Causabon
A Hugenot family who were settled in Youghal, county Cork, by the 1680s. William Causabon married Sarah daughter of Arthur Hyde, Member of Parliament, and bought some of the forfeited estate of Pierce Nagle in the barony of Fermoy in 1703. His son William of Carrig, near Mallow, was High Sheriff of Cork in 1723 and Member of Parliament for Doneraile 1715-1727. He married Arabella daughter of Sir John Rogerson and they also had a son William. The Causabon name also appears in the Purdon and Frend genealogies.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrig Park | Carrig Demesne | Carrigleamleary | Mallow | Carrig 249 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: R616 000
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 73 |
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Archival sources
- Letter of May, 1846 from O'Callaghan Fisher, Genealogist, with details of Newman, Purcell of Kanturk, Causabon of Gettingrove, c.1700 c.1800. GO MS 820 (14); National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- SMITH, Charles, M.D. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof ''. First published 1750. This edition published Cork: John Connor, 1815: I, 340 (Cariglemleary)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 382
Modern printed sources
- LEE, Grace Lawless. ''The Hugenot Settlements in Ireland''. Heritage Books, 2008: 70
- ''Jnl of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland'': STOKES, Rev George T. The Casaubons in Ireland. With note by R. G. Fitzgerald-Uniacke. Ser. 5, Vol. III, pp. 83-84, p. 429, 1893
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XVII, 2nd Series (1911), 30-35 (Carrig Park)