Whitneys of Ireland

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See also Whitneys of England & Whitneys of Wales.

Earliest Whitneys

• Medieval Whitney Families
• Early Modern Whitney Families
• Whitneys of the 13th Century
• Whitneys of the 14th Century
• Whitneys of the 15th Century
• Whitneys of the 16th Century
• Whitneys of the 17th Century

Whitneys of County Westmeath

• Family:Whitney, Thomas (s1660-1728)
• Family:Whitney, ----- (s1670?-?)
  • Family:Whitney, Shugbrough (s1690?-1747)
  • Family:Whitney, Thomas (s1700?-1741)

• Edmond W. F. Whitney, address Newpass, Rathowen, owned 2,538 acres - Landowners in Co. Westmeath, circa 1870s (the 2nd largest amount of land listed).

Notes

The following records appear to be related:

Source: http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.britisles.ireland.wem.general/196.480.464/mb.ashx

Whitney 1740 will of Colemore, Colebegg, Newtown, Westmeath
Shirley (View posts) Posted: 8 Dec 2003 11:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Adair, Cole, Whitney
The will of Thomas WHITNEY, Newpass alias Derrydown, Killucan, co. Westmeath Ireland, 30 April 1740 mentioned his brother BOLEYN WHITNEY, his sister Ann Upton & her husband Ambrose Upton, his brother Shuckburgh WHITNEY.
Thomas WHITNEY's lands, etc., were "castles, towns and lands of Newpass, Rathowen, COLEMORE, COLEBEGG, Win(d)town, Ballygarron, Ballydorey" and others in Co. Westmeath.

Boleyn WHITNEY was nephew of Mrs. Robert Adair of co. Longford, houses in Dublin City, and of "Hollybrook" co. Wicklow, mentioned in Mrs. Adair's will of 1747.

Sir Robert COLE's will 29 September 1716 mentioned Thomas WHITNEY, esq., and his wife Lady Anne COLE.
Sir Robert COLE's address was given as Ballymackey, co. Tipperary. He had a brother Thomas COLE and nephews Robert COLE, Thomas COLE (2nd son of Thomas) and Michael COLE (3rd son of Thomas).

Any information on Adair & Whitneys appreciated. Thankyou.

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Source: ADAIR-L Archives

From: [email protected]
Subject: Adair, Boleyn & Thos Whitney, & Ambrose Upton, Westmeath
Date: 29 Oct 2005 15:22:25 -0600

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Surnames: Adair, Whitney, Upton, Forster, Lambert
Classification: Query

Message Board URL:

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JG.2ADEB/716.745.776.907.938.971.1072.1075.2.4.2.1.1.1

Message Board Post:

re: Boleyn Whitney who was mentioned in the 1747 will of Jane Adair (nee Forster), wife of Robert Adair dc. 29 March 1737 of Co. Longford, co. Dublin and co. Wicklow, Ireland.

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Will of Thomas Whitney, Newpass als. Derrydown, co. Westmeath.
30 April 1740. 26 Feb 1741.
His brother Boleyn Whitney, Esq., trustee and exor.
His sister Ann Upton wife of Ambrose Upton, clerk.
His brother Shuckburgh Whitney, Lieut. Colonel in H.M.'s service.
Roger Martin, junr., son of Capt. Roger Martin of Stepney.
His castles, towns and lands of Newpass (Derrydown ?), Rathowen, Colemore, Colebegg, Win(d)town, Ballygarron, Ballydorey and all other his lands and hereditaments in Co. Westmeath.
Witnesses: Thomas Taylor and Joseph Brisco, both of London, gents., Patk. Makin, servant to testator.
Memorial witnessed by: William Williams and Alexr. Williams, Dublin, gents.
105, 180, 73405 Boleyn Whitney (seal)

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From Burke's Landed Gentry:
"Charles Fox, Esq., eventually of "Fox Hall"
(refer poem about Robin Adair & Fox of Fox Hall)
as heir to his elder brother, m. Miss Whitney (niece of Robert Adair), dau of Col. Whitney, of Newpass, by his wife, Miss Boleyn, aunt to (Ralph Howard, Baron Clonmore of Clonmore Castle, co Carlow, Ireland), 1st Viscount Wicklow, and d. 1747 having had one son."

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Newpass / Derrydown, Killucan, co. Westmeath, Ireland.

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Hugh Howard, b.1761, brother of the 3rd Earl of Wicklow, lived on a property in co. Wicklow in the early-mid 1800s which had been owned by John Lambert who was agent for Robert Adair, his father-in-law and neighbour on "Hollybrook". My g-g-grandfather went back to Ireland for this property as it was part of his inheritance. Hugh Howard's son, Sir Ralph Howard b. 1801 also lived on Bushy Park (now named Bushey Park).

