Thomson (Bushford)
This family were settled at Bushford, parish of Aghnamullen, county Monaghan, from about the mid-18th century and intermarried with the Jacksons of Ballybay. Humphry Thomson was an early occupant of Bushford, (''Newry Telegraph'' 24 September 1822 records his death on 12 September, aged 88. The house is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map (1836). At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert Thomson Senior, held all the townland of Anny (467 acres) by a lease to him and his brother James Thomson Tennant from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners (1837), plus 104 acres in Clossagh Beg, parish of Aghnamullen and 112 acres of Tullaghan, parish of Tedavnet. In the mid-1850s, Anny was advertised for sale along with Corlea and Tyrraree, parish of Tullycorbett, a third part of the corn mill of Aghnamullen and Ballyreagan, county Down, in the Encumbered Estates Court. The Thomsons also lived at Thornhill. The racing calendar of 1869 refers to Frith Thomson of Thornhill. In 1876, Robert Thomson of Thornhill, owned 180 acres in county Monaghan. Robert George Thomson, only son of Major Frith Thomson is recorded as a nephew of Lieut. Col. Robert Thomson of Bushford in Walford's 1918. Members of this family are buried in St Molua's Church of Ireland graveyard, Drumsnat.
Associated Families
No associated families were found for this estate
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Bushford | Clossagh Beg | Aghnamullen | Cootehill | Anny | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H659180
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 28A |
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| Thornhill (Drumsnat) | Thornhill | Drumsnat | Monaghan | Drumsnat | Monaghan | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H604314
OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 28A |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Thomson, 2 July 1857 & 17 June 1858, Vols 47 (5) & 52 (30), MRGS 39/023 & 39/025, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Quinn & McMahon, trustees for Fletcher, 6 Nov 1885, Vol 148 (59), MRGS 39/065, (microfilm copy in NUIG) - details of the lease of Anny 1837; National Archives of Ireland
- 408.477.27517 Marriage Settlement July 1789, Isabella Thomson of Bushford to Thomas Jackson of Ballybay.; Registry of Deeds
Contemporary printed sources
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: I, 87 (Bushford)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cootehill Union, 3; Monaghan Union, 119
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 96
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 88 (Bushford)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 90/268