Just down the road from Dickies is a house named Navarino which belongs to the Little family.
The name in itself is unusual but a curious coincidence is that the naval Battle of Navarino was fought on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821–32) in Navarino Bay (modern-day Pylos), on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea.
A combined Ottoman and Egyptian armada was destroyed by a combined British, French and Russian naval force. It is notable for being the last major naval battle in history to be fought entirely with sailing ships.
The present resident of Navarino informed me last night that the house was named after a member of the Fry family fought in this battle. The Fry family were based at Frybrook House in Boyle. I do not have any further information on this for the present but hope to have some in the autumn.
Hi Laura, a distant ancestor of mine, Rev. George Garrett, married Anna Maria Fry at Eastersnow on 4 Nov 1851. The wedding was attended by John D. Fry, who I'm assuming is John Dillon Fry of whom, in peerage.com, it is written "John Dillon Fry was born in 1794. He was the son of Henry Fry and Elizabeth Baker. He married Maria Roe, daughter of Major unknown Roe. He gained the rank of officer in the service of the Royal Navy. He fought in the Battle of Navarino. He was on board the ship that took Napoleon to St. Helena. He lived at Navarino, County Roscommon, Ireland." In the publication "Lancashire: biographies, Rolls of Honour", the trubute to Rev. George Henry St. Patrick Garrett, Vicar of Westhoughton, mentions that he was the "second son of the Rev. Canon George Garrett, of Kilmeague, Naas, Ireland, and Anna Maria, daughter of Lieut. Henry Fry, of Navarino, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland (both dead)". I suspect the reference should have been to John Dillon Fry, but can't be sure. Please let me know if you find out anything further on this.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for that interesting and facinating comment Andrew. FYI; Frybrook House is still a substantial habitible house in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Try this link; http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=RO®no=31804040
DeleteYour John Dillon Fry is likely to be from that family.
Up to now, despite our lack of official records, its not that difficult to tack back history here as people didn't appear to move far out of their district or social class. Having said that, our parish, electoral and county boundaries are a challenge and not for the faint hearted!
Rev George Garrett's daughter 'Nannie' married Alexaner Wright and they had a son also Alexander. She then married George Northmore Pollard my great granduncle and their daughter Diana married Richard Ford in 1903 at Kilmeague Co Kildare. The celebrants were Rev George and his son George Henry St Patrick Garrett who went on to be vicar of Westhoughton in Lancashire. Recently read a letter from a great-aunt recalling her visit to Kinturk Castlepollard. On the way they met with Nannie who was visiting her father in nursing home in Dublin. this was Oct 1907, he hoped to return to Kilmeague in the summer. He died in Westhoughton Lancs with his son and was buried in Kilmeague in July 1908. Letitia Pollard lcapollard@gmail.com
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