Primate Henry Ussher, Lord Archbishop Of Armagh

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Henry Ussher, D.D.

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Death: April 02, 1613 (58-67)
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Son of Thomas Ussher and Margery Ussher
Husband of Margaret Eliot and Mary Smyth
Father of Marcus Ussher; Ambrose Ussher; Thomas Ussher and Rose Ussher
Brother of Rose Garvey; Arland Ussher; Alice Ussher and Katherine Ussher

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About Primate Henry Ussher, Lord Archbishop Of Armagh

Henry Ussher (1550?–1613) was an Irish Protestant churchman, a founder of Trinity College, Dublin and Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh.

Family

He married, first (about 1573), Margaret, daughter of Thomas Eliot of Balrisk, co. Meath, by whom he had eight sons and two daughters; secondly, Mary Smith (who survived him), by whom he had three daughters. His widow married (1614) William Fitz Williams.

By the marriage of his daughter Rose to Sir Edward Trevor of Rostrevor, County Down, Ussher became the grandfather of Marcus Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon (1618–1670).

Links

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garvey_(bishop)_

He firstly married Margaret, daughter of Christopher Plunket of Dunsoghly Castle in County Meath and his wife Catherine Bermingham, and sister of the Right Honourable Sir John Plunket, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.

Their son was Sir Christopher Garvey.

His second wife was Rose, widowed daughter of Thomas Ussher, and his successor in the archbishopric was his brother-in-law, Henry Ussher.

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