Anastasia, d. unm. in 1809. He wedded secondly, Catherine, youngest daughter of Sir Robert Gerard, bart. of Byn, but had no further issue. He died 4th December, 1813, leaving a widow surviving, who is still living (June, 1833). Mr. Strickland-Standish devised the Standish estates to his elder son, the present CHARLES RAWLINGS, OF PADSTOW. RAWLINGS, WILLIAM, esq. of Padstow, in the county of Cornwall, b. in 1788, a magistrate, and deputy-lieutenant for that shire. Lineage. This family, originally of Herefordshire, was, for many generations, officially connected with its city. WILLIAM RAWLINGS, esq. an eminent merchant, distinguished alike for active philanthropy, and literary attainments, espoused in 1736, Catherine, daughter of Christopher Warne, esq. of St. Columb, and thence removed to Padstow, about the middle of the last century. Among the of St. valuable family estates were manors, Columb, derived from the Wardour Arun dels, and of Rialton, from the Godolphins. Mr. Rawlings d. in 1795, greatly esteemed for his public and private virtues, leaving poused in 1821, Caroline, daughter of John Rogers, esq. of Penrose, and niece of Lord de Dunstanville. The elder son, THOMAS RAWLINGS, esq. of Saunders Hill, whose superior talents were highly appreciated by the county magistracy, served the office of high sheriff of Cornwall in 1803, and was one of the deputy wardens of the Stannaries. He m. in 1782, Margery, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Price, esq. of Tregolds, a branch of the Newtown family, by whom (who inherited, upon the demise issueless of her only brother, John, in pursuance of her father's will, the Price estates in St. Wenn and Withiel) he had, (with other daughters) Mr. WILLIAM, his heir. Edward, in holy orders. Ann, who m. in 1810, John Paynter, esq. of Blackheath, Kent, and has an only son, John. Harriet, m. in 1828, to the Rev. Vernon Collins, of Trewardale, in Cornwall. Rawlings died in 1820, and was s. by his eldest son, the present WILLIAM RAWLINGS, esq. of Padstow. Arms-Sa. three swords paleways, points in chief arg. Crest---An armed arm, embowed, elbow resting on the wreath, holding in the gauntlet a falchion ar. hilt or. Motto---Cognosce teipsum, et disce pati. DONKIN, OF LOWER CAVERSHAM. DONKIN, SIR RUFANE-SHAWE, of Lower Caversham, in the county of Oxford, a lieutenant-general in the army, m. first, Elizabeth-Frances, eldest daughter of the Very Rev. Dr. George Markham, dean of York, and grand-daughter of the late Archbishop of York, by whom he has an only child, GEORGE-DAVID. He espoused, secondly, 5th May, 1832, Lady Anna-Maria Elliot, daughter of the late earl of Minto. This gallant officer is a knight commander of the Bath, grand cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, colonel of the 80th regiment, and representative in Parliament of the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Lineage. General ROBERT DONKIN, (descended from a respectable family, proprietors of considerable landed property in Northumberland, presumed to have emigrated originally from Scotland, in some of the civil conflicts of that country, to have settled on the borders, and to have changed the name from DUNCAN*) was born 19th March, 1727, and adopting a military life, entered the army in 1746. In 1761 he was at the siege of Belleisle, under General St. Clair, and there became acquainted with the historian, Hume, from whose dictation he wrote an account of the expedition. He was subsequently Aide-de-camp to General Fowke, (to whom captain, afterwards General Wolfe, was at the time Major of Brigade) and served in Flanders, during the campaigns of that period. He participated in the seven years' war as a captain, and was Aide-decamp and Secretary to General Rufane, while he was Governor and Commander-inchief at Martinique. General Donkin went afterwards to America, and served there from 1775 to 1783, at the commencement, as Aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-chief General Gage, and subsequently as Major This supposition is supported by the fact, that the family have always used the armorial bearings of DUNCAN, with the addition only of three buckles on the chevron. in the 44th Regiment, and as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the Royal Garrison Battalion, which latter commission he held until the reduction of the regiment in 1783. During a period of the ensuing peace he was Aide-de-camp to the Earl of Granard, Commander-in-chief in Ireland. "General Donkin," says a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine," passed a long life of the most unsullied honor and with the greatest respectability, without sickness, and apparently without uneasiness of any sort; and although he had served in a great variety of climates, and had been engaged in nine actions, and present at seven sieges, he was never absent from his duty either from illness or wounds." This gallant soldier espoused Mary, daughter of the Rev. Emanuel Collins, of the ancient and respectable Somersetshire family