'Selwyn3'
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Families covered: Selwyn of Matson, Selwyn of Stonehouse
| Jasper Selwyn of Matson (Matesden), Gloucestershire (b c1565, d 1634) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1591) Margaret Robbins (bur 25.05.1636, dau/coheir of Thomas Robbins alias Bowyer of Matson by Joan, dau of Lawrence Singleton of Singleton Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Selwyn of Matson & Stonehouse (bpt 07.10.1593, bur 02.11.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.09.1621) Edith Bennet (bur 20.06.1632, dau/heir of Leonard Bennet or Bennett of Ebley in Stonehouse) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Selwyn of Matson, Ebley in Stonehouse (bpt 21.12.1624, bur 1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1641) Margaret Nourse (b c1625, bur 1716, dau of Edward Nourse of Gloucester) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Selwyn (dsp bur 1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1668) Joanna Browning (dau of John Browning of Coaley, m2. Joseph Knight) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Selwyn 'of Matson' of Stonehouse (b 1655, d 06.1702, Lt. General, 'Governor of Jamaica') | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1681) Albinia Betenson (b c1657, bvur 1737-8, dau of Richard Betenson (Bettenson), sister/coheir of Sir Edward of Scadbury) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Selwyn of Matson (b 20.08.1688, d 06.11.1751, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Farington (b c1690, d 1777, dau of General (William) Farington of Chislehurst by Theodosia, sister/coheir of Sir Edward Bettenson) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Selwyn of Matson (dsp 27.06.1751, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Augustus Selwyn of Matson (b 11.08.1719, dsp 25.01.1791, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Albinia Selwyn (b 1701/1713-4, d 09.1739 (1780?)) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.05.1730) Thomas Townshend (d 20-1.05.1780, son of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Charles Selwyn (b 1689, dsp 19.06.1769, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Mary Cook (relict of _ Houblon) | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Anna Maria Hyde (d 25.12.1763, dau of Thomas Hyde, relict of John Geddes) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Henry Selwyn 'of Berwick and/or Matson' (b 1688-9, d 09.1734, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ruth Compton (d 03.05.1761, dau of Anthony Compton of Gainslaw) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'Transactions' (vol II, 'Selwyns of Gloucestershire', table IV, p283). | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charles Jasper Selwyn (b 19.02.1726, d 1794, vicar of Blockley, rector of Beverstone) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.1750) Elizabeth Coxeter (b 1730, dau of Thomas Coxeter of Bampton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Charles Selwyn of Matson (b 1751, d 1807, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Thompson (b c1760, d 1820, dau of Nathaniel Thompson of Quebec) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Townshend Selwyn (b 10.06.1782, d 30.05.1823, rector of Kilmington, vicar of Milton Cleve, canon of Gloucester) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.06.1812) Charlotte Sophia Murray (b 1785, d 1866, dau of George Murray, Bishop of St. Davids, son of Duke of Athol) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Charles Jasper Selwyn (b 1792, d(sp?) 1847, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sophia Tupper (dau of John Tupper) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Edward Selwyn (b 1794, d 1867, rector of Hennington Abbots) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Fanny Mayers (dau of T. Mayers or Margelts) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Fanny Simons (d 1848, dau of Rev. J. Simons of St. Paul's Cray) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Albinia Selwyn (b 1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Congreve Selwyn @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Charlotte Selwyn (b 1798?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - Henry Charles (b 1789), Maria Louisa (b 1786), Henrietta Elizabeth (b 1797) | ||||||||||||||
| (B ) | John Selwyn (b 1753, d 1823, rector of Ludgarshall) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Dyer (b c1753, d 1823, dau of William Dyer of Bristol) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Congreve Selwyn (b 1762, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lydia | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Congreve Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Albinia Selwyn @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Albinia Selwyn (b 1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. George, 3rd Lord Myddleton ??? | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue (d unm) - William (b/d 1755), William (b 1771, d infant?), William (b 1775), Mary (b 1763), Harriet (b/d 1767), Elizabeth (b 1769) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Selwyn (b 1732, of Lincoln's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1763) Frances Dod (b 11.1733, dau of John Dod of Woodford) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'Transactions' (vol II, 'Selwyns of Gloucestershire', table V, p284). | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Selwyn (b 1775, d 1855, QC, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Letitia Frances Kynaston (dau of Thomas Kynaston of Waltham Grove) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - George (b 1766), Thomas (b 1769, d 1771), Catherine (b 1765), Elizabeth (b 1767), Frances (b 1770) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Albinia Selwyn (b 1719, d 01.04.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20/26.08.1746) William Irby, Lord Boston | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Catherine Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wilks of Blockley | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue (d unm) - Mary, Charlotte, Frances, Louisa, Hannah | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Frances Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| 'Transactions' shows that it was Frances who married Thomas Hayward but the Hayward records suggest that it was Margaret. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hayward | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Albinia Selwyn (d 1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hanbury (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Margaret Selwyn (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Edward Selwyn (dsp 1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna Browning (m2. Joseph Knight) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Sophia Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1689) Thomas Gwyllam or Gwyllim | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Beata Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Johnson of Bowden & Barnwood Court | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Margaret Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Browning | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Anne Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ James | |||||||||||||||
| viii. | Mary Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Weight | |||||||||||||||
| ix.+ | other issue - William (b c1644, d 1649), Theophilus (b c1652, d 1655), Jasper (b c1654, d 1655), Sarah (bpt 1645-8) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Edith Selwyn (bpt 1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Clutterbuck of Eastington | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Ursula Selwyn (bpt 1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1641) Jeremy Burke of Minchinhampton | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Samuel (bpt 1629), Sarah (bpt 1625), Anne (bpt 1631, bur 1632) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Selwyn of Wheatenhurst, Gloucesterhire (bpt 1590?/b c1601?, d c1666) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'Transactions' (vol II, 'Selwyns of Gloucestershire', table III, p282). | |||||||||||||||
| m1/2. (23.10.1622) Mary Rogers (dau of John Rogers of Partons Court in Gloucester) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Jasper Selwyn of Frampton (bpt 1627, d 16.10.1696) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Tyrell (dau of Richard Tyrell of West Keinton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jasper Selwyn (b c1661, d 1743) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Morse (dau of Thomas Morse of Berkeley) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1682) - Richard (b c1680), Elizabeth (b 1681-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan Symonds | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Jasper Selwyn (b c1688, d 1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor (d 1778) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Rosamund Selwyn (d 1776) | ||||||||||||||
| m. W. Holborrow | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Morse (dau of Thomas Morse of Berkeley) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Dorothy Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mayor of Charlville | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Selwyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Martin of London (grocer) | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Anne Lloyd (dau of _ Lloyd of Wheatenhurst, relict of Richard Trotman of Cam) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Selwyn (in London?) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Joan Selwyn (bpt 1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bower | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Ann Selwyn (bpt 1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Dutton of Chedworth | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Sarah Selwyn (bpt 1606) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Jones of Bristol | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 1600), John (bpt 1602, bur 1603), Jasper (bpt 1608), John (bpt 1617), Catherine (bpt/bur 1598), Margaret (bpt 1604, d unm), Dorothy (bpt 1615, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1877-8' (vol II, 'Selwyns of Gloucestershire' table 1I, p280+) (available at archive.org, with thanks to a contributor (CV, 05.03.17) for bringing that to our attention), Visitation (Fenwick & Metcalfe, Gloucestershire, 1682-3, 'Selwyn of Horsemarly, Rodborough and Frampton'') with input/support as reported above
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