Hugh Howard had a sister, Isabella Howard b.1791 who m. William Meade Smythe of Barbavilla, co. Westmeath, Ireland, and Deer Park, nr Honiton, Devon, England. I have wondered whether and Adairs married into this Meade family.

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I have come across many references to the Upton family, but have not written down notes. Sorry

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Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/ireland/westmeath/messages/217.html

Whitney, of Newpass, Derrydown, Killucan
Posted by: sw (ID *****8133) Date: April 20, 2006 at 13:39:19

30 April 1740 Will of Thomas WHITNEY,
Newpass alias Derrydown, Killucan, co. Westmeath Ireland,
mentioned his brother BOLEYN WHITNEY,
his sister Ann Upton & her husband Ambrose Upton,
his brother Shuckburgh Whitney.
Thomas Whitney's lands, etc., were "castles, towns and lands of Newpass, Rathowen, COLEMORE, COLEBEGG, Win(d)town, Ballygarron, Ballydorey" and others in Co. Westmeath.

Boleyn Whitney was nephew of Mrs. Robert Adair of co. Longford, Dublin City, and of "Hollybrook" co. Wicklow, and was mentioned in Mrs. Adair's will of 1747.

29 Sep 1716, Will of Robert Cole of Ballymackey, co. Tipperary, mentions Thomas Whitney and Lady Anne Cole his wife.

Boleyn Whitney m. 1719 at St. Anne, Dublin, Ireland to Mary Vanbobbart.

Charles Fox, Esq., (of Lanesborough ? refer Butler family) eventually of Fox Hall, as heir to his elder brother,
m. Miss Whitney, (dau. of Col. Whitney, of Newpass & wife Miss Boleyn, aunt of 1st Visc Wicklow), and d. 1747 having one son. (Burke’s Landed Gentry)

(refer to ditty about Robert Adair of Hollybrook, Dublin and of wine firm of Butler, Aldridge & Adair, going to Foxhall, and a ditty to tune of “Adair of Derrydown”). ................. Col. the Right Hon. John Eyre accompanied Gen. Ludlow to Ireland, and after the restoration of Charles II. was returned to Parliament for the town of Galway, and received a patent from the Crown, dated 1662, granting to him the Manor of Eyrecourt and other lands in Galway and Kerry. He m. 1662 Mary Bigoe, dau of Philip Bigoe, High Sheriff of Kings Co, and died in 1684, leaving issue :

John Eyre, of Eyrecourt, m. Feb. 7, 1677, Margery Preston,
.....(dau of Sir Geo Preston & niece of Duchess of Ormond).
......and d. 1704, leaving issue:

1. George Eyre, of Eyrecourt, m. Barbara, dr. of Lord Conningsby.
2. John Eyre m. Rose Plunket, dr. of Lord Louth.
3. Mary Eyre m. the Right Hon. Geo. Evans, M.P.
4. Elizabeth Eyre m. Richard Trench, M.P. for Garbally.
5. Emelia Eyre m. (1) Rev. W. Wilson; (2) John Rochfort.
6. Margery Eyre m. Shuckburg Witney (Whitney) of New Ross.
7. Jane Eyre.
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Any information on Adair and/or Whitney families appreciated. Thankyou.

"Newpass House was built by the Whitney Family, who received a grant of the nearby town of Rathowen in 1684." - Newpass House, County Westmeath

5. Boleyn Whitney - This deed states that Boleyn Whitney gave a mortgage on Andrew Wilson’s property in 1719. Lyon’s ‘Grand Juries of Westmeath’ includes the following concerning Boleyn Whitney “the third son of Colonel Whitney; who adopted the law as his profession, and attained a seat on the Bench. He came on the Lent 1754 circuit in Westmeath (the year of this deed). He drew up and was a trustee of the will of Andrew Wilson of Piercefield made in 1724 who left his estates to support the establishment of Wilson Hospital”. Boleyn Whitney was probably an ancestor of Sir Benjamin Whitney who in 1860 married Annabella North-Bomford (27.6.2)

6. Rev Ambrose Upton, 1688-1752, married Anna, a daughter of Boleyn Whitney of New Pass, Co Westmeath, on the Co Longford border, which may be the New Pass mentioned in the Wilson lease of 1754 (7.9) to Henry Upton, the brother of Ambrose. Whitney’s brother was probably George Boleyn Whitney of New Pass. The latter’s daughter Elizabeth married, c1780, Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Bart, and the Fetherstonhaugh-Whitney family were living at New Pass until the first Great War. - The Irish Bomfords 1617 to the Present, Chapter VII, The Cousins of Clounstown & Killeglan 1734 - 1759.