Re: Attwood - St Johns, Halesowen
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:12 am
by dianel
Found on Ancestry:
Burke"™s Family Records (Indexed) Record
ATTWOOD
Lineage, - GEORGE ATTWOOD, of Haden Cross, Rowley Regis, co. Stafford. m. 1 May 1978, Mary Foley, and was buried 1 Dec. 1721, having by her (administratrix to her husband's will, 27 June, 1722), who was buried 26 Feb. 1728, had issue,
I. GEORGE, of whom presently.
II. Joseph, bapt. 25 Nov. 1689.
The elder son,
GEORGE ATTWOOD, of Haden Cross, co. Stafford, bapt. 5 April, 1685, m. 13 Oct. 1717, Sarah Bowater, of Rowley, co. Stafford, and by her, who was buried 26 May, 1732, had issue,
I. GEORGE, of whom presently.
II. James, bapt. 1 Jan, 1723.
III. William, bapt. 5 Nov. 1726
The eldest son,
GEORGE ATTWOOD, of Hawne House, Hales Owen, Shropshire, bapt. 16 April, 1722, m. 8 Aug. 1742, Rachel Maria, dau. of Samuel Gaunt, of Rowley, co. Stafford, and was buried 11 March, 1798, had issue,
I. Matthias Gaunt, bapt. 22 may, 1743, buried 16 April, 1745.
II. James, of Corngreaves House, Cradley, co. Worcester, bapt. 10 Sept. 1744. m. 23 Aug. 1779, Phoebe Cox, of Kinswinford, and Cradley, and was buried 1 May, 1821, having by her, who was buried 13 Aug. 1835, aged 80, had issue.
III. Matthias, of whom presently.
IV. Isaac, bapt. 6 Nov. 1748
V. Aaron, of Prescott House, Oldswinford, co. Worcester, bapt. 21 Oct. 1750, d. about 1822, leaving issue by his wife, Harriet, his wife,
I. Mary, bapt. 19 May, 1754.
II. Nancy, bapt. 22 Jan. 1757, buried 19 March, 1758
The third son,
MATTHIAS ATTWOOD, of Hawne House, and of Leasowes, co. Worcester, J.P. and D.L. bapt. 7 Sept. 1746, m. 18 Dec. 1775, Ann, dau. of Thomas adams, of Cakemore House, co. Worcester, and sister and co-heir of Charles Adams, and d. 24 Nov. 1836, having by her, who d. 8 Oct. 1834, had issue,
I. George, M.A., Oxford, High Bailiff of Birmingham, b. 19 Dec. 1777, m. 20 Feb. 1818, Mary, dau. of Thomas Kinnersley of Clough Hall, co. Stafford, and d. 24 May, 1854, having by her, who d. 13 April, 1823, had issue.
II. Matthias, M.P. for Whitehaven, 1832-47, Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company, b. 24 Nov. 1779. m. Susanna, dau. of William Twells, of Birmingham, and d. 11 Nov. 1851, having by her, who d. 30 Oct. 1842, had issues.
III. Thomas, of whom presently.
IV. James Henry, of Moss Hill, co. Cumberland, b. 25 July, m. 29 May, 1820, Margaret, day, of ____ Williams, and d. 14 July, 1865, having by her, who d. 7 Feb. 1830, had issue.
V. Charles, of Holywood House, Walsingham, co. Durham, b. 25 Jan. 1791, m. Sarah Lee Warner, and d.s.p. She d. 18 March 1886.
VI. Benjamin, b. 31 Jan. 1794, d. unm. 22 Nov. 1874.
VII. Edward, b. 22 Feb. 1789, m. Elizabeth, dau. and heir of John Elloit, of Whitehaven, co. Cumberland, and d. 19 Oct. 1866, having by her, who d. 9 Feb. 1869, had issue, an only child, Caroline Anne, m. 23 Nov. 1854, John Moore, of BishopwearmoUth, co. Durham, and has issue.
I. Mary Ann, d. unm. 30 July, 1872, aged 91.
II. Susannah, d. unm. 27 Oct. 1819.
III. Rachel Maria, m. 5 May, 1825, William Mathews, J.P. and D.L., co. Stafford, and d. 9 Aug. 1881, having by him, who d. 2 Sept. 1871, had issue (see BURKE'S Landed Gentry, ATTWOOD-MATTHEWS).
The third son,
THOMAS ATTWOOD, of Birmingham, High Bailiff of that Borough 1811, and first M.P. for the same place 1832-9, b. 6 Oct. 1783, m. 1st, 12 May, 1806, Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of William Carless, of Harbourne, co. Stafford, and by her, who d. 26 April, 1840, had issue,
I. GEORGE DE BOSCO, of whom presently.
II. Thomas Aurelius, of Birmingham, barrister-at-law, b. 4 March. 1810. m. 17 Nov. 1857, Mary, daughter of Joseph Smallwood, of Castle, Bromwich, co. Warwick, and d. 8 April, 1864, leaving issue, Thomas Arthur Carless, of Malvern Wells, co. Worcester, M.A. Oxon, b. 27 May, 1863.
III. Edward Marcus, barrister-at-law, b. 13 June, 1816. d. umm. 6 Nov. 1868.
IV. Algernon, b. 1 Feb. 1819, m. 30 Aug. 1853, Emma, dau. of John Foulkes, of Elwy House, co. Denbigh, and d. 11 Aug. 1861, having y her, who d. 4 July 1878, had issue.
I. Angela, m. 1 Sept, 1835, Daniel Bell Wakefield, of Wellington, New Zealand, Judge of the Supreme court there, and d. 30 Nov. 1874, leaving issue.
II. Rosabel, m. 28 Aug, 1855, Henry Wilson Demain Saunders, of Fanshaws, Herts, and d.s.p. 16 Aug, 1867.
He m. 2ndly, 30 June 1845, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Grice, of Handsworth Hall, co. Stafford, and d. 6 March, 1856. She d.s.p. 26 June, 1888.
The eldest son,
GEORGE DE BOSCO ATTWOOD, b. 15 March, 1808, m. 31 Dec. 1835, Mary, dau. of William Medley, of Iver, Bucks, and d. 24 April, 1855, having by her, who d. 3 Sept. 1882, had issue,
II. Evelyn Thomas, b. 13 Jan. 1838, d.s.p. 13 Aug. 1880
I. GEORGE REGINALD, of whom more presently.
I. Agnes Maresfield, m. 11 Aug. 1870, Alfred Homfray, of Broadwaters, co. Worcester, and d. 2 Nov. 1877, leaving issue.
II. Rowena Fanny Maria, m. 10 Nov. 1877, Charles augustus Barnes, of Solesbridge, Herts, and d. 13 March, 1878, leaving issue.
III. Rosamund, m. 27 Aug. 1874, Charles William Shackle, of Harlington, Middlesex.
IV. Violet Mary Elizabeth, d. unm. 6 Dec. 1869, aged 33.
The only surviving son, GEORGE REGINALD ATTWOOD, of Glaslyn Court, co. Brecon, b. 28 June, 1847, m. 5 Oct. 1887, Comstance Marion, day. of Rev. William Harper Brandreth, M.A. Christ Church, Oxon, rector of Standish, co. Lancaster, and hon. canon of Manchester, and Rural Dean of Leyland, and hads issue, Rosamund Carless.
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