'Gower04'
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Families covered: Gower of Boughton St. John, Gower of Chiddingstone, Gower of Colmers, Gower of Glandovan, Gower of Napton, Gower of Queenhill
| William Gower of Boughton St. John (d 1546) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 20.10.1515) Anne Tracey (dau of Richard Tracey) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry Gower of Northfield & Boughton St. John (d 27.05.1548) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1539) Barbara Littleton (dau of Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton Hall by Helen Swinnerton, she m2. John Folliot of Pirton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Gower of Boughton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellinor Folliott (dau of John Folliott of Pirton) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue (a 1634) - John, Thomas, Robert, Henry, Francis | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Gower of Hadsall (5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hunt | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Gower of Wick | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1585) Elizabeth Dethick (dau of William Dethick of Obden) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Gower of Droitwich (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Harris (dau of Henry Harris of Droitwich) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Nicholas Gower (b c1611) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Talbot (dau of John Talbot of Oakley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mary Gower (b 1633-4) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Gower of Droitwich (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Barret (dau of Edward Barret of Droitwich) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue (a 1634) - Thomas, John, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Jasper, Anthony, John of Stone (dsp by 1634), Isabel | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Gower of Great Witley, Sheriff of Worcestershire (d 10.1596/22.04.1595) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Sheldon (dau of Richard Sheldon of Spetchley by Catherine, dau of Thomas Littleton of Spetchley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Anne Gower (bpt 30.07.1543, d 03.1618/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.08.1569) George Rotheram of Farley (d 05.11.1593, m1. Elizabeth, dau of Edmund Bardolfe | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 21.04.156) Edward Huggeford of Worcester | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Ursula Gower (bpt 12.03.1547/8, a 1596) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 01.05.1573) William Adams of Cleeton | |||||||||||||||
| m2 (before 07.02.1592/3) George Nashe of Claines (d before 27.10.1600). | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Barbara Gower (bpt 22.04.1549_ | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (14.05.1567) William Lewis | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 07.02.1592/3) _ Roode | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Margaret Gower (bpt 19.03.1551/2, bur 28.04.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.12.1572) John Russell (a 1596) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Margaret (?) Gower (bpt 17.11.1547, bur 03.05.1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 01.05.1573) Thomas Raynolds of Stratford-upon-Avon (bur 08.09.1613) | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - Robert (bpt 02.02.1550/1, d young), Walter (bpt 20.08.1553, bur 27.09.1553), Mary (bpt 12.08.1543, bur 02.10.1543), Isabel (bpt 25.09.1546), Mary (bur 17.11.1548) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Robert Gower of Queenhill, Rydmarly, etc. (d 13.06.1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Scisselly (Cicely) Sheldon (bur 05.06.1608, dau of Richard Sheldon of Spetchley by Catherine Litteton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Gower of Queenhill, Colmers, etc. (bpt 14.08.1552, bur 12.09.1625) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c01.1586/7) Anne Childe (bur 20.04.1624, dau of John Childe of Crofton (Crefton)) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Gower of Colmers (Colemers), King's Norton (bpt 24.08.1587, d 17.07.1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ann Middlemore (dau of Roger Middlemore of Edgbaston) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret or Frances Skinner (dau of John Skinner of Shelfield) named Margaret by Visitation, Frances by Crisp | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Gower (b c1629, bur 29.08.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 20.10.1654) Mary (d before 25.05.1719) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Gower of Colemers, Sheriff (d 01.06.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1694) Helen Coyney (b 1681-2, d 13.06.1718, dau of John Coyney of Weston Coyney (by Helen, dau/coheir of John Dawes of Caughley), sister/heir of Sampson) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - John (b 1698-9, d 16.05.1720), William of Weston Coyney (b c1699, d 03.02.1725/6) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret Gower (bpt 16.07.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1676) Richard Clayton of Lee Hall (b 1655-6) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Gower (bpt 01.11.1630, bur 27.12.