Family History & Genealogy

There are three main groups of Eustaces in the British Isles:

The English Family
The Irish Families
The Cornish Family
Variations
Allied Families

Eustaces Families of English Origin:

Oxfordshire Eustace Family

The English Family has been in the area southeast of Oxford since the 1200’s. The family claims descent from Eustace, Count of Boulogne, chief ally of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, 1066. However, the definite link has not been established. The first to make his home in England was Geoffrey of Boulogne who appears in

1086 as holding manors from the Boulogne estates and from his wife’s family, the De Mandevilles. He had three grandsons and it is from the middle one, Master Eustace, a lawyer in the service of the Archbishop of Canterbury that the family and the name are descended. One of his sons was seal bearer to Richard, Coeur de Lion, later Bishop of Ely and with his brother and stepfather was involved in the negotiations leading to Magna Carta.

The family name of FitzEustace was used during the 1200’s but the `Fitz’ was dropped about 1300 and `Eustace’ continued as the family name. There is a father to son record until William who supplied stone from his quarry at Wheatley to build part of Windsor Castle. He sold the quarry to Abingdon Abbey in 1375. As there were no personal records at that time, the trail becomes difficult but we know of a Eustace who fought at Agincourt, another who was warden of the Queen’s wood at Bray and several who were university students at Oxford. From 1550 to the present day there is a record of every generation including branches in USA, New Zealand and Australia.

Successive generations produced leaders in the community including lords of the manors of Watcome and Britwell; one was mayor of the city of Oxford. There are records of a continuous emigration into London and into Birmingham during the 19th century. One of the earliest migrations to the USA was in 1657 when William and Sarah went to Boston. They took the spelling `Eustis’ which has remained to this day. There are at least three Eustis villages and three townships in the USA named for members of the family. The history of the Eustis family has been recorde by Professor Lawrence Henry Eustis Genealogy of The Eustis Family (1878) and The Eustis Families in The United States by Warner Eustis in 1968.

There have been three US ambassadors named Eustis and William Eustis served as Governor of Massachusetts. Another emigration was in 1676, when John Eustace, born in Bucks, who went with his wife, Sarah, and her parents to take over a property in the colonial Virginia. A Eustace of a later generation married one of their neighbours, a member of the prominent Lee family, who trace their roots to passengers on the Mayflower. Members of the Bucks connection went to Kansas in the late 19th century.

Considerable movement of Eustaces has taken place along the line of the Chiltern hills into Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire to the north and into Berkshire and Wiltshire to the south. Gravestones, memorial inscriptions and church bells commemorate their part in the life of the community over the centuries.

Oxfordshire (Boston) Eustis Family

Family History & Genealogy

A Brief History of the Eustace Families of Great Britain as it is Known:

The first to make his home in England was Geoffrey of Boulogne who appears in 1086 as holding manors from the Boulogne estates and from his wife’s family, the De Mandevilles. He had three grandsons and it is from the middle one, Master Eustace, a lawyer in the service of the Archbishop of Canterbury that the family and the name are descended. One of his sons was seal bearer to Richard, Coeur de Lion, later Bishop of Ely and with his brother and stepfather was involved in the negotiations leading to Magna Carta.

Virginia Eustace Family

From Cornwall They Came

By: Dawna (Eustice) Lund

Many of our namesakes – Eustace, Eustice, Eustis – can trace their ancestry to Cornwall. Cornwall is a duchy (county) occupying the southwestern most area of England. It is a peninsula bounded by the English Channel on the south and the Atlantic Ocean on the west and north and terminates in a point on the west called Land’s End. It shares a border with only one other county, namely Devon to the east. The Scilly Islands, located just offshore to the west, are also part of Cornwall. Anciently, the Cornish were a Celtic people, related to the ancient Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Britons, who lived in Cornwall since the introduction of farming around 3000 B.C and had their own language. The old Cornish name for Cornwall was Curnow. Cornwall has also been occupied and influenced by the Romans, Saxons and Normans.

The Eustis (and variants) family in Cornwall divides historically into two main groups. The first family group spans the Cornwall-Devon border of which there are occasional records from the 13th century to the 15th. There are wills of the Cornish family in Morval and Menheniot as early as 1578-1594. From the end of that century, the parish registers show the presence of the family at St. Sampson and Bodmin. The l8th century records a number of marriages at Pillaton. The parish church of Tavistock is dedicated to St. Eustachius (the largest of only three so dedicated in England). A family in St. Budeaux prospered in Elizabethan times and expanded their land holdings far into north Cornwall.

The second group, which may or may not be related to the first, can be found in western Cornwall, in the parish of Crowan and surrounding parishes. The earliest documented ancestor of this branch was Richard Eustis. According to the Protestation Returns of 1641, a Richard Yestes and William Yestes were living in Crowan parish. The Protestation was an oath of allegiance to the Church of England. A bill was passed in Parliament in July 1641 requiring those over age 18 to sign. Church wardens, ministers, constables and overseers of the poor first took the oath then oversaw the taking of the Protestation oath by their parishioners.

The relationship of William to Richard is uncertain but he was probably either his father or brother. He is likely the William Eustis of Crowan who married Jane Brothes in Breage parish in 1639. The Hearth Tax of 1660-1664 shows Richard Ustes and John Ustes living in Crowan. As William is not listed in this roll, it can be assumed that he had died, moved away or was exempt from the tax.

The seating plan of the parish church of Crowan for the year 1666 provides further insight into the family’s structure and social status. Churchgoers were seated according to social rank, whether by assignment or purchase. The highest ranking pews were closest to the pulpit, the lowest furthest from the pulpit. Richard Yestes was seated in the second row in the south aisle, with John Yestes seated in the row behind him. From this it can be inferred that both were adults by 1666 and that Richard had a higher social rank than John, suggesting a father/son relationship. Richard’s wife was seated on the north side in the fourth seat of the middle row and John’s wife on the south side of the same row.

Richard and Mary (surname unknown) had a son named John, who was christened on 30 May 1624 at Crowan. The surname is written as Ustos in the christening record. (John did not sign the Protestation as he was not yet 18.) John resided at Kerthen Wood (alternately Kirthen Wood), a settlement or village in Crowan parish near Townshend, and was married to Elizabeth (surname unknown). John died there between 15 August 1692, when he made his will, and 7 May 1694, when the will was probated. Elizabeth was buried in the Crowan churchyard cemetery on 5 Oct 1700. John and Elizabeth and had 5 known children, one daughter and four sons, John, Eleanor, George, Henry and Richard. Many, perhaps most, of today’s Cornish namesakes descend from one of these four sons, which accounts for the strong DNA matches among different branches of the Cornish families. Eustis was the most common spelling of the surname in earlier times, but by the mid-1800s the Eustice and Eustace spellings appeared more frequently. Whether still in Cornwall or elsewhere in the world, descendants today include those with all three spellings, though Eustice seems to be the most common of the three.

It is being circulated that the aforementioned Richard Eustis was a son of Richard Eustes and Alice Hornabrooke of the parish of Morval and grandson of yet another Richard. This is an unsubstantiated leap. There is no documentary evidence to support such a connection – nevertheless the dubious ancestry is spreading rapidly and becoming incorporated into more and more family trees. Richard’s ancestors were most probably also from Crowan or nearby, but due to a dearth of records for this early time period, it is doubtful his ancestry will be traced further with any confidence.

If Richard did move into Crowan from elsewhere, there is no evidence that it was from Morval, which is a great distance from Crowan. Morval parish is located in eastern Cornwall not far from the Devon border. Crowan parish is in western Cornwall – there are at least 20 parishes between them. He more likely would have come from a nearer parish, as traveling any distance, particularly for the working poor, was difficult. Even if Richard and Alice of Morval had a son Richard, there is no evidence he was the Richard of Crowan. Some have assigned Richard a birth year, but it is an arbitrary guess. Richard could have been any age between say 16 and 70 when his son was born in 1624 and thus could have been born anytime between 1554 and 1608. Even if the all the registers of every parish in Cornwall survived for this period – very few do – there would likely be many Richards born in this time period. Even if Richard’s exact birth year were known, it could well have occurred in a parish where the register does not survive – most don’t for this period.

If anyone has documentary evidence to clearly establish that Richard of Crowan was, in fact, the son of Richard and Alice of Morval or to document a birth year (from an age at a dated event), please contact the author or editor and it will be published in a future issue for everyone’s benefit. Until then, all should avoid perpetuation of the dubious or fabricated ancestry by not including the Morval connection in their family tree.

It has also been asserted that Richard was the brother (rather than the father) of John and that both were sons of William Eustis who married Jane Brothes in Breage parish in 1639. However, fragmentary portions of the bishop’s transcripts (copies of parish registers made yearly for the bishop) for Crowan for the early 1600’s are available on microfilm. These were examined and the baptism of John Eustis, son of Richard and Mary was found recorded on 30 May 1624. This, coupled with the 1666 Crowan parish seating plan satisfactorily establishes the father-son relationship. The relationship of Richard and John to William, if any, has not been established with any certainty.

For more information on the descendants of Richard Eustis of Crowan and other Cornwall Eustis (all spellings) families not yet connected, contact:

Dawna J. Lund

Box 10583, San Bernardino, CA 92423 USA

or email: DawnaJL@aol.com.

Cornish Namesakes Who Emigrated to the USA

By: Dawna (Eustice) Lund

Historically, mining was the principal occupation in Cornwall, dating back at least to between 1000 and 2000 B.C. when Cornwall is thought to have been visited by metal traders from the eastern Mediterranean. Some of these traders may have stayed and inter-married with the local peoples, which may explain why DNA tests of the descendants from Cornish namesakes indicate a distant origin in the Caucasus region of the Middle East.

Historically, Cornwall supplied most of the tin, copper, zinc, lead, arsenic and silver used in Britain and her colonies. Originally found as alluvial deposits in stream beds and coastal outcroppings, eventually it became necessary to dig for the ores. Underground mines made an appearance in Cornwall as early as the 16th century. Inevitably the mine shafts dropped below the water table, requiring water be pumped out before continuing any deeper.

Hence housings for the pumps and the engines became necessary. These engine houses were the sturdiest buildings at the mines, as they both housed the machinery and supported the massive beams that worked the pumps. It is not surprising that it is many of these engine houses or their ruins dot the landscape in Cornwall still today.

The traditional Cornish Pasty, a meat and vegetable pie something like a Calzone, had its origins as the working lunch for miners. It was nourishing, easy to carry underground and could be eaten with dirty fingers. The filling and untouched portion of the pastry crust would be consumed and the dirty portion of the pasty discarded as an offering to appease the “knockers”, capricious spirits who might otherwise lead miners into danger.

By the mid-19th century, the Cornish mining industry and population had reached its zenith. Foreign competition depressed the price of copper and tin to a point which made mining Cornish ore unprofitable and lead to the decline and eventual collapse of the industry. Today, there are no more metal mining operations in Cornwall, only china-clay mining, but some mine sites and their associated buildings have been preserved as historical reminders of Cornwall’s mining past. In the summer of 2006, the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape was named as a World Heritage Site, acknowledging the contribution the area made to the industrial revolution and to the fundamental influence the area had on mining at large.

The combination of declining employment at home and the discovery of new mineral reserves overseas motivated many Cornish to seek a better life elsewhere. Moving offered the chance of better pay and conditions, and the opportunity to more quickly rise to a position of responsibility. Cornwall was soon gripped by a ‘culture of emigration’, a belief that the best way to get on in the world was to get out of Cornwall. It is estimated that over a quarter of a million Cornish migrated abroad in the latter half of the 19th century and the majority of them were miners. In every decade from the 1860s to the early 1900s, some 20% of the male working population departed. The extent of this mass population exodus, known as the Cornish Diaspora, is typified by the parish of Crowan, which lost nearly half its population, declining from 3982 in 1851 to 2066 in 1911.

Our namesakes joined other “Cousin Jacks and Jennys” – slang terms for Cornish migrants – as they scattered all over the world to utilize their mining skills. They ventured forth to establish homes in the mining areas of the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Central and South America, the Caribbean Islands and elsewhere in the British Isles. As the Cornish were expert at hard rock mining and in making and maintaining equipment to service the mines, their skills were highly sought worldwide. It is said that, “If you find a hole in the ground anywhere in the World, you will find a Cornishman at the bottom of it.” It has estimated that today there are over 6 million people in the world who can trace their ancestry to Cornwall. For more information on the history of mining in Cornwall see www.cornish-mining.org.

Those of our namesakes who emigrated from Cornwall to the United States during the 19th century include the following:

