'Wilkes1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Wilkes of Leighton Buzzard, Wilkes of London, Wilkes of Willenhall
| Visitation identifies the arms of the following family as "Per pale or and argent, a chevron between three eagles' heads erased sable" but then adds the following note: "They also bear the following arms: Paly of eight or and gules, on a chief argent three lozenges of the second (another - three roses gules, seeded or). All these arms are depicted on the mural tablets set up to Luke Wilkes and Edward Wilkes in the chancel of Leighton-Buzzard Church". | |||||||||||||||
| John Wilkes of Layton Buzard (Leighton Buzzard), Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edward Wilkes of Leighton Buzzard (a temp Charles I who r. 1625-1649) the first mentioned by Lipscomb | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Besouth of Corner Hall, Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Matthew Wilkes of London (ironmonger) possibly the Matthew of Leighton Buzzard who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Dayrell (dau of Peter Dayrell of Lillingston Dayrell) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Luke Wilkes ("Chief Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe to the King", 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Israel Wilkes of Clerkenwell, Middlesex (b c1689, d 1761) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Heaton (a 1765, dau of John Heaton of Hoxton Square) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Israel Wilkes of New York, North America (a 1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth de Ponthieu | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charles Wilkes of New York (a 1800) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Wilkes, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire then London & Middlesex, Lord Mayor of London (b 17.10.1727, d 26.12.1797, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Mead (d 1784, dau of John Mead of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Wilkes (b 05.08.1750, d 12.03.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Wilkes | ||||||||||||||
| m1. James Stock or Stork of London | |||||||||||||||
| m2. George Hayley (alderman & MP in London) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. _ Jeffreys of North America | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Heaton in London (dsp 1803), Sarah in London (d 04.10.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Mark Wilkes | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Martha Wilkes | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Sedgwick of Southwick ("bruer to King Charles") | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Joane Wilkes who (b c1616, d 27/8.09.1680) married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1642) Thomas Disney (bpt 16.02.1606-7, d 27.12.1686, rector of Stoke Hammond) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Mary Wilkes | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Bates of Milton Mowbray | |||||||||||||||
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| Grazebrook cross-references the arms for this family, which are only partially given, to those of the Leighton Buzzard branch shown above. | |||||||||||||||
| William Wilkes of Willenhall, Staffordshire (a 1523, Prothonotary) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Wilkes (a 1523) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Walshall (a 1523, dau/coheir of Robert Walsehall of Frolesworth) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Francis Wilkes of Willenhall (a 1533) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anny Kytley (dau of Eustace Kytley of Burnell's Broome) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Wilkes (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Wilkes of Willenhall (d 1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margerie Garbett (dau of Richard Garbett of Nether Penne, widow of John Persehouse of Sedgley) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Wilkes of Willenhall (b c1587, a 1663 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Brookes (dau of Nicholas Brookes of Hallaton) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Wilkes | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Wilkes possible intemediary generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rose | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Ephraim Wilkes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Izard Wiblin (dau of Moses Wiblin of Bampton-in-ye-Bush) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Wilkes or Wilks (b c1636, d c1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mercy (not Mary) Drakeford (dau of Richard Drakeford of Forbridge) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Wilkes or Wilks | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucrecia Astley (dau of Jonas Astley of Woodeaton) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Marcia (Mercy), Anne, Margerie | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Wilke of Coven, Staffordshire (a 1680) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Creswell Cartwright (dau of Thomas Cartwright of Coven, widow of _ Bummford of Brewood forge) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Mathew, Meriell, Grace, Susanna, Martha, Margerie | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Manasses Wilkes | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (first launched 11.08.15 as a section of a Temporary page): Visitation (Bedfordshire, 1634, 'Wilkies (of Leighton-Buzzard)), Lipscomb (Bucks, vol 2, 'Pedigree of Wilkes', p44)
(2) For lower section : Visitation (H. Sydney Grazebrook (1885), Staffordshire, 1614 (St. George) & 1663-4 (Dugdale), 'Wilkes of Willenhall'), Visitation (Armytage & Rylands (1912), Staffordshire, 1663-4 (Dugdale) & 1680-1700 (King), 'Wilks')
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