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St. Chad's Church, Kirby, near Liverpool, England
The Earl and Countess of Sefton are buiied beneath the western window.
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HISTORY
ICAL AND
....OiJ THE..
MOLYNEUX FAMILIES
....BY....
NELLIE ZADA RICE MOLYNEUX
^^ ^^
M^l^nenx.
Sybacusb, N. Y.
C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER
1904
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COPYBIGHT, 1904
BY
Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux
•MNL MaLRIH PBtM 0. W. IMBUM, ■YMMNI, N. Y.
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'We aim to know,
If long ago,
Our forefathers honors carried;
And if they came
In time to fame,
And whom the maids they married.'
TO
MY HUSBAND
ROBERT A. MOLYNEUX
A DESCENDANT
OF THE
BOURBONNAIS
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St. Chad's Church, Kirby
On the right of the chancel is the pew belonging to the Molyneux family,
the Earls of Sef ton
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PREFACE
For many years I have been collecting material relating
to the Molyneux Family.
Omissions there are many, for it has been difficult to
get response to letters; but many thanks are due to the
kindly help and encouragement of Major General Edward
L. Molyneux of Greater New York; Rear Admiral Sir
Robert Molyneux, K.C.B. ; Hon. William More Moly-
neux, Guildford, Sussex, England; Captain Joseph B.
Molyneux of Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. ; and Mr. Charles
E. Molyneux, President of the Molyneux Historical Soci-
ety, Dushore, Pa.
N. Z. R. M.
Syracuse, N. Y., December, 1904.
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AUTHORITIES FOR MOLYNEUX GENEALOGY
Anderson, Royal Genealogy.
Baines, History of Lancashire.
Burke, Landed Gentry. «
Burke, Extinct Baronage.
Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies.
Burke, Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage.
Burke, Peerage.
Camden.
Collections of the Huguenot Society of America.
Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica.
Collins, Peerage.
Complete Baronetage, Vol. I.
Dictionary of National Biography.
Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, Burke.
Debrett, Peerage, Baronetage, and Elnightage.
Dod, Peerage, Baronetage, and Elnightage, &c.
Doomsday Book.
History of the Commoners, Burke.
History of Boston.
Hayden, Book of Dignities.
Irish Landed Gentry, When Cromwell came to Ireland, O'Bart.
Lodge, Peerage, Baronetage, and Ejiightage.
Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica.
Memoir of the Molyneux Family, Gisbome Molyneux.
Nobility and Gentry, A. D., 1678.
New England Hist. Gen. Register.
Plairfair, British Family Antiquity.
Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of the British Empire.
Paget, Records of Harvey, 1846, page 80.
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Patronymica Britannica, Lower.
The Genealogist.
The Peerage of Visitation of Seats and Arms, Burke.
The Topographer Genealogist.
The Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.
Whi taker, Peerage.
Wottcn, Baronetage.
Genealogy of William Molyneux and Descendants, Geo. Molyneux Pardoe.
Reconls of both English and Irish Branches, Miss M. Fisher, a descendant
<on her mother's side) of the Molyneux Family, Irish Branch.
Sutton, Lancashire Authors.
Visitation of Nottinghamshire.
Visitation of Huntingdonshire.
Visitation of Lancashire.
Family Traditions, Notes, and Lineage, with old letters furnished by Mrs.
Samuel Darker (Rebecca Molyneux), of Dublin, Ireland.
Records from the late Admiral Sir Robert More Molyneux, K.C.B.
Illustrations from Mrs. Samuel Crittendon, New York.
Illustrations from Hon. William Molyneux, Guildford, Sussex, England.
Letters and Record from Capt. Joseph B. Molyneux.
Old letters, correspondence with descendants of both English and Irish
branches, with in many cases Bible records. In some cases these have been
hard to decipher, and the spelling, especially of proper names and armorial
bearings, has varied greatly. It has been thought best to follow the copy,
even where it seemed erroneous, which will account for many seeming incon-
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LINEAGE OF THE ENGLISH BRANCH, MOLYNEUX
In 1066, among the noble attendants of the Conqueror
was William de Molins, a person of noble extraction, as
appears from the roll of Battle Abbey in which list his
name stands 18th, in order; and to the said William,
Eoger de Poictiers (by consent of the Conqueror) gave the
manor of Sefton, Thorndon and Kemdon, in the County
of Lancaster of which Sefton became his chief seat. To
him succeeded Vivian, his heir, who bore a cross Moline
for his arms, and was father to Adam de Molines; who
married Annota dau. of Benedict Garnet, Lord of Speke
in Lancastershire, and had three sons of which Robert s.
and m. Beatrix de Villers, heir to Pagan de ViUers, Lord
of Little Crosby in the Co. of Lancaster, with whom he
had the Lordship, and by her had a son Eichard, who m.
Edith, sister to Alenerice de Botiller of Wernington, and
was father of Adam de Molins who s. at Sefton, and in
the reign of Henry III, was made Forrester, in the Co.
Lane. ; he m. Lettice de Brenley, by whom he had a son
Sir William who m. Margret, dau. to Alan de Thornton,
of the Co. Leicester and had Richard his successor, who by
Emma Donne his wife had Sir William, his heir; who m.
Isabella Scarsbrick of Scarsbrick. He was made Banneret
in Gascoigne by Edmund Couchback, Earl of Lancaster,
second son of King Henry III. and dying in 1289, left Sir
Richard his heir; who by Agatha dau. and heir to Sir
Roger Kyralon of Lardbrook, Knt. had six sons and two
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daughters. Ellen the eldest m. Eichard Bold, of Bold
Lancashire, Esq.; Sir William the eldest succeeded his
father in 1363. He distinguished himself at the battle of
Navaret, in Spain under Edward the Black Prince, where
he was made a Bannoret in 1367, and continued to serve
under that General in all his Spanish and French wars.
He died at Canterbury in 1372. He m. first Johannah,
dau. and heir to Jordan Ellall, Forrester of Wersdale, by
Alice, his wife, one of the daus. and co-heirs to Thomas
de Twenge; secondly, Margret, dau. and heir to Sir Alan
Hetton, of Buthel, widow of Sir Robert Holland of En-
kerston, brother to Sir Thomas Holland, Knt. of the Qar-
ter ; by the former he had seven sons, of whom Sir Thomas
the second was slain at Redcot- Bridge, between Berkshire
and Oxfordshire in 1388; and Sir William the eldest s. his
father. He m. Jane, dau. to Sir Bob't Holland, and had
Sir Richard Molins, or Molyneux, who m. Ellen, dau. of
Sir Thomas Urswick, and deceasing 1397, by her (who
afterwards m. Sir Thos. Savage) had three sons, Richard,
Adam and Robert. Adam was Bishop of Chester and
keeper of the Privy-Seal in the reign of King Henry VI.
and was murdered at Portsmouth in 1449. Robert m.
Margret dau. to Sir Baldwin LeStrange, and left an only
child, Edith, m. Adam Troutback, Esq., whose dau.
Margret m. Sir John Talbot of Grafton, ancestor by her
of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford. Richard s. at
Sefton, and eminently distinguished himself at the battle
of Aguencourt, where he was knighted. He m. Ist, Joan,
dau. of Sir Gilbert Haydock, of Bradley, widow of Sir
Peter Leigh of Lyme, and had eight sons and three
daughters; Catherine m. 1st, to John Stanhope, Esq.,
and 2nd, Sir Radcliffe, of Swithells. Genet to Robert,
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UNBAGE OF THE ENGLISH BRANCH 11
Vis. Oormanston ; Elizabeth to Sir Rbt. Southworth. His
second wife was Helen, dau. to Sir William Harrington
of Hornby and widow of EatclifE of the Tower, in
Lane, Esq. ; by whom he had two daus. Anna m. Sir
Richard Nevil of Tevefedge, in Yorkshire; and Margret
Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, Knt. The sons were Sir Rich-
ard, Sir Thomas, from whom descended Sir John Moly-
neux of Teversale, in Nottinghamshire, created a Baronet
in 1611 — John, Rector of Sefton, Henry, Gilbert, who m.
Lady Cheneys, of the Co. of Bucks, Edmund, Robert,
William. Sir Richard, the eldest, was in such favor with
his Prince, and had so much honor done him by his coun-
try, that in the Act of petition of resumption (the 36th.
of Henry VI.) there was this provisional clause in his be-
half. *' Viz. Provided always, that this act extend not,
nor in any wise be prejudicial unto Richard Molineux of
Sefton, Esq. ; one of the Ushers of our Privy-Chamber,
in, of, or to the constableship of our Castle of Liverpool,
the Stewardship of West Derbyshire and Staffordshire,
the Forestship of our Forest of Symonds Wood, and our
Parks of Croxteth, &c." He was afterwards knighted,
and was slain at the battle of Bloreheath in Staffordshire,
Sept. 23, 1459, fighting for the house of Lancaster. He
m. Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Sir Thos. Stanley, 6th Earl of
Derby and by her had Sir Thomas his heir, James, Arch-
deacon of Richmond, and rector of Sefton. Margaret m.
1st, John Dutton, of Dutton, Esq. ; and 2nd, Sir William
Bulkeley, ancestor of the Viscounts Buckeley. Eleanor
m. 1st, Sir Geo. Leyland of Morley, and 2nd, Roger Ash-
ton, Esq. Joan m. Christopher Barton of Smithells, Esq.
Sir Thomas, the oldest, was in arms for King Edw. IV.,
under the Duke of Gloucester for the recovery of the
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town of Berwick from the Scots, and was there made a
Bannoret; but d. in the 6th of Henry VII, having issue
by Anne dau. to Thos. Dutton of Dutton, in Co. Chester,
by Anne dau. of James, Lord Audley, two sons and three
daughters, Sir William his heir, Edward, rector of Sefton,
Salton and Houghton. Jane m. Sir Eobt. Foulshurst, of
Crew, in Chester, Elizabeth m. James Batcliffe, of the Co.
Lane, Esq. Ellen m. Robert Nevil, Esq. Sir William, in
the reign of King Henry VIII was a great commander in
the Co. of Lancaster and brought a considerable strength
to the seasonable succor of the Duke of Norfolk, with
whom he performed signal service at the battle of Flod-
den Field 1713, taking there with his own hand two
streamers, which are still in the family. He m. 1st, Jane,
dau. of Sir Richd. Rugg, in Co. Stafford, by whom he had
Sir Richard, his heir. Jane m. Richard Bold, Lane, Esq.
Annie m. Alexander Standish of Standish Hall, Esq; m.
2nd, Elizabeth dau. of Cuthbert Clifton in Lane; by
whom he had William and Thomas, who died without
issue, and Annie m. Henry Halsal, of Halsal, Esq. Sir
Richard who s. his father in 1548, was knighted at the
coronation of Queen Mary, and in the 8th of Elizabeth
made Sheriff of the Co. of Lane, 1556 but died 1568.
He m. Elanor, dau. to Sir Alexander Radcliff of Orsdal,
in Co. Lane; Knt., and had issue. William the elder m.
Bridget, dau. to John Caryll, of Warnham, Co. Sussex,
Esq., but dying before his father, left son Richard who s.
his grandfather and by Queen Elizabeth was made Knt.,
1586, and by King James, a Baronet, 1611. He m.
Francis, dau. to Sir Gilbert Gerrard, Master of the Rolls
(from whom the Earls of Macclesfield, and Lord Gerrard
of Bromley descended), and by her had six sons and seven
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daughters, of whom Annie m. Sir John Byron, Knt. of
the Bath, by whom she had John, the 6th Lord Byron.
Alice m. Wm. son of Ebt. Lord Dormer, and was mother
of Chas. Earl of Caernarvon. Frances m. Sir Thos. Gar-
rard of Byrn, and was mother of Sr. Wm., 3rd Baronet.
Bridget m. Ealph Standish of Standish Hall, in the Co. of
Lane, Esq. ; Elizabeth m. Richard Sherburne, of Stone-
hurst, in same Co., Esq; Juliana m. Sir Thos. Walmesley,
of Dunkelhaugh, Knt. Margret m. Sir Gteo. Simon, of
Brittwel, in Co. Oxford, by whom he had Sir James
Simeon, created a Baronet in 1677. Of the sons (I. Vis.)
Sir Richard, 3rd son s. ; he was created a Viscount 1628,
m. Mary, dau. to Thomas Caryll, of Benstone in Co. Sus-
sex, and had Richard, Caryll, Philip, Francis, Charlotte,
who m. Sir Wm. Stanley of Hooton in Cheshire Bart.
Mary m. 1st, Geo. Selby of Whitehouse, in the Bishopric
of Durham and 2nd, Sir Edward Mostyn of Talacre in
Flintshire Baronet, to whom she was 3rd wife; and his
eldest son and heir. Sir Pierce Mostyn, Bart, by his Ist
wife, m. Frances, dau. of said Geo. Selby and Mary, his
wife, afterwards Lady Mostyn. Richard (6th Vis.) Moly-
neux dying in 1632, was s. by eldest son Richard, the
2d, Vis., who with his brother Caryll, took up arms for
King Chas. I at the breaking out of the rebellion, and for
his service raised a regiment of horse and another of foot,
with which they served all the time of that war, and were
in Oxford when it surrendered to the rebels. They after-
wards attended King Chas. II, when he marched out of
Scotland, and were with him in the battle of Worcester;
after which they lived in retirement for some time. He
m. Frances, eldest dau. of Wm. the 2nd Duke of Somer-
set; but by her (who m. 2nd Thomas Wrothelley — the
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last Earl of SouthamptoD, aod 3rd, m. Couyers the 2nd
Earl of Holdemesse) left no issue. (3 Vis.) Caryll, his
brother s. (who was outlawed, and excepted from com-
pounding; but at last, having made some friends, he got
leave to compound for the estate, and paying an excessive
fine, was put into the possession of it). When King James
II came to the crown he was constituted Lord Lieutenant
and Custos Eotulorum of the Co. Lane, as also made
Admiral of the narrow Seas. His Lordehip d. 1697, leav-
ing issue by Mary, dau. Alaxander Barlow of Barlow, in
said Co., Eichard who m. Mary, eldest dau. of WilUam
Marquis of Powis, who was by Jam^s II, after his abdica-
tion, created Duke of Powis, by whom he had no issue;
and his Lady remarried with Francis, Vise. Montague.
Caryll died in infancy, William his successor. Maiy m.
Thomas Preston of Fumess in Co. Lane. Frances in 1683
m. Sir Neil O'Neil of the Co. Antrim, Bart. Margret m.
1st, 1683 Jenico the 7th Vise, Gormanston; 2nd Robt.
Casey, Esq., counsellor at law; and 3rd, 1692, James
Butler of Kelveloigher Co., Tipperary, Esq., and died
1711. Elizabeth m. Edward Widdington of Hoirley, Esq.
Anne m. William Widdrington of Cheesebume Grange,
Esq., both in Co. of Northumberland, (4 Vis.). Wil-
liam 8., m. Bridget, dau. to Robert Lucy of Charlecote
Co., Warwick, and d. Mar. 8, 1717, having had seven sons
and five daus : Richard, Caryll, William, Thomas — Wil-
liam and Vivian d. infants— Edward, Mary, Frances, Eliza-
beth, Anne, Bridget. Of the dau. Mary m. 1st, Clif-
ton Esq. ; 2nd 1737, Nicholas, son of Sir Geo. Temp-
est of Tong, in Yorkshire, Bart. ; and Frances, 1738, m.
John Caryll of Lady-Holt Sussex, Esq. (6 Vis.). Rich-
ard, eldest son s., m. Mary, sister to Geo. Bundenel, Earl
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of Cardigan (who after his death remarried Peter, eldest
son of Sir John Osborne, of Checksands, Bart.) and had
issue one son, William, d. young, and two daus. Mary and
Dorothy, of whom the eldest m. 1st, Thomas Clifton of
Tytham Co. Lane. ; 2nd, William Auderton, of Euxton
Hall in same Co., by both of whom she had issue, but his
Lordship dying in Dec, 1733 without male issue (6 Vis.)
Caryll his brother became heir; and he d. Nov., 1745, left
three sons, Eichard who s. him, William, and Thomas,
who marriad July 20, 1746, Maria, dau. of Wm. Leverley,
and widow of Griffeth (or Griff en) Esq., and also m.
John Errington, Esq.^ by whom he had Richard (Earl, 7
Vis.) entered in Holy Orders of the Church of Rome and d.
unm. s. by brother (8 Vis.) William, who d. also with-
out issue in 1758, but Thomas, the youngest brother, who
died Dec, 1756, having married July 20, 1740, Maria, dau.
Leverly, Esq., widow of 1st of Griff eth, Esq.,
and 2nd of John Errington, of Northumberland, Esq., by
whom he had Charles William, on whom the honors de-
volved on the death of his uncle William, who d. in 1795.
He died 1796 s. by son William Phillip, who died 1838,
s. by Charles William, who d. 1866 s. by son William who
d. 1897 s., by son Charles WilUam Huyton, who d. 1901 s.
by brother Hon. Osbert Cecil Molyneux, who married July
8th, 1898 Lady Helena Mary Bridgeman.
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Arms. — Azure, a cross Moline Or.
Crest. — On a cap of dignity, a peacock's tail. Proper
supporters — Two lions azure.
Motto
"VivereSatVincere."
"To live is conquering enough."
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Mci^nexxx.
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MOLYNEUX
• * Honi 8oit Qui Mai y Pense. "
"Evil to them who think evil."
Lords of Sefton. — Muling, Mulinus, Molinex,
Molino, Molyneux, Molineux, Molyneaux.
Tradition of thb Family: —
1. Robert Molyneux,* was the son of a Spanish
Priest of noble family and a French Nun, who
left the Cloister, going to Moulin, where he
(Eobert) was born, his mother giving him the
name of Eobert de MouUn, after the place
where he was born. She then returned to the
Cloister, where by her penance and piety she
became the Abbess of the Cloister. She is spok-
en of by many as Heloise, with whom Peter
Abelard fell in love to the scandal of the
church, and after the birth of the son Robert
they were privately married. The union did not
appease the wrath of the canon, and Abelard
was expelled from the priesthood and became
one of the founders of the Oblates, a society
*Aberlard and Heloise as the parents of Robert de Moulin (Molyneux) are
not to be vouched for,~but the story as tradition was told to me in the above
paragraph. But there is to be found, among the Bishops of Hereford, the
name of Robert de Meulin, Priory of Llanthony, who was so consecrated 22
Dec., 1168, Ob. 27, Feb., 1166-7, therefore it would not be surprising if the
Robert de Meulin here named were not the son mentioned and the ancestor of
the House of Molyneux. ,
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still existing in the Caucasian Mountains. (Tra-
dition also tells us that from this order of
Priests often comes the call to the House of
Molyneux, and when this call comes, the one
called leaves all to obey.) Robert Molyneux,
bom in Mouline, known as '^ The Comte de
MeuUn," married
Issue :
2 — I. Captain William Molyneux (Molins) appears to
have been one of the most distinguished, as
well from the Battle Abbey roll, wherein his
name stands 18th in order as from the old
Chronicles of the duchy, wherein he is set
down and placed aa a most especial and chief
man in nearness and singular credit with his
royal master. Captain William Molyneux and
his brother Vivian were in the 1st expedition
of the Army sent by William the Conqueror
1050. under the conduct of Roger de Poy tiers, and the
io«8. said Roger de Poytiers* who was then possessed
of all the tract of land in Lane, between the
river Ribbie and Mersy by gift of the crown,
gave among other lands and manors of Septon,
Thorndon, Kerdon, and half of land as services
♦William Roger de Poytieres (so called because his wife was a Poitaime, or
native of the province of Poitiers). Of Roger de Poytiers Camden says,
''The name is not to be met with in writings; but only that of Roger de
Poictiers (also given as Picktaviensis), who was lord of the honour of Lancas-
ter, built a Castle there, the government whereof was enjoyed for a long
time by the noble family of Molyneux, — knights (and now Lords Molyneux)
whose chief seat is hard by, at Sephton which the said Roger de Poictiers be-
stowed upon Vivian de Molyneux, a little after the coming of the Normans,
for all the land between the Ribbie and Mersey, belonged to the said Roger,
as appears by Doomsday."
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of half Knts. fee. Whereof he WiUiam Moly-
neux made Septon his chief seat and was s.
by his brother Vivian de Molyneux.
2
2 — II. Vivian de Molyneux married Sy warda.
2 — III. Eoger de Molyneux. (His name found on the
'^ Roll from the Nobiliere de Normandie ".)
3— IV. John of Teversal (1073) m.
2 — II. Vivian de Molyneux married Swyrd.
Issue :
3 — 4. Adam Molyneux, Lord of Speke, m.
Annota de Garnet.
5. Richard.
2 — IV. John Molyneux of Teversalle (1073) m.
Issue :
3 — 6. Francis Molyneux.
4. Adam de Molyneux, * eldest son of Vivian
de Molyneux and Swyrd... gave a grant
of land in Mulling to the church of the
Virgin Mary at Corksands, sealed with
his seal of the Cross Molins,t and bearing
the Legend " S. Adam's de MoUneux".
He married Annota, only dau. and heiress
of Benedict de Garnett, Lord of Speke,
Co. Lane.
Issue:
4—7. Robert de Molyneux.
8. Gilbert of Pemberton m. Jane.
9. Swyrd married during reign of
King John (surnamed The Lackland).
*Adam de Molyneux, eldest sod, was styled Dominus Adam de Molyneux.
f The Cross Molins, Arms of the Molyneux family, are allusive to the name,
the cross Moline being supposed to represent the iron of a Mill Wheel.
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4
4 — 7. Bobert de Molyneux (Adam, Vivian,
Robert), married temp. King John, ^' The
Lackland ", Beatrix de Villers, dau. and
heiress of Sir Robert de Villers, sou of
Richard de Villers, a crusader under E^w.
I of Little, acquired the estate of Uttle
Crosby, Co. Lancaster.
Pagan de Villers.
Richard de Villers, m
Issue: 3rd son, Robert de Villers, Earl of Jersey,
m
Issue:
Beatrix de Villers, noted for her beauty. Tradition
says she was the morganatic wife of King John, *' The
Lackland."
Genealogy. — That Robert Molyneux, son of Adam
de Molyneux and Annota de Garnett married temp. King
John, " The. Lackland ". Beatrix de Villers ambitious to
be a Queen, in love with King John, loath to leave him,
but by him (King John) given in marriage to one of his
Barons (temp.) Sir Robert Molyneux. She did bitterly
curse the House of Molyneux and all that bear the name,
caUing down maledictions of misery, blasting their loves
with tragedy. Issue of this marriage (from whom de-
scended Earls of Sefton, Ireland, Teversall and Notting-
hamshire) :
6 — 10. Richard Molyneux of Crosby m. 1st
Edith ; m. 2nd, Emma Davis.
11. Simon.
12. Vincent m. Isabella.
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13. John.
4 — 9. Swyrd Molyneux m
Issue:
6 — 14. Henry Molyneux.
1272. ^ — 1^- Richard Molyneux of Sefton, Little
Edw. m, Crosby and Espeke — eldest son of Rob-
^^'^^ ert de Molyneux and Beatrix de Villers.
(This baronial family of De Mohns,
who became resident under Edw. Ill are
stated to derive their surname from the
town so called in Bourbonnais, but there
may have been an earher settlement
from one of the numerous places in Nor-
mandy called Moulines or Mouhns, from
the Molendina or water wells there ex-
isting), m. 1st Edith, sister of Alinerice ^
de Botiller of Wemington.
Issue by 1st wife :
6 — 16. Adam de Molyneux, m. Lettice Brenley.
16. Robert.
Richard Molyneux m. 2nd, Emma
Davis.
Issue by 2nd wife:
17. William Molyneux Knt. of Sefton.
18. Thomas Molyneux of Oglough, m
19. Peter.
20. John (a monk in Chester).
21. Agnes m. Hugo Banaster de Tormerly.
22. AUce, m. (her cousin) Robert Molyneux,
son of Simon Molyneux; m. 2nd, son
of Ralph Standish and Margret Rad-
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cliff, dau. of John and Eatherine Moly-
neux.
23. Julian, m. William Clere of Sefton
(1275).
6 — 11. Simon Molyneux, second son of Robert
Molyneux and Beatrix de Villers m. — .
Issue:
6 — 24. Robert Molyneux m. Alice Molyneux,
dau. of Richard Molyneux of Thornton.
25. William Molyneux.
6 — 12. Vincent Molyneux, third son of Robert
Molyneux and Beatrix de Villers m. Isa-
bella Dugale (Vincent de Molyneux was
returned to parliament as Enight of the
Shire for S. Hampton in 1301).
Issue :
6—26, John Molyneux m. Egida dau. of
Henry Charnock.
■5 — 13. John Molyneux of Teversall Notts m.
Issue :
6 — 27. Francis Molyneux.
6
Reign of ^ — 1^- Adam de Molyneux, Esq. ; of Sefton had
Henry III. a Forestship in Co. Lancaster, in 1228.
Was in commission for the perambula-
tion of Forest. M. Lettice (Letita)
Brenley.
Issue :
7 — 28. William Molyneux m. Margaret de
Thornton. (He was known as William
More Molyneux.)
29. Roger de Molyneux fought in Welsh
wars of Edw. I. He married
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6 — 24. Robert Molyneux (son of Simon) m.
Alice Molyneux dau. of Richard Moly-
neux of Thornton.
Issue :
7—30. Richard Molyneux.
31. William.
32. Margaret. .
PEDIGREE FROM THE PLEA ROLLS
De Banco.
464.
Tjanc, Mich. 4 I-
-e — t.
Robert, son of Simon Molyneux of Thornton, sued
Agnes, formerly wife of Robert Alcockson of Thornton,
for laijds in Thornton which Richard, son of Robert Moly-
neux, had given Robert to the heirs of his body.
The pleadings gave this •pedigree: —
Robert de Molyneux. Living temp. E. W. I.
Robert.
I. Simon.
I. Robert the plaintiff: — .
Robert Molyneux stated to have held Sefton and other
lands in County Lancaster, but the Molyneux pedigree
takes no notice of him.
Chancery Proceedings.
Bundle 6, No. 18. Clerk.
Molyneux.
6 — 25. William Molyneux (son of Simon) m.
Issue :
7 — 33. Simon Molyneux.
34. William.
35. Richard m. Alice de Aintree.
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6 — 26. John Molyneux, son of Vincent Moly-
neux and Isabell Dugale, a soldier (son
of Vincent Molyneux who was returned
to Parliament as Enight of the Shire
1301), who descended from Robert de
Molyneux of Molens in Bourbonnais,
who came to England with Henry I. —
Sir John Molyneux of Crosby who bore
the cross mouline crowned, married 1st
Agnes Blundell dau. of David Blundell,
Esq.; of Crosby Hall; m. 2d Isabella
dau. of Robert Erney of Chester; m. 3d
Egida dau. of Henry Chamock (d. 1362).
Sir John was in the service of the
Chancellor, in 1325-29. Was sent
abroad on sojne mission with WilUam
de Montauch (first Earl of Salisbury, in
whose service he was). Molyneux re-
ceived numerous grants from Edward
III., chiefly of manors and Seignorial
rights, in 1386. He received pardon for
entertaining John Mautravers, lately
banished, Thomas de Berkley and others.
In the same year he is spoken of as
'^ Valletus " to the King,^and received
lands and Manors of Dalchet and Pull-
ner, Buckinghamshire, under Mounta-
cule in Scottish wars, for which in 1338
he received £220 10 s. 1 d. as wages
and compensation for the horses he had
lost; in 1338 he received the custody of
the King's hawks and other birds; v^jas
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created a Knight Baronet, and em-
ployed in negotiating alliance with the
Duke of Brabant. In 1340 was one
that undertook to raise wools for the
King's aid but the supplies which
reached Edward were quite insufficient.
The King was compelled to raise the
seige of Tourney. He returned sud-
denly to London on the 30th of Nov.,
arrested Molyneux and imprisoned him
in the Tower, but he escaped and ap-
parently refused to appear before the
King^s Justices. For this rebellion his
lands were forfeited. In 1346 he was
pardoned and his lands were gradually
restored to him with additional grants.
On the 18th Sept., 1346 he was directed
with all the men-at-arms and archers he
could muster to the defence of Sand-
wich. In 1347 he was summoned as
Baron to attend a Council of Parlia-
ment. (But this summons did not en-
title him to a hereditary rite, and neither
his son nor his grandson received it.)
In 1352 he became Steward to Queen
Philippa and overseer of her castle.
In 1362 he was accused of falsely indi-
cating Eobert Lombard for breaking
into the Queen's park, and his death
took place this year in Cambridge cas-
tle, and he was buried in Stoke Poges
church, where a monument without
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any subscription near the altar, is said
to be his. He was a benefactor to re-
ligious foundations. His wife Egidia
died in 1367.
Issue:
7 — 36. William Molyneux, Enight, of the Shire
of Bucks, in 1879 m. Magory, dau. of
Edward Baccoreul (Bacon), d. 1381.
36. Richard (d. 1384).
37. Alice.
38. Isabella.
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7 — 23. William Molyneux (known as William
More Molyneux), most noble order of
the Garter, 1349, K. B., Ribbon Garter
blue, m. Margaret de Thornton, dau. of
Sir Allen de Thornton of the Co. Leices-
ter. Buried in Canterbury Cathedral.
Issue:
3 — 39. Richard Molyneux; m. Emma Donne.
7 — 29. Roger de Molyneux (sometimes De
Moels) fought in Welsh wars of Edward
I; m , d. 1285.
Issue:
8 — 40. John Molyneux, 1338.
41. Nicholas Molyneux (made baron by
Writ of Summons, dated 6th Feb., 1299.
42. Roger Molyneux.
7_36. William Molyneux; m. Margorydau. of
Edward Baccoreul.
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Issue:
8 — 43. William Molyneux killed at Orleans, in
1429; m
8 — 39. Richard Molyneux ; m. Emma Donne.
Issue:
9—44. Sir William Molyneux, Knt., of Sef-
ton, was made bannoret in Qascony in
1286, by Edmund (Couchback), Earl of
Lancaster, 2nd son of Henry III; m.
Isabella Scarsbrick of Scarbrick (d.
1289.)
46. Alice Molyneux; m. Robert Molyneux.
8 — 41. Nicholas Molyneux (De Moels), 2nd son
of Roger Molyneux, seneschal of Gas-
cony, in royal service 1215-17. In 1224
sent as royal messenger to Cologne, in
connection with the mission of Walter
Mauclerk. In August 1228, was des-
patched as messenger to the King's
brother E3arl Richard, in Poitou. From
1228-32, he was sheriff of Hampshire
and Gustos of Winchester Castle. In
May, 1230, he was with the King in
Brittany and sent by him on a mission
to Hugh, count of Marche, and his wife,
Queen Isabella, the King's mother.
1241 was guardian of the bishopric of
Durham during a vacancy. In 1254,
when warden of Oxford Castle, gave to
Henry de Hannah, the provincial of the
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Carmelites, a house in Oxford, which
was the first establishment of that order
in the University. Matthew Paris calls
him '^ miles strenuissimus et circum-
spectus ". In 126 J in charge of Sher-
boune Castle and in 1263 of Corfe Cas-
tle. He married Hawse, dau. of James
Newmarch, in whose right he held Cad-
bury in Somerset, in Gloucestershire.
He was a person so highly regarded by
the King that James, son and heir, was
by special command admitted to have
his education with Prince Edward, the
Prince's tutors, Hugh de Gaffard and
Bernard de Savory, having directions to
receive him, with one servant, and pro-
vide him with all necessaries.
While in the capacity of seneschal of Gascony, he was
employed at the seige of Gramont, near Bidache. Trouble
was already impending with Thibaut^ king of Navarre,
who in the following year threatened Bayonne. Eventu-
ally, in the autumn of 1244, he defeated the king (Matt.
Paris, IV. 396). The only other known incident of his
senschalship is a conflict with Amigot de Garro, a Gascon
robber-lord, who had captured certain messengers which
had been sent to Thibaut.
Arms. — Azure, two bars qu. in chief.
Three torteaux
Issue:
9 — 46. James Molyneux (educated with the
King's son Edward).
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47. Roger Molyneux, m. Alice de Preux.
(Served in Welsh wars and died 1294.)
8 — 43. William Molyneux (killed at Orleans
in 1429) ; married
Issue:
9—48. Aleanor, m. Robert Hungerford, Lord
Molyneux, who suffered decapitation
after the battle of Hexam, May, 1464.
9
9 — 44. Sir William Molyneux (see above).
Issue :
10^ — 49. Richard Molyneux; m. Agatha Kyralon
(Kyerton) of Lardbrook.
9 — 47. Roger Molyneux, served in Welsh wars
and d. 1294; m. Alice de Preaux.
Issue:
10 — 60. John Molyneux; m. adau. of the noble
family of Grey in 1311.
10
10 — 49. Richard Molyneux; m. Agatha Kyerton
dau. of Sir Roger Kyralon.
Issue:
11 — 61. Sir WiUiam Molyneux (distinguished
himself at the battle of Navaret, in
Spain under the Black Prince, where
he was made a banneret in 1367).
62. Roger Molyneux.
53. Richard.
54. John.
55. Robert.
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56. Peter.
57. Ellen; m. Bichard Bold, of Lancashire
Esq.
58. Agatha.
10 — 50. John Molyneux s. his father in 1295.
(In 1294, John Molyneux, who, doing
his homage, had livery of his lands.)
This feudal lord having distinguished
himself in the Scottish wars of Edward
I was summoned to parliament as a
baron, from 6th Feb., 1299 to June 16,
1311. Married a daughter of the noble
family of Grey in 1311.
Issue:
(2d Baron.) 11 — 69. Nicholas Molyneux. He
also engaged in Scottish wars; m. Mar-
garet, dau. to Sir Hugh Courtenay,
Knt., and sister of Hugh E3arl of Devon.
He d. 1316, s. by his brother.
(3rd Baron.) 60. Boger Molyneux, who, pay-
ing 100 marks fine and doing homage,
had livery of his lands through the
King's especial favor, being at that
time, in the 19th of Edw, II not of full
age ; s. by brother.
(4th Baron.) 61. John Molyneux, created Knt.
of the Bath; m. Joane, dau. of Sir
Bichard Luvel, Knt.
11
11 — 51. Sir William Molyneux s. his father in
1363. He distinguished himself at the
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Battle of Navaret, in Spain, under Ed-
ward, the Black Prince, where he was
made banneret in 1367, and continued
to serve under that general in all his
Spanish and French wars. On his re-
turn he died at Canterbury in 1372.
He m. 1st, Johannah, dau. and heir to
Jordan EUall, Forester of Wersdale, by
Alice his wife, one of three daus. and
co-heirs to Thomas de Twenge; m. 2d,
Margaret, dau. and heir to Sir Allen
Hetton, of Buthel, widow of Sir Robert
Holland of Enkerston, brother to Sir
Thomas Holland, Knt. of the Garter.
Issue:
12—62. WiUiam Molyneux Knt. ; m. Jane Hol-
land.
68. Thomas; slaih at Redcot-Bridge, be-
tween Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1388.
64. Richard (Parson of Sefton, one of the
Pilgrims from England to Rome in 1471).
65. Edward.
66. John.
67. Robert.
68. Christopher.
(4th Baron.) 11 — 61. John Molyneux, created
Knight of the Bath, 20th Edward I; m.
Joane, dau. Sir Richard Luvel, Knt. of
Castle Cary. (d. 1371.)
Issue:
12 — 69. Mureel Molyneux; m. Sir Thomas Cour-
tenay.
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Issue:
Hugh Courtenay.
Mai^et; m. Sir Thomas Perverel.
Issue:
Eatherine; m. Sir Walter Hungerford
Alianore (died).
liurel; m. John Dinham.
Isabel; m. William de Botreaux, Lord Bo-
treaux, and her great great grand dau.
Margaret m. Sir Robert Hungerford
Ent., and carried the Barony of Bo-
treaux with the moiety of that of Moels
(Molyneux) to Robert 2d, Lord Hunger-
ford. His mother was Lady Eatherine
Hungerford, dau. and heir of Sir
Thomas Peveral, and Margret, dau. and
co-heir of Sir Thomas Courtenay by
Mureel de Molyneux His moiety of the
Barony is now vested in the present
Marquess of Hastings, Baron Hunger-
ford, Molines and Botreaux.
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The Molyneux family, Earls of Sef ton, usually bore the
charge Or and often square or even quarter pierced.
Crest. — Qu. red.
Stone, Ruby.
Planet, Mars.
Az. blue.
Stone, Sapphire.
Planet, Jupiter.
^lyttettx.
A chapeau, qu. turned up erm, adorned with a plume
of peacock feathers ppr. Supporters, two lions. Az.
Motto
•'VivereSatVincere."
•' To conquer is to live enough."
12—61. Sir Wiliam Molyneux of Sef ton Knt.
m. Jane dan. Sir Robert Holland.
Issue:
13 — 70. Richard Molyneux (Molines); m. Ellen
dau. of Thomas Urswick (d. at Sefton
1397).
12 — 71. Thomas Molyneux, a celebrated warrior
under the Black Prince, who added to
his arms as a distinction the Fleur de
(83)
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Lis (in the Dexter chief). Sir Thomas
Molyneux commanded the force of Rob-
ert de Vere of Ireland. This branch of
the Molyneux family (descendants) re-
sided in Calais in 1531, ancestors of the
Molyneux, of Castle Dillon, Co. Ar-
• magh, Ireland. Thomas Molyneux
m
Issue:
Sons supposed to have been Thomas, William,
John, Robert
(The genealogy and records of this
branch of the family fell into the hands
of the Duke of Guise, and were de-
stroyed. Of necessity a chasm occurs
in the pedigree of this branch, which
resided at Calais in 1581.)
13
13 — 70. Richard Molines, or Molyneux (son of
William Molyneux and Jane Holland),
who, constituted high sheriff of Lan-
caster for life, was M. P. for the shire.
He m. Ellen, dau. of Sir Thomas Urs-
wick, and died 1397. (She afterwards
m. Sir Thomas Savage.)
Issue:
14 — 72. Richard Molyneux (knighted at Agin-
court).
. 73. Adam (LL.D., died Jan. 9th, 1449;
keeper of the Privy Seal, Henry VI).
In 1447, sealed the warrant for the ar-
rest of Suffolk's great rival, the Duke
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of Qlouster, who died a few days after.
Sir Ad^im Molyneux was accused by
sailors at Portsmouth '^ about the
Epiphany of our Lord " of docking
wages. He is said to have spoken
haughtily. The sailors cried that he
was a traitor and had sold Normandy to
the French, fell upon him, and ill-used
him so severely that he died on the 9th
of Jan., 1450. When attacked he is re-
ported to have said something that was
held to reflect seriously on Suflfolk, who
when on trial laid the blame of the ac-
tual delivery of Le Mans on the mur-
dered bishop. Some declared that Mol-
eyns (Molyneux) owed his death to his
covetousness. Adam Molyneux was
Bishop of • Chichester. He bequeathed
some handsome church ornaments to'
his cathedral (Stephens). He was a
capable politician. The charge that he
in any way betrayed the interest of
England is untrue. He was a man of
learning and culture; a friend of Vin-
cent Clement, and corresponded and
was esteemed by JEtneas Sylvius. An
epitaph for him commemorates his pru-
dence in affairs and his desire for peace.
" This family traced its descent from William de Molines
of the Norman invaders, whose name is derived from a
town in the Bourbonnais and stands eighteenth on the
Battle Abbey Roll. William de Molines obtained from
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Roger of Poitiera the grant of Sef ton, where the family
have since been seated, its present representative being
Osbert Cecil, sixth earl of Sefton.
''Adam Molines (Moleyns, Molyneux) was appointed
keeper of the privy seal 11 Feb., 1444, in succession to
Thomas Beckington, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and on
the same day was commissioned with Suffolk and Sir
Robert Roos, as ambassador to conclude a peace or truce
with Prance (Faeder, XI. 63, 68, 60). In May the am-
bassadors succeeded in arranging a truce, and obtained
the betrothal of Margret of Anjou to King Henry VI.
Adam Moleyns (Molyneux) also received a patent from the
King for the exportation of wool, for which Henry bought
back from him for l,000f. (Ramsay, Lancaster and Rork,
ii.79), and also had hcense to ' impark ' twelve thousand
acres, and to fortify twelve manor-houses (Stephens). On
9 Dec. he resigned the privy seal, and received the King's
permission to travel on either side of the channel (Fae-
dera, XL 226)."
74. Robert Molyneux; m. Margret L'Es-
trange. (Robert inherited property of
brother Adam.)
76. Annie.
76. Katherine; m. John Howard, Duke of
Norfolk. (Slain at Bosworth Field in
1485.)
14
Reign of Cross moliue — azure.
HenryVand Blu^-gold. CrOSS 1446—60.
The Molyneux of Teversall were a branch of
the family seated at Sefton, in Lancashire,
founded in England by William de Moulins, one
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of the Norman nobles in the train of the Con-
queror, whose name stands in 18 th order upon
the Roll of Battle Abbey.
Sir Richard Molyneux, ancestor of the noble
House of Sefton, and Sir Thomas Molyneux,
Knt., banneret progenitor of the Molyneux of
Teversall, a family which maintained for a
lengthened series of years the first rank among
the landed proprietors of Nottinghamshire and
alhed with the most distinguished houses in
England.
14 — 70. Richard Molyneux, who signalized him-
self in the French wars of King Henry
V at Agincourt, in consideration of
which services King Henry granted to
him and son Richard by patent dated
July 26th, 1446, the chief forestship of
Royal Forest and parks in the Wapen-
take by West Derby shire, with oflBces
of sergeant and steward of that and the
Wapentake of Salford, and also the
office of constable of Liverpool. He m.
Ist, Helen, dau. of Sir William Harring-
ton of Hombie, Lancaster; m. 2d, Joan,
dau. of Gilbert Haydocke, of Bradley,
Lane., widow of Sir Peter Leigh, Knt.,
of Lyme; d. 1439.
Issue by 1st wife:
15 — 77. Anne; m. Sir Richard Nevil, of Teve-
fedge, Yorkshire.
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78. Margret; m. Sir Peter Leigh, son of
Sir Peter Leigh, Bjit., of Lyme.
Issue by 2d wife :
79. Sir Richard Molyneux (ancestor of the
Viscounts Molyneux). In favor with
Henry VI, who by letters patent con-
ferred upon him and sons and their
heirs the chief f orestships of the Royal
Forest and parks of West Derby shire
and the stewardship office of constable
of Liverpool. He was slain at Blore-
heath with Lord Audly, in the war of
the Roses in 1469-60.
80. Thomas Molyneux, of Haughton Priory,
in Nottinghamshire, Councillor to Hen-
ry IV ; m. Elizabeth Markham.
81. John Rector of Sefton.
82. Robert, taken prisoner by the Turks,
in 1448.
83. Henry ; fought under Edward IV against
the Scots. Knighted by Gloucester at
the siege of Berwick, July 26th, 1482,
and one of the pall bearers at Edward
IV's funeral.
84. Gilbert ; m. Lady Cheneys, of Co. Bucks.
86. Edmund.
86. William; m
87. Catherine; m. 1st, John Stanhope, Esq. ;
2d, Sir Radcliflf, of Swithells.
88. Genett; m. Robert, Viscount Gorman-
ston.
89. Elizabeth; m. Sir Robert Southworth.
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14 — 74. Robert Molyneux; inherited property of
brother Adam ; m. Margret L'Estrange,
dau. of Sir Baldwin L^Estrange.
Issue:
15 — 90. Margret Molyneux; abbess of Munnan-
unster. 1349 — 64.
90. Edith ; m. Adam Troutbeck, Esq.
16
15 — 79. Sir Eichard Molyneux was in such high
favor at court that in the act of re-
sumption passed in the 36 Henry VI,
we find this provisional clause, '* Pro-
vided always that this act extend not,
nor in ways be prejudicially unto Rich-
ard Molyneux, Esq.; of Sefton, one of
the ushers of our privy chamber, in the
Constableship of our Castle of Liver-
pool, '' &c. He fell fighting under Lan-
casteral banner at Bloore Heath (1459).
He m. Elizabeth, 2d dau. of Sir Thomas
Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby. Sir Rich-
ard had also the stewardship of West
Deryshire, the forrestship of our forest
of Symonds Wood, and our parks of
Croxteth, &c. He was afterwards
knighted, and was slain at the battle of
Bloore Heath, war of Roses, Sept. 28,
1459. He m. 2d, Jane Molyneux.
Issue.
16 — ^92. Sir Thomas Molyneux; m. Anne Dutton.
93. James (Archdeacon of Richmond, and
Rector of Sefton.)
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94. Margret; m. Ist John Button of Button; m.
2d, Sir William Buckely (ancestor of
the Viscounts Buckely); d. 1528.
95. Eleanor; m. 1st, Sir George Leyland of
Morley ; m. 2d, Eoger Ashton, Esq.
96. Joan; m. Christopher Barton, of Smithells,
Esq.
15 — 80. Thomas Molyneux, of Haughton Priory,
in Nottinghamshire, Councillor to Henry
IV ; m. Elizabeth Markham, dau. of Lord
of East Markham; m. 2d, Catherine
Cotton, relict of Thomas Poutrell.
Issue by 1st wife:
16 — 97. Eobert Molyneux of Hawton; m. Boro-
thy Poutrell.
98. Ehzabeth; m. Stephen Whalley.
99. Anna; m. John Byron.
Issue by 2d wife:
100. Edmund Molyneux. On the Corona-
tion of Edward VI was made Knight
of the Bath. In 1660 was justice of
common pleas. Was lord of the manor
of Thorp near Newark. He m. Jane
Cheney (d. 1692).
16 — 81. John Molyneux, Rector of Sefton, m.
(d. May 22, 1697).
Issue :
16 — 101. Isabel; m. William Laurence, of Te-
land Hall, who purchased landed prop-
erty to amt. £200.
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15 — 84. GUbert Molyneux; m. Lady Cheneys,
of Co. Bucks.
Issue:
16 — 102. Robert Molyneux, of ye Wood, Lane.
(1609).
103. William.
104. Francis.
16 — 86. William Molyneux m
Issue:
16—105. William Molyneux.
106. Thomas Molyneux; m. Margret More.
107. Robert; Butcher; bur. 1667.
108. John Molyneux; tailor; bur. Dec. 1584.
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16 — 92. Sir Thomas Molyneux; fought under
Edward IV; was under the Duke of
Gloucester for the recovery of the town
of Berwick from the Scots, and was
there made a banneret (knighted) by
Gloucester, at the siege of Berwick, 24th
July, 1483. He was one of the pall
bearers at the funeral of Edward IV.
Thomas Molyneux also built a church and Pair
House at Hawton. He m. Anna, dau. of Thomas Dutton
(sometimes Dalton), in Co. Chester, by Anne, dau. of
James Lord Audley (d. 6th of Henry VII, 1491). She m.
2d, John Westby.
Issue:
17 — 109. Sir William Molyneux, a great com-
mander in Co. Lane; reign of Henry
VIII, m. Jane Rugge.
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110. Edward (Rector of Sefton and Haugh-
ton); m
111. Elizabeth; m. James Ratcliff of Lane.
112. Ellen; m. Robert Nevil, Esq.
16 — 96. Robert Molyneuxof Hawton; m. Doro-
thy PoutrelL
Capt. Robert Molyneux was Dep. while
at prayers 1697-99.
Issue:
17 — 118. Richard Molyneux; m. Margret Bussy.
Manor of Thorp
16 — 100. Edmund Molyneux, graduated B.A.,
July 10, 1610. Nov. 20, 1642, called to
the degree sergent at law and on the
coronation of Edward VI made Knight
of Bath, Oct. 22d, 1660. Created jus-
tice of common pleas; he seems to have
been a sound lawyer. Was lord of the
manor of Thorp, near Newark, and
lands adjoining, which belonged to the
Knights Hospitallers of the Preceptory
Eagle. He m. Jane Cheney of Ches-
ham Bois, Buckinghamshire; d. 1662.
Issue:
17 — 114. Francis Molyneux.
116. John Molyneux of Mullenwoods (d.
1691); m
116. Edmund (secretary to Sir Henry Sidney,
1609-73); d. 1681. .
117. Thomas (admitted to the bar in 1674) of
Derby, Co. Lane; gent.; d. 1698.
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118. Robert Molyneux; settled in France and
became ancestor of a junior branch of
the House of Molyneux.
16—103. Robert Molyneux of ye Wood; m. Ellyn
Westby.
Issue:
17 — 119. Bridget Molyneux; m. Thomas Nelson
of Fayrehurst.
120. Ann; m. Robert Blundell.
121. Elizabeth; bur.1644, bp. yr. Xiiij, Sept.
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Reign of HAUGHTON
Henry VIH. NOTTINGHAMSHIRB
Crest. — A hand issuing from flames, grasping an eagle's
leg au, ppr.
Motto
"Engdrt devant"
Right and forward.
17 — 109. Sir William Molyneux, a great com-
mander in the Co. Lancaster; b. 1433,
d. 1548. William Molyneux led a con-
siderable force to serve in 1513, under
his cousin Sir Eichard Stanley at Flod-
den Field, where he took with his own
hand two Scottish banners and the Earl
of Huntley's arms. For this service he
was personally thanked in a letter by
Henry VHI. Sir William brought a
considerable strength to the seasonable
succor of the Duke of Norfolk, with
whom he performed signal service at
the battle of Flodden Field. He married
Jane, dau. to Sir Richard Rugge (some-
times Rugg, — Riggs) of Rugg, in Co.
Stafford; m. 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of
Cuthbert Clifton, in Lane; widow of
Sir Richard Heskeith, Knight of Ruf-
(44)
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ford, in Co. Lane, and became in con-
sequence Lord of Clifton. Sir William
was a gallant Knight in the reign of
Henry III, and displayed great bravery.
On his death-bed he gave this advice to
his son, *' Let the underwood grow; the
tenants are the support of the family,
and the commonality are the strength
of a kingdom. Improve this fairly;
but force not violently either your
bounds or your rents above your fathers.
He died 1548 and was buried at Sefton
Church, where there is a monument and
a eulogistic Latin inscription to his
memory. Knighted at Modden Field
in 1513 and given a tiger passant proper
on a crown or, for his crest.
Letter to Sir William Molyneux, Junior Knight, from
King Henry VIII:
'' Trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well, and un-
derstand, as well by the report of our trusty cousin and
counsellor, the Duke of Norfolk, as otherwise, what ac-
ceptable service you, amongst others, lately did unto us,
by your vaUant towardnesse in the assisting of our said
cousin, against our common enemy, the late King of
Scots, and hpw courageously you, as a very hearty loving
servant, acquitted yourself for the overthrow of the said
late King, and distressing of his malice and power, to
our great honour, and the advancing of your no Uttle
fame and praise ; for which we have good cause to favor
and thank you, and so we full heartily do; and assured
you may be that we shall in such effectual wise remember
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your said service in any your reasonable pursuits, as you
shall have cause to think the same right well employed to
your comfort and weal hereafter. Given under our Sig-
net, at our castle at Windsor, the 27th of November."
Issue by Ist wife:
18 — 122. Sir Richard Molyneux, knighted at the
accession of Mary, 1553; m. 1st, Elenor,
dau. of Alexander Badcliff; m. 2d,
Elinor, dau. of Eobert Maghill ; d. 1569.
128. Jane; m. Eichard Bold, Lane, Esq. ; m.
2d, Richard Molyneux, who d. 1578.
124. Anne; m. Alexander Standish, of Stand-
ish Hall, Knt., 1518.
Issue by 2d wife:
126. William Molyneux.
126. Thomas.
127. Anne, m. Henry Halsall, Esq. of Halsall.
17 — 113. Richard Molyneux; m. Margaret Bussy.
Issue:
18 — 128. Richard Molyneux (advanced to the bar,
1613).
129. Francis Molyneux; m. Elizabeth Green-
laugh, grand-daughter and co-heiress of
Roger Greenlaugh, of Teversalle.
130. Nathaniel, of West Haughton, Co. Lane.
17 — 114. Francis Molyneux, of Mansfield Notts;
m. Grace, 6th dau. of Conyers, Lord
Darcy; m. 2d, Diana Howe, of Langue
Castle, sister of Scroop, Lord Viscount
Howe.
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Issue by 1st wife:
18 — 131. Darcy Molyneux, sheriff of Nothingham-
shire in 1687 ; m. Elizabeth Bassett, 1674.
Issue:
132. Francis Molyneux, a woolen draper in
St. Paul's church-yard, London; m.
Mary Tancred. He d. Oct., 1733.
Issue by 2d wife:
133. Diana, d. May 19, 1782.
134. John Molyneux.
136. Charles.
136. Scroop died before his father.
Polydore, b. Nov. 1714; d. 1777.
Eobert Henry, b. 1708; d. 1718.
17 — 115. John Molyneux, of MuUenwoods; m.
Annie, widow of Sir Thomas Flanni-
gan; d. 1591.
Issue:
18 — 136. John Molyneux; m. Joone. She died
1535; bed. 1572.
137. Anne Molyneux; m. Richard Molyneux,
a cousin of her father's, made knight by
Elizabeth in 1586, and banerett by James
in 1617.
Manor of ^^ — H^. Edmund Molyneux became secretary
Thorp. to Sir Henry Sidney, and accompanied
him to Ireland, where he acted as clerk
of the council. In Sept., 1578, sent by
Sir Sidney to London to report upon the
state of Ireland. Dec. 31, 1579, peti-
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tioned the pri^y council for his despatch
and payment after long suit. He m.
1st, Anne, dau. of John Healy, Esq. ;
m. 2d, Bridget, dau. of Robert Sapcoat.
Issue by 2d wife :
18 — 138. John Molyneux, of Thorp; m. Las-
cellers.
189. Edmund Molyneux, of the Wood, in
Melling; m. Elyn Heskeith.
140. Bichard Molyneux; m. Alice
141. Buthland Molyneux, of Woodcotes; m.
Mary, dau. of Cuthbert Bevercotes 1580.
142. Christopher; m
148. Peter; m
144. Sapcoat being hanged over against the
King's Head Tavern in Fleet St., was
buried April 1619.
146. Bridget Molyneux ; m. William D'Isney,
of Norton, May 1st, 1612.
146. Agnes; m. David Blundell.
James Blundell, Esq., of Crosby, living 81 Henry VIII,
who held the manor of Little Crosby of Sir William Moly-
neux, knight's service, rent, etc., 4d. messuages, lands,
and tenants in great Crosby of the King, as Duke of Lan-
caster, in soccage by fealty, rents 10 shilling sixpence, and
red rose on St. John the Baptist day; lands and tenants in
Ince Blundell in soccage; lands and tenants by Bold of Sir
BichardBold, Bjit., in soccage by fealty, rent 8 shillings,
with divers other possessions under Langton, Molyneux,
Butler etc
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17 — 118. Eobert Molyneux, ancestor of a junior
branch of the House of Molyneux (Earls
of Sef ton) bom in France; m
Issue:
18 — 14:7. Eobert Molyneux, fled with his family
from France to Ireland in 1685.
148. Guillium De Moulins (William Molyneux)
fled to England at the beginning of the
French Eevolution and settled near
Manchester.
149. Joachim du MuUn (John Molyneux);
settled in London, 1685.
150. Pierre (Peter).
18
18 — 122. Sir Eichard Molyneux; knighted at the
accession of Mary, 1653; m. 1st, Elinor,
dau. of Alexander Eadcliff of Orsdale,
Knt. in Co. Lane. ; m. 2d, Elinor, dau.
of Eobert Maghill. Eichard Molyneux
was sheriff of Lancaster, 8th of EUza-
beth. He d. 1569.
Issue by 1st wife:
19 — 152. John Molyneux; m. Ann, dau. of Eich-
ard Eadcliflf.
19 — 153. William Molyneux; m. Bridget, dau. of
John Gary 11, of Wamham, Co. Sussex;
• d. 1567.
164. Thomas Molyneux, knight of Sefton,
according to a manuscript note in Staf-
ford Smith's handwriting, ^* Master of
St. Paul's School," that is the school for
the choisters of St. Paul's Cathedral.
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He made a valuable collection of pieces for the Virgin-
als, which is now preserved in the British Museum, Addit,
M. S., 30613. The Volume bears an inscription " Sum
liber Thomas Mulliner's, Johanne Hay woods teste ^\
The manuscript was probably written during the reign
of Mary or Elizabeth. He waa a scholar of Corpus
Christi college, Oxford, before 1564.
19 — 155. Robert Molyneux, gent., of Lancashire
and Cheshire ; m. Cecily He died
April 9th, 1607.
156. Anthony Molyneux; built the Church of
Sefton ''St. Helens".
157. Elinor; m. John Moor of Bank Hall.
158. Elizabeth.
Issue by 2d wife :
159. Richard Molyneux; m. Annie, dau. of
John Molyneux, of MuUenwoods, a
cousin of her father.
160. Alexander; m (descendants set-
tled in the North of Ireland and Prince
Edwards Island).
161. Ellen; m. Francis Sulton, Co. Chester.
,162. Alice; m. James Prescott, Co. Leicester.
163. Maria; m. Thomas Wolfall.
164. Annie; m.lst, John Westly; m. 2d,
Thomas Dalton.
