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Lt. Col. Henry Smithwick[1, 2]

Male 1599 - 1670  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Henry Smithwick 
    Title Lt. Col. 
    Christened 1 Apr 1599  Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1 Dec 1632  Dublin, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Henry Smithwick becomes household steward of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork 
    Event 11 Apr 1635  Dublin, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Henry departs for return visit to England 
    Event 17 Apr 1636  Dublin, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Henry returns to service for the Earl of Cork 
    Residence 21 Feb 1654  Tircullenbeg, Kilwatermoy Parish, Co. Waterford, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1659  Ballydarton, Co. Carlow, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 25 Apr 1661  Shandrome, Co. Cork, IE Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Died Nov 1670  Ballydarton, Co. Carlow, IE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I362  Smithwick Family Tree | Smithwicks in Ireland
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2020 

    Father Robert Smithwick,   b. 1568, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Dorothie Dimmock,   d. Feb 1624 
    Family ID F144  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Fortescue,   c. 13 Jan 1611, Northam, Devon, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Capt. Henry Smithwick,   b. Abt 1630
    +2. Col. William Smithwick
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From Burke's: Resided in Shandrome, Co. Cork; Ballydarton, Co. Carlow; in Army of Lord Protector Cromwell.

      In letter of 8 Aug 1644 from Lords Inchiquin and Broghill of Youghal, Cork to Lord Esmond of the Duncannon garrison, then navy Captain Henry Smithwick is sent to communicate resolutions.

      From Patrick Little's book "Lord Broghill and the Cromwellian Union with Ireland and Scotland", Roger Boyle (Lord Broghill) joined forces with Parliament and Oliver Cromwell in August 1649 and commanded the local forces whose aim was to put down Catholic insurgence. Joshua Boyle, Major Francis Foulke, and then Captain Henry Smithwick appear to have been influential in bringing Lord Broghill over.


  • Sources 
    1. [S35] Burke's Irish Family Records, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1976), p. 1030.

    2. [S49] Will of Henry Smithwick, 1614, (Eneclann).

    3. [S42] England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW27-RGQ.

    4. [S562] The Lismore Papers, Volume 3, Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, (Alexander B. Grosart, ed. Chiswick Press, London, 1886), p. 170 https://archive.org/details/cu31924088022813/page/n185/mode/2up?q=smythwick.

    5. [S563] The Lismore Papers, Volume 4, Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, (Alexander B. Grosart, ed. Chiswick Press, London, 1886).

    6. [S222] The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 215, (F. Jefferies, 1863), p. 708.

    7. [S479] Census of Ireland, 1659, (Irish Manuscripts Commission), http://clanmaclochlainn.com/1659cen.htm#Leinster.

    8. [S223] Calendar of the State Papers Relating to Ireland Preserved in the Public Record Office: 1625-[1670], Volume 5, (Great Britain. Public Record Office H.M. Stationery Office, 1905), p. 317.