'Rodney2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Rodney of Rodney Stoke (Stoke Rodney)

                               
Sir John Rodney of Rodney Stoke (b c1561, d 06.08.1612)
m. Jane Seymour (dau of Sir Henry Seymour, brother of Queen Jane)
1. Sir Edward Rodney of Rodney Stoke (d 1657)
  m. Frances Southwell (dau of Sir Robert Southwell of Woodrising)
  A. Elizabeth Rodney
  B. Frances or Anne Rodney
  m. Sir Thomas Brydges of Kainsham
  C. Penelope Rodney
  m. Sir Peter Gleane of Norfolk, Bart
  D.+ other issue - William (b c1622), Elizabeth
2. George Rodney of Lyndhurst (b 1608)
  m. Anne Lake (d 1630, dau of Sir Thomas Lake, widow of Lord Roos)
  Having provided the preceding generations, Collins can only report that "From a younger branch of this ancient family Lord Rodney is believed to be descended" and then jumps to Henry (m. Mary Newton). BP1934 provides the connection via ...
  A. Anthony Rodney (Colonel)
m. Constantia Clarke (dau/coheir of Ralph Clarke)
  i. Henry Rodney of Walton-on-Thames (d 25.12.1737)
  m. Mary Newton (d 01.1736-7, dau of Sir Henry Newton (Envoy, Judge & Chancellor of London))
  a. George Brydges Rodney, 1st Lord Rodney of Rodney Stoke (b 19.02.1718, d 21/24.05.1792, Admiral, 2nd son)
  m1. (02.02.1753) Jane Compton (d 01.1757, dau of Charles Compton, sister of Spencer, Earl of Northampton)
  (1) George Rodney, 2nd Lord (b 25.12.1753, d 02.01.1802, Lt. Colonel)
  m. (10.04.1781) Anne Harley (b 13.05.1759, d 15.08.1840, dau of Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor of London)
  (A) George Rodney, 3rd Lord (b 17.06.1782, dsp 21.06.1842)
m. (27.02.1819) Charlotte Georgiana Morgan (d 19.02.1878, dau of Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Bart of Tredegar)
  (B) Thomas James Rodney, later Rodney-Harley, 4th Lord (b 12.04.1784, d unm 30.10.1843, Major)
  (C) Spencer Rodney, 5th Lord (b 30.05.1785, d unm 15.05.1846)
  (D) Robert Rodney (b 14.05.1786, d 20.07.1820, Captain RN) had issue
  m. (20.07.1819) Anne Dennett (d 24.02.1824, dau of Thomas Dennett of Lock Ashurst)
  (E) Mortimer Rodney (b 13.12.1791, d 14.08.1881, 7th son) had issue
  m. (27.04.1815) Sarah Burton Withy (d 25.02.1853, dau of Robert Withy)
  (F) William Powell Rodney of Llanvihangel Court, Sheriff of Monmouthshire (b 01.07.1794, d 27.08.1878) had issue
  m. (26.10.1824) Elizabeth Brown (b c1804, d 10.03.1888, dau of Thomas Brown of India)
  (G) Anne Jane Rodney (d 25.04.1833)
  m. (22.01.1824) Edmund Pollexfen Bastard of Kitley (d 08.06.1838)
(H)+ other issue - James Berkeley (b 08.09.1789, d 16.12.1831, Lt. Colonel), Henry (b 30.09.1790, d 31.12.1878, prebendary of Hereford), John (b 26.03.1798, d 04.01.1823)
  (2)+ other issue - James (d unm 1776, Captain RN), Jane (d infant)
  m2. Henrietta Clies (b c1739, d 03.1829, dau of John Clies of Lisbon)
  (4) John Rodney (b 10.05.1765, d 09.04.1847, Captain RN)
  m1. (04/26.07.1784) Catherine Nugent (d 26.02.1794, dau of Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath)
  (A) son (b 08.1788, d young?)
  (B) Catherine Henrietta Rodney (b 01.1787?, d 17.04.1870)
  m. (20.07.1810) Sir Patrick Stewart of Eaglescairnie (b 10.06.1777, d 07.02.1855, Colonel)
  (C) Fanny Rodney (b 17.04.1791, d 19.11.1875)
  m. (20.02.1813) Robert Walter Stewart, 11th Lord Blantyre (b 10.06.1777, d 22.09.1830)
  (D) Frances Eliza Rodney (d 05.01.1879)
  m. (04.01.1810) Thomas Eden of the Bryn (b 29.11.1787, d 04.11.1845)
  m2. (19.10.1799) Louisa Martha Stratford (d 02.12.1814, dau of John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough)
(E) John Stratford Rodney (b 14.05.1802, d 28.12.1854) had issue
  m1. (22.03.1824) _ Boyce of Bombay (dsp 030.2.1825)
  m2. (23.12.1826) Eleanor Hume (dau of Joseph Hume)
  (F) Maitland Thomas Rodney (b 14.10.1810, d 18.07.1872, Captain RN)
  m. (10.01.1849) Elizabeth Frances Dickson (d 27.10.1886, dau of Col. _ Dickson)
  (G) Louisa Frederica Rodney (d 12.01.1865)
  m. (29.06.1818) John George Lennox (b 03.10.1793, d 10.11.1873, Lt. Colonel)
  (H) Angela Rodney (d 12.02.1897)
  m. (08.01.1825) Alexander Browne (Colonel)
  (I) Eliza Rodney (d 1860)
  m. (22.03.1832) James Sedgwick Wetenhall (d 1872)
  (J) Emily Georgiana Rodney (d 02.10.1842)
  m. (19.10.1835) William Marsden Wetenhall (d 25.05.1847, Lt. Col.)
  (K) Henrietta Gertrude Rodney (d unm 25.09.1903)
  (L) Caroline Stuart Rodney (d 01.1898)
  m. (03.04.1830) Campbell Drummond Riddell
  m3. (07.06.1815) Antoinette Reyne (d 26.11.1868, dau of Anthony Pierre Reyne)
(M)+ other issue - George Brydges (b 07.11.1820, m 21.01.1856, dsp 08.11.1895, Lt. General), Lennox George (b 10.12.1837, m 03.07.1872, d 06.08.1913, Lt. Colonel, had issue), Antoinette Anna Louisa (m 21.07.1832, d 21.06.1898), Anna Mary Clara (b c1819, d unm 07.07.1882), Rebecca (b c1822, d unm 06.09.1885), Anne Cecilia (d unm 02.206.1847), Augusta Elizabeth Anne (d unm 03.11.1921)
  (5) Edward Rodney (b 18.06.1783, d 12.11.1823, Captain RN) had issue
  m. (1807) Rebecca Geer (d 13.07.1840)
  (6) Jane Rodney (b 24.12.1766)
  m. (06.07.1784) George Chambers (son of Sir William)
  (7) Sarah Brydges Rodney (b c1780, d 17.07.1871)
  m. (26.11.1801) Godfrey Basil Mundy (d 14.03.1848, General)
  (8)+ other issue - Henrietta (b 27.01.1769, d young?), Margaret Anne (d 14.10.1858)
  b. James Rodney of Alton, Sheriff of Southamptonshire (b 28.08.1724, dsp)
  m1. (27.09.1751) Anne Newcombe (b 1721-2, d 02.02.1774, dau of Stephen Newcombe, Governor of Bencoolen)
  m2. (12.12.1774) Sarah Russell (dau of Nicholas Russell of New Alresford)
c. Maria Constantia Rodney (d 12.04.1782)
  m. Charles Nethercot
  d.+ other issue - Henry (b c1715, d 1736), Katharine (d infant)
3. William Rodney of Morelinch (b 1610, d 1669)
  m. Alice Caesar (dau of Sir Thomas Caesar)
  A. William Rodney (to America)
4. Jane Rodney
  m. John Trenchard of Warmwell
5. Elizabeth Rodney
  m1. Paine Fisher
  m2. _ Norwood
  m3. _ Kirton
6. Penelope Rodney
  m. Sir Theodore Newton of Bilton (by 11.1632)
7.+ 10 others (dvp)

Main source(s): BP1934 (Rodney), Collins (Brydges, vol 7, 1812, 'Rodney, Lord Rodney', p560+)
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