165. Margaret; m. John Mune of Poynton
E. Chester.
18 — 129. Francis Molyneux; m. Elizabeth Green-
laugh, grand-daughter of and heir to
Roger Greenlaugh of Teversalle.
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Issue:
19 — 166. Thomas Molyneux; m. Alice Cramer of
AUiston (great ueice of the Archbishop) ;
d. 1507.
18 — 131. Darcy Molyneux; m. EUzabeth Bassett.
Issue:
19 — 167. William Molyneux; m. Margaret Cotes,
dau. of Robert Cotes.
168. John Molyneux.
168 a. Mathew; m. Ann Stuart.
Darcy.
Martha; m. April 11, 1806 James Dyer.
Note. — Mathew Molyneux, younger son of Darcy Moly-
neux and Elizabeth Basset, was a clergyman, bom in 1791 ;
and married 1st, when eighteen years of age Ann Stuart
of Whitby; m. 2d, Mary Staniforth; and 3d Mary Haver-
lock.
Issue by 1st wife:
20 — 786. William Molyneux; died young.
787. John Molineux; died aged 82.
788. Ann (dead).
789. Joseph (dead).
Issue by 2d wife :
790. Martha Ann ; married young and died.
791. Staniforth Molineux; drowned at sea (in
the Bay of Fundy). He was in the navy.
792. George Molineux; b. in Hull, England,
May 12, 1823.
793. Mary MoUneux; b. 1826; married
Thompson (she died in Leeds, England,
May 5, 1900).
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20 — 792. Geoi^e Molineux, son of George
Molineux and Mary Staniforth; bom in
Hull, England, May 12, 1823; came to
America in or about 1840; married Ag-
nes Girvan May 2, 1849. She was bom
in New York, September 17, 1825.
Issue:
21—794. George Molineux; b. March 9, 1850.
795. Agnes; b. Aug. 11, 1853; married
Henry Teall.
796. Mary Staniforth Molineux; b. 1856; d.
1857.
797. Staniforth Molineux; b. Aug. 9^ 1858,
d. Jan. 17, 1895.
798. Charles Peck Molineux; b. April 21,
1860.
799. LeVan Molineux; b. April 21, 1862.
New York, 21 — 794. G^eorge Molineux, son of George Moli-
^- Y. neux and Agnes Girvan ; b. March 9,
1850; m. Jessie Miller, Oct. 19, 1887.
Issue:
22— 800. George Rockfellow Molineux; b. August
13, 1887.
21 — 795. Agnes Molineux; m. Henry TeaJl May
4th, 1881.
Issue:
George Molineux Teall; b. Feb. 20, 1887;
d. April, 1887.
Anna Peck Teall; b. Nov. 28, 1888; d.
Dec. 24, 1891.
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Hazel Georgia TeaJl; b. Oct. 10, 1891.
Boston, 21 — 799. LeVan Molineux,san of George Moli-
^'^'^^ neux and Agnes Girvan; b. April 17,
1862; married June 6, 1888, Mary Lizzie
Edna Mallinson.
Issue:
22—801. Alice Louise Molineux; b. Oct. 27, 1889.
18 — 132. Francis Molyneux, a woolen draper in
St. Paul's church-yard; m. Mary Tan-
cred, dau. of Charles Tancred (some-
times Tanckred), of Whixley, in York-
shire, Esq. ; and had four daughters.
19 — 169. Mary Molyneux.
170. Dorothy Molyneux; m. Viscount Falk-
land (Lucius Henry 6th, Viscount Falk-
land son of Anthony 4:th Viscount in
1694). The aristocratic descent of the
London woolen draper is clear and un-
doubted. He was the younger son of
Francis Molyneux of Mansfield Notts
(17—132) by Grace, 6th dau. of Con-
yers, Lord Darcy. These were days
when the junior members of the aristoc-
racy did not entirely disdain the honor-
able pursuit of merchandise Macau-
lay in his History of England tells us
that ** The knight of the shire was the
connecting Unk between the baron and
the shopkeeper. On the same benches
on which sat the goldsmiths, drapers,
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and grocers, who had been returned from
parliament by the commercial towns,
sat also members who, in any other
country, would have been called noble-
men, hereditary lords of manors, enti-
tled to hold courts and bear coats of
armor, and able to trace back an honor-
able descent through many generations.
Some of them were younger sons and
brothers of lords. Others could boast
of even royal blood.''
Elizabeth; m. Hugh Bunny of Newland,
in Yorkshire, Esq.
18 — 184. JohnMolyneux;m. Joone (shed.
1666).
Issue:
19—171. John Molyneux (a weaver) ; m. Sara
172. WilUam Molins (Molyneux); m. Alice
; settled in America 1620.
173. Jone Molyneux; m. William Nouyes of
Sutton, and by her acquired the estate
of Speake.
19 — 139. Edmund Molyneux, of ye Wood in Mel-
Ung; m. Elyn Heskeith.
Issue:
19 — 174. Edmund Molyneux (ancestor of the Moly-
neux of Bower Hall, Haverhill, Essex).
176. WilUam.
176. John.
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177. Ellen Molyneux; m. Thomas Heskeith
3d wife).
18 — 147. Robert Molyneux, who fled with his
family to the northern part of Irelnd in
1685; married
Issue:
19—183. Eobert Molyneux (settled in Prince Ed-
wards Island); b. 1670.
184. Michael.
186. William.
186. James; m. 1757 Eliza Pattershall.
187. Edward.
188. John.
189. Thomas.
190. Jannette.
191. Sara.
18 — 148. Quillium De Moulins (Lord Molyneux)
fled to England in the beginning of the
French Revolution, and settled in Lon-
don 1663.
Issue:
19 — 192. William Molyneux.
193. Jesse.
194. Henry; b. at Lyduate Ormskirk Lanca-
shire ; was in 1684 imprisoned in Lancas-
ter Castle for attending Quaker's meet-
ings.
While in gaol he met Mary Southworth of Warrington,
who was imprisoned on the same ground. He married
her at Penketh, in Feb., 1685, she being then 32 years old.
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Molineuz was sent to Lancaster Castle again in Dec,
1690, on this occasion for non-payment of tithes, and
after being detained several months was liberated through
his wife's personal appeal to Bishop Stratford. He died
at Lydgate Nov. 16, 1719. He wrote several books in
defence of Quaker principles; 1. "Antichrist Unvailed by
the Finger of God's Power," 1696, 8vo. 2. " An Invita-
tion from the Spirit of Christ to all that are athirst to
come and drink of the Waters of Life." 3. "Popery
exposed by its own Authors, and two Romish Champions
checked... being an Answer... to James Wetmough and
Matthew Hall," 1718. His wife died in Liverpool Nov.
3, 1695, aged 44, leaving children. She was a facile writer
of pious verse, a collection of which was published in 1702,
under the title of '* Fruits of Retirement, or Miscellaneous
Poems, Moral and Divine, etc." It passed through six
editions, the last of which was printed in 1772.
195. Ester.
Note.' — Joachim could not have been a brother of Guil-
lium (William) Molyneux as his son Pierre was bom in
1568, a date given before the birth of the father; he
must have been an uncle of Guillium (William) Molyneux,
and brother to Robert Molyneux founder of the junior
branch of the House of Molyneux.
18 — 149. Joachim du Mulin (Molyneux John
Molyneux an eminent pastor at Orleans),
m. Francois Gabet, widow of Jacques
du Plessis.
Issue:
19—196. Pierre Molyneux^ b. 1568 at Buhy Vixen
Francais.
His mother's father had temporarily taken refuge here,
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and was acting as chaplain to Perre de Buhy, brother of
the so-called Huguenot Pope, Phillippe de Mornay. When
he was four years old his parents, compeUed to flee to
avoid the St. Bartholomew massacres, left their four
children in charge of an old nurse, a Catholic, at Coevres,
near Soissons*. Pierre was concealed under a mattress.
On the murderers' approach his cries would have attracted
their attention had not the nurse rattled her pots and
pans, pretending to be cleaning them, and had not his
sister aged seven put her hand over his mouth.
Pierre was educated at Sedan. In 1533 his father, har-
ressed by persecutions, dismissed him with twelve crowns,
bidding him seek his fortune in England, where he was
befriended by Menillet, ^vho afterwards married his sister.
The Countess of EuUand sent him as tutor to her son at
Cambridge, where he continued his own studies under
Whitaker. September, 1592 he embarked for Holland on
a visit to Professor Jumes of Leyden, but was shipwrecked
off Walcheren, loosing all his books and other possessions,
a disaster which inspired his Latin poem '* Votiva Tabel-
la ''. Grotius was one of his pupils.
In 1698 he went to see his father at Jargeau, and was
induced to enter the ministry March, 1599, was appointed
to Charenton, the suburb where Paris Protestants wor-
shipped. He accompanied, as chaplain Catherine de Bour-
bon, Henry IV's sister, on her periodical visits to her hus-
band, the Duke of Bourborn, at his palace in Lorraine,
preaching before her during the journey in Meaux Cathe-
dral and other Catholic churches. While standing by her
death-bed in 1604 Cardinal du Perron, sent by Henry IV to
convert her to Catholicism, tried to push him from the
room, but he clung to the bedpost. Du Mulins's (Moly-
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eux) house in Paris was the resort of the French and for-
eign Protestants, Andrew Melville staying there in 1611.
In 1622 he married 2d, Sarah de Giesley, and settled in
England in 1635 near London Bridge.
197. Esther; m Mentilet.
19 — 152. JohnMolyneux; m. Annie, dau. of Rich-
ard Radcliffe, of Langly.
Issue:
20—200. John Molydeux; m. Elizabeth Booth.
He was advanced to the dignity of Sec-
ond Seal, dated 29th of June 1611-37; of
Teversall, Nottinghamshire, Knt.
201. Daniel Molyneux.
19 — 158. William Molyneux; m. Brigitta (Bridg-
et), dau. of John Caryll of Warnham,
Co. Sussex; d. 1567.
Issue :
20—202. Bridget Molyneux.
203. Elinor.
204. Sir Richard Molyneux (succeeded his
grandfather). He was among the first
to be elevated to the dignity of Baronet
in 1611. He married Frances, dau. of
his guardian. Sir Gilbert Gerard of Sud-
bury. Richard Molyneux was knighted
by Queen Elizabeth June 24rth, 1586, and
by King James made a baronet, 1611.
19 — 155. Robert Molyneux, gent., of Lancashire
and Cheshire; m. Cecily (He
died April 9th, 1607.)
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Issue:
20—206. Sara Molyneux; d. 1641.
19 — 169. Eichard Molyneux; m. Annie, dau. of
John Molyneux, of Mullenwoods, a
cousin of her father.
Issue:
20 — 206. Eichard Molyneux; m. Jane Ireland.
207. Thomas Molyneux.
208. Francis.
19 — 160. Alexander Molyneux; settled in North
of Ireland; m
Issue:
Alexander Mullens.
Allen Molines (often spelt MuUins and Molyneux) M. D. ;
educated in Dublin University; graduated B. A. and M.
B. in 1676, and M. D. in 1684. Elected fellow of the Col-
lege of Physicians in Ireland 1686. Attempted original
research in anatomy, and became a prominent member of
the Dublin Philosophical society, to which he contributed
valuable papers on human and comparative anatomy.
The most important was that in which he described the
vascularity of the lens of the eye to the dissection of an
elephant. A discreditable love affair obliged him to re-
move to London in 1686, and thence he went with Wil-
liam O'Brien, 2d Earl Inchenquin, in 1690 to the West
Indies. He died soon after landing at Barbadoes from the
effect of intoxication (1690).
Dr. Alexander MuUins (Molyneux) of Galway, Ire-
land; married
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Issue :
Allen Mullens, Chinirgeon; m. Abigail, dau. of
John Butler, April 8th, 1725.
19 — 166. Thomas Molyneux; m. Alice Cramer
of Aliston, great niece to the Arch-
bishop.
Issue :
20 — 209. John Molyneux, of Teversall, knighted
3d of June, 1612; m. 1st, Isabel, dau.
of John Markham of Sedgebrook; m.
2d, Anne, widow of Thomas Foljambe,
dau. of Sir James Harrington of Red-
lington, Co. Eutland. John Molyneux
lived in great splendor, but beyond his
income, which compelled him to mort-
gage the Manor of Hawton, and it after-
wards became the inheritance of the
Earls of Scarsdale. He d. before 1618.
210. Thomas Molyneux of Woodhouse; d.
1612.
211. Elizabeth; m. Edmund Jordall of
Yeardsley, Trevenlon.
19—171. John Molyneux, a weaver; married
Sara
Issue :
20 — 212. John Molyneux, weaver; married
213. WiUye; d. 1613.
214. Sara; d. 1612.
19 — 172. William Mullens (Molyneux, Molins);
m. Alice ; settled in America and
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died in the first sickness at Plymouth
21, Feb. 3d. March, 1620-1621.
Issue:
20 — 215. WiUiam Mullens (Molins) did not come
to America until after the death of his
father.
216. Joseph; d. of the first sickness, 1621.
217. Sarah Molyneux; m. Robert Blundel
(sometimes Blunden); she d. in Dorkin
Co., Surrey.
218. Priscilla; m. John Alden (b. in Eng-
land, 1599) of Plymouth, for 50 years
magistrate.
Priscilla Molins was a sweet-faced girl, young and fair.
Captain Miles Standish, also a descendant of the Moly-
neux family, his mother being Bridget Molyneux, his
father grandson of Annie Molyneux, a dau. of Sir Eich-
ard Molyneux, made knight under the Black Prince, would
make her Mrs. Standish, for he had laid his beautiful wife
Rose to sleep on Burial Hill. Why should he Uve alone ?
He thought it better to get bashful John Alden, about her
own age, to open the question. But to-day comes back
her girlish utterance '' Why don't you speak for yourself,
John?" Priscilla married John Alden in 1628, and had
eleven children.
Issue:
William.
John.
Joseph.
David.
Jonathan.
Sarah ; m. Alexander Standish.
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Ruth; m. Feb. 13, 1657, John Bass.
Mary; m. Thomas Delano.
WILL OF WILLIAM MOLINS
...2 April, 1621...
In the name of God, Amen. I comit my Soule to God
that gave it and my bodie to the earth from whence it
came. Also I give my goodes as foUoweth that fforty
pounds in the hand of goodman Woodes, I give my wife
tenn poundes, and my eldest sonne tenn poundes. Also
I give to my eldest sonne all my debts, bonds, bills (onelye
yt fforty poundes except in the handes of goodman Wood),
given as aforesaid with all the stock in his owne handes.
To my eldest daughter I give tenne shellings to be paid
out of my sonne stock. Furthermore that goodes I have
in Virginnia as foUoweth: To my wife Alice halfe my
goodes and to Joseph and Priscilla the other halfe equallie
to be devided between them. Also I have XXJ doz. of
shoes and thirteen paire of bootes which I give into the
companies handes for fforty poundes at seaven years and
if they like at that rate. If it be thought to deare as my
Overseeres shall thinck good and if they like them at that
rate. At the divident I shall have nyne shares where of
I give as foUoweth, twoe to my wife, twoe to my sonne
William, twoe to my sonne Joseph, twoe to my daughter
PrisciUa and one to the Companies, AUsoe if my sonne
William wiU come to Virginia I give him my share of
land f urdermore I give my twoe Oerseers Mr. John Car-
ver and Mr. Williamson twentye shiUinges apeece to see
this my wiU performed desiring them that he would have
an eye over my wife and children to be as fathers and
friends to them allsoe to have a speciaU eye to my man
Robert which hathe not so approved himself as I would he
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sould have done. This is a coppye of Mr. Mullens his
will of all particulars he hath given. In Virtue whereof
1 have sett my hande. John Carver, Giles Heal, Christo-
pher Joanes.
Visesimo tertio ; die mensis Julie Anno Domini. Milles-
imo sexcentesimo vicesimo primo Emanavait Commesio
Sara Blunden als Mullins flUe naturall et legitime dicti
defuncti Administrand bona ura et credit eiusdem defuncti
iuxtatenorem et effectus testamenti : suprascripti evquod
muUum in eodem testament nominavlt executora de bene
etc., Jurat.
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Vicesimo tertio die emanavit comissio Sara Blundels als
Molins filie nrali Itime Willni Mullens nup de Dorking in
Con Surry sed in partibus ultra Marims def hentis etc. ad
administrand bona uira et credita ejusden def iusta teno-
rem it affcum testamente epauis defunct eo quon nullum
in sodem nominavit ex rem de bene etc Jurat.
Probate Act Book 16^1 and 1623
(Translation of 2d.) In the month of July, Anno
Domini 1621, on the 23 day issued a commission to Sarah
Blunden formerly Molins late of Dorking in Co. Surry but
deceased.
In parts beyond the seas, seized, &c., for administering
the goodes rights and credits of the said deceased accord-
ing to the tenor and effect of the Will of the said deceased
because in that Will he named no executor in due form,
&c.
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19—174. MOLYNEUX OP BOWER HALL
Haverhill, Essex.
Lineage. — Edmund Molyneux of ye Wood in Melling
(grandson of Richard Molyneux who distinguished himself
at Flodden Field.)
Edmund Molyneux, Esq., of Melling, Lane, and Bower
Hall; m. Louise, dau. of the late James Southern of the
Priory near Liverpool (he d. 1878).
Issue:
Henry Blaydes of Molyneux of Newhaven House, Co.
Lane; b. 1855; m. 1883, Olive Adelaide Sylva, only dau.
of the late Rev. Charles Root, Chaplain to the Forces and
Private Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge (Capt. Royal
Warwicskhire Militia).
Issue:
Robert Cecil Arthur Fenton Molyneux, b. 1886.
19 — 182. William Molyneux; m. Mary Denniston.
Issue:
20—770. Elizabeth Molyneux; m. Charles Clin-
ton, 2d son of Gen. James CUnton, b.
in Little Britain, Feb. 13, 1767; d. in
New York, April 20, 1820, age 62; m. in
1790. She died at the residence of her
only son August 15, 1865, age 96; is
buried in Greenwood cemetery. Her
father was the younger son of a family
of good standing. His elder brother in-
heriting the paternal soil by English law,
he came to America in 1710 attached to
the staff of Gov. Hunter, and when the
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latter returned to England or went to
Jamacia, he remained and settled in
Ulster Co. The family by repute was
originally Norman French, and the
name Molineux was then pronounced
Mulliner.
Issue:
Maria, b. March 26, 1791; m. Robert Gourlay, Jr.
Alexander, b. April 7, 1793, M. D. ; m. Adeline
Arden, dau. of Alexander James Ham-
ilton. Issue : Seven children. He d. in
New York Feb. 16, 1878, age 84.
Ann Eliza, b. 1796 ; m. James Foster, Jr.
MOLYNEUX-MOLINEUX
He beareth Assue a cross Moline, quarter pierced Or.
19—183. Robert Molyneux; b. 1670, son of Robert
Molyneux, who fled with his family to
Ireland in 1685, settled in Prince Ed-
wards Island; married
Issue :
183. (a) Robert Molyneux; b. in Prince Ed-
wards Island, afterwards removed to
Londonderry, N. H., U. S. A. ; m
His wife said to have kept at one time a
fashionable school for girls.
Issue :
Fifteen children scattered in various parts of the
United States.
20 — 219. Michael Molyneux, Col. Lieut, (a a)
957 ...' 1798; m. Elizabeth Colby.
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220. Robert Molyneux; b. 1760; d. 1806; m.
Margret East.
221. William, d. 1819.
222. James.
223. Jane Molyneux; b. Dec. 23, 1766; m.
John Ripley; d. 1848.
224. Sarah' Molyneux.
Of the other nine I find no record. A daughter of the
same Robert Molyneux or a niece, by some her father
thought to have been a clergyman, Mrs. Major Grotty,
died in the south, thought to be in Virginia, under dis-
tressing circumstances about 1805. Tradition says she
became infatuated with the ship's captain, a Scotchman,
and after visiting her relatives in and near Boston, Mass.,
left with the captain, saying that she was to sail home at
her husband's bidding. She was young and fair. After
taking her departure, her husband. Major Grotty, came
for her, and followed her south, only to find that she had
been deserted, and left to die alone, the means of her
identification being a locket with her husband's picture.
19—193. Jesse MoUineux* (Molyneux) came to
America from France and settled in New
Rochelle, N. Y. He died at the age of
90 years.
Issue:
19 — 193. a. Jesse MoUineux.
802. Horseman MoUineux (Molyneux); m.
Sarah Blackman.
803. John MoUineux.
*NoTE. — Jesse Molyneux changed tlie spelling of his name on coming to
America that it might sound more English.
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804r. William MoUineux (Molyneux), marine
frigate " Boston '', commanded by
Samuel Tucker; engaged April 8th,
1779. Roll call made for advanced pay
1 month.
805. Moses MoDineux (Molyneux).
19 — 802. Horseman Mollineaux* (Molyneux), of
Rye; m. Sarah Blackman of North
Castle Oct. 19th, 1769.
Issue :
Hempstead, 20 — 806. Jesse MoUineaux (Molyneux) ; b. Jan.
^•I- 28th, 1776; m. Phebe Acker; b. May,
1773. He d. March 9th, 1842. .
Issue :
20—807. Henry MoDineaux; b. Oct. 16th, 1799;
m. Miss Morton.
808. Royal Mollineaux; b. April 27th, 1801;
m. Nov. 14th, 1822, Elizabeth Place.
809. Elizabeth.
810. Benjamin MoUineaux; b. Nov. 29th,
1818; m. Mary Rhodes.
811. Martha Mollineaux; b. May 19th, 1805;
m. John Livingston.
812. Ann Mollineaux; b. May 19th, 1805;
m. Esty White.
Jesse Molyneux (Moluneaux) (20-806)
It is due to the character of the late Jesse Mollineaux
and his surviving friends and relatives to give a brief ac-
*NoTK. — Found among the Marriage Records of the Society of Friends
in the town of Harrison, N. Y.
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count of his life and the distinguishing qualities of his
mind exhibited through a large course of industry and
usefulness.
He was a native of Westchester county, N. Y., where
he was born in 1776. His progenitor was among the ex-
iles from France on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes
in 1684, during the reign of Louis XIV, who with other
Huguenot exiles reached America and settled as circum-
stances dictated.
The town of New Rochelle and neighboring towns on
Long Island were settled by them, among whom were the
ancestor of Jesse Mollineaux. We find him at 17 an ap-
prentice to the tanning business at Jericho with the late
Elias Hicks and son-in-law Royal Aldrich, having faith-
fully performed engagements with them. He came to
Hempstead and was employed by persons in the same
business. He proved himself equally faithful and dili-
gent. Indeed it seems to have been early adopted by him
as a principle which governed his subsequent conduct, to
do equal and exact justice to all with whom he had any
concern. His reputation for honesty, fidelity, and truth
was proverbial in the community where he lived, and no
man enjoyed to a greater degree than he the confidence
and good opinion of those who knew him best. Prom
early life he evinced an extraordinary genius for inven-
tion, and his propensity for mechanical art was a predomi-
nant trait in his character. Although he had little advan-
tage from books or instruction yet he appeared to have
such knowledge of the principles of varied kinds of ma-
chinery as surprised those who witnessed his performances
and at the same time were capable of appreciating the
importace of his discoveries in practical mechanics. His
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observation was acate, his mode of reasoning correct, and
his power of combining mechanical forces such as is rarely
met with.
One of the most valuable contrivances was an improve-
ment on shearing cloth, an invention not only well re-
ceived by the public but generally adopted. In England
it met with fatal opposition from the employes in the
woolen manufactories, as had been the case with many
other valuable improvements.
His next most valuable improvement or discovery was
that of a mill for grinding grain, sawing timber and other
purposes, to be propelled by the wind, in which wings
moving horizontally should be so subdivided into sections
as not only to economize power but at the same, time be
less liable to injury from gales and tempests. This inven-
tion has been a good many years in successful operation.
But as the genius of the inventor never rests satisfied, Mr.
Mollineaux determined to improve upon the manner in
which the motive power was applied to the parts exposed
to the wind, and also increase the subdivision of the sur-
face exposed to the current of air as not only to econo-
mize power, allowing the machinery to be operated by
lighter wind thereby, adding to the proportion of time
which the mill could be employed and at the same time
lessening the damage to be apprehended from the more
violent commotions of the atmosphere. A mill of this
description executed with great neatness, was erected for
his own use some years ago on the open plains between
the villages of Hempstead and Jericho near Westbury.
In the dwelling connected therewith the inventor made
his future residence.
While on a visit to his son sick of typhus fever of
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which he died, his father caught the disease, which termi-
nated his life March 9th, 1842, in his 66th year. Having
thus lived a moral life and in the conscientious discharge
of all his obligations he departed with the utmost compos-
ure, bidding those around his dying bed bear him witness
that he had no apprehension of suffering beyond the grave,
saying that his confidence in the benefinence of the Crea-
tor would not permit him to ^believe that any of his de-
pendent creatures would be otherwise than happy in a
future state of existence.
20—808. Royal MoDineaux; b. 1801; m. 1822
Elizabeth Place. He died Feb. 26th, 1 842.
Issue:
21—813. Sarah MoUineaux; b. Dec. 17th, 1823.
814. Mary J. Mollineaux; b. Oct., 1826.
816. John J. Mollineaux; b. Jan. 3d 1831;
m. Alida Fowler.
816. Franklin H. MolUneaux; b. Feb. 18th
1836; m. Elizabeth Smith.
817. Phoebe Mollineaux; b. June 6th, 1840.
818. Elizabeth MoUineaux; b. Sept., 1843.
21—816. FrankUn H. Mollineaux; b. Feb. 18th,
1835; m. Sept. 30th, 1856, Elizabeth
Smith.
Issue:
22—819. William R. MoUineaux; b. Aug. 16th,
1856.
820. Royal H. Mollineaux; b. April 22d, 1868.
821. Benjamin F. Mollineaux; b. Nov. 11th,
1862.
822. AUen R. MoUineaux; b. Jan. 27, 1862.
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22—819. William MoUneaux; b. Aug, 185«; m.
Elzabeth Smth.
Issue :-
23—823. Frankln MoUneaux.
824. WUiam.
826. Calvin.
826. Grover.
22—820. Eoyal H. MoUineaux; b. 1853; m. Mary
Carman.
Issue :
23—827. Freddie MoUineaux.
22—828. Jesse.
22—821. Benjamin F. MoUineaux; b. 1859; m.
Sarah Eousseau.
Issue:
23—829. Solemna MoUineaux
830. John MoUineaux.
831. Vital E.
832. EUzabeth.
22—822. Allen E. MolUneaux; b. 1862; m. Sarah
Firman.
Issue:
23—833. George MoUineaux.
834. Charles.
835. Walter.
836. Franklin.
837. Eoyal.
21 — 815. John J. MoUineaux; b. Jan. 3d, 1831;
m. AUda Fowler.
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Issue :
Oygter Bay, 22_838. Jesse Molyneux; m.
Brooklyn, 22—889. Wright Mollineaux.
Hempstead, g^^ Eugene MolUneaux.
19 — 803. John Mollineaux (Mullineaux, Molyneux) ;
son of Jesse Mollineaux (19 — 193); m
Issue:
20 — 841. Jesse Mollineaux.
842. John MoUineaux (Mullineaux, Molyneux).
843. Martha Mollineaux; m. Feb. 10th, 1809,
William Middleton.
19—193. (a) Jesse Mollineaux; m
Issue:
20 — 225. Richard Mollineaux; m. Hettie Flan-
dream.
226. John Mollineaux (Mullineaux, Moly-
neux); m. Mary Golden.
227. Mary Esther; m. Hiram Secord.
Issue:
Hiram Secord.
19 — 196. Pierre Molyneux; m. 1st Marie de Col-
gneon (she d. 1622); m. 2d, Sarah de
Gieslay in 1623.
Issue :
20 — 228. Peter Molyneux (sometimes Moulin) ; b.
at Paris 24 April, 1601; d. 1634; was in
Ireland as tutor to the Boyle family.
229. Lewis; b. in Paris 26 Oct., 1606, studied
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medicine at Leyden, taking degree M.D. ;
a fiery, violent, hot-headed independent,
a cross and ill-natured man.
• 230. Thomas Molyneux; d. 1618.
231. John; d. 1626.
Issue by 2d wife:
Pierre A. (Peter) b. 1628.
Steven Molyneux; b. 1624.
Esther; b. 1626.
William; b. 1628.
Steven Molyneux; b. 1624; m
Issue:
19—198. (a) Steven.
199. William, captain of a frigate.
19 — 198. (a) Steven (Stephen) Molyneux; m
(He came to America with his brother
Captain William Molyneux in 1760.)
William Molyneux was captain of a fri-
gate; settled at Throggs Neck, Long
Island.
Issue:
,20 — 232. Levi Molyneux; bom in Putnam Co.
1784; m. 1st ; m. 2d ; died
in 1841.
20 '
20 — 201. Daniel Molyneux ; m.
Issue:
21 — 233. Daniel Molyneux ; a merchant in DubUn.
234. William Molyneux; an iron merchant
in Dublin.
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235. Hannah Molyneux; m. 1719 Thomas
Maiston.
Issue:
Bichard Maiston; b. 1721. An iron merchant;
owned large property at Leiplipe, and
built the best house in the parish; m.
and d., in Dublin.
Issue : ^
Colonel Moleyneux Maiston of 40th Foot. Eld-
ward, Thomas, Charles, Lieut. E. N.,
1837. Anne, Sarah; m. Mark Smith of
Dublin. Pheobe, Priscilla.
20 — 204. Sir Bichard Molyneux, s. his grand-
father; by Queen EUzabeth was made
knight in 1586, and by King James a
baronet in 1611 ; m. Francis, dau. of Sir
Gilbert Gerard, Master of Rolls, from
whom descended the Earls of Maccles-
field and Lord Bromley.
Issue :
21 — 236. Anne Molyneux; m. Sir John John By-
ron, Knight of Bath, by whom she had
John, 6th, Lord Byron.
237. Alice Molyneux; m. William, son of
Robert, Lord Dormer and was mother of
Charles, Earl of Caernarvon.
238. Fran^ces Molyneux ; m. Sir Thomas Ger-
ard of Bym, baronet, and was mother
of Sir William, 2d baronet.
^23. Bridget; m. Ralph Standish of Standish
Hall, Co. Lane.
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240. Julian; m. Sir Thomas Wamesley, of
Dunkelaugh, knt
241. Margaret; m. Sir George Siemon, of
Brittwell, in Co. Oxford, Nov. 27, 1624.
Mother of Sir James Siemon, created
baronet in 1677.
242. Sir Vivian Molyneux, knight.
Vivian Molyneux, son of Sir Richard Molyneux and
Frances Gerrard, educated in Brazen Nose college, Oxford,
and admitted A.B. July 1, 1612; travelled in foreign coun-
tries; changed his reUgion at Rome, having been puritani-
cally educated; returned a well-bred gentleman; was
knighted, and in the civil wars suffered for royal cause.
243. Gilbert Molyneux, admitted to the bar
in 1617.
244. Sir Richard Molyneux, I. Vis.; b. 1594;
created a viscount in 1628; m. Mary,
dau. of Thomas Caryll of Beneston, in
Co. Sussex.
245. William Molyneux.
'^246. Thomas Molyneux, dubbed at Greenwich,
midsummer day, being 24 June, 1580.
Ancestor of Teversal and Mansfield.
247. Adam Molyneux.
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20 — 206. Richard Molyneux; m. Jane Ireland of
The Hutt; m. 2d, EUzabeth dau. of
Richard Molyneux of Hawkley, widow
of Lawrence Byron of Breres, of Wal-
ton, Co. Lane. ; d. May, 1663.
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Issue:
21 — 248. Jane Molyneux; m. John Johnson of
Crosby.
249. Ann; d. 1638.
260. Mary; m. Robert Breres of Walton.
251. John Molyneux; b. 1642 at Sefton ; m.
Margaret Whalley, dau. of John Whal-
ley.
21—252. Edward Molyneux; d. 1704; m. Alice
253. Waiiam Molyneux.
254. Richard.
Issue by 2d wife :
266. Frances Molyneux; m. Thomas Walsh
of Aughton.
266. Catherine Molyneux; m. John Bolton of
West Derby.
20—209. John Molyneux of Terversall. Knighted
3d of June, 1612; m. 1st, Isabel, dau. of
John Markham of Sedgebrook; m. 2d,
Anna, widow of Thomas Foljambe, dau.
of Sir James Harrington, Co. Rutlan^.
John Molyneux originally had a grant from Queen Eliza-
beth of the lordship of Carleton, Kingston and Carleton-
baron, before the possessions of Thomas Lord Darce, and
was sheriff of Nottinghamshire in the 7th and 9th years
of King James I, by whom also he was knighted and then
advanced to the dignity of baronage, June 29, 1611. He
lived with so much hospitality and splendor that even his
large estates could not support them, in consequence of
which he was compelled to mortgage the Manor of Haw-
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ton and it afterwards became the inheritance of the Earls
of Scarsdale. He d. before 1628.
Issue by 1st wife:
21—257. Sir Francis Molyneux; b. 1602; m.
Theodosia Heron.
268. John, 1647.
Thomas Molynenx; died without issue.
Mary; m. Michael Fawkes, of Farnley.
Elizabeth; m. Gilbert Gregory of Bamby
Deen, in Yorkshire.
Annie.
Issue by 2d wife :
259. Boger Molyneux, colonel in the army;
m. Jane Munson.
20—212. John Molyneux, a weaver; m
Issue:
21 — 260. WiUiam Molyneux, a weaver by trade;
b. Feb. 17, 1761; m. Margret Atherton.
She d. in England. He d. in U. S. A.,
April 13, 1848.
* * He beareth Assure a cross Moline, quarter pierced. Or. ' '
20 — 215. William Molyneux (sometimes Mulle-
nys); m. Feb. 7th, 1666, Anne, widow
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of Thomas Bell, married by Richard
Billingham, Dept. Govr; d. 1659.
William Mullens on the death of his father came to
America and received the grant of land in 1633,' from
Plymouth to ** the first bom of the servants ". He was
a freeman in 1642. He was, it is conjectured, the son of
the tenth signer of the celebrated compact. ''A man
pious and well deserving, endowed also with a consider-
able outward estate. The tenth purchaser of Watuspe-
quin, or Tespacan, the ^ Black Sachem ', the distinguished
Chieftain of Assowampsett. " William Mullins's 23 Lot
is bound with two white oaks marked. Found among
** The Several Lotts laid forth and bounded lying and be-
ing upon Pochade neck near unto Nanasket." He mar-
ried Ann, widow of Thomas Bell of Boston, and died at
Braintree, 12 mo., 12 d., 1672.
(William Molyneux was the oldest son of William
and Alice and brother of Priscilla.)
Issue :
769. William Molyneux.
760. Joseph Molineux, who emigrated for St.
Christopher aboard the Jolm of London,
James Waymouth Master, and died
aboard ship.
761. Isaac Molyne (part owner of a sloop with
Capt. John Alden).
762. Moses MoUineux; m. Hannah
763. Sarah Molynes ; m. 1st, Thomas .Gannet
of Bridgewater; m. 2d, William Saevelle
of Braintree; m. 3d, Thomas Faxton.
20—220. Robert Molineux (Molyneux); 1761; d.
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1806. Eobert Molineux had auction
rooms near the Golden Ball, Merchants
Row, in 1789. Mention is also made of
Eobert Molineux (Molleneux) selUng his
tomb in Boston Common; m. Peg-
gy (Margret), dau. of Dr. Phillip God-
fred Kast, and Sarah McHard of Eotten-
dam, Holland, later of Hoptkenton, N.
H., and widow of Mr. Duncan of Salem
and Hopkenton.
Issue :
21—261. Sarah Molineux; b. Dec. 27, 1739; m.
Lieut. Eobt. Gibson.
262. Eobert Molineux; b. Nov. 12, 1790; d.
1792.
263. Margaret; b. 1793; d. 1794.
264. James; b. 1794; m. Mary Ann Kimball.
265. Mary; b. 1800; m. Elisha Woodbury,
captain in Col. Statrk's reg't with Wind-
ham men at Bunker Hill.
266. EUza; b. 1803; m. Mr. Tyler.
267. Eobert Molineux; b. 1806; m. Pauline
Clark. He d. suddenly in 1898.
These records are in a Bible belonging to Miss Eay-
mond, on Kast Hill, whose grandfather John bought it at
the auction after his death. Bible dated Edinburg,
Adrain Watkins, 1758. .
Egbert Molinbux,
Died Nov. 10, 1806,
Age 45.
Here reign silence and peace
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Here too lies small particles of human nature in ruins,
having performed the journey of life in 45 years
he is now incorporated with the elements.
Thus contented lived and contented died.
Mrs. Margart McHard^
wife of
Robert Molikeux,
Died Sept. 17, A.D., 1814,
Age 44 years.
Gk) home children, do not mourn,
I shall lie here till Christ shaU come
And at his coming, hope to have
A joyful rising from the grave.
(Tombstone at Stanfleld, copied by Marie Ada Molineux.)
Virtue & Silence
Mrs. Sarah,
Belie of
Dr. Phillip G. Kast,
died May 17, 1836
In the 98 year of her age.
(Plain square edge, white marble headstone at Hopkin-
ton, N. H., copied by her great-great-grand-daughter,
Marie Ada Molineux.)
Boston Capt. William McHard (father of Margaret Mc-
Hard, wife of Eobert Molineux). We have heard
our father speak of him as ^^ a fine old Irish gentleman " ;
d. 1807, age 85. "An old school shipmaster. He lived at
the head of Market St. in the Moree House — known as the
witch house." Inscription on his son's tomb:
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Memento Mort.
Here is interred the body of
Mr. Joseph McHard,
who departed this life Dec. 17, 1779,
In the 24th year of his age.
This youthful bloom was took away
To ye cold grave, there to stay
Till Jesus comes to summon all
That ever died since Adams fall.
Omnem Crede Diem Tiber Deluresse Supremum,
Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Mary McHard, the ami-
able consort of Captain Wm. McHard of Newburyport,
who amidst the laudable exertions of every useful and
desirable life in which her Christian Profession was
adorned and a fair copy of every social Virtue displayed,
was in a state of embraces of her friends, and the throb-
ing hearts of. her disconsolate family confessed their
fairest prospects of Sublunary bliss were in one moment
dashed by swallowing a Pea at her Own table whence in
a few hours she sweetly breathed her Soul away in her
Saviours arms on the 8th day of March, A. D., 1780,
age 47.
This mournful Stone, as a faithful
Monument of Virtue fled to realms
above Sc a solemn monitor to all below the stars
is erected by her
Husband.
" Not so very quietly either did she breath out her soul,
for she died in the greatest distress, when all means that
occurred to the family had been resorted to. They stood
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her on her head, put snuff and pepper in her nose to cause
her to sneeze, and made Various efforts; but no surgeon,
it appears, thought to apply his knife and open her throat. "
20 — 223. Jane Molyneux, bom Prince Edward Is-
land, Dec. 22, 1766, died at Chelsea,
Mass., April 30, 1848. She came to
Boston in 1785 with her brother Robert
Molyneux. She was baptized into the
Second Baptist church of Boston by
Rev. Isaac S. Eillman, in Dec, 1785.
She married, July 31, 1791, John Ripley
(bom Dec. 9, 1762 in Hingham, Mass. ;
died July 16, 1842, at Chelsea, Mass.;
eon of Nehemiah and Lydia (Hobart)
Ripley). John and Jane (Molineux) Rip-
ley had the following children :
3. Maria Costes Ripley; b. June 2, 1792; m.
Rev. Benjamin F. Farnsworth, Aug.
22, 1821.
4. John Ripley; b. Nov. 26, 1793; d. March
19, 1809.
5. Rev. Thomas Baldwin Ripley; b. Nov.
19, 1795; m. 1st, Oct, 13, 1816, DoUy
Smith (she died 1823); m. 2d, 1827,
Martha Mayo.
6. Rev. Henry Jones Ripley; b. Jan. 28,
1798; m. April 24, 1823, Ann Winn of
Georgia.
7. Caroline Ann Ripley; b. March 20, 1800;
m. Asa Wilbur, July 5, 18 — .
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8. David Ripley; b. Aug. 12, 1801; d. May
28, 1802.
9. Rachel Ripley; b. Oct. 25, 1802; d. Oct.
13, 1804.
10. William Ripley; b. Feb. 2, 1805; d.
Aug. 23, 1805.
11. Amelia Jane Ripley; b. July 29, 1806;
m. Hon. Charles Hubbard, Jan. 19, 1826.
12. Rachel Hobart Ripley; b. Dec. 3, 1809;
m. Mr. D. Newton Sheldon, D.D. (form-
erly president of Waterville college),
Oct. 15, 1835.
From Vol. I, Lowell, Mass., Jeudi, 29 Dec, 1887. No. 39.
Le Semeur Franco- American.
The Jane Molyneux Room
Rev. Smith Baker, one of the members of the execu-
tive committee of the Fre*nch Protestant coDeges, sug-
gested the idea that an invitation be given to individuals,
Sabbath schools, and societies to subscribe $100.00 towards
the erection of Owen St. Hall for the use of the college,
and thus have the privilege of naming one room in the
projected building. Several rooms have already been
named. Rev. C. F. Amaron, after an address at the
Winchester Congregational church received from Mrs.
Moss Herrick the offer of 1100.00 for this purpose. Mrs.
Herrick in sending the check, gives us the following inter-
esting facts, which we take pleasure in pubhshing.
In 1685 the celebrated revocation of the Edict of Nantes
occurred, which caused the exile of 500,000 Huguenots.
They took refuge in foreign countries. The leading Hugue-
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note were invited to Paris on the eve of St. Bartholomews'
day, when a great massacre ensued. The Molinier or
Molyneuz family with others escaped, and reached the
North of Ireland, occupied by Protestants. Robert Moly-
neux afterwards settled in Prince Edward's Inland, where
his daughter, Jane Molyneux (Mrs. Herrick's honored
mother), was bom Dec. 22d, 1766. Her father afterwards
removed to Londonderry, N. H. It is said there were
fifteen children in the family. After the death of her
father and mother Jane Uved with her brother in Boston,
Mass. In 1735 she was converted and joined the
2d Baptist church in Boston. In 1791 she married
Mr. John Ripley of Boston, who was a worthy descend-
ant of the Puritans. He died July 16, 1843, aged 79
years, 7 months. Mrs. Ripley died April 30, 1848, aged
79 years, 4 months. Mrs. Jane Ripley was a noble scion
of the Huguenots. She inherited the vivacity and intel-
ligence of her French ancestors, united with deep reUgious
fervor and the sterling integrity which made the Hugue-
nots so respected. The husband truly said of her to his
children, *^ Tour mother is a wonderful woman." She
was the mother of ten children. John, the eldest, died
in his youth. Three children died in infancy.
Rev. Henry J. Ripley was professor at the Newton Theo-
logical Seminary for many years, and author of many val-
uable religious works. Rev. Thomas Ripley, Maria C.
Ripley, Caroline A. Ripley, Amelia J. Ripley, and Rachel
H. Ripley. Amelia J. Ripley married Mr. Chas. Hubbard
of Boston, passing nearly fifty years together of loving
companionship. (They were Mrs. Herrick's beloved par-
ents.) On her the many Christian graces of her Hugue-
not ancestors have fallen, being deeply and sincerely de-
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Yout, inteUigent kind and affectionate, and giving freely
to all good causes.
(II) Amelia Jane Ripley, bom in Boston, Mass., July 29,
1806. Baptized into the Baptist church of Boston by Rev.
Mr. Stow, in 1883; died at Winchester, Mass., Jan. 21, 1888.
Married, Boston, Mass., Jan. 19, 1826, by Rev. James D.
Ejiowles, to Hon. Charles Hubbard, bom at Brighton, Mass.,
March 18, 1801; died at Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 27, 1876, son
of William and Eli2sabeth (Copen) Hubbard (or Hobard).
Charles Hubbard was an artist by profession (Gterry and
Champney being at one time among his apprentices) and
earned a modest fortune by his painting. He was for
many years a director in the Winnesinimet Ferry Co., and
for thirty years a director on the New England Life In-
surance Co. of Boston and at his death was chairman of
the finance committee. Mr. Hubbard when a boy helped
work on the Boston fortifications, in the war of 1812.
On Aug. 26, 1822 he was commissioned ensign in the 2d
Regiment, 8d Brigade, Militia of Massachusetts, was pro-
moted June 16, 1826, to be lieutenant, and on May 5, 1829,
was made captain, resigning March 19, 1831. He re-
moved to Chelsea in 1886, serving the city as selectman
and chairman of school committee. In 1861 and again in
1862 he represented his district (of Suffolk) in the senate
of the (General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts.
Charles and Amelia Jane (Ripley) Hubbard had the
following children :
13. Jane Ripley Hubbard; b. in Boston,
Jan. 23, 1827; m. Moss Augustus Her-
rick Dec. 28, 1848.
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14. Ellen Maria Hubbard; b. in Boston,
Aug. 18, 1825; m. Hon. Rufus Smith
Frost Aug. 4, 1847.
15. Abigail James Hubbard; b. in Boston,
Nov. 27, 1831; m. Simeon Dickinson
Haskell, May 21, 1855.
16. Charles Hubbard, Jr.; b. in Boston,
Jan. 31, 1835; m. Martha Jane Pock,
Nov. 7, 1866.
17. Ehzabeth Capen Hubbard; b. in Chel-
sea, Dec. 17, 1838; m. Col. Geo. Carlos
Winslow, Dec. 7, 1866.
18. Florence Amelia Hubbard; b. in Chelsea,*
Aug. 3, 1841; m. Courtland E warts
Hastings, Sept. 10, 1868.
Winchester, (13) Jane Ripley Hubbard, b. Jan. 23, 1827;
Mass. m.Dec. 20, 1848, by Rev. Mr. Syker, as-
sisted by Rev. H. J. Ripley at Chelsea,
Mass., to Mr. Moss Augustus Herrick of
Winchester, Mass.; b. June 1, 1822; d.
June 10, 1891.
Issue :
19. James Amory Herrick ; b. Jan. 17,1850;
m. Mary Ada Davis, July 19, 1877.
20. Amelia Ripley Herrick; b. Sept. 2, 1853;
m. Oct. 30, 1877, Handel Pond.
21. William Henry Herrick ; b. Oct., 1858;
m. Anneta Crosby.
22. Rufus Frost Herrick; b. June 7, 1860^
m. Caroline Burley.
23. Charles Hubbard Herrick; b. Aug. 28,
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1866; m. 1st, Ida Sprague Snow, Jan.
20, 1890; m. 2d Gertrude Hall.
(14) Ellen Maria Hubbard; b. Aug. 18,
1828; d. Feb. 28, 1818; m. Aug. 4,
1847, by Kev. H. J. Ripley to Hon. Ru-
fus Smith Frost (b. July 18, 1826; d.
March 6, 1894), a prominent citizen of
Chelsea, Mass. Massachusetts state sen-
ator and representative to congress.
Their children are as follows :
24. Charles Hubbard Frost; b. April 13,
1848; m. June 14, 1871, Emma H.
Tripp.
25. Ellen Amelia Frost; b. Dec. 15, 1849;
m. June 16, 1869, Rufus Frost Greeley.
26. John Osgood Frost; b. Oct. 9, 1852; d.*
unm.
27. Emma Wheeler Frost; b. April 18, 1856;
m. Oct. 10, 1883, William S. Hale, son
of Gov. Hale of New Hampshire.
28. Rufus Haskell Frost; b. May 12 1867;
m. Annie Josephine Green.
29. Albert Plumb Frost; b. June 27, 1859;
m. Adelaide Waldron.
Chicago, ni. (16) Abigail James Hubbard; b. in Boston,
Nov., 1831; m. Dec. 29, 1829, by Rev.
H. J. Ripley to Mr. Simeon Dickinson
Haskell; b. in Cornwall, Vt., Dec. 29,
1829.
Their children are as follows :
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30. Alice Bipley Haskell; b. June 23, 1858;
m. Feb. 8, 1888, Robert Maxwell of New
Orleans.
New York, (16) Charles Hubbard, Jr.; b. Jan. 3, 1836;
^- Y- served apprenticeship with Otis Tufts,
proprietor of Boston Steam Engine
works ; when 21 went with Harlan and
HoUingsworth, Wilmington, Del., as a
draughtsman. In 1856 went with Nep-
tune Iron works, New York city, soon
becoming superintendent of the plant.
In 1861 he superintended the fitting out
of the '' Uncle Ben " and " Yankee ",
the two gunboats which conveyed the
" Star of the West " on her relief ex-
pedition to Fort Sumter. Mr. Hubbard
designed the engines for many govern-
ment boats as well as merchant vessels
and steamers during his connection with
Neptune Iron works and later while
with John Road and son. In 1871 went
in business for himself as an iron and
steel merchant, in New York city. He
was married Nov. 7, 1866, in New York
city, by Rev. J. Ryland Kendrick, to
Martha Jane, daughter of Joseph Sayre
and Ehza Ann (White) Peck of New
York city.
Their children are as follows :
Wyncote, 31. Charles Dunlap Hubbard; b. in New
Pa. York city, May 3, 1868; m. Jan. 6, 1891,
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Larchmont,
N.J.
Montclair,
N.J.
Issue:
Gtertrude Bobbins, dau. of William
Bolinsou and Gtertrude (Ruckel) Pitcher
of Brooklyn, N. T.
32. Florence Hastings Hubbard; b. New
York city July 27, 1871; m. April 10,
1891, Lieut. George Sibell Towle.
(18) Florence Amelia Hubbard; b. Aug. 3,
1841; m. Sept. 10, 1868 to Mr. Court-
land Ewarts Hastings of New York city;
b. March 21, 1843; for many years an
active member of the firm of Carter,
Hastings and Howe, m'f 'g jewelers.
83. Lillie Hastings; b. Jan. 16, 1873.
34. Alice Galbraith; b. March 30, 1874.
36. Clifford Livingston Hastings; b. Jan. 17,
1876; d. Sept. 6, 1876.
20—224. Sarah (Sally) Molyneux; m. Dec. 27,.
1790, Lieutenant Robert Gibson.
Issue :
1. George Robert LaFayette Gibson; m.
his cousin, Henrietta Molineux.
2. James Molyneux Gibson.
3. Sarah Gibson.
New York, 20 — 225. Richard MuUeneaux (Molyneux); m.
^- ^- ^- Hettie Flandream.
Issue :
21 — 268. Steven Mulleneaux (Molyneux) ; m,
Susan LeF. Hudson.
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20—226. John Mulleneaux (Molyneux); m. Mary
Golden.
Issue:
21—269. Mary Easter Mulleneaux; b. April 3,
1826; m. Mr. Asay; d
270. Charlotte; b. 1827; m. Mr. Shaw; d.
1863.
271. Jesse Mulleneaux (Molyneux); b. 1829;
m. Mary Smith; d. March 21st, 1891.
272. Andrew C. Mulleneaux (Molyneux); b.
April 22, 1832; d. July 30, 1852.
273. Caroline; b. Dec. 5, 1834; m. Mr. Albro;
d. Feb. 10, 1868.
274. Sarah B.; b. Jan. 3, 1838; m. Mr. Nes-
bett; d. Dec. 12, 1858.
21 — 268. Stephen Mollineaux; m. Susan LeF.
Hudson, a direct descendant of the
Huguenots who landed at Bonnefoi
Point, Wew Rochelle, N. Y.
Issue :
22—844. Eichard MuUineaux; b. July, 1854; m.
Mary Carnighap, Feb. 2d, 1876; d.
March, 1895.
845. EUa J. ; b. Nov,, 1856 ;d. Dec, 1902unm.
846. Edgar S. MuUineaux; b. June 1859; m.
Margaret Savage.
21 — 271. Jesse Mulleneaux (Mollineaux, Moly-
neux); b. 1829; m. Mary Smith of
Smithtown,.L. I.; d. March 21st, 1891.
Issue (11 children), those living:
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22—312 ; m. Ist, Albert Lake.
Issue :
Susie Lake; m Bower; d. 1902; m. 2d»
Gteorge Teager.
Issue:
Hazel Yeager; b. 1894.
28—213. Harry R. MuUineux; b. June 29th, 1863;
m Myer.
314. Edward Howard Mullineaux; b. Sept.
9th, 1861.
NewRo- 22 — 844. Bichard H. MuUineaux; m. Mary Oar-
cheiie, N. Y. nighan.
Issue:
Chicago, 23 — 847. Mary H. Mullineaux; b. July, 1877; m.
I". DeWitt T. Van Allen Feb. 20, 1901.
Issue:
DeWitt T. Van Allen; b. Feb. 27, 1902.
23—848. Richard H. Mullineaux; b. Jan., 1879.
849. Susan E.; b. Aug., 1881; d. Jan., 1886.
850. Rachel P. ; b. July 16, 1886.
851. Walter E.: b. Aug. 26th, 1886,
852. John R. ; b. June 12th, 1892.
858. William C. ; b. June, 1895; d. Oct., 1897.
Port 22 — 846. Edgar Moilineaux; m. Margaret Sav-
Je£Fer8on, L. I. age.
Issue:
23 — 854. Susan Mullineaux.
855. Ella J.
866. Edgar S. Moilineaux.
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20—282. Levi Molyneux; b. in Putman Co.;
Property of 1764; m. Ist ; m. 2d, , and died
thte branch j^ ^g*!.
of family in
court of Issue 20 children.
thTb^'V^ 21—275 Molyneux; b. 1817 in Del. Co.
ni^g o? Vic- (^ Methodist minister).
toria'8 r«ign. 276. Amos Newton Molyneux.
Citation re- 277. Jackson.
^^rSied 278. Thomas.
to. 279. Abram.
280. Obed.
281. Sophia
282. Paulina.
21
21 — 233. Daniel Molyneux, iron merchant of
Dubhn; m
Issue :
22 — 283. James Molyneux, gent.
(1. Vis.) 21—244. Sir Richard Molyneux; b. 1594; cre-
ated a Viscount in his 13th year (1628);
ra. Mary, dau. of Thomas Caryll of
Bentons in Shipley Co.,Sussex; d. 1663.
Issue :
(2. Vis.) 22—284. Richard Molyneux; b. 1617; d. 1654.
On the outbreak of the civil war he raised two regi-
ments, one of horse and the other of foot, composed
chiefly of Roman Catholics, for the service of the King,
forming part of the Lancashire forces under the Earl of
Derby. He was defeated on 30 Aug., 1644 at Ormskirk,
and escaped capture by hiding in a field of corn; m. Lady
Prances Seymour, eldest dau. of William, Marquis of
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Hetford, 1662 ; s. by brother in 1654 (Vis. of Maryborough).
(3. Vis.) 286. CaryU; b. 1621; d. Feb. 2d, 1699; buried
in Sefton.
He was outlawed by parliament for his exertion in
royal cause; his estate was sequestrated by the Common-
wealth, but after the Restoration he lived in great splen-
dor at Croxteth Hall near Liverpool. He was arrested in
1694 for treason and acquitted; m. Mary, dau. of Alex-
ander Barlow.
Edward Moore, son of the Governor of Liverpool, men-
tions that at the siege and taking Liverpool in June, 1644,
by Prince Bupert, ''Carill, who is now Lord Mullinex,
killed 7 or 8 pore men with his owne hands," adding,
** Gk)od Lord deliver us from ye cruelty of ye blud-thirsty
Papests. Amen."
Caryll Molyneux died at Croxteth in 1698.
286. PhiUip.
287. Francis, died young.
288. Charlotte; m. Sir William Stanley of
Hooton in Cheshire.
289. Mary; m. 1st George Selby of White-
house, in the North of the bishoprick of
Durham; m. 2d, Edward Mostyn of
Talacre in Flintshire, Bart., to whom
she was 8d wife.
(4. Vis.) 290. William Molyneux; b. 1636 ;d. 1717 (Vis-
count of Germouston) ; m. Bridget, dau.
of Robert Lucy.
21 — 245. William Molyneux ; m.
Issue:
22 — 291. James Molyneux, a surgeon.
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21 — 246. Thomas Molyneux (dubbed at Green-
wich, midsmnmer day June 24, 1580);
m Ancestor of Teversal and
Mansfield. Crest, Az. a cross Molin
quarter pierced of the field in dexter
chief — A Fleur de Lis of the second.
Crest an Heraldic tiger holding in dexter
paw a crown Molin.
Motto
"Stat Fortuna Domus Virtute."
The Honor of our house depends on its Virtue.
Issue :
Irish Branch 22 — 292. Sir Thomas Molyneux, who was bom
at Calais in 1531, was an only child; his
parents died while he was very young,
and he was brought up by John Brishin,
as Alderman of Calais.
When the town was taken from the English by the
Duke of Guise in 1558, Molyneux was made prisoner and
ransomed himself for 500 crowns. He moved to Burges,
and married the daughter of an opulent burgomaster.
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On account of Alva's persecutions he moved to London,
England, in 1586, and was sent to Dublin, Ireland, in 1576,
by Queen Elizabeth as Chancellor of the Exchequer,
where he obtained with extensive grants of land from
her majesty a lease for twenty years of the exports and
imports of the city of Dublin (wines excepted) for the
annual rental of £183. He died in Dublin January 24,
1599, and was buried in the Cathedral of Christ church.
