'Leycester2'
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Families covered: Leicester (Leycester) of Nether Tabley, Leycester of Ennismore, Leycester of Toft, Leycester of Vostersberg, Leycester of White Place
| Sir Peter Leycester or Leicester, 1st Bart of Nether Tabley (b 03.03.1613-4, d 11.10.1678) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (06.11.1642) Elizabeth Gerard (d 26.01.1678-9, dau of Gilbert Gerard, 2nd Lord of Gerard's Bromley) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Robert Leicester, 2nd Bart of Nether Tabley (b 11.09.1643, d 07.07.1684) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.06.1667) Meriel Watson (d 29.09.1707, dau of Francis Watson of Church Aston) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Francis Leicester, 3rd Bart of Nether Tabley (b 30.07.1673-4, d 05.08.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Wilson (d 23.04.1716, dau of Joshua Wilson of Colton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Meriel Leicester (b 25.11.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1723) Fleetwood Legh of Bank (d 21.01.1725) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1728) Sir John Byrne, 3rd Bart of Timorgue (bur 02.02.1741) | |||||||||||||||
| Their elder son inherited Tabley and took the name Leicester. | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Meriel Leicester (d 1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Danvers, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Eleanor Leycester or Leicester (b 22.03.1645) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1665) Rafe Leycester of Toft (d 03.1685) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Byron Leycester (b 06.10.1655) probably the Briena Leycester (a 1728) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Venables of Agden | |||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue - Byron (b 26.11.1644, bur 17.05.1645), Thomas (b 18.01.1651), Elizabeth (b 16.01.1647), | ||||||||||||||
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| Adam Leycester (b 21.10.1625, to Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Thaddius (dau of _ Thaddius of Northdown) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Leycester of County Cork (b 1685, d 1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Crofts (dau of George Crofts of Velvetstown) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Christopher Leycester (d 1759) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Pelican (dau of Rev. Pelican) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Leycester of Vostersberg, County Cork (b 1747, d 1834) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Caughlan (dau of Joseph Caughlan) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Joseph Leycester of Ennismore and Vostersberg, Lord Mayor of Cork (b 1780, d 1859, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Wrixon (dau of Nicholas Wrixon of Dublin) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Wrixon Leycester of Ennismore, Sheriff of Cork (b 1808, d 1887) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1833) Barbara Denroche McCall (d 1896, dau of Thomas McCall of Craighead) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Catherine Leycester (b 1788) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Kelly of Clifton | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Christopher (b 1777, d 1790), William (b 1782, dsp 1834), Robert (b 1785, dsp 1854) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Robert, Christopher, Helen | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Thomas (dsp), Sarah | ||||||||||||||
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| Rafe Leycester of Toft (bur 17.06.1640) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Woodhull (bur 21.09.1653, dau of Anthony Woodhull of Mollington) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Leycester of Toft (b c1623, bur 19.06.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Clayton (dau of John Clayton 'of Crooke', sister of Richard of Crooke (Croake)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Rafe Leycester of Toft (b c1640, d 03.1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1665) Eleanor Leycester (dau of Sir Peter Leycester, 1st Bart of Nether Tabley) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Leycester of Toft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Mosley (dau of Oswald Mosley of Ancoats) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Ralph Leycester of Toft (b 12.03.1699/1700, bur 14.12.1776) | ||||||||||||||
| Thanks to a contributor (FB, 10.08.12) for supplementing BLG1952's information with more data on Ralph and his family. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (06.12.1727) Katherine Norris (b 14.11.1708, d 28.02.1799, dau of Edward Norris of Speke) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Leycester of Toft (bpt 12.12.1735, d unm 1809) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Ralph Leycester of Toft (bpt 04.09.1737, d 31.12.1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1762) Charlotte Lushington (dau of Rev. (Henry) Lushington of Eastbourne) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Ralph Leycester of Toft (b 1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.12.1797) Susanna Leigh (dau of Rev. Egerton Leigh of West Hall family) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Ralph Gerard Leycester of Toft (b 11.10.1817, d 18.04.1851) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.06.1840) Emily Elizabeth Jones (dau of Charles Tyrwhitt Jones, son of Sir Thomas of Stanley Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Charlotte (d unm), Emma Theodosia (b 1865), Laura Susanna (d 06.01.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Henry, William, George, Charlotte, Harriet, Susanna | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Oswald Leycester (bpt 21.03.1752, d 1846, rector of Knutsford, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 shows Oswald a generation later, as younger son rather than youngest brother of the above Ralph. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (21.01.1790) Mary Johnson (d 1812) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edward Leycester, later Penrhyn of East Sheen (d 06.03.1861) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.12.1823) Charlotte Elizabeth Stanley (d 15.02.1853, dau of Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Charles Leycester (b 10.03.1796, d 03.1820) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Catherine Leycester (b 15.04.1792, d 05.03.1862) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.05.1810) Edward Stanley, Bishop of Norwich | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Maria Leycester (b 22.11.1798, d 13.11.1870) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.06.1829) Rev. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.06.1814, sp) Elizabeth White (d 03.11.1848) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anne Leycester | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1755) John Norbury of Eton | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Susannah Leycester (b 21.06.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.07.1773) Hon. John Grey (b 22.05.1743, d 12.07.1802) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Theodosia Leycester (bpt 09.10.1743, d 04.07.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.11.1772) Egerton Leigh (b 1732, d 09.1798, Archdeacon of Shropshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue - Edward (b 08.06.1739), Hugh (bpt 02.10.1748, d unm 02.01.1836, judge), Catherine (d young), Jane (d unm), 2 others (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | George Leycester of London | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Dodson (dau of John Dodson, Sheriff of Berkshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Ralph Leycester of White Place (d 1803) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1761) Susanna Hanmer (dau of Job Hanmer, sister of Sir Walden, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Leycester of White Place (b 12.07.1763, d 06.10.1838) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1796) Charlotte Jemima Mortimer (d 16.02.1851, dau of Hans Wintrop Mortimer of Caldwell Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Oswald Leycester | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Ralph, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Frances, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Maria Leycester | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Hocknell of Prenton (not Preston) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - George, Philip, John, William, Richard, Elizabeth, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Mary Leycester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Culvert (sb Calcott) Chambers of Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Leicester of Nether Tabley : BP1934 (Leicester), BEB1844 (Leicester of Tabley), Visitation (Cheshire, 1663, Leicester of Tabley)
(2) For Leycester of Ennismore and Vostersberg : BLG1952 (Leycester of Hilton)
(3) For Leycester of Toft : BLG1952 (Roxby (formerly Leycester) of Toft), Visitation (Cheshire, 1613, Leicester of Toft)
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