Richard Comerford of Ballyburr, in the County of Kilkenny, Esqr., sonne and heire of Thomas Comerford, of the same, Esqr., sonne and heire of Richard Comerford of the same, Esqr., sonne and heire of Richard Comerford, of the same, Esqr., tooke to his first wife, Johanna, daughter of John Sweetman, of Castleiefe, in the said County, Esqr., which died without issue. The said first-mentioned Richard tooke to his second wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Purcell, Baron of Loughmoe, Esqr., by whom hee had issue 3 sonnes and 11 daughters, vidz., Thomas, eldest sonne and heire, died young without issue; John, second borne, but by the death of his elder brother without issue, eldest sonne and heire, took to wife Grany, daughter of Morgan Keavanagh, of Burreas, in the County of Catherlagh, Esqr.; and Richard, the 3d. sonne, married to Elizabeth, daughter of William Deane (recte Den) of Mocullen, in the said County of Kilkenny, gent.; Ellin, the eldest daughter, married to Theobald Butler, of Rouskagh, in the County of Tipperary, Esqr., which Ellin died, leaving several issue. Ellinor, the second daughter, first married to John Kenedy, of Ballingarry, in the County of Tipperary, Esqr., deceased, and secondly married to Dermot McGilpatrick, second brother to the Lord of Vpper Ossorie. Joane, the 3d. daughter, married George Shea, of Kilkenny, gent. Margarett, the 4th daughter, married to James Forstall, of Forstalltowne, in the said County of Kilkenny, gent.; Marym the 5th daughter, as yett unmarried. Ellan, the 6th daughter, as yett alsoe unmarried. Elizabeth the 7th, married to Pierce fitz Gerald of Goslingstowne, in the said County, gent. Mary the 8th, and the other 3 daughters died young without issue. The said first-mentioned Richard departed this life at Ballyburr aforesaid the 15th of June, 1637, and was interred in the Church of Grange, in the said County. The truth of the premises is testified by the subscription of the said John, sonne and heire aforesaid, whoe hath returned this Certificat to be recorded in the Office of the Vluester King of Arms. Taken the 2d. of July 1637.