In consequence of an impurgement of the legaUty of
Molyneux's ofiBcial employment under the Queen on an
allegation that he was an alien, an inquiry was instituted
in the court of the exchequer, at Dublin, 1594. Wit-
nesses before the attorney-general deposed that Molyneux
was an Englishman bom at Calais, while the town was
under the Crown of England.
21 — 251. John Molyneux; b. at Sefton; m. Mar-
gret Whalley of Alt Grange (her will
proved at Chester Aug. 5th, 1693).
Issue:
22 — 293. Richard Molyneux; b. at Sefton, May 7,
1642; m. Elizabeth Harrington.
(Bart. 1.) 21 — 257. Sir Francis Molyneux; m. (he, aged
18 and a baronet, and she 17); Theo-
dosia Heron of Cressy Hall, Co. Lincoln.
He d. 1674, aged 72, at Kneverton
Manor; buried at Teversall.
Issue:
22 — 294. Theodosia Molyneux; m. Edward Bun-
ny, of Newland in Yorkshire.
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295. Elizabeth; m. Hugh Cartwright, of Hex-
grave, Co, Notts.
296. Anne.
297. Isabel.
(Bart. 2) 298. JohnMolyneux; b. 1626; m. LucyRigby,
widow of Robert Heskeith of Ruflford,
Co. Lane. She d. 1688. He d. 1691,
aged 66.
From En ^^ — ^^^* William Molyneux, a weaver by trade;
landtoPenn. b. Feb. 17, 1761; m. Margret Atherton.
syivania, u. She d. in England.
s. A.. ITU, jgg^^ (children bom in England).
22—299. John Molyneux; b. April 30, 1786; d.
Oct., 1861.
300. Elizabeth (Betsy); b. Nov. 28, 1787; m.
March, 1816, William Snell; d. at Lock-
port, N. T., in 1829.
301. Edward Molyneux; b. April 16, 1789;
m. Rebecca Bird; d. 1872.
302. Thomas Molyneux; b. Feb., 1791; m.
Hannah Rogers; died in Wisconsin, Feb.
28, 1861.
'* There is a pathetic page in the hfe of William Moly-
neux. Soon after the birth of his last son, Thomas, early
in the year 1792, he being then about 31 years of age liv-
ing with his wife and children near the city of Manches-
ter, he went to the city to purchase material for his busi-
ness, that of a weaver. After he had started home he
was seized by what is known as the press gang and forci-
bly carried on board a man-of-war then in the harbor.
The ship crossed the Atlantic and cruised in American
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waters. SmartiDg under the cruel injustice which had
been done him (for he was not allowed to see or bid his
family farewell) he sought a chance to escape. One night,
the ship at anchor in Chesapeake Bay, he sprang over-
board and swam ashore. He made good his escape, and
reached the English settlement of Northumberland.
Here he obtained employment with a surveying party.
While on the trip he was pleased with the bottom land
just below the forks of the Little Loyalsock, which he
afterwards purchased. He erected a log house and went
back to England for his family, shipping as a sailor from
Philadelphia. On landing in Liverpool the authonties
attempted to arrest him, but with good luck and shrewd-
ness he eluded them and went on to Manchester.
Here he learned that his wife and infant daughter, bom
after his seizure had died. Taking his sons John and
Thomas, and his daughter Elizabeth (his son Edward hav-
ing gone to live on a farm), he put them on board ship and
again shipped as a sailor. The authorities again received
information of him, and the officers even came on board
to arrest him. It is said that Molyneux feigned lunacy.
He thought it useless to hide or escape, so crammed his
mouth full of bread and went among the officers who were
looking for him laughing and jabbering and acting his part
80 well that they failed to lecognize him and went ashore.
'* His was the first log house built in Northumberland,
Sullivan Co., Pennsylvania. Once in his old age he vis-
ited his native country (England), hunted up the merchant,
and paid him for the bill of goods he purchased on the day
of his seizure by the press gang
'* The Molyneux's are frugal and industrious, strictly
temperate, and of strong religious and political convictions.
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They are usually of small etatue, light complexion, flaxen
hair, blue eyes, and capable of great endurance. The chil-
dren are mostly tow heads, but the hair becomes quite
dark as they grow older "
Boston,
Mass.,
U. 8. A.
21 — 264. James McHard Kast Molyneux (Moli-
neux); b. 1794; m. Mary Ann Kimball,
dau. of Capt. Henry Kimball of Gardi-
ner, Maine, and Ann Duganne his wife^
James McHard Kast Molyneux
Copy of ivory miniature. The artist has exaggerated thejength^of^the
nose from nostril to tip.
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late of Dublin, Ireland, a month after
her 16th birthday (1813). He d. Nov.
1st, 1878. She d. Feb., 1894. This
notice appeared in the Boston papers.
• Mary Ann Kimball Molinbux
Saturday morning passed away a lady who, although
she has not always lived among ue, nevertheless had dur-
ing her residence here gained many loving friends. Mrs.
MoUneux had lived nearly 87 years of a well-rounded and
noble Ufe. Her hands were always open to the poor and
needy and many a ''forlorn and shipwrecked brother"
was heartened and cared for both by her and her husband,
Mr. James McHard Kast Mohneux, who died several years
ago, Mrs. Molineux was esteemed not only for her prac-
tical goodness but for her great and intellectual integrity.
She was a great reader and for over sixty years was a sub-
scriber of the Boston Transcript, and from its inception of
Littlell's Living Age.
She did much to direct the reading of her grand-daugh-
ter who has so much literary reputation. Both she and
her husband were free soilers, and among the earliest sup-
porters of Theodore Parker when his friends were few.
Among her many gifts, perhaps the greatest were those
of a retiring modesty and a noble self-abnegation.
The children of James McHard Kast Molineux and Mary
Ann Kimball Molineux were :
22—303. Henry Molineux; b. June 8th, 1831, at
Merideth Bridge (now Laconia, N. H.) m.
in 1879 Mrs. Kate A. Flint Noyes of
Brooklyn, and died March 20, 1900.
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Henry Molineux
Son of James McHard East Molineux and Mary Ann Kimball. Taken about
1874 (22—303).
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Henry Molineux was laid in Mount Hope on March 21st,
passing away after confinement to his bed for nearly a
year and a half As a very young man he left his home
in Boston for San Francisco, early in the fifties, and in
the State of California he lived until on account of his
health in 1896 he retired from active business and re-
turned to his mother, since deceased, in West Roxbury.
He held many positions of honor and trust in his adopted
city and State.
When Leland Stanford was governor in 1861 Mr. Moli-
neux was a clerk and recorder of Sierra Co., where he was
largely interested in mines and later served for more than
a term as county treasurer. Not being acceptable to the
government as soldier during the Civil War, he paid a sub-
stitute. In San Francisco, when there was a short-lived
attempt at reform government in 1881, he was elected as
supervisor of the fifth ward and as chairman of the
finance committee, took rank directly after the Mayor,
presiding in his absence. It was interesting to know that,
one corporation considered his vote worth $40,000, which
sum it is needless to say was offered in vain and not
mentioned by him. The offering coming to the ears of
his friends by other sources, after holding various desir-
able and responsible offices in the Mercantile Library As-
sociation, he was chosen president in 1882 and made an
honorary member in 1883. About this time he held the
position for a short time of president of four San Fran-
cisco banks, and was for many years an importer by ship-
loads of sulpher from Japan. For 30 years he was head
of the Pacific coast department of the Seth Thomas Clock
Company of Thomaston, Ct., as agent, stockholder and
employer, he was esteemed and beloved by all from the
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highest members of the corporation, of which his friend
Seth Edward Thomas is treasurer, down to the hmnblest
porter in the great wholesale store. Few have been able
to win so much devoted affection. He never used alcohol
nor tobacco. In 1869 Mr. Molineux joined the Odd Pel-
lows, and he early identified himself with the Masons,
becoming a life member of the Marysville Council, No. 3
R. and S. M. in 1866; a Knight Templar in 1867; Royal
Arch Mason in 1868; and was a member of Oriental
Lodge in San Francisco as a master Mason until 1876. In
1878 he made an extensive tour in Europe in company
with Mr. Thomas, visiting Italy and traveUing over a
thousand miles in Russia. In 1879 he married Mrs, Kate
A. Flint Noyes of Brooklyn, who survives him.
22 — 304r. Henrietta Molineux; m. her cousin,
George LaFayette Gibson.
Issue :
Marie Ada Molineux (she assumed the name of MoU-
neux as her grandfather's heiress); b. in Centerville, Al-
vardo, Gal., granddaughter of James McHard Kaet MoU-
neux of Boston, and descendant of Robert Molineaux of
Boston; b. 1760. She was graduated from Boston Uni-
versity, A. B., 1879, A. M., 1880, Ph.D., 1882, and stud-
ied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She
devoted herself to the study of bacteriology; taught
psychology, was secretary of the Boston Browning So-
ciety; and gained recognition as a lecturer on literary
artistic and scientific topics; best known as a leMer'in
the study of Browning. She is the author 6t "A Phrase
Book from the Poetic *and Dramatic Works of Robert
Browning " (1896), and a contributor to various periodicals.
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21—265. Mary Molineux; b. 1800; m. Elisha
Woodbury, captain in Col. Stark's Reg't
with Windham men at Bunker Hill.
Issue:
I. Henry (Dr.) Woodbury; m. Anne Lowell.
II. Edward (Dr.) Woodbury; d. unm.
Margret; m. Dr. Turner.
Issue :
Molyneux Turner.
21—266. Eliza Molineux; m. Mr. Tyler.
Issue :
I. Greenville Tyler.
Maria.
21—267. Eobert Webb ^Molineux; b. 1806; m
Pauline Clark of Roxbury^ Mass.
Issue :
22—805. Elizabeth Cleves Molineux; b. 1836; d
1885.
306. Henry Clark Molineux; d. 1839.
307. Mary Gllman; d. 1839, aged 13 years.
308. Anna Molineux.
309. Robert Molyneux; m. Cora Edmunds.
310. Ella Molineux; m. Rev. Mr. Starr of
New Jersey.
311. Henry Mohneux.
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. 21 — 769. William Molyaeux; m.
Issue :
22—764. William Molyneux.
766. John.
766. Elizabeth Mulener; m. Moses Sherwood,
Dec. 26, 1768.
21 — 762. Moses Molyneux; m. Hannah
(Moses Mullens wrote a poem on Miles
Standish and John Alden in 1762).
Issue :
22—767. Mary Molyneux; b. ye. 26 d. I mo., 1723.
768. Joseph Mullinex; b. ye. 6 d. 7 mo.,
1724. From the records of the Society
of Friends of the City of New York.
769. Hannah; m. James Lewis, Aug. 17,
1758.
770. Moses Molyneux.
771. John.
22
(3d. Vis.) 22 — 285. Gary 11 Molyneux was constituted
England Lord Lieutenant and Custus Rotulorum
of the Co. Lane. ; also made Admiral of
the narrow seas ; m. Mary, dau. of Alex-
ander Barlow of Barlow in said Co.
His Lordship d. 1697; bur. at Sef-
ton.
Issue :
23 — 316. Richard Molyneux; m. Mary, eldest dau.
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of William, Marquis of Powis, who was
by James II. after his abdication created
Duke of Powis.
317. Caryll; d. infant.
318. Mary; m. Thomas Preston of Furniss,
Co. Lane.
319. Frances; m. 1677, Sir Neil O'Neil of Co.
Antrim, Bart.
320. Margaret; m. let, Jenico the 7th Vis. of
Gormanston; m. 2d, Eobert Cassey,
Esq.; counsellor at law; m. 3d, Colonel
James Butler of Kelveloigher, Co. Tip-
perary, Jisq., page of honor to King
Charles II; d. 1711.
(4. Vis.) 22—290. William Molyneux; b. 1628 (Vis-
count of Gemouston) ; m. Bridget, dau.
of Robert Lucy, of Charlpcote, Co. War-
wick.
Issue :
(5. Vis.) 23 — 321. Richard Molyneux; m. Mary, dau.
of Francis, Lord Blundell, Earl of Car-
digand.
322. Cary ell Molyneux; d. Nov., 1745.
323. William Molyneux; d. infant.
324. Vivian; d. infant.
325. Thomas Molyneux.
326. Edward.
327. William.
328. Mary Molyneux; m Clifton, Esq. ;
m. 2d, 1737, Nicholas, son of Sir George
Tempest of Tong, in Yorkshire, Bart.
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329. Frances; m. John Caryellof Lady-Holt
Sussex, Esq.
22 — 391. James Molyneux (a surgeon). He ap-
pears as early as 1607 a member of the
Barbers Surgeon Co., of which he be-
came a warden and master in 1632. He
was elected as surgeon for cutting the
stone to St. Bartholomew's and St.
Thomas hospitals, and held office until
his death in 1639; m
Issue :
23 — 330. James Molyneux; b. 1628.
331. Edward Molyneux (sometimes spelled
Molines and Molineux), was appointed
surgeon to St. Thomas's hospital in his
father's lifetime, and surgeon for cut-
ting the stone to St. Bartholomew's.
He was a man of violent temper, as on one occasion he
defied the authority of the Barber Surgeons Company, to
which he belonged, and was fined in consequence, never
holding any office in the company. On the breaking out
of the war between Charles I and parliament he joined
the royal army, and was taken in arms at Arundel Castle
when it surrendered to parliamentary forces in 1643. In
consequence the House of Commons ordered the gover-
nors of St. Thomas's hospital to dismiss Molines from his
office, which was done Jan. 25, 1643-4. He was men-
tioned as having compounded for his estate, the matter
being finlly settled in 1653. He ws replaced in his hospi-
tal office after the Restoration, July 20, 1660, in compli-
ance with a letter from Charles II; d. 1663; m
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Founder of 22 — 292. Sir Thomas Molyneux; b. at Calais,
the Irish 1531; m. Katheiine, dau. of Ludoc
^"^^*^* Stabcourt, Governor of Surges; d. in
Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 24, 1696. He
moved to London, England, in 1586, and
was sent to Dublin, by Queen Elizabeth
in 1576.
Note. — He resided in Thomas Court, near St. Cather-
ines Church, Dublin.
Issue :
23—332. Samuel Molyneux, M. P. for Mallow; d.
unm.
333. Daniel; b. 1568; m. Jane Usher; d. 1623.
334. Michael Molyneux; b. 1569. i
335. William Molyneux.
336. Katherine Molyneux; m. Sir Robert
Newcome Bart. (Issue, 21 children.)
337. Margaret Molyneux ; m. Gayton Egbert
D. S. P.
22—293. Richard Molyneux of New Hall; m.
Elizabeth Harrington, who became heir
to her brother John, thus uniting the
New Hall and Huyton properties; d.
1686, as will proved at Chester, July 18,
1686 bears date.
Issue:
23—338. John Molyneux; a. 1660 baptized by
Mr. Farr, a secular priest. He was com-
monly known by his mother's name of
Harrington.
339. Richard Molyneux of Alt Grange, with-
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in Ince-Blundell; m, Margery Tickell
(the marriage settlement bearing date
Aug. 16, 1696); d. 1712. His will must
have been made when he was in extre-
mis as it bears date Jan. 26, 1712 — 13,
the day before his decease. His widow
d. Dec. 23, 1714.
340. Ann Molyneux.
(Bart. 3)22—298. Sir John Molyneux; b. 1625; m. Lucy,
dau. to Alexander Rigby of Middleton
in Lancashire (one of the barons of the
exchecquer), and widow of Robert Hes-
* keith, of Ruflford in Co. Lane. She d.
1688. He d. Oct., 1691, aged 69.
Issue :
23 — 341. John Molyneux, died before his father.
342. Rigby Molyneux, High Sheriflf of Lane. ;
m. Mary, dau. of Oliver Marton, of
Lancaster, Esq.
(Bart. 4) 343. Sir Francis; b. 1656; represented the
county of Nottingham, in the reign of
Queen Anne. He m. Diana, dau. of John
Howe, of Langer Castle, in the same
county, and sister to Scroop, Lord Vis-
count Howe. She d. Jan. 8, 1718, aged
61. He d. 1742, aged 86.
22—299. John Molyneux; b. in England, April 30,
1786 ; m. Martha Sadler. He d. Oct 23,
1861.
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Issue:
Moi eux 23—344. Mary Molyneux; b. July 14, 1824; m.
of Pennsyl- March 24, 1844, Reuben Rogers,
vania, 345. William Molyneux; b. Jan. 4, 1826;
^ ^- ^' m. 1838 Sarah Little.
346. Thomas; b. July 29, 1827; m. 1866
Elizabeth Huckell.
347. Samuel; b. March 27, 1829.
348. Helen Molyneux; b. Feb. 11, 1831; m.
Samuel Birdswell.
349. Jane; b. June 12, 1833; m George Luke.
350. Eliza Ann; b. Sept. 23, 1838; m. Joseph
Pardoe.
351. Martha; b. Nov. 5, 1843.
22 — 300. Ehzabeth Molyneux; b. in England, Nov.
13, 1787; m. March 2, 1816 William
Snell of England. She d. in Lockport,
N. Y., 1829; he d. 1887.
Issue:
Thomas Snell; b. 1816.
Margaret; b. 1818.
William; b. 1820; d. 1846.
John; b. 1822; d. 1849.
Elizabeth; b. 1824; d. 1864.
Joseph Willis Snell; b. June 2, 1826,
Bay Port, Mich.
•22—301. Edward Molyneux; b. in England; m.
Rebecca Bird.
She was the first white person born in what is now Sul-
livan Co., Pa. She was distinguished during her whole
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life of more than 85 years as a woman of many virtues.
Edward Molyneux did not come to this coutry (America)
until he had attained his majority, and was considered
quite a dude by the other boys for the reason that he wore
*' store clothes " on Sunday. The story is told ^' that on
Sunday, soon after Edward came to this country, a num-
ber of boys were lounging around the mill dam and that
Edward was dressed in his knee breeches, silver buckled
shoes, biled shirt, etc. ; that his brother Thomas induced
him to walk out on a saw log that lay with one end
against the bank, and then rolled the log and gave him a
ducking, fine clothes and 411."
''The Edward Molyneux branch of the family is subject
to a peculiar desease, known in medical science as Hae-
mophilea or hereditary hemorrhage. The patient is usu-
ally called a bleeder. This disease is inherited through the
marriage into the Bird family from the Hannant family
of Norfolk, England, where the bleeder is always a male
and the son of a female of the bleeder family; when a
bleeder has brothers it has never reappeared in their de-
scendants.
''The bleeding results from cuts, bruises, and the puUing
of teeth and other wounds, and is capillary oozing of the
blood.
"The vessels not being seen after the wound is received,
instead of healing a core of dark color composed of coagu-
lated blood forms in the wound, which in about 9 days
opens and the blood begins to flow as if from a-freshly
severed artery. It usually continues to bleed about two
weeks, until the patient is exhausted when the core falls
out and the wound heals. Binding up does no good, and
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death is apt to result from binding too tight. Various
remedies are used.
''The following receipt is vouched for as producing excel-
lent results : 1 pint alcohol, 2 oz. camphor gum, 2 oz. harts-
horn, J pint sweet oil, J pint spirits of turpentine (all well
shaken together). By keeping the wound wet with the
liniment so as to keep it clean and prevent the forming of
the core the wound is said to commence healing at once
and danger is avoided."
Issue of Edward Molyneux and his wife Eebecca Bird :
23—352. John Molyneux; b. 1815; m. Hannah
Haverly.
358. James Molyneux; b. Sept. 22, 1816; m.
Esther Tomlison of Oldham, England.
364. Mary; b. Oct. 5, 1818; d. July 14, 1850.
355. Lydia; b. Sept. 1, 1820; m. 1843 to
Jonas Bedford.
356. Margaret Molyneux; b. 1822; m. June
11, 1848, Thomas Pardee. She d. April,
1870.
357. George Molyneux; b. July 16, 1824; m.
1854 Pamilla Travis. He d. Feb. 6,
1866; she d. Oct. 13, 1865.
358. David Molyneux; b. Feb. 26, 1820; m.
1st, Hannah Norton ;m. 2d, Feb. 3, 1879,
Elizabeth Webster.
369. Jesse Molyneux; b. 1829; m. 1852 Phil-
ena Roberts.
360. Easter EDen; b. 1831; m. 1854 Vinson
Woodhead; d. 1881.
361. Ann; b. 181832; m. 1853 Abram Vough.
362. Joel Molyneux; b. 1835. Served in the
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wax of the rebellion as private in Co. K,
14l8t Pa. reg't; m. Dec, 1865, Elvira
McCarty.
363. Sara Molyneux; b. 1837; m. Ist, John
Pardoe McCarty; m. 2d, Dec. 25, 1868,
Daniel Walters.
364. Nelson Molyneux; b. July, 1841; d.
July, 1860.
22—302. Thomas Molyneux; b. 1791; m.
Hannah Rogers and died 1861.
Issue
23—365. Joseph Molyneux; b. 1812; m. 1837
Eliza Smith.
366. Henry Molyneux; b. 1814; m. 1st,
^ Mary Hart ; m. 2d, Ella Worburton ; she
was killed near Cheerokee, Iowa, by the
whirlwind which swept northern Iowa,
July 6, 1893. He d. 1892.
367. Maria; b. 1847; m. 1860 Jacob Louer.
368. Margaret Molyneux; b. 1817; m. 1839.
Charles Snell. She d. 1885.
369. Sarah Molyneux; b. 1820; m. 1839
Powell Bird.
370. Rachel Molyneux; b. 1823; m. 1854
Stephen Goff. She d. 1856.
371. Harriet Molyneux; b. 1825; m. 1846
Charles Bird.
372. Enoch Molyneux; b. 1827; m. 1858 Me-
lissa Pierce. He d. 1882.
373. Amanda Molyneux; b. Feb. 16, 1836.
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374. Lucinda ; m. Stephen Goflf (the
husband of her deceased sister Rachel).
22 — 309. Robert Molyneux of Roxbury ; m. Cora
Edmunds.
Issue :
23—876. Robert Molyneux.
376. Alice Molyneux.
22 — 314. Edward Howard MuUeneaux (Molyneux);
m. Ella Tice Sept. 9, 1884. Author of
''God's Nearness to the Sinner," and
other hymns. See page 114.
Issue:
23 — 377. Edward Howard MuUeneaux, Jr.; b.
Oct. 16, 1885.
378. Charles E. ; b. July 12, 1887.
379. Lillian E.; b. March 30, 1892.
Oyster Bay, 22 — 838. Jesse MolUneaux; m
L. L, Issue:
U.S.A. 23—380. Edyth May Mollineaux; m. Jan. 3d,
1903, Edmund 0. Cheshire.
381. Josephine.
382. Evelyn.
383. Irwin Mollineaux; d
384. Ida May.
23
(6. Vis.) 23 — 316. Sir Richard Molyneux; m. Mary, eldest
England dau. of Francis, Lord Blundell, Earl of
Cardigand.
Issue:
(7. Vis.) 24 — 335. Richard Molyneux, 7th Viscount in
Holy Orders of the Church of Rome ; b.
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Hymn by E. Mxjllinbaux (22 — 314; p. 113)
IS HE SATISFIED
Tune — i'm Satisfied mth Jesus Erery Bay
Is my blessed Saviour satisfied with me ?
Is my daily life what He is pleased to see ?
Am I trying every day, to lead sinners in the way ?
Am I telling them of Jesus every day ?
Chorus — Is He satisfied, is He satisfied,
Is my blessed Jesus satisfied with me ?
Is He satisfied. Is he satisfied,
Is my blessed Saviour satisfied with me?
Do I redeem the time that He has given,
Knowing soon that I must meet Him up in Heaven ?
Am I telling far and wide every sinner to decide.
To accept salvation through the Crucified ?
Have I learnt to love my neighbor as myself ?
Am I sacrificing much in their behalf ?
Have I died to self and sin, so that Jesus lives within ?
Has my Saviour full control of everything ?
Do I trust Him every day and every hour ?
Do I realize my weakness and His power ?
How He wants to live in me,so that sinners they, can see
How my blessed Saviour came to set them free ?
When I see the crooked path that I have walked,
When I see the idle words that I have talked.
Oh it's hard to realize, that through Jesus' sacrifice
Every sin's forgiven and He is satisfied.
Chorus — Yes, He's satisfied, yes, He's satisfied.
Yes, my blessed Saviour's satisfied with me,
Yes, He's satisfied, yes. He's satisfied.
Bless His name, I know He's satisfied with me.
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in London, England, March 26, 1696; d.
in Burnham May 18.
He was sent to Maryland as superior of the Jesuits in
1736 and was reappointed in 1748. The Pennsylvania
authorities availed themselves of his influence with the
Indians on the western frontier when savages under French
influence threatened the exjposed settlements. He was
with the Indians at Lancaster just before the treaty that
was made in June and July, 1744. As the purpose of his
visit was kept secret by the Pennsylvnaia government, it
was suspected in Maryland ''that his business was no
other than to dissuade the Indians from making peace."
He returned to England in 1749.
(8. Vis.) 24—386. William Molyneux; a priest of the So-
ciety of Jesus, having no intentions to
marry, released all his estate to his
brother Thomas, who died in his life- time.
387. Thomas Molyneux of Croxteth; m.
Maria, widow of John Harrington, July
20, 1746, and d. Sept., 1756.
23—300. James Molyneux; b. 1628. Was elected
Nov. 8, 1668, in compliance with a rec-
ommendation, equivalent to a command,
from Charles II surgeon to St. Thomas's
Hospital as ordinary avocation and joint
surgeon with Mr. HoUyer for cutting of
stone. He was afterwards appointed
surgeon in ordinary to Charles II and
James II, and received the degree of
M. D. from the University of Oxford,
Sept. 23, 1631. Married ; d.Feb.
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8, 1686, and was buried in St. Bride's
church, Fleet street, where his memo-
rial tablet still exists. He contributed
to the literature of the profession.
Issue:
24 — 388. William Molyneux was author or editor
of a modest little work on anatomy, en-
titled '' Myotonia, or the Anatomical
Administration of all the Muscles of an
Human body " (1630) 8vo., intended as
a manual of dissection. Married
23 — 381. Edward Molyneux, surgeon, m
Issue :
24 — 389. James Molyneux, author of a manu-
script volume in the British Museum Li-
brary containing, among other things,
interesting notes of the surgical practice
at St. Thomas hospital in 1676. He was
a student when he wrote these notes.
Irish branch. 23 — 333. Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King of Arms
by Edward VI; b. 1563; m. Jane Usher;
d. 1632. His celebrated collections of
Irish family history now among the
manuscripts of Trinity College, Dublin, as
well as those in Ulster oflBce, proved him
to have been an accurate and very learned
genealogist.
Issue :
24 — 390. Thomas Molyneux, Governor of Wick-
low, killed by Eebels in 1642.
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391. William Molyneux, of Lincoln's Inn,
Barrister at Law.
392. Samuel Molyneux; b. 1616; m. Annie
Dowdale. He d. 1693.
393. Arthur; d. unm.
394. Adam Molyneux, anscestor of Ballymul-
vey, or Moig House and M. P. for Co.
Longford, in 1660. Ancestor of the
Shouldhams of Ballymulvey.
395. Alice.
396. Francis Molyneux; m. Sir Neil, 1671.
23—334. Michael Molyneux; b. 1569; m
Issue :
24 — 397 Michael Molyneux
398. William Molyneux.
Michael Molyneux's letter to a friend, — small foolscap,
size folded across the length in three folds, then doubled
so as to make a shape a little smaller, — more the present
postage envelope.
Addressed outside, '* To my loving friend,
Mr. Rowland Russell; at WoUenton d d ''
'* After my heartie comendacores my man Thomas
Leavie is to buy Cattell in ye Country and to avoyde dan-
ger of Carriage of monney he desireth to be burnished
there wch I praie ye do, and whatsoever ye dely 'him '
taking his bill for yt I will upon the sight of it pat at Lon-
don. And so disy ye my harties comendiscons may be
dely v'd to you Sr. Francis, to both the ladies to yourself &
to all yr friends there I end I comytt you all to gods good
proteccon.
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Clapcuts this XXIth of Aprill 1596 Your most assued
Michael Molyneux
P. S. to
Letter written
by Michaell Molyns.
'* I have Rec. XXI: of leaver and whatsoever 'he will
more you shall have at london,
'' I praie ye advise Sr. ffrancis directly from me to suflfer
none of his daughters to be in the company, of my lady:
for in the case shee gs yt nott Jt for her to have contyn-
uall warrs wt them, wch shee shalbe sure of if they con-
tynew with her. And lett him Remember wthall That
all his daughters be mortall enemyes to an heir male and
therefore how unfit their company is for her his wisedome
can discern, I have talked with my L. Kep. of all Sr. ffra:
causes from top to toe at great lay sure and I hope I have
don moche good in yt.
'' I have written manny lies, but how they be d. d. god
knowth."
(Sir Michael Molyns, the writer, was of Clapcott, Read-
ing. He d. in 1615, and in the old St. Peter's Reading,
his monument was to be seen.)
(Monument of Sir Michael Molyns — mentioned by the
brothers Lysons, in their Berkshire.)
Rowland Russell, to whom the letter was addressed,
was son of Henry Russell and Milburga Brocton his wife.
23 — 335. William Molyneux (a silk merchant in
Paris, France; m
Issue:
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24 — 399. William Molyneux; m. Annie
settled in Ireland.
400. James Molyneux.
401. John Molyneux.
23 — 339. Richard Molyneux of Alt Grange, with
Ince-Blundell ; m. Margaret, dau. of
Richard Tickell of Ince-Blundell. Found
among the *' Extracts from the oldest
Register in Sephton church, 1693."
Mrs. Margaret Mollineux de Ince-Blun-
dell, June, '05. Buried in linen and for-
feiture paid.
Issue :
24 — 402. Richard Molyneux; m. Margaret Haw-
deen, of Lee Green, Co. Lane.
(Bart. 4.) 23 — 343. Francis Molyneux ; m. Dina Scrope.
Issue:
(Bart. 5.) 24 — 403. Charles Molyneux (served as sheriff of
Co. Nottingham; d. unm. July 28, 1764.)
(Bart. 6). 404. William Molyneux, one of the Verdues
of Sherwood Forest; m. Anne, dau. of
William Challend, Esq.; of Willow
Notts. He d. 1781.
23 — 344. Mary Molyneux; m. March, 1844, Reu-
ben Rogei-s; d. Sept. 2, 1872.
Issue :
Ezra Rogers; b. 1846; d. 1889.
Benson; b. 1848; m. Mary Warburton.
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Sarah; b. 1851; d. 1880; m. Miles H.
Miller.
Martha; b. 1852; m. Samuel White-
house.
Rachel; b. 1858; m. John W. Porter.
Pennsyi- 23—346. Thomas Molyueux; b. 1827; m. Eliza-
vania.' beth Huckell. He d. Oct. 12, 1880.
Issue:
•24 — 105. Harry Molyneux; b. Sept. 23, 1868; d.
1894.
406. Mary Molyneux; b. 1870.
407. Martha; b. 1872.
408. John Molyneux; b. 1879.
23—347. Samuel Molyneux; b. March 29, 1829;
killed July 2, 1863. Served as private,
in the war of the rebellion in Co. K of
the 141st Pennsylvania regment, and is
supposed to have been killed in the bat-
tle at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. He was
seen to faU by his comrades and has
never been seen or heard of since. His
remains are supposed to be buried in the
National Cemetery with the '' Un-
known ". His regiment is distinguished
as having suffered two very heavy losses
in battle.
23—348. Helen Molyneux; m. Sept. 2, 1853 Sam-
uel Birdswall of New York.
Issue :
Herbert Birdswall; b. 1857.
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Cora Ida; b. 18G0; m. Chas. Eyland.
Ira, b. 1864; d. 1868.
«
23 — 352. John Molyneux; b. 1815; m. Hannah
Haverly, May 11, 1843.
Issue :
24—409. Albert Molyneux; b. March 31, 1844;
m. 1st, Caroline Sherman; m. 2d, Han-
nah S. Baker.
410. Wesley; b. Oct. 18, 1845; m: Carrie
Wilson.
411. Charles Molyeux; b. Jan. 22, 1848; d.
Aug. 31, 1876.
412. Lydia Molyneux; b. 1850; m. Daniel
Peckham July 26, 1871.
413. Theodosia Molyneux; b. 1852; m. Wil-
liam V. WarlDurton.
414. Emily; m. William Sherman.
415. Ellen; m. Frank Streby.
416. Cyrus Molyneux; b. 1859.
417. Oscar; b. Aug., 1862; d. 1863.
418. Fanny; b. 1864; d. 1883.
419. Tinny; b. April 30, 1870; d. 30, 1870.
23 — 353. James Molyneux; m. Esther Tomlison
of Oldham, England.
Issue :
24—420. Watson Molyneux; b. July 13, 1848; m.
Nov. 20, 1869 Mary Dagney .
421. Edward Molyneux; m. Mary Frear.
422. Mary Rebecca; b. 1850; d. 1865.
423. Georgianna Molyneux ; m. Job McCarty.
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424. Margaret Ann ; m. Ezra Ro we.
425. Jabez Moss Molyneux; b. 1856; m. 1880
Jessie Layley.
426. Clara Adelaide Molyneux; m. David
Warburton.
427. Joseph Soloman Molyneux; b. 1862; m.
1888 Cora Matthews.
428. Charles E. Molyneux; b. July 24, 1865;
m. Annie Bleiler.
429. George Fred Molyneux; b. 1867.
Rushmore, 23 — 355. Lydia Molyneux; m. May, 1843, Jo-
Minn., nas Bedford.
^•^•^- Issue:
I. Edmund Bedford; b. April 21, 1844 (Redlands,
Cal.) ; m. Anna Merrick.
II. Daniel; b. July 2, 1845 (Hudson, la.); m. Mar-
tha Whiteley.
III. Alfred ; b. Nov. 16, 1 848 (San Bernadino, Cal.) ;
m. Jennie Baker.
IV. Edward; b. Nov., 1846 (Jackson, Minn.); m.
Josephine Newton.
V. Lyman Nelson; b. May 14, 1851; m. Henrieta
Smith.
VI. Wilson; b. July 6, 1855; drowned while skat-
ing across the lake near Worthington,
Minn., Dec. 5, 1874.
Margaret; b. Feb. 28, 1853; m. Asbury
B. McChord.
Salathrel Boyd; b. Oct. 10, 1857; m.
Alida Dettmering. "
Ermina; b. May 4, 1860; m. Daniel
Jordan.
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Rebecca; b. Aug. 13, 1862 (Sioux Falls,
S. D.); m. Ransom F. Merrick.
23 — 356. Margaret Molyneux; m. June 11, 1846,
Thomas Pardoe; she d. April 15, 1870.
Issue :
I. David Jesse Pardoe; b. 1847; d. Sept. 22, 1870.
Ellen Ehzabeth; m. Watson Wright in
1871; d. 1886.
11. Nelson; b. 1849; m. 1872 Anna Rogers; d,
1879.
III. Walter; b. 1852; m. Clara Gansell; d. 1861.
VI. Clayton Thomas; b. 1853; d. 1857.
Mai-tha Elsann; b. 1857; d. 1861.
V. JohnSumniers; b. 1859; d. 1876.
VI. Charles Maynard; b. 1861; m. Florence At-
wood 1886, Minneapolis, Minn.
23 — 357. George Molyneux; m. Permilla Travis.
Issue :
24—430. Clinton Molyneux; b. Oct. 1864; m.
Joanna Little.
431. Barton S. Molyneux; b. 1856; m. Melvil
Fleming.
432. Ada May Molyneux ; m. Joseph Slusher.
Miiiviiie, 23 — 358. David Molyneux ; m. 1st, Hannah Nor-
Pa..u.s.A. ton; m. 2d, Elizabeth Webster.
Issue by 1st wife:
24—433. William Manley Molyneux; b. 1864; m.
Effie Northrup.
434. Oscar Norton Molyneux; b. Aug. 9, 1867.
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436. Franklin Nelson; b. May 25, 1873.
436. Herbert; b. Aug. 15, 1873.
437. Carl; b. Feb., 1877.
Issue by 2d wife :
Hattie Molyneux; b. July 8, 1881.
439. Hartley.
440. Dean Webster; b. April 11, 1883.
Bass River ^^ — ^^^' J^^^e Molyneux; m. Philena Roberts.
orBarr ISSUO:
River,Mich. 24— 441. Lloyd Anson Molyneux ; b. 1834.
u. s. A. ^^2 Laura Jenette ; b. 1865 ; m. John Plews.
Miiiviiie, 23—360. Easter Ellen Molyneux; m. 1854 Vin-
Pa.,u.8.A. son Woodhead.
Issue:
Cecelia Woodhead; b. Jan. 21, 1855; m.
Hudson Bahr.
George; b. 1866; m. Marie Little.
Fred Jones; b. 1858.
Charles; b. 1866.
John; b. 1868; m. Belle Charlotte Black.
East Forks, 23 — 361. AnnMolyneux; m. 1853 Adam Vough.
Pa, U.S. A. Issue:
Lottie Eosalie; b. 1865; d. 1874.
Ernest Vough; b. 1857; m. Clemme
Little; m. 2d, Annie Norton.
Llewellan ; b. 1859, killed at school while
playing ball Feb. 17, 1876.
Florence Serena ; b. 1863.
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Lyle Nelson; b. 1869. Elmer Edward; b.
1869.
Estella Mildred; b. 1873.
Miiiview, 23 — 362. Joel Molyneux, private in Co. K, 14l8t
Pa.,u. s.A. Pennsylvania regiment, war of the re-
bellion; m. 1865 Elvira McCarthy.
Issue :
24—443. Martha Arloa Molyneux; b.l867; d.l872.
444. Mary Alice Molyneux; d. 1869.
445. Eosa Adelaid Molyneux; b. 1871.
446. John Robert Molyneux; b. June 29, 1873.
447. Charles Ross Molyneux; b. May, 1876;
d. 1886.
448. David Silas Molyneux; b. Oct. 11, 1878.
449. Warden K. Molyneux; b. 1881.
450. Winifred; b. 1883.
23 — 366. Henry Molyneux; m. Mary Hart; m.
2d, Ella Worburton.
Issue :
24 — 451. Maria Molyneux; b. 1847.
452. Jackson Molyneux; b. 1850; d. 1857.
453. Frank; b. 1852; m. Sarah Ann K. Van
Horn.
454. Robert Molyneux; b. 1856.
455. Murray Molyneux; b. 1858; m. Jennie
Sanborn.
Cherokee, 23 — 367. Maria Molyneux; m. 1860 JacobLouer.
la., u. s.A. Issue:
Ella; m. Isaac Clark.
Anna ; m. James Smith.
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FredLouer; b. 1874; d, 1877.
Charles; b. 1876.
Robert; b, 1878.
Dora; b. 1880.
Henry; b. 1881.
Jacob; b. 1884.
Rex; b. 1886.
Cora; b. 1889.
23—368. Margaret Molyneux; m. 1839 Charles
Snell. She d. 1885 in New York. He
d. 1887.
Issue:
Edmund Snell; b. 1840; m. Melvina
Norton; m. 2d, Mary Whiteley.
Franklin; b. 1841; d. 1864.
Eliza Jane; b. 1843; m. James A. Clark.
William Rogers; b. 1845; m. 2d Louise
Warrell.
Luther Charles; b. 1847; m. M. A. Eline.
Rachel Hoe; b. 1866.
Coleman Lucius; b. 1852.
23—369. Sarah P. Molyneux; m. July, 1839
Powell Bird.
Issue:
Hannah; b. 1840; d. 1860.
Manoah Bird; b. 1842; m. Alice May.
Lucy; b. 1846.
Mary; b. 1854; m. 1870 Wm. Gibbs; d.
1881.
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Tunnel City, 2'^ — ^^0. Rachel Moljneux; m. 1854 Stephen
Wis., ' Goff; she d. 1858.
U-»-A' Issue:
Sireno Morel Goff; b. 1850; m. Jenett
E. Neir 1891.
Miiiview, 23 — 370. Harriet Molyneux; m. 1845 Charles
Pa., U.S. A. Bird.
Issue :
Oliver; m. Catherine Hunsinger.
Ruth ; m. George Rinebold.
William ; m. Mary Robins.
Adeline; m. James Farrell.
AngeUne ; m. Lewis McCarty .
Lindinnian, -^ — '^74. Lucinda Molyneux; m. 1858 Stephen
Mo.,u.y.A. D. Goff.
Issue :
William Howard Goff; m. AmeUa
Stevens.
Lawrence EUesworth; m. Esther May
Hillicker.
Persis Abbie ; m. Franklyn M. Wolworth.
Milton Lincoln.
Ezra Whitten.
Rosalie L. V. Goff.
Stephen Thomas.
Ariiiicrton *^^ — '^^'^- Enoch Molyneux; m. Melissa Pierce,
s. D.'' Issue:
U.S.A. 24—456. Atha Molyneux; b. 1859; m. David
Griffeths.
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457. Frank Molyneux; b. 1861; Lilly Heath.
458. Jennie Molyneux; b. 1863; m. Duglas
Palmer.
459. Nellie Z. Molyneux; b. 1867; d. 1887.
460. Perry; b. 1866.
461. Fred Molyneux; b. 1869; d. 1869.
462. Elmer Molyneux; b. 1870.
463. Charles Molineux; b. 1874.
464. Flora; b. 1876.
Croxteth Hall
Croxteth Hall (anciently called Crosstoffe) the present
residence of the Earls of Sefton, is pleasantly situated in
a park of about 840 acres, abounding in game,* about
four miles from Liverpool. The principal or west front of
the mansion was built in 1702 by William, fourth Viscount
Molyneux, whose arms are over the entrance, supported
by two lions, with the motto, '' Vivere sat vincere."
Above is a sculptured trophy of banners, with the family
crest on the keystone. In front of the house is a fine
terrace, ascended by a double flight of steps. The rooms
in this front are spacious and lofty, with the walls pan-
elled in wainscot, the ceilings of stucco enriched in high
relief. The south side of the house is more ancient, and
was probably erected by Sir Eichard Molyneux in the time
of Elizabeth. On the east, at the back of the present
mansion, was most likely the ancient front, the buildings
occupying three sides of a quadrangle, from whence is an
entrance leading to a large staircase, the windows of which
* In December 1880, in four day's shooting over the preserves at Croxton,
six guns killed the unprecedented number of 5,344 head of game, of which
4,882 were pheasants, 197 ducks, and 999 hares.
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stained glass in eight compartments— the first containing
the royal badge of the Red Bose, within the Garter,
crowned ; the second, the arms of Queen Elizabeth ; the
fourth, the armorial coat of Sir Thomas Gerard, Bart. ;
the fifth, eight quarterings of the Molyneux family, and
beneath a badge of the Cross Moline in a circle, supported
by two conies, argent; the sixth, the arms of Henry VIII;
the seventh, twelve quarterings of the Howard family,
surmounted by an earl's cornet; the eight, the coat of
Henry Stanley, fourth Earl of Derby, with an escutcheon
of pretence for Clifford.
Queen Victoria honored Croxteth Park with a visit in
the summer of 1851.
24
England. 24—387. Thomas Molyneux of Croxteth; m.
Maria, dau. of Leverly, Esq., widow
1st, of Griffeth, 2d, of John Har-
rington, Esq., of Northumberland, July
20, 1746, and d. Sept., 1756.
Issue :
(9th Vis. )25— 465. Charles William Molyneux— IX Vis-
count, confirmed to the established
church in 1768, b. Sept. 2, 1748 and was
created First Earl of Sefton in the Peer-
age of Ireland, Nov. 30, 1717. Married
Isabella, second daughter of William,
2d Earl of Harrington; d. 1796.
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LINEAGE OF THE IRISH BRANCH OF MOLYNEUX
This ancient and truly honourable family settled in Cal-
ais in the time of Edward III, when that town was taken
by the English, where its members held very considerable
employment while it continued under the crown of
England.
When Calais was taken by the French, in the reign of
Queen Mary, Thomas Molyneux, then head of the house
of the family of Molyneux, retired to Flanders; and at
Burges married Katherine Slobert, daughter of the gover-
nor of that city, and ancestor to the noble family of that
name. He afterwards retired to England. In 1667,
Queen Elizabeth sent him to Ireland as Chancellor of the
Exchequer, which office he held till his death. He had
many grants of land from the Queen and a lease of twenty
years of the exports and imports of the city of Dublin
(wines excepted) for which he paid £183 per annum, a
sum now scarcely adequate to the lowest clerk. He sub-
scribed forty pounds towards the foundation of Trinity
college in 1591, a liberal donation considering the value
of money in those days.
By his wife, whose portrait, with that of her father
and mother, excellent old Flemish pieces, are still pre-
served in the family, he had two sons and two daugh-
ters: first Samuel; second Daniel, heir to his brother.
Thomas Molyneux died in 1596, his lady the year fol-
lowing. Samuel Molyneux his eldest son represented the
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town of Mallow; in 1613 was marshal of the Court of
Castle-Chamber, and succeded Sir Jeffrey Fenton as clerk
of the Queens works in 1598.
Dying unm. he was s. by his brother Daniel Molyneux,
Esq., appointed in 1587 Ulster King of arms, whose col-
lection of Irish family history among the manuscript of
Trinity College prove him to have been a very learned and
accurate antiquarian and scholar. He was an intimate
friend of the great Camden, as may be seen in his letters
from the great primate Usher; that learned divine
preached Mr. Molyneux's funeral sermon, and emphatic-
ally observed, that ''for piety, virtues, and learning, he
was a Daniel indeed." Sir James Ware likewise, in his
History de Crsesulious Hibernea, styles him his great
friend while living. He represented the town of Strabane
in the parliament in 1613.
He married Jane, dau. of Sir William Usher of the
privy council. Issue :
^ Thomas Molyneux, governor of Wicklow, killed by
rebels near Wexford, valiantly defending a fort, in 1642.
William Molyneux of Lincoln's Inn, barrister at law
died unm.
Colonel Adam Molyneux of Ballymulvey in Co. Longford,
of which he was knight of the shire in 1660, a gallant
officer of the horse, whose portrait in armour is still ex-
tant in the family, in which the scars of many wounds
are visible in his face. His branch ended in a female,
mother of the late Admiral Lord Molyneux Shouldham,
who left no issue by his lady, widow of Mr. Hercourt,
cousin of Earl Harcourt.
The dau. of Daniel Molyneux m. William Boyer, of
Dublin, Esq. ; of an ancient English family.
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The King of arms d. in 1632, s. by his son Samuel Moly-
neux, Esq.; of Castle Dillon, near Armagh, to which
estate he s. through the Dillon family, now extinct. He
was chief engineer of Ireland, and a most ingenious
writer on the subject of gunnery ; he distinguished him-
self particularly in the battle of Roses, in 1642, fought by
the Marquis of Ormond, where Carte, in his life of the
Duke, mentions the judicious disposition of two guns by
Mr. Molyneux in a defile, by which eighty men's horses
were killed at the first fire. He had a large piece of
ground walled in near Francis St. for making experiments
with bombs and great guns, to this day called Molyneux
Yard and Engine Alley. He married Anne, dau. and
heiress of William Dowdale, Esq., of Moun-Towne, in
Co. Meath, an ancient English Protestant family in those
days, by whom he had five sons and four daughters.
Daniel d. unm.
Samuel d. unm.
William heir to his father.
Adam d. unm.
Thomas Molyneux.
William Molyneux of Castle Dillon, heir to his father,
was a man. of great abilities and patriotism. In 1683 he
founded a learned society in Dublin of which the great
Sir William Petty was first president. He was author of
the ''Celebrated Case of Ireland". When travelling
through Wales, at the time of the revolution he was mis-
taken for William Molyneux, eldest son of Viscount Moly-
neux, for whom a reward of £500 was offered by the gov-
ernment. He was brought before the commanding officer
at Denbrigh. He asserted in his defence that he was of
the Molyneux of Ireland. The officer asked if he knew
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Colonel Adam Molyneux mentioned before. He replied
he was his uncle, and much disfigured by sabre wounds
in the face, during the rebellion of 1642, on which he was
ordered to be instantly liberated by the commander, who
observed he had served long under his gallant uncle in the
wars of Ireland. It is singular that this Catholic Jacobite
family never resident in Ireland should number peers of
that realm, while the whiggish Protestant line, always
distinguished for the loyal support of the church and con-
stitutional governments, have never risen above the rank
of baronets; but the honorable principles of the family
have induced them, more than once to decline the offer of
peerage on conditions degrading to patriotism.
Sir Capel errected in 1760, perhaps at that time, the
most costly park gates and offices of hewn stone in the
three Kingdoms. He d. aged 80 in 1797.
Ireland
.Castle Dillon Irish Branch
24 — 392. Samuel Molyneux, Esq. ; of Castle Dil-
lon Co. Armagh (3d son of Daniel Moly-
neux and Katherine Stabcourt), chief
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engineer of Ireland; b. 1616; m. Annie
Dowdale, dau. of William Dowdale,
Esq., of Mount Town, Co. Meatb. He
acauired fame as a master gunner during
tbe Rebellion at the battle of the Roses,
1643. He acquired property in several
countries ; d. of kidney trouble ; his wife
d. 1691.
Issue :
25—466. Daniel Molyneux; b. 1647.
25—467. Samuel Molyneux; b. 1654.
468. William Molyneux; b. 1656; became a
distinguished philosopher whose life was
devoted to scientific pursuits; m. 1672
Lucy Domville.
469. Adam Molyneux; b. 1657; d. unm.
470. Thomas Molyneux; b. in Dublin in
1661; m. Katherine Howard, dau. of
Ralph Howard, Esq., of Shelton, grand-
father of the 1 st Lord Wicklow.
471. Jane; m. March 10, 1648 Anthony Dop-
ping. Bishop of Meath; d. 1670.
473. Mary; m. John Madden, Esq., of Manor
Waterhouse, Co. Ferman.
24 — 394. Adam Molyneux, ancestor of BaUymul-
vey, or Moig House; m
Issue :
25 — 473. Daniel Molyneux, Esq., of Ballymulvey,
Co. Longford.
24 — 397. Michael Molyneux; m , settled
in Larlaugh, Co. Kerry.
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Issue (8 sons) :
25—474. Michael Molyneux; m. Catherine In-
wright.
475. John Molyneux; m. Mary Moriarty.
476. Jane.
477. Margaret.
477. (a) Patrick Molyneux.
LouaHMoacjE House, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
24 — 399. William Molyneux; m. Annie
He d. 1836; she d. Sept. 12, 1840, at
three o'clock in the afternoon, of con-
sumption.
Issue:
25 — 478. William Molyneux; m. Jane Fisher.
479. Richard; d. unm.
480. Robert Molyneux; m. 1st, Met-
calf; m. 2d Catherine Pepper.
481. Thomas Molyneux ; m. Margret Twam-
ley.
482. John Molyneux; m (lived in
Liverpool, England).
483. Joseph Molyneux; m (lived in
Shewsbury, England).
484. Edward.
485. James.
486. Henry.
487. Samuel.
488. Eleanor; m. John Tramley (left for
America in 1832).
489. Annie; m. William Murray (settled in
New York, U. S. A.).
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490. Elizabeth (Betty); m. 1st, Joseph Bar-
ker; m. 2(1, Thomas Twamley.
England. 24-— 401. John Molyneux, settled in Manchester,
England; m
Issue (a large family) :
25—491. William Molyneux, a publisher from
London, England, called to the Dublin
branch of the family; m. Marie Leslie;
came to New York about 1835.
24 — 402. Eichard Molyneux; m. Margaret Haw-
deen of Lee Green Co., Lane.
Issue:
25 — 492. Richard Molyneux; b. at Sefton, Jan.
27, 1731; d. March 31, 1734.
493. Francis Molyneux, sole heir; m. Oct.
26, 1751, at the age of 18; conveyed the
estates in marriage to Thomas Seel of
Liverpool, who d. Jan. 21, 1802-b. at
Huyton, where they passed by his eldest
dau. and co-heir to her husband, the
Urs worth of Maghill, whom she m. at
Liverpool, Aug. 25, 1791. He d. 1815;
she d. Sept. 30, 1841, at the age of 86.
The property descended to Thomas Moly-
neux Seel, b. July 1, 1792, by royal li-
cense dated Jan. 2, 1818* He and his
issue were authorized to take the sur-
name Molyneux Seel and bear arms of
these two families, in accordance with the
will of Thomas Seel who died in 1881.
He married at Ghent Agnes, dau. of
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Richard Redingfield, 5th Bart, of Oxbury
Hall, Norfolk. He was J. P. for Co.
Lancaster and Norfolk, L.L., for the
province, late major of the 2d Lancashire
militia. She d. 1870. He d. at Huyton
Hey, Jan. 16, 1881.
Issue : Molyneux-Seel of Huyton Hey.
(Bart. 6.) 24 — 404 William Molyneux; m. Anne, dau. of
William Challerd.
(Bart 7) 25—494. Francis Molyneux; b. 1727; Usher of
the Black Rod; d. June 9, 1812; s. by
nephews — sons of his sister Julianna
and her husband Henry Howard, Esq.,
of Glossop, Co. Derby. Bernard How-
ard, s. 12th Duke of Norfolk, in 1815.
Henry Thomas Howard who assumed
the additional name of Molyneux in 1812.
24 — 409. Albert Molyneux; m. 1st, Caroline Sher-
man; m. 2d, Hannah Baker.
Issue by 1st wife:
25—495. Jennie Molyneux; b. Dec. 20, 1872.
496. Francis Molyneux; b. Nov. 4, 1881.
497. Ada C. Sherman; b. Jan. 1, 1885. She
was adopted on the death of her mother
Caroline Sherman, who d. Jan. 4th, 1885,
by her father's sister Emily Molyneux
Sherman.
Issue by 2d wife :
498. Addie E. Molyneux; b. Sept. 23, 1887.
Albert Molyneux served in the war of the rebellion as
private in Co. A of 135th Pennsylvania regiment. He
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committed suicide in 1892 by drowning himself in a small
fish pond on account of family difficulties.
Piedmont, ^^ — ^^^' Wesley Molyneux; m. Carrie Wilson.
s. D., Issue:
U.S.A. 26 — 499. Wesley H. Molyneux; b. March 9th,
1890.
Overton, 24 — 412. Lydia E. Molyneux; m. July 26, 1871,
Pa. , u. 8. A. Daniel Peckham.
Issue:
Mary Peckham; b. July 5, 1872.
John Peckham; b. Dec. 17, 1873.
Leonard; b. Jan. 27, 1818.
Clara; Oct. 29, 1887.
Casse; b. Oct. 29, 1887.
Myrtle; b. Dec. 19, 1890; d. 22, 1890.
East Forks. 24 — 413. Theodosia Molyneux; m. 1873 William
Pa.. U.S. A. w. Warburton.
Issue:
Otis Charles Warburton; b. April 19, 1874.
Lloyd Delos; b. March 12, 1876.
John Roscoe; b. Dec. 23, 1877.
Edgar William; b. Aug. 10, 1885.
Overton. 24 — 415. Ellen Molyneux; m. April 1, 1884,
Pa., u. 8. A. Frank Streby.
Issue :
Herman Charles Streby; b. May 14, 1885.
Thomas Raymond; b. Aug. 25, 1888.
Carrie Edna; b. Aug. 25, 1888.
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Hawarden, 24 — 420. Watsori Molyneux; served in the war
la., u. 8. A. of the rebellion as private in Co. I of the
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was
taken prisoner at Cold Harbor June 10,
1864, and confined in Libby prison, An-
dei-sonville and Macon until parolled on
Nov. 16, 1864. He married Mary Daga-
ney.
Issue:
25—600. Florence Molyneux; b. 1870; m. Fred
Warren Harris.
501. Jennie; b. July 11, 1874.
502. Earl Hamlin Molyneux; b. Sept. 28, 1876.
24 — 421. Edward Molyneux; m. Mary Frear.
Issue:
Overton, 25 — 503. Minnie Molyneux; b. May, 1871; May
Pa., U.S. A. 20, 1888.
504. Orville J. Molyneux; b. Jan. 16, 1873.
505. Frank; b. 1874; d. 1882.
506. Raymond; b. Sept. 12, 1877.
507. Essie; b. 1879; d. 1881.
508. Walter Molyneux; b. Sept. 24, 1881.
509. Jacob Molyneux; b. March 5, 1884.
510. Bruce; b. Dec. 11, 1887.
Eiderviiie, 24 — 423. Georgeanna Eveline Molyneux; m.
Pa., U.S. A. Nov. X3, 1872, Job McCarty.
Issue :
James McCarty; b. Nov. 16, 1873; d. 25, 1873.
Carlton Donald; b. March, 1875.
Gordon Lyman; b. Sept. 6, 1877,
Nellie Louise.
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JohD Leslie; b. Nov. 23, 1882.
Ralph Parker; b. Feb. 4, 1886.
Rush Roberts; b. Aug. 6, 1888.
Campbell- ^^ — ^^^- Margaret A. Molyneux; m. Jan. 1,
viiie. Pa., 1871, Ezra Rowe.
U.S.A. Issue:
Ira Nelson; b. April 13^ 1872.
