The Breretons of Knock
In April of 2017 I received two emails inquiring about Edward Brereton of Knock and a third email asking about the Breretons of Tipperary. When I started looking for answers to their questions it became apparent that there was a relationship between Edward of Knock; John Brereton of Parsonstown (later Birr) (1811-
After many hours of research and analysis, it is my opinion the Rathurles Breretons were descended from Edward Brereton of Loughtioge, son of Sir William Brereton of Cheshire. Documenting my research and conclusions was much more difficult and I decided to add family charts to help the reader follow this history.
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