'BZmisc23'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Burnaby of Broughton Hall, Brittain of Sheffield, Biggen of Norton, Brammal of Storrs, Bramhall of Sheffield

                               
John Burnaby of Kensington, Middlesex
m(2). Clara Wood (dau of Sir Edward Wood by Clara, sister of John Robinson, Bishop of London)
1. Edward Burnaby of St. James's (2nd son) had issue
m. Mary Greene (dau/heir of Thomas Greene of Norlands)
  A. William Pitt Burnaby (Captain RN) nephew of Admiral Sir William, possibly fits here
  m. (15.11.1770) Sarah Price (dau of John Price of The Ham)
2. Sir William Burnaby of Broughton Hall, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1st Bart (b c1710, d 1776-7, Vice Admiral, CIC Jamaica)
  m1. Margaret (d 11.02.1757, widow of Timothy Donovan of Jamaica)
  A. Sir William Chaloner Burnaby of Broughton Hall, 2nd Bart (b 1746, d 29.02.1794)
  m. (28/9.06.1783) Elizabeth Molyneux (b 1761-2, d 28.02.1816, dau of Crisp Molyneux of Garboldisham by Catherine, dau/heir of George Montgomerie of Chippenham Hall)
  i. Sir William Crisp Hood Burnaby of Broughton Hall & Bermuda, 3rd Bart (b c1788, dsp 01.08.1853, Commander RN)
  m. (02.05.1818) Eleanor (d 1880?, widow of Joseph Wood of Bermuda)
  ii. Harriet Emma Burnaby (d 09.1811)
  m. _ Richardson (General)
  B. Elizabeth Burnaby
  m. John Turner (archdeacon of Taunton)
  m2. Grace Ottley (b 1738-9, d 03.03.1823, dau of Drewry Ottley of Holborn)
  C. Edward Augustus Caesar Burnaby (b 1762, d 11.03.1843, Captain RN)
  m. Emma McLow of Edinburgh (d 1859)
  i. Sir William Edward Burnaby of Broughton Hall, 4th Bart (b 07.1824, dsp 19.08.1881)
  m. (10.1845) Caroline Reece (d 17.10.1857, dau of William Reece of Ledbury)
  ii. Sir Henry Burnaby, 5th Bart (b 1829, dsp?)
  m. (1853) Carmen Maria Torrente (dau/heir of Mariano Torrente of Madrid)
  D. Georgiana Grace Burnaby (d 1826)
m. J. Chamier
  E. Charlotte Burnaby
  m. Josias Dupre Porcher
  F. Harriet Emma Burnaby
  m. _ Richardson (Lt. Colonel)
  G.+ other issue - Henry (b c1772, d 18.11.1854), George (d young?)
3. Carolina Burnaby
  m. James Waldo of Harrow
4.+ other issue - John ("minister to the Swiss Cantons"), Daniel (rector of Hanwell)

 

 

Thomas Brittain of Sheffield (bpt 21.04.1717, bur 13.01.1780)
m. (03.11.1736) Mary Verdon of Dronfield
1. George Brittain of Sheffield & Norton Lees (b 20.01.1739-40, d 31.05.1812, master cutler)
  m. (27.10.1763) Helen (Ellen) Creswick (b 01.04.1743, d 13.01.1823, dau of John Creswick of Sheffield)
  A. Verdon Brittain of Sheffield, later in Guernsey (bpt 30.12.1779, d 31.05.1843, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (13.07.1813) Mary Ann Holy (dau of Daniel Holy of South Grove, Sheffield)
  B. James Brittain of (Buenos Ayres and) Grove House, Blackheath (b 22.11.1785, d 19.02.1832, younger son) had issue
  m. (07.04.1813) Frances Kendall (d 14.04.1848, dau of Peter Kendall of Wingfield)
  C. Anne Brittain
  m. Robert Blythe of Birmingham
  D. Charlotte Brittain (bpt 12.11.1776)
  m. John Newbould of Sheffield & Sharrow Head
  E.+ other issue - Frederick of High Wycombe (b 25.10.1770, d unm 16/8.04.1828), William of Norton Lees (b 16.05.1772, d unm 23.09.1838), George of Rio de Janeiro (d unm 31.03.1842), other sons (d infant - Thomas, John, George, Robert, Jonathan), Mary (bpt 26.08.1774, d unm 08.03.1840), Helen (b 02.03.1781, a 1847, d unm?)
2.+ other issue

