'Gilbert01'
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Families covered: Gilbert of Bodmin Priory, Gilbert of Compton, Gilbert of Sandridge
| Thomas Gilbert of Devon | |||||||||||||||
| m. Amy | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Geoffrey Gilbert of Compton, Devon (d by 1345) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1329) Joan de Compton (dau/heir of William de Compton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Gilbert of Compton (d before 06.07.1380) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Champernowne (dau/coheir of Otho Champernowne of Clist Champernowne by Egelin, dau/coheir of Hugh Valetort of Tamerton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Gilbert of Compton (a 1428) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Gambon (dau of Walter Gambon of Moreton or Mooreton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Otho Gilbert of Compton, Sheriff of Devon (b 1417, d 02.02.1494) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alice Mules (dau/coheir of John Mules of Ernsborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Gilbert (dspm not dsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | daughter possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Gibbs of Fenton (dvp by 1487) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Hill (dau of Robert (probably not John) Hill of Shilston) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Gilbert of Compton (b c1478, dsp 01.05.1539) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Croker (dau of Sir John Croker of Lyneham) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Thomas Gilbert (d 05.08.1529) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Reyneward (dau of John Reyneward of St. Minver) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Otho Gilbert of Compton (d 18.02.1547) called Peter by Visitation (Devon, 1620, Gilbert) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.09.1531) Katherine Champernowne (dau of Sir Philip Champernowne of Modbury, m2. Walter Raleigh of Fardell) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Gilbert of Compton, Sheriff of Devon (b 1533, dsp 08.09.1596) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.11.1556) Elizabeth Chudleigh (dau of Sir Richard Chudleigh of Ashton) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Humphrey Gilbert (d 09.09.1583, Founder of Newfoundland) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Ager (d 05.1631, dau/heir of John Ager or Agar, son of Sir Anthony of Ottrington) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Adrian Gilbert of Sandridge (dsp, discovered the North West Passage) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.05.1573) Emma (widow of Andrew Fulford of Devon) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Otho Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| (v) | Katharine Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Raleigh of Fardell | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Joan Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Prideaux of Theuborough | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Geoffrey Gilbert of Bovey Tracey (d 26.02.1551-2, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (bur 30.07.1547) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edward Gilbert of Bovey Tracey (d 03.10.1566) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret (bur 06.03.1586-7) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Gilbert 'of Bovey' (b by 1544, bur 23.09.1582) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.10.1572) Jane Cottell (dau of Thomas Cottell) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Gilbert (d 15.03.1617-8) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue - Johanna (b c1611), Jane (b c1613), Grace (b c1614) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Katherine Gilbert (bpt 28.04.1578) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Thomas (d 01.12.1561), John (bpt 29.12.1563, bur 09.04.1597), Anne (d 13.12.1557), Joan (d 03.08.1558) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.12.1552) Margaret Rowe | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edward Gilbert (d 12.11.1558) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Thomazine Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Bastard | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth or Isabella Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Grenville of Stowe (d 1513) | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - Otho of Compton, William, Richard (bur 11.04.1524, Canon of Exeter) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Yarde | |||||||||||||||
| c. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Batten | |||||||||||||||
| d. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Gibbs | |||||||||||||||
| e. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Holway | |||||||||||||||
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| Sir Humphrey Gilbert (d 09.09.1583, Founder of Newfoundland) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Ager (bur 11.05.1631, dau/heir of John Ager or Agar of Otterden, son of Sir Anthony of Ottrington) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir John Gilbert of Compton, Governor of Plymouth Fort (b c1575, dsp 05.07.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Molyneux (dau of Sir Richard Molyneux of Sefton, m2. Sir William Dormer) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Raleigh Gilbert of Compton (b c1584, bur 30.12.1634, Captain, coloniser, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Kelly (bur 19.02.1657-8, dau/heir of John Kelly of Kelly) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Raleigh Gilbert of Compton (b c1616, d before 07.04.1647, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Sandford (dau of Henry Sandford of Nynehead) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jane Gilbert (a 1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Sandford | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Ager Gilbert of Compton (b c1617, d 04.