Robert PIGOTT

1565 - 1641  (76 years)

• Name	Robert PIGOTT
  Nickname	Robin
  Born	1565	Dysart, Queens, Ireland
  	The widow Johanna was married again, perhaps as early as 1571, to John BARNES of Castletown, who made his residence at Dysart, which he continued to rebuild and further fortify. After the death of the heir-apparent Thomas in 1578, they were together named as wards of the new heir apparent, Robert, now aged 13
  Gender	Male
  Event	1578	Heir apparant after death of older brother
  Event	30 Sept 1609	Knighted by Sir Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy of Ireland
  Residence	1639	Dysart - patent granted 2 july 1639
  Will	20.03.1641
  Died	23 May 1641	Siege of Maryborough, Queens Ireland
  Probate	17.04.1644
  Person ID	I1690	Tarleton
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	John Pigott,   b. 1530 c, Capard House, Rosenalis, Laois ,   d. 27 Apr 1570, Dysart, Stradbally, Offaly
  Mother	Johanna Walsh,   b. 1530 c
  Married	1562 c
  Family ID	F1407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann ST LEGER,   b. 1573 c,   d. 05.10.1599
  Married	1589 - 1590	Stradbally
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth 'Sybilla' PIGOTT,   b. 1590 c,   d. 1679, Stradbally, Laois, Ireland + 2. John PIGOTT,   b. 1590 c, of Grangebegg + Dysart, Queens Co. ,   d. 10.03.1646, Exected by rebels after siege of Dysart Castle   3. Alexander PIGOTT,   b. 1593 c, to 1599 ,   d. of Innishannon, Co Cork army Col   4. Dorothy PIGOTT,   b. 1593 c, to 1598 Queens, Ireland ,   d. 1642 post   5. Joan PIGOTT,   b. 1595 c, 1599
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F1237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Thomasine PEYTON,   b. C 1574, England ,   d. C 1650, Queens Co. Ire.  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	1602	or 1603
  Notes	Robert and Thomasin had further issue: 6. Thomas PIGOTT; born about 1605-10, the eldest son of the second marriage; granted Corbally alias Corolly, Queen's Co, by Patent dated 6 December 1639; appears to have inherited Capard, same County, on his father's death, about 1642; named in the 11 April 1642 Deposition of Thomas ROBINS, as "Thomas PIGGOTT, late of Capard in the Parish of Rosenallis, Queen's County," having been visiting, with his brother Arthur PIGGOTT, at the house of John MORE at Ballydavis, Queen's County, when they were physically threatened by Colonel Francis Haywood O'DONNELL, and that they afterwards returned to Dysart; of Capard and Cloncannon, "Census" of 1659; named in the marriage settlements of his son Robert, 1679; died intestate, 1685, administration granted on 30 August 1686; married, possibly to a Miss LOFTUS; her Funeral Entry Indexed 1681, as "...spouse of Mr PIGOTT..." [Genealogical Office, Dublin - actual entry not found]; issue: a. Robert PIGOTT; of Capard and Corbally; died 1706, s.p.; married by Settlements dated 26 February 1676 (and cited in later Deeds), Margaret SOUTHWELL, daughter of Sir Thomas SOUTHWELL, of Castle Matras, County Limerick; she died in 1717, having married secondly, Thomas FITZGERALD, of County Limerick. b. Chidley PIGOTT; of Capard and Corbally; named in brother Robert's Marriage Settlements, 1676; he died at Chetwynd, County Salop, in January 1719, and was buried in the Chetwynd parish churchyard on 23 January; unmarried and s.p. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7. William PIGOTT , second son; Captain in the Earl of Kildare's Regiment, 1641; Captain in Sir Charles COOTE's Regiment, garrisoned at Athy, 1642]; Lieut-Col Wm PIGGOTT "...to have 200 pounds, part of his arrears, and a pass for Munster whither he is to be employed," Council of State, Day's Proceedings, 28 April 1649 [Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, 1649-1660, Ed M.A.E. GREEN, London, 1875, page 112]; Council of State, Derby House, 2 May 1649, to the Generals at Sea - "Lieut Col Wm PIGOT, Major KNIGHT, and Mrs FOULKES, were appointed to go into Munster to do some special service there, and that they might not be suspected, they were to get their passage by a ship going thither, but which has laid by her voyage. They will endeavour to hire a ship, but in case they cannot, we desire you to assist them. One of them has an order to ship 20 bags of hops, as a colour for their trade, and they have passes from hence" [C.S.P., Domestic Series, 1649-1660, 1875, page 121]; named as one of the "Principal actors in the Revolte of Corke" (with Col Richard TOWNSHEND, Col William WARDEN Col RYVES , Captain John BRODERICK and John HODDER), and said to have been one of "...the four spyes sent over by CROMWELL to send him intelligence" (with Captain Robert GOOKIN, Col Richard TOWNSHEND and Captain John BRODERICK) [see Dr CAULFIELD's "Contributions to the Gentleman's Magazine," published in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Volume X, 2nd Series, 1904, page 48]. William was of Kilfinney, County Limerick, Barrister; he was High Sheriff of County Limerick, 1655, 1656, 1663; a Commissioner for Poll Money Ordinance for County Limerick, 1659; held lands in County Limerick, Civil Survey of 1654-56, including 450 acres in the parish of Kilfinney, 75 acres and more in the parish of Rathkeale, and another 400 acres in the parishes of Dundonnell, Cloinshire and Clonecah; he died on 25 Feb 1667, and was buried at St Werburgh's Church of Ireland, Dublin; his will, dated 1666, was proved 15 Feb 1668 [probably in BETHAM's Abstracts]. William married on 26 May 1649, Anne DOWDALL, widow of John SOUTHWELL, and the elder daughter and co-heiress of Sir John DOWDALL of Kilfinney Castle; she had a Pass (Officers of Customs) from the Council of State and Admiralty Committee, dated 21 June 1649, to "...Anne, wife of Lt Col PIGGOTT, with two servants and necessaries, to Munster" [C.S.P., Dom Ser, 1649-1660, 1857, page 572]; issue: a. John PIGOTT, born about 1650; of Kilfinney, County Limerick; admitted Middle Temple, 20 August 1670; J.P. for County Limerick, February 1674; called to the Bar, May 1687; of the City of Dublin, 1713; died 8 May 1717, and buried St Paul's Dublin (M.I.); will dated 18 February 1716, proved P.C.C., 2 August 1717, and P.C.I., 7 January 1718; married firstly, Gertrude, daughter of Thomas SOUTHWELL, 1st Baronet of Castle Matras, County Limerick, by Elizabeth STARKEY; Gertrude died at Kilfinney, 28 May 1683, and was buried in Ballinakill Church, near Kilfinney (M.I. - badly shattered when I visited in 2004, but 85% fragments able to be re-assembled), with four of her children; issue: i. William PIGOTT, eldest son; admitted Middle Temple, 1700; died v.p., before February 1716; married Jane BROOKES (daughter of Sir John BROOKES, Baronet, of York and London, by Mary WALLER, daughter of Hardess WALLER); issue - John PIGOTT; named in grandfather's will, as his heir, February 1716; died 1718, s.p,; and William; named in grandfather's will, 1716; died 1718, s.p. ii. John PIGOTT; died s.p., and buried at Ballinakill Church, near Kilfinney (M.I.). iii. Robert PIGOTT; ditto. iv. Richard PIGOTT; ditto. v. Anne PIGOTT; ditto. vi. Southwell PIGOTT; eldest surviving son; named in his father's will, February 1716, as Captain in the Army; succeeded his nephew to Capard, 1718; probably built the present Capard House, said to have been built in 1742; advertised Capard "...to be let, furnished or unfurnished, with a large demesne" in July 1747, then living in Dawson Street, Dublin, and it appears that he later went to to live in Bathford, Somerset; his will, dated at Bathford on 18 May 1751, with a codicil dated 20 February 1755, was proved P.C.C., London, 13 March 1756; he married Henrietta Wynanda Van Der GRAAF, with issue - including three sons named in Southwell's will, as John PIGOTT the eldest, Colclough PIGOTT the second, and Dowdall PIGOTT the third. vii. Elizabeth PIGOTT, eldest surviving daughter; a widow when named in her father's will, February 1716; died Dublin, 12 September 1732; married, by License dated 9 January 1695, Richard WARBURTON, of Garryhinch, King's County, M.P. for Portarlington; issue - five sons and three daughters, including Gertrude, wife