'Colleton1'
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Families covered: Colleton in Barbados, Colleton of Exeter, Colleton in South Carolina
| ?? Coleton or Colleton (b c1447) | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ridgway (dau/heir of _ Ridgway alias Peacock) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry Coleton or Colleton (b c1485, d before 1550) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret (Margery) Bury (dau of William Bury of Colleton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edmond Colleton in Exeter (b c1513, a 1560) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Taunton ## possibly here? ## | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - William (dsp), John (dsp), 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Peter Colleton (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomazine Kelland (dau of Thomas Kelland of Devon) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Colleton in Exeter (a 1636, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Weekes (dau of Mark Weekes) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Peter Colleton, Sheriff of Exeter (bur 08.08.1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.12.1578) Ursula Hull (d 1647, dau of Henry Hull of Exeter) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Colleton of London, 1st Bart (b c1608, d 1666, Colonel, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.11.1634) Katherine Amy (a 1647, dau of William Amy or Amey of Exeter) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Peter Colleton of Exmouth, Governor of Barbados, 2nd Bart (bpt 17.09.1635, d 1679 (or 24.03.1694) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Leslie (bur 17.07.1683?, sister of Col. John Leslie of Barbados, relict of William Johnston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Colleton of Westham & Fairlawn (South Carolina), 3rd Bart (b 08.1669, d 09.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.12.1700) Elizabeth Snell (a 05.1739, dau of John Snell of Exeter by Elizabeth, dau of John Butler by Elizabeth, dau of Sir Hugh Crocker by Elizabeth, dau of Peter Colleton) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Colleton of Fairlawn (b 1701, dvp 1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susannah Snell (dau of Rev. John Snell, canon of Exeter, cousin) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Colleton, 4th Bart (d 1777-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (09.02.1759, div 1772) Anne Fulford (dau of Francis Fulford of Great Fulford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Louisa Carolina Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Graves of Hembury Fort, Devon (Admiral RN) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (21.04.1774) Jane Mutter | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir John Snell Colleton, 5th Bart (bpt 27.01.1774, dsp 07.1801, RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1801) Martha (a 1832) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Mary Anne Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Cooke | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue (d unm) - Peter (d young), other daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Peter Colleton (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Robert Colleton (b 1713, d 03.1755, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.1748) Anne Colleton (dau/heir of James Colleton of South Carolina, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir James Nassau Colleton, 6th Bart (b 03.04.1752 (or 23.03.1752), d 16.01.1815) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.12.1778) Susannah Nixon (d 31.01.1830, dau of William Nixon of Lincoln by Elizabeth, dau/heir of William Smalley of Lincolnshire) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir James Roupell Colleton of Colleton Hill in Witheridge (Devon), 7th Bart (b 22.12.1783, d 28.07.1848, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.12.1819) Septima Sexta Graves (d 14.12.1831, dau of Admiral Richard Graves of Hembury Fort by Louisa Caroline Colleton, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Thomas William (b 07.1796, Captain), Nassau Charles (b 06.1800, d 1815), Susannah Boone (d unm 12.1816), Caroline Berkeley (d unm 1822), Augusta Henrietta (d 1810), Anne Elizabeth (d 1817), Mary Sarah (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - John (b 1751, d c1763), Charles Sackville (Lt. Colonel), Robet (d infant), Lucy Cordelia (d unm 1814) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1728) Edward Hawley | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Catherine Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Richardson | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Colleton in Barbados (bpt 07.08.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mead | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Peter Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Kendall (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | (Elizabeth) Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Thomas) Garth (d 1731, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| Haynes Hill was passed by the undermentioned James (dsp 1787) into the Garth family, members of whom assumed the name Colleton. | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | James Colleton in Barbados (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Kendall (dau of James Kendall, Governor of Barbados) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Colleton in Barbados | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ernle (dau of Sir Edward Ernle, Bart, widow of Thomas Drax) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Edward Colleton 'of Haynes Hill' (dsp 1787, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1731) Anne Cowper (d 1750, dau of William, 1st Earl Cowper) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Jennings | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Colleton (dsp, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Swainson (dau of _ Swainson of Barnard Castle, widow of _ Grace) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Colleton (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Colleton (bpt 21.06.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Stewart (General) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Humphry Selwood | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - John (d unm before 22.12.1668), Katherine (bpt 12.08.1638), Elizabeth (bpt 02.11.1644, bur 07.07.1646) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Colleton (b c1601, a 1647) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1621) Sir Hugh Crocker | |||||||||||||||
| The following connection is provided by TCB. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Crocker | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1651) John Butler | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Elizabeth Butler | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Snell of Exeter (MP) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Snell (Canon of Exeter) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Susannah Snell | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Colleton of Fairlawn (b 1701, dvp 1751) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Snell (a 05.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.12.1700) Sir John Colleton, 3rd Bart @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue (dsp) - Peter (b c1605, d 1623), Thomas (bur 10.01.1614-5), Hugh (bpt 30.09.1620, a 1622) | ||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Roger (had issue), Sibell, Margaret, Alice | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Grace Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Brushford | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Elizabeth Colleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Dyer of Shobrook | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Colleton), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Colleton of Exeter) with some support from TCB (vol 3, Colleton of London)
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