1676 John Colpoys

1676. John Colpoys of Ballycarr, son of George, who held Ballycarr against the Irish in 1641-2, and died before 1655. He is said to have migrated from Northern England. In 1655 John had a lease of Ballycarr, “as formerly held by George Colpoys, deceased,” from the Earl of Thomond, conditionally on his keeping “a Protestant horse-soldier” with arms and provisions for one month.^[60] His son George left an only daughter, and settled his estates October 9th, 1733,^[61] on his nephew, John, son of Alderman Rawleigh Colpoys, ancestor of the Colpoyses of Ballycar. The last representative, Anthony Colpoys, died 1848. Arms (as on seals, 1760), argt. a maunch ermines.