Born in Dromkeen, County Limerick, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ulysses Burgh DD
and Mary (Kingsmill) Burgh
Sister of
Elizabeth (Burgh) Aldworth, Margaret Burgh, Richard Burgh, William Burgh, Thomas Burgh, John Burgh and Charles Burgh
Wife of
Thomas Smyth
— married
1681 in England
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Smyth) Ramsay, Charles Smyth, William Smyth, Dorothy (Smyth) Tucker, Henry Smyth DD, George Smyth LLD, Arthur Smyth DD, James Smyth and John Smyth
Died
at about age 43
in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
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Biography
There is a memorial to her in St. Munchin's Cathedral that states "Conditum est hoc monumentum a Thoma Smyth S. T. P. episcopo Limericensi, in piam memoriam nupeae suae uxoris charissimæ Dorothae, quae obiit, sexto die Augusti, A. D. 1711, aetatis 43, cujus reliqiuae hic sitae sunt. Filia erit Ulisses Burgh S. T. P. non ita pridem Episcopi Ardachndensis, ex Maria Nata Gulielmi Kingsmill armigeri." which roughly translates as "This monument was founded by Thomas Smyth, S.T.P. Bishop of Limerick, in loving memory of his beloved late wife Dorothea who died on the sixth day of August, A.D. 1711, at age 43, her remains are located here. Daughter of Ulysses Burgh S. T. P., not so long ago the Bishop of Ardagh, by Mary born of William Kingsmill armsbearer."[1]
Sources
- ↑ Lenihan, Maurice. Limerick, its History and Antiquities Page 543 (Dublin: 1884)
Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, by John O'Hart, Fifth Edition, 1892. libraryireland.com © 2015.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothea by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorothea:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothea by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorothea:
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John Falvey
Burgh-323 and Burgh-132 appear to represent the same person because: both are the wife of the Thomas Smyth. Neither profile looks particularly accurate. Ardagh is in county Longford, her husband was the Bishop of Limerick so that's a possible death place.
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