'Hemsworth1'
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Families covered: Hemsworth of Abbeville, Hemsworth of Garforth, Hemsworth of Hemsworth, Hemsworth of Monk Fryston, Hemsworth of Potter Newton, Hemsworth of Swillington
| BLG 1886 reports that "This very ancient family is stated to have been seated in Yorkshire since the Conquest. The name appears in Domesday Book as "Hamelesworde." " | |||||||||||||||
| John FitzAdam FitzNigel de Hemsworth of Hemsworth (a 1246) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Petronilla (dau/heir of Alan de Garforth of Garforth) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Geofrey de Hemsworth of Hemsworth (a 1301) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? de Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? de Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? de Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Hemsworth of Hemsworth & Swillington (a 1405) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Swillington (dau of John Swillington of Swillington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | ?? Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | ?? Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Christopher Hemsworth of Swillington & Garforth the first mentioned by Foster | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Reade (dau/coheir of John Reade of Kilnsey) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Hemsworth of Swillington (d 07.12.1571) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Middleton (dau of Thomas Middleton of Leighton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Stephen Hemsworth of Garforth (b c1538, d 28.02.1585) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1562) Isabella Killingbeck (dau of Francis Killingbeck of Chapel Allerton) | |||||||||||||||
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| Stephen Hemsworth of Garforth (b c1538, d 28.02.1585) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1562) Isabella Killingbeck (dau of Francis Killingbeck of Chapel Allerton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1/2. | George Hemsworth of York & Roche Abeey (d unm 1642) | ||||||||||||||
| 2/1. | Gabriel Hemsworth of Garforth (b c1576, d 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1601) Susan Beaumont (dau of William Beaumont of Mirfield) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Hemsworth of Tilney (b c1603) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Gabriel Hemsworth of Briggate, Leeds (d before 1665, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.09.1630) Sarah Mauleverer (d 04.1665, dau of John Mauleverer of Letwell) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Hemsworth of Potter Newton, Yorkshire (bpt 02.09.1638, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Hemsworth (dvp 01.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Stephen Hemsworth of Chapel Allerton & Roundhay (b 1660) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.10.1693) Sarah Dickinson of Seacroft | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Mary (b 1698), Sarah (b 1700), Judith (b 1704), Alkiceia (b 1705), Ann (b 1707) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | David Hemsworth of Potter Newton (b 1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.02.1700) Martha Cocker of Headingley | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | David Hemsworth of Monk Fryston Hall, Yorkshire (b 04.04.1710, d 19.03.1788) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Sarah Hanson (dau of Benjamin Hanson of Wakefield son (by Katherine, dau of Gervase Hatfield of Hatfield) of William) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Benjamin Hemsworth of Monk Fryston Hall (b 1747, d 1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.05.1771) Ann Hanson (dau of Thomas Banson of Wakefield, cousin of Catherine, Countess of Aberdeen) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | David Hemsworth of Monk Fryston Hall & Monk Fryston Park (b 1772, d 1840) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.12.1798) Sarah Wild (d 1830, dau of William Wild of Fenwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | David Hemsworth of Monk Fryston Park (b 26.03.1811, dsp 01.07.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Benjamin Hemsworth of Monk Fryston Hall (b 27.12.1816) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.09.1842) Elizabeth Bower (d 04.12.1879, dau of John Bower of Smeathall) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Sarah, Mary Margaret, Penelope (d 11869), Elizabeth (d 1840), Matilda, Sophia (d 1846) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Hemsworth (d 27.11.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sarah Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Inglish of Hampstead | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Jeremiah Hemsworth of Morton, Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Addison (dau of Sir Gulston Addison, Governor of Bombay) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Hemsworth (b 1749, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Cicely Addison (dau of Rev. _ Addison of Leak, brother of Rt. Hon. Joseph) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | David Addison Hemsworth (b 1762, d 1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Browne (dau of Anthony Browne of Abbess Roding) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Hemsworth (Captain RN) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Addison Browne Hemsworth of Rocklands Rectory | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Maria Hemsworth of Shropham Hall | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 26.04.1634), Gabriel (bpt 14.05.1636), William (bpt 25.04.1640, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue (a 1612) Catherine, Jane mentioned by Foster | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Robert Hemsworth, Lord Mayor of York (a 1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Breary (dau of William Breary, Lord Mayor of York) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Hemsworth (Captain, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Clough (dau of John Clough of Ryton) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Henry Hemsworth (d before 19.05.1697, rector of St. Anne's in Dublin, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BLG18886 ('Hemsworth of Abbeville') & BLG1952 ('Hemsworth formerly of Shropham'). | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Hemsworth of Abbeville, co. Tipperary (rector) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1716) Lucy Boate (d 10.04.1753, dau of Godfrey Boate (judge)) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Hemsworth of Abbeville (b 1699, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Eyre (dau of Edward Eyre) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Lucy Hemsworth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Wilson (dau of Lucius Wilson of Deer Park) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Hemsworth of Abbeville (d 08.11.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.01.1782) Mary D'Esterre (d 1837, dau of Henry D'Esterre of Rosmanagher) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Hemsworth of Abbeville (b 24.10.1783, d 01.09.1856) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.03.1808) Jane Irvine (d 22.05.1868, dau of Gerard Irvine of Rockfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry D'Esterre Hemsworth of Shropham Hall, Suffolk (b 02.10.1790, d 05.11.1850, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1813) Jane Maria Barker (dau/coheir of Lt. General James Barker, later Hethersett, of Shropham) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Hemsworth (dsp 04.1869) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Campbell of Kilmartin & Blackhall (d 1856, Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Eliza Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Noel Harris (Lt. Colonel, Groom of the Privy Chamber) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Darkay Hemsworth (d 10.06.1834) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.06.1811) William Izod of Chapel Izod (d 22.08.1848, Major) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | William Hemsworth of Loughrea & Ash Park (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1780) Anne Newman | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Hemsworth (Captain) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bricknell | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Ellen Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Newstead of Denignaston | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Richard (dsp), Mary | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Hemsworth (b 1703, MD) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Minchin (dau of Humphrey Minchin) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Godfrey Hemsworth (b 1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mabel Gubbins (dau of Lancelot Gubbins of Kilbreedy) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Godfrey Hemsworth of Donass, co. Clare | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.09.1802) Eliza Fitzgibbon | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Denton Boate Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Greenshields | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Henry Hemsworth (b 14.12.1797, d 11.05.1871) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marianne Steele (d 11.03.1884, dau of Smith (not William) Steele son (by Angelina Smith) of Sir Richard, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | 2 sons | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Jane Hemsworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Minchin | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | son | ||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Thomas, Robert, Samuel (had issue) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1886 ('Hemsworth of Monk Fryston') with some support for the upper section from Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1612, 'Hemsworth of Garforth') and input for the lower section as reported above
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