'Wellesley1'
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Families covered: Wellesley/Wesley of Dangan, Wellesley/Wesley of Mornington
| Waleran de Wellesley (a 1261 Justice in Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Waleran de Wellesley of Brienstown (d 1303) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir John de Wellesley, Sheriff of Kildare (d before 06.1355) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John de Wellesley of Pollardstown (d 1363) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William de Wellesley (a 1374) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Richard de Wellesley, Sheriff of Kildare (a 1416) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan de Castlemartin (dau of Sir Nicholas de Castlemartin, lord of Dunsany) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William de Wellesley (dsp 1425) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Cusack | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Waleran de Wellesley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Gerald de Wellesley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | James de Wellesley of Newcastle Macormigan | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edward de Wellesley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John de Wellesley | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | John de Wellesley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Christopher de Wellesley of Dangan | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William de Wellesley of Dangan | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ismay Plunkett (dau of Sir Thomas Plunkett of Rathmore) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Peter Wellesley (dsp before 1503) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Gerald Wellesley/Wesley of Dangan and Mornington (d 1538) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret FitzGerald (dau of Sir Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Wesley of Dangan and Mornington | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 30.07.1526) Elizabeth Cusack (dau of James Cusack of Portraine and Rathaldron) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | George Wesley of Dangan and Mornington (d 13.05.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| See note ## below. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Genet Cusack (dau of Sir Thomas Cusack of Cussington, Chancellor of Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Plunkett (dau of Sir Oliver Plunkett, Lord Louth) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Margaret Wellesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Kent of Danestown | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Margery Wellesley | ||||||||||||||
| (e) | Anne Wellesley | ||||||||||||||
| (g) | Alison Wellesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Cusack of Cussington | |||||||||||||||
| ## The heir and successor to the above George Wesley of Dangan and Mornington (d 13.05.1603) was "his kinsman" Valerian who follows. His exact connection to the family (as determined by an 'iniquisition post mortem' in 1624) is not reported in BP1934 (Wellington) but is thought likely to go back several generations as follows ... | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | ?? Wellesley/Wesley | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | ?? Wellesley/Wesley | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | ?? Wellesley/Wesley | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | ?? Wellesley/Wesley | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Valerian Wesley of Dangan and Mornington (b c1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Cusack/Forth (widow of Hon Christopher Nugent) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | William Wesley of Dangan and Mornington | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 16.11.1638) Margaret Kempe (dau of Sir Gerald Kempe of Slindon) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | Gerald/Garret Wesley of Dangan and Mornington (d before 05.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Colley (dau of Dudley Colley of Castle Carbery) | |||||||||||||||
| (((A))) | William Wesley of Dangan and Mornington (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Keating (dau of Maurice Keating of Narraghmore) | |||||||||||||||
| (((B))) | Garret Wesley of Dangan and Mornington (dsp 23.09.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Keating (d 14.04.1745, dau of Maurice Keating of Narraghmore) | |||||||||||||||
| The estates of Dangan and Mornington passed to Garret's maternal cousin, Richard Colley, later Wesley, 1st Lord Mornington. | |||||||||||||||
| (((C))) | Mary Wesley (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (((D))) | Margaret Wesley (d 15.06.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.1679) Wentworth Harman of Castle Roe | |||||||||||||||
| (((E)))+ | other issue (d young) - Dudley, Valerian, Colley, Christopher | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William de Wellesley (Constable of Kildare Castle 1310) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (widow of Walter L'Enfaunt, lord of Carnalecay) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir William de Wellesley, lord of Noragh (a 1347) ancestor of Wellesleys of Norragh | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert de Wellesley of Kilkoston | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Maurice de Wellesley of Killestre | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Wellington)
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