'PZmisc10'
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Families covered: Plunket of Newton, Phesant of Tottenham, Pheasant of Upwood, Pordage of Rodmersham, Pepperell of Massachusetts
| BP1934 reports that "This family claims to be a branch of the old Irish house of Plunkett." | |||||||||||||||
| Rev Patrick Plunket of Edinburgh (b 1684, d 1760) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Plunket of Glennan & Dublin (minister) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Conyngham (dau of David Conyngham of Letterkenny) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Patrick Plunket of Dublin | ||||||||||||||
| m. Loiusa Henry (dau of Joseph Henry of Straffan) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | William Conyngham Plunket, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1st Lord Plunket of Newton (co Cork) (b 01.07.1765, d 05.01.1854, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.10.1790) Katherine McCausland (d 14.03.1821, dau of John McCausland of Strabane) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Span Plunket, 2nd Lord Plunket of Newton, Bishop of Tuam, Killala & Anchory (b 27.06.1792, dspms 19.10.1866) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.10.1819) Louisa Jane Foster (d 14.01.1893, dau of John William Foster of Fanevalley) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Span Plunket, 3rd Lord Plunket of Newton (b 1793, d 16.04.1871) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.04.1824) Charlotte Bushe (d 11.09.1886, dau of Lord Chief Justice Charles Kendal Bushe) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | David Plunket (d 12.09.1868) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.12.1837) Louisa Busby (d 27.08.1895, dau of Robert Aldridge Busby) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Patrick Plunket (d 07.1859, judge, 5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.05.1838) Maria Eliza Atkinson (d 1892, dau of John Atkinson of Dublin, m2. Col. Henry Musters of Brianstown) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Robert Plunket (b 11.03.1802, d 14.05.1867, dean of Tuam, rector of Headfort) had issue (daus) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.03.1830) Mary Lynch-Blosse (d 1886, dau of Sir Robert Lynche-Blosse, 8th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Elizabeth Plunket (b 1804, d 03.04.1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.04.1824) Rev. Sir Francis Lynch-Blosse, 9th Bart (d 05.07.1840) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Isabella Katherine Plunket (b c1808, d 03.08.1857) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1846) Henry Quin of Burleigh | |||||||||||||||
| viii.+ | other issue - William Conyngham (d unm 09.1857, rector of Bray), Catherine (d 17.10.1868), Louisa (d 11.03.1898) | ||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
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| Stephen Phesant of Tottenham, Middlesex | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Jasper Phesant of Tottenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Heveningham (dau of _ Heveningham of Heveningham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Peter Phesant of Barkwith then Hackthorn (a 1561, 1589, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.07.1578) Jane Fulnetby (dau/coheir of Sir Vincent Fulnetby of Fulnetby) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Peter Phesant or Pheasant of Upwood, Huntingdonshire (bpt 23.11.1584, d 01.10.1649, of Gray's Inn, Recorder of London) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bridges (bur 21.06.1662, dau of Richard Bridges of Combe) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Stephen Phesant or Pheasant of Upwood (b 22.05.1617, bur 31.05.1657, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah (bur 03.05.1654) | |||||||||||||||
| Maddison ends with the next generation but does not mention Walter. VCH (Huntingdonshire, vol 2, 'Parishes: Upwood') reports that Stephen was succeeded by ... | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Walter Pheasant of Upwood (d 1668) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1665) Ann Hadley | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Peter Phesant (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Peter Pheasant of Upwood (bur 20.05.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| VCH provides the following. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Leman (dau of Sir William Leman, Bart, of Warboys & Northaw by Mary Mansel) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Peter Pheasant of Upwood (bur 1703) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Pheasant of Upwood (a 1707, dsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mansel Pheasant (dsp? bur 1723, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mary Phesant (b 1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c04.1669) Thomas Crispe of London | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Sarah (bur 02.07.1653), Anne (bpt 16.10.1652), Susan (bpt 1654), Sarah (bpt 1655) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Nathaniel, Mary, Susan, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Phesant (bpt 10.02.1585-6) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jane Phesant | ||||||||||||||
