Biography

James Ussher was the son of Beverley Ussher and Grace Osborne. He married, firstly, Jane Donellan, daughter of Edmond Donellan, on 5 July 1701.

He lived at Ballintaylor, County Waterford, Ireland. He was a practising Attorney-at-Law. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Waterford in 1725.

He married, secondly, Mary Congreve, daughter of Reverend John Congreve and Rebecca Jones.

Child of James Ussher and Mary Congreve

Rebecca Ussher

He died in 1729.^[1]

Research Notes

The children ofJames Ussher andJane Donellan and those of Beverley Ussher (apparently their son) and Melian Roche are confused in various sources, including:

• Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912, p. 717);
• Burke's Irish Family Records (1976, pp. 1156-7);
• thepeerage.com;
• etc.

The seven daughters attributed to the first couple in the 1976 version were all attributed to the second couple in the 1912 version.

However, they include two surviving Isabellas (Mrs. Dalton and Mrs. Blackall) and two surviving Janes (Mrs. Boate and Mrs. Odell), so probably comprise a mixture of daughters of both sets of parents.

Sources

1. ↑Chancery Decrees 1685-1732, Page 445.

• https://www.thepeerage.com/p27383.htm#i273821

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