Christmas
Thomas Christmas was granted land in county Waterford in 1666. His descendants lived at Whitfield Court until the late 19th century. Sadlier, referring to the 1770s notes William Christmas "of Whitfield". At the time of the first Ordnance Survey William Christmas of county Waterford was recorded as the proprietor of six townlands in the parish of Crecora, barony of Pubblebrien, county Limerick. Most of his land was leased to George Tuthill of Faha and George Tomkins. At the time of Griffith's Valuation W. Christmas held land in the parishes of Kiltegan and Newchapel, barony of Iffa and Offa East, county Tipperary and in the parishes of Killoteran, Kilmeadan, Lisnakill and Reisk, barony of Middlethird, county Waterford. In May 1862 William Christmas's estates, 4,000+ acres, in the counties of Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wexford and Limerick were advertised for sale. George Tomkins was the tenant of the 1,043 acres in county Limerick and Henry Cole Bowen, Henry O'Shea and John Riall of the 712 acres in the barony of Iffa and Offa estate in county Tipperary. Mrs Octavia Christmas of Cheltenham owned 4,025 acres in county Waterford in the 1870s.
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Wood House (Woodville) | Adamstown | Kilmeadan | Waterford | Reisk 73 | Middlethird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S519096
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 75 |
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| Whitfield Court | Dooneen | Kilmeadan | Waterford | Reisk 73 | Middlethird | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S532086
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 75 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Christmas, 6 May 1862, Vol 65 (4), MRGS 39/033, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Will of Thomas Christmas, merchant, & associated papers, 1704-1749. Langrishe Collection, Small Accs Index 1/714. No 35 p.80 & No 39 p.92. T.12765b; National Archives of Ireland
- Charles J. Wilson collection, includes deeds, maps, testamentary & miscellaneous documents relating to lands in Cos Limerick, Clare & Tipperary & the families of Wilson, Miles, Prior & Christmas, 18th-19th centuries. Small Accessions Index 15 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitor's collection, includes papers relating to the property of Robert Christmas in Clonmel and elsewhere in Co. Tipperary, including rent rolls of Clonmel property, 1804, 1818, n.d. Small Accs. Index 105, M. 3716: T. 11,681-3, D.20,903; National Archives of Ireland
- Papers of Very Rev. P. Canon Phelan, P. P., Sieverue, Co. Waterford, consisting mainly of correspondence on behalf of tenants of estates of W. O. Christmas in Cos. Kilkenny, Tipperary and Waterford and A. W. Power in Co. Kilkenny, c.1900-1915. Ms. 18,158 ; National Library of Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Christmas of Whitfield in Co. Waterford, of Waterford City and Dublin City, 1702 - 1768. Genealogical Office: Ms. 139, pp. 173-4 & 188 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: Parish of Crecora, II, 250-264
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 51
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 174
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Middlethird (Waterford): 51 (Adamstown), 55 (Doneen)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 389 (Whitfield)
- 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] : 81
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 334 (Whitfield)
- BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.89
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: I, 347-348
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': Testamentary Records from Letitice Evoryna O’Hanlon of Orior (formerly part of the collection of her cousin, the late F. Elrington Ball), including Thomas Christmas 1747 & Elizabeth Christmas 1770, Co Waterford. II (1943-1955), 180-189
- DOLMEN HISTORY GROUP. ''Some traditions and history of the Deise'' Portlaw: Dolmen History Group, 2005. : 46-47
- SMITH, Charles. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Waterford''. Third edition edited by Donald Brady. Wateford : Waterford County Council, 2008. : 64 (Whitfieldstown)
- ''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : Sadlier, T.U. The county of Waterford, 1775. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.