Goold (No. 3.) family genealogy

Of Rossbrien, Dromadda, and Athea, County Limerick

Arms: Az, on a fess or, between five goldfinches three in chief and two in base ppr. three mullets of the field, in the centre chief point a crescent of the second for diff. Crest: A demi lion ramp. or, charged on the shoulder with a crescent gu. Motto: Deus mihi providebit.

1. Francis Goold, Esq., of Cork (Will dated 6th July, 1770; proved 26th Jan., 1771), was brother of Henry Goold, Esq., of Old Court, co. Cork, whose grandson Francis was created a Baronet, 8th August, 1801. Said Francis m. Elizabeth—and had two sons and two daughters:

1. John (one of those sons), of whom presently.
1. Mary, m. Edmond Morony, Esq.
2. Barbara, m. Connell O’Connell, Esq.

2. John Goold, of Cork: son of Francis; m. Mary, dau. of Valentine[1] Quin, Esq., of Adare (d. 1744), and sister and eventual heiress of John Quin, Esq., of Rossbrien and Newtown, who m. Mary, dau. of Sir Edward O’Brien of Dromoland. This John Goold had by said Mary, his wife, three sons:

1. Francis, a Capt. of Carbineers, who d. unm. in 1815.
2. Thomas, of whom presently.
3. Valentine, d. 1854.

3. Thomas Goold, of Rossbrien, Dromadda, and Athea: son of John; was a Master in Chancery; and M.P. for Kilbeggan in the last Irish Parliament. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Brinsley Nixon, Rector of Painstown, county Meath, and had three sons and three daughters:

1. Francis, of Rossbrien, Dromadda, and Athea; was High Sheriff of the county Limerick; was unm., and drowned in Sligo Bay, in 1848.
2. Rev. Frederick-Falkiner, of whom presently.
3. Wyndham-Henry, of Rossbrien, Dromadda, and Athea, etc.; was M.P. for the county Limerick; d. unm. in 1854.

The three daughters of Thomas were:

1. Emily-Mary (d. 1873), who m. Rev. John Wynne, of Corris, and left one son and four daughters.
2. Caroline-Susan (d. 1855) m. Sir Robert-Gore Booth, Bart., of Lisadell, county Sligo, and left two sons and three daughters.
3. Augusta-Charlotte (died 1866), who (see No. 130, on the “Quin” pedigree, p. 258, Vol. I.) m. Edwin-Richard-Wyndham Quin, the third Earl of Dunraven, and left one son and five daughters.

4. Rev. Frederick-Falkiner Goold, of Rossbrien, Dromadda, Athea, etc.: second son of Thomas; was Archdeacon of Raphoe, and Rector of Raymochy, co. Donegal. On the the 16th June, 1830, he m. Caroline Newcomen, sister of Theresa, Countess of Eglinton and Winton, and had one son and five daughters:

1. Thomas-Francis, who d. unm. at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 23rd May, 1861.

The daughters were:

1. Augusta[2]-Jane-Goold, living in 1888.
2. Caroline-Mary (d. 1874), m. her cousin Brinsley de Courcy Nixon, but left no children.
3. Emily-Marianne, m. Henry Le Poer Wynne, Esq. (d. 1874), British Representative at Cashmere, and has one dau., Anne-Elizabeth-Le Poer Wynne, who inherits the estates of Rossbrien and Newtown, by the Will of her maternal grandfather.
4. Elizabeth-Jessie, d. unm. in 1862.
5. Frances-Frederica, of whom presently.

5. Frances-Frederica: fifth dau. of Rev. Frederick-Falkiner Goold; m. Rev. Hamilton Stuart Verschoyle (eldest son of the late Bishop Verschoyle), of Castle Shanagan, county Donegal, and has one son:

6. Hamilton-Stuart-Frederick Verschoyle, who is now about twelve years of age, and who by the Will of his maternal grandfather, inherits the estates of Athea, Dromadda, etc.; and will, when he attains his majority, assume the name of Goold, and the arms of “Goold”[3] of Rossbrien, Dromadda, and Athea.

Notes

[1] Valentine: This Valentine (see No. 126 on the “Quin,” Earls of Dunraven, pedigree, p. 257, Vol. I.) was son of Thady (or Teige) Quin, Esq., of Adare, county Limerick (b. 1645, Will proved 19th Feb., 1725), son of Donogh Quin, by his wife, the dau. and co-heiress of O’Riordan, county Limerick. This Thady was thrice m.; his third wife was Catherine, dau. of Piers Morony, Esq., of the county Clare.

[2] Augusta: From a poem by the “Bard of Thomond,” in honour of the Miss Augusta-Jane Goold, and written a few years ago for the The Clare Advertiser we have taken the following stanza, which bears testimony to that lady’s amiable disposition:

“Whenever the worthless annoy’d her,

She’d pity the wretch and forgive;

And she lovingly did good for evil,

To show us the true way to live.

From her ardour to make others happy,

Did her own gentle happiness flow,

And where she found wretches in trouble

She took a full share of their woe.”

[3] Goold: This branch of the “Goold” family quarters the arms of O’Quin and O’Riordan.