'Ponsonby01'
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Families covered: Ponsonby of Ashgrove, Ponsonby of Bessborough, Ponsonby of Hale, Ponsonby of Imokilly, Ponsonby-Barker of Kilcooley (Kilcooly)
| John Ponsonby of Haugh Hale | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Simon Ponsonby of Hale | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Englesfield (of Alenburgh Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Ponsonby of Hale | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.05.1605) Dorothy Sands (dau of Henry Sands of Rottington or Rottenden) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Ponsonby of Hale, later of Bessborough, Sheriff of Wicklow and Kilkenny (d 1668/78) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Brisco (dau of John Brisco of Crofton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Ponsonby of Hale | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Copley (of Gosforth) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Ponsonby of Hale | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Patrickson (dau of Thomas Patrickson of Scalegill Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Ponsonby of Hale | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Wilson (dau of Miles Wilson of Ashness) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Miles Ponsonby of Hale Hall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Clementson (dau of Wilfred Clementson of Cockermouth) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Dorothy Ponsonby (d 30.01.1852, 3rd daughter) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1805) John Fisher of Whitehaven, later Ponsonby of Hall Hall (d 10.11.1848) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | 5 sons (dsp), 4 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Dorothy Ponsonby | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Steel of Cockermouth | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Mary, Isabella, John (d young), Anthony, William | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Dorothy Ponsonby (bur 31.03.1734) possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matthias Gale of Whitehaven (bur 02.08.1751) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Folliott (dau of Henry Folliott, 1st Lord of Ballyshannon) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Henry Ponsonby of Bessborough (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.10.1674) Dorothy Shaw (dau of Capt. Shaw of Drogheda) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | William Ponsonby of Bessborough, 1st Viscount Duncannon (b 1659, d 17.11.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Moore (d 26.05.1713, dau of Randal Moore of Ardee) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (d 04.07.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sarah Margetson (d 21.05.1733, dau of John (James) Margetson (by Alice Caulfield, dau of William, 1st Viscount Charlemont), son of Archbishop James of Armagh, widow of Hugh Colvill) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough (b 1704, d 11.03.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.07.1739) Caroline Cavendish (d 20.01.1760, dau of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (b 24.01.1758, d 03.02.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.11.1780) Henrietta Frances Spencer (b 1761, d 14.11.1821, dau of John, 1st Earl Spencer) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland h (b 31.08.1781, d 16.05.1847) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.11.1805) Maria Fane (b 11.05.1787, d 19.03.1834, dau of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, Governor of Malta (b 06.07.1783, d 11.01.1837, Major General) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.03.1825) Emily Charlotte Bathurst (d 01.02.1877, dau of Henry, 3rd Earl Bathurst) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Lord de Mauley (b 31.07.1787, d 16.05.1855) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.08.1814) Barbara Ashley-Cooper (d 05.06.1844, dau of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Caroline Ponsonby (b 13.11.1785, d 26.01.1828) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1805) William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (b 15.03.1779, d 24.11.1848, Prime Minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Catherine Ponsonby (d 04.09.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.05.1763) Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St. Albans (b 03.06.1740, d 09.02.1802) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Charlotte Ponsonby (b 29.11.1747, d 13.05.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.07.1770) William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam of Norborough (b 30.05.1748, d 08.02.1833) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Ponsonby (b 29.03.1713, d 16.08.1787, Speaker of House of Commons) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.09.1743) Elizabeth Cavendish (d 1796, dau of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Lord of Imokilly (b 15.09.1744, d 05.11.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.12.1769) Louisa Molesworth (d 01.09.1824, dau of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Ponsonby, 2nd Lord of Imokilly, 1st Viscount (dsp 21.02.1855) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.01.1803) Frances Villiers (d 14.04.1866, dau of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir William Ponsonby (d Waterloo 18.06.1815, Maj. Gen.) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.01.1807) Georgiana FitzRoy (d 06.02.1835, dau of Charles FitzRoy, 1st Lord Southampton) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Richard Ponsonby, Bishop of Derry (d 27.10.1853) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1804) Frances Staples (dau of Rt. Hon. John Staples) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | George Ponsonby of Woodbeding (d 05.06.1863) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.04.1807) Sarah Gledstanes (d 18.07.1808, dau of John Jacob Gledstanes of Annesgift) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1812) Diana Juliana Margaretta Bouverie (dau of Hon. Edward Bouverie) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Frederick Ponsonby (d unm 1849) | ||||||||||||||
