Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Text this colour are links that are disabled for Guests.
Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
Paternal Family Tree: Ponsonby
On 7th May 1640 Richard Wingfield and [his mother] Elizabeth Folliot (age 20) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott and [his grandmother] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon. They were half sixth cousins.
On 12th April 1646 Edward Trevor and [his mother] Elizabeth Folliot (age 26) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott and [his grandmother] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon.
In 1658 [his father] John Ponsonby (age 49) and [his mother] Elizabeth Folliot (age 38) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott and [his grandmother] Anne Strode Countess Roscommon.
In 1659 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon was born to [his father] John Ponsonby (age 50) and [his mother] Elizabeth Folliot (age 39).
In September 1660 [his half-brother] Folliot Wingfield 1st Viscount Powerscourt (age 17) and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Boyle Viscountess Powerscourt (age 18) were married. She the daughter of Roger Boyle 1st Earl Orrery (age 39) and Margaret Howard Countess Orrery (age 38). They were sixth cousins.
On 22nd February 1665 [his half-brother] Folliot Wingfield 1st Viscount Powerscourt (age 22) was created 1st Viscount Powerscourt. [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Boyle Viscountess Powerscourt (age 23) by marriage Viscountess Powerscourt.
On 14th November 1677 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon (age 18) was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.
In 1678 [his father] John Ponsonby (age 69) died.
Before 1679 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon (age 19) and Mary Moore were married.
In 1679 [his son] Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough was born to William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon (age 20) and [his wife] Mary Moore. He married before 1704 his second cousin Sarah Margetson, daughter of John Margetson and Alice Caulfeild Baroness Carpenter, and had issue.
In 1685 [his son] Henry Ponsonby was born to William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon (age 26) and [his wife] Mary Moore. He married in or before 1720 Frances Brabazon, daughter of Chambre Brabazon 5th Earl Meath and Juliana Chaworth Countess Meath, and had issue.
Before 1704 [his son] Brabazon Ponsonby 1st Earl Bessborough (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Sarah Margetson (age 25) were married. They were second cousins.
On 26th May 1713 [his wife] Mary Moore died.
Around 5th February 1717 [his half-brother] Folliot Wingfield 1st Viscount Powerscourt (age 74) died. Viscount Powerscourt extinct.
In or before 1720 [his son] Henry Ponsonby (age 34) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Brabazon (age 31) were married. She the daughter of Chambre Brabazon 5th Earl Meath and Juliana Chaworth Countess Meath.
On 11th September 1721 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon (age 62) was created 1st Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th February 1723 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon (age 64) was created 1st Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford.
On 17th November 1724 William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon (age 65) died. His son Brabazon (age 45) succeeded 2nd Viscount Duncannon of Duncannon in Wexford, 2nd Baron Bessborough of Bessborough in Kilkenny.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Ponsonby was born to William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Moore. She married Richard Moore of Cashell County Tipperary and had issue.
[his daughter] Anne Ponsonby was born to William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon and Mary Moore. She married April 1806 her fourth cousin once removed Nicholas Loftus 1st Viscount Loftus and had issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Father: John Ponsonby
William Ponsonby 1st Viscount Duncannon 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court
GrandFather: Henry Folliott 1st Baron Folliott 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lygon of Madresfield Court
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Lygon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Lygon 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Greville
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Greville
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Lygon 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Denys
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Denys
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Denys 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 3rd Baron Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Berkeley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Meade 3rd Baroness Berkeley
Mother: Elizabeth Folliot 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Strode of Stoke under Hampden
GrandMother: Anne Strode Countess Roscommon