William Ussher (1561 - 1659)

Born 1561 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Loftus) Ussher — married 1577 in Rathfarnham,,Dublin,Ireland

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1659 at about age 98 in Dublin, Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

9xGreat grandfather to Queen Elizabeth II.

Sir William Ussher of Donnybrook, Co Dublin, was born in Ireland in 1561, the son of John Ussher and Ales Newman. He was Clerk of the Privy Council [Ireland] between 1593 and 1633, Constable of Wicklow Castle in 1597 and Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wicklow in 1613. He was knighted on 25 July 1603.

He married first about 1586 to Isabella Loftus, daughter of Most Rev. Adam Loftus and Jane Purdon. Isabella died 11 Nov 1597.^[1]

He married second to Margaret Cludde, daughter of Edward Cludde of Orleton, Salop, widow of George Goodman of St John's.

Children of Sir William Ussher and Isabella Loftus were:

1. Alicia married to Sir Thomas Phillips of Newtownlimavady
2. Mary married to William Crofton of Temple House, Sligo
3. Jane married to Daniel Molyneux
4. Margaret married to Sir Beverly Newcomen, Baronet
5. Eleanor married to Sir Christopher Foster
6. Anne married to Sir Robert Meredyth, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1618
7. Arthur (b abt 1588 d 1628) married Judith, eldest dau of Sir Robert Newcomen
8. Adam (b 1596 d 1633).

"In 1605 Sir William Ussher published a volume of Instructions for his children." ^[2]

The last will of Sir William Usher was dated 28 Dec 1657.

Sir William Ussher died in 1659. He was succeeded by his grandson William Ussher who lived at the Castle of Grange, County Wicklow.

Sources

1. ↑ "The Ussher memoirs ; or, Genealogical memoirs of the Ussher families in Ireland" (with appendix, pedigree and index of names), compiled from public and private sources by William Ball Wright and Sir William Betham, publ 1889 p 126 https://archive.org/stream/usshermemoirsorg00wrig#page/n290/mode/1up/
2. ↑ "A history of the city of Dublin" by Sir John Thomas Gilbert, publ 1861, vol 1 p 385 https://archive.org/stream/historyofcityofd01gilb#page/387/mode/1up/

See also:

• The Peerage http://thepeerage.com/p21074.htm#i210736