'Gery1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Gery of Bushmead Priory, Gery of Coventry
| Commoners identifies the arms of this family, quartered with those of Wade, as "Gu. two bars arg., charged with three mascles of the field, a canton ermine". | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Gery of Royston (Hertfordshire), Sheriff of Cambridgeshire (a 1509) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Gery of Bushmead (Bedfordshire), Royston & Barkway (Hertfordshire) (d 12.1592) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Hyde of Throcking | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Gery of Bushmead (d 05.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Snow (dau of Richard Snow (not Shaw) of Chicksands by Elizabeth Cavendish (aunt of the Countess of Shrewsbury)) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Gery of Bushmead (d 1638, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Charles I) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Franklin (dau of George Franklin of Manverne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Gery of Bushmead Priory (b 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Dyer (dau of Sir William Dyer, sister of Sir Lodovick of Great Stoughton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Gery of Bushmead Priory (d 1686, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Salmon (dau/coheir of John Salmon of Shillingford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Charles Gery of Bushmead Priory (b 02.09.1664, d 1713) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Anne Sawyer (dau/heir of James Sawyer of Caldecot) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Hester Benyon (d 1728, dau of Rev. Thomas Benyon of Ely) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Gery of Bushmead Priory (d 10.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Welby (dau of Richard Welby of Denton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Gery of Bushmead Priory (d 1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.11.1763) Mary Bell (d 1795, dau/heir of Richard Bell of Bedford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Gery (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Selina Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Milnes of Beckingham (son of Rev. James Andrew of Newark) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Eleanor Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Thomas Milnes (elder brother of John) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Hester Gery | ||||||||||||||
| The folllowing is supported by BLG1952 ('Wade-Gery of Bushmead'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1792) Rev. Hugh Wade, later Wade-Gery (d 09.12.1832, son of Rev. Hugh of Newark (by Martha Twentyman) son of John of Cosby) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Hugh Wade-Gery of Bushmead Priory (b 24.08.1794, d 01.09.1870) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.07.1829) Anne Beckingham Milnes (dau of John Milnes of Beckingham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Hugh Wade-Gery (b 08.01.1797, Rector of Colmworth, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.07.1821) Sophia Josephia Sykes (dau of Joseph Sykes) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Robert Wade-Gery (b 15.12.1802, d 16.01.1892, Rector of Colmworth, 5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.06.1836) Harriet Day (d 21.01.1873, dau of William Day of St. Neots) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Hester Wade-Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.05.1827) Rev. John Fredeick Dawson | |||||||||||||||
| ((E))+ | other issue - Charles (b 09.10.1795), Thomas (b 26.09.1801, d 15.12.1828), Mary Hannah | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Charles Gery of Grantham (dsp 1820, cleric) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Preston (dau of Samuel Preston of Boston) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue (d unm) - Mary, Eleanor | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Llanden of Dalby | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? (widow of Richard Taylor of Clapham) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Katharine Gery (b 11.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Hare of Harpham | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mary Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Metcalfe | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Ann Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. John James Dartinquenave | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - William (d before 1634), Richard (a 1638) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Stone of Rushden House | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Richard (b 1615, a 1634), George (d 1683, of Gray's Inn), Oliver (b 1621, a 1689), Sir Thomas of Bloomsbury (dsp 11.1683), Ann (a 1638) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Gery (b 1589, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Nicholls (Dr.) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Franklin | |||||||||||||||
| v. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Spencer | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Elizabeth Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Taber of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Frith (dau of W. Frith of Newington) | |||||||||||||||
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| MGH identifies the arms of this family, quartered with those of Wittewronge, as "Gu. two or, on each three mascles of the fied, on a canton of the second a leopard's face azure". That indicates a connection with the family shown above albeit possibly not a close one. MGH starts with 5 siblings, children of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Gery | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Gery, Sheriff then Mayor of Coventry (d before 22.05.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Gery of Ealing House, Middlesex (b 1657-8, d 15.08.1727, Master in Chancery, MP for Coventry) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.01.1709-10) Elizabeth Wittewronge (b 1673-4, d 26.09.1735, dau of James Wittewronge of Rothamstead House) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Gery (b 1712, d 12.03.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Michael Le Heup of Hesset (b 1698-9, d 23.07.1749) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Susanna Gery (b c1713, d 12.11.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.11.1731) Sir John Cullum of Hawstead & Hardwick, 5th Bart | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Bridget Gery (b 1716-7, d 12.11.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Turnor of Langham (b c1705, d 10.02.1766, son of John by Lady Isabella May, 1st cousin to John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Mary Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Stanton | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Barnes | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Joan Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Clark | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Abigail Gery | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bugg | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 17.05.21) :
Commoners (vol 2, 'Gery of Bushmead', p379+) with a little support from Visitation (Bedfordshire, 1634, 'Gery (of Bushmead in Eaton-Socon')')
(2) For lower section (uploaded 04.08.21) : MGH (NS4 vol 2 1908, p113)
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