'Penrose3'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Penrose of Ballycane, Penrose of Shandangan, Penrose of Waterford, Penrose of Wheldrake, Penrose of Wood Hill (Woodhill)

                               
BLG1952 reports that "This family was originally seated in Cornwall, and migrated to Yorkshire, and thence to Ireland, one branch settling in Waterford, another in Co. Wicklow." BLG1952 starts with ...
Thomas Penrose of Wheldrake, Yorkshire (d before 19.11.1572)
m. Alice
1. Nicholas Penrose of Wheldrake (d before 20.04.1591)
  A. John Penrose of Wheldrake (bur 1607)
  i. Thomas Penrose of Wheldrake (d c1649)
  m. Dorothy
  a. Robert Penrose of Wheldrake, later in Ballycane (co. Wicklow) (bpt 24.10.1604)
  m. Jane (d 1689)
  (1) Richard Penrose of Ballycane (b 03.1630, d 27.02.1686) the first given in BLGI1912
  m. (25.04.1667) Anne Story (d 03.08.1682, dau of John Story of Churchtown)
  (A) John Penrose (b 13.02.1668) ancestor of Penrose of Wicklow
(B) William Penrose of Waterford (b 1676, d c1746, youngest son)
  m. (1701) Margaret Godfrey (dau of John Godfrey of Waterford)
  (i) John Penrose (b 1706, d 1789) this line followed by BLG1952
  m. (12.08.1733) Anne Cooper (d 13.10.1751, dau of Edward Cooper of Cooper's Hill)
  (a) Cooper Penrose (b 10.04.1736)
  m. (1763) Elizabeth Dennis (d 1807, dau of John Dennis of Cork by Sarah, dau of Thomas Newenham of Maryborough)
  ((1)) James Penrose of Wood Hill (b 08.10.1766, d 19.04.1845)
  m. (12.07.1794) Louisa Pettitot Uniacke (dau of Robert Uniacke-Fitzgerald of Lisquinlan & Corkbeg, sister/heir of Robert)
((A)) Cooper Penrose of Wood Hill (b 23.09.1796, d unm 29.01.1862)
  ((B)) Robert Uniacke Penrose, later Penrose-Fitzgerald of Corkbeg & Lisquinlan (b 01.07.1800) had issue
  m. (14.02.1830) Frances Mary Austen (dau of Rev. Robert Austen of Hadwell Lodge by Matilda Sophia, dau/coheir of William Cokayne son of 5th Viscount Cullen)
  ((C)) John Dennis Penrose of Wood Hill (b 31.08.1804, d 04.02.1894, rector of Magourney) had issue
  m. (03.05.1849) Harriet Susan Hardy (b 03.10.1828, d 14.08.1922, dau of Rev. John Hardy)
  ((D)) William Penrose of Glenmore (b 03.11.1818)
  m. (09.08.1849) Helena Townshend (dau of E. Townshend)
  ((E)) Anne Penrose (d 23.02.1885) apparently of this generation
  m. (29.03.1855) Thomas Stewart, later Blakeney-Stewart of Ballymenagh, etc.
  ((F))+ 6 daughters
  (b) William Penrose, Mayor of Waterford (b 1737)
  (c) Johanna Anne Penrose
  m. Richard Pike of Cork
  (ii) Samuel Penrose of John's Gate, Waterford (b 1708, d before 10.05.1765) this line followed by BLGI1912
  m. (1749) Anne Beale (dau of Thomas Beale of Cork)
  (a) Samuel Penrose (b 1754, d 1812)
m. (1775) Mary Randall (dau of George Randall of Barnhill by Margaret, dau of Abraham Devonsher of Kilshanick)
  ((1)) Samuel Penrose of Shandangan, co. Cork (b 24.06.1775, d 03.03.1869) had issue
  m. (06.1799) Mary Hawkes (dau of John Hawkes of Sirmount)
  ((A)) Samuel Penrose of Shandangan (b 1804) had issue
  m. (1827) Sarah Welsted (dau of John Welsted of Ballywalter)
  Their son inherited Ballywalter and assumed the name Penrose-Welsted.
  ((B)) John Penrose (b 1805, dsp)
  m. Hester Gollock (dau of Thomas Gollock of Elmglyn)
  ((C)) Bridget Penrose (d 09.12.1858)
  m. Massy Hutchinson Warren
  ((D)) Mary Penrose (d unm)
  ((2)) George Randall Penrose (b 1777, d 1864) had issue
  m. (c1818) Margaret Pim (dau of Samuel Pim of Waterford)
  ((3)) Abraham Devonsher Penrose had issue
  m. Bridget Welsted (dau of John Welsted of Ballywalter)
  ((4)) William Penrose of Cork had issue
  m. _ Percy (dau of Alexander Percy of Ballinamore)
  ((5)) Elizabeth Penrose
  m. William Hawkes
  ((6)) Sarah Penrose
  m. Samuel Hawkes
  ((7))+ other issue - Margaret (d num), Anne
  (b) William Penrose (b 1758)
  m1. Margaret Randall (dau of George Randall of Barnhill)
  ((1)) Samuel Penrose (b 1782, d 1811) ancestor of Penrose of Lehane
  m. Elizabeth Sparrow (d 1842, dau of Richard Sparrow of Oaklands, m2. Sir Richard Keane, Bart of Cappoquin)
  ((2)) Maria Penrose (b 1783, dsp)
  m. _ Jacob
  ((3))+ other issue (dsp) - George (b 1785), John (b 1787), Elizabeth (b 1780, d unm), Anne (b 1781, d unm), Margaret (b 17483, d unm)
  m2. (02.1790) Anne Goff (dau of Jacob Goff of Horetown by Elizabeth)
((8)) Jacob Penrose of Adelphi (Waterford) & Seaville (Tramore) (b 1792, 5th son) had issue
  m. (1826) Sarah Anne Cooke (dau of Robert Cooke of Waterford)
  ((9))+ other issue - William Henry (b 1791, d infant), Henry (b 1794, d unm 1826)
  (c) Anne Penrose
  (iii) Francis Penrose (b 1710)
  m. Susannah Pim (dau of John Pim)
  (a) Thomas Penrose (2nd son)
  m. (10.1782) Jane Spiller Thomas
  (b) Mary Penrose
  m. Thomas Barcroft
  (c) Elizabeth Penrose
  m. _ Cherry
  (d)+ other issue - John, William (had issue)
  (iv) Elizabeth Penrose
  m. John Boyle of Cork
  (C)+ 1 son and 2 daughters

Main source(s): BLG1952 (Penrose formerly of Woodhill), BLGI1912 (Penrose-Welsted of Ballywalter)
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