'Watson01'
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Families covered: Watson of Malton, Watson of Rockingham
| Edward Watson of Lydington (a 1460) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edward Watson (d 1530) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Emma Smith (dau of Anthony Smith) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edward Watson of Rockingham Castle | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Montague (dau of Sir Edward Montague, Lord Chief Justice) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Edward Watson of Rockingham Castle, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (d 1616) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Digby (dau of Kenelm Digby of Stoke Dry) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Lewis Watson, 1st Lord of Rockingham, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (bpt 14.07.1584, d 05.01.1652/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1609) Catherine Bertie (dsps 15.02.1610/1, dau of Peregrine Bertie, 11th Lord Willoughby de Eresby) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | son (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1622 / 03.10.1620) Eleanor Manners (d 23.10.1679, dau of Sir George Manners of Haddon) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | son (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Edward Watson, 2nd Lord Rockingham (b 30.06.1630, d 1691 / 22.06.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.11.1654) Anne Wentworth (b 08.10.1629, d 02.01.1695/6, dau of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Lewis Watson, 3rd Lord, 1st Earl of Rockingham (b 29.12.1655, d 19.03.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1677) Catherine Sondes (d 21.03.1695/6, dau of Sir George Sondes of Lees Court, Earl of Feversham) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes (b c1687, dvp 21.03.1721-2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.03.1709) Catherine Tufton (b 24.04.1693, d 13.02.1733/4, dau of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Lewis Watson, 2nd Earl of Rockingham, 4th Lord (b c1714, dsp 04.12.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.04.1736) Anne Furnese (d 17.12.1766, dau of Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Bart of Waldershare) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham, 5th Lord (b 30.12.1715, d unm 26.02.1745/6) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Edward Watson (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Catherine Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.08.1729) Edward Southwell of King's Weston | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Watson (d 1735) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Wray Saunderson of Glentworth (dsp before 05.1714) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Anne Watson (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (v) | Arabella Watson | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 identifies Arabella's husband as Henry Furnese, younger of Waldershare, but he was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Bart of Waldershare (d 07.03.1733) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Margaret Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1725) Sir John Monson, Bart of Burton, 1st Lord Monson (d 1748) | |||||||||||||||
| Their younger son assumed the name Watson and became 1st Lord Sondes. | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Thomas Watson-Wentworth of Malton (b 17.06.1665, d 06.10.1723, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1689) Alice Proby (b 1673, dau of Sir Thomas Proby, Bart of Elton Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Watson-Wentworth, Earl of Malton, 6th Lord, 1st Marquess of Rockingham (b 13.06.1693, d 14.12.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.09.1716) Mary Finch (d 30.05.1761, dau of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | 3 sons (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | William Watson-Wentworth, Viscount Higham (bpt 02.09.1728, dvp unm 16.08.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| (e) | Charles Watson-Wentworth, Earl Malton, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (b 13.05.1730, dsp 01.07.1782, Prime Minister)§E |
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| m. (26.02.1752) Mary Bright (d 19.12.1804, dau of Thomas Liddell, later Bright of Badsworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Anne Watson-Wentworth (d 29.08.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.06.1744) William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam (b 15.01.1719, d 10.08.1756) | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Mary Watson-Wentworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1764) John Millbanke (of Halnaby Hall family) | |||||||||||||||
| (h) | Henrietta Alicia Watson-Wentworth | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.1764) William Sturgeon | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Eleanor Watson (b 26.02.1658/9, d 23.07.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Leigh, 2nd Lord of Stoneleigh (bpt 17.06.1652, d 12.11.1710) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Arabella Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Oxenden, Bart of Dene (dsp 1708) | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - Edward (d unm), George, Anne (d unm), Margaret (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Grace Watson (dsp bur 30.03.1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Barkham, Bart of Southouse | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Frances Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Dingley of Charlton | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Eleanor Watson (d 1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Charles Dymoke of Scrivelsby (d c1688) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Watson (d 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Watson (bur 03.07.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Charles Norwich of Brampton (d 04.05.1605) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir William ap Rice or Aprice | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Emma Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Grant | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mary Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Anthony Mayney of Linton | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Elizabeth Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir John Needham of Litchborough | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Sir Edward Tyrell, 1st Bart of Thornton (d 06.1656) | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Catharine Watson (d 01.10.1631) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.05.1590) Thomas Palmer of Carlton (d 25.10.1627) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Temperance Watson probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Dolman of Badsworth (b c1582, d c1639) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Catherine Watson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Arthur Broke of Great Oakley | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Watson probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Furtho of Furtho | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Mary Watson possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Dudley of Clopton (d before 1588) | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | 14 other children | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BE1883 (Watson of Rockingham and Malton), TCP (Rockingham)
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