'Middleton08'
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Families covered: Myddelton of Chirk Castle, Myddelton of Ruthyn
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| According to both BLG1952 & Griffith, this family spells its name as Myddelton. However, it is sometimes spelt Myddleton or Middleton in other sources. On this page we respect the spelling apparently used by the family but note that we may not always be consistent with it in other pages of the database. | |||||||||||||||
| Richard (probably not Robert) Myddelton, Governor of Denbigh (b c1508, d 08.02.1575) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Dryhurst (b c1525, d 03.12.1565, dau of Hugh Dryhurst of Denbigh) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Myddelton of Hawarden had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane (dau/heir of John ap Rhys ap Edward ap Bel, of Gweppra) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir Thomas Myddelton, Sheriff then Lord Mayor of London (b 1550, d 12.08.1631, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Hester Saltonstall (dau of Richard Saltonstall of London) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle (b 1586, d 1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (22.07.1612) Margaret Savile (d 1613, dau of George Savile of Wakefield) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Myddelton (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1617) Mary Napier (d 1675, dau of Sir Robert Napier or Naper, 1st Bart of Luton Hoo) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Bart of Chirk Castle (b 1624, dvp 05.02-7.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Cholmondeley (bpt 11.01.1628/9, a 1654, dau of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Bart of Chirk Castle (b c1651, d 05.02.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Elizabeth Wilbraham (dsps, dau of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Bart of Woodhey) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1677) Charlotte Bridgman (dau of Sir Orlando Bridgman, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charlotte Myddelton (bpt 07.01.1679, d 07.07.1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.1696/7) Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick (b 1673, d 31.07.1701) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.08.1716) Joseph Addison (d 17.06.1719, author) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Robert Myddelton (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Bart of Chirk Castle, Sheriff of Denbighshire (b 23.03.1654/5, d 06.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.04.1686) Frances Whitmore (b c1666, d 1694, dau of Sir Thomas Whitmore of Buidwas by Frances Brooke) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir William Myddelton, 4th Bart of Chirk Castle (b 26.02.1694, d unm 05.01.1717/8) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Mary Myddleton (d unm 08.04.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Myddelton who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. St. John Bennet of Welby | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Trevor (dau of John Trevor of Brynkinalt) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Richard Myddelton of Llysfasi (3rd son of this marriage) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ryder | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Myddelton of Llystfasi, later of Chirk Castle (dsp 1747?) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Myddelton, later of Chirk Castle (d 1747?) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Myddelton of Chirk Castle (d 1795) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Rushout (dau of Sir John Rushout, 4th Bart of Northwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Myddelton of Chirk Castle (d unm 1796) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Charlotte Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1801) Robert Biddulph of Cofton Hall, later Myddelton-Biddulph of Chirk Castle | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Maria Myddelton (d 23.10.1843) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.05.1798) Frederick West (b 1767, d 22.03.1852) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? Griffith shows no 2nd marriage but has Harriet as dau of Elizabeth Rushout | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Harriet Myddelton (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Christian Myddelton probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1654) Roger Grosvenor, younger of Eaton (dvp 22.08.1661) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Myddelton apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Wittewrong of Stantonbury & Rothamsted, 1st Bart (b 1617-8, d 06.1693) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Elizabeth Myddelton probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir George Warburton, 1st Bart of Arley (b c1626, d 18.05.1676) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Sarah Myddelton (5th dau) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Bart of Gwydir (d before 18.11.1674) | |||||||||||||||
| viii.+ | other issue including Robert | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Esther or Hester Myddelton (d 26.01.1614) shown by Griffith as dau by Hester Saltonstall but by Visitation as by the 2nd wife | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Salusbury, 1st Bart of Lleweny (d 02.08.1632) | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation (Essex, 1634, Midleton) contains a note by the Harleian editor which reports that Sir Thomas marrried 4 times, identifying the children of the first two wives but naming only the 1st wife. BEB1841 (Wittewrong of Stantonbury) identifies another as Anna Vanacker. Griffith names the wives as 1. Hester Saltonstall, 2. Elizabeth Davers (with issue, not named) 3. Elizabeth, dau of Richard Brooke of London, 4. Anna Van Acker. Le Neve's 'Pedigrees of the Knights', which provides the continuation for Timothy, names the 2nd wife as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Taylor (dau of _ Taylor, alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Timothy Myddelton or Midleton of London, later of Stansted Mountfichet in Essex (d 1655) | ||||||||||||||
