© Nick Reddan Last updated 2 May 2021 The Irish CROKERs Nick Reddan 1 © Nick Reddan Last updated 2 May 2021 Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... 2 Background ................................................................................................................................ 4 Origin and very early records ................................................................................................ 4 Acknowledgments.................................................................................................................. 5 Note ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Origin ......................................................................................................................................... 6 The Settlers ................................................................................................................................ 9 The first wave ........................................................................................................................ 9 The main group .................................................................................................................... 10 Lisnabrin and Nadrid ............................................................................................................... 15 Dublin I .................................................................................................................................... 30 Youghal III ............................................................................................................................... 35 Ballyanker ................................................................................................................................ 39 Ballynagarde ............................................................................................................................ 44 Croom ...................................................................................................................................... 78 Dublin IV ................................................................................................................................. 87 Quartertown ............................................................................................................................. 89 Kilmallock and Newcastle NSW ............................................................................................. 99 Kilworth, Youghal and Ballyleary ......................................................................................... 103 Dublin 3 ................................................................................................................................. 114 Tallow .................................................................................................................................... 126 Airhill and Woodville ............................................................................................................ 138 Sarsfield Court ....................................................................................................................... 145 Probably related but not yet connected .................................................................................. 150 Dublin V............................................................................................................................. 150 Dublin VI ........................................................................................................................... 152 Cork.................................................................................................................................... 152 Dublin VII — not related ................................................................................................... 152 Other random references ........................................................................................................ 154 Appendix A ................................................................................................................................ 1 Depositions about events in 1641 .......................................................................................... 1 Appendix B ................................................................................................................................ 1 The Capture of Waterford ...................................................................................................... 1 2 © Nick Reddan Last updated 2 May 2021 Appendix C ................................................................................................................................ 3 The will of Richard CROKER of Nadrid .............................................................................. 3 Appendix C ................................................................................................................................ 1 Letter from Charles Philips CROKER to Thomas Crofton CROKER .................................. 1 Appendix B ................................................................................................................................ 2 The Naval career of Walter CROKER of Lisnabrin .............................................................. 2 Appendix C ................................................................................................................................ 1 The grandfather of Baroness CROFTON .............................................................................. 1 Appendix E ................................................................................................................................ 1 William Swan CROKER’s Memorandum ............................................................................. 1 List of my Relations ........................................................................................................... 1 Appendix F................................................................................................................................. 1 Inscriptions in Youghal Church ............................................................................................. 1 Appendix G ................................................................................................................................ 1 The will of Walter CROKER of Corrabella .......................................................................... 1 Appendix H ................................................................................................................................ 1 Petition ................................................................................................................................... 1 Appendix X ................................................................................................................................ 1 CRO(C)KER Administrations from the Phillips Manuscript ................................................ 1 Appendix .................................................................................................................................... 3 Cork City Report of the Pipe Water Commissioners 1809 .................................................... 3 Appendix yy ............................................................................................................................... 1 Death of Captain Walter CROKER, of H. M. Ship "Favourite" ........................................... 1 Biography of Richard Aubin CROKER .................................................................................... 1 Index .......................................................................................................................................... 1 3 © Nick Reddan Last updated 2 May 2021 Background The CROKERs are an Anglo-Irish landed gentry family. The best known branch of them was centred at Ballynagarde in County Limerick. Another branch provided Rt Hon John Wilson CROKER sometime MP and secretary to the Admiralty. The genealogy of the CROKERs was treated in the Herald and Genealogist1 by C J Robinson in 1874. While his article was able to draw on sources no longer available, we believe that it is appropriate to reassess the genealogy of the Irish CROKERs. This is because other information has since become public and more information has become more accessible through the continuing work of organisation and indexing of records. This article also draws heavily, as we are sure Robinson did, on the work of Sir William BETHAM2 and others in the Genealogical Office in Dublin. Robinson also lamented "the parochial registers in Ireland are sadly defective" and this was prior to the great destruction of 1922. The Lismore Papers in the National Library of Ireland have provided much detailed information for the early seventeenth century. Another rich source of genealogical information used for this article is the Registry of Deeds. Origin and very early records The name CROKER is a variation of CROKKER, CROCKER or CROCK and derives from the old English for potter. There were CROCKs and CROCKERs in Ireland in medieval times. John CROCK, for his laudable service in Scotland received the king’s manor of Admekin in Ireland in 13023. A year later William and Adam le CROCKER were detained in prison at Kilkenny by the Earl and Countess of Gloucester4; and in March 1305 John, David and Adam le