Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet of Felix Hall

1612 - 1685  (73 years)

• Name	Thomas Abdy
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	1st Baronet of Felix Hall
  Birth	1612
  Christening	18 May 1612	St Dionis Backchurch, London, , Greater London, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	04C5D7167EC54BFF95EDD9EF1E25251D1221
  Death	14 Jan 1685	Kelvedon, Colchester, , Essex, England
  Person ID	I44421	The Maw Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Sir Anthony Abdy,   b. 1579   d. 10 Sep 1640 (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Abigail Campbell,   b. Est 1585   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	14 Aug 1610	St Mary Aldermary, London, London, England
  Family ID	F14155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Soame,   b. Est 1620   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	16 Jan 1646	St Bartholomew The Less, London, London, England
  Children	1. Sir Anthony Abdy, 2nd Baronet of Felix Hall,   b. 1655, Colchester, , Essex, England d. 2 Apr 1704 (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F14157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Abdy, Sir Thomas (1612-86), 1st baronet, lawyer. Eldest son of Anthony Abdy (1579-1640) (q.v.) and his wife Abigail, daughter of Sir Thomas Campbell kt.; baptised St Dionis Backchurch, 18 May 1612. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (Fellow Commoner, 1629) and Lincolns Inn, London (admitted, 1631/32); travelled in France and Italy, 1632-5; practised as a lawyer; sheriff of Essex, 1651; sought a lease from the Crown of the duty on sugar imports, c.1661; created 1st baronet of Felix Hall, 7 July 1641; knighted at Whitehall by King Charles I, 8 July 1641. He m. 1st, 1 February 1637/38 St Peter le Poer, London, Mary (d. 1645), daughter and co-heir of Lucas Corsellis of London; m. 2nd, 16 January 1646/47 at St Bartholomew the Less, London, Anne (d. 1679), daughter and co-heir of Alderman Sir Thomas Soame, kt., sheriff of London 1635-36 and had issue (1.1) James Abdy (b. 1639, d. young); (1.2) Rachel Abdy (1640-c.1688), m.1679, as his third wife, Philip Gurdon of Assington (Suffk) (c.1630-90) (q.v.); dsp.; (1.3) Abigail Abdy (1643-79), m. as his second wife, Sir Mark Guyon, kt. (d. 1690) of Dynes Hall (Essex) and had issue a daughter, Rachel Guyon; (2.1) Joanna Abdy of High Ongar (1654-1710); (2.2) Sir Anthony Abdy (1655-1704) (q.v.); (2.3) William Abdy (1657-82); (2.4) Thomas Abdy (c.1658-97); dsp; (2.5) Alice Abdy (b. 1661, d. after 1725) m. William Stane of Folyetts alias Forrest Hall, Ongar (Essex) and had issue; (2.6) Anna Abdy (d. 1692) of Forrest Hall, Ongar (Essex), d. unm.; (2.7) Mary Abdy (fl. 1712), m. c.1682 Wentworth Garneys (d. 1685) of Boyland Hall (Norfolk), dsp; (2.8) Judith Abdy (b. c.1664; d. young); (2.9) Sarah Abdy (d. young); (2.10) Elizabeth Abdy (fl. 1691) Inherited the Felix Hall estate (Essex) from his father, 1640; inherited the property of his cousin, Sir Christopher Abdy of Uxbridge, kt., 1679He died 14 January 1685/86; buried at Kelvedon, where he is commemorated by a monument (perhaps by William Stanton) with an inscription on a draped stone curtain; will proved 11 February 1686. His two wives are also both buried at Kelvedon [sorting ref. 773].