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'Head01'
Index
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Families covered: Head of Kent, Head of Rochester
| BP1870 (Head, of Hermitage) starts its article on this family with: "This family, which is of antiquity in Kent, derives its surname from the Kentish port called Hythe, but formerly known as Le Hede." | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Head of Rainham, Kent | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Hartridge (dau of William Hartridge of Cranbrooke) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Richard Head, 1st Bart (b 1609, d 18.09.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Merrick (dau of Francis Merrick of Rochester) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Francis Head (b 1641, dvp 16.10.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1667) Sarah Ent (dau of Sir George Ent, she m2. Sir Paul Barrett) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Francis Head, 2nd Bart (b 1669, d 08.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1692) Margaret Smithsby (dau of James Smithsby, son of Sir Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Richard Head, 3rd Bart (b 16936, d unm 05.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Francis Head, 4th Bart (b 1694, d 27.11.1768) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1726) Mary Boys (d 29.10.1792, dau of Sir William Boys) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Wilhelmina Head (dsp 11.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.06.1753) Henry Roper, 11th Lord Teynham (b 07.05.1734, d 10.12.1786) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anna Gabriella Head | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1753) Moses Mendes of London (grandson of Fernando, physician to King Charles II) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Francis Mendes, later Head of St. Andrew's Hall (b 1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1779) Justina Maria Stepney (dau of Sir Thomas Stepney, Bart, by Anne (sb Eleanor?) Lloyd) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Frances Head (b 1780, d 02.02.1862) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.09.1806) Hon. Rev. George Herbert (d 27.03.1825) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | James Roper Mendes, later Head (b 1757, d 28.11.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.03.1781) Frances Anne Burges (dau of George Burges by Anne, dau of James, 13th Lord Somerville) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Head (b 1790, d 26.08.1824, Captain, 2nd son) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.07.1821) Cecila Martha Harvey Lindsay (d 31.07.1847, dau of Robert Lindsay of Balcarres) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Hugh Somerville Head (b 1789, dsp 1821, Comm. RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Esther (d 23.01.1863) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Sir Francis Bond Head, Lt. Governor of Upper Canada, 1st Bart (b 01.01.1793, d 25.07.1875) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.05.1816) Julia Valenza Somerville (d 23.03.1879, sister of Kenelm Somerville, 17th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Henry Erskine Head (b 09.01.1794, d 17.05.1860, rector of Feniton) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.12.1823) Elizabeth Margaret Flood (d 29.11.1873, dau of Christopher Flood) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Mary Amelia Head (d 14.07.1853) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.05.1831) Samuel Dalrymple (General) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue (d unm) - Sir George (b 1782, d 02.05.1855, Knight Marshal), Frances Anne (d 1847) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (21.03.1760) John Roper (b 20.06.1734, dsp 1780, Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Campbell Head (b 1735, d 1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1761) Rev. _ Lill | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Head | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Egerton (prebendary of Canterbury) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sarah Head | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Lynch of Grove | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Head | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Henry Head had issue | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Merrick Head (b 1644, d 1686) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1675) Elizabeth Merrick (dau of prebendary Dixon Merrick) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Head | ||||||||||||||
| m. Theophilus De l'Angle | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Head | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Faunce | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Whilly of Wrotham | |||||||||||||||
| E. | John Head of London (d 1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Dawes (dau of John Dawes of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Dawes Head of Ravenstonedale | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Taylor | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Head of Liverpool | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hannah Wickins (dau of Rev. Edmund Wickins of Kirby Thorn) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Edmund Head, 6th Bart (d 11.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Raineaux (dau of Daniel Raineaux of Dublin) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Head, 7th Bart (b 03.01.1773, d 04.01.1838, curate of Egerton, rector of Rayleigh) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.10.1801) Jane Walker (dau of Thomas Walker of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Edmund Walker Head of Hermitage, Governor General of British America, 8th Bart (b 1805, dsp 28.01.1868) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.11.1838) Anna Maria Yorke (dau of Rev. Philip Yorke, grandson of 1st Earl of Hardwicke) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anne Head | ||||||||||||||
| m. Leon, Baron de Milanges | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1796, sp) Dorothy Western (dau of Maximilian Western of Coke Thorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Jane Head (d 1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Herbert Price | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Boys (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Frances Head (d 1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1677) Thomas Poley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Adam Lawrey | |||||||||||||||
| H.+ | other issue (d unm) - Richard (b 1661, d 1678), Anne | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (sp) Anne Kingsley (d 21.02.1713, dau of William Kingsley, Archdeacon of Canterbury, widow of John Boys of Hyde) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BP1934 (Head of Rochester), BP1870 (Head, of Hermitage)
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