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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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