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Batty (Ballyhealy)
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This family were settled at Ballyhealy, Castletowndevlin, county Westmeath from the late 17th century. Charles Batty married Margaret Espine and died in 1737. Their son Philip married twice, to Catherine Barry and Louisa Nugent of Clonlost. By Catherine he had six sons and a daughter. Philip was High Sheriff of Westmeath in 1788. Two of his sons were slave owners in Jamaica while another was a clergyman, Reverend Edward Batty. Reverend Edward’s second wife was Catherine, daughter of John Kincaid. The firm of Stewart and Kincaid were agents for the Ballyhealy estate. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation [publ. 1854] Reverend Edward Batty was a principal lessor in the parish of Castletowndevlin. According to Burke's 1858 edition, the Ballyhealy estate was transferred to him in 1853. His estate amounting to 1,504 acres was for sale in November 1858 but he was still the owner of 1,215 acres in the mid-1870s.
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