The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-01

We are in receipt of the following information
concerning the Blake Sheridan estate in Eng
land, from gentleman who is engaged in look
ing the matter up:
In the year 1919 Helen Sheridan, then about
IS years of age and the daughter of William LIE
Faune Sheridan, of Galway, Ireland, married 0
Col Robert Dudley Blake, of the British Army
who afterwards became a General and who lived
at Glasgow, Scotland, and settled there with his
wife. In the year 1850 Gen. Blake died, and left
his entire property to his wife Helen, with O
statement at the bottom of the will that no Blake
should in any way inherit any of his property
but that it should be left, at his wife's death
otherwise as she might feel disposed. Gen. Blake
died in London, and his wife has resided there
ever since, until her death, which took place in
1876. She left an estate valued at f250,0 900, or
81, 100000, and it is said had will prepared,
though not signed, leaving the entire property
to the Sheridan family.
Now the question seems to be, who was VIM.
LIE Faune Sheridan, and where did he go when
he left Galway, Ireland? Report says he left
there about 1907, and came to Baltimore, Md,
where he died in 1877. But this appears to be
doubtful, as there can be no trace of him found
in Baltimore but we find trace of the lie Faune
Sheridans in Hartford county, and we are led to
believe that a brother of William lie Faune
Sheridan came to Baltimore about the year 1900,
by the name of James Sheridan. He brought
his sister, Rachel lie Faunc Sheridan, with him
and he married in Baltimore, then moved to
Hartford county. He left n son, also married,
James Sheridan who left eight children ,tOur of
whom are now living, viz, Richard Sheridan,
Sarah Davis, Rebecca Morris, and Rachel lie
Fame Sheridan; and there can be but little doubt
but these the legitimate heirs to the large for
tune in England for we trace the name Gle
Faune" through from the beginning. Again we
find on examination ofpapers at the British Lega-
ton in Washington, and also at the British con-
SUBS office at Baltimore, that the lie Faune Sheri-
dams are descendants of Richard Brinsley Sheri-
dan, the great actor, and that the Hartford county
Sheridans are the same stock. Also that they are
connected with many of the richest nobility of
England.
The impression did prevail in this county that
Gen. Blake married Helen Sheridan, a sister of
the present Richard Sheridan, of this county,
who left here in 1910, and that she was the person
who died in London, but that can hardly be the
case, as the marriage certificate, now on record at
Glasgow, Scotland, sets the marriage to have
taken place at Glasgow in 1919, and that she was
the daughter of VIM. lie Faunc Sheridan, of Me,-
iddn -idHOr, Ireland. The farther we look into
this matter the more convinced are we that the
Hartford county SheridanS are the heirs, for the
Sheridans of England and in fact all over the
world, have been looking this thing up for the
past year, but have failed to trace the lie Faune
Sheridans in any direction and the Hartford coun-
ty branch are the only ones who can show claim
to that particular name, showing that they are
beyond doubt the descendants of VIM. lie Faune
Sheridan.
Wewil simply say that the search is still going
on and that we are in correspondence with par
ties in London and Glasgow and will in course
of one month have the full particulars, so far
as they can be obtained on the other side. Any
persons here able to give any particulars of the
older members of the Sheridan family will con-
fer favor by addressing the Edtorof this paper.