Thomas Pooley (1620)

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Biography

Thomas Pooley, esq. (of Dublin and of Hartest, near Boxted, in Suffolk), married Douglas Neville, third daughter and co-heiress of Edward Neville, son and heir of Francis Neville, the second son of Edward Neville, Lord Abergavenny.

Children

1. Thomas b. 1646 d. 1723 - Portrait painter
2. Neville married Mary Jervis, eldest daughter of Sir Humphrey Jervis of Dublin.
3. John, Bishop of Rahoe d. 1712
4. Giles, scholar Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1668, B.A. 1670, fellow 1672, M.A. 1673; incorporated 1 March, 1680-1, D.D.; rector of Haselbury Bryan, Dorset, 1680, vicar of Weare 1682, and rector of Wrington, Somerset, 1692-1709; licenced (V.G.) to marry Sarah Carpender, of Watford, Herts, spinster; vicar of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, 1708-20.
5. Robert, commissioner of Excise, died unmarrried
6. Elizabeth
7. Frances married Sir Richard Hull
8. Catherine married (1) Daniel Molyneux of Ballymulvey, county Longford, (2) [unknown] Campbell

All the children except Neville and Elizabeth are mentioned in the 1710 will of their brother John.

Research Notes

The Baronetage of England (1805) states that the husband of Douglas Nevill was William Pooley but the Trinity College Dublin Alumni records for their sons John and Giles state that their father's name is Thomas.

Sources

• Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross by William Maziere Brady, 1864
• Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, Vol 3 by William Maziere Brady, 1864, Pg 109
• The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms, Volume 5, William Betham, 1805