Dorothea Owsley

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The line of Dorothea Poyntz is well documented back to the first clear ancestor, Hugh Poinz and wife Hawixia, daughter of Cory Malet in the early 12th century. Their son Nicholas married Elizabeth Dyall and died 1272. His son Hugh Poyntz married Margaret Paveley; their son Nicholas married Elizabeth, daughter of William de la Zouche. Nicholas served King Edward I in battle against Prince Llewelyn of Wales, and in 1294 again in battle against Wales. He was often summoned to fight for the Scots wars in 1296-7, and again in 1300. He was frequently summoned to Parliament; he died around 1307. His son Nicholas was also very active against the Scots, and married (2) Matilda de Acton. At his death he held the manors of Hoo, Lollynggeston, and Tokinton in Gloucester. Their only son, John Poyntz (his mother's heir), called Poyntz of Iron Acton, married Elizabeth de Clanvowe and died 1376. Robert, his heir (1359-1439) married Katherine Fitz-Nichol of Hull and Nympsfield. Their son and heir Nicholas, knighted in 1431 for Cloucester, had his heir John by Elizabeth Mill. (m. 1); he inherited the manor of Brokenbury. John married Alice Cock, but only survived his father briefly (1450). His heir Robert was Sheriff of Southampton, at first following King Richard III and then Earl of Richmond, being knighted at the battle of Redmore after Richard was slain in 1485. He married Margaret, illegitimate daughter of Sir Anthony Wydville and Gwentlian Stradling. Of their eight children, two are connected to Dorothy Poyntz: John of Alderley (m. Margaret Saunders), had William (m. Elizabeth Newdigate), who had John (m. Anne Sydenham, daughter of John Sydenham and Mary Poyntz.) Mary was daughter of Nicholas Poyntz and Anne Verney, son of Nicholas Poyntz and Joan Berkeley, son of Anthony Poyntz, 1480-, son and heir of Robert and Margaret). William and Elizabeth Newdigate lived at Woodhatch; he died in 1601. These two branches of the family were united when John Poyntz married his cousin Anne Sydenham; she divorced him in 1613 and he sold all his property; very likely he went to Jamestown VA, dying around 1617. Their son Newdigate Poyntz of Nunny, Co. Somerset, died 1741; he had married Sarah Foxley. Their daughter was our ancestor, Dorothy Poyntz Owsley. And that doesn't even include the lines of Anne Sydenham and Sarah Foxley which include some interesting names in English history. (Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Poyntz or Eight Centuries of an English House by Sir John Maclean, 1886).

Dorothea Poyntz, born before January 3, 1632, was a daughter of Capt. Newdigate Poyntz and Sarah Foxley Poyntz.

Dorothea Poyntz married Rev. John Owsley on September 21, 1658/1659 in Glooston, Leicestershire, England. They had twelve children.

NOTES: Online research provided: January 3, 1832, christening date.

Buried at Glooston Parish Church.

Glooston Parish Church is formally known as Saint John the Baptist Church.

Online research provided: "Here lieth the bodies of John and Dorothea Owsley, who had twelve children, the latter buried August 2nd, 1705."

From: Magna Carta Ancestors: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Volume 1 By: Douglas Richardson Copyright: 2011 "Dorothea died on 2 Aug. 1705."

From Julie Crabtree on May 15, 2018: Birth year: 1631

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NOTES: Dorothea Poyntz, born before January 3, 1632, was a daughter of Capt. Newdigate Poyntz and Sarah Foxley Poyntz.

Dorothea Poyntz married Rev. John Owsley on September 21, 1658/1659 in Glooston, Leicestershire, England. They had twelve children. January 3, 1832, christening date. Buried at Glooston Parish Church. Glooston Parish Church is formally known as Saint John the Baptist Church. "Here lieth the bodies of John and Dorothea Owsley, who had twelve children, the latter buried August 2nd, 1705."

From: Magna Carta Ancestors: "Dorothea died on 2 Aug. 1705.