THE BLIGHT FAMILY

Gedion Bligh married Lydia ? (Gideon Bligh was buried on 25 SEP 1611 in Holsworthy)

I have identified one son

Name	Date and place of christening	Any other information
Jonathan Bligh	8 OCT 1611 in Holsworthy [Source = IGI]	Married Alice Nichole

 

Jonathan Bligh married Alice Nichole

I have identified three children

Name	Date and place of christening	Any other information
Jonathan Bligh	Born around 1644 [Source = geni.com]	Married Sarah Sanders in 1666
Robert Bligh	23 APR 1650 in Hartland [Source = geni.com]	None
Gideon Bligh	20 JUN 1652 [Source = geni.com]	None

 

Jonathan Bligh married Sarah Sanders on 2 JUN 1666 in Holsworthy

I have identified three children

Name	Date and place of christening	Any other information
Alice Bligh	6 JUL 15666 in Holsworthy [Source = IGI]	None
Jonathan Bligh	Born in 1668 [Source = geni.com]	None
Richard Bligh	15 OCT 1669 in Holsworthy [Source = IGI]	Married Anne Horndon in 1712

 

Richard Blight, Gent of St Stephens by Launceston married Anne Horndon of St Germans on 7 FEB 1712 in Landrake

I have identified one son

Name	Date and place of christening	Any other information
Richard Bligh	16 MAR 1714 in St Germans [Source = IGI]	Married Ann Page in 1735

 

Richard Bligh married Ann Page on 10 FEB 1735 in St Mary's, Alverstoke, Hampshire

I have identified five children

Name	Date and place of christening	Any other information
John Bligh	26 DEC 1735 in Holy Trinity, Gosport [Source = IGI]	Married Elizabeth Tilcher
Richard Rodney Bligh	5 NOV 1737 in Holy Trinity, Gosport [Source = IGI]	Married Ann Worsley in 1765
Susanna Bligh	25 NOV 1739 in Holy Trtinity, Gosport [Source = IGI]	None
Ann Bligh	18 AUG 1746 in Holy Trinity, Gosport [Source = IGI]	None
Charles Bligh	5 JAN 1748 in Holy Trinity, Gosport [Source = IGI]	None

 

Richard Rodney Bligh married Ann Worsley on 13 NOV 1765 in Gatcombe, Isle of Wight (Ann died on 7 JUL 1797) Richard Rodney Bligh married Margaret Golightly on 28 JUL 1800 in All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames (Richard died on 30 APR 1821 in Bellevue House, Southampton, Hampshire) (Margaret died on 11 JUN 1834 in Alverstoke, Hampshire)

 

Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh GCB was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station and Commander-in-Chief, Leith.

I have identified six children

Name	Date and place of birth	Any other information
Harriot Worsley Bligh	22 JUN 1767	Married Gilbert Ricketts on 23 MAR 1795 in Alverstoke
Ann Bligh	Born in 1769	Married Joseph Driffield on 30 MAY 1799 in Fawley, Southampton
Richard Rodney	Born in 1770	Died in 1770
Elizabeth Bligh	4 SEP 1771 in Fareham	Died in 1850
Sophia Holmes Bligh	2 OCT 1775 in Holy Trinity, Gosport [Source = IGI]	Married Vice Admiral Charles Carter in 1799
George Miller Bligh	Born in 1780	Married Catherine Haynes in 1817

 

George Miller Bligh married Catherine Haynes on 2 DEC 1817 in Wotton, Surrey (George died on 21 OCT 1834 in Alverstoke)

Captain George Miller Bligh (1780–1834) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He was present aboard HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, and was badly wounded during the action. He was taken below and was present in the cockpit during the death of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson.