SYNNOT, Marcus

1771 - 1855  (83 years)

• Name	SYNNOT, Marcus  [1]
  Born	21 Jun 1771
  	Ballymoyer Parish, Armagh, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Feb 1855
  	Ballymoyer House, Armagh, Ireland
  Person ID	I9689	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	SYNNOT, Sir Walter,   b. 1742, Ireland ,   d. 9 Aug 1821, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	SETON, Jane,   b. 23 Feb 1748, St Martin Vintry, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 1803, Ireland  (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1770
  Family ID	F5734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	MARTHA,   b. 1783,   d. 30 Nov 1809, Armagh, Northern Ireland  (Age 26 years)
  Married	Abt 1798	Armagh, Northern Ireland
  Children	1. SYNNOT, Jane,   b. 22 Jul 1801, Ballymoyer, Armagh, Northern Ireland ,   d. 5 Jul 1833, Glen Esk, Van Diemans Land, Australia  (Age 31 years)  [natural]   2. SYNNOT, Frederick,   b. 1803, Ballymoyer, Armagh, Northern Ireland ,   d. 5 Sep 1880, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   3. SYNNOT, Isabella,   b. 1805, Ballymoyer, Armagh, Northern Ireland ,   d. 12 Jun 1865, Australia  (Age 60 years)  [natural]   4. SYNNOT, Walter,   b. 1807, Ballymoyer, Armagh, Northern Ireland ,   d. 1860, Jersey, Channel Islands  (Age 53 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F2588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	GILLSON, Jane,   b. 20 Apr 1794, Wood Lodge, Edenham parish, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 8 May 1866, Dublin, Ireland  (Age 72 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1814	Edenham, Lincolnshire, England
  Children	1. SYNNOT, Mary,   b. Abt 1815  [natural]   2. SYNNOT, Marcus,   b. 19 Feb 1816,   d. 8 Oct 1874  (Age 58 years)  [natural]   3. SYNNOT, Mark Seton,   b. 31 Jul 1820, Armagh, Northern Ireland ,   d. 2 Dec 1890, Ballymoyer, Armagh, Northern Ireland  (Age 70 years)  [natural]   4. SYNNOT, Maria Elizabeth Marcia,   b. 1 Mar 1821  [natural]   5. SYNNOT, Agnes Jane,   b. 31 Jul 1822, Ballymoyer, Armagh, Northern Ireland  [natural]   6. SYNNOT, Parker George,   b. 15 Jun 1824, Scotland ,   d. 28 Mar 1901, Lurgannah, County Armagh, Ireland  (Age 76 years)  [natural]   7. SYNNOT, Barbara Cecilia,   b. 26 Dec 1826, Ireland ,   d. 26 Jan 1891, York, Yorkshire, England  (Age 64 years)  [natural]   8. SYNNOT, Julia Hewitt,   b. 11 Jun 1829  [natural]   9. SYNNOT, William Forbes,   b. 23 Jun 1831, Ballymoyer, Armagh, Northern Ireland  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F2589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		The Synnot children_
  		Synnot of Ballymoyer House p2
  		The Synnot Children - a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby
  		Synnot of Ballymoyer House p1
  		The Synnot Children - a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby
  		Ballymoyer House, Armagh County

  
  

