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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vi. JI-SE 12, 19-20.


II. Mathew Tone. Had a coachmaking establishment in 1784 at No. 126 Great

Britain Street, Dublin.

III. Jonathan Tone of Cassumsize, co- Kildare. In his will dated Sept. 20, 1792. proved Oct. 15, 1793, is described as a

'lieutenant of His Majesty's 22nd Regiment of Foot, and in it he says :

" To be buried with my family in Churchyard

of Bodenstown in co of Kildare. My estate "and

iinterest in Lands of Whitechurch in co of Kildare

to my brother Mathew. His Heirs, &c. My

estate and interest in Lands of Sallins in co

Kildare to my sister Mary Dunbavin, otherwise

Tone, widow of John Dunbavin, deceased. My

nephew Theobald Wolfe Tone, Esq., Counsellor-

. at-law to be sole executor."

IV. A daughter married Mr. Clarendon of co. Meath, and by him had issue two sons.

V. Mary Tone. In her brother Jona- than's will, dated Sept. 20, 1792, he says :

"My estate and interest in Lands of -Sallins in co of Kildare to my sister Mary Dunbavin otherwise Tone, widow of John Dunbavin, deceased." Whereas all other authorities I have been able to consult give her husband's name as William Dunbavin, formerly of Bodenstown, co. Kildare, who died in 1830, at 65 High Street, Dublin. By her husband she had issue :

1. A daughter who married a Mr. Dunnan

and had issue : William Tone Dunnan, was

living in Francis Street, Dublin in 1847,

and died in 1849. He married and had

'-issue :

(i.) A daughter born in Dublin, who married Joseph Gavin. They were both


living in Wilbur Avenue, Syracuse, New York State, U.S.A., in 1-898.

(ii.) A son who married, and had issue, a son, William Dunnan, living in Dublin in

1898.

(iii.) A son.

(iv.) A daughter.

2. A daughter, who married Mr. Moores. They were living at 147 Abbey Street, Dublin in 1847.

3. Nicholas Dunbavin. Living at 20

Mount Pleasant Avenue, Rathmines, in

1847 ; he married and had issue, a son, Thomas Dunbavin, who was living at 65 High Street, Dublin, in 1847.

4. A daughter who married Mr. Bull, and was living at Simmon's Court, Donnybrook,

i in 1847.

NOTE A. William Sampson, born at London- derry, Jan. 17, 1764, was the son of an Ulster Presbyterian Minister, and a Barrister by profes- sion. He went in 1806 with his wife and two children to New York, where he practised at the

i Bar, and settled there. He died in New York Dec. 28, 1836. and was bur. in Long Island Cemetery

He married in 1791) Grace, du. of Clarke,and

by her had issue : 1. Curran Sampson, born 1795

j in Belfast ; he received his sponsor's name [his sponsor was John Philpot Curran ], and on his death on August 20, 1820, was at the head of the

' New Orleans Bar. 2. Katherine Sampson, born

i 1796. was living in New York in 1858. She married i 1825. in New York, William Theobald Wolfe Tone, elder son of Theobald Wolfe Tone, who died Oct. 10, 1828, in New York, and was buried in Long Island Cemetery. They had issue a daughter,

I Grace Georgina Tone, born May 28, 1827. at George- town, District of Columbia, U.S.A., and was living in 1898.

HENRY FITZGERALD REYNOLDS.


AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740. (See 12 S. ii. passim; iii. 46, 103, 267, 354, 408, 438; vi. 184, 223 242.)

The sixth Marine Regiment (p. 54), which was raised on Nov. 22, 1739, then styled the 49th Foot, had white facings to its uniform dress. It was " broke " on Nov. 10, 1748, the officers then being placed on half -pay.

In the Army List of 1755 the names of three officers only Bolton, Gilhagy, and Cramer who were serving in 1740, remain.

Colonel Moreton died in April, 1741, and was succeeded in the command of the Regiment <Apnl 28, 1741) by John Cotterell, who had been lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Marino Regiment (see 12 S. iii. 408, 1917).

^ Cotterell died in 1746 and was succeeded by the Hon. W. Herbert, who was followed

'in the same year by James Laforey.

Laforey had been second lieutenant in Colonel Henry Holt's Regiment of Marines, Dec. 15, 1705 ; captain in Colonel John Hill's Regiment, 1707 ; captain and lieutenant-colonel 1st Foot Guards, Dec. 11, 1728 ; second major, with rank of colonel, Nov. 20, 1745 ; first

imajor, Oct. 5, 1747 ; governor of Pendennis Castle. He was placed on half -pay in 1748.