'Maskelyne1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Maskelyne of Cricklade, Maskelyne of Lydiard, Maskelyne of Purton (Pirton)
| William Maskelynge of Purton, Wiltshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Maskelynge of Purton (d before 1458) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Julian Shackstaff (dau/heir of Roger Shackstaff of Lydiard Milisent) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Maskelynge of Purton (a 1458) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bely | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Maskelyne of Lydiard (a 1489) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Maskelynge of Purton & Lydiard (a 1512, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Maskelyne of Purton & Lydiard (a 1520) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne or Agnes Stevens (dau of Richard Stevens of Burderop & Chisledon, m2. James Chatterton) | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation, which spells the family name as "Masculin", starts with 2 brothers, George & Robert. BLG1952 mentions 3 as follows: | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Maskelyne of Purton (b before 1520, d before 1545) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Saunders | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Maskelyne (b 1540) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Maskelyne of Purton (d unm 1640) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Gates of Southampton | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Maskelyne of Purton Down (bur 03.05.1584) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Webb (bur 21.03.1600/1, dau of Christopher Richard alias Webb, sister of William of Lydiard) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edmond Maskelyne of Purton Down, Cricklade & Chelworth (bpt 22.04.1564, d 19.02.1629/30) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Davys (dau of Richard Davys of Little Mytton by Dorothy, dau of Edward Dynley of Charlton by Mary, dau of Sir Edward Nevill of Addington Park) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Nevil Maskelyne of Purton & Lydiard (b c1611, d 30.08.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1629) Jane Norden (d 1631, dau of William Norden of Roude) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Maskelyne of London (b 18.06.1631, dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Best (dau of Richard Best, aunt of Sarah, wife of Sir James Houblon) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Nevill Maskelyne of Purton & Cricklade (bpt 25.10.1661, bur 22.12.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Bath (bur 16.05.1706, dau of Rev. William Bath of Purton, sister/coheir of William of Stoke) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Nevill Maskelyne of Purton (bpt 06.05.1692, d unm 25.04.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Edmund Maskelyne (bpt 28.08.1698, d 03.1743-4, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.02.1732-4) Elizabeth Booth (dau/heir of John Booth of Woodford by Elizabeth Proger) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Maskelyne of Stoke (b 06.10.1725, d unm 1772) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Edmund Maskelyne of Bassett Down House & Purton (bpt 09.08.1728, dsp 14.09.1775) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Nevil Maskelyne of Purton (b 10.1732, rector of North Runcton, Astronomer Royal) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.08.1784) Sophia Rose (dau/coheir of John Pate Rose of Cotterstock Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Margaret Maskelyne (b 25.06.1785, d 15.02.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.11.1819) Anthony Mervin Reeve Story, later Story-Maskelyne (b 1791, d 1879) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Margaret Maskelyne (b 26.10.1735, d 28.02.1817) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.03.1752-3) Robert Clive, 'Clive of India', Governor of Bengal (d 22.11.1774) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Elizabeth Maskelyne (bpt 04.07.1697) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Walsh (son of Enoch Walsh) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Walsh of Warfield (dsp 09.03.1795, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| John is mentioned in BP1934 (Ormathwaite). | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Elizabeth Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Fowke | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Margaret Fowke (d 29.09.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Benn, later Walsh, 1st Bart of Ormathwaite (d 07.06.1825) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Alice Maskelyne (bpt 09.10.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Kelsall | |||||||||||||||
| ((E))+ | other issue - William in Sumatra (bpt 14.05.1696, dsp 1735), James Houblon of Clifford's Inn (bpt 30.03.1701, d unm 1776), Wynn (bpt 04.10.1702, dsp 1738) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Jane Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Leach of Clare Hall | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sibyl Jacob (d 16.09.1692, dau of Thomas Jacob of Wootton Bassett) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Alice Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hawkins of Ashton Keynes | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Anne Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Wallis of Trowbridge | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Catherine Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Parker of Lushill | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Edmond Maskelyn (b c1613, a 1623) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Robert Maskelyne of Pirton (Purton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Wroughton of Wiltshire | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Maskelyne of Pirton (Purton) (d 02.06.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Lovelace (dau of William Lovelace of Killam Court) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Maskelyne (b c1593, a 1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.03.1611/2) Sibilla Webb (dau of Edmond Webb of Rodborne) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue (a 1623) - Henry (b c1619), Anna (b c1616), Catherina (b c1620) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Johanna Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hawkins of Liddiard Millicant (Lydiard Milisent) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Ellinora Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Giles Hinton | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Grace Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.02.1610/1) Richard Nanfant | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Richard (b c1597), Henry (b c1602), Thomas (a 03.1611/2), Maria (b c1597) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Giles Maskelyne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amy Wright of Hampshire | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue including Robert (b c1609) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Jane Maskelyne (d before 22.02.1626/7) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Arnold-Forster (formerly Story-Maskelyne) of Basset Down) with a little support/input from Visitation (Wiltshire, 1623, Masculin)
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