THE WOLFES OF FORENAGHTS, BLACKH... UL, BARONRA.TH, CO. KILDARE, TIPPERARY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. ALSO THE AND BY LIEUT.-COLONEL R. T. WOLFE. SECOJ{D EDITION. GUILDFORD: PRINTED BY w. lIATTHE,vs, 111, HIGH STREET. OF BY Lieut.=Col. R. T. Wolfe CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE To SECOND EnmoN . ..V lNTB.OD"GCTION . 'VU MElmBRS OF THE F AlCILy LIVING X PBDIOREES :- The Wolfes of Forenaghts, &c., Co. Kildare . 1 The Old Wolfes of Kilcolman, &c., Co. Kildare . 16 The Wolfes of Dublin . 17 APPENDICES :- 1. Major-General James Wolfe, d. 1759 . ' . 23 2. Richard Wolfe, d. 1678 . 32 3. John Wolfe, d. 1715 34 4. Jane Wolfe, wiie of Hngh Banner . 35 6. Dorothy Wolfe, wife of William Brunton 36, 6. Eleanor Wolfe, wife of Tu~illiam Burgoyne . 36 7. ?r!ary Cooper, or Colclough, widow of John ,volfe . 36 8. Richard "\Volfe, d. 1732 . 37 9. John Wolfe, d. 1748 37 10. Elizabeth W olie, wife of Thomas Blood . 38 11. Ann Wolfe, wife of Richard Fletcher . 38 12. Mary Wolfe, wife of --King . 38 13. Alice Wolfe, wife of Samuel Page . • 38 14. Lydia Page, wife of Richard ,vo1fe • • 38 lS. Thomas ,volfe of Blackball, d. 178i . 39 16. Margaret Lombard, wife of Thomas Wolfe . • 39 17. Theobald Wolfe of Blackball, d. 1799 . 40 18. William Clarges "'\Volfe, Colonel, d. 1868 • 41 19. Peter Wolfe, Captain, d. about 1858 . 41 20. John Charles ,volfe, Archdeacon, d. 1871 . 41 21. Mary Emilie Wolfe, wife of A. A. E. Coote .,. 42 22. Augusta ,,... olfe, ,vife of the Re\". L. A. H. T. Porler . 42 23. Frances Isabella ,volfe, widow of Rev. Jno. Murray . 42· 24. Charles Wolfe, the Poet, d. 1823 . 42 26. llary ,yolfe, HENDRICK and ,vETHER.ALL Pedigree 43 26. Theobald ,Yolfe, the eminent Counsellor, d. 1784 . 47 27. l\Iary ,volfe, FETHERsTo:s Pedigree . • . .9 28. Lydia Wolfe, J oxEs Pedigree . 50 29. Anne ,volfe, W A~:-;H Pedigree . • . 50 . 30. Richard ,,... olfe of Baronrath, &c., d. 1 7;9 . 52 31. Alicia Standish \Volfe, his '11rife, STA..~DISH Pedigree 53 - 32. \Villiam Standish \Yolfe of Baronrath, d. 1810 • 66 33. Elizabeth Toler, his wife, ToLE& Pedigree . 67 3-l. Theobald ,v olfo, d. 1805 . • . • • 67 35. William Standish Wolle of Baronrath, d. 1869 • . 68 36. Robert Wolfe, Ensign :i9th Regiment, killed 1811 • • • 68 37. Frances Elizabeth \Volfe, wife of L. Sparrow . 69 iv Contents. PAGK 38. Letitia Wolfe, wife of H. A. Harvey • • • 69 39. Caroline Rolleston, wife of T. R. Wolfe, Esq., J.P. 69 ,o. Lucy '\Volfe, widow of Benjamin Towers of Castleton, d. 1893 • 70 ,1. George Burleigh, M.D., BURLEIGH Pedigree 70 42. Rebecca Kingsley, his wife . • • • 73 43. Antoinette Elizabeth Kuys, widow of Charles Henry Wolfe . 74 Charles Henry ,volfe, d. 1893 • 16 46."· Alicia Frances Burleigh Wolfe, widow of Alphonzo Taylor and Thomas Hutchison • • • • • 76 4:6. Fanny Mildma.y Wolfe, wife of George Piers • • 16 47. Major-General George D. D. Wolfe • • • 76 4:8. Louisa Alicia Burleigh Wolfe, wife of H. T. Perkins • 80 ,9. Kathleen Wolfe, "\\ife of J.P. Hopkins • • • 80 so. Edith ,volfe, wife of Henry Davis • • 80 61. Alicia l[ary Wolfe, relict of Lt.-Colonel T. P. Touzel • 80 62. Major Richard Wolfe, d. 1855 • 80 63. Anna Maria de Lorentz ,vol:fe, wife of W. M. :u. Farmer • • 81 64. Elizabeth Lydia ,volfe, J\IETGE Pedigree • 81 55. Elu.abeth Wolfe, d. 1816 • • 83 56. Anne Wolfe, wife of Robert French 83· 67. William Wolfe;'"d. 1742 • 84 68. Mary Wolfe, wife of ,vm. Sherlock 84 69. Alice ,volfe, wife of Fleetwood Cahill • 84: 60. Elizabeth. Wolfe, d. 1i90 . • 86 61. Anne ,v olfe, wife of Rev. Thomas Bullen • • 85 62. .Richard Straubenzie Wolfe [Re\·.], killed 1803 . 85 63. Charles Bucknall Wolfe, his father, d. 1790. • 85 64. Richard "rolfe of Athy, d. 1786 . • 85 6S. John Wolfe of Bishopsland, d. 1786 . •- • 86 66. Theobald Wolfe of Castle Warden, d. 1771 81 67. Arthur ,volfe, Lord Kilwarden, killed 1803 • 87 68. Colonel the Hon. Arthur "\Yol:fe, d. 1805 89 69. Katharine Hussey, wife of Williams ,volfe • • 90 70. Williams Wolfe, d. 1i70 . 