'Spencer04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Spencer of Attercliffe Hall, Spencer of Bramley Grange, Spencer of Hooton Levett, Spencer of Maltby
Commoners reports that the following family is thought to have "descended of a younger branch of the family of Spencer, of Badley, in the county of Northampton". | |||||||||||||||
Thomas Spencer (from Northamptonshire to Sheffield) | |||||||||||||||
m. _ Hatfield (dau of _ Hatfield of Hatfield House in Ecclesfield) | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Spencer of Bramley Grange, Yorkshire (bur 06.06.1624?) | ||||||||||||||
m. (04.08.1583) Anne Staniforth of Tanslow or Tinsley | |||||||||||||||
A. | William Spencer of Attercliffe Hall (bpt25.06. 1584, d 19.04.1649) | ||||||||||||||
The following is partly supported by Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665, Spenser of Attercliffe). | |||||||||||||||
m. Alice Mitchell (bur 10.10.1646, dau of James Mitchell of Morthen or Morthing) | |||||||||||||||
i. | William Spencer of Bramley Grange & Attercliffe Hall (b 1612, d 1686, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (1634) Elizabeth Gell (dau of Leonard Gell of Norton by Elizabeth, sister of Robert Saunderson, Bishop of Lincoln) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Elizabeth Spencer (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Sarah Westby (bur 1668, dau of George Westby of Ravenfield Hall) | |||||||||||||||
b. | William Spencer of Bramley Grange & Attercliffe Hall (b 1640, a 1665) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Hatfield (dau of John Hatfield) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Thomas Spencer of Attercliffe Hall & Bramley Grange (b 1670, d 1703) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Fairfax (d 1708, dau of Willliam Fairfax of Steeton son of Sir William) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | William Spencer of Attercliffe Hall & Bramley Grange (d 1737) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1726) Margaret Eyre (d 1745, dau/heir of Henry Eyre of Bramley Hall by Sarah, dau/coheir of John Bolle of Thorpe Hall) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | William Spencer of Bramley Grange (b 1731, d 1790) | ||||||||||||||
m. Frances Milner (bur 1815, dau of William Milner of Burton Grange, sister/heir of Gamaliel of Burton Grange) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | William Spencer of Bramley Grange (b 1754, d 1829, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
m. Charlotte Swann (dau of John Swann) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | William Pakeman Spencer of Bramley Grange & Starston Rectory (Norfolk) (b 11.02.1800, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
((2)) | Alicia Spencer (b 31.07.1801, d 13.07.1886) | ||||||||||||||
m. (05.09.1828) Rev. A. Ollivant (of Trinity College, Cambridge) | |||||||||||||||
((3))+ | other issue - John Henry (d young), Milner (d young), Charles (d young), Edward Cerjat (b 1807, d 12.06.1834, Captain), Frances (d unm), Charlotte (d unm), Mary (d unm), Eliza (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
(b)+ | other issue (d unm) - Henry (d 1794, Captain), Frances, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | Margaret Spencer | ||||||||||||||
m. Edward Elwick of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
(iii) | Sarah Spencer | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Foljambe of Aldwark (dsp 1758) | |||||||||||||||
(iv)+ | other issue - Henry Eyre (b 1727, dsp), Thomas Charles (dsp), Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
c. | Sarah Spencer | ||||||||||||||
m. John Wordsworth of Swaithe Hall | |||||||||||||||
d. | Faith Spencer | ||||||||||||||
m. (1656) Samuel Child of the Holmes, Leeds | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Sarah Child | ||||||||||||||
m. (1685) Samuel Bagshawe of Ford (d 1706) | |||||||||||||||
e.+ | other issue - John (a 1665), Samuel (a 1665), Joseph, Thomas, Mary | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Michael Spencer of London | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Taylor (dau of Richard Taylor of Chesterfield) | |||||||||||||||
iii. | John Spencer of Attercliffe | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Taylor (dau of Richard Taylor) | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Margaret Spencer (bur 18.05.1639) | ||||||||||||||
m. (17.05.1630) Ralph Fretwell of Hellaby (Freschevill of Hellevy) | |||||||||||||||
v. | Mary Spencer (d 30.04.1682) | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.02.1654-5) Andrew Morewood of The Hallows, Dronfield | |||||||||||||||
vi. | Anne Spencer duplication below @@ shown here by Commoners (m1 only) & Dugdale | ||||||||||||||
m1. John Bright of Carebrook called James of Sheffield by Dugdale | |||||||||||||||
m2. John Dawson of Mosterton | |||||||||||||||
B. | George Spencer or Newhall Grange & Tickhill | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Brownell | |||||||||||||||
C. | Thomas Spencer of Hooton Levett or Lever (d before 10.07.1666) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret (d before 28.02.1676) | |||||||||||||||
i. | William Spencer (eldest son?) | ||||||||||||||
a. | John Spencer of Hooton Levet (b 1642) | ||||||||||||||
(1) | John Spencer of Hooton Levet | ||||||||||||||
m. (06.10.1698) Elizabeth Fritwell | |||||||||||||||
(A)+ | issue - John (d 09.10.173), William (b 1705), John (b 1708), Elizabeth (b 1700) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Thomas Spencer of Maltby (b 1622, d before 1650) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
a. | William Spencer of Maltby (b 1643, d 1680) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1668) Margaret Snydal of Rotherham (d before 17.01.1683) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | John Spencer of Maltby (b 1670) | ||||||||||||||
b. | Margaret Spencer (b 1645) | ||||||||||||||
iii. | Ralph Spencer (b 1663) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Wilson (dau of John Wilson of South Normanton) | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Eleanor Spencer (b 1620) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1653) William Fisher | |||||||||||||||
v.+ | other issue - John, Elizabeth (b 1625, d infant), Dorothy (b 1626), Mary (b 1629) | ||||||||||||||
D. | Margaret Spencer | ||||||||||||||
m. (04.1634) Anthony Taylor of Laughtoin | |||||||||||||||
E. | Ann Spencer duplication above @@ shown here by Walker | ||||||||||||||
m1. (27.08.1628) James Bright (son of William of Carbrook) | |||||||||||||||
m2. John Dawson of Misterton | |||||||||||||||
2. | Thomas Spencer (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol 2, Spencer of Bramley Grange), Walker's Yorkshire Pedigrees (1942, Spencer of Hooton Lever and Maltby)
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