FERDINANDO GORGES

Following on from my previous post:

1. Sir Theobald Russell, later Gorges of Wraxall, Sheriff of Somerset, Dorset, d. 1380; m. Agnes de Wyke, da. of John de Wyke of Yatton.
2. Thomas Gorges of Wraxall, d. 1404; m. Agnes de Beauchamp, da. of Sir John de Beauchamp of Liddesdon.
3. Sir Tibbot Gorges of Wraxall, d. 1470; m. Joan Hankeford.
4. Walter Gorges of Little Fransham, d. 1466; m. Mary Oldhall, da. of Sir William Oldhall.
5. Sir Edmund Gorges of Wraxall; m. Anne Howard, da. of Sir John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
6. Sir Edward Gorges of Wraxall, d. 1565; m. Mary Poyntz, da. of Sir Anthony Poyntz of Iron Acton.
7. Edmund Gorges of Braunton Gorges, d. 1557; m. Anne Walsh, da. of Sir John Walsh of Little Sudbury.
8. Edward Gorges of Wraxall, d. 1568; m. Cicely Lygon, da. of William Lygon of Madresfield. Edward Gorges held the manor of Portbury: Llewellyn v Gorges. Plaintiffs: George Llewellyn and others, tenants of Portbury, Leigh, Long Ashton, Nailsea, Clevedon, Wraxall and Clapton. Defendants: Edward Gorges. Subject: rights of common, Somerset. (N.A, C 3/117/34).
Lord Berkeley v Gorge. Plaintiffs: Henry, Lord Berkeley. Defendants: Robert Gorge. Subject: The park of Portbury in the manor of Portbury, Somerset, demised by Lord Barkeley to Edward Gorge, deceased. Between 1568 and 1603. (C 2/Eliz/B25/27). The Gorges held the manor of Tickenham: Wykeham v Batten. Plaintiffs: Robert Wykeham. Defendants: John Batten. Subject: Claim under an assignment of a lease. A messuage and lands in Smallwell, in the parish of Tickenham, Somerset, held by lease of Edward Gorges esq and William Gorges esq, the reversion being since in Sir William Gorges kt and Ferdinando Gorges. (N.A, C 2/Eliz/W13/14. Between 1568 and 1603). Their tenants in Portbury and Tickenham were the Davis and Pitt families of Virginia:

The Hodges family of Wedmore stemmed from Captain Thomas Hodges, d. 1583, who m. Agatha Rodney, aunt of Dorothy Rodney, wife of Rice Davis, Esquire, of Tickenham, Somerset who had m. (3) Mary Pitt, sister of William Pitt, b. 1578, Bristol, d. Oct. 25, 1624, in Bristol, and relict of Robert Owen, of Bristol, Merchant, whose Will pr. Feb. 16, 1615 (8 Cope) mentions “my cousin Rice Davies, Esq. My brother in law William Pitt, overseer”. Robert Owen’s da. Mary, m. Richard Davis, Esq, of Tickenham, Somerset; heir as nephew in tail-male of Rice (Rhys) Davis. (See Davis v Owen. Settlement of the will of Robert Owen merchant, of Bristol, Gloucestershire, deceased, payment of legacies and the possession of certain messuages: mentions Mary Davis (alias Mary Owen, his sister) wife of Richard Davis and William Pitt merchant (son of William Pitt, d. 25 Oct. 1624), of Bristol, Gloucestershire: property in Portbury, Somerset and the Quay, Bristol, Gloucestershire. (N.A., C 6/400/16, 1628). Cousins of the family of Captain Thomas Hodges intermarried with the Horners and Hippisleys, thus were kin of the Symes family, whose tenants were the Tookes, and, probably, the Fulghams. Tickenham is 17 miles from Cheddar juxta Wedmore, and the Harris family of those places would have been well acquainted with the Davis family. The inventory of Edward Harris, d. 1677, states that he owed money to “Mrs Davis”; almost cartainly the wife of John Davis (great-nephew of Rice Davis), i.e. Mary Greene; da. of Thomas Greene and Mary Moone, and cousin of Martha Greene, who m. Anthony Fuljames (Fulgham), of Pitminster. whose son, Michael Fulgham, m. Anne Izzard; having issue (1) Anne Fulgham, who m. Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. (2) Susannah Fulgham, m. Hardy Council, son of Hodges Council Jr. and Lucy Hardy. Rice Davis married secondly Isabel, da. of Henry Lygon of Colne Rogers, co. Gloucester, widow of Edward Basset, who through his mother, Joan, only child of John Ashe had inherited Tickenham Court. By his third wife, Rice Davis had a da. who m. Nicholas Poyntz; desc. of Sir Anthony, aforesaid.

9. Sir Edward Gorges of Wraxall and Charlton, Sheriff of Somerset, d 1624; m. Dorothy Speke, da. of Sir George Speke of White Lackington. The family of Gorges and Symes were cousins: John Symes, M.P. for Somerset, d. 1658, m. Amy Horner, da. of the said Tho. Horner, Esq., of Mells Park, b. 1547, M.P. for Somerset, 1585, and high-sheriff, 1607, who m. 1st, Elizabeth Pollard; 2ndly, Jane, da. of Sir John Popham, Knt. of Littlecott, Wilts; and 3rdly, Elizabeth. By his 2nd wife, Jane Popham, who d. 1591, he left at his decease, in 1612, an eldest son and heir, Sir John, Knt. of Mells, M.P. for Dorsetshire, b. about 1580. He m. Anne, da. of Sir George Speke, of While Lackington, and by her, who d. 1666, left at his decease, in 1659, with other issue, a dau., Anne, m. 1662 to John Harrington, Esq., and a son and heir, Sir George Horner, Knt. of Mells, b. 1604, M.P. from 1642 to 1660, who m. Anne, dau. of Sir Henry Pool, and had, George, his heir, and Samuel, etc. Nunney Deeds: ‘land in the South Field conveyed by Samuel Horner of Mells, esq., to Philippa his sister'(DD\BR\u/15, 1663).
9. Sir Ferdinando Gorges of Maine and Birdcombe, d 1647.

John and Nicholas George of Virginia were very probably of the Gorges of Portbury, a junior line of those of Wraxall.

Some have commented that the Thomas Harris born 1636 to Thomas Harris and Alice West in the Symes manor of Nunney  had strong connections to those heretofore given.

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