'Busfeild1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Busfeild (Busfield) of Leeds, Busfeild of Ryshworth Hall

                               
Thoresby spells the family name as 'Busfield'. We are following Commoners & BLG1952.
James Busfeilde of Leeds, Yorkshire (d 03.01.1613)
m. Helen (d 03.01.1613)
1. William Busfeild of Leeds
  m. (07.09.1611) Elizabeth Metcalfe (b 1592, sister of Alderman Thomas Metcalf of Leeds)
  A. William Busfeild of Ryshworth Hall (in Bingley, Yorkshire), Mayor of Leeds (bpt 08.05.1635, d 09.10.1675, 3rd son)
  m1. (sp) Dorothy Frank (sister of Robert Frank of Pontefract)
  m2. (12.01.1670) Ann Currer (dau of Hugh Currer of Kildwick, m2. Robert Ferrand of Harden Grange)
  i. William Busfeild of London & Ryshworth (b 1674, d 21.03.1729, of Gray's Inn)
m. (25.08.1696) Elizabeth Fothergill (d 24.04.1726, dau/coheir of Abraham Fothergill of Chancery Lane)
  a. William Busfeild of Ryshworth Hall (b 09.09.1698, d 31.10.1748)
  m. (29.05.1746) Mary Wilkinson (d 03.1796, m2. Edward Kenyon, Mayor of Leeds)
(1) Elizabeth Busfeild (b 02.01.1748, d 05.11.1798)
  m. (07.01.1765) Johnson Atkinson of Leeds, later Busfeild of Ryshworth & Myrtle Grove (b 1738-9, d 26.03.1817, m2. Susannah, widow of John Dearden of The Hollins), son of Rev. Christopher of Thorp Arch)
  (A) William Busfeild of Upwood, Yorkshire (b 12.02.1773, dsp 12.01.1849)
  m. (13.05.1800) Caroline Wood (d 08.04.1839, dau of Captain Charles Wood of Bowling Hall, sister of Sir Francis, Bart)
  (B) Johnson Atkinson Busfeild (b 03.07.1775, d 12.01.1849) had issue
  m1. (18.07.1798) Mary Susannah Priestly (d 19.08.1819, dau of Joseph Priestly of White Windows)
  m2. (21.08.1820, sp) Charlotte Irving (d 10.02.1886)
  (C) Currer Fothergill Busfeild of Cottingley Bridge, Yorkshire (b 23.01.1777, d 30.06.1832) had issue
m. (12.02.1805) Sarah Ferrand (d 30.05.1854, dau of John Ferrand of Stockton & Barnard Castle, sister of Edward of St. Ives in Bingley)
  Some of their decendants inherited the St. Ives estate and assumed the name Ferrand.
  (D) Jane Busfeild (d 24.03.1818)
  m. (27.10.1803) Charles Jones (Major)
  b. Thomas Busfeild of Ryshworth (b 27.07.1699, dsp 04.11.1772)
  m. (1744) Ann Watson
  c. Ann Busfeild (b 20.06.1697)
  m. (03.09.1723) Robert Stansfield of Bradford
  d. Mary Busfeild (b 09.06.1701)
  m. (24.05.1728) Richardson Ferrand of Harden
  e.+ other issue - Fothergill of Manchester (b 07.10.1704, dsp 1764), Charles in Lisbon (b 20.06.1708, d unm 13.07.1735)
ii. Elizabeth Busfeild (d infant)
  B. Elizabeth Busfeild (b 1613)
  m. (06.06.1631) John Loveland
  C. Jane Busfeild (bpt 07.09.1615)
  m. Sir William Lowther of Swillington
  D. Isabel Busfeild (b 01.1621, d 03.1710)
  m1. Richard Newby of Leeds
  i. Richard Newby (d 170*, Captain)
  ii. Isabel Newby
  m. William Rooke, Mayor of Leeds (d 01.11.1701)
  a. William Rooke of Leeds (a 1712)
  b. Benjamin Rooke in London (a 1712)
  m. Martha Burden of London
  (1)+ 2 daughters (d infant)
  m2. Thomas Pulleine of Leeds (d 09.1705)
  E.+ other issue - James (b 19.08.1612, dsp 24.01.1636), Thomas (b 27.06.1618, dsp)
2. Thomas Busfeild

Main source(s): Commoners (vol 4, 'Busfeild of Upwood', p701+), the section on the Busfeild family in BLG1952 ('Ferrand of Bilton Dene formerly of St. Ives'), 'Ducatus Leodiensis' (Ralph Thoresby, 1715, page before 89)
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