'Courtenay3'
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Families covered: Courtenay of Devon, Courtenay of Powderham Castle
| Sir William Courtenay of Powderham Castle, de jure 2nd/21st Earl of Devon (d St. Quintin 18.08.1557) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (28.11.1545) Elizabeth Paulet (d 04.11.1576, dau of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester, m2. Sir Henry Oughtred) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir William Courtenay of Powderham Castle, de jure 3rd/22nd Earl of Devon (b 1543, d 24.06.1630) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (18.01.1572-3) Elizabeth Manners (dau of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Francis Courtenay of Powderham Castle, de jure 4th/23rd Earl of Devon (bur 05.06.1638, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.11.1606, sp) Mary Pole (dau of Sir William Pole of Colcomb (by Maria Periam), relict of (Nicholas) Hurst) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Seymour (d 03.09.1669, dau of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Bart of Berry Pomeroy, m2. Sir Amos Meredeth) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir William Courtenay 'of Ford', 1st Bart of Powderham Castle, de jure 5th/24th Earl of Devon (bpt 07.09.1628, d 04.08.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Waller (bur 09.01.1693-4, dau of Sir William Waller, General) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Francis Courtenay (bpt 27.02.1651-2, dvp bur 12.05.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 26.11.1670) Mary Bovey (dau of William Bovey or Boevey of Flaxley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir William Courtenay, 2nd Bart of Powderham Castle, de jure 6th/25th Earl of Devon (b 04.03.1675, d 10/11.10.1735, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.07.1704) Anne Bertie (d 31.10.1718, dau of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Courtenay, 1st Viscount, de jure 7th/26th Earl of Devon (b 11.02.1709-10, d 16.05.1762, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.04.1741) Frances Finch (d 19.12.1761, dau of Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount, de jure 8th/27th Earl of Devon (b 30.08.1742, d 14.10.1788) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.05.1762) Frances Clack (d 25.03.1782, dau of Thomas Clack of Wallingford) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Courtenay, 3rd Viscount, 9th/28th Earl of Devon (b 30.07.1768, d unm 26.05.1838) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Frances Courtenay (b 06.01.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.12.1788) Sir John Honywood, 4th Bart (d 29.03.1806) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Charlotte Courtenay (b 14.02.1764, d 22.11.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.06.1788) Thomas Giffard of Chillington (d 1823) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Elizabeth Courtenay (b 02.09.1766, d 1815) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.06.1788) Charles Henry Somerset, Governor of Cape of Good Hope (b 12.12.1767, d 20.02.1831) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Lucy Courtenay (b 13.06.1770, d 27.01.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.08.1798) John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne (b 03.03.1769, d 18.05.1831) | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Harriet Courtenay (b 07.09.1771, d 13.04.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.05.1797) George Thynne, later Carteret, 2nd Lord Carteret of Hawnes (b 23.01.1770, dsp 19.02.1838) | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Anne Courtenay (b 02.02.1774, d 06.01.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.09.1790) George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris (bpt 22.01.1771, d 23.07.1844) | |||||||||||||||
| (h) | Caroline Eustacia Courtenay (b 26.03.1775, d 06.03.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03/29.01.1812) Charles Morland (d 14.06.1828, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Matilda Jane Courtenay (b 06.07.1778, d 04.08.1848) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Locke (d 1837, Lt.General) | |||||||||||||||
| (j) | Sophia Courtenay (b 25.01.1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nathaniel Foy (d 1817, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (k) | Louisa Augusta Courtenay (b 25.12.1781, d 09.02.1823) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1805) Robert Edward Henry Somerset (b 19.12.1776, d 01.09.1842, General) | |||||||||||||||
