Volume 4

A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke.

  • Burke, John, 1787-1848.
Date:
1833-1838
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Credit: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but uninvested with heritable honours / by John Burke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LEI It, OR LEAR, OF Elizabeth, b. 1668, in. Claver Morris, M.D. A daughter, m. Robert Jeanes, gent, of New Inn, Middlesex. A daughter, m. Rev. Mr. Farwell. A daughter, m. Elias Seely. Mr. Dawe was buried at Ditcheat, 20th April, 1695, aged sixty-three ; and Anne, his wife, 13th September, 1704. Their eldest son, Edmund Dawe, who succeeded his father in 1695, m. Martha, daughter of Jonathan Hill, esq. of Cholderton, Wilts. High sheriff for that county in 1689, and had issue, Hill, b. 26th April, 1704, his heir. Edmund, b. 5th June, 1706, of Nether Stowey,m. Anne Webber, of Brome- field, Somerset, and had issue, seve- ral children who all d. s. p. except Hill, who became a surgeon at Bridge- water, and m. Miss Mary Coles, by whom he had one daughter, Mary- Anne,who in. in 1800, James Anthony Wickham, esq. of North Hill House, Frome. Elizabeth, b. 17th October, 1702. Martha, who died an infant. Edmund Dawe died, and was buried at Ditch- eat, 10th September, 1708. His widow Martha remarried, first, George Vince, sur- geon ofMalborough ; secondly, Henry Hale, M.D. of Salisbury, and left issue by both. His son and heir. Hill Dawe, esq. of Ditcheat, ajustice of the peace, succeeded his father in 1708. He m. Susannah, daughter of Andrew Moore, esq. of North Newton, high sheriff for So- mersetshire in 1725, and had issue, H ill, his heir, b. 1st March, 1736. Andrew-Moore, b. 1738, and d.s.p. 1746. William, b. 11th August, 1740, m. Su- sannah-Hawley Nelson, of Gatcombe House, Devon, and had issue, William-Norton, b. lltli Novem- ber, 1764, and d. s. p. 1820. JAGGARD’S HOUSE. Martha-Hawley, b. 1763, who m. James Clarke, of Ausford, So- merset. Sophia, b. 12th June, 1774, in. Andrew Christie, M.D. and d. s. p. 1820. Mary-Selvvyn, d. an infant. Hill Dawe d. 25th June, 1769, and Susan- nah his wife, in 1785. Their son and successor, Hill Dawe, esq. of Ditcheat, captain in the Somerset militia, succeeded his father in 1769, and m. Miss Mary Muns, ofWells, by whom he had issue, Hill, his heir. Andrew-Moore, b. 1778, paymaster to the 53rd regiment of foot, m. Anne, daughter of Richard Hare, esq. of Bath, and has issue, Henry-Andrew, b. 1809, who m. Catharine, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Murray, minister of Dy- sart, Fifesliire, Scotland. Hill-Richard, b. in 1810. George-Selwyn, b. 1784. Charles, b. 1789, captain in the 46th regiment of foot, m. 1833, Sophia, daughter of the Rev. William Leir, rector of Ditcheat, and has issue, three children, Charles-Richard, William-Hill, and Sophia-Nina. Susannah. Charlotte. Elizabeth, m. William Jeffreys, gent, and lias a daughter. The eldest son is the present Hill Dawes, esq. of Ditcheat. Arms—Arg. on a pile gu. a chevron be- < tween three crosses crosslet, arg. Crest—A lion’s gamb erased arg. holding t a fleur-de-lys, or. Estates.—In Somersetshire. Scat—Ditcheat House. LEIR, OR LEAR, OF .TAGGARD’S HOUSE. LEIR, THOMAS-MACIE, esq. of Jaggard’s House, in the county of Wilts, b. 19th November, 1795, succeeded to the representation of the Somersetshire branch of the family, upon the demise of his father, Thomas Leir, esq. of Weston, in that county, 9th May, 1836. He in. Miss Collard, of Swansea, and has issue, i. Thomas. ii. Charles, m. Henry. I. Anne. ii. Jane, in. Maria, iv. Isabella.