Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Matthew Bluck, of Hunsdon

Lawyer (Barrister)
Male 1658 - 1768  (31 years)


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  • Name Matthew Bluck 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born 29 Oct 1658  [1
    Baptism 11 Nov 1658  London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Education 18 May 1675  Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation Lawyer (Barrister) 
    Residence Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Between 1690 and 1768 
    Siblings 3 Siblings 
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Matthew Bluck
              b. Abt Jan 1632
              d. Abt 1682, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Martin
              b. Abt 1635
              d. Abt Feb 1683  (Age ~ 48 years) 

    Wife Katherine Hawkins
              b. Between 1631 and 1667
              d. Between 1 Mar 1691 and 1777  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 17 Apr 1683  [4
    Age at Marriage He was 24, she was 52  
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Bluck
              b. 5 Nov 1688
              d. Bef 1798  (Age < 109 years)
     2. Matthew Bluck
              b. 1 Mar 1691, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Between 6 Apr 1709 and 1801  (Age 18 years)
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Possibly of Woodford and Nettleswell: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/pp206-213#anchorn35

      Sir William Martin was succeeded in 1679 by his son Cuthbert (d. 1697) whose son, another William Martin, died childless in 1717. Netteswell had been settled on William's wife Mary (d. 1764). She was succeeded by the Revd. Matthew Blucke of Hunsdon (Herts.), a descendant of Cuthbert Martin's sister. Blucke, who took the surname Martin, died in 1766 leaving Netteswell to his son, also Matthew Martin. Matthew Martin sold Netteswell c. 1772 to Thomas Blackmore of Briggens, in Hunsdon. In 1778 the estate comprised 797 a.

      Netteswellbury manor house adjoined the church to the west. It was let to tenants until c. 1640, when Sir William Martin moved there. It seems to have remained the family seat until the death of William Martin in 1717.


      He [Matthew the son] married Katharine the eldest Daughter of Sir Richard Hawkins of Middle Aston in the County of Oxford, Kt, who was Alderman of the city of London, and gives for his Arms, a Lion Rampant.

      Cambridge Alumnus:

      Adm. Fell.-Com. at TRINITY, May 18,
      1675. Of Hunsdon, Herts. Adm. at the Middle Temple,
      Jan. 22, 1677-8; s. and h. of Matthew, Esq.


  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 11 Nov 1658 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - 18 May 1675 - Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0121] England, Select Births & Christenings 1538-1975, Ancestry, (ancestry.com), Matthew Bluck; FHL Film Number 374511, 11 Nov 1658.

    2. [S0342] England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975, FindMyPast, (findmypast.co.uk), Matthew Bluck, 11 Nov 1658.

    3. [S0095] Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Matthew Bluck, 1675.

    4. [S0170] England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Blucke / Hawkins; FHL Film Number 375027, 942 B4HA V. 31, 17 Apr 1683.