Richard Eustice (1821-1900) was born in Crowan 8 April 1821 and christened there 22 Apri1 1821. He was the son of Richard Eustis (spelling later changed to Eustice) (1796-1851) and Ann Barkle (1798-1842) and grandson of Richard Eustis (1772-1853) and Grace Pooley (1774-1835). He is the ancestor of the author of this article. The death certificate for Richard (1821-1900) mistakenly lists his mother’s maiden name as Ann Pooley. Her correct maiden surname was Barkle (alternately Bartle or Barkell). The informant confused the maiden surname of the mother with that of the grandmother. The marriage of Richard Eustis (1796) to Ann Barkle and the christening of their first child, Anne, are recorded in Gwinear parish registers. Richard’s father Richard (1772) signed as a witness the marriage. Ann (Barkle) Eustis was christened 1 Apr 1798 in Gwinear and was the daughter of William and Ann (Hockin) Barkle. This older Mrs. Ann Barkle was living with the Eustice family in the 1841 census of Camborne parish, Cornwall. The death of Mrs. Ann Eustis is recorded in the family bible of Josiah Barkle/Barkell, her brother. There would be no reason for Ann’s death to be recorded in a Barkle/Barkell family bible, if she were a Pooley. Neither a marriage of a Richard Eustis to an Ann Pooley nor a suitable birth of an Ann Pooley has ever been located. Richard (1821-1900) moved with his parents to nearby Camborne before the 1841 census. On 3 April 1842, five days before his 21st birthday, he set sail for America from the port of Hayle in Cornwall aboard the Brig Ruby which had sailed from South Shields on the northeastern coast of England. After nearly two months at sea, the ship landed at the port of New York on June 1. Also aboard were Richard’s sister Ann (Eustice) Richards, his uncle, James Eustis, and their families. After briefly working in the mines of Pennsylvania, Richard settled in southwestern Wisconsin, first near Benton, Lafayette County, and later in neighboring Hazel Green, Grant County. He worked in the lead mines and ran a small farm and was also lay minister for the Methodist Episcopal Church. At one point he owned or was in partnership in some profitable mines, but suffered financial reverses and died a pauper, so poor that the family could not even afford a stone for his grave. On 3 April 1845 at Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Richard married Jennifer “Jane” Carnsew, daughter of James Carnsew and Mary Harvey, who was born 22 May 1825 in Crowan. According to the 1900 and 1910 censuses, they had 14 children, but only 10 have been identified by name. The others probably died young. Richard died 21 May 1900 in Hazel Green at age 79 and Jennifer died there 14 Dec 1915 at age 90.
John Eustice (1827-1860) was born 7 Feb 1827 in Crowan and christened there 4 Mar 1827, son of Richard Eustis and Ann Barkle and brother to Richard. John sailed from Liverpool aboard the Roscius on the 11 January 1846, celebrated his 19th birthday at sea, and arrived at the port of New York on March 7. According to family legend there were two other John Eustices aboard, but the passenger list has been located and it shows no other Eustice aboard at all. According to a notation on the passenger list, his intended destination was Canada, but if he ever actually went there, it was a short stay. He soon joined his brother in southwestern Wisconsin, where he continued in the mining trade that he had learned in the old country. He was married about 1850 to Jane Oatey, who was born 29 May 1830 in Gwinear parish, Cornwall, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Floyd) Oatey, and had five children – four sons and one daughter. By the 1860 census, the family had moved across the Mississippi River to Dubuque, Iowa, where he died late that same year at the young age of 33. He is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in Center Grove Methodist Cemetery just outside Dubuque. His widow returned to Lafayette County, Wisconsin and married again in 1865 to James Liddell (alternatively Liddle or Little), had four more children and died in 1885.
John G. Eustice (1806-1882) was born 10 Sep 1806 in Crowan and christened there on 26 Oct 1806, son of William Eustis and Elizabeth Glasson, and first cousin to the father of the aforementioned Richard and John. He was married 10 Apr 1830 in Crowan to Ann Ward, daughter of John and Ann (Eddy) Ward, by whom he had nine children. He arrived in the United States in 1841, spent one year in the mines of Pennsylvania then moved to Wisconsin while it was still a territory. Soon thereafter he bought a farm of 120 acres in Elizabeth Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and established a home for his family who joined him from Cornwall about 1843. His first wife died 16 Jun 1849 and on 8 Oct 1853, he married as his second wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Smith) Green, daughter of William and Elizabeth Smith and widow of John Green, and had two more children. In addition to farming, John was involved in both mining and milling. He died on 13 Feb 1882 in Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois at age 75.
Richard W. Eustice (1809-1890) was born 12 Jan 1809 in Crowan and christened there on 29 Jan 1809, son of William Eustis and Elizabeth Glasson and brother to John G. He married Mary B. Pascoe on 23 Dec 1833 in Wendron parish, Cornwall and they had twelve children. They moved many times as he sought mining work in new places. After a few years in Crowan, they moved to St. Keverne parish in Cornwall and then to Llangyfelach parish in Glamorganshire, Wales. Finally, about 1850, he joined his brother in Jo Daviess County Illinois. After his first wife died there on 29 Jun 1868, John remarried 24 Jun 1871 to Mrs. Prudence (Baker) Oliver. She died 14 May 1890 and he died 25 Jan 1892 in Elizabeth, Illinois at age 82.
John Eustice (1845-1889) was born 19 Oct 1845 in Newton, Camborne Parish, Cornwall, son of John Eustis and Grace Temby. He came to America before 1870. He married 27 Nov 1870 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Ann Hill who was born 9 Apr 1855 in Lanlivery parish, Cornwall, daughter of John B and Elizabeth (Pike) Hill by whom he had 9 children. The family lived a few years in Essex County, New Jersey, where he likely worked in the sandstone quarries, and then briefly in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. By 1877, he was mining gold in Black Hawk in Gilpin County, Colorado and he died there 26 Aug 1889 at age 43. His wife remarried John Humphreys in 1890 and died two years later on 7 Aug 1892. Many of the Black Hawk’s historic buildings have recently been restored as a monument to its Gold Rush era heyday.
William Eustis (1801-c1870+) was born 15 Apr 1805 in Camborne, Cornwall, son of John and Mary (Goldsworthy) Eustis. He was married 9 Dec 1830 in Camborne to Mary Vine, daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Eudey) Vine. They had three children in Camborne and then sailed from port of Falmouth in Cornwall 30 March 1837 and arrived in New York Harbor on May 6. They settled in British Hollow, Potosi Township, Grant County, Wisconsin, where William worked in the lead mines. They had six more children there, for a total of nine, and Mary died there in 1872. It is not known if William died there or perhaps went west with his children. By the 1880 census, one child was living in California, two in Minnesota and one in Utah. One son, William, died in the civil war and a set of triplets died in infancy.
William Eustice (1828-1889) was born in 1828 in Crowan parish, Cornwall and christened there on 1 Jan 1829, son of Thomas and Phillipa (Davey) Eustis. He married 3 Jun 1849 in Camborne, Cornwall to Mary Jane Gundry, daughter of John Gundry and Ann Saunders and they had at least eight children. They came to America about 1852 and, after a brief stay in New Jersey, settled in Grant County, Wisconsin. He died on 23 Aug 1889 in Buncombe, Grant County, when the mine in which he was working caved in on him. His wife died in Grant County in 1895 or 1896.
John Eustice (1844-1902) was born 19 Aug 1844 in Camborne, Cornwall, son of Thomas and Sarah (Hicks) Eustice and nephew of the preceding William. He married 28 May 1865 to Grace Hocking, daughter of Nicholas and Grace (Bennetts) Hocking and had one known child. John immigrated to America in 1875 and obtained work as a mining engineer. He settled first in Morris County, New Jersey. By 1878 he was a widower when he married again in Morris County to Sarah Jane Prisk by whom he had 9 children. About 1884 he moved to Pennsylvania and about 1889 to Iron Mountain and finally about 1890 to Bureau County, Illinois where he died in 1902, age 58.
James Eustice (1847-1911) was born 8 Mar 1847 in Camborne, Cornwall and christened in the Tuckingmill Chapel on May 10, son of Thomas and Sarah (Hicks) Eustice and brother of the preceding John. He left for America in 1863, but returned to Cornwall by 1868 where he married at Tuckingmill to Elizabeth Jane Mitchell Polglase born there 7 Dec 1850, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Rowe) Polglase. Their first child was born in Tuckingmill in 1870 and soon after he left again for America and made his way to the Schelbourne Mountains in Eureka County, Nevada Territory, where gold had been recently discovered. His wife and child joined him there a few years later. After having two more children, his wife died 15 Nov 1881. Shortly thereafter, on the run from the law, he fled Nevada, deserting his three children, ages 12, 4 and 1 who were placed in an orphanage. By 1883, he had resettled in Utah where he worked as an undertaker. He married again in 1883 to Emma Roscoe by whom he had 10 children, 6 died in infancy. James died in Eureka, Juab County, Utah on 11 Feb 1911, aged 63.
Josiah Eustice (1849-1909) was born 14 May 1849 in Camborne, Cornwall, son of Thomas and Sarah (Hicks) Eustice and brother to the preceding James and John. He married 26 Jun 1869 at the Registrar’s Office in Redruth, Cornwall to Eliza Jeffery born Nov 1852 in Christow Parish, Devon County, England, daughter of George and Caroline Jeffery. They had 10 children. Shortly after marriage, they went to Wales where Josiah worked for a few years in the coal mines of Gelligaer parish in Glamorganshire. In 1875, Josiah sailed for America and the coal fields of the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. He settled in Plymouth in Luzerne County and was joined within a year or so by Eliza and their two young children. Josiah worked as a fireman at the mines and later as a breaker boss, supervising the crushing, sizing and loading of the ore. He died at Plymouth 3 Jun 1909 at the age of 60. His son, William James, died in 1893 in a mining accident.
George Eustice (1816-1898) was born 15 April 1816 in Gwinear, Cornwall son of John Eustis and Catherine Pascoe, who were married there 22 Jul 1815. As a child, he moved with his parents to St. Ives parish and there he married Philippa Richards, daughter of Richard Richards and Philippa Rodda on 21 Sep 1837. After they had four children in Hasletown, St. Ives, they sailed in August 1845 aboard the Ship Resolution to Quebec, Canada. They made their way to Wisconsin and settled in Potosi Township, Grant County had five more children there. George was a blacksmith and, after Philippa died in 1884, he followed some of his children to Gilroy (the Garlic Capital) in Santa Clara County, California, where he continued that occupation until he died in 1898. [Notes: Some have concluded that John Eustis, father of George, was christened at Gwinear on 26 Oct 1794, son of John and Charity Eustis. This is not possible for two reasons. First, in the 1841 St. Ives census, John and Catherine are found as age 60-64 and thus born 1776-1781. Also, the burial records of Gwinear show that said 1794 John was buried in 1796, so obviously he couldn’t have been anyone’s father. John and Charity moved to Redruth parish and had another John there in 1799, but he is not old enough to be the ancestor. It has also been asserted that Catherine Pascoe was born 1785, daughter of Henry and Catherine King Pascoe. This is highly unlikely as the death certificate for Catherine Eustis, widow of John, states that she died of dropsy (congestive heart failure) at Hasletown, St. Ives on 29 Dec 1842, age 64. Based on her age at death (and confirmed by her age in 1841 census), she was born about 1778 – some 7 years before the daughter of Henry was born. As John and Catherine were in their mid to late 30s when they married, it is likely that it was not a first marriage and perhaps Pascoe was not her maiden/birth name, but her prior married name.]
George Eustis (1811-1856) was christened 17 Feb 1811 in Feock parish, Cornwall, son of George and Phillipa (Bullen) Eustis. He immigrated to the United States in the early 1830’s, one of the earliest of our Cornwall namesakes to come. He settled in St. Lawrence County, New York, where he became a farmer. He married there 28 Dec 1836 to Jane McCoy who was born Dec 1812 in Ireland, daughter of John and Ann McCoy, by whom he had eleven children. George died in an accident on 9 Nov 1856 in St. Lawrence County and Jane died there in 1890.
Tobias Eustis (1821-1889) was born 10 July 1821 in Frogmoor, Feock parish, Cornwall, son of George and Phillipa (Bullen) Eustis and brother of George. Tobias arrived in America on 5 July 1836, at age 15, from Lancashire, England. He first lived in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence County, New York, probably with his brother, George. He then went to Oxbow, Jefferson County, New York, where he married his first wife, Mary Markwick in 1843. In May 1847, they moved back to St. Lawrence County, where he operated a wagon and carriage building business at Hammond and was also a farmer. His first wife died in 1852 and he soon remarried to Margaret Parkinson. He had fourteen children, five by his first wife and nine by his second, including two sons who were lawyers of some importance in New York City and Minneapolis, Minnesota. One of these sons, William Henry Eustis served as mayor of Minneapolis. Tobias died in Hammond 4 Jan 1889 at the age of 67 and Margaret died in 1898.
George Eustis (1847-1909) was born on 3 Jul 1847 in Marazion parish, Cornwall, son of William and Jennifer (Phillips) Eustis and grandson of William and Ann (Williams) Eustis. He immigrated to America about 1865 and went for a short time to work in the mines in Michigan and then by 1870 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. His parents also came to America. His mother died in 1870 and his father in 1890 and both are buried in Sandyvale Cemetery, Johnstown, Cambria County. George soon moved to Westmoreland County, where he became a mine foreman and was instrumental in opening several coal mines. In 1868 he married Sarah Ann Richards, born 30 Apr 1850 in Germoe parish, Cornwall, daughter of William Henry and Nanny (Potter) Richards. They became the parents of nine children. He died 20 Aug 1909 at the age of 62 and Sarah died 22 May 1910.
Richard Eustice (1811-1854) was born 12 May 1811 in Crowan parish, Cornwall, son of John and Margary (Williams) Eustis and christened there 22 Sep. He married there 28 Jul 1832 to Johanna Stephens, born there 4 Sep 1811, daughter of John and Jane Stephens. They had at least 8 children, including John Samuel Eustice who married Harriet Fritz. Richard, his wife, children and his brother, John sailed from Liverpool and arrived in America at the port of New York in September 1841 aboard the ship, England. They settled in Pennsylvania, first in Schuykill County and later in Carbon County. Richard died in August 1854, aged 43, of injuries incurred in an explosion in the mine where he was working at the time.
John Eustice (c1804-1850+) was born about 1804 in Cornwall (parentage not yet determined), married 30 Jun 1825 in Crowan to Christian (aka Christina) Nicholas christened 7 Mar 1802 in Sithney parish, daughter of John and Christian (Hocking) Nicholas. They are said to have had seven children, but only four have been identified. The oldest son, John, was born 1826 in Crowan and soon thereafter the family moved to Ireland, perhaps to work in the Knockmahon Copper Mine in County Waterford. While in Ireland, at least three more children were born, William James (1830), James (1832) and Thomas Henry (1835). Christian and these three sons arrived at the port of New York on 3 Oct 1849 aboard the ship Mountaineer, which had sailed from the harbor at Penzance in Cornwall, so perhaps the family had returned to Cornwall after 1841. The father and oldest son had come to America earlier. John settled his family in Tamaqua, Schuykill County, Pennsylvania and was the superintendent of copper and lead mines. He died before the 1860 census. Christian was last known living in 1880 in Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania with her son, John.[Note: Ann born 1829 and George born 1832 in Crowan have been mistakenly identified as their children. However, said Ann and George were children of John and Christian (Arthur) Eustice who remained in Cornwall.]
John N. Eustice (1826-1899) was born 17 Mar 1826, christened 16 Apr 1826 in Crowan, son of the aforementioned John and Christian, arrived in the United States about 1846. He joined a party which was exploring for copper on Lake Superior and then was variously engaged in mining in Michigan, New Jersey, and Connecticut (where he was in the 1850 census). By 1860 he had settled in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania where he became a citizen in 1866. He continued his work in mining as foreman until 1889, when he was compelled to retire on account of failing eyesight. He was married about 1848 to Mary Raugh, by whom he is said to have had 20 children, though only 9 have been identified with certainty. John died in Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania on 11 Jun 1899 at the age of 73.
William James Eustice (1830-1897) was born 1830 in Ireland of Cornish parents, son of the aforementioned John and Christian and brother to preceding John N. He immigrated to the United States with his mother and younger brothers in 1849 and settled in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He married Julia (surname unknown) and had at least 10 children. He worked most of his life as a miner, but for a time he owned a tavern in Wilkes-Barre. He died in 1893 of injuries received in a mining accident. He was about 63 years old.
James Eustice (1832-1916) was born Apr 1832 in Ireland of Cornish parents, son of the aforementioned John and Christian and brother to the preceding John N. and William James. He lived in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania where he worked in the mines. He was married about 1857 to Sarah Reed and had at least five children. She died about 1869 and he married again in 1871 to Elizabeth “Eliza” Cavanaugh and had six more children. His second wife died before 1900 and James died 26 May 1916 in Inkerman, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania at the age of 84.
William Eustice (1816-1858) was christened at Crowan parish 28 Apr 1816, son of Richard and Sarah (Noble) Eustice. His father died when he was about one year old and his mother when he was six. He married 2 Jun 1838 in St. Blazey parish in Cornwall to Mary Williams born 1 Nov 1817 Crowan, daughter of Richard and Ann Williams, by whom he had nine children. About 1840, soon after the birth of their oldest child, they left for America. They lived briefly in Tioga County, Pennsylvania and then in Ontonagan County, Michigan and then finally, by 1850, settled near the town of Elizabeth in Jo Daviess County, Illinois where he worked in the lead mines. He had nearly completed building their new house there, when tragedy struck on 3 Jun 1858. He was standing near the chimney and his son William was taking the wash basin to the back door to empty it. A bolt of lightning suddenly struck the chimney and followed through to the back door, killing both father and son. Mary died 4 Jun 1902.
Thomas Eustice (1846-1885+) was christened 20 Jul 1846 at Perranuthnoe Parish, Cornwall, son of George and Thomasine (Symons) Eustis. He married there 1 Aug 1865 to Mary Ralph who was born there Dec 1846. They settled first in Camborne parish where three children were born. Thomas left England for America in 1870 and went to work in the mines of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Mary and the children followed in 1874 and they settled in Clear Creek County, Colorado and had at least seven more children. Thomas died between 1896 and 1900, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. Mary died there in 1910.
William Henry Eustice (1810-c1870+) was born in Cornwall about 1810 (parentage not yet determined). He married 15 Dec 1838 in Crowan parish to Charlotte Rodda who was christened there 24 Mar 1813, daughter of Thomas and Honour (Pearce) Rodda. Five children were born in Crowan before they sailed from Penzance on the ship Oregon, arriving at the Port of New York on 6 May 1852. They first settled in Bristol, Connecticut where a sixth child was born. During the 1870 census, the family was in Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. William had died by 1880, when his widow Charlotte was living in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut. Two sons moved to Vermont.
John P. “Jackie” Eustice (1826-1900) was born 17 May 1826 in the village of Troon near Camborne, Cornwall and was christened at Camborne 20 May 1826. He married 5 Feb 1846 at Redruth parish to Mary Ann Trevena, daughter of Henry and Ann (Ivey) Trevena, by whom he had Ann born in Gwennap 23 Sep 1846. John’s first wife died and he married her sister Eliza, as his second wife. By Eliza Trevena, he had a son, John Henry born 6 Sep 1850. Sometime after the 1851 census, John left England for America and his second wife and daughter Ann followed later. Family tradition says that the second wife died at sea and that Ann was taken in by some fellow passengers for a few years before reuniting with her father. The 1851 census of Gwennap parish includes John Eustice, a miner, age 24, wife Eliza age 23 born Redruth, daughter Ann age 4 and son John age 7 months, both born in Gwennap. Also in the household is lodger, John Trevena age 18 born in Redruth. John soon left for America and was followed later by his wife and daughter. Family tradition says that this wife died at sea. By the 1860 census, John was a miner in Polk County, Tennessee (surname misspelled Ustell) with his third wife, Susan 23 born in North Carolina, 14 year old Ann born in England and Mary 4 and Matilda 2, both born in Tennessee. John and Susan are believed to have divorced. John married about 1862 as his fourth wife, Lucinda Ricketts and had at least 10 more children in Polk County. Polk County was the location of the Copper Basin which at the time had the largest metal mining operation in the southeastern United States. Sometime after 1880 the family moved to Hamilton County, Tennessee. John died there 4 Jul 1900 and Lucinda died in 1941. Both are buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy, Tennessee.
Thomas Eustice (1811-1858) was born 9 Oct 1811 in Phillack parish, Cornwall and christened there 24 Nov, son of John and Elizabeth (Roscrow/Roscoe) Eustice. Thomas married 23 Mar 1837 at Phillack to Susan Ley who was born in Cornwall 20 Aug 1819. They had two daughters (Eliza and Jane) in England before Thomas left for America about 1846. Susan and the children followed in 1849, arriving at New York Harbor on 5 May aboard the bark Marquis of Chandos which had sailed from the port of Hayle in Cornwall. Thomas and Susan settled in Jo Daviess County, Illinois had another child, John. Susan died in 1852 and Thomas in 1858.
William Eustice (1845-1893+) was born 20 Apr 1845 in Polladias, Breage parish, Cornwall, son of John and Rosina (Allen) Eustis. He married Mary Jane Williams and had one child in England before leaving for America about 1871. He settled in Morris County, New Jersey where he worked as a mining engineer and had at least 10 more children. He probably died between 1893 and 1900. His mother died in 1857 and his father remarried that same year to Mrs. Mary Ann (Jeffery) Prideaux. The father and step mother and family came to New Jersey for a short time around 1870, but soon returned to England. They lived in Lancashire, where Mary Ann died in 1884 and John in 1899.

