Evatt
A family descended from John Evatt, Dean of Elphin, in the early 17th century. Shirley writes that their estate in the parish of Tedavnet, county Monaghan, was purchased from Thomas Coote of Cootehill. Charles Evatt of Mont Louise, Smithboro’, was High Sheriff in 1760. In 1838, his grandson Samuel Robert Bayley Evatt married Jane Pratt. They had a large family of sixteen children. In the mid-19th century Samuel R.B. Evatt of Mont Louise held an estate in the parishes of Tedavnet and Drumsnat, county Monaghan. In 1876, he owned 1,241 acres in county Monaghan. He was succeeded by his son George Forster Evatt in 1894. In 1906, George F. Evatt occupied 151 untenanted acres and a mansion house with a rateable valuation of £31 at Mullatigorny.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Louise | Mullatigorry | Tedavnet | Monaghan | Scotstown | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H588336
OS Sheet: 8 Discovery map: 28A |
Archival sources
- Maps of parts of the estate of Humphrey Evatt in Co Monaghan, 1730. Ms 2794; National Library of Ireland
- Instruction for payment of £138 5 0 to trustees Samuel R B Evatt, of Mount Louisa, and Ralph Dudgeon, of Rosefield, Co. Monaghan. The Rev. Allen Mitchell, vicar of the parish of Drumsnat, to The Ulster Canal Company, for lands numbered 37-39 on plan G at Drumsnat, Co. Monaghan, 1837. COM/1/8/122; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Box containing rental summaries and rent accounts between members of the Shirley family and the successive agents, Norman Steele (d.1802) and Humphry Evatt, 1800-1829. D3531/R/2/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Four receipts from L. Evat to Anthony Foster for £20 being one year's interest on the principal sum of £400 due to the younger children of the late Humphrey Evatt. The interest is due on 3rd July, 1757-1760. D562/4690; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Molloy, Fayle, Tyndall and Company, solicitors, Two deeds relating to lands in Drumslavog and Rathfinan, county Monaghan, 1742 and 1820. M. 6827; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 221, 232-233
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 76
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 662
- 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] : 151
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 94/272