'CreweXX'
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Families covered: Crewe of Crewe Hall, Crewe (Crew) of Stene

John Crewe of Wich Malbank or Nantwich (b c1524, d 1598)
m. Alice Mainwaring (dau of Humphrey Mainwaring of Nantwich)
1. Sir Ranulph Crewe of Crewe Hall (b 1558, d 1646, Lord Chief Justice, Speaker of the House of Commons)
  m. (1598) Juliana Clippesby (dau of John Clippesby of Clippesby)
  A. Sir Clippesby Crewe of Crewe Hall (b 1599, d 1648)
  m. Jane Pultney (dau of Sir John Pultney of Pultney Misterton)
  i. John Crewe of Crewe Hall (b 1626, d 1684)
  m. Carew Gorges (dau of Sir Arthur Gorges of Chelsea)
a. Anne Crewe
  m. John Offley of Madeley Manor
  (1) John Offley, later Crewe of Crewe Hall (d 1749)
  m. Sarah Price (dau of Morgan Price of Nantgawared)
  (A) John Crewe of Crewe Hall (d 1752)
  m. Elizabeth Shuttleworth (dau of Richard Shuttleworth of Gawthorpe and Forcett)
  (i) John Crewe, 1st Lord of Crewe (b 27.09.1742, d 28.04.1829)
  m. (04.04.1766) Frances Greville (d 23.12.1818, dau of Fulke Greville of Wilbury)
  (a) John Crewe, 2nd Lord of Crewe (b 1772, d 04.12.1835, Lt. General) had issue
  m. (05.05.1807) Henrietta Maria Anne Hungerford (dau of George Walker Hungerford of Calne)
Their only son, the 3rd Baron, died unmarried. One of their daughters married Richard Monckton, 1st Lord Houghton, and their son became the 1st Marquess of Crewe.
  (b) Emma Crewe (d 15.02.1850)
  m. (21.04.1809) Foster Cunliffe, later Cunliffe-Offley of Madeley (dvpsp 1832)
  (ii) Richard Crewe (b 27.09.1749, d 17.06.1814, Major General)
  m. Milborough Allpress (dau of Samuel Allpress)
  (a) Richard Crewe (b 1786) had issue
  m. (1815) Frances Hare (dau of J. Hare)
  (b) John Frederick Crewe (b 1788, d 10.11.1840, Colonel) had issue
  m. (28.06.1819) Harriet Smith (d 27.04.1856, dau of Robert Smith, 1st Lord Carrington)
(c) Willoughby Crewe (b 1792, d 09.04.1850, rector of Mucklestone) had issue
  m. (1816) Catherine Harvey (dau of J. Harvey)
  (d) Emma Crewe
  m. John Pusey Edwards
  (B) Randulph Crewe (b 06.02.1717, d 29.05.1777, rector of Barthomley and Warmingham)
  m. Ann Read (d 29.12.1793, dau of John Read of Llandinam Hall)
  (i) Offley Crewe (d 19.02.1836, rector of Barthomley and Warmingham)
  m. (15.08.1779) Harriet Assheton-Smith (dau of Thomas Assheton-Smith of Vaynol)
  (a) John Offley Crewe, later Crewe-Read of Llandinam (b 1792, d 30.11.1858) had issue
  m. (11.08.1818) Charlotte Prestwood Lake (d 27.10.1865, dau of Admiral Sir Willoughby Lake)
  (b) Emma Crewe (d unm)
  (c) Frances Crewe
  m. Rev. Robert Wedgwood
(d) Harriet Lucy Crewe (d 16.06.1864)
  m. (25.04.1805) Sir Thomas Tancred, 6th Bart (d 29.08.1844)
  (ii)+ 2 sons
  (2) Mary Offley (b c1685, d 1765)
  m. (08.1701) Robert Needham, 7th Viscount Kilmorey (b 04.05.1683, d 02.10.1710)
2. Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene, Northamptonshire (d 01.02.1633-4, Speaker of the House of Commons)
  m. Temperance Bray (dau of Reginald Bray of Stene and Hinton)
  A. John Crewe, 1st Lord of Stene (b 1598, d 12.12.1679)
  m. (c1623) Jemima Waldegrave (b c1602, d 14.10.1675, dau of Edward Waldegrave of Lawford)
i. Thomas Crewe, 2nd Lord of Stene (b c1624, d 30.11.1697)
  m1. (05.1650) Mary Townshend (d 04.07.1668, dau of Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Bart of Rainham)
  a. Anne Crewe (dsp before 1696)
  m. John Joliff of Coston
  b. Temperance Crewe (d 18.10.1728)
  m1. Sir Rowland Alston, 2nd Bart of Odell (d 1698)
  m2. Sir John Wolstenholme of Forty Hill, 3rd Bart of Enfield
  m2. (1674) Anne Armine (d 02.04.1719, dau of Sir William Airmine or Armine, 2nd Bart of Osgodby)
c. Jemima Crewe (d 02.07.1728)
  m. Henry Grey, Duke of Kent (d 05.06.1741)
  d. Airmine Crewe (d 03.02.1728)
  m. (30.03.1699) Thomas Cartwright of Aynho (b 1671, d 11.03.1747-8)
  e. Catherine Crewe
  m. Sir John Harper or Harpur, 4th Bart of Caulk (d 1741)
  The 7th baronet, their great-grandson, took the name Crewe.
  f. Elizabeth Crewe (dsp 21.05.1756)
  m. (18.09.1721) Charles Butler, Earl of Arran (b 04.09.1671, dsp 17.12.1758)
ii. Nathaniel Crewe, Bishop of Oxford then Durham, 3rd Lord of Stene (b 31.01.1633, dsp 18.09.1721, 5th son)
  m1. (21.12.1691) Penelope Frowde (b c1656, d 09.03.1699, dau of Sir Philip Frowde)
  m2. (23.07.1700) Dorothy Forster (b c1673, d 16.10.1715, dau of Sir William Forster of Bamborough Castle)
  iii. Walgrave Crewe of Hinton (b c1637, d 1673)
  m. (1670) Susanna Mellor (dau of Robert Mellor of Derby)
  a. Walgrave Crewe of London (dsp 1694)
  iv. Jemima Crewe (b 17.07.1625, d 1674)
  m. (07.11.1642) Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (b 27.07.1625, d 28.05.1672)
  v. Anne Crewe (b c1637, d 27.09.1708)
  m1. Sir Henry Wright of Dagenham (d 05.02.1663)
  m2. Edmund Pye of Faringdon
  vi.+ other issue (d unm) - John of Newbald Vernon (d 1681), Edward (d 1680), Samuel (d 1660, Rev.)
  B. Patience Crewe
  m. Sir John Curzon, 1st Bart of Kedleston, Sheriff of Derbyshire (b 03.11.1598, d 13.12.1686)
  C. Temperance Crewe (dsp 1634)
  m. John Browne of Eydon
  D.+ other issue - Thomas of Crawley, Nathaniel of London, Salathiel of Hinton (b c1613, d 1686), Anne, Silence, Prudence

Main source(s):
(1) For Crewe of Crewe Hall : BP1934 (Crewe, Marquess) with some input from BLG1952 (Crewe-Read formerly of Llandinam)
(2) For Crewe of Stene : BE1883 (Crew of Steine)
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