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106 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vn. AUG. 7, 1920. .He was twice married, but only had issue by liis first wife, whose Christian and maiden names I am unable to trace ; he married .-secondly, Lettice or Letitia Ellis, who died ,in 1761, leaving a will dated June 5, 1761, proved Sept. 28, 1761, wherein she is de- -. scribed as of Magherychar, co. Donegal, widow, and mentions her sister Dorothy Reynolds (who married John's brother, 'William Reynolds), and John Reynolds, son of Michael Reynolds of Dromore. By his first wife he had issue : 1. Michael Reynolds of Castlefinn, co. "Donegal. Had lease of Drummore left him by his uncle William Reynolds. He married ante 1754, Grace, daughter of Francis .Johnston of Magheramenagh, co. Fer- managh and by her had issue a son : (i.) John Reynolds of Dromore , co. Donegal. Buried Aug. 4, 1789 (Drumholme Registers). He married Margaret Vortue. 'She was buried Apr. 20, 1793 (Drumholme Registers). 2. Laurentine Reynolds married ante, June 23, 1767, Andrew Bustard of Drim- gowan, co. Donegal. A conveyance of land in co.- Down, dated June 23, 1767, made tbetween Andrew Bustard of Drimgowan, co. Donegal, gent., and Laurentine Bustard otherwise Reynolds, his wife, of the one part and Thomas McElwaine of Belfast in the co. Antrim merchant of the other part. 'The name of the family to which her hus- band belonged was in fact "Bastard," a well-known surname in Devonshire and elsewhere from the time of the Conquest, Charles Bastard being one of the settlers on the Mervyn Estate in co. Tyrone in connexion with the plantation of Ulster. He married Elizabeth Poe, sister of William Poe, another settler on the same estate, afterwards of Manor Poe, co. Fermanagh and a major in the Parliamentary Army. Charles Bastard and his son Adam are men- tioned in the will of William Poe, dated "May 24, 1748, but the family changed their name to Bustard not long afterwards. [I am indebted to the late Sir Edmund T. Bewley, Knt., for the particulars of the Bustard family. H. F. R.] 3. Elizabeth Reynolds. Married James McElwaine, son of 'Joseph McElwaine of Lisfaning, parish of Templemore, co. Donegal Marriage Articles dated May 21, 1757, were executed between Joseph McElwaine --and James McElwaine, his son of the first part ; Michael Reynolds of [blank] and vGeorge Gillaghan of Trahan, both in co. Donegal, gents., of the second part ; and Elizabeth Reynolds of Dromore, spinster, of the third part. 4. Edward Reynolds. III. Robert Reynolds, living in 1755. IV. William Reynolds, of Drummore, parish of Drumholme, co. Donegal. In his will dated Nov. 27, 1752,* he desired to be bur. in the churchyard . of Ballyshannon. He married Dorothea or Dorothy Ellis of the parish of Drumholme, co. Donegal. Bond in Licence of Marriage granted Jan. 29, 1732/3. In her will dated Oct. 29, 1774, proved June 1, 1775, she is described as Dorothy Reynolds otherwise Ellis of Wardhouse in co. Leitrim, widow. Had issue a daughter : 1. Jane Reynolds who married Henry Jones (he died"ante 1797) and dying without issue was bur. Aug. 22, 1797 (Drumholme Registers). HENRY FITZGERALD REYNOLDS. DISRAELI AND DELANE. (See ante, p., 41.) Mr. Disraeli's letter to Mr. Delane in '1ST. & Q.' of July 17, is most interesting, and is, as the writer says, " about as im- prudent a letter as was ever written." The following extract from the speech of Lord ' Beaconsfield at the Lord Mayor's banquet on Nov. 9, 1878, is amusing, when bearing in mind his anxiety to get The Time? to support Lord Derby's ministry in 1858. After referring to certain paragraphs which had appeared in some newspapers expressive of doubts as to the fulfilment by Foreign Powers of the Treaty of Berlin, and as to certain gossip on the same subject, Lord Beaconsfield went on to say : " But the government of the world is carried on by Sovereigns and statesmen, and not by anonymous paragraph-writers, or the hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity."

  • Extract from the Will of William Reynolds

of Drummore, dated Nov. 27, 1752. : William Reynolds of Drummore in Parish of Drumholm, co. Donegal. He desired that his body should two days after his decease be buried as privately as is consistent with common decency in the Churchyard of Ballyshannon. To his wife Dorothy Reynolds he was under an obligation by virtue of a Marriage Article to settle upon her a yearly sum of 10. To his daughter Jane Jones otherwise Jane Reynolds (her husband was Henry Jones) all the rest of his worldly substance, but in case of her dying without issue, then the remainder of his lease of the lands of Drummore unto Michael Reynolds, eldest son of his dear brother John Reynolds. He appointed his dear brother John Reynolds of Drummore and William Pain of Ardilaun, executors. H. F. R.