Born about in County Dublin, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Adam Loftus DD
and Jane (Purdon) Loftus
Sister of
Dudley Loftus, Jane (Loftus) Berkeley, Edward Loftus, Thomas Loftus, Anne Catherine (Loftus) Blayney, Isabella (Loftus) Ussher, Martha (Loftus) Colclough, Dorothy (Loftus) Moore and Alice (Loftus) Warren
Wife of
George Colley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William Colley
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Born approximately 1570 Margaret was the 7th daughter of Adam Loftus and his wife Jane Purdon
She married Sir George Colley (1561 - 1614) of Edenderry, King's Co. [1] son of Henry Colley and unknown mother possibly Darcy. Her sister Anne married her husband's brother Henry as her first husband.
1597 George Colley, his wife Margaret, and his feofees were fined £5 and again granted a pardon, this time for intrusions and alienations for the lands of Edenderry
1605 mentioned in her Father's will
1614 death of Sir George Colley.
- Issue by George Colley [2]
- William Colley -heir. (d. 1645) m1. Anne Meredith dau of Richard Meredith Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin dsp Sept 1603. m2. Elizabeth Gifford (d 1629) dau of Capt Richard Gifford of Castle Jordan, Meath. - Issue
- Adam Colley who died young
- Robert Colley who died unmarried
- Margaret Colley m. George Sankey (d. 1691) of Balenrath / Ballinrath in King's Co. - Issue
Sources
- ↑ The dictionary of National Biography pg 77
- ↑ Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society Vol VIII pp 405 pub 1891 Colley Pedigree
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