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Burrowes (Stradone)
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Burke's Irish Family Records states that the Burrowes family were established at Drumlane in county Cavan in the reign of James I and that Thomas Borowes received a patent from Charles II for the possession of Stradone. In the mid-19th century the estate of Robert Burrowes of Stradone House was located in the parishes of Kildrumsherdan, Larah, Kinawley, Drung, Killashandra and Lavey. In 1876, he owned 9,572 acres in the county. Robert’s brother James Edward Burrowes married Mary Anne Nesbitt, heiress to her brother Alexander Nesbitt of Lismore, county Cavan. Branches of this family were resident in counties Leitrim, Longford, Cavan and Meath.
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Nesbitt (Lismore)
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Alexander Nesbitt settled in county Donegal in the early 17th century. The Nesbitts came to own an estate in county Cavan through the marriage in 1713 of Alexander’s grandson, Thomas Nesbitt, and Jane daughter and heir of Arnold Cosby of Lismore, county Cavan, High Sheriff 1718. Jane Cosby was a descendant of Arnold Cosby, born in 1591, settled in county Cavan, son of Alexander Cosby and Dorcas Sydney from whom the Stradbally, county Laois family also descend. Thomas and Jane’s eldest son Cosby Nesbitt married Anne Enery of Bawnboy and was High Sheriff of the county in 1764. In the mid-19th century the Nesbitt estate was located in the parishes of Larah, Kilmore, Castlerahan, Ballintemple and Crosserlough, while a cousin John Albert Nesbitt held land in the parish of Drumlane. In 1876, Alexander Nesbitt of Lismore and London owned 9,735 acres in county Cavan. He died in 1886 and was succeeded by his sister Mary Anne who was married to James Edward Burrowes, second son of Thomas Burrowes of Stradone. In 1885, their son Thomas Cosby Burrowes married a Maxwell of Fortland. In 1877, John Albert Nesbitt of Forthill, Belturbet, owned 377 acres. http://www.nisbetts.co.uk/archives/nesalx.htm
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