'Hibbert1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hibbert of Birtles Hall, Hibbert of Chalfont Lodge, Hibbert of Clapham, Hibbert of Clarendon House, Hibbert of Hare Hill, Hibbert of Jamaica, Hibbert of Manchester, Hibbert of Marple, Hibbert of Stockfield Hall, Hibbert of Werneth
Commoners reports that "The name of Hibbert appears to have been a corruption of Hubert, which may again be referred to the Norman Hudebert." We start with Nicholas of Marple who d 1506 because the first mentioned by BLG1886 was the Robert who was identified as 7th in descent from that Nicholas. | |||||||||||||||
Nicholas Hibbert of Marple (d 1506) | |||||||||||||||
1. | ?? Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
A. | ?? Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
i. | Nicholas Hibbert of Marple (d 07.1586) the first mentioned by Commoners | ||||||||||||||
a. | Thomas Hibbert of Marple (1st of Marple Manor) (a 1596) | ||||||||||||||
The following comes from Ormerod's (Cheshire, vol 3, Macclesfield hundred). | |||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Bradshaw (dau of Henry Bradshaw of Marple) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William Hibbert of Marple | ||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Boerdsell of Marple | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Elizabeth Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. William Hollingworth of Marple | |||||||||||||||
m2. Alice Mottershead (dau of Jeffrey Motershed of Mottram Andrew) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Henry Hibbert of Marple (d 1678, rector in London) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Kirkham (dau of William Kirkham of Todehole) | |||||||||||||||
(i)+ | issue - Thomas, Henry (dsp), Hanna, Christian, Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
(C) | Margaret Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. Rafe Robotham of London & Hull | |||||||||||||||
(D) | Sara Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Higginbotham of Marple | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Elizabeth Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. Henry Dande of Marple | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Anne Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m1. _ Scoles | |||||||||||||||
m2. _ Hgiham | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - Henry (parson in Holdernesse), Thomas (dsp), Robert (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m2. ?? | |||||||||||||||
b. | John Hibbert of Marple (a 1589) | ||||||||||||||
c. | Robert Hibbert of Werneth, Cheshire (d 03.1590) | ||||||||||||||
(1) | Richard Hibbert of Werneth | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.01.1585) Anne Ashton (dau of William Ashton of Werneth) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Nathaniel Hibbert of Werneth | ||||||||||||||
m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
(i)+ | issue | ||||||||||||||
m2. ?? (d 1667) | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Titus Hibbert of Werneth ("a younger son") | ||||||||||||||
m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Titus Hibbert of High Knowls, Lancashire ("a younger son") | ||||||||||||||
((1)) | Titus Hibbert of Manchester (b 04.1717, d 27.11.1796, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
((A)) | Samuel Hibbert of Manchester, later of Clarendon House in Chorlton (b 1749, d 04.07.1815) | ||||||||||||||
m. (30.05.1780) Sarah Ware (b 06.1751, d 24.01.1813, dau of Robert Ware) | |||||||||||||||
((i)) | Samuel Hibbert, later Hibbert-Ware of Edinburgh (b 21.04.1782) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m1. (23.07.1804) Sarah Crompton of Bury (d 13.04.1822) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (08.01.1825) Charlotte Wilhelmina Murray (d 01.08.1835, dau of Henry Murray, son of John, 3rd Duke of Atholl) | |||||||||||||||
((ii)) | Robert Hibbert (b 03.3.1785, d 28.02.1828, 3rd son) had issue (1 dau) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1811) Mary Anne Craven (dau of William Craven of Manchester) | |||||||||||||||
((iii))+ | other issue - Titus (b 26.08.1783, d 12.01.1803), William (b 27.06.1786, d 23.02.1806), Thomas (b 05.02.1778, d 24.12.1805), George (b 06.04.1790, Major) | ||||||||||||||
