Roger Ormesby, said to have been third son, who had son,
Richard Ormesby, who had son,
Robert Ormesby, of Portown, who had son,
William Ormesby, who had son,
John Ormesby, who, by his wife . . . . . Heron, had son,
William Ormesby, second son, who had son,
Philip Ormesby, of Portney, in Lincolnshire, who had son,
Thomas Ormesby, a younger son, who came over to Ireland early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was living in the year 1569. He married a daughter of Henry Malby, son of Sir Nicholas Malby, chief commander of the English forces in Connaught in the time of Queen Elizabeth.[1]
His eldest son,
Edmond Ormesby purchased the lands of Cloumonieghan in co. Sligo in the reign of James I. His third son by his first wife, Susanna Kelke, was,
Malby Ormsby of Cloghan, co. Mayo, Esq., who married Rose O'Naghten, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
John Ormsby of Cloghan, co. Mayo, Esq., who married Winifred Jordan, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
Robert Ormsby of Cloghan, co. Mayo, Esq. Will dated 6 December, 1700; proved same year. He married Mary, daughter of Robert Blakeney. The extensive estates of Cloghan, situated near Newton, Gore and Ballina, by which this branch of the family is designated, descended to the eldest son, John, and
- ↑ In "The English in Ireland in the 18th Century" (p. 57), the author, James Anthony Froude, in speaking of the condition of Ireland subsequent to the Desmond rebellion, says: "Connaught, after a severe discipline from Sir Nicholas Malby, was overawed into outward quiet by a garrison at Athlone." For more extended reference see the same author's History of England, vol. XI, chap. XXVII, pp. 216-270.