Fred Eujene; b. Jan. 16, 1874.
George Watson ; b. Feb. 11, 1876.
James Harlan; b. May 11, 1878.
Bessie Alice; b. Feb. 1, 1889.
Overton, 24 — 425. Jabez Moss Molyneux ; m. Jessie Lay ley .
Pa.,u.s.A. Issue:
26—611. Sumyra G. Molyneux; b. Feb. 1, 1881.
612. Olive; b. May 18, 1890.
Cherokee, 24 — 426. Clara Adelaide Molyneux ; ra. Nov. 14,
la., U. S.A. 1878, David Warburton.
Issue :
Emma Beatrice Warburton; b. May 10, 1880.
Maggie Esther; b. Sept. 21, 1884.
Overton, 24 — 427. Joseph Soloman Molyneux; m. Cora
Pa. Mathews.
Issue :
26—513. Earl Molyneux; b. May 30, 1889.
Duaiiore, 24 — 428. Charles Molyneux; m. Annie Bleiler;
Pa- she d. July 7th, 1902.
Issue:
25—514. Mildred Molyneux; b. 1889.
516. Adolph Molyneux.
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516. Myrtle.
617. Harold Molyneux.
Picture 24 — 430. Clinton Molyneux; m. Joanna Little.
Rocks. Issue:
25—618. Mabel Molyneux; b. June, 1881.
519. George Molyneux; b. March 17, 1884.
Buffalo. 24 — 431. Barton S. Molyneux; m. Melvil Mem-
N. Y. ing.
Issue :
26—620. Lee Bryant Molyneux; b. Oct. 16, 1884.
621. Myrtle Molyneux; b. 1888.
Hudson, la. 24 — 432, Alaida May Molyneux; m. Sept., 1886,
Joseph Slusher.
Issue :
Roy Leo Slusher; b. Nov. 9, 1888.
Lillian; b. Feb. 20, 1890.
Forksviiie, 24 — 433. William Manley Molyneux; m. EflBe
Pa- Northup.
Issue:
25—522. Anna Mabel Molyneux; b. Sept., 1888.
24 — 442. Laura Janette Molyneux; m. March,
1871, John Plews.
Issue :
Mertie Bell Plews.
Mary Aria; b. Sept. 19, 1888.
Arthur J. Plews; b. 1886.
Kate; b. 1888.
24 — 453. Francis Molyneux; m. Sarah Ann Van
Horn,
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Issue :
25—523. Maud Molyneux; b 1882.
524. Lora; b. July 6, 1886.
Correction- 24 — 455. Murray Molyueux ; m. Jennie Sanborn.
ville, la. Issue:
25—525. Guy Molyneux; b. April, 1888.
526. Ray; b. 1890.
24—456. Atha L. Molyneux; m. 1885 David D.
GriflEeth.
Issue:
Nellie Griff eth; b. 1886.
William Griffeth; b. 1887.
Harrison Enoch; b. 1888.
Jennie; b. June 24, 1890.
Hetland, 24 — 458 Jennie Molyneux; m. June 29, 1881,
s. D., Duglas S. Palmer.
^•^•^- Issue:
Clark Palmer; b. June 12, 1882.
Earl; b. June 9, 1885.
Lucy; b. Sept., 1887.
England 9th Vis., 1st Earl. 25—465. Sir Charles Wil-
liam Molyneux; m. Isabel, 2d dau. of
William, 2d Earl of Harrington.
Sir Charles William Molyneux, 9th Vis. and 1st Earl ;
b. Sept. 30th, 1748; in 1768 conformed to the Protestant
religion, and on March 5, 1769, received the sacrament
in St. Martin's church, London, when by Privy Seal at
St. James, Oct. 18, and patent at Dublin, Nov. 30, 1771,
his Majesty was pleased to advance him to the dignity of
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Earl of Sefton, in Ireland, with remainder to his issue
male. He d. December 30, 1794.
Issue :
2dEarl. 26— 527. William PhiUip Molyneux; b. Sept. 1,
1772 ; created a peer of the United King-
dom as Baron of Sefton of Croxteth
June 10, 1831; m. Jan. 1, 1792, Maria
Margret, dau. of William, 6th Lord
Craven; d. Nov. 20, 1838.
Ireland 25—468. William Molyneux, Esq., called '' The
Ingenious Molyneux " was born at his
father's house in New Row, Dublin,
April 17, 1656.
The heir to an easy fortune, having no particular pre-
diction for the law, he devoted himself chiefly to philoso-
phy and mathematics. June 19, 1678 he mairied with his
father's consent Lucy, youngest dau. of Sir William
Domville, Attorney-General of Ireland.
Mrs. Moyneux was a lady of remarkable beauty and
amiable disposition ; but unfortunately three months after
marriage she was attacked by an illness which not only
deprived her of sight but until her death 1 3 years after
(1691), caused her intolerable pain. Mr. Molyneux him-
self suffered hereditary affection of the kidneys which
seriously interfered with his enjoyment of life, and caused
his premature death Jan. 31, 1698. He returned with his
wife to Chester where he resided in a little house outside
the north gate for nearly two years.
After the battle of Boyne, Jan. 31, 1689, Mr. Molyneux
paid a hurried visit to his old father, Samuel Molyneux,
who persisted in remaining in Dublin. On his return
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through Wales he was taken by the Deuburgshire militia
for William Molyneux, eldest son of Lord Molyneux, for
whose apprehension £500 reward was offered, but having
proved his identity he was allowed to proceed on his
journey.
Mr. Molyneux was a friend of John Locke, and by his
will, a clause in his own hand, bequeathed the sum of £5
to buy a ring in memory of the esteem he held him.
Molyneux died of gall stone Oct. 2, 1698. Mrs. Molyneux
died May 9, 1691. He was buried in the north aisle of St.
Audocus church, Dublin. A portrait of Molyneux hangs
in Examination Hall, Trinity college, beside that of Arch-
bishop King. Molyneux was author of '' A Celebrated
Case of Ireland ".
Issue:
26 — 528. Samuel Molyneux, astronomer and poli-
tician. Lord of the Admirality; b. at
Chester July 18, 1689; graduated B. A.
in 1708, and M.A. in 1710.
He devoted two years to the improvement of his estate
in Armagh Co. He was sent by the Duke of Marlborough
in 1714 on a political mission to the court of Hanover,
where he witnessed, in the Herrenhausen Garden, the sud-
den death of the Electress Sophia on June 8, 1714. He
accompanied the royal family to England after the death
of Queen Anne, and was made secretary to the Prince of
Wales (George II). He married in 1717 Lady Elizabeth
Diana Capel, eldest daughter of the 2d Earl of Essex. Her
fortune was £10,000, and she inherited £18,000 with Kew
House, on the death in 1721 of Lady Capel of Tewkes-
bury, her great uncle's widow. Mr. Molyneux formed
schemes for the improvement of the navy, which his
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colleagues actively opposed, and these contrarieties per-
haps hastened his death through the development of brain
disease inherited from his mother. He was seized with a
fit in the House of Commons and after hngering a few
days in a stupor died April 13, 1728, aged 38. He was a
man of winning manners and obliging temper, and united
Irish wit to social accomplishments. His inflexible integ-
rity seemed to stand in the way of high advancement.
On the death oE his widow, 1780, Kew House was leased
by Frederick, Prince of Wales. It was demolished in
1804, and a sun-dial erected by William IV in 1834 now
commemorates the observations made there. Samuel
Molyneux presented one of his telescopes to King John V
of Portugal.
Note.— Mrs. Delany in her Autobiography, under date
16th April, 1728, thus alludes to his death:— "Mr. Muli-
nex is dead, the rabbit merchant; he married a sister of
my Lord Essex's."
522. William Molyneux,
Lawless in his History of Ireland says : —
The early half of the eighteenth century is such a very
dreary period of Irish history that there is little tempta-
tion to linger over it.
Two men, however, stand conspiciously against the
melancholy background. The first of them was William
Molyneux, *' The Ingenious Molyneux ", as he was called
by his contemporaries, a distinguished philosopher whose
life was almost exclusively devoted to scientific pursuits.
He was one of the chief founders of the Assos. Royal So-
ciety, and a friend of John Locke, with whom he con-
stantly corresponded. Both his letters and those of his
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brother, Dr. Thomas Molyneux, show everything con-
nected with the natural history of Ireland. Now it is
moving bog which has scared the natives in its neighbor-
hood out of their senses; now again some great find of
Irish elks, or some tooth of a mammoth which has been
unearthed, and it is gravely discussed how such a large
^* bodied beast " could have been transported overseas,
especially to a country where the Greeks and Romans
never had a footing, " and where therefore the learned
Mr. Camddius theory that the elephants bones found in
England were the remaining ones of those brought over
by the Emperor Claudius, necessarily falls to the ground. "
Both the Molyneux's belonged to a band of Irish Natur-
alists whose members are unfortunately limited.
William Molyneux's chief claim to remembrance rests
upon a work published by him in favor of the rights of
the Irish Parliament in the last year but one of the sev-
enteenth century, only seven years therefore after the
treaty of Limerick. As one of the members of the Dub-
lin University he had e\>ery opportunity of judging how
the grasp which the English Parliament maintained by
means of the absolute machinery of Poynings act was
steadily throttUng and benumbing all Irish enterprise.
In 1698 his remonstrance known as the "Case of Ireland",
famous from being burned by Act of Parliament made in
England, appeared with a dedication to King William. It
at once created an immense sensation, and was condemned
as seditious and libellous by the English ParUament, by
which the work in token of its utter abhorrence was con-
demned as seditious, and to be burned by the common
hangman.
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Few things will give a clearer idea of the extraordinarily
exasperated state of politics at that time than to read the
remonstrance which produced so tremendous a storm.
Take for example the words with which the earlier por-
tion of it closes, and which are worth studying if only
for the impressive dignity of their style, which not a Uttle
foreshadows Burke's majestic prose.
'' To conclude, I think it highly inconvenient for Eng-
land to assume the authority over the Kingdom of Ire-
land. I believe there will be no greater arguments to con-
vince this wise assembly of English Senators how incon-
venient it may be to England to do that which may make
the Lords and the people of Ireland think discontent.
The laws and liberties of England were granted about
500 years ago to the people of Ireland upon their submis-
sion to the Crown of England. How consistent it may
be with true policy to do that which the people of Ireland
may think an invasion of the, rights and liberties, I do
most humbly submit to the Parliament of England
— consider. They are men of great wisdom, honor and
justice, and know how to prevent all future inconven-
iences. We have heard great outcries and deservedly, on
breaking the edict of Nantes and other stipulations. How
far the breaking of constitutions which has been 500 years
standing exceeded these I leave the world to judge."
In another place Molyneux again vindicates the dignity
of Parliament, etc. His father, Samuel Molyneux, was a
master gunner and oflScer of the Irish Exchequer. He
had distinguished himself in the war of 1641-52, and al-
though offered the Recordership of Dublin clung with fond-
ness to his own profession, making experiments in gunnery
and construction of cannon at private butts of his own.
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William Molyneux entered Trinity College, April, 1676,
and having taken out his bachelor's degree, proceeded to
London, and entered at the middle temple in 1675.
While diligently studying law, his attention was also
toward the scientific pursuits. He returned to Dublin in
1678, and soon afterwards married Lucy Domville, daugh-
ter of the Irish Attorney-Gteneral. In 1683 was formed in
Dublin the Philosophical association and Royal Irish Acade-
my. Sir William Petty was president, and Molyneux acted
as secretary. Its first meetings were held in a house on
Cork Hill. He now became acquainted with some of the
leading personages of the times, and through the Diike
of Ormand's influence, was in 1684 appointed engineer
and surveyor of the King's buildings and works.
Next year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society,
and sent by the government to survey fortresses on the
coast of Flanders. He passed on to Holland and France,
and in Paris became acquainted with Boreilli the famous
mathematician. In 1686, soon after his return, he pub-
lished an account of the telescope dial invented by him-
self. The following year he had the pleasure of reading
advanced sheets of Newton's Principia sent him by Hal-
ley During the war of 1689-91 he resided at Ches-
ter, where he lost his wife. He then occupied himself in
the composition of a work on Droptrice. On his return he
waj3 appointed one of the commissioners of Fortified Es-
tates with a salary of £600. But the task was suited
neither to his taste nor his feelings. He was indifferent
about money, and soon resigned.
Molyneux.
A friend of Locke An ordinance passed by the
EngUsh ParUament in the 5th year of his reign (Edward
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III). ^^ That there shall be one and the same law for the
Irish and English " is frequently referred to in the once
interesting controversy with which Molyneux, as the
friend of Locke connected his name.
Note. — It is stated that '' The Case of Ireland " writ-
ten by William Molyneux which was burned by the Pub-
lic Executioner in 1812 by order of the British govern-
ment was read by Thomas Jefferson, and that he drew
from it many of the principles which he embodied in
'* The Declaration of Independence ".
25 — 470. Thomas Molyneux, Esq. ; b. in Dublin,
April 14, 1661, physician-general of the
army in Ireland ; created a baronet of
the Kingdom July 30, 1730; m. Cather-
ine, dau. of Ralph Howard, Esq., of
Shelton.
Sir Thomas Molyneux bought himself a house in Peter
street, Dublin. He was elected President of the College
of Physicians of Ireland, Oct. 19, 1702, and held the
office 1709-15-20, also Physician-General to the army.
He occupied a position in Ireland the same as that of
Richard Mead in England ; but in mental activity as well
as highest qualities included in the term good breeding, he
excelled Mead. Sir Thomas d. in 1733 and was buried
at Armagh Cathedral, where there is a statue of him by
RoubiUac.
Issue 16 children..
26—629. Daniel Molyneux; d. unm., 1738.
530. Capel Molyneux; m. 1st, Elizabeth East ;
m. 2d, Elizabeth Adlecorn.
531. Adam Molyneux.
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632. Samuel.
633. Thomas.
634. William; b. 1718; d. in Boston, U. S.
A., 1774; m. Ann Guionneaux.
835. Robert.
636. John; m
537. Richard.
538. Matthew; m. Sarah Fagan.
639. Michael.
840. George.
541 m. Sir Richard Wolsey, Bart.
542 m. Arthur St. George, Dean of
Ross.
643 m. John Gay, of Gaybrook.
644 John Garret, Bishop of Glogher.
Note. — Thomas Molyneux was educated at Dr. Henry
Ryder's school in Dublin, and entered Trinity College in
1676. He was graduated M.A. and M.B. He sailed from
Dublin in May, 1683, rested at Chester, and was intro-
duced to Bishop Peirson, whom he recognized from the
frontispiece of his *' Treatise on the Creed ". May 12,
he arrived in London and took lodgings at the Flower de
Luce, near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet street. He
called upon Nehemiah Graw, and there met Thomas Bur-
net, author of *^ Theoria Telluris ", and Robert Boyle, at
whose house he was introduced to Sir William Petty,
and Dr. Edward Browne, and on May 23 attended a meet-
ing of the Royal Society in Gresham College and saw Sir
Isaac Newton, John Evelyn, and Dr. Edward Tyson. He
enjoyed the conversation of these famous men as well as
that of John Flamstead, the astronomer. Early in June
he visited Eton and saw King William and Queen Mary
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at supper at Windsor. He saw " that extraordinary
platonick philosopher ", Dr. Henry More, and was sur-
prised at the purple gowns of the Trinity undergraduates.
He also visited Amsterdam, Haarlem, and Utrecht, and
finally entered the university of Leyden. Here he met
Locke, who afterwards wrote a letter to him from Utrecht
on Dec. 22, 1684, thanking him for his kindness. In 1711
he built himself a large town house in Peter street, Dub-
lin, and in 1715 was appointed state physician. In 1715
he published an account of an elephant's jaw found in
Cavan, and in 1725 '' A Discourse on Danish Forts ". In
1727 he wrote but did not print '' Some Observations on
the Taxes paid by Ireland to support the Government ".
— (Dublin University Magazine, Vol. xviii, where many of
his letters are printed in full.)
25 — 473. Daniel Molyneux, Esq., of Ballymulvey,
Co. Longford; m. Catherine, dau. of
Thomas Pooley.
Issue :
26 — 545. Elizabeth Molyneux; m. 1st Kel-
ly; m. 2d Hon. Moyneux Shouldham,
Baron (created a peer July 24, 1776;
youngest son of Lemuel), a clergyman
of the church of England living in the
diocese of Ossery, in Ireland, until his
death in 1728 ; and of his wife, who was
possessed of an estate of £1600 per an-
num, which he left to his only son, Poo-
ley Molyneux, Esq.; who d. in 1772,
leaving property to his nephew Lemuel
Shouldham, who d. 1774, leaving his
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Larlaugh,
Co. Kerry,
Ireland, to
Cleveland,
Ohio,
U. 8. A.
property to his brother Molyneux (his
heir). Molyneux Shouldham entered the
British Navy at 10 years of age, and be-
came Vice- Admiral of the blue squadron
of 'His Majesty's fleet ; d. unm.
25 — 474. Michael Molyneux; m. Catherine In-
wright.
Michael Molyneux.
26—546
Issue :
547
25—475.
Issue :
26—548.
Jerome.
John Molyneux of Larlaugh, Co. Kerry,
Ireland, settled in America (Cleveland,
Ohio,); m. Mary Moriarty.
John Molyneux; m. Mary Furlong.
Molyneux op Dunlavin, County Wicklow, Irei^and
25 — 477 a. Patrick Molyneux, a cattle trader;
m
Issue:
26—883.
884.
885.
26—883.
Patrick Peter Molyneux; b. 1814; d.
1900.
John Molyneux, for many years em-
ployed in Dublin Packet company.
Mary Molyneux; m Hickey.
Patrick Peter Molyneux ; b. in Dunlavin,
County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1814; d. in
America in 1900, aged 86 years. He
was a cattle trader, having learned the
trade from his father, who followed that
line of business between Dublin and
Liverpool for many years. At the age
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of 30 he came to America to follow the
same line of business. He livecl in New
Orleans for fifty years and was highly
respected by both church and state; m.
Bridget Quinn of Castle Pollard, Ireland.
Issue :
27 — 88(). Joseph Molyneux; m. Katherine ,
of Thules, Canada.
887. James Molyneux; m. Rose McCormick
of New Orleans, La.
888. John P. Molyneux, a priest, at present is
a member of the faculty of St. John's
College, Brooklyn, N. Y., besides being
a member of the trustees and treasurer
of the institution.
He was one of the band of American pilgrims, 250 in
number, who marched through the streets of Rome, and
assisted at the mass celebrated by Bishop Shanley of Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, and afterwards admitted to the Papal
Gardens, after having visited which they were admitted to
the Sistine Chapel, where a reception was held for the Holy
Father, Leo XIII.
It is stated that one of the privileged among the audi-
ence was the Rev. Father John P. Molyneux, C. M., a
special delegate to the Holy Father to make a presenta-
tion in honor of the Silver Jubilee of the pontificate of
Leo XIII. It consisted of a seal of the Pecci family.
The seal was mounted on a small gold Tiara. The donor
of this beautiful gift was Sir George P. Pope, commander
of the Knights of St. Gregory. The Rev. Father Moly-
neux was instrumental in obtaining a high ecclesiastical
honor for Mr. George Pope. After the Rev. Father Moly-
neux had made his address and presentation Monsignor
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Besletti remarked to the Holy Father that Father Moly-
neuz had a personal offering to make his Holiness, and
the Holy Father immediately inquired what it was, and
said he would gladly accept any token of respect from the
young priest. A box was opened which contained a new
white callotte (a cap constantly worn by the Pope). This
cap was placed on the head of the Holy Father and the
one which was taken from the Saintly Father was given
as an exchange to Father Molyneux. Besides, the Holy
Father placed his hand on the head of Father Molyneux
and blessed him and told him to convey the same benedic-
tion to his friends and relations at home.
When the Americans saw one of their party in posses-
sion of such a rich treasure they kissed it and placed their
rosaries in it at the same time, enthusiastic with joy at
the gift awarded their American pilgrim. The cap is now
in the possession of the Rev. Father John P. Molyneux of
Saint John's College, Brooklyn, N. T., and will be vener-
ated as a relic of one of the most saintly, learned and be-
loved of pontiffs.
Ireland 26 — 4:78. William Molyneux; m. 1827 against her
wishes, for she was very much younger,
Jane Fisher. She died in 1882.
Issue :
26 — 549. Thomas Fisher Molyneux; m. Emily
Ashe; d. 1894.
650. Richard William Molyneux, killed by
the kick of a horse in 1877; d. unm.
651. Robert Molyneux; b. 1832; d. 1889.
552. Jane Molyneux; b. 1829; m. John
Boothman of Liffy cottage, Blessington,
County Wicklow.
563. R^becc^. M9,ria Molyneux; m, Samuel
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Issue:
Darker, of Dublin, Ireland, a land com-
missioner; shed. May 11, 1901.
Thomas Darker.
Samuel Molyneux Darker; b. 1884.
Richard John; b. 886.
Ruby Jane.
554. Hannah Ellen Molyneux, died of fever.
25 — 480. Robert Molyneux; m. 1st,
Metcalf; m. 2d, Catherine Pepper of
Athy County. She d. May 2d, 1859; he
died in the faith of the Roman Catholic
church May 31, 1874.
Robert Molyneux became a convert to the Roman Catho-
lic church at the time of his first marriage, about the age
of 19. This caused an estrangement with his family.
He carried on a chandler business in Dunlavin, but went
to Kingston; then to Ballymor Eustace, in County Kuddy ;
then to Dublin, where he retired from all business and be-
came a gentleman. He was a man much respected and
very proud of his family name. A holy water spout in
the Roman Catholic church of Dunlavin records the name
of Robert Molyneux as a benefactor.
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He also left by will the sum of twenty- five pounds to be
expended on a square tablet to be erected with a white
marble cross in the Roman Catholic cathedral, Marlborough
street, as it was his desire to have his remains placed in
one of the vaults of the cathedral. Bequests were also left
to Saint Mary's Roman Catholic asylum for industrious
female blind of Merrion Castle, Merrion, County Dubhn ;
also for the asylum for industrious male blind, at Pros-
pect Glassmevin, to the Sisters of Charity and Saint Vin-
cent's hospital; also to the Roman Catholic institution for
the deaf and dumb, to the Night refuge. Brickfield Lane,
Cork street, Dublin, founded by the Very Reverend Doc-
tor Spratt.
Issue by 1st marriage:
26 — 566. Anthony Molyneux; m. Margaret Far-
rell (or O'Farrell), dau. of a wealthy
merchant in Thomas street, Dublin, Ire-
land; she d, in U. S. A., Feb. 7, 1853.
26 — 4:81. Thomas Molyneux; m. Margaret
Twamley. Left for America in 1832;
purchased a farm in Washington Coun-
ty, Mich., near Ann Arbor; at the death
of his wife sold his farm and went to
Elmira, N. Y. ; from here he moved to
Bath, N. Y. In 1848 he started for Ire-
land to settle property pertaining to the
estate of his mother. This was the last
ever heard of him.
Issue :
26 — 556. Robert Molyneux; m. Catherine Lovett
(called Kate).
557. Henry; m Case of Pennsylva-
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nia; she d. 1875. Served in the war of
the rebellion.
558. Thomas Molyneux; killed at Harper's
Ferry, Va., in war of the rebellion.
659. Captain Joseph Molyneux; b. 1840; m.
Henrietta Adela Lyon.
25 — 482. John Molyneux; m Lived in
Liverpool, England.
Issue (a large family).
25 — 488. Elianor Molyneux; m. John Tramley,
left for America in or about 1832; set-
tled in Michigan.
Issue:
Henry Tramley.
Ella.
Sarah Tramley; m Parshall of
Grand Rapids, Mich.
England to 26 — 491. William Molyneux, a publisher from
Ireland London, England; called to the Dublin
branch of the family ; m. Marie Leslie ;
settled in New York about 1835.
Issue (born in England) :
26—562. Harriet Molyneux.
563. Marie Elizabeth; d. July, 1901.
564. Emma; m. Lyman Satterlee Bumham,
a merchant in Brooklyn, L. I. He d.
in 1886.
565. Ellen; m.
566. Annie.
567. Margret.
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568. Alfred; d. aged 4 years.
569. Edward Leslie Molyneux; b. Oct. 12,
1833; m. Hattie Clark.
670. Arthur; d. aged 1 year.
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25—492. MOLYNEUX
Seel* of Huyton Hey
Thomas Molyneux Seel, Esq. ; of Huyton Hey, Co. Lan-
caster; J. P. for Co. Lancaster and Norfolk; D. L. for the
province; late major of the 2d Lancashire militia; b. July
1792; m. Oct. 31, 1823, Agnes, dau. Sir Richard Redding-
field, 6th Bart, of Oxbury Hall, Norfolk. She d. Sept.,
1870; he d. at Huyton Hey, Jan. 16, 1881.
Issue :
26 — 752. Edmund Richard Thomas Molyneux Seel ;
b. Aug. 6, 1824; m. Nov. 18, 1847 Coun-
tess Anna Maria de Lousade of Lousade.
753. Henry Harrington Richmond Howard
Molyneux; b. May 10, 1839; m. June,
1870, Louise, w^idow of Alexander Spear-
man, Esq., dau., of Edward Mannering,
Esq., of Whit more, Co., Stafford.
Issue: One son and one daughter, unable to find
names.
26 — 752. Edmund Richard Thomas Molyneux
♦This gentleman by royal license, dated July 12, 1815, in accordance with
the will of his maternal grandfather, Thomas Seel, Esq., of New Hall and
Lut. Grange, County Lancaster, took the surname and arms of Molyneux Seel
in lieu of his patrimony. He represented through his mother families Hough-
ton, Huyton, Molyneux of New Hall, Howanl of Lee, Green and Seel of Lan-
caster. Mr. Molyneux Seel was captain 2d Lan. Militia and a chamberlain to
Pope Leo XHI.
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Seel; b. Aug. 6, 1824; m. Nov. 18, 1847
Countess Anna Maria de Lousade of
Lousade.
Issue:
27 — 766. Edmund Harrington; Capt. 8th Foot.
766. Edward Hanore; b. 1862; m. 1892
Margret Bullock of Prince Gate W. D.
S. 0., 1900. Record of Maj. Edward
Honore Molyneux D. S. O., son of Ed-
mund Molyneux Seel, Esq.; entered R.
Scots Lothean Reg't 1863, major 1891.
Served in South Africa 1899-1901, men-
tioned in dispatches D. S. C. in 1892.
757. Agnes Mary Matilda; m. Feb., 1870, to
Sir John Larson.
768. Charlotte Amelia; m. Feb. 16, 1876
Charles Williams.
England (2d Earl.) 26—627. Sir William Phillip Molyneux;
b. Sept., 1787, created a peer June 16,
1831; m. Margaret, dau. of William,
6th Lord Craven June 1, 1832; d. Nov.
20, 1838.
Issue:
27—671. Son; d. infant.
(3Eari.)27— 672. Charles William Molyneux, third Earl,
Lord Lieutenant and Custor Robulormen
of Lancashire; b. July 10, 1796; m.
June, 1834, Mary Agustus, dau. of Rob-
ert Gregg Hop wood, Esq., of Hopwood
Hall, Co. Lane; d. Aug., 1866.
673. George Berkley Molyneux, Lieut. Col.
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in the army; b. July 16, 1789; m. Mrs.
Stuart; d. Aug., 1841.
574. Henry Richard Molyneux, Lieut. Col.;
b. Aug. 27, 1800; d. 1841.
575. Francis George Molyneux, late Secre-
tary of the Legation to Gtermanica Con-
federation; b. March 6, 1805; m. Lady
Georgianna Jemima Ashburnham; d.
May 24, 1868 ; she d. May, 1882, aged 72.
Ireland 26—530. Capel Molyneux (Sir); prisoner in the
Tower in 1696; m. 1st, Elizabeth East,
dau. of William East, of Hall Place,
Co. Berks (sister of Sir Edward East);
d. in Dublin, Aug., 1797, aged 80. Sir
Capel was M. P. for the University of
Dublin. He erected a fine obelisk near
his park at Castle Dillon' to commemo-
rate the revival of the constitution of
Ireland; m. 2d, Elizabeth, only dau. of
Lieut. Gen. Adlecorn (sometime com-
mander-in-chief in the East Indes).
Issue by 1st wife:
27—576. Capel Molyneux; b. 1750; d. 1832; m.
Margret O'Donnell, dau. to Sir Neal,
Bt., Newport, Co. Mayo, in Gloucester
St., July, 1785. The bride was a lineal
descendant from the O'Dones, anciently
Earls of Tircounel, formerly sovereigns
in Co. Donegal.
577. Gteorge Molyneux; m. Catherine, dau.
of Richard Gore, M* P. for Granand.
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Issue by 2d wife:
578 Thomas Molyneux; m. Elizabeth Perrin;
d. 1841.
679. John Molyneux; m Ella Young.
580. Sarah Molyneux; m. Lord Tynte.
581. Annie; m. Sir Anthony Brabazon.
26 — 533. Thomas Molyneux; m
Issue:
27 — 582. William Molyneux.
583. Thomas.
584. John.
585. Joseph.
586. James Molyneux, gent.
587. Samuel Molyneux; b. 1759; m. Sa-
rah
588. Jane ; b. 1759.
589. George Molyneux; b. 1760; d. 1775.
He was a painter, studied under James Manners. He
was employed for some time in a manufactory of Mr.
Wise at Waterford, where he painted trays and snuflf
boxes hke those made in Birmingham. Obtained some
success as a landscape painter and exhibited in London
Royal Academy from 1770-75. Married a young woman
who kept an ale house near Temple Bar, called the
** Horseshoe and Magpie ", a place of popular resort.
26—534. William Molyneux; b. 1718; d. in Bos-
ton, Mass., 1774; m. Ann Guionneaux.
Issue :
Boston, 27 — 590. Major William Molyneux, jr. Served
Mass., first, as private to Gen. John Hancock's
U.S.A. (Boston Independent) Co., commanded
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by Lieut. Col. Henry Jackson; arrived
at Camp April 17, 1777 ; discharged May
5, 1777, service 21 J days. Company
marched from Boston to Rhode Island.
William Molyneux subscribed to regula-
tions for formation of an independent
company to be raised in Boston; officers
of said Boston independent company
commissioned in council Dec. 7, 1776,
Maj. John Hancock to serve as colonel,
Henry Jackson to serve as lieutenant-
colonel.
591. Michael Molyneux; private Capt. EJlias
Parkman's detachment; engaged July
2, 1778; discharged July 17, 1778, ser-
vice 15 days. Detachment drafted to
serve as guards; also pay roll for same
service dated Boston. Capt. Michael
Molyneux d. 1798.
692. John Molyneux; d. 1826. Brass foun-
der, celebrated for his superior work.
He was probably the first maker of the circular bar
andirons, 75 years ago at least. He was then an elderly
man. Brass andirons were made by John Mollineux, a
brass founder located on Marshall's Lane, corner of Creek
square, at '' the Boston store " from 1808 till 1843 or 44.
He was a man of mark and superior workman, a man of
public spirit, and a member of a Republican Institution
and Mechanic association. In his day the brass andirons
of his make were among the first selections for parlor
adoraments. They were fashionable as late as 1850, when
the introduction of open coal grates sent many brass
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founders into manufacturing brass-mounted open grates
instead of andirons. Subsequently to this the andirons
were made in New Briton and of cheaper material, and
are now sold only in the far west. But Molyneux in his
day was first and best on andiroris in Boston.
593. Edward Molyneux. Took in Suffolk
Co., Feb. 24, 1777, the oath required by
congress on entering into the army.
William Molyneux
Boston. 26 — 534. William Molyneux, a distinguished and
Mass-. patriotic merchant of Boston; died there
U. 8. A. Oct. 22, 1774, aged 58.
Like Revere he was of Huguenot ancestry. About the
year 1760 he with William Phillips and others estabhshed
the manufactory on the east side of what is now Hamilton
Place. Here the people were taught spinning and weav-
ing free of cost. This building was put up in 1768, Moly-
neux from the beginning of the dispute with the Mother
country was an active and influential Whig, member of
the " Long Eoom Club " formed in 1762, and of the Sons
of Liberty in 1765 ; was one of the Boston committee of
correspondence from its origin in 1772 and spokesman ap-
pointed by the Liberty Tree meeting Nov. 4 to request the
consigners to resign. He took active part in all public
meetings that followed. Molyneux and Dr. Young were
the only prominent leaders of the people who were known
to have been actively present at the destruction of the tea.
Molyneux was a member of a committee of which
Samuel Adams was chairman to demand the removal of
the British troops from Boston. John Adams relates that
Molyneux was obliged to march by the side of the troops,
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to protect them from the indignation of the people.
With the exception of Samuel Adams no name is of-
tener found in connection with public acts of the day than
that of William Molyneux, and his death a few months
before the war broke out was a great loss to the patriot
cause. While the Boston Port bill was under discussion
in the British cabinet, Governor Hutchinson was told by
Lord Mansfield that the Lords of the Council had their
pens ready to sign irhe warrant for the transportation to
England and trial of Adams, Molyneux, and others, for
high treason, but were prevented by the doubts of the
attorney and solicitor-general as to the sufficiency of the
evidence to convict them.
A committee consisting of WiUiam Molyneux, Dr. Jo-
seph Warren and Benjamin Church, and others waited on
them at Clark's warehouse at the foot of King (now State)
street, where with a number of friends they had assem-
bled. Molyneux was spokesman.
" Prom whom are you a committee ? "
** I am one," said Molyneux, and he named the rest.
^* What is your request ? "
'' That you give us your word to sell none of the teas
in your charge, but return them to London in the same
bottoms in which they were shipped. Will you comply ? "
'* I shall have nothing to do with you," was the rough
and peremptory reply, in which the other consignors who
were present concurred.
Molyneux then read the resolve passed at Liberty Tree,
declaring that those who should refuse to comply with
the request of the people, were '' enemies to their coun-
try " and should be dealt with accordingly. On the fol-
lowing Monday Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, and Moly-
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neux were then desired to acquaint Messrs. Clark and
Faneuil that the town expected immediate answer from
them.
Samuel Adams, Hancock, Warren, and Molyneux were
the most prominent of the popular leaders; they appre-
hended fully the responsibilities. They had a great princi-
ple to maintain, and the courage to uphold it.
William Molyneux was a prominent merchant who
gave his sympathy to the cause of the people. He was
one of the committee who demanded the removal of the
troops after the massacre of March 5th, 1770. He was
one of the Indians comprising the " Tea Party ". He
was also one of the promoters of the Spinning School in
Longacre. He died before the outbreak of hostilities.
Decbbiber 19, 1760.
Origin of the Revolution of the United States of
America
*' Petition in memorial was presented to the General
Court on the 19th of December, 1760. As the signers
were the principal business men of the town, their names
here given as a necessary to show to the head and feet of
the opposition to the Crown Officials, then resident of
among them. These names are found — ^John Avery, Wil-
liam Molyneux, etc. This circumstance was the origin of
the Revolution.
"Oct. 27, 1768, large and commodious stores on Wheel-
right's Wharf were hired by William Molyneux, attorney
of Mr. Apthrop, at 300 lbs. sterling per annum for the re-
ception of the regiments from Ireland when they should
arrive May 5th, 1769. The gentlemen chosen to instruct
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the representatives were Hichard Dana, John Adams,
John Ruddock, Drs. Church and Warren, Joseph Hen-
shaw, and William Molyneux (often spelled Molineux),
July 28, 1769."
'^ A meeting of the merchants of Boston to take into
consideration the late movements in England relative to
the reduction of duties, etc., etc.
'' The merchants saw through this and declared that
such reduction would by no means relieve them from the
difficulties under which they labored. At the same meet-
ing a committee was appointed to prepare a statement of
the embarrassments and difficulties.
^' The Trade Labors under by means of the late Regu-
lations and Revenue Acts, and also of a true representa-
tion of the conduct of the Commissioners and other Offi-
cers of the Custom by the same, before the merchants of
the next meeting. The gentlemen who had this in charge
were Arnold Wells, Esq., Mr. William Dennis, and Mr.
William Molyneux, and others, — 6th of March, 1770."
'' March 6, 1770, after the so-called Boston Massacre
in King or State street, a meeting of the citizens ad-
journed from Faneuil Hall to the old South Meeting House
appointed a committee of fifteen to wait upon the Gover-
nor and Council and request the removal of the troops
from town. The committee returned and reported that the
troops which had fired would be withdrawn. This was
voted not satisfactory and a committee of seven from the
larger committee, was sent to the Governor, among the
seven William Molyneux."
The Boston Massacre, March 6th, 1770
Frederick Kidder says: '' A town meeting was held at
Faneuil Hall on the day after the massacre at eleven
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o'clock, but in consequence of the great concourse of
people was adjourned to Rev. Dr. SewalPs meeting house.
The committee consisted of John Hancock, Samuel
Adams, William Molyneux and others, as a ' committee '
of the town of Boston.
'' Boston, March 12th, 1770. Jeremiah Allen of lawful
age testified that on the eve of the 5th day of March, be-
ing about 9 o'clock, in the front chamber of the house
occupied by Col. Ingersol, in King street, he heard some
guns fired which occasioned his going to the balcony of
said house where he was in company with Mr. William
Molyneux, jr., and John Simpson being near them, say-
ing to them at the same time pointing his hand towards the
Custom House ' There they are out of the Custom
House.' "
Article 63. Gleaner
^' On that portion of the lot east of the passage to the
present Beacon street, William Molyneux built in the next
county a splendid mansion, having acquired the land in
1760, which had come down from Turner, through his
sons-in-law John Fayerweather, Benj. Alvord, and John
Alvord."
After William Molyneux died (1774), the estate passed
to Charles Apthrope, and was confiscated when in 1782,
the Commonwealth sold Daniel Dennison Rogers, who
acquired other lands hereabout as is shown in the Gleaner,
article No. 42, while in No. 37 the same investigation has
traced the title to lots in Beacon street from Mt. Vernon to
Somerset street, taking in the Governor Bowdoin estate,
just east of the Molyneux House. After some vicissitudes
a title was conveyed to John Eringin, 1756, to James
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Bowdoin, and its subsequent history is given in article
No. 39.
English good steriing — Madeira and Malaga Wines-
Currents, etc., are openly advertised in the papers as for
sale by W. and J. Molyneux, in State street, with the
announcement that hard or paper money, French, Span-
ish, or Dutch bills of exchange would be received in pay-
ment of the above goods. '
26 — 536. John Molyneux; m.
Issue:
27 — 594. John Molyneux.
595. Samuel Molyneux.
596. James.
Duniavin, 26—538. Mathew Molyneux; m. Sarah Fagan.
Co. Wick. Issue:
low,lreiand 27—597. Thomas Moly neux ; m. Elizabeth
598. William Molyneux; b. Feb. 22, 1764.
599. George Molyneux; b. 1761; d. 1776.
26 — 548. John Molyneux ; m. Mary Furlong.
Issue :
27—600. Mary Molyneux; b. June 27, 1871; d.
1875.
6.01. John P. Molyneux; b. June 1, 1872; m.
Helen Michael.
602. Elizabeth; b. Feb. 18, 1876.
603. Margret; b. 1878.
604. Jane; b. Jan. 29, 1880.
605. May; b. May 9, 1882.
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606. William; b. Sept. 8, 1889; d Dec. 8,
1896.
26 — 549. Thomas Fisher Molyneux; m. Emily
Ashe. She d. 1879; he d. 1894.
Issue :
27 — 607. William Molyneux of Loughmogue.
608. Ellen (Nellie) Molyneux; m. Frederick
Byrne, lives at the old home Loughmo-
gue House, having paid her brother for
the privilege.
20 — 565. Anthony Molyneux, only child of Eob-
ert Molyneux and his first wife
Metcalf, was educated for a Roman
Catholic priest but did not care for the
profession, and married very young,
against the wishes of his father, Mar-
garet Farrell (or O'Farrell), the dau. of
a wealthy merchant in Thomas street,
Dublin.
His father, Robert Molyneux, set him up in business,
but he did not succeed and had some words with his
father in regard to money matters, and left Ireland with
his young wife and infant daughter, Mary Monica, for
America, in or about the year 1847. He first lived in
Brooklyn, L. I., then went to Michigan, afterwards moved
to the village of Penn Tan. In 1850 he moved to Seneca
Falls. Here on June 22 a son was born and chirstened in
the Roman Cathohc church, Robert Anthony Molyneux,
Michael Dowling, godfather; Mary Dowling, godmother.
With money gone, Anthony Molyneux worked with
Thomas J. Paine in the chandler business in 1849-51.
^^ He possessed a process for the manufacture of candles
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which required no snuffing, put in an ordinary candle "
(signed John L. Paine).
In 1851 Anthony Molyneux left his young wife and
two children, saying he was going south to Virginia in
order to enter a college as teacher of languages (of which
he spoke seven). He left Seneca Falls in 1851, saying he
would soon send for his wife and children, but this was
the last ever heard from him. Sometime after '' In a
dream his wife saw him murdered ". This dream so im-
pressed her that she gave her daughter Mary Monica to
the care of a family by name of Gifford, her infant son
Robert Anthony Molyneux (then 10 months) to Mrs. C.
M. S. Jackson, and started to find her husband. Reaching
Geneva, N. Y., but a few miles from her late home, she
was stricken with fever, from which effects she died Feb.
7, 1853. On her death bed she spoke of a brother in Dub-
lin, Ireland. On her death her daughter, who had been
taken by the family of Gifford, was re-christened Alice
Molyneux Gifford.
27 — 609. Alice Molyneux Gifford (Mary Monica
Molyneux); b. in Ireland in 1845; m.
Morgan Nichols of Seneca Falls, Dec. 7,
1866; d. suddenly, Dec. 24, 1866.
Oh Alice, thou hast left many friends in deep sadness.
Fond hearts that once cherished thee here ;
We often have shared in thy mirth and thy gladness,
United in soul by a tie very dear.
Thou art gone from this world and its changes forever
Thou wilt gladen no more thy dear friends' fond sight ;
Those pleasant blue eyes we shall meet again never,
For darkness has quenched all their lustre and light.
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Thou has finished thy work, yet we ever shall cherish
A remembrance of thee and thy life's early close;
Thy treasure are laid where they never will perish,
And in safety with them will thy spirit repose.
610. Eobert Anthony Molyneux; b. June 22,
1850; m. Aug. 30, 1876 (Ellen) Nellie
Zada Rice, eldest dau. of Edward Flint
Rice and Ellen Amy Eaton, and grand-
daughter of Hon. Hiram Eaton and
Zada Avery.
Eimira, 26 — 556. Robert Molyneux; m. Catherine (Kate)
N. Y., Lovett.
U.S.A. Issue:
27 — 611. Joseph B. Molyneux, killed on the rail-
road.
612. Frank Molyneux.
613. Robert Molyneux.
Cleveland, 26 — 569. Joseph B. Molyneux (often spelled Moly-
o^^o, neaux); b. Jan. 1, 1840; m. Henrietta
U. 8. A. (Nettie) Lyon, May 26, 1863, while home
on leave of absence from the army.
Issue:
27—614. William Molyneux; b. Oct. 2, 1868; m.
Rena Gill.
615. Robert; b. Feb. 8, 1873, lieutenant in
the 10th Ohio infantry during the Span-
ish war.
616. Raymond L. ; b. Aug. 27, 1876.
Military Record op Uapt. Joseph B. Molyneaux
(Molyneux)
Enlisted as private Co. B, 7th Ohio Vol. Infantry for 3
months service, April 19, 1861, Mustered in as sergeant
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April 30, 1861 ; to Camp Dennison, 0. ; on duty there until
June, 1861; reorganized for three years service June 16,
1861. Elected 1st lieutenant Co. B., mustered in June 18,
ordered to West Virginia June 28. At Clarksburg June
29. Expedition to Weston and capture of $65,000 in gold
June 29-30. Relief of Glenville July 5, Gauley River,
July 28, second Brigade Army of Occupation E. Va. Bat-
tle of Cross Lanes, Aug. 25-27. Cox's Brigade, Depart-
ment W. Va. Detached to command Co. E, Sept. 1 to
Oct. 1, Camifax Ferry Sept. 10, Cheap Mt. Sept. 13, Fay-
etteville Sept. 25. Temporarily detached to command a
company in the 1st Kentucky infantry, Oct; in command
of a raid in the mountains from Maiden, Oct. Relieved
and returned to Co E, 7 0. V. S. till Feb., 1862; Ben-
ham's expedition to Loop Creek, Nov. 13-17, 1861;
McCay's Mills, Nov. 15 at Charleston, W. Va. Till Dec.
at camp Keys Romney. Dec. 3d Brigade Dist. of Graf-
ton, Jan., 1862. Expedition to Blue Gap. Jan. 6-7, ap-
pointed Adjutant of Regiment Feb. 1. Third Brigade,
Landers Div., Feb. Reconnaisance to Bloomery Gap, Feb.
13-14. Acting A. D. C. to G^n. Landers during the ex-
pedition.
Bloomery Furnace Feb. 14. Commanding escort to
Gen. Landers's body enroute to train March 3; 3d Bri-
gade, Shield Div. March. Advanced toward Winchester
March 7-15. Recon. to Strausburg March 18. Kernstown
March 22-28. Winchester March 23-24 Cedar Creek
March 27. 3d Brigade, 1st Div. Opt. Rappahannock.
Woodstock, April 1. Edenburg April 2. Monterey April
12. McDonnell May 8. March to Fredericksburg May
12-21. White Plains May 29. Front Royal May 29-30.
Gains Roads May 31. Strausburg and Stanton Road June
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Capt. Joseph B. Molyneux (36—559)
Son of Thomas Molyneux and Margret Twamley
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1-2, Port Republic June 8-9. 1st Brigade 2d Div., 2d
Corps Army of Va. to Alexandria, Va., and duty there
until August. Cedar Mountain Aug. 9. Wounded in
head, right shoulder and left leg. Two horses shot. Re-
mained on duty, treated in quarters.
Groverton Aug. 29. Bull Run (2) Aug. 30. Chantilly
Sept. 1, (Reserve). Promoted to captain Co. A Sept. 1,
1862. 1st Brigade, 2d Div., 12 Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac, Sept. South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14. Antie-
tam Sept. '6-18. Recon. to Lovittsville, Oct. 21. Detailed
to inspect Gten. Crawford's division on Maryland Heights.
Recon. to Ripson, Nov. 9. Recon. to Charleston Dec. 27.
Burnside's second campaign (mud march) Jan. 20-24, 1863.
Honorably discharged Feb. 11, 1863, for disability aris-
ing from wounds received in action and sun stroke. Re-
entered service as Captain Co. E, 150 0. V. S., May, 1864.
Ordered to Washington, D. C, and assigned to command
of Fort Thayer. Defences of Washington July 11-12.
Ordered to Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered out Aug. 6,
1864.
Captain Joseph B. Molyneux (Molyneaux) was appointed
to succeed Mayor John B. Farley on the State Board of
Reviews. Mr. Molyneux is a well-known citizen. In
1883 he was deputy sheriff and from 1892-99 he was a
member of the Board of Equation.
He had considerable experience in tax matters. '^ The
captain was also assistant postmaster under Postmaster
Jones, and was retained in the same capacity by Postmas-
ter Armstrong. He is a prominent member of the Grand
Army of the Republic." (June, 1902.)
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Cleveland, 26 — 660. James Molyneux; b. io England; m.
Ohio, Issue :
u. s. A. 27—616. Edward Molyneux.
617. Elizabeth.
618. Catherine.
619. (Polly.)
Greater 26 — 669. Edward Leslie Molineux (Molyneux) b.
New York in London, England, Oct. 12, 1833 edu-
u. s. A. cated at the Mechanic's Society School in
New York; m. Hattie Clark, dau. of
Geoi^e T. Clark of Middletown, N. T.
Issue :
27 — 620. Leslie Edward Molineux; m. Susan
Bailey.
621. Eoland Burnham; b. Aug. 12, 1867; m.
Blanch Chesebrough ; marriage annulled
Oct., 1903.
622. Cecil Sefton; b. April 7, 1876.
Brevet Majok-General Edward Leslie Molineux, U.S.A.
War Record of Maj. Oen. Edward L. Molineux {Moly-
neux\ Col, 159th New York Infantry. Battles of
Opeqvxin^ Fishers Hillj Middletown
Brevet Maj. Gen. Edward Leslie Molineux (Molyneux)
was born Oct. 12, 1833. He first became identified with
the National Guard of New York in 1854; subsequently
joined the Brooklyn City Guard (13th regiment) and passed
through several grades of non commissioned rai^, his
membership being terminated by his acceptance of an im-
portant mission to S. America.
At the outbreak of the Civil War he was among the
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first to volunteer in defence of the Union, enrolling him-
self as a member of the 7 th regiment. He was one of
the foremost promoters of the 23d of Brooklyn, when
brigade inspector of the 11th Brigade; subsequently un-
animously elected lieutenant-colonel of the 23d regiment.
In August, 1862, as lieutenant-colonel he raised the
159th regiment of New York volunteers; was mustered
into the United Service the following November as full
colonel, and assigned to the Banks expedition with his
regiment. He commanded a detachment of Gten. Banks's
army, protecting the right wing of the main body during
the feint against Port Hudson.
On August 14, 1863, during the battle of Irish Bend,
Col. Molineux was severely wounded in the jaw while
leading a charge.
As soon as his wounds permitted he returned to active
service, and participated in the various fights of the Red
River campaign, was appointed assistant inspector-general
of the department of the Mississippi ; afterwards provost
marshal-general and commissioner for the exchange of
prisoners.
He was made military commander of the Lafourche
District, Louisiana, and assigned to the duty of organiz-
ing state troops or independent companies of Louisiana
Scouts.
Upon the construction of the celebrated dam at Alex-
andria Col. Molineux was given command of all the United
States forces on the north side of the Red River. After
the campaign he was ordered north with his regiment,
joining General Grant in the operations against Peters-
burg and Richmond. He organized a provisional division
of the 19th Army Corps, re-enforced Gen. Sheridan in the
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valley, and participated in all the engagements and battles
of that campaign.
He was promoted Brigadier-GteneraJ by brevet for con-
spicuous gallantry and zeal at Fisher's Hill, Winchester,
and Cedar Creek.
At the close of their campaign, his brigade was sent by
sea to reinforce Gen. Sherman, and Gren. Molineux was
placed in charge of the works at Savannah of Port Pu-
laski and Tybee. He was instrumental in saving the
ship '' Lawrence '*, in recognition of ^jrhich the New York
Board of Underwriters voted him a service of plate.
He was made military commander of the district of
northern Georgia, with headquarters at Augusta. He
seized and secured to the United State government coun-
terfeit and bullion to a very large amount, over 70,000
bales of cotton, quartermaster and commissionary stores,
aggregating in value $10,000,000, and government build-
ings and factories of great value. His administration of
affairs was marked by wisdom, uniform courtesy and
kindness, combined with a bold execution of the military
law. Gen. Molineux won the esteem of the entire com-
munity, receiving the thanks of the city and council and
merchants of that city for his honest and fair treatment
of the people of the town.
He returned to civil hfe with the rank of Major-General
by brevet *' for gallant and meritorious services during
the war". He was subsequently made Major-General of
the 2d Division National Guard, State of New York.
He has a for a number of years been connected with
the firm of F. W. Devoe and C. T. Reynolds, New York
City. He has contributed valuable articles to periodicals
on subjects relating to physical culture in public schools.
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the suppression of riots on railroads and in cities, and on
various military subjects.
Although he has been frequently nominated for office
he has persistently declined political preferment. He is
an active member of the military order Loyal Legion,
Grand Army of the Republic and of various public and
charitable associations.
General E. L. Molineux is to give his three swords, all
of which were presented to him, to his three sons, Leslie,
Roland, and Cecil. Two of the blades have war records.
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The third is highly valuable because of personal associa-
tions. The sabre which is to be presented to Leslie is the
one he carried through the Civil War. It was presented
to the General in 1862. It bears this inscription: "To
Lieutenant-Colonel E. L. Molyneux, 159th N. Y. Vols.,
from the Citizens of Brooklyn.'' At Morganza, La., a
confederate took deliberate aim at General Molineux and
fired, but the bullet struck the scabbard and glanced aside,
killing the horse. At Irish Bend, La., he was wounded
and carried off the field unconscious. The scabbard and
belt were cut from him, and left on the field, but the
saber was tied to his hand. General Dick Taylor, C. S. A.,
a son of President Taylor, sent the scabbard from the
rebel lines under a flag of truce. All through the Red
River Expedtion, the siege of Port Hudson, Deep Bottom,
Petersburg, and Savannah, General Molineux wore his
prized blade. It is an extremely light Austrian Cavalry
sabre.
The second sabre« which Roland is to have, has a gold
plate, bearing the words '^ Presented to E. L. Molineux,
Colonel commanding 159th N. Y. V., by the officers and
members of the 23d Regt. N. G. S. N. Y., May 7th,1866.''
Its history abounds with romance. It was sent to him at
Augusta when he was in command of the district of
Georgia. Ten years ago he sent it in care of the captain
of a vessel which was carrying arms to the Cuban insur-
gents — to an officer of Garcia's band whom he knew.
The officer was killed and the sabre lost until a few days
ago, when the general received a letter from A. C. Grabo
of 1 1 1 Fifth Avenue, saying that a few years ago a sabre
with his name upon it had been found in an old store-
house in Port au Prince, Hayti. The saber came back
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last week, and its dented edge was an eloquent witness
of the bravery of the Cuban who wore it. The third blade
was presented to him by friends after the war, when he
was appointed by Governor Grover Cleveland Major-Gen-
eral of the Second Division of the state troops. It was
made at Tiffany's. The straight blade is of steel richly
inlaid, and the scabbard is heavily decorated with the
arms of the United States.
General Edward L. Molineux in relating his experience
when in charge of the exchange of prisoners in Georgia
in the Civil War after Sherman's '' March to the Sea "
tells this anecdote: In one instance there was a non-com-
missioned officer of the Union Army whom General Moli-
neux was anxious to have exchanged, but he had no Con-
federate prisoner to give back in return. He told his pre-
dicament to the Confederate officer detailed to negotiate
exchanges, and after an extended conference the Confeder-
ate officer made this proposition, that General Molineux
should give him a bottie of whiskey like that he had
drank in Genral Molineux's quarters, also a quire of letter
paper and a package of envelopes. The negotations were
mutually satisfactory ; General Molineux got his man and
the Confederate officer secured what was of most value to
himself.
27
(3d, Earl.) 27—572. Sir Charles William Molyneux; m.
England Mary Agusta, dau. of Robert Gregg
Hopwood, Esq., of Hopwood Hall, Co.
Lancaster; d. 1856.
Issue:
28—623. William Phillip Molyeux; b. 1836; d.
1897.
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624r. Caryll Craven Molyneux; b. Oct. 4,
1836; m. Caroline Wenlock.
625. Henry Hervey Molyneux; b. 1842 (San-
born House).
626. Roger Gordon Molyneux ; b. 1849.
627. Cecila Maria Charlotte; b. 1838 V. A.
(sometime Hon. Lady in waiting to H.
R. H. the Dutchess of Connaught; and
a Lady of the Bedchamber to H. M.
Queen Victoria. Was m. July, 1869, to
the Viscount Dowe.
628. Constance Molyneux; b. 1848; m. 1890
William Melvill, Esq.
27 — 573. Hon. George Berkeley Molyneux,
Ueutenant in the army; m. Mrs. Eliza
St. Stuart. He d. Aug., 1841.
Issue:
28—889. Charles Berkeley Molyneux, Capt. 4th
light dragoons and adjutant Duke of
Lancashire's own yeoman Cv. ; b. Aug.
2, 1816; m. Emily, dau. of Rev. John
Meara,of Headford, Co. Kilkinny, Sept.
9, 1851.
Issue, 5 sons and 2 daughters:
29—890. William Berkeley Molynex; b. June 10,
1852.
981. George Philip Berkeley Molyneux; b.
Dec. 3, 1857.
892. Arthur John Berkeley Molyneux; b.
June 2, 1862.
893. Charles Henry Berkeley Molyneux; b.
May 15, 1864,
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894. Walter Lionel Berkley ; 1. Aug. 27, 1863.
895. Helen Cecilia Berkley Molyneux.
896. Emily Adelaide Berkeley Molyneux.
27 — 575. Francis George Molyneux; m. Lady
Georgianna Jemima Ashburnham.
Issue:
28—629. Georgia Isabella Francis Molyneux ; m.
Charles Pasco Greenfield, Esq.
630. Maria Molyneux; d. May 3, 1872.
631. Louise Anne Marie.
632. Francis.
633. Caroline Harriette; m. Nov. 19, 1836,
Charles Townley; d. Feb. 8, 1866. He
d. Nov. 6, 1876.
634. Katherine; d. March 25, 1855.
Countess Louise Molyneux married against the wishes
and unbeknown to her father Symonds, head gard-
ner of the estate, and hence was disowned. Her husband
met with a tragic death, falling from a ladder. He was
brought before her dying, a rib having penetrated the
bladder. She became insane, giving birth to a seven
months child, a daughter Mabel, and died (in France) two
weeks after.
Mabel Molyneux Symond; m
Wyille. Settled in America, marriage
annulled
Issue:
Douglas Wyllie.
