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Families covered: Darwin of Breadsall Priory, Darwin of Cleatham, Darwin of Elston, Darwin of Marton

                               
William Darwin of Marton
1. John Darwin of Marton (d c10.1542)
  m. Margaret (a 1542)
2. (William?) Darwin (d before 1542)
  A. William Darwin of Marton (d c11.1580)
  m. Elizabeth (d before 26.10.1594)
  i. Rowland Darwin of Marton (d 05.1588)
  m. Elizabeth
  ii. Henry Darwin of Fenton (d 22.04.1590)
  m. Anna Fox (d before 13.10.1590, sister of Hugh Fox)
  a. William Darwin of Lincoln (b 11.1573, d 24.10.1614)
  m. Martha Harris (bpt 01.07.1586, dau of John Harris of Lincoln, m2. John Holdenby)
  (1) Isabell Darwin (d before 09.05.1637)
  m.
  (2) Isabell Darwin
  m1. _ Baynton
  (A)+ issue (a 05.1637) - Martha, Dorothy, Mary
  m2. _ Pannill
  (D)+ other issue (a 05.1637) - Elizabeth, Jane
  (3)+ other issue - John (b 05.1607, d unm bur 02.08.1628), Henry (bur 20.09.1614)
  b. John Darwin of Fenton (a 1580, d unm 09.01.1638-9)
  c. Dorothy Darwin (b 1569?, a 1693)
  m. _ Holland
  (1) John Holland
  (2) Elizabeth Holland
  m. Thomas Stowe
  (A) Darwin Stowe (a 02.1638-9)
  m. (22.11.1667) Ann Brown of Gainsborough
  d. Ann Darwin (d before 09.05.1637)
m. _ Browne
  (1)+ issue (a 1637) - Edward (b c1616), Thomas, Henry, Winiferie
  iii. Richard Darwin of Marton (d 05/6.1584)
  m. Margaret (a 1593)
a. William Darwin of Cleatham, Lincolnshire (b c1573?, d 1644) the first mentioned by Glover
  m. Mary Healy (bur 17.09.1679, dau of Thomas Healy of Burringham Bottesford, widow of Thomas Small of Cleatham)
  (1) William Darwin of Cleatham (b 06.06.1620, d before 23.11.1675, Recorder of Lincoln, of Lincoln's Inn)
  m. (30.08.1653) Anne Earle (b 24.04.1634, bur 02.12.1691, dau of Erasmus Earle of Heydon by Frances Fountain)
  (A) William Darwin (b 27.07.1655, d 28.08.1682)
  m. (09.09.1680) Anne Waring of Elston Hall (bpt 16.01.1662, d 23.05.1722, dau/heir of Robert Waring of Wilford by Anne)
  (i) William Darwin of Cleatham (b 21.06.1681, d 24.09.1760) 
  m1. (15.08.1706) Elizabeth Darwin (b c1688, dsp 09.06.1713, dau of Erasmus Darwin of Hull) @@ below
  (a) William Morgan Darwin of Cleatham & Gainsborough (b 17.10.1710, d 20.07.1762, MD, 2nd son)
  m. |(13.08.1741) Elizabeth Hutton (d 24.09.1751, dau of Thomas Hutton of Gainsborough)
  ((1)) Elizabeth Darwin (b 05.04.1743)
  m. (09.1762) Brian Cook of Doncaster (grandson of Sir George Cooke of Wheatley, Bart)
  ((2)) Mary Darwin (b 23.09.1745, d 07.03.1756)
  ((3)) Charlotte Darwin (b 22.01.1746)
  m. Henry Cook of Newark (d 08.05.1779, brother of Brian)
  ((4)) Ann Darwin (b 1748)
  m. (1772) John Bromhead (Colonel)
  ((A))+ issue - Benjamin (bpt 23.01.1773), John (bpt 13.07.1774, bur 26.03.1775), John (bpt 19.07.1776), James (bpt 09.07.1778)
  (b)+ other issue (d unm) - Erasmus (b 12.08.1707, d 15.12.1707), Anne (b 25.04.1709, d 24.08.1714), Elizabeth (b 07.02.1712-3, d 13.06.1736)
  m2. (02.02.1715-6) Mary Secker (b 04.08.1683, d 14.05.1747, dau of Edward Secker of Grantham)