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Family History & Genealogy

Other Variations

Surname Variations

Other Surname Variations:

Several variations of the name have puzzled family historians. In some cases, alternate spellings of the name have become commonplace and actually appear to be separate families, which they often are not.:

Eustance:

This variation appears in various early records. It is clearly a variation of the surname Eustace. Captain William S. Eustance trained as a boy on the S. S. Indefatigible and during a career of more than 50 years afloat in Liverpool ships, rose in rank from seaman to senior captain. For his many career accomplishments, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

Heustis & Huestis:

To Come….

Stacy:

Research by the late EFA Master President Donald W. Eustace has verified that Stacy is a shortened version of the name Eustace. The name Stacy is fairly prevalent on all three continents where we find Eustaces and other variants. We hope to learn more of our Stacy connections in the future and to share these with you.

The Irish Eustace Family came from Normandy at the time of the Conquest. Around 1100, Eustace FitzJohn inherited the castles of Bamburgh and Knaresborough from his uncle Serlo de Burgh to which Alnwick castle was added on his marriage to Beatrice de Vesci. His second marriage, to Agnes of Halton, brought him the castle at Halton and hereditary constableship of Chester. He was among the most powerful men in the north. His sons of the first marriage took their mother’s family name of de Vesci. The son of the second marriage, Robert, married Aubrey de Lisours who was a daughter of the de Lacy family and brought him lordship of Pontefract. Their eldest grandson took the name de Lacy in order to inherit from his great-uncle. His brother, John FitzEustace went with Hugh de Lacy in Strongbow‘s expedition to Ireland and founded the family in Dublin and County Kildare around 1180. The prefix Fitz‘ was dropped about 1300.

The family fortunes in Ireland peaked in the 1400’s when Sir Edward FitzEustace was Lord Deputy of Ireland and his son, Sir Roland, was Lord Treasurer and Lord Deputy being given the title Lord Portlester. Thirty years later, Sir Thomas, nephew of Sir Roland, was made Lord Kilcullen by Henry VIII and then Viscount Baltinglass.His grandson James Eustace, the 3rd viscount, was a devout Catholic and joined the rebellion against Elizabeth defeating the English army at Glenmalure, on the Kildare-Wicklow border, but later lost his lands and titles. James Eustace’s properties were forfeited but his life was spared when he fled to safety in Rome.

Many Eustaces died in this tragic campaign but some survived. Today, almost half of the Eustaces in the British Isles are of Irish connection. In the 17th century, Sir Maurice Eustace became Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was promised the barony of Cry Eustace or Portlester by Charles II but died before it could be bestowed. Eustace Street in Dublin, is on the site of his town house. His cousin, Maurice Eustace of Castlemartin, raised Eustace’s regiment for James II, but on the latter’s abdication, he was attainted and fled to France. Subsequent generations have had distinguished careers in the armed services, six generals and an admiral. Possibly the most outstanding record is that more than twenty have been High Sheriffs of Kildare and Carlow. That tradition has continued into current generations of the family with Donald D. Eustice of Minnesota having served as the sheriff of Waseca County during the 1970’s. Donald was elected president of the Minnesota Sheriff Officer’s Association and served in this capacity until his death in the line of duty in 1976. Donald was also president of the Sheriff’s Boys Ranch which today is known as the Minnesota Sheriff’s Youth Program. A gymnasium located in Austin, Minnesota (USA) is named in his honour. James Eustace/Eustice a native of Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland emigrated to America with his son John and daughter Bridget in 1850. John married Annie Jewison at Mapleton, Waukesha, County Wisconsin in 1863 and moved first to Michigan and to Minnesota in 1869. They established a family of six sons and one daughter and farmed near Janesville in Waseca County. This family has many descendants in Minnesota and elsewhere including Ronald F. Eustice, editor of the Eustace Families Post. Thomas Eustace was born in County Westmeath, Ireland in 1798, and came to the Georgia/Milton area of Vermont USA in about 1828. He first married Catherine O’Neill in 1831 and after her death in 1832, married Sarah Birney. Thomas Eustace died in Westford, Vermont in 1886.

Irish Eustace Families

Eustace Birth-Marriage-Death Index

Eustace Family Birth – Marriage – Death Records

By: David Carberry, Terry Diebel & Ronald F. Eustice

Eustace Families Birth Index for Irish Namesakes

Eustace Births
Eustace Marriages
Eustace Deaths

Eustace Family Baptismal & Birth Records

By: David Carberry, Terry Diebel & Ronald F. Eustice

Eustace Family Birth Records (1725-1749)

By: Ronald F. Eustice

Name

Brigid Ustice

Brigid USTICE (Female)

Born: About 1700

District: Ballymacormack, Longford

She was buried in 1767 at Ballymacormack Cemetery, Longford;
The headstone reads age 67; it is not known whether Ustice is the maiden or married name. Also listed on headstone are Mary and John, aged 38 years.

District: Ballymacormack, Longford

Clotilde Eustace

Clotilde EUSTACE (Female)

Born: About 1700

District: Harristown, County Kildare

Father: Sir Maurice EUSTACE, of Harristown, Kildare

District: Harristown, County Kildare

Richard Eustace

Richard EUSTACE (Male)

Christened: 20 Oct 1700

Father: Charles EUSTACE

Mother: Mary

District: St. Nicholas Without, Dublin

Thomas Eustace

Thomas EUSTACE (Male)

Christened: 10 Nov 1700

Father: Tho. EUSTACE

Mother: Sarah

District: St. Nicholas Without, Dublin

Hester Eustace

Hester EUSTACE (Female)

Christened: 10 Aug 1701

Father: James EUSTACE

Mother: Margaret

District: St. Nicholas Without, Dublin

John Eaustice

John EAUSTICE (Male)

Christened: 22 Jul 1708

Father: John EAUSTICE

Mother: Elinor

District: St. Catherine, Dublin, County Dublin

Matthew Eustace

Matthew EUSTACE (Male)

Christened: 20 Jan. 1711

Father: John EUSTACE

Mother: Ellinor

District: St. Catherine, County Dublin

Elizabeth Eustace

Elizabeth EUSTACE (Female)Baptized: October 1713 at Leixlip;
St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Leixlip
Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey, County Kildare;
Mother: Not recordedDistrict: Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Christopher Eustace

Christopher EUSTACE (Male)

Baptized: 25 July 1715 at Leixlip;
St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Leixlip
Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey, County Kildare;
Mother: Not recorded;
Died: 22/?/1716 at Confey.

District: Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Jonathan Eustace

Jonathan EUSTACE (Male)

Baptized: 28 August 1717 at Leixlip;
St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Leixlip;
Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey, County Kildare;
Mother: Not recorded;

District: Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

James Eustace

James EUSTACE (Male)

S: About 1718

Father: Edward EUSTACE

Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

District: County Carlow

Mary Eustace

Mary EUSTACE (Female)

Baptized: 1 March 1718;
St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Leixlip
Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey, County Kildare;
Mother: Not recorded

District: Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Mary Eustace

Mary EUSTACE (Female) Born:Abt. 1720

Father: Alexander EUSTACE

Mother: Mrs. Alexander EUSTACE

District:

Mary Eustace

Mary EUSTACE (Female)

Born: About 1720

Father: Alexander EUSTACE

District:

William Eustace

William EUSTACE (Male)

S: About 1720

Father: Edward EUSTACE

Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

District: County Carlow

Easter Eustace

Easter EUSTACE (Female)

Baptized: 14 May 1721 at Leixlip;
St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Leixlip
Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey, County Kildare;
Mother: Not recorded;
Died: 229 May 1721.

District: Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Sarah Eustace

Sarah EUSTACE (Female)

Born: 1722

Father: Thomas EUSTACE

Mother: Jane HAWKINS

District:

Mary Eustace

Mary EUSTACE (Female)

Born: 1724

Father: Thomas EUSTACE

Mother: Jane HAWKINS

District:

(Unnamed) Eustace

Easter EUSTACE (Female)

Baptized: April 1725;

St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Leixlip

Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey, County Kildare;

Mother: Not recorded 1726

District: Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Eustace Family Birth Records (1725-1749)

By: Ronald F. Eustice

Name

Jane Eustace

Jane EUSTACE (Female)

Born: 1726

Father: Thomas EUSTACE

Mother: Jane HAWKINS

Jane EUSTACE married Thomas FAWCETT June 29, 1750 in Waterford. IGI

Thomas Eustace

Thomas EUSTACE (Male)

Born in County Carlow

Father: Edward EUSTACE of County Carlow;

Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

Robert Eustace

Robert EUSTACE (Male)

Buried: About 1729

Father: Edward EUSTACE of County Carlow;

Mother: Bridget LONGFIELD

Mary Eustace

Mary EUSTACE (Female)

Born: 13 April 1730 at Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey

Mother: Not listed

Richard Eustace

Mary EUSTACE (Male)

Born: 9 May 1731 at Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey

Mother: Not listed

Elizabeth Eustace

Elizabeth EUSTACE (Female)

Born: 13 April 1732 at Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey

Mother: Not listed

Edmond Eustace

Edmond EUSTACE (Male)

Born: 1734 at Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey

Mother: Not listed

Died: 6 March 1734 at Confey, County Kildare.

Thomas Eustace

Thomas EUSTACE (Male)

Born: About 1736

Father: Thomas EUSTACE

Mother: Jane HAWKINS

Charles Eustace

Charles EUSTACE (Male)

T: About 1737

Father: John EUSTACE of Robertstown, Kildare

Mother: Mrs. John EUSTACE

Margaret Eustace

Margaret EUSTACE (Female)

Born: About 1738

Father: Thomas EUSTACE

Mother: Jane HAWKINS

Mary Eustace

Saints Michael and John, Dublin

Mary EUSTACE (Female)

Born & baptized: 2 Sept. 1744, Sts. Michael & John, Dublin;

Father: _____ EUSTACE

Mother: ________

Sponsors: ___________

Mary Eustace

Mary EUSTACE (Female)

Baptized: 1 March 1718;
St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Leixlip
Father: Alexander EUSTACE, of Confey, County Kildare;
Mother: Not recorded

District: Confey/Leixlip, County Kildare

Judith Eustace

St. Andrews, Dublin

Judith EUSTACE (Female)

Born & baptized: 29 Oct. 1745, St. Andrew’s Church, Dublin,

Father: ______ EUSTACE

Mother: _________

Mary Eustace

Rathfarnham RC, County Dublin

Mary EUSTACE (Female)

Born and baptized: 26 October 1745, Rathfarnham RC, County Dublin;

Father: _____ EUSTACE

Mother: ________

Sponsors: ___________

Grace Eustace

Grace EUSTACE (F)

Born: About 1748; Ireland (unknown place);
Father: __________ EUSTACE
Mother: __________
Grace Newcomen alias Eustace, aged 63, died October 9, 1811 of Clonahard, County Longford.
There is record of a marriage license dated 1766 (volume 6, page 181) at Ferns

(County Wexford) between Grace Eustace and William Newcomen. Ferns Marriage Licenses;

Stanley-Torney, Henry C; Journal of the Kildare County Archaeological Society, volume IX, number 2, page 239. Grace Eustace was born about 1748 and would have been 18 years at the time the license was issued. Grace would have been 31 years old when daughter Juliet Newcomen (1779- November 1, 1797) was born and 42 when her daughter Grace Newcomen was born in about 1790. Note that Sir Maurice Eustace, Baronet, married Margaret Newcomen.

