Small Sources No. 6: This is a list of Tenants from a single-sheet rental of part of the estate of Abel Ram Esq. in county Wexford for 1826. It shows tenant’s names, location, acres held, and yearly rent (see Fig.1 below). Rentals are the records of the landlord on tenants, their holdings, and their payments. Although these might appear to be purely business records, many contain rich family information. A full description of rental formats and practices, and on the useful family information they can provide is in our blog Rentals as a resource for Irish family history.

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The names are listed as spelled, and with the abbreviations used, e.g. Reps. = Representatives; Robt. = Robert, Jun.= junior, Esq. = Esquire which is a term of respect used for minor gentry etc.
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Tenant Property (Townland)
John Fidler – Ballytegan
Reps. Humphrey Fidler “
John Fidler Jun. “
Thomas Cook “
Reps. John Cook “
Reps. Timothy Crane “
Matthew Oughton “
Robt. Wheatley “
Reps. Robt Hatton “
Mary Smith “
Michael Duggan “
Benjamin Godkin “
Cornelius Conners “
Michael Coote “
Reps. A. Butler – Churchtown
John Higginbotham – Coolanstud
Rev. Henry StEloy “
Reps. James Peppard – Clonattin
Lewis Miller Esq. “
John Bryan “
William Cooke “
John Fiddler “
Thomas Fidler “
Dr. Hamilton “
Reps. A. Woodroofe “
Benjamin Goodkin “
Wm. Brownrigg Esq “
Moses Golan “
Henry Furney “
Peter Murphy “
John Redmond “
Thomas Dowse “
Richard Brownrigg – Moneynelane
Reps. John Darey (Davey?) “
Reps D. Doran “
Widow H. Butler “
Wm. Mitchell – Moneycoss (probably Moneycross)
Rev. H. St Eloy “
Nathaniel Whitmore “
Reps. John Trotter – Finglas (Dublin)
Reps. Humphrey Fidler “
John Fidler Jun. “
Thomas Cook “
Reps. John Cook “
Reps. Timothy Crane “
Matthew Oughton “
Robt. Wheatley “
Reps. Robt Hatton “
Mary Smith “
Michael Duggan “
Benjamin Godkin “
Cornelius Conners “
Michael Coote “
Reps. A. Butler – Churchtown
John Higginbotham – Coolanstud
Rev. Henry StEloy “
Reps. James Peppard – Clonattin
Lewis Miller Esq. “
John Bryan “
William Cooke “
John Fiddler “
Thomas Fidler “
Dr. Hamilton “
Reps. A. Woodroofe “
Benjamin Goodkin “
Wm. Brownrigg Esq “
Moses Golan “
Henry Furney “
Peter Murphy “
John Redmond “
Thomas Dowse “
Richard Brownrigg – Moneynelane
Reps. John Darey (Davey?) “
Reps D. Doran “
Widow H. Butler “
Wm. Mitchell – Moneycoss (probably Moneycross)
Rev. H. St Eloy “
Nathaniel Whitmore “
Reps. John Trotter – Finglas (Dublin)

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