of that name, by whom he left at his demise, an only surviving child, the present Lieutenant General SIR RUFANE SHAWE DONKIN, K.C.B. M.P. &c. Mottoes-Tu meliora spera; and above the crest, Bona spes. Estate-Lower Caversham, Oxfordshire. Town Residence-Park Street, Grosvenor Square. Seat-Lower Caversham. PEMBERTON, OF BARNES. PEMBERTON, RICHARD, esq. of Barnes, in the county-palatine of Durham, b. 14th January, 1746, m. 4th August, 1774, Elizabeth, only child of Ralph Jackson, esq. of Sunderland, and has had issue, L. JOHN, barrister at law, formerly of York, and now of Sherburn Hall, in Durham, a justice of the peace for that shire, b. at Monkwearmouth, 14th March, 1779, m. at Bride's Kirk, in Cumberland, 3rd July, 1810, Mary, daughter of William Browne, esq. of Talantire Hall, in Cumberland. 11. Ralph-Stephen, b. 26th June, 1780, served the office of high-sheriff for the county of Carmarthen in 1820, m. 20th June, in the same year, Anne-Mary, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Rippon, esq. of Low Mill, in the county of Durham, and niece of the Honorable Richard Hetherington, president of Tortola and the Virgin Islands. 111. Richard, b. 4th April, 1782, m. at St. Pancras church, Woburn-place, London, 4th November, 1830, Ellen, daughter of Captain Robert Jump, R. N. and has issue, Richard-Laurence, b. 12th October, 1831. IV. Thomas, b. at Barnes, 3rd March, 1785, purchased Bainbridge Holme from his cousin, George Pemberton, esq. in 1832, m. at Boldon 21st September, 1830, Elizabeth-Orde, daughter of John Dutton, esq. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Calow Oaks, in the county of Derby, a captain in the army. Mr. Thomas Pemberton is a deputy-lieutenant for the county of Durham. v. Penelope, b. 26th June, 1775, d. unmarried 18th May, 1821. vi. Eleanor, b. 25th July, 1777, d. unmarried 11th October, 1826. VII. Elizabeth, b. 17th October, 1783, d. 12th January, 1784. VIII. Elizabeth, m. 22nd September, 1814, to Thomas Thompson, esq. of Bishop 1. Pemberton-Wharton Thompson, b. 5th August, 1817, d. 1st June, 1824. 3. Elizabeth-Margaret Thompson, died in infancy. 4. Penelope-Eleanor Thompson, b. 2nd April, 1819. 5. Elizabeth-Laurence Thompson, b. 4th April, 1823. 6. Eleanor-Margaret Thompson, b. 28th August, 1826. Ix. Margaret, m. 12th July, 1828, to John Austin, brigadier-general in the army of Penelope-Frances-Elizabeth Austin, b. 4th October, 1829. 1. JOHN, his heir. 1. Ralph, of Egglescliffe, afterwards of Durham, baptized 6th July, 1602, m. 9th November, 1637, Jane, daughter of Theobalds, esq. and dying in 1681, was s. by his son, Ralph, of Durham, who m. in February, 1670-1, Anne Garnett, and had issue, Ralph, of Egglescliffe and of Michael, baptized 8th Feb- II. Michael, d. young, 1599. IV. Richard, baptized 17th October, 1604, lived near Grantham, in Lincolnshire. v. Margaret, d. 1596. VI. Florence, d. 1654. VII. Mary, m. 30th October, 1610, to Anthony Garnett, gentleman, of Egglescliffe, and had a son, John Garnett, esq. of Egglescliffe, captain of horse, in the regiment of Colonel George Heron, and in the service of CHARLES I.; he m. Alice, daughter of Christopher Place, esq. of Dinsdale, and relict of Michael Pemberton, esq. of Aislaby. The eldest son and heir, JOHN PEMBERTON, esq. of Aislaby, had livery of his lands, 5th October, 1626. He m. at Grindon, 8th June, 1612, Isabel, dau. of Henry Grey, esq. of Newminster Abbey, fourth son of Sir Ralph Grey, knt. of Chillingham, and had issue, 1. MICHAEL, his heir, of Aislaby.* This MICHAEL PEMBERTON, of Aislaby, a major in the service of King CHARLES I. b. in 1615, m. Alice, daughter of Christopher Place, esq. of Dinsdale, great-great grandson of Rowland Place, esq. by Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir Edward Radcliffe, knt. of Cartington, warden of the East Marches. By this lady (who wedded, secondly, Captain John Garnett) he had issue, 1. MICHAEL, of Aislaby, b. in 1644, and sometime of Northallerton, where he died, and JOHN, of Blackwell, who sold Aislaby, circ. 1720. He m. in 1697, Mary, dau. of Christopher Place, esq. of Darlington, and d. in 1729, having had one son and three daughters, who all died unmarried. 11. John, sheriff of York, in 1684, who m. first, in 1678, Sarah, daughter of George Prescot, of Darlington, and died at Koningsburg, leaving an only child, WILLIAM, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of 1. WILLIAM, b. 8th January, 1718, WILLIAM PEMBERTON, esq. of Middleton St. George, who died unmarried, 11th March, 1801, aged twenty-eight, and was buried at Middleton Saint George, where a monument is erected to his memory. He devised his estates to his maternal aunts, to the prejudice of his heirat-law, George Allan, esq. M.P. of Blackwell Grange, who instituted proceedings in order to set the will aside, but failed in the attempt. 