and Captain Roche of Drynagh; they attacked and defeated the English forces, killed about 100 of them, and made many prisoners. According to the examinations taken in 1653, on behalf of the Commonwealth, it appears he was one of the county council, that he fought in the action at Ballibeg, in which his eldest son was killed;was a member of the General Assembly of the Supreme Council of Kilkenny, in 1643; and in 1644, was appointed commissioner of the revenue of Ireland, and the previous year, receiver of the public money, and treasurer of the county. His will was dated 5th June, 1662. Dying that year he had issue, JOHN, who died before 1642. Anthony, who in the depositions of 1642 Mary, b. before 1618. Anne, m. Edward Comerford, esq; Alice, christened at Wexford, 17th Sarah, m. 9th October, 1697, to Thomas He d. in 1699, and was s. by his son, COLONEL WILLIAM HORE, of Harperstown, knight of the shire for the county of Wexford in 1711, and M.P. for his borough of Taghmon, from 1731 till his death. He m. Anne, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Bunbury, of Balesker, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Walter, of Drinagh, d. in 1762. Thomas, m., daughter of John Tench, esq. of Bryanstown, and dying before 1762, left William, Walter, and Anne. Martha. Jane, m. to Richard Waddy, esq. of Colonel Hore espoused secondly, Catherine, Cloest. from the Comerfords, Barons of Dan-zabeth, wife of Robert Carew, esq. of Casco-heir of John Shapland, esq. sister of Eligenmore, in the county of Carlow. Joane, the last person mentioned in the visitation. The son and heir, WALTER HORE, esq. m. in 1633, Alison, daughter of Colonel Nicholas Devereux of Balmagir, by Honora, his wife, daughter of Sir John Fitz Gerald, of Rostilan in the county of Cork; which lady m. secondly, John Neville, esq. In the examinations of 1653, a kinsman deposes that he was killed in the battle of Ballibeg (near New Ross), against the Marquis of Ormond and the English army, in March, 1643; and states his reason for knowing it was, that Mr. Hore's father gave him a relation of his son's actions before he was slain. He left, with three daughters, two sons, WILLIAM, Successor to his grandfather. of the estates under JAMES II. and The elder son, tleboro, ancestor of LORD CAREW, and had one daughter, Ellen. He d. 13th April, 1741, and was s. by his son, WILLIAM HORE, esq. of the Middle Temple, doctor of laws, appointed in 1729, advocate general and judge martial; 1730, a commissioner of appeals; 1732, a master in chancery; and subsequently king's attorney general, and one of the chief justices of Ireland. He was M. P. for Taghmon from 1727 to 1731, and from 1741 till his death. He m. first, Dorothy, fifth daughter of William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, sister to Brabazon, first Earl of Besborough, by whom he had issue, an only son and two daughters, viz. WALTER, his heir. Mary, m. 17th April, 1746, John Cox, esq. of Coolcliffe, grandfather of Sir William Cox, now of that place in Wexfordshire. Anne, b. in 1732, m. to General Anthony Cliffe, of Ross, and had a dau. Dorothy Cliffe, m. to John Harvey, esq. of Killiane. WILLIAM HORE, esq. of Harperstown, was b. in 1633. Cromwell granted his estates, in 1655, to Captain Holmes, a soldier of the parliamentary party, who enjoyed them till 3rd June, 1663, when Mr. Hore recovered them in the court of claims under a decree of Innocency, and having been educated as a Protestant. He was high sheriff of the county of Wexford in 1681. He m. 26th February, 1671, Jane, daughter and heiress of William Russell, esq. of New-His son, He m. secondly, 29th August, 1743, Mary, daughter of John Grogan, esq. of Johnstown Castle, widow of Major Andrew Knox, of Rathmacknee Castle. She survived him, and m. thirdly (as second wife to), Charles Tottenham, esq. of Tottenham Green, Wexfordshire, grandfather of Sir Charles-Tottenham Loftus, bart. first Marquis of Ely; and died in 1777. Mr. Hore d. in 1746. COLONEL WALTER HORE, of Harperstown, succeeded his father in the offices of judge martial and advocate general of Ireland. He was colonel of the yeomanry cavalry of the county, and served the office of high sheriff in 1793. He m. 28th May, 1758, Lady Anne Stopford, fourth daughter of James, first Earl of Courtown, and had several children, viz. WILLIAM. James, d. unm. Walter, now of Seafield, near Cour- 1. Walter, in holy orders, m. in 2. James. 