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Families covered: Thackeray of Cambridge, Thackeray of Hampsthwaite

                               
Timothy Thackeray of Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire (bpt 24.11.1664, bur 05.04.1722, parish clerk)
1. Thomas Thackeray (bpt 08.12.1693, d 25.08.1760, rector of Heydon & Chissell Parva, Master of Harrow School)
  m. (26.07.1729) Anne Woodward (b c1708, d 23.01.1797, dau/coheir of John Woodward of Butlers Marston)
  A. Thomas Thackeray of Cambridge (b 26.03.1736, d 27.11.1806, surgeon, 4th son)
  m. (12.07.1763) Lydia Whish (b c1737, d 08.10.1830, dau of Richard Whish of Bambridge)
  i. Thomas Thackeray of Bath (b 11.01.1767, d 11.12.1852)
  m1. (13.10.1795) Frances Ward (bur 16.04.1800, dau of Rev. Henry Ward of Stevenage)
  a.+ issue - Thomas James of Clench Wharton (b 05.09.1796, captain), Frederick (bpt 11.12.1797, d unm 24.09.1831, RN), William George (bpt 29.04.1800, bur 20.03.1801)
  m2. (1802) Caroline Elizabeth Prior (d 15.08.1849, dau of John Prior of Windsor)
  d. Joseph Thackeray (b 14.03.1805, rector of Coltishall & Horstead) had issue
m. (12.09.1846) Rose Ellen Robinson (dau of John Robinson of London)
  e. George Thackeray (b 22.07.1806, rector of Hemingby) had issue
  m. (19.05.1841) Martha Mary Brydges (dau/heir of John Brydges of Leicester)
  e.+ other issue - Harriet (d 1816), Caroline (a 1864), Frances Diana (a 1864)
  ii. William Makepeace Thackeray of Chester (b 15.04.1770, d 29.04.1849, MD) had issue
  m. Eliza Wilson (d 09.1833, dau of Edward Wilson of Liverpool, widow of John Jones of Rhargarth)
  iii. Elias Thackeray (b 05.04.1771, dsp 29.04.1854, major then vicar of Diundalk, rector of Lowth)
  m. Rebecca Hill (d 18.08.1846, dau of Sir Hugh Hill of Brookhill, Bart)
  iv. John Richard Thackeray (b 17.05.1772, d 19.08.1846, rector of Hadley & Downham Market) had issue
  m. (13.06.1810) Marianne Franks (d 17.03.1855, dau of William Franks of Beech Hill)
  v. Frederick Thackeray of Cambridge (b 11.02.1774, d 18.06.1852, MD) had issue
m1. (01.06.1812) Susan Goodman of March (d 13.05.1820, widow of William Francis of Shepreth)
  m2. (26.09.1821) Mary Crick (b c1792, d 17.01.1873, dau of Rev. Thomas Crick of Little Thurlow)
  vi. Martin Thackeray of London (b 02.01.1783, d 13.06.1864, Vice-Provost of King's College Cambridge, 9th son)
  m. (11.09.1834) Augusta Yenn (dau of John Yenn of London)
  vii. Joseph Thackeray of Bedford (b 28.03.1784, dsp 05.07.1832, MD)
  m. (1815) Susan Harden (d 22.01.1846, dau of Joseph Harden of Northampton)
  viii. Lydia Thackeray (b 20.03.1764, d 08.07.1851)
  m. George Stevenson (d 06.04.1825, dean of Kilfenora, rector of Callan)
ix. Jane Townley Thackeray (b 03.11.1788)
  m. (31.08.1813) George Pryme (Professor, MP)
  x.+ other issue - Martin (b 10.04.1776, d infant), Joseph (b 07.09.1777, d infant), Octavius (b 01.02.1781, d infant), Anne (b 07.02.1766, d 22.09.1768), Anne (b 09.06.1768, d unm 18137), Charlotte (b 21.047.1779, d infant)
  B. Frederick Thackeray of Windsor (b 15.03.1737, d 22.09.1782)
  m. Elizabeth Aldridge (b c1736, d 11.10.1816, dau of Abel Aldridge of Uxbridge)