  (e) Arabella Darwin (b 13.11.1723, dsp 13.11.1778)
  m. John Broadhurst of Newark
  (f)+ other issue - Waaring (b 05.05.1725, d 17.11.1725), Mary (b 05.11.1716, d 19.04.1720), Anna Maria (b 13.07.1719, d 28.11.1754), Eleanor (b 27.12.1721, d 30.03.1722)
  m3. (26.10.1749) Mary Hurst of Grantham (b 18.12.1704/5, dsp 01.1.1766)
  (ii) Robert Darwin of Elston, Nottinghamshire (b 12.08.1682, d 20.11.1754, of Lincoln's Inn)
  m. (01.01.1723-4) Elizabeth Hill (b 18.12.1702, d 26.04.1797, dau of John Hill of Sleaford)
  (a) Robert Waring Darwin of Elston (b 17.10.1724, d unm 04.11.1816)
  (b) William Alvey Darwin of Elston (b 03.10.1726, d 07.10.1783, of Gray's Inn)
  m. (28.10.1772) Jane Brown (b 29.09.1746, d 07.01.1835, dau of Joseph Brown of Swineshead then Balderton)
((1)) William Brown Darwin of Elston (b 12.02.1774, d 10.06.1841) had issue
  m. (22.05.1817) Elizabeth de S. Croix (b 1790, d 31.10.1868, dau of Nicholas de St. Croix of Homerton)
((2)) Ann Darwin (b 20.06.1777, d 07.04.1859)
  m. (07.03.1799) Samuel Fox of Thurlston Grange (b 17.03.1765, d 20.03.1851, m1. Martha Strutt)
  ((3))+ other issue - John Hill (b 23.02.1780, d 08.04.1781), John Alvey (b 29.04.1784, d 1784), Elizabeth Hill (b 03.10.1775, d 30.01.1776), Elizabeth Hill (b 16.07.1782, d unm 31.08.1805)
  (c) Erasmus Darwin of Lichfield then Breadsall Priory (b 12.12.1731, d 18.04.1802, poet, author)
  m1. (30.12.1757) Mary Howard (b 12.02.1740, d 30.06.1770, dau of Charles Howard of Lichfield by Penelope, dau of Paul Foley of Prestwood)
((1)) Robert Waring Darwin of Shrewsbury (b 30.05.1766, d 13.11.1848, 3rd son)
  The following is supported by Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 4 (1896), 'Darwin', p116+).
  m. (18.04.1796) Susannah Wedgwood (b 03.01.1765, d 15.07.1817, dau of Josiah Wedgwood of Etruria)
  ((A)) Charles Robert Darwin of Downe (b 12.02.1809, d 19.04.1882, naturalist, author, 2nd son) had issue§A
  m. (29.01.1839) Emma Wedgwood (b 02.05.1808, d 15.07.1817, dau of Josiah Wedgwood of Maer Hall)
  ((B)) Marianne Darwin (b 07.04.1798, d 18.07.1858)
  m. (09.11.1824) Henry Parker of Overton (b 1786-7, d 06.1856, MD)
  ((C)) Caroline Sarah Darwin (b 14.09.1800, d 05.01.1888)
  m. (01.08.1837) Josiah Wedgwood of Leith Hill Place (b 12.01.1795, d 11.03.1880)
  ((D)) Emily Catherine Darwin (b 10.05.1810, dsp 02.02.1866)
m. (12.10.1863) Rev. Charles Langton (b c1801, d 26.08.1886, son of George of Langton, m1. Charlotte Wedgwood, m3. Emma Augusta Juliana Dawkins)
  ((E))+ other issue (d unm) - Erasmus Alvey of London (b 29.12.1804, d 26.08.1881), Susan Elizabeth of Shrewsbury (b 03.08.1803, d 03.10.1866)
  ((2))+ other issue (d unm) - Charles (b 03.09.1758, d 15.05.1778), Erasmus (b 11.10.1759, d 29.12.1799), William Alwey (b 27.07.1767, d 15.08.1767), Elizabeth (b 19.11.1763, d 29.03.1764)
  m2. (06.03.1781) Elizabeth Collier (b 1747 or c1776/7, d 05.02.1832, widow of Col. Edward Sacheverel Pole of Radborne)
  ((6)) Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin of Breadsall Priory (b 17.06.1786, d 06.11.1859, 5th son) had issue
