Winter (Agher, Cloverhill)
This family descend from the Reverend Samuel Winter, who came to Ireland in 1650 and became Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. He acquired lands in counties Meath, Westmeath and King’s County. In 1826, Samuel Winter of Agher, county Meath, married Lucy daughter of James Sanderson/Saunderson of Cloverhill, county Cavan and had four sons. Their eldest son, John Winter, was killed during the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Their other three sons were James Sanderson Winter who inherited Agher, Samuel Winter who assumed by Royal Licence the name of Sanderson and inherited Cloverhill and Francis A. Winter who was a barrister. In 1878, James S. Winter of Agher owned 940 acres in county Cavan, 206 acres in county Kildare, 1,640 acres in county Meath and 861 acres in county Westmeath, while his brother Samuel Winter of Clondriss, Killucan, county Westmeath, owned 839 acres (Rathconnell parish) but this Samuel is also recorded as Samuel Winter Sanderson who owned the former 2,560 acre Sanderson estate at Cloverhill by 1876. Samuel Winter married Anne, daughter of John A. Nicholson of Balrath, county Meath, but they had no children and the property passed to the children of Samuel Winter’s sister, Elizabeth Anne Purdon of Lisnabin, county Westmeath. http://www.bomford.net/IrishBomfords/Chapters/Chapter20/Chapter20.htm Burke LGI, 1904, 661-662
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverhill | Cloverhill | Annagh | Cavan | Castlesaunderson | Tullygarvey | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H409156
OS Sheet: 15 Discovery map: 27A |
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Archival sources
- Rentals of the estates of John Winter Humphrys in Cos Cavan, Westmeath and Wexford, 1877 and 1880-1887. Mss 5014-5015.; National Library of Ireland
- Surveys, accounts, legal documents, correspondence etc relating to the estate of the Pratt and Winter families in Cos Cavan and Meath, 18th and 19th centuries. Mss 13,314-13,327.; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms to Samuel Winter of Clover Hill, son of Samuel Winter of Agher, Co Meath, by his wife Lucy, daughter of James Sanderson of Clover Hill, on his assuming under Royal Licence and in compliance with his marriage settlement with Anne Nicholson of Balrath, Co Meath, the name and arms of Sanderson, 14 Nov 1873. GO MS 109: 277-178.; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of royal licence to Samuel Winter of Clover Hill, to take the name Sanderson only, 2 Oct 1873. GO MS 153: 96-98.; National Library of Ireland
- Receipts for rent paid by Benjamin Pratt, 1684-1705, together with correspondence of the Pratt and Winter families of Agher, Co. Meath, 1701-1801. Ms 5245; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : 203
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 200 (Killynan Pratt)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 240 (Killinan farm - Rev Winter)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 661-662
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 88 (Cloverhill)
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 977 (Purdon)
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 46