'Pye02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Pye of Clifton Camvile, Pye of Faringdon, Pye of Hone, Pye of the Mynde
[Much of this page was originally provided on Pye01 but was moved here to facilitate expansion.]

                               
Sir Walter Pye of the Mynde (bpt 01.10.1571, bur 09.01.1635)
m1. (22.07.1602) Joane Rudhall (bur 10.09.1625, dau of William Rudhall of Rudhall or Rudshall by Margaret Croft)
1. Sir Walter Pye of the Mynde (bpt 16.12.1610, d 01.12.1659)
  m1. (13.04.1628) Elizabeth Sanders (bur 20.04.1640, dau of John Sanders or Saunders of Denton by Anne, dau of Sir William Hawtrey)
  A. Walter Pye, 'Baron Kilpeck' (b c1631, dsp 24.03.1690)
  Walter was created a Baron by King James II after his abdication.
  B. Robert Pye of the Mynde
  m. Meliora Drax (bur 06.12.1699, dau of Sir James Drax of Barbadoes)
  i. Walter Pye (bpt 16.01.1679, bur 30.01.1679)
  ii. Elizabeth Pye (bpt 03.02.1667/8, bur 12.01.1708-9)
  m. Henry Gorges of Eye and The Mynde (b c1665, d 04.1718)
  C. Katherin Pye (a 03.1652/3)
  m2. (29.04.1646) Mary Tyrell (d 1699, dau of Sir Timothy Tyrell of Oakley, she m2. Thomas Carpenter)
2. John Pye (bpt 17.12.1620, d 25.02.1701, 4th son)
  m. Blanch Lingen (d 12.01.1708, dau of Edward Lingen of Stoke Edith)
  A. Edward Pye
  m. Ann Snell (dau of Nicholas Snell, widow of Benjamin Rozier of Maryland)
  i. Charles Pye, later of the Mynde (d before 1743)
  m. Mary Booth (a 1743, dau of Charles Booth of Breinton)
  a. Ann Pye (b c03.1752, d 05.04.1753)
  ii. Henry Pye (a 1716)
iii. Walter Pye of Maryland (dsp)
  m. _ Faunt (dau of John Faunt of Maryland)
  iv. Ann Pye
  m. (1714) Robert Needham of Upper Hillston, Monmouthshire
  B.+ other issue (a 1699) - Henry, Anne
3. Bridget Pye
  m. Richard Chamberlaine of Dymock
4. Joyce Pye
  m. Henry Calverley of Calverley & Burton
5. Mary Pye
  m. Thomas Tomkyns of Monington
6. Alice Pye (bur 28.10.1684)
  m. Sir Henry Lingen of Stoke Edith (b 23.10.1612, bur 22.01.1662)
7. Margaret Pye
  m. (16.03.1620) Fulk Walwyn of Hellens ('Hellins in Much Marcle')
8. Ann Pye
  m. Sir Henry Williams of Guernevet (Gwernyfed) (d c1652)
9. Frances Pye (b c1613, d 08.09.1701)
  m1. (20.08.1635) Henry Vaughan of Moccas (& Bredwardine)
  m2. Edward Cornewall, later of Moccas
10.+ other issue - James (bpt 1616, bur 1646), Robert (bpt 09.06.1617), Elizabeth (b 1625, dsp)
m2. Hester Ireland (d by 1643, dau of John Ireland, widow of Ellis Crispe of London)

 

 

