The

 Atherstone

Taken from 'Barbers of the Peak' by Ivan Mitford-Barberton:
The Atherstones belong to an old Warwickshire family, and the village named after the family near Merevale still exists.  They claim descent from the family the Saxon Athelstan.  'Atherstone and Atherstone Priory' are mentioned in Domesday Baook.  The remains of the Friary are still to be seen in the valley; near by stands the present old abbey.  Tradition says that the Atherstones were deprived of their title (Earls of Atherstone) and estates for some political reason, and the family must have sunk for a time into poverty and obscurity.
Atherstone Friary was transferred in 1464 to the Carthusian monks.  It was custome for great saints or sinners to build churches, monasteries, abbey, &c., as a thank-offering for some great mercy vouchsafed, or in payment of a vow, or to expiate some bad deed..................
.........As far as is known, no family history was actually written.  The Atherstones belong to one of the many thosands of the old families who never had a written history.  About 1760 three brothers and two sisters went to Nottingham from Higham-on-the-Hill, a village about 5 miles from Atherstone in Warwickshire.    They set up quite a big business as dyers, and did well, at least Hugh did, for he bacame a very rich man.  He married Ann Green.  They were a very fine, much-loved, and respected couple.  They lived in a fine old house 'like a castle' in Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham................
.........The Atherstones became an important family in Nottingham, as is recorded in Notabilities of Nottingham, published towards the end of the eighteenth century.  This family was much interested in cloth manufacturing and dyeing; and from them the descent to the present day is clear.
The three brothers, William, Hugh, and Samuel, were those who went to Nottingham.  From Hugh, who had a family of fifteen, are descended the Atherstones in South Africa.

Frances Guybon Atherstone, m. Sarah Matthews
1.  Jonathan Atherstone, b. 1736 d. 1811 m. Elizabeth Vincent
     1.1  Tom Atherstone, d.s.p.
     1.2  ? Atherstone, (daughter) m. ? Brewer
     1.3  Ann Atherstone, unmarried.
     1.4  William Atherstone, died in infancy
     1.5  Mary Atherstone, died in infancy
     1.6  Jonathan Atherstone, died in infancy
     1.7  James Atherstone, died in infancy
2.  William Atherstone, b. 1817 m. Hannah Wilson
     2.1  Jonathan Atherstone, b. 1763 m. Mary Bailey
             2.1.1  Elizabeth Atherstone, m. ? Lacey
             2.1.2  Hannah Atherstone, m. Rev. Henry Barber
             2.1.3  William Atherstone, unmarried
             2.1.4  Oliver Atherstone, unmarried
     2.2  John Atherstone, (of Loughborough) married.
     2.3  Thomas Atherstone, b. 1/6/1766
     2.4  Ann Mary Atherstone, b. 1770 d. 1798 m. Hugh Atherstone
3.  Hugh Atherstone, b. 1743 d. 1819 m. Ann Green

     3.1  Ann Atherstone, m. ? Wakeman
     3.2  Mary Atherstone, b. 1769 d. 1825 m. Thomas Barber
     3.3  Hugh Atherstone, b. 1772 d. 1843 m. Ann Mary Atherstone
     3.4  Thomas Atherstone, b. 1774
     3.5  John Atherstone, b. 1775 d. 1776
     3.6  Samuel Atherstone, b. 1777
     3.7  Sarah Atherstone, b. 1778 d. 1779
     3.8  Joseph Atherstone, b. 1780
     3.9  Betty Atherstone, b. 1782 d. 1783
     3.10 Susanna Atherstone, b. 1784 d. 1784
     3.11 Frederic Workington Atherstone, b. 1786 Capt. in army, fought at Waterloo.
     3.12 Edwin Atherstone, b. 1788 d. 1872  m. Mary Pierson

Extract from 'Barbers of the Peak' Musician, poet, and author.

