Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Roger Wentworth
- 14521. Roger Wentworth was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 24 Oct 1452. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
- Alternate death: Aft 5 Jun 1452
- Alternate death: 21 Oct 1452
Notes:
According to Gary Boyd Roberts, 600D, Margery le Despenser and Sir Roger Wentworth were ancestors to Thomas Jefferson, to Jefferson's wife Martha Wayles, and to Edith Bolling, wife of Woodrow Wilson.
Descent to Thomas Jefferson:
1. Margery le Despenser = Sir Roger Wentworth
2. Margaret Wentworth = Sir William Hopton
3. Margaret Hopton = Sir Philip Booth
4. Audrey Booth = Sir William Lytton
5. Sir Robert Lytton = Frances Cavalery
6. Anne Lytton = Sir John Borlase
7. Anne Borlase = Sir Euseby Isham
8. William Isham = Mary Brett
9. Henry Isham of Virginia (emigrant) = Mrs. Katherine Banks Royall
10. Mary Isham = William Randolph of Virginia (emigrant)
11. Isham Randoph = Jane Roberts
12. Jane Randolph = Peter Jefferson
13. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States
Descent to Martha Wayles:
10. Anne Isham (sister of Mary Isham) = Francis Epes III
11. Francis Epes IV = Sarah (maiden name unknown)
12. Martha Epes = John Wayles
13. Martha Wayles = (1) Bathurst Skelton; (2) Thomas Jefferson
Descent to Edith Bolling:
13. Mary Jefferson (sister of Thomas Jefferson) = John Bolling III (great-great-great grandson of Pocahontas and John Rolfe)
14. Archibald Bolling = Catherine Payne
15. Archibald Bolling, Jr. = Anne E. Wigginton
16. William Holcombe Bolling = Sallie Spiers White
17. Edith Bolling = (1) Norman Galt; (2) Thomas Woodrow Wilson
This couple were also ancestors of Jane Seymour and thus of Edward VI:
Margery le Despenser (1399-1478) = Sir Roger Wentworth (d. 1452)
Philip Wentworth (1424-1464) = Mary Clifford (1416-1478)
Henry Wentworth (1448-1501) = Ann Saye (1453-1484)
Margaret Wentworth (1478-1550) = John Seymour (1476-1536)
Jane Seymour (1508-1537) = Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Edward VI (1537-1553)
And of Ada Lovelace, pioneer of computer programming:
Roger Wentworth (d. 1452) = Margery le Despenser (1399-1478)
Philip Wentworth (1424-1464) = Mary Clifford (1416-1478)
Henry Wentworth (1448-1501) = Ann Saye (1453-1484)
Richard Wentworth (1480-1528) = Anne Tyrell (1480-1534)
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth (1501-1551) = Margaret Fortescue (1550-1551)
Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth (1525-1584) = Anne Wentworth (d. 1571)
Henry Wentworth, 3rd Baron Wentworth (1558-1593) = Anne Hopton (1561-1625)
Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth (1591-1667) = Anne Crofts (d. 1637/8)
Anne Wentworth, 7th Baron Wentworth (1623-1697) = John Lovelace (d. 1670)
William Noel (1642-1675) = Margaret Lovelace (1644-1671)
John Noel (1668-1697) = Mary Clobery (1672-1751)
Clobery Noel (1695-1733) = Elizabeth Rowney (d. 1743)
Edward Noel, 9th Baron Wentworth (1715-1774) = Judith Lamb (d. 1761)
Judith Noel (1751-1825) = Ralph Milbanke (d. 1793)
Anne Noel-Byron, 11th Baron Wentworth (1792-1860) = George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (Ada Lovelace) (1815-1852)
They are also ancestral to Megan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, wife of Prince Harry, fifth in line to the British throne. Notably, Roger and Marjory's son Philip Wentworth and his wife Mary Clifford are the most recent common ancestors shared by Prince Harry and his wife the Duchess:
Roger Wentworth (d. 1452) = Margery le Despenser (1399-1478)
Philip Wentworth (1424-1464) = Mary Clifford (1416-1478)
Elizabeth Wentworth (1440-1480) = Martin De La See (1420-1494)
Jane At See (1464-1528) = Piers Hildyard (1460-1502)
Isabel Hildyard (1500-1540) = Ralph Legard (1490-1540)
Joan Legard (1530-1586) = Richard Skepper (1495-1556)
Edward Skepper (1552-1629) = Mary Robinson (1576-1630)
Rev. William Skepper (1597-1646) of Boston, MA (d. 1640-50) = unknown 1st wife
Jane Skepper (1635-1682) = Abraham Browne (1630-1690)
Jane Brown (b. 1657) = Henry Lunt (1653-1709)
