'BZmisc16'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Beckett of Cartuther (Corthither), Bentley of Staffordshire/Cheshire, Baauw of Beechland, Best Lord Wynford, Blackburn of Marrick Abbey, Blackburn of St. Nicholas
Edmund Beckett of Corthither, Cornwall | |||||||||||||||
m. Amastatius (sic) Corthither (dau/heir of Thomas Cartuther (by Margaret, dau/heir of Richard Hidon by Hawise) son of William (by Joane, dau/heir of Nicholas Loveputa) son/heir of Sir Fulgens Cartuter by Margaret, dau of Lucus Tredewy) | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. Joane Pardarva (dau/coheir of Thomas Pardarva or Paderda by Joane (who m1/2. Nicholas Beckett), dau of Roger le Taylor) | |||||||||||||||
A. | John Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. Isabell (or Elizabeth) Upton (dau of Thomas Upton of Trelask by Joan, dau of Sir John Trelawny) | |||||||||||||||
i. | John Beckett of Corthithe | ||||||||||||||
m. Joane Totwell (dau/heir of William Totwell of Plymouth by Ann, dau/heir of Thomas War) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Gilbert Beckett 'of Cartuther' (d by 1533) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Glynn (d 24.12.1513, dau/coheir of John Glynn of Morvale, widow of Edward Kendall) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Elizabeth Tawes (dau of John Tawes) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Mary Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. John Hame | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Elizabeth Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. Peter Grisling | |||||||||||||||
m3. Joane Menwinnick (dau/heir of John Menwinnick of St. Jermyns, m2. William Hichins) | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Robert Beckett (bur 1603) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Ann Coryton (dau of Peter Coryton) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Margaret Arundell (bur 1612, dau of Sir John Arundell of Trerice) | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Oliver Beckett (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margery Penfall (dau/coheir of Sir Richard Penfall) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | John Beckett | ||||||||||||||
(i) | Oliver Beckett (bpt 1604) | ||||||||||||||
(5) | Jane Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. John Flamock of Dulowe | |||||||||||||||
(6)+ | other issue - Thomas, Peter | ||||||||||||||
b. | Roger Beckett (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
c. | Elizabeth Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. Rafe Clycard | |||||||||||||||
d. | Anne Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m1. John Harris of Lanest | |||||||||||||||
m2. Anthony Samuell of Restormell | |||||||||||||||
e. | Jane Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. Walter Coade | |||||||||||||||
f. | Blanche Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Coryton | |||||||||||||||
g. | Jane Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. Richard Wood | |||||||||||||||
ii.+ | other issue - Richard, Isabell, Joane, Margaret, Eleanor, Joan, Emma, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
Probably connected to the above family, given that he was of the same generation as the above Edmond and married the mother of Edmond's son's wife, was ... | |||||||||||||||
Nicholas Beckett | |||||||||||||||
m. Joane le Taylor (dau/heir of Roger le Taylor, m1/2. Thomas Paderda) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Edmond Beckett | ||||||||||||||
m. Joane Lanhergy (dau of Thomas Langergy by Alice, dau of Stephen Fairford) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Anne Beckett (heir) | ||||||||||||||
m. John Beer of Killygrath | |||||||||||||||
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Descended "of a family originally from Staffordshire" was ... | |||||||||||||||
John Bentley (a temp Edward VI who r. 1547-1553) | |||||||||||||||
m. Anne Sutton (dau of John Sutton of Marston Montgomery) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Hugh Bentley | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Stapleton (dau/heir of Roger Stapleton of Upton) | |||||||||||||||
A. | John Bentley of Ashes in Leeke, Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||
m. Ellen Bowyer (dau of William Bowyer of Knipersley) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Ursula Bentley | ||||||||||||||
m. John Bellot of Moreton | |||||||||||||||
2. | William Bentley | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Swinton (dau of _ Swinton of Kingsford) | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Bentley | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Masterson (dau of John Masterson) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Richard Bentley | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Strettell (dau of Thomas Strettell) | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Bentley in Northwich, Cheshire (b c1603, "Doctor of Physic") | ||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Clutton (dau of Thomas Clutton of Nantwich) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Mary Venables (dau of George Venables of Agden) | |||||||||||||||
b. | Margaret Bentley | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Odell | |||||||||||||||
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According to BLG1886, "This family is of Dutch extraction, many of its members having been Burgomasters of Amsterdam." | |||||||||||||||
Gerald Blaauw (b 1708, d 13.12.1775) | |||||||||||||||
m. (13.06.1730) Maria Agneta Van Heyst (dau of David Van Heyst) | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Blaauw (b 09.11.1748, d 27.12.1808, to England) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (1772) Anne Charlotte Le Maitre (dau of Charles Le Maitre) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Maria Anne Blaauw (d 06.02.1821) | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.02.1796) Thomas Gardiner Bramston of Skreens (d 1831) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Charlotte Julia Blaauw (d 1787) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (1789) Loiusa Puller (d 26.10.1842, dau of Christopher Puller of Woodford) | |||||||||||||||
