'Rolleston03'
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Families covered: Rolleston of Lea (Ley), Rolleston of Swarkston, Rolleston of Watnall
| Originally we were concerned that the 2 Richards who lead the 2 sections on this page were the same person, both being sons of a John (this one's father John being nephew of the other father John) and both having married a Makebridge. However, it appears that there is no further 'overlap' between their descendants so, provisionally at least, we show them as different people. | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Rolleston of (Lea &) Swarkston, Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wakebridge | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Roger Rolleston 'of Swarkston' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothea Babington (dau of Thomas Babington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
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| Richard Rolleston of Lea or the Ley, Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wakebridge | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Rollestion | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Wingfield (dau/heir of Ralph Wingfield) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Rolleston of the Ley | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Savile | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Rolleston of the Ley | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Leaver of Lancashire | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Rolleston of the Ley or Lea the first mentioned by FMG | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Babington (dau of John Babington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Rolleston of the Ley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes (probably not Elizabeth) Turvile (dau of John Turvile of Newhall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Francis Rolleston of the Ley (a 1569, d 1587) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Vernon (dau of Sir John Vernon or Verney of Harleston) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - George, Henry | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Edward Rolleston (a 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Isabell Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Pershall of Horsley | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Anne Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Dethick of Newthall | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Dorothy Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Colley of the Court | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Ursula Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Adam Beresford of Bentley | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | other issue - James, John, George, Christopher mentioned by FMG | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Ralph Rolleston of Watnall Chaworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Bingham (dau/coheir of Richard (not Ralph) Bingham of Watnall Chaworth by Anne, sister/coheir of Sir Nicholas Strelley of Linby) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ashe (dau of Lancelot Ashe (or Astle) of (North Hounton) Yorkshire) | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation (1614) shows their children as Edward, Lancelott, John, Anthony, Jane, Isabell & Mary. Visitation (1662-4) shows John & Phillip. FMG shows Lancelot, Jane, Isabel & Mary. Provisionally, we combine them. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Lancelott Rolleston of Watnall, Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elinor Mering | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Valentyne Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Ballard of Wimswold | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Ashe | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue including John | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Rolleston of Watnall (d 30.04.1637) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Chambers (dau/coheir of Thomas Chambers of Mansfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Chaworth (dsp 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c01.1638, ??) Katherine Hacker (dau of Richard Hacker of Flintham) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Flower (dau of Geogre Flower of Hucknell Torkard) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue (a 1663), John (b c1648), Lancelot (b c1649, d 1685, Sheriff) | ||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Catherine, Elizabeth, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Phillip Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Pierrepont (dau of Robert, Earl of Kingston) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BLG1886 (Rolleston of Watnall) & BLG1952 (Dayrell formerly Rolleston of Watnall) with some input/support from FMG (p1279). | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Edward Rolleston of Toynton (Lincolnshire) & Watnall | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Christopher Rolleston of Watnall (d 21.03.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.09.1692) Hannah Holden (d 29.04.1725, dau of Samuel Holden of Aston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire (dsp 27.04.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Rosamund Greenwood (dau/coheir of Daniel Greenwood of Northampton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | John Rolleston, later of of Watnall (d 30.06.1770, rector of Aston) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Burdett (d 30.10.1794, dau of Sir Robet Burdett of Foremark) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire (d unm 25.04.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Christopher Rolleston of Watnall, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire (b 1739, d 03.04.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Nicholas (d 14.02.1809, dau of Capt. _ Nicholas RN) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall (b 20.07.1785, d 05.1862, Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.11.1808) Caroline Chetwynd (d 10.03.1844, dau of Sir Geroge Chetwynd, Bart of Grendon Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Eleanor Charlotte Fraser (dau of Robert Fraser of Torbeck) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | John Rolleston (d 17.11.1862, vicar of Burton Joyce, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Smelt (d 09.04.1861, dau of Rev. Philip Smelt by Margaret, dau of Arthur Charles Stanhope of Mansfield Woodhouse) | |||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Dorothy Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Tiffin (rector of Matterson) | |||||||||||||||
| ((d))+ | other issue (d unm) - Christopher (d 20.10.1840), Anne (d 16.02.1813) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Robert Rolleston (b 1747, d 1826, 2nd/5th son?) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BP1934 (Rolleston) with some support from FMG (p1279). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Thornhill (dau of Thomas Thornhill) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | George Rolleston of Maltby Hall, Yorkshire (d 21.02.1868, Rev.) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Nettleship (dau of J. Nettleship of Gainsborough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b))+ | other issue - Robert, Francis, Lucy, Maria | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Savage (dau of William Savage) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Dorothy Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Chambers (rector of Achester) | |||||||||||||||
| ((v))+ | other issue - John (d young), John, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| ((C))+ | other issue - Henry, Edward, Robert, Thomas, Hannah, 2 others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Jane Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Brownley | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Mary Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Ball of Tissington | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue - Edward, Anthony, Isabell | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Robert, James | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Catherine Rolleston | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Page | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - William (priest), Henry | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Staffordshire, 1614+1663-4, Rolleston of Rolleston)
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Nottinghamshire, 1662-4, Rolleston of Watnall), Visitation (Nottinghamshire, 1569+1614, Rolston) with some support from Visitation (Staffordshire, 1614+1663-4, Rolleston of Rolleston), FMG (vol 4, MS610, 'Rolleston', p1278+) and input as reported above
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