Jane Lunt (1693-1743) = Nathaniel Drake (1695-1763)
Abraham Drake (1726-1805) = Martha Eaton (1730-1799)
Martha Drake (1767-1841) = John Smith (1760-1842)
John Smith (1792-1866) = Mary "Polly" Mudgett (1797-1869)
Mary Hussey Smith (1822-1908) = Jacob Lee Merrill (1818-1899)
George David Merrill (1861-1924) = Mary Bird (1862-1925)
Gertrude May Merrill (1887-1938) = Frederick George Sanders (1873-1944)
Doris May Sanders (1920-2011) = Gordon Arnold Markle (1918-1982)
Thomas Wayne Markle (1944- ) = Doria L. Ragland (1956- )
(Rachel) Megan Markle (1981- ) = Prince Henry Charles Albert David (1984- )Roger married Margery le Despenser before 2 Mar 1423. Margery (daughter of Philip le Despenser and Elizabeth de Tibetot) was born about 1399 in of Goxhill, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England; died on 20 Apr 1478; was buried in Grey Friars, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Agnes Wentworth was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1496.
- 3. Henry Wentworth was born in of Codham Hall in Wethersfield, Essex, England; died on 22 Mar 1483.
- 4. Margaret Wentworth died on 20 Apr 1478.
- 5. Philip Wentworth was born about 1424; died on 18 May 1464 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England.
Generation: 2
2. Agnes Wentworth (1.Roger1) was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1496. Family/Spouse: Robert Constable. Robert (son of Robert Constable and Agnes Gascoigne) was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died on 23 May 1488. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Anne Constable was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died after 1518.
- 7. Margaret Constable died before Jul 1497.
- 8. Marmaduke Constable was born in 1443 in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1518; was buried in Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.
3. Henry Wentworth (1.Roger1) was born in of Codham Hall in Wethersfield, Essex, England; died on 22 Mar 1483. Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Howard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Margery Wentworth died before 7 May 1540; was buried on 7 May 1540 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England.
4. Margaret Wentworth (1.Roger1) died on 20 Apr 1478. Margaret married William Hopton about Apr 1451. William (son of John Hopton and Margaret Savile) died on 7 Feb 1485. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Agnes Hopton died on 23 Jan 1506; was buried in Ormesby St. Margaret, Ormesby, Norfolk, England.
5. Philip Wentworth (1.Roger1) was born about 1424; died on 18 May 1464 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England. Notes:
He was beheaded by the Yorkists after the Battle of Hexham.
Family/Spouse: Mary Clifford. Mary (daughter of John Clifford and Elizabeth Percy) was buried in Friars Minor, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Margaret Wentworth died on 28 Apr 1478.
- 12. Elizabeth Wentworth was born between 1440 and 1449; died before Nov 1494.
- 13. Henry Wentworth was born about 1448; died between 17 Aug 1499 and 27 Feb 1501; was buried in Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England.
Generation: 3
6. Anne Constable (2.Agnes2, 1.Roger1) was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died after 1518. Family/Spouse: William Tyrwhit. William (son of Robert Tyrwhit and Jane Waterton) was born about 1456 in of Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 9 Apr 1522; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. Robert Tyrwhit was born about 1482 in of Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 4 Jul 1548 in Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Wrawby, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England.
7. Margaret Constable (2.Agnes2, 1.Roger1) died before Jul 1497. Family/Spouse: William Eure. William (son of Ralph Eure and Eleanor Greystoke) was born in of Malton, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Ralph Eure was born in of Ayton in Pickering Lythe, Yorkshire, England; died on 22 Oct 1539.
