Thomas PIGOTT

1614 c - 1673

• Name	Thomas PIGOTT
  Born	1614 c	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1641 + 43	Royalist Army Col
  Education	14 Sept 1629	admitted Scholar at Trinity College, Dublin. BA 1634
  Occupation	Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries in Ireland under Charles II
  Residence	of Brockley Park, Somerset
  Died	1673	Long Ashton, Bristol
  Buried	1673	Long Ashton Parish Church, near Bristol
  Person ID	I2566	Tarleton
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	John PIGOTT,   b. 1590 c, of Grangebegg + Dysart, Queens Co. ,   d. 10.03.1646, Exected by rebels after siege of Dysart Castle
  Mother	Martha COLCLOUGH,   b. 1592 c, Tynterne, Wexford? Ireland
  Married	1612	c
  Family ID	F676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Smyth neé Poulet,   b. Hinton George, Somerset ,   d. 1676
  Married	1644
  Notes	Issue with Florence Smyth as follows Thomas was married, perhaps secondly (although no evidence has yet been found to support a notion that he may have had an earlier wife), about 1644 (probably some time between October 1643 and January 1645), to Florence SMYTH, the widow of Thomas SMYTH of Long Ashton, Somerset (he was buried there on 21 October 1642, and his last child by Florence was baptized on 6 April 1643), and daughter of John, Lord POULET of Hinton St George, Somerset; Florence PIGOTT was buried in the SMYTH family vault, under the Chancel in Long Ashton Parish Church, on 8 November 1676; they had issue: a. Martha PIGOTT, baptised at Long Ashton, 2 October 1645; died in September 1682, and was buried at St Audoen's (C.of I.), Dublin, 31 September; she was married at Long Ashton, 31 December 1663, to Christopher USSHER, Esq, of Bridgfoot; he died in 1706, aged 72, and was buried at St Audoen's, Dublin, 10 June; with issue, including: i. Florence USSHER, baptised at Long Ashton, 2 February 1665-66; buried there on 28 June 1668. ii. Catherine USSHER, baptisee at Long Ashton, 18 October 1667; buried there on 12 May 1669. iii. Elizabeth USSHER, born in 1674; buried at St Audoen's, Dublin, 23 December 1675. iii. William USSHER, baptised at St Audoen's, Dublin, 19 November 1675; of Ussher's Quay, Dublin; M.P. for Limavady; died in 1719; he was married in 1695, toLettice WADDINGTON, with issue. iv. Martha USSHER, baptised at St Audoen's, Dublin, 17 July 1677. v. Florence USSHER, born in 1678; buried at St Audoen's, Dublin, 3 October 1682. b. Paulet PIGOTT, baptised at Long Ashton, 29 October 1646; buried there, 12 February 1646-47, aged 3 mos. c. Paulet PIGOTT, baptised at Long Ashton, 2 December 1647; buried there, 26 November 1673, aged 15. d. John PIGOTT, baptised at Long Ashton, 3 January 1648-49; of Brockley, and The Grange, Weston, both in Somerset; he died on 23 December 1727 - "Bristol... The Hon Coll John PIGGOT, son of the Hon Coll Thomas PIGGOT, Master of the Court of Wards in the Kingdom of Ireland, died the 23rd, aged 80, and was interred last Thursday. He was a Seaman and a Soldier in the Reign of K.Ch.II, an early man of the Revolution, a steady Friend of the House of Hanover and a bold Asserter of the Liberties of his Country" [The Daily Journal, Thursday 4 January 1728]; he was buried at St Nicholas's Church, Brockley, Somerset, on 28 December 1727; he was married (his wife has not yet been identified), perhaps in Ireland (no appropriate PIGOTT marriage have been found in Somerset parish records), with issue: i. Florence PIGOTT; probably born in or before 1692; she was married at Brockley, 1 June 1710, to Anthony BIGGS, Gent, of Bath, with issue including a son John BIGGS, who adopted the PIGOTT surname, and was buried at Brockley Church, 13 January 1795, aged 84 (having married Anna COWARD, died in 1810, with issue). ii. John PIGOTT; High Sheriff of Somerset; inherited Brockley from his father; he died on 14 April 1730 - "On Saturday died John PIGOTT, of Brockley, Esq, High Sheriff of the County of Somerset, of the Gaol distemper, which he caught the last Assizes. He married a sister of Sir John SMITH of Long Ashton in that County" [Daily Journal, London, Saturday 18 April 1730]; he was buried at Brockley Church, 20 April, s.p.; the Brockley estate went to his nephew John BIGGS, who adopted the surname PIGOTT; he married on 15 February 1728, Florence SMYTH (she remarried Sir Jarret SMYTH). e. Elizabeth PIGOTT, baptised at Long Ashton, 13 July 1650; she was married to Mr LONG of Bristol. f. Thomas PIGOTT, baptised at Long Ashton, 27 November 1651; buried there on 17 December 1651.
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F1396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart