Anne Courtenay,(above) was born in Ladock,Cornwall, England. Her father was Peter Courtenay,b.1536-d.28 May,1606. Her Mother was Katherine Reskymer,b.1546-d.?

Query 85: Anne Courtenay,b.1573-d.bef. 1642
At 09:45 PM 1/11/99, you wrote
>fname=Doris
>lname=Matheny
>address1=3409 Parker St.
>address2=
>city=Columbia
>state=Missouri
>zip=65202-1714
> Dtmathany@aol.com
>phone=[redacted]
>fax=none
>ancestor=Anne Courtenay,b.1573-d.bef. 1642
>nominated=no
>comments=Anne Courtenay,(above) was born in Ladock,Cornwall,England.
 
Her father was Peter Courtenay,b.1536-d.28 May,1606. Her Mother was Katherine Reskymer,b.1546-d.?, Her father was Wm.Reskim(no further knowledge of this >family). Anne Courtenay married Gilbert Holcombe,b.1565,Hole,Devonshire, Eng.,d.1633/1634,Pembroke,Wales. Their Son, Thomas Holcomb(e),b.1595/97,Pembrokeshire,Wales.Mar.14 May,1634, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA.d7Sept.1657,Winsor,Hartford,CT.

This Thomas was my immigrant ancestor, and 13 generations from him, my Father, John Wm. Holcomb,b.1895,d.1976.I do have the ancestors of Anne Courtenay, back to Hugh De Courtenay, b.14 Sept.1273,d.23 Dec.1340. 

Any more info much appreciated, of the Courtenay line. Especially would like history of the family, their connections to the royal families of England, etc. I know the Holcomb(e) family also was a honorable one, going back to John Holcomb(e) who fought in the 3rd. Crusade, and won land where Holcombe Court,Devon, now stands.I feel great pride to be connected, to these two great families.

Thank you,
Doris V. Matheny

Thomas Dewey Courtenay, born September 20.1898, Married Eleanor Christine Matheson on May 22, 1928. They lived in Chicago, Illinois.

Query 72: Thomas Dewey Courtenay, born September 20.1898, Married Eleanor Christine Matheson on May 22, 1928. They lived in Chicago, Illinois.

At 10:01 AM 7/21/98, you wrote
>fname=Lark
>lname=Miller
>address1=2910 Kimbrough Lane
>address2=
>city=Saint Joseph
>state=Missouri
>zip=64506-1258
>email= lucilla@ponyexpress
>phone= [redacted]
>ancestor=
>nominated=
>comments=My mother's maiden name was Courtenay. Her father's name was Thomas Dewey Courtenay, born September 20.1898, Married Eleanor Christine Matheson on May 22, 1928. They lived in Chicago, Illinois. I do not know where Thomas was born but I can probably find out.

Frances Courtenay, born in England in 1682 but lived much of her life in Yorktown, Va.

Query 60: Frances Courtenay, born in England in 1682 but lived much of her life in Yorktown, Va.

At 12:52 PM 7/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
>fname: Nelson
>lname: Waller
>address1: c/o PO Box 2368
>address2:
>city: Anderson
>state: SC
>zip: 29622
>email: nwaller@carol.net
>phone: [redacted]
>fax:
>ancestor: My 7th great-grandmother, Frances Courtenay.  ed John Norton and Sons, Merchants of London and Virginia. It used to be sold at the Library of Congress. Am interested to know the ancestry of the above named Frances Courtenay Tucker Nelson, and anything of interest.
>comments: Frances Courtenay was born in England in 1682 but lived much of her life in Yorktown, Va. Her second husband was "Scotch" Tom Nelson, grandfather of the noted patriot. These people and others are covered in a ca. 1936 book by my grandmother, Frances Norton Mason, "John Norton and Sons, Merchants of London and Virginia," which used to be sold at the Library of Congress. Would like to know about her ancestry including any connections in the interesting online article by Brent Southgate.  Am also interested in virtually any of her descendants.  One such may have been a 1920s Arkansas author named Frances Courtenay Baylor whom I discovered online but about whom nothing is known except one book title.

John Courtenay, b.1861, parents John Courtenay and Mary Ann Greenwood (Australia)

Query 43: John Courtenay, b.1861, parents John Courtenay and Mary Ann Greenwood. Siblings Sarah Ann (1859), Elizabeth (1864), Jane (1866), William (1869) and James (1872). William immigrated to British Columbia.

On Wed, 26 Nov 1997 17:41:29 -0600 you wrote:
fname : Bruce
lname : Davidson
address1 : 24 Yarraville St
address2 :
city : Robina
state : QLD, Australia
zip : 4226
email : davidson@technet2000.com.au
phone : [redacted]
fax :
ancestor : John Courtenay
comments : Born 1861. Parents John Courtenay and Mary Ann Greenwood. Siblings Sarah Ann (1859), Elizabeth (1864), Jane (1866), William (1869) and James (1872). William immigrated to British Columbia.

