'Blois3'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Blois of Cockfield Hall, Blois of Grundisburgh Hall
BP1934 started its entry on this family with: "Tradition founds this family in England at the Conquest, and states that the surname was adopted from the city of Blois, in France." | |||||||||||||||
Thomas Blois of Norton, Suffolk (a 1470) | |||||||||||||||
1. | ?? Blois | ||||||||||||||
A. | ?? Blois | ||||||||||||||
i. | Richard Blois of Grundisburgh Hall, Suffolk | ||||||||||||||
a. | ?? Blois | ||||||||||||||
(1) | William Blois of Grundesburgh | ||||||||||||||
m. Frances Tye (dau of John Tye of Ipswich) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | William Blois of Grundisburgh Hall (d 1672) | ||||||||||||||
m. Cecily (not Elizabeth) Wingfield (dau of Sir Thomas Wingfield) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Sir William Blois of Grundisburgh Hall (of Cockfield Hall' (d 1675) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Martha Brooke (dau of Sir Robert Brooke of Cockfield Hall) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Sir Charles Blois, 1st Bart of Grundisburgh Hall & Cockfield Hall (bpt 14.09.1657, d 09.04.1738, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (11.05.1680) Mary Kemp (d 18.01.1692-3, dau of Sir Robert Kemp, Bart of Gissing) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Robert Blois (dvpsp 21.03.1728) | ||||||||||||||
m. Amy Burrough (dau of John Burrough of Ipswich) | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | William Blois (dvp 24.05.1734) | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Kemp (dau of Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Sir Charles Blois of Grundisburgh Hall & Cockfield Hall, 2nd Bart (bpt 25.06.1733, d unm 26.02.1760) | ||||||||||||||
((3)) | Sir Charles Blois, 3rd Bart (bpt 03.04.1692, d unm bur 27.12.1761) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (18.04.1694) Anne Hawtrey (b 1668-9, d 29.11.1727, dau of Ralph Hawtrey of Ruislip by Barbara, dau of Sir Robert De Grey of Merton) | |||||||||||||||
((4)) | John Blois of Gray's Inn (d unm 1745) | ||||||||||||||
((5)) | Sir Ralph Blois, 4th Bart (bpt 16.6.1706, d 08.05.1762, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
m. (24.10.1738) Elizabeth Rabett (d 07.01.1780, dau of Reginald Rabett of Bramfield, m2. Osborn Fuller) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Sir John Blois 'of Cockfield Hall', 5th Bart (bpt 21.11.1740, d 17.01.1810) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (03.02.1762) Sarah Thornhill (d 17.05.1766, dau of George Thornhill of Diddington) | |||||||||||||||
((i)) | Sir Charles Blois of Grundisburgh Hall & Cockfield Hall, 6th Bart (bpt 04.03.1766, d 20.08.1850) | ||||||||||||||
m. (19.01.1789) Clara Price (d 22.02.1847, dau of Jocelyn Price of Cambleshworth Hall) | |||||||||||||||
((a)) | Sir Charles Blois, 7th Bart (b 04.1794, d unm 12.06.1855, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
((b)) | John Ralph Blois (b 1795, d 19.06.1853, Commander RN) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (15.02.1827) Eliza Knox Barrett (d 10.09.1886, dau of Rev. John Barrett of Iniskeel) | |||||||||||||||
((c)) | Frances Mary Blois (d 12.05.1872) | ||||||||||||||
m. (14.12.1815) Rev. Eardley Norton | |||||||||||||||
((d)) | Clara Blois (d 10.09.1865) | ||||||||||||||
m. (14.12.1815) William Palmer-Morewood of Ladbrooke (d 23.02.1863) | |||||||||||||||
((e)) | Lucy Anne Blois (d 03.09.1889) | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.01.1817) Joshua (Vanneck), Lord Huntingfield (d 10.08.1884) | |||||||||||||||
((f))+ | other issue - Wiliiam (d 14.11.1866, Colonel), Thomas Francis (d 16.01.1874, Lt. Col) | ||||||||||||||
((ii)) | Sarah Blois | ||||||||||||||
m2. (21.04.1772) Lucretia Ottley (d 11.07.1808, dau/heir of Thomas Ottley of St. Kitts) | |||||||||||||||
((iii)) | Ralph John Blois (d 1818) | ||||||||||||||
((iv)) | Lucretia Grace Blois (d 1826) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1805) _ Turner (Dr.) | |||||||||||||||
((v)) | Lucy Anne Blois | ||||||||||||||
m. (1817) Charles Thomas Johnson (rector of Enborne & Hemsted Marshal) | |||||||||||||||
((6)) | Anne Blois | ||||||||||||||
m. Samuel Thompson of Ufford | |||||||||||||||
(b) | Mary Blois (d 30.08.1738, 2nd dau) who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
m1. Sir Neville Catlyn of Kirkby Kane | |||||||||||||||
m2. (sp) Sir Charles Turner, 1st Bart of Warham (b c1665, d 24.11.1738) | |||||||||||||||
(c)+ | other issue (a 1664) - William (b c1649, dvp), Robert (dvp), John (dvp), Elizabeth, Martha | ||||||||||||||
m2. Jane Barnardiston (dau of Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston) | |||||||||||||||
(h) | (Jane) Blois (d after 23.01.1710-1) | ||||||||||||||
m. (10.03.1680-1) Sir St. Andrew St. John, Bart | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Blois) with a little support/input from Visitation (Suffolk, 1664, Bloys of Grundesburgh)
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