Moutray
The Moutray family of Fifeshire in Scotland acquired the Favour Royal estate in county Tyrone, through marriage with members of the Erskine family who had been granted the estate by James I. In 1768, the Reverend Anketell Moutray of Favour Royal married Catherine, eldest daughter of Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton. In the mid-19th century their grandson Anketell Moutray held land in the parish of Errigal Trough, county Monaghan. In 1843, Anketell’s brother, Whitney Moutray, married his cousin Annabella Singleton and through this marriage acquired the Singleton properties, Fort Singleton, county Monaghan and Auburn, county Dublin. In 1876, Whitney Moutray owned 349 acres in county Monaghan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fort Singleton | Aghaliskeevan | Errigal Trough | Monaghan | Anketell Grove | Trough | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H664463
OS Sheet: 3 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Papers of the Moutray family, of Favour Royal, Augher, Co. Tyrone, 1623-1979. D2023; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 40
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 609 (Fort Singleton)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 271
Modern printed sources
- ''Clogher Record'': JOHNSTON, Jack. The Moutray Diaries 1847-1881. XII, No 1 (1985), 78-91. [ Moutray of Favour Royal not Monaghan]