2. Sarah, wife of George Pinkney, d. s. p. JOHN PEMBERTON, of Hilton, presumed to be second son of John Pemberton and Isabel Grey, was agent or steward to the family of Hilton, of Hilton Castle, and was named a trustee in the will of John Hilton, esq. 22nd July, 1668, wherein he is designated as his "true friend." There is strong presumptive evidence to conclude that this gentle 3. Mary, d. unmarried, 1750. 5. Anne, d. unmarried. 6. Catherine, b. in 1714, m. 7. Margaret, d. unmarried, in 1745. John, b. at York, 10th September, 1684, to - man was Captain John Pemberton, above named, the younger brother of Major Pemberton, son of John Pemberton, esq. of Aislaby, and Isabel Grey, who, with another son, Captain Henry Pemberton, were all actively engaged in the royal cause, (see pedigree of the Aislaby family, Surtees' Durham, vol. iii. p. 105, also a note to the the arms of Hindmarsh, viz. gules, in a marsh, a hind, lodged ppr. as descendants of Richard Pemberton, of Stanhope, and Alice Hindmarsh, the sixth generation in the genealogy. All which proves (as far as evidence, short of written testimony, can prove) that the Bainbridge Holme and Barnes families are descended from the ancient family of Stanhope, and afterwards of Aislaby; and there is every reason to suppose that John Pemberton, of Hilton, to whom the former family trace their ascendency, as shown above, was the to connecting link between the families; being John, son of John, of Aislaby, and Isabel Grey, and a captain in the service of CHARLES I. (See Surtees, vol. iii. p. 205.) According to Surtees, John, the son of John, of Aislaby, and Isabel Grey, was baptized 22nd November, 1618, (see the volume and page before cited); and the same author, in vol. ii. p. 35, mentions Mr. John Pemberton, of Hilton, as legatee in the will, dated 22nd July, 1668, of John Hilton, esq. of Hilton, in which he is bequeathed a legacy of £100. and the testator recommends to his executors to consult him, and be guided by him, he being his “true friend.” This John Pemberton, of Hilton, is known to be the ancestor of the families of Bainbridge Holme and Barnes, and it is very probable that he, and John, the son of John of Aislaby, and Isabel Grey, were one and the same person; for it is to be borne in mind, that this John Hilton, whose will is above referred to, was a captain in the service of CHARLES I., in which service his father, John Hilton, was a colonel (see Surtees, vol. ii. p. 27) and that John Pemberton, son of John of Aislaby, and Isabel Grey, was also a captain in the same service, and most likely in the same regiment; for at that time there was no standing army, and the regiments raised for the royal cause were generally county or provincial corps, and officered by the gentlemen of the respective districts. Colonel Hinton, before mentioned, commanded one of these corps; and it is presumable, that his son, John, and John Pemberton, represented in these respective pedigrees, as captains in the service of CHARLES I. held their commissions in that very corps. There are no bonds more likely to unite men in strict friendship than the same creed in politics, and military service performed under the same standard, and in the same cause. It is very probable, that the friendship to which Mr. Hilton adverts in his will, before cited, originated amidst the din of arms; and that, at the conclusion of the civil wars, Mr. Hilton retired to his castle and paternal domains, accompanied by his friend and comrade, whom he appointed his steward or agent, for such it appears, the John Pemberton named in his will was, and which John Pemberton, was the progenitor of the Bainbridge Holme and Barnes families. Thomas, b. 10th April, 1686, a navy surgeon, who d. unmarried, and was buried in St. John's Church, Wapping. Francis, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, b. in 1687, m. first, Jane, daughter of John Rand, of Newcastle, who d. s. p., and secondly, Mary, daughter of Samuel Hancock, gent. and relict of the Rev. William Hall, curate of All Saints, by whom he left three daughters, Elizabeth, m. to the Rev. William Hall, Jane, m. to Mr. Barnard, and the third Waune, of Darlington. Elizabeth, d. unmarried, aged eighteen. Though there is no known written evidence or record, proving the Bainbridge Holme and Barnes families, as being descended from the family of Stanhope and Aislaby, yet there is strong presumptive evidence of such being the fact; first, there is no trace of there having been anciently in the County Palatine, more than one family of the name of Pemberton, that of Stanhope and Aislaby. Secondly, there is no reason whatever to suppose or imagine that the families of Bainbridge Holme and Barnes had their origin out of the County Palatine; hence, it would follow, that they are branches of the original family of Stanhope and Aislaby, and such they have always been considered; and thirdly, the arms of the Bainbridge Holme, Barnes, Stanhope, and Aislaby families, are the same, and different from all the other Pembertons in England, being ar. a chev. ermines between three griffins' heads, couped sa. with which the inbridge Holme and Barnes families quarter It is not at all unlikely that such an arrange |
