'Staniforth1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Staniforth of Darnall, Staniforth of Liverpool
| Thomas de Stanyford of Darnall (a 1390, 1401) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William de Stanyford of Darnall (a 1390, dsp after 1401) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John de Stanyford of Darnall (a 1410) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? ("sister to the wife of John Smyth") | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Staniforth of Darnall (a 1399, 1441) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Staniforth of Darnall (a 1433, 1481) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (div 06.08.1450) Agnes Birley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret (a 1481) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1481) - Thomas, Richard, Joan, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| Shown just below the above but not connected to them, and connected to each other by dotted line, were the following Thomas & John. We speculate that they were sons of either Thomas or Richard | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Staniforth - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Staniforth of Darnall (a 1539, cutler) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Fretwell (dau of Roger Fretwell of Maltby) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Richard de Stanyford of Attercliffe (a 1401) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Staniforth | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Staniforth in/of Attercliffe (a 1487) | ||||||||||||||
| We speculate that William was ancestor of later Staniforths of Attercliffe shown on Staniforth2. | |||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Staniforth of Darnall - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Laurence Staniforth of Darnall (d 1590) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (19.10.1567) Elizabeth Birdwood | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Staniforth of Darnall (bpt 28.01.1570/1, bur 11.10.1630) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Lewis (bur 02.05.1632, dau of Richard Lewis of Mar, sister of Samuel of Thorp-Audline, "Of the family of Lewys of Marr") | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Staniforth of Darnall (bur 27.08.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Gower (a 1676, dau of Rev. Stanley Gower of Sheffield then Brampton Bryan) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Staniforth of Darnall (bpt 18.09.1636, bur 12.04.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.02.1685/6) Elizabeth Wright (b 1649, d 06.12.1720, dau of Rev. Thomas Wright of Ecclesfield, m2. John Grammer of Bakewell) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Staniforth (b 06.02.1687, bur 04/14.05.1697) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Griffith Staniforth of Sheffield, later of Darnall (a 1676) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Samuel Staniforth of Darnall (bpt 26.01.1688/9, d 15.11.1748) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.07.1722) Alethea Macro (b 1697, d 29.6.1750, dau of Thomas Macro of St. Edmundsbury by Susan, dau/heir of Rev. John Cox of Risby) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Staniforth, Mayor of Liverpool (bpt 24.04.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Gore (dau/heir of Charles Gore of Liverpool) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Samuel Staniforth, Mayor of Liverpool (b 06.02.1769, d 05.04.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.03.1800) Mary Littledale (dau of Henry Littledale) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Staniforth (b 11.02.1807, rector of Bolton-by-Bolland) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Harriet Turner (dau of Charles Hampden Turner of Rooks' Nest, Godstone) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sarah Staniforth (b 06.1805, d 30.09.1892) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frederick Greenwood of Swarcliffe Hall (b 15.01.1797, d 28.08.1864) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Staniforth | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1799) John Hext of Rastormel Castle | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Thomas (d young), Charles (d young), John (d young), Alethea (d young), Elizabeth (d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Staniforth | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Trevers Younge of Sheffield (bpt 20.08.1719, d 01.1807) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Staniforth (bpt 07.02.1733/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1759) Thomas Younge of Sheffield (d 14.12.1784) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - John (bpt 26.11.1724, bur 30.01.1724/5), Samuel (bpt 03.08.1725, bur 22.01.1726/7), John (d infant), Samuel (bpt 03.08.1726, d infant), Samuel of Darnall (bpt 19.07.1739, d unm 26.09.1820) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Mark Staniforth (bpt 12.03.1692/3) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Mark Staniforth of Leeds d by 1700, youngest son) shown in Hallamshire but not in FMG | ||||||||||||||
| m. Phoebe Milner (dau of William Milner of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Staniforth of Leeds (a 1715) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Staniforth | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Dixon of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Staniforth (d 1700), Mary (d 1715) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Sarah Staniforth | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Blake of Rotherham | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Joseph, Charles, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - William of Bakewell (a 1676), Alice, Ruth (bpt 19.10.1652, d 25.08.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Dorothy Staniforth (a 1633) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.11.1618) George Pearson | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mary Staniforth (a 1633) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Michael Ailey (Hyley) of Attercliffe | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - William of Hull (d by 08.1633), Ann (a 1633) | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Nicholas, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (13.02.1575/6) Joan Rawson | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Laurence (bpt 22.02.1576/7), Ann (bpt 13.01.1580/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (28.07.1583) Helen Hawe | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Elizabeth Staniforth (bpt 30.08.1583) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 23.07.25) : 'The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York' ('Hallamshire', Joseph Hunter, 1819, 'Pedigree of Staniforth of Darnall, &c.', p252)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 31.05.11, reviewed 23.07.25 using the above-mentioned 'Hallamshire') : FMG (Continuation, 'Hunter's Pedigrees', 'Staniforth of Darnall', p131+)
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