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1628 to 1709
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Thomas
Croasdaile. The first mention I can find of the
Croasdaile family in Ireland is Thomas Croasdaile.
He is mentioned in a case heard by the High Court of
Parliament in 1713, in which it is found that he had acted
fraudulently in executing the estate of Sir Henry
Waddington, who in his will described Thomas as a
"kinsman". The appellant in the appeal was another
Thomas Croasdaile, who I believe was his son, born around
1668 and brother of Henry (born 1660). Details of
the case can be found here: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z8YuAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA459#v=onepage&q&f=false.
A transcript of the case is here: Court transcript 1713
According to Burke, Thomas was MP for Athenry in 1661 and
High Sheriff of Galway in 1672.
http://www.thepeerage.com/p37547.htm#i375465
However, according to the Trinity College Dublin Down Survey
of land-ownership in Ireland in 1641 and 1670, no
Croasdaile owned land in Ireland.
Thomas Croasdaile owned land in Scarriffe (Co Clare),
Woodford, (Co Galway), Derrycrag (Co Galway) plus
Killagown, Cloucoe, Slewbaghty and
Droomeenecotty (I don't know where these are). See
location map here: Google
map link
His children were Elizabeth,
Richard, Henry, Thomas and John. Richard had a son
also called Thomas
who served at the Battle of Ramillies.
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1660 to 1699
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Henry Croasdaile.
Henry was brother of Richard, Thomas (referred to above in
the court case), John and Elizabeth. He lived at
Ballinroan and Clochstocken, Co Galway, was married to
Alice, and died around 1699. His children were
Thomas, Alice, Richard and Henry.
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1684 to 1740?
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Thomas Croasdaile.
Thomas Croasdaile was the eldest son of Henry. His
siblings were Alice, Richard and Henry. He married
Elizabeth Pilkington of Talantstown, Co Louth, on 12th
April 1705. His children were Henry, William,
Pilkington, John and Richard. Thomas was High
Sheriff of County Galway in 1721 (http://www.thepeerage.com/p37550.htm#i375497)
. He witnessed a land sale in 1721 between
Robert Jackson of Mountmellick, Queens CO. and Erasmus
Jackson, his son, of Mountmellick, Queens Co (http://www.thesilverbowl.com/familytree/JACKSON-Quaker-Tree.html#_ftn7
A will is listed here (in 1740) http://www.fermanagh-gold.com/extractxls/Kinawley/Wills_and_Probate/member-2107f481a9598e577966ecbb62049eb8/1536-1810%20Index%20Prerogative%20Wills%20of%20Ireland%20%28Vicars%29/xls/0/8463
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1708 to 1778
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Henry Croasdaile.
Henry Croasdile was the eldest son of Thomas. His
siblings were Despard and Richard. In 1727 he
entered Trinity College Dublin, thus maintaining a
Croasdaile tradition started by Thomas, his first cousin
once-removed, in 1697 (reference: Alumni Dublinenses
by Burtchaell & Sadler, ISBN
1855069539 London, 1924, http://www.scribd.com/doc/94119104/Register-of-students-graduates-professors-provosts-of-Trinity-College-Univ-of-Dublin-1593-1846.
According to Alumni Dublinenses his father was "an
Armiger" from Mellick, Queens Co., someone entitled to a
coat of arms.
Henry married Mary Despard, and their children were
Richard & Henry. He was High Sheriff of County
Galway in 1744.
According to "Irish Migrants in the Canadas" by
Bruce S Elliott, "In 1742 Henry Croasdaile of Woodford,
and few miles to the north of Ballenruane, secured title
to that property by paying the debts of his uncle.
He moved to Ballenruane soon after and began actively to
develop the estate, operating iron works there and
leasing large portions of the estate for lives to
farmers ..."
"...It appears that Croasdaile brought these
families in from County Clare, to the west...."
"Thus the Croasdaile estate in Clonrush was planted
with a small but socially and economically dominant
class of Protestant freeholders." A map from
page 24 of the book is included below. The map shows
part of the north shore of Lough Derg in Co Clare.