Maurice Eustace served in the army of James II and possibly died before 1697, when an Act was passed in connection with Sir Maurice Eustace’s estates. In 1720, another Act was passed for the sale of the estates to pay creditors. Sir Maurice was the son of John Eustace, son of Maurice, grandson of William of Castlemartin.

Eustace Families Birth Index for 1800-1824

1. Christopher Eustace, Rathfarnham RC, County Dublin;

Christopher EUSTACE (Male) Baptized 1808

Father: Andrew EUSTACE

Mother: Sophia EUSTACE

Sponsors: Stephen BYRNE and Catherine CAULFIELD

St. Andrew (R.C.) Parish, Dublin; Book 2, Page 57, Entry 6

2. Patrick Eustace Athy District, County Kildare

Patrick EUSTACE; (Male) Baptized 9 February 1812 at Athy,

County Kildare; (Roman Catholic);

Son of Patrick EUSTACE & Catty CONLAN, of Shrowling;

Witness: John BROPHY & Catty CONLAN

3. James Eustace Patrickswell (R.C.), Co. Limerick

James EUSTACE (Male) Baptized 4 December 1810;

Patrickswell, County Limerick

Father: John EUSTACE

Mother: Mary SULLIVAN

Sponsors: James SINAN & Margaret QUIN

4. Christopher Eustace; Ireland

Christopher EUSTACE (Male) US Census 1860;

Nelson Ward, Cheshire, New Hampshire

Estimated birth year 1821; 39 years old in 1860,

LDS Film # 803668

Catherine Eustace, Longford (RC Church Register)

Catherine EUSTACE (Female) Baptized 7 April 1822

Father: John EUSTACE, Longford

Mother: Sarah MCKIERNAN

Sponsors: John McCormack and Brigid McKiernan

2. John Oliver Eustace Wicklow, Ireland

John Oliver EUSTACE (Male) Born 1823 in Ireland

Father: John EUSTACE, Wicklow

Mother: Mary WHEELER

3. Laurence Eustace, Rathfarnham RC, County Dublin;

Laurence EUSTACE (Male) Born & baptized 25 August 1822

at Rathfarnham RC, Co. Dublin

Father: _______EUSTACE

Mother: ________________

4. Mary Eustace Belfast, Co Antrim

Mary EUSTACE

Place Of Trial – Belfast, Co Antrim

Trial Date – 2 July 1839; Crime Description – Possessing stolen spades

Sentence – 6 weeks imprisonment

Comments – Calender of convicts awaiting trial at the June Session 1840

for Co Antrim, and who have served sentences before in Co Antrim gaol.

National Archives of Ireland

5. Richard Eustace

Richard EUSTACE

Age?; Document Date – 30 April 1838;

Crime Description ?; Sentence – Transportation

Comments – Letter, Dublin Castle, acknowledging receipt of application

on the convicts cause and stating he has already been transported in the past.

National Archives of Ireland – Transportation to Australia

6. Richard Eustace County Carlow

Richard EUSTACE

Age?; Place of Trial – Co Carlow

Trial Date- 1838; Crime Description – Stealing money

Sentence – Transportation; Petitioner – Framers of Carlow

National Archives of Ireland – Transportation to Australia

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Family History Research Websites

Irish Family History Websites

Griffith’s Valuation (1847-1864)	RootsIreland.ie
National Archives of Ireland	Ireland Roots
Irish Genealogy Website (Church Records)	Glasnevin Trust
DublinHeritage.ie/Graveyards	Certificates
Diocese of Cork & Ross	Clare County Library
Skibereen Heritage Centre	Greene County, New York
Irish Roots Magazine	Irish Births, Marriages & Deaths Online
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland	National Library of Ireland
General Register Office of Ireland	Valuation Office
British Census 1911	Irish Merchant Seamen
Irish Workhouses	Irish Times Newspaper
Depositions 1641 from Trinity College	Irish Times Archives
Limerick Quaker Records	Irish Townland Database
National Library of Ireland	Irish Townland Database Too
Clans of Ireland	FindMyPast Website
Census of Ireland	Surviving Census Records
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Irish Maps	More Irish Maps
FamilySearch.org (LDS Church Website)	Leitrim/Roscommon Website
Depositions of 1641	Down Survey at Trinity College-Dublin

Limerick Families

The Eustace Families of County Limerick

The earliest record of a Eustace family member in County Limerick lists John Eustace of Ballymurra, County Limerick who converted to Protestantism in 1746. His name is listed on “The Convert Rolls” edited by Eileen O’Byrne in 1981.

The Eustace name was rare in County Limerick and was concentrated in a very small area in Limerick and died out by 1879. Essentially, there were 3 lines in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s and they could all be related.

From the 1790’s until 1806 it looks as if most of the baptisms in St. Mary’s Church, Limerick were for the children of Robert Eustace (Spelled frequently as UESTICE) and Nora McGrath. This is interesting as their first son was named “Walter.” An unusual name but both the names Robert and Walter are found in Cahermurphy, County Clare from 1815-1816 on.

There were two distinct Eustace families in Limerick in the years preceding Patrick Eustace’s emigration. One family appears to be from Mungret, County Limerick. They descend from a John Eustace, of Ballymurra who, according to “THE CONVERT ROLLS” edited by Eileen O’Byrne in 1981, converted to Protestantism in 1746. I am attaching an article about him as having the oldest headstone in the cemetery in Limerick and also attaching a death notice of probably one of his descendants named John Eustace from Mungret who died in 1896.

Bridget Eustace, Ballymurry, cert. and enrolled 1 November 1779 (A).

John Eustace, gent. Ballymurra, Co Limerick, cert. 13 November 1746, enrolled 17 November 1746(A). Conformity 18 May 1746 (B). (D).

The second family is definitely Catholic. According to www.familysearch.org there were three Roman Catholic marriages occurring in about the same time frame and place in Limerick. The two churches mentioned below are part of a group of 5 churches in the Limerick Diocese and they date back to the Middle Ages. The records are:

MARGARET EUSTACE to John Grady on Jan 25, 1834 at St. Mary’s Church in Limerick City, Limerick.
JOHN EUSTACE to Jane Seymour on Jan 28, 1834 at St. Michael, Limerick City, Limerick.
BRIDGET EUSTACE to James Henderson on Feb. 28, 1841 at St. Michael, Limerick City, Limerick.

Bridget became widowed and remarried John Matson on Nov 14, 1846 at St. Michael, Limerick City, Limerick.

Bridget’s father was PATRICK EUSTACE a bootmaker. Patrick Eustace would have been born abt. 1795-1815. I suspect that because two of these 3 marriages occurred at St. Michael’s Church that John (married to Jane) and Bridget (m to James/John) could be siblings or somehow related.

If John was the brother of Bridget then he would be the son of PATRICK EUSTACE and if John had a son a year after his marriage (1835ish) he likely would have named him after his father, Patrick. Of course, this is all conjecture but research is needed here.

I know I have told you that the name “William” doesn’t seem to fit into the Eustace lines at least on the west side Ireland. When I reread your family history, I see that Patrick who came to the US in the 1850’s had 4 sons. The oldest sons were Thomas and John. William is fourth. Naming patterns usually (but definitely not always) called for the oldest son to be named after the father’s father. And the second oldest son to be named after the mother’s father. The remaining sons were then named after uncles, etc.

Having said that, we know that a “William Eustace” died in Limerick in 1868 at the age of 17. He would have been born in 1851 so a full generation after your ancestor Patrick.

The following are all of the Eustaces that died in Limerick between 1864-1922:

William Eustace single b. 1851 d. pauper of typhoid fever 1868 in workhouse at St. Munchins, Limerick.

Anne Eustace single b. 1822 d. pauper of dementia Nov 29, 1879 in worhouse at St. Munchins, Limerick.

John Eustace widower b. 1799 a Dyer died January 29, 1881 of bronchitis age 82 in workhouse at St. Munchins, Limerick.

John Eustace, of Mungret Street, Limerick

Limerick Chronicle 28th April 1896

Sudden Death: John Eustace, 65; a rag and bone gatherer by occupation lodging with a man named John Long was suddenly taken ill on Sunday and died in a short time. Death is attributed to heart disease. Mr J. Coffey, R.O had the internment carried out as it appeared the deceased was destitute. The coroner Mr. De Courcey was communicated with but did not consider it necessary to hold an inquest. http://www.limerickcorp.ie/media/Media,5993,en.pdf

We don’t know if they were Catholic or not.

There is one birth:

Catherine Cantlon b. April 13, 1866 whose mother was Catherine Eustace. This birth also occurred in the workhouse at St. Munchins, Limerick. There is also a record of a Catherine Eustace who died at sea who was from Limerick. I will try and find that and send to you. Here again, we don’t know if they were Catholic.

By the way, there were three children of Patrick Eustace of Kilrush (Bernard’s family) who were born in Limerick between 1905-1910. They moved to Limerick so Patrick (Bernard’s family) could learn the tailoring trade. They moved back to Kilrush abt. 1911. This family is not directly related.

Here’s what I think the next step should be. Maybe Stig or one of you would contact St. Michael’s Church and St. Mary’s Church in Limerick City on their website and see if you can get any Eustace death, baptismal, marriage records that they may have.

I will say here that I have found evidence of one other Eustace family who had children baptized at St. Senan’s in County Clare in the 1830’s who were from “Ballynolan” Limerick. Their names were Michael and Mollie Miniter Eustace and they had a son “Pat” baptized at St. Senan’s in 1833. I have ruled them out only because Michael doesn’t seem to fit and they look to be originally from the clan in County Clare. However, I believe your family originates there too.

This Robert Eustace and Nora McGrath couple look like the first recorded parents of children in Limerick in the early 1790’s.

WALTER UESTICE was baptized April 20, 1793 Parents: Rob UESTICE and Nora McGrath St. Mary’s Church, Limerick

MATT UESTICE was baptized Mar 2, 1796 Parents: Rob UESTICE and Nora MCGrath St. Mary’s Church, Limerick

JOHN UESTICE was baptized April 20, 1801 Parents: Rob UESTICE and Nora McGrath St. Mary’s Church, Limerick

PATRICK UESTICE baptized December 1, 1806 Parents: Rob UESTICE and Nora McGrath St. Mary’s Church, Limerick

MARGARET UESTICE June 9, 1813 Parents: Michael UESTICE and Mary Gleeson St. Mary’s Church Limerick RC

PATRICK EUSTACE Jan 25, 1816 Parents: Michael EUSTACE and Mary Gleeson St. Mary’s Church, Limerick RC

MICHAEL EUSTACE April 24, 1821 Parents: Patrick EUSTACE and Mary Hamilton St. Mary’s Church, Limerick RC

MICHAEL EUSTACE October 8, 1845 Parents: Patrick EUSTACE and Mary O’Brien St. Mary’s Church, Limerick RC

JAMES EUSTACE Dec 04, 1810 Parents: John EUSTACE and Mary Sullivan PATRICKSWELL, Co Limerick RC

Sponsors: Js Sinan Mgt Quin

MICHAEL EUSTACE Feb 7, 1818 Parents: James Eustace and Ellen McGarry PATRICKSWELL, Co. Limerick RC

Sponsors: Edm McGarry and My Fitzgerald

JOHN EUSTACE May 19, 1837 Parents: John EUSTACE and Bridget Neville PATRICKSWELL, Co. Limerick RC

Sponsors: Jn Dea and Han Galahoe
1757 Ellen Eustice St, Mary’s RC

1808 Alexander Eustace Church of St. John CI

1806 Mary Eustace ?

1813 Joanna Eustace Patrickswell RC

1813 Mary Eustace St. Mary’s RC

1815 Patrick Eustace St. Mary’s RC

1817 James Eustace Patrickswell RC

1817 Maria Eustace Patrickswell RC

1824 Maria Eustace Patrickswell RC

1826 Bridget St. Mary’s RC

The family in Patrickswell looks like it stayed in Limerick until late 1800’s.

1757 Ellen Eustice to Michael Conneen Jan 11, 1757 St. Mary’s Church RC

1808 Alexander Eustace to Ellen Kenny Jan 25, 1808 Church of Ireland St. John’s CI

Mungret Street, Crecora Cemetery, St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s all look very close to each other on the Google map. John who died in 1896 may have been related. Certainly more records would help.

There are two Eustace women in the 1901 census – one from Carlow, the other from Clare.

Limerick, Ireland to Quebec, Canada http://www.immigrantships.net/v6/1800v6/amanda18410926.html
26 September 1841 wrecked at Little Metis Point, at five o’clock, on the 26th instant
– She had forty passengers and a crew of eighteen*. The captain, two seamen, and two apprentices were amongst those saved.

Limerick Standard 1 November 1841
Loss of the Barque Amanda, of Limerick

It is with deep regret that we record this day the wreck of this fine vessel, the property of our fellow citizen, George Williams, Esq., attended with the loss of Forty-one lives.

She left this port on the 22d of August last with emigrants, and was driven ashore off Metis[-sur-Mer], on the 26th of September, and totally lost. The greater portion of the crew and passengers took to the boats, which soon swamped, and all were lost; the captain, some of the crew and passengers, who were left on the wreck, were saved. The following we take from the Quebec Mercury, of October 5:-

Shipwreck of the Barque Amanda – Forty-one lives lost – In the Gazette of Friday last, we informed our readers that Captain Bucanan, of the ship Scotland, had seen off Metis a ship on shore, which, to all appearances was a total wreck. Yesterday morning the subjoined melancholy confirmation of that recent report was received in a letter, by Messrs. W. Price, and Co., of this city, from which we have been favoured with the following extract:-

“Metis, 29th September, 1841.

“I have to inform you of the loss of the barque Amanda, Captain Davis, from Limerick, which came ashore at Little Metis Point, at five o’clock, on the 26th instant – She had forty passengers and a crew of eighteen*. The captain, two seamen, and two apprentices were amongst those saved.”

