HACKETT; OFF,IRL; 1790-1940 Eliza Hackett, Protestant, b. ca 1818 in Co. Offaly, married John Samuel Clarke (1815-1895) of Portumna, Co. Galway, an agent for the Grand Canal Company, by 1838. She was the daughter of Thomas Hackett of Castlearmstrong near Ballycumber and Jane Glanville (the latter daughter of William and Elizabeth Lowe Glanville of Co. Westmeath). Eliza's daughter, Josephine Maude Clarke, married William M. Foley, a Church of Ireland (Protestant) minister and a widow, in 1884. His first wife was her cousin, Elizabeth (Bess) Pauline Hackett (1853-1882), also of Co. Offaly, Eliza's niece, the daughter of her brother Thomas. Bess had brothers Thomas Aylmer Pearson Hackett (b. 1854, left issue) and Samuel John Hackett (d. 1915, unm.), both C of I ministers also. Rev. Foley remained close to the Hacketts after Bess died; and Samuel John Hackett got his church in Askeaton, Co. Limerick, after the Foleys moved on to Co. Mayo in 1896. Bess's other brothers were not as religious. One story is that Castlearmstrong was occupied by one brother and was thrown out when the other returned from serving in the army. Be that as it may, the remaining brothers were Robert Isaac Dalby Hackett (b. 1857), William Frederick Hackett (b. 1858), and Edward Augustus Hackett (b. 1859). There was another sister, Jane Harriet (1861-1881) who married Dr. W.A. Booker and died in South Africa. Castlearmstrong, at Castletown Park, seems to have been owned by a Thomas Aylmer Pearson at the time of Griffiths Valuations but may have belonged to the Hacketts by the time Edward Hackett was living in it before WWI. He had several sons and daughters, all of whom died before him, either in WWI, from disease, or in childbirth. The Irish Land Commission took the house from Edward and demolished it to pave the road between Ballycumber and Ferbane in the 1930's. Would like to share information on the Hacketts in Co. Offaly. I have met one good researcher of the Hackett family, queried my family members, collected vital records, ordered the 1901 and 1911 censuses, and gotten copies of the ministers' career histories. Since the 1922 fire destroyed church records, I am depending on others to have collected some 19th c. family history of the Hacketts and Glanvilles. All tips appreciated. Elizabeth W. Knowlton KnowltonEW@compuserve.com Elizabeth KnowltonEW@Compuserve.com