Catherine Preston (1590 - aft. 1637)

Born 1590 in Ireland

Ancestors

Died after 1637 after age 47 in Ireland

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Biography

Catherine was born in 1590, estimated from her being the mother of 18 children born by 1637. She was the daughter of Christopher Preston. She passed away after her husband, who died 12 January 1637.^[1]

She married John Rochfort of Kilbride^[1], and by him was mother of

1. Robert Rochfort, who died an infant^[1]
2. Christopher Rochfort, who died unmarried in Dublin aged 21^[1]
3. Robert Rochfort, heir to his father after the death of his brothers^[1]
4. Jenico Rochfort^[1]
5. Thomas Rochfort, who died an infant^[1]
6. Oliver Rochfort^[1]
7. John Rochfort^[1]
8. Thomas Rochfort^[1]
9. Henry Rochfort ^[1]
10. Ismay Rochfort, who died unmarried aged 18^[1]
11. Katherin Rochfort, married to Edward Evers of Phillipstown in the county of Meath, Gent.^[1]
12. Mary Rochfort^[1]
13. Jennet Rochfort, who died an infant^[1]
14. Ismay Rochfort^[1]
15. Jennet Rochfort^[1]
16. Elizabeth Rochfort, who died an infant^[1]
17. Elizabeth Rochfort^[1]
18. Margaret Rochfort^[1]

According to Lodge ^[2] her mother was Catherine FitzWilliam, daughter of Sir William FitzWilliam of Meryon, the second wife of Christopher Preston 4th Viscount Gormanston.

Lodge also provides further information on 7 sons and 4 daughters, omitting the ones who died as infants and the two Ismays.^[2]

Note that the duplicate names are from the source.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20} Ireland. Genealogical Office. Funeral Entries, Vol. 7, Containing Armorial and Genealogical Notes Made by Officers of Arms Concerning Deceased Persons, with, in Some Cases, Illustrations of Their Arms and Funeral Processions. 1636. p275 (image261/752) https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000540742
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland, or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom Pub: James Moore, Dublin, 1789, Vol. 3 pg 16