'Brydges03'
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Families covered: Bridges of Alcester, Bridges of Barton Segrave, Bridges of Goodneston, Bridges of Wallington
| John Bridges of South Littleton (Worcestershire) then Alcester (Warwickshire) (d 1592, 'of an Irish family') | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Bridges of Hackney | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Bridges of Alcester & Harcourt Hill (Warwickshire), 'of Wallingford (Essex' (b 1610, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1635) Margaret Beale (d 1672, dau of Bartholomew Beale of Walton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Bridges of Barton Segrave, Northamptonshire (b 1641, d 1712) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1665) Elizabeth Trumbull (d 1712, dau of William Trumbell of Easthampstead, sister of Secretary-of-State Sir William) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Bridges of Barton Segrave (d 16.03.1723/4, bencher of Lincoln's Inn, historian) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Nathaniel Bridges (b 1674, f 1745, recftor of Wadenhoe, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1724) Sarah Sawyer (dau of Rev. Ambrose Sawyer of Ashley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Brook Bridges (Rev.) probably the Brook Nathaniel Bridges (rector of Orlingbury) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Smythies (b 1724, dau of Rev. Palmer Smythies of Colchester) mother of Margaret, presumed also of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Brook Allen Bridges of Wallington (d 1815) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Bridges of Malden (Essex) then Wallington (b 11.07.1756, d 1833) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1785) Margaretta Anna Cooke (dau of Rev. Robert Cooke of Boxted, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Bridges of Wallington (b 13.08.1787, d 29.06.1865) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.12.1817) Anne Allen (d 01.11.1830, adopted dau of Ge. Rayne) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (13.09.1831, sp?) Eliza Fortescue (d 04.1848, dau of Joseph Fortescue of Devon) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Nathaniel Bridges (b 1789, d 04.03.1871, vicar of Henstridge, Somerset) had issue (3 daus) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1815) Alicia Jane Enraght (dau of John Enraght) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | William Bridges (b 1789, d 09.08.1853) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1820) Margaret Porter | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Charles Bridges (d 24.03.1794, d 02.04.1869, rector of Hinton Martel & Melcombe Regis, Dorset, & Old Newton, Suffolk) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.04.1821) Harriet Torlesse (d 26.11.1870, dau of John Torlesse) | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Bridges probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1780) Rev. Samuel Raymond | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Brook Bridges of Grove (Middlesex), later of Goodneston (Kent) (b 02.01.1643, d 23.12.1717) the first mentioned by BP1870 | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.11.1672) Mary Lewin (dau of Sir Justinian Lewin or Lewen) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Bart of Goodneston (b 12.08.1679, d 16.03.1727-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (23.06.1707) Margaret Marsham (b 04.09.1684, d 1719, dau of Sir Robert Marsham, Bart, sister of Robert, 1st Lord Romney) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Bart of Goodneston, Sheriff of Kent (b 1708-9, d 23.05.1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (not Anne) Palmer (dau of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart of Wingham, m2. Col. Charles Fielding) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Bart of Goodneston (b 17.09.1733, d 04.09.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.06.1765) Fanny Fowler (b 05.12.1746, d 16.03.1825, dau/heir of Edward Fowler of Graces) | |||||||||||||||
| Through this marriage arose a claim to the Barony of FitzWalter. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Brook William Bridges, 4th Bart of Goodneston (b 22.06.1767, d 21.04.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (14.08.1800) Eleanor Foote (d 29.01.1806, dau/coheir of John Foote of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Bart of Goodneston, Lord FitzWalter of Woodham Walter (b 02.06.1801, dsp 06.12.1875) | ||||||||||||||
| His claim to the ancient Barony of FitzWalter was not proved in his lifetime. His title was a new creation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (04.07.1834) Fanny Cage (b c1793, d 28.10.1874, dau of Lewis Cage of Milgate) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Brook George Bridges, 6th Bart of Goodneston (b 12.10.1802, dsp 01.04.1890, rector of Orlingbury & Blankney) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.11.1832) Louisa Chaplin (d 21.01.1884, dau of Charles Chaplin of Blankney) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Eleanor Bridges of Goodneston (b 13.11.1805, d 24.01.1892) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.04.1828) Henry Western Plumptre (d 23.04.1863, rector of Eastwood) | |||||||||||||||
| Their eldest son's eldest son was summoned to Parliament in 1924 as the 20th Lord FitzWalter. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (15.12.1809) Dorothy Elizabeth Hawley (d 17.05.1816, dau of Sir Henry Hawley, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Henry Bridges, later Brook (b 01.06.1769, d 21.09.1855, rector of Danbury & Woodham Ferrers) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.07.1795) Jane Hales (b 1766, dau of Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Pym Bridges (b 22.10.1805, rector of Danbury, 2nd son) had issue (4 daus) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.06.1831) Sophia Louisa Young (dau of Sir William Lawrence Young, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Emilia Bridges | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.04.1844) William Brice Ady (rector of Little Baddow, archdeacon of Colchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Brook Henry (b 14.02.1799, d 17.06.1829), Jane (d 20.07.1862), Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Brook Edward Bridges (b 07.09.1779, d 23.04.1825, vicar of Lenham) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.11.1809) Harriet Foote (d 09.10.1864, dau of John Foote of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Brook John Bridges (b 28.11.1782, dsp 03.07.1812, rector of Saltwood, Kent) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.11.1810) Charlotte Hawley (dau of Sir Henry Hawley, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Fanny Bridges | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lewis Cage of Milgate | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Sophia Bridges | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1791) William Deedes | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Elizabeth Bridges (d 10.10.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1791) Edward Austen, later Knight of Godmersham Park (b 07.10.1768, d 19.11.1852) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Harriet Mary Bridges | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1806) George Moore (rector of Wrotham, son of John, Archbishop of Canterbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret Bridges presumably the Margaretta (dsp) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1756) John Plumptre of Fredville & Nottingham | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Hales (dau of Sir Thomas Hales, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | son | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | daughter who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nathaniel Taylour (recorder of Colchester, MP for Bedfordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1870 (FitzWalter), Joseph Foster's 'The Baronetage & Knightage of The British Empire' (1882, Bridges) with some support and input from BP1934 (FitzWalter)
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