• Notes

  The Synnot children Submitted by H_Boutell Description Sir Walter Synnot (1742–1821), son of Richard Synnot, settled in the parish of Ballymoyer, County Armagh in 1778 and leased eight townlands from the See of Armagh. The family had originally been large landowners in the County of Wexford, but their lands were taken from them by Cromwell, after Colonel David Synnot resisted Cromwell's troops at the Sack of Wexford. The family was involved not only in the linen trade but also owned lead mines in the vicinity. According to Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837): "The lands were heathy and barren previously to 1778, when Sir Walter Synnot erected a house and became a resident landlord; scarcely a tree or shrub was to be seen, and the agricultural implements were of the rudest kind. He constructed good roads in the vicinity, planted forest trees to a considerable extent, and by his example and liberal encouragement of every improvement both as to their habitations and system of agriculture, affected a great change in the habits of the peasantry, and in the appearance of the country, which is now in an excellent state of cultivation, yielding abundant produce; the cultivation of green crops has been introduced, and is practised with success." Ballymoyer House was described in the Parliamentary Gazetter of 1844 as follows: ‘The mansion built by Sir Walter Synnot and the demesne attached to it is laid out and planted in a tasteful style. Three mountain streams after debouching from the glens of their upper course, unite in the lawn and form a scene both beautiful and romantic.’ The Synnot Children (Marcus, Walter and Maria) by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1781 Synnot was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh in 1783.[1] He married Jane Seton (a descendant of John Seton, 1st Baron Parbroath and a relative of the American Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and her grandson Monsignor Robert Seton). They had three children, Marcus, Walter and Maria (who died aged 18). These children are featured in the painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, which was formerly at Ballymoyer but is now in the possession of the National Gallery of Victoria. An etching was made in 1782. The second son, Captain Walter Synnot, became a colonist in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) with his children, including Monckton Synnot and the family were prominent pastoralists in the Colony of Victoria. Ballymoyer House, Armagh County Submitted by JL_Sinnett Description In 1778 Sir Walter Synnot built the original Ballymoyer House in the townland of Ballintemple. By the time of his death in 1803 he and his son Marcus had made considerable improvements to the estate and many of the beautiful trees, buildings and structural improvements date from this time. The demesne was noted as being very ornate. The family were involved not only in the linen industry but also had lead mines in their possession. By 1838 the family had bought the eight townlands and continued to improve the estate. By the latter part of the 1870s they owned 7,321 acres of land in County Armagh. In 1901 the demesne passed through marriage to the Hart-Synnot family who presented it to the National Trust in 1937. Major-General Arthur FitzRoy Hart adopted the name Hart-Synnot when he married Mary Synnot. Their son, Brigadier-General Arthur H.S. Hart-Synnot, sold parts of the estate to its occupying tenants prior to 1919, under the Land Acts. This document relates to the sale of small portions of land in the townlands of Knockavannon and Ballintate. The Conditions of Sale include rights of way for Brigadier General Hart-Synnot and the purchasers through the property to be sold. Ballymoyer House was later demolished and Brigadier-General Hart-Synnot gave the demesne to the National Trust in 1938. Comprising 7,000 acres of low hills, moorland and small tenant farms, Ballymoyer was one of the largest demesnes in the county of Armagh. The Synnots had made their money in the linen trade and mining and had always been resident landlords. "The original stone manor had been built in the 18th century in a gentle valley at a point where three brooks, after racing down from their own glens, reached flatter land and joined together to continue as one fast-running trout stream. In the early 19th century a more imposing house in the classical style, with a stucco facade of three stories and a colonnaded porch, had been added onto the earlier, rougher building, and the two were linked with creaking corridors and staircases. The library, the smaller bedrooms, and the servants' hall were in the old section at the back, but the principal bedrooms, drawing room, and dining room were in the grander addition, looking across the lawns and parkland to stands of beech on the hillside. Over the years the gardens had been landscaped and replanted, and the streams channelled and directed over weirs, but the sound of rushing water could still be heard all round the house, and gave a calming, almost drowsy background noise." The Synnot Children - a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby Submitted by JL_Sinnett Description The Synnot Children, 1781. (Left to right Maria, Walter and Marcus). Exhibited by the artist, Royal Academy, London, 1781, no. 181; collection of Sir Walter Synnot (1742–1821), Ballymoyer, County Armagh; Synnot and Hart-Synnot family; Hart Synnot sale, Christie's, London, 5 July 1918, no. 61; from which purcahsed by Ellis & Smith; collection of Lady Harrison Hughes, London, 1958; from whom purchased by Leggatt's (dealer), 1958; from whom purchased by William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook (1879–1964), 1958–1961; loaned to Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1959–61; purchased by Mrs Michael Hawker, Menindie, South Australia, 1961–80; by whom presented to the National Gallery of Victoria, 1980. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Wright_of_Derby_-_The_Synnot_children_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

  
  

• Sources

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