FORDE
of Ashburton
FORDE
of Ashburton
pedigree
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of Ashburton
Chagford .
John Ford, born 1466 of Ashburton Devon, died 1519 .son of John Ford by his wife Joan Strowbridge widow of Gilbert St Clere
Married Mary Pomeroy of Ingsdon 1 July 1566 dau of Hugh Pomeroy & Barbara Southcott of Ingsdon in Ilsington Parish
daughter . Margaret Ford, born died 30 Jun 1582 in Stevenstone, married John Rolle Abt. 1544 the 7th & youngest son of George Rolle
George Rolle, born Abt. 1480; died 20 Nov 1552 in Stevenstone,
He married Bef. 1518 to Eleanor Dacres born Abt. 1490 in England daughter of Henry Dacres.
Children of George Rolle and Eleanor Dacres are:
i. George Rolle, died Unknown; married Margaret Marrais; died Unknown.
ii. Henry Rolle, died Unknown; married Margaret Yeo; died Unknown.
iii. Valentine Rolle, died Unknown.
iv. Robert Rolle, died Unknown; married Ellinor Challinour; born in Yorkshire,.
v. Maurice Rolle, died Unknown; married Margaret Brier; died Unknown.
vi. Christopher Rolle, died Unknown.
vii. Elizabeth Rolle, died Unknown.
viii Marie Rolle, died Unknown.
ix. Chrispian Rolle, died Unknown; married (1) Richard Wykes; died Unknown; (2) James Courtenay; died Unknown.
x. John Rolle, born Abt. 1519 in Stevenstone died 24 Aug 1570 in Stevenstone,
married Margaret Ford Abt. 1544 daughter of John Ford and Mary Pomeroy
Their daughter Honour Rolle married Thomas Pomeroy Esq of Sandridge in about 1585 he died 29 July 1615.
Transactions of the Devonshire Association vol. 28 (1896)pp. 253 ff accessed 15-11-2010
Thomas Fford gent of Ashburton son of John Ford & Mary Pomeroy - see below
His wife was Elizabeth Coryton dau of Peter Coryton of West Newton in St Mellion Cornwall who had been there before 1698.
The Coryton family had previously had an estate at West Newton Ferrers in St Mellion. The manor of Newton Ferrers (Niuuetona, Niweton, Niwetone) is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Colquite Farm. seen here, is in this area and the Coquite Estate is a huge hunting shooting and fishing concern.
John Ford (1586†ñ ca. 1639) the dramatidt was an English playwright and poet of the Jacobean and Caroline times. Born in Ilsington in Devon he was baptised 17 April 1586 at Ilsington Church, Devon, second son of Thomas Ford (1556ñ1610) of Bagtor in the parish of Ilsington, by his wife Elizabeth Popham (d.1629) of the Popham family of Huntworth in Somerset. There is a monument to her in Ilsington Church.
Thomas Ford's grandfather was John Ford (d.1538) of Ashburton (the son and heir of William Ford of Chagford who purchased the estate of Bagtor in the parish of Ilsington, which his male heirs successively made their seat
The Elizabethan mansion of the Fords survives today at Bagtor as the service wing of a later house appended in about 1700.
JOHN FORD son of John Ford by his 4th wife Joan Strowbridge widow of Gilbert St Clere married Mary Pomeroy in 1566
they had children.
thanks to researcher J N in April 2023 with notes in blue by AJP
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