Hannah Stoney

"Had 100,000 £" - 'Pedigrees of the Cusack and allied families gleaned from documents in the Public Record Office, Dublin and other sources by Henry Thomas Cusack, c. 1850 (NLI Ms 5225).

"Not at all handsome, short, and very dark" - a lady who knew her, quoted in 'Some old annals of the Stoney family'.

"She was a most wretched wife, and brought no children alive into the world" - an acquaintance, quoted in 'Some old annals of the Stoney family'.

Date, place and cause of death from Wendy Moore, 'Wedlock: how Georgian Britain's worst husband met his match.'