'Eden1'
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Families covered: Eden of Auckland, Eden Lord Henley of Chardstock, Eden of Durham, Eden of Maryland, Eden of West Auckland, Eden of Windlestone
| Visitation (Durham) identifies the arms of the following family as "Gules, on a chevron argent berween three garbs or banded vert, as many escallop shells sable". BP1934 ('Eden') & BP1934 ('Auckland') both give the same. | |||||||||||||||
| William Eden of Durham | |||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Eden of Durham & Belsis (a 1575, 1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Lambton (dau/coheir of William Lambton of Belsis) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Eden of West Aukland, Durham (b c1548, a 1575) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Hutton (dau/coheir of John Hutton of Hunwyke) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Eden of West Aukland (b c1571, d c1625) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Welburye of Castle Eden | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Eden of (West Auckland and) Windlestone (d 1661) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Bee (dau/coheir of Matthew Bee of Ninebanks) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Wray (dau of William Wray of Beamish) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lambton Downes of Wenwood | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Ferdinando Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Atherton of Cleveland | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Jane Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Metcalfe of Yarm | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Gascoigne of Billingham, Rape of West Aukland | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Jane Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m(1)/2. William Porter of Shiedrow | |||||||||||||||
| Possibly the Jane who (also) married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. (1578) Thomas Proctor of Shawdon (a 1615) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. _ Lancaster of Headlam | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. William Garth of Durham | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Eleanor Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Eden of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - William of Whitton, Ralph of Iseley, Merriel | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Threkeld of Melmorby | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - John, Rowland, Henry, Bridget, Mary, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
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| Robert Eden of West Auckland and Windlestone (d 1661, Colonel) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Bee (dau/coheir of Matthew Bee of Ninebanks) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Eden of West Auckland (b c1616, d 1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Layton (dau of Sir Thomas Layton of Layton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Robert Eden 'of Windlestone', 1st Bart of West Auckland (b c1644, bur 17.05.1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Lambton (dau/heir of John Lambton of Durham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Eden 'of Windlestone', 2nd Bart of West Auckland (b c1680, d 02.05.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.01.1715) Catherine Shafto (d 02.07.1730, dau of Mark Shafto of Whitworth) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Bart of West Auckland (b c1718, d 25.06.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.05.1739) Mary Davison (d 31.01.1794, dau of William Davison of Beamish, sister/coheir of Morton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Eden 'of Windlestone', 4th Bart of West Auckland (b 16.09.1740, d 23.08.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (26.06.1764) Catherine Thompson (dsp 12.03.1766, dau of John Thompson of Kirby Hall by Elizabeth, dau of Stephen Croft of Stilliigton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.04.1767) Dorothea Johnson (d 21.06.1792, dau of Peter Johnson of York) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Eden, later Johnson-Eden, 5th Bart of West Auckland (b 25.10.1774, d unm 04.09.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Morton John Eden, later Davison of Beamish Park (b 30.06.1778, d unm 28.06.1841) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Dorothea Eden (d 1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (22.06.1790) Henry Methold (d 05.1799) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Daniel Seddon (General) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Maria Eden (b c1770, dsp 05.03.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.11.1800) Frederick William van Reede, 6th Earl of Athlone (b 22.10.1766, dsp 05.12.1810) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (30.10.1821) Sir William Johnstone Hope (d 02.05.1831, Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Catherine Eden (b c1771, d 19.03.1872) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1803) Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park (d 17.01.1848) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Emmeline Eden (d 21.07.1850) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.11.1809) Thomas Northmore of Cleve (d 05.1851) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Eleanor Eden (d 22.11.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.03.1813) Rev. Thomas Fourness Wilson of Burley Hall (d 17.10.1837) | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Catherine Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1816) Robert Kaye Greville of Wyaston | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Robert Eden, Governor of Maryland, 1st Bart of Maryland (d 02.09.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.04.1763) Caroline Calvert (dau of Charles Calvert, 5th Lord Baltimore, Governor of Maryland) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Frederick Morton Eden, 2nd Bart of Maryland (d 14.11.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.01.1792) Anne Smith (d 14.07.1808, dau of James Paul Smith of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Frederick Eden, 3rd Bart of Maryland (d unm New Orleans 24.12.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir William Eden, 4th Bart of Maryland, 6th Bart of West Auckland (b 31.01.1803, d 21.10.1873) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.04.1844) Elfrida Susanna Harriet Iremonger (d 08.07.1882, dau of Col. William Iremonger of Wherwell Priory) | |||||||||||||||
