The Loraine branch begins with Catherine Loraine(274), who married Henry Currer (273). All that I initially had about Catherine was the entry in the Currer pedigree compiled by Foster (1874), which entry reads:
Catherine, daughter of Ambrose Loraine, of Tynemouth, co. Northumberland. Visit. 1666.
Since Henry Currer was born in 1621, and his children, so far as they can be identified, were born in the 1640's and 1650's, then the marriage perhaps took place some time in the first half of the 1640's. There is an index of marriages at the parish church at Tynemouth from 1607 to 1837 extracted by George Bell and accessible through the GENUKI website. Over the period 1607 to 1679 there are no occurrences of either the names Loraine or Currer. Also, the GENUKI website for Tynemouth indicates that the IGI includes baptisms and marriages for the period 1607 to 1733, but there are no occurrences of the name Loraine in these records. However, Loraine is a name with Northumberland connections and I have recently been contacted by a distant cousin, Mike Wright, who is also a direct descendant of the Loraine family, and from whom comes the following table of Loraine generations.
The generations of direct Loraine ancestors identified by Mike Wright are:
| Generation | Loraine ancestor | Spouse | Date and place of marriage |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Catherine Loraine (274) (ca.1625?-?) | Henry Currer(273) (1621-1659) | unknown |
| G? | Ambrose Loraine, of Hartburn(275) (dates unknown) | Jane(nnn) (dates unknown) | unknown |
| F? | Robert Loraine, of Little Harle(1256) (dates unknown) | unknown | unknown |
| E? | Robert Loraine(1257) (?-1581) | Margaret(1258) (dates unknown) | unknown |
| D? | Robert Loraine(1259) (dates unknown) | Margaret Bowes(1260) (dates unknows) | unknown |
| C? | Robert Loraine(1261) | unknown | unknown |
| B? | Edward Loraine(1262) | Elizabeth Harding(1263) | unknown |
| A? | Edward Loraine(1264) | Johanna (Joan) del Strother(1265) | unknown |
The generations between Robert Loraine(1257) who died in 1581, and the earliest known Edward Loraine(1264) who we might guess to have been born early in the 15th century, are listed in the Loraine pedigree which Hodgson (1832) gives on p.246. At present, the link between Robert Loraine(1257) and Ambrose Loraine(275) I have only from Mike Wright.
© John Stowell 2007 Last updated on 16 Jul 2007.
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