'Bee1'
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Families covered: Bee of Basingstoke, Bye of Thatcham
| 'The Pedigree Register' spells the family name as Bye but, from the generation shown, Berry's CountyGen (which follows Visitation (Hampshire, 1575 & 1622, 'Bee') shows Bee. CountyGen identifies the arms of the family (quartered with Bowyer) as "Az. a chev. betw. three bees, volant, or". It seems that Bee was adopted by the family in England rather than Bye, which appears to have been favoured by the American branch. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Bay or By (a 1403, MP for Reading) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Bye of Thatcham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice ("benefactress of Thatcham Church") | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Bye of Thatcham (a 1424) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Bye of Thatcham (d 1498) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Bye or Bee of Basingstoke, Hampshire (a 1475) the first mentioned by Berry | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Bee of Basingstoke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Bullock (dau of Gilbert Bullocke of Arborfield (by Margaret, dau of Sir William Norreys of Bray by Joane, dau of John, Earl of Oxford), m2. ?? Oglaunder) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Gilbert Bee of Basingstoke | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bowyer (dau/heir of John Bowyer by Margaret, dau of John Dingley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Bee of Basingstoke (a 1573) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hanington (dau of Reginald Hanington of Tidley (Hanningten of Tadley)) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Bee of Basingstoke & Heckfeld | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1610) Prudence Phillips (dau of Henry Phillips, widow of William Humfrey) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Bee of Basingstoke & Reading | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Bye of London & Buckingham in Pennsylvania, America (b c1650, d 26.06.1726, emigrated 1699) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Burke's 'Distinguished Families of America' ('Bye sometimes of Old Congress formerly of Horsleydown'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (07.03.1670) Margaret Davis of Bermondsey | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Bye of Old Congress, Solesbury (b c1672, d 1732) had issue in Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| 'The Pedigree Register' identifies John's wife as Sara, dau of Thomas Pearson of Marsden (Lancashire) by Grace Vipont. Burke identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (04.03.1704) Sarah Pearson (dau of Thomas Pearson of The Falls, Pennsylvania) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Nathaniel (had issue), daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Amye Bee | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Warham of Kent | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Bee | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Whetenhall (sergeant-at-arms) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue (dsp) - Robert, Reginald, Christopher, Francis | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Bee of London (a 1568) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan Martin (dau of Sir Roger Martin, Mayor of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Robert (had issue), Roger of London | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | 9 oter sons + 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'The Pedigree Register' (edited by George Sherwood, vol 3, No. 33 (September 1915), 'Bye of Philadelphia', p294+), CountyGen (Berry, Hampshire, p9)
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