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BT-RKE'S COT.ONIAI, OKXTItV 715 who w;is bpiiofii-o:l by Qiioon Ki.izaueth, be- Clime IJisbop of Down and Connor in 1593, He d. without issue, anil was s. b_v his brother, Fu.wcts EpoKWOiiTii, elerk of the Jlima- per in KilO, m. .lane, daughter of Sir Edmonde TriTK, Knt. of Sonna, in Vestmeath,andliad by her (who founded a religious liouae in Dublin) a son and heir, Captain .ToMX EDOUWonTn,of Cranallagh Castle, in the eo. of Iumgfor.l, m first, the daughter of Sir Hugh Cl'LI,r.r,of Derbysliire, by wlioni he had a son, John, his lieir ; and seeondly, the widow of Edward Ukidomax, brother to Sir Orlando Bridgmax, the lord keeper. He was .?. by liis son, Sib John Edoewouth, kTiighted by Charies it, m. the only daughter and heir of Edward BRiDaintAN, and aequii-ed with her an estate in I.ancashii-e, besides a considerable fortune in money, and had eight sons, of whom tlu" eldest, Francis, s. to the paternal estate in Longford, ami was ancestor of the family of Edgewoktu of Edf/eirorfks/oim, CO. Long- ford, of which MiRiA Edge WORTH was a member {see Burke's Landed Geti/ri/). The second son, Robert, was ancestor of the Edoworths of Kihhrewly (see BuRKu's Landed Oentrii) ; the third was Harrv, of Lisard, of wliosc line we treat, and the fifth, Essex, was grandfather of the celebrated Abbk Edgeworth, who styled himself, from the estate his brancli of the family possessed. Monsieur de Eirmont. The third son, Harry Edgeworth, of Lisard, co. Long- ford, m. by licence dated 19tb February, 1693, Elizabeth, daughter of Moore, of Einglas, eo. Ijongford, and d. ItJlh December, 1725, having by her, who d. ahout 172 1, had issue, I. llARBf, of whom presently. II. Essex. I. Elizabeth, living 1718. ir. Anne, dead in that year. The eldest son, Harry Kdgewortit, of Lisard, co. Long- for.l, whose will wjis dated 5th February, 17 M), left issue, I. HiiNKY, of whom presently. II. ICssex, of Pallasniore, co. Longford, (will proved 30th March, 17()5), m. by licence, dated 20tll July, 1738, Sarali, daughter of Thomas Whyte, of Kcd- lulls, CO. Cavan, and had issue, 1. Francis Whyte ; 2. Essex ; ami 3. Briigeman, of Dublin, d. 20th Julv, 1709. I. Martha. T!ie elder son, Henry Edgeworth, of Cabragh Lane, co. Dublin, and of co. Lo.igford, whose will was dated 8th September, 17<>l, and sworn 2t)th January, 1763 (one of bis trustees was Daviij Forrest, of Castlebrock, eo. Longford). He d. 1761, leaving by Anne, his wife, who sur- vived him, I. Essex. II. Henry, under 21 in 1761. III. Cecil, in holy orders. I. Deborah, m. her cousin WiLLiA.t Forrest, and had issue (see beloic). IT. Anne, m. her cousin Captain Charles Forrest, of Warren's Point, TV'cwry, brother of William, her sister's husband, and had issue (see below). Jfamiln of ^pan. Ret. Benjamin Span, of Templemichacl, CO. Longford (son of Richard Span), 4. 16.56 ; his will was proved 11th March, 1718. He m. Catherine, daughter of Kieliard Suyth, aud left issue, I. Benjamin, of Castleforbes, co. Long- ford (will proved 174^6), left issue, Benjamin. II. Richard, of Dublin (will proved 27th Ma}', 1727), m. Susanna, daughter of PoLLE.XFEN, and had issue, 1. Ann- strong, (/. before 1761, m. Celia WoGAN, who d. about 1778; 2. Thomas, cap- tain in the army, d. about 1768 ; 1. Jane; 2. Mary, m. James FiTZGEBALD and had issue, Aniistrong and Susannah. HI. Samuel (Rev.), of Ncwtownforbes, CO. Longford, will proved 11th Novem- ber, 1761, m. Margery, daughter of Rev. Robert Whitelaw, and had iss le, William ; .Tames ; Samuel; Benjamin ; and Elizabeth. IV. William, of whom presently. V. Edward, a merchant, m. by licence dated 6th May, 171H, Margaret Reilly, and had issue, .Tames ; William ; Hes- ter ; Eliza ; and Catharine. 1. Mary, m. William Wray. II. Anne, in. St. George West, and had issue, in. Elizabeth, m. first, Richard Smith, and secondly. Rev. Robert Edge- worth. IV. Hester Juliana. The fourth son. Rev. William Span, of Ballymacool, eo. Douegal, will proved 5th December, 1752; m. Catharine, daughter of Hamilton, and by her, who d. before 5th November, 1781, had issue, I. Benjamin. II. Andrew, living 1752. III. AVilliam, living 1752 and 1779. IV. James, living 1752. V. Samuel, living 1732 and 1779. VI. Richard, living 1752. I. Catherine, living 1752 and 1772, m. by licence, dated 2ylli -Tidy, 1755, David FoRRE.sT, of Castlebrock, eo. Longford, and had issue (see betoiv). II. Anne, m. NoBMAN, and had a daughter, Florinda. III. Elizabetli, m. 1758, John Mac- Cacsland, of Strabane, M.l*. co. Donegal, and had issue. IV. Letitia, living 1752. V. Amelia, living 1752.