'Mower1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Mower of Barley Woodseats, Mower of Holmesfield, Mower of Milnthorpe, Mower of Newark

                               
Robert de Mora (a temp Heny VI who r. 1422-1461)
m. Joan De Mora (coheir)
1. James Mower of Barley Woodseats
  A. Robert Mower of Barley Woodseats
  m. Elizabeth Hughgate (dau/coheir of Thomas Hughgate of Chesterfield)
  i. George Mower of Barley Woodseats (d 21.03.1558-9)
  m1. Agnes Blithe (dau of Richard Blithe)
  a. Arthur Mower
  m. (03.07.1555) Joan King (dau/coheir of Christopher King of Milnthorp by Helen, dau of Henry Fanshaw of Fanshaw Gate)
(1) Robert Mower of Barley Woodseats & Milnthorp (b 25.09.1562, d 29.08.1620)
  m. (16.06.1589) Joan Sheldon (bur 21.07.1644, dau/coheir of Henry Sheldon of Tissington)
  (A) Arthur Mower of Barley Woodseats (d 20.12.1652)
  m. (23.08.1620) Rose Stone (dau of Robert Stone of Carsington by Elizabeth)
  (i) Robert Mower of Milnthorpe 'of Woodseat' (b 02.07.1623, d 03.11.1675, lead merchant)
m1. (02.01.1648) Mary Johnson (dau/coheir of Patrick Johnson of Kilburn)
  (a) Arthur Mower (bpt 08.11.1649, dvp 11.01.1655)
  m2. (1651) Mary Pritchard (d 23.01.1658, dau/coheir of Roger Pritchard, niece/heir of Elizabeth Spicer)
  (b) Robert Mower of Newark, Nottinghamshire (b 27.10.1654, d 03.12.1708)
  m. Elizabeth Brown (b c1655, d 04.09.1727, dau/coheir of Edmund Brown of Wellow)
  ((1)) George Mower of Woodseats, Sheriff of Derbyshire (b 1681, d 26.08.1762, 2nd son)
  m1. (1709) Ann Latham (b c1684, d 02.10.1716, dau/heir of John Latham of Hallows by dau/heir of George Bullock of Ounston)
((A)) Ann Mower (d 20.07.1715)
  m2. (22.07.1735) Mary Watts (b 1713-4, d 28.01.1789, dau of Robert Watts of Barley)
  ((B)) Robert Mower of Barley Woodseats (b 11.02.1746-7, d 12.1811, 2nd son)
  The following is supported by FMG (vol 1, MS18+19, Milnes-Mower, Gell).
  m1. Elizabeth Milnes (bpt 17.04.1754, d 01.11.1779, dau of Richard Milnes of Dunston)
  ((i)) Elizabeth Mary Mower (b 1751-2, d 12.08.1829)
  m1. (25.08.1791) Thomas Smith of Bromfield (d 13.04.1811)
  m2. (25.05.1818, sp) John Frederick Smith (cousin of Thomas)
  ((ii))+ other issue - George Milnes (bpt 02.08.1772, bur 26.11.1772), Robert Edmund (bpt 16.08.1773, d 12.11.1779), Martha (bpt 08.09.1774, d 13/15.11.1774)
  m2. (30.10.1780) Charlotte Lawrence (b c1752, d 10.1822, dau of Simon Lawrence of Edinburgh)
  ((v)) George Mower (b 07.11.1782, bur 28.04.1843)
  ((vi)) Arthur Mower of Woodseats (b 06.06.1789, dsp 1825)
  m. (05.4821) Ann Jane Steuart (dau of William Steuart of Edinburgh)
  ((vii)) Charlotte Mower (b 30.07.1781, d 15.05.1837)
  m. Samuel Thorold of Welham
  ((viii)) Anne Mower (b 29.10.17970
m. Gervas Holmes of Retford
  ((C)) Mary Mower (b 1737, dsp 22.11.1792)
  m. John Wilcox of Swafield
  ((D)) Sarah Mower (b 145, d 24.05.1805)
  m. George White of Winster
  ((E)) Elizabeth Mower (dsp)
  m. Thomas Hewet
  ((F)) Martha Mower (bpt 18.01.1752)
  m. (16.05.1787) John Webb of Barlow
  ((G))+ other issue - George (d 25.10.1743), Ann (b 1743, d unm 14.03.1786)
  ((2)) Edmund Mower of Newark (b c1687, d 04.12.1719, 4th son)
  m. Dorothy Stephenson (d 25.07.1725, dau of Josiah Stephenson of Hay Green)
  ((A)) Robert Mower of Hay Green (near Barnsley) & Welham (Nottinghamshire) (b 1710)
  m. Mary Baxter (b c1713, d 20.10.1743, dau of William Baxter of Royds)
  ((i)) Robert Mower of Swinton (b c1740, d 06.10.1789, 2nd son)
  m. Sarah
  ((a)) Sarah Mower (b 1773-4, d unm 10.07.1797)
  ((ii))+ other issue - George Baxter (b 16.06.1738, d 02.07.1752), Edmund in Swinton (b c1742, d 25.12.1807)
((B))+ other issue - Edmund (d 02.02.1747, parson of Clayborough), Segar (d young), George, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Ann, Jane
  ((3))+ other issue - Robert (b c1680, bur 07.02.1681), Arthur (b 1684-5, d unm 08.04.1750), Mary (d young), Elizabeth (d unm)
  (c) George Mower (b 01.1657, dsp 15.09.1688)
  (d) Elizabeth Mower
  m1. _ Vincent
m2. Henry Carrington of the Yews
  (e) Etheldred Mower (b 23.09.1652, d 13.05.1720)
  m1. Nicholas Stones of Bradway in Norton
  m2. (1691) George Milward of Chesterfield
  m3. (1660) Mary Milnes (dsp bur 20.12.1670, dau of James Milnes of Tapton)
  m4. Dorothy (Wilson of Chesterfield?)
