'Kaye1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Kaye of Glatton, Kaye (Keay) of Woodsome (Woodesham)

The earliest generations reported by BEB1841 are as follows. We view them as somewhat questionable !
Sir John Kaye (a temp Conquest 1066)
m. ?? (dau/heiress of Sir John Woodesham of Woodesham)
1. Sir John Kaye of Woodesham, Yorkshire
  m. ?? (dau/heiress of Sir John Copley)
  A. Sir Robert Keay
  BEB1841 reports Sir Robert's line descended "through a line of eminent persons" who "intermarried with the heiresses of Bendon of Bendon (in Lincolnshire), of Bradfield, of Malbank, of Grimston of Grimston Garth. &c. &c.".
  i. ?? Keay
  a. ?? Keay
  Several generations omitted.
  (1) ?? Keay
  (A) ?? Keay
  (i) Sir William Keay of Woodesham
  m. ?? (dau of Gaston of Sedbuer)
  (a) John Keay of Woodesham
  m. _ Harley (dau of _ Harley of Harley)
  ((1)) Robert Keay
  m. _ Plumpton (dau of _ Plumpton of Plumpton)
  ((A)) Arthur Keay of Woodsome (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547)
see @@ below
  m. Beatrice Wentworth (dau of Matthew Wentworth of Bretton)
  m. ?? (dau/heiress of Mallet of Upton Mallet)
2. Richard Kaye ancestor of Keays in Lancashire
  m. ?? (heiress of Crompton of Crompton)

The following comes from the Visitations but joins BEB1841 with the Arthur who married Beatrice Wentworth.
William Kay
1. John Kay
  A. Laurence Kay
  m1/2. Elizabeth Amyas (dau of Thomas (John?) Amyas)
  m2/1. Cicely Bradshawe (dau of William Bradshawe)
  i. John Kay of Woodsome
  m. Jane Skargill (dau of Peter (or William) Skargill)
  The following follows Visitation (1584/5+1612). Visitation (1563-4), which shows no wives until _ Ratcliffe, differs by showing John (son of Larence) as father of Edward & George. (m. _ Ratcliffe), missing out the next 2 generations.
  a. John Kay of Woodsome (a 1460)
  m. _ Lucy (dau of _ Lucy of Cromwelbotham)
(1) William Kay of Woodsome
  (A) Edward Kay not mentioned by Visitation (1584/5+1612)
  (i) Nicholas Kay (of Woodsome) (dsp)
(B) George Kay of Woodsome
  m. _ Ratcliffe (dau of _ Ratcliffe or Radcliffe of Langley)
  (i) Arthur Kaye or Keay of Woodsome (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547)
see @@ above for alternative ancestry
  m. Beatrice Wentworth (dau of Matthew Wentworth of Bretton)
  (a) John Kaye or Keay of Woodsome (a 1585) - continued below
  m. Dorothy Maleverer (dau of Robert Maleverer of Wothersome)
  (b) George Kaye
  (c) Margaret Kaye
  m1. (22.05.1559) Francis Woodrove or Woodruffe of Woolley (dsp 12.04.1573)
  m2. Peter Freschvile of Staveley
  (d) Ann Kaye (bur 15.07.1595)
  m. William Aldeborough of Aldeborough (bpt 14.03.1556-7, bur 25.01.1627-8)
  partner unknown
  (ii) Edward Key
  ii. Thomas Kay
  m. Elizabeth Turner (dau/heir of Robert Turner)
  a. John Kay (a 1466)
  B. Richard Key (4th son)
  i. Laurence Key
  a. Thomas Kaye
  (1) Thomas Kaye
  (A) John Kaye
  m. Katherine Dodworth (dau of William Dodworth of Shelley)
  (i) John Kaye
  (a)+ issue - Edward (d young), Robert (a 1563-4?)
  C.+ other issue - Wiliam, Peter, John, Jenken, 6 daughters

 

 

