'Selby03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Selby of Berwick, Selby of Brauxton, Selby of Harelaw, Selby of Ightham Mote, Selby of Paston, Selby of Twizell

                               
(William?) Selby in Norham
1. George Selby of Paston (a 1541, 1549)
  m. Elizabeth Swinhoe (dau of Gilbert Swinhoe of Cornhill & Goswick)
  A. William Selby of Paston (d by 1606)
  m. Margery (a 1603)
  i. William Selby of Paston (dvp before 31.08.1599)
  m. Jane (a 1603)
  a. John Selby of Paston (d before 19.04.1630)
  m. Eleanor (a 1633)
  (1) Dorothy Selby
  m. (before 16.11.1636) John Reed (possibly son of Sir William of Fenham)
  (2) Anne Selby
  m. (before 16.11.1636) Arthur Grey of Wark
  (3)+ other issue - Elizabet (a 1633), Jane
  b. William Selby of Harelaw, later of Paston (a 1650)
m. Mary (a 1650)
  (1) William Selby of Paston (d c1687)
  m. (31.07.1679) Dorothy Lauder (bur 03.05.1705)
  (A) Gerard Sekby (b c1684, bur 03.08.1720)
  m. (22.01.1712) Sarah Hall (b c1694, bur 01.01.1778, dau of Gabriel Hall of Catcleugh)
  (i) Gabriel Selby of Paston (b 1706-7, dsp bur 12.06.1785, Lt. Colonel)
  m. (15.08.1759) Anne Cranstoun (b 1708-9, d 15.08.1759, dau of William, Lord Cranstoun)
  (ii)+ other issue (d unm) - Gerard (b c1719, d 1721), Margaret (b c1704, d 02.1788), Elizaeth (d before 11.10.1791)
  c. Jane Selby (a 1599)
  ii. Toby Selby (a 1603)
  iii. George Selby of Harelaw (d by 1663?)
  m. Dorothy (a 1625)
  B. Fortune Selby (a 1549)
2. William Selby of Braxton (a 1549) - continued just below
  William is identified as "ancestor of Selby of Twizell Castle".
3. other issue - Robert (d before 08.06.1565, vicar of Norham then Berwick), George (a 1549)

 

 

