'MZmisc04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Macro of Bury St. Edmunds, Monk(e) of Old Shoreham, More of Green in Greenhill, Marvell of Hull, Merston of Marston, Murdac of Broughton

                               
Thomas Macro of Bury St. Edmunds (a 05.1620, brother of William)
m. Susan
1. Thomas Macro of Bury St. Edmunds (b c1615, d 27.09.1701)
  m. Mary (d 01.06.1679)
  A. Thomas Macro of Bury St. Edmunds, Norton & Little Haugh, Sheriff of Suffolk (b 1648-9, d 26.05.1737)
  m. (1678) Susan Cox (b 1660, d 1743, dau of Rev. John Cox of Risby by Susan Allott)
  i. Mary Macro probably of this generation
  m. (1711) John Wilson of Broomhead (b 13.09.1672, d 27.02.1735)
  B. Sarah or Mary Macro
  m. (12.1685) Sir Isaac Rebow of Colchester (d 1726)
  FMG shows that Sarah m2. Sir Edmund Bacon of Gillingham, Bart, but notes that "Another account makes him marry the dau (of her first marriage) Susan (Rebow)". We follow those other sources.
  C. Elizabeth Macro
  m. Joseph Cox of London
2. William Macro of Long Melford
  A. Thomas Macro (a 09.1720, rector of Wilton, minister in Great Yarmouth)
  i.+ 2 daughters
3. daughter
  m. Ambrose Brydon of Bury

 

 

HoP reports that the MP "came from a minor gentry family established in Sussex by the middle of the 16th century, although the pedigree has not been fully worked out."
John Monke of Hurston, Storrington (d 1668)
1. John Monke or Munck 'of Old Shoreham' of Kingston Bowsey (b c1659, d 13.11.1701)
  m1. (19.10.1682) Susanna(h) Blaker (d 09.05.1690, dau/heir of William Blaker of Buckingham House, Old Shoreham)
  HoP reports the family of John albeit not naming the children. Thanks to a contributor (CV, 13.04.16) for drawing our attention to a web site (here) which confirms that the (surviving) son of John & Susannah was ...
  A. William Monk of Buckingham House, Old Shoreham (b c1685, d 02.05.1714)
  m. Hannah Stringer (dau of Stephen Stringer of Goudhurst by (Jane) Austen)
  i. Jane Monk who married ...
  m. (1729) Thomas Brodnax or Broadnax of Godmersham, later May, later Knight of Chawton (b c1701, d 1781)
  ii.+ other issue - John (b 1712-3, d 30.06.1716), Barbara
  B.+ other issue - John (dvp), Mary, 2 daughters
  John & Mary were the only 2 children of this marriage named on CountyGen (Berry, Sussex, p86)
  m2. (06.09.1692) Frances Cooke (dau of George Cooke of Goring)
  F.+ other issue - 2 sons (dvp), 3 daughters

 

 

George More of the Green in Greenhill, Norton (bur 21.08.1622)
m. Elizabeth Stringer (bur 26.10.1622, dau of Thomas Stringer)
1. Robert More of the Green in Greenhill (bpt 19.12.1610, 3rd son)
  m1. Edith Darley (bpt 06.12.1615, bur 08.05.1639, dau of Francis Darley of Kilnhurst)
  A.+ issue - George (bpt 17.01.1636-7, d young), Thomas (bpt 28.03.1638)
  m2. Elizabeth Marvell (dau of Rev. Andrew Marvell by Lucy Alured) @@ below
  C. Elizabeth More (bpt 16.10.1642)
2. Elizabeth More (bur 19.06.1644)
  m. (27.11.1611) Richard Taylor of Chesterfield
3.+ other issue - George (bur 24.01.1597-8), George (bpt 02.11.1606, bur 23.01.1615-6), Thomas (bpt 01.04.1612), Anne (bpt 30.09.1599, bur 20.04.1600), Gertrude (bpt 12.01.1602-3), Barbara (bpt 01.01.1608-9)

 

 

