• General Notes

  dau of Richard Marsten of Willenhall co. Stafford
  
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  HANNAH MARSTON, the third daughter of Richard and Barbara, was born 1769-70, and was married at the age of nineteen from Thorpe on the Hill, the seat of her aunt Procter, ( with whom she was then staying,) at Rothwell, co. York, 17th May 1789, to Edward D'Oyly, m Esq. then of Newton Lodge, near Wakefield, co. York, but afterwards of Sion Hill, neat· Thirsk, in the same shire, lord of the manor of Kirby Wiske, and a Justice of Peace for the North Riding. This gentleman was a member of the family of D'Oyly, of Shottisham, in Norfolk, and closely related to the late Si1· John Hadley D'Oyly, Bart., who greatly patronised and promoted his sons in India.Being an only child, he was educated at Westminster School, and till his mother's death resided with her at Westminster; but \terging on twenty-one when that event occurred, he came down to Yorkshire to his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Black, of Lofthouse, who by the death, s. p. of her brothers, James Burnell, Esq. of Lofthouse, (who had greatly increased the wealth of his family by the profession of solicitor, having practised from anterior to 1729 till his death in 1780,) and William Burnell, Esq, of Newton Lodge, near Wakefield, had succeeded to all the property of her family, while he Edward D'Oyly, her grandson, had already acquired that of the Blacks from his mother, who had become sole heiress of her only brother Jonathan Black, Esq. Barrister at Law, and of her sister Frances Black, who died unmarried. Thus, when at Lofthouse, Mr. D'Oyly became acquainted with Hannah Marston, then resident with her aunt Procter, of Thorpe on the Hill in the same parish (Rothwell); to whom he was married, after a very short acquaintance, as already mentioned, and he then became seated at Newton Lodge, the residence of his grand-uncle, William Burnell ; where he remained till the decease, in 1795, of his grandmother, Mrs. Black, who leaving him all her property, he was admitted to the copyholds held of the manor of Wakefield, as her grandson and heir at law, 20 March 1795; and he then began the world with a property of 4,0001. to 5,000l. per annum, principally consisting of real estates at Rothwell, Wakefield, Lofthouse, and Stanley, in the West Riding; all " Burnell" property, they being a respectable old family, who had been settled at Lofthouse and Rothwell from the year 1570, claimed descent from those in Notts, bore their arms, and were among the claimants for their estates after the death of D' Arey Burnell, Esq. in 177-: while the Blacks claimed from Black of Temple, in Scotland. For some time after this, Mr. D'Oyly resided at Adwick Hall (Ad wick le Street), in Yorkshire: and in June 1797 made a settlement on his wife and children, his brother-in-law the Rev. Henry Caye Adams being a trustee therein. On the 17th May 1799, Mr. D'Oyly contracted for the purchase, of Metcalfe Graham Steele, Esq. of the manor of Kirby Wiske, near Thirsk, in the North Riding, the manor of " Sion Hill," or " Kirby Lodge," and an estate at Brackenburgh, for l l,500l., which was absolutely conveyed to him in 1801. Here Mr. D'Oyly then settled, and greatly improved and beautified that estate, and mansion : he became a magistrate for the North Riding, and lived for long, highly popular in the district. He built Scipton bridge, near Topcliffe, entirely at his own expense, and was quite celebrated for his munificence, public spirit, and liberality. Both he and his wife were very charitable to the poor, and most estimable persons in every respect; while they held the first rank amongst the North Riding ristocracy; and Sion Hill was celebrated for its hospitality. Few could discharge their duty as a magistrate better than Mr. D'Oyly: while the constant employment which he afforded to labourers and work-people, caused him to be liked by that class. Both Mr. and Mrs. D'Oyly were persons of great scientific capacity. Mr. D'Oyly was a most beautiful draftsman, an ingenious · mechanic, and possessed of great taste for music. He was also a great wit; and, though perfectly free from every vice, a most convivial, though extremely gentlemanly man: his mind and manners being equally refined, He was always sincere, yet most kind: and while adhering to the forms and ceremonies of good breeding, no one could ever doubt but that the sentiment was there. Mrs, D'Oyly, though extremely rigid in her religious observances, was less popular than her husband. She was a proud and aristocratic gentlewoman; who, while her husband was fond of society, preferred a strict though most refined seclusion from the world. She was, moreover, more satirical than witty, more proud than vain : but she passed almost her whole life in the bosom of her family, devoting herself to her children and the pursuits to which her taste led her; and of these, botany was one of the most prominent. She was a woman, however, of no ordinary scientific capacity, having been presented with divers medals by learned societies; and two, which she received from the " Society for promoting and encouraging the Arts and Sciences," are possessed by the writer of this article.
  Mr. D'Oyly died at Fontainebleau, in France, 30 Sept. 1823,
  at, 55. By his will, dated 19th January 1802, appointing his brother in law, the Rev. H. C. Adams, and his friend Godfrey Higgins, Esq. of Skellow Grange, co. York, trustees; and leaving his property equally among his children. Hannah, his wife, died at St. Andrew's, Scotland, in the autumn of 1818, having borne him in all thirteen children. 

Details of Hannah's family with Edward D'Oyly (of Sion Hill)