'Amherst1'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Amherst of Amherst, Amherst of Bayhall, Amherst (Amhurst) of Hackney, Amherst of Pembury, Amherst of Riverhead
'Amherst1'Index
links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Amherst of Amherst, Amherst of Bayhall, Amherst (Amhurst) of Hackney, Amherst of Pembury, Amherst of Riverhead
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| Possibly descended from Gilbertus de Hemmehurst (a 1230) was ... | |||||||||||||||
| John Amherst of Amherst (a 1399) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Amherst | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Amherst of Pembury (d 1460) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Amherst of Pembury (d after 1488) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Amherst | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Amherst of Amherst (b after 1467) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bowregge (sister of Thomas Bowregge of Capell) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Nicholas Amherst of Juddy's Land (d by 1600) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Amherst or Amhurst (a 1580, dvp, vicar of Yalding) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Nicholas Amherst of East Farleigh (d 1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Norton (dau of Stephen Norton of Chart-by-Sutton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Nicholas Amherst or Amhurst (b 1617, d 1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Fletcher | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Amherst, Sheriff of Kent (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Nicholas Amherst or Amhurst of Hackney, Foulden and Evering (d 1715, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susannah Evering (dau of Robert Evering, younger of Evering) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Amhurst had issue | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | George Amhurst of Court Lodge | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susannah Wood | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Amhurst of Hackney (bpt 08.06.1724, d 1788, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ruth Ward | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Thomas Amurst (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Tyssen | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Amelia Amherst (bpt 01.05.1775, bur 13.08.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.06.1794) William George Daniel, later Tyssen of Westbrooke House, Sheriff of Kent (bur 13.01.1838) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C))+ | 14 children | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Amherst of Pembury (d after 1559) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Julyan | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Amherst of Amherst (d 1578) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Parnell Raynes | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Amherst of Amherst | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margret Rixon | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Amherst of Bayhall (serjeant to Queen Elizabeth) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | (Richard) Amherst 'of Bayhall' | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Charles Amherst 'of Bayhall' (d unm 1705) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Elizabeth Amherst apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Selby (d 1715, Sergeant-at-law) | |||||||||||||||
| Their son inherited Bayhall and assumed the name Amherst. | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Amherst | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Amherst | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Champs of Tunbridge | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Jeffery Amherst (d 12.1662, rector of Horsmonden) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Barnden (d 24.09.1647, dau of John Barnden) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Arthur Amherst (b c1615, d 02.07.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue - Jeffery of Fish Hall, William, 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Richard Amherst (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | 1 son and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | John Amherst (d 1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m(1). Margaret Kirby (dau of Jeffery Kirby, alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Jeffery Amherst of Riverhead (bpt 29.07.1677, d 21.10.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Kerrill (bur 01.05.1752, dau of Thomas Kerrill of Hadlow) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sackville Amherst of Riverhead (b 1715, d unm 12.12.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Sir Jeffery Amherst, 1st Lord Amherst, Field Marshal, Governor of Virginia then Guernsey (b 29.01.1717, dsp 03.08.1797, CIC in North America) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.05.1738) Jane Dalison (dsp 07.011765, dau of Thomas Dalison of Hamptons) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.03.1767) Elizabeth Cary (d 22.05.1830, dau of Lt.Gen. George Cary) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | John Amherst (bpt 06.01.1717-8, dsp 14.02.1778, Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Lindzee (dau of Thomas Lindzee) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | William Amherst, Governor of St. John's, Newfoundland (bpt 05.03.1732, d 13.05.1781, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.03.1766) Elizabeth Patterson (d 07.03.1766, dau of Thomas Patterson) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Pitt Amherst, 2nd Lord, 1st Earl Amherst, Governor General of Bengal (b 14.01.1773, d 13.03.1857) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (24.07.1800) Sarah Archer (d 27.05.1838, dau of Andrew Archer, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.05.1839) Mary Sackville (b 30.07.1792, dsp 30.07.1864, dau of John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Elizabeth Frances Amherst | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hon. John Hale of Lower Canada | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Harriott Amherst | ||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Elizabeth Amherst (d 1779) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Thomas (rector of Nutgrove) | |||||||||||||||
| ((F)) | Margaret Amherst (d unm 1735) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Richard Amherst of Headcorn (d after 1589) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Isabel, Julian, Agnes | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BP1934 (Amherst) with input from BP1934 (Amherst of Hackney), BLG1886 (Tyssen-Amherst of Didlington Hall)
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