sydenham Poyntz

Poyntz, Sydenham 1 2 3a 4a

Birth Name Poyntz, Sydenham
Gender male
Age at Death 56 years

Narrative

DNB1 @N3010@

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1607 Reigate, Surrey, England   5
Death 1663 Virginia, British Colonial America   5

Age: 56y

Occupation     4th son. Parlasimentary general in Civil War.  
Christening 0D8FD8923A9A461FB76C466661DEE4EC1DB4 4 Sep 2006    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Poyntz, John15771617-10-20
Mother Sydenham, Ann9338DDD752CD4EE0B75B6F9F6B12835E4A3C1634
    Brother     Poyntz, John 1606 1683
         Poyntz, Sydenham 1607 1663
    Brother     Poyntz, Newdigate 1608 1643-08-05

Families

Family of Poyntz, Sydenham and , Elizabeth
Married Wife , Elizabeth ( * 1611 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about 1635 Germany   5
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Poyntz, Sarah1635

Source References

  1. PL_4_WWW_all.ged, downloaded april 2006 PL_4_WWW_all.ged, downloaded april 2006
  2. Ed: Leslie Stephen et al: Dictionary of National Biography, 1st Edn Dictionary of National Biography, 1st Edn
  3. Richard Remme: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=remme1007&id=I200675 Ancestors of R.H. Remmé, the Netherlands
      • Source text:

        # ID: I200675
        # Name: William Constable
        # Given Name: William
        # Surname: Constable
        # Prefix: Sir
        # Suffix: Knight
        # Sex: M
        # Birth: 1358 in Halsham Yorkshire England
        # Death: Y 1 1
        # _UID: 3AE72025018C4616B8353DF693DF31F30509
        # Change Date: 30 Jul 2009 at 00:39
        # Note:

         

         

        Father: John Constable b: Abt 1347 in Halsham Yorkshire England
        Mother: Maud Hilton b: 1352 in Hilton Yorkshire England

        Marriage 1 Elizabeth Metham b: 1362 in Metham Yorkshire England

        * Married:
        * Change Date: 20 Dec 2005

        Children

        1. Has Children Robert Constable b: 1385
        2. Has Children John Constable b: 1388 in Halsham in Holderness, East Riding Yorkshire, England

         

        Sources:

        1. Abbrev: gen_bursonram_A.ged, downloaded de.2005
        Title: gen_bursonram_A.ged, downloaded de.2005

         

         

      • Citation:

        e-mail: rhremme@gmail.com

  4. John Maclean: Historical and genealogical memoir of the family of Poyntz : or, eight centuries of an English house
      • Page: pt. 2
      • Citation:

        Chapter 6
        SIR SYDENHAM POYNTZ

        https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal02macl

      • Source text:

        Born: ABT 1598, Reigate, Surrey, England
        Christened: 3 Nov 1607, Reigate, Surrey, England

        Died: 1663, Virginia

        Notes: Born into a minor gentry family at Reigate, Surrey, Poyntz was apprenticed to a London tradesman but ran away to join the Dutch army and became a mercenary soldier. Although he was a Presbyterian, he joined the Imperial Spanish army where he rose to the rank of Major-General.

        In 1645, Poyntz returned to England and took service with Parliament, replacing Major-General Lambert as commander of the Northern Association army in May 1645. He manoeuvred to block King Charles on his march to join Montrose in Scotland then defeated the King's cavalry at Rowton Heath near Chester in Sep 1645. Poyntz continued to shadow the King's movements until he had driven him back to Oxford in Nov 1645. He then joined Lord Leven and the Covenanters at the siege of Newark.

        During the disputes between Parliament and the Army in 1647, Presbyterian MPs looked to Poyntz for support against the New Model Army. His dealings with the Presbyterians were regarded with suspicion by Fairfax and Cromwell, who suspected he was plotting to take the northern army over to the Scots in the event of an invasion. Agitators from the New Model Army infiltrated the Northern Association and discontented soldiers threatened to mutiny over arrears of pay. In Jul 1647, Poyntz was dragged from his lodgings at York by his mutinous troops and taken as a prisoner to Fairfax's headquarters at Reading. Although Fairfax liberated him immediately, Poyntz was replaced as commander of the Northern Association. He went to London where he became involved with Edward Massey in mobilising the City militia against the New Model. Like other prominent Presbyterians, Poyntz fled abroad when the Army occupied London in Aug 1647.

        During the Second Civil War, Poyntz supported the King's alliance with the Scottish Engagers. He was commissioned Major-General to the Presbyterian Francis, Lord Willoughby of Parham whom the Prince of Wales appointed commander of Royalist forces in East Anglia. With the defeat of the Engagers at the battle of Preston, however, the projected Royalist uprisings and invasions in England came to nothing. Poyntz sailed with Lord Willoughby to the West Indies where they declared for the King in the English colonies. The Commonwealth responded by sending a force under General-at-Sea George Ayscue, who succeeded in quelling the Royalists in Jan 1652. When Willoughby returned to England, Poyntz proceeded to Virginia, where he died.

        Father: John POYNTZ (Sir Knight)
        Mother: Anne SYDENHAM

        Married: Elizabeth ?

  5. G9KR-FJP FamilySearch.org