Map of Dublin in the time of Mary Graisberry*

Mary Kennedy came from a privileged background, when she married Daniel Graisberry in 1765, she brought with her a fortune. Little can be told about her life before she was married, however there is a Baptismal record for St. Paul’s Parish of a Mary Kennedy in 1748:

Parish/Church/Congregation – ST. PAUL

Baptism of MARY KENNEDY on 21 July 1748

Father JOHN KENNEDY

Mother ARABELLA KENNEDY

If the above is the correct Mary Kennedy it would have made her seventeen years old when she married Daniel Graisberry, a marriageable age in the 1765. Another give away, is Mary’s mother’s name Arabella, which could easily be a coincidence, but if not was given to her great great great granddaughter, Emily Maynard Arabella Burke a four generations later.

 Sources

 http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/reels/d-273-1-2-175.pdf Retrieved 18/05/2015

Freeman’s Journal (Dublin) July 19 to July 23 1765, Sat., 13 July 1765 – Tues., 16 July 1765

*http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image-galleries/treasures-collections/historical-maps-dublin. Retrieved18/05/2015

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Map of Dublin 1756 Courtesy of Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive