'Bernard01'
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Families covered: Bernard of Abingdon, Bernard of Askett Lodge, Bernard of Brampton, Bernard of Huntingdon, Bernard of Nether Winchendon, Bernard of Nettleham, Bernard of Reading

Francis Bernard of Abingdon
1. Badlwin Bernard of Abingdon
2. Francis Bernard of Kingsthorpe (b before 1585)
  A. Sir Robert (or Francis?) Bernard, 1st Bart of Huntingdon (b 1601, d 1666, judge)
  TCB names him Robert but BEB1841 names him Francis.
  m1. Elizabeth Tallakerne (dau of Sir John Tallakerne)
  i. Sir John Bernard, 2nd Bart of Brampton (b 11.1630, d 06.1679)
  m1. Elizabeth St. John (dau of Oliver St. John, Lord Chief Justice)
a. Sir Robert Bernard, 3rd Bart of Brampton, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire (d by 1703)
  m. (26.05.1692) Anne Weldon (b c1670, d 05.12.1746, dau of Robert Weldon of London)
  (1) Sir John Bernard, 4th Bart of Brampton (b c1695, d 15.12.1766)
  m. (01.1736/7) Mary St. John (d 21.09.1793, dau of Sir Francis St. John, Bart of Longthorpe)
  (A) Sir Robert Bernard, 5th Bart of Brampton (b c1740, d unm 02.01.1789)
  (B) Mary Bernard apparently the Mary who married ...
  m. Robert Sparrow of Worlingham Hall, Suffolk
  (i) Mary Sparrow (b 14.04.1777, d 30.06.1841)
  m. (20.07.1805) Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford (b 01.08.1776, d 27.03.1849)
  (2)+ other issue - Anne, Mary
  b. Mary Bernard
  m. Thomas Brown of Arlsey
c. Johanna Bernard
  m. Richard Bentley (archdeacon of Ely, master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
  (1) Richard Bentley (d 23.10.1782, writer)
  (2) Elizabeth Bentley
  m1. (sp) Humphrey Ridge of Portsmouth
  m2. Rev. _ Favell
  (3) Johanna Bentley
  m. Dennison Cumberland, Bishop of Kilmore (son of Rev. Richard, son of Richard, Bishop of Peterborough)
  (A)+ issue - Richard (dramatist), Johanna, Elizabeth Bentley
  d.+ 5 daughters (d unm)
  m2. (c08.1670, sp) Grace Shuckburgh (d 1721, dau of Sir Richard Shuckburgh of Shuckburgh by Grace Holte)
  ii. Lucy Bernard
  m. Sir Nicholas Pedley (MP)
  iii. Mary Bernard
  m. Laurence Torkington of Great Stewkley
  m2. (sp) Elizabeth Altham (dau of Sir James Altham of Oxney by Mary Stapers)
3. Thomas Bernard of Reading (d 1628)
  A. Francis Bernard (d 1680)
i. Francis Bernard of Reading (d 1715)
  a. Francis Bernard (rector of Brightwell)
  m. Margaret Winlowe (dau of Richard Winlowe of Lewknor)
  (1) Sir Francis Bernard, later of Nether Winchendon, Governor of New Jersey then Massachussetts Bay, 1st Bart of Nettleham (b c1712, d 16.06.1779)
  m. (1741) Amelia Offley (b 27.07.1717, d 26.05.1778, dau of Stephen Offley of Norton Hall by Anne Shute, sister of 1st Viscount Barrington)
  (A) Francis Bernard (b c1744, dvp unm 05.1770)
  (B) Sir John Bernard of Nether Winchendon, 2nd Bart of Nettleham (b c1746, d unm 16.08.1809)
  (C) Sir Thomas Bernard of Nether Winchendon, 3rd Bart of Nettleham (b 27.04.1750, dsp 01.07.1818)
  m1. (11.05.1782) Margaret Adair (d 06.01.1813, dau of Patrick Adair)
  m2. (15.06.1815) Charlotte Matilda Hulse (d 20.07.1846, dau of Sir Edward Hulse, 2nd Bart of Breamore)
  (D) Sir Scrope Bernard of Askett Lodge and Nether Winchendon, later Tyringham-Bernard then Bernard-Morland, 4th Bart of Nettleham (b 01.10.1758, d 18.04.1830, judge)
  m. (26.07.1785) Hannah Morland (d 04.03.1822, dau of William Morland of Lee)
(i) Thomas Bernard (d infant)
  (ii) William Bernard, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (b 07.07.1786, dvp unm 21.11.1820)
  (iii) Sir Francis Bernard of Askett Lodge, later Bernard-Morland, 5th Bart of Nettleham (b 07.06.1790, d unm 23.01.1876)
  (iv) Sir Thomas Bernard of Nether Winchendon, later Tyringham-Bernard, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, 6th Bart of Nettleham (b 15.09.1791, d 08.05.1883) had issue (1 son dvpsp, 3 daus)
  m1. (26.07.1819) Sophia Charlotte Williams (d 15.05.1837, dau of David Williams of Sarratt)
  m2. (12.08.1840) Martha Louisa Minshull (dsp 18.04.1855, dau of William Minshull of Kentish Town)
  m3. (28.07.1864, sp) Ellen (d 06.11.1869, widow of Henry Elwes of Marchham Park)
  (E) Jane Bernard probably of this generation
  m. Charles White
4. Anne Bernard presumed of this family, probably of this generation
  m. John Doyley of Merton

Main source(s): TCB (vol iii, Bernard of Huntingdon), TCB (vol v, Bernard of Nettleham), BEB1841 (Bernard of Huntingdon)
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