Prerogative dated will of 1688 shows Henry Wade of Conybreny ( Sic) Co Meath esquire his wife being Joan widow of Henry Wade with a prerogative date of 1704 Then there is two Johns of same place Prerogative date 1- 1711 2-1735 But the only Robert that I can see in my data is Prerogative dated will 1800 Dublin a gentleman, But I could give you a patchwork quilt of Johns for Dublin along with many other names belonging to Wade family who all had last addreses in Dublin. I did remember I was given a new CD whilst in Ireland and this appears Robert Wade of Clonabreny ( sic) married Miss Leigh of Drogheda in the November of 1771 may well be the fore runners of your Robert, I have no idea .......... The Wentworth name was also as Bill has tried to say, linked to the name Fitzwilliam from Co Wicklow a landed gentry , who also had land in Meath ....which in turn was also Linked to the Brabazon name who in turn was Earl of Meath who was in and around the Bray area of Wicklow. Perhaps a Wade did marry a Wentworth creating the name .. Wade also being a corruption of Macquaid and has been found in all provinces since the 13th century. You have the search ahead of you to locate and find the marriage that puts the name in your family, good luck Just one other thing before I sign off, Have you placed this request on the Co Meath list to cover all your options? Cheers Cara I use BullGuard Spamfilter to keep my inbox clean. It is completely free: www.bullguard.com/freespamfilter

I'm still looking for ways to figure out if the Thomas Hughes buried in Glasnevin in 1868 is my gggrandfather. I'm wondering if people in Ireland during that period of time had wills and where I would have to look to see if he had one. Thanks in advance for any help. Sue

Wills- Of course the Irish had wills, it is a valuable source of information, but and there is always a but, the all of the original wills and administations in the Public record Office were destroyed in 1922, along with most of the wills and grant books into which they had been transcribed. The indexes to wills and administration and bonds were not destroyed although a number were badly damaged. These are available in the reading room of the National Archives Dublin. I am sorry to be the bearer of the bad news about this misfortune, but and there is that but again, of late a lot of wills are appearing from private sources perhaps with a little luck yours may still surface or have surfaced. Wills and Administrations do not begin until 1871 is there any other clues to look at for your Thomas Hughes, any suggestions on who his father may have been, we may be able through indexes to cross this bridge, allowing I did Say Maybe. Cheers Cara