'Dolben1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Dolben of Caeau Gwynion, Dolben of Finedon, Dolben of Segrwyd

                               
BEB1841 reports that "This ancient family is descended from that of D'Albini, Earls of Sussex". The first who settled in Wales was probably the following John of whom Griffith reports the following: "After the battle off Blackheath, 1497, Henry Vii. gave this demesne to Robert Dolben, for his services at Blackheath, and his voyage to Exeter."
Robert Dolben of Segrwyd, Denbighshire (a 1497)
1. David Dolben of Segrwyd
A. Robert Dolben of Segrwyd (recorder/steward of the lordship of Denbigh)
  m. Margaret Salusbury (dau of Thomas Salusbury of Denbigh)
  i. Robert Wyn Dolben of Segrwyd
  m. Jane (dau of Owen ap Reinalt of Glyn Llugwy)
  a. David Dolben, Bishop of Bangor (b 1581, dsp 27.11.1633)
b. Henry Dolben of Denbigh
  m. Elizabeth (dau of Robert Gethin of Cernioge)
  c. Foulk Dolben
m. Margaret (dau of Thomas ap Harry ap Holland)
  d. John Dolben of Caeau Gwynion (younger son)
  m. Catherine (dau of Hugh ap William ap Ithel Vychan, of Disserth)
(1) John Dolben of Caeau Gwynion
  m. Margaret Myddelton (dau of William Myddelton of Gwaynynog)
  (A)+ issue - Robert, William, Richard, David
  (2) Emma Dolben
  m. Rev. Hugh Williams of Llantrisant (b 1596, d 1670)
  e. William Dolben, Sheriff of Denbighshire (d 1643)
  m. Jane Holland (dau of Edward Holland of Conway)
(1) John Dolben of Segrwyd (d 1662, Lt. Colonel)
  m. Jane Thelwall (d 1684, dau of John Thelwall of Plas Coch)
  (A) John Dolben of Segrwyd (d 1709)
  m. Mary Parry (dau of John Parry of Wrexham)
  (i) Jane Dolben
  m. John Mostyn (b 1749, d 1781, great-grandson of Sir Roger)
  (B) Jane Dolben
  m. Sir Geoffrey Shakerley of Hulme (b c1618, d 1696)
  f. Catherine Dolben
  m. Piers Hughes of Disserth
  g. Emma Dolben
  m. Piers Lloyd of Rhydorddwy
  h.+ other issue (dsp) - Owen, Richard
'Welsh Biography Online' reports of the following John, father of Rev. William, that his "precise relationship to the parent stock is uncertain". However, BEB1841 identifies his son William as "first cousin to David ... Bishop of Bangor" which would place John as of this generation.
  ii. John Dolben of Haverfordwest
  m. Alice Myddelton (dau of Richard Myddelton of Denbigh, sister of Sir Hugh)
  a. William Dolben (b 1588, d 1631, rector of Stanwick, prebendary of Caistor)
  m. Elizabeth Williams (dau of Captain Hugh Williams of Wig (Wegg) by Elizabeth, sister of Archbishop John Williams)
  (1) John Dolben, Archbishop of York (b 1625, d 11.04.1686)
BEB1841 identifies John's wife as Mary, niece of Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury. TCB (vol 4, Dolben of Finedon) identifies her as ...
  m. Catherine Sheldon (dau of Ralph Sheldon of Stanton, brother of Archbishop Gilbert)
  (A) Sir Gilbert Dolben of Finedon, 1st Bart (b c1658, d 22.10.1722, judge)
  m. Anne Mulso (b c1661, d 12.1744, dau/coheir of Tanfield Mulso of Finedon by Mary Luther)
  (i) Sir John Dolben, 2nd Bart of Finedon (b 12.02.1683-4, d 20.11.1756, vicar of Finedon, prebendary of Durham)
  m. (28.07.1720) Elizabeth Digby (d 04.11.1730, dau of William, Lord Digby)
  (a) Sir William Dolben, 3rd Bart of Finedon (b c1727, d 20.03.1814)
  m1. (17.05.1748) Judith English (dau of Somerset English)
((1)) Sir John English Dolben, 4th Bart of Finedon (b 1750, d 27.09.1837)
  m. (10.1779) Hannah Hallet (dau of William Hallet of Cannons by dau/coheir of John Hopkins of Brittons)
  ((A)) William Somerset Dolben (b 1780, dvp 1817)
  m. Frances Saunders (dau of Capt. Walter Saunders)
  ((i)) Anne Juliana Dolben
  ((ii)) Frances Dolben 'of Finedon' (d 1892)
  m. (01.07.1835) William Harcourt Isham Mackworth, later Mackworth-Dolben (b 03.09.1806, d 02.11.1872)
((B)) Charlotte Dolben
  m. (1806) Rev. Samuel Woodfield Paul
  ((C))+ other issue - Juliana, Louisa
  ((2)) Anne Juliana Dolben (d 1804)
  m2. (14.10.1799, sp) Charlotte Affleck (d 12.03.1820, dau of Gilbert Affleck of Dalham Hall, widow of John Scotchmer)
  (b) Elizabeth Dolben (14.02.1810)
m. John Nicholls Raynsford of Brixworth (b 23.03.1723, d 04.09.1746)
  (c)+ other issue (d unm) - Frances, Anne
  (B) John Dolben (b 1662, d 1710, MP) probably of this generation
  m. Elizabeth Mulso (dau/coheir of Tanfield Mulso of Finedon) wife of John, presumed mother of ...
  (i) Katherine Dolben (d 10.1722)
  m. (06.02.1703) Samuel Whitelocke of Chilton Foliatt (d 04.1743)
  (ii) Anne Dolben probably of this generation
  m. (03.11.1705) Gilbert Affleck of Dalham Hall (MP)
  (2) Sir William Dolben (d 1696, recorder of London)

Main source(s): 'Welsh Biography Online' (at http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/index.html), Griffith's Pedigrees (Segwryd, p160), BEB1841 (Dolben, in Addenda)
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