1826 - 1906 (80 years)
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Name |
Arthur Jacob Macan Rainey |
Prefix |
Maj-Gen |
Birth |
1826 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1906 |
Person ID |
I79558 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
28 May 2016 |
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Notes |
- Madras SC
- (Research):The Rainey family came from Ayrshire and settled at Killybegs, county Antrim. The main line was as follows: John Rainey of Killybegs [1600-1688] had a son: William Rainey of Belfast [b 1640] had a son: William Rainey of Belfast [d 1725] and with other children had 2 sons: 1 Arthur Rainey of Castle Hill, county Down [d 1754] married Frances, daughter of Surgeon William Hamilton of Dublin He assumed the additional surname of Maxwell and had a son Rainey Maxwell who d s p and was buried at Knockbreda [will proved 28 January 1813], 2 John Rainey of Greenville, county Down [d 1793] married Mary Hamilton, sister of the above Both were buried at Knockbreda They had 4 children: 1 William Rainey of Greenville [d 1803] married [1] Henrietta Maria [d 1790], daughter of the Rev James Hutchinson Both were buried at Knockbreda He married [2] Mary Anne Boyd 2 Frances Rainey 3 Catherine Rainey [d 1771] and was buried in Knockbreda, 4 Elizabeth Rainey [d 1786] married John Goddard of Newry She and her daughter Mary were buried at Knockbreda William Rainey had the following 5 sons and 2 daughters by his first wife [and the Arthur, Boyd and Elizabeth listed on the memorial could also be his children]: 1 John Rainey of Drumbo, county Down, d s p 1856, 2 William Henry Rainey of Mount Panther [d 1830] married Martha Macan [d 1839] and both were buried at Knockbreda 3 James Rainey [d 1816] married Anne Loring and had descendants, 4 Francis Rainey 5 Henry Rainey was a Captain in the 82nd Regiment, 6 Martha Rainey [d 1817] married [1] George Stewart and [2] Robert Rowan She was buried at Knockbreda, 7 Mary Rainey [d 1816] married James Goddard of Belfast She and her children Matilda and Harriat were buried at Knockbreda William Henry Rainey of Mount Panther had 4 children: 1 Major-General Arthur Jacob Macan Rainey of Mount Panther [1826-1906] married Caroline Susan, eldest daughter of the Rev William Robinson, Rector of Bovevagh Both were buried at Knockbreda They had 7 children, two of whom were buried at Knockbreda The eldest surviving son Robert Maximillian took the additional surname of Robinson and lived at Kilbroney House, Rostrevor, 2 Robert Richardson Rainey [1824-1832] was buried at Knockbreda, 3 Anna Elizabeth Rainey [d 1821] was buried at Knockbreda, 4 Elizabeth Matilda Rainey married Robert Leslie Ogilby of Ardnargle, county Londonderry See Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland [1912].
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