[an error occurred while processing this directive] THE BLOODS OF BALLYKILTY
Quin, Co. Clare, Ireland.

Descended from John Blood and Elizabeth Fitzgerald.

John was a 3rd great-grandson of Edmund Blood of Makeney; for his ancestry, see The Bloods of Applevale.

Quin

Location of Quin, Co. Clare, Ireland

In the graveyard at Kilnasoolagh Church, is a stone that reads "FITZGERALD BLOOD, of Ballykilty, died 25th May, 1864, aged 46, and his son FRANCIS, died 13th May, 1865 aged 11." This information is from the Association for the preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland


  1. John BLOOD,
    b. 1720;
    d. 16 Jan 1799.
    m. Elizabeth Mary FITZGERALD,
    b. Shepperton, Co. Clare, Ireland, Abt. 1720.
    For Elizabeth's ancestors, see The Fitzgerald Family
    Married and had issue:

    1. Matthew BLOOD-SMYTH,
      b. Abt 1750, Co. Clare, Ireland;
      d. 20 Aug 1820, Ireland
      m. Dorothea Julia INGRAM,
      daughter of Jacques Ingram and Mary Smyth
      b. 1755-1766;
      d. 27 Dec 1849, Egmont Villa, Kanturk, Co. Cork, Ireland
      Married 6 Feb 1784
      For Matthew and Dorothea's descendants, see
      The Blood-Smyth Family

    2. Capt. Neptune BLOOD,
      b. 1750 - 1780, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
      d. 29 May 1815
      m. Anne ANTHONY,
      daughter of Joseph Anthony
      b. est. 1770-1780, Seafield, Co. Waterford, Ireland
      Married on 18 May 1798
      And had issue:

      1. John BLOOD,
        b. 4 Oct 1803, Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland;
        d. 4 Apr 1861, Kilmasoolagh, Co. Clare, Ireland
        Died unmarried.

      2. Alicia BLOOD,
        b. 17 Mar 1805, Ballymoden, Co. Cork, Ireland
        m. Dr. Francis John CASTLES,
        b. 1798, Kiloughrane Lodge, Co. Wexford, Ireland
        Married 15 Oct 1824
        Alicia and Frances had issue; further information unknown.

      3. Dr. Joseph Mark Anthony BLOOD,
        b. 19 Jun 1806, Co. Wicklow, Ireland;
        d. 13 Oct 1838.
        Died unmarried.

      4. Jane BLOOD,
        b. 13 Jul 1810, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland;
        d. 21 Mar 1880, Rathgar, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
        m. Thomas JACOB,
        b. 9 Mar 1803, Knocklin, Queens Co. Ireland;
        d. 17 Jul 1865, Marlborough, Queens Co., Ireland
        Married on 27 Mar 1827
        Jane and Thomas had issue; further information unknown.

      5. Kitty BLOOD,
        b. 14 Mar 1812, Athlone, West Meath, Ireland;
        d. 7 May 1872.
        m. Lt. Thomas BLOOD,
        son of Richard Blood
        b. 1789;
        d. 30 Dec 1856
        Thomas and Kitty were 3rd cousins;
        for his ancestry, see Blood of Fantore
        Died without issue.

      6. Fitzgerald BLOOD,
        b. 1815, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
        d. 25 May 1864, Ballykilty, Co, Clare, Ireland.
        m. Millicent Anne MORICE
        , daughter of Francis Morice and Maria Spaight
        b. 9 Dec 1825, Springfield, Co. Clare, Ireland;
        d. 27 Jan 1889
        for Millicent's ancestry, see The Spaight Family
        Married on 5 Jan 1848, And had issue:

        1. John BLOOD,
          b. 9 Jun 1849, Ballykilty, Co, Clare, Ireland;
          d. 24 Aug 1912, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland
          m. (1) Jane STUDDERT,
          b. 1858 - 1860, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland;
          d. 16 Jan 1902
          For Jane's ancestry, see The Studdert Family.
          Married on 7 Mar 1878.
          And had issue:

          1. Charles Fitzgerald BLOOD,
            b. 2 Apr 1879, Ballykilty, Co, Clare, Ireland;
            d. 4 Sep 1953
            m.
            Gladys WOODHOUSE,
            daughter of Sir James Thomas Woodhouse, 1st Baron Terrington, and Jessie Reed.
            b. est. 1880-1896
            Married on 27 May 1914
            And had issue

            1. Lt. Col Bindon Fitzgerald BLOOD,
              b. 6 Oct 1915
              m. Helen Vera Grant TAYLOR,
              daughter of Brig. Robert Alan Grant Taylor, of Malpas, Cheshire, England.
              b. est. 1915-1930
              Married 22 Mar 1950
              Further information unknown.

          2. John Frederick BLOOD,
            b. 10 Nov 1880;
            d. 18 Dec 1893
            Died in childhood.

          3. Brig. William Holcroft BLOOD,
            b. 20 May 1887;
            m. (1) Irene Cecilia HAWKINS,
            daughter of Capt. Herbert Reginald Montgomery Hawkins,
            of Home Lodge, Charminster, Dorset, England.
            b. est. 1887-1900
            Married 12 Oct 1920
            And had issue:

            1. Maureen Joyce BLOOD,
              b. 29 Dec 1921
              m. Ian Walter GRAHAM-REYNOLDS
              son of Dr. Walter Graham-Reynolds
              b. est. 1910-1923, Chatham, Kent, England
              Married on 5 Jun 1943
              Further information unknown

            2. John Hector BLOOD,
              b. 10 Dec 1923
              m. Anne DUFFIN
              daughter of Maj. J. Terence Duffin.
              b. est. 1923-1930, Newcastle, Co. Down, Ireland
              Married on 15 Dec 1950
              Further information unknown.

            m. (2) Helen Gertrude Gordon WHEELER,
            daughter of Walter Livingstone Wheeler
            b. est. 1890-1900, Belfast, Northern Ireland
            Married on 16 Jan 1936
            Further information unknown.

          m. (2) Geraldine Mary O'BRIEN,
          daughter of Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin.
          b. est. 1863-1890;
          d. 3 Feb 1951
          Married on 21 Oct 1908
          Further information unknown.

