'Tenison2'
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Families covered: Tennyson of Bayons Manor, Tenison of Carrickfergus, Tenison of Lough Bawn (Loughbawn), Tenison of Thomastown
[The upper section below was originally included within Tenison1. It was moved here to facilitate a reworking of that page.]
| BLG1886 identifies the arms of the Loughbawn branch of the family as "Gu., a bend engrailed arg. between three leopards' faces or, jessant-de-lis az." which is the same as that of the Portnekkigan branch except to specify argent for the bend. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Tenison of Carrickfergus (a 1645, 1682, Major, to Ulster) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Tenison, Bishop of Meath (b 1642, d 29.07.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Tenison of Dillonstown, co. Louth (b 1666, d 1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1695) Ann Moore (b 1676, d 10.01.1708, dau of Thomas Moore of Croghan, sister of 1st Baron Tullamore) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Tenison (b c1706, d 1779, judge, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.07.1732) Dorothy Upton (dau of Thomas Upton, uncle of 1st Baron Templetown) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Tenison of Thomastown, co. Louth (b 1734, d 1759) | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Tenison | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1773) Henry Bellingham of Castle Bellingham (d 08.09.1800, Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Rev. W. Cotymoor | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Tenison (bpt 20.03.1736, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Norton | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue (d infant) - Henry (bpt 17.01.1735), Sarah (bpt 04.09.1433) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Tenison (b 1699, d 1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.07.1722) Nicholas Coddington of Drogheda (d 11.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Richard (b 1704, d 1709), Elizabeth (b 1697), Anne (b 1700, d unm 1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Norbury (d 1696, dau of John Norbury) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Tenison of Thomastown & Laugh Bawn, Sheriff of co. Monaghan (b 1684, d 29.11.1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1705) Margaret Barton (dau/heir of William Barton of Carrick Castle, m2. Rev. Patrick Delany) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Tenison of Thomastown & Laugh Bawn 'of Philipstown' (dsp 1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1727) Maria Townley of Melefont | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Tenison (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.12.1731) Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere (b 1708, d 1774) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Tenison (d unm 1742) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | John Tenison (b 1686, dsp 1725) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Norbury Tenison of Carrickmacross, co. Monaghan (b 10.06.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1886 shows Norbury's wife as Elizabeth, sister of John Fitch, and reports that, apart from William, they had 2 daus: Anne (Mrs. Mews) and Mrs. Fitch. We follow BLGI1912 & BIFR1976 in showing as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (07.12.1709) Elizabeth Eccleston (d before 21.05.1772, dau of William Eccleston of Drumshallon by Rose, dau of Capt. James Brabazon) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Tenison of Priorland (co. Louth) & Lough Bawn (co. Monaghan) (b 1715, d 02.04.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Woods (dau of John Woods of Lisanisk, m2. William Richards of Coolderry) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Barton Tenison of Lough Bawn, Sheriff (b 08.01.1743-4, d 1818) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1765) Charity Noble (dau of Adam Noble of Longfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anne Tenison (b 1768) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1800) William Finch | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Dorothy Tenison (b 30.08.1771, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Spitall of Douglas, Isle of Man | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Cosnahan (dau of Michael Cosnahan of Ballybrewery) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | William Barton Tenison of Lough Bawn, Sheriff (b 07.07.1784, d 01.03.1840, Captain) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.01.1803) Isabella Cosnahan (d 22.08.1856, dau of John Cosnahan of the Isle of Man, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Barton Tenison of Douglas (b 1793, d 1848, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Emily Byne (dau of Capt. George Byne) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Elizabeth Tenison | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Cochran of Strabane | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Margaret Tenison (d 08.11.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1819) Richard Murray (d 1843, Colonel, son of Lord Henry) | |||||||||||||||
| (8)+ | other issue - Thomas (b 28.07.1785, d 14.06.1876), Henry (b/d 07.1789), Michael (b 1791, d unm 1853 | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (d infant) - Elizabeth, Anne, Charity | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Tenison (d 1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1734) William Fitch of Ballymackney (d 1738) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Thomas Tenison of Maryborough (Queen's Co.) & Finglas (co. Dublin), Sheriff of co. Louth (b 1692, d 04.05.1764, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1730) Alice Mosse (d 17.08.1775, dau of Rev. William Mosse of Maryborough) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Tenison, Sheriff of co. Leitrim & Drumkirk (b c1730, d 05.04.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.05.1758) Mary Anne Degennes (d 1764, dau of Col. John Daniel Degennes of Portarlington) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Tenison of Castle Tenison (later called Kilronan Castle), Sheriff (b c1759, d 1835, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1803) Frances Anne King (d 05.1812, dau of Edward, 1st Earl of Kingston) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (07.07.1815) Mary Anne Goore (d 1842, dau of Lt. Col. Goore of Golder's Hill, Scrutton & Hanswell) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Tenison | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1754) James Edwards of Old Court (d 1780, Sheriff, Lt. Col). | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Tenison Edwards 'of Old Court' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charity Barrington (dau of John Barrington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Annabella Edwards (b 1791, d 18.09.1868) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.05.1808) Henry Harstonge Pery, 'Viscount Glentworth' (dvp, son of Earl of Limerick) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Jane Tenison (d 16.02.