Nicholas Roche

Nicholas Roche died on the 6th Dec and was buried on the 8th Dec., 1816.
He was buried in a place called "KILNERATH"
He was aged 60 years when he died in 1816. (Born c.1756)
He was referred to as "a County gentleman and Land projector".
His address was given as "Vancluse, Co. Limerick"
Before you ask I don’t know what a "land projector" is?

His wife Mrs. Letitia Roche of Vancluse died on 11th March 1833
and is buried at "KILNERATH".


Nicholas Roche birth record unfortunately there is a gap in the St.Marys
Limerick city register from 1754 to 1759.
Nicholas Roche did make a WILL it seems but the reference in the deeds indicates that this was never "envoked" (Whatever that means. I presume it stayed within the family and was never "legal"). He died in 1816 but though he may have made WILL known to the family it was never in the public domain.

Neither is it listed in any reference in the Registry of Deeds.
It seems that he did indicate that his three daughters were to be looked after but
his wife and his son Edward Roche came into the property. His wife then died
11th march 1833 and she to left no WILL. All the deeds then involve the three
daughters and Edward:
Frances Henrietta Roche married James Ardill
Maria Teresa Roche married John McNamara Downes
Letitia Roche Crotty widow of William Crotty remarried Darby/Jeremiah
O'Brien.
It seems each of them was entitled to at least £300 sterling from the WILL
and one of them Maria Teressa Downes was paid £270.18.5 from the estate
1835. One of the deeds has Roger Waller as a witness. The acreage given in
one deed is 470 acres. The property consisted of Toorlougher, Vancluse and
Barnemong also spelt as Burnemong. It seems Vancluse was another place name
for Toorlougher and Barnnemong. The three spellings
Burenmong/Barnnemong and Barnemong are used in the deeds.


John Bourke married Jane Percival (dau.: Maria Theresa Bourke)
Letitia Bourke married 1795 and 1800 (son : Edward Roche)
Thus making them 1st cousins.