'Gresley02'
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Families covered: Gresley of Drakelow, Gresley of Lullington, Gresley of Netherseale
| Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow (Derbyshire), Sheriff of Staffordshire (b 1455, d 1503) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Ferrers (dau of Sir Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir William Gresley of Drakelow (d 10.03.1520-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (sp) Benedica Vernon (dau of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| p. Alice Tawke | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - Thomas, Edward, Humphrey (d 1549/50), Anthony (a 1540, had issue), Ursula | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Gresley (b 1481/2) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Sir George Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Staffordshire (b 1494, d 21.04.1548) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Mulsho (dau of John Mulsho or Malsho of Finden or Thingeon) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Staffordshire (b 12.05.1525, d 23.05.1573) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1548) Catherine Aston (d before 09.1585, dau of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall by Jane Bowles) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Staffordshire & Derbyshire (b 03.11.1552, bur 06.09.1610) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1573) Elizabeth Harvey (dau of James Harvey of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Katharine Walsingham (bpt 08.01.1559/60, bur 18.12.1585, dau of Sir Thomas Walsingham of Beadhay & Scadbury) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir George Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Derbyshire, 1st Bart (b 1579/80, d 02.1650/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.12.1600) Susan Ferrers (d before 23.11.1626, dau of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth by Anne Bradbourne) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Gresley of Lullington (dvp 19.12.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bridget Burdett (bur 25.11.1685, dau of Sir Thomas Burdett, 1st Bart, by Jane Francis) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Derbyshire, 2nd Bart (b 1628-9, d 05.06.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Morewood (bpt 16.03.1630/1, d 30.06.1711, dau/coheir of Gilbert Morewood of Netherscale by Frances Salmon) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Derbyshire, 3rd Bart (b 08.11.1661, d 17.10.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.09.1696) Barbara Walcot (b 31.01.1661/2, d before 28.04.1724, dau of John Walcot of Walcot (by Elizabeth Clarke), widow of William Oakley of Bishop's Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Derbyshire, 4th Bart (b 1698-9, bur 11.10.1746) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (05.04.1719) Dorothy Bowyer (d 31.07.1736, dau/coheir of Sir William Bowyer of Knipersley, Bart, by Anne Dale) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Derbyshire, 5th Bart (b 12.07.1722, d 23.12.1753) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1749) Wilmot Hood (d 12.06.1797, dau of Aldernon Hood of Leicester) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Wilmot Gresley (b 17.08.1750, d 04.12.1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.01.1776) Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, 7th Bart (d 26.03.1808) @1@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir Nigel Gresley of Knipersley (Staffordshire), Sheriff of Staffordshire, 6th Bart (b 11.01.1725/6, d 17.04.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.05.1752) Elizabeth Wynn (d 13.05.1793, dau of Rev. Ellis Wynn by Elizabeth Oldfield) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley of Drakelow, Sheriff of Derbyshire, 7th Bart (b 18.03.1753, d 26.03.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (26.01.1776) Wilmot Gresley (d 04.12.1790, dau of Sir Thomas Gresley, 5th Bart of Drakelow) @1@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Wilmot Maria Gresley (b 07.04.1778, d 17.12.1845) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.09.1802) Rev. Thomas Levett of Packington Hall (b c1770, dsp 09.10.1843, son of Thomas by Catherine, dau/coheir of Charles Floyer of Hints) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Emma Sophia Gresley (b 17.04.1785, d 13.09.1813) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.09.1808) Richard Edensor Heathcote of Longton Hall (d 03.05.1850) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Elizabeth Augusta Gresley (b 05.12.1787, d 04.10.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.06.1796) Maria Eliza Garway (b c1771, d 09.11.1840, dau/heir of Caleb Garway of Worcester) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Sir Roger Gresley, Sheriff of Derbyshire, 8th Bart (b 27.12.1799, d 12.10.1837) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.06.1821) Sophia Catherine Coventry (b 30.11.1801, d 29.03.1875, dau of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry, by Peggy Pitches) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Sophia Editha Gresley (b 04.10.1823, d 02.11.1823) | ||||||||||||||
| ((v)) | Louisa Georgina Maria Gresley (b 18.07.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.03.1822) Edward Woodyat of Kempsey (b c1798, a 1863, vicar of St. John's Over) | |||||||||||||||
| ((vi))+ | other issue - Nigel (b 15.03.1801, d bur 29.05.1816), Almeria Georgiana Eliza (b 09.04.1797, d 06.01.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Anne Gresley (b 11.05.1755, d 28.09.1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.01.1780) Sir John Edensor Heathcote of Longton Hall (d 25.10.1822) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Louisa Jane Gresley (b 05.10.1759, d 20.04.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.05.1798) William Gresley of Netherseale (b 1760, d 03.10.1829, Rev.) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Harriet Gresley (b 09.02.1761, d 25.05.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Jelly of Bath | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Mary Susannah Gresley (b 23.04.1762, d 01.11.1820) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.07.1791) Baptist Proby (b 1761, d 1829, vicar in Lichfield) | |||||||||||||||
