Fetherston Whitney (New Pass)
Ralph Fetherston of Ardagh was created a baronet in 1776. His son, Sir Thomas, married Catherine, daughter of George Boleyn Whitney of New Pass, county Westmeath. Catherine’s sister Elizabeth married William Westby and they became the co-heirs to the New Pass estate. Sir George Fetherston, 6th Baronet, along with Elizabeth Westby, held land in the parish of Rathaspick, County Westmeath, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). Sir George’s uncle eventually inherited the Whitney estate at New Pass and changed the name to Fetherston Whitney. In the 1870s Captain Edward W. Fetherston Whitney, of Newpass, Rathowen, County Westmeath, was the owner of over 2500 acres in that county and just over 100 acres in County Longford.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newpass | Newpass Demesne | Rathaspick | Granard | Rathowen | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N296680
OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 41 |
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Archival sources
- Thirteen deeds relating to the family of Fetherston and lands in County Westmeath, 1754 - 1868. D. 7413-7425; National Library of Ireland
- Papers relating to property in Faragh (or Faragh, Farrow) Co. Westmeath, with mention of the families of Carroll, Bomford, Echlin and Fetherston 18th - 19th c. D.20,642-8; M. 3539, 3544, 3564; National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Fetherston of Ardagh, Co Longford and Carrick, Co Westmeath, c 1700- c1806. GO Ms 112, 130-131; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of royal licence to Edmund Whitney Fetherston of Newpass, Co Westmeath, to take the name Whitney in addition to Fetherston and bear the arms of Whitney and Fetherston quarterly, 9 July 1859. GO Ms 152, 316-319; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms to John Henry Fetherston of New Pass, Co Westmeath, grandnephew of Elizabeth Westby, widow of William Westby of Thornhill, Co Dublin and daughter of George Boleyn Whitney of New Pass, on his assuming under royal licence the name and arms of Fetherston Whitney, 31 Dec 1880. A further grant to his brother Capt Henry Ernest William Fetherston in 1881. GO Ms 110, 9 to 10 and 21 to 22; National Library of Ireland
- Records of the Crown Estates, Anneskennane Estate (Dennymore and Brutonstown): sale to T J Fetherstone, 1828-1830. CRES 2/1546; National Archives, UK
- Papers relating to the Crown Estate of Annaskinnan, County Westmeath 1771-1850 Deeds, leases, and mortgages. QRO/4/3/3 (Quit Rent Office); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : : Granard Union [Westmeath]: p.26 (Newpass), p.27 (Rathowen).
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.184 (Newpass, Rural District of Rathowen, County Westmeath)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.87 (Westmeath)
- 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: p.63 (Newpass)