'Bedford1'
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Families covered: Bedford of Crownest, Bedford of Dewsbury, Bedford of Ponds, Bedford of Salisbury, Bedford of Smythey Brook
| MGH provides some information on 14th century Bedfords of Hull but unfortunately we do not have a connection to them. MGH's main connected pedigree starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| John Bedford of Dewsbury (b 1480?, d before 12.09.1527) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna (a 1527) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Bedford of Dewsbury (bur 16.09.1582) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (bur 05.02.1579) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Bedford of Dewsbury (bur 20.01.1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (bur 26.10.1597) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Bedford of Crownest in Dewsbury (a 07.1571, bur 02.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.11.1603 Alice Savile (dau/heir of Robert Savile of Snydale, son of Thomas of Stanley Hall, m2. Robert Nettleton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Bedford (bpt 11.12.1605, bur 27.01.1659) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann (bur 12.1651) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Bedford (bpt 16.11.1630) | ||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Robert (bpt 11.1653), John (bpt 04.02.1655), Thomas (bpt 29.10.1663), Sarah (bpt 06.04.1670), Mary (bpt 01.06.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Robert Bedford of Crownest (bpt 28.12.1631, d before 20.04.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.01.1653) Isabel Riche (dau of (William?) Riche of Bull House) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Bedford of Crownest (b c1668, d unm 1748) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Bedford of Crownest (d 1712) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Calverley of Leeds (m2. Robert Wynne) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Bedford of Leeds | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sarah Squires of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Robert Bedford (d unm at Madras) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Bedford of Huntingdon | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.08.1768) Elizabeth Thong (dau/heir of Walter Thong of Huntingdon by Elizabeth, dau of John Ferrar of Huntingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Elizabeth Bedford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Glover | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Sarah Bedford | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Turner | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue - Alice, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Bedford | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wrigglesworth of Winlayton | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Robert Bedford of Thornhill Briggs (dsp, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (a 12.1735) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Edward (bpt 09.1650), Mary (bpt 05.1634), Elizabeth (bpt 09.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Bedford of Smythey Brook near Dewsbury (bpt 23.04.1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.11.1641) Elizabeth Leatham | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Bedford of Smythey Brook (bpt 01.03.1652, bur 19.06.1686) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.01.1681) Martha Fowleson of Dewsbury (bur 11.03.1699) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Bedford of Smythey Brook (b c1682, a 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Bedford of Ponds in Penistone (bpt 21.06.1704, d 07.05.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Pashley (bpt 20.12.1715, d 01.01.1800, dau of John Pashley of Oxspring Lodge, son of John of Oxspring Lodge son of Thomas of Oxspring Lodge) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Bedford of Ponds (bpt 29.10.1747, d 23.10.1809) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.12.1774) Martha Crossley (d 06.12.1834, dau of Abraham Crossley of Handbank) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Bedford of London (bpt 23.06.1778, d c1849) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? of London | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Joseph Bedford of Oxspring & Penistone (b 24.01.1782, d 31.01.1845) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Wain (b 12.04.1770, d 30.09.1840, dau of Thomas Wain of Birchen Lee) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | John Bedford of Ponds & Oughtibridge (bpt 04.12.1786, d 18.01.1839) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.05.1814) Ann Grayson (b 10.11.1787, d 02.12.1860, dau/heir of George Grayson of Oughtibridge by Martha, dau/heir of Joseph Hall of Oughtibridge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas of Liverpool (bpt 22.08.1793, d 28.08.1825), Mary (b 16.06.1784, d 17.13.1813) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Bedford (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Robinson of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Frances Bedford | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - David (bpt 03.11.1708), Ann (bpt 03.01.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - John (d yoing), Mary (bpt 18.01.1684) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - John (bpt 24.02.1655, bur 25.02.1658), Mary (bpt 18.09.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Edward Bedford (bpt 16.06.1577, dsp bur 06.02.1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.04.1614) Jennet Forrest (m2. Michael Speight) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Grace Bedford (bpt 26.02.1565) | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - John of Emley (dsp by 10.1571), William of Hemsworth (dsp before 20.04.1575), Elizabeth, Marion, Johanna, Alice | ||||||||||||||
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| The Visitations, between which the Harleian editors cross-reference, disagree with the names for the first two generations. Visitation (London) names the first Thomas Bedford of Salisbury but Visitation (Wiltshire) names him | |||||||||||||||
| William Bedford ("who came out of ye County Bedford") | |||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Penruddock of Wiltshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?? Bedford of Salisbury named William by Visitation (London) but George by Visitation (Wiltshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Eyre (dau of Robert Eyre of Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Bedford of Salisbury (d before 24.02.1607/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hodgson (d before 09.11.1613, dau of William Hodgson of Winchester, m2. Henry Sherfield of Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Bedford of Salisbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elianora Garrard (dau of Roger Garrard of Berkshire) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Grace Bedford (b c1616, a 1623) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Bedford of London (b c1599, a 1684, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edeth Scraes (dau of Tuppen Scraes (Scrase) of Bletchington) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue (a 1623) - John (b c1597, of Lincoln's Inn), Thomasof Boston in Lincolnshire (b c1606), Maria (b c1602), Jane (b c1604) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Bedford (Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Dorothea Bedford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Briscoe of Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Anna Bedford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Phillipp Pine or Payne of Dorset | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - William, Thomas mentioned by Visitation (Wiltshire) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : MGH (NS1, vol 3 (1880), 'Pedigree of the Bedfords of Hull, Dewsbury, Penistone, etc., co. York', p189+)
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Wiltshire, 1623, 'Bedford'), Visitation (London, 1634, 'Bedford')
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