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Nixon
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William Nixon, of Thornhill, county Fermanagh (close to the town of Blacklion), is recorded as owning over 300 acres in county Leitrim as well as property in Cavan and Fermanagh in 1878.
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Nixon (Co Cavan)
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The various branches of the Nixons are descended from Adam Nixon who had settled in county Fermanagh in the 17th century. By the mid-19th century various family members held land in the parishes of Killinagh, barony of Tullyhaw and Annagh, barony of Tullygarvey, county Cavan. In 1876, Christopher Nixon of Killyglasson owned 729 acre, while William Nixon of Thornhill owned 1,346 acres, Miss Nixon of Enniskillen owned 455 acres and Charlotte Nixon and the Reverend Robert H. Nixon owned 278 and 137 acres respectively. William Nixon also owned 82 acres in county Fermanagh and 383 acres in county Leitrim. Rev Andrew Nixon resident at Knockballymore, Clones, county Monaghan, owned a further 724 acres in county Cavan.
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Nixon (Donegal & Monaghan)
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Reverend Alexander Brown Nixon was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Raymunterdoney and Tullaghobegley, Barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal at the time of Griffiths Valuation. He was recorded as the owner of over 9000 acres in County Donegal in the 1870s. His residence by then is noted as Knockballymore, Clones County Monaghan. Nixon had moved from Gweedore following an attack by tenants in 1858.
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French (Belturbet)
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When Matthew French of Belturbet, Co Cavan, made his will in 1688, he left a third of his lands, houses and tenements in Cos Fermanagh and Cavan and in the Corporation of Belturbet to his wife Elinor. Matthew French also had property in Dublin. His eldest son Richard married Mary Perrott of Dromhonie, Co Cavan. His second son Matthew French junior of Dublin and Belturbet married Mary Meade. Their only son was the Reverend Matthew French who had one son Matthew (died in 1739) and a daughter Marianne who married the Reverend Andrew Nixon of Nixon Lodge, county Cavan.
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