'Gurdon3'
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Families covered: Gurdon of Gruntisburgh, Gurdon of Letton
[Much of this page was originally shown within Gurdon1. It was moved here following significant review & expansion using Crisp.]
| Brampton Gurdon of Letton, Norfolk (b c1608, d 03.11.1669, Colonel, MP) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Polstead (b 1607-8, d 12.08.1679, dau of Henry Polstead of London by Mary, dau/heir of Thomas Farington of London) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Brampton Gurdon of Letton (b c1608, d 08.02.1691/2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c08.1662) Elizabeth Thornhagh (b c1642, d 28.10.1718, dau of Col. Francis Thornhagh of Fenton (son of Sir Francis) by Elizabeth Skeffington) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thornhagh Gurdon of Letton (b 28.07.1663, d 19.11.1733, Receiver-General of Norfolk) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cooke (b 06.02.1661/2, d 18.04.1745, dau/coheir of Sir William Cooke, Bart of Brome Hall, by Jane Steward) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thornhagh Gurdon of Letton (b c1699, d 19.02.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Dillingham (b 1705-6, d 112.07.1744, dau/heir of Theophilus Dillingham of Shelton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Brampton Gurdon, later Gurdon-Dillingham of Letton & Grundisburgh (Suffolk), Sheriff of Norfolk (b 1740, d 07.03.1820) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Bedingfield (b 1740-1, d 27.06.1769, dau of Philip Bedingfield of Ditchingham by Mary Bacon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Theophilus Thornhagh Gurdon of Letton & Grundisburgh, Sheriff of Norfolk (b 24.08.1764, d 13.03.1849, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, vol 10 (1902), 'Cranworth', p92+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (25.07.1796) Anne Mellish (b c1770, d 23.12.1850, dau of William Mellish of Blyth by Anne Gore) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Brampton Gurdon of Letton & Grundisburgh, Sheriff of Norfolk (b 25.09.1797, d 28.04.1881, DL, MP) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1828) Henrietta Susannah Ridley (b 1809, d 28.05.1880, dau of Nicholas William Ridley, later Ridley-Colborne, 1st Lord Colborne of West Harling by Charlotte, dau of Rt. Hon. Thomas Steele) | |||||||||||||||
| Their elder son was created Baron Cranworth in 1899. | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Gurdon, later Gurdon-Rebow of Wyvenhoe Park (b 04.04.1799, d 12.10.1870) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by BLG1952 ('Gurdon of Burgh House') & Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, vol 10 (1902), 'Gurdon-Rebow of Wivenhoe Park, co. Essex', p42). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (28.07.1835) Mary Martin Slater (b c1805, dsp 17.09.1842, dau/heir of Gen. Francis Slater (later Rebow, by Mary Hester, dau/coheir of Isaac Martin Rebow of Wyvenhoe Park), widow of Sir Thomas Ormsby, 3rd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (02.12.1845) Georgina Isabella Eleanor Toler (b 03.05.1819, d 23.01.1900, dau of Hector John, 2nd Earl of Norbury, by Elizabeth Brabazon) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Philip Gurdon (b 20.06.1800, d 01.08.1874, Rector of Cranworth-cun-Letton, etc.) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.07.1832) Henrietta Laura Pulteney (b 09.10.1804, d 17.08.1898, dau of John Pulteney of Northwood House by Elizabeth Evelyn, dau of Sir Richard Sutton of Norwood Park, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | William Gurdon of Brantham Court, Suffolk (b 1804, d unm 12.10.1884, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Edward Gurdon (b 26.02.1812, d 31.07.1873, rector of Hingham) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.10.1846) Mary Wilhelmina Frederica Frere (dsp 13.11.1850, dau of William Frere (by Mary Gurdon), cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (23.09.1853) Catherine Mary Jane Temple Frere (d 09.03.1892, dau of Rev. Temple Frere (brother of William)) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Anne Gurdon (b 07.09.1802, d 14.01.1880) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06-7.04.1825) Henry Wodehouse (b 19.04.1799, dvp 29.04.1834, son of John, 2nd Baron Wodehouse, by Charlotte Laura Norris) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Thornhagh Philip (b 13.09.1765, d 01.11.1833), Philip Brampton (b 10.07.1767, d Granada 24.04.1795, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.05.1810) Mary Howard (b 17.07.1781, dau/coheir of Samuel Howard) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Gurdon or Gurdon-Dillingham (b 17.07.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.05.1810) William Frere (Serjeant-at-law, Master of Downing College) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Letitia Gurdon (b 1698, d 13.07.1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 28.05.1745) Nathaniel Saltier (b c1704, d 07.05.1791, Rector of Ashdon) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Brampton of Grundisburgh (b c1692, dvp before 20.08.1733), Jane (b c1697, d unm 4.09.1761), Elizabeth of Norwich (b c1697, d unm 26.09.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Brampton, John (b c1667, d 1691), Brampton (b c1671, d 19.11.1741, Archdeacon of Sudbury), Elizabeth (d 1668) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Gurdon (a 1662) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 9 (1911), 'Pedigree of Gurdon of Assington, co. Suffolk', p114+), BP1934 ('Cranworth'), Commoners (vol 1, 'Gurdon of Letton', p396+), BLG1886 ('Gurdon of Letton')
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