A.C. Buchanan, Esq., Emigrant Agent, has kindly favoured us with the
following list of passengers and crew:-

List of the passengers and crew of the barque Amanda, Solomon Davis, master, bound for Quebec, cleared on the 17th August, and sailed on the 22d August, from Limerick:

Passengers Saved.

James O’Neill, of the County of Clare;
Catherine O’Neill, of the County of Clare;
Patrick Hanlon, county Kerry;
Timothy Murphy, of county of Limerick;
Michael Hall, of county of Limerick;
Maurice Hall, of county of Limerick;
Philip Sarsfield, of county of Limerick;
James Nevill, of county of Limerick;
Margaret Molony, of county of Limerick;
Anne O’Neill, of the county of Cork.

Total passengers saved – 10.

Passengers Lost.

Stephen Rennals, county of Clare;
James Slattery, of Limerick;
Patrk. Clancy, of Limerick;
Anne Murray, of Limerick;
Mary Hall (aged 6), of Limerick;
J. Hinchey, of Limerick;
Margaret Hinchey, of Limerick;
Maria Hinchey, of Limerick;
John Hinchey, of Limerick;
Frederick Harden, of Limerick;
Daniel Carney, of Limerick;
Margaret Carney, of Limerick;
James Carney, of Limerick;
Mary Carney, of Limerick;
Daniel Carney, of Limerick;
Jeremiah Conners, of Limerick;
Catherine Eustace, of Limerick;
John O’Brien, county of Clare;
Michael O’Brien, county of Clare;
Mary Cummins, of the county of Galway;
Bridget Cummins, of the county of Galway;
Anne Cummins, of the county of Galway;
Catherine Cummins, of the county of Galway;
Michael Cummins, of the county of Galway;
Julia Crawley, of Clare;
Patrick O’Neill, of Clare;
Thomas Kennedy, of Dingle.

*Male adults lost 11.- Female adults lost 12.- Total Adults 23.-

Children Lost 6. Total passengers lost -29.

Crew Saved.

Solomon Davis, master;
Edward Roundy, second mate;
Timothy Behane, seaman;
Patrick O’Brien, apprentice;
Charles Donnelly, apprentice.

– Total crew saved, 5.

Crew lost.

Patrick Blake, 1st mate;
James M’Inerney, carpenter;
Michael Hegarty, cook;
John Fahy, steward;
David Keeffe, sea-men;
John Harper, sea-men;
John Graham, sea-men;
Thomas Allan, sea-men;
Patrick Shannon, sea-men;
Thomas Harte, sea-men;
John Hynes, sea-men;
James Cusack, apprentice;
Francis Johnson, apprentice.

– Total crew lost, 12.

Transcriber’s Notes:

* According to this list, there were 37 passengers and 18 crew.

* These totals of passengers lost do not match with the list given.

Correspondence 03/21/2004 captain Davis

I believe Solomon Davis is my ancestor. Here is a brief summary of his

descendents.

Solomon Davis, Captain Amanda born in Province of Quebec

son Solomon Davis, b 1826, Quebec

Married Susan Ames from Sudbury Massachusetts

Settled in Holland VT.

Daughter Henrietta Davis, b 1850

married Albert Hall, Holland, Orleans, Vt.

Henrietta died 1887 in Vt Asylum, Burlington, Vt

son Leslie J. Hall, b Vt

married May Budd

son Leslie C Hall (My Grandfather)born 1899 NYC, moved to Sudbury,

Massachusetts 1942. died 1962

Still looking for Solomon Senior’s family. Will update when found.

Subito

Limerick Standard Newspaper 1 November 1841

Contributed by Nick Reddan for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 April 2003

Waterford Families

Waterford Eustace Families

Griffith’s Valuation:
John Eustace is listed as a boarder at St. John’s Within Parish, Clarks Lane/John’s Lane/John’s Street/Trinity Lane, Waterford. Perhaps this is the same person at four similar addresses.

Egan’s History Guide & Directory of the County & City of Waterford (1894):
Joseph Eustace; House 66, Johnstown; fowl dealer (Page 470);
William Eustace; House # 50; Johnstown; householder (Page 470).

Thom’s Directory for Waterford (1909/10):
Ellen Eustace; Manor Street, Waterford City (Page 67);
John Eustace; Printer; Bank Lane, The Mall, Waterford City (Page 52);
Joseph Eustace; laborer; Roseallen (Rose Lane), Waterford (Page 85);
_____Eustace (Mrs.); John’s Lane, Waterford City (Page 67);
Mary Eustace (Mrs.); Johnstown, Waterford (Page 69);
Mary Eustace; householder; Milk Lane, (Peter Street), Waterford, (Page 85);
Richard Eustace; laborer; Roche’s Street (off Water Street), Waterford; (Page 85).

Census of Ireland (1901):
House 4.2 Bank Lane (Waterford Urban No. 4, Waterford)
John Eustace; age 48, male; Head of Family; Roman Catholic; Birthplace – Waterford City; Bookbinder; Read & write; Married;
Mary Anne Eustace; age 50; female; Wife; Irish Church; Birthplace – Waterford City; Read & write; Married;

WATERFORD MEN I N THE WORLD WAR I CASUALTY LISTS.
The Waterford News – 28th of July 1916, Page 5
The casualty lists during the past few days include many Waterford men including Private E. (Edward) Eustace, Waterford, R.I. Regiment (7514) who has been killed (on July 4, 1916) in France. His parents (Martin Eustace and Ellen Cashin, reside at Lady Lane. (Edward Eustace was born August 13, 1895 in the Waterford City Workhouse. His parents were Martin Eustace, laborer and Ellen Cashin.

Kildare Families

The Eustace Family & Their Lands in County Kildare

By Major-General Sir-Eustace F. Tickell with additions by Ronald F. Eustice

(Tickell’s article as published in the Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society; Volume XI1I, No. 6 (1955)

In several of his valuable contributions to this Journal, the late Lord Walter Fitz Gerald regretted the virtual disappearance from the County of many of the old Kildare families, among which be always cited the Eustaces, upon whose history he submitted several articles. As a descendant of the main Castlemartin and Harristown line, the present writer now owns some of the old family papers, and these have but recently been sorted out. Though sadly incomplete, these papers confirm. many of the facts already published in this Journal and provide us with others. At the cost of much repetition, this seemed to be an opportunity to collect the Eustace story, so far as it could be traced, into one paper. It is a story closely linked with Irish history since the fourteenth century, the story of the birth of a great family and of its gradual disappearance from the County in the storms that have passed through Ireland during the last five-hundred years.

This was a family often divided against itself by deeply- held religious differences and by divergent political loyalties, a family whose important members so often chose the losing side: It was for a time perhaps the most powerful in Kildare (except of course the FitzGeralds), with lands scattered from Confey in the north to beyond the county boundary in the south; from the Dublin and Wicklow mountains in the east to Athy and Newbridge in the west. The triangle containing Naas, Ballymore Eustace and Old Kilcullen was almost one large family estate

Criche-Eustace or Cry-Eustace it was called. Their castles, especially those at Ballymore Eustace, Harristown, Castlemartin and Clongowes Wood, guarded the Pale for several centuries, and only fell at last to the guns of Ormonde and Cromwell. It was rare for a jury of county gentlemen to contain no Eustace, and on at least one occasion they formed a majority upon a panel of twelve. Theirs was a family that produced, as we shall see, many of the great men of Kildare and several who held the highest positions in the Government of Ireland. The family produced two Lords Deputy, three Lords Chancellor, two Lords Treasurer and the High Sheriff of Kildare on forty-five occasions. With a few notable exceptions they have now almost disappeared from Kildare, and their name has become a rare one in Ireland itself.

It was an inquiry into the causes of the rise and then the fall of this large family, and especially into what in fact did happen to their lands, that led to the original draft of this Paper, or rather to the collection of the bare facts that it contains. These facts have been drawn from many sources, not the least being of course the past volumes of this Journal. (The Eustace references in the Journal are extremely numerous, but a list of the principal ones will be given in an Appendix.) The writer is neither an archæologist nor genealogist, and has but seldom visited Ireland. He would therefore be most grateful if those more qualified than he, would draw attention to any errors, wrong conclusions or important omissions from this Paper, which was not originally intended for publication and is submitted with great diffidence.

Origin of the Eustace Family

We can dismiss as purely legendary the vague claims that have been made to a direct descent from early bearers of the name. There was Saint Eustachius, venerated 20th Sept.a Roman centurion of the first century, converted to Christianity by the miraculous vision of a stag who bore a crucifix between his antlers. Saint Eustachius (Eustace) is the patron saint of Newbridge College and was venerated September 20th (until his sainthood and very existence was questioned by the Vatican in 196X.) . There was Count Eustace of Boulogne, one of the four Norman knights who dispatched the wounded King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and the father of Godfrey de Bouillon, who captured Jerusalem from the Turks. There was Godfrey’s elder brother Eustace, the grandfather of the young Eustace (son of King Stephen) who while he lived was heir to the throne of England. There was also Godfrey’s younger brother, also named Eustace, who is said to have landed at Waterford on his return from the First Crusade. There is however little doubt that no Eustace, as such, was among the early settlers in Ireland.

It is, I think, fairly certain that the Eustaces were a junior branch of the family of Le Poer, now represented by the Marquess of Waterford. Four brothers Le Poer, of Norman origin, landed in Ireland with Henry II in 1171, and were granted lands in Ossory (Waterford). Their crest was the stag of St. Eustachius, probably their patron saint, and several of the family were named after him. (The Eustace battle-cry is said to have been “Poer-a-boo, which was also the battle cry of the LePoer family). One of the LePoer brothers, Sir Eustace Le Poer, Baron of Kells, was a Justice Itinerant in 1285, and invaded Scotland in 1296, 1301 and 1303. According to The Book of Howth, he entered Scotland with great power of men. Mark that the Eustacys (sic) descended lineally of the second son of the foresaid Lord Eustas, which were very noble men in those days of Knighthood and ability.” He died in 1311, and his son, Arnold, seems to have assumed the name of FitzEustace, which was borne by his family until changed to Eustace soon after the introduction of surnames in 1465. He was Lord of the Manors of Oughterard and Castle Warden, thus showing that the Le Poers had spread north from Waterford into County Kildare by the end of the thirteenth century. We also hear of a Sir Arnold Le Poer (along with several others of his name, including Sir John, son of Robert LePoer.) slaying Lord John Bonneville at Ardscull further south in the County as early as 1309. By 1317, Arnold FitzEustace Le Poer certainly owned Castlemartin and the neighbouring, townlands of Kilcullen, Brannockstown and Nicholastown, all just south of the Liffey. We also know that a FitzEustace was settled at Castlemartin before 1330; perhaps he was the Robert FitzEustace who was Lord Treasurer of Ireland in l 327.

We can thus assume with a fair degree of certainty that the Eustace estates in County Kildare originated at least as early as the start of the fourteenth century, (They had been granted lands near Naas in 1355) and were based upon the family stronghold of Castlemartin at the great bend in the Liffey, and that this had been built by a member of a junior branch of the powerful Le Poer family from Waterford, who had been granted or had seized lands in Kildare. One of these FitzEustaces founded the Dominican Priory at Naas in 1356, with its church dedicated to St. Eustachius (see Naas).

The Justiciary Rolls of Edward I and II, in items dealing with Cos. Kildare and Meath, contain references to the names Eustace and FitzEustace. These include: Richard, a Burgess of Kells, 1291,; Richard and John, son of John, 1305; Richard, a Juror, 1306; Geoffrey and John concerned in events near Castlemartin, 1308 and 1310; Sir Richard, a Juror, 1310/12; and Thomas murdered by Nicholas Aunsell, tried at Naas, 1313. The author knows of no authentic references earlier than these.

During the next half-century the sons and grandsons of these Castlemartin FitzEustaces spread north, south and east, for we soon find the following prominent members of the family well established on their estates:

Robert of Craddockstown, High Sheriff of Kildare 1375
John of Newland, alive in 1377 and High Sheriff in 1434
Sir Maurice of Ballycotelan (Coghlanstown), High Sheriff of Kildare and of Dublin, and died about 1402
Sir John of Blackhall (Calverstown), High Sheriff of Kildare and died 1405.

Attempts to link these, and other known FitzEustaces living in the fourteenth century, with the main Castlemartin branch would be largely conjectural; it is therefore proposed to treat their families as separate branches, but of a common stock. (I think that it is very probable that Sir Maurice of Ballycotelan, Thomas FitzOliver (Constable of Ballymore 1373) and Roland FitzOliver of Castlemartin were brothers. If so, this would afford the link between, the FitzEustaces of Castlemartin and the powerful Ballycotlan branch.) We shall follow through the main line of Castlemartin and Harristown (including Portlester, Baltinglass and Robertstown) and then deal with the above and with other branches and the detached possessions that arose later. (There is, I believe, a document that shows a FitzEustace as “‘ Baron of Castlemartin “‘ as early as 1200, but I have failed to trace it and doubt its accuracy.) Under the name of the principal townland of each estate we shall try to trace its origin, its history so far as it is known, and finally the circumstances of its disappearance or loss. In some cases the information available to the writer is very meagre and can no doubt be supplemented by those with greater local knowledge.

The branches and estates so dealt with are given below, neighboring and inter-related branches being grouped. Modern spelling will be adopted throughout.

Athy,
Ballybyrne and Gurteenvacan,
Barretstown near Ballymore Eustace
Blackhall (Punchestown),
Blackrath and Ballymount,
Brannockstown and Boleybeg,
Calverstown and Gormanstown,
Castlekeely and Yeomanstown,
Castlemartin & Harristown,
Castlemore & Newstown, County Carlow,
Coghlanstown (Ballycotelan),
Colbinstown & Crookstown
Confey,
Cong, Co. Mayo,
Cork & Dublin
Craddockstown,
Dowdenstown and Dowdingstown,
Dublin Estates,
Elvertstown
Gaganstown
Kerdiffstown,
Kilcullen,
Kineagh,
Mainham and Clongowes Wood,
Mullaghcash, Mylerstown & Moone,
Naas
Narragh & other rectories
Newland
Portlester, County Meath
Robertstown,
Tipperkevin near Ballymore Eustace
Wexford Estate

Carlow Families

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Wexford Families

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Louth Families

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Wicklow Families

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Dublin Families

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Offaly Families

Eustace Family of County Offaly

By: Ronald F. Eustice

Eustace Family
Early Records
Maps of Offaly
County Offaly
Offaly Links

Eustace Family of County Offaly

Catholic Church records for Ballyburly (Croghan), Rhode Parish where most of the Eustace families lived begin in 1829.
Christopher Eustace of Croghan Hill, Rhode Parish, County Offaly:

Christopher Eustace was born about 1780. The name of his wife has not been found. They were the parents of at least two children;

Children of Christopher Eustace and unidentified wife:

Katie Eustace; married James Grogan (son of Frank Grogan of Grovesend) in November 1821 at Rhode;
Ellen Eustace, daughter of Christopher of Croghan Hill, married John Lynam, son of John Lynam, of Ballyfore in February 1827;

Michael Eustace and Mary Malone (also Mullins):

Michael Eustace was born about 1783, worked as a shepherd and died 16 February 1871 at Croghan; he married Mary Malone before 1822;
Children of Michael Eustace and Mary Malone:

Margaret Eustace; baptized September 1822 at Edenderry, Tullamore;
Christopher Eustace; baptized February 1825 at Edenderry, Tullamore; he married Ann McCabe in July 1856 at Rhode Parish and died on 10 January 1896 at age 70 at Barrysbrooke;
Elizabeth Eustace; baptized April 1827 at Edenderry, Tullamore;
Jane Eustace; baptized May 1829 at Edenderry, Tullamore; she married William McCabe in March 1852 at Rhode;
Teresa Eustace; baptized February 1832 at Rhode; (mother listed as Mullins, all others above as Malone); she married James McEvoy in September 1867 at Rhode.

