John Freke Smyth of Downeen

✓ John Freke Smyth of Downeen: baptized at Ross cathedral 27 Aug 1730 'John Freke Smyth son of Mr. Richard Smyth'; marriage licence bond, Cork & Ross, 1763, to MARTHA TRAVERS; sponsor at Ross as 'Mr. John F. Smythe' 22 Dec 1764; a son John buried 10 Jan 1777; buried 3 Jan 1787 'Mr. John Freke Smith of Downeen' (Leader's extract reads 'Mr. J. Freke Smythe', queried). Holder of one moiety of the three ploughlands and one gneeve of Downeen under the Bishop of Cork & Ross, which on 17 Apr 1787 - fourteen weeks after his burial - was re-leased by Bishop Isaac Mann to Richard Smith of Downeen (recited in Reg. of Deeds 268226). FATHER OF RICHARD SMYTH of Castle Downeen (c.1764-1852) - ✓ BY ELIMINATION, no document stating the filiation having yet been found: see Richard's record. Not to be confused with (a) his cousin John Smyth of Downeen, m. Sarah Scott 1759 (she bur. 1769), m. 2ndly Mary Donovan 1775, 'Counsellor', bur. 19 Sep 1794 - holder of the OTHER moiety, whose eldest son was a different Richard (Reg. of Deeds 268227, 1788) - nor (b) John Freke Smyth of Ross View or Downeen, m. Ann Bayley 1816 (Reg. of Deeds 532832, 1823), of that other branch. Sources (all read in the original memorial-book / register images supplied by Aynsley 26 Oct 2026; transcriptions in Research files/'Registry of Deeds memorial 74438 (1742) - Smith of Carrick, Downeen - transcription 26 Oct 2026.md'): Reg. of Deeds 74438 (vol.108 p.25, 13 Apr 1742); 268226 (vol.409 p.230, settlement 5 Aug 1788); 268227 (settlement 3 Apr 1788, Woods-Smith); 532832 (1823); Rosscarbery (St Fachtna) cathedral registers 1730-1915 (Durrus transcription and M. Leader's extract); Cork & Ross marriage licence bonds index.I132806138022