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Families covered: Wordsworth of Falthwaite, Wordsworth of Normanton, Wordsworth of Sockbridge
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William Wordsworth of Falthwaite (bur 05.03.1666) | |||||||||||||||
BLG1863, which starts with this William, suggests that he married Helen Crosland. MGH shows her as his mother. | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Wordsworth of Wraith House (bpt 07.05.1615, bur 05.03.1658) | ||||||||||||||
m. Grace Cudworth (a 1697, dau/coheir of Richard Cudworth of Eastfield, widow of John Ellison) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Richard Wordsworth of Normanton (Yorkshire), last of Wraith House (bpt 23.02.1654, bur 08.1721) | ||||||||||||||
m. (27.07.1676) Elizabeth Nicholls (Nickolls) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Richard Wordsworth of Normanton & Falthwaite, Sockbridge, Westmorland (b c1680, d 25.06.1760) | ||||||||||||||
m. (25.05.1732) Mary Robinson (d c1770, dau of John Robinson of Appleby Common, sister of John of Wyke House) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Richard Wordsworth of Whitehaven, Cumberland (b 1742-3, d 16.06.1794) | ||||||||||||||
m. (25.06.1758) Elizabeth Favell (b c1730, bur 02.1809, dau of Redman Favell of Normanton by Anne Wordsworth) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Richard Wordsworth (b 1752) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Scott (dau of J. Scott of Bryanthwaite) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Mary Wordsworth | ||||||||||||||
m1. William Parker (Captain RN, son of Admiral Sir Henry) | |||||||||||||||
m2. W.P. Smith (d 1853, RN) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Elizabeth Wordsworth | ||||||||||||||
m. C. Browne | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Dorothy Wordsworth | ||||||||||||||
m. (27.09.1823) Benson Harrison of Ambleside | |||||||||||||||
(D)+ | other issue - Joseph (d unm), John (d unm 1816), Richard (d unm), Catherine, Jane (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | John Wordsworth (b 1754, dsp 1820, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Anne Gale of Whitehaven | |||||||||||||||
m2. Elizabeth Littledale of Whitehaven ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Robinson Wordsworth (b 1775, d 1856, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Matilda Forth | |||||||||||||||
(A)+ | issue - Cullen, Charles (QC), Caroline, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
(4) | Mary Wordsworth | ||||||||||||||
m. Richard Smith | |||||||||||||||
(5) | Elizabeth Wordsworth (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Barker | |||||||||||||||
(6) | Anne Wordsworth (dsp 1840 or 18.05.1845) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Rev. Charles Favell (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
m2. G. Ireland (canon of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
m3. J. Coombe | |||||||||||||||
(7)+ | other issue (dsp) - James, Favel | ||||||||||||||
b. | John Wordsworth of Sockbridge & Cockermouth (b 27.11.1741, d 1783) | ||||||||||||||
m. (05.02.1766) Ann Cookson (b 01.1747, bur 11.03.1778, dau of William Cookson of Penrith) | |||||||||||||||
The following has been supplemented (slightly) with data taken from Wikipedia. | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Richard Wordsworth (b 19.05.1768, d 19.05.1816, of Staple's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Weston | |||||||||||||||
(A) | John Wordsworth (b 1714-5, d unm 18.08.1846) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | William Wordsworth of Rydal (b 07.04.1770, d 23.04.1850, Poet Laureate)§G | ||||||||||||||
p. Annette Vallon | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Caroline Wordsworth (b 1792) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.10.1802) Mary Hutchinson (b 16.08.1770, d 17.01.1859, dau of James(John) Hutchinson of Penrith) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | John Wordsworth of Sockbridge (b 1802-3, d 1875, Rector of Brigham & Plimlands ) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m1. Isabella Curwen (dau of Henry Curwen of Workington Hall) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Helen Ross of Edinburgh (dsp 1854) | |||||||||||||||
m3. (1856) Mariann Dolan | |||||||||||||||
(C)+ | other issue - Thomas (b 1806, d 01.12.1812), William (b 1810, d 1883, had issue), Dorothy (Dora) (b16.08.1804, dsp 09.07.1847, m. Edward Quillinan), Catherine (b 06.09.1808, d 04.06.1812) | ||||||||||||||
(3) | Christopher Wordsworth (b 09.06.1774, d 02.02.1846, Master of Trinity College in Cambridge, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (1804) Priscilla Lloyd (b 1781, d 1815) | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - John (b 04.12.1772, d 05.02.1805, Captain & poet), Dorothy (b 25.12.1771, d unm 25.01.1855, poet & diarist) | ||||||||||||||
c. | Anne Wordsworth (b 1734, d 1787) | ||||||||||||||
m. Rev. Thomas Myers of Barton | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Anne Wordsworth | ||||||||||||||
m. (1714) Redman Favell of Normanton (bpt 08.0131694, bur 1729, son of James) | |||||||||||||||
B.+ | other issue - Susanna, Martha | ||||||||||||||
2. | Thomas Wordsworth of Doncaster (b c1632, bur 06.12.1667, grocer) | ||||||||||||||
3. | Priscilla Wordsworth (b c1614, d 1682) | ||||||||||||||
m. (26.09.1650) Henry Rayney of Tyers Hill (bur 16.11.1682) | |||||||||||||||
4. | Mary Wordsworh | ||||||||||||||
m.(c1642) James Croft of Hessle | |||||||||||||||
5. | Susan Wordsworh | ||||||||||||||
m. John Bingley of Aldwick-upon-Dearne | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1863 ('Wordsworth of Sockbridge'), MGH (NS1, vol 4 (1884), 'Pedigree of Wordsworth of Penistone, etc., co. York', p41+)
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