RE; > I am trying to sort out the relationship of Rev. Patrick Delaney to a Rev. Luke George who is said to be Delaney's nephew....' Patrick Delany was son of Denis Delany, farmer, born Co Laois. He became Dean of Down, 1744. He married twice. His 2nd wife was the celebrated "Mrs. Delany" Mary Pendarves (nee Granville), widow of Alexr. Pendarves, of Cornwall, the friend and correspondent of Swift and who is honoured, like her husband, the Dean, by a biography in the Dictionary of National Biography. He died at Bath in May, 1768. So, Joshua's wife was Paddy's sister and a daughter of Denis... Patk/Paddy entered Trinity.College.Dublin. Sep. 13, 1701, aged 17 so birth c. 1684, so you should be back another generation to Denis, very doubtful if you will get back further unless his/her biography is in detail. NOTE; I haven't checked to see if the Dictionary of National Biography is on line!! Dave Hall.....digging up your relatives!!! :-)) -- Anything on these pages are my intellectual property. You are free to copy and to redistribute unmodified copies for _non-commercial_purposes without restriction from me. Small quotations ("fair use") should include a citation that includes reference to URL to which I have contributed and to which I claim shared copyright to under the *90* year rule. Any other use should be consistent with normal international copyright law! Those with some legal expertise may wish to examine the extensive Copyright Law Materials from the Legal Information Institute of the Cornell Law School. __