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Paternal Family Tree: Evelyn
On 24th February 1680 [his father] John The Younger Evelyn (age 25) and [his mother] Martha Spencer (age 21) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] John Evelyn (age 59) and [his grandmother] Mary Browne (age 45).
On 1st March 1682 John Evelyn 1st Baronet was born to John The Younger Evelyn (age 27) and Martha Spencer (age 23) at Sayes Court, Deptford [Map]. He was baptised on 2nd March 1682.
John Evelyn's Diary. 9th June 1692. I went to Windsor to carry my grandson (age 10) to Eton School [Map], where I met my Lady Stonehouse and other of my daughter-in-law's relations, who came on purpose to see her before her journey into Ireland. We went to see the castle [Map], which we found furnished and very neatly kept, as formerly, only that the arms in the guard chamber and keep were removed and carried away. An exceeding great storm of wind and rain, in some places stripping the trees of their fruit and leaves as if it had been winter; and an extraordinary wet season, with great floods.
John Evelyn's Diary. 23rd July 1692. I went with my [his grandmother] wife (age 57), [his father] son (age 37), and [his aunt] daughter (age 23), to Eton [Map], to see my grandson (age 10), and thence to my Lord Godolphin's (age 47), at Cranburn, where we lay, and were most honorably entertained. The next day to St. George's Chapel [Map], and returned to London late in the evening.
John Evelyn's Diary. 23rd April 1696. I went to Eton [Map], and dined with Dr. Godolphin, the provost. The schoolmaster assured me there had not been for twenty years a more pregnant youth in that place than my grandson (age 14). I went to see the King's House at Kensington. It is very noble, though not great. The gallery furnished with the best pictures [from] all the houses, of Titian, Raphael, Correggio, Holbein, Julio Romano, Bassan, Vandyke, Tintoretto, and others; a great collection of porcelain; and a pretty private library. The gardens about it very delicious.
In 1699 [his father] John The Younger Evelyn (age 43) died.
John Evelyn's Diary. 17th February 1699. My grandson (age 16) went to Oxford with Dr. Mander, the Master of Baliol College, where he was entered a fellow-commoner.
On 25th February 1699 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 16) matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford University.
John Evelyn's Diary. 24th March 1699. My only remaining [his father] son died after a tedious languishing sickness, contracted in Ireland, and increased here, to my exceeding grief and affliction; leaving me one grandson (age 17), now at Oxford, whom I pray God to prosper and be the support of the Wotton family. He was aged forty-four years and about three months. He had been six years one of the Commissioners of the Revenue in Ireland, with great ability and reputation.
John Evelyn's Diary. 5th November 1700. Came the news of my dear grandson (age 18) (the only male of my family now remaining) being fallen ill of the smallpox at Oxford, which after the dire effects of it in my family exceedingly afflicted me; but so it pleased my most merciful God that being let blood at his first complaint, and by the extraordinary care of Dr. Mander (Head of the college and now Vice Chancellor), who caused him to be brought and lodged in his own bed and bedchamber, with the advice of his physician and care of his tutor, there were all fair hopes of his recovery, to our infinite comfort. We had a letter every day either from the Vice Chancellor himself, or his tutor.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st July 1701. My Lord Treasurer (age 56) made my grandson (age 19) one of the Commissioners of the prizes, salary £500 per annum.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
John Evelyn's Diary. 8th July 1701. My grandson (age 19) went to Sir Simon Harcourt (age 39), the Solicitor General, to Windsor, Berkshire [Map], to wait on my Lord Treasurer. There had been for some time a proposal of marrying my grandson to a [his future wife] daughter (age 26) of Mrs. Boscawen (age 58), sister of my Lord Treasurer (age 56), which was now far advanced.
John Evelyn's Diary. 27th December 1701. My grandson (age 19) quitted Oxford.
In 1703 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 20) was appointed Receiver of Stamp Duties.
John Evelyn's Diary. 16th January 1704. The Lord Treasurer (age 58) gave my grandson (age 21) the office of Treasurer of the Stamp Duties, with a salary of £300 a year.
In 1705 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 22) was appointed Commissioner for Prizes.
On 18th September 1705 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 23) and Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn (age 30) were married. They had six sons and three daughters.
On 27th February 1706 [his grandfather] John Evelyn (age 85) died. His grandson John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 23) succeeded to his Wotton, Surrey [Map] estates.
On 24th August 1706 [his son] John Evelyn 2nd Baronet was born to John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 24) and [his wife] Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn (age 31) at Wotton House.
Around 1708 [his son] Charles Evelyn was born to John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 25) and [his wife] Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn (age 33).
In August 1708 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 26) was appointed joint Postmaster General which he held until 1715 when the Whigs came to power.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 15th December 1708 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 26) was elected MP Helston at a by-election. He didn't stand for election in 1710.
On 6th August 1713 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 31) was created 1st Baronet Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey. [his wife] Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn (age 38) by marriage Lady Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey.
In 1721 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 38) was appointed Commissioner of Customs which he held until 1763.
In January 1723 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 40) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1726 [his mother] Martha Spencer (age 67) died.
On 17th August 1732 [his son] John Evelyn 2nd Baronet (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Boscawen (age 26) were married. They were first cousins.
In January 1748 [his son] Charles Evelyn (age 40) died.
On 20th January 1752 [his wife] Anne Boscawen Lady Evelyn (age 77) died. She was buried at St John's Church, Wotton on 24th January 1752.
On 15 or 18th July 1763 John Evelyn 1st Baronet (age 81) died. He was buried at St John's Church, Wotton on 22nd July 1763. His son [his son] John (age 56) succeeded 2nd Baronet Evelyn of Wotton in Surrey.
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Kingston
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Long Ditton
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Evelyn of Wotton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Stint
GrandFather: John Evelyn
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stansfield
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Stansfield
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Comber
Father: John The Younger Evelyn
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Browne of St Peter's in Colchester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Browne
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christopher Browne of Sayes Court
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Browne 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Benjamin Gonson Surveyor of the Royal Navy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Thomasine Gonson
Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Hussey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ursula Hussey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Webbe
GrandMother: Mary Browne
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Pretyman
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Prettyman
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Prettyman
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bourchier
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bourchier
GrandFather: Richard Spencer
Mother: Martha Spencer
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Briggs Merchant of St. Paul's Churchyard London
GrandMother: Martha Briggs