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     Mary Anne Theresa Symonds was born on 18 December 1783. She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.¹ Mary Anne Theresa Symonds married Capt. John Whitby RN, son of Rev. Thomas Whitby and Mabella Turton, on 13 October 1802. After her husband died in 1806 she continued to live at Newlands with Admiral Cornwallis until his death in 1819. The latter left her virtually all his estate, which naturally led to speculation that their relationship had been more than platonic, in spite of the vast age difference. She continued to live at Newlands and used the inheritance to buy further large parts of the parish, having bought the manors of Milford Barnes and Milford Montagu in 1810 and that of Milford Baddesley in 1819. By 1844, the tithe award shows her to be the owner of about a third of Milford, with 1400 acres there and 500 more in Downton. She had also increased the size of Newlands from 60 acres to 200. Mary Anne Theresa Symonds died on 5 August 1850 in Newlands, Hampshire, at the age of 66.² She was buried on 12 August 1850 in Milford, Hampshire.³

     Merelina Symonds was born on 9 May 1788 (the transcription of the record gives her name as Martina.)² She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.¹ Merelina Symonds was first christened on 4 June 1788 at St. Stephen By Saltash, Cornwall, (the transciption of her name is Merilina.)³ She was again christened on 13 July 1792 at St. James', Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.² She married Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, son of Robert Tindal and Sarah Pocock, on 2 September 1809 in Milford, Hampshire.⁴ Merelina Symonds died on 22 February 1818 probably at in Brunswick Square, London, at the age of 29.^5,6

     Merelina Grey Symonds was born on 28 October 1851 in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand.² She was the daughter of John Jermyn Symonds and Alithea Seymour Wilson.¹ Merelina Grey Symonds married James Meacham Batham on 20 August 1878 in St. Peter's Church, Onehunga, New Zealand, the marriage was performed by the Rev. A.R. Tomlinson.^3,4 Merelina Grey Symonds died on 2 March 1928 in Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand, at the age of 76.⁵

     Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending September 1857 in the Alverstoke, Hampshire registration district; (though the record of her death gives a date of 27 July 1858.)^1,2 She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy.³ Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds married Lt. Colonel Frederick Henry Seymour circa 1877 in Jersey. Myra Theresa Merelina Symonds died on 6 April 1941 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, at the age of 83.²

     Octavius Cumby Symonds RN was born on 27 April 1830.² He was the son of Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.¹ Octavius Cumby Symonds RN was christened on 23 February 1831 at the Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire.² He died in September 1845 at the age of 15 of plague aboard the steam sloop HMS Eclair to which he had been appointed as a cadet on 6 September 1844.^1,3
There is a memorial in Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth which reads: "Sacred to the memory of Commander W.(alter) G.(rimsonton) B. Estcourt Late in command of Her Majesty's steam sloop Eclair who died on 16th September 1845 aged 38 years on passage from Bona Vista to Madeira, from fever, contracted on the coast of Africa while employed in the suppression of the Slave Trade. His brother officers and friends to whom he had become endeared by his many virtues have erected this tablet to record the deep sense of their loss, and perpetuate the memory of his worth. With Commander Estcourt, perished 65 Officers and Men in the short period of two months."

     Queenie Isabel Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending 1886 in the St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia registration district.² She was the daughter of Thomas Cunningham Lewis Symonds and Alice Ann Picot.² Queenie Isabel Symonds married Frank Haysom, son of Joseph Haysom, on 17 November 1916 in Newtown, New South Wales.^3,1 Queenie's death was registered in the quarter ending 1934 in the Orange, New South Wales registration district.⁴

     Selina Irwin Symonds was born on 5 September 1860 in Onehunga, New Zealand.¹ She was the daughter of John Jermyn Symonds and Alithea Seymour Wilson.¹ Selina Irwin Symonds died on 18 August 1890 in Onehunga at the age of 29 unmarried.²