              3.12.1  Edwin Edmond Atherstone, b. 1805 died young
              3.12.2  Elizabeth Atherstone, 1807.  Unmarried
              3.12.3  Catherine Handel Atherstone, m. Dr. W. G. Atherstone
              3.12.4  Mary Atherstone, m. Dr. Bird
     3.13 Emma Atherstone, b. 1790
     3.14 John Atherstone, b. 1793 d. 1853 (doctor)
              m1.  Elizabeth Damant
              3.14.1  William Guybon Atherstone, M.D., M.L.C., F.G.S., F.R.C.S., m. Catherine Atherstone

Dr William Guyborn Atherstone

He was a medical practitioner, naturalist and geologist, one of the pioneers of South African geology and a member of the Cape Parliament. In 1857 he published an account of rock and fossils of Uitenhage.  He also studied many fossil reptilia from the Karroo beds, and sent specimens to the British Museum. He had rooms in The Observatory in Grahamstown, which it now a museum.  Atherstone's identification, in 1867, with the help of Peter MacOwan and HG Galpin, of a crystal found at de Kalk near Hopetown, as a diamond led indirectly to the establishment of the diamond industry of South Africa. It was 21 carats and sold to the governor, P.E. Wodehouse for £500.  It was called the 'Eureka stone', meaning "I've found it". He was the founder of the botanical Gardens in Grahamstown which was originally on his property.  The Scientific and Literary Society, which he also founded, later became the Albany Natural History Society, now the Albany Museum.

