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Families covered: Mitford of Seghill
Michael Mitford of Seghill (b c1578, d 22.11.1637) | |||||||||||||||
m1. (before 03.1611/2) Elizabeth Whittingham (d 01.12.1613, dau of Sir Timothy Whittingham of Holmside) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Robert Mitford of Seghill, Sheriff of Northumberland (bur 05.12.1640) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Delaval (d 02.1649/50, dau/coheir of Robert Delaval of Cowpen, m2. Edward Grey of Cowpen) | |||||||||||||||
A.+ | issue - Robert (bpt 14.05.1640, bur 28.04.1641), Mary (bur 12.07.1639) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (05.09.1615) Jane Delaval (dau of Sir Robert Delaval of Seaton Delaware) | |||||||||||||||
2. | Ralph Mitford of Seghill (bur 17.02.1660/1) | ||||||||||||||
m. Barbara Heron (dau of Richard Heron of Bockenfield, m2. Robert Johnson) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Robert Mitford of Seghill (bpt 18.09.1645, bur 09.11.1713) | ||||||||||||||
m. (22.11.1669) Christian Blackett (d by 1716, dau of Sir William Blackett of Newcastle, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Michael Mitford of Seghill (bpt 08.07.1675, d before 1717, MP, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Blake (dau of Sir Francis Blake of Ford, m2. Edward Digby Gerard Hungerford of Black Bourton) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Robert Mitford, last of Seghill (b 23.01.1698/9, a 1723) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary (a 01.17220/1) | |||||||||||||||
b.+ | other issue - Francis (bpt 18.01.1699), Nathaniel (a 1717) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Blackett Mitford, later in Bombay (bpt 07.07.1681, d before 09.04.1759, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Susanna (m2. Thomas Redshaw of Bombay then Soho) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Susannh Mitford (a 1759) | ||||||||||||||
m. John Spring of Brigg | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Elizabeth Mitford ( bpt 11.07.1673, bur 12.1735) | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Lillburn of Sunderland, Kenton & Gunnerton | |||||||||||||||
iv. | Margaret Mitford (bpt 24.07.1676, a 1723) | ||||||||||||||
m. (c07.1695) Richard Carr of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
v. | Christian Mitford (bpt 20.04.1680, a 1720) | ||||||||||||||
m. (c10.1707) John Laidman (vicar of Mitford) | |||||||||||||||
vi. | Diana Mitford (bpt 05.11.1689, a 1723) | ||||||||||||||
MGH (NS4 vol 2 (1908), p302) shows that the Diana of this generation (b 01.09.1688, bpt 13.09.1688, d 24.08.1741) m. (29.04.1708) Stephen Watson of North Seaton (b 1684, d 1739) - ## see here ##. Provisionally, we follow Craster in giving her dates as shown and her husband as ... | |||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Billings of Heighington | |||||||||||||||
vii.+ | other issue - William (bpt 11.04.1671, d 06.03.1681/2), Robert (bpt 11.04.1672, d 04.03.1681/2), Ralph (bpt 12.02.1677/8), Timothy (bpt 04.03.1678/9, bur 27.09.1679) ,William (bpt 11.09.1683, a 05.1695), Robert (bpt 16.09.1684, bur 07.06.1723), Christopher of Newcastle (bpt 30.01.1685/6, d by 1650), Julia (bpt 05.09.1687, bur 26.09.1688), Mary (bpt 18.12.1690, bur 26.06.1714), Barbara (bpt 25.04.1692, a 1723) | ||||||||||||||
B. | Anne Mitford (bpt 26.09.1650) | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.08.1670) Gawen Preston of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
C.+ | other issue - Michael (bpt 31.05.1647, bur 09.10.1647), Barbara (bpt 09.11.1648) | ||||||||||||||
3. | Thomas Mitford of High Heaton (bur 25.10.1672) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Anderson of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
4 | A. | Michael Mitford (d 1706) | |||||||||||||
5. | Alison Mitford (bpt 06.07.1622, bur 19.07.1622) | ||||||||||||||
6. | Jane Mitford | ||||||||||||||
m1. (09.02.1642/3) George Milbourne of Chirton | |||||||||||||||
m2. (01.01.1651/2) Ralph Fenwick | |||||||||||||||
7. | Dorothy Mitford | ||||||||||||||
m. John Humphrey Proctor of Shawdon | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 9, H.H.E. Craster, 1909, 'Mitford of Seghill', p66+)
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