'Alford1'
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Families covered: Alford in Berkshire, Alford of Holt, Alford of Meaux, Alford in Sussex
| Robert Alford | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Alford or Alfford of Holt or Holte, Denbighshire (2nd son) the first mentioned by Visitation & MGH | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Salisbury (dau of John Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Alford of Holt | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Withiforth (dau of Sir Brian or Uryan Withiforth or Wythyford) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Launcelot Alford of Holt of Meaux Abbey (bur 28.01.1562) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Alford of Holt | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Pickering (dau of Sir John Pickering of Holt) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Alford, last of Holt (Castle), later of Fawley (Berkshire) | ||||||||||||||
| This line is supported by Visitation (Berkshire, 1623, 'Alford of Hall Place in Hurley') which corrects CTG's identification of John's wife Elizabeth as dau of Sir Owen Oglethorpe to ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Oglethorpe (sister of Sir Owe Oglethorpe, m1. Robert Rookes of Fawley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry (or Thomas) Alford of Hall Place in Hurley, Berkshire (b c1578, d 14.10.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| Named Henry by CTG & Visitation (Berkshire) but Thomas by Visitation (Sussex). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Poole (b c1577, d 20.11.1658, dau of William (da la Pole or) Poole of Coats) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue (a 08.1623) - William (b c1607), Henry, John, Thomas, Mary, Catherine, Beata, Agnes | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Lancelot Alford of Meux or Meaux, Yorkshire (a 1623) | ||||||||||||||
| This line is partly supported by Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1612, 'Alford of Meaux'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Knowles (dau/heir of Sir William Knowles of Bilton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir William Alford of Meaux & Belton (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Rooke (d 1608, dau/heir of Robert Rooke(s) of Fawley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Margaret Alford | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.01.1619) Sir Robert Strickland of Sizergh (b 01.1600, d 04.1671) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Alford | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Clarke (dau of Sir William Clarke of Weston) | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation (Sussex), supported by Berry, shows one daughter by Elizabeth, Elizabeth.Visitation (Yorkshire) shows a Dorothy but notes that some sources identify her as Elizabeth. CTG, supported by MGH, shows 2 daughters as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Alford | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Dorothy Alford (d 08.1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Grantham, later of Meaux Abbey (d by 1657, son/heir of Sir Thomas of Goltho) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | other issue - Edward, Arthur, Cativin | ||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Peter of Sutton (a 11.1566), William (a 1566, priest) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert Alford or Alfford | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bridges of Sudeley ## possibly Anne Bridges?? ## | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Roger Alford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ramsey (dau/heir of Thomas Ramsey of Hitcham and/or Wycham, widow of _ Clarke) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Alford of Sussex | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith Downing (dau/heir of Edmond Downing of Suffolk) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Alford of Sussex | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Bishop (dau of Sir Thomas Bishop of Parham, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Jane Alford we speculate that this may have been the Jane who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.05.1638) Sir Thomas Eversfield or Earlsfield (bur 24.11.1649) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Alford | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Edward Alford of Cashobery, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation (Sussex) & MGH identify Sir Edward's wife as Mary, dau/coheir of Baptist, Viscount Camden (here?). Provisionally, we follow Berry in identifying her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Launcelot, William, Robert, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Alford (d 10.05.1651) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1581) Sir Edmond Phettiplace or Fettiplace (d 20.06.1613) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Piers, Edward, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): CTG (vol 4, 1837, 'Pedigree of Alford of Meaux Abbey', p178), Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, 'Alfford'), CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p302), MGH (NS2, vol 1 (1886), 'Alford', p208+) with support as reported above
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