Fleming (Bellville)
Swanzy writes that the Flemings were settled in county Cavan from the 17th century. Early generations were named Thomas. Captain James Fleming built a folly in the townland of Bellville in the early 18th century which has recently been restored. The will of Arthur Fleming was proved in 1766. James Fleming was High Sheriff in 1770 and married Jane, a daughter of William Blacker of Carrick Blacker, county Armagh. They had four sons Thomas Francis Cecil, Arthur, James and Edward. In the mid-19th century Major General Edward Fleming held an estate in the parishes of Kilmore and Scrabby, barony of Clanmahon, county Cavan with additional lands in the parishes of Crosserlough, Ballintemple and Killashandra. His death notice in the Cavan Observer, 5 May 1860, records that he was a veteran of the Peninsular War, served as commander of the Limerick district and was the owner of the Bellville estate in county Cavan. In 1876, his representatives in Limerick owned 1,917 acres in county Cavan. However, in May 1856, his estates of Blackbull, Bellville and Scrabby, amounting to 3,930 acres were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court, some of which were obviously sold. In 1910, Walford records Colonel Edward William Fleming of Bellville, eldest son of Edward James Ingleby Fleming.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellville | Bellville | Kilmore | Cavan | Bellananagh | Clanmahon | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N385996
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 34 |
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| Corstruce House | Corstruce | Kilmore | Cavan | Bellananagh | Clanmahon | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N387981
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: |
Archival sources
- Out letter book of John Bayly, 1736-43, includes mention of Thomas Fleming of Bellville. T3574/2 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Conveyance made between Thomas Ellis, esquire, one of the Masters of His Majesty's High Court of Chancery in Ireland, of the first part, Arthur Fleming, Bellville, county Cavan, esquire, and James Fleming, his eldest son and heir apparent, of the second part, Thomas Fleming, Castlecosby, county Cavan, esquire, the executor named in the will of Thomas Cecil Fleming, deceased, and Frances Fleming, his wife, of the third part, Francis Saunderson, Castlesaunderson, county Cavan, esquire, surviving trustee named in will of Thomas Cecil Fleming, of the fourth part, Reverend Steward Blacker, Carrick, county Armagh, clerk, and William Faris, Makin, county Cavan, and Anne Blacker, his wife, and Jane Fleming, city of Dublin, widow (Steward Blacker, William Faris and Jane Fleming are executors named in last will of James Fleming, esquire), of the fifth part, Francis Denham, Lodge, county Monaghan, esquire, and Harriet Denham otherwise Fleming, his wife, James Fleming, city of London, esquire, Edward Fleming, Captain in His Majesty's Regiment of Foot, Matilda Fleming and Jane Fleming, the younger, of the city of Dublin, of the sixth part and other parts conveyed to John McManus the town and lands of Drumrestian otherwise Sallaghan. 29 April 1808. P017/0026; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
- Lease made between Bernard Kiernan, Britain street, county of the city of Dublin, merchant, and Peter Finnegan, Aghaveans, county Cavan, farmer. In consideration of former lease dated 5 December 1852 made between Edward Cecil Fleming and James Birney of 1 acre, 13 perches plantation measure of part of the lands of Aghaveans, Kiernan leases to Finnegan, part of the lands of Aghaveans, parish of Scrabby, barony of Tullyhunco, county Cavan, in his possession containing 16 acres, 3 roods and 33 perches plantation measure of arable and plantation land, together with 1 acre of cut away bog with turbary rights. Lease to run for term of 80 years at annual rent of £17 sterling. 29 December 1873. P017/0092; Cavan County Archives Service, Small Private Collections
- Irish Exchequer Appeal, respondent’s case. Bayly (Flemying) v John Bayly and Thomas Flemyn of Besville, Co Cavan re will of Thomas Bayly and appelant’s unapproved marriage to Elizabeth Kerly. House of Lords Appeals, Vol 4a. ; King's Inn Library
- Page 25. Fleming Family Pedigree, 1518-1708. T1075/37; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Fleming, 2 May 1856, Vol 39 (28), MRGS 39/018, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 164
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cavan Union, 102, 103
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 184 (Bellville)
Modern printed sources
- SWANZY, Henry Biddall, ‘The families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh and their descendants’ (Dublin: 1908): 134
- WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 404
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the papers of P.N. Smith, solicitor, Cavan, from 1781, relating to the Caulfield and Fleming families and to lands in Co Cavan, No 93.
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': Abstracts of Irish Diocesan wills include J. Enery of Prospect, Templeport, Co Cavan 1776; T. Fleming of Cavan, 1793. I No 9, April 1941.