'Bethell1'
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Families covered: Bethell of Alne, Bethell of Ellerton, Bethell of Kirkby Overblows, Bethell of Maunsell, Bethell of Rise (Wrays), Bethel of Swindon (Yorkshire)
| FMG starts with Richard Bethel of Herefordshire but Commoners & BLG1886 identify Thomas's father as ... | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Bethell or Ap Ithill of Maunsel, Herefordshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Bethell of Maunsell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Rogers (dau of George Rogers) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Bethell (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Nicholas Bethell of Maidenhead, Berkshire (not Herefordshire) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, Bethell of Ellerton) & Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665, Bethell of Ellerton & Falhorp). | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Walter Bethell of Alne, Yorkshire (d 01.1623, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1602) Mary Slingsby (bpt 14.04.1582, dau of Sir Henry Slingsby of Scriven, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Hugh Bethell of Alne/Ellerton (d 01.1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1625) Frances Franklyn (dau of William Franklyn (Frankland) of Thirkelby) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Walter Bethell of Alne/Ellerton (b c1638, a 09.1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10.03.1650) Anne or Elizabeth Palmes (dau of Sir George Palmes of Naburne) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Mary (d unm, nun), daughter (nun) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Vavasour (dau of Peter Vavasour of Spaldington) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Hugh Bethell of Alne (b c1658?, d 16.02.1747-8) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Bethell (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.08.1674) Alice Akeroyd | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Lucy Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mottram of Bishop's Dike | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Ursula Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Palleser of Newby super Wiske | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Frances Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.02.1673-4) Henry Bellingham | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - Henry, Hugh (bpt 24.07.1643), Mary, Elizabeth (bpt 15.06.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Slingsby Bethell, Sheriff of London (a 1680, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Burrell of Huntingdonshire | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Walter Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Poynes (dau of Sir John Poynes (Poyntz) of Acton) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | William Bethell b c1615, d 16.11/20.03.1685, rector of Kirkby Overblows) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1647) Bridget Bourchier (d 12.09.1662, dau of Sir John Bourchier of Beningbrough Grange) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Bethell of Kirkby Overblows & Swindon (Yorkshire) (b 03.09.1647, bur 21.10.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Mary Cornwallis (dau of Bevercotes Cornwallis of Lincoln) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Brook (dau of Sir John Brook (Brookes) of York, Bart, m2. ?? Harrison of Copgrove) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Hugh Bethell of Swindon (b 04.09.1689, d 04.02.1747, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Draper (dau of William Draper of Beswick) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Slingsby Bethell, Lord Mayor of London (bpt 16.03.1695, d unm 01.11.1758, MP, 3rd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Coddrington | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Cox (Cocks) | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - Priscilla (b 1690, d unm), Bridget (b 1692) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anna Bethell (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? (Lord Mayor of Dublin?) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anthony Iveson (dsp 1707) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue (a 1665) - Bourchier, Walter, Slingsby, Nicholas, Hugh, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Nicholas Bethell (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| FMG suggests that Nicholas's wife was FRances, dau of Sir Anthony Dennis of Pluckney, but notes that Poulson reports her family name as Deering - which is what is shown by Dugdale. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Dering (dau of Sir Anthony Dering of Pluckley) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Frances Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir George Marwood of Busby (b 1600-1, d 19.02.1679) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Mary Bethell (bpt 20.11.1616) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.01.1636-7) Thomas Hesketh of Heslington | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Ann Hesketh (d 04.1717-8, coheir) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Yarburgh of Snaith Hall (b c10.1664, d 1728) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Matilda Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Goodwin (a divine) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | other issue - Henry of Falthrop/Falthorpe (b c1606, bur 27.02.1667, judge), Slingsby, Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue (dsp) - William of Monks Holme in Spaldingmore, John | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Sir Hugh Bethell of Ellerton, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1609) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, Bethell of Ellerton). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Joan Stevens (Jane Stephens) of Devon | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Ann Mallory (dau of Sir William Mallory of Studley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Griseld Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1607) Sir John Wray of Glentworth | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Jane Young (dau of Thomas Young, Archbishop of York, m2. Sir George Butler) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Roger Bethell of Rise or Wrays in Holderness, Yorkshire (bur 22.03.1625-6) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665, Bethell of Wrays). | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Hugh Bethell of Rise or Wrays (bpt 10.07.1589, bur 15.03.1658-9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.10.1611) Ellen Johnson (d 26.09.1648, dau of Thomas Johnson of Bishop's Burton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Hugh Bethell of Rise or Wrays, Sheriff of Yorkshire (b c1616, a 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.01.1640-1) Mary Michelburn (sister (daughter?)/coheir of Thomas Michelburn or Mitchelbourne of Carlton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Hugh Bethell of Rise (b c1652, dsps 1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret or Dorothy Dawney (dau of Sir John Dawney of Cowick) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue (d infant) - Hugh, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Ann Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hunter | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Bethel Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Christopher Bethell (d unm?) FMG suggests that he married .... | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hiliard (dau of William Hiliard of Ottringham) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | John Bethell of Skyrlow (Shirlaw), Yorkshire (bpt 28.05.1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hildyard (dau of Richard Hildyard of Ottringham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Hugh Bethell 'of Rise' (b c1649, d 02.02.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Skinner (dau of Edward Skinner of Thornton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mary Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Somerville of Edstone | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Dickenson (dau/coheir of William Dickenson or Dickinson of Walton Abbey) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Hugh Bethell of Rise, Sheriff of Yorkshire (b c1688, d 25.03.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Cope (dau of Sir John Cope (not Coke), Bart of Bramhill, by Alice Monnoux) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Hugh Bethell of Rise, Sheriff of Yorkshire (b 1727-8, d unm 08.05.1772, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Bethell of Rise, Sheriff of Yorkshire (dsp 25.07.1799) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charlotte Pennyman (dau of Ralph Pennyman, brother of Sir William) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - William (d young), Elizabeth, Arabella (d young), Sarah (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Robert Bethell (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Ellen Bethell (bpt 29.07.1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher (or Francis) Bacon of Ferriby | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Bethell of Everthorpe, Yorkshire had issue | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Andrew Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Bethell of Herefordshire (d after 25.11.1657) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Richard Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Bethell (b 1659) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Jay of Dearndale | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Bethell (b 1687, d 1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Bond of Hereford | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Rev. Richard Bethell | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Clitherow (dau of James Clitherow of Boston House) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Bethell of Rise & Walton Abbey (b 10.05.1772, dsp 25.12.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.04.1800) Mary Welbach (dau of William Welbach of London & Ravensworth Cowton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Christopher Bethell, Bishop of Gloucester then Exeter then Bangor (b 1762-3, d 19.04.1859) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | George Bethell (d 16.03.1857, 4th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Lightfoot (d c1853, dau of Thomas Lightfoot) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - James, Ann, Philippa, Frances (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol 1, 'Bethell of Rise', p451+), FMG (vol 3, MS386, 'Bethel', p916+), BLG1886 ('Bethell of Rise') with input/support as noted above
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