'Samwell1'
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Families covered: Samwell of Gayton, Samwell of Northamptonshire, Samwell of Upton, Samwell of Watton, Samwell of Wesminster
| According to Commoners: "The very ancient family of Samwell was originally of Cornwall, and seated at Restormel Castle, and other residences within that county." Connected to this family was ... | |||||||||||||||
| James Samwell | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Samwell of Cotsford, Oxfordshire (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amy or Elianora Gifford (dau of Thomas Gifford of Twyford) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Francis Samwell (bur 24.12.1585, to Northamptonshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Bill (bur 25.07.1589, dau of John Bill of Ashwell, sister of William, Dean of Westminster) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Samwell of Northampton (and Upton) (b c1560, bur 25.01.1627-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.09.1586) Jane Skipwith (bur 26.08.1633, dau of Sir Henry Skipwith of Keythorp) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Richard Samwell of Upton & Gayton (b c1590, d 1668, 3rd son) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Verney (d c1662, dau of Sir Richard Verney of Compton) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Arthur Samwell of Morton Murrell, Warwickshire (bpt 12.07.1601, d 1667, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Harvey (a 1682, dau of Sir Stephen Harvey of Morton Murrell) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mary Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Samwell (b c1663, d 19.08.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c02.1687-8) Francis Bagshaw of Culworth (bpt 19.12.1655, d 13.04.1692) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anthony Samwell of Deans Yard, Westminster (bpt 18.11.1604, a 1682, 7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c09.1627) Anne Heynes (dau of William Heynes of Chessington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Samwell of Deans Yard and of Wotton/Watton, Norfolk (bpt 14.09.1628, bur 23.05.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c08.1672) Anne Strutt (d 19.08.1720, dau of Sir Denner Strutt, Bart of Little Worley) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anne Samwell of Watton (b c1674, d 28.04.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Henry Fleming | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Samwell (b c1675, a 1681, dvp?) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.09.1677) Robert Cook or Coke of Trusley (b 17.11.1646, d 23.01.1713) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Craven (bpt 04.04.1630), Anthony (bpt 09.09.1632, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Jane Samwell (bpt 13.07.1592, bur 30.03.1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.06.1610) Sir Sapcote Harrington of Exton | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Francis, Henry (dsp bur 27.06.1590), John (bpt/bur 20.11.1593), John (bpt 25.05.1608, bur 23.07.1608), Robert (bpt 18.04.1603, d unm), John (bpt 25.05.1608, bur 23.07.1608), Elizabeth (d infant), Mary (d infant), Mary (d infant), Milicent (bpt 06.10.1606, bur 09.12.1606) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Richard Samwell (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.05.1580) Jane Freeman (dau of John Freeman of Great Billing) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Judith Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.01.1562-3) Robert Gaudern | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Amy Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.07.1566) Robert Gifford of St. James's Abbey (d 20.10.1591) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mary Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.09.1586) Theodore Sadler of Fillongley (later of Willoughby?) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Margaret Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.05.1574) Robert Pargiter of Gretworth (d 26.06.1595) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Joan Samwell (a 1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.08.1569) Thomas Mulso of Finedon (dsp 03.10.1609 (04.1608?)) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Elizabeth Samwell (bur 10.05.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.04.1588) Humphrey Underhill of Kineton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.02.1591-2) Edward Love of Aynhoe (bur 11.01.1617-8) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Susanna Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Edwards of Wellingborough | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Joyce, Jane | ||||||||||||||
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| Sir Richard Samwell of Upton & Gayton (b c1590, d 1668) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Verney (d c1662, dau of Sir Richard Verney of Compton by Margaret, sister of Fulke Greville, Baron Brooke) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Samwell of Upton & Gayton (b 25.06.1613/8, d c1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.10.1637) Frances Wenman (d 25.07.1677, dau of Thomas Wenman, Viscount of Tuam) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Bart of Upton & Gayton (b c1647, bur 03.03.1693-4) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1673) Elizabeth Goodhay (bpt 03.03.1650-1, dau of George Goodhay of Bower Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Samwell (bpt 08.03.1673-4, bur 26.07.1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.06.1691) Sir John Langham of Cottesbrooke (bpt 01.07.1672, d 15.05.1747) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Frances Samwell (bpt 05.12.1676, d 04.12.