Piers Butler Esq (abt. 1600 - 1651)

Born about 1600 in County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1651 at about age 51 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Maryann Hurt [send private message]

Col Piers Butler was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

From Cracroft's Peerage:

• Colonel Piers Butler, of Barrowmount, co. Kilkenny (dvp. being taken prisoner at Lambstown, co. Wexford, and killed after safe quarter was given 1650), was the son of Edward Butler, 1st Viscount of Galmoye.

• He married after 20 Nov 1626 Hon Margaret Netterville, 2nd daughter of Nicholas [Netterville], 1st Viscount Netterville, by his first wife Elenor Bathe, 2nd daughter of Sir John Bathe, of Athcarne, co. Meath.

Verbatim from "The Butlers of Duiske Abbey":^[1]

• "Piers FitzThomas Butler died before his father in 1601, leaving two sons, Sir Edward Butler, Knight, of Duiske, and Sir Richard, of Knocktopher, whose son, Colonel Thomas Butler, was engaged in the [Irish] wars of 1641. Sir Edward Butler succeeded to his father's property, Duiske Abbey and its lands."

• "Sir Edward married Anne Butler, daughter of the 2nd Lord Mountgarrett, and by her had several children, the eldest of whom was Piers Butler, who lived at Barrowmount, and who, engaging in the English Civil War on the King's side, was slain at Worcester in 1650, by Captain William Bolton."

Piers has a detailed profile in the Dictionary of Irish Biography:

• https://www.dib.ie/biography/butler-piers-a1280

Research Notes

From the Wikipedia profile for Peter Butler of Duiske, providing leads for further exploration:

• He married Hon. Margaret Netterville, the daughter of Nicholas Netterville, 1st Viscount Netterville of Dowth, County Meath and his first wife Eleanor Bathe of Drumcondra. Their children were:
  • Hon. Richard Butler, died without male issue
  • Frances Butler, married Hervey Morres, grandfather of Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres
  • Edward Butler, 2nd Viscount Galmoye (b. circa 1627, d. after 24 Oct 1667)
  • Nicholas Butler (d. 1653)
  • James Butler (d. 1678)
  • Major Edmond Butler of Killoshulan (d. 12 Jul 1691)
  • Jane Butler
  • Mary Butler^[2]
  • Elizabeth Grace
  • Margaret Grace
  • Eleanor Butler, married to William Grace, Esq., of Ballylinch

Sources

• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. London: George Bell and Sons, 1892. (Edition 1, Volume 4) pp. 7-8. Internet Archive
• Pedigree of Butler, Viscounts Galmoy and Ikerrin and Mountgarret, 1601 - 1824 GO MS 172. Ireland. Genealogical Office. Registered Pedigrees Vol. 18, [ca. 1818-1830]. pp. 125-130 (Image 132). Genealogical Office. The National Archives of Ireland
• Galmoye, Viscount of (I, 1646 - forfeited 1697) Cracroft's Peerage
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p36197.htm#i361970
• Wikipedia: Duiske Abbey

1. ↑ Piers FitzThomas Butler was the illegitimate son of Thomas, 10th Earl of Ormond, and the grandfather of Piers Butler (d.1651). This branch of the family is discussed on pp.68-69 of Rev. James Hughes' "The Butlers of Duiske Abbey":
   • https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/25497773.pdf
2. ↑ Mary Butler married John Tobin, son of James Tobin of Killaghy, Co. Kilkenny. An authenticated family genealogy starting with James' father Thomas is viewable online in Funeral Certificates, and Draft Grants D, ca.1670-1780, from the Genealogical Office of the National Library of Ireland, p.29:
   • http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000510970#page/30/mode/1up