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     Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending December 1855 in the Alverstoke, Hampshire registration district.³ He was the son of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy ?^1,2 Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds married Beatrice Mary Ledsam, daughter of William Ledsam and Merelina Victoria Gordon, in October 1889 in Hampstead, London.^4,3 Jermyn D'Arcy Travers Symonds appeared in the 1891 census at St. Helier, Jersey. He is listed as a lieutenant in the 16th Queen's Lancers. He and his wife appear to be visiting his father at the time.¹ He died on 16 February 1933 in Lincolnshire at the age of 77. The notice of his death describes him as late Straits Settlements Police and one time 16th Queen's Lancers.⁴

     Lt. Jermyn John Symonds R.N. was christened on 15 November 1765 at St. James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.³ He was the son of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Mary Ann Noble.^1,2 Lt. Jermyn John Symonds R.N. was promoted third lieutenant on his father's ship Charon on 16 June 1780. He died on 3 November 1796 at the age of 30 when commander of the sloop Helena, 14 guns, which was lost with all hands off the coast of Holland. She foundered in a squall and about 80 men and boys were lost.⁴

     John Symonds was born on 6 February 1790.¹ He was the son of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Mallet.¹ John Symonds was christened on 13 July 1792 at St. James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.¹

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

     Dr. John Symonds. Regius professor of modern history at Cambridge University.¹ He was baptised on 19 February 1729/30 at Horringer, Suffolk.^2,3 He was the son of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring. Dr. John Symonds died on 18 February 1807 in Bury St. Edmunds at the age of 76 unmarried.¹ He was also Recorder of the Borough of Bury St. Edmunds.⁴

     Rev. John Symonds. Rector of Horningsheath alias Horringer (Church of St. Leonard).¹ He was born in 1695/96.¹ He married Mary Spring, daughter of Sir Thomas Spring bt and Merilina Jermyn, in January 1725/26 in Hengrave Church, Suffolk.² Rev. John Symonds died on 12 October 1757.³ He was buried on 16 October 1757 in the chancel of St Mary's Parish Church, Pakenham, Suffolk.³

     John Jermyn Symonds. Native land court judge New Zealand.¹ He was born on 4 January 1816.² He was the son of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe. John Jermyn Symonds was christened on 11 September 1816 at Fawley, Hampshire.² He matriculated on 16 October 1834 from Trinity College, Oxford, and was a student of the Inner Temple, 1838.³ He married Alithea Seymour Wilson, daughter of John William Delap Wilson and Selina Frances Irwin, on 24 February 1849 in Milford, Hampshire.⁴ On 7 March 1849 under the command of Capt John Jermyn Symonds (brother of Capt. Cornwallis Symonds from the Ann 1840) The Berhampore, which was the seventh Fencible ship, sailed from London. Most of the 7th Detachment on board hailed from London, the Midlands, and a few from Scotland and Ireland. These Fencibles settled mainly Onehunga, Auckland.⁵ John Jermyn Symonds died on 3 January 1883 in Onehunga, New Zealand, at the age of 66.

     John Jermyn Symonds was born on 8 March 1857 in Onehunga, New Zealand.^1,2 He was the son of John Jermyn Symonds and Alithea Seymour Wilson.¹ John Jermyn Symonds died on 16 October 1857 in Hunston, Onehunga, New Zealand, Funeral notice.
Southern Cross, 23rd October. 1857
At Hunston, Onehunga, on the 16th instant, John Jermyn, infant son of John Jermyn Symonds, aged 7 months.^1,3

     John Tindall C. Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending March 1869 in the Alverstoke, Hampshire registration district.¹ He was the son of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy ?²

     Julian Frederick Anthony Symonds was better known as Anthony Symonds. He was born on 10 December 1813.¹ He was the son of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe.¹ Julian Frederick Anthony Symonds was baptised on 11 September 1816 at Fawley, Hampshire.¹ On 22 May 1846 Promoted to the rank of Major (Royal Engineers). He died in 1852 in Cephalonia where he was Chief Resident.
Major Symonds was part of a small group mapping the Holy Land. It was he who first measured by trigonometry, the depression of the Dead Sea as 1300 feet.