| (l)+ | other issue - Isabella (b 20.06.1765, d unm 05.03.1783), Eleanor (23.11.1772, d 23.02.1789), Amelia (b 07.06.1777, d 18.03.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Frances Courtenay (b 10.03.1747, d 24.02.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.06.1770) Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Bart (d 23.04.1787) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Lucy Courtenay (b 06.06.1748, d 12.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.10.1777) John Cotes or Coates of Woodcote | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Charlotte Courtenay (b 21.01.1750, d 1826) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.09.1782) Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (b 13.02.1733, dsps 03.01.1805) | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Elizabeth (b 19.02.1744, d 1744), Mary (b 02.03.1745, d 13.02.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Reginald Courtenay (b 08.06.1714, d 30.04.1763, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1737) Catherine Bathurst (d 1783, dau of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Courtenay (b 09.09.1738, dsp 27.11.1783, rector of Kenn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.12.1764) Anne Downes (dau of John Downes of Otterbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Henry Reginald Courtenay, Bishop of Exeter (b 1741, d 09.06.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.01.1774) Elizabeth Howard (d 31.10.1815, dau of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Courtenay, 10th/29th Earl of Devon (b 19.06.1777, d 19.03.1859, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.11.1804) Harriet or Henrietta Leslie Pepys (d 16.12.1839, dau of Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (30.01.1849, sp) Elizabeth Ruth Scott (d 17.03.1914, dau of John Middleton Scott) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (b 31.05.1782, d 08.07.1841) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.04.1805) Anne Wynell-Mayow (d 12.1860, dau of Mayow Wynell-Mayow of Sydenham) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Catherine Courtenay (b 07.01.1781, d 21.11.1865) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.12.1805) Edward Berens (Archdeacon) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Frances Charlotte Courtenay (b 07.09.1791, d 29.03.1854) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.11.1811) Edward Bouverie (b 15.08.1783, d 22.07.1874, chaplain to Queen Victoria) | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue - Henry Reginald (b 24.12.1774, d 08.04.1776), Elizabeth (b 05.08.1779, d unm 27.06.1852), Anne (b 31.03.1784, d unm 1818), Maria Louisa (d 1789), Henrietta Susanna (b 1792, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Katherine (b 17.06.1740, d 20.08.1787), Anne (b 13.06.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Peregrine Courtenay (b 11.05.1720, dsp 02.12.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1751/20.02.1760) Lucy Incledon (d 02.12.1778) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (18.02.1780) Augusta Beaumont (d 1785, widow of Sir John Glynne) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Eleanora Courtenay (b 04.02.1710, d 1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.06.1734) John (probably not Francis) Basset of Heanton Court | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Bridget Courtenay (b 01.05.1712, d 07.03.1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1734/29.01.1635-6) William Ilbert of Bowrings Leigh (Bowringsleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Isabella Courtenay (b 16.07.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.05.1744) John Andrew of Exeter (d 1772, rector of Powderham, Archdeacon) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Andrew (d 01.03.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.07.1806) Edward William Leyborne-Popham of Littlecote and Hunstrete (b 27.06.1764, General) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Charlotte Andrew possibly of this generation (son of John son of John?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1813) John Thomas Wright | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Mary Courtenay (b 19.11.1717, d 1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (01.10.1735) John Langton or Langston of Park | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Davie of Orleigh | |||||||||||||||
| (H)+ | other issue - William (b 03.09.1705, dvp young), James (bpt 20.11.1707, dvp 07.01.1726), Mary (b 19.08.1705, d 24.08.1705), Anna Sophia (b 09.01.1708, d 08.10.1745), Elizabeth (b 1718, d young), Elizabeth (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anne Courtenay (bpt 27.10.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Walrond of Broadfield | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Courtenay (bpt 01.11.1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arthur Champernowne of Dartington | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Francis (bpt 11.12.1679, bur 09.06.1682), Francis (bpt 05.01.1688-9, bur 16.12.1690), Margaret (bpt 21.11.1678, bur 1678), Mary (bpt 16.06.1681, d unm 27.05.1739), Lucy (bpt 04.04.1683, d unm 1739), Margaret (bpt 22.10.1684), Jane (bpt 05.01.1686-7, bur 29.10.1687), Isabella (bpt 07.03.1689-90), Dorothy (bpt 03.07.1690, bur 11.07.1690) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Richard Courtenay (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Southwell (dau of Sir Thomas Southwell of Limerick, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Courtenay (dvpsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Katherine Waller (dau of Sir William Waller of Winchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Katherine Courtenay (bpt 10.12.1686, a 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Ann Courtenay (d 19.03.1775, heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.07.1712) John Gilbert of Compton (b 02.1684, d 06.1733) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | James Courtenay of Walreddon (bur 07.01.