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Martha Davys (Boyle)

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Death: May 14, 1680
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Daughter of Most Rev. Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh and Mary Boyle
Wife of Sir William Davys
Mother of Mary Davys
Sister of Eleanor Hill; Honora Boyle; Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington; Elizabeth Muschamp and Mary Synge

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Martha Davys


  1. A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ...  By Sir Bernard Burke. Page 161. "DAVYS, VISCOUNT MOUNTCASHEL.". Third daughter of Michael Boyle, archbishop of Armaugh, married Sir William Davys, died 14 May 1680. Daughter Mary buried 20 Aug 1683.

All sources give Marha's mother as Michael Hill's second wife Mary O'Brien. His first wife Margaret Synge drowned in a shipwreck in 1641, along with their only child.

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