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Their youngest daughter AND ELEVENTH C HILD, Sarah Handfield married Joseph Robinson of Granville Place in 1835. They rented an estate named Bloomfield in county Sligo and went to live there. They had 4 children -one daughter Dorcas (who married a Doctor Haslett and had issue) and three sons John, William, and Charles. John and William were unmarried. John died in the Isle of Man and William was murdered in Canada possibly on a ferry crossing the Great Lakes. Their dates of birth are: Sarah and Joseph were the aunt and uncle of the famous landscape gardener, William Robinson who was a friend of Monet and also the Pre-Raphaelites.
HE REVOLUTIONISED GARDENS INTO THE INFORMAL STYLE OF TODAY AND WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE CHELSEA F
FLOWER SHOW. SARAH BY FAMILY REPUTATION WAS ALSO A GREAT GARDENER.

Dorcas15/01/1836
John31/07/1838
William 25/05/1840
Charles27/06/1848 and he died on 06/01/1914
(src Belinda Mahaffy, his g-g-grand-father)