Charles Mahon JP (abt. 1818 - abt. 1850)

Born about 1818 in County Clare, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Stacpoole) Mahon — married 2 Jul 1844 in Cragbrien Castle, County Clare, Ireland

Descendants

Died about 18 Apr 1850 at about age 32 in Monkstown, South Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Charles Mahon JP was born in Ireland.

Charles Mahon was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Charles was born about 1820. He was the son of Thomas Mahon and Alicia Minchin.

He lived with his parents and siblings at Green Lawn, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. Sadly his brother William died at their home in 1837 at the age of 16.

Charles obtained the rank of Lieutenant with the Clare Militia.

He married Jane Stacpoole (daughter of Very Rev. William Henry Stacpoole and Jane Marshall) on 2 July 1844:

MARRIAGES

On the 2d instant, at Cragbrien Castle, county Clare, Charles Mahon, Esq., eldest son of Thomas Mahon, Esq., of Cahircalla, to Jane, eldest daughter of the Very Rev. William Stacpoole, Dean of Kilfenora.^[1]

They had about two children.

They lived at Corbally, County Clare, Ireland. Charles was a Justice of the Peace.

He died in 1850 at the age of about 32:

DEATHS

At Monkstown on Thursday, to the great affliction of his family, and the regret of his friends, Charles Mahon, Esq. son of the late Thomas Mahon, Esq. of Greenlawn, Count Clare.^[2]

Research Notes

The estate of the Mahons of Corbally was mainly in the parish of Clooney, barony of Bunratty Upper, County Clare, although they also held land in the parishes of Tulla, barony of Tulla Upper, and Kilmurry, barony of Ibrickan, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. A number of family members were barristers. In the 1870s Thomas George Stacpoole Mahon of London owned 1,887 acres in county Clare and Mrs Charles Mahon of Burlington Road, Dublin, owned 1158 acres in the county. In July 1871 the sale of houses and premises in Ennis including Ashline Park and 280 acres at Honeymount in the barony of Ikerrin, county Tipperary, belonging to them was advertised for sale. Charles Mahon of Cahircalla, parish of Drumcliff, barony of Islands, county Clare, was a younger son of Charles Mahon of Corbally. He was married to Elizabeth Tymons or Timmins but died without heirs in 1874. Robert Mahon, brother of Charles of Cahircalla lived at nearby Ashline Park, Ennis. Their younger brother James Mahon was living in France when his life interest in various lands and premises in the Ennis locality were advertised for sale in July 1863. [http:/landedestates.nuigalway.ie/LandedEstates/jspestate-show.jsp?id=1845 Landed Estates], accessed 2016

Sources

1. ↑ Freeman's Journal - Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, July 5, 1844, page 1 https://search.findmypast.com/
2. ↑ Limerick Reporter - Limerick, Limerick, Republic of Ireland, April 19, 1850, Pg 3, https://search.findmypast.com/

• Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912. Society of Australian Genealogists, accessed 2016.

• The Peerage