  (ii) Abigail Mower (bpt 10.01.1631)
  m1. George Bullock of Ounston
  m2. John Dand of Dronfield
  (iii) Joan Mower (d 21.01.1650)
  m. (12.09.1649) Thomas Thacker of Hedge
  (iv)+ other issue - George, Arthur
  (B) George Mower in Taddington (b 12.04.1600)
  m. Catherine Gregory (dau of John Gregory)
  (i)+ issue - George, Arthur, Robert (dsp), Richard (dsp), Ann, Elizabeth, Alice
  (C) Robert Mower (b 02.07.1604, bur 06.08.1671, clerk)
  (D) Richard Mower of Holmsfield (b 28.05.1607)
  m. Frances Slater
  (i)+ issue - Elizabeth, Catherine, Joan
  (E) Dorothy Mower (b 26.04.1590)
  m. Peter Typpinge
  (F) Alice Mower (b 13.03.1593)
  m. Henry Lees
  (G) Anna Mower (b 19.11.1610)
  m. Ralph Sleigh
  (2) George Mower in Chesterfield (b 30.05.1567)
  m. Helen
  (A) Arthur Mower of More Hall (a 1652)
  (i)+ issue - George, Robert
  (B) George Mower (b 02.06.1608)
  (3) Joan Mower (b 08.09.1557)
  m. William Owtram (son/heir of William of Horsly & Bradway)
  (4) Dorothy Mower (b 03.08.1564)
  m. (07.07.1589) Thomas Wilson of Wolfthwaite (son of George of Owlcotes)
  (5) Ann Mower (b 25.12.1568)
  m. (27.01.1601) George Cowper of Somerleghes (son of Thomas of Beeley)
  (6) Alice Mower (b 11.07.1571)
  m. (03.03.1605) Robert Owtram of Apperknoll (son of Thomas)
  (7)+ other issue - George (b 03.07.1559, bur 06.07.1559), Mary (b 27.09.1560)
  b. Ann Mower
  m. Thomas Smith
  c. Dorothy Mower
  m. _ Stubbings
  d. Elizabeth Mower
  m. _ Wolstenholm
  (1) John Wolstenholm
  e. Benedicta Mower
  m. _ Cartwright
  m2. Ann Hunt (dau of Richard Hunt)
  m3. Agnes Parker (d 24.02.1574, dau of John Parker of Willy Hall, m2. Richard Smith of Hillhouses)
  ii. James Mower (a 1558)
  a. Robert Mower of Gorshouse, Scarsdale
  (1)+ issue - George (dsp), Robert (a 1652, servant to the Earl of Scarsdale), James
  iii. daughter
  m. _ Newban
  iv. daughter
  m. _ Burroughs
  v. daughter
  m. _ Fentham
  vi. daughter
  m. _ Barton
  B. James Mower
  C. Thomas Mower
  i. Henry Mower
  a. Richard Mower
2. Robert Mower in Morehouse & Barley Woodseats
  A. John Mower
  i. John Mower
  a. James Mower of Morehouse then Holmesfield
  (1) Arthur Mower
  (A) George Mower of Holmesfield (a 1651)
  (i)+ issue - Robert, James

Main source(s): FMG (vol 1, MS100, Mower)
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