Family of Edward RICHARDS and Margaret SMITH

Husband:
Edward RICHARDS (c. 1728-c. 1761)
Wife:
Margaret SMITH (c. 1735- )
Children:
Feanna RICHARDS (c. 1758- )
Marriage:
1756¹

Husband: Edward RICHARDS

Name:
Edward RICHARDS^2,3,4,5,6
Sex:
Male
Father:
JOHN RICHARDS (COOLSTUFF) (c. 1680-1761)
Mother:
Frances FEANNA Metcalf (c. 1700-c. 1784)
Birth:
c. 1728⁷
Death:
c. 1761 (age 32-33)
Donaghmore⁸
Death:
1761 (age 32-33)
Burial:
1761
Donghmore

Wife: Margaret SMITH

Name:
Margaret SMITH⁷
Sex:
Female
Father:
Charles (BALLYNAMONERY) SMITH ( - )
Mother:
-
Birth:
c. 1735⁷
Death:

Child 1: Feanna RICHARDS

Name:
Feanna RICHARDS^2,7
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Samuel MARTIN (c. 1752-bef1791)
Birth:
c. 1758

Note on Husband: Edward RICHARDS - shared note

The GP Richards Family Tree reads in one version: "Edward Richard Gent. of Glascarrigg married and had issue 1 da ob 1761 Buried Donaghmore under a [family?] tombstone" Glasscarrigg spelled with one 's'. and "all the family up to this buried in Coolstuff x uncle to my Father. GPR." The second version of the GP Richards Family Tree reads: "My Father's Uncle GPR ??????family????????? buried in Coolstuff" This strongly suggests that the author of the fragmented document and the reviewer of the complete version to be George Pickering Richards. The initials GPR are run together like a signature not like an identification such as G.P.R. Edward is indeed the uncle to George Pickering Richards' father according to the pedigree. Passed along with the Richards material is a one page printed document consisting of letters of recommendation (1863) for George Pickering Richards who, according to the letters, had just completed work in the position of "office of Second Secretary to the late Commission for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland" and was a candidate for the "office of Petty Sessions Clerk for the Gorey District. It is notable that my family archive material contains other material specific to him. ------------------------------------------- Edward and Margaret had one daughter (probably Feana) who married Samual Martin of Glascarrig in 1774. (Alex Buchanan 2003) Richards of Ballinastudd, Glasscarrig, Grass Park and Glynn drawing on deeds in Registry of Deeds, Dublin. Deeds 280688 & 288689 of 12 March 1791 record her as Widow Martin. (Alex Buchanan 2003) -------------------------------------------- Regards marriage of daughter of Samuel Martin: Title: Registry of Deeds Page: Deed 149039: Vol 231 Page 1 Text: Marriage Settlement. Deed dated 26 April 1756 source: Alex Buchanan: Richards of Ballinastudd, Glasscarrig, Grass Park and Glynn drawing on deeds in Registry of Deeds, Dublin Year of birth is a guesstimate Mentioned in father's will extract. "Son - Edward Richards"

Note on Wife: Margaret SMITH - shared note

Alex Buchanan's documentation: "Dau. of Charles Smith of Ballynamoney Co. Wexford." Year of birth is a guesstimate source: Alex Buchanan: Richards of Ballinastudd, Glasscarrig, Grass Park and Glynn drawing on deeds in Registry of Deeds, Dublin

Sources

1.: Registry of Deeds. Deed 149039: Vol 231 Page 1.

2.: Marriage Licences, Diocese of Ferns (Alex Buchanan 2003).

3.: Welply, <i>Irish Wills and Pleadings -- Ferns, vol 6, p 195</i> (Alex Buchanan 2003).

4.: Unknown, Information from Byron Edwards, (Name: Name: Name: Family Records;;;).

5.: John Richards - will 1761- extract.

6.: Deed 149039, Marriage Settlement, vol 231, p 1, 26 Apr 1756 (Alex Buchanan 2003).

7.: Alex Buchanan, 29 Brinsmead Road, Mt.Nelson, Tasmania, 7007., Family Tree "Richards of Coolstuff, Ballinastudd, Glascarrig, Grasspark, Glynn, Co. Wexford" (2004).

8.: The Richards Family Tree (The GPR Family Tree) was very likely prepared by George Pickering Richards in 1858. It exists in two nearly identical versions. Copies or perhaps the originals (both initialled in pencil GPR as a signature) likely belonged.