Barbara Carr (1672 - 1735)

Born 12 May 1672 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Cliffe — married 1694 in County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1735 at about age 62 in Mulrancan Hall, Dorset, England

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Biography

Barbara Carr was born on 12 May 1672.^[1] She was the eldest daughter, and eventual heir, of William Carr of the city of Cork, and his wife Anne Synge.^[2][3]

In 1694 in Cork, she married John Cliffe.^[4][5]

John and Barbara had the following children:

1. Eleanor b 16 July 1695 marr Charles Tottenham Esq of Tottenham Green
2. John b Aug 1696
3. Barbara b 27 Oct 1697 marr Arthur Gifford Esq of Aherne, Co Cork
4. Anne b 11 Jan 1698
5. Elizabeth b 27 Feb 1699
6. William Cliffe b 5 Apr 1701 m Elizabeth Vigors
7. Anthony b 30 Mar 1703
8. Mary Cliffe b May 1704 married John Leigh of Rosgarland, Co Wexford
9. Edward b 26 Aug 1705
10. George b 27 May 1707
11. Major Loftus Cliffe b 30 Dec 1710 m Anne Hore
12. Henry b 17 Mar 1711
13. Henry b 16 Dec 1714

Barbara, of New Ross, County Wexford, died in 1735 with probate granted that year.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Notes and Queries : a Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, etc, Volume 8 (1853 Jul-Dec) pp327-328 Notes on Sir George Carr
2. ↑ Notes and Queries : a Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, etc, Volume 11 (1855 Jan-Jun) p240 Notes on Edward Synge and William Carr
3. ↑ Synge, Katharine Charlotte (1937) The family of Synge or Sing. Pedigree tables of families bearing the above name, and notes intended to be read in conjunction with the tables, dealing chiefly with the family of Synge or Sing, of Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, and its branches in Ireland, America, Australia, New Zealand, etc., but also including families settled in London, America, Canada, Devonshire, etc., which may or may not be connected with the family of Bridgnorth pp8-9 Pedigree of Synge
4. ↑ "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGWW-FF2M : 3 December 2019), Barbara Carr in entry for John Cliffe, 1694.
5. ↑ "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGWQ-KYMM : 3 December 2019), Barbara Carr, 1694.
6. ↑ "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGHX-8L6Z : 19 December 2019), Barbara Cliffe, 1735; records extracted by FindMyPast. Images digitized by FamilySearch; citing extracted by FindMyPast. Images digitized by FamilySearch; National Archives of Ireland, Dublin.

• Burke, Sir Bernard & Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1912) A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. p116 Burke's 1912 Pedigree of Cliffe of Bellevue

See also:

• Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=14529730&pid=177