Adam Ussher (1596 - 1633)

Born 1596 in Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 1 Jul 1633 at about age 37 in Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Adam was born in 1596. He was the son of William Ussher and Isabella Loftus.

He was educated at Trinity College Dublin. Sch 4 February 1612-13. B.A. 14 May , 1616; ^[1]

He was Ulster King of Arms, joined in Patent with Daniel Molyneux, 25 April 1629, and sole King of Arms June, 1632, died 1 July, 1633, by a fall from his horse at the entrance of the Phoenix Park. He died unmarried. A stone with his arms is in the front wall of a public house in Fishamble Street, at the corner of Lord Edward Street, and at the rear is a small building containing a room with an elaborate ceiling which was doubtless the office of the Ulster King.

Sources

1. ↑ 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.

• "The 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, publ 1889 pg 131
• Irish Heraldic Officials 1552-Date