'Wren1'
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Families covered: Wrenne of Billyhall (Sherburne House), Wrenne of Binchester, Wren of Hanslope, Wren of Littur, Wrenne of the Isle of Ely, Wren of Wroxall
[This page was originally launched on 13.07.11 as a Draft page and was updated on 09.07.13. It was moved here after further review led to further expansion.]
| (1) Wikipedia ("Matthew Wren") suggests that this family "came originally from Denmark". (2) We have not tried to show all of the data that can be found in the WFHB web site that is used as the main source of this page. Indeed, it is possible that some entries below are different to what is found in that site. If you have a particular interest in this family then we recommend that you go to that impressive site. |
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| William (?) Wrenne (son of John?) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Wrenne of Sherburne House, co. Durham (d 19.02.1538/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary or Margaret Tippin | |||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Vistiation (Durham, 1575+1615+1666, 'Wrenn of Binchester'). | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Wrenne of Sherburne House (aka Billyhall) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Simpson (dau/coheir of Robert Simpson of Henknoll) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Anthony Wrenne of Billyhall (a 1575) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wandesford (dau of Christopher Wandesford of Kirklington) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Charles Wrenne of Binchester, co. Durham (b c1564, d c1618) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gertrude Thornhaugh (dau of John Thornhaugh of Fenton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Lynley Wrenne of Binchester (b c1600, d 18.07.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Peregrina Fetherstonhaugh (dau of Raphe Fatherstonhaugh of Stanhope) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue (a 1666) - Charles (b c1652), Joseph (b c1655), Jane (b c1651), Barbara (b c1654), Margaret (b c1662) | ||||||||||||||
| It appears that Lynley also married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Barbara Blakiston (dau of Sir William Blakiston of Gibside) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henry Wrenne of Bishop Auckland, co. Durham (5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Pemberton (dau of Michael Pemberton of 'Llanden') | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Wrenne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Blakeston (son/heir of Sir William of Gibside) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue (d unm) - Charles, John, Jeremy, William, Gertrude | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Francis Wrenne of Henknolle | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Wrenne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Claxton of Nettlesworth | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Jane Wrenne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Franklin of Oldwarke | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Wrenne possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Crosyer of Newbiggin (b c02.1535, d 09.01.1580-1) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Cuthbert Wrenne | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from various web sites, in particular WFHB, supplemented by information from Wikipedia ("Matthew Wren") and cross-references from elsewhere in the database. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Jenkinson (dau of William Jenkinson) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Francis Wren of London (b 18.01.1551/2, d c10.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan Wigginton (dau of William Wigginton or Wiffinson) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Matthew Wren, Bishop of Hereford then Norwich then Ely (b 03.12.1585, d 24.04.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| WFHB suggests that Matthew was married to Elizabeth Broenrigg (Brownrigg?) but Wikipedia ("Matthew Wren") & 'The Genealogist' (vol 3 (George Marshall, 1879), 'Wren', p314) reports that he married Elizabeth Cutler. Wikipedia reports that they had 12 children (6 died very young, 11 named as below) whilst 'The Genealogist names 8 (Wikipedia's 11 excluding Francis, Alice & Elizabeth). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cutler (dau of Thomas Cutler of Ipswich) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charles Wren 'of the Isle of Ely' (d 1681, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.01.1663) Dorothy Easton (Eston?) of Norfolk | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Anne Wren (d 16.10.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (probably by 1692) George Monson (b 27.02.1657-8, d 16.10.1726) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anne Wren (b 04.09.1630, d 1707) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Ball of London (d 1686) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Susan Wren (b 25.01.1633, d before 16813) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Wright of Wangford (b c1634, d 1689, Chief Justice) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Wren | ||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia shows Mary as the wife of Edward Watts but 'The Genealogist' suggests that Mary was living unm 1684 (not d young) and that it was Frances who married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Watts of Tewin, Hertfordshire (d 1688, son of Sir John of Tewin) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Anna Maria Watts (d 1744) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Frances Watts | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Ball of Hampton Court (d 05.01.1732, m2. Alice Wright) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Dorothy Watts (d 1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. m. Thomas Dunster | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Matthew (b 20.08.1629, d 14.06.1672, writer), Francis (d infant?), Thomas (b 1632, d 1679, Archdeacon of Ely), Sir William of Wilberton (Isle of Ely, b 19.03.1638, d 1689), others (d infant? - Frances, Alice, Elizabeth, another) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Christopher Wren, Dean of Windsor (b 17.09.1589, d 29.05.1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Cox (dau of Robert Cox) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Christopher Wren (b/d 22.11.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Christopher Wren (b 20.10.1632, d 25.02.1723, architect) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.12.1669) Faith Coghill (b c1636, d 03.09.1675, dau of Sir John (sb Thomas?) Coghill of Bletchingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Gilbert Wren (b 10.1672, d 07.03.1673/4) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Christopher Wren of Wroxall, Warwickshire (b 16.02.1674/5, d 24.08.