'Needham1'
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Families covered: Needham of Cranach (Cranage), Needham of Kilmorey, Needham of Shavington, Needham of Shenton

Descended from William de Nedham, lord of Staunton (a 1102) was ...
John de Nedeham of Nedeham (a 1331)
1. Thomas de Nedeham of Nedeham (a 1330)
  A. Thomas de Nedeham of Nedeham (a 1374) had issue
B. William Nedeham of Chester (a 1375, judge, youngest son)
  m. Alice de Cranach (dau of William de Cranach or Cranage)
  i. Robert Nedeham of Cranach (d 1407) this generation reported by Visitation but omitted by BP1934
  a. Robert Nedeham of Cranach or Cranage (d 1449)
  m. Dorothy Savage (dau of Sir John Savage of Clifton)
  (1) Thomas Needham of Cranach or Cranage (and Shavington)
  m. Maud Brereton (dau of Sir William Brereton of Brereton)
  (A) Sir William Needham of Cranach and Shavington
  m. Isabel Bromley (dau of Sir John Bromley)
(i) Sir Robert Needham of Shavington and Shenton, Sheriff of Shropshire (d 1556)
  m. Agnes Manwaring (dau of John or Jenkin Manwaring of Peuer)
  (a) Thomas Needham of Shenton
Whilst BP1934 shows only Thomas's marriage to Anne Talbot, the Visitation record also shows him as having married (presumed 1st but may have been 2nd) ...
  m1. Agnes Hope
  ((1)) Agnes Needham
  m2. Anne Talbot (dau of Sir John Talbot of Grafton and Albrighton)
  ((2)) Robert Needham of Shenton, Sheriff of Shropshire (d 18.12.1603)
  m. Frances Aston (dau of Sir Edward Aston of Tixhall)
  ((A)) Sir Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey (d 26.11.1631) - continued below
  m1. Jany Lacy (d 16.07.1591, dau of John Lacy of Borston)
  m2. (before 14.10.1594) Anne Doyley (a 06.1607, Mrs Wilmot)
  m3. Catherine Robinson (d 08.12.1628, dau of John Robinson of London)
  m4. Dorothy Smith (dau of Humphrey Smith of London)
((B)) Thomas Needham of Pool Park had issue
  m. Eleanor or Mary Bagenall (dau of Sir Henry Bagenall, Knt Marshal)
  ((C)) Jane Needham
  m. James Collyer of Stonne or Darlaston
  ((D)) Ann Needham
  m. Robert Powell of Parke
  ((E)) Mary or Margery Needham
  m1. Thomas Osborne
  m2. Sir Robert Vernon of Hodnet (b 1577, d 1625)
  ((F)) Maude Needham
  m. (1611) John Aston of Aston (d 13.05.1615)
  ((G)) Elizabeth Needham (dsp)
  ((H)) Dorothy Needham probably of this generation
  m. (sp?) Sir Richard Chetwode (b 1560, d 16.05.1635)
((3)) Margaret Needham (dsp)
  m. Richard Steventon of Dothall
  ((4)) Margery or Mary Needham
  m. Geo. Conney of Weston
  ((5)) Agnes Needham
  m1. Sir Richard Bulkley
  m2. _ Cranage of Cranage
((6))+ other issue - John, Joane, Anne
  (b) Maude Needham
  m. Sir Thomas Venables of Kinderton (d 07.1580)
  (c) Jane or Anne Needham
  m. Sir Andrew Corbett of Morton
  (d)+ other issue - John, Robert
  (ii) Margaret or Mary Needham
  m. Thomas Whittington of Pountley (d 1546)
  (2) Sir John Needham of Chester and London (d 1480, judge, 3rd son)
  m. Margaret Mannering (dau of Randall Mannering (Mainwaring))
  (3) Agnes Needham
  m. John Starkey of Oulton
  (4)+ other issue - Robert, Hugh, William
  b. Alice Needham possibly of this generation
  m. Robert Cholmeley

 

 

