'Done3'
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Families covered: Donne of Horsenden, Donne of Kidwelly, Donne of London, Donne of Norfolk
| Griffith (Gruffydd or Galfreid) Dwnn or Donne (ap Meredydd ap Hari Dwn ap Galffreidws Dwnn, of family of Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Scudamore ("a grandchild of Owain Glyndŵr") | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir John Dwnn or Donne, later of Horsenden, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (d 1503, diplomat, soldier, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1445) Elizabeth Hastings (d 1507-8, sister of William, Lord Hastings) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Edward Donne 'of Kidwelly' of Horsenden (a 1529, dspms) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Verney (dau of Sir John Verney) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Donne (dvp?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Jones of Saunderton of Aubermarlais (d 1559) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Sir Griffith Donne (Dwnn), Sheriff of Carmarthenshire (d 1543) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Donne (Dwnn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hughes of Uxbridge | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Grissel Hughes (b 1559, d 16.06.1613) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Edward Nevill, 7th Lord Bergavenny (d 10.02.1588) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Francis de Clifford, 4th Earl of Cumberland (d 1641) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Anne, Margaret, Jane (dvp?), Joan (dvp?) | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue including Robert | ||||||||||||||
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| John Donne of London (d 1576, "of Welsh descent") | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Heywood (d 1577, dau of John Heywood (playwright) (by Jane, dau of John Rastell & niece of Chancellor Sir Thomas More), m2. John Syminges) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Donne (b 22.01.1571-2, d 31.03.1631, poet, Dean of St. Paul's, 3rd child) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1601) Ann More (b 1584, d 15.08.1617, dau of George More) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Bridget Donne probably the Bridget who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Gardiner of Peckham (bpt 26.05.1605, d before 13.04.1660) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | issue - Constance, John, George, Francis (d young), Lucy, Mary (d young), child (stillborn), Nicholas (d young), Margaret, Elizabeth, child (b/d 10.08.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | Henry, Mary (d 1581), Katherine (d 1581), 4 others | ||||||||||||||
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| "descended from the family of the celebrated Dr. Donne" was ... | |||||||||||||||
| William Donne of Letheringsett, Norfolk (b c1645, d 20.11.1684) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roger Donne of Ludham, Norfolk (b 17.04.1678, d 09.11.1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catharine Clench (d 29.05.1733, dau of Bruin Clench) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger Donne (d 16.07.1773, Rector of Catfield) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.02.1723-4) Elizabeth Pacey (d 10.08.1727, dau of William Pacey of Great Yarmouth) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Donne (b 05.03.1724-5, a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.02.1764) Thomas Hewitt of Mattishall | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.07.1733) Harriet Judith Rival (b 1706, d 09.09.1776, dau/heir of Rev. Peter Rival ("Chaplain to His Majesty"), half-sister to Envoy Abraham Castres) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Castres Donne (b 03.03.1744-5, d 03.12.1789, Vicar of Loddon) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.01.1780) Anne Vertue (b 10.08.1755, a 1792, dau of Thomas Vertue of Burnham Market, sister of Thomas Vertue Mott of Gret Barningham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Castres Mott Donne (b 09.04.1783, d 11.06.1819, Vicar of Hempnall, Rector of Town Barningham) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Manning (d 08.08.1822, dau of Rev. Harry Charles Manning of Thetford) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Ann Vertue Donne (b 30.10.1781, d 16.04.1859) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.12.1803) Edward Charles Donne @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Harriet Rival Donne (b 11.09.1736, a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1759) Richard Balls of Catfield (b 17.02.1730, dsp 21.11.1784) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Catherine Donne (b 15.07.1740, d 08.07.1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.03.1765) John Johnson of Ludham (b 28.05.1717, d 26.07.1785, son of William & Anne of Holt) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Anne Donne (b 24.06.1748, a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.02.1771) Thomas Bodham of Mattishall (b 30.12.1742, a 1792, dsp?, son of Thomas of Swaffham) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | William Donne of East Dereham (b c1712, d 27.10.1782) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1733) Mary Sayer (b c1708, d 27.10.1755, dau of Edward Sayer of Norwich) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Donne of Norwich (b 19.12.1735, a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.05.1759) Anna Maria Barnewall (b 08.1736, a 1792, dau of Charles Barnwell of Mileham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Sayer Donne (b 27.12.1761, d 22.05.1795, Rector of Colton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.08.1785) Elizabeth Robertson (b 1766, d 07.12.1795, dau of George Robertson of London by Elizabeth, dau of Barry Love of Ormsby) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Donne (b 02.04.1790, d 02.01.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.07.1812) William Manning (b 30.09.1771, d 03.01.1857, Rector of Weeting then Diss) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - William George (b 22.08.1788, d 11.11.1798), Henry (b 21.04.1791, d young), Lilias (b 12.03.1794, d 27.09.1809), Anna Maria (b 17.03.1795, d 14.12.1870) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Charles Donne (b 25.01.1777, d 25.05.1819, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.12.1803) Anne Vertue Donne (dau of Castres Donne by Ann Vertue) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Anne Donne (b 03.01.1766, a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.07.1791) Thomas Breach of London | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Catharine Maria Donne (b 1765, d 01.01.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.10.1786) Nicholas Phillips Rothery of Holborn | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue (a 1792) - Frederick Thomas (b 11.08.1768), Anna Maria (b 03.04.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Donne of London (a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1761) Arabella Buchanan (a 1792, dau of Charles Buchanan of London) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Donne (a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1788) George Harvey of London (a 1792) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Donne (a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1788) William Feilde, Governor of Cape Coast Castle in Africa (a 1792) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Charles (in the West Indies), Anne (a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.06.1757) Frances Nelson (b c1727, dsp 27.10.1759, dau of Edmund Nelson of East Dereham) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (05.01.1760, sp) Deborah Leach | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Anne Donne (b 17.10.1703, d 13.11.1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Cowper (b c1700, d 1756, Rector ) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (originally launched in a Temporary page on 05.06.09, extended 07.12.10) : Visitation (Lewys Dwnn (Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1846)), Wales, vol 1, p222), Wikipedia ("Sir John Donne")
(2) For middle section (originally launched in a Temporary page on 05.06.09) : Wikipedia ("John Donne")
(3) For lower section : MGH (NS1, vol 1 (1874), 'Cowper and Donne Pedigree', p330+) with some input from MGH (NS3, vol 1 (1896, #3, September 1894), 'Pedigree of the Family of Donne of Mattishall, co. Norfolk', p89+)
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