Singleton (Fort Singleton)
Estate(s)
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Singleton | Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton, Emyvale, county Monaghan, and his wife Isabella Crawford, had a son Thomas born in 1760. Thomas (junior) married his cousin Annabella Crawford and died in 1836. They had an only child Isabella, born in 1783, who married her cousin Andrew Crawford of Auburn, county Dublin in 1802. In 1842, their son Thomas Crawford succeeded to the Fort Singleton estate and assumed the name of Singleton. The Fort Singleton estate was in the parishes of Donagh and Errigal Trough, barony of Trough. In 1876, Thomas Crawford Singleton owned 4,489 acres in county Monaghan and 766 acres in county Cavan, parish of Kinawley. |
| Crawford (Cavancarragh) | This family settled in county Fermanagh in the 17th century. James Crawford (1682-1753), fourth son of Lawrence Crawford of Cavancarragh, county Fermanagh, had a son Andrew and three daughters. His second daughter, Isabella married Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton, County Monaghan and had a son, Thomas. Andrew Crawford married his cousin, Catherine Crawford and their daughter Annabella married her first cousin, Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton and had a daughter Isabella, who in 1802 married her first cousin Andrew Crawford of Auburn, county Dublin. Their son, Thomas Crawford, succeeded to the Fort Singleton estate and assumed the name of Singleton. The Crawfords also intermarried with members of the Moutray family. |
| Moutray | The Moutray family of Fifeshire in Scotland acquired the Favour Royal estate in county Tyrone, through marriage with members of the Erskine family who had been granted the estate by James I. In 1768, the Reverend Anketell Moutray of Favour Royal married Catherine, eldest daughter of Thomas Singleton of Fort Singleton. In the mid-19th century their grandson Anketell Moutray held land in the parish of Errigal Trough, county Monaghan. In 1843, Anketell’s brother, Whitney Moutray, married his cousin Annabella Singleton and through this marriage acquired the Singleton properties, Fort Singleton, county Monaghan and Auburn, county Dublin. In 1876, Whitney Moutray owned 349 acres in county Monaghan. |