     Juliana Symonds was born on 11 May 1826 in Boldre, Hampshire.³ She was the daughter of Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.^1,2 Juliana Symonds was christened on 26 August 1826 at the Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire.³ She and Anne Penelope Grant Symonds appear on the census of 4 April 1881 Annie P. Symonds and Juliana Symonds are recorded as visitors in the house of John Brown Gray a grocer of 1 & 2 Lennox Street Waterloo, Melcombe Regis, Dorset.⁴ Juliana's death was registered in the quarter ending February 1899 in the Weymouth, Dorset registration district; unmarried.^5,6

     Juliana Symonds was christened on 15 March 1785 at St. Stephen By Saltash, Cornwall.² She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Mallet.¹ Juliana Symonds died on 24 January 1873 in Milford, Hampshire, "in her 87th year," unmarried.³

     Lucinda A. Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending September 1852 in the Alverstoke, Hampshire registration district; born in Gosport.² She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy ?¹

     Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds was born probably on 31 March 1820.³ She was the daughter of Vice-Admiral Thomas Edward Symonds and Lucinde Marie Louise Antoinette Touzi.^1,2 Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds was christened on 20 September 1820 at The Parish Church, Boldre, Hampshire. She married Rev. Clement Hammond Gosset M.A. on 17 December 1857 in The Parish Church, Hordle, Hampshire, the service being conducted by the Rev. C. Möller.^2,4 Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds and Rev. Clement Hammond Gosset M.A. appear on the census of 4 April 1881 at Langton Herring Rectory House, Langton Herring, Dorset, together with their son, two boarders, Septimus S.W. Smith and William H. Andrews (both described as students for holy orders); Mary Trevett, aged 15, of Abbotsbury was the general servant at the house.⁵ Lucinde Elizabeth Symonds died on 10 July 1883 in 8 Pulteney Buildings, Weymouth, Dorset, at the age of 63.^3,6

     Maria L. Symonds was born circa 1847 in Stonehouse, Devon.¹ She was the daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds GCB and Anna Maria Heywood.¹

     Mary Symonds was baptised on 29 January 1728/29 at Horringer, Suffolk.¹ She was the daughter of Rev. John Symonds and Mary Spring.¹ Mary Symonds was buried on 30 April 1729 in Horringer, Suffolk.²

     Mary Ann Symonds was born in 1769.¹ She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Mary Ann Noble.¹ Mary Ann Symonds and John Benjafield married by licence dated 29 November 1796. Mary Ann Symonds died in 1815 in Pultney Street, Bath.¹

After a lingering, though not painful, illness, Mary Ann, the wife of John Benjafield, esq. of Bury St. Edmunds, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Suffolk. This much lamented lady was the daughter of Capt. Symonds, of the Royal Navy, and niece of the late John Symonds, LL.D. professor of modern history in the university of Cambridge; during her infancy she lost her mother, whilst her father was serving his country, in his profession, on a foreign station; at this period she became the adopted daughter of J. Godbold esq. of Bury St. Edmunds, and his wife, from the accidental circumstance of taking her to their house for a few days, whilst her mother lay dead (Mrs. Godbold being nearly related to Mrs. Benjafield, and coheiress with her paternal grandmother;) but the loveliness of person, the sweetness of temper, and the engaging manner of this amiable child, so delighted these valuable persons, that they were unwilling to part with her, and, with the consent of her father, retained her with them, having no child of their own, and adopted her. She was elegantly and most accomplishedly educated by them, and lived with these invaluable and estimable parents until she was married to her present husband, in the year 1796, and uninterruptedly experienced from them such rare and valuable marks of regard and affection, not possible to be exceeded by the fondest and most indulgent parents, and which she, on her part, studied through her life, even to the last moment of it, to repay with the most dutiful and marked affection. Her disposition was highly charitable, her temper amiable, innocent, and affectionate. In the character of wife and mother, which her husband and and children fully experienced, nor in any of the relative duties of friend and Christian, she could not he excelled. She possessed those mild virtues which, in a manner, commanded friends, and never gave real cause to create one personal enemy--Monthly magazine and British register, Vol. 40, p. 285.¹

     Mary Anne Theresa Symonds was born on 18 December 1783. She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Mallet.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

     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 Mallet.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 Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, son of Robert Tindal and Sarah Pocock, on 2 September 1809.⁴ Merelina Symonds died on 22 February 1818 at the age of 29.^4,5

     Merelina Grey Symonds was born on 28 October 1851 in Onehunga, 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.^1,3

     Myra T. M. Symonds was born circa 1858 in Gosport, Hampshire.² She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy ?¹

     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 one 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 J. Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending 1886 in the St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia registration district.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas C.L. Symonds and Alice Ann Picot.¹

     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 M. Symonds's birth was registered in the quarter ending September 1866 in the Alverstoke, Hampshire registration district.^1,3 She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Jermyn Charles Symonds RMLI and Susan Campbell Kennedy ?^1,2

     Sophia Symonds was born on 24 August 1786.² She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Symonds RN and Elizabeth Mallet.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

     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 1809.² She was the daughter of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe.² Theresa Aubrina Symonds married Daniel Smith Bockett.³ Theresa's death was registered in the quarter ending March 1872 in the Hampstead, London registration district.¹

     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