'Davies03'
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Families covered: Davies of Croft Castle, Davys of Kill, Davys of Mountcashell, Davys of St. Catherine's, Davies of Wellington Court, Davies of Wigmore Hall
[We think it unlikely that there was any connection between the families shown below. They share the page for our convenience.]
| John Davys of Kill, co. Kildare | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Paul Davys of St. Catherine's (co. Dublin) & Kill (d 07.09.1672, Secretary of State for Ireland) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Ussher (d 20.07.1633, dau of Arthur Ussher) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Davys (bur 22.07.1638) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Parsons (dau of Sir William Parsons, Bart of Garradyce) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | George Davys (bur 11.03.1660) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Sir William Davys (Secretary of State for Ireland, Lord Chief Justice) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (27.07.1664) Martha Boyle (d 14.05.1680, dau of Archbishop & Lord Chancellor Michael Boyle) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary Davys (bur 20.08.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Elizabeth Fitzgerald (dau of George, 16th Earl of Kildare, widow of Callaghan, Earl of Clancarty) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Sir John Davys of Thomastown, co. Dublin (b 1646, a 1684, Secretary of State) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Thelwall | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Paul Davys of St. Catherine's, 1st Viscount Mountcashell (d 05.08.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 spells the designation as "Mountcashel" with a single L. We follow TCP (Mountcashell) in using a double L. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1705) Catherine McCarty (bur 19.04.1738, dau of Callaghan, Earl of Clancarty) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Davys, 2nd Viscount Mountcashell (b 08.1708, d 10.03.1718/9) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Davys, 3rd Viscount Mountcashell (b 1711, d unm 30.07.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Davys | ||||||||||||||
| m. Justin McCarty (son of Donough, Earl of Clancarty) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Margaret Davys | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.06.1738) James Barry, 5th Earl of Barrymore | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Robert, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Elizabeth Davys | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by TCB (vol iii, Bramhall of Bramhall). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (c01.1663/4) Sir Thomas Bramhall, Bart 'of Rathmullen' (dsp 1667, son of John, Arbishop of Armagh, by Elinor, dau of William Halley of York) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c02.1668/9) Sir John Topham (d 03.04.1698, judge advocate) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Mary Crofton (dau of William Crofton of of Temple House by Mary Ussher) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Ursula Davys (bur 23.05.1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.12.1670/1) Sir Francis Blundel, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| The undermentioned Catherine is identified as "niece of Sir Paul Davys". It is speculative assumption that that Sir Paul Davys was the same person as the Sir Paul shown above. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Meyler Fay | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Catherine Fay | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Bourke of Kill (a 1641, captain) | |||||||||||||||
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| Somerset Davies of Wigmore Hall, co. Salop (d 20.02.1787) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Lacy (dau of Rev. John Lacy of Wellington Court, Herefordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Somerset Davies of Wigmore Hall, Wellington & Croft Castle, Sheriff of Herefordshire (b c1754, d 15.10.1817, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04.1786) Anne Hamond (dau/heir of Peter Hamond) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Anne Isabella Davies | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1886 identifies Anne Isabella as "great-grand-dau." of the Somerset Davies of the Miss Lacy who was "heiress of Wellington Court". HoP, and various sites, suggests that that "great" was wrong, as indicated above. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. James Kevill (d 1847, "the descendant of an ancient Cornish family") | |||||||||||||||
| Their son William Trevelyan succeeded to Croft Castle, Wigmore Hall & Wellington and assumed the name Kevill-Davies. | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Maria Isabella Davies probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.1780) Langham Rokeby of Arthingworth (b c1750, d 16/26.12.1826, minister) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 27.02.10) :
BE1883 ('Davys of Mountcashel')
(2) For lower section (uploaded 31.08.19) : BLG1886 ('Davies of Croft Castle, Wigmore Hall, and Wellington'), HoP ("Somerset Davies")
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