Jefferyes

Major James St. John Jefferyes/Jeffreys (1734-1796) was the son of James Jefferyes and Louisa Colman. He married twice. By his second wife Arabella, daughter of John FitzGibbon, he had an only son George Charles Jeffereys. George C. Jefferyes married Anne La Touche and left an only son, St John George Jefferyes, who married Harriet Taylor. They had a son also named St John G. Jefferyes and a daughter Louisa who married in 1846 Sir George C. Colthurst, 5th Baronet. The Colthursts succeeded to the Jefferyes estate. The Jefferyes estate was mainly located in the parish of Garrycloyne, but also in the parishes of Carrigrohanebeg and Matehy, barony of East Muskerry and Currykippane, barony of Cork, county Cork.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
St Anne's Hill	Kilnamucky	Matehy	Cork	Blarney 72	East Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W588 756 OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 80
Blarney Castle	Blarney Demesne	Garrycloyne	Cork	Blarney 72	East Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W607 753 OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 80
Bawnnafinny	Bawnnafinny	Garrycloyne	Cork	Blarney 72	East Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W596 747 OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 80
Turret Farm House	Ballygrohan	Currykippane	Cork	St Marys 97	Cork	Cork	OSI Ref: W611 746 OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 80
Leemount	Coolymurraghue	Currykippane	Cork	St Marys 97	Cork	Cork	OSI Ref: W609 722 OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 80
Rosanna	Coolymurraghue	Currykippane	Cork	St Mary's 97	Cork	Cork	OSI Ref: W618 725 OS Sheet: 73 Discovery map: 80

Archival sources

Colthurst of Blarney estate papers, including deeds, rentals, correspondence, maps & plans, photographs & other material relating to Colthurst, Morris, Oliver, Jefferyes & other families. 1602-1960s. U196 & 196A ; Cork City and County Archives

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Muskerry Barony, 49 (Bawnnafinny & Blarney), 79 (Kilnamucky)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 211-212 & 650
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 71 (Blarney Castle)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 17 (Ballygrohan), 19 (Coolymurraghue)
TOWNSEND, Horatio. ''Statistical survey of the county of Cork...'' Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 669-677 (Blarney)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 355 (Blarney)

Modern printed sources

BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 43
''Jnl. of the Blarney and District Historical Society'', known as Old Blarney.: MULCAHY, John. The Diplomatic Career of Captain James Jefferyes, Blarney Castle. VI (2002), 7-30