'Wrey1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Wrey of Northrussell, Wrey of Wrey, Wrey of Trebitch

                               
William Wrey of Wrey, Devon
1. Walter Wrey of Wrey
  A. Robert Wrey of Northrussell
  m. Constance Shilston (dau of John Shilston)
  i. John Wrey of Northrussell (d 04.1577) - continued below
  m. Blanch Killigrew (dau/coheir of Henry Killigrew of Wolston)
  ii. Alice Wrey
  m. John Glanville
  iii.+ other issue - Thomas, William, Robert
2. Thomas Wrey

 

 

John Wrey of Northrussell ('of Militon') (d 04.1577) - continued above
m. Blanch Killigrew (d 14.12.1596, dau/coheir of Henry Killigrew of Wolston)
1. John Wrey of Northrussell (b by 1556, a 1596, dsp)
  m. Elinor Smith (dau/heir of Bernard Smith of Totness, widow of John Charles & Sir John Fulford, m4. Ambrose Bellot)
2. Edmond Wrey
  m. Catheryn Prys (dau of John Prys of Horwell)
  A.+ issuse - William (b c1599, a 1634), John (a 1634), 5 daughters
3. Arthur Wrey of Hay (dsp bur 13.04.1633)
  m. Joyce Harry (bur 30.03.1622, dau/coheir of Tristram Harry)
4. Sir William Wrey, Sheriff of Cornwall, 1st Bart of Trebitch (d 06.1636)
  m. (1600) Elizabeth Courtenay (dau of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham Castle)
A. Sir William Wrey, 2nd Bart of Trebitch (b c1600, d 08.1645)
  m. (10.1624) Elizabeth Chichester (dau of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount)
  i. Sir Chichester Wrey, 3rd Bart of Trebitch (b 1628, bur 17.05.1668)
  m. (1653) Anne Bourchier (b c1628, bur 09.09.1662, dau of Edward Bourchier, 4th Earl of Bath)
a. Sir Bourchier Wrey, 4th Bart of Trebitch (d 28.07.1696, Colonel)
  m. (03.05.1681) Florence Rolle (dau of Sir John Rolle of Stevenstone)
  (1) Sir Bourchier Wrey, 5th Bart of Trebitch (bur 12.11.1726)
  m. (28.02.1707-8) Diana Rolle (dau of John Rolle of Stevenstone)
  (A) Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Bart of Trebitch (d 13.04.1784)
  m1. (10.07.1749) Mary Edwards (dsp bur 03.09.1751, dau of John Edwards of Highgate)
  m2. (01.05.1755) Ellen Thresher (d 11.1813, dau of John Thresher of Bradford by Ellen Long)
(i) Sir Bourchier Wrey, 7th Bart of Trebitch (b 22.02.1757, d 20.11.1826)
  m1. (14.03.1786) Anne Palk (d 09.1791, dau of Sir Robert Palk, Bart of Haldon)
  (a) Sir Bourchier Palk Wrey, 8th Bart of Trebitch (b 10.12.1788, d 11.09.1879) had daughters
  m1. (14.03.1818) Ellen Caroline (O'Brien?) (b 1791-2, d 23.07.1842, widow of _ Riddle)
  m2. (11.09.1843) Eliza Coles (dsp 11.05.1875)
  (b) Robert Bourchier Wrey (b 1790, dsp 29.03.1872)
  m. (1821) Mary Anne James (b c1794, d 22.12.1886, dau of Capt. _ James, RN)
  (c) Anna Eleonora Wrey (d 25.01.1846)
  m1. (19.07.1806) Edward Hartopp of Little Dalby (b 01.04.1783, d 05.02.1813)
  m2. (09.12.1815) Sir Laurence Vaughan Palk, Bart (b 24.04.1793, d 16.05.1860)
  m2. (1793) Anne Osborne (d 26.01/07.1813, dau of John Osborne of Alderley)
  (d) Sir Henry Bourchier Wrey, 9th Bart of Trebitch (b 05.06.1797, d 23.12.1882, rector of Tawstock) had issue
  m1. (27.09.1827) Ellen Maria Toke (d 01.03.1864, dau of Nicholas Roundell Toke of Godlington)
  m2. (05.01.1865, sp) Jane Lamb (d 26.07.1889, granddau (not dau) of Humble Lamb of Ryton House)
  (e) Eleonora Elizabeth Wrey (d 12.01.1882)
  m1. (02.03.1815) Albany Saville of Oaklands (d 02.1831)
  m2. Rev. Richard Fayle of Torquay (d 26.03.1872)
  (ii) (Bourchier) William Wrey of Melksham (b 06.05.1761, d 27.08.1839, rector of Tawstock & Combe)
  m. (11.1789) Sophia Bethell (dau of George Bethell of Bradford)
  (a) Edward Bourchier Wrey (b 07.01.1794, d 30.05.1840, 2nd son) had issue
  m. (09.02.1818) Juliana Wilson (d 11.03.1829, dau of Rev. George Wilson of Corbridge)
  (b) John Wrey (b 09.1797, d 20.10.1872, Rev.)
  m1. (1826/29) Anne Burnett Yeomans (d 15.09.1860, dau of Rev. Thomas Yeomans)
  m2. (06.11.1866, sp) Elizabeth Dorothea ?? (widow of Thomas Potts of Torquay)
(c) Elizabeth Wrey
  m. (19.12.1851) Rev. John Clare Pigot
  (d)+ other issue - William Long (b 1792, Lt.), Florence (d unm 20.03.1885), Eleanor
  (iii) Ellen Wrey
  m. Rev. Edward Henry Whinfield
  (iv) Dyonisia Wrey
  m. Robert Harding of Upcott
  (v) Florentina Wrey (d 1835)
  m. Richard Godolphin Long of Rowde Ashton
  (vi) Anne Maria Wrey
  m. (1791) Nicholas Roundell Toke of Godlinton
(B) Diana Wrey
  m. John Stafford of Roborough
  (C) Florence Wrey
  m. Edward Pans or I'Ans of Biddeford
  (D)+ other issue - John, Chichester, Robert (d 1809, General in Portugal), Charles (d young), Christian, Catherine
  (2) Chichester Wrey (a 1710, rector of Tawstock) had issue
  (3) Florence Wrey
  m. (10.07.1707) John Cole of Florence Court (bpt 12.04.1670, d 07.1726)
b. Anne Wrey
  m. (26.07.1688) Sir Francis Northcote, 3rd Bart (dsp 1709)
  c.+ other issue - Chichester (d 1706, Colonel), Edward, John
  ii. Elizabeth Wrey
  m. (1655) Colan Blewett
  iii. Mary Wrey
  m. Richard Erisey of Trevenna in St. Neots
  iv. Frances Wrey
  m. William Erisey of Eglosekerry
  v.+ other issue - William (bpt 25.04.1631), Francis (bpt 1633)
5. Philippa Wrey
  m. George Upton of Puslich
6. Jane Wrey
  m. Peter Coriton (bur 1602)
7.+ other issue (a 1576) - Robert, George

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 15.03.19) : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, 'Wrey of Trebeigh', p564)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 13.10.15) : BP1934 ('Wrey'), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, 'Wrey of Trebeigh', p564+)
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