     Selina May Symonds was born on 29 May 1866 in Forton Barracks, Gosport, Hampshire.² She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy.^1,3 Selina May Symonds married Henry William Steele R.N. on 2 May 1889 in St. Helier Parish Church, Jersey.⁴ Selina May Symonds died on 3 April 1962 in 19 Grimstone Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, at the age of 95.
"STEELE Selina May of H.M.S. Worcester Greenhithe Kent and of 3 Avereng Road Folkestone widow died 3 April 1962 at 19 Grimston Gardens Folkestone Probate London 23 May to Gordon Charles Steele V.C. retired commander R.N. R. Effects £2762 8s."⁵

     Sophia Symonds was born on 24 August 1786 in Cornwall.² She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.¹ Sophia Symonds was first christened on 12 September 1786 at St. Stephen By Saltash, Cornwall.³ She was again christened on 13 July 1792 at St. James' Parish Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.² She married William John Reynolds on 15 October 1810 in Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire.⁴ Sophia Symonds died on 19 August 1827 in Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica, at the age of 40.⁵

     Theodore Francis Symonds was born on 23 January 1822.³ He was the son of Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.^1,2 Theodore Francis Symonds was christened on 6 August 1822 at the Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire, together with his brother.⁴ He died circa 1829 in childhood aged about 7 years. Fell off a blind pony and drowned in a stream on Walhampton Estate.^1,2

     Theresa Aubrina Symonds was born in 1808 in Milford, Hampshire.^2,3 She was the daughter of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe.⁴ Theresa Aubrina Symonds married Daniel Smith Bockett on 16 December 1828 in St, Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands.⁵ Theresa Aubrina Symonds died on 19 January 1872 at "The Heath", Hampstead Heath, London.^6,7

     Theresa Juliana Marie Symonds was born on 18 July 1850 in Onehunga, New Zealand.² She was the daughter of John Jermyn Symonds and Alithea Seymour Wilson.^2,3 Theresa Juliana Marie Symonds married Rev. Arthur Roger Tomlinson on 28 June 1876 in St. Peter's Church, Onehunga, New Zealand, the marriage was performed by the Bishop of Aukland assisted by the Rev. R.S. Hassard.^1,4,5

     Thomas Symonds was born on 29 June 1767 in St. James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.¹ He was the son of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Mary Ann Noble.¹ Thomas Symonds died on 15 October 1771 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, at the age of 4.¹

     Thomas Symonds was baptised on 10 February 1727/28 at Horringer, Suffolk, twin to John.¹ He was the son of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring.¹ Thomas Symonds was buried on 14 February 1727/28 in Horringer, Suffolk.²

     Thomas Campbell Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending 1881 in the Sydney, New South Wales, Australia registration district.¹ He was the son of Thomas Cunningham Lewis Symonds and Alice Ann Picot.¹ Thomas Campbell Symonds married Norah Tindal Bamber on 6 June 1911 in St Saviour's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.² Thomas Campbell Symonds died circa 1945 in South Africa.²

     Thomas Cunningham Lewis Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending September 1854 in the Alverstoke, Hampshire registration district; born in Gosport.² He was the son of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy.³ Thomas Cunningham Lewis Symonds married Alice Ann Picot, daughter of Charles Picot and Frances Partridge, circa 1873 probably in Jersey, Channel Islands.⁴ In May 1887 at Woollahra, New South Wales, a draftsman called Thomas Cunningham Lewis Symonds of Cecil Street, Ashfield surrendered as an insolvent, he was again bankrupt in April 1903.^5,6 Thomas Cunningham Lewis Symonds died on 29 July 1915 in Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 60.⁴ He was buried on 30 July 1915 in C of E Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales.⁷

     Thomas Edward Symonds was born on 30 December 1876 in Crown Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales.^2,3 He was the son of Thomas Cunningham Lewis Symonds and Alice Ann Picot.¹ Thomas Edward Symonds married firstly Violet May Gass on 27 April 1904 in St Peter's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.² Thomas Edward Symonds and Violet May Gass were divorced in 1914.⁴ Thomas Edward Symonds married secondly Elizabeth Patience in 1917 in Manly, New South Wales, Australia.¹ Thomas Edward Symonds died on 14 March 1942 in Randwick, New South Wales, at the age of 65 serving as a Private, Service No: N.99179, Australian Headquarters, A.C.M.F. HQ. E. Comd.⁵

     Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds was born on 31 January 1781 in Devonport, Devon.¹ He was the son of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.² Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds married Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi, daughter of François Joseph Touzi and Anne Careaud, on 11 March 1815 in Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Fareham, Hampshire. Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds again married Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi on 18 June 1817 in St Giles in Fields, London, The second wedding taking place because of the doubt over Lucinde's age caused by confusion over the French and Gregorian calendars and thus it was suspected that the first marriage may have been invalid. The witnesses were Nicholas and Merelina Tindal.³ Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touziappear in the 1861 census at Yeaton House, Hordle, Hampshire, together with their three younger daughters. The census shows Lucinde's birthplace.¹ Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds died on 15 May 1868 in Yeovilton House, Lymington, Hampshire, at the age of 87.⁴
He is the eldest son (by Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Malet, Esq., and wife afterwards of Lieut.-General Farmer, R.M. of the late Capt. Thomas Symonds, R.N. and brother (with the present Sir William. Symonds) of Commander Jermyn John Symonds, R.N., who was lost with all his crew in the Helena sloop, on the coast of Holland, 3 Nov. 1796, and of Commander John Charles Symonds, R.N. (1814), who died 16 Dec. 1840, at Keyhaven, Hants, aged 50. His uncle, the late Dr. Symonds, was Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, and successor to the poet Gray.

This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Cambridge 74, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Richard Onslow at Plymouth; and from March, 1796, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 Oct. 1802, was employed, on the Lisbon, Halifax, West India, and Home stations, part of the time as Master's Mate, in the St. Albans 64 and Resolution 74, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Geo. Vandeput, Dasher 18, Capt. Geo. Tobin, Asia 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Vandeput, Lily 14, Capt. Joseph Spear, Belleisle 74, Capt. John Whitby, and Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was next, 17 November 1803 and 10 May, 1803, appointed to the Dasher Sloop, Capt. Delafons, and Ville De Paris 110, flag ship of Hon. William Cornwallis, on the Irish, Mediterranean, and Channel stations; he attained the rank of Commander 22 Jan. 1806; and from March, 1807, until posted 29 Sept. 1813, he served in that capacity in the Tweed 18, in the West Indies and North Sea and on the coast of Africa. In the Ville De Paris, in which ship he performed the duties of Signal-Lieutenant, he was present, 22 Aug. 1805, in an attack made upon the French fleet close in with Brest Harbour; and while serving in the Tweed he commanded the in-shore squadron at the blockade and surrender of the city of St. Domingo, in 1809, and made prize at different times of three privateers (the Santissima Trinidad of 4 guns and 20 men [a Spanish schooner letter of marque from Puerto Cavallo bound to Cadiz on 29 February 1808], [16 March 1808 off Jamaica] L'Aventure of 3 guns and 52 men, and [in the North Sea a Danish privateer] the Steinbill of 10 guns and 30 men) and 15 sail of merchantmen. Referring to the siege of St. Domingo, Capt. William. Pryce Cumby, of the Polyphemus 64, in an official letter to Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Samuel Rowley, the Commander-in-Chief, dated 7 July, 1809, says "This despatch will be delivered to you by Capt. Symonds, of the Tweed to whose zealous attention in conducting the troops, schooners, and gun-boats, during a close and vigorous blockade of two months, I owe considerable obligation; and although the services of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my orders may not have been of a brilliant nature, I trust I may be permitted on this occasion to bear testimony to the unremitting perseverance with which the vessels maintained the stations assigned them, through all the variety of weather incident to the season, on a 'steep and dangerous shore, where no anchorage was to be obtained, as well, as to the vigilance and alacrity of those men who were employed in the night guard-boats, by whose united exertions the enemy's accustomed supply by sea was entirely cut off, and the surrender of the city greatly accelerated." Capt. Symonds accepted his present rank (Rear-Admiral) 1 Oct. 1846.

