In 1863 Patrick Sarsfield Colclough and 3 associates sued John Rossborough Colclough and Mary Grey Wentworth Rossborough Colclough at Wexford assizes for Tintern Abbey estate and other lands, Patrick Sarsfield's associates were assignees of the court of bankruptcy in Ireland, Patrick Sarsfield
Colclough was discharged from insolvency, was he trying to get rich again?
From the
papers and family trees I am aware of, here are the lineages of each;
1 Mary Grey
Wentworth born 9 July
1811 She married 12th January 1848 to
John Thomas Rossborough of Dublin, Esq., (she died 3rd November 1884 ) he took
the Colclough name.
Her father was:
2 Caesar
Colclough of Duffry Hall
born 1754, a member of the English and Irish Bar he was admitted to the English
Bar 11th February 1783, thus a lawyer and for many years Chief Justice of
Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland.
He married
27th October, 1804, Susan daughter of James Leech of St. James Street,
Westminster, London, Esq., and died at Versailles, France, the 10th of February
1822.
His father was:
3 Adam
Colclough of Duffry Hall
and Shroughmore House, Co. Wexford, High Sheriff of the
County in
1769, married, licence 31st January 1753. (Enniscorthy registry of Wills and
administrations) his cousin Mary Anne, fourth daughter of John Byrne of
Cabinteely
Co. Dublin,
Esq., and died 1799. Will proved 9th January 1800 (his wife predeceased - died
6th October 1788 at Duffry Hall) .
His father was:
4 Colonel
Caesar Colclough b. 1696 of Duffry Hall, Lt. Colonel of a Regt. of Dragoons,
raised in the County of Wexford 1745, and Colonel of the Wexford militia. Born
1696, succeeded his father in that large tract of Country in the north of the
County Wexford, known as the territory of the Duffrie, which had been
chiefly purchased by his Ancestors from the Kavanaghs. Colonel Caesar Colclough
also inherited the Tintern Abbey Estates under settlement executed by Margaret
sister and successor of Sir Caesar Colclough, the third and last Baronet of
this family. He married first, licence, 20th Jany 1718, Frances Muschamp,
daughter of Sir Thomas Vesey, Bart. Bishop of Ossory, Post Nuptial Settlement,
10th March 1719,who died in the latter year, leaving issue a daughter Margaret,
who died unmarried. Colonel Caesar Colclough married secondly 18th July 1721.
Henrietta, daughter of Colonel
Agmondisham Vesey of Lucan House Co. Dublin-- by Charlotte co-heiress of
William Sarsfield of Lucan Esq., (brother of the celebrated General Patrick
Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan) and Mary his wife, natural daughter of King Charles
II by Lucy Walters (and own sister to the Duke of Monmouth) This is the alleged connection
with English royalty, however Charles II did not acknowledge Mary Walters as his daughter, this story would
fill another book,but she came from an area not far fom where I write, I think
a degree of cynicism is needed around this connection which was made by
Beauchamp Colclough in his notes, anyway here’s a picture of Lucy Walters.
and here's a picture of Mary Sarsfield
His (Col. Caesar) father was:
5 Dudley Colclough of Mohurry or Duffry Hall, Esq., born about 1670, who being a
minor at his
father’s death, and brought up in the Protestant Religion, was permitted
to inherit the
estates. He was member of Parliament for Enniscorthy in 1689, and a
Colonel in
King James II Irish Army, and married November 1691, post nuptial
settlement
26th March 1700, Mary eldest daughter of the Hon. Francis Barnewall of
Beggstown and
Woodpark, Co. Meath fourth son of Nicholas first Viscount Kingland
His father was:
6 Patrick
Colclough of Mohurry or Duffry Hall,
Esq., Knight of the Shire in King James II
Parliament in
1689 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the Co. Wexford. He was High Sheriff
of Wexford in
the year 1687-88 and married circa 1669 Katharine widow of John
Corbett, and
only daughter of Colonel Walter Bagenal of Dunleckney Co. Carlow, by
Elizabeth
(widow of John Plunket of Dunshoughly Esq.,) third daughter of Sir
Christopher
Roper, third Lord Teynham
His father was:
7 Sir
Dudley Colclough of Monart Co. Wexford, Knight, born 1613. He was seized of
Monart and the
Duffrie Estate in 1641, and having become a Roman Catholic, and
taken the oath
of the Confederation, he was in consequence of his activity in the
Royal cause
deprived of his estates by Cromwell and ordered to transplant to
Connaught. He
made his escape however to France (in a woman’s dress) where he
remained in
attendance on the young King Charles II till the Restoration, when he
recovered the
greater portion of his estates, chiefly through the interference of the
Queen mother,
(herself a Roman Catholic and a personal friend). He married 1st ...
