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Enery
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In the mid-18th century John Enery was in possession of Bawnboy Demesne. He was married to Margaret, daughter of William Hamilton M.P. of Strabane and his wife Catherine L. Montgomery of Ballyconnell. They had a son, also named John, who was High Sheriff of Cavan in 1796. John Enery Junior built Bawnboy House about 1790. He married Sarah Ainsworth Blunt and they had at least two children William Hamilton Enery who married Isabella A. Ottley in 1839 and a daughter Sarah who married Robert Story, son of the Reverend Joseph Story of Bingfield, see http://www.bawnboy.com/History-Heritage-Folklore/pages/bawnboy-84.html In the early 1840s the Ballyconnell estate of his cousins, the Montgomerys, passed to William Hamilton Enery. He was deceased when this estate came up for sale in the Encumbered Estates Courts in December 1858. It was sold on behalf of his daughter and heiress Constance Isabella, a minor. She later married Captain Stewart Cartwright and they adopted the additional surname of Enery. At the time of sale the Ballyconnell estate amounted to 6,474 acres and was located in the parishes of Tomregan, Templeport and Drumlane, county Cavan and Tomregan, county Fermanagh. A medical doctor, George Roe, bought Ballyconnell House and some land. Other townlands were purchased by Earl Annesley.
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Montgomery (Ballyconnell)
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In 1724 the Gwyllym estate was sold for £8,000 to Colonel Alexander Montgomery (1686–1729) of Convoy House, County Donegal, M.P. for Donegal Borough 1725-1727 and for Donegal County 1727-1729. He died in 1729 and left the Ballyconnell estate to his nephew George Leslie who assumed the additional name of Montgomery. George Leslie Montgomery was M.P. for Strabane, County Tyrone from 1765-1768 and for County Cavan from 1770-1787. He was succeeded by his son George Montgomery, 'a lunatic', whose estate was administered by the Court of Chancery. Following his death in 1841, his estate became the property of his Enery cousins at Bawnboy. In 1856, the estate was sold. The purchasers included George Roe and the Earl Annesley.
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Roe (Ballyconnell)
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The Roe family were originally from Warwickshire. Richard Roe came to Ireland in the mid-17th century and his grandson Thomas settled at Mount Roe, county Armagh. His great grandson, George Roe, a medical doctor, bought some parts of the Ballyconnell estate, of the Montgomery and Enery families in 1856 when it was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. These lands were located in the parish of Tomregan. George Roe was the son of the Reverend Edward Roe and his wife, Martha Crozier. He married Eliza Noble and they had a family of 4 sons and 5 daughters. In 1876, Eliza Roe of Ballyconnell, owned 570 acres in the county.
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Ramage (Craddanstown)
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The Ramage family lived at Craddanstown, parish of Killucan, county Westmeath, from at least the early 19th century. They held an estate of about 150 acres from the Earls of Longford. The size of the estate is taken from a reference to an old rent book still in the house in 2017 when the property was for sale (https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/peek-inside-this-wonderful-and-completely-restored-495k-historic-home/36226392.html). On 8 January 1877 Lockhart Ramage of Craddanstown married Anne Mary daughter of George Roe MD of Ballyconnell, county Cavan. She died on 19 July 1909 and her gravestone records that she was the wife of Lockhart Ramage of 'Craddanstown Lodge'. No Ramage is recorded in the parliamentary paper listing owners of one acre or more in 1876.
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