I think I might be related to Pinocchio :-)
Following the clues I found the family story quite fascinating - and, as usual it's not what you know, but who you know :-
Origin and meaning of surname "MOLYNEUX"
Origin. derived from the French Moulin
(meaning "mill of the waters")
Region of origin. France
Apparently his family had been part of the (very rich and powerful) English community on mainland Europe:-
Molyneux, Daniel (1568–1632), herald, was born in Bruges, Flanders, second son of Thomas Molyneux (qv) of Calais and his wife Katherine, daughter of Ludowick Slobert, burgomaster of Bruges. His father had been a member of the English community at Calais and had settled in Bruges after Calais fell to France in 1558.
A Burgomaster was chief magistrate or executive of a city or town.
Daniel Molyneux was born in 1568, in Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium, his father, Thomas Molyneux, was 37 and his mother, Katherine De Bruges, was 32. He married Jane Usher in 1597, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1632, in Newry, County Down, Ireland, at the age of 64.
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https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KLY7-4RB/daniel-molyneux-1568-1632**
There's a webpage re the powerful Usher family of Britain:-
http://www.the-house-of-usher.co.uk/history.htm**
From the mid 1500s England had Henry VIII who turned against the Roman Catholic Church because they wouldn't allow him to divorce and marry who he wanted so he set up his own Church of England. Northern Ireland was part of the United Kingdom but Southern Ireland (Eire) was a Catholic country, which was reflected in their laws.