Laurence Eustice and Judith Fogarty:

Laurence Eustice and Judith Fogarty were married before 1827;
Children of Laurence Eustace and Judith Fogarty:

Mary Eustice; baptized 12 August 1827 in the Parish of Tullamore;
2. William Eustice; baptized 29 August, 1838 in the Parish of St. Paul’s, Arran Quay, Dublin; Godparents listed as John Lynch and Catherine Doyle.
Note: William’s mother is listed asJuliaFogarty. The spelling of the surname is consistent as EUSTICE.

Elizabeth Eustace and Edward English:

Elizabeth Eustace of Edenderry married Edward English before 1820 and lived near Edenderry; they were the parents of at least four children;

Children of Elizabeth Eustace and Edward English:

Anne English; baptized 1 May 1820 at Edenderry;
John English; baptized 1 May 1822 at Edenderry;
William English; baptized 1 May 1826 at Edenderry;
Elizabeth English; baptized 1 Oct. 1828 at Edenderry.

Joan Eustace and Pat Malone:

Joan Eustace and Pat Malone were married before 1821 and lived at Edenderry; they were the parents of at least two children;
Children of Joan Eustace and Pat Malone:

Edward Malone; baptized 1 May 1821 at Edenderry;
Thomas Malone; baptized on 1 September 1823 at Edenderry.

William Eustace was born about 1810 probably in County Kilkenny; he began his career as a plumber and later became a gas works manager, first in Kilkenny and later at Tullamore, Kings County (later Offaly). He married Marianne (Marian) Miller and they were the parents of Frederick who was born 24 May 1869 at Johns Green, Kilkenny District 1, County Kilkenny. At the time of the son’s birth, William’s occupation was listed as superintendent in gas house. In June, 1873, William Eustace was appointed manager of the Tullamore Gas Works, a position he continued to fill until his death, when he was succeeded by his son, Frederick J. Eustace. William Eustace died 5 December 1895, age 85 years at Harbor Street, Tullamore.

Edward Eustace and Ann Coffey:

Edward Eustace was born about 1798. He married Ann Coffey before 1829 and died at Togher, King’s County in December 1868 at about 70 years of age from what was described as enteritis.
Children of Edward Eustace and Ann Coffey:

Michael Eustace; baptized September 1829 at Edenderry; he died of phthisis (Tuberculosis) on 21 November 1865 at Croghan; he was a 36 year old bachelor;
Christy Eustace; baptized December 1831 at Rhode; married Catherine Rigney on 26 July 1869.
Patrick Eustace; baptized May 1836 at Rhode; died 13 November 1867 at Croghan of phthisis (Tuberculosis); he was a 31 year old farmer and unmarried;
Mary Eustace; baptized August 1838 at Rhode; she died of phthisis (Tuberculosis) at the age of 26 years on 17 March 1865 at Barrysbrooke and was unmarried;
Edward Eustace; baptized November 1840 at Rhode; died young;
Edward Eustace; baptized June 1843 at Rhode; parents of Croghan;

Henry Eustace (Eustice) and Margaret Buckley:

Henry Eustace was born about 1808 and died 14 May 1864 age 56 years at the Tullamore Workhouse; Henry Eustace (Eustice) and Margaret Buckley were married at Tullamore Parish on 12 January 1840 and were the parents of the following children;
Children of Henry Eustace (Eustice) and Margaret Buckley:

Patrick Eustace; baptized 17 October 1840 at Tullamore;
Mary Euistise; baptized 20 March 1842 at Tullamore;
John Eustace; baptized 26 October 1845 at Tullamore;
Catherine Eustace; baptized 11 February 1849 at Tullamore;

John Eustace and Monica Tracey:

John Eustace married Monica Tracey on 19 August 1847 at Birr, County Offaly; no further record has been found.

Christopher Eustace and Anne McCabe of Croghan (1857-67) and Barrysbrook (1868), Rhode Parish:

Christopher Eustace born about 1826; he married Ann McCabe in July 1856 at Rhode Parish; Christopher Eustace was a herder/shepherd and lived at Barrysbrook and Croghan; Ann McCabe Eustace died 29 June 1879 of heart disease. The place of her death is listed as the Catholic church of Croghan.
Children of Christopher Eustace and Anne McCabe of Croghan:

John Eustace; baptized July 1857 at Rhode;
Michael Eustace; baptized August 1859 at Rhode; he worked as a herder and died 4 March 1879, age 19 of phthisis (Tuberculosis);
Mary Eustace; baptized February 1862 at Rhode;
William Eustace; baptized October 1863 at Rhode;
Christopher Eustace; baptized January 1867 at Rhode; married Ellen McCabe;
Ellen Teresa Eustace; baptized October 1868 at Rhode;
Pat Eustace; baptized April 1870 at Rhode;

Christopher Eustace and (Mary) Catherine Rigney of Togher and Croghan:

Christopher Eustace, son of Edward of Togher, was born about 1832; he married Catherine Rigney, daughter of John of Kilduff, in Philipstown District on 26 July 1869; best man was Michael Grogan and bridesmaid was Bridget Rigney; Priest Arthur Hume CC; Christopher Eustace was a farmer and lived at Togher and Croghan; Catherine Rigney Eustace was born about 1853.
Children of Christopher Eustace and (Mary) Catherine Rigney of Togher and Croghan:

Edward Eustace; baptized July 1870 at Rhode;
John Eustace; baptized April 1873 at Rhode;
Patrick Eustace; baptized February 1875 at Rhode; died of phthisis at age 23, on 8 Dec. 1898 at Togher;
Mary Eustace; baptized March 1877 at Rhode; she married Richard Condron in Feb. 1903 at Tullamore;
Anne Eustace; baptized December 1878 at Rhode; died 20 May 1884 of croup;
Michael Eustace; baptized May 1881 at Rhode;
Catherine Eustace; baptized October 1884 at Rhode;
Christopher Eustace; baptized October 1886 at Rhode;
Teresa Eustace; baptized February 1889 at Rhode;
Joseph Eustace; baptized April 1891 at Rhode;
James Eustace; baptized March 1895 at Rhode; James died in 1946 at the age of 51. He was buried on 11 Nov. 1946, in Jersey City, NJ

Christopher Eustace and Ellen McCabe:

Christopher Eustace (Christopher & Ann McCabe) married Ellen McCabe (Joseph and??/) at Rhode Parish on May 1888; Ellen was 16 years old at the time of her marriage; best man at the wedding was William McCabe and bridesmaid was Anne McCabe; Priest Jeremiah Kelly;
Children of Christopher Eustace and Ellen McCabe:
1. Anne Eustace; baptized June 1888 at Rhode; (parents of Barry’s brook);

Mary Eustace; baptized October 1891 at Rhode;
Michael Eustace; baptized May 1894 at Rhode;
Christopher Eustace; baptized June 1896 at Rhode; died 10 Sept. 1897, age 15 months of whooping cough;
Joseph Eustace; baptized May 1898 at Rhode;
Frederick Thomas Eustace and Rosanna Killeavy and Brigid Killeavy:

Frederick Eustace, son of William a plumber and later gas works manager in Kilkenny and later in Tullamore, King’s County and Marian Miller, was born 24 May 1869 in Kilkenny District 1, he married (1) Rosanna Killeavy, daughter of Michael, on 18 June 1889 at Tullamore Parish; Rose died 4 December 1893 on Store Street, Tullamore; Frederick Eustace married (2) Brigid Killeavy on 12 July 1897 at Tullamore; the best man was Laurence Clavin and the bridesmaid was Josephine Killevy;

Children of Frederick Eustace and Rosanna Killeavy;

Marjorie Eleonore Josephine Eustace; baptized 3 August 1891 at Tullamore;
Emily Rose Eustace; baptized 31 January 1892 at Tullamore;
Jane Eustace; baptized 3 December 1893 at Tullamore;

Children of Frederick Eustace and Brigid Killeavy;

Mary Evelyn Eustace; baptized 5 November 1898 at Tullamore;
William Thomas Eustace; baptized 7 December 1899 at Tullamore;
Grace Ethel Eustace; born 23 September 1900; parents address given as Charles Street, Tullamore.

Griffiths Valuation – County Offaly (1854)

Name Barony Townland Parish Immediate Lessor

Edward Eustace Philipstown Lower Barrysbrooke Ballyburly Peter Grogan

Edward Eustace Philipstown Lower Togher Ballyburly Dorothea North, Reps.

Henry Eustice Ballycowan Cloncollog Kilbride Earl of Charleville

1901 Offaly Census

Fredrick Thomas Eustace; age 31, Tullamore; Household # 24; Tullamore Urban; Occupation: Gas Manager;
Place of Origin: Kilkenny;

Fredrick Eustace; Gas Manager; age 31; Householder; Roman Catholic;

Brigid Mary Eustace; age 28; Wife; Roman Catholic;

Grace Ethel Eustace; No age given; Daughter; Roman Catholic

William Eustace; 1 year old; Son; Roman Catholic;

Julia Purcell; General Servant; age 27; Servant; Roman Catholic;

John Kennedy; Solicitor Clerk; age 26; Boarder; Roman Catholic;

Marianne Eustace; age 63; Tullamore; Household # 10; Tullamore Urban; Occupation: Housekeeper;
Place of Origin: Dublin;

Marianne Eustace; Housekeeper; age 63; Householder; Roman Catholic;

Marianne Eustace; Merchant; age 30; Daughter; Roman Catholic;

Margery Eustace; Scholar; age 10; Granddaughter; Roman Catholic;

Emily Eustace; Scholar; age 9; Granddaughter; Roman Catholic;

Mary Feery; Domestic Servant; age 19; Servant; Roman Catholic;

Paul Eustace; age 21; Chapel Lane; Household # 2; Philipstown; Occupation: Gardener; Place of Origin: Wexford;

Christopher Eustace; age 33; Croghanhill; Household # 1; Croghan; Occupation: Caretaker;
Place of Origin: King’s County;

Christopher Eustace; age 33; Caretaker; Householder; Roman Catholic;

Ellen Eustace; age 28; Wife; Roman Catholic

Anne Eustace; age 12; Daughter; Scholar; Roman Catholic;

Mary Eustace; age 9; Daughter; Roman Catholic;

Michael Eustace; age 6; Son; Roman Catholic;

Joseph Eustace; age 2; Son; Roman Catholic;

Christopher Eustace; No age given; Son; Roman Catholic;

John Eustace; age 12; Nephew; Roman Catholic;

Christopher Eustace; age 69; Togher; Household # 1; Croghan; Occupation: Farmer;
Christopher Eustace; age 69; Occupation: Farmer; Householder;

Catherine Eustace; age 48; Wife; Roman Catholic;

John Eustace; age 27; Son; Roman Catholic;

Mary Eustace; age 23; Farmer’s Daughter; Roman Catholic;

Michael Eustace; age 19; Farmer’s Son; Roman Catholic;

Christopher Eustace; age 14; Son; Scholar; Roman Catholic;

Teresa Eustace; age 12; Daughter; Scholar; Roman Catholic;

Joseph Eustace; age 9; Son; Scholar; Roman Catholic;

James Eustace; age 6; Farmer’s Son; Roman Catholic;

William Eustace of Tullamore:
In June, 1873, William Eustace was appointed manager of the works, which important position he continued to fill with satisfaction to the directors and everybody else concerned until his death in 1895, when he was succeeded by his son, Frederick Thomas Eustace, the present popular manager. During the last decade the works have been reconstructed, their being very little of the original plant in existence. (As the town developed industrially, it became necessary to make improvements and extensions in the works. A new gas holder was erected at a cost of over one thousand pounds. The retort settings have been constructed on what is known as the regenerative system. A plant for the manufacture of sulphate of ammonia was also erected at considerable expense. The system of public lighting has also been considerably improved, the illuminating power of the lamps having been greatly increased by the adoption of inverted incandescent burners which are a vast improvement on the old flat flame burners. Originally the number of public lamps in Tullamore was forty; the number is now double that, and within the past couple of years new mains have been laid through different parts of the town. About a year ago there was talk about introducing the electric light, and the scheme was successfully defeated at the Urban Council by the supporters of the old-time system. Since then the directors have had under consideration a scheme for the lighting of the town with electricity and possibly in the near future the scheme will fructify. The town is well lighted at present – the Gas Company having at the beginning of the season made a new arrangement with the Urban Council whereby the lighting can be more effectively and satisfactorily carried out. The present secretary of the company is Mr. J. A. Lumley, who succeeded his father when that esteemed gentleman died in 1900. It is of some interest to note that when the company was formed, in 1859, the population of Tullamore was 5,000.

MARRIAGE OF MR. F. EUSTACE, TULLAMORE

Midland Tribune 3rd July 1897

On Monday morning, in the Church of the Assumption, Tullamore the nuptials took place of Mr. Frederick Eustace, manager of Tullamore Gas Works, and Miss Brigid M. Killeavy, eldest daughter of Mr. Michl. Killeavy, T.C., Charleville Square. The bride, who looked charming in a beautiful costume of grey Irish poplin, was given away by her father, and attended by three youthful bridesmaids, also handsomely attired; while Mr, Laurence Clavin acted as best man. Very Rev. Hugh Behan performed the ceremony, at the conclusion of which the dejeuner took place at the residence of the bride’s father. Mr. and Mrs. Eustace were the recipients of many congratulations from their numerous friends, and departed on the honeymoon by the 3.19 p.m. train.

Eustace Family Members in Early Records

Members of the Eustace Family listed on an Inquisition Jury in 1537

An Inquisition was held in Dublin in the year 1537, to ascertain what the heirs-general of the Earl of Ormonde held of the King in the Kildare Manors of Castelwarnyng (Castlewarden), Owghterad, and Clinton’s Court. The twelve jurors belonged to the County Kildare and out of that number just over half of them were Eustaces. Their names are given thus:

William Eustace, of Moone, Gent.
Maurice Eustace, of Castlemartin Gent.
John Eustace, of Newlande, Gent.
Roland Eustace of Molaghcashe, Gent.
Richard Eustace, of Cradockstown, Gent.
Richard Eustace, of Kerdeston, Gent.
Richard Wogan, of Rathcoffee Gent.
James ffitzGerald, of Ballysonan, Gent.
Gerald ffitzGerald, of Clane, Gent.
Edmund Eustace, of Miloteston,Gent.
James fitzMoryshe, of Blackhall, Gent.
Patrick Whit, of Miloteston, Gent.

