Mary (Trant) Mahony (abt. 1772 - 1845)

Born about 1772 in Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of James Mountain Mahony — married about 1795 in Ireland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1845 at about age 73 in Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland

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Biography

Mary was born about 1770, most likely near Castlemaine, county Kerry. Her maiden name were culled from the baptismal records of her children as well as her own obituary in Killorglin.

Strong evidence is pointing that Mary Trant Mahony was the daughter of James Trant of Castlemaine, county Kerry. Proven

In 1799, her husband, James Mahony, of Ballygoughtra (near Milltown) in the County of Kerry, Gent, was paid £100 by James Trant of Bellvill in respect of land that Patrick Trant occupies - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ4-C9SH-P?i=136&cat=185720. The land include "Clonmore & BallyMcAndy".

In 1792, there's a Will (Diocese of Aghadoe and Ardfert) of "James Trant, gent of Castlemaine" who left his daughter, Mary, "the lands of upper and lower Clonmore otherwise BallyMacAndy" - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9LW-G9W1-1?cat=234649

It also mentions an annuity of "12 £" for his other daughter, Joan Trant (who would be Mary Trant Mahony's sister).

In the same James Trant's Will, there is mentions of a sister to himself named "Bridget Grady aka Trant" (who would be Mary Trant Mahony's paternal Aunt). James Trant's Will also mentions his brother "Garret Trant". Garrett Trant's Will mentions his daughter, Margaret Trant. James Trant and Nicholas Trant who are labeled as his "nephews" were most likely sons of Thomas Trant. Most importantly, in James Trant's 1792 Will, Garrett Pierse, Richard Pierse and Thomas Pierse are "nephews".

When the daughter of Mary Trant Mahony (and James Mountain Mahony) married Francis Newton of Milltown, in 1816, "Thomas Pierse" of Meenogahane, Co. Kerry is a witness to the marriage bond ^{[1] [2]}. Thomas Pierse is James Trant's nephew; therefore, Mary Trant Mahony's first paternal cousin.^[3]

Widow

By the time of her daughter's, Clarissa Mahony, marriage to Francis Newton ("the younger" of Milltown"), in July of 1816, Mary Trant Mahony was "widowed" and living in Milltown. ^[1][2]

Death

husband, James Mountain Mahony, passed away in 1809. Mary Trant Mahony passed away in Killorglin, Kerry, Ireland in 1845.

More Research Notes

Mary Trant as "Miss Trant" is mention in a historical account published in the Kerry Archeaological Magazine that was published in 1914: "It also appears that James ("Mountain") Mahony, son of James, the second son of Denis (the first) of Dromore, married a Miss Trant, but we are unable to say who she was. Possibly she was a sister of Peter and Sir Nicholas Trant. There are also some Trant families in Devonshire and Cornwall..."^[4][5].

There was a hypothesis based on one secondary source that Mary Trant was possibly a sister of Peter and Sir Nicholas Trant" - they had sisters Mary (1761), Catherine (1772) and Clarissa (probably the Ellen goddaughter of Clara, 1759). Catherine looks to be a good fit with an aunt, sister, and niece called Clara/ Clarissa - and would have been 43 when her own daughter Clarissa married.

Conclusive: Mary Trant Mahony is showing herself as related to many others in the Castlemaine Trant family via her father's Will of 1792 registered in Castlemaine to her daughter's marriage bond.

Originally, she was thought to have been the daughter of Thomas Trant of Dingle, County Kerry but the Castlemaine Trants have been proven by records to be her native family.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills.Deeds, etc., v. 704 1816. Authors:Ireland. Registry of Deeds.Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951. Bond#468. Under '402062' Dated:15 July 1816, Under Newton-Mahony.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Marriage Bond Mahony-Newton
3. ↑ The executors of James Trant's 1792 Will were Rev. Samuel Collis, Stephen Edward. Strangely enough, the 1816 Marriage Bond of Newton-Mahony also has another witness named Stephen Edw. Rice
4. ↑ JOURNAL ARTICLE. The Trant Family (continued). S. M.. Kerry Archaeological Magazine. Vol. 3, No. 13 (Oct., 1914), pp. 20-38. DOI: 10.2307/30022075. Stable URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/30022075. Page Count: 19.page [20] of pages 20-38
5. ↑ Rootsweb Archives

• Memorial Bond no. 3422062. "Mahony to Trant" Registered 20 December, 1799.Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and Wills, Deeds, etc., v. 524-525 1799-1800 Pgs. 240-241.

• "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FRWV-84S : 8 December 2014), Mary Trant in entry for John Mahoney, 20 Aug 1801; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0823804-805, 0823809.
• "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FRWX-T8Y : 8 December 2014), Mary Trant in entry for Elizabeth Teresa Mahony, 14 Apr 1800; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0823804-805, 082380