The Rear-Admiral is Chairman of the Lymington Union. He has had issue 10 children. One of his sons, Thomas Edward, is a Commander R.N; another, Jermyn Charles, is a First Lieutenant R.M. (1841) ; and a third, Octavius Cumby, fell a victim to African fever while serving with Capt. Falter Grimston Estcourt in the Eclair steamer.

The Tweed was an 18 gun sloop of war built by Iremonger of Littlehampton who launched the vessel in January 1807. On 5 November 1813 she sruck a rock in Shoal Bay, Newfoundland and about half her crew were lost.⁵

     Capt. Thomas Edward Symonds RN was born on 12 October 1817 in Tweed Hill, Boldre, Hampshire.^2,3 He was the son of Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.¹ Capt. Thomas Edward Symonds RN was christened on 19 September 1818 at the Parish Church of Boldre, Hampshire.⁴ He married Anne Frances Schweitzer, daughter of John George Schweitzer, on 22 July 1848 in Hordle Church, Lymington, Hampshire, (she is the widow of the Rev. Nicholas Tindal.)⁵ Capt. Thomas Edward Symonds RN married secondly Jane Barclay after 1 June 1876 in St. John, Hampstead. Capt. Thomas Edward Symonds RN died on 25 July 1887 at the age of 69 s.p.²

     Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds GCB was born on 31 October 1811 in Milford, Hampshire.^2,3 He was the son of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds GCB was baptised on 11 September 1816 at Fawley, Hampshire.² He married firstly Anna Maria Heywood, daughter of Capt. Edmund Heywood CB., RN, on 25 September 1845 in Essendon, Hertfordshire.⁴ Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds GCB married secondly Prestwood Mary Wolrige, daughter of Capt. Thomas Wolrige R.N., on 16 February 1856 in St. George's Chapel, Stonehouse, Devon.⁵ Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds GCB died on 14 November 1894 in Sunny Hill, Higher Warberry, Torquay, Devon, at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness.

In the report of his will the gross value has been sworn at £11,124 12s. of the personal estate, ami £2,500 of the real estate, of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds. G.C.B.. who died on November 14 last, aged 83, and his will of the 11th of April, 1892, with a codicil of the 21st of May, 1893, has been proved by his wife, Dame Prestwood Mary Symonds, his son, the Rev. W. Symonds of Worcester Vicarage, Stonehouse, Gloucester, and Commander T. Holmes, R.N., 14, John-street, Adelphi. The testator bequeaths to his wife £500, his furniture and household effects, horses and carriages; and to his son £100, and to his daughters, Florence Allen and Agnes Holmes, £50 each. An annuity of £100 is to be paid to the trustees of Mrs. Holmes's marriage settlements during the lifetime of Lady Symonds, and the remainder of the income of the residuary estate is to be paid to Lady Symonds, on whose death sums of £4,000 each are to be set apart for Mrs. Holmes and the testator's son, and the ultimate residue is to be in trust for the testator's three children.

     Thomas Reginald Symonds was born circa November 1864 in Devon.¹ He was the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds GCB and Prestwood Mary Wolrige. Thomas Reginald Symonds died on 5 March 1866 in H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, of diptheria.¹

     Capt. Thomas Symonds RN was baptised on 10 August 1731 at Horringer, Suffolk.² He was the son of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring. Capt. Thomas Symonds RN married firstly Mary Ann Noble. Capt. Thomas Symonds RN married secondly Elizabeth Malet, daughter of Dr. Hugh Mallet and Susanna Hawkes, on 25 March 1780 in Stoke Damerel, Devon.³ On 10 October 1781 he was in command of HMS Charon when his ship, along with three others, Guadaloupe, Fowey and Vulcan together with some transports were burnt in the Chesapeake before Yorktown by red hot shot from the American batteries. Together with Lord Cornwallis who commanded the garrisons of York and Gloucester, he signed the articles of capitulation on behalf of the British naval forces in the York river before George Washington, thus ending the war with America.⁴ Capt. Thomas Symonds RN died on 25 May 1792 at St. Edmund's Hill at the age of 60.⁵ He was buried in St Mary’s Parish Church, Pakenham, Suffolk.⁶

     Thomazina Symonds was the daughter of Robert Symonds de Swynfeilde.¹ Thomazina Symonds married Henry Stokes of Ewell.

