Abdy, Sir Robert 3rd Baronet of Albyns
1688 - 1748 (60 years) Has 8 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Relationship with Living Birth 1688 Christening 8 Apr 1688 Gender Male _UID 15AF36953A3540918AF83E99EE5CA3506599 Death 27 Aug 1748 Patriarch & Matriarch Abdy, Roger
d. 1595 (2 x Great Grandfather)
Nicholas, Jane
b. 1666
d. 1721 (Age 55 years) (Mother)Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I44428 The Family Maw Last Modified 25 Oct 2017
Father Abdy, Sir John 2nd Baronet of Albyns
b. Abt 1643
d. 1691 (Age 48 years)Mother Nicholas, Jane
b. 1666
d. 1721 (Age 55 years)Marriage 10 May 1687 Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, , England Age at Marriage He : ~ 44 years and 5 months - She : ~ 21 years and 5 months. Family ID F14159 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Bramston, Theodosia
d. 8 Aug 1732Marriage 5 Jul 1711 Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years and 7 months - She : ??. Family ID F14160 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Oct 2017
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Notes - Abdy, Sir Robert (1688-1748), 3rd baronet, MP; Only son of Sir John Abdy (c.1643-91) (q.v.) and his wife Jane, daughter of George Nicholas; baptised 8 Apr 1688; succeeded his father as 3rd baronet of Albyns, 1691, at the age of 3; educated at Trinity Coll, Oxford (matric. 1705); perhaps brought up in London as described as 'of Covent Garden' in 1705. Tory MP for Essex, 1727-48; described by Morant in his History of Essex as 'a man of deep knowledge in antiquity and natural history, a great connoisseur in medals, of which he had a fine collection, and, what is more, a true patriot and a person of unshaken integrity and remarkable humanity'; as this description hints, Abdy was a Jacobite, and seems to have been one of the leaders of the planned Jacobite rising in Essex in 1744; he was apparently privy to the details of the planned French invasion of that year; FSA; acted as a trustee of Lord Petre, 1732-33;. Married 5 July 1711 Theodosia (d. 8 August 1732), daughter and heir of Dr. George Bramston, master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and had issue:
(a) Sir John Abdy (c.1714-59), 4th bt. of Albyns (q.v.);
(b) Robert Abdy (c.1715-35), dsp;
(c) Jane Abdy, died young;
(d) Theodosia Abdy (d. 1758), m. 1752 Rev. Stotherd Abdy (c.1728-73) (q.v.), dsp;
He inherited the Albyns estate (Essex) from his father in 1691.
He died 27 Aug 1748
- Abdy, Sir Robert (1688-1748), 3rd baronet, MP; Only son of Sir John Abdy (c.1643-91) (q.v.) and his wife Jane, daughter of George Nicholas; baptised 8 Apr 1688; succeeded his father as 3rd baronet of Albyns, 1691, at the age of 3; educated at Trinity Coll, Oxford (matric. 1705); perhaps brought up in London as described as 'of Covent Garden' in 1705. Tory MP for Essex, 1727-48; described by Morant in his History of Essex as 'a man of deep knowledge in antiquity and natural history, a great connoisseur in medals, of which he had a fine collection, and, what is more, a true patriot and a person of unshaken integrity and remarkable humanity'; as this description hints, Abdy was a Jacobite, and seems to have been one of the leaders of the planned Jacobite rising in Essex in 1744; he was apparently privy to the details of the planned French invasion of that year; FSA; acted as a trustee of Lord Petre, 1732-33;. Married 5 July 1711 Theodosia (d. 8 August 1732), daughter and heir of Dr. George Bramston, master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and had issue: