'Hedges1'
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Families covered: Hedges of Alderton Hall, Hedges of Finchley, Hedges of Macroom Castle
| MGH identifies the arms of this family as "Azure, three swans' necks erased argent, beaks or" and identifies 'The Genealogist' (NS vol xvii, p209+) as its main source. It identifies the following John as "descended from an ancient and worth family in Cornwall". | |||||||||||||||
| John Lacy alias Hedges (d by 1594) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Lacy alias Hedges of Kingsdown, Wiltshire (b 05.11.1571, d 13.01.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.12.1593) Alice Hoskins (dau of Thomas Hoskins of Chisleton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Hedges of Youghal, co. Cork (b 23.07.1604, d 23.12.1670, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.11.1630) Catherine Wakeman (b 1605, d 08.12.1649, dau of Edward Wakeman of Mylne) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir William Hedges of London & Finchley, Governor of Bengal, Sheriff of London (b 01.10.1632, d 05.08.1701, Director of the Bank of England) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (23.04.1671) Susanna Vanacker (b c1655, d 06.07.1683, dau of Nicholas Vanacker of Erith by Susanna, dau of James Butler of Amberley Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Hedges of Erith, Kent (b 16.02.1676, d 22.05.1734) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Susanna Hedges | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1702) John Edmonds of Hendon Place | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Susanna Edmonds | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.10.1724) William Sneyd of Bishton | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Robert (b 25.06.161, a 1689, dsp?), Nicohlas (b 04.07.1684, d infant), Catherine (b 24.02.1674, d 13.12.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (21.07.1687) Anne Nicoll (dau of Paul Nicoll of Hendon Place, widow of Col. John Searle of Finchley) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | John Hedges of Finchley (b 26.02.1688, d 20.06.1737, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| g. | Charles Hedges of Finchley (b 17.02.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1720) Catherine Tate (b 1698, dau/coheir of Bartholomew Tate of De la Pre Abbey by Mary, dau/coheir of Edward Noel) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anne Maria Hedges (dsp 1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.02.1755) William Bateman (d 19.06.1783, son of William, 1st Viscount Bateman) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Susanna Hedges (d 01.12.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.01.1750) Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 7th Bart of Parham (bur 10.09.1779) | |||||||||||||||
| One of their grandsons successfully claimed the barony of Haryngworth and became 12th Lord Zouche. The claim came through one of Susanna's mother's great-great-grandmothers. | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue (dsp) - Charles (d 1783), John | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Hedges of Burrows, Queen's County (b 11.04.1637, a 1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Perot (d before 1676, dau of John Perot of Devon sister of John & Robert) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Hedges of Macroom Castle (b 23.01.1668, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Hedges of Macroom Castle (d 1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Eyre (dau of Edward Eyre of Galway by Jane, dau of Sir William Maynard of Walthamstow, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Hedges, later Hedges-Eyre of Macroom Castle & Mount Hedges (d 1780) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helena Herbert (dau of Edward Herbert of Muckross by Frances Browne, dau of Nicholas, 2nd Viscount Kenmare) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Frances Jane Hedges (d 1816) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1766) Simon White of Bantry (b 1739) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Frances Hedges or Eyre | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Becher of Hollybrook (son of Henry by Catherine, dau of Colonel Owen of Stadham) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Catherine Hedges (b 17.12.1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Goldsborough | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Robert (b 27.03.1658, a 1689), William (b 29.12.1671), Mary (b 17.02.1662, a 1689, m. ??), Elizabeth (b 27.03.1664, a 1689, m. ??) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c02.1676) Elizabeth Smith (dau of Thomas Smith of Long Ashton) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Hedges (b 25.08.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Spilling of Pirton | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Hedges (b 14.02.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Sicklemore (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Catherine (b 05.02.1639, d 16.08.1642), Alice (b 03.03.1641, d 31.08.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Hedges of Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire (bpt 29.05.1615, d 31.12.1645_ | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1639) Rebecca Hedges of Rodbourne Cheney (b 1619) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - John (b 24.02.1597), Thomas (bpt 18.10.1601, a 1626, Vicar of Rodbourne Cheney), Tobit (b 12.10.1618, d 1645), Johanna (bpt 05.07.1599, d by 1633), Martha (bpt 12.02.1606), Ccecilia (bpt 11.06.1609), Philippa (bpt 25.08.1612) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Henry Lacy alias Hedges of Bourton in Shrivenham, Berkshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Holloway (dau of John Holloway of Maidenhead by Eleanor, dau of Richard Tylstone of Hucksley Green) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Hedges of Wanborough, Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Pleydell (dau of Richard Pleydell of Childrey) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Charles Hedges of Compton Basset (b 01.1649-50, d 10.06.1714, MP, Judge, Secretary of State) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Smith (d 18.02.1733, dau of George Smith by Eleanor, dau of Basil Woodd of Greenwich) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Hedges of Alderton Hall, Sheriff of Wiltshire (b 10.1689, d 27.06.1757, MP, younger son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.05.1714) Elizabeth Gore (b 13692, d 13.12.1743, dau of Thomas Gore of Alderton Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Hedges of Alderton Hall (bpt 13.09.1722, d unm 08.08.1782, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Hedges (d 03.02.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.02.1749-50, sps) Sir John Shaw of Eltham & Coltshall, 4th Bart | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Eleanor Hedges (d 08.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1744) James Montagu of Lackham (son of James of Lackham by Elizabeth, dau of Sir John Eyles of South Broom Hall, Lord Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Charles Gore (b 1715, d before 1744), William (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (10.09.1744) Elizabeth Flower (dsp 08.04.1788) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Hedges (d 18.10.1719) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.01.1709-10) Sir Edward Smyth of Hill Hall, 3rd Bart | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Henry (b 01.06.1686, a 1704), Charles (d 08.02.1711), Eleanor (b 01.07.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue (d infant) - Charles, Charles, George, Eleanor, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Henry Hedges of New Sarum (b 1651, d 1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Swanton (dau of Francis Swanton of New Sarum) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Henry (d young), son (a 1689), Prudence (a 1689), daughter (a 1689) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jane Hedges (b c1653, d before 1692) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 19.06.1673) Basil Wood of Oxford (b 10.02.1650-1, bur 09.01.1696-7, son of Basil of Brise Norton & grandson of Basil Woodd of Greenwich) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Mary Hedges (b 1621) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c03.1639) Thomas Read of Stratton St. Margaret (b 1610) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Richard Lacy alias Hedges (bpt 05.03.1583) | ||||||||||||||
| m(2). (c09.1640) Prudence Hasell of Stratton St. Margaret (b 1617) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Catherine Lacy alias Hedges (bpt 16.06.1576) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): MGH (NS5 vol 2 (1916-7), 'Pedigree of Lacy alias Hedges of Alderton, Wilts.', p84+)
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