        2. Maria Anne BLOOD,
          b. 13 Jul 1851, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
          d. 15 Nov 1922
          m. Edmund Maghlin RUSSELL,
          son of Thompson Russell and Marianne Blood.
          b. 27 Dec 1843, Milford House, Co. Limerick, Ireland;
          d. 4 Jun 1926.
          Edmund and Maria were 4th cousins;
          for his ancestry, and their descendants, see The Russell Family.

        3. Joseph Fitzgerald BLOOD,
          b. 15 Mar 1853, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
          d. 29 Jul 1924
          m. Eliza DUDGEON,
          daughter of Henry James Dudgeon
          b. 22 Dec 1857, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland;
          d. 30 Apr 1925.
          Married on 20 Jul 1887
          And had issue:

          1. Brian BLOOD,
            b. 1 Jul 1889, Naini Tal, India;
            m. Margaret CRANMER-KENRICK,
            daughter of Sir George Cranmer-Kenrick of Valparaiso, Chile.
            b. est. 1889-1905
            Married on 19 Apr 1923
            Further information unknown

          2. Olive Millicent BLOOD,
            b. 11 Apr 1892, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England;
            d. 22 Jan 1916, Balgarthen, South Africa.
            m. Kenneth Grant MacLEOD,
            b. est. 1880-1892
            Married on 28 Nov 1914.
            Olive and Kenneth had issue; further information unknown

          3. Barbara Florence BLOOD,
            b. 14 Apr 1894, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England;
            m. Archibald Muir McGILCHRIST,
            son of Charles Robert McGilchrist
            b. est. 1880-1894
            Married on 30 Aug 1923.
            Barbara and Archibald had issue; further information unknown.

          4. Cmdr. Morice BLOOD,
            b. 20 Apr 1897; Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
            m. Doris Mary Jenner LAVERS,
            daughter of Percy Francis Lavers
            b. est 1900-1905, Shanghai, China.
            Married on 15 Nov 1923,
            And had issue:

            1. Olivia Mary Morice BLOOD,
              b. 1 May 1925
              Believed to reside in Singapore.
              Further information unknown

            2. Patrick Morice Fitzgerald BLOOD,
              b. 1929
              m. COOKE (Given names unknown)
              Further information unknown

        4. Francis BLOOD,
          b. 1854, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
          d. 13 May 1865, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
          Died in childhood.
          A note: Francis and his father are buried in the churchyard at Kilnasoolagh.
          From the website of The Association of the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland

        5. Neptune Fitzgerald BLOOD,
          b. 16 Jul 1856, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
          d. 6 Feb 1902, Vrede, Orange Free State, South Africa.
          m.
          Rebecca Sarah HARTFORD,
          daughter of Capt. Augustus Hartford, of Rose Court, Portarlington, Queens Co., Ireland;
          b. 10 Nov 1844, Wellington Lodge, Templemore, Co. Tipperary, Ireland;
          d. 26 Jul 1898 in Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa.
          Married on 19 Feb 1884, at St. Paul's Cathedral, Durban, South Africa.
          Died without issue.

        6. Charles Holcroft BLOOD,
          b. 29 Dec 1858, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
          d. 17 Apr 1924, Willow Bank, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
          m. Agnes ALLEN,
          26 Feb 1908, at Kilmurray Church, Co. Limerick, Ireland
          Charles and Agnes were 4th cousins once removed;
          Further information unknown.

        7. Frederick William BLOOD,
          b. 1 Jun 1860, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland;
          d. 28 Mar 1910, Johannesburg, South Africa.
          m. Alice Bertha HOHNE,
          daughter of Frederick Randolph Hohne,
          b. 3 Apr 1870, Orange Free State, South Africa;
          d. 14 Mar 1950.
          Married on 27 Oct 1892, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
          Died without issue

        8. Millicent Amelia Charlotte BLOOD,
          b. 18 Sep 1862, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland
          m. Henry Gordon FELLOWES-GORDON,
          son of Rear-Adm. William Adby Fellowes-Gordon, of Knockespoch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
          b. 16 Oct 1858 in Edinburgh, Scotland;
          d. 30 Dec 1925.
          Married on 15 Nov 1882, at St. Stephen's, Dublin, Ireland
          Millicent and Henry had issue; further information unknown.

    3. Hannah BLOOD,
      b. est 1750 - 1760, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland
      m. George STUDDERT,
      son of Thomas Studdert and Mary Parker.
      b. abt. 1750 in Kilkishen, Co. Clare, Ireland.
      Married in 1778
      For George's ancestry, and for their descendants, see The Studdert Family

    4. Jane BLOOD,
      b. est. 1750 - 1770, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland
      m. John SINGLETON,
      b. est. 1750 - 1770, Ballygoreen, Co. Clare, Ireland;
      Married in 1792.
      Further information unknown.

    5. Alice BLOOD,
      b. est. 1750 - 1760, Ballykilty, Co. Clare, Ireland
      m. Robert YOUNG,
      b. est. 1740 - 1760 in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
      Married in 1778
      Further information unknown.


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