Nixon (Co Cavan)
The various branches of the Nixons are descended from Adam Nixon who had settled in county Fermanagh in the 17th century. By the mid-19th century various family members held land in the parishes of Killinagh, barony of Tullyhaw and Annagh, barony of Tullygarvey, county Cavan. In 1876, Christopher Nixon of Killyglasson owned 729 acre, while William Nixon of Thornhill owned 1,346 acres, Miss Nixon of Enniskillen owned 455 acres and Charlotte Nixon and the Reverend Robert H. Nixon owned 278 and 137 acres respectively. William Nixon also owned 82 acres in county Fermanagh and 383 acres in county Leitrim. Rev Andrew Nixon resident at Knockballymore, Clones, county Monaghan, owned a further 724 acres in county Cavan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nixon Lodge/Griffith Lodge | Artonagh | Drumlane | Cavan | Milltown | Loughtee Lower | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H330126
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 27A |
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| Upper Thornhill House | Thornhill or Mullandreenagh | Killinagh | Enniskillen | Esky | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H039373
OS Sheet: 1 Discovery map: 26 |
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| Lurgan Lodge | Curraghmore | Lurgan | Oldcastle | Lurgan | Castlerahan | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N568902
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 35 |
Archival sources
- Agreement for sale of holding. Carrickreagh, Co. Fermanagh. Thomas J. Wilkin, Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh, Landlord and Jane Nixon, Thornhill, Co. Cavan, tenant. January 1948. D1163/35; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Administration of the will of Robert Nixon Esq, Loughan, Co. Cavan. (See D1390/37). 5 December 1850. D1390/5/5; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Letters from James Cottingham, Cavan, to Rev. Nixon, John Carroll, Dublin, and Hon. John Pomeroy, Dublin. 1780-1782. D1908/2/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Phibbs Nixon, Thornhill, Co. Cavan. Copy Administration Grant. 1900. T402/14; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Will abstracts and genealogical notes on various families including those of French, Nixon, Hassard, Warburton and Swanzy. (Compiled by Rev. H. B. Swanzy?). Early 20th c. Ms 4488; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Nixon, 18 Mar 1852, Vol 14 (18), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG), 264 acres, including Lurgan Lodge, held from the Bishop of Kilmore; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Enniskillen Union, 7, 21; Oldcastle Union, 42
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 278 (Lurgan Lodge)
Modern printed sources
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 524
- SWANZY, Henry Biddall, ‘The families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh and their descendants’ (Dublin: 1908): All
- SWANZY, Henry Biddall. ‘The family of Nixon of Nixon Hall, Co. Fermanagh and Nixon Lodge, Co. Cavan: with a short account of the families of Erskine of Cavan and Allin of Youghal’ (Dublin:1899): All
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 438