'Leigh13'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Leigh of Middleton
| John Leigh | |||||||||||||||
| John is described by Foster as "a 2nd son out of ye House of Baguley in Cheshire, which Leigh of Baguley, was a younger brother out of ye House of Isell, in Cumberland." | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Gilbert Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Vernon (dau/heir of Robert Vernon of Little Warforth) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Gilbert Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Merworth (dau/coheir of Sir John Merworth of Midleton by dau/heir of Sir Symon Crepinge of Midleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Gilbert Leigh of Middleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Alice) Calverley (dau of Sir William (sb Walter?) Calverley of Calverley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Roger Leigh (7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Nevill (dau/heir of John Nevill of Cudworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Leigh (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Fenton (dau/coheir of William Fenton of Kilnwick Percy) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Gilbert Leigh of Middleton (d 15.04.1565) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Woodruffe (dau of Thomas Woodruffe, son/heir of Sir Richard) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Leigh of Middleton (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Mauleverer (dau of Robert Mauleverer of Wothersom) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Leigh of Middleton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (div) Isabel Copley of Batley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Stanley of Lancashire | |||||||||||||||
| Foster ends showing that Thomas & Elizabeth had a son, Ferdinando, and an unnamed daughter. We have seen Elizabeth Stanley identified in a web site as a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Derby but that looks very likely, not least because BHO (Cecil Papers, May 1605) reports that Elizabeth m2. (by 1605) Richard Houghton without making any reference to such a connection, though it is quite possible that she was a relative of that Earl. | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir Ferdinando Leigh of Middleton, Deputy-Governor of the Isle of Man (d 19.01.1654/5) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by FMG (Continuation ('Hunter's Pedigrees', 1936), 'Clough of Grey's Inn', p43). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Margery Cartwright (dsp, dau of William Cartwright of Middleton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1609) Mary Pilkington (dsp, dau of Thomas Pilkington of Stanley & Nether Bradley) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Elizabeth Tyrwhitt (d 1625, dau of Robert Tyrwhitt of Scotter) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Anne Clough (dau of Edmund Clough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Leigh of Middleton (d 03.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Eure (dau of Ralph Eure of Washington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Francis Leigh (d 23.11.1713) | ||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Dorothy Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Vavasour of Spaldington (d 1679) | |||||||||||||||
| ((d)) | Frances Leigh (bpt 04.11.1628) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Samuel Pulleyne | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Orme | |||||||||||||||
| ((e)) | Elizabeth Leigh (bur 09.09.1658) probably of this generation, presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Francis Burdett of Burthwaite or Birthwayt (d 1644) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir John Kaye, 1st Bart of Woodsome (d 25.07.1662) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Gilbert Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Wyrlay of Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| ((i))+ | issue - Thomas, Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Skelton of Osmondthorpe | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Frances Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Cowper of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Elizabeth Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger Rayney of Smethley | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Margaret Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Parker of Rothwellhay | |||||||||||||||
| ((6))+ | other issue - William (dsp), Gilbert (dsp), Gilbert (dsp), William (dsp), Francis, Susan, Anne, Dorothy (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Richard, Elizabeth (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Margaret Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Danby of Leake | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Ann Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Lacy of Methley or Medley | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mawson of Churwell | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Alice Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Norman of Gateforth | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue (dsp) - Gilbert, Thomas, Sir John, Katherine | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | (Margaret) Leigh | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Gargrave of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gilbert Scott of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Topcliff (judge in Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Holland of Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Haugh or Hague of Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | 6 sons (dsp) + 3 daughters (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, 'Legh'), Visitation (Foster, 1584/5+1612, 'Leigh of Middleton') with input as reported above
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