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-This page was removed due to a lack of verifiable information: See [[james|James Ryan]] for more information.
+==== Edward(3) Ryan ====
+EDWARD<sup>3</sup> RYAN //([[thomas2|THOMAS]]//<sup>2</sup>//,
+[[edward1|EDWARD]]//<sup>1</sup>//)// born about 1735, died 1790 "of fever".
+He married CATHERINE REILLY, who died December 17, 1828 at Blackhall, county Meath.
+From //"Collections on Irish Church History"// (1874), Volume II: Irish Bishops, page 54:
+<blockquote>
+Edward Ryan succeeded his father in Ballinakill, and married the daughter of
+Philip O'Reilly, Esq., of Coolamber and Ballymorris, county Longford.  They were
+blessed with numerous offspring, two daughters and eleven sons.
+</blockquote>
+The family had a close relationship with the Lawless family (Lords Cloncurry)
+The family held their lands from Michael Aylmer of Lyons. A 99-year lease was
+signed and dated May 1, 1779. Their principal residence was Ballinakill. They
+held lands in Ballinakill and Ballyvoneen in the barony of Ikeathy and
+Oughterany in North Kildare.
+//NOTE: As the table below combines information from disparate sources, it
+contains some inconsistencies.  For example, Thomas is listed as the eldest son,
+but his birth date is three years after that of his brother, Patrick.//
+^ Children of EDWARD RYAN and CATHERINE REILLY: (all born at Ballinakill) ^^
+| i. | [[thomas4|THOMAS]]<sup>4</sup>, b. October 10, 1771; d. 1814 "at the age of 45"; m. 1798 to Mary Byrne, dau. of Edmund (or Edward) Byrne of Dublin.  Inherited the estate at Ballinakill. |
+| | He had close connections with some of the more prominent people in the United Irishmen. |
+| | He was a magistrate in County Kildare following the granting of Catholic relief in April 1793. |
+| | On Monday, July 13, 1795, he was escorting prisoners from Kilcock to the jail at Naas -- a group of Defenders attempted to rescue the prisoners, and he was shot in the attempt -- quite seriously. |
+| | The Kildare Militia was formed in 1794. He was a lieutenant in the Donadea Cavalry in a yeomanry unit during 1797-1798. |
+| ii. | Philip -- "went to Copenhagen and married (first) a Danish lady, the daughter of Baron Firsh, and after her death married (secondly) a Miss Farrell, born in Denmark, but, as the name implies of Irish extraction." |
+| iii. | Patrick, b. 1769, d. March 9, 1819 at Enniscorthy -- Bishop of Ferns |
+| iv. | John -- joined the Spanish army |
+| v. | Bernard -- entered the East India Company's service |
+| vi. | James -- "the well-known correspondent, J.R., of [[wp>Charles James Fox]], was an extensive wine merchant in Dublin, partner in the firm Byrne, McDonnell, and Co., then the first commercial house in the city."  Wife may have been "Catherine". |
+| vii. | [[edward4|EDWARD]], -- lived at Newcastle first, and then at Blackhall, county Meath |
+| viii. | Geroge -- "died in Copenhagen, December 6, 1861. the last survivor of the brothers" |
+| ix. | William -- died young |
+| x. | Richard -- died young |
+| xi. | Joseph -- "a gentleman of refined taste, kind of hospitable, after spending many years in Barcelona in Spain, came to reside at the Grove, county Meath" |
+| | plus two daughters |