Sir Robert Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey (d 26.11.1631) - continued above
m1. Jane Lacy (d 16.07.1591, dau of John Lacy of Borston or Borseton)
1. Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey (d 12.09.1653)
  m1. Frances Anderson (dau of Alderman Sir Henry Anderson of London)
  A. Robert Needham, 3rd Viscount Kilmorey (dsps 01.1657)
  m. Frances Gerard (bur 25.05.1636, dau of Gilbert Gerard, 2nd Lord)
  B. Frances Needham
  m. Thomas Cotton of Combermere (d c1648)
  C. Elianor Needham
m2. Eleanor Dutton (b c1588, d 12.03.1657, dau of Thomas Dutton of Dutton)
  D. Charles Needham, 4th Viscount Kilmorey (d 1660)
  m. (27.02.1654-5) Bridget Drury (bur 11.07.1696, dau of Sir William Drury of Besthorp)
  i. Robert Needham, 5th Viscount Kilmorey (b 1655, d unm 29.05.1668)
  ii. Thomas Needham, 6th Viscount Kilmorey (b c1659, d 26.11.1687)
  m. (04.12.1679) Frances Fowler (d 27.12.1723, dau of Francis Leveson Fowler of Harnage Grange)
  a. Robert Needham, 7th Viscount Kilmorey (b 04.05.1683, d 02.10.1710)
  m. (08.1701) Mary Offley (b c1685, d 1765, dau of John Offley of Crewe by Anne, dau of John Crewe of Crewe)
(1) Robert Needham, 8th Viscount Kilmorey (b 10.1702, d unm 19.02.1716-7)
  (2) Thomas Needham, 9th Viscount Kilmorey (b 29.09.1703, dsp 03.02.1768)
  m. (29.06.1730) Mary Shirley (b 25.09.1712, dsp 12.08.1784, dau of Washington Shirley, 2nd Earl Ferrers)
(3) John Needham, 10th Viscount Kilmorey (b 01.1710/1, d 27.05.1791, Colonel)
  m. (11.01.1738) Anne Hurleston (b c1708, d 09.08.1786, dau of John Hurleston of Newton)
  (A) Thomas Needham (dvp unm 19.04.1773)
  (B) Robert Needham, 11th Viscount Kilmorey (b 14.11.1746, dsp 30.11.1818, 4th son)
  m. (10.01.1792) Frances Cotton (b 01.12.1769, d 26.11.1818, dau of Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bart)
  (C) Francis Needham, 1st Earl of Kilmorey (b 05.04.1748, d 21.11.1832, General)
  m. (20.02.1787) Anne Fisher (d 29.10.1816, dau of Thomas Fisher of Acton)
(i) Francis 'Black Jack' Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (b 12.12.1787, d 20.06.1880) had issue
  m1. (07.03.1814) Jane Cuninghame (d 23.07.1867, dau of George Gun-Cuninghame of Mount Kennedy)
  m2. (20.11.1867) Martha Foster (dsp 06.05.1908, dau of John Foster of Lenham)
  p. Priscilla Anne Hoste (dau of Sir William Hoste, 1st Bart, by Harriet Walpole)
  (ii) Anna Maria Elizabeth Needham (d 29.05.1866)
  m. (20.06.1816) Hon. Rev. Henry Cockayne Cust (of Brownlow family)
  (iii) Frances Elizabeth Needham (b c1792, d 22.12.1890)
  m. (16.06.1825) George Powell Higginson (d 19.04.1866, General)
  (iv) Selina Needham (d 10.01.1876)
  m. (05.07.1817) Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman (b 06.05.1794, d 28.08.1827, captain)
(v) Alicia Mary Needham (b 05.09.1798, d 31.01.1885)
  m. (06.07.1836) Samuel Ellis Bristowe of Beesthorpe (b 10.03.1800, d 15.06.1855)
  (vi) Mabella Josephine Needham (b c1801, d 16.11.1899)
  m. (12.02.1822) Hon. John Henry Knox (d 27.08.1872)
  (vii)+ other issue - Francis Henry William (b 1799, d 24.03.1868, Lt. General), Amelia (d 25.12.1860), Georgiana (d unm 03.12.1888)
  (4)+ other issue - 1 son, 4 daughters
  E. Eleanor Needham (b c1627, d 26.01.1663/4)
  m1. (1638) Peter Warburton of Arley (dsp)
  m2. (1644) Sir John Byron, 1st Lord of Rochdale (dsp 08.1652)
2. Frances Needham
  m. Sir Rowland Cotton of Alkington (dsp 1634)
3. Elianor Needham
  m. Sir William Owen of Condover, Sheriff of Salop (d 1662)
m2. (before 14.10.1594) Anne Doyley (a 06.1607, Mrs Wilmot)
m3. Catherine Robinson (d 08.12.1628, dau of John Robinson of London)
m4. Dorothy Smith (dau of Humphrey Smith of London)

Main source(s): BP1934 (Kilmorey), Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Needham of Shavington)
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