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c06.1696) Sir Richard Newman of Fifehead Magdalen & Preston Deanery, Bart (d 30.12.1723) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Richard (b 24.05.1675, bur 04.02.1687-8), Thomas (bpt 08.11.1677, bur 17.11.1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c07.1685) Anne Godschalk (bur 05.09.1690, dau of Sir John Godschalk of Atherston) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Sir Thomas Samwell, 2nd Bart of Upton (bpt 14.04.1687, d 16.11.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (22.03.1709-10) Millicent Fuller (b c1694, bur 11.05.1716, dau of Rev. Thomas Fuller of Hatfield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Thomas Samwell, 3rd Bart of Upton (b 28.02.1710-1, d unm 03.12.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Frances Samwell (bur 25.11.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1740) John Ashe of Langley Burrell (dsp 04.06.1758) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Samwell (bpt 07.09.1714, dsp 07.11.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (13.02.1735-6) Timothy Stoughton of Allesley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Whitehead | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Samwell (bpt 28.10.1715, bur 24.07.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.07.1739) Stephen Langham (bpt 24.09.1700, d 28.02.1755, rector of Cottesbrooke, 4th son of Sir John) | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Richard (bpt 12.09.1713, bur 18.09.1713), Milicent (d 22.02.1719-20) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.01.1720-1) Mary Clarke (d 01.08.1758, dau of Sir Gilbert Clarke of Chilcot, widow of William Ives of Bradden) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Sir Wenman Samwell, 4th Bart of Upton (b 14.10.1728, dsp 18.10.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Smith (d 28.06.1789, dau of Thomas Smith of East Haddon) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Catherine Samwell (b 27.05.1724, d 25.07.1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.09.1754) Thomas Atherton Watson of Bedlington (b 18.08.1714, d 01.10.1793) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Samwell Watson, later Watson-Samwell of Upton (dsp 1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Perfect (dau of Rev. Henry Seymour Perfect of Westminster) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Wenman Langham Watson, later Watson-Samwell of Upton | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Charlotte Felicia Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1792) Rev. Benjamin Tinley of Whissendine (d 1804) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Atherton, Camilla Matilda | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Dorothy Samwell (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| vi. | Finetta Samwell (bpt 14.06.1690, bur 24.04.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Samwell (bpt 06.10.1640, d 12.01.1726-7) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1665) Thomas Catesby of Ecton (bpt 27.11.1632, d 20.02.1698-9) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Penelope Samwell (bpt 04.09.1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Yorke of Lessingham | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Agnes Samwell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.04.1674) Robert Codrington of Codrington (d 1717) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Frances Samwell (d 21.07.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.09.1676) Thomas Wagstaffe of Tachebrook | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Mary Samwell (bpt 01.08.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.09.1682) Adolphus Oughton of Fillongley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Roger Pope of Lloyn Hall | |||||||||||||||
| G.+ | other issue - Richard (bpt 03.09.1648), Richard (d young), Wenman (bpt 23.07.1647, d young), Elizabeth (bpt 26.04.1646, a 1682, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Francis Samwell of Upton (bpt 15.09.1616, d c1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebeccah Selsby (b 1619/20, d 21.05.1708, dau of Robert Selsby of Duston) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Samwell of Gayton (b c1649, d 25.02.1705-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.02.1685-6) Agnes Dry (bur 21.01.1686-7, dau of Edward Dry of Milton Malsor) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Samwell (b 07.01.1686-7, bur 22.10.1714) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Samwell (bpt 19.10.1643, bur 20.04.1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1663) John Robinson of Womandon Magna (Wymondham) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Mary Samwell (bpt 16.05.1651) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.05.1678) John Goodyer of Crausley (d 04/5.1685) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Jane Samwell (bpt 24.03.1652-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c08.1679) William Knight of London | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - John (b 30.01.1645-6, d unm 28.06.1679-80), Frances (b 02.02.1654-5), Anne (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | William Samwell (bpt 30.03.1619, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Jane Samwell (b 09.05.1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.06.1646) Sir Edward Rosseter of Somerby | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BEB1841 (Samwell of Upton), Commoners (vol i, Samwell of Upton Hall), Visitation (Northamptonshire, 1681, Samwell of Upton and Gayton)
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