Survey of Estate of Daniel O’Donovan, Esq., 725 acres (31 in dispute) by Samuel Gosnell (Ancestor of Dr. Richard Caulfield, Cork Antiquarian), 20th June 1762 , at Knuckskagh, Currunn, Gurteeneddige, Ballyroe, Reavoulir referred to
Samuel Gosnell
This could possibly the maiden surname of Samuel’s mother and it recalls the fact that Pender’s 1659 Census of Ireland shows a Mrs Gosnold and a Richard Hayes as titulados of Bearnahely, near Cork City. Samuel was referenced to a WILL in 1781. Samuel Gosnell was a surveyor for a large landowner (Lord Baltimore) and as such was involved in some surveys in the area of Baltimore near Skibbereen. Samuels great grandson was Dr. Richard Caufield circa 1860. Note: the use of the Christian name Samuel among the Skibbereen-area Gosnell.. It is very possible that Samuel’s father “John” was a son of Nathaniel’s, and the older John “Goslin” of Ross Parish ; and that Nathaniel was in turn a grandson or great-grandson of the first Henry










