Mary Bernard

✓ Mary Bernard, wife of John Freke of Garrettstown and mother of Anne (Freke) Smith (BIFR 1976 'Beamish' p.97). PARENTAGE ~ (wired as a ring, with caveat): thepeerage.com, from a 2012 private communication, makes her the da. of Francis Bernard of Castle Mahon (I81016) by Elizabeth Freke (I81018) - i.e. a sister of our Catherine Bernard, wife of Francis Beamish - which fits the chronology (Elizabeth b. 1607; Mary b. c.1635; Anne b. c.1655) and the close Bernard-Beamish-Freke intermarriage, but conflicts with the same source's statement that her husband John was Elizabeth Freke's brother (he would be her uncle). One of the two statements must be wrong; this one is the better supported and is wired at ~. Source: Burke's Irish Family Records (1976), 'Beamish' p.97, as cited on thepeerage.com p27129 (read 26 Oct 2026); WikiTree Freke-90 (J. O'Hagan); Hingston Freke page (cjb.emma.cam.ac.uk/hingston/freke.htm, not reachable here). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 26 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]