1. Elizabeth. WILLIAM HORE, esq. of Harperstown, high sheriff in 1788, and magistrate for the county, who m. 5th January, 1782, Eleanor-Catherine, daughter and heiress of Sir Simon Bradstreet, bart. by Anne, his wife, sister of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, bart. father of Lord Waterpark, and by her left six sons and one daughter, viz. WALTER, his heir. William, major 67th foot, d. in 1830. James-Stopford, commander R.N. born Henry-Cavendish, lieutenant R.N. Anne, m. the Rev. John Hunt. WALTER HORE, esq. of Harperstown. Thomas, rector of Kiltennel, in the county of Wexford, now of Ham, in Surrey, m. Lady Mary Howard, aunt of the present Earl of Wicklow. Arms Ar. an eagle, az. a crescent gules She had a grant of precedence as an for difference; quartering Harper, St. John, earl's daughter, d. in July, 1798, and | Isham, Russell, Bradstreet, &c. is buried in the church of Courtown. Crest-A demi eagle, az. Ponsonby, late of the 9th light draMotto-Constanter. goons, m. Rachel, daughter of Mr. Coxe, of Castletown, in the county of Kilkenny, and is buried at Taghmon. Elizabeth, m. James Boyd, esq. of Ros lare House. Colonel Hore, who was for many years M.P. for Taghmon, d. 26th February, 1795, and was s. by his son, Estates-Harperstown, &c. the town of Taghmon, before the union a borough, of which the Hore family always returned the members for parliament. Seat - Harperstown; the residence of Cromwell for some days, when at the head of his army, in 1649. WILBERFORCE, OF YORKSHIRE. WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM, esq. of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the county of York, b. in 1798, m. Mary-Fanny, daughter of the Rev. John Owen, rector of Paglesham, in Essex, and has one surviving son, WILLIAM, b. in 1820. Mr. Wilberforce succeeded his father in 1833. Lineage. The family of Wilberforce has been established in Yorkshire from a very remote period. In the reign of HENRY II. Ilgerus de Wilberfosse served in the Scottish wars under Philip de Kyme, with a daughter of whose powerful house he had intermarried. The township of Wilberfoss, eight miles east of York, gave him a mansion and a name; and his property extended to the neighbourhood of Stamford Bridge, a spot then famous for the recent battle between Harold and Tosti, the last victory of the last Saxon Monarch. At Wilberfoss the family was fixed for many generations, until after a gradual decline in wealth and numbers, it disappeared from the place about a century ago. About the middle of the 16th century, Thomas Wilberfoss, the son of William Wilberfoss, of Wilberfoss, by his second marriage, settled in the neighbouring town of Beverley.* His son appears in the visitation of 1612, as William Wilberfoss, of Brigham; and here and at Beverley, the younger branch rose into importance as the parent stock decayed.+ * The Life of William Wilberforce, by his sons, 1838. + The following genealogy down to the year 1612, is copied from "the Visitation of Yorkshire," made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, &c. 1584 and 1585, and from the Visitation of R. St. George, &c. 1612. a Christo- Thomas, 2 Beverley. ton. Roger (called elseMargaret, 2nd wife William Wilberfosse Margaret, dau. of Geo. Overande, of Kirkby or Kexby, 1st wife. dau. of An drew Wal gott, of Anne. 1584. Bishop's Elizabeth. WILLIAM WILBERFOSS, mayor of Beverley in 1642, at the opening of the great rebellion, son of William, and grandson of William, of Brigham, mentioned in the visitation of 1612, died in 1655, leaving a son, WILLIAM WILBERFOSS, Governor of Beverley in 1674, who was displaced by the charter of JAMES II. in May, 1684, but rechosen alderman, and restored to his seniority 7th March, 1699. He died in 1703, leaving three sons, Thomas, Samuel, and Ralph. The second of whom, SAMUEL WILBERFOSSE, of Beverley, m. Anne, daughter of Robert Davye, esq. of York, and heiress of her brother, Robert Davye, esq. of Markington (who m. Cordelia, daughter of Sir J. Hoghton, of Hoghton, but died s. p.). By this lady he left a son and successor, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, esq. of Kingstonupon-Hull, who continued in the Baltic trade, though, beside his patrimonial fortune, he inherited a considerable landed property from the Davye family. He was a man of much repute for talent and integrity; and the settlement of Joseph Milner in the Grammar School at Hull, is an abiding record of his well directed influence. He m. Sarah, daughter of John Thornton, esq. of Hull (see vol. i. p. 541), and had issue, WILLIAM, who m. Hannah, daughter of in 1777. ROBERT, of whom presently. Judith, m. Alderman John Bird, and had issue, 1. Wilberforce-Bird. 2. Hannah Bird, m. to the Rev. JOHN-BIRD SUMNER, D. D. 