Edith Wyllie.
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Ireland 27—576. Sir Thomas Molyneux, 6th Baronet; m.
Elizabeth Perrin; d. Nov. 26, 1841.
Issue (only legitimate child):
28 — 635. George King Adiecorn Molyneux; b.
1813; m. Julia Green, July 6, 1837. He
d. Jan. 25, 1848; she m. 2d, in 1849 Wil-
liam Eklward Fox of London and d. Nov.
11, 1874.
25 — 578. Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baronet, had
issue other sons and daughters.
28—779. William Molyneux.
780. Capel.
781. Thomas.
782. John.
783. Harriet; m. 1819 Sir Thomas Phillips;
d. 1832.
Issue of this marriage:
1. Harriet Elizabeth Molyneux in 1842
married unbeknown to her father, whose
stolen marriage he never forgave, James
Orchard Halliwell, Esq., P. R. S., editor
of Shakespeare and a long list of Uter-
ary works — who since his father-in-law's
decease has taken the name of Phillips
in conformity with the will of his wife's
grandfather.
2. Katherine; m. Rev. John Eklward Addi-
son Fenwick.
3. Mary; m. Rev. John Walcott.
28 — 781. Thomas Molyneux, yoimger son of Sir
Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baron, was a
sailor.
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He first served five years as midshipman in H. M. S.
Platagence, was engaged in the attack on the French fleet
by Admiral Cornwallis on August 21, 1850; assisted in the
landing of the army in Portugal in Aug., 1808 and at its re-
embarkation during and after the battle of Corunna on
January 17 and 18, 1809. He was then transferred to
H. M. S. Sabrina, and accompanied the expedition to Wal-
cheren in July, 1809; served in the squadron of gun- boats
in the Scheldt covering the disembarkation of the army,
and at the bombardment and capture of the fortress of
Ter Vere, Ramakins, and Flushing. He landed with a di-
vision of sailors on the island of South Beveland; was
present at the taking of Fort Batz, and on duty there dur-
ing the repulse of several attacks made by the French and
Dutch flotilla on it; was in frequent gun-boat actions
covering the retreat of the army on its evacuation of the
islands in December, 1809, and in consequence of fever
contracted on this occasion, was invalided and discharged
by an order from the admirality soon after landing in
England in 1810.
He next obtained a commission in the army and joined
the 4th Foot in the Peninsula in 1811 ; was promoted Ueu-
tenant in the 77th Foot in 1812, was engaged at Ciudad
Rodrigo and Badajos, at the operations on the Bidassoa
and Adour, the affairs at St. Jean de Luz and the Mayor's
House at Bidart, and at the investment and surrender of
Bayonne; and finally was sent home in charge of the
wounded and invaids of the fifth division in August, 1814.
He was author of the '* Explanation of the XIX Maneu-
vres '' (1819), issued prior to Dunda's Drill-Book of 1825.
He received the decoration of the Royal Hanoverian Quel-
phic Order, and the war medal with a clasp for Badajos in
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1848, thirty-four years after the work was done, thanks
to the exertions of Charles, fifth Duke of Richmond, but
for whom he and his comrades would never have had a
medal at all. He died a heutenant-general.
Stat fortuna domus Virtus."
28 — 782. John Molyneux, younger son of Sir
Thomas Molyneux, 6th Baronet, m. Mary
widow of Captain William Bowen.
Sir John Molyneux was a soldier, of whom Sir John
Eean (afterwards Lord Kean of Ghuznee), commanding
in the West Indies, wrote to Lord Worcester on September
6, 1824: '* His regiment best shows his qualifications as
an officer, for in my life I never saw a corps so near per-
*fection."
Issue of this marriage:
29—784. William Charles Francis Molyneux, Es-
quire, Major-General, Fourth Class
Knight of Imperial Turkish Order, of
the Osmanich, Fellow of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society; b. July 1, 1845; m.
Sept. 12, 1888, Violet Jessie, younger
daughter of the late George Canning
Clairmonte.
Major-General Molyneux died in July, 1898, after many
years of suffering from an injury received in active ser-
vice in Belchanaland in 1885. He was author of '' Cam-
paigning in South Africa and Egypt ".
Livery — Black with silver buttons.
Arms Quarterly and 4, azure, a cross Moline pierced Or,
in dexter chief a fleur de lis, of the last a crescent for
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difference, — 2 and 3 quarterly ermine and azure, on a
bendquiles, 3 stags heads caboshed argent.
Extracts from Camping in South Africa and Egypt by
Major-General W. C. F. Molyneux
Major- General "W. C. F. Molyneux in his Introduction
of Campaigning in South Africa and Egypt speaks of the
life of a soldier as a hereditary profession in his family.
His father was a soldier of whom Sir John Keane (after-
wards Lord Keane of Ghuznee), commanding in the West
Indies, wrote to Lord Worcester Sept. 6, 1824: *' His regi-
ment best shows his qualifications as an oflBcer, for in my
life I never saw a corps so near perfection." "This corps
was the old 77th Foot and my father was its adjutant."
He then gives handed down traditions of a famous
soldier high in the confidence of William, Duke of Nor-
mandy, of one kinghted for services in 1286 in Gascony;
a third who with Edward the Third at the taking of Ca-
lais in 1347 got a fleur-de-lis added to his shield; a fourth
who was knighted by the Black Prince on the field of
Navaret in 1367, and afterwards buried in Canterbury
cathedral; a fifth who distinguished himself at Agincourt
in 1416; a sixth slain at the battle of Bloreheeath in 1459;
a seventh knighted on Flooden Field in 1513 and given a
tiger passant proper on a crown or for his crest; and adds,
*' All these records then made us two boys mad to go to
the- wars; and it seems that others of our line were
aflfected in the same way, for about twenty relations fol-
lowed the drum or went to sea."
He then gives account of his appointments and a record
of his campaigns until he entered the retired list on the
last day of 1887. On page 158 I take this note:
As we rode home that day, the Prince Imperial and I
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were walking our horses a little behind the rest, talking
over all sorts of things, while half a mile away in all
directions were scouting parties of irregulars. Some days
before when out with Colonel Harrison and Bettington's
men the Prince had gone straight for some Zulus on a hill,
who luckily had bolted. Eeverting to this I asked him
why he had risked his life, when the death of one, or even
of a dozen Zulus would not affect the success of the cam-
paign.
'* You are right I suppose," he said; " but I could not
help it, I feel I must do something."
Just at this moment a shot was fired on our left. I
looked across and saw the man who had fired riding on
quietly reloading. If he had fired at a Zulu, he had killed
him; if he had fired at a buck he had missed it; he was
neither hurrying nor dismounting; the conclusions were
plain enough. Yet there was the Prince, going sword
drawn, at full gallop for the man ; I could have no chance
of catching him, and in the dusk he might break his neck
in the wild ride.
^* Prince I must order you to come back! " I shouted.
He pulled up at once, saluted, returned his sword and
said nothing for a minute; then he broke out: ^^ It seems
I am never to be without a nurse;" and a moment after,
'' Oh, forgive me; but don't you think you are a little
phlegmatic? "
I reminded him what he had just owned about the
affair with Bettington's men, and he laughed, saying that
I had answered him rather neatly. '' Some day " he add-
ed " in Parisj I hope, I will be your guide, philosopher and
friend."
How could one help loving a boy like that brave fellow,
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daring to rashness and determined to make a name for
himself to add to the records of his race ?
It was on the 28th. I was assisting at the laager-making
this day, and did not think of much beyond it, except that
I had seen the cavalry doing some very pretty parade drill
about two miles off over the neck, and had wondered why
on earth they were not ten miles to the front. That eve-
ning as I was in my tent, working out the distances for
the next day's laager, Ernest Buller came in.
''The Prince is killed," he said. ''A colonel has
brought in his horse; the near wallet is torn half-way
down. Carey, who was with him, has gone to tell the
general."
It was so; the torn wallet on the near side was the aw-
ful proof that the horse had got away from him when
trying to mount ; and we knew that if dismounted, dis-
abled, and abandoned, there was no chance of mercy from
the Zulus.
There was not much to say; there was too much to
think about — of the terrible luck that pursued our dear
chief — of the Empress, whose love and ambition were
centered in her only son, — of what they would say in
England to Englishmen leaving a Napoleon to his fate, —
of what they might think of English oflficers in France
after such a proof of our chivalry, — of the loss we all had
sustained in our bright young comrade.
It was useless to attempt anything then ; the night was
too dark for any chance of finding the body, and that the
Prince might still be alive no man dared to hope after
hearing Carey's report. But it was decided that the cav-
alry, with the mounted irregulars, should start the first
thing next morning for the scene of the tragedy. Dr.
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Scott and myself were to go with them to represent the
General, with Prere to represent his father, the high com-
missioner.
On the next morning accordingly, so soon as it was
light enough to see, the party moved out of camp on its
melancholy errand. Lieutenant Carey rode with us to
show us the way; and with Scott, Frere, and me came
the Prince's two English servants, Uhlmann, his French
valet, having been left behind at Durban.
The march was very slow with much trumpeting. *
* * The bodies of the two men of the Natal Horse
were soon found; and then Captain Cochrame, 3 2d Light
Infantry (at that time commanding the troop of Natal
Basutos) called the attention of Scott and myself to an-
other body at the bottom of a donga, which on being
reached was discovered to be that we were in search of.
It lay about two hundred yards north-east of the kraal,
and about half a mile south -south-west of the junction of
the streams. It .was stripped with the exception of a
gold chain with medallions attached, which was still
around the neck ; the sword, revolver, helmet and clothes
were gone, but in the grass we discovered his spurs with
straps attached, and one sock marked N. His sword and
boots were recovered later. The body had seventeen
wounds all of them in front, and the marks on the ground
and on the spurs we found indicated a desperate resistance.
As soon as the cavalry arrived, a stretcher was made
with lances and horse-blankets, and the body carried from
the donga up the hill homewards by Major-General Mar-
shall, Captain Stewart, Colonel Drury Lowe, and three
oflficers of the 17th Lancers, Scott, Bartle, Frere, and my-
self, with M, Deleage, correspondent of the Figaro, who
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expressed a wish to assist which was immediately granted.
It was not long before we met the ambulance, in which
the body was then laid and escorted back to camp by offi-
cers, parties of the Dragoon Guards, and Lancers.
Early next morning the body was laid in a tin-lined
coffin *and with all the Prince's effects. At Martizburg
and Durban the remains were received with all possible
honor. H. M. S. Boadicea, the new flag-ship, carried them
down to Simon's Bay, whence they sailed for England in
H. M. S. Orontes. On July 12 they reached Camden
Place, Chislehurst, in the charge of Lieutenant-Colonel
Pemberton, 60th Rifles.
In England the young Prince was given a soldier's
funeral amid every token of love and regret, with our
Sovereign's four sons as supporters for ^' him who lived
the most spotless of lives, and died a solder's death, fight-
ing for our cause." He now rests at Farnborough.
The spot where he fell in Zululand is marked by a cross
bearing the following inscription :
*' This Cross is erected by Queen Victoria, in affection-
ate remembrance of Napoleon Eugene Louise Jean Joseph,
Prince Imperial, to mark the spot where, while assisting
in a reconnaissance with British troops on the Ist of June
1879, he was attacked by a party of Zulus, and fell with
his face to the foe."
In another place, page 213, General Molyneux speaks of
the Transvaal. He says: ^' It was left to the Prime Min-
ister of England in 1881 to applaude these Boers under the
description of a ' people rightly struggling to be free ', to
surrender the Transvaal without reaserting our rights, and
to exact no reparation whatsoever for this foul murder.
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I do not profess to understand the ways of statesmen ; I
will merely give two maxims by great soldiers. When
the Transvaal was annexed in X877 the treasury was prac-
tically empty, the Boers did not pay their taxes, their
commanders had been beaten by Sekukimi ; it may be said
in short that as one speaking in the Reichstag had' said:
* A weak government is a misfortune for any country, and
a source of danger to its neighbors. ' When Napoleon
heard of the capitulation of Baylen in 1808 he exclaimed:
' That an army should make a shameful surrender is a
blot on the French name and a stain upon its glory. It
would have been better that they had all perished. We
can find more soldiers, but national honor, once lost is
never recovered. ' Comment on these two maxims must
be suiierfluous. "
27—579. John Molyneux, B. A., Vicar of St.
Pauls, Onslon Square; m. Ella Young.
Tssue:
28—636, Capel Molyneux (in Holy Orders); b.
Dec. 2, 1804; m. ist, 1831 Mara Car-
penter; m. 2d, 1870 Eugene Grace Mur-
ray and d.
637. John William Henry Molyneux; b.
1805; d. March 5, 1879.
638. Thomas Molyneux; lieut. R. N. ; killed
Sept., 1847 at Bay rout.
639. William Molyneux (Rev. M. A., rector
of Trentham Sussex); m. Jessie Hogath
Oct. 25, 1859; d. 1895.
640. Annie Molyneux; b. 1805; m. Jan. 31,
1828, John Webb (she wasbu. at Bromp
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ton cemetery); was author of " Naomi "
(1841); ''ATaleof the Vaudois "(1842);
*' The Beloved Disciple " (1859); '' Blind
Ursula " (1860); '' The Pilgrims of New
England " (1874); she died in 1880.
641. EUza; m. Col. Henry Cooper Stare, R.
N. ; d. March 1, 1883.
642. Marianna; m. Lieut. Col. Bunker, R.
N., commanded forces in China.
643. Ella; m. 1843 Major General Benn of
Beerin, Pa. ; d. 1876.
644. Henrietta Jane ; m. 1855 Rev. Cuthbert
Flood.
27 — 586. James Molyneux, gent. ;
Issue:
28 — 645. Echline Molyneux (only son); m. Han-
nah Moore, dau. of Frederick Moore. He
was advanced to the law in 1823.
Belfast, Ire- 27 — 587. Samuel Molyneux; b. 1759; m. Sarah
land to Ox-
ford, Ohio. Issue:
U.S.A. 23 — 646. Margret Molyneux; b. 1790.
647. John Molyneux; b. 1794; m. Margret
Kennedy (after coming to America).
648. William Molyneux; b. 1797.
649. James Molyneux; b. 1802.
660. Sarah Anne; b. 1805.
651. Samuel Robert Molyneux; b. 1808.
27—590. William Molyneux, Jr.
From the ^'Wayside Inn" of Longfellow, on one of
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the window panes which formerly did service in the Red
House Tavern at Sudbury, Mass., there is within these
words :
** What do you think.
Here is good drink,
Perhaps you may not know it.
If not in haste
Do stop and taste
You merry folks will shew it.
>>
Underneath this is written the name of the author, and
date, ** William Molyneux, Jr., Esq., 24 June, 1774, Bos-
ton." This window glass was removed from its setting
and placed in a frame for safe keeping.
''And, flashing on the window-pane.
Emblazoned with its light and shade,
The Jovial rhymes, that still remain,
Writ near a century ago,
By the great Major Molineaux,
Whom Hawthorne has immortal made. "
27 — 590. William Molyneux, Jr. ; m. Jane (Jan-
nette); d. Jan. 16, 1819. (*' My wife
Jane Moleneaux Departed this life 7th
Sept., 1811." This record taken from
the family Bible.)
Issue:
28—652. John Molyneux; b. October 18, 1733.
653. James Molyneux; b. August, 1794; d.
Oct. 16, 1827.
654. Mattie
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655. William Molyneux; b. January 8, 1800;
m. Mary Halliday.
656. Mary; b. March 16, 1802.
657. Hugh Molyneux; b. Aug. 18, 1804.
658. Alexander
659. Thomas Molyneux; b. April 14, 1806.
660. Elizabeth Jane (called Betty Jane); b.
Jan., 1806.
661. Eleanor; b. March 23, 1818.
Ireland 27—597. Thomas Molyneux; b. 1760; m. Ehza-
beth
Issue 14 children :
28—662. Joseph Molyneux; b. 1810; m. Mary
Fieher; d. 1888.
668. George Molyneux; b. 1812; d. 1834.
664. Anne Molyneux.
665. Alicia.
666. Rosy.
667. Margret.
668. Sarah.
669. Susan.
670. Mary.
671. Elizabeth.
27—598. William Molyneux; b. Feb. 22, 1764;
left for America in 1783; m. July 1,
1790 of Edinburgh, Scotland.
They settled in Cambridge, Niagara Co.
in 1814, and both are buried in that
town. He d. Nov., 1830, aged 66.
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Issue, a large family.
28—672 Molyneux; b. June 25, 1800; m.
Issue :
(Dau.) Molyneux; m. S. M. Brown.
Syracuse, 27 — 610. Robert Anthony Molyneux; b. at Sen-
N. v., eca Falls June 22, 1850. Placed with
u. 8. A. Mrs. C. M. S. Jackson when 10 months
old. Elizabeth Dowling dau. of Michael
and Mary Dowling X witness.
Mrs. Jackson afterwards removed with him to James-
ville, N. Y. Here he finished his schooling and went to
work for Mrs. Jackson's half brother, A. A. Wright, J.
P., afterwards going to Syracuse, N. Y., with D. Mc-
Carthy and Sons. In 1885 he formed a partnership with
Charles Deming in the boot and shoe business. Mr. Dem-
ing died in 1892. He then formed a partnership with C.
M. Brand and J. L. Bauer but retired Feb. 1, 1895. He
married August 30, 1876 (Ellen) Nellie Zada Rice, eldest
dau. of Edward Flint Rice, and Ellen Amy Eaton, daugh-
ter of Hon. Hiram Eaton and Zada Avery.
Issue :
28—673. Alice Amy Molyneux; m. Nov. 14, 1900
at St. Paul's cathedral Howard Dawson
Flint; marriage annulled.
Issue :
Howard Molyneux Flint; b. March 6,
1903; christened at All Saints church
May 10, 1903.
674. Edith L^ontine Molyneux; m. June 18,
1902, Albert Cline Baylis.
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Among the wedding gifts waa a rare old plate which
was one of a set at the palace of Tuilleries in Paris belong-
ing to Louis Phillipe last E[ing of France. It was decor-
ated in Sevres in 1846, used at state dinners, and sold with
his effects by the government. The plate came into the
possession of Miss Marie Ada Molineux of Back Bay, Bos-
ton, Mass., by whom it was presented to Mrs. Baylis.
Issue:
Ellen Janet Baylis; b. Sept. 11, 1904;
christened at All Saints church Oct. 2,
1904.
675. Robert Rice Molyneux; b. Dec. 9, 1889.
AN ESCAPE FROM FLAMES
R. A. MOLYNEtJX AND HIS SON AT BBAVER RhTER— FOREST
Fire drove them to a Swale, where they lay
pace downward until danger was past
— The Fire about Tupper Lake
Robert A. Molyneux of 1206 South Salina street re-
turned this morning with his 14-year old son, Robert R.
Molyneux, Jr., from Beaver River, where the two passed
through a most exciting adventure yesterday afternoon,
and had a narrow escape from death in the forest fire that
is raging through the Adirondack regions.
Mr. Molyneux described his experience. ** We were in
camp just below the Beaver River railroad station on the
Beaver River," he said. ** Yesterday morning when we
started out for the day's fishing we saw that the woods
were on fire to the north of us, but were not alarmed, as
it seemed that the fire was too far away to reach us. We
dropped down the river in the boat with the guide and be-
gan fishing.
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''Along in the afternoon my son looked up and saw the
dense volume of smoke rolling overhead. ' I think we
had better get out of this, ' he said, and when I saw the
flames and the smoke I thought so too. So I told the
guide to pull up anchor and we started up the stream.
" We had gone only a little way when it became very
evident that we would have to hustle to get to shelter or
else run the risk of being cut off in the stream by the
flames. Just ahead of us were the abutments of the rail-
road bridge and beyond that in the woods was a little
clearing, which if we could reach it meant safety. So
we pulled for the place and reached it just about in time.
In an instant we had drawn the boat up on the shore and
had it emptied. No sooner was it emptied than the guide
put it on his shoulders and hurried to a place of safety.
*' The boy and I lingered behind to get together our
traps, and then started after him. But before we started
the flames had leaped across the river and were roaring in
the trees on all sides of us. The path leading to the clear-
ing was entirely cut off. There was no escape in that direc-
tion. On two other sidep of us were clumps of spruce
and pine surrounded by dense underbrush. On the fourth
side lay the railroad track with high embankments of
gravel, and rock leading to the bridge. On one side of it
was a little swale of damp ground around which the trees
had been cut down.
'* I saw at once that our place of safety lay on that em-
bankment and along side the swale— I pulled my handker-
chief from my pocket, wet it and laid it across my face and
saw that the boy did likewise. Then we made our way
through the smoke to the tracks and lay down on the em-
bankment near the swale face downward.
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** The fire was raging all around us. It leaped from
tree to tree with incredible swiftness. We could hear the
squirrels shriek as the flames struck them, and we could
smell the oder of burning flesh. We knew what their
fate was.
" For over half an hour we lay there until the flames
had passed on, leaving the smoking underbrush and trees.
Then we made our way back to the landing place and
waited for the guide, who before long appeared with the
boat, and rowed us back to camp, for the fate of which
we were much worried. We discovered everything here
safe, however; the underbush around the place had been
cleared away and the people left in the camp had fought
the flames with dirt and with brush. All our traps had
been taken to a place of safety so that we had a lucky
escape all round.
'* The fire in the woods," said Mr. Molyneux, ** was a
very disastrous one. This morning we came out of the
woods, and as far as Tupper Lake there are miles that are
being swept by the flames." — Syracuse Evening Herald^
April 30, 1903.
27
Metuchen, 27—620. Leslie Edward Molineux; m. Susanna
N.J., Bailey.
U.S.A. Issue:
28 — 676. Caroline Adams Molineux (Molyneux)
677. Edward Leslie Molyneux, Jr. ; b. Aug.
8, 1894.
678. Walter Lang; b. July 26, 1897.
679. Paul Rexford; b. Aug. 24, 1899.
680. Harriet Leslie Molineux.
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681. ''Jack'' Molyneux; b. 1903.
New York, 27 — 621. Boland Burnham Molineux, author of
u. 8. A. ** Vice- Admiral of the Blue ".
28
England (4th Earl.) 28—628. William Philip Molyneux,
Earl of Sef ton, Viscount of Marlborough
in Ireland, Baron of Croxteth, Lieut, of
Lancaster, late Capt. Grenadier Guards;
b. Oct. 14, 1836; m. July 18, 1866 Cecil
Emily, 5th dau. of Lord Hyton. She d.
in London, Sunday June 27, 1897. He d.
Feb. 25, 1899.
Issue :
(5th Earl.) 29—682. Viscount Charles William Hyton
Molyneux; b. June 25, 1867; d. Dec. 2,
1901. Was Lieut. Lan. Hussars Yeo-
manry Cal. 1 886 ; Lord Lieut, of Ireland
1889-92.
(6th Earl.) 683. Osbert Cecil Molyneux; b. Feb. 21, 1871,
member of 2d Life Guards ; m Helena
Mary Bridgeman Jan. 8, 1898.
684. Richard Frederick Molyneux, Lieut.
Royal House Guards; b. March 24, 1873.
Extra Orderly Officer to General Officer
commanding Sirah Expedition; in Nile
Expedition Force, 1898 (medal with two
clasps) ; at battle of Khartoum (severely
wounded, mention in dispatches, *^ Lon-
don Gazette" Sept. 30, 1898); Brigade
of Imperial Yeomanry (commanding in
South Africa, 1900).
685. Lady Gertrude Eleanor Molyneux.
686. Lady Rose Mary.
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The Late Earl of Sefton
As people flocked homeward last Monday after witness-
ing the Queen's journey to Kensington, the sight of closely-
drawn blinds at No. 37, Belgrave square told passers-by
that William Philip Molyneux, fourth Earl of Sefton, had
succumbed to his long illness. The intelligence, though
sad, could hardly have come as a surprise upon any of
those to whom the late Earl's welfare was an object of
solicitude, yet in Lancashire his decease, though not by
any means sudden, was received with every expression of
regret. The late Earl came of an old family, for his an-
cestors were rewarded by the conqueror with many broad
acres, and one De Molines, a Norman ancestor, came over
with him. The Molyneux family has no doubt bred many
sportsmen ; but no records of their sport are to be found
until we come to the time of the grandfather of the late
Earl, who, in the year 1800 bought the hounds of Mr.
Meynell, and hunted the Quom county in princely style
for a couple of seasons.
Lord Sefton was a very heavy man ; but a bold horse-
man, and to him is erroneously attributed the originating
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of the plan of having second horses in the field. That he
indulged in this luxury is unquestionable, on account of
his weight, so some say ; or on account of the great value
of his horses, according to others. At any rate. Lord
Sefton did no more than follow in the footsteps of other
far older sportsmen in this respect.
His lordship was also a capital coachman, and was a
prominent member of the Four- Horse club, the rival of the
Benson Driving club, while three years before his death,
which occurred in 1838, he joined the Richmond Driving
club founded by Lord Chesterfield. The late Earl was
also a good coachman ; he was a member of the Four-in-
Hand Driving club; but attended no more than on one or
two occasions during the last ten years or so.
Lord Sefton was educated at Eton, and as Lord Moly-
neux joined the Grenadier Guards, and was present with
his battaUdn in the Crimea. On the death of his father
in 1855 he succeeded to the estates and quitted the army.
The grandfather of the late Earl, the Master of the Quom,
registered his colors, white body, yellow sleeves and cap,
in 1829, and had a few horses in training. Souvenir,
Bobadilla, and Juryman being among the best. The late
Earl in 1862 registered his as '^ Zingari "; he was an en-
thusiastic cricketer, and frequently entertained the eleven
at Croxteth Park. Than this, however. Lord Sefton
went no further towards any active share in racing; but
he was an ardent supporter of the Aintree meetings, gen-
erally entertaining a large house party and driving his
coach to the course.
In the county of Lancashire the Sef tons are great land-
holders, and for a few years Liverpool had two race courses
competing one against the other for patronage as keenly
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as possible. The first was formed by Mr. Bretherton, a
proprietor of coaches which ran to Manchester and- other
places, and Mr. Bretherton had no doubt often been at
Manchester and seen the success of the meetings held
there, and how popular they were with the public. That
would be about 1829, but the MaghuU race course was not
exactly adapted for the requirements of the Turf, even as
they were in those comparatively primitive times. The
art of looking after a course was then but imperfectly
understood, and the neglect to watch over a brook led to
the course being flooded, and the opening meeting was
held in very adverse weather. Then after a few years,
Mr. Lynn of the Waterloo Hotel went to Lord Sef ton and
offered to pay him rent of some of his land four or five
times the sum at which the land had previously been let.
Terms were arranged, and for some few years, that is to
say down to 1834, rival meetings were held at Maghull
and Aintree, and then, the former breaking down, Aintree
was the survivor. In earlier days Lord Sefton was a suc-
cessful pigeon shot, and he was no mean hand at covert
and partridge shooting.
Lord Sefton was born in 1835 ; married in 1866 the Hon.
Cecil Emily, a daughter of Lord Huylton. The late Earl
is succeeded by his eldest son. Viscount Molyneux. His
lordship is very popular on the turf and at his best has few
superiors during the winter season. Three years ago he
rode twenty-three winners out of eighty-five mounts. A
serious accident a year ago however has kept him out of
the saddle. The new lord Sefton's brother, the Hon. Os-
bert Cecil Molyneux, as most coursers know, has for two
or three seasons past had a kennel of greyhounds under
the care of John Coke, at Birkdale. Like his much re-
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gretted father, he is a member of the Altcar and Bidge-
way clubs, and there are more imlikely things than the
chief of the coursing prizes of the year falling to his lot
in the near future. Mr. Molyneux is in the 2d Life
Guards. The remains of the late Earl of Sef ton were in-
terred in the family vault at Kirby, St. Chad's church,
near Liverpool. Queen Victoria and the' Prince and
Princess of Wales sent memorial wreaths.
Funeral of the Late Lady Sefton at EntBT
With the simple service of the Church of England, the
mortal remains of the Countess of Sefton were on Tues-
day laid to rest in a plain grave beneath the western win-
dow of St. Chad's church, Kirby, the only other inter-
ment in the space reserved for the Sefton family having
been that of the late Earl of Sefton, over whose grave an
unpretentious headstone appears. All the arrangements
wei*e most unostentatious, and the funeral was as private
as possible. The remains reached Edgehill Station from
London about three A. M. on Tuesday, and were removed
in the early hours of a frosty morning for a brief halt at
Croxteth Hall, and thence on a plain carriage at noon to
the church. The hour of the funeral was .sunny and
many of the tenantry and servants gathered to watch the
mourners and join in the service within the church or
about the grave. The chief mourners were the Hon. Os-
bert Cecil and the Hon. Bichard Molyneux (sons). Colonel
Caryll Molyneux (brother-in-law). Captain Henry Moly-
neux (nephew), Viscount Downe, the Hon. Osbert Craven,
the Hon. Sidney and the Hon. George Jolliflfe,*the Earl of
Derby, Major A. Hopwood, Colonel Custance, and Colonel
Wyatt. There waa a large gathering at the grave-side.
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The Rev. J. Leach, M. A. (Vicar of Kirby) and the Rev.
Percy Stewart (Vicar of West Derby) conducted the ser-
vice, the hymn in church sung by the choir, being ** Lead
Kindly Light " and that at the grave '* On the Resurrec-
tion Morning." Simultaneously with the funeral of the
late Countess of Sefton, a memorial service took place at
St. James Chapel- Royal, London, which was lai^ely
attended.
28 — 624. Hon. Caryll Craven Molyneux, Major
10th Hussars; b. Oct. 4, 1836; m. April,
1870, Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of Baron
Wenlock.
Caryll, 3d Viscount Molyneux, Lieutenant-Colonel in
the Royalist army during the civil war, is said to have
taken as a crest a reindeer's head supported by five hands,
in allusion to the five members, and for motto ''Ad quid
exaltis cornu ". — Oentleman's Magazine. ,
Issue :
29—687. Caryll Richard Molyneux; b. Feb. 10,
1871; Lieut. 10th Hussars. Residence
the Red House, Bodicote, Brambury.
688. Francis Henry; d. infant, May 7, 1872.
28 — 625. Hon. Henry Hervey Molyneux; b. April
18, 1843; commander Royal Navy; m.
Oct. 23, 1873 Alice Catherine, dau. of
Humphry St. John Midway, Esq.
28 — 626. Hon. Roger Gordon Molyneux, Lieut.
* 1st Dragoons; b. Jan. 4, 1849.
The stage is becoming fashionable in England. " Mr.
Reginald Martin " who has transferred his services from
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the unfortunate Folies Dramaticque to the Royal theatre
is the Hon. Roger Molyneux, Lord Sefton's (IV Earl)
youngest brother. He was a subaltern in the 10th Hus-
sars before they went out to India, formerly Capt. 1st
Dragoons and Major Duke of Lancaster's own Yeoman
Cavalry. He married Anna Mary Vivene, dau. of W.
Dickerson, Esq., and died at Villa Martha, Saint Jean de
Luz, Basses Pyrneees, France, Sept. 9, 1893, aged 44;
bur. in the Catholic cemetery there Sept. 11, 1898.
Issue:
29 — 689. Roger Anthony Molyneux; b. at Kens-
ington, London, Feb. 3d, 1892; d. at
Beaumont Jesuit College, Windsor, Co.
Berks, Aug. 8, 1902; bur. in Catholic
churchyard of St. Swithern's Aug. 15,
1902.
Ireland (g Bart.) 28—634. Sir George King Adlecorn Moly-
neux; b. 1813; m. July 6, 1837 Julia
Green. She d. Nov. 11, 1874; he d.
Jan. 25, 1848.
Issue :
(7 Bart.) 29—690. Capel Molyneux; b. 1841; m. Mary
Emily Frances Fitzgerald Jan. 15, 1863;
d. 1879.
Mary Catherine; m. Nelson Clark 1862
( Roscommon).
Elizabeth Molyneux.
28 — 636. Sir Capel Molyneux; m. 1st, Maria Car-
. penter; m. 2, 1870; Eugene Grace Mur-
ray; d. 1877.
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Issue by 1st wife :
29—691. Maria Jane Molyneux; m. Nov. 17, 1863,
Lord William Pitt Lenox.
692. Eliza; m. April, 1857, Sir Charles Gor-
ing; m. 2d Robert Ashworth Godolph
Crosby, Esq., of Strebally Hall, Queens
Co., whose name she assumed in lieu of
that of Goring 1898.
693. Ella; m. June 21, 1859, Albert Leland
Noll.
694. Julia Molyneux ; m. July 8, 1861, Eev.
Julius Rowly, 4th son of Capt. Rchard
V. Rowley, R. N., South Oakenden Rec-
tory, Rowford.
695. Caroline Molyneux; m. June 9, 1864,
Hugh Gough Arbuthnot, Esq., of
Princess Gate, S. W.
(8 Bart.) 28—637. Sir John William Henry Molyneux,
2d son of John Molyneux and Ella
Young; M. A., Rector of Sudbury, Co.
Suffolk, and Hon. Canon of Ely cathe-
dral; m. 1824 Louise Dorothy, dau. of
John Christian, Esq., Deemster of the
Isle of Man; he d. March 5, 1879.
Issue :
(9 Bart.) 29—696. Sir John Charles Molyneux; b. June
27, 1843.
697. George Christian Molyneux; b. 1848; d.
1873.
698, Howard William Molyneux; b. March
8, 1851; m. Katherne Clove of Spring-
field Lodge Sudbury 1879; shed. 1889;
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m. 2d, Harriet Elizabeth Holding of
Southwold, the Common Southwold,
Suflfolk.
28—639. William Molyneux, Eector of Trund-
ham, Surry; b. 1824; m. Oct. 25, 1869,
Jessie, youngest dau. of J. Hogath,
Esq. ; d. 1883.
Issue :
29—699. Ernest Molyneux; b. 1865.
700. Ethel Molyneux.
701. Maud.
702. Beatrice.
703. Mable.
28 — 646. Echline Molyneux, of Seaview, Ennis-
kerry,'Co. Wicklow; m, Hannah, dau.
of Frederick Moore; d. 1878.
Issue :
29 — 704. Frances Molyneux; b. July 29, bapt. at
Sandford, Dublin, August 31, 1849 (bap-
tism entered in St. Peter's Eegister,
Dublin); m. atCootehill, Cavan, July 9,
1876, Eev. Abraham Smythe Palmer.
Issue:
Geffrey Molyneux Palmer; b. Oct. 8,
bapt. at Staines Parish Ch. Co. Middle-
sex, Dec. 1, 1832.
Gwendolin Sylvia Palmer; b. April 20,
1886. •
Eileen Stephanie Orpen; b. June 14,
1890.
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Oxford, 28 — 647. John Molyneux; b. 1794; m. Margret
Ohio, Kennedy (came to America in 1820).
U.S.A. Issue:
29 — 706. William Molyneux; m
706. Arthur Molyneux.
29
29—705. William Molyneux; b. 1820; m
Issue :
30 — 707. James Kennedy Molyneux, M. D. ; b. in
Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A., 1820; m
708. Robert A. Molyneux, D. D. S.
709. Lizzie Molyneux ; m. Samuel Crittendon.
710. Mary Molyneux.
HoiiBcof 28 — 653. James Molynetfx; b. 1794; m. Eliz.
Castle Dil- , who d. Aug. 14, 1810.
Ion, Co.
Amaigh to 28 — 655. William Molyneux; b. 1800; m. Mary
Lowell, Halliday.
Mass., Issue:
U.S.A. 29 — 711. Thomas Molyneux; died in the State
of Washington in 1902.
712. Jane Molyneux; m. John Robertson.
713. William Molyneux; m. 1st, Lucy Wool-
son; m. 2d, Ellen Woolson Putman.
714. John Molyneux.
715. Alexander Molyneux
716. Hugh
717. Mary Molyneux; m. Jesse L. Totman.
718. Ellene; d. aged 13 years.
719. Robert Molyneux; m. Louise Lapierre.
720. Annie Molyneux; m. Nov. 16, 1869, at
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South Boston, Mass., Louis Rouviere of
Connecticut. He d. 1899.
Issue:
Jessie Marie Rouviere, the only grand-
child of the elder son, heiress to the
small image over 200 years old, the pat-
ron saint of the House of Rouviere,
'* St. Francis Xavier."
Extract from a letter: ''A cousin who died at Eastport,
Me., a little over a year ago (born lame)... was the dau. of
James Molyneux...! have a small leather bound book of
which she was very choice, f's being used instead s'8...as
nearly as I can read the name in writing is Molineux...
then as though some one was writing at random Sir Mul-
leneux Cra f t d Street.
'* T V in another place is mother or brother... it is yel-
low and stained with age... little book. ' The Christian's
Pattern.'
^* Our old Bible gives us the name in the year 1794
spelled Molleneaux...Iii 1796 it is given Moleneaux...In a
book written by Goodwin on the Pilgrim Republic in 1620
Priscilla's name is given MuUins or Molines, supposed to be
the same... This is proved by her father's will, as her elder
brother, spoken of as William Molyneux."
Duniavin, 28 — 662. Joseph Molyneux; b. 1810; m. Mary
Co. Wick- Fisher of Coonamston.
low, Ireland Issue:
29 — 721. Richard Molyneux ; d. infant.
722. Thomas Molyneux; b. 1855; m. Mary
Grace Hollister Furney.
723. EUzabeth Molyneux (Bessy) ; m. George
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Thomas Fisher in Mayerstown House in
1872; hed. 1889.
Issue:
George Edward Fisher; b. 1874.
Mary Elizabeth; b. 1875.
Jane Elanor; b. 1877.
. John Thomas; b. 1879.
Annie Kathleen; b. 1880.
Thomas Henry; b. 1882.
Henry Wilson; b. 1885.
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England. (5th Earl.) 29—682. Viscount Charles William
HytoD Molyneux; b. June 25, 1807; d.
Dec. 2, 1901.
Death of the 5th Earl of Sefton
There passed peacefully away on Monday morning at
his ancestral home, Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool, Charles
William Hylton, 5th Earl of Sefton, and the deepest sym-
pathy goes out to the members of his ancient race and
their friends in this hour of their sore bereavement.
A son of the 4:th Earl, he was born on the 25th of June,
1867, his mother being the Hon. Cecil Emily, a daughter
of the first Baron Hylton, and succeeded his father just
four years ago. Educated at Eton College, he while Vis-
count Molyneux served as lieutenant in the Lancashire
Hussars (Yeomanry Cavalry), acted as aid-de-camp to the
Earl of Zetland when the nobleman was Viceroy of Ire-
land, and for a time, like his father before him, he was in
the diplomatic service, being an attache to the British
Embassy at Paris.
A fearless rider, he met with an accident while steeple
chasing at Aintree, just previously to his accession to the
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Earldom, being thrown from his horse and sustaining in-
juries the elffects of which never altogether left him, the
brain having become affected. For a time his condition
was regarded as hopeless; but under tender nursing and
skilful medical treatment, he rallied and soon after his
father's demise was conveyed to Croxteth Hall. There
he was devotedly watched over by his eldest sister and a
staff of nurses, but every exertion put forward on his be-
half availed not, for as has already been stated he died on
Monday, having been in a state of unconsciousness since
the previous Friday.
Of a most amiable and cheerful disposition, the 5th
Lord Sef ton was greatly beloved by his immediate family
circle, by his brother officers, and indeed by all who came
in touch with him during his too brief life.
Liverpool's regret over his death is expressed by the
drooping of the flag of the Town Hall at half mast.
During his prolonged illness the estates of Lord Sefton
were managed by trustees, the heir presumptive, his
younger brother, the Hon. Osbert Cecil Molyneux, who
succeeds to the title and the patrimony, acting along with
them. The new Earl, who is 30 years of age, was mar-
ried to Lady Helena Mary, 3d daughter of the 4th Earl of
Bradford in 1898. In accordance with the expressed de-
sires of the Molyneux family the funeral of the 5th Earl
of Sefton on Thursday was marked by as much privacy as
was consistent with the interment of a member of the
House of Lords.
The remains, enclosed in lead, with an outer case of
beautiful oak, having plain massive brass mountings,
were removed by the park carriage way, in mid-afternoon
from Croxteth Hall to Kirby Parish church, the same pri-
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vate brake being used which bore the remains of the 4th
Earl in 1897 and his Countess a year later.
The coffin was covered with beautiful wreaths, but no
pall was used. The interment was beneath the western
windows of the church, beside the graves of the 4th Earl
and Countess, to which very unpretentious headstones
have been attached. A plain brick grave was lined with
evergreens and white chrysathemums. The inscription
on the coflSn read: *' Charles Hylton Molyneux, 5th Earl
of Sefton, born 26th June, 1867, died Dec. 2d, 1901."
(6th Earl.) 29—683. Osbert Cecil Molyneux; b. Feb. 21,
1871; m. Jan. 8, 1898 Lady Helena
Mary Bridgeman, dau. of the Viscount
and Viscountess Newport of Weston
Park, Shifnal, Shopshire, and Castle
Bromwich, neai' Birmingham, and
granddaughter of the 9th Earl of Scar-
borough and the Earl of Bradford.
Issue:
30—724. Hugh William Osbert Molyneux; b. Dec.
2, 1898.
725. Cecil Eichard Molyneux; b. at Dale
Ford, Co. Chester, Dec. 2, 1899.
Ireland (Bart. 7.) 29—690. Sir Capel Molyneux; b. 1841;
ra. Mary Emily Frances Fitzgerald; d.
1873.
Issue :
30—726. Julia Elizabeth Mary; m. 1897 E. J.
Talbot, Esq., of Mount Talbot.
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Dame Mary Emily Frances Fitzgerald Molyneux, widow
of Sir Capel, 7 Bart., commonly known as Lady Molyneux.
Castle Dillon, Co. Armagh, Ireland,
Villa Springland Cannes, France.
Acres 12,698. £8,082 (about $40,000).
Hart. Or. (Bart. 9.) 29—696. Rev. Sir John Charles Moly-
1730. neux of Castle Dillon, Co. Armagh,
L.L.B., vicar of Portesham, Dorset; m.
April 15, 1873 Fanny, dau. of Edward
Jackson, Esq., of Walsoken House, Wis-
bech (she d. April 25, 1893); m. 2d 1895
Ada Isabella, dau. of the late Rev. A. F.
Wynter, R. D. ; Barmardistom Sulffolk.
Issue by 1st wife:
30 — 727. Edward Charles Molyneux; b. Aug. 11,
1879.
728. William Arthur Molyneux; b. July 26,
1877.
729. John Howard; b. Oct. 22, 1878.
730. Mary Gertrude Fanny Molyneux; b.
July 21, 1874.
731. Emily Jane; b. July 28, 1881.
732. Ethel Stuart.
(Bart. 9.) The Descent of Rev. Charles Molyneux,
Bart. LL.B., prom the Blood Royal of England
Edward I, crowned Aug. 19, 1287; b. Eleanor (1st wife), dau. of Ferdinand,
June. 1239; died July 7, 1307. King of Castile; d. Nov. 27, 1290.
I
Joan of Arc; b. 1272; d. May 10, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester;
1305, (2 wife). d. Dec. 7, 1295.
I I
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Margret de Clare; m. Ist, Sir Piers Hugh (2d husband), or Earl of Glou-
Graveston, Earl of Cornwall. cester; d. 1347.
I I
Margret de Audley; d. Sept. 7, 1349. Ralph de Staflford, K. G. or Earl of
I I Stafford; d. Aug. 31. 1372.
Hugh, 2d Earl of Stafford, K. G. Philippa, dau. Thomas Beacham,
I I Earl of Warwick.
Katherine de Stafford. Sir Michael de la Pole, or Earl of Suf-
I I folk, 1399; d. Sept. 18,1415.
Sir Thomas de la Polo. Ann, dau. Nicholas Cheney.
I '
Katherine de la Pole. Sir Miles Stapilton of Bedale, Yorks;
I I d. Sept. 30,1446.
Joan Stapilton. Sir John Huddlcston, of Milium (2d
I I husband).
Sir John Huddleston; d.3HenryYni. Joan, dau. Lord Fitzhugh Joyce (3
I I wife), heir of John Prickley of P.,
Co. Worcester.
Andrew Huddleston, of Farrington, Mary Cuthbert Hutton, of Hutton
Co. Lane. John, Cumberland.
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Joseph Huddleston. Elinor, dau. Cuthbert Sisson, of Kirk
I I barrow, Westmoreland.
Andrew Huddleston of John. Dorothy, dau. Daniel Fleming of
I I Skirwith, Westmoreland.
Mary Huddleston (2d wife) John Senhouse of Netherhall, Cumberland.
Humphrey Senhouse of Netherland. Eleanor, dau. William Kirby, Esq.,
I I of Elslack, Co. Lane.
Bridget Senhouse; m. May 14, 1717; John Christian of Milntown Isle of
d. Sept 27, 1749. Man: d. 1745.
I I
John Christian of Milnton and Un- Jane, dau. Eldred Curwen of Work-
erigg; b. 1719; d. 1767. ington; m. 1745.
Julia, Frances, Jane, Dorothy
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John Christain of Unerigg Hall, Judge Susanna, dau. Lewis Rob't Allan, Esq. ;
in the Isle of Man; b. 1776; d. 1852. d. March, 1853.
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8u8an,Margret,Isabella,Loiiise, Dorothy; Rev. Sir John William Henry Moly-
b. April 21, 1842; d. Feb. 15, 1877. neux, 8th Bart., hon. Canon Ely
I
I cathedral; d. Feb. 15, 1877.
Sir John Charles Molyneux, Fanny, dau. Edw. Jackson,
9th Bart., LL.B., incum- Esq., of Walsoken House,
bent of Barcheston, Co. near Wesbech ; m. April 15,
Warwick; b. June 27, 1843. 1878.
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Howard William
Molyneux; b. .;
m. 1879Kather-
ine, dau. of J.
Glover, Esq., of
Sudbury.
' I I I
Edward Charles Molyneux; Wm. Arthur; John Howard; Mary Gertrude,
b. 1876. b. 1877. b. 1878.
(Creation 1730)
Motto, — **Stat Forturra Domus Virtute." Acres
12,693 =
29
29 — 698. Howard William Molyneux; m. 1st,
Katherine Elizabeth Clove; m. 2d, Har-
riet Elizabeth Holdring, of South wold.
(The common South wold Suffolk.)
Issue :
30 — 733. Theodore Molyneux.
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734. Dorothy Harwood Molyneux.
785. Henry Stuart Molyneux; b. 1853; d.
1868, aged 15 years.
736. CapelFobes Molyneux; b. 1855; d. 1875,
aged 20.
737. Isabel Louise Molyneux; b. 1848; d.
1859, aged 11.
Oxford. 29—707. James Kennedy Molyneux, M. D. ;
Ohio, m ,
u. b A. Issue :
30-738. John T. Molyneux, of Sutton, Neb.,
U. S. A.
739. Joseph W. B. Molyneux, of Minneapolis,
Minn.
740. H. Beauford Molyneux, of Omaha, Neb.
741. Elizabeth (Lizzie); m. J. N. Erwan,
M.D. of Dayton Ky.
The Decoy, 29—722. Thomas Molyneux; b. 1855 magistrate
Duniavin, Qo. Wicklow; m. Mary Grace Holistcr
Co. Wick- Furney, dau. of H. G. Furney and Grace
low, Ireland. Holistor of Castle Mallow, Co. Cork, of
TuUow, Co. Carlo w, ^' Butlers Grange ",
'' The Decoy ", Duniavin, Co. Wicklow.
Issue :
30—742. Grace Mary Elizabeth Molyneux ; b. 1883.
743. Benjamin Arthur (Bertie) Molyneux; b.
1885.
744. Ernest Thomas Molyneux.
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County Wicklow, Ireland
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30—738. John T. Molyneux; m. Margret Allen of
Canada in 1879.
Issue:
31—745. Maud Molyneux; 1880.
746. Beauford Allen Molyneux; b. 1288.
21—276 Molyneux; b. 1817; m. Mary
Boehue; d. July, 1892.
Issue:
New York. 747. WilbuT L. Molyneux; b. March 16,
1850; m.
Martindaie, 748. Alicetine Molyneux ; b. Sept. 6, 1858; m.
N. Y. Morehouse Nash.
Issue:
Maud Nash; b. Oct. 27, 1874.
MatUda Francis; b. June 6, 1877.
David Lane Nash; b. March 29, 1879
(born on the birthday of one grand-
father and named after the other.)
Sara Eosalynd Juliet; b. Jan., 1883.
22—749. Francis A. Molyneux; b. Sept. 6, 1858;
m (California).
New York, 750. James A. Molyneux; b. Sept. 27, 1868;
N. Y. m
751. Henry Molyneux.
Ireland. 25—490. Ehzabeth (Betty) Molyneux; m. 1st,
Joseph Barker; m. 2d, Thomas Twamley.
Issue by 1st husband.
Mary Molyneux Barker; m. Edward
Agar, a school master.
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Sara Agar,
Mary Eliza.
Maryanne; poisoned by eating berries
in 1868.
Elizabeth Barker ; m. Benjamin Hopkins.
Issue:
Benjamin Hopkins, Jr., grain merchant
in Dublin; d. 1899.
Hopkins.
' Elizabeth Molyneux Baker, left a widow, became ac-
countable (according to law) for the debts of her family,
and was incarcerated in the Carlow Marchalsea prison,
while her home was sold for the creditors. Here she was
given the appointment under the prison board as Ladies
Debtor Keeper, Carlow Jaol, for close on 40 years. This
place was given her by influential friends. She being a
widow; m. secondly, Mr. Thomas Twamley, living very
happily ; he retired after some years on a pension, and she
passed away much loved and respected. She is said to
have been very beautiful and fascinating.
Issue by 2d husband.
I. Robert Twamley; enlisted, went to India, and was
killed by lions in the jungle.
II. Thomas, in 8th Hussars, and one of the 600 in fatal
charge of the *' Light Brigade", Balaclava, in Alma
and Sebastapol. Served in India, Siege Kathele, capture
off Chandus, Charge of Kotsh — keservia, captain of
Gialior, affairs at Pownie, Swindha, and Koorwye. Dis-
charged as unfit for future service, Oct. 8, 1872, and died
in Nottingham, England, in 1888, leaving a large family.
III. Eichard; served time to Ulysses Thorp; enUsted
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and served 20 years in Royal Artillery. In 1869 went to
Canada and was in action at the Fenian uprising. Was
in Dublin in 1872.
rV. Henry (a deaf mute, by trade a gardener).
V. Sarah ; m. Ulysses Burge Thorp in 1852 ; d. in 1881 of
heart trouble suddenly, as she was sitting on a chair on
her veranda, in Adelaide, South Australia.
Issue :
Ulysses Thorp.
Frederick Thorp; b. 1858; station mas-
ter New Market, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Educated by the Rev. H. Scott, M.A.
and C. D., in Brown street academy,
Carlow, Co. Carlow ; m. Mary Griflfeths,
1874.
Issue: Twenty-six children, nineteen of whom died.
Charles Burnside Thorp; b. 1875; secre-
tary of the Irish association, Port Eliza-
beth, South Africa.
Engaged by the government for the Cape Railway.
Qualifications required were: Son of a L..M on one of the
leading railways, must be nominated by manager of the
line, hold certificate from P. office in telegraph and short-
hand, and pass examinations in London (passed in all)
** A County Cork Man Honored in South Africa. Our
Kanturk correspondent writes: The * Daily Telegraph',
of Port EUzabeth, Cape Colony, dated 1st. inst., to hand,
containing the announcement of the appointment of Mr.
C. B. Thorp to the important and responsible position of
secretary (May, 1901,) to the new public health board, es-
tablished by the government in South Africa to combat
the encroaches of the dread Bubonic plague. Mr. Thorp,
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who was the successful one out of 38 applicants is a
young man of remarkable ability. He has been more than
once honored by positions of public trust since he arrived
on African soil, some nine years ago."
James Molyneux Thorp, with BuUer,
Boer war, South Africa.
Frederick Jr.
Florence Elizabeth.
Caroline.
Ruby.
Lily.
VI. Lizzie.
MOLYNEUX— MONTGOMERIE
LosELEY Park, Surrey
Loseley in the Co. Surrey about twelve miles from Guil-
ford, the seat of James Molyneux, Esq., (but now ten-
anted by his brother-in-law John Sparks, Esq.).
1066 At the period of the Domesday survey, that
remarkable starting-point in England's history, this manor
was held in chief by Roger de Montgomery, who had com-
mand at the central-division of the Normans at the battle
of Hastings.
Loseley, with other manors, was awarded to him out of
the spoils in requital of his services on that bloody day,
the advantages or disadvantages of which are not com-
pletely understood, even at the present hour.
In the feuds that subsequently took place, he espoused
at first the side of Robert Courthouse, but eventually
passed over to that of William Rufus. He died in 1094,
in the time of Henry III. Loseley Manor was held by
HughDelor (Deol, DoL), but on the death of his grand-
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son, Robert, it passed to the daughters of the latter, as co-
heiresses, namely Joan and Margret. Of these the first
named married John de Bures, and her sister, John de
Norton. Each of them retained a moiety of the estate
till in time these portions were severally conveyed from
their descendants to the families of Waterbrook and Cross,
LosELEY Park, East Side from Garden
This after a while led to the re- union of the hitherto
divided parts of the estates and in this manner. In the
year 1395 Cross's share was purchased by WiUiam Sidney,
Esq., of Stoke, L. Abernon. In 1515 John Westerbrook,
Esq., at Godalining, sold his half to Christopher Moor
(More), whom we have already seen in possession of one-
half the estate. Having thus acquired to himself the
whole of Loseley, Mr. More succeeded in obtaining from
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the crown a grant of free warrant with license to create
a park.
The enclosure comprised two hundred acres of the land
or perhaps something more, the soil whereof as result has
since proved was admirably calculated for the growth of
forest timber. His son, William, appears to have been a
prodigious favorite with Queen Elizabeth, whose sagacity
was not often deceived into bestowing confidence upon
those unworthy of it.
On two occasions, perliaps oftener, she honored him
with a visit at his mansion, once in 1577 and again in
1688, as appears from undeniable records. Before this he
had been knighted (1676) by Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in
her presence, upon which she gave him her hand to kiss,
observing that '^ He well deserved the honor which she
had conferred upon him." The illusion in all probability
was to his conduct during his two shirevalties of Surrey
and Sussex, and yet more perhaps for the service he had
rendered the crown as Vice- Admiral of the latter country,
where he enforced with equal purchase and vigor the ad-
mirality rights on the shore of his allotted district.
The son of the fortunate sheriff was no less successful
than his father had been in securing the especial good- will
of royalty. From this source he obtained a large aug-
mentation of the family estates, the Lordship and Manor
of Goldslining in Surrey being granted to him by Eliza-
bath in 1601, Neither was he less a favorite with King
James I, however opposed in all his tastes and habits to
his high-spirited and sagacious predecessor.
By the royal pendant this deacon, as he supposed him-
self in king-craft, he was honored with the chancellorship
of the Order of the Garter, and finally made lieutenant of
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the tower, when Sir Gervaise Elives was removed from
that post for his supposed or real participations in the
murder of Sir Thomas Overbury.
*With Sir William More, the direct line of inheritance
failed in this family, he dying without issue, and the
baronetage which had been granted to his father, Sir Poyn-
ings, as a matter of course became extinct. This estate
then passed to the Rev. Nicholas More (Molyneux), a
younger brother of Sir Poynings, at that time rector of
Fletcham, in Surrey, but who did not live long to enjoy
his good fortune.
His son Robert having died unmarried in 1689, he was
succeeded by his two sisters as co-heiresses to the estate.
Of these Ehzabeth also died unmarried, and then the
property was conveyed by marriage to Sir Thomas Moly-
neux, Bart., of Sefton in Lancashire. (The issue of this
family became extinct.)
Sir Thomas Molyneux died in 1776, when Loseley passed
into the possessions of his sisters ; they too died unmar-
ried, and we are told by Kempe in the Loseley manu-
script, James More Molyneux, Esq., who is now the rep-
resentative of that branch of the family, which became
by intermarriages with female inheritor of More the pos-
sessor of Loseley, derives the property in virtue of his de-
scent from the above Thomas Molyneux, who died in 1776.
There are still remaining some vestiges of a moat,
which seems to show that Loseley had in time long past a
fortified mansion, the usual accompaniment in feudal
ages of every locality adapted to such a purpose. If,
•Ann Cornwallis, daughter of William More Molyneux of Loseley Park.
Guildford, Co. Surrey; m. Feb. 3, 1772, Charles Rainsford; d. without issue
in 1798.
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however, an edifice of the kind, as we suppose, existed
here, it has left no trace behind.
The present modern pile — modem that is by comparison
— was erected by Sir William More. It is built of greyish
stone, in Elizabethan style of architecture, and is no
more than the uncompleted center of what was intended
when finished to form a square, or at least the three sides
of a quadrangle. A western wing was added by the
LosELEY Park, West and South Front
founder's son, but this was removed a few years ago,
though it must have been a striking feature, and of con-
siderable extent, for it composed a chapel and a gallery,
the latter being a hundred and twenty-one feet long by
eighteen wide. It may be said there is a general charac-
ter of uniformity in the building, but the same is by no
means preserved throughout in architectural details.
