'Peachey1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Peche of Kingsthorp, Peachey of New Grove, Peachey of Petworth, Peachey of Selsey, Peachey of West Dean

                               
BEB1841 reports that the Peacheys of New Grove were a branch of the Peches of Kingsthorpe. We do not know the exact connection but take the opportunity to report the following which is given in Visitation (Leicestershire, 1619, Peche).
John Peche of Kingsthorp (Leicestershire) & Sherowhall (Derbyshire?)
1. John Peche of Kingsthorp
  A. William Peche of Kingsthorp (a 1563)
  m. _ Whitchesell (dau of William Whitchesell)
  i.+ issue - Henry, Francis
Connected to the above in a manner unknown was ...
Edmund Peachey of Eartham, Sussex
m. Mary (d 1659)
1. Edward Peachey of Petworth, Sussex (d 1657)
  m. Elizabeth Palmer (d 1638, dau of Robert Palmer)
  A. William Peachey of New Grove (or Grove House) in Petworth the first mentioned by both BEB1841 & BE1883
BEB1841, supported by TCB, identifies William's wife as Mary, dau/coheir of _ Hall of New Grove/Grove House. BE1883 identifies her as Mary, dau of Henry Bulstrode. Berry identifies her as ...
  m. Mary Bulstrode (dau/coheir of Henry Bulstrode by Anne, dau/heir of John Hall (by Anne, dau of Richard Holford), son of John Hall or De Aula of Petworth)
  i. Sir Henry Peachey of New Grove, 1st Bart (b c1671, d 23.08.1737)
  m. (16.05.1693) Jane Garret (bur 20.11.1717, dau of William Garret)
  a. Jane Peachey
  m. Gawen Harris Nash of Petworth (d 1698)
  b.+ other issue (d unm) - William (d infant), Henry (d infant), Eleanor, Elizabeth
  ii. Sir John Peachey of London of West Dean, 2nd Bart (b c1680, d 12.04.1744, 4th son)
  m1. ??
m2. (c03.1705/6) Henrietta London (d 29.07.1754, dau of George London of Long Ditton)
  a. Sir John Peachey of London, 3rd Bart (b c1720, dsp 30.06.1765)
  m. (18.08.1752) Elizabeth Fagg (b 03.12.1726, d 30.03.1804, dau of John Meeres Fagg or Fagge of Glynley in Wrotham by Alice, dau of Thomas Woodyer)
  b. Sir James Peachey of West Dean (Sussex), 4th Bart, 1st Lord Selsey of Selsey (b 08.03.1722/3, d 01.02.1808, Master of the Robes)
  m. (19.08.1747) Georgiana Caroline Scott (dau of Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, by Mary Howard)
  (1) John Peachey, 2nd Lord Selsey of Selsey (b 16.03.1748/9, d 27.06.1816)
m. (19.01.1784) Hester Elizabeth Jennings (d 19.04.1837, dau of George Jennings of Newsells by Mary, dau of Michael Bourke, 10th Earl of Clanricarde)
  (A) Henry John Peachey, 3rd Lord Selsey (b 04.09.1787, dsp 10.03.1838, Captain RN, 2nd son)
  m. (21.10.1817) Anna Maria Louisa Irby (b 02.10.1792, d 19.12.1870, dau of Frederick Irby, 2nd Lord Boston (not Boscawen), by Christina Methuen)
  (B) Caroline Mary Peachey (dsp 1871)
  m. Rev. Leveson Venables Vernon (d 1860, Chancellor of York, son of Edward, Archbishop of York)
(C)+ other issue (d unm) - James (b 03.09.1785, dvp 08.11.1811), John William (b 10.12.1788, dsp 06.07.1837, rector of Reed & Bayford, vicar of Barkway), Charlotte Hester (d 1793)
  (2) Georgiana Peachey (d 1786)
  m. (1771) George Greville, 3rd Earl of Warwick (b 16.09.1746, d 1816)
  c. Mary Peachey
  m. Michael Seers of Tring Grove
  d.+ other issue (d infant) - Henry, Henrietta, Rebecca
  iii. Bulstrode Peachey, later Knight of Chawton (dsp 14.01.1735/6)
  m. (1725) Elizabeth Martin or Knight (sister/heir of Christopher Martin Knight of Chawton, relict of William Woodward of West Dean)
  iv.+ other issue - Edward (d unm), William (d unm Almanza), George (d unm), Charles (d unm), James of Titleworth (b c1684, dsp 10.2.1771, Governor of Gomboom)
  B. John Peachey 'of Ertham'
  i. Elizabeth Peachey
  m. Sir Richard Farington of Chichester, Bart
  C. Sarah Peachey possibly of this generation
  m. George Penfold of Arundel (bpt 03.07.1625, bur 07.05.1670)

Main source(s): CountyGen (Sussex, Berry), BEB1841 Peachey of West Dean), BE1883 (Peachey of Selsey), TCP (Selsey), TCB (vol 5, Peachey)
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