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Peerage Record – 28354

Elizabeth Cooke1

Female, Registry Number #283531

Last Edited=17 Feb 2015
     Elizabeth Cooke is the daughter of Sir William Cooke, 2nd Bt.1 She married Thornhagh Gurdon, son of Brampton Gurdon and Elizabeth Thornhagh.1
     Her married name became Gurdon.

Children of Elizabeth Cooke and Thornhagh Gurdon

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 944. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
  3. [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

Thornhagh Gurdon1

Male, Registry Number #283532, d. 1783

Last Edited=13 May 2008
     Thornhagh Gurdon was the son of Thornhagh Gurdon and Elizabeth Cooke.2 He married Sarah Dillingham, daughter of Theophilus Dillingham.1 He died in 1783.1
     He lived at Letton, Norfolk, EnglandG.1

Child of Thornhagh Gurdon and Sarah Dillingham

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 944. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

Sarah Dillingham1

Female, Registry Number #283533

Last Edited=14 May 2008
     Sarah Dillingham is the daughter of Theophilus Dillingham.1 She married Thornhagh Gurdon, son of Thornhagh Gurdon and Elizabeth Cooke.1
     Her married name became Gurdon.

Child of Sarah Dillingham and Thornhagh Gurdon

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 944. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

Brampton Dillingham1

Male, Registry Number #283534, d. 1820

Last Edited=13 May 2008
     Brampton Dillingham was the son of Thornhagh Gurdon and Sarah Dillingham.2 He married, firstly, Mary Bedingfeld, daughter of Philip Bedingfeld and Mary Bacon.1 He married, secondly, Mary Howard, daughter of Samuel Howard.1 He died in 1820, having by her had a daughter (Mary, married 4 May 1810 William Frere, DCL, Serjeant-at-Law and Master Downing College Cambridge (d 25 May 1836), 5th s of John Frere, JP, FRS, FSA, of Roydon Hall, Norfolk (see BLG 1969), and died 4 May 1864).1
     He lived at Grundisburgh, Suffolk, EnglandG.1 He lived at Letton, Norfolk, EnglandG.1 He was given the name of Brampton Gurdon at birth.1 He held the office of High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1789.1 He also had three sons by his first wife.1

Child of Brampton Dillingham and Mary Howard

Child of Brampton Dillingham and Mary Bedingfeld

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 944. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

Edward Tilston1

Male, Registry Number #283535

Last Edited=4 Aug 2019

Child of Edward Tilston

Citations:
  1. [S18] Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995). Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

Mary Bedingfeld1

Female, Registry Number #283536

Last Edited=4 Aug 2019
     Mary Bedingfeld is the daughter of Philip Bedingfeld and Mary Bacon.2 She married Brampton Dillingham, son of Thornhagh Gurdon and Sarah Dillingham.1
     Her married name became Dillingham.

Child of Mary Bedingfeld and Brampton Dillingham

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 944. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

Horatio Townsend1

Male, Registry Number #283537, b. 1699, d. 1764

Last Edited=22 Apr 2009
     Horatio Townsend was born in 1699.1 He was the son of John FitzCornelius Townsend and Mary Bowdler.2 He married Anne Richards, daughter of John Richards.1 He died in 1764.1
     He held the office of High Sheriff of County Cork in 1737.1 He lived at Bridgemount, County Cork, IrelandG.1

Children of Horatio Townsend and Anne Richards

Citations:
  1. [S47] BIFR1976 page 1114. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
  2. [S47] BIFR1976. [S47]

William Mellish1

Male, Registry Number #283538

Last Edited=10 Jul 2019
     William Mellish is the son of Joseph Mellish and Dorothy Gore.2 He married, secondly, Anne Gore, daughter of John Gore and Hannah Sambrooke.2 He married, firstly, Catherine Rachel da Costa, daughter of Joseph da Costa, on 25 February 1735 at Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, England.3
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.)1 He lived at Blyth, Nottinghamshire, EnglandG.1

Child of William Mellish and Anne Gore

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 944. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S6289] The History of Parliament Online, online http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Hereinafter cited as History of Parliament.
  3. [S7114] All Things Georgian, online http://georgianera.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/mrs-gooch/. Hereinafter cited as All Things Georgian.
  4. [S37] BP2003. [S37]

Anne Mellish1

Female, Registry Number #283539, d. 23 December 1850

Last Edited=10 Jul 2019
Consanguinity Index=6.25%
     Anne Mellish was the daughter of William Mellish and Anne Gore.2,3 She married Lt.-Col. Theophilus Thornhagh Gurdon, son of Brampton Dillingham and Mary Bedingfeld, on 25 July 1796.1 She died on 23 December 1850.1
     From 25 July 1796, her married name became Gurdon.

Children of Anne Mellish and Lt.-Col. Theophilus Thornhagh Gurdon

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 944. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
  3. [S6289] The History of Parliament Online, online http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Hereinafter cited as History of Parliament.

Thomas Alleyne Becher Orpen1

Male, Registry Number #283540, b. circa 1808, d. 1855

Last Edited=14 May 2008
     Thomas Alleyne Becher Orpen was born circa 1808.1 He was the son of Captain Henry Richard Orpen and Letitia Becher.1 He married Anna Mansfield in 1836.1 He died in 1855.1
     He had six children.1
Citations:
  1. [S2741] Jenny Stiles, “re: Becher Family,” e-mail message to BENR, 20 Marh 2008. Hereinafter cited as “re: Becher Family.”

 

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