Sir John Dongan, 2nd Baronet explained

Sir John Dongan, 2nd Baronet (1603–1650) was a member of the Irish Parliament.

Early life

Dongan was born into an old Gaelic Norman (Irish Catholic) family in Castletown Kildrought (now Celbridge), County Kildare, in the Kingdom of Ireland. He was the son of Jane Rochfort and Walter Dongan (died 1626), who was created 1st Dongan Baronet, of Castletown in the County of Kildare, in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1623.

His maternal grandparents were Robert Rochfort of Kilbryde, County Meath and Elinor Dillon (a daughter of Sir Lucas Dillon, Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland).^[1] His paternal grandparents were Margaret (Forster) Dongan and John Dongan, originally of Fishamble Street, Dublin, a civil servant in the Irish Government who became wealthy and acquired substantial estates in County Kildare.^[2]

Career

Upon his father's death in 1626, he became the 2nd Baronet and took up residence at Castletown.^[3] He was a member of the Irish Parliament of 1634, under King Charles I of England. In 1643, he was a captain of horse.

Personal life

Dongan was married to Mary Talbot, one of eight sons and eight daughters of Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet and the former Alison Netterville.^[4] Together, they were the parents of at least ten children, including:

• Sir Walter Dongan, 3rd Baronet (–1686), a Confederate Catholic who assembled at Kilkenny in 1646 and served under Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell.
• William Dongan, 1st Earl of Limerick (–1698), the 4th Baronet who was made Viscount Dungan, of Clane in the County of Kildare in 1661 and Earl of Limerick in 1686, with remainder, failing male issue of his own, to his brothers Robert, Michael and Thomas and the heirs male of their bodies. ^[5]
• Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick (1634–1715), the Governor of New York from 1683 to 1688.
• Bridget Dongan (born), who married Francis Nugent, a son of Sir Thomas Nugent, 1st Baronet.^[6]
• Alice Dongan (born), who married Robert Nugent, son of Walter Nugent.
• Margaret Dongan (died 1678), who married Robert Barnewell, 9th Baron Trimlestown.^[7]

Sir John died in 1650 but his will was not proved until 1663.^[3]

Descendants

Through his daughter Margaret, he was the grandfather of Mary Barnewell, who married her cousin, Michael Nugent, and were the parents of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent.^{[8] [9]}

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Notes and References

1. Book: Lodge . John . Archdall . Mervyn . The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom . 1789 . Dublin : J. Moore . 156 . 26 August 2021.

   "Elinor, to Robert Rochfort of Kilbride, in Meath, Esq.."

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2. Dungan, T. P. John Dongan of Dublin, an Elizabethan Gentleman (1988) The Journal of the Royal Socirty of Antiquaries in Ireland Vol, 118 p.101
3. Book: Society . County Kildare Archaeological . Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society . 1899 . E. Ponsonby. . 369 . 26 August 2021 . en.
4. Book: Cokayne. G. E.. 1893. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant (L to M). 5. 1st. London. George Bell & Sons. 82, line 5 .

   "Thomas (Dongan) EARL OF LIMERICK &c. [I.], yr. br. of the above earl. and on whom this Earldom and the Viscountcy of Dongan of Clane were entailed under the spec. rem. in their respective creations, was b. 1654 and appears, notwithstanding the attainder of 1691, to have assumed in 1698 and been generally allowed the peerage [I.]."

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5. Web site: Report, 1840–1908. 1870.
6. Book: Danaher . Franklin Martin . An Address Delivered Before the Dongan Club, of Albany, N.Y. . 1889 . Dongan club . 50 . 26 August 2021 . en.
7. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 3, page 3938.
8. Book: Edgeworth . Maria . The Absentee . 2001 . . 978-0-19-283830-8 . xxv . 26 August 2021 . en.
9. Book: Cokayne . George Edward . Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant . 1895 . G. Bell & sons . 107–108 . 26 August 2021 . en.