Ussher [Usher] (Eastwell)
This family share a common ancestry with the other Ussher families in Ireland. At the end of the 17th century William Ussher married Lettice, daughter and co heiress of Sir Henry Waddington, and part of the Waddington estates in county Galway passed to the Ussher family. Christopher Usher of Eastwell is described as a resident proprietor in county Galway in 1824. The house at his property at Eastwell, in the parish of Killalaghtan, barony of Kilconnell, was valued at £79 at the time of Griffith's Valuation. He was also one of the principal lessors in the parish. At the same time, Francis Usher was leasing a property valued at £12 in the townland of Prospect Demesne, parish of Meelick, barony of Longford, to Joseph Cowan. The demesne and house at Prospect were offered for sale in the Landed Estates court in November 1863. The schedule indicates that Rev. John Usher had leased Prospect to Joseph Henry Cowan for three lives from February 1853. The Irish Times reports that Mr. Cowan purchased the property for £760. Peter Fitzgerald, the Knight of Kerry, was the petitoner to the sale. In the 1870s Christopher Usher's estate amounted to over 3500 acres while William Usher held over 500 acres in the Kilconnell area. In 1906 Isabella Ussher owned Rocklands House, parish of Oranmore as well as 80 acres of untenanted land.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastwell | Eastwell | Killalaghtan | Ballinasloe | Killalaghtan 10 | Kilconnell | Galway |
OSI Ref: M719239
OS Sheet: 98 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Prospect (Meelick) | Prospect Demesne | Meelick | Portumna | Meelick 176 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M910153
OS Sheet: 108 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Heathview House | Kilgerrill | Kilgerrill | Ballinasloe | Aughrim 3 | Clonmacnowen | Galway |
OSI Ref: M764330
OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 47 |
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| Rocklands (Oranmore) | Rocklands | Oranmore | Galway | Oranmore 56 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M387238
OS Sheet: 95 Discovery map: 46 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates Court rentals (O'Brien), Usher estate, 20 November 1863, Vol 70, MRGS 39/035. (Microfilm copy at NUIG).; National Archives of Ireland
- Will of Christopher Ussher, Eastwell, Co Galway, 26 Aug 1876. 999/672; National Archives of Ireland
- Prospect (Eyrecourt). Photographs. 024/081.; Irish Architectural Archive
- Documents relating to the genealogy of the Ussher family. Ussher Papers, Ms. 10,179 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- DUTTON, Hely. ''Statistical and agricultural survey of the county of Galway''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1824. : 413.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 53.
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 175.
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 455
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 300
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballinasloe Union, 47 (Kilgerrill), 83 (Eastwell).
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol. 2, 69, (Eastwell), 97-98 (The Lodge).
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 308 (Eastwell), 315 (Rocklands)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 165 & 212 (grants to Sir Henry Wadington, 1667-1669)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 149.
- WRIGHT, William Ball. ''Genealogical memoirs of the Ussher family in Ireland.'' (Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker, 1889). : All
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 612-613
- ''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sales, 21 November 1863, p.4