The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Abigail Holroyd [Way]
Generation No. 1
  1. Abigail Holroyd [Way] She was born 1746, daughter of Lewis Way, of Old Court, Richmond, Surrey, and Abigail Lockey; died 3rd Apr 1793
  She married John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, Baron of Dunamore, Co. Meath, Ireland and Baron of Roscommon on 26th Apr 1767 at Richmond, London. He was born 21st Dec 1735 at Ireland; 1st Baron Sheffield, of Dunamore, co. Meath, Ireland 9th Jan 1781; 1st Baron Sheffield, of Roscommon, Ireland 20th Sep 1783; 1st Baron Sheffield, of Sheffield, Yorkshire 29th Jul 1802; 1st Earl of Sheffield 16th Jan 1816; 1st Viscount of Pevensey 16th Jan 1816; died 20th May 1821 at Portland Place, London, aged 86 years; buried Jun 1821 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex, Sheffield mausoleum. They had the following children:
  iJohn William who was born 4th Apr 1768 at Greave Hall, Yorkshire; christened 10th Apr 1770 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex; died Jul 1772 Fletching, Sussex; buried 18th Jul 1772 Fletching, Sussex, Sheffield mausoleum
2 iiLady Maria Josepha who was born 3rd Jan 1771; christened 31st Jan 1771 St. James, Westminster, London; died 1st Nov 1863 Oxfordshire; buried after 1st Nov 1863 Cheshire
3 iiiLouisa Dorothea who was born 1st Sep 1776 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 7th Oct 1776 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex; died 14th May 1854
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Lady Maria Josepha Stanley [Holroyd], letter writer and liberal advocate was the daughter of John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, Baron of Dunamore, Co. Meath, Ireland and Baron of Roscommon and Abigail Holroyd [Way]. She was born 3rd Jan 1771; christened 31st Jan 1771 at St. James, Westminster, London; died 1st Nov 1863 at Holmwood, Shiplake, near Henley, Oxfordshire; buried after 1st Nov 1863 at St. Mary's Church, Alderley, Cheshire
  She married John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley on 11th Oct 1796 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex. He was born 1766, son of Sir John Thomas Stanley, of Alderley Park, Cheshire, and Margaret Owen; died 1850
   
  3. Louisa Dorothea Clinton [Holroyd] was the daughter of John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, Baron of Dunamore, Co. Meath, Ireland and Baron of Roscommon and Abigail Holroyd [Way]. She was born 1st Sep 1776 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 7th Oct 1776 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex; died 14th May 1854
  She married Lt.-General Sir William Henry Clinton on 14th Mar 1797. He was born 23rd Dec 1769 at Hertfordshire, son of Henry Clinton and harriet Carter; died 23rd Dec 1846
   

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