Paternal Family Tree: Evelyn
John Evelyn of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Coxe were married.
On 11th August 1601 John Evelyn of Wiltshire was born to George Evelyn of West Dean [aged 19].
In 1642 [his daughter] Sarah Evelyn Viscountess Fanshawe and Castleton was born to John Evelyn of Wiltshire [aged 40] and Elizabeth Coxe. She married (1) before 26th September 1662 John Wray 3rd Baronet, son of John Wray 2nd Baronet and Grisilla Bethell Lady Glentworth, and had issue (2) 1665 Thomas Fanshawe 2nd Viscount Fanshawe, son of Thomas Fanshawe 1st Viscount Fanshawe and Elizabeth Cockayne Viscountess Fanshawe, and had issue (3) after 1674 George Saunderson 5th Viscount Castleton, son of Nicholas Saunderson 2nd Viscount Castleton and Frances Manners.
John Evelyn's Diary. 2nd July 1649. I went from Wotton, Surrey [Map] to Godstone, Surrey (the residence of [his uncle] Sir John Evelyn [aged 58]), where was also Sir John Evelyn of Wilts. [aged 47], when I took leave of both Sir Johns and their ladies. Mem. the prodigious memory of Sir John of Wilts' daughter, since married to Mr. W. Pierrepont [Note. Mr R Pierrepoint], and mother of the present Earl of Kingston. I returned to Sayes Court, Deptford [Map] this night.
Before 26th September 1662 [his son-in-law] John Wray 3rd Baronet [aged 43] and [his daughter] Sarah Evelyn Viscountess Fanshawe and Castleton [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Lady Wray of Glentworth in Lincolnshire. The difference in their ages was 22 years.
In 1664 [his father] George Evelyn of West Dean [aged 82] died.
Around 1665 [his son-in-law] Thomas Fanshawe 2nd Viscount Fanshawe [aged 33] and [his daughter] Sarah Evelyn Viscountess Fanshawe and Castleton [aged 23] were married.
After 1674 [his son-in-law] George Saunderson 5th Viscount Castleton [aged 42] and [his daughter] Sarah Evelyn Viscountess Fanshawe and Castleton [aged 32] were married. His second wife, her third husband. She by marriage Viscountess Castleton.
On 26th June 1685 John Evelyn of Wiltshire [aged 83] died. He left his daughter Sarah Evelyn Viscountess Fanshawe and Castleton [aged 43] only five shillings in his will since he disapproved of her marriage with George Saunderson 5th Viscount Castleton [aged 53].
John Evelyn's Diary. 6th June 1687. I visited my Lady Pierpoint, daughter to Sir John Evelyn, of Deane [in Wilts], now widow of Mr. Pierpoint, and mother of the Earl of Kingston. She was now engaged in the marriage of my cousin, Evelyn Pierpoint [aged 32], her second son.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 1st January 1699. My cousin Pierrepoint died. She was daughter to Sir John Evelyn, of Wilts, my father's nephew; she was widow to William Pierrepoint, brother to the Marquis of Dorchester, and mother to Evelyn Pierrepoint, Earl of Kingston [aged 44]; a most excellent and prudent lady.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Evelyn was born to John Evelyn of Wiltshire and Elizabeth Coxe. She married Robert Pierrepont and had issue.
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Evelyn of Kingston
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Evelyn of Long Ditton
Grandfather: John Evelyn of Godstone
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Williams
Great x 1 Grandmother: Rose Williams
father: George Evelyn of West Dean