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c05.1706) Mary Musard (d 12.03.1713, dau of Philip Musard) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Christopher Wren of Wroxall (b 05.01.1710/1, d 25.07.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.03.1736/7) Mary Bartlett (bur 19.03.1773, dau of Phillip Bartlett) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Christopher Wren of Wroxall (b 25.10.1745, d 16.12.1797) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Roberts (d 12.08.1779, dau of David Roberts) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Christopher Roberts Wren of Wroxall (b 13.09.1775, d before 15.08.1828) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.03.1797) Amelia Best (d 10.11.1797) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1800) Anne Owen (d 01.1804, dau of Henry Owen) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (c1812) Maria Joanna Lushington-Edwards (d 19.03.1814, dau of Edward Lushington-Edwards) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. (03.1815) Anne Biggs (d 04.12.1852) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - Christopher (b/d 1773), Martha | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Wren of Wroxall (b 04.03.1736/7, d 22.01.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hay (dau of Lord Hay) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Christopher Wren (b 08.08.1761, d 01.05.1842) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.11.1782) Ann Bentley (d 17.07.1799) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Henrietta Wren (b 1739, d 1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Clement Newman | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Sarah Wren (b 1751, d 1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James West | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue - Matthew (b 1748, d 1302.1770), Philip (b 27.07.1755, d 04.1829, rector of Ipsley), Constantia Maria (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.03.1714/4) Constance Middleton (b 28.12.1682, d 23.04.1734, dau of Sir Thomas Middleton, widow of Sir Roger Burgoyne) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Stephen Wren (b 14.05.1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1677) Jane Fitzwilliam (d 09/10.1679/80, dau of William Fitzwilliam by Jane Perry) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - William (b 17.06.1679, d 15.03.1737/8), Jane (b 11.1677, d unm 29.12.1703) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Katherine Wren | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Fishbourne of New Windsor | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | daughter probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Henry Brunsell | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anna Wren | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Wrenne of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||
| The next generation is supported by Visitation (Cambridgeshire, 1575+1619, 'Wrenn'). | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Wrenne or Wren of Hynton in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Payton (dau of Sir Robert Payton (Peyton) of Isleham, m2. William Medley) | |||||||||||||||
| The following connection comes from WFHB, supplemented by cross-references from elsewhere in the database. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Wren of Littur (b c1610, d 1662, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Blennerhassett (dau of John Blennerhassett of Ballycarty) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Charles Wren of Littur (b c1645, d 1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Blennerhassett (dau of Thomas Blennerhassett of Lettur) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Wren (b 1684, d 1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Honora Ponsonby | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Wren of Littur (b 1710, d 1793) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1770) Alice Leslie (dau of Robert Leslie of Leslie Lodge) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Wren | ||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | George Wren of Littur possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alicia Sandes (d 07.07.1885, dau of William Sandes of Pyrmont) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Leslie Wren | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Aphra Wren probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Sandes of Pyrmont (b 1773, d 1852) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | daughter probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1807, sp?) John Blennerhassett of Rockfield | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Jane Wrenne possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rowland Maddison of Unthank | |||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Wren (d c1526) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret or Margery Wild (d 1539) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | John Wren (dsp c1530) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Christopher Wren (d 1542) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian (d 1558) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - Edward (dsp), Dorothy, Goddithe, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | Geoffrey Wren (d 1527, rector of Hanslope) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Thirkeld | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Anthony Wren | ||||||||||||||
| 7. | Francis Wren | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabetn Spenceley | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Hugh Wren of Hanslope, Buckinghamshire (b 1487, d 1585) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BCG (vol 1 (1891), 'Smith of Gordon Brook', p7). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Christopher Wren of Hanslope (d 1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Hugh Wren of Hanslope (b 1598, d 1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor (d 1658) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Hugh Wren of Hanslope (b 1629) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Christopher Wren of Hanslope (b 1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Christopher Wren of Pindon End, Hanslope (b 1694, d 1765) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sarah Wren | ||||||||||||||
| m. John France | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sarah Wren (b 1703, d 11.06.1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Smith of Moor End (b 1701, d 09.11.1766) | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Riplingham | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - William, Thomas, Peter | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'Wren Family History (Binchester)' (in web site here, referred to above as "WFHB", part of bedfordpark.net) with other input/support as reported above
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