Hampson

Thomas Hampson, Anthony Hope and Thomas Smith were granted lands in Co Cavan in 1667. Hampson’s grant amounted to some 1,500 statute acres, located in the parish of Castlerahan, in the barony of Castlerahan and in the parishes of Ballymachugh and Drumlumman in the barony of Clanmahon. In 1719, the Hampson estate was purchased by the Maxwells.

Associated Families

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

Pedigree of Hampson of Aughacreevy, Co Cavan c 1650-c 1781. GO MS171:234-235.; National Library of Ireland
Arms entry of Captain Walter Pollard of Castle Pollard, Co Meath and for his son-in-law Charles Hampson of Aghacreevy, who married Lettice, only daughter and heir of Captain Pollard and took the name and arms of Pollard quartering Hampson, 19 Dec 1718. GO MS 103:32.; National Library of Ireland
Farnham Papers, Manuscript Collection List 95; National Library 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: 98