'Borrowes1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Borrowes of Barretstown Castle, Borrowes of Colverstown, Borrowes of Gilltown

                               
Identified as a "direct descendant" of John De Burgh or Borough, of North Charrford in Hampshire, "supposed to be 3rd son of John de Burgh, grandson of Sir Hubert de Burgh, 2nd son of Hubert, Earl of Kent" was ...
Erasmus Aborough of Calais
m. Helen Farrington (dau of Charles Farrington of Farrington)
1. Henry Borrowes (d 20.03.1614, "emigrated from Devonshire into Ireland")
  m1/2. Jane Savage (dau of Sir Arthur Savage of Rheban)
  m2/1. (1585) Catharine Eustace (dau of Alexander Eustace of Grangemore)
  BP1934 reports that Henry m1. Jane Savage, m2. (1585) Catharine Eustace but does not make it clear which wife was mother of Erasmus. TCB reports that the mother of Erasmus is "stated in the registered pedigree" as the 2nd wife, identified as Jane Savage, but was "more probably by (Henry's) 1st wife, Catharine (Eustace)".
  A. Sir Erasmus Borrowes of Gilltown & Grangemellon, Sheriff of co. Kildare, 1st Bart (d c1650)
m1. (c1620) Sarah Weldon (dau of Walter Weldon of Woodstock (Athy) by Jane, dau of John Ryder, Bishop of Killaloe)
  i. Sir Walter Borrowes of Gilltown, 2nd Bart (b c1620, d 1685)
  m1. Eleanor Fitzgerald (d 03.08.1681, dau of George Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare, by Joan Boyle)
  a. Sir Kildare Borrowes of Gilltown, 3rd Bart (b c1660, d by 05.1709)
  m. Elizabeth Dixon (d 11.03.1745, dau of Sir Richard Dixon (by Mary, dau of William Eustace of Blackrath), sister/coheir of Robert of Colverstown)
  (1) Sir Walter Dixon Borrowes of Gilltown & Colverstown, 4th Bart (d 09.06.1741)
  m. (18.03.1720) Mary Pottinger (d 28.09.1763, dau/coheir of Capt. Edward Pottinger of Belfast)
  (A) Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes of Gilltown & Colverstown, 5th Bart (b 1720-1, d 22.06.1790)
m1. (02.1759) Elizabeth Short (d 23.08.1766, dau/heir of John Short of Grange by Elizabeth, dau of Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bart) @@ below
  (i) Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes of Colverstown, Lauragh & Barretstown Castle, 6th Bart (b 20.12.1759, d 19.09.1814)
  m. (1783) Henrietta de Robillard (d 11.06.1807, dau of Arthur Champagne, Dean of Clonmacnoise (by Marianne, dau of Col. Issac Hamon), sister of the Countess of Uxbridge)
  (a) Sir Walter Dixon Borrowes of Barretstown Castle, 7th Bart (b 21.09.1789, d unm 07.03.1834)
  (b) Sir Erasmus Dixon Borrowes of Barretstown Castle, 8th Bart (b 21.09.1799, d 27.05.1866, rector of Ballyroan, 4th son) had issue
  m. (03.1825) Harriett Hamilton (d 1880, dau of Henry Hamilton of Ballymacoll)
(c) Marianne Borrowes (d 1862)
  m. Hans Hendrick of Kerdiffstown
  (d) Elizabeth Borrowes (d 14.06.1873)
  m. James Stannus of Lisburn (dean of Ross)
  (e)+ other issue - Arthur (d 1810), Kildare (Captain), Harriet (d unm)
  (ii)+ other issue (d unm) - Walter, Kildare (cleric), Mary (d young)
  m2. (10.05.1769) Jane Higginson (d 09.1793, dau of Joseph Higginson of Mount Ophaley by Bridget, dau of James Mottley of Tullow)
  (v) William Borrowes (dsp)
  m. Angelina Smith (d 1808, dau of Sir Michael Smith, 1st Bart)
(vi) Joseph Borrowes (Rev.) had issue (1 dau)
  m. (1810) Anne Trench (dau of Frederick Trench of Woodlawn, sister of 1st Lord Ashtown)
  (vii) Robert Borrowes of Gilltown (b 1778, d 13.06.1850) had issue
  m. (22.12.1804) Charlotte Madden (d 17.02.1857, dau of Samuel Madden of Hilton)
  (viii) Richard Borrowes (d young)
  (ix) Emily Borrowes
  m. Thomas Kingsbury (dean?)
  (B)+ 2 sons (d unm)
(2) Elizabeth Borrowes
  m. John Short of Grange, Queen's County
  (A) Elizabeth Short (d 23.08.1766)
  m. (02.1759) Sir Kildare Dixon Borrowes, 5th Bart @@ above
  (3)+ 1 son and 2 daughters
  b. daughter
  m. Mervin
  m2. (sp) Margaret Loftus (d by 1698, dau of Sir Adam Loftus of Rathfarnam by Jane Vaughan)
  ii. Wingfield Borrowes (b c1625, a 09.1640, dvp)
  iii. daughter
  m. Oliver Walsh of Ballykilcavan (d 1658)
  m2. (c12.1632) Martha Salisbury (dau of John Salisbury, widow of _ Henman or Houman & Barnabas Hancock (later Tottenham) of Ballyduff)
  m3. (c01.1644) Rebecca Thimbleby (d 1681-2, dau of William Thimbleby of Dublin (by Alice, dau of Richard Clark of Chimpton Hall), widow of Sir Nathaniel Catelyn, Speaker)
  Probably of this generation, but (if so) of which mother is not known, was ...
  iv. Frances Borrowes
  m. John Bury of Hackets Town

Main source(s): BP1934 (Borrowes), TCB (vol 2, Borrowes or Burrowes)
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