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Families covered: Darby of Coalbrookedale (Colebrookedale)

                               
Parts of this page, those supported by Commoners, were originally (17.06.09) shown in DZmisc07 and were then moved to Darby1 on 13.08.24. They were moved here to facilitate review & expansion using Visitation.
John Darby of Sedgley, Staffordsbhire (d 30.06.1700)
1. Abraham Darby of Bristol, later near Coalbrookedale, Salop (b 14.04.1678, d 08.05.1717, iron-master) the first mentioned by Commoners
m. (18.09.1699) Mary Sergeant (d 30.03.1718, dau of Thomas Sergeant)
  A. Abraham Darby of Sunnyside, Coalbrookedale (b 12.05 .(or03.03.)1711, d 31.03.1763, iron-master)
  m1. Margaret Smith of Shifnal (d 01.12.1740)
  i. Hannah Darby (b 25.06.1735, d 24.05.1762)
  m. (20.05.1757) Richard Reynolds of Bristol & Ketley, later of Dale House, Coalbrookedale (d 10.09.1816)
  ii.+ other issue - Abraham (b 11.10.1736, d 08.01.1740/1), Edmund (b 21.05.1738, d 08.01.1740/1)
  m2. (09.03.1745/6) Abiah Maude (d 19.06.1794, dau of Samuel Maude of Sunderland (by Rachel Warren of Scarborough), relict of John Sinclair of Sunderland)
iv. Abraham Darby of Coalbrookedale (b 24.04.1750, d 20.03.1789, engineer/iron-master)
  Abraham "a gentleman of considerable abilities, constructed and erected, in conjunction with the late John Wilkinson of Burslem, Staffordshire, the celebrated iron bridge over the river Severn, at Colebrookedale, the first of that metal ever made." Visitation does not follow his line but Commoners does.
  m. (03.05.1776) Rebecca Smith (b 03.02.1752, bur 23.06.1834, dau of Francis Smith of Doncater)
  a. Francis Darby of Coalbrookedale (Colebrookedale) (b 05.04.1783) had issue (2 daughters)
  m. (16.06.1808) Hannah Grant (dau/heir of John Grant of Leighton Buzzard)
  b. Richard Darby (b 01.01.1788) had issue
  m. Maria Sorton (dau/heir of John Sorton of Chester)
  c. Anne Darby
  m. Barnard Dickinson
  d. Hannah Darby
  m. William Tothill of Redland
v. Samuel Darby of Coalbrookedale (b 16.01.175, d 01.009.1796, iron-master)
  m. (02.08.1776) Deborah Barnard (d 14.02.1810, dau of John Barnard of Sheffield)
  a. Samuel Darby of Upper Berwick, Salop (b 16.04.1779, d 01.02.1808, 2nd son)
  m. Frances Anna Williames (dau of John Williames of Welshpool)
  (1) Frances Anna Darby )d 04.1811)
  (2) Mary Darby (d 1886)
  m. (06.12.1825) Edward Pryce Owen (d 6.12.1863, vicar of Wellington, rector of Eyton)
  b. Edmund Darby of Coalbrookedale (b 22.04.1782, d 29.03.1810) had issue
  Details supported by Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 4 (1896), 'Darby of Coalbrookdale, co. Salop', p48).
  m. (10.05.1803) Lucy Burlingham (b 09.01.1782, d 10.05.1870, dau of John Burlingham of Worcester by Hannah)
  c.+ other issue - Abraham (b 08.09.1777, d 27.04.1778), Hannah (b 04.08.1780, d 05.08.1780)
  vi. Mary Darby (b 06.10.1748, d 17.04.1807)
  m. (19.07.1768) Joseph Rathbone of Liverpool (d before 04.02.1794)
  vii.+ other issue - William (b 12.12.1756, d 11.07.1757), Sarah (b 24.08.1752, d 20.11.1821), Jane Maude (b 09.06.1758, d 02.10.1758)
  B. Mary Darby (b 29.08.1700)
  m. (01.10.1718) Richard Ford of Coalbrookedale
  C. Anne Darby (b 11.01.1701/2)
  m. John Hawkins of Bersham
  D.+ other issue - Edmund (b 02.08.1712, d unm 03.08.1756), Sergeant (b 28.09.1713, d 23.11.1725), John (b 27.09.1716, d young), Hannah, Esther (d young), Esther (b 11.12.1706, bur 1709), Sarah (b 21.11.1707), Septima (b 30.01.1708/9, d young)
2. Esther Darby (b 15.07.1680)
  m. (24.09.1706) Anthony Parker

Main source(s): Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 5 (1903), 'Pedigree of Darby', p69+), Commoners (vol 2, 'Darby of Colebrookedale', p310)
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