'Hovell1'
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Families covered: Hovell of Bury St. Edmunds, Hovell of Hawley, Hovell of Hillington, Hovell of Wyverstone

We show 2 Hovell families on this page, mainly because the information that we have on them is not sufficient to justify 2 different pages but also because we suspect that they were connnected in some way.
William Smyth or Hovell of Ashfield Magna, Suffolk (a 1500, d 1540)
m. Joan
1. William Smyth or Hovell of Haughley or Hawley, Suffolk (and Stratford Halley, Norfolk) (d1582-3)
  m. Anne Turner (dau of Richard Turner of Norton)
  A. Richard Smyth or Hovell of Hawley, later of Stratford, later of Hillington, Norfolk (d 01.12.1611)
  m. Margery Ford (dau of John Ford of Horsley or Frating, sister of John of Thorpe)
i. Richard Hovell of Hillington (b 01.1573-4, d c1651)
  m. (01.03.1597-8) Frances Fernley (dau of Thomas Fernley of Creeting)
  a. William Hovell of Hillington (dsp)
  b. Sir Richard Hovell of Hillington (d 08.1654)
  m. Dorothy Chicheley (dau of Sir Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole)
  (1) Sir William Hovell of Hillington (d 04.03.1669)
  m. (29.04.1661) Etheldreda Lilly (d by 1684, dau of Thomas Lilly of South Lynn)
  (A) William Hovell (dsp 1671 (or vp?))
  (B) Clemence Hovell (b 15.05.1662)
  m. (12.08.1678) Charles Stewart
  (C) Dorothy Hovell (d 22.10.1724)
  m. (c1682) Martin Folkes (b 28.08.1640, d 17.02.1705)
  (D) Etheldreda Hovell (b 06.1669)
  m. (01.10.1688) William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
  (2)+ other issue - Francis, Richard (b c1645, dsp 1715)
  ii. Mary Hovell
  m. William Gooding of Mosford (?)
  iii. Katherine Hovell
  m1. Francis Fysk of Bynham
  m2. Edward Mordaunt of Hempsted
  m3. Alexander Dering of Kent
  iv. Bridget Hovell
  m. Wiliam Mothe of Lynn
  v. Ann Hovell
  m. George Colley of St. Andrews
  vi. Thomazin Hovell
  m. William Barnes of Soham, Cambridgeshire
  vii. Margaret Hovell
  m. George Colley of St. Andrews, Suffolk
  viii. Elizabeth Hovell
  m. Thomas Russell of Rudham
  ix.+ other issue - William, Anthony, Thomas, Margery
  B.+ other issue - William, Hugh, James, Katherine, Margaret, Elizabeth
2. John Hovell of Badwell Ash, Suffolk
  m. Christian Cooke (sister of Robert Cooke, vicar of Haughley)
  A.+ issue - Joan, Amy

 

 

Stephen Hovell of High Hall, Horningsea (a 06.1552)
m. Joan Ffolkes (dau of Martin Ffolkes of Westley)
1. Edward Hovell of Exning & Wangford (d 07.1608)
  m. (08.11.1563) Margaret Morden (dau of William Morden of Fenditton)
  A. Oliver Hovell of Bury St. Edmunds (younger son)
  m. (19.10.1608) Elizabeth Kempe
  i. Oliver Hovell of Bury St. Edmunds (bpt 10.01.1615, d 12.1673)
  m. (06.11.1656) Mary Curtis (bur 06.12.1694, dau of Luke Curtis of Wickhambrook)
  a. William Hovell of Bury St. Edmunds (bpt 07.1659, d 08.1686)
  m. Rachel Carter (bur 1724, dau of Barnard Carter, Mayor of Sudbury)
  (1) Oliver Hovell of Wyverstone, Gissing, etc. (bpt 23.02.1681, d 1731)
  m. (12.1711) Elizabeth Dent
  (A) William Hovell of Bury St. Edmunds & Badwell Ash (b 1715, d 18.07.1869) had issue
  m. (30.03.1736) Elizabeth Burrel (bur 23.11.1764, Rev. Alexander Burrell of Adstock, prebendary of Lincoln)
  (B) Thomas Hovell of Wyverstone, etc. (bpt 07.04.1719, d 23.02.1805)
  m1. (21.09.1743) Hannah Booty (d 07.02.1777, dau of John Booty of Lackford)
  (i) William Hovell of Wyverstone (b c1754, d 12.09.1820)
  m. (22.09.1777) Mary Blanchflower (dau of Hamblen Blanchflower of Watton)
  (a) Thomas Hovell of Wyverstone & Clapton (bpt 24.09.1780, d 12.09.1844) had issue
  m. (14.06.1809) Mary De Berdt (dau of Denys De Berdt of London)
  (b) Charles Hovell (b 03.07.1788, d 12.06.1859, Surgeon RN) had issue
  m. (1811) Mary Adams (d 11.12.1862, dau of William Adams)
  m2. (17.04.1788) Mary Foyster
  b. Richard Hovell of Wyverstone, Gissing, etc. (bpt 30.08.1661, d unm 29.12.1717, alderman of Bury)
  ii. Martha Hovell
  m. Thomas Vesey of Vix (son of William of Vix Abbey by Mary, dau of Sir Robert Bedingfield of Ditchingham)
2.+ 2 daughters

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BP1934 (Folkes) with support/input from Visitation (Norfolk, 1563+1589+1613, Hovell or Hovill), Visitation (Norfolk, 1664, Hovell)
(2) For lower section : BLG1952 (Hovell of Oak Lawn formerly of Boreham Holt)
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