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 12.09.1649) Thomas Hornyold of Blackmore Park (b c1627, d before 14.09.1691, m2. Dorothy Brent) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Frances Gower (bpt 09.04.1618) shown by Crisp as of this marriage, by Visitation of the 1st | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 20.10.1654) George Skynner | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Simon, William | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Samuel Gower of Ford House , King'sNorton (bpt 13.04.1555, d(sp?) before 13.06.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.06.1583) Elizabeth (bur 26.08.1618, m1. John Field of King's Norton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Susannah Staunton (bur 02.12.1664) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Abell Gower of Boughton St. John & Napton, etc. (bpt 26.08.1565-7, d 21.09.1632, younger son) | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 suggests that Abell m. Mary Gun (dau of _ Gun of Witney, widow of Timothy Stampe of Bruern Abbey). Crisp suggests that he married as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (c06.1614) Ann Withers (dau of Anthony Withers of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Abell Gower of Boughton St. John & Napton, etc. (b c1619, d 10.12.1669/05.02.1669/70) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hodges (bur 2512.1680) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Abell Gower (b 1642, dvpsp 18.10.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Robert Gower of Boughton St. John, etc. (b 1644, d 16.02.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1671) Catherine Childe (bur 20.01.1735/6, dau of Sir William Childe of Kinlet Hall by Anne Lacon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Abel Gower of Boughton St. John (bpt 16.06.1672, d 10.02.1710/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1692) Mary Allnutt of Penshurst | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Abel Eustace Gower (b 20.10.1697, d 05.07.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Gower of Boughton St. John & Chiddingstone (b 11.1701, d 11.1780) | ||||||||||||||
| Crisp shows William (bpt 15.12.1680) with 1 child, Sarah (mother not named). BLG1952 does not show Sarah but, following William's line into the 20th century, shows his family as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (12.06.1729) Anne Thorpe (dau of Edward Thorpe of Chiddingstone) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Gower of Chiddingstone & Leigh, Kent (b 07.01.1736, d 04.1812, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.11.1761) Anne King | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Edward Gower of Whatstock, Penshurst (b 03.03.1754, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Honeywood | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Gower (b 12.08.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Edward Gower of Ennesfield, Leigh (b 14.10.1791, d 11.05.1857) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.11.1819) Sarah Peauly | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | John Gower (b 09.1798) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Dedman of Penshurst | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Robert Gower of Horley, Surrey (b 11.05.1805) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Ongley of Redhill | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Sarah Gower | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c10.1725) Andrew Boswell (m1. Elizabeth) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - John (b 29.09.1732), Abel (b 1739) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Mary Gower (bpt 25.12.1679, a 1693) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Gower (b 1680, d 1730) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Gower | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sarah Gower | ||||||||||||||
| m. Andrew Boswell of Cleobury Mortimer, Salop | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Robert Gower | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Mary Gower possibly fits here? | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.06.1711) Alexander Adams | |||||||||||||||
| c. | William Gower of Napton & Glandovan (d 1723, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by BLG1952 ('Gower of Glandovan') though that shows only one child for William, Abel (identified as 3rd son), whose line it follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.04.1683) Sarah Lambe (b 18.11.1667, dau of Thomas Lambe, alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Gower (a 1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Marsh of St. Martin's in the Fields (a 1737) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sarah Gower (d 1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Jones | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Steadman (d 27.03.1736, dau of James (John) Steadman of Glandocan by Jane, dau of Edward Vaughan of Trawscoed & Glandovan) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | William Gower (?) of Stepney (d before 11.01.1732/3) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Ford (a 1767) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Abel Gower of Glandovan, Pembrokeshire (b 1694, d 26.03.1788, 3rd son) @@@@@p171@@@@@ | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.04.1740) Letitia (Letttice) Lewes (bpt 12.07.1715, d 13.01.1794, dau of Rev. Erasmus Lewes of Lampeter by Margaret) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Erasmus Gower of Glandovan (bpt 03.12.1742, d unm 21.06.1814, Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Abel Anthony Gower of Kilgerran & Gynderwyn, Sheriff (of Pembrokeshire?) (b 16.08.1748, dsp 01.08.1837, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Robert Gower of Glendovan (b 1754-5) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, vol 19 (1917), | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1786) Sarah Favell (b c1767, d 10.01.1856, dau of George Favell) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Frederic Gower of Glandovan & Castle Malgwyn (b 31.12.1794, d 12.09.1884, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.09.1832) Lillias Miller Stewart (b 1807-8, d 11.05.1880, dau of Rev. Anthony Stewart of Kirkcowan by Grace, dau of Andrew Dickson Mains of Larg) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Abel Lewes Gower of Castle Malgwyn (b 24.12.1796, d 27.06.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.09.1828) Elizabeth Logan (b c1799, d 25.01.1866, dau of James Logan of Clarkston) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - John Lewes (b 12.11.1792, d young), Erasmus William (b 12.1799, d young), Georgiana (b 12.08.1787, d 20.11.1846), Frances Maria (b 06.05.1789, d young), Sarah (b 06.02.1791, d 09.03.1852) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | James Gower (bpt 27.04.1756, d 17.09.1809, Major, 6th son?) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.11.1794/17.09.1809) Elizabeth Catherine Spragg (m2. William Mitchell?) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | William Gower (bpt 30.05.1760, d 05.04.1837, rector of Little Hempston, 8th son?) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann (b c1768, d 31.01.1848) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Richard Gower of Tenby (b 1762, d 27.08.1833, MD) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.03.1789) Bridget Bowen | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Frances Maria Gower (bpt 23.09.1741, d 06.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.03.1765) William Phillips of Penalltrhing (d 1803) | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Letitia Gower (bpt 18.10.1749, d 02.02.1815) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 10.03.1788) Rev. E. Bowen of Llanllwny (d before 27.08.1811) | |||||||||||||||
| (I) | Barbara Gower (b 1750, d 14.06.1842) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 10.03.1789) Rev. David Richards of Llandfrieg (d before 27.08.1811) | |||||||||||||||
| (J)+ | other issue - William bpt 11.021743/4, d 01.01.1760), John Lewis (b 1754-5, d 08.07.1779), Martin (bpt 28.11.1758, bur 19.03.1759), Margaretta (bpt 20.02.1744/5, bur 29.11.1818), Jane (b c1745, d 26.12.1759), Anna Emma (bpt 17.08.1747, a 1767), Adaliza (bpt 24.01.1752, d c03.1752), Adaliza (b c1752, d 31.07.1839) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Jane Gower (b c1702, d 1782) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Donkley (d 17.03.1758, Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Barbara Gower (a 1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Blackley( Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Margaretta Gower (a 1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Clies of Lisbon, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Adaliza Gower (d before 09.06.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Gusthard of Bath (d 17.121780, MD, m2. Mary) | |||||||||||||||
| (9) | Catherine Gower (d before 09.06.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Owen (RN) | |||||||||||||||
| (10)+ | other issue - James, Martha, Anna EEmma of Bath (a 1767) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Gower (b c1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1661) Henry Attwood of Wolverley (b c1639) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Elizabeth Gower | ||||||||||||||
| f. | Anne Gower | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.06.1674) Edward Kettleby of Wolverley (b 1651-2) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - William of Napton (dsp 1645-6), Edward, Elizabeth (bpt 29.09.1625, a 1645) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1617) Mary Clent (a 1645, m1. Timothy Stampe of Bruern Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Martha Gower (bpt 16.07.1556, d 10.07.1588/01.05.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey Littleton of Naunton Beauchamp (d 01.05.1624) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Barbara Gower (a 1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1577) William Hill of Longdon (Langdon) | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - Richard (bpt 26.01.1552/3), Edeatf (bpt 04.02.15555/6), Frances (bpt 30.11.1550, bur 09.03.1550/1), Frances (bpt/bur 05.11.1553) | ||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue including Margaret (a 1546) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Gower of Sandown Court'), Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 11 (1915), 'Pedigree of Gower', p164+) with some support from Visitation (Worcestershire, 1569+1634, 'Gower')
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