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The Verschoyle family was a prominent Irish landed family of Dutch descent. [1] The unique surname is pronounced in Ireland as "Ver-Skoil" and in England as "Ver-Shoy-Ull".[ citation needed ]
The family of Verschoyle (Verschuyl) were Dutch Huguenots who emigrated from the Spanish Netherlands to Ireland in 1568, having suffered from religious persecution. [1] [2] Other accounts state that they travelled to Ireland with William of Orange, and later married into ancient Irish clans. The family coat of arms features three boars heads on a chevron, with the motto Temperans et Constans, which roughly translates as "steadfast and constrained".
According to the pedigree in Gens Van Der Scuylen, 600 years of Verschoyle history, with information added from Burke's Landed Gentry, the following lineage is described:
Early in the 17th century two of the name said to be brothers, Henrik and William, were resident in Dublin. Henrik Verschoyle, of Thomas Street, Dublin; married Judith, to whom he devised a share of his goods jointly with his two children (listed below), and died 1623. William Verschoyle, married Catherine van Pilkam, and died 1648, leaving a share of his property to his nephew Henry (see below) and his niece Catherine (married — Cotton).
Henry Verschoyle, of Dolphin's Barn and Donore, County Dublin; Freeman of Dublin 1718; married 1st —; married 2nd 21 August 1703 Martha Eskrigg, of Dublin, and died (will dated 1731, proved 1734), having had:
Joseph Verschoyle, of Donore; born 1708; educated Trinity College Dublin (BA); Freeman 1746; Senior Master Trin Guild, Gov of Bluecoat Hosp 1759, JP, married 8 December 1744 Margaret Mottley, of Dublin, and died May 1796, leaving:
The Rt. Rev. Dr. James Verschoyle LLB (1776) LLD (1798) Trinity College Dublin. Bishop of Killala and Achonry, and minor Canon of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Resident Killala, Ireland. Born 1750. As a member of the Privy Council, he may have been a member of the Irish House of Lords, although few records are available. Married Frances Walsh on 8 April 1780. Died 13 April 1837, leaving issue:
Rev. Joseph Verschoyle MA, Trinity College, Cambridge. Resident Roundwood, County Laois, Ireland. Rector of Kilmoreny. Married Catherine Hickie Jephson, granddaughter of Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley, through the female line. Catherine was the daughter of Lorenzo Hickie Jephson. They had the following issue:
The retention of the name "Prittie" as a middle name reflects the seniority of the female family which was married into the Verschoyles. The name Lorenzo has also been added in recognition of James's grandfather.
Captain James Lorenzo Verschoyle, of the 66th Regiment (now Royal Berkshires) 1832-1875, married Countess Caroline d'Assereto - the only child of the Marquis d'Assereto. Under normal rules, the eldest child or next in line for the title is styled one below in the peerage rank from the father, hence her status as countess. Upon the death of the father, her title should have reverted to marchioness, although there is no documentation. They had the following issue:
Theodore Verschoyle had the following issue:
Theodore Stuart "John" Verschoyle was born on 1 November 1921. As he was born at a period when Ireland was still under British rule, he technically would have been a Freeman of the City of Dublin, through descent, had this continued to be the case when he was 18. He died on 25 July 2007 at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. His life partner Kathleen was born on 16 February 1922, the daughter of a farmer, at Cloonkeen, County Mayo, Ireland, and died on 20 May 2002. Theodore had the following issue:
John Theodore Stuart Verschoyle married Valerie Lockwood of Newark-on-Trent on 13 October 1979 and had the following issue:
Richard John Verschoyle (1824-1897) married Eliza Louisa Peed in New Ross, Ireland, in 1858. They had issue:
The Verschoyle Patent Mandrel was invented by one of his relations, William Denham Verschoyle. Other notable relations are the Right Rev. Hamilton Verschoyle and his granddaughter Moira Verschoyle, Brian Goold-Verschoyle and Countess Markievicz, the latter being an officer in the Irish Citizen Army during the Irish Easter Uprising in 1916.
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