| One of their grandsons, a younger son of their eldest surviving son (the 5th/7th baronet), was Robert Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of Great Britain, who was created Earl of Avon. | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Robert Eden, Bishop of Moray & Ross, Primus (b 02.09.1804, d 26.08.1886) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.09.1827) Emma Park (d 24.11.1880, dau of Sir James Allan Park) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | George Morton Eden (b 10.05.1806, d 11.1862, Lt. General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.01.1834) Louisa Anne Eyres (d 05.11.1878, dau of George Robert Eyres of Norfolk) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Sir Charles Eden (b 03.07.1808, dsp 07.03.1878, Vice Admiral RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.08.1828) Emma Williams (d 08.01.1865, dau of Sir Robert Williams, 9th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (30.04.1866) Fanny Cecilia Greville (d 18.07.1912, dau of Vice Admiral Henry Francis Greville) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Marianna Eden (d 13.05.1859) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1812) Francis Mallet Spong (d 04.1857) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Carolina Eden (d 10.11.1854) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.07.1821) Hyde Parker (d 26.05.1854, Vice Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | 1 son and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | William Eden, 1st Lord Auckland (b 1744, d 28.05.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.09.1776) Eleanor Elliot (d 18.05.1818, dau of Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bart of Minto) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Eden, 2nd Lord, Governor-General of India, Earl of Auckland (b 25.08.1784, d unm 01.01.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert John Eden, 3rd Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath & Wells (b 10.07.1799, d 25.04.1870) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.09.1825) Mary Hurt (d 25.11.1872, dau of Francis Edward Hurt of Alderwasley) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Eleanor Agnes Eden (dsp 15.10.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.06.1799) Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (b 06.05.1760, d 04.02.1816) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Catharine Isabella Eden (b 20.09.1778, dsp 10.08.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.07.1806) Nicholas Vansittart of Foots Cray Place, Chancellor, Lord Bexley (b 29.04.1766, dsp 08.02.1851) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Elizabeth Charlotte Eden (d 17.04.1847) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.03.1800) Francis Godolphin Osborne, 1st Lord Godolphin of Farnham Royal (b 18.10.1777, d 15.02.1850) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Caroline Eden (d 02.03.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.06.1806) Arthur Vansittart of Shottesbrooke (d 31.05.1829) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Mary Louisa Eden (d 02.12.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.06.1806) Andrew Wedderburn, later Colville (d 03.02.1865) | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Mary Dulcibella Eden (d 29.03.1862) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.07.1819) Charles Drummond (b 04.09.1791, d 28.08.1858) | |||||||||||||||
| (I)+ | other issue - William Frederick Elliot (b 19.01.1782, d 19.01.1810), Henry (b 1787, d 06.1791), Frances (d unm 26.04.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Thomas Eden of Wimbledon (d 01.05.1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.07.1783) Mariana Jones (dau of Arthur Jones of Reigate) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Eden of the Bryn (b 29.11.1787, d 04.11.1845) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.01.1810) Frances Eliza Rodney (d 05.01.1879, dau of Hon. John Rodney) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Eden (b 25.03.1789, d 06.10.1874, General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1830) Anne Caldwell (d 11.1841, dau of Sir John Caldwell, Bart of Castle Caldwell) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.07.1843) Charlote Carse Prentice (d 11.02.1912, dau of E.S. Prentice) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Arthur Eden (b 09.08.1793, d 1874) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1824) Frances Thomson (d 25.03.1877, dau of J.P. Thomson of Waverley Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Henry Eden of Gillingham Hall (b 09.08.1797, dsp 30.01.1888, Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.02.1849) Elizabeth Harriet Georgiana Beresford (d 25.01.1889, dau of Gen. Lord George Beresford) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Robert Eden (b 13.05.1800, d 23.04.1879) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.04.1829) Frances Warburton (d 11.01.1898, dau of Rev. R. Egerton Warburton) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Marianne Eden (b 10.1785, d 12.01.1865) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (19.12.1807) John Spalding of the Holme (d 26.08.1815) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (01.04.1819) Henry, 1st Lord Brougham (d 07.05.1868) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Dora Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Graham Moore (Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Dulcibella Eden (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Morton Eden, 1st Lord Henley of Chardstock (d 06.12.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.08.1783) Elizabeth Henley (d 20.08.1821, dau of Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Henley Eden, 2nd Lord Henley of Chardstock (b 03.09.1789, d 02.03.1841) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.03.1824) Harriet Peel (d 07.05.1869, dau of Sir Robert Peel, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Eden (b 09.11.1792, d 04.05.1859, rector of Bishopsbourne) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.01.1820) Anna Maria Kelham (d 23.10.1875, dau of William Kelham) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Jane Eden (dsp 12.09.1843) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.09.1824) Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 2nd Bart (d 03.04.1849) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Dulcibella Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matthew Bell of Woolsington | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Catherine Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1770) John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Mary Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Richardson | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Eden (prebendary of Durham, 4th son) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Dawney (dau of Henry Dawney, 2nd Viscount Downe, widow of Robert Shafto of Whitworth) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from the Visitation. | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hindmarsh | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Layton (had issue), William, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Robert Eden of Branspeth | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Anne Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Swinburne of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Wray (dau of William Wray of Beamish) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Alexius Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wray | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Catherine Eden | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Timothy Draper of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Joseph Tocketts of Tocketts | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 19.04.12) : Visitation (Durham, 1575+1615+1666, 'Eden of West Aukland' (sic))
(2) For lower section (uploaded 18.05.04) : BP1934 ('Eden') with input from BP1934 ('Auckland'), BP1934 ('Henley'), TCB (vol 4, 'Eden of West Auckland')
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