Colclough vs Colclough

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