Purdon (Westmeath)
The Purdons of county Westmeath, share a common ancestor with those of Tinerana, Killaloe, county Clare. In the late 17th century the Rev Richard Purdon married a Miss Griffin and inherited Griffinstown, county Westmeath. From three of his grandsons descend the Purdons of Rathwire, Lisnabin, Curristown and Huntington. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) four family members were immediate lessors in the parish of Killucan. In the mid-1870s George Nugent Purdon of Lisnabin owned 1,063 acres in the county and Wellington Purdon of Juristown, Killucan, owned 1,275 acres. The family were still living there in 1976. Lisnabin and 400 acres sold by the family in 2002. (Irish Independent, 15 Apr 2019). In December 2022 a volume containing a 'Rent Roll & Tenants Accounts 1801-1843' was sold at Fonsie Mealy's. The volume contained records compiled for Edward Purdon Esq., who inherited Lisnabin, Killucan, Co. Westmeath, in 1790, and built the present house c 1840.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curristown | Curristown | Killucan | Mullingar | Killucan 71 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N580516
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 42 |
|
|
| Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Killucan | Mullingar | Huntingdon 70 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N543537
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 42 |
|
|
| Joristown | Joristown Upper | Killucan | Mullingar | Raharney 73 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N590533
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 42 |
|
|
| Lisnabin Castle | Lisnabin | Killucan | Mullingar | Killucan 71 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N553530
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 42 |
|
|
| Clondrisse House | Killynan (Pratt) | Rathconnell | Mullingar | Clonlost 68 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N525565
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 42 |
|
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 86
- 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] : 377
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Mullingar Union, 163 (Curristown), 171 (Huntingdon and Joristown Upper), 177 (Lisnabin), 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 : 129, 147, 223, 269
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: 412, 156
- TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 244 (Lisnabin)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 368 (Lisnabin)
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Purdon Papers (from 1746), the property of Capt. S.F. Purdon, Lisnabin, Killucan, Co. Westmeath, relating to the Purdon family and to lands in Co. Westmeath. No. 57
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 974-977
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: II, 1513-1514
- O'Brien, Donal. ''The Houses and Landed Families of Westmeath''. The author, Athlone (2nd edition 2015): 46, 62, 122, 125, 140