Hatchell
John Hatchell was the son of John Hatchell, a hatter of Wexford and his wife Agnes Mackenzie of County Tyrone. John Hatchell, senior, was killed on Wexford Bridge in 1798 and his son John was brought up by his uncle Alexander Mackenzie (died 1844), a prominent brewer of Donaghmore House, Dungannon, County Tyrone. John Hatchell came to own a brewery in Monaghan town. He was involved in the affairs of the parish of Tyholland from at least 1832 as he is mentioned in the minutes of vestry meetings. He died in 1851 aged 66 and there is a memorial to him in St Sillian's Church, Tyholland. By his first wife Maria, daughter of the Rev Samuel Maffet, he had a child Frances Maria Isabella (1839-1901) who held an estate of seven townlands in the parish of Tehallan in the mid-19th century. She married William Wallace Henderson who died in 1893 aged 58, (plaque in St Patrick’s Church, Monaghan). In 1876, Mrs Henderson of Bessmount owned 749 acres in county Monaghan while her husband owned 262 acres.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessmount Park | Drumrutagh | Tehallan | Monaghan | Tehallan | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H692353
OS Sheet: 9 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Dromore House | Dromore | Tehallan | Monaghan | Tehallan | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H723337
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 28A |
Archival sources
- Will of John Hatchell of Bessmount Park , Monaghan, 29 March 1852. PROB 11/2149/340; National Archives, UK
- Conveyance of lands numbered 7 on plan C, annexed to an inquisition of 23 December 1836. Consideration £136 8 0. Thomas Armstrong, Francis Fleming and John Hatchell Esqs., to The Ulster Canal Company, for lands at Turkeenan, Co. Monaghan, 1837. COM/1/8/63; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Rebellion Papers 620/52/10 Hatchell Claim; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Monaghan Union, 165 & 168
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 662
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 306
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 269
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 41 (Bessmount Park)
- MULLIGAN, Kevin V. ''The Buildings of Ireland South Ulster, Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan'', (New Haven and London, 2013): 563-565
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': GOODALL, David. 'Hatchell of Wexford', IV, No 5 (1972), 461-476