| ((F))+ | other issue (d unm) - Dorothy (b 12.05.1754, d infant), Elizabeth (b 18.08.1756, d 10.04.1839), Frances (b 30.11.1757, d 30.09.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - William (b 11.01.1719/20, d 08.08.1724), son (b/d 16.04.1721), John (b 22.04.1727, bur 05.01.1732/3), Charles (b 26.5.1728, d 25.08.1729), William (b 17.08.1729, bur 160.5.1738), Dorothy (b 04.03.172/5, d 20.06.1729), Selina (b 17.08.1729, bur 16.05.1738), daughter (b 12.10.1733, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (11.06.1739) Gertrude Grammer (bur 05.01.1791, dau/coheir of John Grammer of Pledwick by Mary, dau of George Beaumont) | |||||||||||||||
| ((11)) | Geoffrey Gresley in Virginia (b 01.11.1741, d before 20.07.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| mMary Grant (a 04.1791, m2. Robert Gaines) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Gresley (b 10.10.1767, dsp 08.03.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Jane Grammer Gresley (b 04.04.1769, d 09.09.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.01.1795) Robert Willoughby of Kingsbury Cliff (b 21.02.1765, Lt. Colonel, m1. Cecile (dau of Pierre Gratian de Goudin of Sens), m3. Avarilla (dau of Edward Croxall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((12)) | Gertrude Gresley (b 27.04.1740, bur 17.12.1749) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Gresley (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Bridget Gresley (bpt 10.10.1697, d 23.06.1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.04.1716) Adam Ottley of Pichford (bpt 23.08.1682, bur 01.06.1752) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Gresley of Netherseale | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Lee (dau of John Lee of Ladyhole) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Lee Gresley (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Gresley of Netherseale | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Wilcockson (dau of John Wilcockson of Wirksworth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Gresley of Netherseale (d 18.04.1785) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Vincent (d 19.05.1769, dau of Rev. William Vincent) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Gresley of Netherseale (b 1760, d 03.10.1829, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (05.05.1798) Louisa Jane Gresley (d 26.04.1806, dau of Sir Nigel Gresley of Knypersley, 6th Bart) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir William Nigel Gresley, 9th Bart (b 25.03.1806, d 03.9.1847) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.03.1831) Georgina Anne Reid (d 11.02.1904, dau of George Reid) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Louisa Elizabeth Gresley (d 22.12.1861) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.07.1825) Spencer Madan (d 28.08.1851, canon of Gloucester) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (29.08.1811) Mary Thorp (d 19.07.1869, dau of Thomas Thorp of Overseale) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii))+ | other issue - John Morewood, Charles, Frances Mary, Harriet, Maria | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Richard Gresley of Stowe House (b 09.08.1766, d 27.03.1850) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.05.1800) Caroline Grote (d 01.10.1817, dau of Andrew Grote) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1820, sp) Mary Phillimore (dau of Rev. J. Phillimore) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C))+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas (rector of Hinton), Elizabeth, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Wilkes (widow of William Pycroft) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | James Gresley (Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.08.1743) Ann Farmer (b 1714, dsp 1766, dau of Richard Farmer of Witherley) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Elizabeth Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Gresley of Bristol | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Charles Gresley of Dunstall, Staffordshire (b 21.02.1669/70, d 29.06.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.10.1695) Anne Bott (b c1685, d 20.09.1729, dau of John Bott of Dunstall Hall by Elizabeth Wolferstan) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Elizabeth Gresley (bpt 15.09.1696, d before 07.12.1775) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.11.1725) Thomas Bott of Coventry (b 1681, d 1738) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Samuel Beardsley of Tamworth | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Frances Gresley (bpt 15.06.1698, d unm bur 02.02.1748/9) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Anne Gresley (bpt 18.02.1700/1, d 18.01.1739/40) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Mathew of Coventry (d before 23.08.1733) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Frances Gresley (b 13.04.1649, bur 29.04.1712) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Inge of Thorp Constantin (b c1648, d 10-11.1690) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Dorothy Gresley (b 14.07.1655, bur 09.04.1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.06.1681) Thomas Ward (d before 1713) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Mary Gresley (b 14.04.1657, d before 30.10.1707) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.05.1693) Daniel Watson of Burton-on-Trent (b c1657, d 13.07.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Grace Gresley (b 15.08.1658, d 29.10.1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.05.1683) Robert Roby of Castle Donnington (bpt 26.01.1659/60, d 10.11.1714, m2. Anne Kilburn) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Sarah Gresley (b 20.03.1672/3, d 15.06.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Paul Balladon of Stapenhill (d before 04.09.1729) | |||||||||||||||
