William (O'Brien) O'Brien Butler (abt. 1695 - abt. 1773)

Born about 1695 in Bansagh, County Tipperary, Ireland [uncertain]

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Descendants

Died about 1773 at about age 78 in Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland

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Biography

This profile is part of the Butler Name Study.

The estimated birth date of 1695 is based on birth date of his son. He passed away about 1773.

Research Notes

Ancestry. "127. The O’Briens of Bansha, Co. Tipp. are paternally O’Briens of the family of MacBrien Gonagh (Ui Cuanach). They acquired the Bansha estate through the marriage of Morgan O’Brien of Ballyphilip, Co. Limerick, with Catherine, dau. and co-heir of Capt. Edward Butler of Bansha, a descendant of Piers fitzThomas, natural s. of Thos., 10th Earl of Ormonde." ^[1]

Will. Genealogical abstract of the Will of William O'Brien of Bansha, Tipperary ^[2]

308. William O’Brien Butler of Bansha, Tipperary. Date: 5th Mar., 1773. Probate: July 22nd, 1774.

Wife: Catherine (Executrix). Eldest son: Morgan O’Brien. Younger children: Mary, Ann (sic!), Pierce, Edward .

Relations: Theobald Butler of Wilford; Nelly Ryan; Dennis Bren (solicitor).

Executors: Wife and William Hiffernan.

Witnesses: Jane MacMahon; Thomas Boddy. ^[3]

Dubious family members. The notion that immigrating brothers, Thomas and Joseph Butler, were sons of William O'Brien Butler was published 1909 in the work by William David Butler, The Butler Family in America.^[4]

"Thomas Butler, born Dublin 1720, settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1748, grandson of Edmond Butler 8th Baronet Dunboyne ... Son of Catherine and Wm. O'Brien Butler, as her brothers died without descent."

Any number of questions and/or challenges exist regarding the parentage attributed to Thomas and Joseph. By his further association, thus also to James Butler, reported brother of Thomas and Joseph.

Prior Version. A prior version of this profile included the notion that he had immigrated to American, arriving Virginia, 1717, citing U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com Place: Virginia; Year: 1717; Page Number: 199. Such notion confuses this Willliam O'Brien Butler with another man.

Sources

1. ↑ H. Blackhall, ‘The Butlers of County Clare’, N Munster Antiq J 6/4 (1952) 108–29; 7/1 (1953) 153–67; 7/2 (1955) 19–45. p.154 (1953) clarelibrary.ie, limerickcity.ie
2. ↑ Diocesian & Prerogative Wills, 1595-1858. The National Archives of Ireland
3. ↑ Clare, Wallace. The testamentary records of the Butler families in Ireland (genealogical abstracts). Peterborough, 1932. p. 61. Internet Archive
4. ↑ William David Butler, John Cromwell Butler, Joseph Marion Butler, The Butler Family in America (1909), 16; digital images, Heritage Quest (accessed via a public library portal).

• Lord Dunboyne, "The Family of O'Brien Butler". The Irish Genealogist. Vol. 8, No. 1 (June 1990). pp. 74-78. irishancestors.ie. Quoted in thepeerage.com
• Pedigree of Butler, Barons Dunboyne, and of Grellagh and of Clare in Co. Tipperary and of Killoskehan, and of Wilford, and of Park, 1541 - 1817. GO MS 170. Ireland. Genealogical Office. Registered Pedigrees Vol. 16, [between ca. 1816 and 1817]. pp. 300-308 (Image 131. Genealogical Office. The National Archives of Ireland
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com
• Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=74406142&pid=248

See also:

• Butler (Bansha). Ireland's Landed Estates and Historic Houses, c. 1700 - 1914 landedestates.ie