If all the windows are alike square-headed, they are far
from being even to the eyes of similar dimensions. The
largest are those appropriated to the principal apartments,
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and these are divided into many lights, mullions, and tran-
soms. The great hall is 45 feet by 25 feet, having the bay
or oriel window.
There are warriors' emblazements, and among them the
arms of the More family, with the date 1568, but instead
of the military weapons, which at the time figured here,
they are now ornamented with more modern, as well as
more peaceful guise by pictures. The drawing-room in
the decorative Elizabethan style is particularly deserving
of notice. Upon a cornice highly enriched, is the rebus
of the Mores, a mulberry tree intersecting the motto:
** Mours morcum cito moriturum." This is open to many
interpretations of the inventive. Kempe explains it to
signify: ** That the family stock like the mulberry tree,
should be of long endurance, but the individual descend-
ants, hke fruit, should by the common lot of mortaUty,
be subject to a speedy decay."
The chimney piece in this room has been by many con-
sidered highly curious. The two parts which compose it
are upper and lower, the last the Corinthian order, and
consists of two pillars, with a bracket on either side, sup-
porting a Gary tide beneath each bracket.
The pedestals on which the whole is based are festooned
and ornamented with various sculptures, all in excellent
preservation. The brackets at the side of the mantel up-
hold a fascia and cornice, the Carytide being of a gro-
tesque character, and in various attitudes. The ceiling of
this room is adorned with pendant drops, and moulded
Gothic tracery, the figure of the cockatrice being frequent-
ly repeated among its involutions, and panelled with
emblazoned shields of arms.
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Many interesting portraits are presented in this old man-
sion that carry back the imagination far into other times.
Here we find the portrait of the beautiful but unfortunate
Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIH. Here, too, is Sir
Thomas More, Chancellor of the BluflE, tyrant, but who
with all his wit and wisdom, could not escape the common
fate of all who came within the same influence. King
James I and his Queen Anne of Denmark, originally
brought here on a visit of the royal pair to Loseley in 1603.
The park is extensive, and abounds in fine timber of
various descriptions. Large plantations of fir are to be
seen upon the rising ground which skirts it towards the
west, the rapid growth of which kind of wood too often
tempts the planter to the exclusion of noble trees. To
be sure it will thrive, and in this respect has good claims
upon our toleration ; although if the oak be as has been
often called '' the monarch of the woods ", the fir is un-
questionably the lowest of its plebeians. A small sheet of
water within the limit of the grounds, adds considerable
life and variety to the landscape.
Loseley Park, Guilford Co., Surrey — Lineage
Sir George More of Loseley, son of Sir William More
who died in 1600; b. Nov. 28, 1553, at Loseley, near Guild-
ford, lieutenant of the Tower of London (Wood says he
was beloved by Elizabeth for his many services to the
commonwealth); m. Anne, who died 1590, dau. Sir
Adrain Poynings; d. at Loseley on Oct. 16, 1632; and
buried in the chapel there. A portrait of Sir George More
is at Loseley. His male line failed in 1684 with his grand-
son. Sir William More, Bart., who d. s. p., leaving as
his ultimate heir his cousin Margaret Poynings, wife of
Sir Thomas Molyneux.
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Issue:
24 — 897. James More Molyneux, Esq., of Loseley
Park F. S. A. J. P., D. L. of Surrey,
and high sheriflF 1867; b. May 6, 1800;
m. July 24, 1832, Caroline Isabella,
eldest dau. of William Lounds Stone,
Esq., of Bright well Park, Co. Oxford;
d. April 9, 1874.
898. Henry Molyneux; d. 1822.
899. Jane; d. 1868.
900. George Molyneux, rector of Compton,
Surrey.
901. Ann; d. 1860.
902. Thomas; d. 1824.
903. William; b. 1809; d. 1833.
904. Arthur; b. 1811; m. Eliza, dau. of Col.
Jenkyns, Madras Army.
905. Poynings Robert; b. 1813; d. 1836.
906. Emma; m. 1830 John Sparks, Esq., of
Gordon House, Guildford.
907. Caroline; d. 1816.
908. Cassandra; m. 1831 Rev. Thomas Hand,
rector of Bulphar, Essex; d. 1868.
24 — 897. James More Molyneux, J. P. ; b. May 6,
1800; m. July 24, 1832, Caroline Isa-
belle, dau. of William F. Loundes
Stone, Esq., of Brightwell.
Issue:
25 — 909. Christopher Molyneux; b. April 26,
1833; d. Nov. 15, 1871.
910. William Molyneux, his heir; b. April 7,
1835.
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Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Henry More Molyneux, K. C. B.
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911. * Vice- Admiral Sir Robert Henry More
Molyneux, K. C. B., 1886, C. B., 1882;
entered R. Navy 1852; served in Black
sea during the Russian war, 1854-55;
served in Baltic 1855 (medal); com-
manded colonial gunboats in an expedi-
tion up Great Scarcies and neighboring
rivers; captured an armored slaver oflf
the Co., 1859. Comm. H. M. Ship Ruby
in Mediterranean in Russo-Turkish war.
Served in Burmah in 1879. Coram. H.
M. Ship Invincible at the bombardment
of Alexandria, 1822. Commanded off
Red sea 1884-1886, where he conducted
with the highest ability and success, the
prolonged defence of Suakin until the ar-
rival of General Graham's expeditionary
force. For this he received the K. C. B.
— having already won the C. B. for Alex-
andria. Superintendent of Sheuners
dockyard, and Naval A. D. C. to Queen
Victoria, 1886-88. Rear-Admiral 1888.
Sir Robert More Molyneux, as a flag offi-
cer, was last employed as Admiral Su-
perintendent of Deveonpert. dockyard,
which post he vacated in August, 1894;
m. Oct., 1874, Annie M. Cram, dau. of
M. C. Foster, R. N.
♦Admiral Sir liohert Ileury More Molyneux, K. C. B., was especially
thanked by the admiml and the French government for valuable services
rendered to French transport that had been wrecked oflf Jamaica: thanked by
admiralty for special service after the great hurricane at St. Thomas's 1867;
British delegate to International Maritime conference at Washington, D. G. ,
1880.
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Issue :
Gwendoline Molyneux.
912. Henrietta Anne Molyneux; m. July 17,
1860, Ross Lewis Mangles, Esq., V. C.
Indian civil service.
Issue:
Walter Mangles.
Arthur Roland.
Mary.
Francis Caroline Molyneux Mangles.
913.
Isabella Molyneux.
914.
Anne.
915.
Emma.
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MOLYNEUX OF THE WEST INDIES
Anthony Molyneux*, youngest eon of
Sir Richard Molyneux, knt., of Sefton;
m. Eleanor, dau. of Robert MaghiD; d.
in Dominica in 1586.
Issue:
19 — 916. Anthony Molyneux; m. a daughter of
Crisp.
917. Montgomerie of Garboldisham Hall, Co.
Norfolk.
Descendants of Richard Molyneux (18 —
122).
30 — 918. Crisp Molyneux, son of Anthony Moly-
neux, of St. Kitts,by his wife, a daughter
of Crisp, inherited the family
estates in that land.
He subsequently came to England, where he purchased
Garboldisham Manor, Norfolk, and in 1740 married Katie,
sole dau. and heiress of George Montgomerie, of Chip-
penham Hall, Cambridgeshire, in 1759, and M. P. for Ips-
wich. He was chief of the clan Montgomerie, and heir
male of Hugh, first Earl of Eglinton.
Crisp Molyneux filled the office of high sheriff for Nor-
folk in 1767, and represented for several years the borough
* A branch of the Molineuxes was s(»ated at an early date in the West
Indies; Anthony, youngest son of Richard Molyneux, knt., of Sefton, by his
wife Eleanor, a daughter of Robert Maghill, having died in Dominica in 1586.
A John MouUencux sailed from London for St. Christopher in 1635, and one of
the family, who died in 1761, was speaker of the Assembly, Montserrat.
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of King's Lynn in parliament. He died in 1793 at St.
Eitts, leaving besides two daughters, Elizabeth ; m. Jan.
29, 1783, Sir WiUiam Burnaby of Broughton Hall Oxon;
Margaret; m. in 1798 Rev. William Hungerford Colston,
rector of West Lydford, Somerset; daus. Charlotte and
Katherine, and sons George, his heir; b. 1740, who as-
sumed the name of Montgomerie by royal license in 1780,
in pursuance with his grandfather's will, and Crisp Moly-
neuXjJr., who married Nov. 8, 1782, Lucy Frederick.
Election Address op Crisp Molyneux, Esq., Hiqh
Sheriff of Norfolk
Borough of King's Lynn, in Norfolk, Dec. 12, 1766.
" To the Right Worshipful the Mayor^ Recorder, Aldermen^ Com-
mon Coundly and worthy Freeman of the said Borough :
** Gentlemen,
" Having met with great encouragement, I beg leave to
offer myself a candidate to represent this ancient Borough
in parliament at the next election; in which if I am so
happy as to succeed, every constitutional measure for the
benefit of this country and this town in particular shall be
supported to the utmost of my abiUties, and the obliga-
tion be ever gratefully acknowledged by,
** Gentlemen,
*' Your most faithful and obedient servant,
** Crisp Molyneux."
21 — 919. George Molyneux, Esq., of Garboldisham
Hall; b. 1740, s. his father.
He assumed pursuant to the will of his grandfather
the surname of Montgomerie by royal license dated Sept.,
1780; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Michael White, Esq., gover-
nor of the Leeward Islands, and by her (who had died 1836).
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Issue:
22—920. Crisp Molyneux; b. 1780 (Capt. in the
Guards); m. Mary Parsons.
921. WiUiam; b. 1785; d. 1798.
922. Thomas; b. 1788; m. 1844 George Louise
Foley, 3d dau. of Lord Foley, and d.
1865; she d. 1864.
Issue :
23—923. Cecil Thomas Molyneux; b. 1846; m.
Elanore Lascelles.
22—924. George Molyneux; b. 1793, rector of
Gariboldisham ; d. 1849.
926. Frederick Molyneux; m. 1830 Sopha,
dau. Humphry Butler, granddaughter
of Brushy, 1st Vs. Lanesbore; d. 1898.
926. Charlotte Molyneux; m. 1809 Francis
Carlton, Esq., of Clare, Co. Tipperary.
927. Lucretia Molyneux; m. 1809 Sir Alex-
ander, Bart., 1816.
928. Fanny Molyneux ; m. 1814 Richard Sum-
ner, son of R. Summer Priory Guildford,
by sister of the admiral.
23—923. Cecil Thomas Molyneux; m. 1868 Elen-
ore Frances Lascelles, of Morley.
Issue:
24 — 929. George Molyneux, Lieut. -Gen. Gds. ; b.
1869; educated at Eton and Trinity col-
lege, Cambridge, J. P. D. L. for Norfolk.
George Molyneux, J. P. for Insfield and
Lewes; m. Frances Ramsey; d. 1865.
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Issue :
23—923. George Molyneux, Esq., of Insfield, Sus-
sex, eldest son of the late Geo. Moly-
neux; b. 1840; m. 1st Maria, only child
of the Rev. Joseph Henlock, M. A., &
Co. — heiress of the Rev. Fritz Herbert
Potter of Cherisey Henlock, S. D., 1875;
m. 2d, 1877, Cecil Harriet, youngest
daughter of the late S. H. Russell, Esq.,
H. I. I. O. S.
Issue by former:
25 — 931. Greorge Fritz Herbert Molyneux ; b. 1841
J. D. for Sussex, and a banker at Lewes.
932. Capt. W. E. Molyneux, R. N., of New
Brighton; m. Martha Maria, dau. of
Sir Andrew Mitchell, K. B. ; d. 1868.
Issue:
26—933. Andrew Mitchell Molyneux, Esq., of
New Brighton, Cheshire; b. 1839; m.
Louise, 2d dau. of the late Edmund
Molyneux of Sandfield.
Issue :
27—934. William Edmund Molyneux; b. 1871;
educated at Harrow, late Capt. 23d R.
V. F., J. P. for Co. Chester.
Molyneux op Sandfield
Edmund Molyneux; m.
Issue :
935. Ednxund Molyneux.
936. Louise Molyneux; m. Andrew Mitchell
Molyneux.
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936. Edmund Molyneux, of Sandfield, West
Derby, Lan., of Warren Lodge Berks,
only son of Edmund Molyneux, of the
Hall Sandfield, H. B. M. council for
the state of Georgia, U. S. A., who
died 1864; educated at Rugby, J. P.
for Berks; formerly major 7th Dra-
goons guards and grandson of Sir
George Houslons, Bart.; b. 1836; m.
1864 Sarah Anne Maria, 4th dau. of
the late Sir Claude N. Champion de
Crespigay, Bart.
Issue:
937 b. 1890.
MoLiNES (Molyneux)
Arms. — Gules, three crescents Or.
Edmundus Molinus de Exherst; m
* Thomas — Matildes filia, Gilbert Mersin.
Johannes Exherst^Anna filia Will'i Walder.
Thomas— Margretta filia John Coleman.
Tho. Ellis, Fundator Hospitalis D'ni — Johannis— Alicia filia Williesmue Sep-
Tbomas apnd Sandwichms hans de
Johannes— Constantantia
Notbure
filia et hures
vidna John'es Sepuans
Alicia filia — Richardiis — Johanna filia Willeri Robert de Cranbrook
Thomas, s. p. Elizabeth
Maria | Mathews 8 filia ct co-heir.
Thos. Aide Benett a filia maxima
de le Natte et coher Rich'di
Checker in Exherst Ar. de Ashe.
Ashe
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Fil (3) Nic, fil, Joh'is
Margret filia et — Joh*es Monius Ar locum tenena
coheirs Thos. Aide | Castria Dovorie
1619. Thomas Molinus— Alicia filia Willeulmus Orispe locum Anerits Castria
Avitate Cant. Ar. | Dovorie
Peyton nupta Stepheanus Monis — Maria Charoli Maria nupta Caval erio.
Geo. Tuckde de Dovar Ar. Heles de Them Maycot Milini
Bere. | nington milits.
Thos. Monius fil et (2) Charolins arts 19 (4) Williumus arts 5
harires aets 2rarm, annors. (5) Ric'dus arts Vinues
et amplius Ann
3 Thomas arts 8 Maria Anna
I I Jana Doreathe
Maria nupta p*nu Goldwell Francis nupta Leonardo Johannes Molyneux
Rogers dunda X'Pofero Sprakliug de St. Dustans de London
3Ian de Civitate Cant, Ar. — 'pe Cantuaream. fil'Secundus.
1 — 938. Thomas Molyneux ; m. Elizabeth Hodg-
kin.
1 — 939. Christopher Molyneux ; m.
Issue:
2—940. Dau. ; m. Richard Molyneux, 1621.
Issue :
3 — 941. Thos. Molyneux; m
Confirmation of Arms of William Molyneux, 1806
To All and Singular to whom these Presents shall come :
Sir Isaac Heard, Knight Garter, Principal King of Arms,
and Ralph Bigland, Esquire, Norry, King of the North
parts of England from the River Trent Northwards, send
Greeting: whereas His Majesty by Warrant under his
Royal Signet and Sign Manual bearing date the 24th day
of May last signified unto the Most Noble Charles Duke of
Norfolk Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England
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that he had been graciously pleased to give and grant unto
William Hockenhull of Lymme in the county Palatine of
Chester, Clerk, his Royal License and authority that he
and his Issue may take and use the surname of Molineux
and also bear the Arms of Molineux with due distinction
in compliance with the Will and Testament of Bryan
William Molyneux, late of Hawkley Hall, in the Town-
ship of Pemberton, in Co. Palatin of Lancaster, Esq.;
deceased Such Arms being first duly exemplified according
to the Laws and Arms and recorded in the Herald's Office,
otherwise His Majesty's Said License and Permission be
void and of none eflfect. And forasmuch as the Said Earl
Marshal did by Warrant under his Hand and Seal bearing
date the 13th day of June Instant authorize and direct Us
to exemplify and confer as- such Arms with due distinction,
accordingly Know ye therefore that We the said Garter
and Norry in obedience to His Majesty's Command in pur-
suance of his Grace's Warrant and by Virtue of the Let-
ters Patent of our several offices to each of us respectively
granted do by these Presents exemplify and confirm unto
the said William Hockenhull, now William Molineux, the
Arms of Molineux, Viz. — Azure a Cross Moline Or and
for Distinction on a Canton Argent an Ass^s Head erased
Sable, to be borne and used for ever hereafter by him
the said William Molineux and his Issue according to the
tenor of His Majesty's Said Sign Manual and the Laws of
Arms. In Witness whereof we the said Garter and Norry,
Kings of Arms, have to these Presents subscribed our
Names and affixed the Seals of our respective Offices this
twentieth day of June in the forty-sixth year of the Reign
of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of
God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and six.
MOLYNEUX OF LUDLOW, Co. SaLOP
1 — 942. William Molyneux, formerly William
Hockenhull of Hawkley Hall, in Pem-
berton Co., Lancaster, and formerly of
Lymm Co., Chester Clerk in Holy Orders,
Minor Canon of Chester Cathedral, son
of WilUam Hockenhull of Nat wich ; b.
1767; admitted to the Trinity college,
Cambridge, Sept. 16, 1785; B.A. 1790,
M.A. 1793; m. Elizabeth Jackson, 2d
daughter of Thomas Taylor of Lymm
Hall, Co. Chester; b. Aug. 2, 1774, and
by hcense Sept. 19, 1799. She d. Nov.
4, 1855, bur. at Neston, Co. Chester.
By royal license dated July 4, 1805, he and his issue were
authorized to take and use the surname of Molyneux in-
stead of that of Hockenhull and bear the arms of Moly-
neux, in accordance with the clause to that effect contained
in the will of Bryan William Molyneux of Hawkley Hall,
dated July 24, 1805 ; appointed Minor Canon Oct. 22, 1807 ;
bur. in Lady Chapel in the cathedral of Chester Jan. 5,
1830.
Issue:
2 — 943. Elizabeth Hockenhull; m. 1st, John
Greenall of Myddleton Hall, Co. Lane. ;
m. 2d, Bertie Eutwisle Johnson, clerk
in Holy Orders.
944. Bryan William Molyneux of Hawkley
Hall and afterwards Moor Hall, Ludlow,
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Co. Salop, clerk in Holy Orders; m.
Louise Martina Dodgson, April 26, 1839.
Issue:
3—945. Louise Elizabeth ; b. 1840; d. unm. 1862.
946. Charlotte Mary; b. 1841; d. 1868.
947. Bessie; b. Sept. 14, 1842.
948. Alice Maud; b. Nov. 5, 1843.
949. Emma Sophia; b. 1846; d. 1881.
950. Harriet; b. 1848.
951. Rachel Ester; b. 1850; m. at Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, U. S. A., Oct. 22,
1876, Joseph Burdon Mitchell; d. at
Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1891; buried
there Sept. 2, of Adam St. German-
town, Philadelphia, Pa.
952. Bryan William Hockenhull Molyneux,
clerk in Holy Orders; b. April 9, 1852.
Master of Arts, Doctor of Civil Laws of
Lndlow in Co. Salop, formerly Curate
in charge of Ombury, in the same Co.
1 — 953. Thomas Molyneux, 2d and youngest son;
b. at Northgate, St. Chester, March 3,
1818; d. June, 1832.
Issue :
2—954. Mary; d. Dec. 4, 1859; m. Rev. Edward
Royds.
Motto
•'Vivere Sat Vincere."
** To conquer is to live enough.*'
(Armorial bearings are upon a lozenge azure, a cross
Molin Or — Canton, argeot an ass^s head erased sable.)
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MOLYNEUX OF HAWKLEY
Motto
'* Vivere Sat Vincere."
"To conquer is to live enough." •
Note. — In 1667 ten generations of the Molynenxes had
been seated at Hawkley, the representative at that time
being Thomas Molyneux, Esq.
The family appeared to have resided there down to 1805,
in which year the death is recorded, at Lymm parsonage,
of Bryan William Molineux, of Hawkley Hall, Lan-
cashire. — Oentleman^s Magazine,
The hall, a very ancient half-timbered structure em-
bosomed in a dark wood, existed in 1836 as a armhouse,
but ruinous and dilapidated. — Baines's History of Lan-
cashire.
(Armorial bearings are upon a lozenger azure, a cross
Molin Or — Canton, argent, an ass^s head erased sable.)
WILLIAM MOLYNEUX OF HAWKLEY. 1699
Bequeaths 20s. to each of his brothers and sisters; to his
mother £1 10s. Residue to his wife.
MOLYNEUX OF CHENNOR
Richard Molyneux of Sandhill, in Co. Sowthe, Esq. ; m.
dau. of ..., and by her had yssue.
William Molyns, his eldest sonne, William Molyneux of
Markney, in Co. Berk, Esq., eldest sonne and heire to
Ricarde aforsaide, married to his thirde wyfe Anne,
Doughter to Sir Anthony Molyneux.
Anthony Molyneux of Marking, in Co. Berk, and gent.
married Agnes, doughter to Cheney, on Walling-
forde in Co. Berk, and by her had yssue: Thomas Moly-
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neux eldest sonne and heir apparent, Maryanne & Eliza-
beth.
1 — 955. Anthony Molyneux; m. Francis Blayds.
Issue:
2—956. Mary Molyneux; m. William Edward
Royds of Grenhill, Rochdale, and of
Danehill Park, Co. Sussex.
Issue :
Clement Molyneux Royds; b. 1842; m.
Annette Nora Jane, dau. of Thomas
Littledale, of Highfield Houst, West
Derby.
MOLYNEUX OF CRANBORN
Arms. — Quarterly I and 4 azure, a cross patonce Or; 2
argent, three lions heads erased. Azue 3 per pale Or and
azue 3 crescents countercharged.
1 — 957. Hugh Molyneux, of Co. Chester; m.
Issue:
2 — 958. Henry Molyneux of Cranborn, Co. Dor-
set, gent.; m. Margret ; m. 2d,
J one, dau. of Richard My He, in Co.
Sussex.
Issue by 1st wife:
3 — 959. Agnes; m. John Keyleway.
Issue by 2d wife :
960. Oliver Molyneux.
961. Edward (or Edmund) Molyneux.
962. Henry Molyneux.
963. Elizabeth Molyneux; m. Richard Lane.
964. Ede; m. John Lane.
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965. Katherine; m. Oliver Cranborn.
966. Cecille; unm.
VENTRY
This noble family derives its origin from the same source
as those of Sephton, Houghton and Teversal; Sir Richard
Molyneux or de Moulins, or de Molenes, of Sefton in Lan-
cashire, Knt., its immediate founder, having been the 12th
in lineal descent from William de Moulins, who accom-
panied William the Conqueror to England. This Sir Rich-
ard signalized himself in the wars of Prance, under King
Henry V, and in consequence of his bravery at the cele-
brated battle of Agincourt he was knighted by the gallant
Monarch. He married Joan, the widow of Sir Peter
Leigh, of Lyme Regis, county Dorset, Knt., dau. of Sir
Gilbert Haydon or Haydock of Bradley, Knt., in England;
by whom he had amongst other sons (15 — 86) William de
Melius, issue Richard, whose son William des Molines or
MuUins of Burnham in County Norfolk; m. Jane, dau. of
Ludlow, of in the county of ; issue
Frederick William MuUins; b. at Burnham in 1616, settled
in Ireland, where he obtained grants of lands in the prov-
ince of Ulster, which he afterwards sold, in order to pur-
chase estates in County Kerry, called Ballingoldin, &c.,
&c. His place of residence was termed Burnham, from
the place of his nativity; and he sat in two successive
parliaments for 'the borough of Dungle and Tralee, in
County Kerry during the reign of King Henry HI ; m.
Jane, dau. of the Hon. Reverend Dean Evelyn, by whom
he had 1st,
Frederick MuUins; m. Martha, eldest
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daughter of Thomas Blennerhasset,
of County Kerry.
2d, Richard MuUins, major in the army ;
Jane, who m Clark, one of the
barons of the English Exchequer, and
left issue:
General Clark (Sir Alfred Clark) late
commander-in-chief in the East Indies.
3d, Edward MuUins who settled in Eng-
land.
4th, Samuel Mullens who had issue.
William Mullens, successor to his grand-
father; b. 1691; m. June, 1716, Mary,
dau. of George Rowan.
Thomas Mullens, of Burnham aforesaid,
in Ireland; b. Oct. 25, 1736; m. Eliza-
beth, dau. of Townsend Gun of Rat-
too, in Kerry. He had issue six sons.
1. William Townsend Mullens; b. Sept.,
1761; m. 1st Sarah, dau. of Sir Riggs
Falkener, of Ann Mount in Coimty
Cork; issue 2 daus., Ann, Elizabeth;
m. 2d, Frances, dau. of Isaac Sage, of
London, Esq;.m. 8d, Clara Jones, dau.
of Benjamin Jones, late of the city
of London; by whom he had
2. Thomas; b. Aug., 1798.
3. Townsend ; m. Christabella DayroUes,
dau. of Solomon Dayrolles, of Lon-
don; issue:
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Thomas Towpsend Aremberg, lieut. 7th
regt.
4. Thomas, major in the army.
5. Richard, Capt. 28th regt. of Foot.
6. Frederick, a clergyman of Beaufort,
County Kerry; m. Elizabeth, dau. of
Crocket.
Daughters :
Theodore ; m. Edward Brice.
Elizabeth; m. Richard Blennerhasset.
Arabella; m. Richard MacGillycuddy.
Charlotte ; m. Richard Pierse Mahony.
Christiana; m. James Hazier.
The said Thomas Mulines (Mullins) was created a baronet,
Dec. 7, 1797, and then Lord Ventry received sanction (in
Ireland) to again write his name De Moelyns.
Tradition: — Taken from Memoir of the Molyneux Fam-
ily by Gisborne Molineux, F. R. C. I.
In the third year of Henry VII anno. 1424, a violent
quarrel, arising out of the disputed limits of the family
possessions in Liverpool, sprang up between Thomas Stan-
ley the younger, afterwards Lord Stanley, and Sir Richard
Molyneux of Sef ton. ' From the report of the facts made
the Chancellor of the Diocese by Ralf of Ratcliffe and
James of the Holts, Justices of the Peace, it appears that
they had some difficulty in preventing a pitched battle be-
tween the retainers of the two powerful families. The
justices reported that having heard that there was *' great
rumor and congregation of routes" between these two
honorable persons, they and Sir Richard Radcliffe, the
sheriff of Lancashire, proceeded to the house of Sir John
Stanley, in Liverpool, where they found *' Thomas of
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Stanley with a multitude of people in the town, to the
number of 2,000 men or more," waiting to receive Sir
Richard de Molyneux, who was expected to enter the town
immediately for the purpose of attacking the Stanleys.
With some difficulty the sheriff succeeded in arresting
Thomas Stanley. They afterwards arrested Sir Richard
Molyneux, whom they found marching from West Derby
''with great congregation, route, and multitude, to the
number of 1,000 men, or more, arrayed in manner as to
go battle, and coming fast towards Liverpool town. " The
sheriff subsequently received from the Chancellor of the
County Palatine the following mandamus from the King :
'* Henry, King of England and France, Duke of Ireland,
to his Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster
sends the following mandamus :
'' We command, &c., that Thomas, son of John Stan-
ley, soldier, now residing in my Castle^ of Chderow, shall
withdraw himself as far as the Castle of Kenilworth ; and
that Richard Molyneux, soldier, residing at the Castle of
Lancaster, shall withdraw himself as far as the Castle of
Windsor. Given at Westminister the 3d year of my
reign."
The feud between the families was afterwards made up,
and the two houses became aUied in marriage and fought
side by side on the field of Flodden, and later on in sup-
port of the Royal cause in the Civil war. The friendship
has subsisted to the present time, a period of more than
three centuries. — Baines^s History of LdverpooL
MOLYNEUX
There is a village of Moulineaux, situated at the foot of
a hill about ten miles from Rouen Froissar mentions
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the capture of a Castle of Molineux: ^' The lorde Courcy
and the lorde de Ryer," so runs the chronicle, ''besiged
Carentyne with great puissance, and at last they dyde so
moche, that they had it by treatie, and so it was gy ven up
to the obeysance of the Frenche Kyng. Thus they had
Carentyne, and put therein newe men of warre, and
then departed and went to the Castell of Mohneaux, and
within three dayes they had it by treatie."
Carentyne, or Carenton, is a town in Lower Normandy,
situated upon the river Douve.
Notes taken from Chapter III. — Memoir of the Moli-
neux Family, by Gisborne Molineux, F. R. C. I. :
Some uncertainty exists as to the precise date when the
Staffordshire branch of the Molineux family first settled
in the county. The name of Molineux, with those of
Townsend, Davenport, Lawley of Canvell, Turton, Heath-
cote of Longford, Fowler, and Marsh of Wimborne, ap-
pears amongst the families who took a leading position in
Staffordshire subsequent to the accession of the House of
Brunswick. The family had, however, been seated in the
county for a considerable period anterior to that date.
From an entry in the register of the Collegiate church
of St. Peter, Wolverhampton, it appears that '^Joan,
daughter of Robert MoUneux," was baptized in that
church on the 24th January, 1629; and that WilUam, a
son of the said Robert Molineux, was baptized there April
24, 1632.
The record of the Parish of Willenhall, near Wolver-
hampton, records the burial, in 1638, in the church there
of Richard Molineux, a descendant probably of the Moli-
neuxes of Thorpe, Co. Notts. This Richard is believed to
have been the grandfather of Richard Molineux, of Willen-
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hall, gentleman, who died April 24, 1723, and who hy his
first wife, Mary, had two sons — Thomas, baptized July
26, 1669, and Richard, baptized September 10, 1685 — ^be-
sides three daughters, Margaret, Mary, and Elizabeth. By
his second wife, Hannah, he had six sons, John, Daniel,
Wilham, Thomas, Joseph and Richard, besides a daughter,
Hannah. Daniel, the eldest son of the above-named,
Richard and Hannah Molineux settled in Dublin.
Joseph, 6th son, married, apparently, as his second wife,
Mary, daughter of Thomas Birch, of Lapley, Staffordshire,
gentleman. By his will, provided in 1773, he charged his
copyhold estate within the manor of Hampstead in the
said county, with the sum of £1,000 for the benefit of
his children by his said wife.
John* second surviving son of Darcy Molyneux, of
Mansfield, Co. Notts, and great grandson of Sir Francis
MoHneux, of Teversal, Bart., settled in Wolverhampton
at the commencement of the eighteenth century, where
he engaged in the iron trade, and where Thomas, his eld-
est son, was born, on the 17th of March, 1704, being bap-
tized on the 22d of the same month. By his wife, Mary,
who died in 1735, he had, besides Thomas, four other sons
— Richard, John, Joseph, and Benjamin — and three daugh-
ters, Anne, Mary, and Elizabeth. He died in 1754; and
was buried in thp Church of St. Peter, Wolverhampton.
He was the immediate ancestor of the eldest branch of
the Staffordshire Molineuxes and of the family seated at
Lewes in Sussex.
* John Molineux had a cousin living at Liverpool, who had a son John, and
a daughter, who married a Mr. Edmondson, by whom she had a son, a colonel
in the army, who died in India. — Ileralds' College.
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STAFFORDSHIRE AND SUSSEX BRANCHES
1. John Molineux ; m. Mary Birch ; he d. 1754 ,
she d. 1735.
Issue:
2 — 1. Thomas Molineux ; m. Aug. 6, 1732, Mar-
garet Gisbome.
3 — 2. Richard; m. Sarah Gisbome.
4 — 3. John; m Wass.
5 — 4. Joseph; b. 1715; m. Ann, dau. of Dr.
Brett; d, 1771.
6 — 6. Benjamin; m. Elizabeth, dau. of
Fieldhouse; d, 1772.
7—6. Anne.
8—7. Mary.
9—8. Elizabeth.
(2) II. Thomas Molineux; m. August 5, 1732, at St. PauPs
Cathedral, London, Margaret, dau. of
Gisborne.*
*The Gisbornes are an old family of good standing in Derbyshire and
Staffordshire. John Gisbome, Jr., was high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1742.
Margaret, widow of Thomas Molineux, died Aug. 5, 1791, and was buried
in the family vault, built by Richard Molineux at Tettenhall, near Wolver-
hampton, her funeral being attended by her son, Thomas Gisbome Molineux,
her grandson Thomas Gisbome Molineux, her nephew, George Molineux, of
Molineux House, Wolverhampton, Isaac Scott, and Lewis Clutt^rbuck, of
Ford House, Wolverhampton. The following obituary notice appeared at the
time in a Wolverhampton paper:
"Died, at the advanced age of eighty-two, Mrs. Molineux, of Queen street,
relict of Mr. Thomas Molineux, who being th6 elder branch of a most respect-
able and ancient family in this township, was,, in her conduct to her relations
and her acquaintances, and to the objects of charity around her, an exemplary
pattern of every virtue."
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Issue, nine sons and three daughters; all died in in-
fancy with the exception of
10 — 1. John Molineux; b. May 14, 1736; m. Mar-
garet Walker.
11 — 2. Benjamin; d. unm. Dec. 12, 1782.
12 — 3. Richard; m. Mary Molineux.
13 — 4. Thomas Gisborne Molineaux; b. June 12,
1747; m. Mary Brice.
11. John Molineux,* eldest son of Thomas and
Margaret Molineux; m. Margaret, widow
of Walker of Wolverhampton; d.
March 28, 1785.
Issue:
14 — 1. Sarah Gisborne Molineux ;t m. Isaac Scott,
of Wolverhampton.
Issue:
Margaret; d. unm.
16 — 2. Mary Ann Molineux; m. John Lingard of
Wolverhampton.
Issue :
John Lingard.
Sarah Gisborne; m. Charles S. Stokes.
Mary Ann ; d. unm.
*In the Nottingham Review of May 80, 1834, appears the following obitu-
ary; "On Tuesday week, in his 71st year George John Scipio Africanus, a
native of Serra Leone. He was brought when an infant to England, being a
present made to John Molineux, Esq., of Wolverhampton, cousin of the late
Sir Francis Molyneux Bart., of Wellow, in this county. Mr. Molineux, who
was much attached to him, for some years kept him in his household, and
had him educated, and finally put him out as apprentice to a brass-founder in
Wolverhampton and when out of his time he removed to Nottingham, where
he married and resided there for the last fifty years."
f Mi's. Scott survived her husband some years, and her death, which took
place in Oct., 1831, was greatly regretted by a large circle, both of rich and
poor.
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(12) III. Richard Molineux, third surviving sod of Thomas
and Margaret Mohneux; ra. his cousin
Mary, second dau. of Benjamine Molineux,
of Wolverhampton; d. Sept. 2, 1784.
Issue:
16 — 1. Mary Ann Molineux; m. James Clutter-
buck of Hyde House, Co. Gloucester, jus-
tice of the peace and deputy for the county.
17 — 2. Caroline Molineux; m, Robert, son of
Briaii Hodgson, of Swinscoe, Staif ordshire,
and had issue.
Robert Molineux Hodgson, for many years
a resident of Paris, and participated in the
hardships and privations endured by the
inhabitants during the memorable siege of
the city in 1870 by the German army; d.
at Vincennes July 26, 1876.
Caroline.
Ellen.
18 — 3. Elizabeth Molineux; m. Thomas Brooke.
(13) III. Thomas Gisborne Molineux, 9th and young-
est son of Thomas and Margaret Moli-
neux, settled in London as a merchant;
m. Mary Brice; d. there -May 13, 1807.
Issue:
19 — 1. Thomas Gisborne Molineux; d. May 15,
1840.
19 — 2. Francis Molineux; b. Sept. 14, 1785; m.
Sarah Molineux, dau. of Joseph Molineux.
20 — 3. Ann Molineux; m. Nov. 13, 1803, Josiah
Rhodes, of London, and a captain in the
Volunteers.
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Issue:
Mary Ann ; m. William Pawcett, solicitor,
of Yarm-on-Tees, Yorkshire.
(19) IV. Francis Molineux; b. Sept. 14, 1785; in 1803,
when eighteen years of age, held a com-
mission as lieutenant in the London Vol-
unteers. He afterwards embarked in
business as a merchant in London; m.
Oct. 13, 1819, his cousin, Sarah, 4th dau.
of Joseph Molineux, banker of Lewes, Co.
Sussex; d. March 16, 1852.
Issue: •
21 — 1. Qisborne Molineux, F. R. C. I., author of
'* Memoir of the Molyneux Family ".
22 — 2. Francis Molineux; d. 1850 unm.
23—3. Mary Elizabeth.
Gisbome Molineux,* eldest son of Francis and Sarah
Molineux, was bom at his father's residence in James
street, Buckingham Gate, Westminister, and was educated
under a private tutor. He received in 1856 the appoint-
ment of secretary to the Canada company, and took active
part in the formation of the Royal Colonial Institute, of
which society he is a fellow and member of council.
*The Royal Colonial Institute was founded in 1868. the inaugural dinner
being held at Willis's Rooms on March 10, 1869, Viscount Bury, M. P., pre-
siding. The Duke of Manchester, K. P., succeeded Lord Bury as president in
1871; and in 1878 his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, graciously ac-
cepted the office, the Duke of Manchester becoming chairman of the council.
His Royal Highness, accompanied by the Princess, attended the conversazione
given by the Council of the Institute on June 27, 1879, at the South Kensing-
ton Museum. . . . Among those presented to his Royal Highness by the Duke
of Manchester was Mr, Qisborne Molineux
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On April 3, 1872, the members of the Canada club,*
in recognition of his services as honorary secretary, and
*'in token of their regard", presented him with a silver
vase and two cups.
(3) II. Richard Molineux,t second son of John and Mary
Molineux of Wolverhampton came to
London and established himself in busi-
ness in Cateaton street, now Gresham
street. He appears to have taken an inter-
est in civic affairs, and was elected a com-
mon councilman for the ward; he was
subsequently appointed deputy. He m.
Sarah Gisbome, sister to Margaret, wife
of his brother Thomas Molineux.
Issue : *
24 — 1. Mary; m. June 24, 1750, Captain George
*The Canada Club, an association of gentlemen residing in British North
America, was constituted prior to 1810. On April 2, 1814, the members had
the honor of entertaining at dinner at the Freemason's Tavern, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Kent, father to her late most gracious Majesty Victoria.
At the dinner of the club held May 4, 1881, Mr. Molineux, who presided, in
proposing the toast of Marquis of Lome and the Dominion of Canada, took
occasion to refer to the recent death of the Earl of Beaconsfield, and to the
"appreciation evinced by him of the value of the colonies to the mother
country, and his recognition of the importance of maintaining inviolate the
integrity and unity of the'cmpire, being in fact the first British statesman who
treated the question as one forming part and parcel of Imperial policy. The
course taken by Lord Beaconsfleld in this would," he added, "be gratefully
remembered and acknowledged, not only by all colonists, but by every one
who had the true interest of England at heart."
f Richard Molineux died in 1662. His widow, who died in 1770, bequeathed
her copyhold estate held of the manor of Gains, near Upminster, Essex, to
her sister, Margaret Molineux; her diamond rings and silver plate to be divided
between her sisters, the said Margaret and Mary Blagden.
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Barber, of Somerford Hall,* Brewood, Co.
Stafford, son and heir of Robert Barber, of
the Inner Temple, M. P. for Stamford, 1747,
her father giving her a dowry of £7,000.
(4) II. John Molineux, 3d son of John and Mary Moli-
neux, settled at Gainsborough, Co. Lincoln;
m Wass.
Issue:
25 — 1. Sarah Molineux; m. Richard Slaney, of
Hatton, Co. Salop.
Issue:
Issue:
John Molyneux Slaney.
Morton AgUonby Slaney ; m.
Mary; m. 2d, John Parkington, Bart.
Richard.
Charles Plowden.
Elizabeth; m. Rev. Charles Buckeridge.
(5) II. Joseph Molineux, 4th son of John and Mary
Molineux; b. 1715; settled in Lewes,
Sussex, in 1738, and engaged in the iron
trade, at that period one of the staple in-
dustries of the country; was apppinted re-
ceiver-general of stamps and taxes, and on
two occasions, in 1745 and 1746, was
chosen to fill the office of high constable
* Somerford is described by Langford as "a handsome seat"; and Shaw
in his History of Staffordshire mentions that "on part of the estate of Bar-
ber, of Somerford, lately sold by him, have been established the iron works of
J. Wilkinson, Esq., where the main branches of foundry as well as forge are
carried on a large scale."
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of the borough. He d. in 1771, and was
buried in the churchyard of St. Michael's,
Lewes. He m. Ann, dau. of Dr. Brett,
and granddaughter of John Apsley, of
Pulborough.
Issue :
26 — 1. John MoUneux.
27—2. Richard Molineux.
28 — 3. Joseph Mohneux; b. March 7, 1854; m.
Dec. 2, 1877, EUzabeth West.
29 — 4. Cordelia Molineux; d. unm., while on a
visit to Molyneux House, Wolverhampton.
30 — 5. Ann Molineux; d. unm.
31 — 6. Elizabeth; m. A. VerraD, of Lewes.
(28) III. Joseph Molineux, son of Joseph and Ann
Molineux; b. at Lewes March 7, 1754; be-
came a partner in the firm of Johnston,
Molineux & Co., paper manufacturers, Is-
field,* and one of the founders of **The
Old Bank",t Lewes, an institution that
has for nearly a century maintained its
position as the leading bank for the eastern
division of the country. He m. Dec. 2,
^Horsfield, in his History of Sussex, mentions that at Isfield "There is
(1885) a large and handsome paper-mill on the bank of the river (Ouse), be-
longing to Messrs. Johnston and Molineux, of Lewes, at which some excellent
paper is produced." The mill has since been pulled down.
f At the time of the commercial panic in 1825, during which so many bank-
ing establishments were compelled to close their doors, many of the nobility
and gentry of the country, including Viscount Gage, Sir John Shelly, Sir
George Shiffner, and others, to show their confidence in the stability of the
bank, undertook to indemnify for a period of six months the holders of its
notes to the extent of £197,000.
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1777, at St. John's church, Lewes, Eliza-
beth, dau. of Thomas West, of Southover;
she d. July 20, 1815; hed. at Lewes, 1813.
Issue:
32 — 1. Francis Molineux.
33 — 2. Joseph.
34 — 3. George;* b. March 17, 1792; m. Frances
Ramsay.
35 — i. Elizabeth; m. C. Chitty, of Lewes.
30 — 5. Cordelia; ra. Job Smallpeice, of North-
brook, Co. Surrey.
37 — 6. Sarah; m. Francis Molineux, of London.
38 — 7. Jane; m. Joseph Browne, of Halcombe
House, Gloucestershire.
39 — 8 Maria; m. Henry Sparkes, of Summerbery,
Shalford, Co. Surrey.
40 — 9. Grace; ra. William Browne, of Minchin-
hampton, Co. Gloucester.
(34) rV. Geoi-ge Molineux, son of Joseph and Elizabeth
Molineux; b. 1792; succeeded his father as
a partner in the '' Old Bank ", Lewes, and
was made a magistrate for the county. He
m. Frances, dau. of Thomas Ramsay, of
London, and d. Jan. 27, 1755, at his resi-
dence in Lewes.
Issue:
41 — 1. George Molineux; b. Aug. 6, 1816; m. 1st,
Marie Ann Hurlock; m. 2d, 1877, Cecil
Harriet Rushell.
*Mr. Molineux was one of the first to welcome Louis Philippe, on his
landing at Newhaven from the steamer "Express", after his escape from
^^rance, March 2, 1848.
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42 — 2. Joseph; m. 1857, Caroline Symons.
43—3. Thomas; S. C. L. of Trinity college, Oxford,
rector of Waberthwaite, Cumberland.
44 — 4. Frederick.
45 — 6. Charies; d. unm.
46 — 6. Henry; d. unm.
47 — 7. Apsley Brett Molineux.
48 — 8. Frances; m. July 22, 1840, her cousin. Job
Smallpeice.
49 — 9. Cordelia; m. Jan., 1855, Joseph Ewart of
Manchester.
60 — 10. Elizabeth; d. in her youth.
(41) V. George Molineux;* b. Aug. 6; succeeded his father
as banker and magistrate for Sussex ; m.
1st, Maria Ann,t only child of the Rev.
Joseph Hurlock, M.D.,, and M.A. of Wad-
ham college, Oxford, and co-heir of the
Rev. Fitzherbert Potter, of Chertsey,
grandson of Archbishop Potter; she d.
*In the ** Doomsday Book" of 1876, compiled by authority of Parliament,
" George Molineux, of Lewes," is set down as the owner of 418 acres, 1 rod
and 16 perches, of which estate that formerly known as Moon's Farm, Isfleld.
comprising about 120 acres, he inherited from his father. He subsequently
purchased the small property called Oaklands, in the same parish, and in 1878
he became the possessor of the Mountfleld estate at Lewes, including the Con-
vent garden, and* the ground popularly known as the "Dripping Pan", be-
sides several farms, containing in the aggregate, about 363 acres, in the par-
ishes of Warbleton and Hurstmonceaux. In 1880 he became purchaser of the
property known as Barcombe Mill Farm, at Bareombe Sussex.
fMary Ann Molineux was buried in St. Michael's cemetery, at Lewes.
There is a window dedicated to her memory in the chancel of the church of
St. Margaret, Isfleld. The church was restored in 1875 under the auspices of
the rector, the Rev. S. F. Russell, brother of the second Mra. Molineux, and
was reopened by the Bishop of Chichester May 24, 1876.
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March 11, 1876; m. 2d, July 12, 1877, Cecil
Harriet, dau. of Samuel Henry Russell, H.
E. I. C. S.
Issue by 1st wife:
51 — 1. George Fitzherbert MoUneux.
52 — 2. Charles Hurlock Molineux, Vicar of St.
James, Derby.
53 — 3. Philip Horace Molineux of Mailing House,
near Lewes, banker and treasurer for the
Eastern Division of Sussex
54 — 4. Arthur Ellison Molineux; b. at Lewes Feb.
5, 1846.
55 — 5. Harold Parminter Molineux; b. at Lewes,
April 16, 1850; m. Rosa Eugenie Kath-
erine King.
56 — 6. Mildred Constance Molineux.
(33) IV. Joseph Molineux, son of George and Ann Moli-
neux; m. Oct. 20, 1857, Caroline, dau. of
the Rev. E. Symons, rector of Ringmer,
Sussex; d. in 1876, leaving several daugh-
ters.
(6) II. Benjamin Molineux, son of John and Mary Moli-
neux, established himself as a merchant
and banker in his native town, and died
there in 1772 at his residence, Molineux
House; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Field-
house.
Issue :
67 — 1. George Molineux; m. Jane, dau. of Rob-
inson; d. 1820.
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68 — 2. Sarah Molineux; m. Lewis Clutterbuck, of
Ford House, Byshbury, Wolverhampton,
second son of Daniel Clutterbuck, a banker
at Bath.
69 — 3. Mary Molineux; m. her cousin, Richard
Molineux, banker of Wolverhampton.
(57) III. George Molineux, only son of Benjamin Moli-
neux, succeeded his father as banker and
iron merchant at Dudley and Wolverhamp-
ton. He was magistrate for Staffordshire,
and filled the office of high sheriff for the
county in 1791, being the first inhabitant
of Wolverhampton upon whom the honor
was conferred. On the occasion of the
proclamation of George IV at Wolverhamp-
ton (vide Wolverhandpton Chronicle, Feb.
16, 1820) ^'the procession moved towards
High street, and afterwards to North street,
opposite the residence of our highly re-
spected townsman, George Molineux, Esq.,
at each of which places the proclamation
was read." Greorge Molineux married
Jane, dau. of Robinson and died at
Molineux House, Sept. 22, 1820.
Issue:
60 — 1. George Fieldhouse Molineux; m. Maria,
dau. of William Hardman; d. Sept. 30,
1840.
61 — 2. Benjamin; d. unm.
62—3. John Edmondson;* d. Feb. 23, 1851, unm.
* The Giflfards of Chillington were on intimate terms with the Molineuxes.
The Lichfield Mercury of August 27, 1880, gives an account of a fete at Chill-
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63 — 4. Richard; d. at Ryton in 1841.
64 — 5. William Hamilton Molineux, vicar of sheriff,
Hales, Co. Stafford, to which living he was
presented in 1823 by the Marquis of Staf-
ford. Perpetual Curate of Acton and Bed-
nal, in the same county, and a Prebendary
of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter,
Wolverhampton; d. unm. Sept. 29, 1831.
65 — 6. Charles Henry Molineux, banker at Dudley
and Wolverhampton, and a justice of the
peace for the counties of Stafford and
Worcester; d. at Bath Feb. 11, 1848, unm.
66 — 7. Harriet; d. unm.
ington, at which John Edmondson Molineux and two of his brothers were
present, which is interesting as showing how garden parties were conducted
half a century ago:
'* Fete at Chillington. — T. W. Qiffard, Esq.; entertained a numerous and
fashionable party on Friday last, the ^th instant, at Chillington. The com-
pany assembled at two o'clock at the Grecian temple, on the borders of the
pool on the lawn adjoining which several marquees were pitched, and a taste-
ful rustic ball-room erected. A large union-jack was hoisted in front of the
temple, and guns belonging to a fine yacht (the Elizabeth), as well as two on
the water's edge were fired at intervals during the afternoon. After' partak-
ing of refreshments in the temple and tents, the majority of the party betook
themselves to the water, and a great variety of sailing and rowing boats at
once in motion presented a delightful spectacle. The day at this period was
particularly bright and clear, and the flags of all nations were displayed on
the various vessels, the effect was very brilliant. An excellent band stationed
on the margin of the pool, added to the pleasure of the company. At 5
o'clock dancing commenced in the room erected for that purpose, and was
continued with unabated spirit till the firing of the large cannon announced
that dinner was in readiness at the hall, to which a long train of carriages soon
conveyed the assembled party.
''About one hundred and forty sat down to dinner in the grand saloon.
After the removal of the tables dancing was again renew^ed, until about 4
o'clock in the morning, when the party broke up, gratified by the variety of
pleasures afforded them by their respected host."
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67 — 8. Sarah; d. unm.
68 — 9. Sophia; d. unm.
(60) IV. Gteorge Fieldhouse Molineux, M. A., of Christ
church, Oxford, was presented in 1798 to
the rectory of Ryton, Co. Salop, which he
held for upwards of forty years ; he also held
the perpetual curacy of Acton Fussell, Co.
Stafford, to which he was instituted in
1806; was Prebendary of Wobaston, in
the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Wol-
verhampton, one of the chaplains to George
IV, and magistrate for Staffordshire, also
one of the trustees of the Wolverhampton
Free Grammar school, founded in 1515.
He m. Maria, dau. of William Hardman of
Manchester; d. Sept. 30, 1840, and was
buried at Ryton.
Issue:
69 — 1. George William MoUneux of Middleton,
Co. Lancaster; d. 1846, unm.
70 — 2. William Hardman Molineux; m. Eliza-
beth Pemberton.
71 — 3. Thomas Molineux of Beechfield, Bowden,
Co. Cheshire ; m. Mary Lomas.
72 — 4. John Hardman Molineux, of Normaton,
Co. York; m. Sarah Shiston ; d. 1875.
73 — 6. Charles Edward Molineux; m. March 15,
1845, Jane, dau. of Orson Bidwell.
74 — 6. James Hardman Molineux; d. 1817.
75 — 7. Richard Henry Molineux; d. 1833.
76 — 8. Maria; d. 1853; unm.
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77 — 9. Emily; m. Rev. John Lomas, incumbent
of Walton Breck, near Liverpool.
78 — 10. Harriet ; m. Thomas Lomas of Manchester.
Issue:
Gteorge Henry Lomas; m. 1873, Mary
Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. Bluett, of the
Isle of Man.
79 — 11. Eliza Jane Molineux.
80—12. Fanny Molineux.
(70) V. William Hardman Molineux, senior fellow of Clare
Hall, Cambridge, and rector of Elmsett,
Sufifolk ; m. Elizabeth, 2d dau. of Edward
Pemberton, J. P., of Plas Issa, Co. Mint.
Issue:
81 — 1. William Pemberton Molineux.
82 — 2. George William Frank Molineux, of Trin-
ity college, Dublin, and curate of Oakford,
Devonshire.
83. — 3. Emily Constance.
(71) V. Thomas Molineux, of Beechfield, Bowden, Co.
Cheshire, silk spinner; m. Mary, dau. of
William Lomas of Manchester.
Issue :
84 — 1. Thomas Hardman Molineux.
85 — 2. George William Mohneux.
86 — 3. John Molineux.
87 — L Emily Molineux; m. Feb. 3, 1874 the Rev.
» John Barrett Faussett, M.A.
88 — 5. Fanny Molineux.
89—6. EUza Molineux.
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90 — 7. Alice Mary Molineux; m. 1869 Rev. John
Trew, son of the venerable Trew,
Archdeacon of Bahamas.
(73) V. Charles Edward Molineux,* of Oakley near Penk-
ridge, Co. Stafford, was born at Ryton
Rectory, and received his education at
Brewood Grammar school. He passed the
examination for solicitor, but never prac-
tised. In 1860 he joined the 27th (Pat-
shuU) corps of the Staffordshire Rifle Vol-
unteers, of which he was lieutenant until
shortly before his death. He was a justice
of the peace for Worcestershire and Staf-
fordshire, Co. Salop.
Issue :
91 — 7. Mary Jane Molineux ; m. Frederick Staples
Browne, barrister-at-law, J. P. of Brash-
field House, Bicester, Oxfordshire.
(51) VI. Charles Hurlock MoUneux, 2d son of George and
Maria Ann Molineux, was originally bred
to the law, and was admitted a member of
the Incorporated Law society in 1865.
Quitting the legal profession, he entered
Lichfield Theological college, was ordained
priest in 1870, and appointed curate at St.
Michael's, Derby. He was subsequently
* Charles Edward Molineux died at Oakley, Nov. 3, 1880, in his seventieth
year, and was buried at Albrington. The funeral cortege was met at I)on-
nington Bridge by all non-commissioned officers of the Patshull Volunteers,
and by a number of private carriages, including that of the Earl of Dart-
mouth.
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presented to the vicarage of Mapperley,
Co. Derby, by Colonel Newdigate, of Byk-
ley Fodge, Staffordshire, who being made
high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1880, ap-
pointed Charles Hurlock Molineux his
chaplain. He also acted as chaplain to Her
Majesty's Judges of Assize during the
shrievalty of Francis Summer, Esq., high
sheriff, in 1881. He was instituted Vicar
of St. James, Derby, in 1876, by the Bish-
op of Lichfield, Dr. Selwyn, with whom
until his death on April 11, 1878, he main-
tained cordial relations.
(54) V. Arthur Ellison Molineux;* b. Feb. 5, 1846, edu-
cated at Winchester and Christ church,
Oxford, where he graduated in honors in
the law and history school, and took the
usual degrees of B. A. and M.A. ; m. July
16, 1874, Eleanor Margaret, 4th dau. of
Matthew Bell, J. P. and D. I., of Bourne
Park, Kent, high sheriff of the county,
1850.
Issue :
92—1. Agnes Irene; b. May 6, 1877.
93—2. Evelyn Margaret; b. April 13, 1881, Sir
John Conroy stood as sponsor for Evelyn
Margaret Molineux.
*IIe remved ordination March 3, 1874, at the hands of Dr. Phillpott,
Bishop of Worcester, ami was licensed to the curacy of Hagley. In 1877 he
was inslitut<Hl to the vacancy of Maiden Bradley Wills, on the presentation
of the Dean and Chapter of Christ Clmrch, Oxfonl,
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(55) VI. Harold Parminter Molineux, youngest son of
George Molineux; b. at Lewes, April 16,
1860; educated at Winchester and Sand-
hurst. He subsequently joined the 66th,
now the ''Essex" regiment (the Pompa-
dours) as ensign, with which regiment he
served some time in India. He was
gazetted lieutenant June 24, 1871, and
captain Oct. 4, 1878. In 1881 he was se-
lected by H. R. H. the Field Marshall
Commander-in-Chief, for the Adjutancy
of the 4th Essex R. V. Corps. He m. on
Jan. 4, 1881 Rose Eugenie Katherine, 2d
dau. of Henry King, J. P., of Isfield Place,
Uckfield, Sussex.
Issue:
94 — 1. Dorothy Eugenie Molineux; b. Nov. 9,
1881.
ASSIZE SERMON
Preached at All Saints' Church, Derby, on Sunday, July
31, 1881, before Sir Watkin Williams, K. B., and the
Mayor and Corporation of Derby; by the Rev. Charles
Hurlock Molineux (51) VI, Vicar of St. James, Litchurch,
Derby, and Chaplain to Her Majesty's Judges of Assize.
'^And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And
he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gil-
gal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places." —
I Samuel, vii. 15, 16. .
From this record, drawn from one of the most ancient
books of Holy Writ, we learn that the procession in cir-
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cuit, the administration of justice at certain centers, at
certain fixed times, is of very ancient occurrence. It is
easy, indeed, to see that owing to our corrupt and fallen
nature the necessity of a assize has been a constantly re-
curring one. Looking backward upon the days that are
past, we can point to no golden age of freedom from
crime, and looking forward into the future, the age of
universal brotherhood seems yet far distant.