| Griffith shows Timothy as son of Hester Saltonstall but notes that some sources show him as son of the 2nd wife. We follow Le Neve. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Johnson (dau/heir of Robert Johnson, alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Mary Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir J(ohn) Mainard (d 1658) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (sp?) Elizabeth (probably dau of either _ Davers or Richard Brooke of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. (sp?) Anna Vanacker (dau/coheir of Garrard Vanacker of Antwerp, widow of Jacob Wittewrong of Westham) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Charles Myddelton (d 03.04.1621, Governor of Denbigh Castle) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Anna Myddelton (d 1643) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1614) John Chambres of Plas Chambres | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Sir Hugh Myddelton of London, 1st Bart of Ruthyn (b 1560, d 1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Olmstead (dau of John Olmstead of Ingatestone) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William Myddelton, 2nd Bart of Ruthyn (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Harris (dau of Sir Thomas Harris, 2nd Bart of Boreatton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Hugh Myddelton, 3rd Bart of Ruthyn (dsp 1675) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Myddelton (b 1632, d 12.1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Green or Greene of Enfield | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Grene (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Burwell (d 1767, dau of Hamey Burwell of Enfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Jane Grene (d 1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Richard Ellicombe of Balliol College, Oxford (d 1778) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Giles, Elizabeth, Catharine | ||||||||||||||
| One of the daughters married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ North (brewer) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Rebecca Myddelton (Middleton) believed to be of this family | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.1661) Sir George Bingham, 2nd Bart of Castlebar | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Henry Myddelton (bpt 14.05-6.1607, d before 1678) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Myddelton (dsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Henry Myddelton of London (b c1662, surgeon) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Starkey Myddelton of London (b 03.04.1688, physician) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Myddelton of London (dsp 09.09.1759, physician) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | daughter (a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Jubb (d by 1792, doctor) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Henry Myddelton of West Ham (bpt 30.07.1699, d 30.11.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Starkey Myddelton of Hoxton (b 07.06.1719, d 09.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.03.1741) Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Joseph Myddelton (d 1787) | ||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Joseph, Susannah, Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Jabez Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Elizabeth, Anne, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Smith | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Martha Myddelton (a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anna Maria Myddelton (a 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m. W. Grandpreet | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Simon Myddelton or Middleton of Hackney & Hurst Hill (Edmonton) (d after 15.07.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp)?? | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Soame (dau of John Soame of Burnham Market) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Elizabeth Smithesby | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Mary Luke (dau of Sir Samuel Luke of Bedfordshire, widow of _ Ellis, m3. _ Barrington of London & Hexton) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Jane Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Chamberlen of London | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Hester Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.08.1628) Sir Richard Pryse (Price) of Gogerddan (d 10.1651) | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - John (dvpsp), Hugh (dvpsp), Elizabeth, Ann | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Ffoulke Myddelton of Plas Newydd, Sheriff of Denbighshire (a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gwenhwyfer (dau of Richard Wynn of Bodlith) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Myddelton, Sheriff of Denbighshire (d 1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Meredydd (dau of Andrew Meredydd of Llantanad) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Myddelton (bur 03.02.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Lloyd (bur 10.03.1678, dau of Humphrey Lloyd of Bersham) @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Myddelton (bur 23.08.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.12.1694) Barbara Wynn (b 1671-2, bur 14.06.1695, dau of John Wynn of Melai) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Ffoulk, Andrew, Simon, Roger, Dorothy, Ann, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Esther Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Myddelton | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey Lloyd of Bersham | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Lloyd who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Myddelton (bur 03.02.1678) @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Barbara (Cicely?) Myddelton who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey Hall (bpt 06.08.1570) | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Ales Myddelton who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Dolben of Haverfordwest | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Lucy Myddelton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony ap Richard, of Denbigh | |||||||||||||||
| 9.+ | other issue - Simon, William (b 1556, d 1603-21, Captain RN, poet), Robert of London, Pyrs, Grace (dsp), Margaret, Elin, Jane | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Myddelton of Chirk Castle), Griffith's Pedigrees (Chirk Castle, p285), BEB1844 (Middleton of Chirke), BEB1841 (Middleton of Ruthyn), TCB (vol iii)
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