'Masham1'
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Families covered: Masham of High Laver, Masham of Otes
| BE1883 reported that "The family of Masham, or Massam, was anciently seated in the north part of England, and undoubtedly took their name from Masham, a village near Richmond, in Yorkshire." | |||||||||||||||
| Sir John Masham | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Masham (d 1450, "settled in Suffolk") | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? Masham | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain of number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Masham | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Masham | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Masham | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Masham, Sheriff of London (a 1583) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Masham of Otes in High Laver, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Calton (m2. Sir Francis Castillion) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Masham,1st Bart of High Laver (not High Lever), Essex (b c1592, d c1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (not Winifred) Barrington (a 02.1662/3, dau of Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Bart of Barrrington Hall, widow of Sir James Altham) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Masham (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Trevor (dau of Sir John Trevor) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir William Masham, 2nd Bart of High Laver (d unm c1662) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir Francis Masham, 3rd Bart of High Laver (b c1646, d 07.02.1722/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.10/01.11.1666) Mary Scot (dau of Sir William Scot or Scott of Rouen, 1st Bart of Kew Green, Lord of Mezangere) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir Samuel Masham, 4th Bart, 1st Lord Masham of Otes (d 16.10.1758, 8th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 06.1707) Abigail Hill (d 06.12.1734, dau of Francis Hill of London by Elizabeth or Mary, dau of Sir John Jennings, sister of Richard & aunt of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Samuel Masham, 2nd Lord of Otes (bpt 08.12.1712, dsp 14.06.1776, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.10.1736) Henrietta Winnington (d 01.07.1761, dau of Salway Winnington of Stanford Court) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.02.1762) Charlotte Dyve (b 1711-2, dsp 21.05.1773, dau John Dyve by Dorothy Aston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Anne Masham (dsps 04.03.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.04.1726) Henry Hoare | |||||||||||||||
| Both BE1883 & BEB1841 show Anne as mother of Susannah & Anne but they were by Henry's 2nd wife. | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii))+ | other issue - George (bpt 07.09.1711, dvpsp), Francis (dvpsp), Elizabeth (d unm 1774) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | 7 sons (dvpsp) and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.06.1685) Damaris Cudworth (b 18.01.1658/9 or 1663-4, d 20.04.1708, dau of Rev. Ralph Cudworth of Cambridge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((J)) | Francis Cudworth Masham | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BE1883 (Masham of Otes), BEB1841 (Masham of High Lever) with some support from TCB (vol I, Masham), TCP (Masham of Otes)
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