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Families covered: Parkhurst of Catesby, Parkhurst of Guildford, Parkhurst of London, Parkhurst of Pirford (Pyrford), Parkhurst of Shene
Baker identifies the arms of this family as "Argent, a cross Ermine between four bucks trippant Proper". | |||||||||||||||
Thomas Parkhurst of Shene, Surrey | |||||||||||||||
1. | Robert Parkhurst of Shene | ||||||||||||||
A.+ | issue - Edward, Anne | ||||||||||||||
2. | Henry Parkhurst of Guildford, Surrey | ||||||||||||||
m. Alice Hills (dau of James Hills of Guildford) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Henry Parkhurst of London & Woodford (Essex) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Mary Hornblow (dau of John Hornblow of London) | |||||||||||||||
i.+ | issue (dsp) - Sara, Mary | ||||||||||||||
m2. Gertrude Wetherell (d 06.1645) | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Nathaniel Parkhurst (a 1623) possibly the Nathaniel of Woodford who was father of ... | ||||||||||||||
e. | Sarah Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m. (11.07.1661) Robert Clifton of Blyth (b 1641) | |||||||||||||||
B. | John Parkhurst (d 1639, Master of Baliol College, Oxford) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sarah Tisdall (d 1661, dau of Anthony Tisdall of Abingdon) | |||||||||||||||
i.+ | issue - Henry, Thomas, Dorothy, Mary | ||||||||||||||
C. | Tholmas Parkhurst of Guildford (a 1639) | ||||||||||||||
m. Olive Meerhurst (a 1645, dau of John Meerhurst or Merist of London) | |||||||||||||||
D. | Sir Robert Parkhurst of Pirford (Surrey), Lord Mayor of London (b c1576, d 19.10.1636) | ||||||||||||||
m. Eleanor Babington (b c1578, bur 16.11.1638, dau of William Babington of Chorley by Ellen, dau of John Aldersey of Spurstow) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Sir Robert Parkhurst of Pirford (bur 21.08.1651, MP) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Baker (bur 13.09.1638, dau of Sir Henry Baker of Sissinghurst, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Sir Robert Parkhurst of Pirford (bur 20.11.1674, MP) had issue at Pirford | ||||||||||||||
m. Sarah Gayer (bur 28.03.1677, dau of Sir John Gayer of Stoke Pogeis (Lord Mayor of London)) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Robert Parkhurst, last of Pirford (Pyrford) (a 1677) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
VCH (County of Surrey, vol 3, 'Parishes: Pyrford') reports that Robert "sold the manor to Denzil Onslow in 1677". | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Elizabeth Parkhurst (d 03.04.1705) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. James Smith (bpt 13.08.1640, dsp 16.06.1711) | |||||||||||||||
b. | Thomas Parkhurst (a 1649) | ||||||||||||||
c. | Elizabeth Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m1. Giles Vandeput of London | |||||||||||||||
m2. Francis Finchley | |||||||||||||||
d. | Mary Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m. Rowland St. John of London | |||||||||||||||
e. | Anne Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m. G(eorge) Mynn 'of Woodcote in' Epsom | |||||||||||||||
m2. Silena (or Silence) Crewe (dau of Sir Thomas Crewe of Steane (Speaker of the House of Commons), sister of John, 1st Lord) | |||||||||||||||
f. | John Parkhurst of Catesby, Northamptonshire (b 1642-3, d 09.05.1731, MP) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1667) Catherine Dormer (b 1647-8, d 11.04.1730, dau of John Dormer of Lee Grange) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Nathaniel Parkhurst of Catesby (b 1675-6, dvp 20.05.1715) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1700) Althania Smith (b 1683, a 1722, dau of Althan Smith, son of Sir Thomas of Hill Hall, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | John Parkhurst of Catesby (b c1701, d 03.12.1765) | ||||||||||||||
m. Ricarda Dormer (b 1697-8, d 02.03.1770, dau/coheir of Robert Dormer of Lee Grange) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | John Parkhurst of Catesby (b 06.1728, d 21.02.1797, cleric, lexicographer, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (1754) Susanna Misters (b c1722, d 08.12.1759, dau of John Misters of Epsom) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | John Parkhurst (dvp 12.1781) | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Charles Parkhurst (b c1758, dvp 31.10.1792) | ||||||||||||||
m. Eliza Rymes (d 09.07.1803) | |||||||||||||||
(c) | Susanna Parkhurst (d 25.04.1813) | ||||||||||||||
m. Rev. James Altham (d by 1800) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (1761) Milicent Northey (b 1720-1, d 27.04.1800, dau of Thomas Northey of London) | |||||||||||||||
(d) | Milicent Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m. (22.09.1791) Rev. Joseph Thomas of Epsom (d 22.03.1811) | |||||||||||||||
