Thomas O'Dea1

M, b. circa 1785
Father*John O'Dea1 b. circa 1755, d. before March 27, 1841
Mother*Mary Apjohn1 b. 1767, d. September 20, 1833
     Thomas O'Dea was born circa 1785 in Lought, Milltown in the Parish of Aglishcormick, County Limerick.1 He was the son of John O'Dea and Mary Apjohn.1 Thomas O'Dea married Catherine Loughlin circa 1807 in Kilteely In the Parish of Aglishcormick, County Limerick.1

Children of Thomas O'Dea and Catherine Loughlin

Residence

1826Thomas holds the lease on a plot of land a little over 6 Irish acres.Tithe Applotment Book, Kildromin in the Parish of Kilteely, County Limerick2
1826Thomas holds the lease on a plot of land a little over 16 Irish acres.Tithe Applotment Book, Feloree in the Parish of Aglishcormick, County Limerick3
1826Thomas holds the lease on a plot of land a little over 33 Irish acres.Tithe Applotment Book, Milltown in the Parish of Aglishcormick, County Limerick4
from 1830 to 1850The Tenure Books for Miltown cover land rentals beginning in 1830. Most of these leases were for “for life” which meant for the life of the person holding the lease and not necessarily for his or her offspring. Because of the large number of emigrations because of the Famine, this book is hard to read since names were simply crossed out and others written over them when a person left his or her land holding.

From the Tenure Book for Miltown, we conclude the following:

In 1830, Thomas Day, son of John, rented a dairy, house and land (a little over 6 acres ) from Mrs. Charlotte Wolfe and a second house and land (an additional 36 acres) as well. In addition, he rented a couple of acres to John Reordan “at will” (probably a hired man). Over the years, Thomas acquired more and more land in Miltown: 1) a house and land (over 4 acres) from Matthew Day, 2) house and land from Honora Day (the house was apparently destroyed after Thomas took over the property), 3) a house and land from Michael Day, 4) a house and land (about 8 acres) from Sally Day, 5) a bit of land from Norrie Day who was living on it free by permission of the above Sally, and 6) more land from Michael Day.

The other original land holders in 1830 were Robert Day, Thomas Day (son of Darby) and Thomas Bartley. When Thomas died, his lease was taken over initially by his son, Darby, and when Darby emigrated in 1848, the land was taken over by Robert Day. Likewise, when Thomas Bartley emigrated in 1849, Robert took over his land as well.

While there were eleven different land holders in 1830, by 1850, this number had been reduced to four: 1) Thomas, the son of John, and his hired man, John Reardon, Robert Day, Thomas’ brother, and Michael Day, possibly the son of John and brother of Thomas.		Milltown in the Parish of Aglishcormick, County Limerick5
September, 1832Thomas is mentioned in a list of land holders published by The Limerick Chronicle as having land in Boheroe, Feloree and Miltown. Note that this conforms with the Tithe Applotment Survey which showed that he held land in all three townships in 1826.County Limerick6
June 29, 1853Thomas continues to hold land in Boherroe and is renting house, office and land (about 29 acres) from Patrick BalfeGriffith's Valuation, Boherroe in the Parish of Aglishcormick, County Limerick7
June 29, 1853Thomas continues to hold land in Miltown and is renting house, office and land (about 109 acres) from Mrs. Charlotte Wolfe. He is subletting a portion of this land to John Reardon (less than an acre).Griffith's Valuation, Milltown in the Parish of Aglishcormick, County Limerick7
June 29, 1853Thomas continues to hold land in Kildromin and is renting land (about 10 acres) from the Rev. Michael L. ApjohnGriffith's Valuation, Kildromin in the Parish of Kilteely, County Limerick7
ChartsPater Familias O'Dea Descendant Chart (Indented)
Thomas (John) O'Dea Descendant Chart (Indented)
Last Edited10 Feb 2021

Citations

  1. [S358] Edmond O'Dea, "Outline Descendant Report for John O'Dea."
  2. [S369] 1826 Tithe Applotment, Dublin, County Dublin, Townland of Kildromin.
  3. [S369] 1826 Tithe Applotment, Dublin, County Dublin, Townland of Feloree.
  4. [S369] 1826 Tithe Applotment, Dublin, County Dublin, Townland of Miltown.
  5. [S637] Ireland, Valuation Office Books, 1831 - 1856, online https://www.familysearch.org, Limerick, Aglishcormick, Miltown.
  6. [S636] The Limerick Chronicle, A list of land holders appeared in the Limerick Chronicle in September and October 1832.
  7. [S646] Griffith's Valuation of Ireland, online http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml