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Henry COLLEY #77686

ABT 1648 - 1719

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  • BIRTH: ABT 1648
  • DEATH: 1719

Notes

Henry Colley (1648-1719) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Henry Colley, born in 1648, was the son of Dudley Colley, MP for Philipstown, and the former Anne Warren, daughter of Henry Warren.

His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Peyton (the daughter of Sir Christopher Peyton) and Sir Henry Colley, who acquired substantial lands in County Wexford.

Colley was educated at Trinity College Dublin.

Colley represented County Kildare from 1698 to 1699.

In 1705, Henry Colley erected a monument to his father Dudley which said that "Henry Colley, now living, son of Dudley Colley, married Mary Ussher, and had issue by her six sons and six daughters; whereof two sons, Henry and Richard, and six daughters, are now living. She was the only daughter of Sir William Ussher of Bridgefoot, Knt. by his Lady Ursula St. Barb, and lyeth here interred". Sir William Ussher was MP for County Dublin, and Ursula St. Barbe was a daughter of Capt. George St. Barbe.

Parents

Family 1 :

 

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                       _Henry COLLEY _______|
                      | (1585 - 1637)       |
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 _Dudley COLLEY ______|
| (1621 - 1674)       |
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|                     |_Anne PEYTON ________|
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|--Henry COLLEY 
|  (1648 - 1719)
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|_Anne WARREN ________|
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