'SZmisc03'
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Families covered: Simeon (Symeon) of Baldwin's Brightwell, Simeon of Chilworth, Springett of Broyle Place, Steele of Hampstead (co. Dublin), Steele of Summer's Cove, Shapcott of Shapcott
| John Simeon or Symeon of Baldwin's Brightwell, Oxfordshire (d 1618-9) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Mollins (dau of Anthony Mollins of Chilworth) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir George Simeon of Baldwin's Brightwell and Chilworth | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Vaux (d c1622, dau of George Vaux of Harrowden family) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Anne Simeon (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Simeon (d 18.02.1673/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William (sb Sir John?) Conyers | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 20.01.1637) Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret (d 1679) | |||||||||||||||
| In 1838 one of their descendants (George Charles Mostyn) was successful in his claim for the barony of Vaux of Harrowden. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Molyneux (dau of Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Bart of Sefton) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Sir James Simeon, 1st Bart of Chilworth (d 15.01.1708/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Heveningham (d 16.03.1691, dau of Walter Heveningham of Aston) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Edward Simeon, 2nd Bart of Chilworth (b c1682, d unm 22.12.1768) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | James Simeon (d 05.1714) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Simeon | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1701) Humphrey Weld of Lulworth Castle (d 1722) | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | 4 sons (dvp) - including Edward (b 1632, d 17.01.1701, Jesuit) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir John Simeon | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Plowden of Shiplake | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Anne Simeon (Symeon) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1844 (Simeon of Chilworth) reports that John's 2nd daughter (unnamed) married Edward Gascoigne but BEB1844 (Gascoigne of Barnbow) shows that his daughter Anne married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 2nd Bart of Lasingcroft and Barnbow | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Ireland | |||||||||||||||
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| It appears, from the coat of arms, that the following family was a branch of the above one. | |||||||||||||||
| Sir John Simeon, 1st Bart (d 04.02.1824, senior master of the court of Chancery) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Cornwall (d 21.10.1830, dau of John Cornwall of Hendon House) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Richard Godin Simeon, 2nd Bart (b 21.05.1784, d 04.01.1854) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.04.1813) Louisa Edith Barrington (d 12.04.1847, dau/coheir of Sir FitzWilliam Barrington, 10th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Edward Simeon of Carshalton House, Surrey (b 1788, dsp 16.10.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (09.1814) Sophia Charlotte Powys (dsp 1833, dau of Philip Lybbe Powys of Hardwicke House) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (22.09.1836) Eliza Martin (dau of Fiennes Wykeham Martin of Leeds Castle, widow of Philip Thomas Wykeham of Tythrop) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Charles Simeon (b 07.11.1791, d 12.11.1858, Rear Admiral) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.07.1821) Frances Woore (d 08.12.1882, dau of Capt. Thomas Woore) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Eleanora Elizabeth Simeon | ||||||||||||||
| m. Webber Smith (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Charlotte Simeon (d 04.09.1860) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Browne Evans of Tuddenham | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Harriet Simeon (d 15.11.1845) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1814) Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Bart of Loventor (d 01.10.1830) | |||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Springett (in Kent?) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Roberts (dau of Edmund Roberts of Hawkhurst) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Herbert Springett of Lewes, Sussex (a 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Stempe | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Springett of Broyle Place, Sussex (b c1588, d 17.09.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bellingham (dau of John Bellingham of Erringham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Herbert Springett, Bart of Broyle Place (b by 1614, d 05.01.1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Campion (b c1611, d 1696, dau of Sir William Campion of Combwell by Elizabeth, dau/coheir of Sir William Stone of London) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Springett (b 1634, d 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Stapley, Bart of Patcham | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Springett | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Whalley of Ringmer | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Charity Springett (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anthony Springett (b 1620, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Anthony Springett (d 08.04.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1658) Dorothy Moore of Wivelsfield | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Anthony (b c1662, d 1735, rector of Plumpton & Westmeston), William of Plumpton (b c1667, d 1732) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Springett | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Southland of Ickham | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anne Springett (b 1616) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Campion | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Frances Springett (bpt 26.10.1624, d 25.12.1680) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.07.1646) Sir Walter Hendley of Cuckfield, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - Thomas (b 1617), Jane | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Herbert Springett of Ringmer (b 1554-5, d 21.05.1621) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Partridge (dau of Edward Partridege of Bridge) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Sir William (d 1643), Herbert, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Springett | ||||||||||||||
| m. Simon Stone of the Middle Temple | |||||||||||||||
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| Descended "of an ancient English family" was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Steele of Summer's Cove (near Kinsale) named Richard of co. Cork by TCB as father of Richard by ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hart of co. Cork identified by TCB as father of Richard, probably also of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | _ Steele | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Steele of Summer's Cove (Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Harriet Steele @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir Richard Steele, 1st Bart of Hampstead, co. Dublin (d 02.1785, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1731) Jane Armstead (dau of Francis Armstead of Cork) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Parker Steele, 2nd Bart of Hampstead (b c1785, d 13.05.1787, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1773) Maria Verity (d by 1809, dau of John Verity of Bowling Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Richard Steele, 3rd Bart of Hampstead (b 04.08.1775, d 02.08.1850) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.03.1798) Frances Mary Collette D'Alton (b 27.12.1783, d 18.07.1857, dau of Lt. Gen. Edward, Count D'Alton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Maxwell Steele, later Steele-Graves, 4th Bart of Hampstead, Sheriff of Gloucestershire (b 04.05.1812, d 25.09.1872, 2nd son) had isssue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.07.1838) Elizabeth Ann Graves (b c1817, d 29.09.1877, dau/coheir of John Graves of Mickleton Manor) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Frances ('Fanny') Steele (d 08.06.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Synge of Glenmore Castle | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Harriet Steele | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.10.1835) Rev. Edward B. Elliott of Cove House, Torquay | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Emily Steele | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Edward Synge | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Catherine Steele | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Bowen (rector of St. Thomas's, Winchester) | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - Richard (d young), Edward (b 1814, d 04.08.1862, Lt. Colonel), Bertha (d 1847), Lucy, Elizabeth (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Steele in Norfolk (rector of Mundesley & Trimingham) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sir Frederick Ferdinand Armstead Steele, 5th Bart of Hampstead (b 25.03.1787, d 29.06.1876) had issue (dspms) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (24.10.1809) Ann Everard (d 19.08.1844, dau of Robert Everard of Bridgewater) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.03.1863, sp?) Ann Mary Gardner (d 30.06.1897, dau of Samuel Gardner of Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Steele (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Maria Steele | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joshua Smith | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Harriet Steele | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Steele of Summer's Cove (Major, cousin) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Dorothea Steele | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Butler of Fethard | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Richard (d unm), Frederick (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.09.1756) Margaret Smith (dau of Robert Smith of Gibblestown) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Smith Steele | ||||||||||||||
| m. Angelina Smith (dau of Sir Michael Smith, Bart, m2. W. Borrowes) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Marianne Steele (d 11.03.1884) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Henry Hemsworth (b 1797, d 1871) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Margaret Steele | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Fetherston of Bracklyn | |||||||||||||||
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| As far as we are aware, and despite the similarity of name, this family is not connected to the Sapcotes or Sapcotts of Lincolnshire & Huntingdonshire. The first mentioned by Vivian was the following brother of Simon Shapsott (sic). | |||||||||||||||
| William Shapcott | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Simon Shapcott | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Shapcott | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (a 1477) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Shapcott (a 1477) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Shapcott (a 1499) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edith Windiyat (dau/heir of William Windiyat) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Sapcott (or Shapcott) (d by 1581) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Milhuishe | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Phillip Sapcott (or Shapcott or Shapcote) (bur 14.12.1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.02.1556-7) Mary Melhuishe (bur 27.02.1578-9) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - John (bpt 30.10.1561), Thomas (bpt 14.05.1565), Philip (bpt 21.05.1578), Mary, Dorothy (bpt 02.04.1564) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (21.07.1579) Elizabeth Isack (bur 08.04.1596, dau of William Isack) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | German Shapcote of Gulvall, Cornwall (5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1621) Judith (widow of _) Alsipp) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Thomas Shapcote of Shapcott (bpt 16.02.1586-7, d 03.02.1669-70, 7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Urith Sotherin (d 17.02.1660-14, dau of Henry Sotherin of Cheshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Philip Shapcott of Shapcott (bpt 28.02.1621-2, d 31.08.1703, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c11.1668) Katherine (widow of _ Bowden of Chudleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Shapcott | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Philip Shapcott (b 10.07.1690, d 31.07.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (23.01.1683-4) Elizabeth Lyte (d 12.11.1700, dau of William Lyte, widow of John Rosier then James Courtenay of Molland) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Urith Shapcott (bpt 12.06.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Courtenay Pole, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Dorothy Shapcott (bpt 08.07.1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Walker, Mayor of Exeter (brother of Sir Thomas of Exeter) identified by Westcote, not by Vivian | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Mary Shapcott | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.08.1640) Thomas Southcott | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 07.02.1614-5, bur 07.10.1643), Robert (bpt 08.06.1628, bur 17.08.1629), Peter (bpt 08.06.1628, bur 16.09.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| (ivii)+ | other issue - Henry (bpt 21.05.1580), James (bpt 17.08.1583), Nathaniell, Peter | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Shapcott had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Shapcott (bpt 24.06.1543) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.05.1571) Joan Mildon | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Johanna Shapcott (a 1376) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Simeon - 1 (uploaded 10.09.04) : BEB1844 (Simeon of Chilworth), TCB (volume iv)
(2) For Simeon - 2 (uploaded 26.07.10) : BP1934 (Simeon)
(3) For Springett (uploaded 03.08.08) : BEB1841 (Springett of Broyle Place) with some support from Visitation (Sussex, 1634, Springett)
(4) For Steele (uploaded 29.12.09, reviewed 26.03.22) : BP1870 (Steele-Graves) with a very little input from TCB (vol 3, 'Steele of Dublin', p376+), BP1934 (Steele (Dormant))
(5) For Shapcott (uploaded 31.12.14) : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Shapcott of Shapcott', p677) with support from Westcote's 'View of Devonshire' (1845, p602)
[Information on Sapcote has been moved to Sapcotts1; that on Sarsfield has been moved to Sarsfield1.]
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