  i. Frederick Rennell Thackeray (bpt 16.11.1775, d 19.09.1860, General, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (21.11.1825) Elizabeth Margaret Carnegie (b c1797, d 12.04.1886, dau of William, 7th Earl of Northesk)
  ii. George Thackeray (bpt 23.11.1777, d 21.10.1850, Provost of King's College, Vice Chancellor) had issue (1 dau)
  m. (1816) Mary Anne Cottin (d 18.02.10118, dau of Alexander Cottin of Chevrells)
  iii. Elizabeth Thackeray (bpt 28.04.1771)
  m. (12.08.1800) William Beaumont Busby (b 1757, d 31.08.1820, Canon of Windsor, Dean of Rochester)
iv. Selina Martha Thackeray
  m. Samuel Drewe (d 03.02.1837, Governor of the Bank of England)
  v.+ other issue - Henry William Makepeace (bpt 29.04.1768), Charles (b 09.06.1769, d 20.08.1794, RN), Sally (bpt 30.11.1773)
  C. William Makepeace Thackeray of Hadley, Middlesex (b 20.06.1749, d 11.03.1813, 7th son)
  m. Amelia Webb (d 29.04.1810, dau of Lt. Colonel Richmond Webb)
  i. Richmond Makepeace Thackeray (bpt 01.09.1781, d 13.09.1815, Judge in India, 5th son) had issue
  m. Anne Becher (b c1786, d 18.12.1864, dau of John Becher, m2. Major Henry Carmichael Smyth (brother of Major General Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Bart))
  Their son William Makepeace Thackeray (b 18.07.1811, d 24.12.1863) was the famous novelist and illustrator.
  ii. Francis Thackeray (d 18.02.1842, curate & author) had issue
  m. Mary Anne Shakespeare (d 18.11.1851)
  iii. Augusta Thackeray
  m. _ Shakespeare
  iv. Emily Thackeray
  m. _ Halliday (Dr.)
  v. Charlotte Thackeray (d 29.01.1854)
  m. John Ritchie of Aberdeen
  vi. Selina Thackeray
  m. Robert Langshaw (Attorney General in Ceylon)
  vii.+ other issue - William ("of the Council in India"), Webb (d unm in India), Thomas (d unm in India), St. John (d unm in India), Charles (d unm, of Lincoln's Inn)
  D. Anne Thackeray (b 02.09.1730)
  m. (29.04.1755) George Griffiths (d 04.1808, rector of Chipstead)
  E. Jane Thackeray (b 12.10.1739)
  m. James Rennell (d 29.03.1830, Major, Surveyor-General of Bengal)
  F. Henrietta Thackeray (b 08.05.1746)
  m. James Harris ("chief at Dacca")
  G. Martha Thackeray (b 24.09.1747, d 09.09.1831)
  m. Samuel Newland Evans (dsp 02.07.1836, rector at Holton)
  H.+ other issue (d unm) - Elias (b 27.09.1732, d 25.08.1781, rector of Walkern, Vice-Provost of King's College Cambridge), Thomas (b 18.12.1733, d infant), John (b 28.03.1735, d 12.12.1770, chaplain in St. Petersburg), Joseph (b 08.06.1738, d 21.06.1804), Katherine (b 18.10.1731, d unm?), Decima (b 27.09.1740, d 20.07.1824), Theodosia (b 19.06.1742, d 09.02.1830), Alethea (b 20.12.1743, d 01.03.1832), Frances (b 11.02.1745, d 11.04.1822)
2. Joseph Thackeray (bpt 25.06.1704, d 04.01.1771, clerk of Hampsthwaite, 5th son)
  m. (09.06.1746) Elizabeth Fern of Pately
  A. Thomas Thackeray of Hampsthwaite (bpt 21.08.1747, d 21.01.1804)
3. John Thackeray of Hampsthwaite (bpt 24.04.1713, tanner, 7th son)
  A. Timothea Thackeray (bpt 11.08.1748)
4.+ other issue - Timothy, Elias (bpt 29.11.1700, bur 27.07.1725, clerk of Hampsthwaite), Joseph, Timothy, Jane (bpt 1696, bur 1700), Timothea (bpt 22.01.1698-9), Mary (bpt 17.11.1706), Jane (bpt 27.12.1708)

Main source(s): BFR ('Thackeray', p592+) wih support from BLG1863 ('Thackeray of Clench Wharton')
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