(Rev.) Robert Smyth

From Smyth Family History by David Smyth http://www.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/davidsmyth/

Robert, the fourth son, entered holy orders and became rector of Ballyloughloe in Westmeath. In 1703, he bought Portlick Castle on the shore of Lough Ree for 885 pounds. This castle had belonged to the Dillon family, who joined the rebel side in 1641, and consequently had their properties confiscated. Portlick Castle was granted in 1696 to Privy Counsellor Thomas Keightley, who sold it for 365 pounds to William Palmer, who sold it to Robert Smyth a few years later for more than double that price. Robert died in 1707 aged 52. According to the Trent University correspondence he had married a Miss Arnold, with whom he had three children: Michael (married Isabella Johnstone), Alice (married Rev. Joseph Travers), and Jane (married Rev. Stephen Radcliffe in 1704).

From Stephen Penny's Smyth of Barbavilla:

Robert Smyth, the Tanner’s [Ralph Smyth of Ballymacosh, Co. Antrim] fourth son received one guinea by his father’s will ‘by reason I have lately given him a considerable portion.’ He had been set up by his father on the estate (worth only three pence an acre in 1632) at Portlick Castle, near the shore of Lough Ree, six miles from Athlone in County Westmeath. ‘A whack of high bank bog’ was included in the estate… Robert was rector of Ballyloughloe (Mount Temple) nearby, and had a small family whose descendants continued to live in the castle until recently.

From Burke's, 1976:

Married Miss Arnold; Rector of Ballyloughloe, Co. Meath; had three children -- Michael (married Isabella Johnstone), Alice (married Rev. John Travers), and Jane (married 1714 Rev. Stephen Radcliffe)

• Residence:

                           1659 CENSUS OF IRELAND: FOR "ENSIGNE RALPH SMYTH: HIS SON RALPH WOULD BE ABOUT 14 YEARS OLDBallingarry,, Tipperary Ireland - 1659                        

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• Residence:

                           Ballingarry,, Tipperary Ireland

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 28 2024, 22:50:54 UTC