'Greaves01'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Greaves of Beeley, Greaves of Greaves, Greaves of Mayfield, Greaves of Sheffield, Greaves of Woodhouse
| Commoners reports that the particarch of this family "passed into England in the train of the Conqueror". | |||||||||||||||
| John Greaves of Greaves, Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Brown (dau of William Brown of Holme) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Greaves of Greaves & Beeley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Slack (dau of John Slack of Brough) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Greaves of Greaves, Beeley & Woodhouse (d c1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Allen (dau of George Allen of Woodhouse) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Greaves (b c1607, a 08.1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wood (dau of William Wood of Uttoxeter) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Greaves (b c1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Birch (dau of George Birch) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Greaves of Mayfield, Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bradley (d 17.07.1736, sister of Rev. _ Bradley of Mayfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Greaves of Mayfield & Ingleby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Ley (d 1784, sister of George Ley of Mayfield Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Greaves of Stanton-by-Bridge, Derbyshire had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Robert Charles Greaves, later Ley of Ingleby Hill | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Harthill of Donesthorpe (d 1821) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Anne Lydia Greaves | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Greaves of Mayfield Hall @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Frances Greaves | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey Senhouse of Nether Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | John Davies Greaves of Burton-on-Trent (d 1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Newton (b c1724, d 1822, dau of Richard Newton of Burton-on-Trent by Sarah, dau of William Denbank of Barton-under-Needwood by Sarah, dau of William Goring of Kingston) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Greaves of Mayfield Hall | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Lydia Greaves (dau of Robert Charles Greaves) @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Evans (dau of Rev. William Evans of Mayfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Dorothy Greaves | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Smith of Repton | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - George Williamson (had issue), John (d 1823, had issue - 3 sons + 1 daughter), Robert Christopher (had issue), Thomas Ley, Richard (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Ralph Christopher Greaves (dsp 1781, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Vincent | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Dorothy Greaves | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Richard Dodsley of Spondon | |||||||||||||||
| (vi)+ | other issue (d young) -William, Joseph | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sarah Greaves | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edmund Evans (d 1790, vicar of Mayfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Joseph Greaves of Ingleby, Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Joseph Greaves of Aston-on-Trent | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Ann) Boothby (d 1820, dau of Sir B(rooke) Boothby, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Sneyd of Berkeley Lodge | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anne Greaves (d unm 1827) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - William of Liverpool, Robert of Liverpool | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | George Greaves of London (dsp before 1738) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Greaves of Hill-juxta-Stanton, Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Wagstaffe of Hill | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, Dorothy, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Robert Greaves (5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Wood (dau opf William Wood of Uttoxeter) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Joseph Greaves (7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Charles Greaves of Woodhouse (a 1713) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eliza Taylor (dau of William Taylor of Southwell) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Barbara Greaves | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Bagshaw of Ridge | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Anne Greaves | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Hill of Fooloe | |||||||||||||||
| vii.+ | other issue - Richard (dsp), Gilbert in London, Roger (dsp), Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Greaves of Birchover, Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Supper (dau of Henry Supper of Darley) | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - William, Richard, Emma, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
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| According to BLG1886, "said to be descended from the ancient family of Greaves of Greaves, co. Derby" was ... | |||||||||||||||
| George Greaves of Sheffield (b c1697, d 09.11.1760, buttonmaker) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Marriot (b c1693, d 20.12.1741, dau of George Marriot of Wildon Green by Mary Younge) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Greaves of Sheffield, Page Hall & Attercliffe, Yorkshire (b c1733, d 20.12.1801) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Bustard (b 1725-6, d 10.05.1785, dau of Richard Bustard of Lotherton Hall & Bramham by Catherine, dau of Sir Henry Marwood, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Bustard Greaves of Page Hall, Elmsall Lodge & Hesley Hall (b 1757-8, d 23.02.1835, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.03.1786) Ellen Clay (b 1755-6, d 19.06.1834, dau/heir of Joseph Clay of Bridge House & Renishaw by Sarah, dau of Ralph & sister of Edward Elmsall of Thornhill)) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Greaves of Elmsall Lodge (b 22.05.1790, d 30.12.1860) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.07.1817) Anna Maria Rooke Henley (b 1791-2, d 23.04.1819, dau/sister of Joseph Warner Henley of Waterperry) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.05.1833, sp?) Elizabeth Toplin (dau/heir of John Toplin of Worksworth) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Joseph Edward Greaves, later Elmsall of Thornhill & Woodlands, Yorkshire (b 30.09.1791, d 05.07.1851, Lt. Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.02.1824) Hannah Mary Lawson (dau of Adam Mandsfeldt de Cardonnel Lawson of Cramlington) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Henry Marwood Greaves of Hesley Hall (Nottinghamshire), Banner Cross (Yorkshire) & Ford Hall (Derbyshire) (d 10.03.1859) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BLG1886 (Bagshaw of Ford Hall and Banner Close). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (24.09.1829) Mary Catherine Anne Bagshaw (d 10.07.1878, dau of Rev. William Bagshaw of Ford Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | John Greaves of Matlock (b 03.10.1794, dsp 01.05.1859) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Louisa Jane Leacroft (dau of Thomas Leacroft of Cliff Houe by Jane, dau of George Holcombe (Archdeacon of Carmarthen) by Catherine, dau of Governor Stackhouse of Bombay) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Anne Greaves | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Wilson of Sheffield | |||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | other issue - Mary (d 29.01.1730), Elizabeth (b c1705, d 28.10.1737) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Commoners (vol I, 'Greaves of Mayfield Hall') with a (very) little support/input from Visitation (Derbyshire, 1662-4, 'Greaves of Greaves')
(2) For lower section (reviewed & expanded 21.04.22 using FMG) : BLG1886 ('Greaves of Page Hall and Elmsall Lodge'), FMG (vol 2, MS291, 'Marriot-Greaves', p717+)
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