((1))+ | issue - Susanna Milicent (d unm 05.1815), Louisa Anne Milicent | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | Robert Parkhurst (d 24.06.1764, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Ogle Guyiher (d 05.1817, dau of _ Guyiher (brother of the Governor of St. Kitt's), m2. Colonel Charles Home) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | John George Parkhurst of Catesby | ||||||||||||||
m1. Mary Heblethwaite (d 23.05.1815, dau of Sir James Heblethwaite of Norton, widow of Sir Griffith Boynton of Burton Agnes, 6th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | George Dormer Parkhurst (b 09.1792, d 24.07.1798) | ||||||||||||||
((2)) | Maria Anne Georgiana Parkhurst (dsp 26.02.1821) | ||||||||||||||
m. George Blachley | |||||||||||||||
((3)) | Louisa Elizabeth Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m. (08.09.1817) Robert Baxter of Bombay | |||||||||||||||
m2. (01.05.1818) Sophia Butcher (widow of _ Ansted) | |||||||||||||||
(b) | Charles Parkhurst (b c1761, d 20.11.1814) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sylvia Braithwaite (b 1763-4, d 03.04.1821, dau of Sir George Braithwaite (Governor of Ceylon)) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Charles Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
(c) | Anne Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m1. (30.07/07.08.1790) Sir Griffith Boynton of Burton Agnes, 7th Bart (dsp 10.07.1801) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (16.03.1805) Charles Drake Barnard (rector of Bigby) | |||||||||||||||
(iii) | Fleetwood Parkhurst of Ripple, Worcestershire (d 08.09.1701) | ||||||||||||||
(a)+ | issue - Fleetwood (a 1804, vicar of Epsom), Robert, Frances | ||||||||||||||
(iv)+ | other issue - Dormer (dvpsp), Richard (d infant), Charles (b 1739-40, d 17.03.1750), Ricarda (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Althan Parkhurst of Kinghtsbridge, Middlesex (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1742) Rachel Shuckburgh (b 1710, dsp 1770, sister/coheir of Sir Stewkley Shuckburgh, 4th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Elizabeth Parkhurst (a 1765) | ||||||||||||||
m1. _ Cooling | |||||||||||||||
m2. _ Hoskins | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Thomas Parkhurst (d 1683) | ||||||||||||||
(3) | Dormer Parkhurst of Hanch Hall, Staffordshire (d 1769) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (12.1726) Anne Hickman (dau/heir of Charles Hickman, Bishop of Londonderry) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Hickman Parkhurst (d 1751) | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Anne Parkhurst of Hanch Hall (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m. George Byrd of Claybrook @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
m2. (15.03.1743-4) Molly Smith (dsp 04.1769, dau of Sir John Smith, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Catherine Parkhurst (d 11.1735) | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Byrd of Claybrook | |||||||||||||||
(A) | George Byrd of Claybrook (a 1761) | ||||||||||||||
m. Ann Parkhurst, heiress of Hanch Hall @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
(B)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
(5) | Silence Parkhurst (b 1669-70, d 26.04.1698) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (1688) Richard Saltonstall of Chipping Warden | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Ricarda Pohstuma Wentworth (b c1689, bur 05.04.1711) | ||||||||||||||
m. George Montagu, 2nd Earl of Halifax (d 09.05.1739, m2. Mary Lumley) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (1691) Fisher Wentworth alias Dilk of Wolston | |||||||||||||||
(B)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
ii. | John Parkhurst (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
iii. | Elizabeth Parkhurst (b c1603, bur 19.08.1624) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (05.1621) Thomas Harvey of London (d 02.02.1622-3) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (10.08.1624, sp ) Sir Edmund Sawyer of Heywood | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Eleanor Parkhurst (d 1639) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m2. Sir John Baker, 2nd Bart of Sisinghurst (b c1608, d 15.01.1653) | |||||||||||||||
v.+ | other issue - Rebecka, Mary, Anna | ||||||||||||||
E. | Damans Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m. William Spurstowe of London | |||||||||||||||
F. | Susanna Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m1. Richard Street of Guildford | |||||||||||||||
m2. James Lancashire of London | |||||||||||||||
G. | Elizabeth Parkhurst | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Mellish of Wonersh | |||||||||||||||
H.+ | other issue (d infant) - George, Dorothy, Judith | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton' (George Baker, vol 1, 1830, 'Parkhurst of Catesby', p288+) with some input/support from Visitation (Surrey, 1623, 'Parkhurst')
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