Below is a basic descendency chart listing for the PLOWDEN family. As further research is done, a more detailed breakdown will be developed and displayed.
A - Plowden Hall, England to William F.G. Plowden
B - Maryland Plowdens
to Clifford Lewis, 3rd
C - South Carolina Plowdens to Thomas Y. Plowden.
All three branches have the same common stem below for eleven generations:
I. Roger de Plowden, the Crusader, at siege of Acre, A.D. 1191
II. Philip de
Plowden, living 1220
III. John de Plowden, living in the reign of Henry III
IV.
John de Plowden, 1306, m. Matilda Montgomery
V. John de Plowden, m. Joanna Salter
VI.
John de Plowden, m. Matilda Burley
VII. Edmund de Plowden, (living 1451), m. Jane
Cleobury
VIII. John de Plowden, m. Margaret Blawney
IX. Humphrey Plowden, (1490-1557),
m. Elizabeth Wollascot, nee Sturry, d. 1559.
X. Edmund Plowden, (1517-1584), the
eminent lawyer, m. Katherine Sheldon
XI. Francis Plowden, (1562- 1652), m. Mary
Fermor
Branch A lists the Plowdens continuously residing in Plowden Hall, Shropshire
XII-A Francis Plowden (1588-1661), m. (1) Eliz.Butler, (2) Katherine Audley
XIII-A
Edmund Plowden (1616-1666), m. Elizabeth Cotton (1637)
XIV-A William Plowden (1667-1740)
m. (2) Mary Stoner (1696), m.(3) Mary Lyttelton
XV-A William Plowden (1700-1754),
m. (1726) Francis Dormer (1713-1753)
XVII-A Edmund Plowden (1727-1768), m.(1755)
Elizabeth Lucy Thompson (1733-1765)
XVIII-A William X. Plowden, M.D. (1759-1824),
m. Mary Winter
XIX-A Willam H. Plowden (1802-1870), m. (1834) Barbara Cholmeley,
d. 1853
XX-A William F. Plowden (1853-1914), m. (1874) Lady Mary Dundas, d. 1911
XXI-A
Roger E.J. Plowden (1879-1946), m. (1) (1918) Mary Cholmondeley, (2) M. Grace
XXII-A
William F.G. Plowden (1925- ), m. (1951) Valerie Ann Bush
Branch B lists Plowdens decending from Edmund Plowden (Lord Earl Palatine) in Maryland to Clifford Lewis 3rd:
XII-B Edmund Plowden (1590- 1659) m. (1609) Mabel Marriner (1596-1674)
XIII-B
Francis Plowden (1612-1678) m. (1653) Margaret Powell
XIV-B George Plowden (1663-1713)
m. (1694) Margaret Brent
XV-B Edmund Plowden (1696-1758) m. (1739) Henrietta Slyle
XVI-B
Edmund Plowden (1751-1804) m. (1779) Jane Hammersley (1759-1804)
XVII-B Mary Ann
Plowden (1784-1827) m. (1808) Judge John I. Jenkins (1786-1845)
XVIII-B Margaret
Brent Jenkins (1816-1901) m. (1840) Austin Jenkins (1806-1888)
XIX-B Harriet Ann
Jenkins (1846-1923) m. (1871) Nicholas Kernan (1845-1901)
XX-B Isabel Marriner
Kernan (1875-1965) m. (1900) Clifford Lewis, Jr. d. 1956
XXI-B Clifford Lewis,
3rd (1904- ) m. (1) (1942) Mary Butler d. 1970
Branch C lists Plowdens descending from Edward Plowden in South Carolina to Thomas Y. Plowden:
XII-C Edmund Plowden (1590-1659) m. (1609) Mabel Marriner (1596-1674)
XIII-C
Thomas Plowden (1614-1698) m. (1650) Thomasine Davies, d.1709
XIV-C Francis Plowden
(1656-1703) m. (1683) Frances Garnons, d. 1713
XV-C Edward Plowden ( -1763) m.
Susannah Ransom (?)
XVI-C Edward Plowden (1744-1819) m. Susannah Nelson
XVII-C
Gabriel Plowden (1793-1864) m. Mary Jane Montgomery
XVIII-B James Alexander Plowden
(1818-1862) m. (1) Naomi Croskey (2) Harriet Pack
XIX-C William H. Plowden (1851-1923)
m. Sarah Ann Nettles
XX-C Jesse Clifton Plowden (1882-1967) m. (1911) Estelle
Youngblood, d. 1951
XXI-C Jesse Clifton Plowden, Jr. (1926-1998) m. (1948) Patricia
Hinson
XXII-C Thomas Y. Plowden (1954- ) m. (1981) Kathy Miller
For questions on these individuals, send email to:
questions@plowden.org
or write:
"The Descendents of Edward Plowden I
P.O. BOX
24217
Greenville,
SC 29616
or fax to:
864-235-7515