The Westropp Family entered my family tree when Sarah Eliza Westropp (d.1818
,married Col. Thomas Odell (1753-1830). The Westropps originated in Yorkshire
and then, like the Odells, went to Ireland in the 17th Century.
| Edward de Westrop |
Lived around the mid-13th century. Married Alicia de Boleby. Child:
JOHN |
| John de Westrop |
Living at Brompton (nr. Scarborough), Yorkshire in 1282. Child:
THOMAS. |
| Thomas de Westhorpe |
Married the dau. of Thomas
Linaker. Child: JOHN. |
| John de Westhorpe (d. 1430) |
Married: Jane Thweng,
dau. of John Fitzedmund Thweng of Cornborough, Yorks. Children: WILLIAM;
Anthony; James and Thomas. Died 1430. Will (York 9 Jan 1430) |
| William Westhorpe |
Married Isabel Wentworth,
dau. of Thomas Wentworth. Children: ROBERT; John; Isabella, Johan and
Anna. |
| Robert Westhorpe |
Lived at Brompton, Yorks. Married
Anna Meynell. Son: RICHARD. |
| Richard Westhorpe (1456-1497) |
Born 1456. Married Jane Witham,
dau of John Witham of Brettonby, Yorks. Child: RALPH. Died 1497.
Inherited one third of Cornborough. Admon. |
| Ralph Westropp |
Lived at Brompton and Cornborough. Child: HUGH. |
| Hugh Westropp |
Lived at Brompton. Married twice: 1) a daughter of John Conyers, of
Hutton-on-Wyske, and 2) Jane Sayer,
dau. of John Sayer of Worsall-on-Tees. Children: JAMES; Thomas; Ralph
and Agnes. Died in 1545. Admon. |
| James Westropp (d. 1580) |
Lived at Cornborough. Married
Elizabeth Lepton, dau. of Christopher Lepton of Kepwick. Six
children: Ralph (died young); WILLIAM; Agnes; Elizabeth; Isabella, and
Jane. Died 1580. Will. Buried at Brompton (tomb) |
| William Westropp (abt. 1572-1603) |
Born abt. 1572. Married
Elizabeth Witham in 1595. Children: Ralph
(died young); THOMAS; Anne; Elinor; Gertrude, and Elizabeth. |
| Thomas Westropp (d. abt. 1656) |
Name of wife not known. Five children: Edward, MONTIFORT, Anna;
Ellen, and Elizabeth. Died abt. 1656-7. Will. |
| Montifort Westropp (d. 1698) |
Settled in Limerick in 1657. Comptroller of port of Limerick (1660)
and High Sheriff of Clare (1674 and 1678). Commander for co. Clare
(1697) Married Frances Taylor,
dau. of John Taylor of Ballort, co. Limerick. Frances was the great
grand daughter of Adam Loftus,
Archbishop of Dublin and Chancellor of Ireland. Children: John;
Mountiford; Ralph; THOMAS; Robert; Elizabeth; Frances, and Susannah.
Died abt. 1598. |
| Thomas Westropp I (d. 1743-44) |
Lived at Mellon, co. Limerick. Purchased Ballysteen in 1703. Married
Elizabeth Bury of
Shannonsgrove, co. Limerick. Children: THOMAS: Mountiford; Robert; Cecil, and Palmes. Died in 1743-44. |
| Thomas Westropp II |
Lived at Ballysteen, Askeaton, co. Limerick. Married
Sara Taylor, dau. of Berkeley
Taylor of Ballinort. Children: THOMAS; Berkeley and two daughters. |
| Thomas Westropp III (d. 1789) |
Married Jane Browne,
dau. of Thomas Browne of Newgrove, co. Clare. Children: John and
SARA ELIZA. Died 1789. |
| Sarah Eliza Westropp (d. 1818) |
Married: Col Thomas Odell. Children:
Thomas; JOHN; Edmond; Henry, another son; Jane; Sarah; Catherine and
Anne. Her children succeeded to the estates of their uncle John Westropp
and assumed the name of Westropp. Sarah died on 2 Jan. 1818. |
