'Airey1'
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Families covered: Airey of Gateshead, Airey of Killingworth, Airey of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
| BFR reports that "This family claims to be of Norwegian origin and derices its name from Ari or Ara, a personal name among the Scandinavian nations. They probably settled in Westmorland between the years 945 and 1000". BFR identifies their arms as "Az. oin a chevron arg. between in chief three mullets of the last and in base a mural crown or, as many cinquefolis of the field". | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Ayraie of Kentmore (d 1577) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Ewan Airey later in Trimdon (co. Durham) then Bensham & Killingworth (Northumberland) (a 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1595) Ellinor Gilpin | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Airey of Gateshead (d 05.1688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bedford | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Joseph Airey (d 1677) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Airey of Gateshead (d c1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.07.1688) Ann Barnes (dau of Ambrose Barnes (alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) by granddau of John Clavering of Axwell & Anne, dau of Robert Shaftoe of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Joseph Airey (dsp 06.02.1748, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.05.1728) Ruth Hutchinson (dau of Jonathan Hutchinson (MP), cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | George Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Goodyere (dau of Major _ Goodyere) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Thomas Airey of Killingworth & Newcastle-upon-Tyne (bur 01.02.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.11.1724) Mary Mulcaster | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Joseph Airey of Killingworth (bur 15.11.1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.05.1757) Frances Hendry (bur 21.12.1819, dau of Captain Milford Hendry, Governor of the Balearic Islands) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Joseph Airey (bpt 12.12.1759, dsp 30.01.1794) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.03.1792) Julia Fawcett (b 1761-2, d 29.09.1792, dau of Christopher Fawcett, recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir George Airey (d 18.02.1833, Lt. General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.1797) Catherine Talbot (d 13.05.1852, dau of Baroness Talbot de Malahide) | |||||||||||||||
| Their eldest son Richard (01.04.1803-13.09.1881) was created Lord Airey and had 3 sons (all dvpsp) + 3 daughters. | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Frances Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.06.1788) William Haigh (vicar of Wooler) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue (d unm) - Henry (bur 15.09.1766), Jonathan (d 1800) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henry Airey of Benwell & Newcastle-upon-Tyne (b 10.03.1771, d 06.07.1807, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.05.1771) Maria Henrietta Cowper (d 10.06.1779, dau of Rev. John Cowper of Penrith) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Airey (b 10.03.1775, d 28.03.1826, captain) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.07.1806) Julia Atkinson (d 15.01.1869, dau of Matthew Atkinson of Temple Sowerby) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Maria Henrietta Airey (d 1833) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.01.1805) Jelinger Symons (rector of Radnage, vicar of Monkland) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anna Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.09.1808) Henry Watson (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue (d unm) - John (d 1827, serjeant-at-law), Henry (d 1804) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Jonathan Airey (dsp 1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (047.01.1762) Anne Watson | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | William Airey (b 1740, d 14.01.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Taylor (d 13.12.1798) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Thomas (bur 03.04.1774), Sarah (bur 17.10.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Ruth Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.05.1758) Nicholas Walton of Fainacres | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Jane Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.11.1765) Richard Prince of London | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Margaret Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Hurry of Howden | |||||||||||||||
| (8)+ | other issue - Thomas (d unm 1756), Gabriel (d 09.08.1751), Ambrose (bur 06.07.1730), George (bur 31.12.1730), Anna (d 13.10.1820), Mary (d 30.01.1821) | ||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - George (d 06.1693), Anne (d unm 1774) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Spende | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Ann Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. E. Bicton | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Ruth Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hauxley Stevenson | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Margaret Airey | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1702) William Leighton | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BFR ('Airey', p1+)
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