'Povey1'
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Families covered: Povey of Shocklach (Shoklache), Povey of Woodseaves
| Visitation shows 3 sections for 'Povey of Shocklach', the first two sharing an 'article' under one heading, with no clear connection between them. We presume to show possible connections between them below, presuming that the David of Shoklache who is the first person shown by the first section was descended from the following David who is the first person shown by the third section. | |||||||||||||||
| David ap Hova alias Povey | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Povy in Cudington (a 1453) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Povey of Shokleche (Shocklach) (a 1500) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | David Povey of Shoklich (Shocklach) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Parnell Brereton (dau of William Brereton of Burrowes) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Povey (a 1552) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sande of Barton | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Povey (a 1582) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Bate (dau of George Bate of Ightfeild) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Povey (a 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Brome (dau of Roger Brome of Chorley) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue (a 1613) - John, Edmound, Elianor, Dorothey, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Edmound, Thomas, Jone, Elyn, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Jone Povey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Catherall of Horton | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Povey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Brereton (dau of William Brereton, sister of Parnell) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Povey (dsp, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Katharine Povey | ||||||||||||||
| m. (?) Randall Overton | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Thomas of London, Richard, Margaret, Dorothy, Elen | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Ellen Povey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Tyll of Greenwich | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Joyce Tyll | ||||||||||||||
| m. Salmo Hollingwood of Feversham | |||||||||||||||
| We report above that it is a presumption that the family of the first section on Povey of Shocklach shown by the Harleian editor (reported below) was connected to the family of the third section (shown above). This is indeed speculative to show them connected in the following way but it does seem reasonable. | |||||||||||||||
| B. | ?? Povey presumed intermediary generation | ||||||||||||||
| i. | David Povey of Shoklache (Shocklach) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | David Povey | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Povey (of Barnard's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | (Catherine) Povey (bur 21.11.1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Bond of London (b 1567, d 1617) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Povey of Tilston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane (dau of James Gostilowe (?) of Tarnin) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Randall Povey | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | David Povey of Shoklache (Shocklach) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Yardley (dau of John Yardley of Farndon) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Povey (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Morgan (dau of Thomas Morgan of Shoklache) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Roger, John, David, Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Povey | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Catherall of Horton (bur 15.11.1558) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is the family of the second section given in Visitation which shares an article heading with the family of the first section. It is speculative to show them connected in the following way but it does seem possible. | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | ?? Povey possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intermediary generations. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Povey | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Povey of Shocklache | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Tayler of Dodcott | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Raffe Povey of Shocklache (a 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joanne Catherall (dau of John Catherall of Horton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Ellen Povey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Alport of Overton | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Alport (a 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue (a 1613) - John (b c1609), Hatharen, Alice, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Alice Dodd (dau of John Dodd of Purshaw in Shocklich, m2. William Probyn of Oldecastell) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Povey (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Jane Povey | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Mere of Horton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Farrer | |||||||||||||||
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| Possibly also connected to the above family was the following family. Wikipedia describes the undermentioned Sir John and Thomas as cousins. We show them as grandsons of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Povey | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Povey of Woodseaves (near Market Drayton, Shropshire) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir John Povey of Woodseaves (b 1621, d 1679, baron of the exchequer in Ireland, Chief Justice) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1648) Elizabeth Folliott (dau of Guthlake Folliott of Worcester) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Povey (b c1649, d 24.04.1715, MP, Clerk to the Privy Council) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.11.1693) Mary Vivian (dau/heir of Thomas Vivian of Westminster by Anne (dau of Justinian Povey of Hounslow, widow of William Blathwayt of the Middle Temple)) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Povey (d 1730) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.05.1672) William Smyth, Bishop of Raphoe (b 1644, d 24.02.1699) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Charles, Richard | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Justinian Povey 'of Hounslow, Middlesex' | ||||||||||||||
| m(2). Anne Keterick | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Povey of London (d 1705) mentioned in various web sites as of this generation, one site showing him as of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Anne Povey "eldest dau." of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10.1642) William Blathwayt (bpt 08.1594, d 1653-4, of the Middle Temple) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Vivian 'of Westminster' (bur 03.09.1691) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Cheshire, 1613, 'Povey of Shocklach')
(2) For lower section : HoP ("John Povey"), Wikipedia ("John Povey"), BLG1952 (Blathwayt of Dyrham Park)
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