'Darnell1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Darnell of Deckham Hall, Darnell of Helyng (Healing), Darnall of Maryland, Darnell of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Darnell of Thornholme
Maddison identifies the coat of arms of this family as "Azure, two bars betweem six mascels, three, two, and one, or." | |||||||||||||||
Sir Arthur Darnell | |||||||||||||||
1. | Richard Darnell | ||||||||||||||
A. | William Darnell | ||||||||||||||
B. | John Darnell | ||||||||||||||
i. | James Darnell (d by 1560_ | ||||||||||||||
m1. _ Cotes | |||||||||||||||
a. | John Darnell 'of Manningtree, Essex' | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Docwra (dau of John Docwra of Putteridgebury) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Josian or Julian Darnell probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. William Godfrey (father of Mary) | |||||||||||||||
(2)+ | other issue - William, John | ||||||||||||||
b. | Anne Darnell | ||||||||||||||
m. William Woodward | |||||||||||||||
m2. Christian Gurney (dau/coheir of Henry Gurney of Lymington by Katherine, "dau. and heir of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk") | |||||||||||||||
c. | Adam Darnell of Thornholme (Abbey) (d 03.08.1578) | ||||||||||||||
Maddison notes that "The Visitation of 1592 makes Adam Darnell marry Anne, dau of Thomas Mussenden of Healing, but, in the pedigree, identifies his wife as ... | |||||||||||||||
m. Anne Allott (dau/heir of Robert Allott by Katherine, dau of Thomas Mussenden of Helyng) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Sir Thomas Darnell of Thornholme, Stickford & Helyng (d before 13.02.1608/9) | ||||||||||||||
m. Helen Stanlow (d c11.1638, dau/heir of John Stanlow of Stickford) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Sir Thomas Darnell of Helyng (Healing, Lincolnshire), Bart (d before 08.10.1638) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sarah Fisher (a 10.1638, dau of Thomas Fisher, sister of Sir Thomas of Islington) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Susan Darnell (a 10.1638) | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Elizabeth Darnell (a 10.1638) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Anderson of Broughton (son of Sir Edmund) | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Helen Darnell of Stickford (a 10.1638) | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Bishop of Hemswell | |||||||||||||||
(D)+ | other issue - Catherine, Rose (a 10.1638) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Mabell Darnell | ||||||||||||||
m. Henry Lyon of Twyford | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Mary Darnell | ||||||||||||||
m. Silvester Burgh of Kirton in Lindsey | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Frances Darnell | ||||||||||||||
m. Ralph Vavasour of Spaldington | |||||||||||||||
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Henry Darnall of Birds Place in Essendon, Hertfordshire (d 1607) | |||||||||||||||
m. Marie Tooke (dau of William Tooke son of William (Auditor of His Majesty's Court of Wards and Liveries")) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Sir Philip Darnall | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Talbot | |||||||||||||||
A. | Henry Darnall to Maryland (North America), later 'of the Woodyard' (Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Mary | |||||||||||||||
m2. Eleanor Hatton (dau of Richard Hatton, widow of Col. Thomas Brooke of Brookfield) | |||||||||||||||
Not clear which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
i. | Henry Darnall of Poplar Hill, Maryland (eldest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (c1725) (Anne) Talbot (niece of the Earl of Shrewsbury) | |||||||||||||||
B. | John Darnall to Maryland, North America (d 1684) | ||||||||||||||
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Ralph Darnall of Loughton's Hope, Herefordshire | |||||||||||||||
1. | Sir John Darnell (d 14.12.1706, serjeant-at-law) | ||||||||||||||
A. | Sir John Darnell of Petersham, Surrey (b 1672, d 09.1735, serjeant-at-law) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Jenner (dau of Sir Thomas Jenner (of Petersham)) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Mary Darnell (d 09.1749) possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. (10.1727) Robert Ord of Edinburgh & Bingfield (d 1778, Lord Chief Justice of Scotland, MP) | |||||||||||||||
2. | (Mary?) Darnell (d by 1667) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. (c1660) Charles Calvert 3rd Lord Baltimore, Governor of Maryland (b 1637, d 02.1714/5) | |||||||||||||||
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MGH identifies the arms of this family as "Gules, on a pale engrailed or a lion rampant azure". | |||||||||||||||
William Darnell of West Sheelt, co. Durham (b 1692-3, bur 26.07.1779) | |||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Shuttleworth (dau of Nicholas Shuttleworth of Elvet in Durham, son of Nicholas of Forcet & Durham (brother of Sir Richard Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe)) | |||||||||||||||
1. | George Darnell of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (d unm 1758) | ||||||||||||||
2. | William Darnell of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (d 13.04.1812) | ||||||||||||||
m. (19.04.1763) Frances Dawson (d 08.08.1805, dau of Michael Dawson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, relict of William Cook of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Nicholas Darnell (b 14.03.1776, Rector of Stanhope) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (15.06.1815) Elizabeth Bowe (dau/coheir of William Bowe of Scorton) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Frances Darnell (b 1769, a 1832) | ||||||||||||||
m. Benjamin Brown Davis of St. Christopher (d before 1832) | |||||||||||||||
C. | Lucy Darnell (b 1773, a 1832) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Munton (d before 1832, Rector of Priston & Dunkerton) | |||||||||||||||
D.+ | other issue - Frances (b/d 1764), Elizabeth (b 1766, d 1767), Jane (b 1767, d 1769), Elizabeth (b 1770, d unm 14792), Jane (b 1771, d 1772), Jane (b 1774, a 1832, d unm?) | ||||||||||||||
3. | John Darnell of Thornley and/or Deckham Hall, co. Durham | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Curry (dau of Robert Curry of Bishop Oak) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Elizabeth Darnell (b c1766, d 05.10.1841) | ||||||||||||||
m. (19.04.1787) George Wooler of Fawnless House | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 24.07.19) : Maddison's 'Lincolnshire Pedigrees' (1906, 'Darnell of Thornholm')
(2) For second section (uploaded 11.04.20) :
'Distinguished Families of America' (Burke, 1948, 'Darnall formerly of Birds Place')
(3) For third section (uploaded 11.04.20) : DNB (1885-1900, Volume 14, "John Darnall" (both d 1706 & d 1735))
(4) For lower section (uploaded 24.07.19, redone 15.02.21) : MGH (NS1, vol 4 (1884), 'Family of Darnell', p144) with just a little input/support from BLG1886 ('Curry of Bishop-Oak')