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Catherine Fenton 1588–1629 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1588

Birth Location: Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland

Death Date: 26 Feb 1629

Death Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Father: Geoffrey Fenton

Mother: Alice Weston

Spouse(s): Sir Cork

Children(s): Roger Boyle, Joan Boyle

Catherine Fenton was born in 1588 in Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland, the child of Geoffrey Fenton And Alice Weston. Catherine Fenton married Sir Richard The Great Boyle 1St Earl Of Cork, and had children including Joan Boyle, Roger Orrery Boyle. Catherine Fenton passed away in 1629 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Catherine Fenton was born in 1588 in Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland, the child of Geoffrey Fenton And Alice Weston.
  • Catherine Fenton married Sir Richard The Great Boyle 1St Earl Of Cork, and had children including Joan Boyle, Roger Orrery Boyle.
  • Catherine Fenton passed away in 1629 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Geoffrey Fenton
1538–1609
Birth Location: Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
GF
Alice Weston
1542–1615
Birth Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
AW

Spouses(s)

Sir Cork
1566–1643
Birth Location: Preston, Dover District, Kent, England
SC

Children(s)

Roger Boyle
1621–1679
Birth Location: Youghal, County Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
RB
Joan Boyle
1611–1656
Birth Location: Lismore, Cork, Munster, Ireland
JB

Catherine Fenton's Ancestors

Self
Catherine Fenton
1588–1629
Birth Place: Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Parents
Geoffrey Fenton
1538–1609
Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Alice Weston
1542–1615
Dublin, County Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Grandparents
Sir (Henry Fenton of Nottingham and) Canterbury
1502–1562
Canterbury, City of Canterbury, Kent, England
Cecilia Beaumont
1520–1549
Cole Overton, Leicestershire, England
Sir (Robert Weston, Lord Chancellor of) Ireland
1515–1573
Hampshire, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Alice Jennings
1517–1567
Lismore, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sr
1476–1536
Anne Fenton
1478–1539
William Beaumont
1478–1529
Mary Basset
1470–1539
Sir Westmorland
1501–1573
Lady Neville
1500–1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catherine Fenton's Descendants

1.
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Catherine Fenton (1588–26 Feb 1629) m. Sir (Richard the Great Boyle 1st Earl of) Cork (13 Oct 1566–15 Sep 1643)
  1. 1. Roger (Orrery) Boyle 1621–1679 m. Margaret Howard 1622–1689
    1. 1. Margaretha Boyle 1643–1683 m. Colonel (William O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Inchiquin, 1st Governor of Jamaica, Vice-Admiral of the Caribbean) Seas 1640–1692
      1. 1. William (O'Brien 3rd Earl of) Inchiquin 1666–1719 m. Mary (de) Villiers 1660–1753
        1. 1. William O'Brien 1692–1777 m. Anne Hamilton 1696–1756
        2. 2. Lady (Mary) O'Brien 1692–1780 m. 1675–1743
  2. 2. Joan Boyle 1611–1656 m. Sir (George The Fairy Earl Fitzgerald 16th Earl of) Kildare 1612–1660
    1. 1. Sir (Robert FitzGerald 18th Earl of) Kildare 1638–1699 m. Lady (Mary Ann Clotworthy Countess of) Kildare 1640–1713
      1. 1. 1675–1743 m. Lady (Mary) O'Brien 1692–1780
        1. 1. Edmund Fitzgerald 1699–1757 m. Parmolia Genua 1698–1757

Catherine Fenton's Timeline

4 Records

1565
1565
Birth of Catherine Fenton in Lismore, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Lismore, Cork, Munster, Ireland
1588
1588
Birth of Catherine Fenton in Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
1629
16 Feb 1629
Age 41
Death of Catherine Fenton in Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
1629
26 Feb 1629
Age 41
Death of Catherine Fenton in Dublin Castle, County Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Dublin Castle, County Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Lismore, Cork, Munster, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1588
    Event Place: Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1629
    Event Place: Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Feb 1629
    Event Place: Dublin Castle, County Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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