Martha Colclough

• Martha Loftus was a daughter of Adam Loftus and his wife Jane Purdon.
• The Ussher Memoirs: Or Genealogical Memoirs of the Ussher Families in Ireland

By William Ball Wright pub 1889 p. 127
Calendar for 1581 p. 318-9, Andrew Trollope writes to Walsingham "My Lord Busshopp of Dublin hath married one daughter to Mr. Cowley, another to Mr Warren, another to Mr Ussher, another to Mr Colcloght and gave 500 pounds a piece in marryage with them"

• Will 1605 Adam Loftus, archbishop of Dublin. [5] Sir William Betham made an abstract of the will of Adam Loftus. [note: It contains all his confirmed daughters who would be living]

A transcript reads:

Adam Loftus Lord Chancellor & Archbp. Dublin (will) 8 Jan 1604; 2nd son Sir Thomas Loftus, Knt; son Sir Dudley L(oftus); whereas I have turned the great seals into their ?; Sir Adam Loftus, Knt, eldest son of my brother Robert L(oftus); daus Lady Martha Colclough, Lady Alis Warren; Lady Jane Barkley; Lady Anne Blayney; Dorothy Moore; Margt Colley; dau Isabel Loftus Usher; grandsons Adam Fitz Dudley, Nicholas (Fitz Dudley), William (Fitz Dudley), Edward (Fitz Dudley), Dudley (Fitz Dudley); [ from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Loftus-18]

• From the Church Register of St Patrick " 1610 Martha daughter of the Archbishop Loftus and wife of Sir Thomas Colclough, died March 10, buried in the Loftus Vault."
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 5 2016, 3:09:31 UTC