[Dublin Exchequer Inquisition, No. 80 of Henry VIII., Dublin, August, Henry VIII., 29th Year FITZGerald.

Members of Eustace Family Listed in Irish Fiants of the Tudor Sovereigns (1560-1603)

Richard Eustace, gentleman of Kilcollen (Kilcullen), pardon 17 August 1559; Eliz. 122 (21).
Christopher Eustace, attainted; (Executed in 1537), lands of Scaternaghe, Daveston, Maceton, and Hogenston; granted to Henry Draycot, of Marineston; 16 October 1559. Also customs of tenants on the lands of Muche Riverston, Little Riverston, and Kenoche, County Meath, granted to John Payne, gent; 9 November, 1559. Also lands of Simondstown and Corbettestown, County Meath granted to Henry Radclyf, (Radcliffe), knight; 26 January, 1561. Also lease of lands at Hallonston and Arronan, County Meath, possessions of Christopher Eustace, attainted, to Francis Barneye, gent; dated 27 Janaury, 1561 Eliz.180 (260) 1561.
Roland Eustace(sometimes Ewstace), Viscount Baltinglass, Commission granted (with others) to take the muster and array of County Dublin, and its crosses and marches, to call before them all subjects of each barony, and assess them in warlike furniture of weapons, arms, horses, horsemen, and footmen, according to the quantity of their lands and chattels, as instructions of the lord lieutenant, and the customs of the realm require; Eliz.260 (6477) 1560. Also lease dated 14 June, 1560, granted at Westminster of the site of the late house of friars called New Abbey, County Kildare, the lands of Fraynestown, County Dublin, and the lands and tithes of Kilmagobboke; sealed 27 January 1561. Also commission dated 28 June 1563, with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, to be justices, commissioners, and keepers of the peace, in the city and county of Dublin, during absence of lord lieutenant against John O’Neil in the north (without permission to name a general of forces in the field) Eliz.542 (6452) 1563; Commission (with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin and the sheriff for the time being) to execute martial law throughout the realm; 7 December, 1563 (Eliz.580 (6439). Also commission to execute martial law with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, in County Dublin; Eliz.682 (6437) 1564;
John Eustace(sometimes Ewstace) of Castlemartin, Commission as above; 1560. Also commission dated 28 June 1563, with others including Roland Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass, to be justices, commissioners, and keepers of the peace, in the city and county of Dublin, during abcese of lord lieutenant against John O’Neil in the north (without permission to name a general of forces in the field) Eliz.542 (6452); Commission, (with others including Roland Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass.) to execute martial law throughout the realm; 7 December, 1563. John was serving as the sheriff at the time (Eliz.580 (6439). Also commission to execute martial law with others including Viscount Baltinglass, in County Dublin; Eliz.682 (6437) 1564; Pardon along with James FitzWilliam Ewstace of Castlemartin; Eliz.726 (557) 1565. Also Pardon to John Eustace of Castlemartin, County Kildare and others including Roland Eustace of Jagogeston [Gaganstown] James Eustace of Cloceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballesax, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
Richard Ewstaceof Tullaghgawrye; Commission as above.
John Ewstas, son and heir of Robert of Lescartin, livery dated 31 January, 1561.
Christopher m’Thomas Eustace(Christopher son of Thomas); Pardon for aiding Hugh m’Shane of Ballencour with others for aiding said Hugh m’Shane in the capture and detention of George Harvey and Henry Davells, gentlemen; 2 December 1563; Eliz.579 (441) (1563).
Nicolas Eustace, son and heir of James, son and heir of John Ewstace, late of Confey, esquire; livery; Fine₤ 59 4s. 4d; 4 March 1564 (Eliz593 (486) 1564. Also Certificate for Nicolas Eustace, of Confey, County Kildare, gent; assigning lands of Confey to be free of subsidy under 3 & 4 Philip & Mary, c. 12. Dated 8 November vii; Commission dated 19 October annexed; Eliz.774 (6283) 1565.
James Eustace fitzWilliam(James son of William) of Castlemartin, kern; Pardon along with John Ewstace of Castlemartin ; Eliz.726 (557) 1565.
Roland Eustace, ofYeagogiston, (Gaganstown) County Kildare, gent.; Pardon to Roland Eustace of Jagogeston [Gaganstown], and others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, County Kildare James Eustace of Cloceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballesax, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568). Also Pardon. Eliz. Fiant (1665)1570.
James Eustaceof Cloceste; Pardon together with John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, Maurice Eustace of Ballesax, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. 18 February; Eliz.1268 (1120) 1568. Also Pardon. Eliz. Fiant (1665)1570.
Maurice Eustaceof Ballesax, County Kildare; Pardon along with John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Cloceste, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
John Eustaceof Kilbride, County Kildare; Pardon along with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Clonceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballysax and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
Richard Eustaceof Walshetown, County Kildare; Pardon along with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Clonceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballysax all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
James Eustaceof Inchcoventer, County Kildare, horseman; Pardon along with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Clonceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballysax all in the same county, gentlemen; Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horseman; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, County Kildare; Pardon along with John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Cloceste, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; and John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
John Fitz Rowland Eustace of County Kildare; Pardon along with John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Cloceste, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
Walter Eustace (spelled Ewstace) freeholder of Ballymore (Eustace); Pardon along with David Donell, James Dowdinge, John Eustace, and John Purcell of the same, freeholders, Patr. Dempsie, Rich. Dowding, John Lannan, Patr. Collen, and Tho. Dempsie, husbandmen, Tho. Ewstace of Barrettiston, in the parish of Tipperkeavyn, freeholder, John Donell, of the Burgage, and Patr. M’Phillipp, of Barrettiston, husbandmen, Edm. Ewstace, of Elwartiston, cottier, and Laurence Asshe, of Little Fornoght. – 10 Ap., xvii. Eliz.2574 (1575).
John Eustace freeholder of Ballymore (Eustace),Pardon along with Walter Eustace of Ballymore, John Purcell of the same, freeholders, Patr. Dempsie, Rich. Dowding, John Lannan, Patr. Collen, and Tho. Dempsie, husbandmen, Tho. Ewstace of Barrettiston, in the parish of Tipperkeavyn, freeholder, John Donell, of the Burgage, and Patr. M’Phillipp, of Barrettiston, husbandmen, Edm. Ewstace, of Elwartiston, cottier, and Laurence Asshe, of Little Fornoght. – 10 Ap., xvii. Eliz.2574 (1575).
Thomas Ewstace, freeholder of Barrettiston (Barrettstown),in the parish of Tipperkeavyn (Tipperkevin), Pardon together with Walter and John Eustace of Ballymore, freeholder, John Donell, of the Burgage, and Patr. M’Phillipp, of Barrettiston, husbandmen, Edm. Ewstace, of Elwartiston, cottier, and Laurence Asshe, of Little Fornoght. – 10 Ap., xvii. Eliz.2574 (1575).
Edmond Ewstace, of Elwartiston (Elwartstown), cottier, Pardon along with Walter and John Eustace of Ballymore, freeholders, David Donell, James Dowdinge, and John Purcell of the same, freeholders, Patr. Dempsie, Rich. Dowding, John Lannan, Patr. Collen, and Tho. Dempsie, husbandmen, Tho. Ewstace of Barrettiston, in the parish of Tipperkeavyn, freeholder, John Donell, of the Burgage, and Patr. M’Phillipp, of Barrettiston, husbandmen, and Laurence Asshe, of Little Fornoght. – 10 Ap., xvii. Eliz.2574 (1575).
Oliver Eustace, late of Blackhall; mentioned in pardon (under queen’s letter 11 Feb., xxv.) to Maurice FitzGerald alias fitz James of Oberteston, gent; for aiding rebels. The indictment recites that James Eustace, viscount of Baltinglas, co. Dublin, Gerald FitzGerald alias fitz Maurice, of Doneny, same co., gent., Rob. FitzGerald alias fitz Morice of Osbertiston, gent., and Robert Rocheford, of same, chaplain, had on the 1 July, xxii., conspired to levy war; that, on the 20 Sept. following, the said Robert FitzGerald joining to him John FitzGerald alias O Desmonde, knight., and others to the number of 500, had taken the field at Baltinglas, and had attacked the town of Sagard, co. Dublin, burning 40 houses in it; and that Maurice, and also Oliver Eustace of Blackhall, gent., had aided the rebels. Security as in 897.-10 August .xxv; Eliz. 4193 (1583); Pardon to Oliver Eustace, gent; Not to be sealed till he find surety before the lord chancellor for his loyalty. 14 Feb., xxvi; Eliz. 4304 (1583-1584).

Principal Gentry of County Kildare in the Year 1600

A list of principal families of Kildare around 1600 was made by Lord Walter FitzGerald during the late 1890s and published in the Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society; Volume III, 1899-1900, pp118-122. The list was compiled from various sources, though principally Elizabethan fiants, the Inquisitions, and funeral entries. Lord FitzGerald remarked that few of the prominent families continued to be present in the magistrate rolls of the County some three hundred years later and attributed the decline largely to Civil War of 1641, a war in which Roman Catholics fighting for their faith lost everything. Five hundred years earlier, members of these same Anglo Norman families had overcome and driven out the original native Irish lords of the soil —the O’Kearys of Carbury, the O’Byrnes of Offelan, the O’Connors of Offaly and the O’Tooles of Omurethi—septs whose territories all lay in the present County Kildare, and whose possessions were divided among families such as the Berminghams, Eustaces, FitzGeralds and others.

The following members of the Eustace family are on Lord FitzGerald’s list of gentry living in Kildare who were alive in 1600: Eustace (or FitzEustace):

Oliver FitzWilliam Eustace (ob. 17^thMarch, 1618 Blackhall, near Punchestown
Richard Eustace (ob. 20^thJune, 1613 Blackrath
William FitzJohn Eustace (ob.25^thJune, 1635) Castlemartin
Maurice FitzJames Eustace (ob. 24^thJanuary, 1624) Clongoweswood
Maurice FitzAlexander Eustace (ob. 31^stJuly, 1619) Colbinstown
Nicolas FitzJohn Eustace (ob. 1648) Confey
Nicolas Alexander Eustace (ob. 1633) Cradockstown
John Eustace (ob. 18^thJanuary, 1612) Flemington
Richard FitzJames Eustace (ob. 29^thJune, 1637) Gorteenvacan
John Eustace (ob. 1623) Harristown
Christopher FitzJohn Eustace Kineagh
Oliver FitzThomas Eustace Mullaghcash
John FitzJames Eustace (ob. 18^th January, 1617 Newlands

Eustaces of Kildare & Carlow alive circa 1650:

Alexander Eustace, of Yeomanstown, Census of Ireland circa 1659.

Alexander Eustace, Irish Papist of Dowdenstown, Newcastle & Uppercross Barony, County Dublin, 315 acres, also in Kilmalone Townland, 123 acres, 2 perches and in Elverstown Townland, 85 acres, also 167 acres 2 perches and 20 acres, 3 perches of unprofitable land in Elverstown (Forfeiting proprietor; 1656).

Alexander Eustace of Dudingstown, Naas Barony, County Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

Anne & Jane Eustace of Ballymore, 9 acres, 5 Roods, 30 perches in Ballymore, County Dublin, Newcastle & Uppercross Barony, County Dublin, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656). Also Anne Eustace and Purcell in Ballymore, 19 acres 2 perches, also Eustace and Donnell 16 acres 2 perches in Ballymore; also Eustace, Purcell and Donnell in Ballymore, 16 acres, 2 perches in Ballymore, also Eustace and Donnell, 127 acres, 2 perches in Ballymore Parish, Uppercross Barony.

Christopher Eustace, Esquire, Irish Papist of Newland, Connell Barony, County Kildare, 163 acres (150 arable, 103 acres meadow and 10 acres heath) in Newtowne, Parish of Clane, value £36, 4S; also in Barrettstown, Parish of Brides Church, Barony of Clane, 232 acres (180 arable, 12 acres meadow and 40 acres pasture heath) value £40. (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656) later restored to his estate by the ACTS SETTLEMENT AND EXPLANATION: 1661-1665 by King Charles II.

Christopher Eustace of New Land, Ballyaghkeen Barony, County Wexford, (Forfeiting proprietor; 1656.

Edmond Eustace of Garryline, County Carlow (transplanted 1653/54)

Edward Eustace, Gentleman; Proprietor of Sherlockestown, Blackhall, Athgarrett, Eadstowne, Little Newton, Johnstown, Walterstown. Census of Ireland circa 1659.

James Eustace, Irish Papist of Clongoweswood, Ikeatny, Oughter Kunny Barony, County Kildare, 340 acres (220 arable, 20 acres meadow and 60 acres heath) in Clongoweswood and Mainham Townland Parish of Mainham, 24 acres arable in Parish of Clane, value £ 24(Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

James Eustace of Castleknock Barony, County Dublin, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

James Eustace of Confey Salt Barony, Irish Papist, 21 acres arable meadow in Ballingorne Townland County Kildare value £5, 360 acres arable and 36 acres pasture in Confey and Newtowne, Co. Kildare, value £150, also Clondalkin Parish, County Dublin together with Sir Henry Talbot and Nottingham. (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656).

James Eustace of Confey, Castleknock, County Dublin, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

James Eustace of Naas, County Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

John Eustace of Harristown, Will 1623.

John Eustace of the Manse of Castledermot, 12 acres arable in Parish of Castledermot, Barony of Kilkae & Moone—Bishop’s Land.

Maurice Eustace, Lord Chancellor, lived at Harristown, County Kildare, and at his house in Damask (now Eustace) Street, Dublin.

Morrish Eustace, cousin to Lord Chancellor, proprietor of Barretstowne, Census of Ireland circa 1659.

Morris Eustace, Irish Papist of Castlemartin, 158 acres (140 arable, 10 acres pasture) in Baltrasny Townland, Parish of Balraine, Newcastle & Uppercross Barony, County Dublin, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656

Morris Eustace, Irish Papist of Castlemartin, in Kilcock with “moyetie” of the Faire and Marketts, 45 acres (40 arable and 5 meadow) Parish of Kilcock, Ikeatny, Oughter Kunny, County Kildare

Morrice Eustace of Castlemartin, Killcullen Half Barony, County Kildare

Morrice Eustace of Moone, Kilkagh & Moone Barony, County Kildare

Nicholas Eustace, Irish Papist of City of Dublin, owner of Confey, County Dublin, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

Nicholas Eustace, Irish Papist of Elverstown, Newcastle & Uppercross Barony, County Dublin, 18 acres, 3 perches; 14 acres, 3 acres 2 perches and 1 acre 3 perches in Ballymore Parish (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

Oliver Eustace of Ballymore, Newcastle & Uppercross Barony, County Dublin (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

Oliver Eustace of Blackall, Newcastle & Uppercross Barony, County Dublin, together with Thomas, his brother, 333 acres in Tipperkevin (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656).

