Dear`Ian The 1st Earl of Bective lived in Co Meath and was Sir Thomas Taylour so perhaps a forage in the below site may hold some fruit for you http://www.thepeerage.com/p3194.htm#i31938 Cara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian McEachern" <mceachern@wn.com.au> To: <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 4:22 PM Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Earl of Bectives > Hello to the list, > I am trying to un-ravel my gt.gt. grandfather's > early life. > His name is Robert WILLIAMS of Portadown, born in 1777. > Robert was in the 25th foot West Kents, and retired as captain. > I have been told that Robert was married first to the Earl of BECTIVE'S > daughter, then to a Miss FISHER of Kells. > Then to a Miss Mary Ann CHAMPAYNE, with whom he had four daughters. The > first was born in 1822. > Some time between 1797 and 1820(?) Robert married the two ladies. > I do not know if there were children from these marriages. > My question is: does any one know the history of the Earl of BECTIVES in > that time period, or even something of Miss FISHER ? > Have no idea where the Earl lived. > Hoping that some one can help. > Vheers > Ian McEachern > Western Australia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >