'Heron04'
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Families covered: Heron of Birtley Hall, Heron of Heron, Heron of Kerrouchtree, Heron of Shield Hall
| Reported by BLG1886 to have owned Kerrouchtree in 1465 was a John Heron, "supposed to be descended from the Herons of Chipchase". From him descended ... | |||||||||||||||
| Andrew Heron of Kerrouchtree | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jean Dunbar (dau of John Dunbar of Machimore) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Patrick Heron of Kerrouchtree, later of Heron (d 1761, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Patrick Heron (MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret McKie (dau of John McKie of Palgoun) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Patrick Heron of Heron (d 1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jean Home (dau of George Home of Kames) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (14.11.1775) Elizabeth Cochrane (d 19.11.1811, dau of Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Heron (d 06.1856) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.01.1802) Sir John Shaw Maxwell, later Heron-Maxwell, 4th Bart of Springkell (b 29.06.1772, d 29.01.1830, Lt. General) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Heron (d before 1802) | ||||||||||||||
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| The following family was "a cadet line of the family of Heron of Chipchase". | |||||||||||||||
| George Heron of Birtley, 1st of Shield Hall (a 1611) possibly father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Heron of Birtley Hall (a 1618, d by 1650, had 2 wives) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | George Heron of Birtley Hall (a 10.1669) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Heron of Shield Hall in Slaley (b 1607?, bur 08.08.1686) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cecilia (a 1652) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Heron of Birtley Hall & Shield Hall (d by 10.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1670) Mary Wilson of Walwick (m2. James Fenwick of Stanton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Anne Heron (bpt 27.12.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Cuthbert Heron of Birtley Hall (bur 18.05.1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1680) Elizabeth (Isabel) Shafto (bur 16.05.1711) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Heron of Birtley Hall & Shield Hall (bpt 13.08.1681, a 1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10/30.03.1708/9) Phillis Guy (a 1739) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Heron of Shield Hall, Ninebanks, Wall, Lee Hall & Hexham (d before 21.03.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c11.1748) Elizabeth Robson (bpt 01.02.1730, dau/heir of George Robson of Ninebanks) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Cuthbert Heron of Shield Hall & Rye Hill (bpt 29.05.1751, bur 03.06.1812, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Wardle (widow of _ Smith of Wester Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Heron (bpt 06.10.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mason of London | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Ann Heron (bpt 27.12.1806, d 15.07.1885) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jonathan Scurr (vicar of Ninebanks) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Phillis Heron (bpt 13.05.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Allan Shafto alias Macdonald of Tone, later of Gold Island in Jamaica | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Heron (bpt 24.08.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Good | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Heron (d by 1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wilthew | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - John Robson (b by 1750, a 1771, dsp(vp?)), George (bpt 17.05.1753, RN), Edward (bpt 12.10.1754), Matthew (bpt 31.03.1756), Betsy (bpt 04.02.1760, bur 17.08.1761) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Cuthbert Heron (bpt 07.07.1714) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Phillis or Esther Heron (bpt 01.08.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.12.1734) William Shafto (son of Edward of Bavington) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Phillis Heron | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.03.1709) ?? | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Esther Heron (bpt 25.02.1697) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1731) _ Clifton | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - George (bpt 18.07.1683), Ralph of Dinley Hall (bpt 27.08.1685, d by 1762), Elizabeth (bpt 26.08.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - John, daughters | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| v. | William Heron of Birtley (b c1628, a 1698) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Heron (a 1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Raine (d before 07.10.1685) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Margery Heron | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Pawstone | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Katherine Heron | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mark Ogle of Kirkley | |||||||||||||||
| F. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Scott | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (originally uploaded on 22.03.04 into Heron02) : BLG1886 ('Maxwell-Heron of Heron')
(2) For lower section : 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 4, John Crawford Hodgson, 1897, 'Heron of Birtley Hall', p361+)
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