'Whitmore2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Whitmore of Leighton, Whitmore of Thurstanston

                               
Robert de Whitmore
1. William de Whitmore
  m. Agnes de Haselwall (dau of William de Haselwall of Thurstanston)
  A. John de Whitmore (a 1325)
  m. Margery (a 1325)
i. John de Whitmore, Mayor of Chester (d 10.1374)
  m. Cicely de Haselwall (dau/heir of John de Haselwall of Thurstanston)
  a. John Whitmore of Thurstanston, Cheshire (d by 1438)
  m1. Alice
(1) William Whitmore of Thurstanston (dvp)
  m. Joan Davenport (dau of Ralph Davenport of Davenport)
  (A) William Whitmore of Thurstanston, Mayor of Chester (a 1473)
m. Elizabeth Atherton (dau of William Atherton of Atherton)
  (i) John Whitmore of Thurstanston (d by 1497)
  m. Cicely Poole (dau of Thomas (sb William?) Poole of Nether Poole)
  (a) John Whitmore of Thurstanston (dsp)
  m1/2. Alice Birkenhead (dau of Adam Birkenhead of Huxley)
m2/1. Mary Poole (dau of Sir Thomas Poole of Poole, cousin)
  (b) Thomas Whitmore of Thurstanston
  m. Katherine Hurleston (dau of James Hurleston of Picton, m2. Ralph Bostock) ## see here ##
((1)) John Whitmore of Thurstanston - continued below
  m1. Katherine Stanley (dau of Sir William Stanley of Hooton)
  m2. Margaret More
  ((2)) William Whitmore of Leighton, Cheshire
m. Alice Hough (dau/heir of William Hough of Leighton & Thornton)
  The following comes from Ormerod (Cheshire, vol 2, 'Hough of Leighton and Thornton-Hough', p304).
  ((A)) William Whitmore of Leighton
  m. Margaret Beeston (dau/heir of Sir Hugh Beeston of Beeston)
  ((i)) Bridget Whitmore
  m1. Sir Edward Somerset (dsp, son of Edward, 4th Earl of Worcester)
  m2. Thomas Savage (son of Thomas of Rock Savage)
  ((ii)) Winifride Whitmore possibly of this generation
  m. Sir Edward More, Bart (b c1610, d 1644)
  ((B)) Jane Whitmore probably the Jane who married ...
  m. William Benet of Carnesdale, later of Irby
  ((C))+ other issue - Richard, Elizabeth
  (c) Grace Whitmore probably of this generation
  m. William Benet of Carnesdale
  m2. Elizabeth Malbanke (d by 1446, dau of Sir Piers Malbanke)

 

 

John Whitmore of Thurstanston - continued below
m1. (1526) Katherine Stanley (dau of Sir William Stanley of Hooton)
1.+ issue - Elizabeth (a 1568), Margery
m2. Margaret More
2. John Whitmore of Thurstanston
m. Ellena Done (dau of Richard Done of Flaxyards)
  A. John Whitmore of Thurstanston
  m. ?? (dau of Sir John Rogers (sb Roper?) of Eltham)
i. Valentine Whitmore of Thurstanston (d 04.03.1676)
  m. (05.1646) Elizabeth Glegg (dau of Edward Glegg of Gayton)
  a. William Whitmore of Thurstanston (b c1649, bur 1727, 2nd son)
  m. Dorothy Hockenhull (bur 09.03.1732, dau of Henry Hockenhull of Tranmere, son of John of Prenton)
  (1) Joseph Whitmore of Thurstanston
  m. Dorothy Bythell (dau/heir of Edward Bythell of Llwnegrin by Benedicta, dau of John Conway of Soughton)
  (A) Elizabeth Whitmore (dsp)
  m. (18.09.1727) Aquila Wyke
  (B) Dorothy Whitmore (dsp)
  m. Richard Coytmore of Plas-on
  (C) Benedicta Whitmore (dsp)
  m1. Joseph Hall of Chester
  m2. _ Soux
  (D) Catherine Whitmore
  m. George Lewis
  (i) Lucy Lewis (dsp 1816)
m. Charles Browne of Marchwiel Hall, Denbighshire
  (E) Mary Whitmore
  m. John Ignatius Wright of Plas Isa
  (F) Lucy Whitmore (b c1711, d 23.11.1744)
  m. Baptist Smart of Cheltenham
  (G)+ other issue - William (b 1709-10, dsp 04.01.1731), John (b c1712, dsp 10.09.1733)
  (2) Dorothy Whitmore (bpt 1676)
  b. Elizabeth Whitmore
m. (1672) George Farrington of Werden
  c.+ other issue - John (bur 07.08.1661), Valentine
  ii. Elizabeth Whitmore (bpt 13.07.1616)
  m. John Jenyson of London
  iii. Margaret Whitmore
  m. _ Elmore of Ireland
  iv. Anne Whitmore (bur 13.12.1619)
  v. Dorothy Whitmore possibly fits here?
  m. Richard Ashton of Croston (b c1612)
3. Thomas Whitmore
4. daughter
  m. Richard Burches (parson of Thurstanston)
5. Katherine Whitmore
  m. George Bostock of Churton

Main source(s): Ormerod (Cheshire, vol 2, 'Whitmore of Thurstanston', p278) with input as reported above
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