John O'Dea
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John O'Dea married Eleanor Clancy before 1785 in Ballylaneena, County Clare.
The O'Dea family originated in County Clare. After the Cromwellean conquest and the Williamite War, Irish lands were seized for the Crown.
“Abstract of Petitions presented to the Honble the Trustees appointed to put in execution the Act 11th and 12th William III, intitled ‘An Act for Granting an Aid to his Majesty by sale of the forefeited and other Estates and Interests in the Realme of Ireland.—A.D. 1700’.”
“John O’Dea of Ballylanheeda, near Ennis, presents his petition and sets forth that he is entitled to 58 acres of that townland as lessee of Lord Clare, for the lives of his wife Eleanor Clancy, of his son James and of himself, at the yearly rent of £10. He paid his rent regularly to Sir Wm. King, to whom the lands had been mortgaged by Viscount Clare. He estimates the present annual value of the farm to be £12, and its gross value to be [pound]120. The witnesses to this petition are Dermot O’Brien, James O’Grady, and Cornelius O’Brien.”.1
The O'Dea family originated in County Clare. After the Cromwellean conquest and the Williamite War, Irish lands were seized for the Crown.
“Abstract of Petitions presented to the Honble the Trustees appointed to put in execution the Act 11th and 12th William III, intitled ‘An Act for Granting an Aid to his Majesty by sale of the forefeited and other Estates and Interests in the Realme of Ireland.—A.D. 1700’.”
“John O’Dea of Ballylanheeda, near Ennis, presents his petition and sets forth that he is entitled to 58 acres of that townland as lessee of Lord Clare, for the lives of his wife Eleanor Clancy, of his son James and of himself, at the yearly rent of £10. He paid his rent regularly to Sir Wm. King, to whom the lands had been mortgaged by Viscount Clare. He estimates the present annual value of the farm to be £12, and its gross value to be [pound]120. The witnesses to this petition are Dermot O’Brien, James O’Grady, and Cornelius O’Brien.”.1
Family: John O'Dea and Eleanor Clancy
| Last Edited | 8 Aug 2012 |
Citations
- [S293] James Frost, History and Topography of the County of Clare, p. 570, pp. 587-588. (Note that this is the only O’Dea listed in these Abstracts.).