'Amherst1'
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Families covered: Amherst of Amherst, Amherst of Bayhall, Amherst of Pembury, Amherst of Riverhead
| Possibly descended from Gilbertus de Hemmehurst (a 1230) was ... | |||||||||||||||
| John Amherst of Amherst, Kent (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) | ||||||||||||||
| The following connection is supported by BP1934 ('Amherst of Hackney'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Amherst or Amhurst (a 1580, dvp, vicar of Yalding) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Nicholas Amherst of Court Lodge, East Farleigh (d 08.04.1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Norton (b c1595, d 04.02.1672, dau of Stephen Norton of Chart-by-Sutton) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Amherst of Pembury, Kent (d after 1559) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Julyan | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Amherst of Pembury (d 1578) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Parnell Raynes | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Richard Amherst of Headcorn (d after 1589) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Isabel, Julian, Agnes | ||||||||||||||
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| John Amherst of Pembury (d 1578) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Parnell Raynes | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Amherst of Pembury (a 01.1599/1600) | ||||||||||||||
| CountyGen (Kent, Berry, p494) shows Richard as son of the Thomas whom we show as father of the above John, i.e. misses out the above generation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Rixon (a 01.1599/1600) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Amherst of Bayhall (Pembury) & Lewes (bpt 05.08.1565, d 12.04.1632, serjeant-at-law to Queen Elizabeth, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p212). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.02.1592/3) Anne Reynes (dau/coheir of William Reynes of Mereworth) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Amherst or Amhurst of Bayhall (bpt 17.05.1600, d 29.08.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Craddock (d 18.07.1654, dau of John Craddock of Luddesdown & Ightham by Jane Dirkin) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Amherst or Amhurst of Bayhall (b c1631, d unm 10.12.1663, 2nd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Charles Amherst of Bayhall (d unm bur 16.11.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Dorothy Amherst (b c1646, dsp bur 04.05.1712) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.05.1687/16.04.1688) Jeffery Amherst of Riverhead (d 1713) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Amherst (b c1651, bur 30.01.1707/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1674) Sir Henry Selby (d 29.08.1715, Sergeant-at-law) | |||||||||||||||
| Their son inherited Bayhall and assumed the name Amherst. | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - William (d infant), Richard (bur 26.06.1654), Henry (a 1669, of Lincoln's Inn), Margaret (d unm), Isabella (bur 24.03.1665/6) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Amherst (bpt 01.01.1602/3, d unm before 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Palmer (dau of Sir Thomas Palmer of Wingham, Bart, by Margaret Poley) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Amhurst (bur 26.07.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 08.08.1630) Sir John Colebrand of Lewes, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Frances Amhurst (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 1633) Thomas Beck of Ledwich | |||||||||||||||
| B. | William Amherst of Butts Place, Pembury (d before 02.04.1635) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (a 04.1635) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary Amherst | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 07.06.1634) John Champs of Tunbridge | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Jeffery Amherst (b c1577, d 12.1662, rector of Horsemonden) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.09.1610) Joan Barrenden (d 24.09.1647, dau of John Barrenden or Barnden of Southease) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Amherst (bpt 12.11.1615, dvp 1647, rector of Southease) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bowen (a 04.1647) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | 1 son and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Arthur Amherst of Tonbridge, Kent (b c1615/20, d 02.07.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Tresse (d 11.1682, dau of Sir Thomas Tresse) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | issue - Jeffery of Fish Hall, William, 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Amherst of Mickleham, Surrey (d 04.05.1691, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Kirby (dau/coheir of Jeffery Kirby, alderman of London, by Dorothy, dau of William Baye) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Jeffery Amherst of Riverhead, Kent (b 11.01.1649/50, bur 15.08.1713, MP, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (19.07.1670) Elizabeth Yates (dau of Henry Yate or Yates by Jane, dau of Sir Francis Stidolfe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Jeffery Amherst of Riverhead (bpt 29.07.1677, d 21.10.1750, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Kerrill (bur 01.05.1752, dau of Thomas Kerrill of Hadlow by Mary, dau of Maximilian Dalison of Hamptons) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sackville Amherst of Riverhead (bpt 09.10.1715, 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. (20.05.1753) Jane Dalison (b 14.02.1722/3, dsp 07.01.1765, dau of Thomas Dalison of Plaxtol (Hamptons) by Jane Etherington | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.03.1767) Elizabeth Cary (d 22.05.1830, dau of Lt.Gen. George Cary by Isabella Ingram) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | John Amherst (bpt 06.01.1717-8, dsp 14.02.1778, Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Lindzee (dau of Thomas Lindzee of Portsmouth) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | William Amherst, Governor of St. John's, Newfoundland (bpt 05.03.1732, d 13.05.1781, Lt. General, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 (b 19.07.1762, d 27.05.1838, dau of Andrew Archer, 2nd Lord, by Sarah West) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.05.1839) Mary Sackville (b 30.07.1792, dsp 30.07.1864, dau of John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, by Arabella Diana Cope) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Frances Amherst (bpt 23.01.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.04.1799) John Hale of Lower Canada (b 27.03.1764, d 24.12.1808) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - daughter (b 12.12.1768, d infant?), Harriet (bpt 10.1775, a 05.1777, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Elizabeth Amherst (bpt 04.06.1714, d 04.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.09.1751) John Thomas of Welford (d 18.11.1770, rector of Nutgrove) | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 29.05.1725, bur 06.06.1725), Sidney (bpt 22.09.1728, bur 02.05.1729), Charles (bpt 16.09.1729, bur 09.04.1730), Margaret (bpt 03.02.1718/9, d unm 09.05.1735), Mary (bpt 28.12.1720, bur 17.02.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Jane Amherst (b 10.04.1673, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 02.10.1702) _ Boyd | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Amherst (bpt 19.02.1674/5, a 10.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.06.1692) John Seyliard of Pendell Court, Bletchingley | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue (d young) - John (d infant), Francis (bpt 25.06.1678), Henry (d infant), Henry (a 10.1702), Richard (d 11.03.1681/2), Charles (b 03.1681/2, d 11.08.1682), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.04.1688) Dorothy Amherst (dsp bur 04.05.1712, dau of Richard Amherst of Bay-hall by Dorothy, dau of John Craddock) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Annabella Amherst (b 1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mill of Brewhurst | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Amherst (b 07.03.1655/6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c08.1678) Henry Yates of Warnham (bpt 06.09.1659?, bur 10.05.1716) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - John (d young), John (d young), Margaret (bpt 01.04.1651) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Bickerton of Leicestershire (d 1667, relict of _ Triggs then Richard Higginson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Jane Stidolphe (dau of Sir Francis Stidolfe (Stydolphe) of Mickleham, widow of Henry Yates of Warnham then Sir Henry Onslow) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anne Amherst (bpt 06.10.1611, bur 02.04.1612) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Margaret Amherst (bpt 14.03.1612/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Tristram Thomas of Rotherfield | |||||||||||||||
| D. | John Amherst of Billingsgate, London (bpt 18.07.1578, d before 21.12.1615) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Edward Amherst of Lewes, Sussex (bpt 12.03.1581, d before 31.01.1622/3. of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BP1934 ('Amherst') with some support from CountyGen (Kent, Berry, p191+), BLG1886 ('Tyssen-Amherst of Didlington Hall')
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes vol 10, 1913, 'Pedigree of Amherst', p154+), BP1934 ('Amherst'), CountyGen (Kent, Berry, p494+)
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