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Chapter Sixty-Six (66) The CLIFFORDS of Annesley, Wexford and Other Irish
Brances (1650-)
As the Annesley and Wexford branches of the CLIFFORD family both stem from
Robert CLIFFORD of Bublin in 1650 (not to be confused with the Robert
CLIFFORD of Sligo mentioned in Chapter Sixty-Three) it is best to deal with
them together. Both branches have many generations borne a crest consisting
of a dexter had holding a fleur-de-lis in one form or another, and present
research tends strongly in the direction of kinship with the
Frampton-on-Severn branch. Until proof is forthcoming, and Robert's exact
position in the pedigree is established they must be treated as a separate
branch.
The line of descent from Dublin in 1650 to the present time is not
difficult to establish since a pedigree is in cluded in the 1846 edition of
Burke's Landed Gentry and in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Fifth
series, Volume V (pp.313-25).
The later claims that Tobert of Dublin was the son of John CLIFFORD, fifth
son of James CLIFFORD V of Swindon (Family D in Chapter Fifty-Six), but this
is uncertain.
It is known that Robert CLIFFORD of Dublin married Anne KNIGHT, the sister
and c0-heir of Colonel William KNIGHT of CROMWELL'S Army, by whose will made
in 1670 we learn of his nephews and nieces, his sister's children. Colonel
KNIGHT was given land for his services to CROMWELL, but it is not known
precisly where, nor when his sister married Robert CLIFFORD. It can be
calculated that the marriage took place between 1650 and 1655. Both the
Annesley and Wexford CLIFFORDS descend from this marriage, and traces of the
family can be found in Wexford church records down to the early 1800s.
Regards,
Leroy B.
cont.. Chapter Sixty-Three
Flancis CLIFFORD became the ward of CROFTON, his step-father, and is later
found to convey to the CROFTONS parcels of laand which he had inherited from
his father. Margaret, William's only daughter married William O'MOLLOY, who
descendants are still living, and represented by the MacDERMONT family in
Ireland, among others. His second son, George CLIFFORD, is known to have
married Shily, daughter of Meloghlin O'DONELANE by his wife Mary McSWEENY.
George had sons and daughters, and it is from one of these sons that we come
to the more renowned Brigadier Robert CLIFFORD.
Francis CLIFFORD, born about 1586, married a wife named Joan, who was
living in 1635, and by her had a son, Henry, and a daughter, Elizabeth. Henry
married Elizabeth ROCHE, and by her had a son and a daughter, John and Joan.
Joan is known to have married Richard WALLER, and , although the name of
John's wife is unknown, his son John, later figures in Exchequer Bills of
1692 in respect of a dispute concerning lands originally held by his
great-grandfather. Elizabeth, Francis' only daughter, married a man named
IRWIN, or KIROWEN, and she too is mentioned in Exchequer Bills in 1686 and
1692 in relation to these same lands.
Robert CLIFFORD, the grandson of George, was born about 1650.
(skipping down to......Robert CLIFFORD married Alethea CLAYTON of Lea Hall in
Shropshirprobably in about 1687 when his regiment, The Royal Dragoons, was
stationed in Shrewsbury. Apparently no childen came of this marriage. His
WILL was in 1713 and he had cut his wife out of it and no children are
mentioned.
Regards,
Leroy B.
Chapter Sixty-Three (63) The CLIFFORDS of Sligo, Ireland (1581-1713)
Although it has not been possible yet to trace this branch beyond 1713, it
is hope that the publication what is known may lead to the discovery of
connections with either the Westmorland branch or with other branches living
today.
(Note.. "The House of CLIFFORD" was published 1987, and Authored by Hugh,
Lord CLIFFORD of Chudleigh...He is now deceased and his son is the current
Lord CLIFFORD)
The two CLIFFORDS at the start of this account and at its end are William
CLIFFORD, the Sheriff, and Robert CLIFFORD, The Brigadier. The descendants
of the former leading to the later have been traced through Irish land
records.
William CLIFFORD is first recorded as an under-sheriff of Sligo in the
"Annals of Loch Ce" in 1581. Four years later he was working alongside Sir
Conyers CLIFFORD (see my chart No 2 a.. Chapter Sixty-One)......and both are
mentioned in a document as receiving a "pardon". A "pardon" in those days
was not so much concerned with any crime committed as a dispensation for
conduct which was, perhaps, reprehensible but committed in the course of
offical duty. In this case we find "Pardon to William CLIFFORD of carrick,
late Sheriff of Sligo, for any offence committed in exceution of martial law,
treating with the rebels and taking victuals for the Queen's service'. It is
possible to trace his career from such enteries as this in the Irish State
Papers; but it is not a long one, for, during his service in Connaught and
Thomond under Sir Richard BINGHAM, he lost his life in 1593 in a skirmish
with the rebels when some of BINGHAM's troops were ambushed.
William CLIFFORD is known to have married Elizabeth, the daughter of
Captain Robert MISTAIN and grand daughter of Phelim O'MELAGHIN, the Kings of
Meath.
After Wiliam's deathe his widow married John CROFTON, taking her three
children, the eldest of whom, Francis, was eight years old.
Will continue this later.
Regards,
Leroy B.