'Hamlyn1'
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Families covered: Hamlyn of Backslade, Hamlyn of Buckfastleigh, Hamlyn of Chittleford, Hamlyn (Hamyln-Williams) of Clovelly Court, Hamlyn of Dunstone, Hamlyn (Hamyln-Williams) of Edwinsford, Hamlyn of Langaford, Hamlyn of Widecombe
| The arms of this family make it look likely that it shared a common ancestor with the family shown on Hambly1. | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Hamlyn of Larkbeare in Wonford, Devon (a 1219) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry Hamlyn of Larkbeare, Dunstone & Runnage | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Hamlyn 'Le Harpur' of Hill in Holne (a 1219, 1237) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Hamlyn of Chittleford | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir William Hamlyn of Deandon, Widecombe & Bratton (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Walter Hamlyn of Dunstone (a 1303) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Hamlyn of Dunstone (a 1306) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Hamlyn of Dunstone | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Hamlyn of Chittleford | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Hamlyn of Dunstone (a 1412) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Hamlyn of Dunstone (a 1442) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Hamlyn of Dunstone (d 1506) | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Richard Hamlyn of Widecombe-in-the-Moor - continued below | ||||||||||||||
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| Richard Hamlyn of Widecombe-in-the-Moor (a 1522) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Hamlyn of Widecombe, etc. (d 06.04.1536 (1556?)) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Hamlyn of Widecombe (d 26.04.1561) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Hamlyn of Chittleford (b c1547, d 1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (bur 1601) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Hamlyn of Chittleford (b 1570, d 1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (bur 1653) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Hamlyn (dvp bur 03.01.1642-3) this generation given by Vivian but omitted by BLG1952 | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Alice (bur 22.04.1635?) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Osmond (bur 1633?) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Hamlyn (bur 1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1640) Jane Aptor | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Robert (b 1642, d 1643), Florence (b 1648) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Hamlyn of Scobetor (bur 1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1635) Ellen Jarman (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1637) Constance Bennett (dsp 1638) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (1639) Elizabeth Wallis (d 1681) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Hamlyn of Backslade (b 1647, d 1705) | ||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | isue - Elizabeth, Mary, Susan | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Hugh Hamlyn of Dunstone & Backslade (d before 21.05.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1693) Joan Wacumbe | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Hamlyn of Dunstone (bpt 1699, d before 01.11.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Hamlyn of Dunstone (b 1736, d 1782) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.10.1760) Elizabeth Hext (d 1788) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Catherine (b 1730), Joan (b 1733) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Hugh Hamlyn of Dunstone and/or Blackslade (bpt 1708, d by 1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.06.1729) Mary Leamen (a 1763) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Hugh Hamlyn of Backslade (b 1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann (d by 1776) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Ann Hamlyn (a 1776) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | John Hamlyn of Widecombe, later of Brent (b 1738, bur 06.02.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1761) Grace Langworthy (bur 17.04.1773) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Hugh Hamlyn (b 1764, d 1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.09.1793) Eleanor Barter | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Susannah (b 1762), Grace (b 1767), Mary (b 1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1774) Eleanor Hext (dau of William Hext, widow of Edward Caunter) | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | William Hamlyn of Buckfastleigh then Chacewater (bpt 30.05.1775, d 1852) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20/29.03.1796) Johanna Henley (d 1843, dau of Richard Henley of Torquay) | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 disagrees with what is recorded by Vivian who appears to have confused the children of William & Johanna with their grandchildren. The following comes from BLG1952. | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Hamlyn (d 1872) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Gasking | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Joseph Hamlyn of Torquay (bpt 1804, d 07.1893, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.12.1832) Martha Stanton Bussell (d 02.1896) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Richard Hamlyn (bpt 1811, d 27.02.1894) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.09.1835) Mary Little (d 05.03.1869) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Eleanor Hamlyn (bpt 02.11.1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.05.18260 Jonathan Guy | |||||||||||||||
| ((v)) | Johanna Hamlyn (bpt 20.11.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Gray of Lanner | |||||||||||||||
