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Families covered: Gurdon of Assington
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John Gurdon of Assington Hall, Suffolk (b 03.07.1595, d 09.09.1679, MP)
m. Anne Parker (bur 23.05.1681, dau of Sir Calthorpe Parker of Erwarton by Mercy)
1. Robert Gurdon of Assington (b c1615/27, d 24.05.1683)
  m. Elizabeth Lisle (dau of John Lisle of Moyles Court)
2. Philip Gurdon of Assington (b 05.10.1643, bur 23.06.1690, MD, MP, 3rd son?)
m1. (c10.1669) Elizabeth (d before 09.12.1670, m1. Thomas Agge of London)
  m2. (c06.1679) Rachel Abdy (b c1643, a 1680, dau of Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Bart, by Mary Corsellis)
  m3. Lucy (m2. Altham Smith of Gray's Inn)
3. Nathaniel Gurdon, later of Assington (b c1632, d 02.02.1695/6 or 11.02.1696/7, Rector of Chelmsford)
  m. Elizabeth Arundell (b c1637, d 08.01.1727, dau of Rev. Emanuel Arundell of Stoke)
  A. John Gurdon of Assington (b c1672, d 02.12.1758, MP)
  m. (c1694) Letitia Cooke (b c1673, d 10.02.1710/1, dau/coheir of Sir William Cooke, Bart of Brome)
  i. Nathaniel Gurdon of Assington (bpt 13.01.1696/7, bur 18.03.1767)
  m. Elizabeth Sayer (b 07.12.1704, d 01.02.1784, dau of John Sayer of Stowmarket)
  a. John Gurdon of Assington (b 23.02.1726/7, d 06.11.1777)
  b. Elizabeth Gurdon (b 09.01.1725/6, d 12.01.1781)
  ii. John Gurdon of Stowmarket (d before 21.02.1752)
  m. ?? (a 1754)
  a. Mary Gurdon of Brentwood (a 1783)
  iii. William Gurdon of Ipswich (bpt 01.01.1702/3, d before 20.02.1773)
  m. Barbara (d before 15.121796)
  a. Edward Gurdon (d before 02.03.1781)
  b. Barbara Gurdon
  m. (before 02.03.1781) _ Higgins
  iv. Philip Gurdon (bpt 16.08.1706, d before 21.02.1785, Vicar of Bures)
m. Elizabeth Pelham (b 1715-6, d 12.06.1792, dau of Herebert Pelham of Bures)
  a. Philip Gurdon of Assington (b 1745-6, d 07.05.1817, cleric)
  m. (1778) Sarah Richardson (b c1753, d 03/13.09.1822)
  (1) John Gurdon of Assington Hall (b 17.08.1791, d 17.10.1869, 2nd son) had issue
  m1. (01.07.1823) Bridget Aurea Lambarde (d 01.06.1826, dau of Multon Lambarde of Sevenoaks by Aurua Otway)
  m2. (03.01.1828) Anne Leslie (b 03.09.1805, d 29.10.1877, dau of Col. Charles Powell Leslie of Glaslough)
  (2) Elizabeth Gurdon (b 14/24.02.1788, d 12.1857)
  m. (11.08.1811-2) Joseph Adam Stephenson (b c1787, Rector of Limsham/Lympsham)
(3)+ other issue - Brampton Philip (b 1779, dvp Cootehill 22.02.1804), Anna Maria (b c1779, d 1792), Letitia (d unm 1801), Jemima
  b. Jemima Gurdon (b 24.02.1754, d 29.04.1817)
  m. Charles Ray (d 10.1789, cleric)
  c.+ other issue - John of Colchester (b c1757, d 01.11.1799, cleric), Elizabeth (b c1741, d unm 25.02.1814), Letitia (d 16.09.1804)
  v. Brampton Gurdon (b c1708, d 21.08.1780, Rector of Milden) 
  m. (24.09.1745) Anne Woodrooffe (b 06.12.1708, d 10.01.1789, dau of Rev. William Woodrooffe of Balsham by Elizabeth Gurdon)
  a. daughter (d infant)
  vi. Parker Gurdon (bpt 22.08.1709, d 13.06.1762, Rector of Cranworth-cum-Letton)
m. (c1749/50) Philippa Clarke (b 1713-4, d 11.04.1779, dau of Rev. George Clarke of Raydon by Elizabeth Brand)
  a. Thornhagh Gurdon (a 1777)
  b. Letitia Gurdon
  m. _ Kemball of Bildeston
  vii. Letitia Gurdon (Bpt 27.02.1710/1)
  m. Thomas Jackson (a 1752, Rector of Blaxhall)
  viii.+ other issue - Jane (bur 23.03.1710/1), Elizabeth of Assington (bpt 07.01.1698/9, d 11.12.1780), Letitia (bpt 10.02.1704/5, bur 13.02.1404/5)
  B. Anne Gurdon (d 28.02.1705)
  m. (c04.1693) Sir John Comyns (Chief Baron of the Exchequer)
  C. Elizabeth Gurdon (b 1671-2, d 26.09.1741)
m. (02.11.1698) Rev. William Woodroffe (b 15.12.1656, d 20.06.1732)
  D. Judith Gurdon (bpt 22.08.1676, d 06.04.1700)
  m. Richard Comyns of Writtle (d before 22.11.1740, Serjeant-at-law, m2. Elizabeth Scullard)
  E.+ other issue - Robert (bpt 09.01.1678/9), Amy (a 1695)
2. Elizabeth Gurdon
  m. _ Barker of Norwich (MD)
3. Judith Gurdon (bur 24.07.1704)
  m1. (07.10.1657) John Doddridge of Brombridge (Bencher)
  m2. (28.02.1665) John Gould of Clapham, London (a 1677)
4. Anne Gurdon (b c1640, a 1698)
  m1. (c07.1670) Samuel Brandling of Ipswich (b c1635, d before 06.06.1671)
  m2. John Joliffe of London (d before 18.11.1695)
5. Amy Gurdon (b c1644, a 1693)
  m1. (c10.1667) Hugh Forth of London (b c1610, m1. Sarah)
  m2. (c05.1677) Thomas Jacomb (d 27.03.1687, Rector in Ludgate)
6.+ other issue - John, Brampton (b c1634, d 22.03.1682), Barrett of Assington (d 11.09.1695), William

Main source(s): Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 9 (1911), 'Pedigree of Gurdon of Assington, co. Suffolk', p108+), BLG1886 ('Gurdon of Assington Hall')
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