Robert Elliott
b. 1774
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Robert Elliott, called Robert Senior, was born at Birr in County Offaly in March 1774, the son of John Elliott and Elizabeth Evans. He is the earliest Elliott this family can document, and the generation at which the line disappears into the Birr borderland.
Research notes
"Robert Senior". b. 8 Mar 1774 at Birr, Co. Offaly, son of John Elliott & Elizabeth Evans - DOCUMENTED as a rootsireland transcript (Irish Midlands Ancestry, Laois + Offaly; transcript only, image not seen; no baptism date or denomination recorded). m. Alice Acres by licence, BOND 1813, Killaloe Diocese - DOCUMENTED (PROI bonds index, 5 Jul 2026). Children per Jeanne Elliott: Robert (~1812 claimed - see @F99034@ wrinkle), John (1814), Henry (1816), Anne (1825), Eliza - all born Golden, Co. Tipperary, so the couple moved from the Birr/Roscrea borderland to Golden straight after the 1813 marriage; first sons John & Henry = the naming grid's predicted grandfathers (John of Birr, Henry Acres), strong corroboration. Grade: his own birth record documented (transcript); marriage documented (bond index); the link down to Robert of Golden ~. Aynsley's maternal 4x great-grandfather on the ~ chain. Added July 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 24 Jul 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]
Marriage: DOCUMENTED as a marriage licence bond - PROI "Marriage Licence Bonds, Diocese of Killaloe" index, Acres page (pulled by Aynsley 5 Jul 2026): "Acres, Alice and Robert Elliott, 1813". Bond = CoI instrument; index only, bond burned 1922, no parish given.