The Ancestry Of James Anthony FROUDE (historian etc.)

Ancestry of James Anthony FROUDE

Note the spelling of the surname varies. Possible spellings are FROUD, FROWD, FROWDE, FROOD, FRUDE, and even FRUID. I have just used FROUDE here for simplicity.

The James Anthony FROUDE tree "starts" with John FROUDE born 1614 Modbury, Devon, England. (Christened 3 July 1614). His parents were Osmond FROUDE and Ann SHEROW, who married 18 Oct 1613 at Modbury. Osmond died at sea 1656.

This John FROUDE married Dorothy STEPHENS at Kingston near Ivybridge, Devon, England on 6 April 1635. These two are James Anthony's Great Great Great Great Grandparents (4G Grandparents).

They had 4 known children.

John b 1638 Modbury, Devon, England

Henry b 1643 Modbury, Devon, England

James b 1645 Modbury, Devon, England

Edmond b 1648 Modbury, Devon, England

James (1645) married Mary WALKER 29 Jan 1666 at Kingston, Devon, England. These are James Anthony's 3G Grandparents.

They had 8 known children:

John b 1668 Kingston, Devon, England

Mary b 1670 Kingston, Devon, England died before 1672

James b 1671 Kingston, Devon, England died before 1676

Mary b 1672 Kingston, Devon, England

Agnes b 1674 Kingston, Devon, England died 1688

James b 1676 Kingston, Devon, England

Christian b 1679 Kingston, Devon, England

Robert b 1681 Kingston, Devon, England

Robert (1681) married Elizabeth AYSHFORD at Kingston on the 10 Apr 1707. These are James Anthony's 2G Grandparents.

They had 10 known children:

Elizabeth b 1707 Kingston, Devon, England died 1712

Margaret b 1710 Kingston, Devon, England

Ann b 1712 Kingston, Devon, England

John b 1714 Kingston, Devon, England

Arthur b 1716 Kingston, Devon, England

James b 1718 Kingston, Devon, England

Robert b 1720 Kingston, Devon, England

Elizabeth b 1723  Kingston, Devon, England

Sarah b 1726 Kingston, Devon, England died 1727

Joan b 1730 Modbury, Devon, England

John b 1714 married Elizabeth LUSCOMBE 18 May 1735 at South Pool, Devon, England. South Pool is near Salcombe, about halfway between Kingston and Dartmouth (20 km from either of these)

These are James Anthony's Great Grandparents.

They had 9 known children:

Mary b 1737 Modbury, Devon, England

John b 1739 Modbury, Devon, England, died before 1743

Robert b 1741 Modbury, Devon, England

Rev John b 1743 Modbury, Devon, England

Nicholas b 1745 Modbury, Devon, England

Elizabeth b 1747 Modbury, Devon, England

Mary b 1748 Modbury, Devon, England

Margaret b 1750 Modbury, Devon, England

Katherine b 1752 Modbury, Devon, England

Robert (1741) married Phillis HURREL  11 Feb 1766 at Aveton Gifford, Devon, England. Aveton Gifford is a small village about 5 km SE of Modbury.

These are James Anthony's Grandparents.

They had 4 known children:

Elizabeth b 1766 at Dodbrooke, Devon, England (Kingsbridge)

Mary b 1768 at Dodbrooke, Devon, England

Margaret Ayshford b 1769 at Dodbrooke, Devon, England

Robert Hurrell b 1770 Aveton Gifford, Devon, England.

Robert Hurrell married Margaret SPEDDING on 10 June 1802 at Bassenthwaite, Cumberland, England. They then moved to Devon.

These are James Anthony's parents.

There are 8 known children in this family.

Richard Hurrell b 1803 Dartington, Devon, England

Robert Hurrell b 1804 Dartington, Devon, England

John Spedding b 1806 Dartington, Devon, England

Phillis Jane b 1809 Dartington, Devon, England

Margaret b 1809 Dartington, Devon, England

William b 1810 Dartington, Devon, England

Mary Isabella 1813 Dartington, Devon, England

James Anthony 1818 Dartington, Devon, England

A footnote: Some people have tried to link The James Anthony FROUDE tree to the FROUDE family in New Zealand that came from the Dartmouth area. While I am sure there is a link somewhere, major mistakes are being spread on the Internet largely because of the My Heritage On line Genealogy site, which invites people to make the links. In particular the John FROUDE (FRUDE) born about 1750 who married Margaret BURGOIN on the 6th January 1774 at Cornworthy has been linked on My Heritage sites to the Rev. John FROUDE born 1743 Modbury.

They are two completely separate people. and the origins of John FROUDE (FRUDE) who married Margaret BURGOIN remain unknown.

The Rev. John FROUDE (1743) married Prestwood Love LEGASSIKE on 22 March 1769 at Modbury. They had 11 known children between 1769 and 1788. The Rev John FROUDE's ancestry is listed above.