'Firebrace1'
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Families covered: Firebrace of Barbados, Firebrace of Derby, Fyrebrace of Duffield, Firebrace of London, Firebrace of Stoke Golding
| BEB1841 reports: "This family was presumed to have been Norman, and to have derived its surname from the Frenchwords Fier-a-bras, strong of arm, but at what period it came into England is not ascertained." | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Fyrebrace of Duffield, Derbyshire (d after 25.03.1543) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Fyrebrace of St. Michael and Duffield (d before 21.10.1579) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jone | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Fyrebrace of Duffield (bur 01.11.1598) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1583) Ellena (m2. Henry Gilmour) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert Firebrace of Derby (d 1645, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 identifies Robert's wife as Susanna, dau of John Hierome of London, but BLG1952 identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Jerome (bur 02.09.1643, dau of Thomas Jerome of Kegworth, Leicestershire) | |||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 names the same children as BLG1952 but reports that Bryan & Benjamin dsp and that John d unm. BLG1952 shows ... | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Brian Firebrace of Westminster (d before 1642, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - John (bpt 21.03.1632-3, d unm before 04.1654), Samuel (bpt 09.03.1634-5, d by 06.1657) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Firebrace of London (bur 21.05.1650, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah (dau of Ann Powell) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Firebrace of St. Michael's, Barbados (bpt 10.12.1647, bur03.11.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.10.1679) Susanna Scott (bur 09.10.1732, sister of Richard Scott of Barbados) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Firebrace of St. Michael's, Barbados (bpt 08.10.1685, bur 02.08.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Lyne (bur 02.08.1724, dau of Col. Christopher Lyne of Barbados) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Firebrace | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.11.1739) Margaret Lewis | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - John (bur 11.03.1742), Sarah (bpt 21.06.1741, bur 06.10.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Edward Firebrace of St. Michael's, Barbados (bur 05.03.1766, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Firebrace of St. Michael's, Barbados (bur 27.01.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.02.1767) Angelleta Nusum | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Newton Firebrace of Demerara (b 08.12.1767, d 02.03.1821) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.05.1790) Mehetabel Christian Collier (d 08/9.1822, dau of Samuel Collier of Bridgetown) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Firebrace in Australia (b 10.07.1795, d 28.07.1856) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.11.1822) Anne Wavell (dau of John Wavell of Newport) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Samuel Firebrace of British Guiana (b 09.11.1800, d 19.12.1849) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 26.02.1831) Mary Anna Wade (d 22.04.1880, dau of Thomas Wade of Berbice) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue (d unm) - James (b 12.11.1802, d 23.08.1865), Elizabeth Ann (b 27.06.1797, d 05.05.1868) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Alexander Firebrace (bur 27.11.1763, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.04.1739) Sarah West | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Firebrace of Black Notley, Essex (bpt 04.03.1744, d 29.11.1792, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.06.1773) Mary Pearne of Deptford (b c1750, d 15.11.1807) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Firebrace of Le Havre (b 24.08.1776) had issue (3 daus) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.11.1815) Eliza Frances Bradley (b 14.10.1796, d 31.12.1878, dau of Adm. William Bradley) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Firebrace (b 03.03.1781, d unm after 05.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Firebrace (bpt 05.04.1746, bur 18.03.1778) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.04.1768) Mary Ann Roach (bur 07.08.1778) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | George Alexander Firebrace (b 25.09.1747, bur 26.06.1782) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Pollard (m2. William Scott) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Firebrace (bpt 11.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.04.1743) John Boston | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Ann Firebrace | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.11.1741) Amos Baker | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - Joseph (b 12.07.1713), John (bur 15.08.1738) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sarah Firebrace (bpt 15.10.1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.09.1663) Jonathan Atherton | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Robert (bpt 10.12.1647), Anne (a 1680) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Benjamin Firebrace (d 1650) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Sir Henry Firebrace of Stoke Golding and Whitehall (b c11.1619, d 27.01.1690-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (06.1645) Elizabeth Dowell (bur 06.1659, dau of Danell Dowell or Davell of Stoke Golding) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Basil Firebrace of Stoke Golding, Sheriff of London, 1st Bart (b 1652-3, d 07.05.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.09.1671) Elizabeth Hough (bpt 01.05.1645, bur 11.05.1693, dau of Thomas Hough or Huffe of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Charles Firebrace of Stoke Golding, 2nd Bart (b 05.06.1680, d 02.08.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1710) Margaret Cordell (dau of Sir John Cordell, Bart of Long Melford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Cordell Firebrace of Melford Hall, 3rd Bart (b 20.02.1711-2, dsp 28.03.1759) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.10.1737) Bridget Bacon (dau of Philip Bacon of Ipswich, son of Sir Nicholas of Shrubland Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Firebrace (b 29.08.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Hester Firebrace (b 03.01.1675/6, d 01.01.1725-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.06.1695) William Feilding, 4th Earl of Denbigh, 3rd Earl of Desmond (b 1668, d 18.03.1716-7) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Susanna Firebrace (d 28.11.1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.01.1668-9) Thomas Hall of Elymore Hall (d 10.04.1680) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Henry (b c1650, bur 27.11.1708), John (d infant), George (bur unm 27.05.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Alice Bagnall (d 31.12.1675, dau of Richard Bagnall of Reading, widow of John Bucknall) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (c08.1685) Mary Dalton (bur 01.02.1687-8, dau of Richard Dalton, widow of Lowde Cordell) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Rebecca Firebrace | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Moseley of Loughborough | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - Robert (bpt18.10.1600, d unm before 1682), Samuel (d before 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Fayth Firebrace (bur 11.09.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.10.1586) John Watson | |||||||||||||||
| D. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Taler | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - William of Derby, Dorothy (bur 23.06/7.1617) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Firebrace formerly of Elmstone Court), BEB1841 (Firebrace of London)
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