was strictly for Protestant settlers in the extended English Pale and part of the Plantation Policy after Cromwell defeated the Irish Confederate Army. 

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