Glenny (No. 1.) family genealogy

Of Glenville, Ardarragh, County Down

Arms: Sa. a split eagle with a double head, each head facing outwards. Crest: An open right hand. Motto: Sensus communis.

It is recorded that this family is descended from Sir David Glenny (or Glennie), a “belted” Knight from Ayrshire, Scotland, who at the Plantation of Ulster settled in the county Down. His descendants acquired considerable landed property in the counties of Down and Armagh. The Glennies were connected with the Earls of Cassilis’ (Marquis of Ailsa’s) family.

1. Sir David Glenny (or Glennie) had a son:

2. (—) whose name we have not ascertained, who m. and had:

3. Isaac, of Glenville (b. 1697), who m. Miss Brown, of the county Armagh, and had:

1. Isaac, of whom presently.
2. William (see “Glenny,”No. 2).
3. George (see “Glenny,” No. 3).
4. John had a son Isaac.
5. Martha m. Mr. Beath.
6. Mary, married in 1744 John Melling, Esq.

See Glenny corrigenda

1. Isaac, of whom presently.
2. Nicholas-Ellis.
3. Jane, who married Launcelot Dowdall.
7. Martha, m. Rev. John Thom.

5. Isaac, of Glenville, the Antiquarian (died 1853): eldest son of Isaac (No. 4); was twice married. His first wife was his cousin, dau. of William, and by her had one child who died young; his second wife was Deborah-Anne Greer, by whom he had:

1. Rev. Isaac Greer Glenny, who succeeded his father and died in the following year unm., and was succeeded by his brother William.
2. William, who mar. Elizabeth McClelland, d. without issue in 1878, and was succeeded by his brother, John-Thom.
3. George.
4. John-Thom Glenny, d. unm. in 1885, when the male heirs of this branch of the family became extinct. He was succeeded by James Swanzy Glenny, living in 1888.—See No. 7 on the “Glenny” (No. 2) pedigree.
5. Mary, married Rev. Alexander Ellesmere, son of Admiral Ellesmere.