'Dillon04'
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Families covered: Dillon of Chimwell, Dillon of Clonbrock, Dillon of Farthington (Farthingho), Dillon of Hart
| Gerald Dillon | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald is identified on various web sites as ancestor of Dillon of Clonbrook. BP1870 starts its article on this family with "This family deduces its descent from a common progenitor with the Dillons, Earls of Roscommon, and the Dillons, Viscounts Dillon." | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?? Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| Several generations missed out. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Dillon of Clonbrock the first mentioned by BP1870 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gennet Browne (dau of Sir Dominick Browne, Mayor of Galway) her elder sister was married in 1626, presumed parents of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Dillon of Clonbrock | ||||||||||||||
| This was probably the Robert, MP for Dungannon, d 1746, the first mentioned (albeit without his wife) in BP1870. It appears that he married twice as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Mary Browne (dau of Geoffrey Browne of Carrabrowne, son of Sir Dominick) presumed full cousin | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Susannah Magan (dau of Morgan Magan of Cloney, widow of Sir Arthur Shaen, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| BIFR1976 (Magan) reports that Susannah did have issue by this marriage but it is not known which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Luke Dillon of Clonbrock | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Bridget Kelly (dau of John Kelly of Clonlyon or Castle Kelly by Lady Honoria Burke) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Robert Dillon, 1st Lord Clonbrock of Clonbrock (b 27.02.1754, d 22.07.1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.01.1776) Letitia Greene (b 1757-8, d 28.05.1841, dau of John Greene of Old Abbey by Catherine Toler, sister of John, 1st Earl of Norbury, she m2. Clement Archer) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Luke Dillon, 2nd Lord Clonbrock of Clonbrock (b 25.04.1780, d 1826) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.01.1803) Anastasia Blake (b 31.10.1785, d 05.06.1816, dau of Joseph Henry Blake, 1st Lord Wallscourt) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Catherine Bridget Dillon (b 11.12.1776, d 13.10.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.06.1797) Richard Hare, 'Viscount Ennismore' (b 20.03.1773, dvp 24.09.1827, son of 1st Earl of Listowel) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Letitia Susannah Dillon (d 25.03.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Le Poer-Trench (b 1782, d 14.03.1823) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Luke Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1785) Margaret Augusta Bourke (sister of Henry Bourke or De Burgh, Marquess of Clanricarde) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Luke Dillon (rector of Lytchett Maltravers, Dorset) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Phoebe Dawkins of Romsey | |||||||||||||||
| ((A))+ | 3 sons and 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | John Dillon (d 1790) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Honoria Dillon (dsp) apparently of this generation, presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.03.1778/9) Walter Lambert of Creg Clare (d 25.09.1832) | |||||||||||||||
| BP1870 mentions only Luke's marriage to Bridget Kelly but he appears also to have married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1714) Ellice Aylmer (d 27.08.1741, dau of Sir Gerald Aylmer, 2nd Bart of Balrath) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Dillon probably of this generation, probably married twice as follows ... | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William O'Kelly of Gallagh (a 1688, Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (12.1700) Richard Blake of Ardfry (d 12.05.1735) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Dillon probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Bellew of Lisrany & Willystown | |||||||||||||||
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| Walter Dillon of Ireland | |||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Fleming (dau/coheir of John Fleming son of Sir Christopher of Slane by Leve, dau/coheir of Martyn Ferrys of Devon) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Nicholas Dillon of Chimewell, Devon | ||||||||||||||
| Vivian does not name Nicholas's wife but Baker (who starts with this Nicholas) does, as a dau/coheir of _ Heming of Chimwell. With no real reason for doing so, we suspect that this was confusion with his mother. | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Dillon of Chimwell | ||||||||||||||
| Baker identifies Robert's wife as Eliuzabeth, dau of Henry Fortescue of Armington. Vivian identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Isabell Fortescue (dau of William Fortescue of Prudonstone (sb Preston?)) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry Dillon 'of Chimwell' of Bratton, Devon (d 31.03.1579) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Pollard (dau of Sir Hugh Pollard of Nymet, widow of Richard Bury of Coleton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Dillon of Farthington, Northamptonshire (b c1549, a 1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Chichester (dau of Sir John Chichester of Raleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Dillon of Farthingho (a 1611) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anthony Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Athony Dillon in Ireland (3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Megger (dau of Lawrence Megger of Devonshire) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Upton | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Anne Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Roope | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Andrew, Henry in Northampton | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Ann Kelly (dau of William Kelly of (family of) Kelly) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Joane Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Nicholas Dillon 'of Hianton Pounchardon' of Hart, Devon (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.07.1549) Margaret or Urith Incledon (dau of Robert Incledon of Brampston) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Dillon of Hart | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.02.1578-9) Elizabeth Chichester (dau/coheir of Phillip Chichester of Santon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Dillon of Hart (bpt 27.03.1582, d before 7.05.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Hill of Cloucestershire | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Newcourt of Pickwell | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anthony Dillon of Darbydown, Northampton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Temperance Danvers (dau of John Danvers of Colwath (Culworth)) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Ambrose Dillon (bpt 16.11.1572, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (bur 05.06.1620) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Dillon (bpt 14.08.1595) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Danvers (bpt 12.06.1569), Sir John (bpt 12.08.1571, a 1611), Nathaniel (bpt 15.05.1574), Temperance (bpt 11.12.1575) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Richard Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bornacot of Landkey (relict of William Alley, Bishop of Exeter) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Ann Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Emanuel Drew of Kene (son/heir of John of St. Leonards) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Joane Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Geoffry Tothill of Peamore | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Dorothy Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Pollard of Knowistow | |||||||||||||||
| viii.+ | other issue (d young) - Richard, John, Agnes | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Jane Dillon | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Somaster of Painsford | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (initially uploaded 05.12.036 to a Temporary page) : BP1870 ('Clonbrock')
(2) For lower section : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Dillon', p284+) with support from the pedigree 'Dillon of Farthingho' in 'History and Antiquities on the County of Northampton' (Baker, vol 1, p621)
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