Reverend Horatio Townsend (600)
| Date of Birth: | 1 Sep 1706 |
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| Date of Death: | Oct 1772 |
| Generation: | 3rd |
| Residence: | Glebe House Coolmona, Donoughmore (1) |
| Father: | Colonel Bryan Townsend [200] |
| Mother: | Synge, Mary |
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| See Also: | Table VI ; Scrapbook ; Lineage |
Notes for Reverend Horatio Townsend
Horatio was born at Castletownshend and his date of birth is taken from an entry, in contemporary writing, on the fly leaf of a copy of 'The Christian Pattern or Imitation of Jesus Christ' - London 1707.
Married 21 May 1739. Mary Hungerford (2) was the younger daughter of Thomas Hungerford of The Island (Inchydoney) near Clonakilty, Co Cork and sister to Elizabeth Hungerford who married Philip Townsend [500]. See 1976 Edn Burke's Irish Family Records - Hungerford. See also ‘A Guide to Irish Houses’ by M. Bence-Jones, London, 1988 – “CLONAKILTY cor Inchydoney House. Hungerford 1810? Owned by Col Richard Hungerford, 1690. Owned 1855 by Thomas Hungerford. Rebuilt ca. 1810.”
Horatio entered Trinity College, Dublin on 1 June 1722 and matriculated in 1724. He was ordained Deacon on 23 June 1728 at Cloyne and from 1730 to 1737 was Priest at Kilmeen, Tuam. He was appointed Rector of Donoughmore, Diocese Cork in 1732 and retained the living until his death.
Horatio's brother, Richard Townsend [201], stipulated in his will that if he died before his son Richard Townsend [213] had come of age, his wife Elizabeth was to act as the sole legatee and guardian of the children. If she were to die before young Richard came of age then Horatio and his brothers Samuel Townsend [400] and Philip Townsend [500] were appointed guardians. Richard died in 1742 and Elizabeth died the following year when her son Richard was about 12 years old. Thus Horatio and his brothers had responsibility for the children for the next 9 years when nephew Richard came of age in about 1752.
Horatio purchased land at Ardinpinane from Lord Kingston (3) in April 1745 and several hundred acres of land from Sir Charles Moore (4). In 1752 he built the glebe-house at Coolmona at a cost of £433; it was extended in 1840. His annual income in 1762 was £300.
During the period 1755-1763 when his brother, Philip Townsend [500], was away in America during Seven Years War Horatio looked after his family and was godfather to Philip's daughter, Mary Townsend [506].
Horatio was a Freemen of the City of Cork. Between 1710 and 1841, when the power of admitting Freemen only by birth or right ceased, a total of thirty three members of the Townsend family were admitted as Freemen.
Probate on Horatio's will was granted in 1773.
(1) Ordnance survey of Ireland. Discovery Series. 1:50,000. Map sheet 80, grid reference W509826.
(2) 'Cloyne Wills, 1621-1800' records "Townsend, Mary (widow), Knockanetinadore, 1784' for granting of probate. This could be Mary.
(3) Probably George King, 4th Lord Kingston of Mitchelstown Castle.
(4) Not identified for certain but most likely to be Sir Charles Moore, 4th Baronet (d. 1754) of the Moore Baronetcy, of Rosscarbery in the County of Cork. Created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 29 June 1681 for Emanuel Moore. The title became extinct or dormant on the death of the eleventh Baronet in 1926.
'An Officer of the Long Parliament' Ch XII p. 267 and 'Pooles of Mayfield' p 237 refer.
For other Hungerford connections see Barbara Townsend [210], Richard Townsend [315], Richard Boyle Townsend [332], Philip Townsend [500].