?? Marvell of Cambridgeshire
1. Andrew Marvell (d 1641, minister at Hull)
  m1. Anne Pease of Hull
  A. Andrew Marvell of Hull (b 31.03.1620/1, d unm 16.08.1678, MP)
  m2. Lucy Alured (dau of John Alured of Charterhouse, widow of Francis Darley then William Harris of Oakerthorpe)
  B. Ann Marvell
  m. James Blaydes
  C. Elizabeth Marvell
  m. Robert More of the Green in Greenhill (m1. Edith Darley) @@ above

 

 

Nigel de Merston (d before 03.02.1213)
MGH reports that Nigel was "Probably a younger son of the Albini Lords of Cainho".
1. John de Merston in/of Marston (d before 1227)
  A. Ralph FitzJohn de Merston (a 1227, probably d before 28.05.1257)
  m. Isabel Clinton (dau/coheir of Henry de Clinton)
  i. Constance de Merston, heiress of Marston (d by 1293)
  m1. (before 18.11.1254) John de Morteyn of Tillsworth (d c1265)
  m2. (c1265) Bernard Bruce (d 1266)
  m3. (before 1282) Henry de Wotton
  B. John de Merston probably of this generation
  i. Ralph de Merston (a 1276)
  a. Richard de Merston in Marston (a 1306) probably father of ...
  (1) John de Merston (a 1310) probably father of ...
  (A) Ralph de Merston in Wroxhull (a 1346)
  b. Thomas de Merston possibly of this generation
2. Nigel de Shelton

 

 

Meurdrac, lord of La Meurdraquière in the Cotentin
1. Robert FitzMeurdrac of La Meurdraquière and Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire (a 1081, 1114)
  A. Robert Meurdrac of La Meurdraquière (a 1120)
  i. Roger Meurdrac of La Meurdraquière
  m. ?? (dau of Hugh de St. Denis)
a. Robert Meurdrac of La Meurdraquière (a 1194) had issue
  m. Hawis (dau of Alan de St. Peter)
  B. Ralph Murdac (a 1130)
  i. Ralph Murdac of Broughton & Burton, Oxfordshire (a 1166)
  m. Beatrice de Chesney (dau of Roger de Chesney)
  a. Geoffrey Murdac (a 1175)
  (1) Juliane Murdac possibly fits here
m. Thurstan de Montfort (d c1170)
  b. Ralph Murdac of Broughton, Burton, etc., Sheriff of Nottinghamshire & Derby (d c1196, judge)
  m. (c1191) Eva de Grey, 'heiress of Stanlake' (m2. Andrew de Beauchamp)
  (1) Beatrice Murdac (a 1250)
  m. Robert Mauduit
  (2) Alice Murdac
  The following is supported by MGH (NS5 vol 5 (1925), p167).
  m1. Alan de Bocland (d 1216-7, son of Guy de Bocland by heiress of Broadwood)
  (A) Isabel de Bocland (d before 08.07.1242)
  m. Osbert or Osbern Giffard of Winterbourne Houghton (d 1236-7)
  m2. Ralph Haring
  c. Alice Murdac
  m. John de Eincourt
  C. Stephen Murdac (a 1121)
  i.+ issue - Hugh, Adam (a 1130)

Main source(s):
(1) For Macro (uploaded 10.03.16) : FMG (vol 2, (MS210?), 'Allott', p497)
(2) For Monk (uploaded 20.05.16) : HoP ("John Monke (Munck)") with input as reported above
(3) For More (uploaded 27.06.16) : FMG (vol 3, MS434, 'Marvell-More-Thompson-Blayds', p1000)
(4) For Marvell (uploaded 27.06.16) : FMG (vol 3, MS434, 'Marvell-More-Thompson-Blayds', p1000)
(5) For Merston (uploaded 13.02.22) : MGH (NS5 vol 5 (1925), 'Marston of Marston (Morteyn), co. Bedford', p126)
(6) For Murdac (uploaded 14.02.22) : MGH (NS5 vol 5 (1925), p156)
[The original MZmisc04 was uploaded on 07.09.03 with a section on Morley. A section on Multon was added on 15.10.03. The section on Morley was moved to Morley01 on 23.10.13 and the section on Multon was moved to Multon1 on 10.03.16 simply by renaming what was left of the original MZmisc04 as Multon1. A new MZmisc04 was started on 10.03.16 with the above section on Macro. A section on Mellor was added later but has since been absorbed by Mellor2.]
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