90 71. John ,volfe of Forenaghts, d. 1760 . • - 90 72. :Margaret Hamilton, HAMILTox Pedigree • 91 73. llajor Arthur """olfe, her husband, d. 1814 • • 92 74. Colonel John "\\'"olfe, d. 1816 • • • • 92 76. John ".olfe, his son, d. 18 l 6 • • 93 76. Richard Wolfe [Rev.], d. 18-!l • • 93 17. Henrietta Elizabeth Ball, widow of T. Geo. ,vol:fe, BALL Pedigree 94- 18. Theobald George Samuel ,volfc, d. 1872 • • 102 79. tlichard ,volfe of Forenaghts, killed 1885 • • 103 80. Elizabeth ,volfe, wife of Surgeon-l\Iajor W. J. R. Rainsford • 10.; 81. Oughterard • • • • 106 Ea.BAT• • • • • 107 FBDIGBBB CHA.RT OF THE W oLPEs OF FoRENAGHTs, &c., at end. -PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION . ••• IN the preparation of a Second Edition of the Wolfes of Fore­ naghts, &c .. I have been chiefly influenced by the desire to give the pedigrees? as far as obtainable! of such families as: by marriage, became allied to the ,volfes, where not already given in Burke's Landed Gentry, with the descendants, the issue of these marriages; to make such corrections as have occurred since through births, mar­ riages, and deaths, and to add other information since acquired. The pedigrees referred to, which ,vill be found in the appendices. have been procured from various sources, chiefly from relatives. I am indebted to my cousins, the late l\Iiss Alicia l\Ietge, of Sandy­ mount, Dublin, for the Toler pedigree [Appendix No. 33], to the Rev. \V. Ball \Vright, of Christchurch, Port Henry, New York, U.S.A., for the Standish and Ball pedigrees [Appendices Nos. 31 and 77], to the Rev. E. A. Cooke, Vicar of Reddal Hill, Stafford, for that of the Hen­ drick family [Appendix No. 25], to Captain T. Lomax "\Valsh, 4th Batt. Somersetshire Light Infantry, of Bishopshull House, Stoke Court, Somerset, for the "\Valsh pedigree (Appendix No. 29], and to the Rev. J. C. Hamilton, of Exmouth, for the Hamilton pedigree [Appendix No. 72]. It is possible some of the pedigrees in this work may not be in all respects strictly accurate, especially where given from memory, and must therefore be taken as needing verification before being accepted as authentic. I have no reason, however, to doubt their accuracy, and simply suggest this remark as a precaution against too full reliance being placed upon them, until they have been submitted to a closer examination than it has been in my power to bestow upon them. I take this opportunity of correcting a statement contained in the Introduction to the first edition, as to the marriage of Lieutenant Charles Bucknall "\Volfe to l\Iiss Brabrow. This marriage ·would appear [ on the authority of Anne Jane \Vo1fe-lirs. Croker-a near relative of Charles Bucknall's] to have been one of those not recog­ nised at the time by the laws of this country, having, no doubt, like that of iir. John \Volfe, of Bishopsland [see Appendix No. 65], been celebrated by a Romish priest. Being, ho,vever, a legitimate mar­ riage according to American law, the children ·were enabled to claim successfully the property of their half-brother, the Rev. Richard Stra"Q.benzie \Volfe, who ,,·as killed 3rd July, 18o3, anq. which Preface Jo Second Edition. descended to him from his maternal grandfather, who was Port Captain of New York, U.S.A. The Richard ,v olfe referred to also in the " Introduction" to the first edition as having died abroad appears to have been gazetted an Ensign in the 68th Regiment [from the Kildare Militia] 30th J\Iarch, I8oo, and to have died in the Leeward Islands on the 2nd July, 18or. Two pedigrees of Irish families of the same name, though ~t is believed in no way related to the Wolfes of Forenaghts~ are given in this edition, a brief one of the old Wolfes of Kildare, which family appears to have been broken up and scattered in 1641, and the \Volfes of Dublin, which has still many representatives. In any further search for the English ancestry of the \Volfes of Forenaghts, the co. of Durham records, legal and others, now exist­ ing in the Record Office, Fetter Lane, London, might yield results. The Laurels, Exmouth, May 24, 1893. INTRODUCTION. The collection of information relating to the ,v otfes of Fore­ naghts, &c., co. Kildare, here given, consisting of a pedi~ee extending back to the advent in Ireland of the founder of the Irish branch of the family, and of biographical notices of such of its members respecting whom it was possible so far to obtain informa­ tion, is a work which has extended over years. The idea of gathering information respecting the family occurred to the writer some time bet,veen the years 1844 and 1851, but being then abroad rat the Cape of Good HopeJ he was unable to do more than make a fleginning. Having been removed to England in 1859, and to Ireland [Enniskillen] in 1866, he found himself in a l)OSition to increase his stock of knowledge, more especially after his removal to Ireland, where he was enabled to make the acquaintance of his kinsmen, the late !\Ir. George "?'olfe, 'of Forenaghts, and his brother, the Vener­ able Archdeacon \Volfe, through whom he had access to papers which had then onlv recently been discovered. bricked up in a recess off the morning room at Forenaghts, and especially to an account ~f the family written by the first Lord Kihvarden, which was found contained in a book [now in the possession of l!rs.