'Button2'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Button of Alton, Button of Buckland
| See the note at the top of Button1 for an explanation of why and how the pages Button1 & Button2 were reworked on 20.09.26. What used to be on this page has been absorbed by Button1. The following used to be the upper section of Button1. | |||||||||||||||
| John Button, alias Graunt, of Alton, Wiltshire (d before 10.10.1491) the first mentioned by Visitation (Wiltshire) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Button of Alton (d before 30.04.1524) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edith Tutt | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Button of Alton (d before 23.11.1547) the first mentioned by BEB1841 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Cater (d 12.06.1528, dau of John Cater of Letcombe Regis) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Button of Alton (b c1526, d 01.02.1590/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Kelway (dau of Sir William Kelway of Rockborne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Ambrose Button of Alton (b c1572, dsp before 03.12.1613) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Button of Alton (d before 26.04.1600) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Lamb (dau of John Lamb of Wiltshire, she m2. Sir Ralph Coningsby of North Mimms) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir William Button, Sheriff of Wiltshire, 1st Bart of Alton (b c1584, d 16.01.1654/5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ruth Dunche (dau of Walter Dunche of Avebury by Deborah, dau of James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir William Button, 2nd Bart of Alton (b c1614, dsp 08.03.1659-60) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 suggests that William dvp but TCB identifies him as the 2nd Bart. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04.1640) Anne Rolle (d 04.02.1665, dau of Sir Henry Rolle of Steventon by Anne, dau of Thomas Dennis) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Thomas Button (b c1617, dvp unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sir Robert Button, Sheriff of Wiltshire, 3rd Bart of Alton (b c1622, d c1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Compton (dau of William Compton of Hartbury by Eleanor, dau of Sir John Meux) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Sir John Button, 4th Bart of Alton (dsp 1712) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Norton of Huntingdon | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Bennet (dau of Thomas Bennet of Salthorp) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Mary Button | ||||||||||||||
| m. Clement Walker of Charterhouse Leadon | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Jane Button | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Steward of Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Ruth Button | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Lambert (son of Sir Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Jane Button | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Coningsby (brother of Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Martha Button | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Coningsby of North Mims (of the Folde) (son of Sir Ralph) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Martyn (a 1649), John (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | John Button of Buckland (d before 28.07.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Drake (dau of Sir Bernard Drake of Ash) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Button of Buckland (d 07.03.1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor South (dau of Thomas South of South Badesley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Button of Buckland (bur 12.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary or Sarah Jesson (dau of William Jesson, Mayor of Coventry) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Button (b 30.07.1655, dvpsp bur 22.09.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Whithed | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Button (b 15.01.1651, d 09.11.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.01.1666) John Burrard (MP for Lymington) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary or Sarah Button (b 15.03.1653, d 27.10.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Hopkyns of Coventry (d 1682) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Anne Button (b 28.10.1656, d 1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.030.1676) Paul Burrard of Walhampton (MP for Lymington) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Cicelia Button (b 27.02.1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Knapton | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - William, Robert, Cicelia | ||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Eleanor (Elianor) Button (b 06..03.1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Dore | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Dore (bpt 07.12.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lesley | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Thomas (b 20.06.1701), 2 others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Francis, Henry | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Cicely Button | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Meux of Kingston, Isle of Wight | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Dorothy Button | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Drake of Ashe (d 1628) | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - Henry of Buckland, Francis of Willcott (dsp before 13.10.1610) | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Praxed, Joan | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Margaret Button | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Eyre of Woodhampton | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): CountyGen (Hampshire, Berry, p34), BEB1841 ('Button of Alton'), Visitation (Wiltshire, 1623, 'Button') with a little input/support from TCB (vol 1, 'Button of Alton', p193)
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