'Hanham1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hanham of Dean's Court, Hanham of Exton, Hanham of Horsington, Hanham of Neston Park, Hanham of Wimborne

                               
BP1934 reports that "This family came originally from Gloucestershire, and took their names from a place called Hanham, in that county."
Peter Hanham
1. Ralph Hanham
  A. Peter Hanham of Exton, Somerset (a 1322)
  i. Peter Hanham of Exton (a 1341)
  a. William Hanham of Horsington, Somerset
  m. _ Long (dau/heir of _ Long of Bishop's Caudle)
  (1) Richard Hanham of Horsington
  m. _ Triptry (dau of John Triptry)
  (A) William Hanham of Horsington "whose issue became extinct"
(B) John Hanham, later of Wimborne the first mentioned by Visitation
  m. Alice Orange (dau/heir of _ Orange of Wimborne)
  (i) Richard Hanham
m. Bridget Newton (dau of Sir John Newton)
  (a) daughter
  m. Walter Vaughan of Thalerton
(ii) Thomas Hanham of Wimborne (a 1572, serjeant-at-law)
  m. Penelope Popham (dau of Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice)
  (a) Sir John Hanham, Sheriff of Dorset (b 1574, a 1614, d unm)
  (b) Thomas Hanham of Dean's Court, Wimborne (d 17.06.1650)
  m. Elizabeth Broughton (dau/coheir of Robert Broughton of Samford, relict of William Frampton)
  ((1)) John Hanham of Dean's Court (b 1586, d 1662) - continued below
  m. (1640) Frances Dodington (sister of John Dodington of Bremer)
  ((2)) Thomas Hanham (dsp 1650)
  m. Margaret Dodington (dau (sb granddau?) of Sir William Dodington of Bremer)
  ((3))+ other issue - Penelope, Jane
  (c)+ other issue - Henry (b c1583, a 1623), 3 daughters

 

 

John Hanham of Dean's Court (b 1586, d 1662) - continued above
m. (1640) Frances Dodington (sister of John Dodington of Bremer)
1. Sir William Hanham, 1st Bart of Dean's Court (d 06.1671)
  m. Elizabeth Cooper (d c1722, dau of George Cooper of Clarendon Park (by Elizabeth, dau of John Oldfield, alderman of London), niece of Anthony Ashley, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury)
  A. Sir John Hanham, 2nd Bart of Dean's Court (d 1703)
m. Jane Eyre (d 1707, dau/heir of William Eyre of Neston Park)
  i. Sir William Hanham, 3rd Bart of Dean's Court & Neston Park (b c1690, d 03.1762)
  m. (06.1717) Mary Norris (b c1696, d 22.12.1774, dau of William Norris of Nonsuch by Eliza, dau of Jacob Selfe of Beanacre)
  a. Sir William Hanham, 4th Bart of Dean's Court & Neston Park (b 1718, d 11.02.1776, Lt. Colonel)
  m1. (01.03.1744, sp) Anne Jennings (dau of James Jennings of Shiplake by Jane, dau of William Constantine of Merly)
  m2. (06.1762) Mary Lynch (d 10.1764, dau of William Lynch, Dean of Canterbury)
  (1) Sir William Thomas Hanham, 5th Bart of Dean's Court (b 06.1763, d unm 19.08.1791)
  m3. (12.1765) Harriott Drax (dsp 02.04.1786, dau of Henry Drax of Chaborooiguh by Elizabeth, dau/heir of Sir Edward Ernle, 3rd Bart)
  b. Sir James Hanham, 6th Bart of Dean's Court (b c1726, d 11.03.1806, rector of Winterborne, youngest son)
  m. (1757) Jane Phelips (niece/heir of William Phelips of Corfe Mullen)
  (1) Sir James Hanham, 7th Bart of Dean's Court (b 10.03.1760, d 02.04.1849, rector of Winterborne)
  m1. (16.04.1793) Anne Pyke (d 15.07.1801, dau of Edward Pyke)
  (A) Sir William Hanham, 8th Bart of Dean's Court (b 08.05.1798, dsp 27.03.1877, Captain RN)
  m. (06.11.1823) Harriet Morgan (d 02.1838, dau of George Morgan of Mount Clare in Roehampton)
  (B)+ other issue - Phelips (b 24.06.1801, d unm 09.03.1852, rector of Hinton Martell), Jane Penelope (d 24.08.1830)
  m2. (14.12.1815) Eliza Dean Patey (d 05.06.1877, dau of William Patey of Wimborne)
  (D)+ other issue - James (b 25.07.1820, d 04.10.1838), John (b 14.01.1823, d 16.09.1861, m. Amy Ursula Copland, had issue), Thomas Barnabas (b 11.06.1825, d 27.11.1883, m1. Emily Annie Castleman (dsp), m2. Josephine Ida Dodson Scott, m3. (sp) Edith Mary, had issue (1 dau)), Elizabeth Marianne (d 10.07.1825)
(2) Charles Hanham (4th son) had issue
  m. Ann Ahier (dau of Philip Ahier of Jersey)
  (3) Maria Hanham (d 23.11.1811)
  m. Richard Bentley (grandson of Richard of Cambridge)
  (4)+ other issue - William (d 1808), Edward (d 1808, RN), John (d 1809), Jane Penelope (d 27.12.1840), Elizabeth (d 1783), Harriet (d 1800), Eleanor, Penelope, another child
  c. Eleanor Hanham
  m. John Grove of Ferne
  d.+ 2 sons
  ii.+ 3 other surviving sons
2. John Hanham (d unm)
3. Mary Hanham
  m. (1672) Thomas Penruddock of Compton Chamberlain
4. Frances Hanham (d 10.1688)
  m. (1661) Robert Grove of Ferne

Main source(s): BP1934 (Hanham) with a little support/input from Visitation (Dorset, 1623, Hannam (sic)), TCB (vol 4, Hanham of Wimborne)
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