of George CARDEN, Judith the wife of Emanuel PIGOTT of Chetwynd, Cork, and Jane the wife of Emanuel's son George PIGOTT of Cork. viii. Jane PIGOTT, youngest daughter; named in her father's will, February 1716; died before 1729; married, as his first wife, Sir Henry PIERS, of Tristernagh, County Westmeath; he died (of an overdose of opium), 14 March 1733, having married secondly, the daughter of Lord Santry; issue. John possibly married secondly, at St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, 4 October 1686, Elizabeth CREW (? perhaps instead CAREW); John married again, possibly thirdly, at St James's, Westminster, 27 June 1696, Margaret, widow of Robert LEIGH of Rosegarland, County Wexford, and daughter of Sir Caesar COLCLOUGH, 2nd Bart of Tinterne, County Wexford; no further issue. b. Elizabeth PIGOTT, born at Kilfinney; named as "...only sister" in John PIGOTT's will, February 1716; married Alexander FITZGERALD, of Woodhouse, County Waterford (son of Thomas FITZGERALD by Elizabeth PIGOTT of Dysart); issue: i. Dudley FITZGERALD, of Ballydavis; died 1761; married Anne DELANEY, daughter of Martin DELANEY of Ballyfin; issue. ii. Colclough FITZGERALD; will proved 1757; married Anna (-?-); she d 1769; issue. iii. Sibella FITZGERALD. c. Martha PIGOTT, born Kilfinney, about 1663 (I.G.I., but possibly earlier); probably died before her brother John made his will, February 1716; married William STAMER, of Carnelly, County Clare, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; issue: i. George STAMER; Colonel in the Army; married with issue. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. Arthur PIGOTT; named in his father's will, 1641, "...being unprovided for" [probably in Sir William BETHAM's abstracts]; mentioned in several 1641 Depositions, as being at Dysart, April 1642; present at the storm and sack of Dysart, 6 October 1646; probably the Arthur PIGGOT named in Quaker Congregation Records for Queen's County, dated 1674, named as "...tithemonger" and under orders of Charles DUN, Impropriator, and George CLAPHAM, priest of Mountmellick, when Richard JACKSON had grain confiscated for non-payment of tithes - and again in 1679 when he was "...called churchwarden of the parish of Rosenallis" in the record of confiscations from Godfrey CANTRILL, as punishment for non-payment of a levy for building a lobby for the worship-house [images on findmypast.co.uk]. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9. Robert PIGOTT; also named in his father's will, 1641, ditto. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10. Thomasine PIGOTT; she was married firstly to Argentine HULL, of County Cork, with issue; as Thomazin HULL al's PIGOTT, the Widow and Relict, she was granted Administration of his effects, 2 December 1638 [BETHAM's Abstract]; she was named as Mrs HULL in one of the 1641 Depositions, then living at Dysart, April 1642; she was married secondly, before March 1648, to Primeiron ROCHFORT (he was shot by order of Court-Martial in Dublin, 1652); they were both subjects of an additional Administration of her father's will, P.C.C., 8 March 1647[-48?]; with further issue; she married thirdly, her third cousin, George PEYTON of Streamstown, County Westmeath.
  Children	1. Thomas PIGOTT,   d. 1685, 2 sons Robert + Chidley both d.s.p   2. William PIGOTT,   d. 25.02.1667
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F1236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PIGGOTT/2006-07/1151861041 declared lawful heir of Dysart, under wardship of his mother, Johanna, now the wife of John BARNES, by Fiant #3235 of Q. Elizabeth, 15 Apr 1578, aged 13 [age recorded in the Exchequer Inq p.m.]; granted livery of the Dysart estates, by Fiant #4921 of Q. Elizabeth, 4 Sep 1586; defended Dysart against a series of rebel attacks, 1597-1600; cr Knight, 30 Sep 1609, by Lord-Deputy CHICHESTER, at Loughrea, for his efforts in supporting the transplantation of the O'MOREs out of the Queen's Co; granted additional lands of Corbally & Capard, Queen's Co, by Letters Patent, 29 Apr 1622