| (ix)+ | other issue - Bridget (b 15.09.1651, bur 21.10.1652), Elizabeth (b 04.01.1652/3, d 10.08.1693), Anne (b 19.02.1662/3, d 1709), Katherine (b 19.05.1664, d 07.09.1694), Letitia (bur 17.02.1734/5), Isabel (d 16.08.1694) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | George Gresley of Lullington (dsp bur 14.10.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.05.1669) Jane Nelson (bur 23.01.1701/2, dau of Thomas Nelson of Northampton) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Frances Gresley (a 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.06.1666) John Whitehall of Pipe Ridware (b c1624, d 09.08.1684, m1. Frances, dau/heir of William Aston of Park Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Bridget Gresley (a 09.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.12.1657) Thomas Brome of Fisherwick (a 1685) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Katherine Gresley (bur 29.06.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.02.1664/5) Richard Dyott of Lichfield (b c1620, d 05.11.1677, brother of Matthew) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Gresley (bur 08.10.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.09.1672) Philip Trafford of Swithamley (bpt 23.04.1645, bur 16.05.1676) | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Mary Gresley (a 1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.02.1669/70) John Harpur (a 1685, rector of Morley, grandson of Sir John of Littleover, m1. Mary, dau of Paul Ballidon of Derby) | |||||||||||||||
| (H)+ | other issue - Henry George, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Dorothy Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Milward of Bradley Ash (b 1595-6, d 1632) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Edward Wilmot (b by 1607, d before 1655, minister of All Hallow's, Derby) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | other issue - Elizabeth (d unm bur 06.04.1607), child (bur 28.07.1610) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Gresley (b 1581, d 1623) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1611) Joan More (dau of Jasper More of Larden by Elizabeth, dau of Nicholas Smalley) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Katharine Gresley (d 1635) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Francis Dethick of Newhall | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Bartholomew Hales of Snitterfield (d 1619) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Edward Gibbs of Warwick (d c1633/4) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Katharine Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Harpur of Swarkston (d by 1636, m2. Elizabeth Gresley) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Dorothy Gresley (b 28.08.1584, a 04.1635) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Alexander Barlow of Barlow Moor (d 1642, m1. Elizabeth Parker) | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - Henry (b c1579, bur 16.09.1598), William (b 1583/4), Walsingham (b 1585, d 28.10.1633) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Mary Southwell (d 1622, natural dau of Sir Richard Southwell of Woodrising) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Simon Gresley of Appleton in Great Budworth, Cheshire (b 1560/1, d 1637) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Anne Wood (d 21.04.1591, dau of Thomas Wood of Growtey) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Dixwell (dau of Humphry Dixwell of Church Over, widow of Edward Broughton of Longdon) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Harpur of Swarkstone (m1. Katharine, dau of Sir Thomas Gresley) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Marian (Mary Anne) Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Leventhorp | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Lettice Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (after 04.01.1636/7) _ Crawley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 30.09.1647) _ Atkins | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - George (a 1637, d before 30.09.1647), William (d 1637), Katharine (d 1689), Mary (d before 30.09.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Hastings Gresley (b 1565/6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Francis (dau of William Francis of Ticknall, widow of William Francis of Foremark) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Grace Gresley (dsp before 1598) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Wolseley of Wolseley | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Jane Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (?) William Horton | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - Mary, Elizabeth (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Katharine Gresley (a 04.1572) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Winter of Worthington (a 04.1572) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1530) Katharine Sutton (d before 12.04.1574, dau of John Sutton, Lord Dudley) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Edward Gresley (bur 04.04.1594, of Gray's Inn) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Corbet | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Gresley (a 04.1572) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1557) Charles Somerset | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Thomas Gresley (d before 04.1572) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret (a 04.1572) | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - Anne (d before 19.05.1555), Eleanor (d before 27.01.1552) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Robert Gresley (d c1572) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | George Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | James Gresley (d 1536) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katharine | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Elizabeth Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir John de Montgomery (d 1513) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir John Giffard of Chillington (d 1566) | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Ellen Gresley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Nicholas Strelley | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Mary Gresley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Forster (of family of Evelik) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes vol 8, 1909, 'Pedigree of Gresley of Drakelow, co. Derby') with support as follows:
(1) To 1st baronet : 'Historical Collections of Staffordshire', or 'Collections for a History of Staffordshire', edited by The William Salt Archaeological Society, New Series volume 1, printed in 1898
(2) From 1st baronet : BP1934 (Gresley)
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