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8 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. third daughter of Gilbert Flesher, Esq. of Towcester. She was h. there, 22nd Septem- ber, 1764, and baptised there, 3rd November, 1783; d. at Northampton, 18th March, 1836, aged 72, and was buried at Great Houghton. He d. 25th November, 1833, aged 66, and was buried at Great Houghton, 2nd December following, leaving issue, I. Thomas, of Hornsey, co. Middlesex, and afterwards of Glenrock, Sydney, New South Wales, h. 7th and baptised 23rd June, 1795, at Great Houghton ; emigrated to New South Wales, 1830 ; m. at Newtimher, co. Sussex, 23rd October, 1823, Penelope, eldest daugh- ter of the Eev. Webster Whistler, M.A. of St. John's College, Cam- bridge, rector of Hastings and New- timber, CO. Sussex (who was b. 16th January, 1747 and d. 2nd March, 1832, having m. 1795, Miss Mary Lashmer) ; granddaughter of John Whistler, Esq. of Stow Wood, CO. Oxford (who was baptised 1717, and d. 1786, his widow, Elizabeth, dying before 1794) ; great granddaughter of John Whistler, Esq. of Newbury, co. Berks, and Beckley, co. Hants (who m. Mary, and d. 1721) ; great great granddaughter of the Rev. John Whistler, vicar of Clapham, co. Sussex (who was b. 1625, and d. 1685) ; and great great great granddaughter of the Rev. Hugh Whistler, rector of Faccombe, co. Hants, [who m. first, Hannah {d. 1626), and had the afore- named Eev. John Whistler; and secondly, Sarah {d. 1646) ; and d. 1659, having had issue by his second wife, Henry Whistler, Esq. of Epsom, CO. Surrey, whose granddaughter, Jane, m. Sir Thomas Webster, Bart. {b. 1682, d. 1760), of Battle, co. Sussex]. Mrs. Smith was b. at Newtimber, 15th August, 1795, d. at Plymouth, co. Devon, 11th December, 1866, and was buried at Cornwood, co. Devon. He d. at Glenrock, Sydney, 28th July, 1842, leaving issue, 1. Thomas Whistler, of Glenrock, near Sydney, member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, b. at Hornsey, eo; Middlesex, 26th September, 1824, m. at St. James's Church, Sydney, 29th June, 1847, Sarah Maria (fi. 1830), daughter of John Street, Esq. of Tooyong, Bathurst, New South Wales (by Maria, his wife, daughter of John Eendell, Esq. of Tiverton, co. Devon, by Sarah, his wife, sister of Alderman Sir Mat- thew Wood, of Hatherley House, eo. Gloucester, Bart., M.P., twice Lord Mayor, father of Lord Hatherley) ; granddaughter of John Street, Esq. (by Miss Lucy Duncome,of Sheen andOld Albury, CO. Surrey, his wife) ; and great- granddaughter of Henry Street, Esq., who was descended from Lawrence Street, Esq. of Birtley, said, b. 1800, m. 1831, Miss EHza Spencer {b. 1804, d. 1885), and d. 1852, having had issue John Henry Flesher] ; also sister of Gilbert Flesher, Esq. of Towcester, D.L. for co. Northampton (who was b. 1772, and d. «nm. 1845) ; granddaughter of Thomas Flesher, Esq. of Duncot, Greens Norton, near Tow- cester [who was b. 1684, and d. 1762, having m., first, 1719, Hephzibah (b. 1696, d. 1725), daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Hawkins, of Greens Norton, and by her had an only child, Sophia [5. 1722, d. 1775, having m. Thomas Bedford, Esq. of Potterspury, and had issue by him, Sophia Frances, b. 1762, m. John Pinckard, Esq. of Handley, near Tow- cester (who was b. 1760, and d. 1834), and d. 1836] ; and secondly, 1726, Hannah {d. 1774), daughter of Charles Gilbert, Esq. of the city of London (who was b. 1677, m. 1702, Anne, daughter of William Boulting, Esq. of Wed- more, CO. Somerset; and d. 1711), son of the Eev. William Gilbert, rector of Tiffield and vicar of Culworth, co. Northampton b. 1620, m. 1661, Miss Catherine Yerburgh (b. 1637), and d. 1693], son of William Gilbert, of Eeresby, co. Leicester, who was descended from Henry Gilbert, of Gilbert Place, Lulling- ton, CO. Derby, living there before tlie year 1066] ; niece of Frances, daughter of Thomas Flesher, Esq. of Duncot aforenamed, and wife of the Eev. Edward Montgomery, of Milton House, CO. Northampton ; great granddaughter of Thomas Flesher, Esq. of the city of London [who was baptised 1648, m. 1679, Frances, daughter of Sir Francis Eewse, of Hedge- stone, Harrow-on-the-Hill, co. Middlesex, Knight, scout-master-general and lieutenant- colonel of horse to King Chaeles I. Sir Francis Eewse m. Anne (d. 1693), daughter of Thomas Hutchinson, .Esq. of Pinner, co. Middlesex {b. 1572, d. 16s6, having m. Mar- garet {b. 1583, d. 1656), daughter of Eoger Alanson, Esq. of London), and d. 1654] ; great great grandniece of Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hutchinson, Esq. of Pinner afore- named, and wife of Henry Wight, Esq. of Gaysham Hall, Barking, co. Essex [who d. 1692, having bad issue, Sarah, who in. 1662, the Eight Rev. Thomas Cartwright {b. 1634, d. 1689), Lord Bishop of Chester] ; also great great grandniece of the Eev. John Hutchin- son (son of Thomas Hutchinson, Esq. of Pinner aforenamed), of Lichfield, co. Stafford, rector of Astbury, co. Chester, and prebend- ary of Turvin, in Lichfield Cathedral [who was b. 1611, d. 1705, having m. Elizabeth, daughter of the Eight Eev. John Hacket (b. 1592, d. 1670), Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry] ; and great great granddaughter of Thomas Flesher, Esq. of Otley , co. York, where the family had been resident since the Con- quest, the name being derived from the French, Flechier, an arrow maker.