'Birkenhead1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Birkenhead of Backford, Birkenhead of Huxley

John de Birkenhead (a temp Edward III who r. 1327-1377) mentioned by Commoners as ancestor of Adam of Huxley
1. ?? de Birkenhead
  A. ?? Birkenhead
Uncertain on number of intervening generations.
  i. ?? Birkenhead
  a. ?? Birkenhead
  (1) Henry Birkenhead the first mentioned by Visitation
  (A) Henry Birkenhead
  (i) Adam Birkenhead of Huxley (a 1509) the first in Commoners's pedigree
  m. Alice Huxley (dau/heir of John Huxley of Huxley)
  (a) John Birkenhead
  m. Jane Done (dau/heir of Ralph Done of Crowton)
  Commoners does not say anything of John's family whilst Visitation does not mention John at all. We presume (wholly speculatively) that John & Jane were parents of ...
  ((1)) Ralph Birkenhead of Crowton
  ((A)) Elizabeth Birkenhead (coheir)
  m. (sp) George Ireland of Hutt & Hale (d 25.07.1596)
  (b) Henry Birkenhead (d 1558, protohonotary) - continued below
  m. Alice Horncliffe (dau of John Horcliffe of Hallowbury)
  (c) Hugh Birkenhead ancestor of Birkenheads of Rivington, Lancashire
  (d) Sir Ralph Birkenhead (a 1505, recorder of Chester)
  m. Mary Bradshaw (dau of Roger Bradshaw of Haigh)
  ((1)) Robert Birkenhead
  (e) Margaret Birkenhead
  m. Thomas Touchet of Whitley
  (f) Alice Birkenhead
  m. John Whitmore of Thurstanton
  (g) Elizabeth Birkenhead
  m. Thomas Hurleston of Hurleston

 

 

Henry Birkenhead (d 1558, protohonotary) - continued above
m. Alice Horncliffe (dau of John Horcliffe of Hallowbury)
1. Henry Birkenhead of Huxley & Backford (d 07.03.1613, protohonotary)
  m1. Mary Bostock (dau of Hugh Bostock of Huxley)
  m2. Elizabeth Bunbury (d 12.08.1629, dau of Henry Bunbury of Stanney)
  A. Henry Birkenhead of Backford (d 07.03.1646)
  m. (1596) Alice Singleton (dau/heir of John Singleton of Staining)
  i. Henry Birkenhead of Backford (bpt 09.1599, d 1660)
  m. Margaret Mainwaring (dau of Sir Randle Mainwaring of Over Peover)
  a.+ issue (dvp unm) - 3 sons and 2 daughters
  ii. John Birkenhead of Backford (b 1600, d 1657)
  m. Jane Berrington (dau of Captain _ Berrington of Lichfield)
  a. Singleton Birkenhead of Backford (b 30.04.1636, d 1694)
  m. (20.05.1673) Margaret Brock (dau of William Brock of Upton & BRadley)
(1) John Birkenhead of Backford (b 08.10.1675, dsp 03.1720)
  m. (1703) Jane Hurleston (dau of Charles Hurleston of Picton)
  (2)+ other issue (d unm)
  b. Alice Birkenhead (b 1638, bur 22.06.1660)
  m. Joseph Cortus
  c. Anne Birkenhead (b 1642)
  m. (1665) Matthew Ellis of Overlegh
  d.+ other issue - John (d infant), Diana (b 1639), Siusannah, Mary, Frances
  iii. Elizabeth Birkenhead (b 1597)
  m. Lenox Beverley (son/heir of Sir George of Huntingdon)
  iv. Anne Birkenhead (b 1604)
  m. Peter Leigh of Birch (son of Peter of Lyme)
  v. Eleanor Birkenhead (b 1605)
  m. Thomas Bunbury (son of Sir Henry of Stanney)
  vi. Mary Birkenhead (b 1606, dsp)
  m. William Downes of Worth & Shrigley
vii. Matilda Birkenhead (bpt 1610)
  m. Hugh Hollinshed of Heywood
  viii.+ other issue - Anne (d 1612), Margaret (d unm 1624), Bridget (bpt 1609, dsp), Barbara, Amey, Frances (bpt 1613)
  B. Thomas Birkenhead (b 1582)
  m. Alice Roberts (dau/heir of Thomas Roberts of Chester)
  i. Thomas Birkenhead (b 10.03.1634, d 1685)
  m. Diana Birkenhead (dau of John Birkenhead)
  a. Thomas Birkenhead, later of Backford (dsp 1724)
  b. Henry Birkenhead (3rd son)
  m. Rebecca Jones of Denbighshire
  (1) Frances Birkenhead (b 04.06.1704, d 14.04.1791)
  m. John Glegg of Irbie
(2) Deborah Birkenhead (b 21.03.1706, dsps 06.03.1795)
  m1. William Glegg of Grange
  m2. Charles Crosbie (Lt. Colonel)
  c. Mary Birkenhead (b 1667)
  m. Thomas Johnson of Chester
  d.+ other issue - John (dsp 1669), Philip (dsp), Diana (d unm)
  C. George Birkenhead of Miltoin Brook
  m. Catherine Plumbe (dau of Henry Plumbe)
  i. Henry Birkenhead
  ii. Thomas Birkenhead
  a. Henry Birkenhead (a 1707, professor at Oxford University)
  D. Elizabeth Birkenhead
  m. Henry Browne of Upton
  E. Bridget Birkenhead
  m. John Chetwode of Oakley (d 1615)
  F.+ other issue - Frances, Ursula, Eliza, Margaret

Main source(s): Commoners (vol II, Glegg of Irbie and Backford) with some support from Visitation (Cheshire, 1613, Birkenhead and Huxley)
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