Sir James Ware
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Sir James Ware the elder was Auditor-General of Ireland, the officer responsible for auditing the Crown's Irish accounts. He is the father of this family's ancestress Martha, and the father also of Sir James Ware the historian and antiquary, the collector of the Ware manuscripts. There is a quiet symmetry in him for a family whose present head is a chartered accountant.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Burke's Peerage PIERS article for the relationship): SIR JAMES WARE THE ELDER, Auditor-General of Ireland; father of Martha (our line) and of SIR JAMES WARE the historian and antiquary (1594-1666), collector of the Ware MSS - in whose collection, the Piers article notes, the family placed Henry Piers's travel account. A Piers granddaughter also married back into the Wares. Direct ancestor. Added 21 Jul 2026.