Hassard (Gardenhill & Tuam)
The Hassards were granted land in county Fermanagh at the end of the 17th century settling at Gardenhill, county Fermanagh and Toam [Tuam, county Cavan] and by the early 19th century a branch was resident at Glenville, county Waterford. In the mid-18th century Jason Hassard was agent to the Pleydell estate. By the mid-19th century members of the family held lands in the county Cavan parishes of Killinagh, Templeport and Kinawley, barony of Tullyhaw. In 1876, the representatives of Alexander Jason Hassard of Gardenhill, held 3,610 acres, Richard Hassard of London held 3,749 acres, Francis John Hassard of Dublin held 539 acres and Mrs J.H. Hassard of Dublin held 342 acres, all in county Cavan.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuam House | Tuam | Killinagh | Enniskillen | Tuam | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H072383
OS Sheet: 2 Discovery map: 26 |
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| Tircahan Lodge | Tircahan | Kinawley | Bawnboy | Tircahan | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H108244
OS Sheet: 7 Discovery map: 27A |
Archival sources
- Irish Land Commission Sale Papers (1923 Act) of Miss Catherine Hassard and others concerning lands at Blacklion etc., Co. Cavan. 1914. D1096/38/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Incumbered Estates Court, estate of Francis Hassard in the Barony of Tullyhaw, Co. Cavan. 1852. D1390/51/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Assignment of Charge of £7,000, Wm. Hassard, Garden Hill, Co. Fermanagh, 1st pt., Sir Edwd. Dodsworth, Newland Park, County of York, 2nd pt., Charles Smith and Elizabeth, his wife, Plainville, County of York, 3rd pt. Thos. Armstrong, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh 4th pt., to Joseph Maguire, Cavan, Co. Cavan, 5th pt. relating to Darling Street, Broad Meadow, and Doctor Mitchells Park, in Enniskillen and c.15 other townlands all in Co. Fermanagh. Recites several deeds including Marriage Settlement of 1787 between Lieut. John Armstrong and Hon. Sophia Blayney. Consid: 10/= Endorsed "No. 72E". 8 June 1832. D1702/1/16/3; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Two boxes of mortgages, deeds of settlement and partition, wills and other title deeds relating to the Hassard family of Garden Hill, Co. Fermanagh, and lands in that county and in Cavan; including Hassard papers relating to the families of Parke of Dunalley, Co. Sligo, and Enery of Bawnboy, Co. Cavan. 1759-1898. D3480/26; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Correspondence and case papers of Miss Elizabeth Pleydell concerning a Chancery suit and a case for arbitration between the representatives of the late Jason Hassard and herself. The suit concerns a lease of Gortacull, etc, in the manor of Doobally, which Hassard had granted to himself in 1793 under a power of attorney given him, as agent for the estate, by Jonathan Morton Pleydell in 1756. The case for arbitration concerns the state of accounts between Hassard and the Pleydell family which, by 1819, amounts to a debt of £2143, inclusive of interest, from the Hassards to Miss Pleydell. 1793 - 1819. T3530/2/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Three leases between Robert Hassard of Mount Hassard, county Fermanagh and Richard Hassard of Swanlinbar, county Cavan, 1721-1722. D2469/9-11; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Morley of Saltram, Pleydell Estate Papers, include records relating to a case Pleydell v Hassard, 1792-1819, 1845. 69/P/3/3; Plymouth Archive Service, The Box
- Map of part of Commas, barony of Tullyhaw, county Cavan, 1889, estate of R. Hassard. M6967.; National Archives of Ireland
- Deeds relating to property in Enniskillen and neighbourhood of the Hassard family, early 19th c. D. 19,802-12; M. 3136-43; T. 10,956-9; National Archives of 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
- Testamentary material relating to Robert Johnston, 'Stonville', County Fermanagh, 1783, Jasson Hassard, Skea, 1761, Capt. Arthur Johnston, Dublin, 1779, James Little, Trory, Co. Fermanagh, 1785; rent roll for the estate of William Noble in the Parish of Inishmacsaint, Co. Fermanagh, 1843. D.2469 [Part]; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Hassard, 4 May 1852, Vol 15 (8), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG), 1,633 acres in the barony of Tullyhaw; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Hassard, 2 July 1875, Vol 120 (30), MRGS 39/055, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Bawnboy Union, 24