C. | William Henry Blaauw of Beechland, Sheriff of Sussex (b 25.05.1793, d 26.04.1870) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m1. (14.06.1825) Harriet King (d 26.05.1828, dau of John King MP) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (16.06.1832) Margaret Emily Gillman (dau/coheir of Sir John St Leger Gillman, Bart of Curraheen, by Hannah (sb Susanna), dau of Sir Thomas Miller, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
D. | Louisa Agnes Blaauw (d 18.01.1877) | ||||||||||||||
m. (24.04.1813) Charles R. Manners Molloy (d 1824, Captain, son of Captain _ by Juliana, dau of Sir John Laforey, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
E. | Frances Elizabeth Blaauw | ||||||||||||||
m. (14.06.1817) Frederick Burmester of Gwynne House (d 1856) | |||||||||||||||
2. | Gerald Blaauw (Burgomaster of Amsterdam) had issue | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Best of Haslebury Plucknett, Somerset | |||||||||||||||
TCP notes that it has been suggested that the mother of the following William was a daughter of Sir William Draper but states that this would "be chronologically impossible, unless she was illegit., but perhaps she was Sir William's niece or cousin." | |||||||||||||||
1. | Sir William Draper Best, 1st Lord Wynford (b 13.12.1767, d 03.03.1845, Chief Justice) | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.05.1794) Mary Anne Knapp (b 25.03.1768, d 05.03.1840, dau of Jerome Knapp by Sarah, dau/heir of George Noyes of Southcote) | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Samuel Best, 2nd Lord Wynford (b 19.02.1798, d 28.02.1869, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (21.07.1821) Jane Thoyts (b 1802-3, d 23.02.1895, dau of William Thoyts of Sulhampstead by Jane, dau of Abram Newman of West Bergholt Hall & Brook House) | |||||||||||||||
B. | Thomas Best (b 12.08.1799, d 04.09.1864, Vice Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
m. (25.08.1835) Marianne Kenyon (d 18.09.1866, dau of George, 2nd Lord Kenyon) | |||||||||||||||
C. | Samuel Best (b 02.12.1802, d 20.01.1873, rector of Abbots Anne) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m1. (11.04.1826, sp?) Charlotte Willis Burrough (d 23.09.1833, dau of Judge Sir James Burrough) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (21.02.1835) Emma Duke (d 07.09.1891, dau of Lt. Col. Charles Duke) | |||||||||||||||
D. | Grace Anne Best (d 1868) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1814) Philip Lake Godsal (d 1858) | |||||||||||||||
E. | Ann Best (d 1836) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir William Fanshawe Martin, Bart (Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
F.+ | other issue - William Chapple (b 07.07.1795, d infant), John Charles (b 09.12.1810, d 13.02.1840, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
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Robert (or Anthony) Blackburn of Marrick Abbey (bur 22.05.1704) | |||||||||||||||
m. _ Messenger of Fountains (d 19.05.1703) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Giles Blackburn of Marrick Abbey | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Slingar | |||||||||||||||
A. | John Blackburn, last of Marrick Abbey, of Friar Head in Craven | ||||||||||||||
m. Frances Malham (dau/heir of Col. Francis Malham of Elslack) | |||||||||||||||
2. | Timothy Blackburn | ||||||||||||||
A. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Wilson of Eshton | |||||||||||||||
3. | Francis Blackburn of St. Nicholas | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Inman | |||||||||||||||
A. | Francis Blackburn of St. Nicholas (alderman of Richmond) | ||||||||||||||
m. Alice Comber (bpt 15.03.1680, d 11.1740, dau of Rev. Thomas Comber, m2. William Kirkby of Ashlack) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Francis Blackburn (b 1704-5, d 07.08.1787, rector of Richmond, archdeacon of Clebeland) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1744) Hannah Hotham of York (widow of Joshua Elsworth of Richmond) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Francis Blackburn (d 21.01.1816, vicar of Brignal) | ||||||||||||||
m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
(1) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
m. (16.01.1808) William Frend | |||||||||||||||
(2)+ | other issue - Francis (d 11.06.1829. vicar of Weston-uper-mare), son (in America) | ||||||||||||||
m2. ?? (d 1836) | |||||||||||||||
b. | William Blackburn of London | ||||||||||||||
m. Hannah Wilson (dau of William Wilson of Ayton) | |||||||||||||||
(1)+ | issue - William Theophilus, Rachel Elizabeth, Dorothea Frances | ||||||||||||||
c. | Jane Blackburn | ||||||||||||||
m. (1774) John Disney (vicar of Swindenby) | |||||||||||||||
d. | Sarah Blackburn | ||||||||||||||
m. John Hall (vicar of Chew, rector of Dundry, m2. (sp) sister of Sir _ Ball (Governor of Malta)) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Hannah Mary Hall | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Pointon of Sheffield | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Sarah Hall | ||||||||||||||
m. Peter Coates of Stanton Drew | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Theophila Hall | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Wright of London | |||||||||||||||
e.+ | other sisue - Thomas of Durham (d unm 16.06.1782), Alice (d young) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Thomas Blackburn (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
iii. | Jane Blackburn | ||||||||||||||
m. (by 1737) Sir Onesipherous Paul of Rodborough, Bart | |||||||||||||||
4.+ | other issue - Roger, Robert | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Beckett (uploaded 28.09.12) : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, Beckett of Cartuther)
(2) For Bentley (uploaded 08.10.12) : Visitation (Cheshire, 1663, Bentley)
(3) For Blaauw (uploaded 26.02.13) : BLG1886 (Blaauw of Beechland)
(4) For Best (uploaded 14.03.13) : BP1934 (Wynford) with some support from TCP (Wynford)
(5) For Blackburn (uploaded 04.05.13) : FMG (vol 2, Comber-Thornton-Blackburn-Kirby, MS313)
[The section on Burg has been moved to Burgh10.]
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