Rhoda Apreece -1759

Rhoda Apreece was born to Robert Apreece and Sarah Hussey.

In 1700 [her father] Robert Apreece [aged 23] and [her mother] Sarah Hussey [aged 28] were married.

On 19th December 1706 [her grandfather] Thomas Hussey 2nd Baronet [aged 67] died. His first cousin Edward [aged 44] succeeded 3rd Baronet Hussey of Honington in Lincolnshire. His daughter [her mother] Sarah Hussey [aged 34] inherited Doddington Hall [Map].

On 22nd June 1723 Admiral George Delaval [aged 56] died. He was buried at Church of our Lady Seaton Delaval [Map] on 4th July 1723. His nephew [her future husband] Francis Blake Delaval [aged 30] inherited Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map] which had yet to be completed. By 1729 the house was completed according to Vanbrugh's original plan at an estimated cost of £10,000.

Around 1725 John Vanderbank [aged 30]. Portrait of Rhoda Apreece.

Before 1st July 1725 Francis Blake Delaval [aged 32] and Rhoda Apreece were married.

On 1st July 1725 [her daughter] Rhoda Delaval was born to [her husband] Francis Blake Delaval [aged 32] and Rhoda Apreece. She was named after her mother. She married 23rd May 1751 Edward Astley 4th Baronet, son of Jacob Astley 3rd Baronet and Lucy L'Estrange, and had issue.

On 16th March 1727 [her son] Francis Blake Delaval was born to [her husband] Francis Blake Delaval [aged 34] and Rhoda Apreece. He married before 10th January 1764 his half sixth cousin Isabella Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet and Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet.

On 17th March 1728 [her son] John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval was born to [her husband] Francis Blake Delaval [aged 35] and Rhoda Apreece. He married in or before 1755 his first cousin Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval and had issue.

In 1729 [her son] Edward Hussey Delaval was born to [her husband] Francis Blake Delaval [aged 36] and Rhoda Apreece.

Around 1730 Enoch "The Younger" Seeman [aged 36]. Portrait of Rhoda Apreece.

In 1742 [her daughter] Sarah Delaval Countess Mexborough was born to [her husband] Francis Blake Delaval [aged 49] and Rhoda Apreece. She married 1760 John Savile 1st Earl Mexborough and had issue.

Around 1743 [her daughter] Anne Hussey Delaval was born to [her husband] Francis Blake Delaval [aged 50] and Rhoda Apreece. She married 6th October 1759 William Stanhope, son of Philip Stanhope 3rd Earl Chesterfield and Elizabeth Savile, and had issue.

On 23rd April 1749 [her mother] Sarah Hussey [aged 77] died. Her daughter Rhoda Apreece inherited Doddington Hall [Map].

In 1750. Arthur Pond [aged 45]. Portrait of Rhoda Apreece.

On 23rd May 1751 [her son-in-law] Edward Astley 4th Baronet [aged 21] and [her daughter] Rhoda Delaval [aged 25] were married.

On 9th December 1752 [her husband] Francis Blake Delaval [aged 59] died after falling down steps at his home Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland [Map].

In or before 1755 [her son] John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval [aged 26] and [her daughter-in-law] Susanna Robinson Baroness Delaval [aged 24] were married. They were first cousins.

In 1757 [her daughter] Rhoda Delaval [aged 31] died from childbirth following the birth of her son [her grandson] Francis.

Before 1758 [her father] Robert Apreece [aged 80] died of dysentery.

In 1758 Rhoda Apreece died. [her son] John Delaval 1st Baron Delaval [aged 29] inherited Doddington Hall [Map].