Sir Robert Pye of Untons & Faringdon (bpt 24.03.1584, d 19.05.1662, auditor of the Exchequer)
m. Mary Croker (dau/coheir of John Croker of Battisford or Baltisford)
1. Sir Robert Pye of Faringdon (d 1701, MP)
  m. Ann Hampden (dau of John Hampden of Great Hampden)
  A. Edmund Pye of Faringdon
  m. Anne Crewe (dau of John Crewe, 1st Lord of Stene, widow of Sir Henry Wright, Bart)
  i. Henry Pye of Faringdon (b 23.08.1683, d 1748-9)
  m1. (1707) Jane Curzon (d c1708, dau of Sir Nathaniel Curszon, Bart)
  a. child (d infant)
  m2. Ann Bathurst (dau of Sir Benjamin Bathurst, sister of 1st Earl)
  b. Henry Pye of Faringdon (b 1709, d 1766)
  m. Mary James (dau of David James, rector of Woofton)
(1) Henry Pye of Faringdon (b 10.02.1744-5, d 11.08.1813, Poet Laureate)
  m1. (1766) Mary Hook (dau of Lt. Gen. William Hook)
  (A) Mary Pye
  m. _ Jones (d 1807, captain)
  (B) Matilda Pye
  m. Samuel James Arnold of Stanmore
  m2. (11.1801) ??
  (C) Henry John Pye of Faringdon (b 26.09.1802) had issue
  m. (25.05.1825) Mary Anne Walker (dau of William Walker of Everley Lodge)
  (D) Jane Anne Pye
  m. Francis Willington
  (2) Robert Hampden Pye
  m. (1766) Joel Henrietta _ (Mrs. Campbell)
  (A) Allen Hampden Pye (Major General)
m. Mary Gordon (sister of General Sir Willoughby Gordon, cousin)
  (3)+ other issue (d unm) - Walter, Anne
  c. Sir Thomas Pye (b c1708/9 (or c1713), d 26.12.1785, Admiral, MP)
  Commoners suggests that Thomas dsp, and HoP ("Thomas Pye") notes that his (unnamed) wife dsp, but Wikipedia ("Thomas Paye"), which confirms that this was the Admiral Pye who probably had illegitimate children by Anna Maria Evans, reports that he had a child Mary by an unnamed wife.
  m. ?? (d 1762 or 15.03.1764)
  (1) Mary Pye reported to have married ...
  m. Thomas Pye Bennett (son of Anna Maria Evans)
  p. Anna Maria Evans ## see here ##
  d. Robert Pye (b c1719, d 21.05.1788, prebendary of Rochester)
  m. Anne Alston (dau of Sir Rowland Alston, Bart)
(1) Anne Pye (dsp)
  m. _ Fitzherbert
  e. Charles Pye of Wadley, Sheriff of Berkshire (b 21.02.1720)
  m. (1760) Ann Mainwaring (dau of Rev. Henry Mainwaring)
  (1) Charles Pye, later Douglas-Pye of Rosehall, Lanarkshire (dsp, General)
  m1. Mary Colt (dau of Oliver Colt of Auldhame)
  m2. Katherine Douglas (of the Mains family)
  (2) Finetta Pye
  m. Hon. Baron Robert Dimsdale of Hertford
  (3) Isabella Pye
m. (1795) Rev. George William Blathwayt
  (4) Anne Pye
  m. (03.08.1793) Rev. John Phillipps of Lower Eaton (b 25.08.1747, d 20.11.1812)
  (5)+ other issue (d unm) - Sarah Frances, Selina, Tryphena
  f. Anthony Pye
  m. Anne Blackstone (dau of John Blackstone)
  ()+ issue - Henry, Charlotte
  g. Benjamin Pye (b c1726, d 1808, archdeacon of Durham)
  m. Elizabeth Sleigh (dau of William Sleigh of Stockton, relict of Ralph Whitby of Aston Hall)
  (1) Bathurst Pye
(2) Elizabeth Pye
  m. W. Watson ## see here ##
  h. William Pye
  m. Elizabeth Saunders (dau of Governor _ Saunders)
  (1) Elizabeth Pye
  m. Dr. _ Walker
  i. Frances Pye
  m. (1735) Thomas Mainwaring of Whitmore (b 27.12.1711, d 1776)
j. Henrietta Pye
  m. Rev. John Baker
  (1) Henrietta Baker
  m. Roger Drake, Governor
  (2) Sarah Baker