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret (or Christian) Walrond (d 08.07.1660, dau of John Walrond of Bovey, widow of Roger Ford of Plymtree) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Humphrey Gilbert of Compton (bpt 17.12.1639, bur 19.06.1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.02.1680) Joan Pomeroy (d 09/29.04.1734, dau/(co)heir of Roger Pomeroy of Sandridge) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Gilbert of Compton & Sandridge (b 01.02.1684, d 13.06.1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.07.1712) Ann Courtenay (d 19.03.1775, dau/heir of Richard Courtenay, son of Sir William of Powderham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Gilbert of Compton (bpt 16.06.1713, d unm 05.09.1734) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Pomeroy Gilbert of Stoke Gabriel, Compton & Sandridge (b 31.05.1717, d 28.04.1770, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.08.1738) Mary Williams (d 09.10.1786, dau of Admiral Edmund Williams of Plymouth) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edmund Gilbert of Bodmin Priory (b 01.01.1749, d 15.11.1816, rector of Helland, vicar of Constantine, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.07.1775) Anne Garnett (d 10.1823, dau of Henry Garnett of Bristol) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Pomeroy Gilbert of Bodmin Priory (b 15.07.1778, d 29.09.1853, vicar of St. Wenn) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.12.1807) Mary Storm (d 10.09.1829, dau/heir of Matthew Storm of Ilfracombe) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, 1st Bart (b 18.03.1785, d 10.05.1853, Lt. General, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.06.1814) Isabella Rose Ross (dau/coheir of Major Thomas Ross) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Edmund Williams Gilbert (b 14.01.1787, d 26.02.1849, Cmdr RN) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.11.1822) Mary Simpson (d 01.01.1889, dau of John Simpson of Manchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Francis Yarde Gilbert (b 1793, dsp 30.11.1871, Captain, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1822) Elizabeth (widow of William Burrows of Bodmin) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Catherine Hodgson Gilbert (b 1777, d 04.08.1853) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.02.1800) Sir Walter Roberts, 2nd Bart of Brightfieldstown | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Elizabeth Garnett Gilbert (b 1781, d 1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.12.1813) Joseph Hamley of Bodmin | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Mary Gilbert (b 1783, d 27.11.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.06.1806) Robert Kerr (Major General, son of 5th Marquess of Lothian) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Frances Isabella Gilbert (b 1795, d 05.11.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1813) William Hickey of Bushey Hill | |||||||||||||||
| (ix)+ | other issue - Henry Garnett (b 1782, d 05.1805, RN), Roger Pomeroy (b 1790, dsp 2.05.1864, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Walter Raleigh Gilbert of Bodmin Priory (bpt 24.01.1752, bur 1837) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nancy Hosken (b 1745-6, d 08.04.1818, dau of Rev. Anthony Hosken of Bodmin, niece/heir of William Pennington of Bodmin Priory, widow of Rev. John Vivian) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Raleigh Gilbert (bpt 01.05.1786, d 26.05.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Aldridge of Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Gilbert (d 24.06.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Semple | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Lucretia Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Edward Baynton Prideaux (Cmdr. RN, brother of Sir John, 7th Bart of Netherton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Pomeroy (vicar of Bodmin) | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue (d unm) - Pomeroy (b 1743, dvp 11.04.1762), Roger Pomeroy (b 23.01/7.1745, d 18.02.1799), John | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Catherine Gilbert (b 1716, d 1738) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hunt | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Gilbert (bpt 17.08.1719, d 1772) | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Ross | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | others - Courtenay (bpt 26.06.1723), Humphrey (bpt 14.10.1725, bur 17.10.1736), Anne (bpt 10.02.1714-5, d unm), Catherine, Henrietta Maria (bpt 12.07.1718, a 1770, d unm), Margaret (bpt 29.08.1720), Urania (d unm), Joan (bpt 10.09.1724, bur 23.05.1725), Lucy (bpt 03.06.1730, bur 12.05.1734) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Gilbert (bpt 23.11.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.06.1702) Gilbert Yard of Stoke Gabriel | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue (d unm) - Humphrey of London & Walton-on-Thames (bpt 06.08.1685), Raleigh of Stoke Gabriel (bpt 13.08.1688, d 04.08.1773) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Gilbert of Marldon (bpt 06.11.1642, d unm 16.10.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Gilbert (bpt 18.01.1637-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.03/04.05.1658) Thomas Hicks of Trevethick | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.08.1653) Christian Lee (d 08.07.1660, dau of Richard Lee of Totnes) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Humphrey (b c1615, a 1625, dvpsp?), John (bur 02.05.1618), Ferdinando (b c1618, a 1625, dsp), John (bpt 25.07.1624, d infant), John (bpt 31.07.1625, bur 0.08.1625), John (bur 10.04.1645), Amye (b c1618, dsp), Elizabeth (bpt 30.03.1623, bur 11.04.1662), Elinor (bpt 28.10.1628) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Adrian Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| m. Emma of Lincolnshire (widow of Andrew Fulford) | |||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue - Humphry (dsp), Otho (dsp), Arthur (dsp), Anthony (dsp), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Gilbert of Compton), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Gilbert of Compton) with some support from BLG1886 (Gilbert of The Priory)
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