Ouseley family genealogy
Of Ireland
Arms: Or, a chev. sa. betw. three holly leaves vert a chief sa.
The name of this family was variously spelled Ouseley, Ousley, Oursley, and Osly.
1. Richard Ouseley of Courteen House, Northampton, England, b. 1570, was the first of the family who, about 1640, settled in Ireland. He lived at Ballycogley, county Wexford.
2. Jasper, of Ballycogley: his son; m. in 1659, Miss Chambers of Kilboyne, co. Mayo, and by her had three sons:—1. Jasper, 2. Charles, 3. Francis; and two daughters—1. Anne, 2. Amelia.
3. Jasper: his son; b. 1660; m. Dorothy Johnston, and by her had—1. William, 2. Sarah, 3. Jasper, 4. Richard, 5. James, 6. Gideon, 7. Anne, 8. Elizabeth.
4. William: his eldest son; married Elizabeth Morley. And Jasper, William’s younger brother, b. 1699, at Dunmore Castle, county Galway, married Julia Bodkin of Kilclooney, and died 1785. This Jasper had a family of eleven children. His daughter Margaret (born 1736), who was sister of Richard Ouseley,[1] of Dunmore (b. 1733), married Anthony Kelly[2] of Turrick, co. Galway, by whom he had one son, Jasper, m. to Frances Davis, who was descended from the family of Davis, of Gwin Taney, in Flintshire, and Sanerch Park, in Denbigh.
5. Ralph: son of William; born 1739; married Miss Holland, by whom he had:
6. Sir Gore Ouseley, born 1770; and Sir William,[3] born 1771 (and d. 1842). Sir Gore was an eminent oriental scholar and diplomatist. He was created a baronet; died 1844.
7. Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, Bart., M.A.: son of Sir Gore; Mus. Doc. of Oxford, and Incumbent of St. Michael’s, Tenbury; b. 1825, and living in 1880.
Notes
[1] Ouseley: See Note “Ouseley,” under the “Kelly” (of Tuam) pedigree, p. 501, Vol. I.
[2] Kelly: See No. 1 on the pedigree of “Kelly” (of Tuam), ibid.
[3] William: This Sir William Ouseley was s. by his son Sir Wm. Gore Ouseley, who d. 1866.
For interesting information respecting these two brothers, namely, Sir Gore Ouseley, and his brother Sir William, see p. 427 of Webb’s Compendium of Irish Biography.