Associated Line AL2 - The Dumbrell Family 1462 - 1694

This ancestral line merges with the Copper branch line (AL3), and then joins the Main Ancestral Breach Line through Richard Breach (b. 1718) and Elizabeth Copper (b. 1722)(Generation Five).

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East Sussex Map

The Dumbrell family lived in East Sussex. The only recorded places are East Blatchington and Wivelsfield. 

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First Branch Generation

AG1 - Thomas Dumbrell and Eleanor Unknown 1462 - 1536

Thomas Dumbrell was born in 1462 (place unknown). He married Eleanor (surname unknown, b. 1465) and they had one son (known of), Thomas in 1484 (who continues the line down to AG2 below).

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Second Branch Generation

AG2 - Thomas Dumbrell and Johanna Herne 1484 - 1536

Thomas was born in 1484 to Thomas Dumbrell (b. 1462) and Eleanor (b. 1465). He married Johanna Herne (b. 1482). They had one child (known of), William in 1504 (who continues the line down to AG3 below). Thomas and Johanna died in 1536.

The Parents and Grandparent of Johanna Herne:

Richard Herne and Elizabeth Tayce 1457 -1532 

Richard was born in 1457 (unknown place). He married Elizabeth Tayce, born in 1457 in Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire to Thomas Tayce. They had one daughter (known of), Johanna in 1482. 

Thomas Tayce 1432 

Thomas Tayce was born in 1432 (place unknown but probably in the Godmanchester area). His wife is unknown at this time, but they had one daughter (known of), Elizabeth in 1457.  Thomas died in 1529.

Thomas is the earliest known ancestor of the whole family tree and is my 16x Great Grandfather.

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Third Branch Generation

AG3 - William Dumbrell and Agnes Morley 1504 – 1573

William was born in 1504, the son of Thomas and Johanna Dumbrell. He married Agnes Morley (b. 1504) (marriage date not known) and they had one child (known of), John in 1539 (who continues the line down to AG4 below). William died in 1568 and Agnes died in 1573.

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Fourth Branch Generation

AG4 - John Dumbrell and Elizabeth Joan Roberts 1535 – 1604

John Dumbrell was born in 1539, the son of William and Agnes Dumbrell. He married Elizabeth Joan Roberts (b. 1535) in 1551, and they had one child (known of), Richard in 1564 (who continues the line down to AG5 below). John and Elizabeth died in 1604.

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Fifth Branch Generation
AG5 - Richard Dumbrell and Mary Ridge 1565 - 1648

Richard was born in 1565, the son of John Dumbrell and Elizabeth Roberts. He married Mary Ridge (b. 1566) (date of marriage unknown) and had one child (known of), Francis in 1602 (who continues the line down to AG6 below). Richard died in 1648 and Mary died in 1636.

The Parents and Grandparents of Mary Ridge:

John Ridge and Joane Fornes 1533 - 1612 

John Ridge was born in 1533, the son of John Ridge and Agnes Pollington. He married Joane Fornes (b. 1537) (marriage date unknown). They had one daughter (known of), Mary in 1566. John died in 1612 and Joane died in 1609.


John Ridge and Agnes Pollington 1505 - 1569 

John Ridge was born in 1505 to unknown parents. He married Agnes Pollington, who was born in 1510 to a man named 'Pollington' (b. 1484) and an unknown mother. John and Agnes had one son (known of), John in 1533. John died in 1558 and Agnes died in 1569

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Sixth Branch Generation

AG6 - Francis Dumbrell and Elizabeth Nutley 1602 -1658

Francis was born in 1602, the son of Richard Dumbrell and Mary Ridge. He married Elizabeth Nutley (b. 1602) (daughter of Edmund Nutley (b. 1578) and Anne Godleye, (m. 3rd Oct 1598, Wivelsfield). They had one child (known of), Richard in 1626 (who continues the line down to AG7 below). Elizabeth died in 1629. Francis married Lucy Patching (b. 1604) in 1631 and they had nine children as follows:

1. Lucy (b. 1634)
2. Elizabeth (b. 1634, d. 1682)
3. Abraham (b. 1636, d. 1701)
4. Margaret (b. 1639, d. 1640)
5. John (b. 1639, d. 1640)
6. William (b. 1642, d. 1682)
7. Phyllis (b. 1645, d. 1714)
8. Frances (b. 1648, d. 1731)
9. Thomas (b. 1650, d. 1678)

Francis died in 1658, and his second wife Lucy died in 1684.

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Seventh Branch Generation
AG7 - Richard Dumbrell and Ann Jesley 1625 – 1657

Richard was born in 1626, the son of Francis Dumbrell and Elizabeth Nutley. He married Ann Jesley (b. 1625) (date unknown), and their daughter Frances was born in 1657 (no other children known of). Frances continues the line down to AG8 below. Ann died two years later in 1659 and Richard died in 1697.

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Eighth Branch Generation

AG8 - Frances Dumbrell and George Copper 1657 - 1731

Frances was born in 1657, the daughter of Richard Dumbrell and Ann Jesley. She married George Copper (b. 1647) (son of Wylliam Copper, b. 1615, and Joane Younge, b. 1617, married 1637) on the 29th of May 1684 in East Blatchington, Sussex, and had six children as follows: 

1. Susanna (b. 1684)
2. George (b. 1686)
3. John (b. 1688)
4. Thomas (b. 1689, d. 1747) Thomas continues on to the Copper line AL3, see link below..
5. Richard (b. 1691)
6. Anne (b. 1694)

Frances died in 1657, but George's death date is unknown.

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Family Tree 

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Thanks to Ian Cooper for most of the information contained in this post.

Alison Vainlo 2022