'Mirehouse1'
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Families covered: Mirehouse of Brownslade, Myrehouse of Myresake
| BLG1894 reports that "This famiy takes its surname, which was anciently written, Myrehouse and Myrehowse, from the "hlouse" of the mere or lake, and resided at Myresyke. It claims to be Saxon, and the Myresyke estate is stated to have been in the possession of the family from the time of Edward the Confessor" (who r. 1042-1066). | |||||||||||||||
| John Myrehouse of Myresake | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Myrehouse (a 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Myrehouse (d youing) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Myrehouse of Myresake | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Myrehouse of Myresake (b 1679, d 1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1703) Mary Dickenson of Redhow (b c1679, d 1776) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Myrehouse or Mirehouse of Myresake (b 1705, d 1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1725) Elizabeth Wood (dau of W. Wood of Lowhouse Lorton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Mirehouse of Myresak (b 1742, dsp 1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Dickinson (dau of J. Dickinson) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Jonathan Mirehouse (d unm, cleric) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Joseph Mirehouse (b 1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Monsel of Castle Donogrogan | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Mirehouse (b 1800) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Moore (dau of C. Moore) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Mirehouse (b 1716, d 18.01.1769, Canon of Peterboroiugh, Rector of Etotn, Vicat of Wilford) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1748) Elizabeth Torry (dau of J. Torry, widow of Thomas Linthwaite) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 3 (1895), 'Mirehouse of Hambrook, co. Gloucester, and Colsterworth, co. Lincoln', p153+). | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Mirehouse of Brownslade & Angle, Sheriff of Pembrokeshire (bpt 13.03.1753, d 26.03.1823) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.09.1788) Mary Edwards (bpt 13.07.1767, d 29/30.11.1856, dau of John Edwards of Machynlleth, sister of Sir John of Garth & Machynlleth, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Campbell Mirehouse of Brownslade & Angle (b 26.06.1789, bur 25.02.1850, Common Serjeant of London) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.10.1823) Elizabeth Fisher (bpt 04.09.1800, d 06.12.1880, dau of John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)/(C) | Thomas Henry Mirehouse (b 21.12.1790, d 07.01.1867, Rector of Harlaxton) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.03.1835) Millicent Miles (b 03.04.1810, bur 02.11.1861, dau of Philip John Miles of Leigh Court by Maria Whetham) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)/(B) | William Squire Mirehouse of Hambrook Grove (b 21.12.1790, d 26.03.1864, Rector of Colsterworth) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.02.1832) Eliza Brunetta Herbert (b 16.10.1810, d 30.06.1874, dau of George Arthur Herbert of Glan Hafren & Llanllugan by Elizabeth, dau/heir of Athelstan Hamer of Glan Hafren) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Thomas Torry (b 1755, d 1757), Elizabeth (b c1751, bur 15.02.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Jonathan Mirehouse (b 1723) | ||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | 4 sons + 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Jane Mirehouse (b 1709, d 1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1733) William Pearson of Fangs | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Margaret Mirehouse (b 1713, d c1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1748) John Longmuir of Thurshbank | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Ann Mirehouse (b 1717, d 1799) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1749) Peter Iredale of Muncaster | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Martha Mirehouse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Benjamin Key of Lorton | |||||||||||||||
| h.+ | other issue - Isabel (b 1707, d 1728), Mary in Mockerton (b 1711, d 1793) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Moses, Mary, Martha | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Peter Myrehouse | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1894 ('Mirehouse of Hambrook')
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