Atkin (Leadinton)
This Somerset family settled near Youghal, county Cork, in the late 17th century. The Reverend John Thomas Atkin of Leadinton, barony of Barrymore, died in 1765 and was succeeded by his son Walter who had married Barbara, only child of Maurice Uniacke of Ballymacooly, in 1751. Their so, Maurice Uniacke Atkin, married Elizabeth de Courcey McCarty of Carrignavar and had a son, John Thomas Atkin, who married Sophia Wright. John T. Atkins held land in the parish of Templebodan and J.T. Atkins Swanne held land in the parish of Templenacarriga, barony of Barrymore in the mid 19th century. The representatives of J.J. Atkins Swaine owned 454 acres in county Cork in the 1870s.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadinton | Leadinton Demesne | Templenacarriga | Middleton | Templenacarriga 277 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W861 818
OS Sheet: 54 Discovery map: 81 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Atkin, 9 July 1850, Vol 2 (14), MRGS 39/01, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Atkin and Atkins of Coolnacloughfinny, of Ballyleaden als Leadington and of Windsor and Youghal, all in Co. Cork and of City of Cork 1655 - 1795. GO Ms.139, pp.50-3 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barrymore Barony, 197 (Leadinton)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 249 (Leadington)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, J. Bernard. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Henry Colburn, 1852: III, 8
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1773 (Swan)