Sinnott (No. 2.) family genealogy

Of the County Wexford

Arms: Gu. three swans ar., beaked and legged sa.

1. Richard Sinnott (or Synnott[1]), of Ballynabrenane, county Wexford, had:

2. John: his son.

3. Richard: his son.

4. Walter: his son.

5. Martin: his son.

6. William, of Ballynabrenane: his son; m. Anastace, daughter of Robert Esmond, of Johnstown, co. Limerick; d. 18th February, 1637.

7. Richard Sinnott: his son; had three brothers—1. John, 2. James, 3. William.

Notes

[1] Synnott: According to Burke, the Synnotts of Synnott’s Land, Ballytramon, and the Rabine, county Wexford, were possessed at a remote period of considerable estates, and ranked amongst the most eminent of the gentry of the barony of Shelmalier. Among the gentry of the county Wexford, summoned (18 Edward III.), A.D. 1344, to attend the Lords Justices with horse and arms, appears John Fitz Michael Synath; and in the account of Nicholas Hore, Sheriff of Wexlord, A.D. 1366, Nicholas Fitz John Synot is returned. Michael Synnott, of the Rahine, temp. James I., was son of Stephen Synnott, of Wexford, who was son of David Synnott, and grandson of Pierce Synnott, both of Ballytramon. (Visitation, Wexford, 1618.) The representation of the senior line of the family (that of Ballytramon), namely Richard Sinnott (who is No. 7 on this pedigree), was deprived of his estate by Oliver Cromwell.

This family is considered to be a branch of “Sinnot” (No. 1); for, Synath, the earliest form of the “Sinnott” (of Wexford) family name, would appear to be only a corruption of the Irish Sionnach.