  k. Anne Pye
  m1. (1734) Lionel Rich
  m2. James Molloy 'of Dublin'
  (1) Frances Baker (d 27.04.1766) apparently of this generation
m. (18.05.1766) William Mitford of Newtown Park and Exbury (b 10.02.1744, d 08.02.1827)
  l. Elizabeth Pye
  m. Sir Willoughby Aston, 5th Bart of Aston (d 24.08.1772, Colonel)
  m. Finetta Pye
  m1. George Cruickshank
m2. _ Moubray
  n. Arabella Pye
  m. (William) Southwell 'of Frampton'
  (1) Harriet Anne Southwell (b c1760, d 10.12.1839, heir) probably of this generation
  m. (27.06.1782) Sir Cecil Bishopp or Bisshopp, 8th Bart of Parham, 12th Lord Zouche of Haryngworth (b 29.12.1753, d 11.11.1828)
  m3. (sp) Isabella Warren
  ii. John Pye
a.+ 2 daughters
  iii. Isabella Pye
  m. _ Nash of Wallerton
  iv. Jemima Pye (bur 22.08.1721)
  m. (1708) Edward Mainwaring of Whitmore (b 13.08.1681, d 1738)
  v. Elizabeth Pye
m. _ Chace
  B Richard Pye (b c1663, d before 1702) possibly of this generation, 2nd Richard?
  m. (c02.1687/8) Barbara Alington (b c1672, dau of Hugh Alington of Stenigot)
  C.+ other issue - Hampden (dvp 1647), Richard (d young), Leticia
2. Sir John Pye, Sheriff of Derbyshire, 1st Bart of Hone (b c1626, d c1697)
  m. (27.02.1648/9) Rebecca Raynton (b c1632, d 09.1707, dau of Nicholas Raynton of Enfield (nephew of Sir Nicholas Raynton, Lord Mayor of London) by Rebecca, dau of John Mouslon of Nantwich)
  A. Sir Charles Pye of Hone & Clifton Camvile, 2nd Bart (b c1661, d 12.02.1720/1)
  m1. (28.04.1680, sps) Philippa Hobart (b c1660,a 04.1683, dau of Sir John Hobart, Bart of Blickling, by Mary Hampden)
  m2. (c02.1684/5) Anne Stevens (b c1662, d 12.07.1722, dau of Richard Stevens of Eastington by Anne, dau of Sir Hugh Cholmley, 1st Bart of Whitby)
  i. Sir Richard Pye of Hone & Clifton Camvile, 3rd Bart (b c1690, d unm 22.11.1724)
  ii. Sir Robert Pye of Hone & Clifton Camvile, 4th Bart (b c1696, d unm 23.05.1734)
iii.+ other issue (d unm) - Rebecca (d 1748), Philippa (d 1769), Mary (d unm 1774)
  B. Elizabeth Pye (d 1723)
  m. Thomas Severne of Wallop Hall
  C. Anne Pye
  m. Charles Watkins of Aynho
i. Richard Watkins (rector of Clifton)
  The following comes from Commoners with support & input from VCH (Worcestershire, vol 4. Parishes: Bayton).
  m. Anne Meysey (sister/heir of John Meysey of Shakenhurst)
  a. Charles Watkins, later Meysey of Shakenhurst (d 1774)
  m. Anna Maria Meysey (dau of Rev. Thomas Meysey, cousin)
  (1) Anna Maria Meysey (d 1836)
  m. (1795) Edmund Wigley (d before 1825)
  Shakenhurst passed into the Wigley family.
  b. Richard Watkins (rector of Rock)
  (1) Charles Watkins
  c. John Watkins
3. Ann Pye
  m. Edward Philipps (b 1613, d 1679, son/heir of Sir Robert)
4. Mary Pye probably the Mary who married ...
  m. George Speke of Whitelackington (a 1686)
5. Dorothy Pye probably the Dorothy who married ...
  m. Sir Edward Poole of Poole (b 1616-7, d by 02.1673-4)
6.+ other issue - Thomas, Elizabeth

Main source(s):
(1) For Pye of The Mynde : Robinson (Hereford, 'Pye of the Mynde'), Commoners (vol 1, 'Pye of Faringdon', p350+)
(2) For Pye of Faringdon & Hone : Commoners (vol 1, 'Pye of Faringdon', p351+), BLG1886 ('Pye of Clifton Hall'), BEB1841 ('Pye of Hone')
Back to top of page