Thanks again Ray,
The deed of 25.3.1748 between Richard Halpen and Thomas Hal(f)penny seems to show a relationship between the different variations of the name. Of course it could have been a coincidence, but that is not likely. And a witness was Paget Halpen, most probably related to the other two, but to date we can not establish the link. Interesting to see that Paget was not from the City of Dublin, but was ‘of the County of Dublin, Gent’.
Six weeks earlier Paget was noted in a deed, living at Hamstead, County Dublin, in which he transferred the property at Hamstead to a Mark Halpen.
But which Paget, and which Mark ?
It can only have been Paget (1) born 1682, son of Nicholas ‘Generosus’ of Maryborough. Paget (2) the army officer, was too young (born about 1742).
Paget (1) had a brother Mark, born 1684 and a son Mark, born about 1710.
I had assumed that it must have been his son, as his brother lived in England from about 1712 until his death there in 1768.
But there is a gap where nothing is heard of Mark senior, between 1742 and his death at Bath in 1768.
It is possible that he went to Ireland to settle his affairs there in 1748, then returned to England to spend his last years (and that his son Nicholas, b. 1726 in London, accompanied him and stayed in Ireland ?)
It would be interesting to see how other contributors interpret these two deeds.