'Silvertop1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Silverton of Blaydon (Bladon), Silvertop of Minster Acre (Minsteracres), Silvertop of Stella
[Most of the following was first uploaded to SZMisc06 on 18.10.07. It was moved here following review & modest expansion.]
Hodgson starts with 2 probable brothers who we how as sons of ... | |||||||||||||||
_ Silvertop (possibly brother of Margaret & Mary) | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Silvertop of Blaydon and/or Stella in Ryton, co Durham (d 27.05.1682) | ||||||||||||||
m. Ann Galley | |||||||||||||||
A. | Albert Silvertop of Stella (b 16.02.1667, bur 14.02.1738-9) | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.05.1703) Mary Dunn (d 06.1756, dau of Joseph Dunn of Blaydon) | |||||||||||||||
i. | George Silvertop of Minster Acres (Minsteracres), Northumberland (b 22.02.1705) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Bridget Whittingham (a 04.1758, dau of Henry Whittingham of Whittingham Hall) | |||||||||||||||
a. | John Silvertop of Minster Acres (b 1748, d 26.12.1801) | ||||||||||||||
m. (15.06.1772) Catherine Lawson (b c1746, d 26.10.1832, dau of Sir Henry Lawson, Bart of Brough Hall, by Anastasia, dau of Thomas Maire of Lartington Hall) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | George Silvertop of Minster Acres, Sheriff of Northumberland (b 06.01.1774-5, d unm 20.02.1849) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Henry Thomas Maire Silvertop, later Witham of Cliffe (and/or Lartington), Sheriff of Durham (b 28.05.1779, d 28.11.1784, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (30.12.1800) Elizabeth Witham (d 15.11.1847, dau of Thomas Witham of Headlam, niece/heir of William Witham of Cliffe) | |||||||||||||||
(3)+ | other issue - John (b 03.08.1777, d 19.04.1793), Charles (b 16.01.1781, d 10.06.1839, Colonel), Mary (b 31.03.1776, bur 30.08.1786) | ||||||||||||||
b. | Mary Silvertop (d 14.05.1773) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1754) Sir Thomas Haggerston, Bart | |||||||||||||||
c. | Winifred Silvertop (d 12.08.1780) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1762) John Wright of Kelvedon | |||||||||||||||
d.+ | other issue - Albert (bur 06.02.1737/8), George (bur 19.02.1746/7), Charles (bur 23.04.1750) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (19.01.1785) Jane Selby (b c1732, dsp 10.12.1808, widow of William Ormston of Hendersyde then Michael Pearson of Matfen) | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Joseph Silvertop of Gateshead (b 21.05.1708, bur 16.05.1758) | ||||||||||||||
m. (c05.1739) Mary Whittingham (d 29.06.1767, dau of Henry Whittingham of Whittingham Hall) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Elizabeth Silvertop (a 1782) | ||||||||||||||
m. (13.01.1773) Joseph Dunn of Bladon | |||||||||||||||
b.+ | other issue - Albert (bur 17.06.1746), Bridget (d unm 17.06.1790) | ||||||||||||||
iii. | Dorothy Silvertop | ||||||||||||||
m. James Gibson of Stagshaw Close | |||||||||||||||
iv.+ | other issue - Albert of Stella then Newcastle-upon-Tyne (b c1703, d unm 31.10.1790), Mary (bur 23.09.1777), Eleanor (d 30.06.1781), Anne (d unm bur 27.12.1764), Jane (nun?) | ||||||||||||||
B. | William Silvertop of Blyth, Northumberland (d 1722) | ||||||||||||||
m. Ann?) Dunn of Blaydon (bur 07.04.1706?) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Isabel Silvertop | ||||||||||||||
m. (c04.1723) George Surtees of Gateshead | |||||||||||||||
ii.+ | other issue - Robert (a 1722, d 1764-5), William (bur 25.12.1705), Albert (bur 18.01.1705/6), Ann (bur 02.02.1705/6) | ||||||||||||||
2. | Robert Silvertop of Blaydon (bur 15.04.1703) | ||||||||||||||
A.+ | issue - Mary (bpt 13.07.1684), Elizabeth (bpt 04.11.1688) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 ('Silverton of Minsteracres'), Commoners (vol III, 'Silvertop of Minster Acres', p300+), 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 6, John Crawford Hodgson, 1902, 'Sikvertop (Witham and Englefield) of Minsteracres', p215+)
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