Scott (Scotstown)
The village of Scotstown, county Monaghan, was reputably founded by a George Scott. Catherine daughter of George Scott of Scotstown, county Monaghan, married James Dawson of Kilmore, county Monaghan in 1734. Henry Owen Scott of Clonamully, county Monaghan, married Olivia daughter of John Owen of Raconnell, county Monaghan and had an only daughter Henrietta who married firstly the Hon Richard Westerna, son of the 2nd Baron Rossmore and secondly in 1841 Arthur Gambell Lewis. In the mid-19th century Miss Henrietta Westenra (described as ‘a lunatic’) held an estate in the parishes of Tedavet, Kilmore and Aghabog. She was the only surviving child of Richard Westerna and his wife Henrietta (Scott). Henrietta Westenra owned 4,483 acres in 1876.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Clonamully | Clonamully | Tedavnet | Monaghan | Scotstown | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H596345
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Raconnell | Raconnell | Tedavnet | Monaghan | Bellanode | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H652356
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Genealogical notes on the Scott family of Clones, Co Monaghan and Lisburn, Co Antrim, 1843-92. D967; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 472
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 63, 73
Modern printed sources
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': Abstract of will of G. Scott of Boagh [Bough, Scotstown], Co Monaghan, 1697. II, No 2, Oct 1944.
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': Abstracts of diocesan wills include that of F. Scott, Clonamully, Tydavnet, 1768. I, No 9, April 1941