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Watson (Garrykennedy)
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The Watsons were settled in Garrykennedy, county Tipperary, from at least the mid 18th century. They appear to have inherited Garrykennedy from the Felthams as a Lieutenant Henry Feltham was, with others, granted the lands of Garrykennedy in the 1660s. The Watsons married members of the Feltham, Gason and Drew families. James Watson married Julia Blake and in November 1857 the Garrykennedy estate of Julia Watson or of Charles Blake, her trustee, or of Christopher Hume Lawder, assignee of James Watson, an insolvent, was advertised for sale. The estate amounted to 248 acres held in fee simple and included the town of Portroe and the demesne lands on which an old mansion had been removed by the "late tenant" to make room for a new one of which he had completed one tower. The sale rental includes a view of the Garry Kennedy demesne on the shore of the Shannon. It was bought by William Parker for £6,000. In June 1864 the estate of Carrol Watson called Brookwatson 147 acres held in fee farm was advertised for sale. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/g/n/Joan-F-Watson/PDFGENE4.pdf
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