Evanson
Local sources suggest that the Evanson family in West Cork descend from Lieutenant Nathaniel Evanson who was granted an estate of 2,373 acres in the barony of West Carbery, county Cork in 1666. Rev. A. Evanson and Richard T. Evanson were among the principal lessors in the parish of Durrus, barony of West Carbery, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. Rev. William Evanson was also a lessor in the parish of Kilcrohane and Rev. Allan Evanson in the parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry, at the same time. Lands owned by members of the Evanson family and others, in the parishes of Carrigaline and Durrus, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in November 1862. The sale included Charlemont House. This property was held under a lease from the Allen family dating from 1800. In the 1870s, Revs, Charles, Robert and Richard Evanson of Llansory rectory, Monmouthshire, Wales, owned over 2000 acres in county Cork. In 1858 Michael Hungerford Morris married Elizabeth Burrows Evanson, daughter of Richard Tonson Evanson and in the 1870s Michael H. Morris of Durrus owned 1,157 acres in county Cork. http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/surnames.beamish/111/mb.ashx
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ardogeena House | Ardogeena | Durrus | Bantry | Durrus East 27 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V942408
OS Sheet: 130 Discovery map: 88 |
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| Four Mile Water Court or Durrus Court | Gearhameen | Durrus | Bantry | Durrus West 28 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V929420
OS Sheet: 130 Discovery map: 88 |
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| Friendly Cove | Murreagh | Durrus | Bantry | Durrus East 27 | West Carbery (West) | Cork |
OSI Ref: V939416
OS Sheet: 130 Discovery map: 88 |
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| Charlemont House | Monfieldstown | Carrigaline | Cork | Douglas | Cork | Cork |
OSI Ref: W723692
OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 87 |
Archival sources
- Abstract of deed of 25 Sept., 1844, between Rev. Alleyn Evanson of Fourmilewater, and Stephen Sweetman and Maria Sweetman als. Long, his wife, with Trustee, Richard James Long, 1844. Genealogical Office: Ms.144, pp.33 & 37-8 ; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Evanson, 6 November 1862, Vol 66, MRGS 39/033, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Investigation into search for acts by Allan Evanson against lands of Ballyboughemore, Carrurmore, Doogh and Litter in the parish of Kilmoe, Barony of West Carbery, Co. Cork, 1849. GO Ms.144, pp.33-40 ; National Library of Ireland
- Lismore Castle Papers, include rental & other documents re sale of lands in barony of West Carbery, Co Cork, in Encumbered Estates Court, 1854. Collection List 129. MS 43,964; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Carbery (West) Barony: 113 (Ardogeena), 119 (Gearhameen), 121 (Murreagh)
- 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] : 150
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 122
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 591 (Durrus Parish)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 190
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Cork: 11 (Monfieldstown)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 64