William Ussher (1680 - 1744)

Born 1680 in Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1744 at about age 64 in Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

Ven William Ussher was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Birth

Venerable Reverend William Ussher Archdeacon of Clonfert was born in 1680, baptised 12th May, 1680. He was the son of Rev Adam Ussher Archdeacon of Clonfert and Rebecca Wye. ^[1]

He was educated by Mr. Davis and entered Trinity College Dublin on 11 November 1697, aged 16. Sch 1699, B.A. 1702, M.A. 1706. ^[2]

Rector of Derrynoose, Diocese of Armagh, 17th Feb., 1743, and Archdeacon of Clonfert;

Marriage

William married (1) Mary (Jenney) Ussher, daughter of Reverend Christophilus Jenney.

Children

1. Christophilus, died between 1760-63.
2. William (Rev) married Mrs. Merrifield, his cousin, daughter of Dr. J. Barton of Lisburn
3. Adam (Rev)
4. Arthur, Master and Commander in the Royal Navy, 17th Jan., 1757, perished in the fire with his sister, 6th May, 1763.
5. Mary Jenney married as his second wife, 7th Feb., 1744, Richard, third Lord Viscount Molesworth, and was burnt to death 6th May, 1763.

William married (2) on 20th Oct., 1733, to Anne Jenney, daughter of Rev. Henry Jenney, Archdeacon of Dromore, first cousin to his first wife. They had no children.

Death

He died 1744, and was buried in St. Audoen's 18th January 1744, with probate 10th July same year.

In his will. Archdeacon Ussher leaves £20 to his wife Anne Ussher, als Jenny, to buy mourning ; to his sons William, Christophilus, Adam, and Arthur, £10 each to buy mourning. " All my plate and furniture to my brothers Fred, and Chas. in trust for the use of my wife, and after her death to my sons. My wife £10 per ann., which I have for my dr. Mary's life out of the estate of Hercules Langford Rowley, Esq., and after my wife's decease to one of my sons, as she appoints, and also what I am entitled to for my improvements on the estate of Madden, etc., I give to my sons." Wife and brothers exors.

Sources

1. ↑ "The Ussher memoirs ; or, Genealogical memoirs of the Ussher families in Ireland, Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/stream/usshermemoirsorg00wrig/usshermemoirsorg00wrig_djvu.txt.
2. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.

• Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
• Vol 4 - The Province of Connaught, Pg 181
• 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, Publication date 1889, Pg 159