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 444 NOTES AND QUERIES. [ 12 S.VIH.JUNE 4,1921. second dau. of Thomas Reynolds, silk manu- facturer of 16, Ash Street, Dublin, by his wife, Joan Grumley. In her will, which was dated Sept. 16, 1793, and proved Jan. 22,.-," 1796, in the Prerogative Court, Dublin, she is described as of Newholland, widow of Michael O'Reilly otherwise Reilly. * By him she had issue : (i.) Thomas O'Reilly, of whom presently ; (ii.) James O'Reilly, a surgeon who, dying unmarried, left -his ^fortune equally amongst his surviving brothers and sisters ; (iii.) Jane, O'Reilly, under 21 in 1773, un- married ; (iv.) Patrick O'Reilly, under 21 in 1773, unmarried ; he joined his brothers Thomas and Andrew in business ; was a " meer " beggar in Dublin in 1816 ; (v.) Andrew O'Reilly, under 21 in 1773, unmarried. After the failure of the iron business he shared with his brothers Thomas and Patrick, he became a clerk to an iron- monger in Dublin, where he was in 1816 ; (vi.) Esther O'Reilly, mentioned in her mother's will in 1793, married James Pur- field of the City of Dublin^ marriage settle- ments dated Jan. 25, 1780,f but had no issue by him ; paid and applied in payment and discharge of the yearly rent of my present dwelling House and concerns situate in Francis Street and Hanover Lane, Dublin. Signed and dated the 10th day of June, 1774. Proved 3rd day January, 1775, in the Prerogative Court, Dublin. Michael O'Reilly otherwise Reilly, late of Thomas Street in the City of Dublin, Ironmonger. And whereas I am seized and intitled to all that and those the Towns and Lands of Caranalty. Derry- nisky, and ' Derrynavoggy, co. Roscommon. Works for carrying on the manufacture of Iron. All to my dau. Mary Ann Carroll otherwise O'Reilly, widow of John Carroll, late of New Lodge, Co. Dublin, Cotton Manufacturer. Thomas, Patrick and Andrew O'Reilly my three sons. My daus. .Esther Purfield otherwise O'Reilly and Jane O'Reilly, spinster. Mary Tiernan other- wise O'Reilly, widow of Thomas Tiernan, Mer- chant, deceased. Dated the 16th day of Sep- tember, 1793. (Signed) MARY O'REILLY. Witnesses : Thomas Rochfort, John McDer- mott, Michael Carroll. Proved 22nd January, 1796 in the Prerogative Court, Dublin. 334114 222242. A Memorial of Articles of Settlement dated 25th of Janu- ary, 1780. Between James Pur - fleld of the City of Dublin, Mer- chant, of the first part, Esther Reilly, spinster, Daughter of -Michael Reilly, then late of the said City of Dublin, Merchant, deceased, of the second part, Andrew Reynolds of the same City, Merchant, Uncle to t Reynolds Purfleld. Regd 26 Jan. 1780. (vii.) Mary O'Reilly, under 21 in 1773 ; de- scribed in her mother's will in 1793 as widow of Thomas Tiernan, merchant, de- ceased ; (viii.) Mary Ann O'Reilly, under 21 in 1773, married John Carroll, of New Lodge, Co. -Dublin, cotton manufacturer ; he died ante 1793; mentioned in their father's (ix.) Edward O'Reilly j will, 1773, as { under 21 ; but (x.) Judith O'Reilly j not mentioned in their mother's .will in 1793. Thomas O'Reilly, the eldest son, joined with his brothers Patrick and Andrew in establishing great wire-works on the Liffey near Dublin, which they called Nw Hol- land. They also discovered, established, and fully worked the Shannon head iron and coal mines and works on the estates of Mr. Tennison in the county of Leitrim. They prospered for several years, but want of sufficient capital to enable them properly to work the ancient and' almost lost iron- mines at Arigna in Co. Leitrim, which they had undertaken, and other cirumstances, caused their prosperity to decline, and they were finally ruined. Thomas O'Reilly was living in the Isle of Man in 1816. He married Mary Fagan, and by her had the said Esther Reilly, and Thomas Purfield of the said City, Esq., Brother to the said James Purfield of the third part, and Mary Reilly, widow, Mother of the said Esther Reilly, Thomas Reilly, Ironmonger, Brother of the said Esther Reilly, both of the said City of Dublin, Exors, named and appointed in and by the Last Will and Testament of the said Michael Reilly, deceased, of the fourth part. A marriage intended between the said James Purfield and Esther Reilly, James Purfield being then a Minor. Signed and sealed in the presence of John Carroll and John Barber. (Filed in the Registry of Deeds Office, Dublin.) James Purfield is also mentioned in another Deed filed in the Registry of Deeds Office, Dublin, as under : 347 93 231236. A Memorial of a Deed dated the Reynolds 13th of June, 1781. Between v. James Purfield of the City of Reilly. Dublin, Merchant, of the first Re d part, Andrew Reynolds of the said City, Merchant, and Thornas Meredyth Winstanley of, England, gent., of the second part, Mary Reilly, widow, and Thomas Reilly, Ironmonger, both of said City of Dublin, Exors of Michael Reilly, deceased, of the third part.
 * I, Mary O'Reilly, of Newholland, widow of