John Kaye or Keay of Woodsome (a 1585) - continued above
m. Dorothy Maleverer (dau of Robert Maleverer of Wothersome)
1. Robert Kaye or Keay (a 1612)
  m. Anne Flower (dau of John Flower of Whitwell)
A. John Kaye of Woodsome (b c1578, d 1641)
  m. Anne Ferne (dau of Sir John Ferne, Secretary to the Council of the North)
i. Sir John Kaye, 1st Bart of Woodsome (d 25.07.1662)
  m1. Margaret Moseley (dau of Thomas Moseley, Lord Mayor of York, by Elizabeth, dau of Thomas Trigot of South Kirby)
  a. Sir John Kaye, 2nd Bart of Woodsome (d 1706)
  m. Anne Lister (dau of William Lister of Thornton, sister of Christopher)
  (1) Sir Arthur Kaye, 3rd Bart of Woodsome (d 10.07.1726)
  m. Anne Marow (b 1671, dau of Sir Samuel Marow, Bart of Berkswell)
  (A) Elizabeth Kaye (d 21.04.1745)
  m1. George Legge, Viscount Lewisham (dvp 29.08.1732)
  m2. (24.01.1736) Francis North, 1st Earl of Guildford (b 13.04.1704, d 04.08.1790)
  (2) George Kaye
  m. Dorothy Savile (dau of Robert Savile of Bryan Royd)
  (A) Sir John Kaye, later Lister-Kaye of Grange, 4th Bart of Woodsome, Mayor (d 27.12.1789)
  m1. Ellen Wilkinson (dau of John WIlkinson of Grenhead)
  (i) Sir John Kaye, later Lister-Kaye, 5th Bart, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d unm 27.12.1789)
  m2. (1730) Dorothy Richardson (dau of Richard Richardson of North Bierley by Doroty, dau of Henry Currer of Kildwick)
  (ii) Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Bart of Woodsome (dsp 25.12.1810, Dean of Lincoln)
  m. _ Fenton (dau of William Fenton of Glassho, relict of Thomas Mainwaring of Goltho)
(iii) Dorothy Kaye
  m. Robert Chaloner of Bishop Auckland
  (iv) Lister Kaye
  m. Christopher Miles
  (v)+ 3 sons (dvpsp?)
(B) Catherine Kaye
  m. Nicholas Roberts of Hexham
  (C)+ other issue - Robert in Leeds (d unm), George (d young)
  (3) Anne Kaye
  m. Sir Bryan Stapylton, Bart of Myton (d 23.11.1727)
  b.+ other issue (d unm) - Robert (b c1643), Margaret
  m2. Elizabeth Leigh (dau of Sir Ferdinando Leigh of Middleton, relict of Francis Burdett of Birthwaite)
  d.+ 4 sons (dsp) + 5 daughters (d unm)
  m3. (sp) Catharine St. Quintin (dau of Sir WIlliam St. Quintin, Bart of Harpham, relict of Michael Wentworth of Woolley)
  ii. Elizabeth Kaye (b c1609)
  m. Ralph Asheton of Middleton (d 17.02.1650)
  B. Grace Kaye
  m. Richard Saltonstall of Huntwick
  C. Dorothy Kaye
  m. John Carvill of Nun Monckton and the Middle Temple
2. Edward Kaye 'of Woodham' (4th son)
  The following comes from Visitation (Huntingdonshire, 1613, Kaye).
  m. Ann Tirwhitt (dau of Robert Tirwhitt of Ketelbye)
  A. Robert Kaye of Glatton, Huntingdonshire
  m. Christiana Cooper (dau of William Cooper, relict of Thomas Groome)
  i. Henry Kaye of Glatton (a 1613)
  m. Susann Loftis (dau of John Loftis of Lutton)
  a.+ issue (a 1613) - John (b c1610), Robert
  B. Margaret Kaye
  m. Jacob Crewse of Fotheringhay
C. Anna Kaye
  m. Francis Aiscue (Askew?) of Kelsey
  D. Lucy Kaye
  m. John Pikering of Tichmersh
  E. Margery Kaye
  m. William Laurence of St. Ives
  F.+ other issue - John, William
3. Jane Kaye
  m. Bryan Thornhill of Fixby (dsp 1598)
4. Anne Kaye
  m. Richard Markes of Beverley
5. Dorothy Kaye
  m. Thomas Blythe (cousin/heir of John Blyth of Quernby)
5.+ other issue - Arthur, Richard, Francis, George, Matthew, John, Thomas

Main source(s): BEB1841 (Kaye of Woodesham or Woodsome), Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Kaye), Visitation (1584/5+1612, Kay of Woodsome)
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