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of Maston in the county of Meath, Esquire. And had two 

 sons, Sir Garret of Dullardstown, Chief Justice of the 

 Common Pleas anno 1535. and married Alson, daughter 

 of Fitz Garald of Athlone. His other son (who was the 

 elder) was named Richard ; married to Jenet, daughter of 

 Twee, Alderman of Dublin. And from these two brothers 

 the family branched out numerously into the Aylmers of 

 the Lyons and of Dullardstown : and intermarried into the 

 best houses in the counties of Meath and Kildare. As the 

 last named Richard had Richard, that married Eleoner, 

 daughter of James Lord Slane. Their son Thomas mar 

 ried Alson, daughter of Thomas Cusack, Knight, Lord 

 Chancellor of Ireland anno 1550. who had issue, Bar 

 tholomew married to Cicely, daughter of Robert Pipho, 

 and Jenet, daughter of Viscount Gormanston. Their son 

 was Thomas, that took to wife Mabil, daughter of Peter 

 Barnwel, Knight. The other brother, Sir Garret, or Gereld, 

 that was Chief Justice, (as is abovesaid,) had Bartholomew, 

 and he James^ and James Nicolas, and he Christopher, and 

 Christopher Richard; who married the daughter of Sir 

 Robert Dillon, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 

 and died anno 1635. He left (besides other sons and 

 daughters) James, that matched to Johanna, daughter of 

 Christopher Lord Killeen. 



From the other house, viz. of the Lyons, came Christo 

 pher, a sober, wise, and studious man ; who, living in the 

 times of the civil wars, shewed his loyalty to King Charles I. 

 by giving him his assistance, and afterwards by suffering 

 exile for him in Spain. This Christopher married a daughter 

 of Matthew Plunket, Lord of Lowth : whose issue was Sir 

 Gerald, the eldest, and Matthew, now living, appointed 

 Admiral to the royal fleet sent into the Straits : where he 

 did faithful service to his great honour and reputation: 

 now Governor of Deal castle, and one of the Barons in 

 Parliament for the Cinque Port of Dover : the inhabitants 

 of which place hold themselves much obliged to him for 

 procuring the late act for the repairing of Dover pier, a 

 matter of such importance to the whole nation. 



