The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-02-24

three sons ard daughter. We learn
from the "Amoret;i that bis wife's
name was Elizabeth, as was also thai Of
bis mother and Of Bis soyerejgae qaeene
mos, kind
If we car receive lovers description
Of bis bride, on her bridal day, the poets
wife must have been 'ery beautiful, slough
bat country iasse; and a. good Is she
was fair -
Yet was she certos but a countrey lasse,
Yet she all ether country lasses fare did passc
We are disposed to conclude that she
was Cork woman, for the poet on his
wedding morning inyokes the "scaiy
trout % Nula to be present at break
fast we conclude, though Spencer says
To help to decze her, and to help to sing,
That all the woods may answer, and their echo
! sing.
Ii is not improbable that the marriage
was celebrated IL the city OF Cork, OF
which Spenser was at one tine Shenit:
! Tell me, We merchant daughters, did you see
/ So fayre creature in your town before,
! Her goodly eyes like saphyres shining bright,
/ Her forehead ivory white,
! Her lips like cherries, charming men to byte.
Sponsors widow, who seems TO have re-
gained the Kiicolman estate, was married
a second time, in 1908. 10 Roger Seekers
tone. We are unable to say whether It
was her beauty or her interest in the Kill
colman estate which charmed Seckers.one
Ito byte" tus We find tina, Sylvanus, the
poets eldes! son, who felt that his rights
had been compromised by This second
marriage Of his mother, petitioned the
Lord Characteristic original petition IS
in the Rolls Court Dublin " no Issued
sn order for al inquiry, or search. The
iDquisition WAS taken in MaIlow, in the
county Of Cork, august I'll, lG11:
The sad jurors do find and present
tia, part or portion Of seignory grant
ed hv these patents from the late Z ieene
Elizabeth unto Edmond spepcer, late OF
IZicolman, in the Counle Of Cork Is
Quire. deceased, after bis Death descended
unto Syivanus Speuser, his some aud hece,
whoe doth possesse and enjoy the sane, il
manor and form as to!ioweIh, VIZ, the said
Syivanus Spenser is seized in possessed
III bis denieIse IS Of foe Of the CaelelI oil
Klcoiman With Gee BOOT acres of land
parcel Of the same se,gno'y, being tie de-
meuse lands OF the same"
The inqui>ition then goes on to show
who were the parties t. whom the other
) portions Of >penser's grant Of 5000 ac5cs
} were let out. Among lie Lassees Sc fac
the names Of lowe, Roche, and Power
which are familiar in that part Of til,
county Cork in the present day.
; Syvaprs Spenscr married the eIles
daughter Of David Magic, Of Monaui,ny
5 in tie county of Cork. 1t is worthy O
notice that the mother of The great orato'
i. and statesman, Edmond Burke, was :. Ma
gle, the grand niece of SyIranus Spenser'
wife. The orator may have been ca.ieC
" Edmund after the poet. lie passed
! portion Of bis childhood IN the parish 0
D Mouanimf The wife Of David Nag,
! was a Roche-EiIen Roche. Il IS a!s
: probable that Edmond Burke Roche nov
: Lord terujoy, aud NJ. T. for MAry!eboGe
. derived bis first Christian name 8 Ia
: tuurd," from the post, and that 0
: Burke" from tie statesman, for III
: families Of the i,oche., Nac!.s, Sponsors
! and burkes were united ~ marriage.
La~reuce spenser, te!ter known a
j = l.aw!ence Spenser Of Random" il til
county Of Cork, was che poets secon,
D son. lie died about the year 1854 II
: is not known 20 have married, or to hav
i left descendants, bat Notwithstanding Y
: are under the impression that some Mis-
i Spenser married At Bsmdounon a. 10 yer
:, distant period We DO pol Ike 10 sYe"
' positively, for We cannot, at tie pres@u
e moment, call 20 Mid the source Of IL
I IMPRESSION
q PcregIiua SHenser, the poets lounges
I. son, Wa married, but We 10 nos know |
r whom. His eldest brother, Sylvanu'
" in order to prefer him IN marriage,
= made over on him the lands OF hcnhy
: near hi!comau. lie seems to have 500
Il run through this estate. Ia q Ms.
! Trinity College, Uubin, which We hay
e cousultad he is described, on the 4.h {
May, lG41, as Protestant, resident !
: the barony Of fermoy, county Of Corl
o and so impoyished by the troubles
= the civil war as to be unable to pay a
Il debts" He left one son. Iurolin, VIII
uvo, ra m 'e', o'S 92' f.a;1 NO. \.
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