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Eustaces in early Westmeath records:
1540-41; Crown Surveys of Lands; Oliver Ewstas of Mylton, Westmeath,
tenant of land and dwelling at “Ewstas land”, annual rent 36 shillings.
Oliver Ewstas also was in possession of a messuage and buildings rented
at 11 shillings, 10 pence. Crown Surveys of Lands
1540-41 with Kildare Rental Begun in 1518, Geroid Mac Niochall, Dublin;
Irish Manuscript Commission (1992).
1599; Fiant 6023 (6110) Pardon for intrusions and alienations to Rose
Eustace, widow of Gerald Petit, and Redmund Pettit his son , feoffees of
Gerald Pettit, late of Irishtowne, County Westmeath, knight; and to
Thomas, son and heir of Simon Pettit , son and heir of
said Gerald. Also to Wm. Pettit of Parsettestowne, Peter Nangle of
Stokestown. Recites Inquisition, Exchequer, Westmeath, Eliz; No. 52.
Fine L52 10s 6d – 16 October xxxviii. The Irish Fiants of the Tudor
Sovereigns, de Burca, Eamon; Edmund Burke, Publisher (1994), Page 274.
Comments:
Documents also mention Daltons in same area. Mylton (Milton) is about
midway from Mullingar to Ballymahon. In the same area are the villages
of Piercetown and Irishtowne.
Oliver FitzGerald, younger brother to Gerrit mor
FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, was in possession of considerable
property in this part of Westmeath. Gerrit og FitzGerald was the son of
Gerrit mor FitzGerald and Alison FitzEustace who was the daughter of
Roland FitzEustace, Lord Portlester and Margaret D’Artois. Gerri tog
died in the Tower of
London. His son Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare also known as
Silken Thomas was executed for his part in the Silken Thomas Rebellion
of 1534. Also executed were Thomas’s five uncles including Oliver
mentioned above.
Public Records:
Flax grower’s List (1797)
James Eustace Leny,
Westmeath
Tithe Applotment Books (1824)
James
Eustace Rathbennet,
Corkaree, Leny, Westmeath (1824)
(9
acres, 3 roods, 35 3/4 perches)
Richard Griffith’s Valuation (1848-64)
Mary Eustace
T/Moate,
Athlone Road,
Westmeath
Mary Eustace Kilcleagh
Westmeath
Patrick Eustace
Cullenhugh,
Parish Leny, Westmeath
Patrick Eustace
House,
yard, garden on Dirty Lane,
Mullingar, Westmeath
William Eustace
Cullenhugh,
Parish Leny, Westmeath
Capt. Chas. Stannard Eustace
Kilgarran
Glebe, Kilcleagh, Westmeath
(Charles Stannard Eustace lived in London
and owned more than 1,000 acres in the Westmeath area. While Charles
owned considerable land in Westmeath, his connection with other Eustaces
of Westmeath, if any, is unknown.) Charles Stannard Eustace was the son
of Reverend Charles Eustace and his wife Cassandra Stannard of
Robertstown, County
Kildare (See Robertstown Eustace
Family)
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