| m. Augustine Swafield of Rutland | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Phesant (bur 17.09.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wharfe of Brigg | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Susan Phesant | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Phipps of Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Thomas Phesant of Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Catherine Phesant | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Harewood of London | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Phesant | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Barker or Baker of London (goldsmith) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Margaret Phesant | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Stephen Slaney (alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Dorothy Phesant | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sewell | |||||||||||||||
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| BHO ('The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent', Vol 6, Parishes: Rodmersham) suggests that the original name of the following family was de Podach. | |||||||||||||||
| John Podage alias Pordage | |||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Buns | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Pordage of Rodmersham, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Barrowe (dau of John Barrowe of Hinxill) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Solomon Pordage of Rodmersham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Woodcock (dau of Randolph Woodcock, alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir William Pordage of Rodmersham (a 1615, dsp) probably the Sir William who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Gage (dau of Thomas Gage of Furle, m2. Thomas Ashfield of Chesham) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Pordage of Rodmersham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Collins (dau/heir of Henry Collins of Sussex) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Pordage of Rodmersham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Ive (dau/heir of John Ive son/heir of Sir Marke) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Pordage or Porridge, last of Rodmersham (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue (a 1663) - John (b c1648), Anne, Elizabeth, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Pordage (d 1658) possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Petre of Fidlers (d 1696) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - John, Edward, Elizabeth, Sara, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Joane Pordage possibly of this generation, married twice? | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Steed of Harrietsham (d 1574) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Francis Colepeper of Greenway Court (b c1538, d 1591) | |||||||||||||||
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| Whereas BEB1841 reports that Sir William, 1st Bart, was "descended from a Cornish family, but a native by birth of New England, his great-grandfather having settled there", TCB identifies him as son of the following William "who emigrated from Tavistock, Devon" (to Massachussetts) having "from a penniless fisherman" become "a great shipowner and merchant". | |||||||||||||||
| William Pepperell (d 1734) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Bray | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir William Pepperell of Massachusets (North America), Bart (b 27.06.1696, d 06.07/22.08.1759, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.03.1723) Mary Hirst (d 25.11.1789, dau of Grove Hirst of Boston, New England) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Andrew Pepperell (b c1726, dvp unm 1751) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Pepperell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nathaniel Sparhawk ("a merchant of New England") | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Nathaniel Sparhawk | ||||||||||||||
| a. | son ("residing in America") | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir William Sparhawk, later Pepperrell, Bart (d 13/.12.1816) | ||||||||||||||
| Sir William's baronetcy was a new creation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (12/13.11.1767) Elizabeth Royall (dau of Hon. Isaac Royall of Massachusetts) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Royall Pepperell (b 05.07.1775, d unm 27.09.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Royall Pepperell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Hutton (rector of Beaumont, Essex) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Pepperell | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Congreve of Congreve & Aldermanston (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Harriet Pepperell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Charles Thomas Palmer of Wanlip Hall, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Sparhawk | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Jervis of Boston | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Samuel, Andrew | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Plunket (uploaded 02.03.13) : BP2003 (Plunket of Newton), BP1934 (Plunket)
(2) For Phesant (uploaded 01.05.13) : Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1903-6, Phesant of Barkwith)
(3) For Pordage (uploaded 01.05.13) : Visitation (Kent, 1574, Pordage), Visitation (Sir George Armytage (1906), Kent, 1663-8, Pordage)
(4) For Pepperell (uploaded 23.05.13) : BEB1841 ('Pepperell of Massachusetts' & 'Pepperell of Boston in the Province of Massachusetts') with some support from TCB (vol 5, Pepperell of Massachusetts & Pepperell of Boston)
[The section on Perry has been moved to Perry1.]
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