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Benjamin Burton

Male Abt 1662 - 1728  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Burton  [1, 2, 3
    Born Abt 1662  Burton Hall, County Carlow, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Eminent banker (Burton and Harrison) located at 4 Castle Street in Dublin 
    Occupation 1706 
    Takes possession of previously Jacobite lands in Carlow 
    Occupation 26 Sep 1706 
    Appointed Lord Mayor of Dublin 
    Occupation 1712 
    Purchases Burton Hall (originally Ballynakelly) 
    Occupation 1725 
    Family bank is in serious trouble, the liabilities beyond its assets are found to be upwards of £65,000 
    Occupation 1703-1727 
    Represented Dublin in parliament on four successive occasions 
    Died 28 May 1728  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11920  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Samuel Burton,   b. Abt 1624, Buncraggy, Clare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Margaret Harris,   b. Abt 1629, Buncraggy, Clare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Abt 1657, Buncraggy, Clare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 28 years) 
    Married Abt 1657  Buncraggy, Clare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Stratford,   b. 2 May 1666, Belan, Kildare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1721, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 22 May 1686  Belan, Kildare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage License 22 May 1686 
    Children 
     1. Sir Charles Burton,   b. Abt 1704, Burton Hall, County Carlow, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1775, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F6133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S577] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Peter Townend and Hugh Massingberd, (One Hundred and Fifth Edition, Burke's Peerage Limited, London, 1970).

    2. [S578] History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow, John Ryan, (Dublin, 1833), 360-361.

    3. [S581] Sir Edward Newenham MP, 1734-1814, Defender of the Protestant Constitution, James Kelly, (Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, 2004).