((B))+ | other issue - John (d young), Joseph (d young), Thomas (d young), Hannah (b 1763, d unm 04.01.1786) | ||||||||||||||
((2))+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
(b)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
m2. ?? | |||||||||||||||
(iii)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
We do not know from which generation the undermentioned Robert's ancestor branched off from the line shown above. Showing the connection as of this generation is wholly arbitrary. | |||||||||||||||
ii. | ?? Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
a. | ?? Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
(1) | ?? Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
(A) | ?? Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
The following comes from BLG1886 & FMG. BLG1886 identifies the following Robert as "7th in descent" from the above-mentioned Nicholas. | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Robert Hibbert of Booth & Stockfield Hall (b 1684, d 15.04.1762) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.03.1708) Margaret Tetlow (d 02.11.1759) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Robert Hibbert of Stockfield Hall (b 1717, d 12.01.1784, 2nd son?) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1743) Abigail Scholey (d 11.06.1793, dau/coheir of William Scholey of Yorkshire by Ann) | |||||||||||||||
BLG1886 shows the order of their sons as Robert, Thomas, George, Samuel, John then William. Because FMG provides baptism dates for most of the sons, we follow the order shown by FMG. | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Thomas Hibbert of Jamaica, later of Chalfont House, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (bpt 18.01.1745, dsp 1817 or 25.05.1819) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sophia Boldero (dau of John Boldero of London) | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | John Hibbert (bpt 29.03.1748, d unm 1770?) | ||||||||||||||
((3)) | Robert Hibbert of (Jamaica,) Birtles Hall (Cheshire) & Chalfont Park (Buckinghamshire), Sheriff of Cheshire (b 12.10.1750, d 15.02.1835) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.09.1785) Letitia Hamilton Nembhard (d 01.04.1854, dau of John Frederick Nembhard of Jamaica) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Thomas Hibbert of Birtles Hall, Sheriff of Cheshire (b 1788, 08.09.1879) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (1823) Mary Caroline Henrietta Cholmondeley (dau of Charles Cholmondeley of Overleigh, niece of 1st Lord Delamere) | |||||||||||||||
((B)) | Robert Hibbert of Chalfont Lodge (b 28.11.1790, d 17.12.1829) had issue | ||||||||||||||
The following comes from BLG1886 (Hibbert of Bucknell Manor). | |||||||||||||||
m1. (1816) Letitia Katherine Leicester (dsp, dau of Henry Augustus Leicester of Chester, brother of John, 1st Lord de Tabley) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (27.11.1823) Charlotte Drummond (d 15.12.1876, dau of John Drummond of Denham by Hester, dau of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal) | |||||||||||||||
((C)) | John Nembhard Hibbert of Chalfont Park, Sheriff (b 1797, d 03.01.1886, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.08.1833) Jane Anne Alexander (dau of Sir Robert Alexander, 2nd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
((D)) | Anna Hibbert (d 1863) | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Tipping of Davenport Hall (d 1858 (sb 1846?)) | |||||||||||||||
((E)) | Letitia Hamilton Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
((4)) | Samuel Hibbert of Manchester (d 1786) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Greenhalgh (a 1821, dau/coheir of Robert Greenhalgh of Bolton-le-Moors) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Samuel Hibbert of Clapham (a 1827) | ||||||||||||||
m. (sp?) Caroline Hibbert (dau of George Hibbert, cousin) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
((B))+ | other issue - Robert (d young), Mary (d young), Abigail Anna (a 1827) | ||||||||||||||
((5)) | George Hibbert of Clapham & Munden House (bpt 08.02.1757, d 08.10.1837, alderman of London, MP) | ||||||||||||||
m. (31.08.1784) Eliza Fonnereau | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Nathaniel Hibbert 'of Munden House' | ||||||||||||||
m. (12.1827) (Emily) Smith (dau of Rev. Sydney Smith of Foston) | |||||||||||||||
