Edmund DONELLAN

- 1694

• Name	Edmund DONELLAN
  Gender	Male
  Will	22.02.1694	Will
  Died	06.03.1694  [1]
  Person ID	I1548	Tarleton
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2009

  
  

  Last Modified	12 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Edmund Donelan [of Cloghan, Co. Roscommon] was the son of Sir James Donnellan by his first wife Anne Barry. He died 6 March 1694, Will dated 22 Feb 1694. Edmund was High Sheriff of Roscommon in 1664-?65 and 1679-?80 and High Sheriff Galway in 1666. This bloodline of the family was obviously still Protestant and loyal to the Crown. Edmund was married twice, 1st to Hannah, daughter of Sir William Gilbert of Kilminchy, Queens County who died in 1666. She was the widow of Charles Ormsby. By her, Edmund had issue James Donellan of Cloghan and Gilbert Donellan of Streamstown, Co. Westmeath. Edmund?s 2nd wife was Anne, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Coffy of Lynally, Co. Westmeath & Widow of James Reynolds of Loughscur, Co. Leitrim. By Anne, they had issue William Donellan, born 1675; Nehemiah Donellan, born 1677; and daughters Bridget, who married John Staunton; Susanna, unmarried, Will probated 6 November 1744; Jane, who married John Ussher; Anne, who married Percy Smyth; and Elizabeth, who married 1st the Rev. John Pomeroy, and 2nd. The Rev. Robert Carleton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S187] http://www.ballyd.com/history/edmundcloghan.htm.