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- THOMAS WHYTE, Esq. of Redhills, s. his father, and m. Sarah, dau. of James Napper, Esq. of Loghcrew, co. Meath, by Anne, dau. of Sir Robert Dutton, Knt., by whom he had a son, FRANCIS, and four daus., I. Elizabeth, wife of Marcus Smith, Esq., who had no issue; II. Mary, wife of Edward Ellis, Esq.; III. Sarah, wife of Essex Edgworth, Esq.; IV. ANNE, who, 3 Jan. 1744, became wife of John White, Esq. of Rathgonan and Loghgill, co. Limerick. Thomas Whyte d. 10 Jan. 1739, and his widow d. 16 Jan. 1752.
source: Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 2. London, UK: Henry Colburn, 1847.
- Gravestone Inscription
Here lie the Reliques of Thomas Whyte, of Redhills, Esq..,
Who in the year 1738 and the 55th of his age
Resigned his Soul to God. Whose main care
and concern in this Life was to conciliate the favour of God and man
by a regular discharge of moral and religious duty
a man of Candour of Soul and benevolence of heart
of simple manners and ingenuous mind,
Sacred to Friendship and to Truth Sincere,
More fond of the Ornament of Virtue and the Native Beauty of Holiness
Than of the Pomp and Grandeur of a vain licentious World
Strictly faithful to the Conjugal Vow.
An affectionate Parent, a humane Neighbour, and a kind master,
In respect to whose Memory this Monument is Erected by
Sarah Whyte, daughter of the late James Naper of Loughcrew
Esqr. and Relict of the Deceased, as being the last
Proof she can give of her tender Regard for
A Loving Husband.
source: Fund for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Report for the Year 1888. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Memorials Association, 1890.
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