Richard Eustace of Timolin, Narragh & Rebon Barony, County Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656

Robert Eustace of Dublin, joiner, Will dated 1646

Rowland Eustace of Blackhall, Naas, Narragh & Rebon Barony Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

Rowland Eustace of Blackhall, Naas Barony, County Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

Rowland Eustace of Jagoestown (Gaganstown) was accused in 1652 and found guilty of the several crimes and finally ordered to remove with his whole family and dependents into the province of Connaught.

Rowland Eustace of Mullacash, Naas Barony, County Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

Thomas Eustace of Moone, Kilkagh & Moone Barony, County Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656

Thomas Eustace Irish Papist of Tipperkevin, Newcastle & Uppercross Barony, County Dublin, Owner of (with his brother Oliver) 333 acres in Tipperkevin Parish (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656).

Thomas Eustace of Confey, County Dublin,

Thomas Eustace, Irish Papist of Newland, County Kildare; 24 acres in Parish of Straffan, Townland Straffan, value £4, S10.

Thomas Eustace of Dublin, Tanner; Will 1629.

Thomas Eustace of County Kildare

Thomas Eustace, County Kildare

Walter Eustace of Elverstown, Newcastle & Uppercross Barony, County Dublin, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656).

Walter Eustace of Ballycolone, Kilkagh & Moone Barony, County Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor, 1656.

William Eustace of Castlemartin leased two houses and backsides with liberty of common in Kilcock, Parish of Kilcock to George Goldsmith, Protestant, on 10 December 1628.

William Eustace of Cradoxtown, Narragh & Rebon Barony, County Kildare, (Listed as forfeiting proprietor 1656)

Connaught Certificates of Transplant were issued in 1653-54 to:

Anne Eustace, probably of Confey

Cisly Eustace, probably of Confey

Francis Eustace, probably of Confey

John Eustace probably of Confey

Martha Eustace, probably of Confey

Mary Eustace of Blackhall

Walter Eustace of Ballycotland

Book of Survey & Distribution.

A Brief History of County Wicklow

This scenic, wooded Leinster coastal county contains the towns of Wicklow, Bray, Rathnew, Arklow, Rathdrum, Enniskerry, Greystones, and Baltinglass. Because of its scenery and fine woodlands, Wicklow is known is the “Garden of Ireland,” and has been a popular resort area since the eighteenth century. The county has a wide coastal strip of fertile land, and the inland parts are mountainous. In pre-Norman times this county was the territory of the O’Byrnes and O’Tooles. The families of O’Cullen, O’Kelly, O’Teige (Tighe), (O’) Gahan, and McKeogh (or Kehoe) are also associated with the county. There were a number of Viking settlements on the Wicklow coast, including the towns of Arklow and Wicklow, whose names are of Danish origin. The family name of Doyle, which is common in the county (and elsewhere in Leinster), is also of Scandinavian origin. After the Norman invasion, the coastal parts of the county came under the control of various Norman adventurers. These included the families of Archbold, Cosgrave, and Eustace. Wicklow town itself was granted to Maurice Fitzgerald, who fortified it against the constant attacks of the O’Byrnes and O’Tooles, who regained control of the more extensive mountainous parts of the county.

The O’Byrnes and O’Tooles continued to rule most of Wicklow for many centuries afterwards, and made constant raids on the city of Dublin and on the Norman settlements in Wicklow. Their power was severely curtailed after the rebellion of the Irish Catholics in 1641, when Cromwell took every fort and stronghold in the county. However, the mountains of Wicklow continued to provide refuge for rebels until after the 1798 rebellion, when the so-called Military Road was built through the heart of the mountains to provide military access.

During the Great Famine of 1845-47, County Wicklow was not as severely affected as other parts of Ireland. Nevertheless, the population dropped by over 20 percent between 1841 (126,000) and 1851 (99,000). Almost 13,000 people died in County Wicklow between 1845 and 1850. The population of County Wicklow is now over 90,000.

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Eustace Family Members in Early Records

Members of the Eustace Family listed on an Inquisition Jury in 1537

William Eustace, of Moone, Gent.
Maurice Eustace, of Castlemartin Gent.
John Eustace, of Newlande, Gent.
Roland Eustace of Molaghcashe, Gent.
Richard Eustace, of Cradockstown, Gent.
Richard Eustace, of Kerdeston, Gent.
Richard Wogan, of Rathcoffee Gent.
James ffitzGerald, of Ballysonan, Gent.
Gerald ffitzGerald, of Clane, Gent.
Edmund Eustace, of Miloteston,Gent.
James fitzMoryshe, of Blackhall, Gent.
Patrick Whit, of Miloteston, Gent.

[Dublin Exchequer Inquisition, No. 80 of Henry VIII., Dublin, August, Henry VIII., 29th Year FITZGerald.

Members of Eustace Family Listed in Irish Fiants of the Tudor Sovereigns (1560-1603)

Richard Eustace, gentleman of Kilcollen (Kilcullen), pardon 17 August 1559; Eliz. 122 (21).
Christopher Eustace, attainted; (Executed in 1537), lands of Scaternaghe, Daveston, Maceton, and Hogenston; granted to Henry Draycot, of Marineston; 16 October 1559. Also customs of tenants on the lands of Muche Riverston, Little Riverston, and Kenoche, County Meath, granted to John Payne, gent; 9 November, 1559. Also lands of Simondstown and Corbettestown, County Meath granted to Henry Radclyf, (Radcliffe), knight; 26 January, 1561. Also lease of lands at Hallonston and Arronan, County Meath, possessions of Christopher Eustace, attainted, to Francis Barneye, gent; dated 27 Janaury, 1561 Eliz.180 (260) 1561.
Roland Eustace(sometimes Ewstace), Viscount Baltinglass, Commission granted (with others) to take the muster and array of County Dublin, and its crosses and marches, to call before them all subjects of each barony, and assess them in warlike furniture of weapons, arms, horses, horsemen, and footmen, according to the quantity of their lands and chattels, as instructions of the lord lieutenant, and the customs of the realm require; Eliz.260 (6477) 1560. Also lease dated 14 June, 1560, granted at Westminster of the site of the late house of friars called New Abbey, County Kildare, the lands of Fraynestown, County Dublin, and the lands and tithes of Kilmagobboke; sealed 27 January 1561. Also commission dated 28 June 1563, with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, to be justices, commissioners, and keepers of the peace, in the city and county of Dublin, during absence of lord lieutenant against John O’Neil in the north (without permission to name a general of forces in the field) Eliz.542 (6452) 1563; Commission (with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin and the sheriff for the time being) to execute martial law throughout the realm; 7 December, 1563 (Eliz.580 (6439). Also commission to execute martial law with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, in County Dublin; Eliz.682 (6437) 1564;
John Eustace(sometimes Ewstace) of Castlemartin, Commission as above; 1560. Also commission dated 28 June 1563, with others including Roland Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass, to be justices, commissioners, and keepers of the peace, in the city and county of Dublin, during abcese of lord lieutenant against John O’Neil in the north (without permission to name a general of forces in the field) Eliz.542 (6452); Commission, (with others including Roland Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass.) to execute martial law throughout the realm; 7 December, 1563. John was serving as the sheriff at the time (Eliz.580 (6439). Also commission to execute martial law with others including Viscount Baltinglass, in County Dublin; Eliz.682 (6437) 1564; Pardon along with James FitzWilliam Ewstace of Castlemartin; Eliz.726 (557) 1565. Also Pardon to John Eustace of Castlemartin, County Kildare and others including Roland Eustace of Jagogeston [Gaganstown] James Eustace of Cloceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballesax, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
Richard Ewstaceof Tullaghgawrye; Commission as above.
John Ewstas, son and heir of Robert of Lescartin, livery dated 31 January, 1561.
Christopher m’Thomas Eustace(Christopher son of Thomas); Pardon for aiding Hugh m’Shane of Ballencour with others for aiding said Hugh m’Shane in the capture and detention of George Harvey and Henry Davells, gentlemen; 2 December 1563; Eliz.579 (441) (1563).
Nicolas Eustace, son and heir of James, son and heir of John Ewstace, late of Confey, esquire; livery; Fine₤ 59 4s. 4d; 4 March 1564 (Eliz593 (486) 1564. Also Certificate for Nicolas Eustace, of Confey, County Kildare, gent; assigning lands of Confey to be free of subsidy under 3 & 4 Philip & Mary, c. 12. Dated 8 November vii; Commission dated 19 October annexed; Eliz.774 (6283) 1565.
James Eustace fitzWilliam(James son of William) of Castlemartin, kern; Pardon along with John Ewstace of Castlemartin ; Eliz.726 (557) 1565.
Roland Eustace, ofYeagogiston, (Gaganstown) County Kildare, gent.; Pardon to Roland Eustace of Jagogeston [Gaganstown], and others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, County Kildare James Eustace of Cloceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballesax, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568). Also Pardon. Eliz. Fiant (1665)1570.
James Eustaceof Cloceste; Pardon together with John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, Maurice Eustace of Ballesax, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. 18 February; Eliz.1268 (1120) 1568. Also Pardon. Eliz. Fiant (1665)1570.
Maurice Eustaceof Ballesax, County Kildare; Pardon along with John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Cloceste, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
John Eustaceof Kilbride, County Kildare; Pardon along with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Clonceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballysax and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
Richard Eustaceof Walshetown, County Kildare; Pardon along with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Clonceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballysax all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
James Eustaceof Inchcoventer, County Kildare, horseman; Pardon along with others including John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Clonceste, Maurice Eustace of Ballysax all in the same county, gentlemen; Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horseman; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, County Kildare; Pardon along with John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Cloceste, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; and John Fitz Rowland Eustace of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
John Fitz Rowland Eustace of County Kildare; Pardon along with John Eustace of Castlemartin, Roland Eustace of Gaganstown, James Eustace of Cloceste, John Eustace of Kilbride and Richard Eustace of Walshetown, all in the same county, gentlemen; James Eustace of Inchcoventer and Remeletus Walsh of Balloteig, same county, horsemen; Edmund Eustace of Castlemartin, of the same. Eliz.1268 (1568).
Walter Eustace (spelled Ewstace) freeholder of Ballymore (Eustace); Pardon along with David Donell, James Dowdinge, John Eustace, and John Purcell of the same, freeholders, Patr. Dempsie, Rich. Dowding, John Lannan, Patr. Collen, and Tho. Dempsie, husbandmen, Tho. Ewstace of Barrettiston, in the parish of Tipperkeavyn, freeholder, John Donell, of the Burgage, and Patr. M’Phillipp, of Barrettiston, husbandmen, Edm. Ewstace, of Elwartiston, cottier, and Laurence Asshe, of Little Fornoght. – 10 Ap., xvii. Eliz.2574 (1575).
John Eustace freeholder of Ballymore (Eustace),Pardon along with Walter Eustace of Ballymore, John Purcell of the same, freeholders, Patr. Dempsie, Rich. Dowding, John Lannan, Patr. Collen, and Tho. Dempsie, husbandmen, Tho. Ewstace of Barrettiston, in the parish of Tipperkeavyn, freeholder, John Donell, of the Burgage, and Patr. M’Phillipp, of Barrettiston, husbandmen, Edm. Ewstace, of Elwartiston, cottier, and Laurence Asshe, of Little Fornoght. – 10 Ap., xvii. Eliz.2574 (1575).
Thomas Ewstace, freeholder of Barrettiston (Barrettstown),in the parish of Tipperkeavyn (Tipperkevin), Pardon together with Walter and John Eustace of Ballymore, freeholder, John Donell, of the Burgage, and Patr. M’Phillipp, of Barrettiston, husbandmen, Edm. Ewstace, of Elwartiston, cottier, and Laurence Asshe, of Little Fornoght. – 10 Ap., xvii. Eliz.2574 (1575).
Edmond Ewstace, of Elwartiston (Elwartstown), cottier, Pardon along with Walter and John Eustace of Ballymore, freeholders, David Donell, James Dowdinge, and John Purcell of the same, freeholders, Patr. Dempsie, Rich. Dowding, John Lannan, Patr. Collen, and Tho. Dempsie, husbandmen, Tho. Ewstace of Barrettiston, in the parish of Tipperkeavyn, freeholder, John Donell, of the Burgage, and Patr. M’Phillipp, of Barrettiston, husbandmen, and Laurence Asshe, of Little Fornoght. – 10 Ap., xvii. Eliz.2574 (1575).
Oliver Eustace, late of Blackhall; mentioned in pardon (under queen’s letter 11 Feb., xxv.) to Maurice FitzGerald alias fitz James of Oberteston, gent; for aiding rebels. The indictment recites that James Eustace, viscount of Baltinglas, co. Dublin, Gerald FitzGerald alias fitz Maurice, of Doneny, same co., gent., Rob. FitzGerald alias fitz Morice of Osbertiston, gent., and Robert Rocheford, of same, chaplain, had on the 1 July, xxii., conspired to levy war; that, on the 20 Sept. following, the said Robert FitzGerald joining to him John FitzGerald alias O Desmonde, knight., and others to the number of 500, had taken the field at Baltinglas, and had attacked the town of Sagard, co. Dublin, burning 40 houses in it; and that Maurice, and also Oliver Eustace of Blackhall, gent., had aided the rebels. Security as in 897.-10 August .xxv; Eliz. 4193 (1583); Pardon to Oliver Eustace, gent; Not to be sealed till he find surety before the lord chancellor for his loyalty. 14 Feb., xxvi; Eliz. 4304 (1583-1584).

Principal Gentry of County Kildare in the Year 1600

The following members of the Eustace family are on Lord FitzGerald’s list of gentry living in Kildare who were alive in 1600: Eustace (or FitzEustace):

Oliver FitzWilliam Eustace (ob. 17^thMarch, 1618 Blackhall, near Punchestown
Richard Eustace (ob. 20^thJune, 1613 Blackrath
William FitzJohn Eustace (ob.25^thJune, 1635) Castlemartin
Maurice FitzJames Eustace (ob. 24^thJanuary, 1624) Clongoweswood
Maurice FitzAlexander Eustace (ob. 31^stJuly, 1619) Colbinstown
Nicolas FitzJohn Eustace (ob. 1648) Confey
Nicolas Alexander Eustace (ob. 1633) Cradockstown
John Eustace (ob. 18^thJanuary, 1612) Flemington
Richard FitzJames Eustace (ob. 29^thJune, 1637) Gorteenvacan
John Eustace (ob. 1623) Harristown
Christopher FitzJohn Eustace Kineagh
Oliver FitzThomas Eustace Mullaghcash
John FitzJames Eustace (ob. 18^th January, 1617 Newlands