'Killigrew2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Killigrew of Hanworth, Killigrew of Laroch, Killigrew of Pendennis Castle, Killigrew of St. Julians

                               
Sir Henry Killigrew of Laroch, Cornwall (b before 1531, d 16.03.1602/3, Ambassador)
m. (04.11.1566/7) Katherine Cooke (dau of Sir Anthony Cooke of Essex)
1. Anne Killigrew (b 1568)
  m1. (c12.1584) Sir Henry Neville of Billingbere (d 1615)
  m2. George Carlton, Bishop of Chichester
2. Elizabeth Killigrew (d 06.06.1638)
  This Elizabeth is sometimes shown as wife of Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton but Vivian shows that Elizabeth as cousin of this Elizabeth (see bottom of page) and this Elizabeth as having married ...
  m1. (before 1592) Sir John Trelawny (d 1604)
  m2. (06.02.1606) Sir Thomas Reynell of Ogwell
  m3. (sp) Sir Nicholas Lower
3. Mary Killigrew
  m. (c07.09.1589) Sir Reginald Mohun (d 1639)
4. Dorothy Killigrew (bur 30.06.1643)
  m. (15.12.1600) Sir Edward Seymour (d 1659)
m2. (07.11.1590) Jael de Peigne (d before 28.03.1632, m2. George Downame (Downham), Bishop of Derry) ## see here ##
5. Sir Joseph Killigrew (bpt 04.02.1591/2, d 19.04.1616)
  m. (before 1614) Elizabeth Hext (dau/heir of Sir Edward Hext of Netherham, m2. Sir John Stawell)
  A. Elizabeth Killigrew (bpt 01.02.1613/4)
  m1. (18.02.1629) William Bassett
  m2. (before 1662) Henry Seymour
6. Sir Henry Killigrew (b c1598, d 27.09.1646)
  m. Jemima Bael (dau of Nicholas Bael)
  A. Henry Killigrew (a 1620, dsp 1644, Major)
7.+ other issue - Sir Robert (a 1616), Jane
partner unknown
9. child (b/d 21.12.1583)

 

 