| ((vi))+ | other issue - John (bpt 29.07.1799), Edward, Maria (bpt 22.01.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| ((F)) | Richard Hamlyn (b 1777, settled in America) | ||||||||||||||
| ((G)) | Joseph Hamlyn of Brent, later of Buckfastleigh (bpt 29.04.1782, d 24.04.1866) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.07.1806) Maria Henley (b c1778, d 1862) | |||||||||||||||
| ((H)) | Eleanor Hamlyn (b 1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Rouse | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Hannah Hamlyn (b 1734) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1758) Thomas Wreyford | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - Elihu (b 1743), Mary (b 1429), Jane (b 1738) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Edward Hamlyn of Scobetor (d before 14.02.1778) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann (a 1778) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Joane Hamlyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Hamlyn | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Elizabeth Hamlyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Tarr | |||||||||||||||
| (f)+ | other issue - John (a 1729), Hannah (b 1701, d before 15.05.1765), Jane, Susanna | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Hamlyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Mann | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Joane, Hannah (b 1654) | ||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Edward Hamlyn (b 1610, d 1639) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Nicholas Hamlyn (b 1573, bur 1610) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Richard Hamlyn of Chittleford (b 1576, d 1655) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1621) Marian Hanaford | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Edward Hamlyn (b 1578, d 1639) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1601) Johanna Strange | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Sidwell Hamlyn (b 1579) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1603) Thomas Warde | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Andrew Hamlyn of Venton | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Richard Hamlyn | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Hamlyn of Buckfastleigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1619) Richarda Smerdon | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Walter Hamlyn had issue | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Christopher Hamlyn in Dunston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rogena (bur 1606) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Rogena (b 1575), Mary (b 1576) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Hamlyn of Widecombe (a 1523) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Thomas Hamlyn of Spitchwick in Widecombe, Littlecombe in Holne, etc. (bur 1575) | ||||||||||||||
| m(1). Susanna | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | John Hamlyn "probably ancestor of the Hamlyns of Woolfardisworthy and Clovelly" | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Marshall | |||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Hamlyn | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Hamlyn | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from TCB (vol 5, 'Hamlyn of Clovelly Court', p305+) with a (very) little support from HoP ("James Hamlyn"). | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Zachary Hamlyn of Lincoln's Inn & Clovelly Court (dsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomazine Hamlyn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Hammett | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Hammett of Kennerland | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Risdon (dau/heir of Philip Risdon or Risden) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir James Hammett, later Hamlyn of Clovelly Court (Devon) & Edwinsford (Carmarthenshire), 1st Bart (b 1735, d 28.05.1811, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.06.1762) Arabella Williams (d 1797, dau/coheir of Thomas Williams of Great Russell Street, niece/heir of Sir Nicholas Williams, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir James Hamlyn, later Hamlyn-Williams, of Clovelly Court & Edwinsford, 2nd Bart (b c1765, d 03.12.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.06.1789) Diana Anne Whitaker (b c1765, d 07.09.1849, dau/coheir of Abraham Whitaker of London, Stratford & Lyston House) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir James Hamlyn, later Hamlyn-Williams, of Clovelly Court & Edwinsford, 3rd Bart, Sheriff of Carmarthenshire (b 1791, dspm 10.10.1861) had issue (daughters) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.02.1823) Mary Fortescue (b 15.09.1792, d 12.08.1874, dau of Hugh, 1st Earl Fortescue, by Hester Grenville) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Charlotte Hamlyn-Williams (d 18.08.1834) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.09.1819) Sir Arthur Chichester, 7th Bart of Raleigh (b 1790, d 1842) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Arabella Hamlyn-Williams (d 04.10.1829) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.06.1820) Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough (b 1781, d 1866) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | son | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Hammett (bur 28.02.1822) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.10.1771) Henry Drake of Barnstaple (b 09.11.1745, d 12.02.1806) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Hamlyn of Buckfastleigh') with input/support for the lower section from Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Hamlyn of Widecombe, now of Buckfastleigh', p481+) and other input as reported above
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