'Gilbert01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Gilbert of Bodmin Priory, Gilbert of Compton, Gilbert of Sandridge

Thomas Gilbert of Devon
m. Amy
1. Geoffrey Gilbert
  m. (before 1329) Joan de Compton (dau/heir of William de Compton)
  A. William Gilbert of Compton (d before 06.07.1380)
  m. Elizabeth Champernowne (dau/coheir of Otho Champernowne of Clist Champernowne by Egelin, dau/coheir of Hugh Valetort of Tamerton)
  i. William Gilbert of Compton (a 1428)
  m. Isabel Gambon (dau of Walter Gambon of Moreton)
a. Otho Gilbert of Compton, Sheriff of Devon (b 1417, d 02.02.1494)
  m1. Alice Mules (dau/coheir of John Mules of Ernsborough)
  m2. Elizabeth Hill (dau of John Hill of Shilston)
Not clear which wife was mother of the children.
  (1) John Gilbert of Compton (dsp 01.05.1539)
  m. Elizabeth Croker (dau of Sir John Croker of Lyneham)
  (2) Thomas Gilbert (d 05.08.1529)
  m. Isabel Reyneward (dau of John Reyneward of St. Minver)
(A) Otho Gilbert of Compton (d 18.02.1547) called Peter by Visitation (Devon, 1620, Gilbert)
  m. (01.09.1531) Katherine Champernowne (dau of Sir Philip Champernowne of Modbury, m2. Walter Raleigh of Fardell)
  (i) Sir John Gilbert of Compton, Sheriff of Devon (b 1533, dsp 08.09.1596)
  m. Elizabeth Chudleigh (dau of Sir Richard Chudleigh of Ashton)
  (ii) Sir Humphrey Gilbert (d 09.09.1583, Founder of Newfoundland) - continued below
  m. Anne Ager (d 05.1631, dau/heir of John Ager or Agar, son of Sir Anthony of Ottrington)
  (iii) Adrian Gilbert of Sandridge (dsp, discovered the North West Passage)
  m. (28.05.1573) Emma (widow of Andrew Fulford of Devon)
  (iv) Otho Gilbert
  (v) Katharine Gilbert
  m. George Raleigh of Fardell
  (B) Joan Gilbert
  m. Richard Prideaux of Theuborough see here
  (3) Elizabeth Gilbert
  m. Sir Thomas Grenville of Stowe (d 1513)
  (4)+ other issue - Otho, William, Goeffrey, Richard (Canon of Exeter)
  b.+ 4 daughters

 

 

