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'Sotheby1'
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Families covered: Sotheby of Birdshall (Birdsall), Sotheby of Bishop Wilton, Sotheby of Pocklington, Sotheby of Sewardstone
| BLG1952 starts with the following John but notes that his father was of Lincolnshire. | |||||||||||||||
| John Sotheby of Pocklington, Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Sotheby of Pocklington | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Elwood of Seaton | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger (or Robert) Sotheby of Pocklington the first mentioned by the Visitations | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mennell of Hawnby | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Sotheby of Pocklington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Hawcliffe (dau/coheir of Sir William Hawcliffe of Grimthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Roger Sotheby of Pocklington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Constable (dau of Sir William Constable of Hatfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Margaret Sotheby (a 1575) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hungate of Saxton | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Robert Sotheby 'of Pocklington' of Byrdshall Hall, Yorkshire (d 31.07.1594) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Grace Vavasour (dau of John (not Marmaduke) Vavasour of Weston) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Sotheby of Birdshall (Byrdshall Hall) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Bird (dau of Anthony Bird of Newcastle, widow of Francis Thorpe of Birdshall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Sotheby (b c1579, d 16.11.1626) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Payler (dau of William Payler of York) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Sotheby or Sowtheby of Birdsall (b c1603, d 24.12.1636) | ||||||||||||||
The following comes from Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1666, Sowtheby of Birdsall). |
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| m. Jane Moseley (dau of _ Moseley, alderman of York) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Sowtheby (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Robert Sowtheby of Birdsall (b c1630, a 09.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Lyster (dau of John Lyster of Lynton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Sowtheby or Southby (b c1656) possibly the Thomas of Birdsall who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Pegge (dau of Edward Pegge of Beauchief Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Robert (b c1658), Jane (b c1652), Elizabeth (b c1654), Fidelia (d young), Frances (b c1660) | ||||||||||||||
| Dugdale ends with this generation. BLG1952 reports that this line ended with the under-mentioned Elizabeth after five generations after the above-mentioned Thomas who m. Isabel Bird. That suggests that Elizabeth's father (Thomas) was another generation on, presumably son of Thomas or Robert. | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Southby of Birdshall | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Elizabeth Southby (d 25.04.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Willoughby (d 02.12.1742, son of 1st Baron Middleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Jane Sowtheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Tophan | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Isabell Sowtheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Place | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue (a 1612) - John (d young?), Thomas, William, John, Henry, Isabel, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Robert Sotheby in Worcestershire (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Marmaduke Sotheby in York | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Newton (dau of John Newton of Yorkshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mary Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Herbert of Belthorpe | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Grace, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Roger Sotheby of Pocklington (a 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hungate (dau of Robert Hungate, son of ?? of Saxton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Sotheby (b c1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Constable (dau of Sir Philip Constable) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Marmaduke, Henry, Robert | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Isabell Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Bishop of Pocklington | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Jane Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Talbot of Thornton (d 1659) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - William, John, Grace | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Agnes Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Daniel of Beswick | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Mary Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barney Wood of Kilnwick | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Anne Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.10.1586) William Oglethorpe of Oglethorpe | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Grace Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Seth Holme of Huntington | |||||||||||||||
| (9) | Bridget Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gervase Lee of Southwell | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elsabeth Smethley (dau of Richard Smethley) mentioned by Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Southeby). | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Thomas Sotheby of Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hall (dau of _ Hall, Lord Mayor of York) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Sotheby of Bishop Wilton (d 1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bloy | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Sotheby (Rev., eldest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Dandy (d 13.09.1624, dau of Thomas Dandy of Combes) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Sotheby of Hackney (Middlesex), later of Sewardstone (Essex) (d 1685, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Goodling | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | James Sotheby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Robinson | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Sotheby (Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sloane (dau of William Sloane of Stoneham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Sotheby of Sewardstone (b 1757, d 1833, author & translator) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Isted (dau of Ambrose Isted of Ecton by Anne, sister/coheir of Sir Charles Buck, Bart of Hanby) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Charles Sotheby (d 01.1854, Admiral) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (15.02.1819) Jane Hamilton (d 12.09.1820, dau of 7th Baron Belhaven & Stenton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1830) Mary Anne Sotheby (d 1881, dau of Admiral Thomas Sotheby, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii))+ | 4 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Thomas Sotheby (Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sarah Anstey (dau of Christopher Anstey of Trumpington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sarah Sotheby (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Armytage Gaussen (d 1857, son of Samuel Robert of Meesden) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Elizabeth Sotheby (d 1839) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1829) Charles Thomas Thruston of Pennal Tower (d 1858, captain) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1806) Mary Anne Bourke (d 24.03.1830, dau of 3rd Earl of Mayo, Archbishop of Tuam) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii))+ | other issue - Thomas Hans, Sir Edward Southwell, Mary Anne, Charlotte, Catherine Sophia | ||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | 7 sons and 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - James, Ralph, Leonard | ||||||||||||||
| d. | William Sotheby, Lord Mayor of York | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wentworth (dau of _ Wentworth of Elmsall) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Robert, William, Grace, Isabel | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 reports that Mayor William's "branch appears to have become extinct after two generations." | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Isabel Sotheby probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Appleyard, Sheriff then Lord Mayor of York (d by 1580) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BLG1952 (Sotheby of Ecton), Visitation (Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, Sotheby of Pocklington &c.)
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