The The Pilkingtons were an English Protestant family who purchased lands in Co Clare in early 1700s.  They were land fee holders. The Pilkington’s held vast estates in Co Clare and one of these estates was at Ballykett House Estate, Kilrush, formally the residence of the Hickman family.  According to a Pilkington family history by Fr. Niall Hayes, the Pilkingtons had several holdings. Church records in relation to births, marriages and deaths support this and include evidence of estate holdings the Pilkington family maintained.  The holdings are recorded as: 

Ahaga, Kilmihil

Knockalough, Kilrush

Termon, Kilrush

Ballykett, Kilrush

Newtown West, Kilrush

Rahaniska, Kilrush

Baunmore, Kilrush

Pyne Pilkington married Catherine [Unknown] and had a son:

William Pilkington, christened on the 06.04.1768.  William married Jane O’Donnell on the 8th of February 1796.  William and Jane lived in Rahaniska, Kilkee, for a short time after getting married, and prior to moving to Newtown West.  Their move to Newtown was a result of the death of Burton Brew in 1800 and the leasing of parts of the Brew estate of Newtown west. William Pilkington left Newtown in 1816 when his eldest daughter Abigail married Jonathon Brew of Newtown.  William and Jane moved to Baunmore and were there when their daughter Anne married Burton Brew of Newtown, in 1823. William was in Ballykett Estate when he died on the 20.04.1843, aged 75 years.  William and Jane had the following children: 

i Abigail Pilkington, (V) born 1796, died 1843, Newtown West. Abigail married Jonathon Brew (1798 - 1845) [See Brew Page]

ii Catherine Pilkington, (NV) born 1798.  Catherine married a man from Clarina, Co. Limerick. 

iii Anne Pilkington, (V) born 1800, died 1888, Newtown West. Anne married Burton Brew (1798 - 1868) [See Brew Page]

iv Thomas Pilkington, (NV) born 1802. Died 1813.

v Francis Pilkington, (NV) born 1804

vi William Pilkington, (NV)born 1805

vii Richard Pilkington, (V) born 1807. Married Honor Lillis from Moyadda, Kilrush. Catholic Marriage. Richard died on the 25.08.1862 (Clare Jounral). Children: 

John Pilkington

William Pilkington  

viii Jane Pilkington, (NV) born 1810.  Jane married a man from Clarina, Co. Limerick. 

ix John Pilkington, (NV) born 1812. Died 1902. 

Married [First] to Maria Lillis in 1843, from Moyadda, Kilrush. Catholic Marriage. No Children. 

Married [Second] to Marcella Blackhall, born before 1827 and married on the 28.11.1848. Children:  

George Pilkington, (NV) born 1849. George married Margaret Wheeler from Doon, Co Limerick and possibly had one child.  George died in 1933, aged 84 years. His wife Margaret died in 1846/47.

William Pilkington, (NV) born 1851. William died in 1935 aged 84 years.

Marcella Pilkington, (NV) born 05 April 1856. 

Mary (Masie) Pilkington. (NV) Masie married Earnest Smith and had no children. 

Susan Pilkington, (V) born 1860/61. Susan married her cousin Richard Pilkington, born 1839/40. This Pilkington family took up residence at Kateville, Clarefield. Susan Pilkington died in 1920 and her husband Richard died on 1st March 1911. The following are recorded children for Susan and Richard in the 1901 census:

William Pilkington, (NV) born 1894/95. William inherited the family lands at Kateville and he married Mary Kate Leonard from Kilkee. William and Mary Kate had the following children: 

Susan Pilkington.  Susan married J J Callinan. 

Teresa Pilkington

George Pilkington, (NV) born 1897/98. George never married and emigrated to Australia. 

John Pilkington, (NV) born 1896/1897. John died on the 27th of September 1910 aged 14/15 years old.

x Thomas Pilkington, born 1815.

Termon House became the residence of the Blackwell family (Tom and Masie Blackwell) after the Pilkington family. Masie Blackwell married Thomas Murray and Tom Blackwell did not marry. 

For more information on the Abigail and Anne Pilkington who married the two Brew brothers, Jonathon & Burton, see the Brew Family Page. 

Further branch from William Pilkington of Ahaga, co. Clare

William Pilkington (NV) married [unknown] and had a daughter:

i Catherine Pilkington, (NV) born 1802 and died March 1866.  Catherine married Arthur O'Donnell in 1818. Children: 

John O'Donnell (NV) (b. 1820 - d. 19 Dec 1886)

Jane O'Donnell, (NV) born abt 1828-32, Doonmore, Clare and died Aug 1909, Kilkeedy, Co. Limerick. She is the daughter of Arthur O'Donnel. Jane married Edward (Edmond) Parker, son of Craven Parker, (b. 31 Mar 1816 - d. Bef 1901) on the 14 Dec 1852.  Children: 

Francis Parker (NV) (b. Abt 1856 - d. 15 Dec 1862 - Kilkeedy)

William Parker (NV) (b. Abt 1856/61 Co. Clare)

Francis Parker (N/V) (b. 05 March 1864, Limerick - d. 21 Oct 1943)

Edward Parker (NV) (b. Abt 1865/69, Limerick)

Dick Parker (NV) (d. Bef 1901)

Margaret O'Donnell, (NV) married Richard McMahon Roberts on the 17 Oct 1862. 

William O'Donnell, (NV) married Margaret Healy