Watson (Clonmel & Quansbury)
A Quaker family of Clonmel, county Tipperary, descended from Solomon Watson who married Abigail Boles/Bowles of Woodhouse [Magorban], county Tipperary in the early 18th century. The Boles lands of Clonbrogan and Buffana, barony of Middlethird were settled on the eldest son of this marriage. These lands, amounting to over 700 acres, the estate of Eliza, Countess Degenfeld Schomberg, [daughter and heir of John Johnston Watson of Clonbrogan], were advertised for sale in November 1857. The Freeman's Journal reported that they were purchased by R. Hemphill and J. Tappin. Members of the Watson family were merchants and bankers. The family residence was known as Summerville until the late 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Solomon Watson held an estate mainly in the parish of Kiltegan, barony of Iffa and Offa East but also in the parish of Inishlounaght, which he leased from Stephen Moore. At the same time the representatives of "- Watson, a lunatic" [John Watson eldest son of Solomon of Glenconnor] also held land in the parishes of Graystown and St Johnbaptist, barony of Slievardagh. In November 1868 the estate of the [Rev] George Newenham Watson (a Baptist minister based in London) at Knockforlagh, Arbourhill and Graystown, baronies of Slievardagh and Middlethird was advertised for sale. The estate was held on leases dated 1857 and 1868. ''The Irish Law Times and Solicitors Journal'' records the purchasers as Stanley Black, the Reverend Richard Toppin and Richard Hemphill. In the 1870s Solomon Watson owned 1,796 acres in county Tipperaray. His younger brother John Pim Watson of Stowlin, Eyrecourt, county Galway, is recorded as the owner of over 700 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. In 1906 Kate Watson, widow of John P. Watson, held over 500 acres of untenanted land at Stowlin.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Quainsborough/Quansbury Lodge/Stowlin | Stowlin | Kilquain | Portumna | Kilquain 175 | Longford | Galway |
OSI Ref: M855148
OS Sheet: 107, 108 Discovery map: 53 |
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| Ballingarrane | Ballingarrane | Kiltegan | Clonmel | Inishlounaght 82 | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S174 236
OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Glenconnor | Glenconnor | Kiltegan | Clonmel | Inishlounaght 82 | Iffa and Offa East | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S183 232
OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 74 |
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| Lowesgreen | Lowesgreen | Kilbragh | Cashel | Tullamain 58 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S128 356
OS Sheet: 69 Discovery map: 66 |
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| Clonbrogan | Clonbrogan | Mogorban | Cashel | Ardsallagh 40 | Middlethird | Tipperary |
OSI Ref: S186 415
OS Sheet: 62 Discovery map: 66 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Schomberg, 5 Nov 1857, Vol 48 (9), MRGS 39/023, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Records of the Cahir Estate Company, including records of estates of the Earl of Glengall, (later Charteris, later Cahir estate), R. P. Maxwell, Solomon Watson, Sidney Murdoch, and Mrs. Norah Cole Baker, in Co. Tipperary, 1826-1966. 976 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Newenham, 16 Nov 1865, Vol 79 (7), MRGS 39/038, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Watson, 6 Nov 1868, Vol 91 (14), MRGS 39/044, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
- Detailed abstract of will of John Watson, the Elder of Clonmel, 1780. Genealogical Office: Ms.139, p.151 ; National Library of Ireland
- S. Gordon & Son, solicitor's collection, detached testamentary documents include probate (Canterbury) of will of Samuel Watson of Summerville, Co Tipperary "and late of the city of Bath" with enclosures, one a letter re his estates in Ireland, 1876. Small Accs. Index 103, T.7272; National Archives of Ireland
- Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes Massy Dawson Papers connected to administration of estate of George King Staunton Massy Dawson, a lunatic, contains rental of Quansbur & Birmingham estaes of Mrs Elizabeth I. Rodney near Athenry, to 1 May 1897. Small Accs. Index 105, M.4471 (48); National Archives of Ireland
- Watson of Ballingarrane Collection; South Tipperary Archives, Clonmel
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa East, 79 (Ballingarrane & Glenconnor)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 214 (parish of Kiltigan)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 172, 300
- 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] : 469
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 113 (Clonbrogan)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 336
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Portumna Union, 29 (Stowlin)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 288 (Ballingarrane)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.VI, Parish of Magorban, p.250 [Clonbrogan].
Modern printed sources
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 244-245 (Cleeve), 1188-1193 (Watson)
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 18 & 137
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland''. London: Colburn & Co, 1852: II, 1535
- BUTLER, David J. ''South Tipperary, 1570-1841, Religion, Land and Rivalry''.Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2006 : 112
- O'DONNELL, Sean. ''Clonmel 1840-1900: anatomy of an Irish town''. Geography Publications, 1998: 292
- ''Freeman's Journal'': Encumbered Estates Court sale reports, 6 November 1857, p.4