  m. (16.12.1815) Jane Harriet Ryle (b 11.12.1794, d 04.1866, dau of John Ryle of Park House)
  ((7)) Frances Anne Violetta Darwin (b 23.04.1783, d 12.02.1874)
  m. (30.03.1807) Samuel Tertius Galton of Duddeston House (b 23.03.1783, d 23.10.1844)
  ((8)) Harriot Darwin (b 05.07.1790, d 05.08.1825)
m. (12.1811) Thomas James Maling (d 01.1849, Admiral)
  ((9))+ other issue (d unm) - Edward of Mackworth (b 31.01.1782, d 30.07.1829), John (b 05.09.1787, d 13.11.1818, rector of Elston), Henry (b 10.04.1789, d 25.04.1790), Emma Georgiana Elizabeth (b 24.08.1784, d unm 06.03.1818)
(d) Elizabeth Darwin (b 15.09.1725, d 08.04.1800)
  m. (03.10.1751) Thomas Hall (b 1716-7, d 19.07.1775, rector of Westborough)
  (e)+ other issue - John (b 28.09.1730, d 24.05.1805, rector of Elston), Anne (b 12.11.1727, d 03.08.1813), Susannah (b 10.04.1729, d 29.04.1789)
  (B) Erasmus Darwin, Mayor of Hull (b 08.07.1659, d 08.01.1736 or 29.08.1739)
  m. Elizabeth Mason (dau of Robert Mason, Sheriff then Mayor of Hull)
  (i) Elizabeth Darwin (b c1688, dsp 09.06.1713)
  m. (15.08.1706) William Darwin of Cleatham (b 21.06.1681, d 24.09.1760) @@ above
  (C) Ann Darwin (b 02.02.1664-5, d 22.12.1743)
  m. Henry Randes of London (d before 30.12.1723)
  (i) Richard Randes (dvp unm before 23.06.1715)
  (ii) Erasmus Randes of Newington Butts, Surrey (d before 17.09.1723)
  m. Hanna (Cheney?)
  (a) daughter
  (iii) Ann Randes
  m1. _ Little
  (a) Henry Little of London (a 1743, pewterer)
  m2. Carew Weekes or Wickes
  (D)+ other issue (d unm) - John (b 21.04.1661, d 27.04.1661), Richard of Southwark (b 03.04.1663, d unm 07/8.1698), Francis of London (b 31.12.1669, d before 27.05.1696)
  (2) Thomas Darwin
  m. Elizabeth
  (A)+ issue (a 08.1679) - William, Mary
  b. Thomas Darwin of Fenton (d c1632)
  m. ?? (d before 1631)
  (1) Thomas Darwin (d before 17.12.1661)
  (A)+ issue (a 1659) - John, daughter
  (2) John Darwin (a 1659)
  (A)+ issue (a 1659) - William, Thomas, Frances
  (3)+ other issue -Alice, Ann one of whom married ...
  m. _ Hanson
  c.+ other issue - Rowland (d before 10.05.1588), Ann (a 01.06.1593)
  iv. Margaret Darwin
  m. Thomas Lacy of Gainsborough (d 1607)
  a. Thomas Lacy
  (1)+ issue - Thomas, William, Richard
  b. Elizabeth Lacy
  m. (before 11.04.1607) Robert Causton
  c.+ other issue - William, Margaret
  B. Joane Darwin (d before 1566)
  m. _ Bellamy
  C. Anne Darwin (a 1566)
  m. _ Stowe
  i.+ issue - Henry (a 1566), John of Brampton (a 1580)
  D. daughter (d before 1566)
  m. Thomas Rayner
  E.+ other issue - Henry of Hardwicke (d 06/7.1566), Isabell (a 1566)

Main source(s): MGH (NS2, vol 3 (1890), 'Pedigree of Darwin', p12+ & p33+ & p62+), BLG1952 ('Darwin formerly of Downe') with support from 'The History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby' by Stephen Glover (edited by Thomas Noble, 1829, part 1, vol 2, 'Pedigree of the family of Darwin of Cleatham ...', p154+) with thanks to a contributor (CV, 17.01.16) for bringing that to our attention
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