Richard
Despard
Born about in Cranagh, Queen's County, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of William Despard
and Elizabeth (Gray) Despard
Husband of
Elizabeth Cochran
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 51
in Cranagh, Queen's County, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jan 2017
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Biography
Richard Despard was born about 1690, the son of William Despard and Elizabeth Gray (or Croasdaile). He married Miss Elizabeth Cochran, daughter of Richard Cochran of Cuddagh, Queen's. He was High Sherrif of Queen's County in 1727 and inherited his father's iron works at Cranagh.
In 1737 deed:[1]
- Date of current deed 19 Oct 1737
- A P1 DESPARD Richard of Cranna. LEX Esq
- B P1 GARDEN William of Lismore. LEX Esq
- C P1 STEPHENS Walter of Borris in Ossory. LEX Esq
- D P2+Life KINGSMILL Henry of Clononine. LEX Gent
- E Life KINGSMILL Luke of Clononine. LEX Son of D
- F Life FLOOD Luke of Tantown. LEX Son of G
- G FLOOD Robert of Tantown. LEX
- H WD+WM STEPHENS James of Borris in Ossory. LEX Gent :A
- I WD MAGHER Richard of Borris in Ossory. LEX Servant to C
- J WM SHEPHEARD Arthur of City of Dublin Scivener
Sources
- ↑ http://irishdeedsindex.net/mem.php?memorial=65254 image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-S4N2-1?i=371&cat=185720
Dodge, Richard Despard. "The Despard Family." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of America, Vol. 2. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, January 1896.
Fireman, Payton Despard, Ed. The Despards in Ireland 1572-1838: A Memoir of Ms. Jane Despard of Cheltenham, England in 1838. Morgantown, West Virginia: Populore, 2016.
Burke's Peerage: M, #385542
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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~0.39%
Stephanie Despard
:
23andMe
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~0.39%
Megan Despard :
23andMe, GEDmatch NJ4666188 [compare]
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~0.39%
Michael Graves :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PB8219998 [compare]
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