((B)) | Charlotte Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.1828) Rev. John Bean of Ludlow | |||||||||||||||
((C)) | Caroline Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. Samuel Hibbert (cousin) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
((D)) | Frances Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. (1814) Charles Tower (d 09.1825, cleric) | |||||||||||||||
((E)) | Georgiana Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.1828) William Marshall (son of John the MP) | |||||||||||||||
((F)) | Harriet Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. (1828) R.J. Palk of Lincoln's Inn | |||||||||||||||
((G))+ | other issue - George (cleric), Edward (b 1796-7, d unm 21.02.1824), Henry (d unm 1825), Eliza Sophia, Isabella, Mary Anne, Octavia | ||||||||||||||
((6)) | William Hibbert of Clapham & Hare Hill (Cheshire) (b 22.09.1759, d 04.08.1844) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1772) Elizabeth Greenhalgh (d 17.10.1800, dau/coheir of William Greenhalgh of Horwich) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | William Tetlow Hibbert of Hare Hill (b 12.04.1793) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (27.07.1821) Caroline Mary Cure (dau of Capel Cure of of Blake Hall) | |||||||||||||||
((B)) | Margaret Hibbert (d 1865) | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.1810) Nathaniel Philips of the Dales and/or Manchester | |||||||||||||||
((C)) | Elizabeth Hibbert (d 1858) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1809) Henry Law (rector of Downham, son of the Dean of Rochester) | |||||||||||||||
((D)) | Letitia Hibbert (d 1882) | ||||||||||||||
m. (11.1825) Robert Philips of Heybridge | |||||||||||||||
((E))+ | other issue (d unm) - Charles Richard (b 1800, d 1846), Sarah (d 1868), Mary Anne (d 1866) | ||||||||||||||
((7)) | Anne Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. John Prince of the Inniskillings (Lt. General) | |||||||||||||||
((8)) | Margaret Hibbert (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Gregg of Belfast & Coles (Hertfordshire) | |||||||||||||||
((9)) | Elizabeth Hibbert (bpt 01.08.1753) | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Markland of Manchester | |||||||||||||||
((10)) | Mary Hibbert (bpt 09.06.1761, d 1845) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1788) George William Oates of Leeds (d by 1821) | |||||||||||||||
(b) | John Hibbert of Jamaica (bpt 07.04.1721 (probably not 1732), d 1769) | ||||||||||||||
m. Janet Gordon (dau of Samuel Gordon) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Thomas Hibbert of Jamaica & London | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Mansfield of Kettering | |||||||||||||||
((A))+ | issue - Thomas (a 1821), Washington, Julian (d 1834), Sacharissa | ||||||||||||||
((2)) | John Hibbert of Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||
((A))+ | 3 daughters (2 died young) | ||||||||||||||
((3)) | Robert Hibbert of East Hyde & London (d 23.09.1849, "The Benefactor") | ||||||||||||||
m. Eliza Nembhard of Jamaica (d 15.02.1853) | |||||||||||||||
((4))+ | other issue - Cecilia, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
(c) | Elizabeth Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. (1757) Nathaniel Philips of Manchester | |||||||||||||||
(d) | Margaret Hibbert | ||||||||||||||
m. Samuel Robinson of Manchester | |||||||||||||||
(e) | Sarah Hibbert (dsp(s)) | ||||||||||||||
m. John Diggles of Manchester ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
(f) | Esther Hibbert (b c1715, bur 27.12.1772) | ||||||||||||||
m. Samuel Bayley of Blackley | |||||||||||||||
(g)+ | other issue - Thomas (b 1710, d unm 20.05.1780), Samuel of Manchester (bpt 01.05.1719, d unm 15.03.1781), Joseph (d 02.05.1759), Mary (d unm 01.05.1763) | ||||||||||||||
There are some differences between BLG1886 and FMG as to the children of this generation. BLG1886 shows 4 sons (Thomas, Robert, Samuel, John) and mentions 3 daughters (not named). FMG shows (with less clarity on the order) 4 sons (Robert, Samuel, John, Joseph) and 5 daughters (as reported above). | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol 4, Hibbert-Ware of Edinburgh), BLG1886 Hibbert of Birtles Hall) & FMG (vol 1, MS118-119, Hibbert) with input as reported above
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