'Heygate1'
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Families covered: Heygate of Hayes, Heygate of Husband's Bosworth, Heygate of London, Higatte (Heygate) of Rendlesham, Heygate of West Haddon
| BP1952 identifies the following family as "a branch of the ancient family of Heygate, seated in the counties of Essex and Suffolk." | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Heygate of Hayes, Middlesex (bur 21.08.1576, Provost Marshal General) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Stonor (bur 26.04.01610, dau of Thomas Stonor of Stonor) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Heygate of Hayes (bur 25.11.1615, Provost Marshal General, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Skipwith (bur 16.08.1614, dau of Ralph Skipwith of Parkbury (Hertfordshire, of the family of St. Albans)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Heygate of Hayes (d 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (d 1675, "an heiress") | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sophia Heygate | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lancaster | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Thomas (d young), John (bpt 25.06.1625, dvp unm), Anne (d young), Anne (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Ralph Heygate of London (bpt 12.11.1606, d 1665-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Taylor (dsps 1633, dau of Thomas Taylor, rector in Aldermanbury) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Spicer (d 1695, dau of Nicholas Spicer, Mayor of Exeter) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Nicholas Heygate of London (bur 03.08.1697) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cotton (d 22.04.1699, dau of Thomas Cotton of Loughton by Elizabeth, dau of Edward Shuckburgh of Naseby) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Heygate of Husband's Bosworth, Leicestershire (b 11.06.1665, bur 22.09.1736, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Freeman (dau of John Freeman of Husband's Bosworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Nicholas Heygate of West Haddon, Northamptonshire (b 07.09.1705, d 20.07.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Anne Cooke (b 1713, d 20.07.1794, dau of John Cooke of Hill Morton by Anne) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Heygate of Husband's Bosworth (b 1738, d 1781, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1769) Mary Snelson (d 1808, dau of Benjamin Snelson of Husbands Bosworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Heygate of Husband's Bosworth & Mansfield (a 1809) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue (a 1809) - Robert Benjamin, John Nicholas, James, Charles, William Ralph, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Heygate of West Haddon (b 1740, d 1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Underwood (d 1778, dau of Robert Underwood) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue (a 1809) - Robert of Winwick (had issue), John of West Haddon (had issue) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Charles Heygate of West Haddon (b 1745, d 1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Lucas (dau of Thomas Lucas of Holywell) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue (a 1809) - Charles of West Haddon, Thomas, William, Martha, Anne, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | James Heygate of Aldermanbury (London), Hackney (Middlesex) & Southend (Essex) (b 11.01.1747, d 11.04.1833, banker) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1781) Sarah Unwin (d 02.02.1801 or 13.04.1833, dau of Samuel Unwin of Sutton-in-Ashfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Heygate, Lord Mayor of London, 1st Bart (b 24.06.1782, d 28.08.1844, MP) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.05.1821) Isabella Mackmurdo (d 07.10.1859, dau of Edward Longdon Mackmurdo of Upper Clayton) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | James Heygate (b 15.02.1784, d 22.07.1873) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.08.1814) Anna Mackmurdo (d 09.09.1867, dau of Edward Longdon Mackmurdo of Upper Clayton) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Elizabeth Anne (b 1786, d 1787), Elizabeth Anne (b 05.1788, a 1809) | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Anne Heygate (b 1743, a 1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Butlin of Rugby (d 1791) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | 3 sons + 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (F) | Mary Heygate (a 1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Lovett of West Haddon (a 1809) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Catherine Heygate (b 1759, a 1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Lovett of Hillmorton (a 1809) | |||||||||||||||
| (H)+ | other issue - Robert (d young), John (d young), Elizabeth (bpt 1749, d young), Catharine (d young), Frances (d young), Elizabeth (b 1752, a 1809) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue (d young or unm) - Robert, John, Ralph, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (d young) - Ralph (d 21.04.1676), Henry, Nicholas, Henry, 6 others | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Ralph Heygate (a 1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Calverley of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1687) - Nicholas (b c1678), Ralph (b c1681) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Heygate (d 17.09.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Eyton of Londoin | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | 9 others (d young before 1687) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Anne Heygate (bpt 03.05.1601) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Heylyn of Minster Lovell (d 1640, nephew of Rowland Heylen (Sheriff of London)) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Katherine Heygate (bpt 16.08.1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Tyrwhitt (bpt 10.1590, bur 06.01.1651-2, master of the buckhounds to King Charles I) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Letitia Heygate (bpt 28.04.1605, d 1668) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Heylyn (d 1662, prebendary of Westminster) | |||||||||||||||
| G.+ | other issue - Nicholas (bpt 1597), William (bpt 1599), John (bpt 1603), Robert (bpt 1606, d 1636) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | James Heygate, Bishop of Kilfenora, Ireland (d 30.04.1638) | ||||||||||||||
| Nichols reports that Bishop James "is supposed to have been" one of the younger sons of this generation. Wikipedia ("James Heygate, Bishop") gives little about him other than to describe him as "a Glaswegian" which suggests that he was not of this family. Nichols notes that Bishop James was "probably father or grandfather to" ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Higate of Rosslare, co.Wexford (d c1677) | ||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | other issue - William (bpt 30.04.1564, dsp before 1616), James (d young), another son, Mary (bpt 31.05.1562), 3 other daughters | ||||||||||||||
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| Their coat of arms (and similarity of name, with at least one cross-reference to this family spelling the name Heygate), suggests that the following family was connected to the above family, possibly being the senior branch. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Higatte or Hygate of Fearinge, Essex | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Reinold Higatte of Aseldon, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Higatte or Hygatt (d before 20.01.1557/8) | ||||||||||||||
| The Essex Visitation shows that it was Reinold who m. Margaret Arther and was father of Edmound (m. Dorothy Bamborough) but the Suffolk Visitation, which is more detailed than the Essex Visitation, shows that it was Thomas. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Arthur (dau/coir of Robert Arthur (Arther) of Much Baddow) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edmound (Edmund) Higatte (Heygate) of Rendlesham, Suffolk (a 1568) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Bamborough (dau of William Bamborough or Bamburgh f Rendlesham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Francis Higatt | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1584) Elizabeth Pretiman (bpt 1564, dau of John Pretiman (of family of Thorndon)) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Higatt | ||||||||||||||
| Reported in Visitation (Suffolk, 1612, 'Higatt of Rendlesham') as having married (with no issue by 1612) ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Broke (dau of John Broke of Ashfield) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Higatt | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Higatte | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Gardner or Gardener of Charsfield | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Jone Higatte | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Axdowne or Arkesdon of Retingdon/Rettendon | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Thomazin Higatte | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Cooke of Assledon (Ashdon or Ashledham) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Anne Higatte | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Pagett | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (reviewed & expanded 30.08.22 using Nichols) : BP1934 ('Heygate'), 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 4, part 2, 1811, 'Pedigree of Heygate of Husbands Bosworth', p628) with some support from CountyGen (Berry, Hertfordshire, p166), 'Mundy's Middlesex Pedigrees' (Armytage (1914), 'Higate of Hayes'), Visitation (London, 1634, 'Heygate')
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Essex, 1558, 'Higatte'), Visitation (Suffolk, 1561, 'Higatt of Rendlsham')
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