James Courtenay of Donegore, Co. Antrim (born 1794)

Query 38: James Courtenay of Donegore, Co. Antrim (B.1794)

On Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:09:14 you submitted the following query:

>fname : Susan
>lname : Boon
>address1 : 5 Crago Rd., R.R.#4
>address2 :
>city : Orangeville
>state : Ontario  Canada
>zip : L9W 2Z1
>email : vasp@headwaters.com
>phone : [redacted]
>fax : [redacted]
 
>ancestor : James Courtenay of Donegore, Co. Antrim (B.1794)
>comments : My great-great-great-grandfather James Courtenay married Nancy Agnes Kirkwood Jan.6,1821, Country Antrim Parrish,Donegore.  They emmigrated to Upper Canada sometime between 1848 (the birth of their youngest child in Ireland) and Feb.1863 (the marriage of their only son, Israel, in Markham, Ontario). Israel was born in 1837, and he had four sisters. I am the great-grandaughter of Israel's daughter, Agnes Kirkwood Courtenay.  I have the complete family history after their arrival in Upper Canada, but nothing much about the Irish connection.  Were the original Courtenays Huegenots?

Obituary of Anne Courtenay Davidson, 38, of Alexandria, Virginia, died Friday, Sept. 8, 1989

OBITUARY - Published on Monday, September 11, 1989 in The Oak Ridger, Oak Ridge, Tennessee  

ANNE COURTENAY DAVIDSON, Formerly of Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Anne Courtenay Davidson, 38, of Alexandria, VA, died of cancer Friday, Sept. 8, at her home.

She was the daughter of Jackson B. and Mary Ann Davidson of 117 Orange Lane, who are both on the staff of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he as a development staff engineer and she as an information analyst.

A native of Oak Ridge, Ms. Davidson had lived in the Washington, D.C., area since 1973.  At the time of her death she was vice president of the Foundation Endowment in Alexandria, where she directed conferences held in Windsor, England, the United States and other countries for influential Americans to discuss with British leaders, aristocracy, and members of Parliament[,] governmental problems such as education, defense, energy, space, welfare and judicial reforms, her family said.

Conferences in England were held semi-annually at St. George’s House on the grounds of Windsor Castle, with receptions at the home of the Duke of Wellington, who headed the British arm of the foundation.

Ms. Davidson had previously worked in Washington for the Mexican Embassy and the Bank of Mexico and for several cultural and artistic exchange programs under grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Among symposiums in which she participated were “Mexico Today” with Meridian House, and “Japan Today” with the Japan-America Society.

A graduate of the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico, she also attended Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Ga., and studied a Schiller College in Paris, France.  She was fluent in Spanish and French and her translation of a Mexican diplomat’s short story was published in the American’s Magazine, the journal of the Organization of American States. She also translated from Spanish to French the official document opening diplomatic relations between Mexico and Chad, her family said.

Ms. Davidson attended Cedar Hill Elementary School and Jefferson Junior High School and graduated in 1969 from Oak Ridge High School, where she was a National Merit Finalist.  She spent two summers in Mexico with a high school group led by Ernest Cosson.

An avid lover of music, Ms. Davidson studied piano in Oak Ridge with Ruth Fisher, Effie Carlson and Sarah Hayes and had attended the Sewanee Summer Music Center at the University of the South.   As a high school student she served as piano accompanist to a ballet troupe led by Joan Kuntsch.

Ms. Davidson was interested in art, art history, and interior design. She collected dollhouse miniatures and enjoyed reading, travel, swimming and snorkeling.  She loved flowers, and above all, her many friends, her family said.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Adele E. Davidson of Gambler, Ohio, who teaches English at Kenyon College, a brother, William C. [Courtenay] Davidson, recently of Ferndale, Wash; her grandmother, Mrs. William H. Courtenay of Louisville, Ky.; and by several uncles in Kentucky, Georgia, and Virginia.

A memorial service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, [1989], at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. David Horne officiating.

Private graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.

The family requests that any memorials be in the form of gifts to the American Cancer Society of Anderson County, in care of Lee Costanzo, 103 Case Lane, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830, or to the Holiday Bureau, P.O. Box 220, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 37830.

Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Captain William Marcus Courtenay (brother of Henry Courtenay, of Harrymount, County Down, Esq.) - The Naval Chronicle for 1812

Captain William Marcus Courtenay (brother of Henry Courtenay, of Harrymount, County Down, Esq. and nephew to the gallant officer of that name,
who was killed in the year 1798, while commanding the Boston frigate).

