Henry Daunt (?1677-c1739) - Hungerford & Associated Families Society

This post is part of the series Ancestry of Emanuel Hungerford, where you will see this ancestor in context with all Emanuel’s ancestors.

Great-grandfather of Emanuel Hungerford (1785-1872)

Lineage: Emanuel Hungerford < Ann Daunt < Ann Daunt < Henry Daunt

Henry Daunt was probably born about 1677 in Co Cork, the younger son of George Daunt and Martha Turner. He was born after the birth of his brother in about 1675 and (as he was married in 1698) probably no later than 1683.

Ancestry	Parents	Grandparents	Great-grandparents
Henry DAUNT	George DAUNT	Thomas DAUNT	Thomas DAUNT
			Mary JONES
		Catherine CLAYTON	John CLAYTON
			unknown
	Martha TURNER	Henry TURNER	Henry TURNER
			Mary LANGTON
		Dorothy BOYLE	Richard BOYLE
			Martha WRIGHT

Henry Daunt married Catherine Roe in 1698 (Cork and Ross Marriage Licence Bonds). They do not appear to have had any children. Catherine died between 1698 and Henry’s remarriage in 1706.

Henry Daunt and Ann Knolles were married in 1706 (Cork and Ross Marriage Licence Bonds).

Henry farmed lands at Knocknamana and Fahalea, a townland near Carrigaline, Cork, and became ancestor of the Daunts of Fahalea and of Newborough.

Henry Daunt made a will dated 9 October 1735 at Fahalea. This left his house and an annuity of £25 to his wife Ann, and mentioned the settlement of his estates at Fahalea and Brownstown on his eldest son Thomas Daunt (prior to Thomas’s marriage to Ann Fisher). Bequests of several hundred pounds were made to his remaining sons: 2^nd – George (£500 and lands of Ballygrassane), 3^rd – Henry (£150), 4^th – Achilles (£150), 5^th – Hungerford (£300) and 6^th – Boyle (£300). Provision was made for his estates to pass to the sons of his brother Thomas: 1^st – Thomas, 2^nd – Achilles, 3^rd – George, 4^th – Kingscott. The will also left sums of money to three daughters: Martha (£350), Ann (£300) and Lydia (£300). The executors were to be his wife Ann and his third son Henry Daunt with his brother Thomas Daunt and his friend Samuel Hodder as overseers.

A codicil to the will dated 1737 mentioned that his wife Ann had died. Her diamond ring was bequeathed to their daughter Martha. Henry’s son Achilles was made executor in Ann’s place. The will was proved in Ireland on 19 February (1738) 1739 (Betham Genealogical Abstracts Prerogative Administrations v 17 p 155).

Henry died about 1739, probably at Fahalea, Cork. His death was after 1737 when he made a codicil to his will and before February 1739 when his will was proved.

Children

Henry and Ann had at least nine children and at least 27 grandchildren. Two of their children (George and Ann) married their cousins (Hannah and Achilles), children of Henry’s brother Thomas Daunt. Two sons (Thomas and Achilles) became clergy, while two others (George and Hungerford) became medical doctors and surgeons. The order of birth of their six sons is provided by Henry’s will. The order of daughters is uncertain. The dates of birth for children have been estimated to fit to the overall order of birth.

Henry DAUNT (?1677-c1739) m (1) 1698 Catherine ROE and m (2) 1706 Ann KNOLLES (?1685-c1737)
1	Thomas	Birth	1707	Cork
		Death	1779	Fahalea, Cork
		Marriage	1730
		Spouse	Ann FISHER (1709-1742)
		Children	DAUNT (4): Ann, Henry, Martha, Gertrude
		Marriage	5 Sep 1746	Cork
		Spouse	Maria Margaretta TOWNSEND
		Marriage	10 Feb 1755	Cork
		Spouse	Letitia DIGBY
		Children	DAUNT (2): Thomas Digby, Mary
		Other	Appointed curate at Owlpen 24 May 1730. Ordained priest 24 Jun 1732 at Gloucester in the Church of England.
2	George	Birth	c1709	Cork
		Death	1786	Dublin
		Marriage	1735
		Spouse	Hannah DAUNT 1^st cousin
		Children	DAUNT (3): Hannah, Mildred, Ann
		Marriage	19 Apr 1756	Dublin
		Spouse	Ann COPE (widow)
		Marriage	8 Aug 1763	Ockley, Surrey
		Spouse	Catherine SUPPLE (d 1793)
		Other	Surgeon in Dublin; estate of around £30,000 left to three daughters and used to found a female orphan’s institute in 1818
3	Henry	Birth	c1711	Cork
		Death	1741	Dublin
		Marriage	Jan 1738
		Spouse	Mary O’CALLAGHAN
		Children	DAUNT (2): Henry, Robert Callaghan
4	Achilles	Birth	1713	Fahalea, Cork
		Death	24 Dec 1784	Newborough, Cork
		Marriage	1747	Cork
		Spouse	Frances FRENCH
		Children	DAUNT (7): Henry, Thomas, George, Ann, Frances, Elizabeth, Harriet
		Other	Entered Trinity College 20 Oct 1729 aged 15. Ordained deacon 8 Oct 1738 and priest 19 Dec 1742 in the Church of Ireland. Curate of Tracton and Nohoval.
5	Martha	Birth	c1715	Cork
		Death
		Marriage	1740	Cork
		Spouse	Thomas BUSTEED (d 1780)
		Children	BUSTEED (5): Thomas, Martha, Margaret, 2 unknown
6	Hungerford	Birth	1718	Cork
		Death	Mar 1768	Cork
		Marriage	1750	Cork
		Spouse	Joyce TRAVERS (d 1792)
		Children	DAUNT (2): George, Ann
7	Ann	Birth	?1720	Cork
		Death	?1792	Cork
		Marriage	1742	Cork
		Spouse	Achilles DAUNT (c1701-c1760) 1^st cousin
		Children	DAUNT (6): Martha, Ann, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mildred, Thomas
8	Lydia	Birth	?1722	Cork
8	Lydia	Death	1790	Cork
9	Boyle	Birth	?1725
9	Boyle	Death	?1742	living 1735, dead by 1745

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