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Anna Maria (Greene)
Hickman
Anna wife of Edward Hickman J.P
Born September 1728
Died in December 1779 aged 51
Edward Hickman J.P
Birth: July 1724
Death: 1802
Anna Maria (born September 1728) was the eldest daughter of Richard Greene
of Rolleston Hall, Billeston, Leicestershire, sometime High Sheriff of that
country. Her mother , Catherine Fortrey, was nice of James Fortrey,
a Page of the Backstairs to James II. Catherine Fortrey's ancestry is impeccable:
she was fourteen in decent from Edward III, via Lady Anne Plantagenet and
the families of Bourchier, Tuchet (Lords Audley), Brooke, and Josceline.
M. V. Herbert
The Hickmans of Oldswinford.
The painting is of
Mary(b1707), James(b1700), Elizabeth(b1701), William(b.1697), Catherine(b1702)
left to right
Elizabeth is recorded as dying young in 1715. I think the painting was done
shortly after her death to commemorate her. The girl in the middle looks
the oldest and is holding a nail (coffin nail??) so I think she must be Elizabeth
even though she looks exactly like your Anna Maria. This logic makes Catherine
the one on the right...the mother of Anna Maria.
Hi Michael,
I was interested to come across your family tree web site as it referred
to the Marriage in 1758 of Edward Hickman to Anna Maria Greene. I am descended
from Anna Maria's elder brother Henry.
The portrait of Anna Maria is particularly interesting. On my dining room
wall I have a large portrait of Anna Maria's mother Catherine as a young
girl together with her brothers James and William and her sisters Elizabeth
and Mary. There is a definite family likeness between the mother and daughter
in the pictures.
The Fortreys were an interesting lot. Jean, Viscount de la Forterie left
Lille in 1586 for Holland but the family was persecuted by the Spanish and
so came to England. Samuel Fortrey built Kew Palace in 1631 which 100 years
later became a royal palace - King George III, the mad one, lived there.
Catherine's uncle James seems to have been an interesting character. He was
friends with the Duke of York (later to become James II). Enter a character
Susan, Lady Belasyse who was married to Sir Henry Belasyse and lived at Chequers
(now the Prime Ministers country retreat). Unfortunately Sir Henry (age 24)
got killed in a duel with a Thomas Porter. Lady Belasyse became mistress
to the Duke of York (he had a constant stream of mistresses). The Duke of
York's wife Anne Hyde died after giving birth to 8 children. The Duke of
York proposed to Susan but King Charles forbade the match so he married Anne
of Modena (age 15) instead. James Fortrey then married Lady Belasyse and
they lived together at Chequers. At some stage James Fortrey moved to Cambridgeshire
when he was involved in draining the fens.
His memorial stone in Mepal church reads:
James Fortrey, who died August 1719 aged 63
Near this place lie the remains of James Fortrey Esquire descended from an
ancient stock in Brabant; which took an asylum in England from the persecution
of the Spaniards in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was the 3rd son of Samuel
Fortrey Esq who upon undertaking the draining of the Bedford Level erected
a commodious habitation in Byal Fen [By the Hall Fen. The house was along
the Old Bedford River .] which coming into his son's possession was by him
enlarged with several commodious apartments with gardens and other improvements
so as to make it (a Place in such a Situation) the admiration of the time.
He was bred in the Courts and in Camp, was page of Honour to Mary of Modena,
then Dutchess of York, afterwards Groom of the Bedchamber to her husband
King James the 2nd, Major in the Horse Guards and at the same time commanded
a troop in Laniers Regiment of the Horse.
He would have followed his unhappy royal Master's fortune in exile but was
forbidden by his command on account of his ill health. Fidelity and gratitude
forbad him to engage in the service of his successor.
Having lived a favourite of Princes he rather chose Obscurity and after residing
some time as Fellow Commoner at Queen's College in Cambridge passed the remainder
of his days in retirement between Portugal and Byal Fen [Mepal].
Best wishes
David (Fortrey) Heap
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