From "The Naval Chronicle for 1812." It displays at once great coolness in battle, uncommon presence of mind, and real nautical wit : "In the action of the 1st of June, 1794, Captain Courtenay was serving as master's mate on board the Thunderer, then commanded by the present Admiral Albemarle Bertie, one of the
ill-fated Captains, excluded from the honourary reward of a medal, because, forsooth, no men were killed or wounded on board his ship, although the Thunderer was in the heart of the action, and nobly did her duty. In the midst of the battle, while the Thunderer was warmly engaged, a spent-shot, 24-pounder, lodged in the fore-yard. A sailor, finding the shot loose, slipped off his neck-handkerchief, placed the shot in it, and brought it to Mr. Courtenay, who was then quite busy lighting some of the main-deck guns, The shot was surveyed for a moment by the surrounding tars, and the question of "Who has any chalk?" was answered by one of the carpenter's crew presenting a piece to the master's mate. The words Post Paid were then made legible on the shot ; and it was placed in a gun, and immediately returned to the enemy. It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm, the joy, and the momentary exultation (to the total
exclusion of every other sentiment), that pervaded the whole ship's crew, at this simple but sudden and singular act, the knowledge of which was conveyed
from gun to gun with talismanic powers; those only who have witnessed the heart-thrilling effects of three cheers in battle, as conveyed from ship to ship
in testimony of each other's prowess or good fortune, can appreciate the value of this kind of stimulus."

Julia Courtenay Campbell Obituary 1924-2008

Julia Courtenay Campbell Obituary

Julia Courtenay Campbell Julia Anna Francis Courtenay Campbell, 84, of [Lewis Mountain] Charlottesville, [Virginia] died Friday, October 17, 2008. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 30, 1924, she was the daughter of the late St. John and Margaret Beattie Courtenay.  Her husband, Thomas Campbell, also preceded her in death. She is survived by two sons, Everett Lee Campbell and his wife, Christina, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Courtenay Madison Campbell and his wife, Pamela Joy, of Columbia, South Carolina; two grand-daughters, Christina Leonard and her husband, Scott, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Francis Duncan and her husband, Levi, of Herndon [Virginia]; three great-grandchildren, Scott, John and Courtenay Leonard; two sisters, Margaret [Courtenay] Jenkins of Sarasota, Florida, and Elizabeth [Courtenay] Hamilton of Anchorage, Alaska; and a brother, St. John Courtenay [Jr.] of Huntsville, Alabama. A graveside funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard in Ivy with the Reverend Miller Hunter officiating. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 160, Charlottesville, VA 22902.

Obituary for Mrs. Elizabeth "Libby" Courtenay Hamilton

Obituary for Mrs. Elizabeth "Libby" Courtenay Hamilton

Elizabeth ‘Libby” Courtenay Hamilton, 88, of Gulfport died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 in Oxford. She was born in Richland County, SC and was a long time resident of Gulfport. She was active for over 50 years at St. Peters by the Sea Episcopal Church, the Garden Club and Medical Wives Auxiliary.

Mrs. Hamilton was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Edward C. Hamilton; a daughter, Jane Craig Hamilton; son, Edward Courtenay Hamilton; her parents, St. John Courtenay and Margaret Hayne Beattie Courtenay; her husband’s parents, Morris and Jennie Lee Hamilton; a sister, Julia Francis Courtenay Campbell.

She is survived by a daughter, Margaret Hayne Hamilton and her husband, Danny R. Story; a son, Morris Robeson Hamilton, MD and his wife, Margie Crowder Hamilton;

A sister, Margaret Courtenay Jenkins;

a brother, St. John Courtenay;

six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, Edward Mesick and his wife, Alissa Varrati and their daughter, Estelle Carter Mesarrati, Jennifer C. Dixon and her son, Jonas Author Dixon, Hattie E. Schmidlkofer, her husband, Jeremy and their daughters, JJ Marilee Hayne and Karma Martina Hattie, Francis Connor and her husband Major Liam Connor and their son, Gavin McGregor Connor, Morris R. Hamilton, his wife, Kim and their son, Theodore Robeson , Fredrick Hamilton; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The funeral service is Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Peters by the Sea Episcopal Church, Gulfport where friends may visit beginning at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Southern Memorial Park, Biloxi.

The family prefers memorials to Fountain Anglican Church, 1740 Jefferson Avenue, Oxford, MS 38655 or Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 773223, Eagle River, Alaska, 99577-3223.

Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.  View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com

Courtenay Family Gravestone St. Patrick's Church, Newry, N. Ireland (PHOTO - closeup of bottom half of stone)

Courtenay Family Gravestone St. Patrick's Church, Newry, N. Ireland  (closeup of bottom half of stone)