Sankey (Fort Frederick)
Edward Sankey, alderman of Dublin and Lord Mayor of the city in 1766 and his wife Mary Medlicott had three sons. In 1776, his second son, Henry Gore Sankey of Fort Frederick, county Cavan, married Barbara, daughter of the Reverend Thomas Sneyd of Bailieborough. According to Burkes they had two sons and three daughters. Both sons died without heirs and in 1823 their eldest daughter Eleanor married Richard Scott of the Willsboro’ family. The Scotts were living at Fort Frederick at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. John, the third son of Edward Sankey, also married a daughter of the Reverend Sneyd and their eldest son was Major Samuel Sankey, who married Mary Anderson of Aughnacloy in 1841. In 1876, their eldest son, Alexander William Jackson Sankey, owned the Fort Frederick estate, comprised of 1,324 acres. He died unmarried in 1903. In 1906, their second son Henry held over 300 acres of untenanted land in the parish of Killinkere.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Fort Frederick | Enagh | Castlerahan | Oldcastle | Castlerahan | Castlerahan | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N579866
OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 35 |
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| Billis Grange | Drummallaght | Killinkere | Bailieborough | Termon | Castlerahan | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N556934
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 35 |
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Archival sources
- Papers relating to Richard Scott and Elizabeth Sankey, 1670-1901. D1550/7; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Survey of the Billis estate in the barony of Castlerahan, Co Cavan belonging to Mrs Sankey, surveyed by Robert Stratford, with names of tenants, 1827. 16 G 49 (11).; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Sankey of Lancashire, Shropshire, King’s County, Longford, Dublin, Wexford, Tipperary and of Fort Frederick, Co Cavan, c 1170-c 1842. GO MSS 174: 258-275 & 175: 110-141.; National Library of Ireland
- Miscellaneous legal and testamentary papers, 1820-1861, include copy marriage settlement, Richard Scott and Ellen Sankey. [27 Mar. 1856]. D1550/137; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Legal and testamentary papers include Marriage settlement, Edward Sankey and Frances Cramer; settlement after Sankey's death, 1814. [18 July 1807]. Scott of Willsborough, Co. Londonderry, marriage settlements, Wills, title deeds, etc. [1844-1896]. D1550/153/1; Public Record Office, Northern 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] : 404
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Oldcastle Union, 14
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 306
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 187
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 203
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 538
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 126
- WALFORD. ''County Families of the United Kingdom''. London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., 1910: 984