     Rev. William Symonds was born on 30 March 1858 in Devon.^1,2 He was the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds GCB and Prestwood Mary Wolrige.¹ Rev. William Symonds was baptised on 13 May 1858 at St. Marychurch, Torbay, Devon.³ He was educated at Eton.¹ He graduated in 1881 from Magdalen College B.A., M.A. 1884. He was Rector of Newtown, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.¹ He died on 1 July 1918 in Bury St. Edmunds at the age of 60.^1,4

     William Cornwallis Symonds was born on 30 July 1855 in Onehunga, New Zealand.^1,2 He was the son of John Jermyn Symonds and Alithea Seymour Wilson.¹ William Cornwallis Symonds died on 6 September 1892 in Onehunga at the age of 37 unmarried.²

     Capt. William Cornwallis Symonds was born on 1 August 1810.² He was the son of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe.¹ Capt. William Cornwallis Symonds was baptised on 11 September 1810 at Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire.³ He. Capt Symonds was an officer of the 96th Regiment of Foot of the British Army. He came to New Zealand in the early 1830s as agent of the Waitemata and Manukau Land Company and was instrumental in the founding of Auckland and the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. He was one of Governor William Hobson's closest and most effective officials and was one of the first six Police Magistrates in New Zealand. He was Chief Magistrate of Auckland and Deputy Surveyor of New Zealand.⁴ He died on 23 November 1841 in Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand. At the age of 31.

     William Cunningham Symonds was christened on 12 February 1832 at the Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire, this record gives his name as William Comingham Symonds.² He was the son of Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.¹ William Cunningham Symonds died on 8 March 1854 at the age of 22 killed in an accidental explosion whilst supervising the blasting of a root of a tree with gunpowder.
The London Gazette of 21 March mentions a promotion vice 1st. Lt. Symonds, deceased.^1,3

     Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS. Surveyor of the Navy.² He was born on 24 September 1782.³ He was the son of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Malet.¹ Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS went to sea on 27 September 1794. Promoted lieutenant, 14 October 1801 he gained no further promotion until December 1826 when appointed commander and his captaincy on 5 December 1827. He became a retired rear-admiral in 1854.² He married firstly Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe, daughter of Matthew Luscombe, on 22 April 1808 at East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon.⁴ Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS married secondly Elizabeth Mary De Carteret, daughter of Rear Admiral Philip De Carteret and Mary Rachel Silvester, on 10 March 1818 at Southampton. The marriage of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Susan Mary Briggs was registered in the quarter ending December 1851 in the Williton, Somerset Registration District.⁵ Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS died on 30 March 1856 at the age of 73 on board the French steamer Nil whilst on his way from Malta to Marseilles, where he is buried.²

     Zébée Helen Amilia Jessie Symonds was christened on 6 March 1836 at the Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire.³ She was the daughter of Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.^1,2 Zébée Helen Amilia Jessie Symonds married Maj. Gen. Francis Edward Cox RE, son of Samuel Fortnom Cox and Mary Emily Sheffield, on 5 September 1861 in Hordle Church, Lymington, Hampshire, the marriage was conducted by the Rev. Clement H. Gosset, rector of Langton Herring, Dorset, assisted by the Rev. Lewis Campbell, vicar of Milford.⁴ Zébée Helen Amilia Jessie Symonds appears on the census of 1881 at 9 St. Johns Terrace, Radipole, Dorset, together with her children Rosamund, Felicia, Walter, St. John and a servant Ellen Flood.³ She appears on the census of 5 April 1891 at Melcombe Regis, Dorset, described as a lodger, living on her own means.⁵ She died on 26 January 1909 in Weymouth at the age of 72, her address at that time was 9 Royal Terrace, Weymouth.⁶