Robinson (Kilconnell and Rosmead)

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Estate(s)

Name	Description
Robinson (Kilconnell and Rosmead)	In 1822, Admiral Hercules Robinson, born 1789, married Frances Elizabeth, only child of Hans Widman Wood of Rosmead, county Westmeath. The admiral died in 1864. The Gortloney (over 2,000 acres) and Hanstown (over 1,500 acres) estates of the Robinsons located in counties Meath and Westmeath and formerly belonging to the Widman Wood family, were advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in November 1851 and the Rosmead estate (about 1,100 acres), county Westmeath, in January 1852. Lord Vaux was the purchaser of these estates. Previously the county Galway estate of Admiral Hercules Robinson and his wife Frances Elizabeth was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in June 1851. Described as the Ashtown Estate it included Castle-bin and New Inn otherwise Knockbrack, in the barony of Kilconnell. The Freeman's Journal reported William Burke as the purchaser. The Dictionary of National Biography notes that Hercules Robinson was the son of Reverend Christopher Robinson, rector of Granard, county Longford and his wife, Elizabeth Langrishe. One of their sons, Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, had a distinguished career as a colonial governor.
Widman Wood	Of German origin, the Widman Wood family settled in county Westmeath in the 17th century. O’Brien writes that Hans Albert Widman purchased lands at Keoltown, county Westmeath, from John Adams of Rathconnell while Burke’s Landed Gentry states that he bought Hanstown from Lord Wharton. In 1667, Quarter Master Hans Albert Widman was granted 471 acres at Creevebeg [Creevagh Beg], barony of Shrule, county Longford. He married Barbara Lyons of Ledistown/Ladestown by whom he had a son Hans and a daughter Barbara who married J O’Reilly (Nugent of Ballinlough). His son Hans Widman married Mary Wood, eldest of the three daughters of John Wood and his wife Mary Worsopp. John Wood was the son of Richard Wood and a Miss Smith, who settled at Loughcrew, county Meath in the 17th century and purchased the Gortloney and Moylagh estate from Sir Henry Ingoldsby Bt. In 1666, Richard Wood was granted 301 acres at Rosmead and Cavestown by Charles II. In 1703 John Wood of Rosmead purchased 92 acres of Rosmead and Carrestowne from the Trustees of forfeited estates. See Burkes Landed Gentry of Great Britain 1849, I, 278.
Wood (Rosmead)	John Wood was the son of Richard Wood and a Miss Smith, who settled at Loughcrew, county Meath in the 17th century. In 1666, Richard Wood was granted 301 acres at Rosmead and Cavestown by Charles II. In 1703 John Wood of Rosmead purchased 92 acres of Rosmead and Carrestowne from the Trustees of forfeited estates. John Wood and his wife Mary Worsopp had three daughters, the eldest of whom married Hans Widman and they inherited the Rosmead estate. Hans Widman took the additional name of Wood. His son and grandson married into the families of King of Rockingham, county Roscommon and Henry of Straffan, county Kildare. In 1822 Frances Elizabeth Widman Wood, heiress to this estate, married Captain Hercules Robinson. See Burkes Landed Gentry of Great Britain 1849, I, 278.