But I haven't been idle, I'm trying to get all the names in all the documents and link them together, when I figure out how to get the database online I will, but I'm up to nearly 450 names now...
Following is something of interest to my North America cousins I'm sure.
John.
Sir Vesey Colclough of Tintern had two sons and a daughter by Mary Connors of the
Duffry Hall Gatehouse circa 1780-85. The daughter, Margaret, emigrated to New
Brunswick. The younger brother Vesey, was a Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy. He
married and settled in the County Cork, where it is said he left a large family, but I
have not succeeded in tracing them. Dudley (the elder brother) a miller, married
Elizabeth (Betty) daughter of ---Eaton and emigrated to Lower Canada (new Province
of Quebec) about the year 1825, they lived for some years at Sherbrooke, where I
first met them. Dudley had issue, I think 12 children, but I can only remember the
names of some of them, viz. John, Vesey, Caesar, Henry, Beauchamp, Frances and
Margaret. The old couple returned to Ireland when Mrs. Rossborough Colclough
obtained possession of the Tintern Estates, and were supported near the Abbey by
her till their deaths, which occurred a few years afterwards. Their family all remained
in Canada, and are no doubt there still. (Written by BHDC 1880's....) as indeed you are :) John!
Sir Vesey Colclough had also two sons, circa. 1785-90 by a Mrs. Alicia Harrington,
(an officer’s widow) to whom, as well as to their mother, he left legacies by his will
(see chapter 17) and there are strong grounds for the belief that he would have
made her his wife, if he had not been already been burthened in that regard. The
boys were educated by their half brother, John Colclough of Tintern, who alludes in
his letters in the highest terms to their mother.
1. George Washington Colclough a Major in the 33rd Regt. married Elizabeth
Anne Wilson, (said to been a natural daughter of Arthur 1st Duke of
Wellington)8 M.L. dated 21st June 1814. Issue one son and two daughters. viz.
1. Henry (query) an Assistant Surgeon in one of the Household Regts. who
died S.P.
1.-------married Captain Thomas, 12th Regt. and left issue.
2. Helen, died unmarried 1876.
Mrs. Major George Colclough married secondly Henry G Twyford Esq., M.D.
and died at Winchester, 11 November 187-.
2. Anthony Caesar Colclough, late of Brighton, formerly Surgeon of the 9th
Lancers and later became Inspector General of the British Army medical
services; married Sarah, daughter of Doctor Pearson of Dublin, M. L. 2nd Oct
1820, and had issue with two daughters Hannah and Jemima now living in Brighton; a son George Colclough, now Colonel Royal Horse Artillery, and now
1879 in command of the Royal Artillery in the Dublin District, who married
Henrietta daughter of ----Twyford Esq., for many years a police Magistrate in
London, and had issue a son who died an infant in India and two daughters 1.
Eva. 2. Alice.
Caesar Colclough of Tintern had two illegitimate sons born about 1790, viz.
1. John, a Brewer in Dublin, who married and had a family of (I believe) 8
children
2. Robert, bound to a Planter in West Indies, not known if married. A letter
from him to the Rev. Mr. Archdale, Rector of Tintern, (and now in my possession9)
dated St. Johns Antiqua August 10th 1815 states that he had been pressed on board a
Man of War in 1811 and having deserted, he had changed his name to Robert
Sarsfield.
John Colclough of Tintern, had a son and daughter by Catherine Doyle of Tintern,
born about the year 1800, viz. James, who went to South America with General Mc
Gregor’s Expedition, and is supposed to have died there unmarried, and Kitty who
died at Tintern at 19.
John Henry Colclough of Ballyteige had an illegitimate son Thomas born about 1790
and is supposed to have died unmarried (see J.H.C. will)
Early in the 19th century Christopher Colclough of Baconsfield,
Newark, Co. Notts had a daughter (2nd daughter) married to the Rev. John William
Peters, Rector of Langford, Co. Berkshire who was born in 1792.
1798. Lease, Robert Colclough, to William Colclough, Deeds Office, Dublin.
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1801 … Colclough, established a Coach and Carriage factory in Duke St. Dublin.
1808. William Colclough10, with Lett, M.S. Deed Office11
Richard Colclough of Duke Street died 19th April 1843 aged 61 years,
Colclough coat of arms on Tombstone in Mount Jerome Cemetery.
John Colclough of Duke Street, 20 Pembroke Road, and Glenville, Co Dublin,
b. 1811 married Elizabeth daughter of … Austin of Molesworth Street, and died 1869
(his wife died 28th February 1866 having had a large family, the names of the
following of his children are the only ones that I know, William Alfred, Emma Lett,
and Saunders Lett, all died when children, the eldest daughter Mary Jane, wife of
George A. Strong, 52 Haddington Road, died 12th January 187412. The two following
sons succeeded to the business13 and are now carrying it on in Duke St.
1. John Everard Henry Colclough of the Pembroke Road and then of
Booterstown married 22nd January 1873 Rosetta Phoebe, daughter of Mervyn P.
Crofton of Harrington Street, Dublin.
2. William Austin Colclough of Alma Villas Rathgar, married April 14th 1875
Sarah Wilson 4th daughter of Mervyn P. Crofton of Harrington Street, issue (at time
of writing 1 son and one daughter – 5 sons and five daughters ultimately.)
Note: I believe this family, to be a branch of the Kilkenny family of Urlingford and
Clonmonto. (BHDC 1880's)