Henry died at Woodford, Co Galway in November 1778.
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1740 to 1832
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Richard Croasdaile.
Richard Croasdaile was born around 1740. He was
brother to Henry. He married Elizabeth Sandes in
September 1775. Their children were Lancelot,
Edward, Elizabeth, Mary, Henry, Thomas Pearson, Catherine
and George.
Richard lived at Woodford Co Galway and at Rynn, Queens
County which he inherited following the death of Pierson
Croasdaile in 1785. He was a soldier (rank of
Colonel) and a plantation owner in Jamaica, was High
Sheriff of Queen's County in 1772 and of County Galway in
1775 (source: Burke's Irish family records).
He wrote a will in June 1829; this will is in the UK
National Archives. A transcript of it can be found
here: Richard_Croasdaile_will_1829_transcript.html
Richard died in 1832.
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1778
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Lancelot Croasdaile.
Lancelot Croasdaile was born in 1778 on Jamaica. He
was brother to Edward, Elizabeth, Mary, Henry, Thomas
Pearson, Catherine and George.
In 1795 Lancelot entered
Trinity College Dublin aged 16. His father is listed
as Richard, "Generosus", of noble birth.
He married Susan
Brownrigg. Their children were Richard, John C and
Elizabeth Ann Croasdaile.
In 1810 he was sheriff of
Queens County, and in 1811 was High Sheriff of Queens
County.
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1830
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John C Croasdaile.
John C Croasdaile was born in 1830 at Rynn, Rosenallis,
brother of Richard and Elizabeth Ann. He was
an Army Captain in the Queens County Rifles (http://www.thepeerage.com/p35201.htm#i352004),
was appointed a magistrate on 18th March
1853. See photo of family bible 
He married Anna Jane Townshend in 1858. Their
children were Lancelot, Richard, Henry Frederick, John
Ernest, Frederick George and Helen.
John and Anna appear to have been keen ornithologists;
John, as was the way in those days, is reported to have
shot a crossbill.
Anna reported on the sightings of sand martins and
woodlarks in 1874 to Birds
of Ireland (pages 51 and 101).
More details on the Townshend family can be found here Townsend
family.
John C died on 7th October 1889 at Rynn, Queen's
County. Anna died on 14th Dec 1916; she is buried
in Dublin at Deansgrange Cemetery.
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1863
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Henry Frederick
Croasdaile. Henry Frederick Croasdaile was
born in 1863 at Rynn, Rosenallis. He qualified as a
Merchant Navy Captain in 1910 in Dublin (http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capsC.pdf).
He moved to Liverpool and married Mary Ellen
Lloyd. Their children were Anna Mary, John Lloyd,
Lancelot,
Violet and Frederick. Anna Mary died as an
infant. Lancelot
was killed in WW1 (1918); he was a private soldier.
John Lloyd
(Jack) followed his father into the Merchant Navy,
serving as Staff Captain on the Queen Mary in 1939.
His life thereafter was a series of tragedies,
detailed here.
Henry and Mary lived at several addresses in and
around Liverpool between 1893 and 1906.
Thereafter they moved to Calmore in Hampshire, near
Southampton.
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1902
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Violet
Croasdaile. Violet Croasdaile was born in
1902 in Liverpool and was baptised
on 1st June 1902 at St Michael in the Hamlet, Aigburth,
Lancashire. She married Arthur Frank Moss on the
17th May 1924 at Netley Marsh, Hampshire. Arthur
Moss was a Master Mariner with Elders and Fyffes, running
banana ships between the UK and the West Indies.
Their children were John Arthur, Maureen Rosemary and
Avril Frances. Arthur died of an illness contracted
in the West Indies in 1938 leaving Violet to bring up the
three children on her own.
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1926
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John Arthur
Moss. John Arthur Moss was born on the 25th
May 1926 in Southampton. He moved to Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire with his parents where he lived for the
rest of his life. On 14th March 1956 he married
Margaret Thompson from Newcastle. They had three
children; David John, Peter Kenneth and Geoffrey
Philip. He died on the 30th December 2005 in
Mansfield.
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1959
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Peter Moss
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