'Maire1'
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Families covered: Maire of Durham, Maire of Hardwick, Maire of Hartbushes, Maire of Lartington
| This family was "descended from the Cheshire family of Meire, of Meire", presumably the Mere family shown on Mere1. | |||||||||||||||
| John Maire of Durham | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Moreseby (dau/coheir of Sir Christopher Moresby of Moresby) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Christopher Maire of Durham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne/Agnes Hindmarsh (a 1595, sister/coheir of John Hindmarsh of Aislaby) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Maire of Hutton, Durham (d c1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Watson (dau of James Watson of Sheraton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Maire of Hutton (b c1612, a 08.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Christopher Maire (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Robert Maire of Hardwick, Durham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Smith (dau/heir of Henry Smith of Durham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Maire of Hardwick (b 1602, a 08.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Trollop (dau/heir of Sampson Trollop of Waterhouse, son of John of Thornley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Dorothy Maire | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wytham of Preston-on-Skyrne | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Robert (d infant), Mary (d young), Ann | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners contradicts itself slightly on the identification of Thomas's 2nd wife who was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1644) Eleanor Conyers (dau of Ralph Conyers (son of John, son of Cuthbert of Layton (son of Sir William) by Mary, dau of Thomas Layton of Saxhoe)) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Thomas Maire of Hardwick & Lartington, Yorkshire (b 1650, d 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Appleby (d 1672, dau/heir of Francis Appleby of Lartington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Maire of Hardwick & Lartington (b 1672, d 29.07.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Fermor (dau of Richard Fermor of Tusmore) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Francis Maire of Hardwick (dvp 29.07.1746) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Clavering (dau of John Clavering of Callaly) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue (dvpsp) - Ambrose, Francis, Gerard | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Thomas Maire of Lartington (d unm 25.12.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | John Maire of Lartington & Hardwick (dsp 30.09.1771, of Grey's Inn, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Lowe (d 12.07.1750, dau of Charles Lowe of Old Graves) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Bedingfield (dau of Henry Bedingfield of Coulsey Wood, relict of Thomas Wood of Brayton) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Anna Anastacia Maire (d 05.11.1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Lawson of Brough, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| Their 2nd son inherited Lartington and assumed the name Maire but later inherited Brough Hall and retook the name Lawson. | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - Richard (d 1722), William of Elvet (d 1769, Bishop), Marmaduke (d young), Mary (nun), Henrietta | ||||||||||||||
| f. | Ralph Maire (b c1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Colingwood of Elvet | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Maire (b 14.11.1695, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| g. | Margaret Maire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Howard of Sunderland Briggs | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Maire of Hartbushes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Meynell (dau of George Meynell of Dalton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Christopher Maire of Hartbushes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Ingleby of Laukland | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Maire, last of Hartbushes (b 24.06.1701, d c1766-7) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Hussey (dau of John Hussey of Marnhull) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue (d unm) - John (d c1786-7, druggist), Edward (priest), George (priest) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Henry (priest), Peter (priest), Christopher (cleric), William in York (cleric), John (d unm), 2 daughters (nuns) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - John (a 1666), Elizabeth, Margaret, Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Maire (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Andrew Maire of Barnacre, Lancashire (a 1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Richardson (dau of John Richardson of Mercough) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Thomas, John, Robert, Anne, Grace, mary | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): the section 'Family of Maire' within
Commoners (vol 3, 'Silvertop of Minster Acres', pp302-3), 'The History and Antiquities of the County of Durham' (Robert Surtees, vol 3 (Hartlepool Section), 1910, 'Pedigree of the Families of Maire of Hardwick, in the County of Durham' and Appleby of Lartington, in the North Riding of the County of York')
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