'Woodyeare1'
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Families covered: Woodyeare of Cowling, Woodyeare of Crookhill
| BLG1863 suggests that the following Edward "was probably" descended from William Woodier of Chatham (Kent) whose will was made in 1454 naming his son Robert. | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Woodyear of Cowling (Cooling), Kent (b c1520, a 1583) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Woodyeare of Cowling (d before 26.10.1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Fant (dau of William Fant) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Woodyeare (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Arnytage (1906), Kent, 1662-4, Woodyeare'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Wardegar (dau of George Wardegar of Bully Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Woodyeare of Bully Hill (a 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Clarke (dau of John Clarke) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Woodyeare | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Martha Hasden (dau/heir of George Hasden of Chorne) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Woodyeare | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Woodyeare of Cowling (prebendary of Rochester) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Egleston (dau of Ambrose Egleston of Egleston Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Woodyeare of York & Crookhill, Yorkshire (b 30.11.1616, d 19.08.1689) the first mentioned by Commoners & Foster | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.07.1849) Grace Wood (dau of Francis Wood of York) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Woodyeare of Crookhill (b 20.08.1656, d 11.11.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.02.1687) Alice Tatham (bur 09.05.1732, dau/heir of Rev. Richard Tatham of Kirklington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Woodyeare of Crookhill (b 19.03.1689, d 1748, of the Middle Temple) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Revel (d 26.08.1748, dau of John Revel of Ogston) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Woodyeare of Crookhill (bpt 27.02.1727/8, d 1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1761) Frances Turbutt (d 28.03.1810, dau of Richard Turbutt of Doncaster by Frances Babington) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Mary Woodyeare (bpt 30.11.1763, d 12.08.1840) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.07.1791) Charles Tibbits or Tibbetts of Barton Seagrave (d 19.07.1830) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Eleanor Woodyeare (bpt 12.03.1765, d 23.09.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.12.1791) John Dod of Cloverley Hall (d 1805) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Frances Woodyeare (bpt 21.05.1767, d 12.06.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Fountain John Elwin, later Woodyeare of Crookhill (b 1776-7, d 25.02.1841, grandson of Peter Elwin of Boton in Norfolk) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Catherine Woodyeare (bpt 20.03.1770, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Woodyeare (dsp 11.07.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.12.1759) Morgan Vane (brother of Lord Darlington) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue (d unm) - William (b c1713, bur 17.02.1732/3), George (d 1732/3) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Mary Woodyeare (bpt 08.11.1693, bur 18.05.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.04.1720) Francis Drake of York (author) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue (d unm) - Richard (bpt 12.04.1694, bur 24.02.1735/6, vicar of Hutton Bushell), George (bur 14.06.1701), Ellinor (b 19.11.1688, d 1776), Catherine (bur 30.09.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Catherine Woodyeare (b 12.09.1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1677) Thomas Thompson of York | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Woodyeare (b 06.09.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.06.1712) John Bradley (d 27.12.1741, canon of York) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Thomas (b 18.07.1652), Judith (b 22.09.1654), Elizabeth (b 06.02.1666, d unm bur 27.09.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Richard, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Thomas of Cowling, William, Robert (d 1607-8) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BLG1863 ('Woodyeare of Crookhill'),
'Pedigrees of the County Families of England' (vol 2, Yorkshire - West Riding, 'Pedigree of Woodyeare of Crookhill') by Joseph Foster (1874) with support from Commoners (vol 4, 'Woodyeare of Crookhill', p361)
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