Thornton (Greenville)
At the time of the Restoration James Thornton was confirmed in the possession of an estate in county Cavan which he had purchased. When he died he left this estate to his second son, Isaac. In 1728, Isaac’s son, James Thornton, married Martha Burrowes of Stradone House, county Cavan. Their son, Perrott Thornton, married Elizabeth Mee in 1778. In 1810, their eldest son, Perrott Mee Thornton, married Ellen, daughter of Gore Cochrane of Dromard and by the early 1860s this couple’s second son, William Robert Thornton, had succeeded to the property. In the mid-19th century Perrott M. Thornton held an estate mainly in the parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, but also in the parish of Templeport, barony of Tullyhaw, county Cavan. In November 1854, the 833 acre estate of Perrott Mee Thornton, in the parish of Abbeylara, barony of Granard, county Longford, was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. It was held under a lease dated 1754 from George Boyd to James Thornton. The Greenville estate of 1,442 acres, in the baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, belonging to William Robert Thornton, of Brisbane, Australia, Collector of Customs, was advertised for sale on 17 December 1863 in the Landed Estates Court.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville (Cavan) | Aghaweenagh | Kildallan | Bawnboy | Bilberry | Tullyhunco | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H281134
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 27 |
Archival sources
- Documents relating to the Thornton estate, P016/0001-35 & P017/0016; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
- Papers relating to dealings re the estates in Co Cavan of Perrot Mee Thornton and the Encumbered Estates Court, 19th century. M.5816 (1-9); National Archives of Ireland
- Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of James Thornton of Greenville, Co Cavan and to his grandson Perrott Mee Thornton of Greenville, 16 Mar 1857. GO MS 108:158.; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Thornton, 17 Dec 1863, Vol 70 (66), MRGS 39/035, (microfilm copy in University of Galway Library); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 138
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 211
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 79
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Bawnboy Union, 81
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Granard Union: p.31 (Dalystown)