'Tench1'
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Families covered: Tench of Ballyhaly, Tench of Bryanstown, Tench of Low Leyton
| BLG1863 reports that "This family claims descent from a Norman baron, who accompanies William the Conqueror to England. He was Lord of Tenchebrai" and "The acnestor of the family before us went to Ireland with Fitz-Stephen, and settled at Mullinderry, co. Wexford." | |||||||||||||||
| John de Tenche | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bryan (dau/heir of _ Bryan of Bryanstown) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Bryan Tenche of Mullinderry & Bryanstown | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Tench | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Tench 'of Bryanstown' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cliffe (dau of John Cliffe of Mulcrancan Hall by Eleanor, dau of Nicholas Loftus of Fethard grandson of Archbishop Adam the Lord Chancellor) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Joshua Tench of Bryanstown | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Grogan (dau of John Grogan of Johnstown Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Samuel Tench of Bryanstown & Ballyhaly | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Boyd (dau of Highgate/Higatt Boyd of Roslare by Margaret, sister of Nicholas, Viscount Loftus) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Joshua Tench of Bryanstown (cleric) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Cliffe (b 1730, d 1797, dau of John Cliff of New Ross, cousin, m2. Charles Tottenham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Mary Ann Tench (d 03.1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.05.1785) Charles Powell (not Fowell) Leslie | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Samuel Tench of Ballyhaly, Sheriff of co. Wexford (a 1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Evatt (dau of Humphery Evatt of Mount Louise by Frances, sister of Rev. Sir Thomas Forster of Tullaghan, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Higatt Tench of Ballyhally House, co. Wexford (d 04.1851) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.06.1805) Frances Nunn (dau of Joshua Nunn of St. Margaret's & Hill Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Frances Tench | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Johnson (son of General Johnson) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Jane Tench | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Harrison of Cheadle (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Elwood Lindsay (descended from the Lindsays of Turin) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Mary Anne Tench | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Edwards (grandson of Cadwallader Edwards of Ballyhire House) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Elizabeth Tench | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Walker of co. Longford (captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - Humphrey (captain), Henry (captain), Charles (captain) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Tench | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Henry Hatton (son of ?? Hatton of Clonard) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Lightburn (Lt. General) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Tench | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Cox of Coolcliffe | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Ellenor Tench | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cadwallader Waddy of Kilmacos (son of John of Clougheast Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Tench | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hore (son of William of Harperstown) | |||||||||||||||
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| BEB1841 identifies the arms of the following family as "Arg. on a chev. between three lione's heads erased, gu. a cross crosslet or". | |||||||||||||||
| Nathaniel Tench of Low Leyton, Essex (b 1631-2, d 02.04.1710) | |||||||||||||||
| m(2). Anne Fisher (dau of Thomas Fisher (alderman of London), sister/heir of Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Fisher Tench of Low Leyton, Sheriff of Essex, 1st Bart (b c1674, d 31.10.1736, MP, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1697) Elizabeth Bird (b c1674, d 04.03.1737/8, dau of Robert Bird of Hertfordshire (of Staples Inn)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Nathaniel Tench of Low Leyton, 2nd Bart (b 30.08.1697, d unm 02.06.1737) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Jane Tench (bpt 30.06.1704, dsp 18.05.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Adam Soresby of Chesterfield | |||||||||||||||
| C. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.03.1739) _ Cowley of Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | 8 other sons (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BLG1863 ('Tench of Ballyhaly')
(2) For lower section : TCB (vol 5, 'Tench of Low Leyton', p29+) with support from BEB1841 ('Tench of Low Leyton')
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