 

 

Ezra Biggen of Little Norton, Derbyshire
m. Rebecca Yates (dau of Thomas Yates of Wickersley)
1. Thomas Biggen of Norton (scythemaker)
  m1. Elizabeth Howarth (dau/heir of _ Howarth of Machin Bank)
  A. Rebecca Biggen
  m. William Broadbent of Warrington (cleric)
  B. Ann Biggen
  m. Roger Gaskel of Warrington
  C. Elizabeth Biggen
  m. William Webster of Norton & Holmegate
  m2. Margaret Shemeld (dau/heir of Joseph Shemeld)
  D. Thomas Biggen (d young)
2. daughter
  m. Samuel Hall of Sheffield

 

 

Thomas Brammal of Storrs
m. Elizabeth Cowell (dau/coheir of John Cowell of Dungworth Storrs, widow of Nicholas Smilter)
1. Thomas Brammal 'of Thornsett' of Storrs (a 1536)
  A. Edward Brammal of Storrs
m. Margaret Wainwright (dau of Henry Wainwright of Storrs)
  i. Thomas Brammal of Storrs (a 1617, 1646)
  m. Ellen
  a. Edward Brammal of Storrs (a 1646)
  m. (1646) Sarah Taylor (dau of Thomas Taylor of Wadsley)
  (1) Edward Brammal of Storrs (b by 1661, a 1720)
  (A) Joseph Brammal of Storrs
  (B) Mary Brammal
  m. Joshua Drabble
  (C) Ellen Brammal
m. Jeremiah Sanderson
  (D) Ann Brammal
  m. Philip Hawley
  (E) Sarah Brammal
  m. Robert Firth
  (2)+ 3 sons
  b. Ellen Brammal probably of this generation
  m. (1592) Christopher Wilson of Broomhead (b c1555, d 1622)
  c.+ other issue - Rowland, Nicholas
  B. Thomas Brammal
  C. Elizabeth Brammal probably of this generation
  m. Thomas Bromhead of Nether Bradfield
2. Humphrey Brammal
  m. Ann
  A.+ issue - Humphrey of Ughill Woodside, Nicholas

 

 

According to FMG, the following person "claimed to be descended of the above family".
_ Bramhall of Sheffield
1. Peter Bramhall of Sheffield
2. James Bramhall of Porto Bello in Sheffield (cutler)
  A. James Bramhall of Red Hill in Sheffield
  m. ?? Sykes of Sheffield
  i. John Sykes Bramhall of Sheffield (dsp)
  m1. Elizabeth Broomhead (dsp 1826, dau of Richard Broomhead of Stannington)
  m2. (20.03.1827) Elizabeth Winter (dau of John Winter of Bristol)
  ii. daughter
  m. Peter Wright of Stannington (cleric)
  iii. Mary Ann Bramhall
  m. (17.07.1827) Charles Edward Morton of London
  B. Richard Bramhall (dsp)
  m. _ Brown of Sheffield ("of the Browns of Skelbrook")
  C. Patrick Bramhall
  D. daughter
  m. _ Reynolds of London ("who published 'British Genealogy' ")

Main source(s):
(1) For Burnaby (uploaded 04.04.16) : BP1870 ('Burnaby'), TCB (vol 5, 'Burnaby', p146+)
(2) For Brittain (uploaded 16.04.16) : BLG1952 ('Brittain formerly of Shelley Hall'), FMG (vol 2, MS273, 'Brittain' (p670+) & 'Wilkinson-Brittain-Brownell' (p669+))
(3) For Biggen (uploaded 23.04.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS302, 'Shemeld', p739+)
(4) For Brammal-1 (uploaded 03.05.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS326, 'Cowell-Brammal-Smilter', p795+)
(5) For Brammal-2 (uploaded 03.05.16) : FMG (vol 2, MS326, 'Cowell-Brammal-Smilter', p796)
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