3. Lucy Bird. 4. Rebecca Bird. 5. Maria Bird. Of William Wilberforce, the following anecdote is given in the biography of his distinguished grandson. "The old man had seen much of life; and one of those tales of travel with which he charmed his grandson, is even yet preserved. He had been admitted to the intimacy of the Duke of Marlborough, then commanding the allied armies on the continent; and was invited by that general to witness from the safeguard of a neighbouring eminence the incidents of an approaching battle. Through reluctance to overstep from idle curiosity the strict line of professional duty, enforced perhaps by a careful regard to his personal safety, the Mr. Wilberforce d. in 1768. His only son, the late celebrated WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, esq. the eloquent and able philanthropist, was born at Hull 24th August, 1759, and received his education at the University of Cambridge. In 1780 he was returned to parliament by his native town, and eventually became, after a very severe contest, one of the knights of the shire for the great northern county. He m. in 1797, Barbara, eldest daughter of Isaac Spooner, esq. of Elmdon Hall, Warwickshire, by Barbara, his wife, sister of the first Lord Calthorpe (see vol. i. p. 185), and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Robert-Isaac, M.A. in holy orders, vicar of East Farleigh, Kent, late fellow of Oriel College, b. in 1802, m. first, 16th June, 1832, Agnes-FrancesEverilda, daughter of the venerable archdeacon Wrangham (see vol. ii. p. 311); secondly, Jane, daughter of Digby Legard, esq. of Etton, in Yorkshire. By the former he has William-Francis, b. 27th June, 1833. Edward, b. in 1834. Samuel, M. A. in holy orders, rector of Brighston, Isle of Wight, b. in 1805, m. Emily, eldest surviving daughter of the Rev. John Sargent, of WoolLavington, by Mary, his wife, dau. of Abel Smith, esq. elder brother of Lord Carrington, and has issue, Herbert-William, b. in 1833. Emily-Charlotte. Henry-William, b. in 1807, m. Mary, second daughter of the Rev. John Sargent, of Wool Lavington, and has issue, John-William, b. in 1835. Barbara, d. unm. in 1821. Mr. Wilberforce died, universally lamented, in 1833, and was s. by his eldest son, the present WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, esq. Arms-Arg. an eagle displayed sa. wings SARGENT, OF WOOL-LAVINGTON. SARGENT, CHARLOTTE, of Wool-Lavington, in the county of Sussex, relict of the late John Sargent, esq. sometime secretary of the treasury, and M. P. for Queensborough, second son of John Sargent, esq. of Halsted Place, Kent, had issue by that gentleman, five sons and three daughters, viz. JOHN, in holy orders, rector of Lavington, author of the life of the Rev. H. Martyn, m. Mary, daughter of Abel Smith, esq. elder brother of Lord Carrington, and d. in 1833, leaving issue, 1. John-Garton, d. unm. 2. Henry-Martyn, d. unm, in 1836. 1. Charlotte, d. unm. 2. Emily, m. to the Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, rector of Brighston. 3. Mary, m. to Henry-William Wilberforce, esq. 4. Caroline, m. to Henry E. Manning, esq. 5. Sophia-Lucy, m. to the Rev. George - Dudley Ryder, rector of Easton, Hants, second son of the Bishop of Lichfield. George-Hanway (Capt.), d. in 1807. William, m. Sophia, daughter of G. Arnold, esq. and has issue, William, Charles, Robert-Orme, Harry-Walter, Horace, George, and Julia-Mary. Harry, d. in 1835. Frederick. Rosamond, m. to John Unwins, esq. and had issue. Charlotte, d. unm. in 1830. Frances, m. to John-Walter Roberts, esq. Captain R. N. and has issue. Mrs. Sargent, only daughter and heir of Richard Bettesworth, esq. succeeded upon the demise of her mother to the representation of the families of ORME and GARton. Lineage. THOMAS GARTON, of London, merchant, | The younger son, WILLIAM Garton, esq. of Billingshurst, who m. Ursula, daughter of John Stapley, of Frantfield, Sussex, and had issue, FRANCIS, of Billingshurst, Mayor of GYLES, of whose line we have to treat. GYLES GARTON, having settled in London, there amassed a considerable fortune, with which he retired to his native county of Sussex, and built a house on his manors of Wool-Lavington, Wonorth, and Graffham. He m. first, Catherine, daughter of William Pennyfeather, of London, and secondly, Margaret Warner, of Warwickshire, widow of Richard Goddard, Alderman of London. By the former he left at his decease, in 1593, with other issue, a son and successor, SIR PETER GARTON, of Wool-Lavington, knighted 1 JAMES I. He m. Judith, sister of Sir John Shirley, of Isfield, and had issue, |
