Biography of John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet 1639-1700

Paternal Family Tree: Stonhouse

On 14 Jun 1632 [his uncle] William Stonhouse 2nd Baronet (age 31) died. His brother [his father] George Stonhouse 1st and 3rd Baronet (age 28) succeeded 3rd Baronet Stonhouse of Radley.

On or after 22 Apr 1633, the date of the licence, [his father] George Stonhouse 1st and 3rd Baronet (age 29) and [his mother] Margaret Lovelace were married.

In 1639 John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet was born to George Stonhouse 1st and 3rd Baronet (age 35) and Margaret Lovelace.

Before 1659 Richard Spencer (age 54) and [his future wife] Martha Briggs were married.

On or after 10 Oct 1668 John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet (age 29) and Martha Briggs were married. The license was dated 10 Oct 1668.

In 1670 [his father] George Stonhouse 1st and 3rd Baronet (age 66) was created 1st Baronet Stonhouse of Radley. He was attempting to disinherit his eldest son [his brother] George Stonhouse 4th Baronet (age 32), for unknown reasons, by surrendering the original Baronetcy and creating a new one with remainder to his younger sons, and with the precedency of the original creation. The plan failed when his eldest son successfully claimed the original baronetcy, while his younger brother John succeeded in the baronetcy created by the new patent. The two Baronetcies were subsequently combined on the failure of the male line of George Stonhouse 4th Baronet (age 32).

Around 1672 [his son] John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet was born to John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Martha Briggs.

On 31 Mar 1675 [his father] George Stonhouse 1st and 3rd Baronet (age 71) died. His son [his brother] George Stonhouse 4th Baronet (age 37) succeeded 4th Baronet Stonhouse of Radley. His son John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet (age 36) succeeded 2nd Baronet Stonhouse of Radley.

Evelyn's Diary. 27 Nov 1679. I went to see Sir John Stonehouse (age 40), with whom I was treating a marriage between my son (age 59) and his [his step-daughter] daughter-in-law (age 20) [Note. Means step-daughter. Martha Spencer (age 20) was the daughter of [his wife] Martha Briggs who re-married John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet (age 40) after her first husband Richard Spencer died in 1668].

Evelyn's Diary. 30 Dec 1679. I went to meet Sir John Stonehouse (age 40), and give him a particular of the settlement on my son (age 59), who now made his addresses to the young [his step-daughter] lady (age 20) his daughter-in-law [Note. Step-daughter], daughter of [his wife] Lady Stonehouse.

Evelyn's Diary. 21 Feb 1680. Shrove-Tuesday. My son (age 25) was married to [his step-daughter] Mrs. Martha Spencer (age 21), daughter to my [his wife] Lady Stonehouse by a former gentleman, at St. Andrew's [Map], Holborn, by our Vicar, borrowing the church of Dr. Stillingfleet (age 44), Dean of St. Paul's, the present incumbent. We afterward dined at a house in Holborn; and, after the solemnity and dancing was done, they were bedded at Sir John Stonehouse's (age 41) lodgings in Bow Street, Convent Garden.

On 24 Feb 1680 John The Younger Evelyn (age 25) and [his step-daughter] Martha Spencer (age 21) were married. He the son of John Evelyn (age 59) and Mary Browne (age 45).

Before 28 Aug 1697 [his son] John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Mellish were married.

In 1700 John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet (age 61) died. His son [his son] John Stonhouse 3rd Baronet (age 28) succeeded 3rd Baronet Stonhouse of Radley.

Royal Descendants of John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet 1639-1700

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 2

Ancestors of John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet 1639-1700

John Stonhouse 2nd Baronet