It is true, however, that as years roll on the character
of the crimes which occupy the attention of justice
changes with changing circumstances. For example, of
old, in comparatively uncivilized times, crimes of violence
to the person were of more frequent occurrence than at
the present day. When the country was sparsely popu-
lated, there were temptations which do not now exist for
plunder. In the narrow unlighted streets of our towns
in the last century, and in the suburbs unguarded by
policemen, life and limb were in far greater peril than they
are in this nineteenth century, and the older records of
crime consequently contain multiplied cases of robbery
and violence.
At the same time we must not imagine evil is any the
less rampant, that the evil one is. any less busy. It is the
front only that is changed. England to-day has become
one vast store, one vast emporium of commerce, and this
intercourse with foreign nations has brought with it coun-
tervailing temptations. An age of comparative violence
has been succeeded by an age of fraud, and cases of pecu-
lation embezzlement, fraud, and commercial dishonesty
now figure far more largely in the annals of crime, ren-
dering the judges' circuit as necessary as it w;is before.
Coming as it does periodically, it is easy to see that
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every assize acts, so to speak, as an inquisition into the
moral state of the country or district into which it is held.
It indicates to us as a community our points of weakness.
It discovers to us our grey hairs, it draws our attention to
marks of decay. Indeed the very fact of an assize being
necessary at all should teach us that social improvement
is needed, and should quicken in us efforts after self -im-
provement.
Now on occasions Uke these — assembled as we are in
God's house to ask His blessing upon those called to ad-
minister the principles of justice and equity — praying that
the judges travelling on circuit, like Samuel of old, may
be gifted with the spirit of wisdom and knowledge from
above — it is not always easy to speak appropriate words;
and it is a great help to the preacher if in the services of
the day he can discover some reference or some allusion
which may direct the thoughts of his hearers into a profit-
able channel. And in the beautiful collect for the day we
surely have one sentence which is peculiarly appropriate
to ** Assize Sunday". I allude to the words, '* Increase
in us true religion. " For it is needless to say that all
crime, whether open or secret, detected or undetected, pro-
ceeds from the want of true religion.
Bear with me, then, if I ask you this day to pray this
prayer with all earnestness and sincerity. As members
of Christ's Holy Church, as subjects of a great nation I
ask you to pray this prayer, * ' Increase in us true rehgion. "
Let this prayer rise up from our lips to-day unto the ears
of Him who is the Lord of all power and might — ^not ut-
tered, however, in self-righteous spirit. God forbid that
we should look with a Pharisaic complacency upon any of
the unfortunate criminals who shaU during the next few
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days, be arraigned at the bar of justice, and say, '' Stand
by, I am holier than thou."
Indeed it is quite impossible for any of us to know how
far our example and our influence have effected contem-
porary crime. In God's sight we are all criminals, we are
law-breakers — the same frail brotherhood, we are equally
capable with them of the most serious crimes — ^we all need
the mercy of God through Christ Jesus.
This is what the Apostle tells us so plainly in his epistle
to the Romans. ''All" — without exception — *'have
sinned." The Gentiles have broken their natural law,
and the Jews have broken their revealed one, and before
God all are guilty. The lack of true religion is confined
to no single society. To look upon criminals we need not
enter our courts of justice — to find law-breakers we need
not take the trouble to go to prison. Such a place of con-
finement, it is true, is usually associated with those who
have flung off entirely the restraints of religion.
But not always. Deprived of liberty are also others,
many others, who have fallen through weakness rather
than wickedness, and who cannot be regarded as entirely
destitute of religion. You will recollect that in the early
days of Christianity prisons were tenanted even by holy
men and women as well as by the vicious and abandoned,
and angelic messengers from heaven's courts traversed the
corridors, opened the iron gates, and went out of those
cruel places of confinement.
Most erroneous would be the idea that our prayer for
the increase of true religion should embrace only the
unhappy beings confined within those gloomy walls. Un-
doubtedly there are those sunk in the very depths of crime,
who have taught their conscience to call evil good and
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good evil, who are described by them who know them
best as cruel and brutal beyond measure, who stand in
special need of our prayers. But outside the prison walls
as well as within them there are also multitudes devoid of
true religion. And it is worthy of remark that when our
blessed Lord wished to portray the doom of a lost soul He
did not draw his illustration from the prison cell, as if that
were the surest place to seek for the man destitute of re-
ligion. He did not instance the case of a murderer clothed
in prison garments, fed on prison fare, and laid in a felon's
grave.
No. To point the moral and adorn the tale, a very
different character was chosen. It was the rich man,
clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously
every day, buried with all pomp and ceremony. He it
was who was so devoid of true religion as to let the beg-
gar starve at his very gates. Outwardly, it is true, the
rich man was no trangressor, no law-breaker, no robber,
no murderer, no adulterer; but in God's sight deserving
of condemnation because he thought only of himself, and
lived only for the gratification of his own selfish desires
and senses.
Yes ; believe me, whether rich or poor, whether bond or
free, we have all need to pray to the Lord of all power
and might for the increase of true religion — of that re-
ligion which has the love of Christ as its root and main-
spring, and the duty to our God and to our neighbor as its
chief aim and object. And the more prevalent this kind
of religion is in the midst of us the less need their will be
for the continued recurrence year by year of the periodical
assize.
But, my brethren, if these words '' Increase in us true
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religion " need to be upon the lips of our laity, how much
more should they be the continual prayer of the clergy —
of those who have been called to so high an oflBce of dig-
nity and responsibility, of those who are the watchmen,
the stewards, the messengers of their Lord and Master,
who are pledged by their ordination vow to live the life of
holiness, who have vowed to live in all holy conversation
and godliness as examples to the flock, and to teach, to
premonish, to feel and provide the members of Christ's
body committed to their care.
We sometimes strive to discover and to tabulate the
sources of crime, that we may know how to put in train
counteracting influences. We speak of the need of edu-
cation, of the non-observance of the Lord's day, of the
facilities to obtain intoxicating drinks, of the negligence
of parents, of the influence of bad companions. But
there is perhaps one moving cause, one factor in relation
to crime which we sometimes lose sight of and perhaps
under- value. I mean the lives of the clergy. In every
generation it is only natural that the nation as a nation
should look to the Uves of her clergy, silently and unobtrus-
ively yet effectually to rekindle the ever- waning flame of
reUgion, to stamp afresh as it were upon the nation's life
with firm impress the elements of true religion.
What indeed on one hand, is more calculated to quicken
the religious pulse of a nation's life than the spectacle
continually before its eyes of the self-denying lives of a
devoted clergy following in the footsteps of their Lord and
Master? And, on the other hand, what element in our
national and social life so prejudicial to true rehgion, so
disastrous to the interest of the gospel, as the careless,
slothful, ungodly lives of ecclesiastics ?,;
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By ourselves more earnestly than by others does that
prayer need to be prayed, *' Increase in us true religion."
Surely sometimes we must pursue with wonder, if not
with cheeks tingling with shame, the record of the early
love, the early zeal, of the Christian church.
Who amongst us, for instance, after the same interval,
could repeat with any semblance of truth those expressive
words of farewell which almost choked the utterance of
St. Paul as he bade farewell to his beloved converts at
Miletus, *' Remember that by the space of three years I
have not ceased to warn every one of you night and day
with tears?"
I read these words, and I read them again, and then
only have a faint glimpse of the might of that love and
zeal which were ever working in the Apostle's breast.
Three long years — thrice 365 days — ^had he passed in that
hot-bed of idolatry, and not one single day had been a lost
day. Never, throughout that long period, had the un-
pleasant reflection been forced upon him, I have neglected
my duty; I have lost a day. No, nor even a night, in
an ordinary way of speaking. *'Man goeth forth to his
work, and to his labor, until the evening." The evening
is for rest, relaxation, repose. But not so in St. Paul's
case. The interests at stake were too precious, and the
hours of darkness, as well as those of light, were continu-
ally redeemed to the service of his Master. In season and
out of season, no opportunity was allowed to escape him.
His warnings too, were universal, addressed not merely
to the elders of the church but to all its members without
fear or favor; but last, and most important of all, it was
the manner in which it was done, the love which accom-
panied the words ; the voice, the humbhng, sobbing voice,
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choked with the tears of a loving heart, which saw in
front the terrible penalty of a broken law. This carried
conviction to the hearts of those to whom it was addressed.
A tearful ministry. This all-efifectual weapon won for
the Christian church her early spoils, this proved so potent
a force in storming the fortress of evil. The impassioned
tears of love; yes, tears, real genuine, heartfelt tears,
these are the appeals which move people to seriousness
and devoutness, which cause deep searchings of hearts;
and never yet has the church sowed in tears but she reaped
in joy. Tears are more eloquent than words, and find their
way imperceptibly to the hardest of hearts, for they are
the expression of the mind of Christ Jesus ; and who can
tell how a tearful ministry like that of St. Paul might
stir up around us a deeper, truer Christianity, and thus
have a mighty effect in the restraint of contemporary
crime?
Brethren of the laity, pray for us that true religion may
be increased in our midst. Pray that we who possess our
treasure in earthen vessels may be illumined with true un-
derstanding and knowledge of God's holy word, and that
both by our preaching and living we may show it accord-
ingly. Pray that we may be the living epistles known
and read of all men, that we may be as burning and shin-
ing lights in our generation.
We live in a trying time. Like her Master of old, the
church has looked around and been stirred with compas-
sion at the multitudes fainting for lack of spiritual food.
She has done, and is now doing her best to supply the
spiritual destitution, and of churches multiplied, beauti-
fied, and restored, there has been a mighty increase.
Along with that increase may we not hope that there
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has been both among the clergy and laity the seed sown
of an increase of true religion, and that in the next gen-
eration shall be found a godly seed, who, trained up in the
fear and nurture of the Lord, shall have learned to abhor
the thing that is evil ; when her priests shall be decked
with health, and her saints shall rejoice and sing; when
our sons shall grow up as the young plants, and our daugh-
ters shall be as the polished corners of the temple ; when
the decrease of crime shall render the circuits of the
judges like angels' visits, few and far between; and when
a peculiar people, zealous of good works, may be prepared
to meet the Judge of all men, when at the last assize He
Cometh to judge both quick and dead ?
MULLENS
Lineage:
Shane Mullens, of Ballyness, near Dungiven, Co. Lou-
donerry, having been implicated in the rebellion of 1641,
fled to his kinsfolk, in the county of Carlow, whose prop-
erty in that county was near Old LeighUn and the Abbey
of St. Mullins, and had been previously confiscated.
Shane married into the family of O'Kanes and had issue:
Mathew; m. Anastatia Higgins, whose
family fled from the north in 1641.
He had issue:
1. William Mullins.
2. Bryan.
1. William was an officer in King James II's army and
said to have gone over to the English in the battle of
Aughrim, for which defection he was rewarded a grant
of land in the county of Waterford, but the land was
confiscated by discovery.
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2. Bryan had issue a son John who died in 1786, age
101, leaving issue:
Michael; m. Ellen Crosbie, dau. of
James Crosbie Esq. ; of Ballaghmyler,
Co. Carlow, who claimed connection
with the family of Crosbie, a descen-
dant of whom was executed for par-
ticipation in the rebeUion of 1798.
Michael Mullins by this marriage had
issue:
Bemary Mullins (afterwards Molyneux) ;
b. 1772; m. Bridget Hoey in 1807; d.
1861.
Issue:
Michael Bernard Mullins.
William Henry Mullins, midshipman H.
M. S. '^Rose"; d. 1823.
Catherine; m. Michael Balfe.
Prances; m. 1835 John Francis Blake;
d. 1868.
Maria; d. unm. July 1869.
John Mullins.
Ellinor.
Margaret.
James.
Michael.
Catherine.
Mary.
Thomas.
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Ireland to 1. Jeremiah Molyneux; m. Katherine
Boston, O'Neil; settled at Castle Bar, Co.
Wicklow, Ireland.
Issue :
Issue :
2 — 1. Robert Jeremiah Molyneux; m. Han-
nah Beliham; he d. 1873; shed. 1896.
3 — 1. Michael Robert Molyneux.
2. Patrick Robert Molyneux.
3. Robert Molyneux; lost at sea in the
Chatham disaster, March 17, 1902.
4. Bridget Molyneux.
England to 1. John Molyneux; b. 1806; m
New York, Issue :
U.S.A. 2 — 1. John Molyneux; m. Emma Edward;
d. 1885, aged 79.
2. James Molyneux.
2 — 1. John Molyneux; m. Emma Edwards;
she d. 1886, aged 76.
Issue (bom in England) :
3—1.
2.
3. Thomas Molyneux.
4r. 1^'rederick.
5. Harry.
6. Edwin.
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7. William Molyneux; came to America
in 1883; m
8. Louise.
9. Emma.
10. Mary.
11. Amiie.
3 — 7. William Molyneux ; m
Issue:
4 — 12. Marian Molyneux.
13. Albert Molyneux.
14r. John.
15. Frederick William.
16. Mabel Jane.
17. Florence.
18. Lilly.
19. May.
20. Emily Eate.
21. Alice Louise.
22. Elizabeth Eose (eight were born in
England).
MULLENIX (MOLYNEUX)
This family came from France to England, then to
America, where they settled in Virginia near Culpepper,
C. H., about the first of the 19th century. William Moly-
neux and two cousins.
Samuel Molyneux.
Nathaniel Molineux, hved in Lawrence, Mass., descen-
dant of William Molyneux (Mullinix) Charles Mul-
linix, Springfield, Ohio, U. S. A.
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MULENIX (MOLTNEUX)*
1. Jesse Mulenix; m. Pamelia Tripp;
she d. Feb. 8, 1840.
2—2. Byron Mulenix; b. July 16, 1828; d.
1869.
2—3. Lydia Jane Mulenix; b. Oct. 19, 1829;
m. Sept. 13, 1846, James M. Tripp,
her second cousin; she was living in
1902.
1 — 4. Sophia Morinda; b. May 27, 1834; m.
Isaac Cleveland.
1—5. Martha Polly Mulenix; b. 1837; m.
Levi Stanton.
2 — 2. Byron Mulenix; m
Issue :
3 — 1. Lydia Mulenix.
2. Jane.
3. Hannah.
4. Charles Mulenix (Molyneux).
6. Byron Mulenix.
2 — 3. Lydia Jane Mulinex; m. James M.
Tripp.
Issue :
Francis J. Tripp; b. March 18, 1848.
Janette E. ; b. Dec. 23, 1853.
Theodore P. ; b. April 5, 1855.
Lora E. ; b. Oct. 2, 1859.
♦This family may have been descendants of William MuUinix (Molyneux)
who came to America and settled in Virginia near Culpepper, C. H.
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EUaM.; b. April 4, 186 J.
Zacheus J.; b. April 10, 1864; d. July
2, 1893, unm.
Qeovge A.; b. Feb. 23, 1869.
Ernest S.; b. Jan. 25, 1871; d. July 20,
1890, in Denver, Col.
2 — 4. Sophia M. Mulinix; m. Isaac Cleve-
land.
Milton Cleveland; m. Jane Battenhouse.
Mary E. ; m. Artemus Wells.
Albert J. Cleveland; m. Eate Batten-
house.
Sophia J. ; m. Martin Battenhouse.
Emma; m. Levi Stanton.
Leonard Stanton.
Harriet.
Margaret.
Giles.
JuUa.
Ida.
Frederick.
Jessie.
MELLINER (MOLYNEUX)
Thomas Melliner (Molyneux) New Haven; 1640, was a
gr. purchas. of Branford by its Indian name of Toloke;
removed to West Chester in 1658; wife Martha
Issue :
Martha Molyneux; b. July 4, 1666.
Ehzabeth; b. June 10, 1658.
Issue:
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Patrick Henry Molyneux, son of Molyneux,
settled in Lowell, Mass. Volunteered in the War of the
Rebellion ; m. Emily E. Bannen in the Methodist church
of Greenville, Tenn. Settled in California, where he died
oE heart trouble. Mrs. Molyneux, author of '^Christ the
Door".
19 — 183. Robert Molyneux may have been the
father of Daniel Molyneux, who was
m. by the Rev. Timothy Culter, June
23, 1741, to Mrs. Margret Mills.
Alice Molyneux, dau. of Molyneux; m. Augus-
tus H. McKelvey of Bridgeport, Conn.
Flora Molineux, dau. of James R. Molyneux; m. Jauies
E. Wickham; she was called ''The Beauty of Port Jer-
vis''; d. Dec, 1900.
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MAGHULL OF MAGHULL*
Arms — 1 and*4 Maghull.
2 and 3 Molyneux.
William Maghull lived in ye tyme of Sr. Adam Moli-
neus and had giuen him ye 4:th parts of ye manor of
Maghull in ye County of Lancaster by Siemon de Halsall
in or about the tyme of King John.
This Will'm de Maghull is concerned to be a yonger
Brother of the Molyneux famyley for ye sayd Simon
called in ye Deed de Halsall, was a Molyneux, for his
Sonne by other deed ig called WilPm Sonne of Simon de
*The Maghull genealogy, an illuminated roll on vellum in the possession of
Sir Henry M. Vavasour, Bart. , of Spaldington, one of the representatives of
the Maghulls of Maghull — (In the "Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica",
Page 300, Vol. I, will be found a copy. The Latinity of the original has been
strictly adhered to.)
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Molineus to whos Deed is ye same Testes as ynto Willia
de Maghull.
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Eobert de Maghull Lo. of ye 4:th parte of Maghull
marr. dau. & he heyre to Eichard de Thornton sonne of
Robert de Molineus who had land in Meling by gifte of
William Sonne of Simon de Moleneus wch land Maghull
yssue did enjoy.
Ri.
lichard Maghull Sonne of Robert gaue
land to his Sister Margery sans dated and land to his
Sonne 29 E. I. he m. Alice, dau. and heyre to William de
Antree wch land in Aintree and the land in Meling his
Sonne Richard and the yssue of him did afterwards posess.
Richard de Maghull Sonne of Richard had his mother
and grandmothers Lande in Aintree and Meling, m.
Emotta, dau. to Robert de Reldginge de Sefton in ye
country of Lancaster 29 E. I. and had yssue.
de MagnuU Sonne of Richard m. the daughter of John
Sonne of Robert de Sefton de Aintree this Jo. land was in-
joyed by the Posterity of Maghull and thought to be his
heyre. |
de Maghull Lord of ye 4th parte of
Maghull marr dau. to and had yssue,
Ma
laghuU Sonne of
Lord of ye 4rth parte of Maghull marr. dau. to and
had yssue.
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Maghull Lo. of 4th parte of Maghull m. Emotta
Sister and Coheyre to Jo. Darbyshire relict Hen. Crosse and
Christopher Molyneux of Male She enflforced her land in
Maghull 9 H. 5 which She had in dower
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Thomas de Maghull de Ayn-
tre 9, H. 5. he is called Tho. Maghull of MaghuU 4-6. H.
6. he lived att Carrhowse in Maghull 17. H. 6. he pur-
chased Laud in Trent &c &c m. dau. de Brittland & Anne
his wife had yssue.
Tt
Thomas de Maghull Jun. 30, 21 & 27,
H. 6. brother to Gilbert Maghull of Maghull whos dau. &
heyre mrr. Rafe Molyneux of Maghull with whom he had
land in Maghull Lidiate and Fazakerley ; ye sayd Thomas
had yssue Nicholas to whom his brother Joh gaue, land 3
E. 4r & ye sayd Nicholas Maghull of Maghull had yssue
Mathew Maghull
Mathew MaguU of Maghull 4 E. 4 had land
giuen him by Thomas Lo. Stanley, he did enfeosse his
land 23, H. 7, : he estates on his grandchild Robert, 22. H.
8. by name of Mathew Maile-Al's MaghuU and suflfred
a fine at 66 yrs. ould to marr. dau. to & had
yssue.
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Thomas Maghull of Ayntree Sonne & heyre to
Mathew m. Issabell dau. of Wm. Formly 27 H. 8. she
was alen 3 & 4 Ph 2 m. & had yssue
Robert Maghull of Maghull Sonne to
Thomas brother and heyre to Will'm 22 H. 8. was Foster
of ye He of man by Gifte of Edwd. Earle of Derby 33 H.
8. ; marr. Alice dau. to Roger Fazakerley of Fazaker-
ley in ye County of Lancaster he dyed I. E. 6 & had
yssue.
I
Richard Magull of Maghull S'ued out his livery 4 &
5 Ph, & Mary, he bought land in Leuerpole 6 Eliz. he
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marr. Margret dau. to Henry Carlton of Fazakerley Gent.
15 Q. Eliz. was aline 43 Q. Eliz. & dyed when he was 60
yeare ould & had yssue.
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Andrew MaghuU of MaghuU brother
and heyre to Eichard MaghuU al's Maile 43 Q. Eliz. he m.
Elizabeth dau, to Thomas Halsall of Melinge he dyed at
42 yrs of age & Shee dyed at 54 years of Age & had yssue.
Eichard Maghull of MaghuU now caUed aPs at 41 Ano
1639 he m. Alice dau. to Wil'm Clayton of Leyland
gent. m. 16 K. James; brother now be living & haue
yssue.
Wr
^m. Maghull now called Maile sonne & heyre of
Eichard MaghuU of Maghull aetates 20, 1639.
DU MOULIN BEOWNE OF LEAMINGTON, CO.
WAEWICK
OUver John du Moulin of Brittany in the Kingdom of
France and Moorfields, London ; married Mary, dau. and
heir to Mark Browne, of Eastbourne, Sussez, Aug., 1772.
He d. Nov. 19, 1780; she d. April 26, 1784, and was hur-
ried at Abergavenery, South Wales.
Issue :
I. James du Moulin; b. 1773; d. unm. at Baltimore,
U. S. A., 1821.
II. Andrew Joseph Aloysius du Molin, of Bath, Co.
Sommerset, Lieut. 43 Eegt., younger son; b. May, 1776;
d. July 11, 1854; m. Elizabeth, dau. of George Dyer, who
d. at Plymouth, June 23; bu. at Bath, June 30, 1869, in
the same grave with her husband.
Issue:
Nicholas Selby du Molin of Leamington, Co. Warwick,
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aasumed the surname of Browne in addition to those of
Du Moulin by royal licence dated Oct. 13, 1885, as heir
and sole representative of the family of Browne of East-
bourne; and Mark Anthony, 9th and last Viscount Mon-
tague; d. June, 1886; m. Rebecca Grace, dau. of John
Canm; she d. Feb. 19, 1889.
Issue:
Eliza Gertrude; d. 1859.
Charles Nicholas Du Moulin Browne,
elder son; b. 1861; d. June, 1890; m.
Winifrede Mary, eldest dau. of Henry
Bacchus.
Issue;
Charles Joseph du Moulin; b. 1882; d.
1882.
* Mary Anastasia Agnes; b. 1884; d. 1884.
Charles Anthony du Molin; b. Nov. 9,
1886.
Francis Stanislaus du Moulin Browne;
b. 1888.
Arthur Francis.
III. Barbara Matilda Du Molin; b. 1776 ; m. 1805, Jeanne
Pierre Louis Francois Caesar de Fages Vaumale, Baron
de Fages of the Kingdom of France.
IV. George Francis du Molin; b. 1812; d. 1828.
(1849) WILL OF ANDREW DU MOULIN
This is the last Will and Testament of me, Andrew du
Moulin of the City of Bath, Esquire.
In the first place I direct that my just debts, funeral
and testamentary expenses shall be paid by my executors
hereafter named, as soon as conveniently may be after my
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decease, and that my funeral shall be plain and unostenta-
tious, and conducted with as little expense as circum-
stances will admt of.
I give my dau., Ann Atcherly, the wife of Rowland
Atcherly of Sheldon in the county of Devon, Esquire,
M.D., my gold watch and chain. I give to my dear wife,
EUza du Moulin, all my boxes which shall be in my house
at the time of my decease, with all their contents. I give
to my said dear wife the use of my rosewood pianoforte
during her life, and after her decease to my said daughter,
Ann Atcherly, absolutely.
I give to my son Nicholas du Moulin the portraits of
my father, mother, and myself, which I trust he will pre-
serve and bequeath to his child or children as heirlooms.
I give to my said son my tin box with my name thereon,
containing deeds and papers which formerly belonged to
my uncle. Sir Thomas Moore and my Aunt Lady Man-
nock, together with all the same deeds and papers respect-
ively, the first mentioned tin box and one of the last men-
tioned boxes with their contents being now deposited for
safe custody in the banking-house of the London Joint
Stock Western Branch bank, 64 Pall Mall, the other box
with its contents being now deposited for safe custody
with my trustees Mr. Thomas Norris, Solicitor, and Mr.
Macdonnel of 2 Bedford Row, London.
I also give to my said son Nicholas du Moulin my four
plated side dishes and covers on condition that he shall
accept them in full satisfaction of any claim on me or my
estate on account of the loss or deficiency of some half
dozen (more or less) of old worn out silver spoons and
forks and some other articles which were lost or missed
some years since at my residence in Woolcombe Crescent,
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Bath, and which he would otherwise have had at my
death, and also oq account of my having been obliged to
exchange some of the old worn out forks and spoons to
the benefit of which he thereby became entitled, but not
otherwise.
And as to the rest, residue and remainder of my per-
sonal estate and effects, whatsoever and wheresoever not
otherwise hereinbefore specifically bequeathed, I give and
bequeath unto and to the use of my said dear wife Eliza
du Molin, her executors, and administrators and assigns
absolutely. And inasmuch as I place entire confidence in
her affection for our children I have no doubt she will
make a proper and suitable division of the property be-
tween our two daughters, Ann Atcherly and Josephine
du Moulin, my said son being already sufficiently pro-
vided for, and to this intent I would 43uggest to my said
wife that in disposing of the property between my said
two daughters it would be desirable to give the said daugh-
ter Ann Atcherly two-thirds thereof, in consequence of
her being married and having children, and to limit the
said shares to the separate use of our said daughters.
I would also suggest that in the event of the death of
either of my said daughters in the lifetime of my said
wife without having issue her share might with propriety
be given to her sister. But I hereby expressly declare
that the several recommendations, suggestions, and
clauses hereinbefore contained shall not have the force or
effect of imposing a trust on my said wife, or in any man-
ner abridge or quaUf y her property and interest in my
said estate or effects and premises any rule of equity to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Al^o I devise to my said wife all estates, tenements and
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hereditaments, which now are, or at he time of my de-
cease, may be vested in me as a mortgagee or trustee,
subject to the trust and equities affecting the same re-
spectively. And I hereby nominate and appoint my said
dear wife Eliza du Moulin, Executrix of this my Will and
hereby revoking all former wills by me at any time here-
tobefore made, I do declare this to be my last will and
Testament.
In witness whereof I have to this will contained in two
sheets of paper and to a duplicate thereof contained in
like number of sheets, set my had this twenty-eight day
of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty-nine.
Signed and declared by the said Testator Andrew du
Moulin as and for his last Will and Testament in the pres-
ence of us present at the same time who in his presence
at his request and in the presence of each ther have here-
unto subscribed our names as Witnesses.
Andrew du Moulin.
Granville Hill, Solic, Bath.
Joseph Perkins, his clerk.
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HOWARD, VISCOUNT WICKLOW
The Eight Honorable Robert Howard, Viscount Wick-
low and Lord Clonmore, of Clonmore Castle, in the
county of Carlow succeeded his father June 26, 1789,
unm. The time of this family's coming from England
cannot be ascertained, but it has long been seated at Shel-
ton, in the county of Wicklow.
John Howard, Esq. ; m. 1636 Dorothea Hasels, and
dying in England in 1643, left one son Ralph; b. in 1637.
His widow returning to Ireland sometime in the year 1656,
resided at Shelton, till her death, which happened in the
year 1684.
Ralph Howard, Esq., M.D., then only son, succeeded
at Shelton. He m. in 1667, Catherine Sotheby, eldest
dau. of Roger Sotheby, Esq., of Birdfal, in Yorkshire, and
had issue four daughters and eight sons, none of whom
were married or survived their father, who d. in 1710,
and their mother in 1722, except the six following:
Frances, wife of Sir Robert Kennedy, of Mount Ken-
nedy, in the Co. Wicklow, Baronet.
Catherine, the wife of Sir Thomas Molyneux of Castle
Dillon, in Co. Armagh; Baronet.
Dorothea, the wife of Dr. Anthony Dopping, Lord
Bishop of Ossory.
Hugh, the eldest of the three surviving sons, s. at Shel-
ton, and m. the heiress of General Langston. He was
(804)
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paymaster of the board of works, and keeper of state
papers in England, where he most resided imtil his death
in 1737.
William, 3d son, was chosen in 1727 to represent the
city of Dublin. He d. 1728 and Ues bur. in Parish Ch. of
St. Bridget, Dublin.
Robert, 2d son; b. 1683; s. on death of his elder brother
to Shelton. He was consecrated Bishop of Killale in 1726,
and m. in 1724, Patience, dau. and sole heir of Godfrey
Boleyne of Fennor, Co. Meath, and d. in 1740; his widow
d. 1764; issue 2 daus. and 3 sons.
Mary; m. John Stoyte, and had issue Mary Countess
Dowager of Darnley; m. 2d Robert Butler, brother of
Humphrey, Earl of Lanesborough.
Catherine; m.l760 John Earl Erne of Crum-Castle.
Hugh, LL.D., 2d son; d. unm.
Robert, LL.D., 3d son; m. 1767 Sarah, dau. of Mon-
tague Lambert ; issue Robert, Sarah.
Ralph; s. at Shelton in 1740; created Baron Clonmore
of Clonmore Castle, Co. Carloe, July 21, 1776, and Vis-
count Wicklow, July 12, 1785; m. Aug. 11, 1755, Alice,
dau. William Howard of Castle Forward, Co. Donegal,
by his wife Isabelle Stuart of the noble family of Bute,
in Scotland; issue, Robert William Howard, who has
taken name of Stuart, pursuant to will of his maternal
grandfather, and in March, 1737 m. Eleanor, dau. of
Francis Eaufield, brother to the Earl of Charlemont.
Issue :
Hugh.
Boleyn.
Henry.
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Stewarta.
Isabella.
Catherine.
Mary.
His Lordship d. June 26, 1789; s. by eldest son (2)
Robert.
Motto
''Certum Pete Fincm."
" Aim at a Sure End."
Chief Seats— Shelton near Arklow and Castle Tor-
ward, Co. Donegal.
NOTICE
At a meeting of the undersigned Trustees of Gilford
Academy, it was voted that the subject of education be
brought before the citizens of this village and vicinity,
with the hope that something might be done to place the
school in a more elevated situation than it is at the pres-
ent time.
We therefore give notice, that there will be a meeting
for that purpose at the Court House in Guilford, on Mon-
day the 3d day of December next at 6 o'clock P. M. All
in the neighboring towns and villages who feel an inter-
est in the improvement and extended usefulness of this
institution, are earnestly and respectfully invited to attend.
John K. Young, James Molineux,
Lyman B. Walker, Chares Parker,
John T. Coffin, William Blaisdel,
Daniel Gale, B. F. C. Emerson,
Joseph P. Atkerson, B. F. Emerion,
Jonathan Folsom, Daniel M. Gale,
Woodbury Melcher, W. C. Clarke.
Trustees.
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This notice was printed at the Advocate office, Oilman-
ton, Dec. 20, 1838.
There was a recovery suffered, reign of Mizabeth,
wherein Eobert Fletcher and John Lascells, Gent., claimed
against John Molyneux, Esq., an estate, 2 Mess, 2 Tofts,
I Dovecote, 2 Garden, 100 A. land, 10 meadow, 20 pasture.
Boston Tax List, 1687. — John Mollingin, single man
carpenter, lodgeth at Widdow Neales.
From the History of Georgeton college. District of Col-
umbia, Eev. Eobert Molyneux, 2d president of the Society
of Jesus, in 1793-96; also president in 1806-8; called
Father Molyneux; b. in Lancashire, England, June, 1738,
entered the Society of Jesus, 1757. In 1806 with authority
of Pope Pius VII, he was appointed Father Superior.
Louis XIV. — Among the names of foreign refugees in
Ireland were De La Melloniere, De Moulin, MoUnes, MoU-
ner, De Moulins, Mullins, Molineux, Molyneux. Among
the Huguenot families naturalized in England and Ire-
land, reign of Charles II and Queen Anne, was that of
William and Mary Moliner.
Pennsyi. 21—260. MOLYNEUX REUNION
vania At a reunion of this branch of the Molyneux
Branch, family held at Millview in 1903 speeches were
u. 8. A. made by the president, Charles E. Woodhead,
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Rev. S. F. Frazier of Seneca Falls, N. T., and Rev. James
H. Bowen, of Millview. A memorial service was held for
the two deaths that had occurred during the year: Mrs.
Harriet Molyneux, wife of Charies Bird, and Miss Anna
Bell Rowe, dau. of Margret Molyneux and Ezra Rowe.
The oflficers chosen for the ensuing year were:
President, C. E. Molyneux, of Dushore, Pa.
Secretary, S. D. Molyneux, of Millville, Pa.
Treasurer, 0. N. Molyneux,
Historian, David Molyneux
History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of
Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, by Richard
Frothering, Jr.
In this book we see Samuel Adams, James Otis, War-
ren, and Molyneux.. caucusing in a distillery count-
ing room, ''a very small one," too, crawling up into
** Tom Dawes garret ", and there '* smoking of tobacco
till you cannot see from one end of the garret to the
other ". But we do not undertake to say when and
where *^ the child of Independence" was conceived,
though John Adams has told us, '* when and where it
was born."
Copy of a Royalist Handbill, Distributed among the
BRmsH Soldiers at Boston, Sept., 1774:
To the Officers and Soldiers of His Majesty^s Troops in
Boston :
It being more than probable that the King's Standard
will soon be erected, from rebellion breaking out in this
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province, its proper that you soldiers, should be acquainted
with the authors thereof and all the misfortunes brought
upon the province, the following is a list of them, viz. : —
Mess. Samuel Adams, James Bowdoin, Dr. Thomas
Young, Dr. Benjamine Church, Capt. John Bradford,
Josiah Quincy, Major Nathaniel Barber, William MoUe-
neux, JohD Hancock, William Cooper, Dr. Chauncey, Dr.
Cooper, Thomas Cushing, Joseph Greenleaf , and William
Denning. The friends of your King and country, and of
America, hope and expect it from you soldiers, the in-
stant rebellion happens, that you will put the above per-
sons immediately to the sword, destroy their houses and
plunder their effects ; it is just they should be the first
victims to the mischiefs they have brought upon us.
A Friend to Great Britain and America.
Eichard Mullens, name in the muster roll of the com-
pany under command of Thomas Westbrook, Esq., from
July to Dec. 1722-25.
John MoUns, sentinel on muster roll of Capt. John
Penhallon, 1725.
American prisoners at Forton prison, England, 1777-79.
James Mullen, a prize of the ship Eeprisal Continental,
committed Aug. ye 9th 1777.
Among the list of American prisoners committed to
the Old Mill prison, England, during the war, I find the
sloop Comet taken in 1780, a part of the crew committed
Jan., 1781, among the men one Fred MoUnox.
Monmouth's Eebellion of 1685
Lists of the '* Convicted Eebels " sent to the Barbadoes
and other plantations in America.
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Sir Wm. Booth's list of prisoners to Barbadoes, Som-
mersetshire — Oeorge Mullens of Lanton (Molyneux).
Sir Wm. Eose's list — amog the invoice of 68 men — ser-
vants shipped on board — Capt. Chas. Gardnier in ye Ja-
maica Merchant for accot^-of Mr. John Rose & Combe,
they being sold for ten years — Eobert Mullens (Molyneux).
Transported to Virginia — embarked in the Primrose —
Capt. Duglass, July 27, 1835, John Molen, Edward Mul-
leneaux, Aug., 1635, John Mulleneaux, Oct., 1679.
Dec. 20, 1679, William Molyneux (MuUeneux) had 17
negroes, 10 hired servants, and apprentices, brought ser-
vants and negroes in the Parish of St. Michaells, 1680.
Mrs. Mullinax, ac. 7 — 3 negroes.
Richard Molyneux, ac. 9 — negroes 6.
Year 1638
Among the early inhabitants of Barbadoes I find Rich-
ard Mulleneaux, David Mulliner, George Mullens, William
Molineux.
Thomas Mulliner of Branford.
Falmouth, May 16, 1723, John Mullens unfit for
service, dismissed
Cape de Arenas — Molyneux Gix)be
Molyneux Map, 1600. This map which claims attention
in that projected by Wright and engraved by Molyneux in
1660. This map is celebrated as being the " New Maps "
referred to by Shakespere in *' Twelfth Night " (Act 3, s.
2). The map shows the influence of the English who
had colonized Virginia and indicates also that new ideas
had been acquired respecting New England. This is very
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evident from a comparison of the map with a globe made
by Molyneux over his globe.
The improvement of the map of Molyneux over his
globe in 1592 is very significant and instructive. A de-
scription of this map will be found in N. England History
and Gen. Eegister, Vol. XXXV, 1881.
Account of the Ancient Chapel of Toxeth Park, Liv-
erpool, FROM 1618, CROXTETHPaRK
Toxeth Park was the property of the crown, from the
reign of King John, until the year 1004, or nearly 400
years. About this period a number of farmers, or culti-
vators of the soil, of Puritan proclivities, settled on the
land. These inhabitants soon gave a tone and character
to the whole district, the influence of which was perpe-
tuated.
One memorial of this olden time remains, namely the
'' Ancient Chapel ", built for those Puritans, '^ the first
chapel," says Mr. Davis, '' connected with dissent in the
neighborhood of Liverpool." The present structure, built
a century ago, stands on the site of the original chapel,
some of whose important characteristics are preserved,
while the burying ground remains intact.
These early settlers in the Park though Puritan in their
principles, did not formally absolve themselves from alle-
giance to the mother church; the time for this open dis-
sent had not arrived. Sir Eichard Molyneux, a Eoman
Catholic, created a baronet in 1811, had purchased Toxeth
(Croxteth) Park, and with a liberality worthy of com-
mendation, so unusual in his day, granted land to these
Puritans whereon to set a chap«l, which was built prob-
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ably, in 1618, or about the time of the settlement of the
Rev. Richard Mather, then first minister.
After the ejection, the chapel continued to be held by
the dissenters as a Presbyterian meeting house. Eventu-
ally the members became Unitarian in their sentiments.
It is somewhat remarkable that the Society at Toxteth
Park, over which the Rev. Richard Mather was settled as
the first minister in 1618, and the church at Dorchester in
New England, where he was installed in 1631, as the first
minister of the church after its reorganization, should
have become and still remain Unitarian in their views.
Two lines from epitaph in the church records :
** Hard to Discern a Difference in degree
'Twixt His bright Learning & Pietie."
We are informed that *' his people at Toxeth were
devoted to him and loath to let him go, but duty seemed
clear to them, and to him, and he departed."
Sephton or Sefton
The seat of the Molyneux's at Sefton has long since
been demolished, but the church is a handsome Gothic
building, with a choir and stalls richly carved, and some
tombs of the family. The family removed to Coxteth.
'* Mr. Molyneux, a knight of great lands, 11 miles from
Prescot dwelleth at a place called Coftoflfe (q. Coxteth ?),
Tokstoflfe (Tockseat), a park of the King's hard by his
house. ' ' (Camden. )
Sefton
Sefton before the conquest had 13 manors in it of 3
Borats, with Volney, Gladuin, and Uluric had the land
whereof was on Car. This afterwards became the Fee of
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William Feveral, and there four Vill. two Bord. had two
Car. There was a church, and 3 acres of meadow. In
Elder time val. 8 s. When the conquerors survey was
taken, 10 s.
There was a recovery, — 4 Elizabeth of these two manors
(Brenly and Brunnesley) wherein John Byron Knt. and
Francis Molyneux claimed against Eobert Fletcher and
Edward Stephenson, who called to warrant Robert Agatha
alias Middleton. This Eobert Molyneux son of Gilbert, as
also Francis his younger brother, buried at Sefton. Aug.
10, 1558. Robert, buried there May 8, 1567, was father
of William. Lineage.
John Byron; m. Ann, dau. to Richard Molyneux of
Sefton, Co. Lane.
Robert Molyneux
William de Molyneux; fr. fen— Vivian
Adam
Item from Pedigree of Norres of Speaee
I doe understand by recorde that Roger Garnet held ij
carycates of lond in Speake amongst other lands in the
Shyre, & that these ij carycates I fynd that R. Garnett
gave with his doughter in f re marriage to Richd. MoUeneaux
of Crosby & Hynd that Molyne thereby tooke on hym to
bee half lord of Speake. But out of these 2 carycates I
fynde that MolyneUx for service doone gave to Sundry
men, and by deeds... seres lond, whereof came to my an-
cestor in Certaine of his quyte, acres lond I find that Wm.
Molyneux gave by deed, without date, gave to Erneys,
citizen of Chester and all his londes in Speake with Johan
his doughter in liberum maritagium & was a quarter lord
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in Speake afore ys said ther this is in a Coppie verbantum
after Sir Wm. Norres Owne hand writing.
Armagh is the magnificent seat of Sir Capel Molyneux,
Bart. In the center of the demesne is an extensive lake,
surrounded by verdant hills. Two obelisks were erected
here; one by the primate to commemorate the order of
Saint Patrick, the other by Sir Capel Molyneux in honor
of the Volunteers of Ireland. (Camden.)
The family estates at the death of Sir Capel Molyneux,
seventh Baronet, extended over 16,560 acres, of the esti-
mated annual value of £10,000.
Guilford, Loseley House, was built by Sir Christopher
More 1562- 1568 by marriage in the Molyneux family.
(Camden.)
In the Genealogy of Ferdinand III and Alphonso X of
Castile and Leon, will be found the record of Alphonso
surnamed infans Lord Molina, 1272, wives:
1 dau. of Alphonso.
Telez de Meneses.
2. Monsalda.
Perez Lady of Molina.
Issue:
Mary, wife of Sancho IV, King of Cas-
tile and Leon.
Johannali, wife of N. Count of Lux.
Ferdinand* a monk-bishop of Zamora.
*This Ferdinand Molina may have been the priest-founder of the family of
Molyneux, as Spanish history and record gives French marriages and estates.
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Monumental inscriptions from the Church of Horsted
Keynes, Sussex:
MOLYNEUX
Near this place lieth the body of
EiCHARD Wyatt, Esq.
Sometimes of Freemans in the Parish.
He died in Jan., 1763.
In the 64th year of his age.
Also the body of Susanna, his wife, daughter of the
late Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bar., of Lose-
ley, in the Co. Surry.
She died the 29th day of June, 1774.
In the 74th year of her age.
Sir Richard Molyneux, Knight & Dame Elenor, his
wyflfe, whose Soules God pdon.
Dame worshope was my guide in life
And did my doings quite;
Dame virtue left me alone,
When Soule from body hyed.
And thoughe that deathe with dinte of Darte
Hath brought my corps on sleepe
The etemall god. My eternall Soule,
Eternally doethe Keepe.
Upon a brass plate on a tomb, which forms the floe of
an ancient seat near one of the windows is a Latin inscrip-
tion, '^ Pray for the Soul of Margrette, dau. of Richard
Molyneux, formerly wife of John Dutton."
On a flat marble in the Chancel are inlaid the effigies in
brass of Sir WilUam Molyneux and his two wives, with
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their representative arms over their heads, and underneath
his own shield quartered in two other coats, besides that
of Molyneux. With the motto " Endoit devant ", on a
brass plate is an inscription to the memory of ^^ Guliel-
mus Molyneux ", of the date 1548.
Harriet Molyneux, natural dau. of the late Glen. Thomas
Molyneux, Bart., of Castle Dillon, Co. Armagh, m. Sir
Thomas Phillips and d. 1832.
Sacred to the memory of Capel son of Maj. Gen Thomas
Molyneux and Ehzabeth, his wife, of Castle Dillon in the
Co. Armagh in the Kingdom of Ireland, who departed
this life at Chesterham the 23d of June, 1822, in the 18th
year of his age, and whose remains lie interred in a vault
in the North side of the church. To the many virtues
and departed worth of the most dutiful affectionate and
estimable of sons this inadequate tribute has been erected
by his afiflicted and disconsolate parents.
Emily, dau. of Gen. Thomas and Elizabeth Molyneux,
died June 25, 1832; remains interred in the catacombs of
St. Martins in the Fields, London.
Anne Molineux, second daughter of Sir John Moly-
neux by his first wife, Isabel Markham, was buried in the
church at Barnby, where, against the south wall of the
chancel, near the door, is an altar tomb of freestone,
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having on the sides the arms of Molyneux, a cross moline,
and another shield, a lion rampant, with the inscription:
'' Here lyeth interred the corps of Anne Molyneux, 2d
daughter to Sir John Molyneux of Teversal, in the county
of Notts, Knight and Banoret. Which Anne departed
this life 8d day of November, 1633, 8etatis suae xxvii."
" Whom God doeth love, of them he makes his choice
To wait on him, and here hath stilled her voice,
That with him it might be raised hyer
To sing Halleluiahs in his holy quyer."
Inscription on the tomb of Sir William Molyneux (d.
1289).
^* Hie jacet WiU'us Molyneux
Bannerettus f actus in Gasconia
cum illustri Principe Edmundo,
dicto Gibbosa com : Lancastrie.
M. C. 0. F. XXXIX.
Epitaph on the tomb of Sir William Molyneux, who
was made Knight Banneret in 1367, after the Battle of
Navarret :
" Miles honoriflcus Molyneux subjact intus:
Tertius Edwardus dilexit hunc ut amicus.
Fortia qui gessit, Callos, Navarrosqe, repressit,
Hinc cum recessit, morte feriente decessit.
Anno milleno trecento septuageno.
At que bis junge due, sic pent omnis homo."
Sir Francis Molyneux; d. the 12th day of March, 1741,
aged 86. Dame Diana his wife, the daughter of John
Howe, Esq., of Langar. She had by him seven sons and
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three daughters, and departed this life the 8th day of
January, in the year of our Lord, 1718, in the 60th year
of her age.
Happy in the conjugal,
not unhappy in the parental state,
they ended their days in peace
and in full assurance of a blessed
Eesurrection.
Sir Charles Molyneux, Bart., fifth son and heir, put up
this monument to the memory of the best of parents.
In the brass of another stone in a church at Hawton.
In your charities pray
for tl\e Soules of Wm. Molyneux and Margret, his wife,
there Childrens Soules & All Christian Soules, which
Wm. departed present life the last day
of Oct. 1641.
There are the Molyneux arms with a crescent.
In the Chancel on a piece of brass, upon a little plain
stone was.
Of your Charity pray for the Soules of Robert Molyneux,
Esq., and Dorothy his wife, which *Eobert deceased
13 April, 1539.
In the Chancel of St. Giles at Bruges on a white marble
slab inserted in the floor of the chapel of the Holy Virgin
with arms (az.) in a fesse (or) between three gold finches
in chief & 2 in base (proper) three Mullets (qu.) Helmet,
mantling and Vreath-
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D. 0. M.
Sepultura Liber (a)
FamilJaB
WiUulmi G (oold)
Ibemi
ex enclyta ac vetesta (apud)
Corcagiense (s)
Prosaipea, olim Scholae B (ogardicae)
Gubermatore (s)
Henies ecclesial jS^detui
In the Church of the English Austons Nuns, concealed
by the fine painting of the Holy Family which hangs
against the North wall, is an inscription commemorative
of Lady Mary Herbert of Powis, Viscount-ess Montacute,
and Sister Lady Lucy; d. Oct. 30, 1745 (Lady Mary, dau.
of Wm. Herbert 1st, Marquess of Powis); m. 1st Hon.
Richard Molyneux, eldest son of Caryll, 3 Vis. of Mary-
bough, Earl of Sefton.
Verse taken from the old ballad, '' The Scottish Field,"
a poem on the Battle of Flodden, to the device of an
eagle's foot having been worn as a badge by the Lancas-
ter levies who fought in the battle under the command of
Sir John Stanley and Sir William Molyneux.
With Sir William Molyneux,
with a manful meany*.
Theis freakesf will never flee
for feare of no weapon.
But they will stick with their standarts
♦Troop. fMen.
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in their stele weedes,
Because they busked them at Berwick
that bolded them the more."
Epigram upon the Times
I
When Molyneux came first to Town,
With colors and what not;
'* See! where the rebels come, see there,"
Exclaims an angry Scot.
II
" Eebels," quoth John, '' I've often seen
At Tyburn where they hang 'em,
Why, Sawney, look ! in all this crowd
There's ne'er a Scot among 'em."
— Lynn Magazine,
Sheriffs
Ricardus MoUineux, Lancashire 1397
Edmund Molineux, Buckinghamshire... 147 6
Thomas Molineux, arm., Lancashire 1476
Sir Richard Molineux, Knt., Lanca8hire..l556
Francis Molineux, Derbyshire 1566
Francis Molineux, Nottinghamshire 1581
Sir Richard Molineux, Knt., Lancashire.. 1589
Sir Richard Molineux, Knt., Lancashire..l597
John Molineux, Nottinghamshire 1609
Sir John Molineux, Knt. and Bart 1611
Francis Molineux, Mansfield 1662
Darcy Molineux 1687
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Sir Charles Molyneux, Bart 1748
Rigby Molyneux 1749
Crisp Molineux, Norfolk 1767
George Molineux, Staffordshire 1791
Sir Capel Molyneux, Bart. Armagh 1867
DIGNITIES OF THE CHURCH
BISHOP
Adam Molineux, LL.D, Chichester 1445
DEAN
Adam Molineux, Salisbury 1441
ARCHDEACONS
Adam Molineux, Salisbury 1440
James Molineux, Richmond
CANONS
Henry Molyneux, Exeter 1489
John William Henry Molyneux, Ely 1874
PREBENDARIES
Edm. Molineux, Minor Pars Altaris 1518
Sarum— Valor f. 2
R, Molineux 1621
Edward Molineux, Faringdon
William Hamilton Molineux, Wobaston, Col-
legiate church of St. Peter, Wolverhampton. 1831
George Fieldhouse Molyneux, Wobaston 1840
LORD LIEUTENANTS
Caryll, 3d Viscount Molyneux, Lancashire.
Charles William, 3d Earl of Sefton, ditto.
William Philip, 4th Earl of Sefton, ditto.
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CASTELLANS OF LIVERPOOL
William de Moulins, William I.
Vivian de Moulins, William II.
Robert de Moulins, Stephen.
Sir Eichard Molineux, Henry V and VI.
Sir Richard Molineux and Richard his son, Henry VI,
1441; when the office was made hereditary in bis
family.
Richard Molineux, Esq., Henry VI and Edward IV.
Thomas Molyneux, Edward IV.
Lawrence Molyneux, Henry VII.
Sir Edmund Molyneux, Elizabeth, 1684.
Sir Richard Molyneux, Elizabeth, 1688.
Richard, VisCount Molyneux, James I.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
Sir John Molyneux, of Crosby — Grand Council at
Westminster, 17 Edward II.
Ricardus Le Molineux, de Croseley Miles — County of
Lancaster, 1312.
William de Molins — County of Buckingham, 2d Parha-
ment at Gloucester, Richard II.
Ric. Molyneux — County Lancaster, ditto.
Edmund Molyneux — Ludlow, Parliament at Westmin-
ster, 1 Edward VI.
Richard Molineux — Liverpool, 6 Elizabeth, 1663.
John Molineux — County Notts, 1563.
John Molineux — Liverpool, 1585.
Richard Molyneux — County Lancaster, 1686.
John Molineux.
Richard Molineux.
Sir Thomas Molineux, Knt., 1592.
Sir Richard Molineux, Knt., 1603.
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Samuel Molyneux — Mallow, Ireland, 1613.
Daniel Molyneux, Strabane — 1613.
Sir Richard Molineux, Knt. and Bart., 1628.
Adam Molyneux — Longford, 1660.
William Molyneux— Dublin 1691
William Molyneux — Dublin University, 1694.
Eight Hon. Samuel Molyneux — Dublin University and
Borough of Bossiney, England.
Thomas Molyneux — Preston, Lancashire, 1695.
Sir Francis Molyneux, Bart., of Teversal — County
Notts, 1701-2702.
The Eight Hon. Sir Capel Molyneux, Bart. — Clogher,
1761, Dublin University.
Gteorge Molyneux — Granard.
Crisp Molineux— King's Lynn, 1784.
Charles William, Viscount Molyneux — South Lanca-
shire, 1832.
In the list of the Nobility and Grentry in the County
Palentine of Lancaster, from the time of Henry VII to
the accession of William III, published in Barnes's His-
tory of Lancashire, appear the names of:
Molyneux of Sephton.
Molyneux of Thornton.
Molyneux of Eainhill and Hawkley.
Molyneux of Wimberley.
Molyneux of Thorpe.
Molyneux of Combscough.
Molyneux of Shipton.
Molyneux of Larbrick.
Molyneux of Kirton.
Molyneux of Crosby and Woodhouse.
Molyneux of New Hall.
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1027 No. 1. Robert Molyiieux — the same also borne by
Vivian, Adam, Eobert, Simon, and William
Molyneux.
No. 2. Arms of Maghull and Molyneux.
No. 3. William Molyneux, 1066.
No. 4. Eobert Molyneux, 1199.
No. 6. Molineux of Hawkley.
No. 6. Earls of Sef ton, English Branch.
No. 7. Thomas Molyneux, Irish Branch.
No. 8. Rev. Sir Charles Molyneux of Castle Dillon,
Irish Branch.
List of Rectors and Vicars of Walton-on-the Hill, com-
piled by Baines from the Episcopal Registers:
Date of Institution Rectors and Vicars By whom Presented
August 4, 1543 Anthony Molineux, R. Sir William Mollyneux
September 6, 1557 Anthony Molinexe, R. Sir Richard Molinexe
March 24, 8 Elizabeth William Hesketh, V . Alexander MoUinex
May 9, 1621 Nevil Kaye, V. Alexander Moleneux
June 22, 1639 Andrew Clare, R. Richard Moleneux
TAKEN FROM THE " DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY "
Molyneux, Williams Thomas ; b. 1793; midshipman in the
navy, 1805-11; ensign 4 foot 14th Feb., 1811 ; Lieut.
77 foot 28 Feb., 1812 ; Captain 16 Sept., 1819 ; placed
on h. p., 25 Oct., 1821; took additional Surname of
Williams 1836; L. G. 31 March, 1866; K. H. 1836;
d. 9 Holies St. Cavendish Square, London, 10 May,
1871.
Molyneux, William; F. G. S. ; Author of " Burton-on-
Trent, its history its waters and its breweries,''
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1869; to R. Plant's " History of Cheadle, Leek,"
1881, he contributed '' The Cheadle Coalfield," pp.
277-311; d. Durban, Nathal, 24 Oct., 1882.
Molyneux, Henry William John, Sir; 8 Baronet; brother
of Capel Molyneux, 1804-77; b. 23 Jan., 1819; ed.
Trin. Coll. Camb. 27 Wrangler, 1841; B. A. 1841
V. of St. Peter, Sudbury, Suflf., 1856 to death
hon. Canon of Ely Cathedral, 1875, to death
succeeded his cousin as 8 Bart. 24 Jan., 1879; au-
thor of '' What is a Christian ? " 2 ed. 1853; '' A
letter to the bishop of Ely or the rights of all par-
ishioners to the use of the Church," 1856; ^' Sym-
bolism not formalism ", 1857; 2ed. 1857; '' Preach-
ing the gospel to the working classes impossible
under the pew system," 1858; '* The Altar and the
lights on the altar," a correspondence with Bishop
of Ely, 1865; '' Vivisection," a speech 1876; died
at Sudbury vicarage 5 March, 1879.
Molyneux, Capel ; eld. son of John Molyneux, Gravel Hill,
Salop; b. Loseley mansion Surrey 2 Dec, 1804; ed.
at Ch. Coll. Camb., B. A., 1826; in the army; C.
of St. Mary's Woolwich, 1842-50; minister of the
Locke chapel, Harrow road, London, 1850-60; V.
of St. Paul's, Onslow, 1860-72; author of ''Lec-
tures delivered in the Locke chapel ", 1 852 ; " Geth-
semane," lectures delivered in Lent, 1864; '' Broken
bread, short comments for family use," 1855;
''Lent Sermons," 1860; "A farewell address to
the Congregation of St. Paul's, Onslow Square,"
1872; died at Cannes, 27 Dec, 1877.
Molyneux, Thomas; b. 1803; double bass player ; a piano*
forte manufacturer; invented the MoUneux Action
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for pianos,, patented 28 April, 1860 ; managing di-
rector of St. James hall, London, many years; d.
London, Jan. 31, 1891.
Camavon, Earl of, (Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert);
b. in London, Eng., 1831 was appointed Gov. of
Camavon Castle in 1854. In 1858 he became un-
der-secretary of state for the colonies in the admin-
istration of the Earl of Derby, and in 1859 visited
the East. The feuds of the tribes in the Lebanon
had broken out in a massacre of the Christians, and
the Earl gave the world the benefit of his investi-
gations in an interesting work, entitled the *' Druses
of the Lebanon ". His plan for the confederation
of British N. America colonies passed both Houses
of Parhament in 1807.
