'Strutt1'
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Families covered: Strutt of Belper, Strutt of Derby, Strutt of Little Warley Hall, Strutt Lords Rayleigh, Strutt of Terling Place, Strutt of Toppesfield Hall
| BEB1841 reports that this family was descended from Godfried Strutz de Hinkelred, of Under Walden, chief of the Swiss Auxiliaries, who sought asylum in England (no date given). | |||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Strutt of Toppesfield Hall in Hadley, Suffolk (d before 21.02.1602, clothier) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Nicholas Strutt of Toppesfield Hall (dsp?, clothier) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Strutt of Toppesfield Hall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Denner (dau/heir of Edward Denner of Little Warley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Denner Strutt of Little Warley Hall (Essex), Bart (d 09.1661, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Stasmore (dsp 17.08.1641, dau of Francis Stasmore of Forlesworth) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Wodehouse (dau of Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Bart, by Blanche Carey) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Strutt (a 01.1655/6, dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Blanch Strutt | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Bennet of Wiltshire ("a relation of Lord Ossultston") | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Denner, Thomas, Andrew, John | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Strutt | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. William Samwell of Watton | |||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 shows Anne's marriage as above. It appears that she (also) married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. John Wodehouse of Feltwell | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Mary Chapman (b 1625-6, dsp 04.08.1658, dau/heir of Thomas Chapman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Elizabeth Cuss of Somerset (bur 27.03.1675, m2. William Ward of Little Houghton) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | ?? Strutt ("clergyman of Faulkbourne, Essex") | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 reports that Sir Denner had a brother who was ancestor of Joseph Holden Strutt (see below) but TCB reports that Denner was his father's only son. | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Amy Strutt | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Dawtrey of Moore House | |||||||||||||||
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| William Strutt of South Normanton, Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| BP1934 does not identify William's wife and mother of Jedediah but she is identified (as both), in a book on the Statham family, as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (11.02.1723) Mary Statham (dau of Joseph Statham of Haslewood) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Jedediah Strutt of Derby (b 1726, d 07.05.1797, cotton spinner & inventor/innovator) | ||||||||||||||
| Jedediah is reported in BP1934 to have been William's 3rd son but in BLG1952 as his 2nd son. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (24.09.1755) Elizabeth Woollat (d 05.1774, dau of William Woollat of Derby) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Strutt of St. Helen's House, Derby (b 20.07.1756, d 30.12.1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.01.1793) Barbara Evans (d 18.05.1808, dau of Thomas Evans of Derby) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Strutt, 1st Lord Belper (b 26.10.1801, d 30.06.1880, MP) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.03.1837) Emily Otter (d 12.12.1890, dau of William Otter, Bishop of Chichester) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Anne, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| B. | George Benson Strutt of Bridgehill, Belper, Derbyshire (b 1761, d 03.08.1841) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1783) Catherine Radford (d 31.05.1842, dau of Anthony Radford of Holbrook) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jedediah Strutt of Belper, Sheriff (b 07.09.1785, d 01.11.1854) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (12.04.1810) Susannah Walker (d 1846, dau of Joshua Walker of Rotherham) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (15.05.1850) Jane Roberts Sandys (dsp 24.11.1869, dau of Myles Sandys of Graythwaite Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Joseph Strutt of Derby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Douglas (dau of Archibald Douglas) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Caroline Strutt (dsp 21.10.1834) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.08.1823) Edward Nicholas Hurt of London (b 1795) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Joseph Douglas, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Strutt | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1785) William Evans of Darley Hall | |||||||||||||||
| BP1934 & BLG1952 mention the above marriage only but it appears that Elizabeth later married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Walter Evans of Darley Abbey | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Martha Strutt | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Fox of Derby | |||||||||||||||
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| HoP mentions 2 brothers whom we show as sons of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Strutt | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Strutt of Maldon (dsp?, miller) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Joseph Strutt of Moulsham Mill House, Essex (d 29.05.1772, miller) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Young (dau of Robert Young of Little Dunmow) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Strutt of Terling Place, Essex (bpt 11.1727, d 08.03.1816, MP) the first mentioned by BP1934 & Berry | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.07.1756) Anne Goodday (dau of Rev. William Goodhay of Strelley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Joseph Holden Strutt of Terling Place (b 21.11.1758, d 18.02.1845, Colonel, MP, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.02.1789) Charlotte Mary Gertrude FitzGerald, Baroness Rayleigh (dau of James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh (b 30.01.1796, d 14.06.1873) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.02.1842) Clara Elizabeth La Touche Vicars (d 04.03.1900, dau of Capt. Richard Vicars of Langford Grove by Marianne, dau of T. Williams) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Charlotte Olive Strutt (b c1797, d 31.01.1897) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.01.1841) Rev. Robert Drummond (d 1883, son of Vice Admiral Sir Adam Drummond) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - William Henry (b 1800, d 1805), Emily Anne (d 14.12.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Goodday Strutt, Governor of Quebec (d 05.02.1848, Major General) | ||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - John (d 1781), daughter (d young) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For the upper section : BP1934 (Belper), BLG1952 (Strutt of Belper)
(2) For the middle section : TCB (vol 2,
Strutt, p161), BEB1841 (Strutt of Little Warley Hall)
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For the lower section : BP1934 (Rayleigh), HoP ("John Strutt" & "Joseph Holden Strutt"), 'Pedigrees of Essex Families' (William Berry, 1838, 'Goodday')
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