Sampson (Williamstadt)
In the 1870s Francis Sampson, MD, was the owner of over 1400 acres in county Galway and over 400 acres in county Clare. His address is given as Williamstadt, Whitegate. He appears to have been in possession of the Blake estate at Meelick in the parish of Clonrush in the 1850s although this property is described as "in chancery" in Griffith's Valuation. In 1906 125 acres of untenanted land and a herd's house at Drummaan West were in the possession of Francis C. Sampson. Dr Francis C. Sampson was a grandson of John Sampson who married Marcella O'Callaghan. Dr Sampson practiced in Dublin and married Mary Brady and they had a son also known as Dr Francis Cornelius Sampson of Scariff. He married Constance O'Callaghan of Kilgory. Dr Francis C. Sampson Junior lived at Moynoe House at the end of the 19th century.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Meelick | Meelick | Clonrush | Scarriff | Drummaan 132 | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: R754874
OS Sheet: 135 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Williamstadt House | Drummaan South | Clonrush | Scarriff | Drummaan 132 | Leitrim | Galway |
OSI Ref: R770884
OS Sheet: 135 Discovery map: 59 |
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| Moynoe | Carrowmore | Moynoe | Scarriff | Scarriff 136 | Tulla Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R656 852
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 58 |
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Archival sources
- Sampson Papers, in the possession of Miss Mary Sampson, Moynoe in 1944, see MacLysaght's report in ''Analecta Hibernica'' (1944); Private Possession
- Land Judges' Court rental of estate of Francis C. Sampson, minor, including parts of Whitegate, barony of Leitrim, county Galway, guardian Henry A. Sampson, 19 Fewb 1892. P23/55; Limerick City Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 402
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Scarriff Union, 75 (Drummaan), 78 (Meelick).
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 299.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 224.
Modern printed sources
- ''Analecta Hibernica'': MacLYSAGHT, Edward. Report on the Sampson Papers, Moynoe, XV (1944), 376
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 278-279
- SAMPSON, Lilla E. Briggs ''The Sampson Family''. Baltimore: Willliams & Wilkins Co, [1914]: 110
- MADDEN, Gerard. ''A History of Tuamgraney & Scariff since earliest times''. Tuamgraney: East Clare Heritage, 2000: 101-106