'Blakeney1'
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Families covered: Blakeney of Abbert, Blakeney of Gallagh, Blakney of Honingham, Blakeney of Mount Blakeney, Blakeney of Parke
| Thomas Blakney of Honingham, Norfolk | |||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Hobart (dau of ?? Hobart of Haileshall) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Blakney of Honingham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Griggs (dau/heir of Robert Griggs or Gygges of Spareham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Blakney of Sparham or Sparrowham, Norfolk | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Breton (dau of Thomas Breton of Felmingham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary Blakney | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Geoffrey Turville of Leicestershire not mentioned by Visitation | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William St. Barbe (d 1588) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Sir Edmond Verney of Penley | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Charles, Lancelot, Ann, Martha | ||||||||||||||
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| Thought to be connected to the above family was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Blakeney, Governor of Dering's Castle in Northern Ireland (a 1603) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp?) Katherine Kelk (dau of Colonel _ Kelk, sister of Susannah, Mrs. Henry Ormsby) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Hatton ("said to be of the family of Lord Chancellor Hatton") | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Blakeney of Castle Gallagh (Castle Blakeney), co. Galway (d before 09.07.1660, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Martha Bolton (niece of Sir Charles Corty) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Susannah Ormsby (d 29.09.1659, dau of Capt. Edward Ormsby of Tobervaddy) | |||||||||||||||
| Not clear which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Blakeney of Castle Blakeney (b 1649, d 1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1671) Sarah Persse (dau of Very Rev. Dudley Persse of Roxborough) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Blakeney of Castle Blakeney & Abbert, Sheriff of co. Galway (d 05.05.1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Ormsby (dau of Gilbert Ormsby of Tobervaddy) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Blakeney of Abbert, Sheriff of Galway (d 21.07.1747, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Persse (dau of Henry Persse of Roxborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Blakeney of Abbert, Sheriff of Galway (d 30.12.1762, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.05.1752) Gertrude Blakeney (d 21.04.1757, dau of Major Robert Blakeney of Mount) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Blakeney of Abbert (b 12.09.1756, d unm 23.08.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Grace Blakeney (bpt 07.12.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.05.1786) Thomas Lyon of Watercastle | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Blakeney of Abbert , Sheriff of co. Galway (d unm 25.07.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| partner(s) unknown | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Robert (Captain), John (d 10.07.1815, Captain), William | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Theophilus Blakeney of Abbert & Dublin, Sheriff of co. Galway (d 22.09.1813, Captain, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1782) Margaret Stafford (dau of John Stafford of Gillstown) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Henry Blakeney of Abbert, Sheriff of Galway (d 17.11.1858) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.07.1813) Charlotte Mahon (d 09.08.1865, dau of Sir Ross Mahon, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Bridget Blakeney (d 12.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1807) Sir Richard Bligh St. George, 2nd Bart (d 29.12.1851) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1817) John O'Dwyer of Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1825) Charles de Hugo (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Harriet Elinor Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.02.1810) Arthur St. George of Kilrush House (d 1853) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | William Blakeney (b 1735, d 02.11.1804, Colonel, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.09.1770) Sarah Shields (d 31.05.1799, dau/heir of Samuel Shields of Ouseburn) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Augustus Blakeney (d 03.09.1848, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah O'Dell | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Edward Blakeney (b 26.03.1778, dsp 02.08.1868, CIC in Ireland, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1814) Mary Gardiner (d 21.01.1866, dau of Col. Thomas Gardiner of Twickenham) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - John Theophilus (b 1773-4, d unm 31.03.1856), Hargrave (bur 14.03.1778), Thomas (d unm 02.07.1808), Samuel (d unm, Captain), Robert (b 31.04.1782, d 10.01.1810, RN), Henry Persse of Cheltenham (d 07.01.1823, Major), 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Sarah Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1750) William Persse of Roxborough (d 1802) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Mary Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.06.1759) Thomas Taylor of Castle Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| b. | George Augustus Blakeney of Distington, Cumberland (b 07.06.1716, d 25.02.1799, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.01.1744/5) Mary Dixon (d 17.09.1800, dau of John Dixon of Gilgarron) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Blakeney of Whitehaven, Cumberland (bpt 05.02.1758, dsp 06.11.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c03.1780) Elizabeth Burrows (dau of Robert Burrows in Whitehaven) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Edwards (d 14.02.1828, dau of Rev. Samuel de la Brouf Edwards of Pentre Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Gilbert Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Robert Blakeney of Dublin (d 02.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Gill of Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue (d unm) - Robert, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Margaret Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Simpson of Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Dorothy Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Persse | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Lettice Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. H. Hardy | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Mary Blakeney possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Paul Ormsby of Knockmore | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Susannah Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. J. Colpays | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - John of Distington in Cumberland (b 1680-1, d unm 21.05.1749), William | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Charles Blakeney (d 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Robert Blakeney of Newtown & Parke, Sheriff then Mayor of Galway (b 1657, dsp 12.10.1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Rogers (d before 04.10.1739, widow of _ Macdonald) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Edward Blakeney of Gallagh (b 1659) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Deborah Staunton (dau of Capt. Thomas Staunton, Mayor of Galway, by Deborah, dau of Capt. John Morgan of Kilcogan | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Blakeney of Parke, co. Galway (d 18.02.1766, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Marshall (sister of Simon MArshall of Kilbonan) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Charles Blakeney (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Blakeney of Parke (d unm 1770) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Simon Blakeney of Parke & Gortgariffe (d 1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marcella Blakeney (dau of Thomas Blakeney of Currando, etc.) