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Families covered: Brerewood of Chester
Robert Brerewood or Brerwood, Sheriff of of Chester (a 1531, glover) | |||||||||||||||
m. Lucy (m2. Robert Grice of Chester, m3. _ Haword) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Robert Brerewood, Mayor of Chester (d 29.05.1601) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Horton (d 1580?, dau of Thomas Horton or Orton of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
A. | John Brerewood of Chester (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Parry (d 27.09.1592, dau of Thomas (probably not John) Parry or Parrey of Nanarch (Esciviock)) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Sir Robert Brerewood, Sheriff of Chester (b c1587, d 08.09.1654, Recorder of Chester, King's Sergeant, Judge) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Anne Mainwaring (d 23.12.1630, dau of Sir Randall Mainwaring of Over Peover) | |||||||||||||||
Visitation ends after showing Robert as father by Anne of John, Robert, Jane & Elizabeth. | |||||||||||||||
a. | John Brerewood of Chester (bpt 16.06.1616, d before 19.09.1701) | ||||||||||||||
m. (after 1652) Sidney Gamul (bur 16.02.1665-6, dau of Sir Francis Gamul of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Robert Brerewood of Chester (bpt 01.05.1656, bur 07.10.17412, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
m. (12.06.1678) Dorothy Whitley of Aston in Hawarden | |||||||||||||||
(A) | John Brerewood of Chester (bpt 20.03.1678-9, bur 05.11.1724) | ||||||||||||||
m. (by 1718) Sophia Hopley (a 1724, dau of John Hopley of Chelsea) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | John Brerewood of Chester (bur 24.08.1728) | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | Christina (Christiana) Brerewood (b c1719, bur 31.01.1795_ | ||||||||||||||
(B)+ | other issue - Charlotte (bpt 13.06.1680), Grosvenor (bpt 14.12.1683) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Anne Brerewood (dsp by 1700) | ||||||||||||||
m. Samuel Walker | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Christian Brerewood (bpt 14.10.1659, a 1724) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.07.1683) Thomas Kelsall of Trafford (a 1724) | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - Francis (bpt 23.01.1661-2, bur 25.04.1663), John (bpt 18.01.1665-6, bur 19.01.1665-6), Alice (bpt 30.06.1657, d young?), Sidney (bpt 30.06.1658, bur 06.09.1658), Sidney (bpt 14.01.1660-1, bur 03.06.1662), Lettice (bpt 15.07.1663, d unm bur 26.10.1724), Elizabeth (bpt 22.12.1664, bur 14.02.1664-5) | ||||||||||||||
b. | Elizabeth Brerewood (bpt 31.10.1624, bur 21.05.1662) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Brocke of Upton | |||||||||||||||
c.+ | other issue - Robert (bpt 02.206.1630, d before 08.1643), Thomas (bpt 25.06.1623, bur 01.03.1623-4), Jane (bpt 14.09.1621, a 1652) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Catherine Lee (bur 02.03.1691-2, dau of Sir Richard Lee of Lee & Darnhall) | |||||||||||||||
f. | Thomas Brerewood of Horton not shown by Earwalker, the only child of Sir Robert (of either marriage) shown by Lipscomb | ||||||||||||||
(1)+ | issue - Thomas (d 1748), Francis (b c1699, d c1781) | ||||||||||||||
g.+ | other issue - Edward (bpt 13.10.1634, a 1654), Henry (bpt 10.01.1635-6, a 1652, possibly the incumbent of Holness Chapel, 1672-1677), William (bpt 05.07.1638, a 1652), Thomas (bpt 13.10.1640, bur 16.02.1640-1), Francis (bpt 17.10.1641, a 1652), Robert (bpt 01.08.1643, bur 23.10.1643), Elizabeth (bpt 30.01.1636-7, a 1652) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | John Brerewood (bpt 27.12.1589) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sara Wall (dau of Robert Wall of Chester (alderman), sister of Richard of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
a. | John Brerewood (d young) | ||||||||||||||
b. | Priscilla Brerewood (a 1653) | ||||||||||||||
m. Gerrard Jones, Sheriff (a 1648) | |||||||||||||||
c. | Sarah Brerewood (a 1652) | ||||||||||||||
m. Richard Dunbabyn of Chester | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Jane (Joan) Brerewood (bpt 28.06.1587) | ||||||||||||||
m. John Ratcliffe of Chester d 30.03.1633, (alderman) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Edward Brerewood of London & Oxford (b c1565, dsp 04.11.1613) | ||||||||||||||
C. | Elizabeth Brerewood (bur 02.10.1579) | ||||||||||||||
D. | Alice Brerewood (bpt 24.09.1571, d 19.05.1604) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (07.12.1589) Robert Wall of Chester (son/heir of William (alderman)) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Ralph Allen of Chester (d before 1604, alderman) | |||||||||||||||
Visitation identifies Robert's 2nd wife as a dau of Thomas Parrey of Northoy, relict of Powell of Horsley. Earwalker identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
m2. (20.06.1579) Jane (d 08.1613, dau of Hugh Powell ap Davydd ap Powell) | |||||||||||||||
2. | Cicely Brerewood (a 1617) | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Findlow | |||||||||||||||
3. | Elizabeth Brerewood (a 1671) | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Throppe | |||||||||||||||
4. | Mary Brerewood (d 1617) | ||||||||||||||
m. Humphrey Weston | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'The history of the church and parish of St. Mary-on-the-Hill' (J.P. Earwalker (edited by Rupert Morris, 1898), 'Brerewood of Chester', p256+) with input/support from Visitation (Cheshire, 1613, 'Brerewood of Chester'), Lipscomb (Bucks, vol 4, 'Pedigree of Brerewood', p511)
[Much of the above was first launched on 27.10.15 within BZmisc11. It was moved here to facilitate review & expansion.]
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