Sarah (Taylor) Butler (1756 - 1841)

Born 1756 in Ballynort, Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Thomas Butler — married 7 Aug 1774 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 14 Aug 1841 at about age 85 in Salt Hill, Kingstown, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Sarah Taylor was born in 1756 in Ballynort, Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland. She was the daughter and co-heir of Colonel Edward Taylor and his second wife Anne Maunsell.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

On 7 August 1774, she married Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick, in Ireland.^{[1][2][3][4][6]} After this date, she was styled as Lady Butler, Countess of Carrick.

Henry and Sarah had issue:^[1][2][4]

1. Lady Anne Butler
2. Somerset Richard Butler, 3rd Earl of Carrick
3. Hon Henry Edward Butler
4. Pierce Butler
5. Lady Juliana Butler m her cousin Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry MP
6. Lady Harriet Butler
7. Lady Sarah Butler
8. James Butler

Sarah's husband died in 1813.^[1][2][3][6]

Sarah Butler died on 14 August 1841^[1][2] in Salt Hill, Kingstown, County Dublin, aged 86.^[1][6][7] She was interred in The Killeen Graveyard, Mount Juliet, Thomastown, Kilkenny.^[8]

Research Notes

There are some inaccuracies in the sources:

• As at 13 Dec 2019, The Peerage has incorrect information. The death date on The Peerage is 4 April 1841 taken from Burke's Peerage 2003 edition which is an unreliable source. The Peerage also states a death date of 14 August 1841 taken from Cokayne's The Complete Peerage. Cokayne is a reliable source so has been used for this WikiTree profile. This death date is also supported by The Gentleman's Magazine and The Annual Register.

• Wikidata has used this incorrect information from The Peerage as a source and is therefore also incorrect for the death date as at 13 Dec 2019.

• The Find a Grave entry for Sarah is incorrect. It may be that the inscription on her grave is worn and has been incorrectly transcribed.

• Thomas Westropp's Pedigree of Taylor has incorrectly named William Taylor as the father of Sarah- her father was Colonel Edward Taylor, the brother of William.

• Murphy incorrectly has Sarah's mother as Ann Armitage- her mother was Anne Maunsell as Ann Armitage died in 1743.

• Betham has a birth date of 1758 rather than 1756.

• The marriage notice in the Annual Register has a date of 4 July 1774.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Cokayne, George E (1910) The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom : Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, Vol 3; London : The St. Catherine Press, Ltd; pp60-62 Cokayne's Pedigree of the Earl of Carrick (Ireland)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Debrett, J (1847) Debrett's Genealogical Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland; London: William Pickering. pp142-143 Debrett's Pedigree of the Earl of Carrick
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts; GO MS 249: Wills, New Series, Vol. 27, Sw-Ti; 1822; pp 146-147 Betham's Pedigree of Taylor of Ballynort
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Lodge, John (1789) The Peerage of Ireland : or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, Vol 2; Dublin : J. Moore; pp313-319 Lodge's Pedigree of Butler, Earl of Carrick
5. ↑ Burke, E The annual register, or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year 1774 London: J. Dodsley; p181 Marriage Notice of Earl of Carrick and Miss Taylor 1774
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Urban, Sylvanus (1841) The Gentleman's Magazine; London: F Jeffries; p321 Obituary: Countess of Carrick 1841
7. ↑ The Annual register, or, A view of the history and politics of the year 1841; London : J.G. & F. Rivington; p215 Death of the Dowager Countess of Carrick 1841
8. ↑ Historic Graves Tomb of the Second Countess of Carrick

• Ulster Historical Foundation History of the Irish Parliament: Askeaton
• Westropp, Thomas Johnson (1902) Limerick City Library; pp131-132 "Sir Francis Berkeley of Askeaton. With Notes on the Taylor Family of Limerick"
• Murphy, Noel (Amended Feb 2012) Limerick City Archives "The Taylor Family"

See also:

• Estate: NUI Galway: Landed Estates Database Estate: Taylor (Ballynort & Holly Park)
• Estate: NUI Galway: Landed Estates Database Estate: Butler (Carrick)
• Wikipedia: Henry Thomas Butler, 2nd Earl of Carrick
• The Peerage #27919 Sarah Taylor
• Wikidata: Item Q75271856