| (f) | Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby (d 26.11.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.11.1794) Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister (b 13.03.1764, d 17.07.1845) | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Louisa Elizabeth Eleanor Ponsonby (d 10.08.1873) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.08.1830) Simon George Purdon of Tinerana (b 08.05.1797, d 07.08.1862) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Ponsonby, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b 04.03.1755, d 04.07.1817) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.04.1781) Mary Butler (dau of Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Elizabeth Ponsonby (d 11.01.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.07.1803) Francis Aldborough Prittie, Sheriff of Tipperary (b 04.06.1779, d 08.03.1853, of Dunalley family) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Catherine Ponsonby (b 02.04.1746, d 30.01.1827) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.12.1763) Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon (b 30.01.1727, d 2.05.1807) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Frances Ponsonby (b 18.12.1757, d 25.05.1827) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.12.1774) Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Lord Lismore (b 07.01.1740/1, d 12.07.1797) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Charlotte Ponsonby (d 25.08.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.07.1780) Rt. Hon. Bowes Daly (b c1745, d 17.12.1821, PC) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - John (b 24.12.1748, d 09.08.4761), Richard (b 17.07.1758, d young), Frederick (b 18.03.1763, d 28.07.1769), Henrietta (b 12.03.1765, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Richard Ponsonby (b 02.07.1722, a 1747) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Sarah Ponsonby (d 19.01.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1727) Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda (b 1701, d 28.10.1758) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Anne Ponsonby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.12.1734) Benjamin Burton of Burton Hall (d before 17.11.1763) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Ponsonby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.12.1739) Sir William Fownes, 2nd Bart of Woodstock | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Letitia Ponsonby (b c1720, d 09.02.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.11.1742) Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres (d 06.04.1776) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (28.11.1733) Elizabeth Sankey (d 17.07.1738, dau of John Sankey of Tenelick) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henry Ponsonby of Ashgrove (d Fontenoy 11.05.1745, Major General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Brabazon (d 04.11.1751, dau of Chambre Brabazon, 5th Earl of Meath) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Chambre Ponsonby of Ashgrove (d 20.12.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (28.09.1746) Elizabeth Clarke (dau of Edward Clarke) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Frances Ponsonby (d 19.11.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.07.1767) George Lowther of Kilrue (d 1785) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (23.10.1752) Louisa Lyons (dau of John Lyons of Belmont) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sarah Ponsonby of Plansnewydd / Llangollen Vale (d unm 08.12.1831) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Mary Barker (dau of Sir William Barker, Bart of Kilcooley) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker of Kilcooley (b 12.06.1762, d 13.12.1834) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.06.1791) Henrietta Taylour (d 12.01.1838, dau of Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Ponsonby-Barker of Kilcooley (b 09.11.1795, dsp 09.01.1877) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.08.1816) Elizabeth Selina Knox (d 28.06.1878, dau of William Knox, Bishop of Derry) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby-Barker (b 14.11.1799, dsp 01.05.1863) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.04.1834) Mary La Touche (d 10.08.1840, dau of Col. David La Touche) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Thomas Henry Ponsonby of Kilcooley (b 21.02.1807, d 10.02.1880) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.02.1838) Fanny Mary Dickson (dau of Major R.L. Dickson) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Catherine Jane Ponsonby (d 07.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.05.1819) Edward Michael Conolly (d 04.01.1848) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Mary Ponsonby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Barton of Grove | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Juliana Ponsonby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1743) William Southwell | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Ponsonby (eldest dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Moore, younger of Kilworth (dvp, MP) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Ponsonby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 1706) Nicholas Loftus of Loftus Hall, 1st Viscount of Ely (b c1687, d 31.12.1763) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Letitia Ponsonby probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. James May of Mayfield (d 1729) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Dorothy Ponsonby probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hore of Harperstown (d 02.1745/6) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Bridget Ponsonby probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arthur Weldon of Rahinderry | |||||||||||||||
| (8)+ | other issue - Folliot (d 1746), daughter | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Ponsonby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1668) Richard Boyle (a 09.1679, dvp) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Henry Ponsonby of Crotto and Stackstown (d 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rose Weldon (dau of Thomas Weldon of St. John's Bower) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Ponsonby (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Holmes (dau of Thomas Holmes of the Isle of Wight) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Ponsonby ancestor of Ponsonby of Crotto | ||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Henry (d unm), 7 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Ponsonby probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1638) John Irton of Irton | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Anne Ponsonby probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Senhouse of Elllenborough Hall (d 1604) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Bessborough), BLG1886 (Ponsonby of Hale)
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