Henry (1st Baron of Ballyshannon) Folliott^[1]

Abt 1569 - 1622  (53 years)

• Name	Henry (1st Baron of Ballyshannon) Folliott
  Birth	Abt 1569
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Nov 1622	Abiut 53
  Person ID	I156352	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas (of Pyrton) Folliot   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Katherine Lygon   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Katherine was Thomas' 2nd wife
  Family ID	F61552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Strode   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1613
  Children	1. Elizabeth (of Ballyshannon) Folliott   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Frances (of Bally Shannon) Folliot   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Thomas (2nd Baron of Ballyshannon) Folliott,   b. 1613   d. 1697 (Age 84 years)   4. Michael Folliott   d. 17 Nov 1638   5. Arthur Folliott   6. Charles Folliott   d. Aft 1622   7. Anne Folliott
  Family ID	F61444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  A Governor of Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland. Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott (1568 – 10 November 1622) was the second son of Thomas Folliott of Pirton Court, Pirton, Worcestershire. From about 1594 he served the Crown in Ireland and in 1603 was commissioned to develop a township adjacent to Ballyshannon Castle. The Borough of Ballyshannon was incorporated in 1613. He was created Baron Folliott, of Ballyshannon, in the Peerage of Ireland on 22 January 1620. He acquired salmon fisheries and over 3,000 acres of land in Co. Donegal. His residence was Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward, Co. Donegal. He married Anne Strode of Somerset and had seven children

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.