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     Sir Griffith Williams, 6th Bt. was the son of Sir Hugh Williams, 5th Bt. and Anne Vaughan.² He married Catherine Anwyl, daughter of Owen Anwyl, on 7 April 1697.³ He died in July 1734.³
     He lived Marl and Pant Glas.³ He gained the title of 6th Baronet Williams. In 1707 High Sheriff Caernarvs.³

     Thomas Smyth was born in 1740.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Smyth and Elizabeth Prendergast.¹ He married unknown Stuart.² He died on 16 January 1785, without issue.¹

     Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Bt. was the son of Brig.-Gen. Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt. and Penelope Cadogan.² He married Anne Williams, daughter of Sir Griffith Williams, 6th Bt. and Catherine Anwyl, on 11 January 1739.¹ He died on 23 September 1760, without issue.¹
     He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Prendergast, of Gort, co. Galway [I., 1699] on 11 September 1709.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Clonnel [Ireland] between 1727 and 1760.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1733.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chichester between 1733 and 1739.³ He held the office of Postmaster-General [Ireland].³ On his death, his baronetcy became extinct.³

     Sarah Brigid Henderson was born on 10 October 1929.^1,2 She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. Michael Thomas Henderson and Oonagh Evelyn Brassey.¹ She married Timothy Mosley.² She died on 5 January 1986 at age 56.^1,2 She was buried at Buscot Church, Buscot.²
      Her married name became Mosley.²

     Henry Bennet is the son of unknown Bennet.¹
     He lived at Shandon, County Cork, Ireland.¹

     Editha Vereker is the daughter of John Vereker and Editha Bennet.¹ She married Martin Stokes.¹
      Her married name became Stokes.¹

     Sir John Dickson Hamon, 1st and last Bt. married Elizabeth Prendergast, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt. and Penelope Cadogan, on 26 January 1727.¹
     He gained the title of 1st Baronet Hamon.¹

     John Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort was born in 1741.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Smyth and Elizabeth Prendergast.² She died on 23 May 1817, unmarried.¹
      On 23 September 1760 her name was legally changed to John Prendergast on the death of his uncle, Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Bt.¹ She held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Carlow between 1776 and 1783.¹ Her name was legally changed to John Prendergast-Smyth.¹ She held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Limerick between 1785 and 1797.¹ On 14 January 1785 her name was legally changed to John Smyth on the death of his brother, Thomas Smyth.¹ She held the office of Chamberlain of Limerick.¹ She was created 1st Baron Kiltarton of Gort, co. Galway [Ireland] on 15 May 1810, with a special remainder to his nephew, Charles Vereker.¹ She held the office of Governor of County Galway between 1812 and 1817.¹ She was created 1st Viscount Gort, co. Galway [Ireland] on 16 January 1816, with a special remainder to his nephew, Charles Vereker.¹

     Martin Stokes married Editha Vereker, daughter of John Vereker and Editha Bennet.¹