'Wakefield1'
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Families covered: Wakefield of Kendal
| Roger Wakefield of Preston Patrick, Lancashire (d 1724) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (21.03.1665) Hannah Preston of Farleton (d 1734) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Roger Wakefield (bur 30.11.1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Haig of Brighouse | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger Wakefield of Challon Hall, Kendal (b 14.08.1706, d 14.08.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.04.1730) Margaret Willan (d 26.06.1736, dau of Thomas Willan of Sedbergh) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary Wakefield | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.08.1758) John Harrison of Lupton | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Ruth Wakefield | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.08.1760) Benjamin Busby Benyon | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Roger (b 11.10.1732, d 02.11.1736), Thomas (b 24.05.1734, d 26.08.1735) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.10.1737) Mary Wilson (dau of John Wilson of Kendal, m2. William Dillworth) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | John Wakefield of Kendal (b 18.12.1738, d 26.05.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1760) Margaret Hodgson (d 08.12.1812) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Wakefield of Kendal (b 13.03.1761, d 30.10.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'The descendants of John Backhouse, Yeoman' by Joseph Foster (1894, p64+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (16.05.1787) Mary Beakbane (d 10.02.1824, dau of John Beakbane) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Wakefield of Kendal, Sheriff of Westmorland (b 01.06.1794, d 08.04.1866, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.06.1823) Fanny McArthur (b c1801, d 1832, dau of Dr. _ McArthur of Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Edward William Wakefield of Kendal (b 07.10.1799, d 06.02.1858, banker) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.07.1822) Susanna Birkbeck (dau of William Birkbeck of Settle) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Ann(e) Wakefield (b 10.04.1797, d 20.09.1876) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1821) John Cropper of Liverpool and/or Fernhead (b 08.06.1797, d 08.11.1874, son of James by Mary Brinsdon) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Isabella Wakefield (dsp 27.09.1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.09.1821) Edward Cropper of Swalyands (d 23.05.1877) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - John (b 18.05.1791, d 07.07.1791), William Henry (b 25.02.1804, d 03.08.1827), Isabella (b 29.06.1788, d 06.06.1801), Margaret (b 27.10.1789, d unm 06.1862), Mary (b 06.12.1792, d unm 1868), Sarah (b 29.09.1807, d 22.08.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Roger (b 24.07.1763, d 04.03.1764), Jacob (b 29.03.1766, d unm 03.10.1844), Edward (b 28.11.1769, d 01.01.1798), William (b 01.08.1771, d 1797) | ||||||||||||||
| vi. | Deborah Wakefield (d 25.11.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.03.1769) George Benson (d 18.05.1801) | |||||||||||||||
| vii.+ | other issue - Roger (b 24.04.1747, d 24.10.1756), Edward (b 08.01.1753, d 11.01.1756), Margaret (d unm 09.02.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Edward Wakefield of London (b 26.12.1715, d 05.12.1765) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (14.08.1736) Huldah Willet (d 01.02.1746, dau of Joseph Willet of Stockwell) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue ("who settled in Ireland") | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.10.1748) Isabella Gibbon (d 05.03.1783, dau of David Gibbon of Ratfliff) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue ("whose descendants settled in New Zealand") | ||||||||||||||
| C. | John Wakefield (b 01.12.1717, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Fletcher | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Hannah Wakefield | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.08.1726) Jonathan Wilson of Kendal | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Mary Wakefield (b 14.11.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.01.1730) Thomas Fisher of Swathmore | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - William (bur 17.11.1723), Elizabeth (b 01.10.1708), Lydia (b 09.07.1713), Agnes (b 28.11.1720) | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BFR ('Wakefield', p613+)
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