Devonsher (Kilshannig)

Abraham Devonsher, the Cork banker and Member of Parliament for Rathcormac, county Cork, died without heirs in 1783 and his estate was inherited by his grand nephew John Newenham, who took the additional name of Devonsher. John Devonsher Newenham married Cornelia Schuyler and had a son Arbraham John Devonsher. Abraham J. Devonsher sold Kilshannig to the Roches when he ran into financial difficulties and at the time of Griffith's Valuation was resident at Mountain Lodge, Ballyda, Rathcormack. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Abraham Devonsher held an estate in the parishes of Gortroe, Rathcormack and Carrigtohill, barony of Barrymore, county Cork. In the 1870s Abraham John Devonshire owned 1,015 acres in county Cork.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Kilshannig	Kilshannig Upper	Rathcormack	Fermoy	Gortore 148	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W808 898 OS Sheet: 44 Discovery map: 81
Shandangan House	Shandangan West	Cannaway	Macroom	Cannaway 210	East Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W406 691 OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: 86
Baneena	Baneena North	Gortroe	Fermoy	Gortroe 148	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W809 885 OS Sheet: 44 Discovery map: 81
Mountain Lodge	Ballyda	Gortroe	Fermoy	Gortroe 148	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W806 887 OS Sheet: 44 Discovery map: 81
Ballyglissane	Ballyglissane	Rathcormack	Fermoy	Gortroe 148	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W801 887 OS Sheet: 44 Discovery map: 81
Ballyready	Ballyready	Rathcormack	Fermoy	Gortroe 148	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W797 874 OS Sheet: 53 Discovery map: 80
Cloneen	Cloneen	Carrigtohill	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W804 762 OS Sheet: 64 Discovery map: 81

Archival sources

William D. Mockler, 59 South Mall, Cork, solicitor's collection re property in Cork Co & City, 1667-1920, includes reference to this family. Small Accs Index 87, T.3924-3998, Co 2559-2568, D.15326-15661, M.1444-1449; National Archives of Ireland
Roche Papers, documents relating to the family of Roche of Fermoy, including letters, bonds, accounts, with legal papers in the case of Francis Roche, a lunatic, & in the case of Cornelia Devonshire & others against Abraham Devonshire & others concerning lands in Barretts Barony, Co. Cork, 1749 - 1840. Ms. 8630; National Library of Ireland
Detailed abstracts of wills of Devonsher of Cork, 1722 -- 1755. GO Ms.139, pp.197-9 ; National Library of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 129 (Kilshanick), 175 (Shandangan)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 111 (Ballyda), 113 (Baneena North), 124 (Ballyglissane), 125 (Ballyready), 163 (Cloneen)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 54 (Ballyready, Patrick Bourke)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 134 (Bingham Sarsfield)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 225 (Kilshannick), 239 (Shandingon)

Modern printed sources

HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 66, 229, 269
''Irish Ancestor'': FFOLLIOTT, Rosemary. Devonsher of Co Cork. XVI (1984), 71-74