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c03.1682) Elizabeth Bourdon of Cheverston (bur 19.01.1703) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Courtenay (b 07.05.1699, bur 18.06.1751, youngest son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.05.1738) Mary Keysor (dau of John Keysor of Ipplepen) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - George (bpt 03.12.1746, bur 06.12.1787), Mary (bpt 15.10.1740), Elizabeth (bpt 17.06.1742), Isabella (bpt 03.09.1744), Eleanora (bpt 20.04.1749) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Ann Courtenay (bpt 14.08.1690, bur 19.07.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.09.1722) John Jope | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - William (bur 08.06.1719), James (bpt 12.03.1687), Francis (bpt 10.06.1692?, d unm 03.1721), Elizabeth (bur 29.11.1722), Arabella (bpt 26.04.1703, bur 18.06.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Lucy Courtenay (bpt 01.03.1648-9, d 10.09.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.12.1671) Hugh Stafford of Pynes (bur 13.04.1703) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Elizabeth Courtenay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.09.1673) John Clobury of Bradstone (bur 23.03.1698-9) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Isabell Courtenay (bpt 18.12.1690) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c03.1690) Sir Thomas Lear of Lindridge, Bart (b c1672, dsp 12.1705) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Margaret Courtenay (bpt 17.09.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.06.1693) George Reynell (son of Edmund of Malston) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Jane Courtenay (bpt 02.02.1664-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1687) John Rowe of the Middle Temple | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | other issue - William (bpt 26.02.1649-50, d unm bur 27.07.1670), Edward (bpt 18.01.1653-4), George (b 26.12.1656, bur 22.11.1657), George (bpt 13.05.1666), Henry (bpt 26.03.1688, d 16.03.1727), William (d 30.01.1702), Ann (bpt 12.05.1662, d unm bur 22.08.1711), Mary (bpt 06.05.1673, bur 08.09.1682), Dorothy (bpt 06.11.1674, bur 24.08.1688) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Francis Courtenay (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1657-8) Rebecca Webb (d 16.06.1672, dau of William (not Major John) Webb of Tytpit) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Ann Courtenay (bpt 27.10.1674, d 06.05.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Burgoyne of Exeter | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Frances Courtenay (d 13.02.1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Benjamin Ivie of Exeter | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Francis (bpt 12.06.1662, d 22.02.1666-7), Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Edward (bpt 17.07.1631), James of Tavistock (bpt 18.01.1635, d before 03.12.1678), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Thomas Courtenay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elinora Breerton (dau of Thomas Breerton (or Breviton) of Yarde) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Courtenay (b c1611) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Manfield (dau of Sir Edward Manfield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Courtenay (b 1636-7, a 05.1648) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Jane Courtenay (b c1609, a1620) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | George Courtenay | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Katherine Barkley (dau of Francis Barkley of Asketon, Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue (a 1620) - William (b c1616, dsp), Francis (b c1617), Morris (b c1618, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Elizabeth Sydenham (dau of Sir George Sydenham of Coombe Sidenham, widow of Sir Francis Drake of Buckland) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Courtenay | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Warwick Hele of Wenbury | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir John Chudleigh | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Bridget Courtenay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Fites of Fitesford (Fitz of Fitzford) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Elizabeth Courtenay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1600) Sir William Wrey, 1st Bart of Trebitch (Trebeigh) (d 06.1636) | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue (dsp) - Sir William (dvp 1605), John, Alexander, Edward | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Sydenham (dsp 09.06.1598, dau of Sir George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham by Elizabeth Hales) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Jane Hill (dau of Robert Hill of Yarde) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Jane Courtenay (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Nicholas Parker of Willingdon | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Devon), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Courtenay', p247+), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, 'Courtenay', p109+)
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