Sir William Killigrew (d 23.11.1622, Groom to King James 1, Governor of Pendennis Castle, Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth)
m. Margaret Saunders (d before 14.06.1625, dau of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, widow of John Leigh of Froyle)
1. Sir Robert Killigrew of Hanworth (Middlesex) & Lothbury (b 1579/80, d 26.11.1632, Chamberlain)
m. Mary Woodhouse (a 1623, dau of Sir Henry Woodhouse of Norfolk)
  A. Sir William Killigrew 'of Hanworth' (bpt 28.05.1606, bur 17.10.1695, Governor of Pendennis Castle, Vice Chamberlain)
  m. Mary Hill (d 1686, dau of John Hill of Honiley)
  i. Sir Robert Killigrew of Crediton (bpt 26.03.1628, a 1694, Vice Chamberlain to Queen Anne)
  m. Barbara
  a.+ issue - Robert (bpt 14.04.1661, dvp?), Thomas (bpt 21.07.1663, dvp?), Sir Henry (bpt 04.04.1665, dsp before 10.12.1711, Barbara (bpt 10.1667, a 1711)
  ii. William Killigrew (a 1694, Captain, 3rd son)
a. William Killigrew (b before 1694)
  iii. Elizabeth Killigrew (bur 11.12.1677)
  m. Sir Francis Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln (b c1635, d 04.09.1693)
  iv. Mary Killigrew (bpt 20.03.1627)
  m. (1644) Frederik van Nassau of Zuylesteyn (b c1608, d 12.10.1672)
  v. Susan Killigrew (bpt 01.04.1629)
  m. Richard Barrymore, 2nd Earl (bpt 24.11.1630, d 11.1694)
  vi.+ other issue - Henry (b c1630, dsp before 09.05.1661), Cecilia (bpt 24.08.1635)
  B. Thomas Killigrew (b 07.02.1611/2, bur 18.03.1682/3, Groom of the Bedchamber for Charles II, Master of the Revels, dramatist, 4th son)
  m1. (29.06.1636) Cecilia Crofts (d 01.01.1637/8, dau of Sir John Crofts of Saxham by Mary Shirley)
  i. Henry Killigrew (b 09.04.1637, bur 16.12.1705, Groom of the Bedchamber)
  m. Mary Savage (dau of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers)
  a. James Killigrew
  b. Henry Killigrew (b c1681, dsp before 03.10.1724, 'Vice-Colonel in the Army', Admiral)
  m. (30.11.1716) Frances Maria Bucknall (d before 02.05.1753, dau of Elizabeth)
  (1)+ issue - Mary Cecilia (b 21.08.1718), Elizabeth Frances (bpt 21.121719)
  c. Mary Killigrew (b c1678)
  m. (27.04.1696) William Newbury
  m2. (28.01.1655) Charlotte de Hesse (b 1629, d 1716, dau of John de Hesse of Holland)
  ii. Charles Killigrew of Somerset House & Thornham Hall, Suffolk (b 29.12.1655, bur 08.01.1724/5, Master of the Revels)
  m. Jemima Bokenham (d before 14.07.1731, niece of Richard Bokenham of London)
  a. Charles Killigrew of Thornham Hall, Suffolk (b c1695, d 09.03.1756, 3rd son)
  Vivian reports that Charles dsp but we have seen him identified as father of ...
  (1) Thomas Guilford Killigrew (bpt 04.02.1719/50, d 1782)
  m. Catherine Chubb
  (A) Mary Killigrew (b 23.11.1742)
  (2) Mary Killigrew (bpt 19.03.1722/3)
  b.+ other issue - Guilford (bpt 22.09.1730, d(sp) 18.02.1751, Lt. Colonel), Thomas (bpt 23.02.1694, d 1719, playwright)
  iii. Thomas Killigrew (b 02.1656/7, bur 21.07.1719)
  a. George Augustus Killigrew (b before 1719, d before 20.08.1757, Captain)
  m1. Isabella
  (1) Dorothy Killigrew (bpt 24.04.1743)
  m2. Augusta Killigrew
  (2)+ other issue - Charles (b 10.04.1745), Frances Mary (bpt 23.06.1748, d 20.07.1819)
  iv.+ other issue - Robert (b c1660, d Alamansa 24.04.1707, Brigadier General), Roger (bpt 02.10.1663), Elizabeth (b 03.07.1666)
  C. Henry Killigrew (b 11.02.1612/3, d 14.03.1699/1700, army chaplain, canon of Westminster, rector of Wheathamsted)
  m1. ??
  i. Mary Killigrew
  m. (14.08.1665) Nicholas Only
  ii. Elizabeth Killigrew (d 28.10.1701)
  m. John Lambe (rector of Wheathamsted)
  iii.+ other issue - James (d 18.01.1694/50, Commander RN), Anne (b 1660, d 16.06.1685, poet & painter)
  Some web sites show James & Anne as children of Henry's brother Thomas rather than of Henry.
  m2. Judith (d 1683)
  v. Henry Killigrew (b c1652, d 09.11.1712, Lord of Admiralty)
  m. (c1692) Lucy Jervoise (dau of Capt. Thomas Jervoise by Mary Purefoy of Wadley)
  a. Henry Killigrew of St. Julians, Hertfordshire (d 09.11.1712, Major)
  m. Lucy (d before 21.11.1729)
  (1) Peter Killigrew of St. Julians (d unm before 26.02.1719)
  (2) Judith Killigrew (a 1729)
b. Lucy Killigrew
  m. (28.05.1716) James Cook
  c.+ issue - Peter (bpt 14.01.1700/1, d before 26.02.1719), Alisha (bpt 19.08.1702), Jane (d 1733), Judith (bpt 05.12.1703, d before 24.07.1731), Mary
  D. Anne Killigrew (bpt 07.09.1607, bur 09.07.1641)
  m. (before 1630) George Kirk (bur 26.05.1675)
  E. Katherine Killigrew (b c1617, d before 30.04.1689)
  p/m1. George Eliot (son of Sir John)
  m2. Thomas Stanley
  F. Elizabeth Killigrew (bpt 16.05.1622, d before 04.1.1680/1)
  m. (24.10.1638) Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon (b 1623, bur 19.04.1699)
  p. Charles Stuart, King Charles II (b 29.05.1630, d 06.02.1685)
  G. Mary Killigrew (bpt 24.06.1623, bur 10.11.1677)
  m. (after 1656) Sir John James
  H.+ other issue - Charles (b c1609, dsp before 01.06.1689), Robert (bpt 14.02.1609/10, a 1632), Joseph (bpt 14.02.1609/10), George (bpt 28.05.1619), Elizabeth (bpt 11.05.1618, d before 1622)
2. Elizabeth Killigrew (d 04-5.1626)
  m1. Sir Henry Trelawny
  m2. Sir Maurice Berkeley of Bruton (d 01.05.1617)
3. Catherine Killigrew
  m. (1599) Sir Thomas Jermyn of Suffolk

Main source(s): Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, 'Killigrew of Arnwenack', p268+)
[This page was redone using Vivian (Killigrew) on 10.02.19. It had originally been developed using data found in various web sites (not least this one) partly supported by cross-references from elsewhere in the database. Any leftovers from that original development are shown above in italics.]
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