Katherine
daughter of Patrick Esmond of the family of Johnstown Castle, (youngest
brother of
Lawrence Lord Esmond)
His father was:
8 Sir
Thomas Colclough of Tintern Abbey, Knight, who was born at Rosegarland,
Co Wexford,
the 1st of April, 1564.
Who had
married secondly in 1612, Eleanor 2nd
daughter of Dudley Bagenal of Dunleckney Co. Carlow, Esq., (2nd son of Sir
Nicholas Bagenal of Newry, Knight, Marshal of Queen Elizabeth’s armies in
Ireland) by Mabel daughter of George Fitzgerald of Teeroghan Esq., She married
again as third wife to Luke Plunket Baron Killeen, and first Earl of Fingal,
and died November 1632.
So
onto...
9 Patrick
Sarsfield Colclough of Annnaville,
married 1826, settlement same date Frances, second daughter of Captain Michael Brennan
of Dromore, Co. Kilkenny, by Mary eldest daughter of Major Richard Colclough of
Galway. He died January 26th 1867, administration to eldest daughter Margarite
Henrietta, Prerogative, Dublin, 30th July 1867, his wife having predeceased him
22nd July 1861.
His father
was:
10 Sarsfield Colclough, of Upper Kildavin and
after of Douglas, Isle of Man, born
1772. Married July 1792, Margaret only daughter of Patrick Colclough of
Annnaville Queens County Esq., (who died 1828) and died at Douglas, Isle of Man
January 1855, buried at Templeshanbo, Co. Wexford.
His father
was:
Adam Colclough of Duffry Hall and Shroughmore House, Co. Wexford,
High Sheriff of the County in 1769.
The common ancestor
of the litigants.
The relevance
of going back to Sit Thomas is that the lineage it seems of the Colclough line
of Sir Thomas and his first wife Martha
Loftus which passed through:
Sir Adam b. 1600 d. 1637
Sir Caesar b.1624 d. 1684
Sir Caesar
b.1650 d. 1687 he died
unmarried (Beauchamp Colclough notes no will proved) no children.
Margaret Colclough, who became heiress to her brother. She married, 1st
marriage licence, Ferns 2nd October 1673, Robert Leigh of Ballybrittas
alias
Rosegarland Co. Wexford Esq., and afterwards of Tintern in right of his
wife. He took
the name of Colclough, and dying without issue, May 1695. Margaret Leigh
Colclough married secondly 1696, as second wife to her cousin Councillor
John Pigott
of Kilfenney, Co Limerick, who also assumed the name of Colclough. He
died 8th May
1717 and was buried in Saint Paul’s in Dublin where a Tablet erected to
his memory
by his widow may yet be seen. His will was proved 7th June 1717.
Margaret Pigott Colclough died without issue the 23rd April 1723. Her
will was
proved in Dublin 2nd June 1723, and she was succeeded in the Manor of
Tintern by
her cousin and male heir:
Caesar Colclough of Duffry Hall Co. Wexford, (Col Caesar) see 4 above.
So this is the background to Colclough
vs. Colclough Where would they have been
without ther cousins to marry?
This is an interesting case which
gives insight into the machinations of mid Victorian life..
More to follow.
John
2 comments:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Kildavin_House.htm
you may have already seen this, but there is a picture of the house in Kildavin, Co Carlow. It is still standing. I visited it frequently as a child but has been uninhabited for many years now. Well done on the blog, its very interesting for me as I didn't know the history of the house
Fascinating research and insight
Thank you.
Tony colclough
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