Bevan (Camas)
Burke's ''Irish Family Records'' states that Thomas Beevin leased the lands of Camass, county Limerick, from Sir Standish Hartstonge Baronet in 1703 and it is obvious from the Ordnance Survey Name Books that the Bevans held Camas from the Earl of Limerick in the 1840s. Thomas Beevin's grandson, Henry, adopted the spelling 'Bevan'. Henry had three sons. From his second son descend the Bevans of Lemonfield, who mortgaged their North Camass property to the senior branch of the family in 1836. Members of the senior branch of the family intermarried with the Purdon, Gubbins, Furnell, Massy and Cooke families. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Frederick Bevan held an estate located in the parishes of Bruff, Dromin, Uregare, barony of Coshma and Darragh, barony of Coshlea. In the 1870s Reverend Frederick Bevan of Camass owned 72 acres in county Limerick and he eventually went to live in Australia. His father, John Bevan of Elton House, owned 1,000 acres in the county and their cousin, Joseph Bevan of Glenbevan, owned 586 acres. Lands in the barony of Connello Lower bought by Joseph Bevan in the Encumbered Estates' Court, formerly part of the Southwell estate, were advertised for sale in July 1879 by members of the Bevan, Finch and Taverner families. The estate of William Bevan, situated in the barony of Kilconnell, county Galway, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates court in October 1854.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemonfield House | Lemonfield | Knocknagaul | Limerick | Roxborough 57 | Pubblebrien | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R562 494
OS Sheet: 13 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Camas | Camas South | Monasteranenagh | Kilmallock | Bruff 22 | Smallcounty | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R605 367
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Glenbevan | Glenbevan | Croom | Croom | Ballynabanoge 14 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R533 381
OS Sheet: 31 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Milltown | Milltown | Uregare | Killmallock | Uregare 24 | Coshma | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R647 352
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 65 |
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| Darragh House | Darraghmore | Darragh | Kilmallock | Darragh 33 | Coshlea | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R725 170
OS Sheet: 57 Discovery map: 73 |
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| Elton | Elton | Knockainy | Kilmallock | Emlygrennan 34 | Smallcounty | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R695 313
OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 65 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates Court (O'Brien) rentals. William Bevan estate. 7 October 1854. Vol. 30. MRGS 39/013. (Microfilm copy at NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Casey & Bevan, 25 Oct 1855, Vol 36 (17), MRGS 39/017, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Bevan, 16 May 1856, Vol 39 (47), MRGS 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Bevan, Finch & Taverner, 25 July 1879, Vol 137 (13), MRGS 39/061, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Irish Tourist Association Survey file for parish of Banogue, barony of Coshma, 1943. Limerick North East 5; Limerick Studies Department, Dooradoyle
- Hoey & Denning, solicitors collection, includes miscellaneous papers including wills in case Bevan v Westropp re property of Michael Stacpoole, Milford House, Limerick, 1817-1889. Small Accs Index 99, Parcel 9 & T.5791-5792, T.5799-5800, T.5949, T.5971-5972; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Pubblebrien, 47 (Lemonfield); Barony of Smallcounty, 88 (Camas South): Barony of Coshma, 44 (Glenbevan)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 87 (Camus), 263 (Lemonfield), 288 (Milltown)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 436 (Glen-Bevan), II, 198 & 240 (Leamonfield)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 146
- 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] : 32
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: Parish of Monasteranenagh, V, 111-119
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 107-108
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 136 (Glenbevan)
- ''Irish Ancestor'': DE BREFFNY, Brian. Bevan of Co Limerick. VI (1974), 1-5
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.83 {Bevan of Camass)