'Spry2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Spry of Blisland, Spry of Cutcrewe, Spry of Place

                               
Oliver Sprye or Spry of Cutcrewe
m. Elizabeth Debell (dau of John Debell of Insworth)
1. George Spry of Cutcrewe (b c1574/1580, d 1658)
m. Ann Ashford (dau of Arthur Ashford of Wonewell)
  A. Arthur Spry 'of Place' (bpt 04.02.1612, d 17.09.1685, MP, 3rd son)
  Commoners (supported by BLG1863) shows Arthur's parentage differently. We follow Vivian supported by HoP ("Arthur Spry").
  m1. (24.04.1649) Mary Gayer (d 04.05.1646, dau/heir of Richard Gayer of Plymouth)
  i. Elizabeth Spry (bpt 08.09.1650)
  m. Christopher Porter
  ii. Mary Spry (bpt 12.12.1651, bur 08.05.1652)
  iii. Mary Spry
  m. Nicholas Kempe of Rosteague
  m2. Lucy Hele (d 22.02.1706, dau of George Hele of Bennets, widow of Henry Nance of Nance)
  iv. George Spry of Place, Anthony (b c1660, bur 1717)
  m. (c1680?) Mary Martyn (bur 1699, dau of Christopher Martyn of Chuddlewood)
  a. George Spry of Place, St. Anthony (bpt 1684, d 1730)
  m. (c1711?) Mary Bullock (dau of Richard Bullock of Helston)
  (1) Arthur Spry of Place House (d unm 1756)
  (2) Sir Richard Spry of Place House (bpt 1715, d unm 25.11.1775, Admiral)
(3) Mary Spry (bpt 1719)
  m. Thomas Davy
  (A) Thomas Davy, later Spry of Place (b c1754, d 27.11.1828, Admiral)
  m. (09.02.1796) Anna Maria Thomas (db 1763-4, d 21.04.1835, dau of Samuel Thomas of Tregolls (by Anna Maria Jewell), sister/heir of Samuel of Tregolls, Sheriff of Cornwall)
  (i) Sir Samuel Thomas Spry of Place & Tregolls (b 25.07.1804, a 1832, MP)
  (ii) Anna Maria Spry (b 1799)
  m. Edward Carlyon of Greenway (Lt. Colonel)
  (iii)+ other issue - Richard of Tintagel & Worthevale (b 1807), Mary (b 25.10.1801, bur 1862)
  (b)+ 1 son and 1 daughter
  (4)+ other issue - Lucy (bpt 1717, bur 1771), Charity (bpt 1721)
  b. John Spry (bpt 1692, younger son)
  m. Jane
  (1)+ issue - George (bpt 1726, bur 1730), Catherine (bpt 1724), Ann (bpt 1728)
c.+ other issue - Arthur (bpt 1683, bur 1702), Christopher (bpt 1689, d 1713), Warwick (bpt 1693), Jane (bpt 1687, a 1749), Lucy (bpt 1688), Mary (bpt 1691, a 1708), Elizabeth (bpt 1694, bur 1699), Frances (bpt 1696, bur 1760)
  v. William Spry (b c1663, youngest son)
  m1/2. Dorothy Hawkins (dau of John Hawkins of Crediton)
  m2/1. (c12.1693) John Derbyshire of Teddington
  vi.+ other issue - Arthur (b c1661, bur 1702), Lucy
  Possibly of this generation, but (if so) of which marriage is not known, was ...
  vii. Ann Spry
  m. John Haweis of Killiow (a 1658)
  B. William Spry of Blisland (bpt 31.12.1615)
  m. (1638) Honour Langston (d 1689-90, dau/heir of Humphry Langston of Buckinghamshire)
  i. George Spry of Blisland (bpt 1639)
  m. Grace Orchard (dau/heir of Nicholas Orchard, half-sister of Sir John Ross)
  a. George Spry (b 1672, a 1733, 2nd son) probably father of ...
  (1) George Spry of Titchfield, Hampshire
  m. Elizabeth Short of Titchfield
  (A) Horatio Spry (b 1730, d 1811, Lt. General)
  m. Rebecca Pickman or Rickman of Fosbroke
  (i) Caroline Spry (bpt 1767, d unm)
  (ii) Rebecca Spry (d 1809)
  m.(1789) Jonathan Faulknor (d 1809, Rear Admiral)
  (a) Augustus Spry Faulknor (b 1796, d 1820, 2nd son) had issue
  m. May Ann McCaw (relict of Captain William Munro)
  (b)+ other issue - Jonathan (b 1792, d unm 1829, Commander RN), Horatio, Caroline Mary, Frances (b 1789, d unm 1855)
  (B) William Spry (d 1802, Lt. General)
  (i) George Spry (Captain)
  m. Elizabeth White of Wiltshire
  (a) Harriet Spry (b 1799, a 1867)
  m. (1818) Edward Horwood of Aston Clinton (d 1864)
  (ii) William Spry (d 1814, Major General)
  (iii) Charlotte Spry
  m. _ Bartlett (Captain RE)
  (iv) Harriet Elizabeth Spry (dsp)
  m1. Augustus Faulknor (rector of Humble)
m2. Rev. J. Carwithen of Sandhurst
  (v) Mary Spry (dsp)
  m. J. Beevor Brown (Captain)
  (C) Sally Spry (bpt 1736)
  m. Lucas Wimbleton
  (D)+ other issue - William (bpt/bur 1730), George (bpt/bur 1740), Betty (bpt 1728), Sally (bpt 1731, bur 1734)
  b. Honour Spry (bpt 1663)
  m. (1679) William Browne
  c. Margaret Spry (bpt 1666)
  m. (1697) Joseph Longe of Beaminster
  d. Florence Spry (b 1670)
  m. (1701) Simon Symms
  e.+ other issue - William (bpt 1671, dsp 1733), Arthur (bpt 1674), Grace (b 1662), Ann (bpt 1664), Loveday (bpt 1669), Mary (b 1675)
  ii. William Spry (bpt 1641)
  C. Ann Spry (bpt 03.05.1618)
m. George Ward
  D.+ other issue - John (bpt 25.10.1607, dsp but 1622), Samwell of Illogan (bpt 23.09.1610, a 1620), George (bpt 01.10.1620)
2. Oliver Spry
  m. (12.06.1605) Ann Hache (d 1646)
  A.+ issue - William, Ursula (d 1646)
3. John Spry
  m1. (13.06.1609) Elizabeth Palmer
  A. Ann Spry
  m2. (02.11.1624) Rebecca Harvye (bur 14.03.1640)
4. Thomasin Spry
  m. Thomas Ceely of Plymouth then Bidelford
5.+ other issue - Richard (bpt 12.10.1592), Agnes (bur 02.01.1598)

Main source(s): Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, 'Spry', p435+) with some support & contradiction from Commoners (vol 4, 'Spry of Place', p694+)
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