1753 - 1823 (70 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Rev. John Selwyn was born on 3 May 1753 in Blockley; was christened on 23 May 1753 in Blockley; died on 28 Oct 1823; was buried on 11 Nov 1823 in Salisbury Cathedral (beneath the spire). Notes:
Curate of Blockley. 1776-77
Rector of Ludgershall. 1777-1823
s. Charles Jasper, of Blockley, co. Worcester, cler. PEMBROKE COLL., matric. 4 May, 1774, aged 21; B.C.L. 1783, rector of Ludgershall, Wilts, 1777, master of Wigston's Hospital, Leicester 1793, and succentor of Salisbury Cathedral, rector of Coulstone, Wilts, 1798, until his death 4 Nov, 1823, father of the last named and of the next named.
John married Bridget Dyer on 9 Oct 1777 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Bridget (daughter of William Dyer and Bridget Charleton) was born in 1753; died on 3 Aug 1823; was buried on 11 Aug 1823 in Salisbury Cathedral (beneath the spire). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Lieut. George Brydges Selwyn was born on 22 Jan 1778 in Ludgershall; was christened in 1779 in Ludgershall; died in 1803 in on the "Varuna" during a passage home from India.
- 3. Albinia Selwyn was born in 1780; was christened in 1780 in Ludgershall; died on 26 Feb 1860 in Bristol.
- 4. Lieut. John Selwyn was born on 11 Oct 1782 in Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England; was christened in 1782 in Ludgershall; died on 26 Dec 1810 in Trichinopoly; was buried in Trichinopoly.
- 5. Bridget Selwyn was born in 1783; was christened in 1784; died on 21 May 1867 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
- 6. Henry Thomas Selwyn was born on 28 Jul 1788; died on 17 Aug 1831 in Rothesay Castle(ship) off Anglesey; was buried in Beaumaris.
- 7. Cdr. Charles William Selwyn was born on 22 Apr 1786; was christened on 2 May 1786 in Ludgershall; died in 1820 in Exmouth.
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Generation: 2
2. | Lieut. George Brydges Selwyn (1.John1) was born on 22 Jan 1778 in Ludgershall; was christened in 1779 in Ludgershall; died in 1803 in on the "Varuna" during a passage home from India. Notes:
s. John, of Ludgershall, Wilts, cler. WORCESTER COLL., matric 4 May, 1796, aged 17.
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4. | Lieut. John Selwyn (1.John1) was born on 11 Oct 1782 in Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England; was christened in 1782 in Ludgershall; died on 26 Dec 1810 in Trichinopoly; was buried in Trichinopoly. Notes:
s. John, of Ludgershall, Wilts. cler. CORPUS CHRISTI COLL., matric. 24 Jan, 1800, aged 17.
30th, or Cambridgeshire, Regiment of Foot
John married Martha Jones on 10 Dec 1804 in Bristol. Martha (daughter of Anne Jones) died in 1816; was buried in Madras. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Henry Thomas Selwyn (1.John1) was born on 28 Jul 1788; died on 17 Aug 1831 in Rothesay Castle(ship) off Anglesey; was buried in Beaumaris. Notes:
Buried:
Inscription on his tomb reads :-
Here lieth interred the remains of Henry Selwyn, Esq., of Church-street, Bathwick, Bath, and Harriette Catharine, his wife. They unhappily perished amongst the sufferers on board the Rothsay Castle, lost near this place, on the 18th August, 1831.
Memorial in Beaumaris church reads:-
To the memory of Henry and Harriette Selwyn, who were passengers on board the Rothsay Castle, and perished during the night of the 17th August, 1831. Their earthly remains rest together in the adjoining Church-yard.
Died:
A full account of the wreck of the Rothsay Castle is available on archive.org
Henry married Harriette Catherine Langton in 1814. Harriette (daughter of John Langton and Constantia Cranwell) was born on 9 May 1791; died on 17 Aug 1831 in Rothesay Castle(ship) off Anglesey; was buried in Beaumaris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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