Michael Falkiner
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Michael Falkiner of Leeds in Yorkshire married Susan Jackson there in 1639; from their sons descend all the Irish Falkiners, the Dublin line, the Cork baronets and the Mount Falcon house.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Burke's LGI 'Falkiner of Mount Falcon' p.216, photographed and read 6 Aug 2026): MICHAEL FALKINER, of Brigart(?), LEEDS, Yorks; m. at Leeds by licence 6 Aug 1639 SUSAN, dau. of Christopher Jackson, of Hunslet, near Leeds; father of Daniel of Dublin (our line). DOCUMENTED FLOOR of the Falkiner line - the family's English origin, in Yorkshire; ancestry above note-only. ||UPGRADED 6 Aug 2026 (Burke's Peerage FALKINER, p.1380)|| Bapt 26 JUNE 1622; 'settled Ireland c 1651'; m. c. 6 Aug 1639 Susan, dau. of Christopher Jackson of Hunslet. Also confirms his 3rd son Richard = ancestor of the Mount Falcon Falkiners (matching LGI p.216). So the founder himself crossed to Ireland, and the Yorkshire floor stands one generation above him, note-only.