'Kaye1'
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Families covered: Kaye of Dalton, Kaye of Glatton, Kaye of Heath Hall, 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 |
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| 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. |
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| William Kay | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Kay | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Laurence Kay | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Amyas (dau of Thomas (probably not John) Amyas) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Cicely Bradshawe (dau of William Bradshawe) | |||||||||||||||
| FMG (Cont, Amyas of Netherton) shows Elizabeth as mother of John but Visitation (1584/5+1612) shows Cicely as his mother. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. ?? Lacy (dau of ?? Lacy 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 |
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Kaye 'of Woodsome' ("3rd son") possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Anne Kay (bur 02.08.1616, heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.07.1609) Edward Birkbeck of Orton | |||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Edward Key | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Kay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Turner (dau/heir of Robert Turner) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Kay (a 1466) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margery Kaye possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fenay (d by 1456) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | daughter possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Langley of Dalton | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Key (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Laurence Key | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Kaye | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Kaye | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Kaye | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation shows that John m. Katherine, dau/coheir of William Dodworth of Shelley. This appears to be the John of Dalton who is the first mentioned by FMG (Continuation ('Hunter's Pedigrees', 1936), 'Kaye of Heath', p97+) which refers to the Visitation for providing the earlier generations of this family and which provides the following. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Dodsworth (dau/coheir of William Dodsworth of Shelley) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Kaye of Dalton (a 1563, 1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Storrs of Storrs Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Edward Kaye (d young by 1564) mentioned by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Robert Kaye of Dalton (a 1564) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | John Kaye of Oakenshaw, 1st of Heath Hall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Savile (dau of Sir Henry Savile of Thornhill by Elizaebth, dau of Thomas Soothill) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Kaye of Heath | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Kaye of Heath (d 28.02.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah (d 13.02.1672) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Kaye (b 1668) | ||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Kaye (d 1703) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii))+ | other issue - John (bpt/bir 02.1672), Susan (b 1665) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | 6 others | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Jane Kaye | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fleming of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Kaye probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Ardington of Castley | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Wiliam, Peter, John, Jenken, 6 daughters | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 Denby 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) | ||||||||||||||
| TCB (vol 2, Kaye of Woodsome) identifies the following John as Sir John's illegitimate son and successor to the Lister estates. The following comes from BP1934 (Lister-Kaye). | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Lister-Kaye 'of Grange', 1st Bart (d 28.02.1827) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.10.1800) Amelia Grey (d 29.10.1849, dau of George Harry Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford & Warrington) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1730) Dorothy Richardson (dau of Richard Richardson of North Bierley by Dorothy, dau of Henry Currer of Kildwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Richard Kaye, 6th Bart of Woodsome (dsp 25.12.1810, Dean of Lincoln) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Hellen) 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 (b 1701-2, d 22.05.1764) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 (bur 09.09.1658, 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) | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - Arthur, Richard, Francis, George, Matthew, John, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BEB1841 (Kaye of Woodesham or Woodsome), Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Kaye), Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, Kay of Woodsome)
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