Molineux, Esq., John, companion of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath; b. 1822, son of Thomas Moly-
neux of Madeley in the Co. Salop; created compan-
ion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, 1887.
Molyneux, Brig. Gen. George Hand More, C. B. D. S. ; son
of Lieut. Col. A. More Molyneux, H. E. I. C. S. ;
1851; entered army 1870; became Capt. B. S. C.
(now I. S. C.) 1882, Major and Brevet Lieut. Col.
1890, and Col. 1894. Served during Afghan war,
1878-80, in command of Jesailchie corps (medal);
with Soudan Expedition 1885; present at Actions
of Haske Takdui and Tamai (medal with clasp bronze
star); withBurmah Expedition 1885-9 as D. A. A.
G. ; mentioned in dispatches; medal with clasp
D. S. C. ; Brevt. Lieut. Col. on N. W. Frontier of
India 1897-8 as A. A. M. G. for Intelligence; was
in Egypt 1885; mil. attache at St. Petersburg 1890-
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92; and A. Q. M. Q. (Intelligence) in India 1893-8;
is in command of a 2d class dist. with rank of Brig.
Gen. ; m. 1889 A. J., dau. of C. D. Mathews Esq.,
of the Bower Haverin, Alte Bowers, Essex; or — D.
S. 0. 1899; C. B. (Mil.) 1900.
Mouns or Monyn, John, sometimes Molyu, may have been
of the family of Molyneux, descended from Sir
Simeon de Molyneux (Monyn) Knt. of Castle Mayon
in Normandy, who attended William the Conqueror.
With this family are found all the family names of
the family of Molyneux.
New Rochelle — Rev. Jean Joseph Brumeau de Moulinars
came to New York before 1718 (said to be the son of Jean
Brumand, Sieur de Moulinars, pastor of the Church of
Chatellerant, France, 1683). He was of the family of
De Molyns (or Molyneux), which found refuge in Holland,
where he appears as a candidate for orders in the Reformed
Church. He was a man distinguished for unblamable life
and conversation. Mr. Moulinars was caUed as assistant
to Mr. Rou, who refused to go to New Rochelle either to
preach or administer sacraments. In the Documentary
History of New York there exists two accounts of The
persecutions in France, which ensued upon the Edict of
Nantes and drove the Protestant subjects of Louis XIV
into the territories of other princes. The most opulent set-
tled in the city of New York, others went into the country
and planted New Rochelle, and a few settled at New Paltz,
Ulster Co. Mr. Moulinars died in New Rochelle in 1714,
ministering to the little congregation of French dis-
senters.
On pages 175, 176, Vol. Ill, Collectanea Topographica
et Genealogica. — On the Charter of Transfer of the Pat-
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ronage of the Hospital of St. Cross by Winchester, from
the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem to Eichard Bishop of
Winchester, in 1185. Attached to this document are three
very perfect seals, the first that of Roger de Molens, Custos
or Master of the Hospital of Jerusalem, appended by a lace
of yellow silk. It is of lead, circular in form, one inch
and a quarter in diameter. One side, a figure kneeling
before the double cross, and between them the letters
A.M.; Legend + EOGERIUS CUSTOS; on the other, +
HOSPITALIS JERUSALEM, with a representation of
the Holy Sepulcher, and the Savior's body therein. This
is engraved in the Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CIII.ii.305;
together with that of another Master of the Hospital,
bearing similar designs.
Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica. Page 124,
Vol. in. — Sir John Molyns was lord of the neighboring
manors of Stoke Pogies, Brill, Dalchet, Henley, Crippen-
ham, &c., &c. There is much respecting him in Kennet's
Parochial Antiquities; as well as in Dugale's Baronage,
where it is stated. Vol. ii, p. 146, that among the posses-
sions restored and confirmed to him in 20 Edw. Ill was
the patronage of the Abbey of Bumham, which seems in
contradiction to the free right of choosing their Own Ab-
bess granted to the Nuns by No. 7 of the present Char-
ters. But Molyne was so valuable that the house was
probably willing to waive the right conveyed by Earl Ed-
ward's Charter and accept a new patron upon receiving
such a benefaction. See remarks on the Abbey Seal, p.
131, where it says: '* The device is of course the common
one of Christ crowning his Spouse the Church. The arms
are those of the second founder (see note on p. 124), Sir
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John de Molyns, viz, Sable, on a chief argent, three lozen-
ges gules," &c., &c. On page 126, same book, "Grant
of pardon to the Abbess, for receiving without license
certain lands from John de Molyns and Roger le Strange,
20 Edw. I [I, 1346." See page 24 (6—26).
Molyneux, Thomas, b. May 14, 1759, at Manchester,
taught by Henry Clarke Byron's short-hand; before
he was 17 had become a writingmaster and teacher
of accounts in King Edward VI Grammar school at
Macclesfield; resigned that situation in 1802 and
died at Macclesfield Nov. 15, 1850, age 91. He pub-
lished *' An Abridgment to Mr. Byron's Universal
English Short- hand," London, 1796. In the edi-
tions published in 1829-1838 the portrait of the au-
thor engraved by Raffe from a painting by Scott is
prefixed.
Rev. Robert Molyneux, 2d President of the Society of
Jesus in 1798-6, also president in 1806-8; called Father
Molyneux; b. in Lancashire, England, June 24, 1738;
entered the Society of Jesus 1767; in 1806 with authority
of Pope Pius II was appointed Father Superior. — From
History of Oeorgetown College, District of Columbia.
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NOTES AND CORRECTIONS
6 — 16. Adam de Molyneux is supposed to be the
knight who is portrayed in the glass of
the three windows in the upper part of
Bridgenorth Church, in the county of
Salop, in antique mail, clothed with a
surcoat and girt, with his sword and
spurs; over which is an equilateral
triangular shield, on which the arms of
Molyneux are depicted. He was in com-
mission for the perambulation of forests,
in the 12th year of King Henry HI.
He married Lettice de Brenley.
Page 18 (2 — 1) William Molyneux (Molines) said to,
have taken his title from a town of the Bourbonnais in
France.
Page 19 (4 — 7) Eobert Molyneux was granted from Ste-
phen, Earl of Boulogne, afterwards
Bang of England, the manor of Lither-
land, Lancashire, for 14s. per annum.
The Molyneux family have ever since
retained possession of this lordship.
Eobert Molyneux, otherwise Eobert de
Mulas, gave the manor of Keurdon in
marriage with his sister to Sinward, the
son of Anti.
Page 20 (6—11) Simon of Thornton.
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Page 21 (6 — 16) Robert — held of his father five oxangs
of land in Thornton by knight's service.
Page" 27 (8 — 39) had other children, Thomas, who m.
Maud Pemberton; and Petep.
Page 29 (11—58) of Wynneresley.
Page 31 (12 — 62) had other sons, Peter and Simon.
Page 81 (12—68) of Guerdale, Constable of Chester.
Page 33 (12—60) should be 12—62.
Page 36 Bork, should read York.
Page 87 (14—70) should be 14—72 ; had also a son Henry.
Page 42 (16—100) d. 1592 instead of 1552.
Page 42 (17 — 114) m. for third wife Frances Fletcher,
daughter of Robert Fletcher, and had
issue:
18 — 857. Francis Molineux, of Stoke Bardolph.
858. Robert Molyneux.
859. John.
860. Mary.
Page 42 (17 — 117) m. his cousin Jane, dau. of Richard
Molyneux of Sef ton, by whom he had
a son.
Edward Molyneux (27 — 252) who set-
tled at Mansfield, and m. Alice
He was buried May, 1704, and his wife
Alice, Sept. 23, 1704. Issue of this
marriage :
19—862. Anne; b. 1696.
863. Edward Molyneux; b. 1697,
864. Francis; b. 1700,
865. Mary; b. 1704.
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Page 48 (18—138) John Molyneux of Thorpe, Knight of
the Shire; in 1502 m. Anne, dau. of
John Lascelles of Qrasford, Notts, and
had issue:.
19—866. Edmund Molyneux of Thorpe.
867. Thomas Molyneux ; m. Katherine
Issue twin daughters, Anna and lasbella.
868. Gervase Molyneux; m. Anne, dau. of
Sir William Moting.
869. John Molyneux of Farnton, near New-
ark ; m. Euth Delwood.
870. Christian.
871. Fayth.
872. Margaret Molyneux; m. 1st, Leonard
Lovelace, of Hever, Kent; and 2d,
Thomas Clarke, of Hyde Abbey, near
Winchester.
Page 48 (18-141) Euthland* Molyneux; m. 1st, Mary
Bevercotes; m. 2d, Frances, dau. of
Eichard Timperly, of Hintlesham, Nor-
folk.
* Ruthland Molyneux was, it seems, a recusant, and a grant of lease of two
parts of his manors and lands was made June 4, 1622, to Dan Wood and Rich.
Andrews, in tinist for payment of his debts, and maintenance of his wife and
children, a rent of £20 being reserved to the King.
Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, in a letter dated Sheffield Lodge, August 26,
1709, addressed to Lord Salisbury, sends information of an accusation brought
against Ruthland Molyneux by Lady Markham, the most ** pmgmatical -headed
lady in these parts of England." "She, Sir John HoUis, and his chaplain,
Chapman, have all a grudge against Molyneux." Questions whether this in-
formation be not a plot to drive him from this part of the country. (The
estate of Bevercotes with other lands, was sold by Rnthland Molyneux to the
Earl of Clare.
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Issue:
19 — 873. Ruthland Molyneux, of Little Markham;
m. JaDe Rayner.
874. Nicholas.
875. Edmund.
876. Marke Molyneux; m. Anne, dau. of
Meires, of Lownd Hall, Nottingham-
shire.
877. Frances.
878. Margaret; m. Edward Henshaw, of
Fledboiough, Co. Notts.
879. Anne.
19 — 869. John Molyneux of Farnton; m. Euth,
dau. of Delwood, of Ossington,
Co. Leicester.
Issue :
20—880. Paul Molyneux.
881. John Molyneux.
882. Fayth Molyneux; m. EJdward Jermio,
of Branton, Huntingdonshire.
883. Mary.
884. Anne.
886. Elizabeth.
Page 51 (19—166) d. in 1597 instead of 1507.
Page 58 (19—158) should be 153.
Page 60 (20— 215) William Mullens (Mohnes, Molyneux).
from Dorking in Surrey (merchant). Dr. Griffin .in his
narrative, '' The Pilgrims in their Three Homes, England,
Holland, America," cites the name of '' Mullens" as a
Dutch distortion of Molines or Molineaux (Molyneux).
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Page 64, Henry Blaydes of Molyneux should read Henry
Blaydes Molyneux.
Page*64 (19—182) should be 19—192.
Page 71 (23—823) Franklin should read Franklyn.
Page 73, Pierre (A) should be (a) Pierre.
Page 105, Marqius should be Marquis.
Page 198, before 27—579 should be entered 29—785
Ellen Molyneux.
Page 202, St. Paul's cathedral, Syracuse, N. Y.
Pages 202-204, All Saints church, Syracuse, N. Y.
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APPENDIX
GLEANINGS AFTER A HARVEST OF TWENTY
YEARS IN ROMAN FIELDS
BY MARIE ADA MOLINBUX, A.M., PH.D.
Contributed to the Woman's Branch of the World's Congress Auxiliary in the
Department of Philology -Edited by Elizabeth A. Reed, Chairman
Roman history seems to the student a kind of dignified
fairy tale written in a formal language, once — so they
say — the everyday tongue of the people whose life and
adventures are therein narrated. Certain brave deeds
and noble men attract him and fire his imagination, but
generally it is only when he is years older that he realizes
the immense fact that it is all as true as any history.
More and more are we coming to know that the main facts
are not misstatements, and that, often, the details are
correct (or explainable), and this is due to the studies of
the archaeologists.
Every letter of an almost obliterated and shattered in-
scription receives the most earnest attention of those
recognized the world over as authorities by reason of
native and cultivated gifts.
The discoveries in relation to Roman language and liter-
ature are like the illustrations to a book, brightening, ex-
plaining, and attracting the attention of those otherwise
indifferent. ^
The soil of Rome is as a paUmpsest overwrit with the
ideas of many generations, and Uke a palimsest requires
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the tenderest, most pious care, since among the records of
a nearer and a present age are to be found the injured and
incomplete chronicles of the time when Rome was in her
Marie Ada Molineux, A.M., Ph.D.; dau. of 22—804
prime. What beautiful relics, when regarded as mere
works of art, have been disinterred, rehcs that aid the
student of literature so manifoldly. The remains of
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use, are to the student] of the Latin language, literature
and history, as studied to-day, what the body is to the
mind. The one is incomplete without the other ; there is
constant action and reaction. These records of the past
could not be interpreted without the aid of philology, nor
could philology, in turn, be so satisfactorily unfolded with-
out the help of archaeology.
The Archceological Commission. — In May, 1872, the
Municipal Council of Rome appointed an Archaeological
Commission, its members being the Chevalier Augusto
Castellani, the Marquis Nobili-Vetelleschi, Commander
Rosa, Baron Viscounti, Commander de Rossi, Chevalier
Viscounti Count Vespignani (architc^ct), and Professor
Lanciani. The Commission was particularly interested in
the discovery, presentation, and reproduction by plans
and drawings of all incongraphic remains of the ancient
city. Those that have been denied the inestimable privi-
leges of personally assisting in the work must draw all
information from the records of this commission, of
which the secretary is the civil engineer and professor in
the University of Rome, so pleasantly known to Ameri-
cans, Rodolfo Lanciani. Almost immediately was begun
the publication of an illustrated bulletin, a mine of in-
formation to those interested in archaeology.
In any scientific investigation nothing is too trival to
note. Much can often be learned, the uninitiated are as-
tonished to be told, by *' masons' marks ", by the seals
stamped or carved by workmen upon various portions of
their work. The lead pipes put in by those long-dead
plumbers still retain the name of workmen (they were
not afraid in those days that their work would be blame-
worthy), of the owner of the dwelling or estate, and of
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the emperor during whose reign the pipes were inserted.
It is a regret that so many thousands pounds of lead were
remelted for modern use before the importance of its ex-
amination was realized; but Professor Lanciani has done
marvels with the material at hand in locating so many
estates, and thus in filling the vacant space on the map of
Rome
The defacement of some of our own public buildings
may possibly be viewed with more lenient eye3 when
Macaulay's New Zealander shall be searching for informa-
tion regarding a people and nation that have vanished.
Not that we expect to vanish, but did the ancient Bomans
deem it possible that their tremendous empire ever could
dwindle to a memory ?
.Important Gains. — When we glance along the list we
see that the gains to our certain knowledge during the
past twenty years have been enormous.
1. The great Servian Wall has been traced throughout
and portions of it are now visible in forty different places.
The most important clues were discovered during excava-
tions necessary for laying out a new quarter of Rome,
and there were also offered to the inspection of the Com-
mission innumerable tombs of early dates and houses of
various epochs. In the destruction of the beautiful Gar-
dens of Sallust and the most priceless adjacent portion of
the Servian Wall, gunpowder was necessarily used, so well
did the ancient masons do their work. A stone from this
wall now rests in America by the tomb of Lincoln.
2. The entire valley of the Forum Romanum has been
excavated.
3. The House of Vestals was a most valuable discovery
in 1883-84:. It is in more perfect condition, as a whole,
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than even the Pompeian houses, having a portion of its
second story. Besides its importance in deciding matters
of topography, there were other causes for congratulation,
for their came to light eleven life-size statutes, twenty-
seven busts and heads, fifteen pedestals, with inscriptions
describing the life of the high-priestesses, five historical
inscriptions, and many other treasures, including eight
hundred and eighty-five coins.
4. In some respects still more important was the identi-
fication in 1886 of the Begia, the Fane or sanctuary of
the Pontifiex Maximus, together with the Domus Publica
taken from the Pontifex by Augustus and given to the
vestals.
5: Horace speaks of a flood from the Tiber reaching the
Temple of Vesta ; hence, wrongfully, a temple in the Fa-
rum Boardium was thus denominated. The terrible flood
of 1877 showed the old power of the Tiber and made the
poet's words again correct, for the real temple was recent-
ly rediscovered, since it was partially demolished and hid-
den after its discovery in 1549.
6. Perhaps the most remarkable of all acquisitions to
our historical data was obtained from the extensive ceme-
tery on the Esquiline. This told that in an early, even a
prehistoric epoch, there was a settlement here, and in it
the Etruscans, that people of whom we know so little,
were the most numerous, and indeed the civilizing ele-
ment. Among the most valuable objects unearthed were
some rare vases of Greek shapes and Egyptian decoration
in vitreous enamels. These vases were evidently acquired
through Phoenician traders, or else were made in potteries
created by them. It is interesting to note that in this
cemetery were found real scarabaei ; thus we are forced to
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perceive the intimate relations with Egypt. Many Egyp-
tian relics have been found elsewhere.
7. The line of the Nova Via has been determined.
8. The Gardens of Maecenas, the Temple of Claudius
on the Caelian, the vaulted arches of the Aqua Virgo, the
Tiberine Emporium, have all come to light and yielded
various treasures, valuable both as regard their art and
historical significance.
9. The real form of the Rostra of Julius Caesar is now
known.
10. -Many notable mausoleums have been excavated.
11. About seven hundred feet of the Cloaca Maxima,
between the Forum Augustum and the Forum Romanum,
have been cleared.
12. A very interesting wharf or mole on the left bank
of the Tiber, not far from the Bridge of St. Angelo, was
discovered in 1891. It was built for the unloading of
marble, probably by Augustus.
13. The Porta Salutare has been accurately located, a
point of great importance in the topography of Rome;
14. Discoveries on the Capitoline place the Arx, or Cita-
del, on its proper peak, the northern.
15. About three hundred and ninety feet beyond the
Sistine Bridge, were found, in 1887, the ponderous founda-
tions of a bridge, of the existence of which we were en-
tirely ignorant. Near it was an inscription certifying that
the embankment of the Tiber had been repaired '' ad Pon-
tem Agrippae ". The natural conclusion is that these were
the foundations of Agrippa's Bridge.
16. The location of the Comitium and Curia has been
placed beyond doubt.
17. The Horrea, or '' storage warehouse ", of Galba,
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has been discovered, excavated, and destroyed. It still
contained wares, such as lentils, and about six hundred
cubic feet of elephants' tusk ivory was also yet there.
18. The barracks of the Imperial Guards, the Equites
Singulari, have been found, containing more than forty
inscriptions on pedestals of ex voto offerings by the hon-
orably discharged.
19. The barracks of the Fifth company of the Vigiles,
or Watchmen, who united three professions, being police-
men, firemen, and lamplighters, have come to light.
They numbered at times at least seven thousand and had
their most palatial barracks in' the different quarters of
the city assigned to their care.
20. The position of the altar of Dis and Proserpina is
now known.
21. The hitherto unrecognized remains of the Temple
of Augustus are identified.
Granite Obelisk. — In addition to these reaUy monumen-
tal gains in twenty years, are countless lesser in size, but
of an importance not at all in proportion. Among the
gleanings that we may add to our store are brief notes of
only a few.
Of these one of the most interesting is the granite obe-
lisk bearing the cartouche of Rameses the Second, that
with many other choice relics of ancient Egypt, was dug
up from the Temple of Isis and Serapis.
Architect's Tomb. — An architect's tomb of three stories,
decorated with marble bas-reliefs of buildings he designed;
the foundations of the arch of Augustus; traces of the
incendiary fire mentioned by Livy as having taken place
B. 0. 214, in the Forum Boarium ; the pilaster for meas-
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uring the waters of the Tiber, all these have their signifi-
cance.
Statue of Terra. — A statue of Terra, the personifica-
tion of the Earth, and with a dedicatory inscription is a
work of especial rarity, since seldom is a dedication found
to ** Mother " Earth, nor is the figure often represented
otherwise than in bas-relief; this is of great dignity and
beauty of pose.
Tivo Monuments. — Two monuments of the worship of
Fortune were unearthed upon the Quirinal, a female statue
and an altar with an inscription; these are of peculiar
value as helping to locate the '^ Street of the Three For-
tunes ", so named by ancient writers because of the three
temples to the goddess thereon.
Busts and Heads. — Among the objects of art in the
form of busts or heads, generally the sole remaining por-
tions of statues, although occasionally there are entireties
in design, are notable representations of Juno, jS^sculap
ius, Minerva, Bacchus, Jupiter Ammon, while of por-
traits there are examples s|iowing the effigies of Faustina
the Younger, beautifully executed ; of Pompeia Plotina,
wife of Trajan, a fine face with serene and lofty expres-
sion; of the Empress Manila Scantilla, and one of her
daughters, Didia Clara, a sweet, sad face. There is also
a superb bust of Commodus as Hercules, of a fine, slightly
self-satisfied expression — a countenance which arouses
wonder that its prototype could have so heartily enjoyed
the butchery of the amphitheatre; another represents
him as a youth in armor.
A fine bust of Flavia, the wife of Constantine, is a
very rare discovery, since portraits of her are uncommon ;
a particularly excellent bust of Faustina the Elder, wife
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of Antoninus Pius (1877), and a second (1880), of remark-
able power; two bronze heads of most beautiful work-
manship, but unfortunately much injured by time and
circumstance, without doubt likenesses of Nero and Cali-
gula... A superbly sculptured bust of Antonia, daughter
of Mark Anthony and mother of Germanicus and Claudi-
us; ...an exceedingly noble bust of Anacreon, an admira-
ble work of spirited pose, most felicitously confirming the
name given to a fine statue found in 1835, and so denomi-
nated on the authority of an early Greek coin.
Statues and Bvsts with Color. — Of statutes and busts
showing traces of applied color, the most worthy of re-
mark area Venus Andadyomene, a bust of Jupiter...
Much of the beautiful stucco was painted or gilded, and
often the hair of a otherwise white statue was gilded.
The evidence is considerable that the Romans did de-
grade some of their marble sculptures by polychromatic
decoration; this is not strange when we remember the
tendency of the period of their greatest magnificence to
" paint the lily '\
Other Statues and Oroupes. — Of statues or groups to be
mentioned in passing, one is that of an orator with his
' scrina of books ; another at first called a Venus, but by
some named Atalanta, a figure of expressive modeling
and excellent workmanship, lacking the arms which were
evidently in the act of binding the hair;... and a (fourth)
quite unique statue of Marsyas at the moment of his
flaying, of a rare realism because cut in a red-veined
marble, really superb piece of sculpture.
Animal Figures in Stone. — Comparatively few animals
have been found, but those are all of especial merit. A
cow nearly of the size and a faithful following of the
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model;... a magnificent eagle of natural size with out-
spread wings.
Notable Sculptures. — Two very interesting figures are
of magistrates of the fourth or fifth century. One is
colossal, evidently a portrait, and the other, found two
months later near the same place, is smaller, of a younger
man with rather a sad expression in exactly the same at-
titude, that of giving the signal for starting in the circus
...At another place during the reconstruction of a private
house there was unearthed, at a depth of fifteen feet he-
low the surface a wonderfully preserved group of the
three Graces
Bronze Statues. — The mention must not be forgotten
of three magnificent bronze statues preserved most re-
markably, and all coming to light in 1886. One was of
the first century, a charming figure of Bacchus, the others
had apparently been carefully concealed from plunderers
in some far-off age and their resting place forgotten. One
was a seated figure of a boxer, and the other a stately
standing eflBgy of a man, supposed to have been Philip the
Fifth of Macedonia; both are specimens of early Greek
art.
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INDEX
Part I, Members of the Molyneux Family
MOLYNEUX, including those who spell the name this way.
Abram, 92
Ada May, 124
Adam, 75
Adam, 117
Adam, Col., 132
Adam, LL.D., 34
Adam, lord of Speke, 19
Adam, of BuUymulvey
Adam, of Moig House, 135
Adam, of Sefton, 22
Addie E., 138
Adolph, 141
Agatha, 30
Agnes, 21
Agnes, 48
Agnes Mary Matilda, 165
Alaida May, 142
Albert, 121
Albert, 138
Albert, 292
Aleanor, 29
Alexander, 59
Alexander 218
Alexander, M. D., 65
Alice, 21
Alice, 26
j^ice, 50
Alice, 74
Alice, 176
Alice Amy, 202
Alicetine, 228
Amanda, 112
Amos Newton, 92
Andrew Mitchell, 251
Ann, 43
Ann, 125
Ann Eliza, 65
Anna, 67
Anne, 47
Anne, 74
Annie, 36
Annie, 50
Annie, 198
Annie, 218
Anthony, 50
Anthony, 175
Anthony, 248
Anthony, of Marking, 257
Arthur, 218
Arthur, 244
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Arthur, John Berkeley, 188
Atha, 143
Atha L., 128
Barton S;, 142
Beauford, 226
Beauford Allen, 228
Benjamin Arthur, 226
Bridget, 43
Bridget, 48
Bridget, 58
Bridget, 74
Bruce, 140
Bryan William, of Hawk-
ley, 255
Bryan William Hockenhull,
256
Capel, 166
Capel, 215
Capel, Sir, 222
Capel, in Holy Orders, 41
Capel Fobes, 226
Caroline, 244
Caryell Craven, 214
Caryell Richard, 214
Caryll, 98
Cassandra, 244
Catherine, 38
Cecil Maria Charlotte, 188
Cecil Richard, 222
Cecil Sefton, 181
Cecil Thomas, 250
Charles, 47
Charles, 141
Charles Berkeley, Capt., 188
Charles Henry Berkeley, 188
Charles Ross, 126
Charles WiDiam, 130
Charles William, 143
Charles; William, Sir, 187
Charles William, lord lieut.,
165
Charles William Hy ton. Vis.,
208
Charles William Hyton, 220
Christopher, 31
Christopher, 244
Clara Adelaide, 141
Clinton 142
Constance, 188
Crisp, 248
Crisp, 250
Cyrus, 121
Daniel, 73
Daniel, 154
Daniel, iron merchant, 92
Daniel, Ulster King of Arms,
116
Darcy, 51
Darcy 47
David, 124
David Silas, 126
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Diana, 47
Dorothy, 53
Earl, 141
Earl Hamlin, 140
Easter Ellen, 125
Echline, 217
Edith, 39
Edith Leontine, 202
Edmund, 38
Edmund, 47
Edmund, 54
Edmund, lord of Thorp, 40
Edmund, of Melling, 64
Edmund, of Sandfield, 252
Edmund of Thorp, 42
Edmund of ye Wood, 48
Edmund, of ye Wood, 64
Edward, 55
Edward, 106
Edward, 140
Edward, Rector of Sef ton, 42
Edward Charles, 223
Edward Hanore, 165
Eleanor, 40
Elianore, 163
Elinore, 50
Eliza, 218
Elizabeth, 38
Elizabeth, 42
Elizabeth, 43
Elizabeth, 64
Elizabeth, 96
Elizabeth, 109
Elizabeth, 219
Elizabeth, 226
Elizabeth, 294
Elizabeth Rose, 292
Ellen, 30
Ellen, 50
Ellen, 55
Ellen, 139
Ellen, 175
Elmer, 129
Enoch, 128
Ernest, 217
Ernest Thomas, 226
Esther, 58
Esther, 73
Flora, 129
Florence, 140
Frances, 50
Frances, 74
Frances, 76
Frances, 105
Francis, 19
Francis, 41
Francis, 53
Francis, 59
Francis, 95
Francis, 119
Francis, 138
Francis, 143
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Francis, 217
Francis, 268
Francis George, 189
Francis, of Mansfield Notts,
46
Francis, Sir, 77
Francis, woolen draper, 47
Frank, 177
Fred, 129
George, 124
George, 142
George, 167
George, Esq., 249
George, Lieut., 250
George, Rector of Compton,
244
George Berkeley, Hon., 215
George Berkeley, Lieut. Col.,
165
George Fritz Herbert, 251
George King Adlecorn, Sir,
215
Georgianna Eveline, 140
Gertrude Eleanor, 208
Gilbert, 41
Gilbert, 75
Gilbert, of Pemberton, 19
Gwendoline, 247
Guy, 143
Hannah, 104
Harold, 142
Harriet, 128
Harriet, 190
Henrietta Anne, 247
Helen, 120
Helen Cecilia Berkeley, 189
Henry, 21
Henry, 38
Henry, 56
Henry, 126
Henry, 126
Henry, of Cranbom, 258
Henry Blaydes, of New Ha-
ven House, 64
Henry Harrington Rich-
mond Howard, 164
Henry Hervey, commander
R. N., 214
Henry Richard, Lieut. Col.,
166
Henry Stuart, 226
Howard William, 216
Howard WiUiam, 225
Hugh, 218
Hugh William Osbert,
Isabel, 40
lasbella, 20
Isabella, 247
Jabez Moss, 141
Jackson, 93
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Jackson, 126
Joan, 40
Jacob, 140
John, 26
James, 28
John, 29
James, 65
John, 49
James, 66
John, 95
James, 106
John, 108
James, 121
John, 121
James, 126
John, 137
James, 181
John, 155
James, 218
John, 163
James, 232
John, 174
James, Archdeacon of Eich-
John, 218
mond, 39
John, 291
James, author, 116
John, B. A., 198
James, gent., 199
John, brass founder, 168
James, surgeon, 93
John, Knight of the Bath, 31
James Kennedy, 226
John, Lord, 30
James More, Esq., 244
John, monk, 21
James More, J. P., 244
John, rector of Sef ton, 40
Jane, 54
John, Sir, 108
Jane, 66
John, Sir, 192
Jane, 76
John, soldier, 24
Jane, 158
John, tailor, 41
Jannette, 55
John, weaver, 54
Jennie, 129
John, weaver, 60
Jennie, 138
John, of Tiarlaugh, 155
Jennie, 143
John, of Teversall, 19
Jeremiah, 291
John, of Teversall, 58
Jerome, 155
John, of Teversall, 60
Jesse, 55
John, of Teversall, 76
Jesse, 125
John, of Teversall Notts, 22
Joel, 126
John, of Thorp, 48
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John Charles, of Castle Dil-
lon, 223
Joseph, 51
Joseph, 150
Joseph, 219
Joseph B., 177
Joseph W. B., 220
Joseph Soloman, 141
Julia, 210
Julian, 22
Julian, 75
Katherine, 30
Laura Jenette, 125
Lee Bryant, 142
Levi, 73
Levi, 1)2
Lewis, 72
Lloyd Anson, 125
Lora, 143
Lucinda, 120
Lydia, 123
LydiaR., 139
Mabel, 142
Maria, 50
Maria, 120
Maria Jane, 210
Margaret, 50
Margaret, 75
Margaret, 124
Margaret, 127
Margaret, 141
Margret, 38
Margret, 40
Margret, a nun, 39
Martha, 51
Martha, 294
Martha Arloa, 120
Matthew, 51
Matthew, 174
Mary, 53
Mary, 105
Mary, 119
Mary Alice, 100
Maud, 143
Maud, 228
Michael, 55
Michael, 117
Michael, 135
Michael, 155
Michael, 108
Michael, Lieut. Col., 05
Mildred, 141
Moses, 104
Muriel, 31
Murray, 120
Murray, 143
Myrtle, 142
Nathaniel, of West Haugh-
ton, 40
Nellie Z., 129
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Nicholas, 30
Nicholas, baron, 26
Obed, 92
Osbert Cecil, 208
Oliver, 258
OrvilleJ., 140
Patrick, cattle trader, 155
Patrick Peter, 155
Pauline, 92
Peter, 21
Peter, 30
Peter, 48
Peter, 72
Perry, 129
Pierre, 49
Pierre, 56
PhiUp Horace, of MalUng
House, 274
Polydore, 47
Priscilla (Molins), 61
Rachel, 126
Ray, 143
Raymond, 140
Rebecca Maria, 158
Richard, 23
Richard, 29
Richard, 37
Richard, 38
Richard, 49
Richard, 58
Richard, 59
Richard, 74
Richard, 92
Richard, 105
Richard, 137
Richard in Holy Orders, 113
Richard, knight, 34
Richard, knight, 46
Richard, parson of Sefton,
31
Richard, pilgrim to Rome,
31
Richard, Sir, 39
Richard, viscount, 75
Richard, of Alt Grange,
107-119
Richard, of Crosby, 20
Richard, of New Hall
Richard, of Sandhill, 257
Richard, of Sefton, 21
Richard Frederick, Lieut.,
208
Robert, 17
Robert, 22
Robert, 23
Robert, 34
Robert, 36
Robert, 38
Robert, 39
Robert, 43
Robert, 49
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Robert, 65
Robert, 66
Robert, 126
Robert, 160
Robert, of Hawton, 40
Robert, of Prince Edwc'ird's
Island, 55
Robert, of Roxbury, 113
Robert, of ye Wood, 49
Robert, butcher, 41
Robert, Captain, 42
Robert, Comte de Meulin, 18
Robert, gent., 50
Robert, gent, 58
Robert Anthony, 202
Robert Cecil Arthur Fenton,
64
Robert Henry, 47
Robert Henry More, Vice-
admiral, 246
Robert Rice, 204
Robert de, 19
Robert de, 20
Roger, 29
Roger Anthony, 215
Roger Gordon, Lieut., 214
Roger de, 22
Roger de, 26
Roger, Col., 77
Rose Mary, 208
Ruthland, of Woodcotes,
48
Samuel, 120
Samuel 199
Samuel, of Castle Dillon, 134
Samuel, astronomer, 145
Sapcoat, 48
Sara, 55
Sara, 59
Sarah, 66
Sarah, 89
Sarah P., 126
Scroop, 47
Simon, 20
Simon, 22
Simon, 23
Sophia, 92
Staniforth, 51
Staniforth, 52
Steven, 73
Sumyra G., 141
Swyrd, 19
Theodore, 225
Theodosia, 95
Theodosia, 139
Thomas, 31
Thomas, 40
Thomas, 55
Thomas, 59
Thomas, 75
Thomas, 112
Thomas, 120
Thomas, 131
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Thomas, 162
Thomas, 167
Thomas, 175
Thomas, 201
Thomas, 218
Thomas, 253
Thomas, 256
Thomas, of Croxteth, 130
Thomas, of Houghton Pri-
ory, 38
Thomas, of Oglough, 21
Thomas, of Woodhouse, 60
Thomas, celebrated warrior,
33
Thomas, governor of Wick- •
low, 116
Thomas, Knight of Sefton,
49
Thomas, physician-general,
152
Thomas, sailor, 190
Thomas, silk spinner, 278
Thomas, Sir, 39
Thomas, Sir, 41
Thomas, Sir, 94
Thomas, Sir, 190
Thomas, Sir, 242
Thomas Seel, 164
Walter, 140
Walter Lionel Berkeley, 189
Warden, K., 126
Watson,
140
Wesley,
139
Wilburi
L., 228
Winifred, 126
William
23
William
, 29
William
38
William,
44
WiUiam,
49
William,
51
William
58
WilUam,
66
William
133
WilUam
, 136
William,
138
William
, 146
William
, 158
WiUiam
, 169
WilUam
, 177
WilUam,
199
WilUam
, 200
WilUam,
201
WiUiam
, 218
WilUam
244
William
255
WilUam
, 292
WilUam,
Boston, Mass., 167
WiUiam,
of Loughmogue,
175
WiUiam,
of Sefton, 21
WiUiam,
of Sefton, 33
Wmiam,
author, 16
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William, Captain, 18
William, Captain, 73
WiUiam, iron merchant, 73
William, Knight, 26
William, Knight, 31
William, Knight of Sefton,
21
William, jr.. Major, 167
WilUam, philosopher, 135
William, priest, 115
William, publisher, 163
William, rector of Trund-
ham, 217
William, silk merchant, 118
WiUiam, Sir, 27
William, the " Ingenious
Molyneux *', 144
William, viscount of Ger-
mouston, 93
WilUam, weaver, 77
WiUiam, weaver, 96
WaUam Arthur, 223
WiUiam Berkley, 188
William, Charles Francis,
Major Gen., 192
William Manley, 142
WiUiam More, 22
WUliam Philip, Earl of Sef-
ton, 206-9
WiUiam PhiUp, Sir, 165
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MOLINEUX
Alfred, 164
Agnes, 52
Alice Louise, 58
Alice Mary, 279
Ann, 51
Annie, 163
Apsley Brett, 278
Arthur Ellison, 280
Benjamin, 274
Caroline, 267
Caroline Adams, 207
Charles Edward, 279
Charles Henry, banker,
276
Charles Hurlook, 279
Charles Peck, 52
Cordelia, 272
Dorothy Eagene, 281
Edward, 109
Edward Leslie, 181
Eliza, 79
Eliza, 103
MOLINEUX
Ellen, 163
Emma, 163
Francis, 268
Frederick, 273
George, 51
George, 272
George, 273
George, 275
George Fitzherbert, 274
George EockfeUow, 52
George William, 278
George William. Frank, 278
Gisborne, F.R.C.L, 268
Harold Parminter, 281
Harriet, 163
Henrietta, 102
Henry, 99
James, 79
James Henry, 277
James McHard Kast, 98
Jane, 82
John, 51
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MOLTNEUX
John, 265
John, 270
John Edmonson, 275
John Hardman, 277
Joseph, 78
Joseph, 270
Joseph, 271
Joseph, 274
Leslie Edward, 207
LeVan, 52
LeVan, 53
Mai^aret, 79
Martha Ann, 51
Mary, 51
Mary, 79
Mary, 103
Mary Ann, 266
Mary Elizabeth, 268
Mary Jane, 279
Mary Staniforth, 52
Richard, 269
Richard, 267
Robert, 78
Robert, 79
Roland Burnham, 208
Sarah, 79
MOLINEUX
Thomas, 273
Thomas, of Beechfield, 277
Walter Lang, 207
WiUiam Hamilton, 276
William, Hardman, 278
William Pemberton, 278
MOLLINEAIJX
Allen, 71
Allen R., 70
Ann, 67
Benjamin, 67
Calvin, 71
Charles, 71
Elizabeth, 67
Eugene, 72
FrankUn H., 70
Freddie, 71
Henry, 67
Horseman, 67
Irwin, 113
Jesse, 66
Jesse, 67
Jesse, 72
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MOLLINEAUX
John, 66
John, 72
John J., 70
Josephine, 113
Mary, 70
Martha, 67
Moses, 78
Phoebe, 70
Royal, 67
Eoyal, 70
Sarah, 70
Solemna, 71
Walter, 71
William, 67 -
WilUam, 71
Wright, 72
MULLENEAUX
Andrew, 90
Charlotte, 90
Edgar, 91
Edgar S., 90
Edward Howard, 113
Harry E., 91
Jesse, 90
John, 90
Joseph, 104
MULLINEAUX
Mary Easter, 90
Richard, 89
Richard, 90
Richard H., 91
Stephen, 90
Stephen, 89
MOLYNEUX
William Mullens (Molins)
Molyneux, 61
MULENIX
Byron, 293
Jesse, 293
Sophia M., 294
MULLIN8
Alexander, Dr., 59
Frederick William, 259
Matthew, 289
MULIN
Joachim du, 49
Joachim du, 56
MOLYNE
Isaac, 78
MOULIN
Robert de, 17
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Abelard, Peter, 17
Adams, Samuel, 170
Adlecorn, Elizabeth, 166
Agar, Edward, 228
Aintree de, Alice, 2*3
Alden, David, 61
John, 61
Jonathan, 61
Joseph, 61
Mary, 62
Sarah, 61
William, 61
Allen, Jeremiah, 173
Margaret, 228
Apthrope, Charles, 173
Arburthnot, Gough Hugh,
216
Ashburnham, Jemima Geor-
gianna, 189
Ashe, Emily, 175
Atherton, Margret, 96
Atwood, Florence, 124
Avery, Zada, 202
Baccoreul, Margory, 26
Bahr, Hudson, 125
Bailey, Susanna, 207
Baker, Hannah, 138
Jennie, 123
Barber, George, 270
Barker, Joseph, 137
Bass, John, 62
Battenhaouse, Jane, 294
Kate, 294
Martin, 294
Baylis, Cline Albert, 202
Janet Ellen, 204
Bedford, Alfred, 123
Daniel, 123
Edmund, 123
Edward, 123
Ermina, 123
Jonas, 111
Margaret, 123
Nelson Lyman, 123
Salathrel Boyd, 123
Wilson, 123
Bell, Margaret Eleanor, 280
Thomas, 78
Bevercotes, Cuthbert, 48
Bidwell, Orson,
Birch, Mary, 264
Bird, AdeUne, 128
AngeUne, 128
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Bird, Charles, 128
Manoah, 127
Mary, 127
OUver, 128
Powell, 127
Rebecca, 109
Birdswell, Herbert, 120
Samuel, 120
Black, Charlotte BeUe, 125
Blackman, Sarah, 67
Blayds, TFracis, 258
Bleiler, Anniel 141
Blennerhasset, Richard, 251
Bluett, Elizabeth, 278
BlundeU, David, 48
Robert, 43
Boehue, Mary, 228
Bold, Richard, 46
BoltoD, John, 76
Booth, Elizabeth, 58
Boothman, John, 158
BotiUer, de Edith, 21
Bowen, William, 192
Brabazon, Anthony, 167
Brenley, Lettice (Letita),
22
Breres, Ann, 265
Brice, Edward, 261
Mary, 267
Bridgeman, Mary Helena,
222
Brishin, John, 94
Browne, Staples Frederick,
279
Bullock, Margret, 165
Burley, Caroline, 96
Burnham, Saterlee Lyman,
163
Carlton, Francis, 250
Carnighan, Mary, 90
Mary, 91
Capel, Diana EUzabeth, 145
Case, , 162
Cartwright, Hugh, 96
Caryll, Mary, 92
Cassey, Robert, 105
Challend, Anne, 119
Charnock, Egida, 22
Cheney, Jane, '42
Cheshire, C. Edmund, 113
Christian, Dorothy Louise,
216
Clairmonte, Jessie Violet,
192
Clark, A. James, 127
Hattie 181
Issac 126
Nelson, 215
Pauline, 103
Clark, , 260
Clere, William, 22
Cleveland, E. Mary, 294
Emma, 294
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Cleveland, Isaac, 294
J. Albert, 294
J. Sophia, 294
MUton, 294
Clinton, Alexander, 65
Charles, 64
Eliza Ann 65
James 64
Maria, 64
Clove, Elizabeth Eatherine,
225
Clutterbuck, Daniel, 275
James, 267
Lewis, 275
Colby, Elizabeth, 65
Cotes, Margaret, 51
Courtenay, Hugh, 32
Thomas, 31
Cramer, Alice, 51
Cranborn, Oliver, 269
Crespigay de, Maria Anne
Sarah, 252
Crittendon, Samuel, 218
Crocket, Elizabeth, 261
Crosbie, Ellen, 290
Crosby, Anneta, 86
Godolph Ashworth Rob-
ert, 216
Crotty, Maj., 66
Darker, Samuel, 160
Davis, Ada Mary, 86
Davis, Emma, 20
DayroUes, Christabella, 260
Delano, Thomas, 62
Delor(Deol, Dol), Hugh, 232
Denniston, Mary, 64
Dettmering, Alida, 123
Dinham, John, 32
D'Isney, William, 48
Daganey, Mary, 140
Dodgson, Martina Louise,
256
Domville, Lucy, 144
Donne, Emma, 27
Dopping, Anthony, 135
Dormer, Robert, 74
William, 74
Dowdale, Anne, 133
DowUng, Michael, 202
Dugale, IsabeUa, 22
Duganne, Ann, 98
Dutton, Anna, 39
Anne, 41
John, 40
East, Elizabeth, 166
Eaton, Amy Ellen, 202
Hiram, 177
Edmunds, Cora, 113
Edwards, Emma, 291
Ellall, Johannah, 30
Ellall, Johannah, 31
Jordan, 31
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Erwan, N. J., 226
Emey, Isabella, 24
Eyland, Chas., 121
Fagan, Sarah, 174
Falkener, Sarah, 260
Falkland, Henry Lucius, 53
Famsworth, F. Benjamin,
82
Farrell, James, 128
Margret (O'Farrell), 175
Fawkes, Michael, 77
Faxton, Thomas, 78
Fenwick, Addison Edward
John, 190
Fieldhouse, Elizabeth, 274
Firman, Sarah, 71
Fisher, Edward Gteorge, 220
Henry Thomas, 220
Jane, 158
Thomas, 220
Thomas John, 220
Wilson Henry, 220
Fitzgerald, Frances Emily,
215
Flandreau, Hettie, 89
Fleming, Melvil, 142
Flannigan, Thomas, 47
Flint, Molyneux Howard,
202
Flood, Cuthbert, 199
Foley, Louise George, 250
Foljambe, Thomas, 7^
Foster, Annie, 246
Fox, Edward William, 190
Frear, Mary, 140
Frost, Haskell Rufus, 87
Hubbard Charles, 87
Osgood John, 87
Plumb Albert, 87
Smith Eufus, 87
Furlong, Mary, 17
Furney, HoUster Grace
Mary, 226
Gabet, Francois, 56
Gaffare, de Hugh, 28
Garnett, de Annota, 19
Garret, John, 153
Gay, John, 153
Gerard, Francis, 74
Gibbs, Wm. 127
Gibson, LaFayette Robert
George, 89
Molyneux James, 89
Robert, 89
Gieslay, de Sarah, 72
Gill, Rena, 177
Girvan, Agnes, 52
Gisborne, Margret, 265
Goff, Morel Sireno, 128
Golden, Mary, 90
Gore, Catherine, 166
Gourlay, Robert, 65
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Greeley, Frost Eufus, 87
Gregory, Gilbert, 77
Green, Josephine Annie, 87
Greenfield, Pasco Charles,
189
Grey, , 30
Guionneaux, Ann, 153
Gun, Elizabeth, 260
Townsend, 260
Hale, S. William, 87
Hall, Gertrude, 87
Matthew, 56
HaUiday, Mary, 218
Halliwell, Orchard James,
190
Hamilton, Arden Adeline, 66
Hancock, John, 167
Hand, Thomas, 244
Hardman, Maria, 277
Harrington, Isabel, 143
Haverly, Hannah, 121
Harris, Warren Fred, 140
HaskeU, Dickinson Siemon,
87
Hastings, Ewarts Courtland,
89
Hawdeen, Margaret, 137
Haydocke, Joan, 37
Hazier, James, 261
Healy, John, 48
Heath, Lilly, 129
Heloise, 17
Heron, Theodosia, 77
Herrick, Amory James,
Augustus Moss, 86
Frost Eufus, 86
Henry William, 86
Hubbard Charles, 86
Heskeith, Thomas, 55
Hickey, , 155
HilUcker, May Esther, 128
Hobart, Lydia, 82
Hockell, Elizabeth, 120
Hodgson, Brian, 267
Hogath, Jessie, 217
Holdring, Elizabeth, 225
Holland, Jane, 34
Hopkins, Benjamine, 229
Hopwood, Augusta Mary,
187
Horn, Van Ann Sarah, 142
Howard, Catherine, 152
John, 36
Howe, Diana, 108
Hubbard, Amelia Florence,
86
AmeUa Florence, 89
Capen Elizabeth, 86
Charles, 83
Charles, 84
Charles, 85
Charles, 86
Charles, jr., 88
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Dunlap Charles, 88
Hastings Florence, 89
James Abigail, 86
James Abigail, 87
Maria Ellen, 86
Maria Ellen, 87
Eipley Jane, 85
Ripley Jane, 86
Hudson, LeF. Susan, 90
Hungerford, Walter, 32
Hunsinger, Catherine, 128
Hyton, Emily Cecil, 208
Inwright, Catherine, 155
Ireland, Jane, 59
Jackson, Elizabeth, 255
Fanny, 223
Henry, 168
Jefferson, Thomas, 152
Jenkyns, EUza, 244
Johnson, Eutwisle Bertie,
255
John, 76
Jones, Clara, 260
Jordan, Daniel, 123
Kast, Margret, 66
Kendrick, Eyland J., 88
Kennedy, Margret, 218
Keyleway, John, 258
Kidder, Frederick, 172
Killman, S. Isaac, 82
Kimball, Ann Mary, 98
King, Katherine Eugenie
Rose, 281
Kline, A. M., 127
Kyerton, Agatha, 29
Lane, John, 258
Eichard, 258
Lapierre, Louise, 218
Lascelles, Frances Elenore,
250
Iiaurence, William, 40
Layley, Jessie, 141
Leigh, Peter, 38
Leland, Albert, 216
Lenox, Pitt William, 216
Leslie, Marie, 183
L'Estrange, Baldwin, 39
Leverly, Maria, 130
Lewis, James, 104
Lingard, John, 266
Little, Joanna, 142
Marie, 125
Littledale, Jane Nora Annet-
te, 254
Livingston, John, 67
Lomas, John, 278
Mary, 278
Thomas, 278
Lombard, Eobert, 25
Louer, Charles, 127
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Louer, Henry, 127
Jacob, 126
Robert, 127
Lousade, de Maria Anna, 165
Lovett, Catherine, 177
Lowell, Anne, 103
Lucy, Bridget, 105
Luke, George, 109
Luvel, Joane, 31
Lyon Henrietta, 177
Madden, John, 135
Maghill, Elinor, 49
Mahony, Pierse Richard, 261
Maiston, Charles, 74
Edward, 74
Molyneux, Col., 74
Richard, 74
Thomas, 74
MalUnson, Edna Lizzie Mary,
53
Mangles, Lewis Ross, 247
Mary, 247
Molyneux Caroline Fran-
cis, 247
Roand Arthur, 247
Walter, 247
Mannering, Louise, 164
Markham, Elizabeth, 38
Isabel, 60
John, 60
John, 76
Marton, Mary, 108
Mathews, Cora, 123
Cora, 141
Mautravers, John, 24
Maxwell, Robert, 88
Mayo, Martha, 82
McCarthy, Donald Carlton,
140
James, 140
Job, 140
Lewis, 128
Lyman Gordon, 140
McChord, Asbury, 123
McCormick, Rose, 156
McHard, William, 80
MacGillycuddy, Richard, 261
Meara, Emily, 188
Melvill, William, 188
Melville, Andrew, 58
Mentilet, , 58
Merrick F. Ransom, 124
Metcalf, 160
Middleton, William, 72
Midway, Catherine Alice,
214
Miller, H. Mils, 120
Mitchell, Andrew, 254
Burdon Joseph, 256
Maria Martha, 251
Montgomerie, Kate, 248
Moore, Edward, 93
Hannah, 217
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Moore, John, 60
More, Thomas, 244
WiUiam, Sir, 237
Moriarity, Mary, 155
Morney, de PhiUippe, 67
Mostyn, Edward, 93
Mune, John, 50
Munson, Jane, 77
Murray, Grace Eugene, 216
William, 136
Mylle, Jone, 258
Nash, Francis Matilda, 228
Juliet Rosalyand Sara, 228
Lane David, 228
Maud, 228
Morehouse, 228
Neir, E. Jenett, 128
Nesbett, , 90
Nevil, Richard, 37
Newcome, Robert, 107
Newmarch, Hawse, 28
Newton, Josephine, 153
Nichols, Morgan, 176
Northrup, Effie, 142
Norton, Hnnah, 124
Melvina, 127
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Nouyes, William, 64
Noyes, PUnt, A. Kate, 102
O'Donnell, Margret, 166
O'Neil, Katherine, 291
Paris, Mathew, 28
Parshall, , 163
Parsons, Mary, 250
Pattershall, Eliza, 55
Peck, Sayer Joseph, 88
Pemberton, Elizabeth, 278
Pepper, Catherine, 160
Perrin, EUzabeth, 190
Perverel, 32
Petty, William, 151
Phillips, Thoms, 190
William, 169
Pierce, Melissa, 128
Pitcher, William, 89
Plesis, du Jacques, 56
Plows, John, 142
Pock, Jane Martha, 86
Pond, Handel, 86
Pooley, Catherine, 164
Porter, W. John, 120
Poy tiers, de Roger, 18
Prescott, James, 50
Preston, Thomas, 105
Preux, de Alice, 29
Putnam, Woolson Ellen, 218
Quinn, Bridget, 156
Radchffe, Annie, 58
Ramsay, Frances, 250
Reddingfield, Agnes, 164
Rhodes, Josiah, 267
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Rhodes, Mary, 67
Rice, Flint Edward, 202
Zada Nellie, 202
Rigby, Lucy, 108
Rinebold, Gteorge, 128
Ripley, Baldwin Thomas, 82
David, 83
John, 82
John, 82
Jones Henry, 82
WiUiam, 83
Robbins, Gertrude, 89
Roberts, Philena, 125
Robertson, John, 218
Robinson, Jane,
Rogers, Benson, 119
Dennison Daniel, 173
Reuben, 119
Root, Sylvas Adelaide Olive,
64
Rouviere, Louise, 219
Marie Jessie, 219
Rowe, Eujene Fred, 141
Ezra, 141
Harlin James, 141
Nelson, 141
Watson George, 141
Rowly, Julius, 216
Royds, Edward William, 258
Russell, Harriet Cecil, 251
Sadler, Martha, 108
Saevelle, William, 78
Sage, Frances, 260
Sanborn, Jennie, 143
Sapcoat, Robert, 48
Savage, Margret, 91
Thomas, 34
Savory, de Barnard, 28
Scarsbrick, Isjabella, 27
Scott, Isaac, 266
Scrope, Diana, 119
Secord, Hiram, 72
Selby, George, 93
Sheldon, Newton D., 83
Sherman, CaroHne, 138
William, 121
Sherwood, Moses, 104
Shiston, Sarah, 173
Shouldham, Lemuel, 154
Simpson, John, 173
Sirmon, George, 75
Molyneux, 154
Snell, Charles, 127
Charles Luther, 127
Lucius Coleman, 127
Roger William,
William, 190
Slobert, Katherine, 131
Smith, Dolly, 82
Elizabeth, 71
Henrietta, 123
James, 126
Mark, 74
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Smith, Mary, 90
Snow, Sprague Ida, 87
Southern, Louise, 64
Southworth, Mary, 55
Eobert, 38
Sparks, John, 244
Stabcourt, Katherine, 134
Standish, Ale:ij^ander, 46
Randolph, 74
Stanford, Leland, 101
Stanley, EUzabeth, 39
WilUam, 93
Stanhope, John, 38
Staniforth, Mary, 62
Stanton, Frederick, 294
GUes, 294
Ida, 294
JuUa, 294
Leonard, 294
Levi, 294
Margaret, 294
Stare, Cooper Henry, 199
Stevens, Amelia, 128
Stokes, S. Charles, 266
Stone, Isabelle Caroline, 244
Streby, Charles Herman, 139
Edna Carrie, 139
Frank, 139
Raymond Thomas, 139
Stuart, Ann, 51
Summer, Richard, 250
Sylvius, ^neas, 35
Talbot, J. E., 222
Tancred, Mary, 63
Teall, Henry, 52
Molineux George, 52
Tempest, George, 105
Thomas, Edward Seth, 102
Thornton, de Margaret, 26
Thorp, Burge Ulysses, 231
Burnside Charles, 231
Frederick, 231
Frederick, 232
Molyneux James, 232
Tickell, Margery, 108
TomUson, Esther, 121
Tormerly,de Banaster Hugo,
21
Totman, L. Jesse, 218
Townley, Charles, 189
Tramley, John, 163
Margaret, 162
Travis, PermiUa, 124
Trew, John, 279
Tripp, A. George, 294
H. Emma, 87
J. Francis, 293
J. Zacheus, 294
M. James, 293
S. Ernest, 294
Troutbeck, Adam, 39
Turner, Molyneux, 103
Twamley, Richard, 229
Robert, 229
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Twamley, Thomas, 228
Thomas, 229
Twenge, de Alice, 31
Tyler, Greenville, 103
Usher, Jane, 132
Urswick, Ellen, 34
Villers, de Beatrix, 20
Vough, Abram, 111
Adam, 125
Edward Elmer, 126
Ernest, 125
Llewellan, 126 "*
Mildred Estella, 126
Nelson Lyle, 126
Rosalie Lottie, 125
Serena Florence, 125
Walcott, John, 190
Waldron, Adelaide, 87
Walker, Margaret, 266
Walsh, Thomas, 76
Wamesley, Thomas, 75
Warburton, Beatrice Em-
ma, 141
Charles Otis, 139
David, 141
Delos Lloyd, 139
Esther Maggie, 141
Mary, 119
Roscoe John, 139
Warburton, William, 139
William Edgar, 139
Warrell, Louise, 127
Webb, John, 198
Webster, Elizabeth, 124
Wells, Artemus, 294
Wenlock, Caroline, 188
Elizabeth Caroline, 214
Wesley, H. Molyneux, 139
Westby, Ellen, 43
John, 41
Westfall, Thomas, 50
Wetmough, James, 56
Whalley, Margaret, 76
Stephen, 40
White, Ann Eliza, 88
Elizabeth, 249
Esty, 67
Whitehouse, Samuel^ 120
Whiteley, Martha, 123
Mary, 127
Wilbur, Asa, 82
Wilson, Carrie, 139
Winn, Ann, 82
Winslow, Carlos Greo., 86
Wolfall, Thomas, 50
Wright, Watson, 124
Wyllie, Douglas, 189
Yeager, George, 91
Hazel, 91
Young, Ella, 198
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