                           3.14.1.1  Guybon Damant Atherstone, m. Antoinette Chabaud
                           3.14.1.2  Mary Catherine Atherstone, m, John de Robeck (Capt. R.N.)
                                           3.14.1.2.1  Geraldine Grace de Robeck, unmarried
                                           3.14.1.2.2  Emily Olivia de Robeck, m. M. Caroline
                                           3.14.1.2.3  Inez Mary de Robeck, died in infancy
                           3.14.1.3  Ida Atherstone, m. William Montague Byde-Martin
                                           3.14.1.3.1  Ida Mary Byde-Martin, m. Maj. Henry Robert Cartwright
                                                              3.14.1.3.1.1  Ian Robert Cartwright m. Alice M Tomlison
                                                              3.14.1.3.1.2  Dorothy Margery Cartwright
                                                                                     m1.  Ernest Forbes Campbell-Colquhoun
                                                                                     m2.  Archibald Gordon Campbell-Colquhoun
                                                              3.14.1.3.1.3  Elia Martin Cartwright, unmarried
                                                              3.14.1.4.1.4  Victor Henry Cartwright, died aged 19
                                           3.14.1.3.2  William Montague Byde-Martin, unmarried
                                           3.14.1.3.3  John Byde-Martin, m. Elizabeth Frances Smith
                                           3.14.1.3.4  Harry Byde-Martin, m. Edith Dacre
                                                              3.14.1.3.4.1  Margaret Byde-Martin
                                                              3.14.1.3.4.2  Alastair Byde-Martin
                                                              3.14.1.3.4.3  Theodora Byde-Martin
                                           3.14.1.3.5  Beatrice Byde-Martin, m. Frederick John Lamb Dillion
                           3.14.1.4  Gertrude Atherstone, m. Thomas Joseph Lamb
                                            3.14.1.4.1  Mabel Sancroft Dillion, m. John Henry Herold
                                                               3.14.1.4.1.1  Avice I.D. Herold m. Thomas Edwards
                                                                                     3.14.1.4.1.1.1  Nigel Coleman Edwards
                                                               3.14.1.4.1.2  Geraldine F.D. Herold, m. Richard W. Frean
                                                                                      3.14.1.4.1.2.1  Jacqueline Margerye Frean
                                                               3.14.1.4.1.3  Noelleen W. D. Herold, m. Leonard Duffus
                                                                                      3.14.1.4.1.3.1  John Greame Duffus, d.y.
                                                                                      3.14.1.4.1.3.2  Ian Malcom Duffus
                                            3.14.1.4.2  Frederick John Lamb Dillion, m. Beatrice Byde-Martin
                                            3.14.1.4.3  Geraldine de Lion W Dillion, m. Harry T.W. Salusbury
                                                               3.14.1.4.3.1  Thomas Dillon Salusbury, b. 1914
                                                               3.14.1.4.3.2  Gerald Llewelyn Salusbury, b. 1919
                                                               3.14.1.4.3.3  Aileen Wingfield Salusbury, b. 1920
                           3.14.1.5  Walter Herschel Atherstone, m. Frances Harrisson
                                            3.14.1.5.1  Harold Damant Atherstone, m. Ella ?
              3.14.2  Catherine Damant Atherstone, b. 1816 d. 1890 m. Alex George Cumming
                           3.14.2.1  George Cumming, m. Marian Newman
                                           3.14.2.1.1  Grace Cumming, m. William Dryden
                                                               3.14.2.1.1.1  Lisle Dryden
                                                               3.14.2.1.1.2  Enid Dryden
                                           3.14.2.1.2  Annie Cumming,
                                                              m1. Douglas Damant
                                                              m2.  Annie Pringle
                                                              3.14.2.1.2.1  Archie Cumming,
                                                              3.14.2.1.2.2  Gerald Cumming
                                                              3.14.2.1.2.3  Alfred Cumming 
                                                              3.14.2.1.2.4  Leslie Cumming
                                                              3.14.2.1.2.5  Florence Cumming
                           3.14.2.2  Guybon Cumming, m. Martha Berry
                           3.14.2.3  Catherine Cumming, m. Hugh Damant
                                           3.14.2.3.1  George Damant
                                           3.14.2.3.2  Fred Damant, (Col.)
                                           3.14.2.3.3  Edward Damant
                                           3.14.2.3.4  Florence Damant
                           3.14.2.4  Herbert Cumming, unmarried
                           3.14.2.5  Bliss Cumming, m. Robert Dick
                                           3.14.2.5.1  Kate Dick
                           3.14.2.6  James Cumming, m. Harriet Dick
                           3.14.2.7  Charles Cumming, m. Caroline Franklin
                           3.14.2.8  Gordon Cumming, m. Annie White
                                           3.14.2.8.1  Douglas Cumming, m. Phyllis Johnson
              3.14.3  Elizabeth Atherstone, died aged 17
              3.14.4  Emily Atherstone, b. 1818 d. 1900 m. George Franklin
                           3.14.4.1  William Franklin, m. ? O'Connor
                                           3.14.4.1.1  Nellie Franklin, m. Dr. Croghan
                                           3.14.4.1.2  Ethel Franklin
                                           3.14.4.1.3  Amy Franklin
                                           3.14.4.1.4  Arthur Franklin
                                           3.14.4.1.5  Clifford Franklin
                                           3.14.4.1.6  Cherry Franklin, m. ? Difford
                                           3.14.4.1.7  Vera Franklin
                           3.14.4.2  Ernest Franklin, m. Graves Wright
                                           3.14.4.2.1  Ida Frankin, m. T. Guinea
                                           3.14.4.2.2 Arthur Franklin, (twin)  Unmarried
                                           3.14.4.2.3  Harry Franklin, (twin)  Unmarried
                                           3.14.4.2.4  Athalie Franklin, m. Arthur Norton
                                           3.14.4.2.5  Mary Franklin, m. Fred van der Riet
                                           3.14.4.2.6  Muriel Franklin, m. Gascoigne William Bolle de Lasalle
                                           3.14.4.2.7  Evelyn Franklin, m. ? Nicholson
                                           3.14.4.2.8  Frank Franklin
                           3.14.4.3  Caroline Franklin, m. Charles Cumming
                           3.14.4.4  Amy Franklin, m. ? Alcock
                           3.14.4.5  Fanny Franklin, m. Everard Barraud
                           3.14.4.6  Emily Franklin, m. H.Fuller
                                           3.14.4.6.1  Everard Fuller
                                           3.14.4.6.2  Kennedy Fuller
                                           3.14.4.6.3  Nora Fuller
                                           3.14.4.6.4  Kathleen Fuller
                           3.14.4.7  Edith Franklin, m. Kennedy Barraud
                                           3.14.4.7.1  Edith Barraud, (Girlie) m. Allan Hume
                           3.14.4.8  Ada Franklin, m. ? Cock
              3.14.5  John Cradock Atherstone, died in infancy
              3.14.6  John Frederick Korsten Atherstone, d. 1894 m. Anna Maria Bowker
                           3.14.6.1  Henry Arthur Atherstone, b. 23/3/1846 died aged 14
                           3.14.6.2  Inez Atherstone, b. 6/6/1848, m. Henry Hayter
                           3.14.6.3  John Frederick Atherstone, b. 11/2/1850  Unmarried
                           3.14.6.4  Alice Grace Atherstone, b. 12/3/1851 m. R. Stockdale
                           3.14.6.5  Mary Elizabeth Atherstone, b. 21/8/1853 m. Edward Smith
                           3.14.6.6  Sybil Mitford Atherstone, b. 26/2/1855 m. Chas Perkins
                           3.14.6.7  Anna Maria Atherstone, b. 3/6/1857
                                           m1. H.A. Morsehad
                                           m2. A Barraud
                           3.14.6.8  Hugh Mitford Atherstone, b. 12/10/1861 m. Emily Hyde
                           3.14.6.9  Harold Atherstone, b. 25/10/1866  Unmarried
              3.14.7  Bliss Ann Atherstone, b. 1829 d. 1906 m. George White

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