William Selby of Brauxton, 1st of Twizell in Northumberland (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547) - continued just above
1. John Selby of Berwick-upon-Tweed (a 01.1565)
  m. Elizabeth
  A. Sir John Selby of Twizell (d 11.1595)
  m. Margaret (d 1622)
  i. Sir William Selby of The Mote, Ightham, Kent (d unm 1611)
  ii. Sir Ralph Selby of Twizell, Mayor of Berwick (d 1646)
  m1. Barbara Roddam (dau of Robert Roddam of Roddam)
  m2. ??
  Not clear which wife was mother of ...
  a. Ralph Selby of Twizell
  m1. ??
  (1) Penelope Selby
  m. Edward Ord
  m2. ??
  (2) Elizabeth Selby
m1. William Selby
  m2. John Ramsey
  (3) Bess Selby
  m1. George Selby
  m2. Ralph Ord
  b. Sir William Selby of Brauxton, 'of Twizell' (d 1654)
  m. Ellen Fairfax (d 17.03.1671, dau of 2nd Lord of Cameron)
(1) George Selby of Twizell (d before 12.1687) possibly of this generation
  m. (c11.1682) Eleanor Blake (bur 16.06.1705, dau of Sir Francis Blake of Ford Castle, m2. Charles Howard)
  (2) Dorothy Selby
  m. William Forster of Bamborough (b 1636, d c12.11.1674)
  (3) daughter probably of this generation
  m. William Orde of East Orde (d 1678)
  iii. Sir John Selby (d 1636, MP for Berwick)
  a.+ issue (d young) - 1 son and 3 daughters
  iv. Elizabeth Selby
  m. George Muschampe of Barmoor
  v. Isabel Selby
  m. Thomas Carr of Ford
  vi. Margaret Selby
  m. Sir George Selby of Newcastle (b 1576-7, d 30.03.1625)
  vii. Barbara Selby
  m. Robert Peacocke
  B. Sir William Selby of The Mote, Ightham (dsp 1638)
  m. Dorothy Bonham (d 15.03.1641, dau/heir of Charles Bonham)
  C. Ralph Selby of Berwick (bur 08.03.1587)
  m. _ Isabel
  i. Robert Selby (d 1659)
  m. Margaret
  a. son (d unm 1641)
  ii. Henry Selby
a. George Selby of The Mote, Ightham, Sheriff of Kent (d 17.01.1667)
  m. Anne Rye of Faversham (heir)
  (1) William Selby of The Mote, Ightham
  m1. Susannah Rayne (dsp, dau of Sir John Rayne, 1st Bart of Wrotham)
  (A)+ issue - Susan, Ann, Elizabeth mentioned on CountyGen (Kent, Berry, p465)
  m2. Elizabeth Howell (dau of Sir John Howell, sergeant-at-law)
  (B) John Selby of The Mote, Ightham (d 1727)
m. Mary Gifford (dau/coheir of Thomas Gifford of Pennis)
  (i) William Selby of The Mote, Ightham (d 1772)
  m. Elizabeth Burroughs
  (a) William Selby of The Mote, Ightham (d 1777)
  m. Elizabeth Weston (dau of Charles Weston of Cranbrook)
  ((1)) Elizabeth Selby (d unm)
  (2) Sir Henry Selby (d 1715, Sergeant-at-law)
  m1. Jane Howell (dsp, dau of Sir John Howell, sergeant-at-law)
  m2. Elizabeth Amherst (dau of Richard Amherst of Bayhall, son of Richard, sister of Charles)
  The following is partly supported by CountyGen (Kent, Berry, p494).
  (A) Charles Selby, later Amherst of Bayhall (dsp bur 08.03.1744-5)
  m. Margaret Robinson (dau of John Robinson, widow of Sir John Strode)
  (i) Dorothy Amherst of Bayhall
  m. John Browne of Shropshire (d 1728)
  (C) Dorothy Selby
  m. John Brown of Shropshire (d 1728)
  (i) Charles Browne of Bayhall (dsp 1753)
  (ii) Henry Browne
  (iii) John Browne, later Selby of The Mote, Ightham (b 1721, d 1797)
  m. (19.05.1751) Margaret Kelly (widow)
  (a) Thomas Browne, later Selby of The Mote, Ightham (b 17.08.1752)
  m. Elizabeth Walford (d 1845, dau of Robert Walford, son of James of Witley)
  ((1)) Charles Bridge Selby (d 08.1820, Rev.)
  m. Anne Davies
  ((A)) Thomas Selby of Witley & Wimbush Hall had issue
  m. (1845) Elizabeth Foster (dau of Ralph Carr Foster of Holderness)
  ((B)) Elizabeth Selby (d 1844)
  m. Robert Carr Foster
  ((2)) Elizabeth Selby (d unm)
(b) Charles Browne (d 1822)
  (iv) Thomas Browne of Shropshire (b 1724, d 1795)
  m. Anne Spencer (dau of John Spencer)
  (a) Thomas Spencer Browne (d unm 25.07.1827, Rev.)
  (3)+ other issue - John (dsp), George of the Inner Temple (d unm), Thomas of Sevenoaks (dsp), Dorothy, Elizabeth, Mary
  D. Launcelot Selby
  m. Jane Freeman
  E. Jane Selby possibly of this generation
  m. William Strother of Newton
  F.+ 4 daughters
2. Eleanor Selby
  m. Thomas Bradford, Mayor of Berwick-on-Tweed (a 1565)
3. daughter
  m. Thomas Norton (alderman of Berwick)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 30.07.19) : 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 11, Kenneth Vickers, 1922, 'Selby of Paston (first line)', p173)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 26.03.08) : BLG1952 ('Selby formerly of Ightham Mote')
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