'Tower1'
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Families covered: Tower of Huntsmoor Park, Tower (Towers) of Weald Hall
| Thomas Tower of Wyresdale (Lancashire) and/or Tatham (Buckinghamshire) (bur 13.07.1659) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Proctor (b 10.03.1632, d 26.02.1692, dau of Francis Proctor of Tatham and/or Lancaster) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Christopher Tower of Huntsmoor Park, Buckinghamshire (b 04.08.1657, d 12.09.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.09.1691) Elizabeth Hale (b c1668, d 03.12.1709, dau/coheir of Richard Hale of New Windsor & Wyrardisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Christopher Tower of Huntsmoor Park 'of Iver' (b 1692, d 26.09.1771, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1719) Jane Proctor (bpt 06.05.1698, d 17.11.1739, dau/coheir of William Proctor or Procter of Epsom) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jane Tower (b 1723-4, d 10.05.1761) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1746) Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Bart of Langley Park (bpt 11.05.1722, d 13.09.1773) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Frances Elizabeth Tower (d 29.11.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.09.1746) Sir Neville George Hickman, 4th Bart of Thorrock (dspm 03.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.10.1746) Jane Tash (d 26.07.1772, dau/coheir of George Tash of Delaforde Park) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Christopher Tower of Huntsmoor Park & Weald Hall, Sheriff of Bedfordshire (b 04.10.1747, d 10.03.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.09.1773) Elizabeth Baker (b c1751, d 04.04.1823, dau of George Baker of Elemore Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Christopher Thomas Tower of Weald Hall, Sheriff of Essex (b 01.11.1775, d 19.02.1867) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.06.1803) Harriet Beauchamp-Proctor (b 28.10.1782, d 19.02.1868, dau of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Charles Tower (b 31.07.1782, d 10.09.1825, perpetual curate of Brentwood, 4th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.03.1814) Frances Hibbert (dau of George Hibbert of Munden) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Henry Tower of Middlethorpe Manor (b 28.06.1784, d 10.1862) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.02.1816) Isabella Judith Baker (d 22.11.1842, dau/heir of George Baker of Elemore Hall, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | William Tower (b 01.01.1789, d 02.08.1847, vicar of Braughing) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.1825) Maria Harvey (b 06.04.1791, d 1830, dau/coheir of Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Caroline Tower (d 03.1855) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.02.1819) William Franks of Woodhill | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Amelia Tower (d 06.1867) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.05.1814) George Thomas Pretyman (d 14.06.1859, Chancellor & Canon of Lincoln, son of Rt. Rev. George Pretyman Tomline of Bacton & Riby Grove) | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - George (b 1778, d 1838), John (b 04.11.1778, d 11.1837, Admiral RN), Edward (d 1807, RN), Elizabeth (d 20.01.1841) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Thomas Tower of Weald Hall, Sheriff of Essex (b 1699, d unm 02.09.1778, bencher of the Middle Temple) | ||||||||||||||
| C.+ | 3 other sons (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Frances Proctor (d 1725, widow of C. Hanbury) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Mary Tower | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1674) John Craven | |||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | 2 other daughters | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Tower of Weald Hall), Lipscomb (Bucks, vol IV, 1847, 'Pedigree of Tower in Alliance with Hale, Proctor, Tash, Baker and Beauchamp', p530), Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 4 (1902), 'Pedigree of Tower', p27+)
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