THOMAS DOWRISH, ESQ.

(circa 1532-1590) - Sandford, Devonshire, England

(First Generation - Dowrish Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN


BIRTH Thomas was born circa 1532[1]
DEATH He died in 1590; he was 58[1].
RESIDENCE Thomas and his family lived in Dowrish House[1], a manor in Sandford, Devonshire, England. Sandford is about 8 miles NW of Exeter, Devonshire, England[2].
MARRIAGE He married Anne FARRINGDON[1,3,4], daughter of Charles FARRINGDON & Margery STUCKLEY.

CHILDREN 2. i. Walter DOWRISH, Esq. Walter was the eldest and Thomas' heir[2]. He was named as a trustee in the inquisition which was held at Exeter Castle on 7 March, 42 Elizabeth (1599-1600) to enquire after his nephew George Gye, who was declared "an Ideot"[5].
3. ii. Hugh DOWRISH Hugh was Thomas' second son[2].
4. iii. Robert DOWRISH Robert was the third son[2].
5. iv. Elizabeth DOWRISH Elizabeth married John NORTHCOTT, gent., who was also named as a trustee in the inquisition concerning George Gye on 7 March, 42 Elizabeth (1599-1600)[5]. They were residents of Crediton, Devonshire, England[2].
6. v. Grace DOWRISH Please see her own page.
7. vi. Anne or Jane DOWRISH She married William BODLEIGH, Esq. who was also named as a trustee in the inquisition concerning George Gye on 7 March, 42 Elizabeth (1599-1600)[5]. They lived in Dunscombe, Devonshire, England[2].




GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G11) Grandfather twice
FAMILY NUMBER 14,934 (via Elias Maverick) and 14,998 (via Moses Maverick)
SOURCES 1. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came To America Before 1700, 7th Edition With Additions & Corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.), [WeisAR7], line 261-42.

2. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 115:248.

3. Ibid. 115:248-253.

4. Vivian, J.L. Lieutenant-Colonel, The Visitations of the County of Devon. Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. With Additions By Lieutenant-Colonel J.L. Vivian (Exeter, Eng.: For the Author by Henry S. Eland), [Vivian], 290,292,339,340.

5. [NEHGR], 115:248-9.

6. [WeisAR7], line 261-43.

7. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993), [RoyalDescent], 295.

8. [NEHGR], 122:282.

9. [WeisAR7], line 231-43.

10. [NEHGR], 115:249.

11. Ibid. 115:251.

12. Ibid. 115:250.

13. [WeisAR7], line 261-44.

14. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Colonial Clergy of New England, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.), [WeisCCNE], 137.


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