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Mary Ussher was the daughter of Rev William Ussher, Archdeacon of Clonfert.
Mary died in 1763 in a house fire along with 2 children Mary and Melosina. Mary died on 6th May 1763 in a tragic house fire along with her brother Captain Arthur Ussher and her daughters Miss Melosina Molesworth and Miss Molly [1]
The following extract from a letter dated London, 7th May, 1763, is to be found in Faulkner's Dublin Journal for that week : " It is with the utmost horror tliat I relate to you the dismal catastrophe which befel poor Lady Molesworth and her family yesterday morning about 5 o'clock, when a fire suddenly broke forth in her house by the carelessness of a servt. in the nursery, in which she herself, two of her daughters, her brother, who was Capt. of a Man-of-War, the children's goremess, and two other maid servants perished. The other three daughters are indeed not consumed, bat scarce in a condi- tion preferable, the eldest jumping out of a 2nd floor window was caught upon the iron palisades, which tore her thigh so miserably that the surgeons were obliged to cut it off directly four inches above the knee ; another has her thigh bone broken close to the hip ; a third bruised from head to foot, and both much scorched. . . . List of saved : Lord Molesworth, fortunately at school ; Miss Harriet, thigh cut off and the other leg much torn with spikes ; Miss Louisa, thigh broken near the hip, but set and hopes of cure without amputation, head cut but not frac- tured; Mr. and Mrs. Molesworth; Miss Betty much bruised and scorched. Perished : Lady Molesworth, Miss Melesina, Miss Molly, Capt. Ussher, Mrs. Morelle, governess to the children ; Mr?. Patterson, Lady Molesworth's woman." [2]
Burke's Peerage.
Mary Jenney Ussher.
F, #21910, b. 1728, d. 6 May 1763[3].
Mary Jenney Ussher was born in 1728. She was the daughter of Venerable William Ussher and Mary Jenney. She married Field Marshal Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth of Swords, son of Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth of Swords and Hon. Laetitia Coote, on 7 February 1743/44. She died on 6 May 1763 at London, England, burnt to death in a house fire, along with her daughters, Melosina and Mary and her brother, Arthur.
After her marriage, Mary Jenney Ussher was styled as Viscountess Molesworth of Swords on 7 February 1743/44. From 7 February 1743/44, her married name became Molesworth.
Children of Mary Jenney Ussher and Field Marshal Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth of Swords.
1.Hon. Henrietta Molesworth d. 1813.
2.Hon. Melosina Molesworth d. 6 May 1763.
3.Hon. Mary Molesworth d. 6 May 1763.
4.Hon. Elizabeth Molesworth d. 30 Apr 1835.
5.Hon. Charlotte Molesworth.
6.Richard Nassau Molesworth, 4th Viscount Molesworth of Swords b. 4 Nov 1748, d. 3 Jun 1793.
7.Hon. Louisa Molesworth b. 23 Oct 1749, d. 1 Sep 1824.
Died in the fire was daughter Molly. Yet to locate Molly as daughter.
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Molly is a diminutive of Mary. Most likely the daughter Mary was called Molly to distinguish her from her mother.