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1787) James Bertragh of Manin | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Thomas (bur 1769), Edward (d young), Sarah (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Robert Blakeney of Parke & Gortgariffe (b 1732, d 04.02.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.04.1785) Judith Ryland | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Blakeney (b 1788, d 1855) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1823) Contessa Julia Balbi | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Blakeney of Currando, Cornacuogh & Feigh, co. Galway (b 1693, d 27.05.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1715) Sarah Burke (bur 18.02.1763, dau/heir of Redmond or Robert Burke of Cornacuogh) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Blakeney of Feigh & Dublin (dsp bur 23.07.1789, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.01.1760) Margaret Wallace (bur 06.04.1795) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Charles Blakeney of Feigh & Currenlarman (co. Galway), Cloneera & Lisnamult (co. Roscommon), & Dublin (b 1731, d 12.1815, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.03.1761) Bridget or Ann Gunning (d 15.09.1776, dau/heir of Barnaby Gunning of Holywell by Anne, dau/coheir of John Staunton of Oldburg) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Edward Blakeney of Greenhall, co. Roscommon (bpt 07.06.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Bradley (b c1770, d 1820, dau of Thomas Bradley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Blakeney of Ballymurry, co. Roscommon (b 1788, d 26.09.1848) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.08.1816) Susan Maria Purdon (d 24.02.1863, dau of James Batty Purdon of Lissbridge by Magdalen Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - John (d 1815), Thomas (b c1793, dsp 1833), Charles William (d 10.07.1848), Theophilus (d young), Robert (bpt 05.06.1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Magdalen Ireland (dau of Courcy Ireland of Low Park (by Susannah, sister of Sir Edmond Stanley, Chief Justice of Madras), widow of John Batty Purdon) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Mary Anne Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Blakeney of Holywell & Dublin (b 1770, d 18.01.1845) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1801) Alicia Newcome (d 09.01.1851?, dau of William Newcome, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Robert Blakeney of Curraghmore (co. Roscommon) & Dublin (b 1774, d before 13.02.1841, 4th son) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Anne Owens (dau/coheir of Samuel Lee Owens of Dundermot Lodge) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Blakeney (b 1762, d 19.07.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.07.1779) Richard St. Ledger (d 30.12.1840, Colonel, son of 1st Viscount Doneraile) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Bridget Blakeney (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.07.1795) Thomas Henn (d 1822, son of William of Paradise Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - Charles (bpt 02.11.1770, bur 02.1791), William (d 24.06.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Waldron of Drumana (Drumsna) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Deborah Blakeney (d before 13.03.1773) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c11.1750) Andrew Kirwan of Coraghan (son of Patrick of Cregg) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Marcella Blakeney (d 29.11.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Simon Blakeney of Parke & Gortgariffe (d 1780) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Jane Blakeney (d before 23.02.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Nesbit of Kilmore (son of Matthew of Derrygarten) | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - Edward of Cornacuogh & London (b 1716, d by 06.1799, Commissary General), Robert (d unm 20.09.1762), George (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Blakeney of Lisnamult, co. Roscommon (d 1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lovelace (dau of Arthur Lovelace of Ballybride) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - George, Charles, William | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Mary Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Ormsby of Cloghans (d 1700) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Susannah Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Godwin of Tuam | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Blakeney of Mount Blakeney & Thomastown, co. Limerick (d 31.03.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | William Blakeney of Mount Blakeney & Thomastown (d before 22.04.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bowerman (dau of Henry Bowerman of Cooliney by Katherine, dau of Maurice Purdon of Ballyclough) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Blakeney, Baron Blakeney of Mount Blakeney (b 1673, d unm 20.09.1761, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Blakeney of Mount Blakeney & Dublin (d 18.11.1763, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Deborah Smyth (dau of Grice Smyth of Ballynatray) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Blakeney of Mount Blakeney & Dublin, later of Bath (b 1733, d 15.09.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.06.1764) Gertrude Smyth (dau of Grice Smyth of Ballynatray) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Blakeney (b 1768, d unm 12.01.1825, rector of Great Elm, near Bath) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Gertrude Blakeney (d 21.04.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.05.1752) Robert Blakeney of Abbert (d 30.12.1762, Colonel) @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - George (b 1735, a 1756), Grice (b c1741, d unm 16.11.1816, General) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Hatton Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Armstrong of co. Cork | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Le Strange | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Catherine Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Gubbins of Knocklong | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Elizabeth Blakeney (d 1744) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Creed of Ballygrenane | |||||||||||||||
| vii.+ | other issue - George (Lt. Colonel), Charles, John (d 01.02.1720) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | George Blakeney (d unm before 10.05.1728, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Hatton Blakeney | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Pepper of Drogheda | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lovelace | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. J. Gardner | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - John, George, Charles, Henry, daughter | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Norfolk, 1563+1589+1613, Blakney)
(2) For lower section : BIFR1976 (Blakeney)
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