23RD GENERATION

576. John FORTESCUE of Malahide ⁽⁶⁸⁸⁾ was born about 1739. He died in Jan 1831. Was at the taking of Quebec in the 24th Regiment. (1759)

In Ferrar's Limerick Directory of 1769 there is a John Fortescue
listed as a Lieutenant in the th 27th Regiment which is possibly him.

Malahide is a town on the coast just north of Dublin.

He was married to Miss DE SALISBURY of Canada. John FORTESCUE of Malahide and Miss DE SALISBURY of Canada had the following children:

+672 i. John FORTESCUE.
+673 ii. Capt William Faithful FORTESCUE of Malahide.
+674 iii. Susan FORTESCUE.
675 iv. Maria FORTESCUE⁽⁶⁸⁹⁾ was born in 1773. She died in 1857.