William Selwyn

1624 - 1679  (55 years)

• Name	William Selwyn
  Born	1624
  Gender	Male
  Died	08 May 1679	Matson
  Age	55 years
  Person ID	I0513	The Selwyn Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	William Selwyn,   b. 1593,   d. 28 Oct 1643, Matson, Gloucester  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Edith Bennet,   d. 1632, Stonehouse
  Married	18 Sep 1621	Stonehouse
  Family ID	F084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Nourse,   b. 1625,   d. 18 Jan 1715-16, Matson
  Married	11 Mar 1640/41	Matson
  Children	1. William Selwyn,   b. 1644,   d. 7 Aug 1649, Matson  (Age 5 years)   2. Sarah Selwyn,   b. 1645   3. Edward Selwyn,   b. 1646,   d. 03 Apr 1678  (Age 32 years)   4. Theophilus Selwyn,   b. 1652,   d. 1655  (Age 3 years)   5. Jasper Selwyn,   b. 1654,   d. 1655  (Age 1 years) + 6. Maj. Gen. William Selwyn,   b. 1655,   d. 15 Apr 1702, Jamaica  (Age 47 years) + 7. Sophia Selwyn + 8. Beata Selwyn,   d. 9 Nov 1722   9. Mary Selwyn + 10. Anne Selwyn   11. Margaret Selwyn
  Family ID	F083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 08 May 1679 - Matson Married - 11 Mar 1640/41 - Matson  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Window in Matson House, Gloucester The text reads :- The notches in this window sill were cut by the future Kings Charles II and James II in their boyhood, when they were living in Matson House with their father King Charles I during the siege of Gloucester by the Royal troops in August 1643.

  
  

  Documents		Will of William Selwyn
  		Will of William Selwyn

  
  

  Headstones		Detail from the plaque in memory of three children of William Selwyn Memoriæ Sacrum Gulielmi, Theophili et Jasperi, filiorum Gulielmi Selwyn arm: et Margaretæ uxoris eius: qui uno eodemque fatali morbo correpti, fato cessere immaturo, Gulielmus parentum pri- mogenitus. Quinquennium pene expletus 7 die Augusti ano 1649 obit. Theophilus triennium, Jasperus mensem ætatis undecimum, peragentes parum in morte occubuere: hic 27 ille 29 die Septembris ano 1655
  		Plaque to the memory of three children of William Selwyn

  
  

• Notes

  Inherited Matson House in 1643 s. William, of Matson, co. Gloucester, arm. NEW INN HALL, matric 11 Dec, 1640, aged 15; died in 1679; father of the next. Charles I used Matson House as his headquarters during the siege of Gloucester in 1643.