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (d 09.09.1583, Founder of Newfoundland) - continued above
m. Anne Ager (d 05.1631, dau/heir of John Ager or Agar, son of Sir Anthony of Ottrington)
1. Sir John Gilbert of Compton, Governor of Plymouth Fort (dsp 05.07.1608)
  m. Alice Molyneux (dau of Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton, m2. Sir William Dormer)
2. Raleigh Gilbert of Compton (d 1634, Captain, coloniser)
  m. Elizabeth Kelly (dau/heir of John Kelly of Kelly)
A. Raleigh Gilbert of Compton (b c1616, d 1647, 2nd)
  m. Jane Sandford (dau of Henry Sandford of Nynehead)
  i. daughter
  B. Ager Gilbert of Compton (b c1617, d 04.1661)
  m1. Margaret Walrond (d 08.07.1660, dau of John Walrond of Bovey, widow of Roger Ford of Plymtree)
  i. Humphrey Gilbert of Compton (bpt 17.12.1639, d 06.1715)
  m. (24.02.1680) Joan Pomeroy (d 29.04.1734, dau/heir of Roger Pomeroy of Sandridge) see here @@
  a. John Gilbert of Compton & Sandridge (b 01.02.1684, d 13.06.1733)
  m. (14.07.1712) Ann Courtenay (d 19.03.1775, dau/heir of Richard Courtenay, son of Sir William of Powderham)
  (1) John Gilbert of Compton (b 1713, d unm 05.09.1734)
  (2) Pomeroy Gilbert of Compton & Sandridge (b 31.05.1717, d 28.04.1770, Captain)
  m. (24.08.1738) Mary Williams (d 09.10.1786, dau of Admiral Edmund Williams of Plymouth)
  (A) Pomeroy Gilbert (b 1743, dvp 04.1762)
(B) Roger Pomeroy Gilbert (b 23.01.1745, d unm 18.02.1799)
  (C) Edmund Gilbert of Bodmin Priory (b 01.01.1749, d 15.11.1816, rector of Helland, vicar of Constantine)
  m. (31.07.1775) Anne Garnett (d 10.1823, dau of Henry Garnett of Bristol)
  (i) John Pomeroy Gilbert of Bodmin Priory (b 15.07.1778, d 29.09.1853, vicar of St. Wenn) had issue
  m. (11.12.1807) Mary Storm (d 10.09.1829, dau/heir of Matthew Storm of Ilfracombe)
  (ii) Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, 1st Bart (b 18.03.1785, d 10.05.1853, Lt. General, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (01.06.1814) Isabella Rose Ross (dau/coheir of Major Thomas Ross)
  (iii) Edmund Williams Gilbert (b 14.01.1787, d 26.02.1849, Cmdr RN) had issue
  m. (13.11.1822) Mary Simpson (d 01.01.1889, dau of John Simpson of Manchester)
  (iv) Francis Yarde Gilbert (b 1793, dsp 30.11.1871, Captain, 5th son)
  m. (22.04.1822) Elizabeth (widow of William Burrows of Bodmin)
  (v) Catherine Hodgson Gilbert (b 1777, d 04.08.1853)
  m. (09.02.1800) Sir Walter Roberts, 2nd Bart of Brightfieldstown
  (vi) Elizabeth Garnett Gilbert (b 1781, d 1822)
  m. (11.12.1813) Joseph Hamley of Bodmin
  (vii) Mary Gilbert (b 1783, d 27.11.1861)
  m. (14.06.1806) Robert Kerr (Major General, son of 5th Marquess of Lothian)
(viii) Frances Isabella Gilbert (b 1795, d 05.11.1849)
  m. (1813) William Hickey of Bushey Hill
  (ix)+ other issue - Henry Garnett (b 1782, d 05.1805, RN), Roger Pomeroy (b 1790, dsp 2.05.1864, Major)
  (D) Walter Raleigh Gilbert of Bodmin Priory(bpt 24.01.1752)
  m. Nancy Hosken (dau of Rev. Anthony Hosken of Bodmin, niece/heir of William Pennington of Bodmin Priory, widow of Rev. John Vivian)
  (i) William Raleigh Gilbert (d infant)
  (E) Mary Gilbert
  m. Robert Aldridge of Dublin
  (F) Elizabeth Gilbert (d 24.06.1829)
  m. James Semple
  (G) Lucretia Gilbert
  m1. Edward Baynton Prideaux (Cmdr. RN, brother of Sir John, 7th Bart of Netherton)
  m2. John Pomeroy (vicar of Bodmin)
  (3) Catherine Gilbert (b 1716, d 1738)
  m. John Hunt
  (4) Elizabeth Gilbert (b 1719, d 1772)
  m. David Ross
  (5)+ others - Courtenay, Humphrey, Anne (d unm), Henrietta (d unm), Maria (d unm), Urania (d unm), Johan (d unm), Lucy (d unm)
  b. Elizabeth Gilbert (b 1682)
  m. (18.06.1702) Gilbert Yard of Stoke Gabriel
  c.+ other issue (d unm) - Humphrey of London & Walton-on-Thames (b 1685), Raleigh of Stoke Gabriel (b 1688, d 04.08.1773)
  ii. John Gilbert of Marldon (bpt 06.11.1642, d unm 16.10.1674)
  iii. Elizabeth Gilbert (b 1637)
  m. (28.03.1658) Thomas Hicks of Trevethick
  m2. (20.08.1653) Christian Lee (d 08.07.1660, dau of Richard Lee of Totnes)
  C.+ other issue - Humphrey (b c1615, dvpsp?), John (d 05.1618), Ferdinando (b c1618, dsp), Amye (b c1618, dsp)
3.+ 7 sons (dsp) and 1 daughter

Main source(s): BLG1952 (Gilbert of Compton) with some support from BLG1886 (Gilbert of The Priory)
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