Lee/Ley (Leesborough)
In 1668, Ensign William Ley was granted 610 acres in the barony of Dartree including Drumhay, Correvan and Doohat, all townlands that border Mullaghmore, the townland in which Annaghmakerrig is located. High Sheriffs of county Monaghan include William Lee 1710, William Ley of Leysborough 1762 and William Ley 1804. Shirley records the marriage of Frances, youngest daughter of Sir James Hamilton of Cornacassa, with Colonel [Richard] Lee. The genealogy of the Lucas family of Castle Shane records two marriages with members of the Lee family. The Lee family apparently sold their estate at Mullaghmore to John Moorhead MD in 1802, see Annaghmakerrig Papers in PRONI D3585. In the 1830s the Ordnance Survey Field Name Book refers to Mullaghmore as the property of Mr Francis Lee on a lease in perpetuity to Moorhead. Family members may have remained in the locality as administration of the will of John Lee of Gortgranard, farmer, was granted in 1910.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annaghmakerrig | Mullaghmore | Aghabog | Cootehill | Aghabog | Dartree | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H578208
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Mortgage granted by Richard Ley of Corrovan, Co. Monaghan, to Richard Dawson of Dublin City on lands in Corrovan for £300. Also included are a renewal of a lease of Corrovan from Richard, 3rd Lord Cremorne, to Viscount Cole, and a counterpart grant from him to the Hon. John Lowry Cole, MP for Co. Fermanagh. 1738-1862. D3053/6/12; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- A large folded parchment map entitled "A Survey of the Estate of Richard Ley, Esq of Leysborough, in the County of Monaghan", and showing details of the former layout and tenants for what used to be the Leysborough Estate, in the townland of Mullaghmore in Co Monaghan, c. 1825. D3585/E/6/4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Deed of mortgage from Richard and William Ley of Correvan, Co. Monaghan, to Richard Dawson of Co. Dublin. Lands: 174 acres in Correvan, Co. Monaghan, 86 acres in Aghareagh, Co. Monaghan and 72 acres in Glen, Co. Monaghan, for a consideration of £650, 1737. T2929/37/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cootehill Union, 33
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: I, 42
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 174
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 336 & 599-600
Modern printed sources
- ''Clogher Record'': LEE, Enda. Emanuell Ley and the Ley or Lee Family of Tyrone, Monaghan and Cavan. XVI, No 2 (1998), 201-209.
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Dawson, Cuming and Lee families, 18th-19th centuries, No 439A
- ''The Genealogists' Magazine'': Colonel Richard Lee married Frances Hamilton of Cornecassa c 1780, information sought. VIII, No 2, June 1938.
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 543