'Kirke01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Kirke of East Markham, Kirke of East Retford
BLG1952 identifies the arms of the following family as "Gu., a pastoral staff reversed and a sword in saltire point upwards, between three boars' heads erased, one in chief and two in fesse, all or". | |||||||||||||||
George Kirke (d c1626, in service to King James I) | |||||||||||||||
1. | George Kirke of Gillingham (d c1663, MP) | ||||||||||||||
A. | Charles Kirke of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Pagam (dsp 1657) | ||||||||||||||
B. | George Kirke of Charing Cross and Sheriff Hutton (bur 26.05.1675) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Ann Killigrew (dau of Sir Robert Killigrew, Queen's Chamberlain) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Philip Kirke (d 1678, Keeper of Whitehall Palace) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Percy Kirke (d 1691, Major General) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Howard (dau of George Howard, 4th Earl of Suffolk) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Diana Kirke probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. John Dormer of Rousham (d 1719) | |||||||||||||||
b.+ | 2 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
iii. | Charles Kirke (b 04.09.1633, d 1664) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. Sarah Loftus (dau of Edward Loftus, 2nd Viscount of Elye) | |||||||||||||||
iv. | George Kirke (b 10.04.1636, d 1678) had issue | ||||||||||||||
BLG1952 mentions only George's marriage to Ann Killigrew. TCP (Oxford) identifies his daughter Diana as by his second marriage to Mary Townshend. It is a presumption that all of the above sons were by the first marriage. | |||||||||||||||
m2. Mary Townshend (dau of Aurelian Townshend) | |||||||||||||||
v. | Diana Kirke (d 07.04.1719) | ||||||||||||||
m. (c04.1673) Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford (b 28.02.1626/7, d 12.03.1702) | |||||||||||||||
C. | John Kirke of Easton (b 18.02.1625, d 1678) | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Wastneys (d 1678, dau of Sir Hardolph Wastneys, 1st Bart of Headon) | |||||||||||||||
i. | John Kirke of South Austan and East Markham (d 03.12.1710) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sarah Johnson | |||||||||||||||
a. | John Kirke of East Markham (b 06.10.1679, d 16.11.1748) | ||||||||||||||
m. Eleanor Bell (d 14.01.1724) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William Kirke of East Retford (bpt 01.06.1715, d 25.05.1773) | ||||||||||||||
m. Melody Saunders | |||||||||||||||
(A) | John Kirke of East Markham (d 08.03.1779) | ||||||||||||||
m. Dorothy Bright (d 07.01.1826) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | John Kirke of East Retford (bpt 20.07.1777, d 23.02.1836, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (1798) Anne Mervyn Richardson (d 28.12.1815, dau of Sir William Richardson, 1st Bart of Auger) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | son | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Kirke of Eastward Ho!')
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