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1759) Richard Henry Roper (d 11.1810, son of 8th Baron Teynham) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | William Tenison of Finglas, co. Dublin (b 1696, d 01.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Harriet Percy (dau of Robert Percy of Dublin) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Richard, Harriet, Elizabeth, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| G. | Elizabeth Tenison | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1705/6) Michael Cole of Derry (brother of Arthur, 1st Lord Ranlagh) | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Maria Tenison | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Raymond | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Tenison of Carrickfergus (a 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - William (d 1750, Lt. Colonel), Richard (a 1705) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Robert Tenison of Carrickfergus (a 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Tenison of Trim, co. Meath (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Dudley Tenison (b c1669, dsp by 1719) | ||||||||||||||
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| BLG1886 identifies the arms of the following branch of the family, quartered with those of D'Eyncourt, as "gu., three leopards' faces or, jessant-de-lis az., over all a bend of the last" which suggests that the following family is connected to the one shown above. | |||||||||||||||
| Ralph Tennyson of Wrawby (b c1692, d 17.05.1735/6) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Chapman (b 1691-2, d 25.02.1776, dau of John Chapman of Pickering) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Michael Tennyson of Preston (Yorkshire) & Stainton (Lincolnshire) (bpt 20.09.1721, d 06.10.1796, apothecary) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Clayton (b 30..12.1725, d 06.01.1755, dau/heir of George Clayton of Great Grimsby by Dorothy, dau/coheir of Christopher Hildyard of Kelstern) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Tennyson of Bayons Manor (Tealby) & Usselby House (Market Rasen), Lincolnshire (b 07.02.1749/50, d 04.07.1835, MP, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1775) Mary Turner (d 20.08.1825, dau/heir of John Turner of Caistor by Margaret, dau of John Sewell) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Clayton Tennyson (bpt 10.12.1778, dvp 16.03.1831, Vicar of Great Grimsby) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.08.1805) Elizabeth ffytche (bpt 18.05.1780, d 20.02.1865, dau of Rev. Stephen ffytche (Fytche) of Lout by Martha, sister of John Breen, Bishop of Lincoln) | |||||||||||||||
| Their 3rd son was Alfred, the Poet Laureate (b 06.08.1809, d 06.10.1892), who was created Baron Tennyson in 1884. Alfred's elder son Hallam, 2nd Lord, was Governor-General of Australia. Hallam's eldest son, Lionel, 3rd Lord, captained England's cricket team. | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Charles Tennyson, later Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, of Bayons Manor & Usselby House (b 20.07.1784, d 21.07.1861, MP) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.01.1808) Frances Mary Hutton (b c1787, d 26.01.1878, dau/heir of Rev. John Hutton of Morton) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Tennyson (bpt 18.04.1776, d 29.04.1870) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.01.11798) Matthew Russell of Brancepeth Castle | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Tennyson (bpt 04.05.1777, d 26.04.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1811) John Bourne of Dalby (d 15.12.1850, m1. Mary Mathew) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Anne Tennyson (bpt 29.04.1753, d 01.01.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Raines of Wyton (d 30.11.1798) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - George Clayton (bpt 28.12.1747, bur 13.01.1747/8), Elizabeth (bpt 21.021750/1, bur 11.03.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Ralph Tennyson of Great Grimsby (bpt 14.06.1720, bur 20.04.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Hildyard (b c1800, d 05.03.1781, dau/coheir of Christopher Hildyard of Kelstern, widow of George Clayton of Grimsby) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Dorothy Tennyson (bpt 18.06.1741, dsp bur 04.12.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.05.1782) William Watson of Grimsby (b c1752, d 16.01.1803, surgeon) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | William Tennyson of Market Rasen (bpt 12.07.1723, bur 03.04.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan (b c1727, d 24.02.1810, widow of Christopher Clayton of Grimsby (brother of George)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Elizabeth Tennyson (bpt 26.04.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.11.1787) Thomas Jackson Holme (bpt 20.09.1759, d 25.10.1827, Vicar of Sixhills, Rector of Buslingthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Eleanor Tennyson (bpt 28.10.1759) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.12.1792) Jeremiah Vickery of London | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Dorothy Tennyson (bpt 08.05.1761) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Stirling of Hull | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - William (bpt 20.10.1764, bur 24.11.1765), Ralph (bpt 02.03.1766, bur 25.07.17710), William (bpt 11.05.1768, bur 31.07.1770), Fanny (bpt 13.06.1462, d unm bur 27.08.1812), Susannah (bpt 16.03.1770, bur 19.06.1776) | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Elizabeth Tennyson (bpt 02.06.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wressle of Barton St. Peter | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other issue - John (bpt 13.06.1725, bur 07.02.1725/6), Walter (bpt 19.09.1726, bur 30.09.1726), Thomas (bpt 30.12.1732, bur 24.01.1732/3), Eleanor (bpt 25.02.1729) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1)
For upper section : BIFR1976 ('Hanbury-Tenison'), BLGI1912 ('Tenison of Loughbawn'), BLG1886 ('Tenison of Loughbawn')
(2) For lower section (originally uploaded 28.05.12 into TZmisc02, reviewed 19.02.25 using Crisp) : BP1934 ('Tennyson'), Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1903-6, 'Tennyson of Tealby'), BLG1886 ('Tennyson-D'Eyncourt of Bayons Manor'), Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 11 (1915), 'Pedigree of Tennyson', p97+)
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