Ellen Roche

✓ Ellen Roche, da. of David (Roche), Lord Roche / Viscount Fermoy (I99149, d. 1581/2) by Ellen Butler of Dunboyne (I100221); 1st wife of David Barry, de facto Viscount Buttevant (d. 1617); 'She was living as his wife, Oct. 1593, and apparently in 1599' (CP I p.442). Sister of Jane Roche (I99148), Lady Kerry - RING 26 Oct 2026. Mother of Ellen Barry (I101747): David's 2nd wife Julia MacCarthy was married after 1599, too late to be mother of a daughter whose own daughter Honor was married by 1618, so Ellen Roche is the only possible mother. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd edn vol. I (1910), 'Barry, Barrymore or Buttevant' pp.435-444 (early portion rewritten by G.D. Burtchaell from Rev. E. Barry's 'Barrymore', JCHAS 2nd ser. vols v-viii, 1899-1902), read 26 Oct 2026 (archive.org djvu text). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 26 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||26 Oct 2026|| Rev. E. Barry: 'David FitzJames Viscount Buttevant married Ellen Roche, a daughter (the youngest, says Lodge) of David Viscount Fermoy, and living in 1602'; a chimney-piece at Barryscourt Castle is inscribed 'A.D. 1588 ... D.B. ET E.R. ME FIERI FECERVNT' - 'David Barry and Ellen Roche caused me to be made'. Source: Rev. Edmond Barry, 'Barrymore: records of the Barrys of County Cork' (Cork 1902; reprinted from JCHAS 2nd ser. v-viii), archive.org barrymorerecords00barr, read 26 Oct 2026.