'Swettenham1'
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Families covered: Swettenham of Swettenham
| BLG1886 reported that "This very ancient family, which, according to tradition, was seated at Swettenham long antecedent to the Conquest, and had a confirmation of the estate temp. William Rufus, to the then Saxon possessor, derives its surname from a compound of two Saxon words, Sweet, pleasant or agreeable, Ham, a dwelling-place of village - words that aptly describe the situation of the manor." | |||||||||||||||
| Peter, lord of Swettenham, Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard de Swettenham of Swettenham (a temp Henry III who r. 1216-1272) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Nicholas de Swettenham of Swettenham (a temp Edward I who r. 1272-1307) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard de Swettenham of Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard de Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard de Swettenham of Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas de Swettenham of Swettenham (a 1338) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Ranulph (Ralph) de Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas de Swettenham of Swettenham (a 1379) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas de Swettenham of Swettenham (a 1377, 1413) | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas de Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (sister/heir of Roger de Overton) mother of Margaret, presumed also of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Peter de Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Thomas de Swettenham - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Margaret Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wilbraham of Radnor & Woodhey (d 1492-3) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Alice Swettenham probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Yate of Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | William de Swettenham of Caryngham had issue | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Peter de Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
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| Thomas de Swettenham (a 1454) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation starts with this Richard and identifies his wife as Alice, dau of Smethwick of Smethwick. However, Commoners & BLG1886, mentioning her "as of what family has not been ascertained", names her ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Helena | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Oliver Swettenham of Swettenham (a 1504) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery (dau of William Reade or Rode of Maresbarow or Massy or Mosley) mentioned by Visitation | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham (a 1566) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Swetenham (dau of William Swetenham of Somerford Booths) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham (a 1566, d 1611) | ||||||||||||||
| The Visitations identify Thomas's wife as Katherine, dau of _ Munday of Merton, but Commoners & BLG1886 just name her Katherine. Noting that Visitation omits the next generation, it is thought possible that Commoners & BLG1886 inserted one-too-many generations of Thomases or that Katherine Munday was wife rather than mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine (possibly dau of _ Munday of Merton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham (d 1615-6) this generation omitted by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham (d by 1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.10.1602) Mary Birtles (d 1621, dau of John Birtles of Birtles by Ann) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham 'of Birtles' (b c1604, bur 23.12.1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Abigail Steventon (dau of William Steventon of Dottill) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham & Birtles (b 1642, d 1713) | ||||||||||||||
| m1.(1666) Margaret Stanley (dau of Sir Thomas Stanley, Bart of Alderley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Swettenham of Swettenham (d 1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1691) Bethia Willis (dau of Thomas Willis) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1717) Penelope Warburton (dau of Thomas Warburton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham, later Swettenham-Willis of Halsnead (dsp 1788) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1751) Elizabeth Upton (dau of John Upton of Putney) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Bethia Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Wadeson of Thornes | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Elizabeth Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Heyes of Northwich | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Anne Heyes of Swettenham (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Elizabeth Heyes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Millington Eaton of Everton (son/heir of John of Overwhitley & Millington then of Liverpool) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Eaton, later Swettenham of Swettenham (d 07.12.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Crosby (d 10.09.1821) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | Millington Eaton, later Swettenham of Swettenham (b 1774, d 09.04.1825) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.10.1798) Margaret Wybault (dau of Paul Wybault of Springfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (((2))) | Thomas Swettenham Eaton (rector of Swettenham) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Antonia Heyes | |||||||||||||||
| (((3))) | Sarah Eaton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Edge of Cheetham Hill | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Berthia Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Moore | |||||||||||||||
| ((D))+ | other issue - Peter, Frances, Margaret Mainwaring, Ann, Mary, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | John Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Ann Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Kinsey of Blackden | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1684, sp) Francis Mainwaring (d 1714, sister of Roger Mainwaring of Kermincham) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Swettenham probably the Mary who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Jodrell of Moorehouse (b 1642-3, a 04.1663) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - John, Peter, Joseph, Abigail | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Laurence Swettenham (bpt 21.02.1613, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Edward Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | George Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amye Bennett (dau of John Bennett of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Ann Swettenham (bpt 04.04.1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Davenport of Weltrough | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Catherine Swettenham (bpt 22.09.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Simon Smith of Waterford, Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Ellenor Swettenham (b 1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Holford or Halford of Davenham | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Martha Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Wade of Bradshaw | |||||||||||||||
| (viii)+ | other issue - William (bpt 07.09.1612), Edward (b 1615) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Ann, Katherine, Elinor | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margery Swettenham probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1577) Edward Thornycroft of Thornycroft | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Lawrance of Bradwall, William | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret or Margerie Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Thornycroft | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Swettenham | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1591) John Jodrell | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - William, Lawrence, Elenor | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1886 (Swettenham of Swettenham), Commoners (vol I, Swettenham of Swettenham) with some support/input from Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Swettenham vulgo Swetnam of Swetnam), Visitation (Cheshire, 1613, Swettenham), Visitation (Cheshire, 1663, Swettenham of Swettenham)
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