8. Marmaduke Constable (2.Agnes2, 1.Roger1) was born in 1443 in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1518; was buried in Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England. Notes:
Knight of the Body to Henry VII. Sheriff of Staffordshire 1484-85, and of Yorkshire, 148081, 1488-89, 1493-94, 1509-10. Knight of the shire for York, 1495.
Fought at Bosworth. Commanded the left at Flodden Field. Died after accidentally drinking a glass of water with a live frog in it, thus disproving the widely-repeated saying that if you eat a live frog first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen to you all day.Family/Spouse: Joyce Stafford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Margery Wentworth (3.Henry2, 1.Roger1) died before 7 May 1540; was buried on 7 May 1540 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England. Margery married William Waldegrave before 1483. William was born about 1465 in of Smallbridge in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England; died on 30 Jun 1527; was buried in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
10. Agnes Hopton (4.Margaret2, 1.Roger1) died on 23 Jan 1506; was buried in Ormesby St. Margaret, Ormesby, Norfolk, England. Family/Spouse: Robert Clere. Robert (son of Robert Clere and Elizabeth Uvedale) was born in of Ormesby, Norfolk, England; died on 10 Aug 1529; was buried in Ormesby St. Margaret, Ormesby, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 17. William Clere
- 18. Elizabeth Clere died before 6 Apr 1546.
11. Margaret Wentworth (5.Philip2, 1.Roger1) died on 28 Apr 1478. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 28 Apr 1479
Family/Spouse: Thomas Cotton. Thomas (son of William Cotton and Alice Abbott) was born in 1438; died on 30 Jul 1499. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
12. Elizabeth Wentworth (5.Philip2, 1.Roger1) was born between 1440 and 1449; died before Nov 1494. Family/Spouse: Martin de la See. Martin (son of Brian de la See and Maud Monceaux) was born about 1420 in of Barmston, Yorkshire, England; died between 20 Nov 1494 and 15 Dec 1494; was buried in All Hallows, Barmston, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 19. Jane de la See died between 20 Jul 1527 and 7 Apr 1528.
13. Henry Wentworth (5.Philip2, 1.Roger1) was born about 1448; died between 17 Aug 1499 and 27 Feb 1501; was buried in Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. Family/Spouse: Ann Saye. Ann (daughter of John Say and Elizabeth Cheyne) died after 25 Feb 1484. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 20. Margaret Wentworth died in Oct 1550.
Generation: 4
14. Robert Tyrwhit (6.Anne3, 2.Agnes2, 1.Roger1) was born about 1482 in of Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 4 Jul 1548 in Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Wrawby, Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England. Notes:
Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1519-20, 1523-4, 1540-1.
Entertained Henry VIII and his court in Kettleby on 8 and 9 Oct 1541. According to Notices and Remains of the Family of Tyrwhitt (citation details below), Tyrwhit "hanged the trees on the way from Kettleby to Brigg with carcases of sheep and beasts (oxen), to show that he could feed all comers."
He is said by some to have been a vice-admiral of England under Henry VIII, but as Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (citation details below) points out, he is more likely to have been one of many titular "vice-admirals" for a piece of his nearby Lincolnshire coast, a distinction shared by many armigerous men whose seats adjoined important pieces of coast.
According to Maddison's 1904 Lincolnshire Pedigrees, he and Maud Tailboys had a daughter Matilda who, according to William Addams Reitwiesner, was an ancestor of Camilla Parker-Bowles:
Robert Tyrwhit (~1482-1548) = Maud Tailboys
Matilda Tyrwhit = John Portington
John Portington (d. <1589) = Anne Langton
Joan Portington (d. 1608) = Ralph Rokeby (d. 1595)
Anne Rokeby (1593-~1624) = John Hotham (~1589-1644) (1)
Charles Hotham (1615-1672) = Elizabeth Thompson (d. 1685)
Charles Hotham (d. 1723) = Bridget Gee (1671-1707)
Beaumont Hotham (d. 1771) = Frances Thompson (d. 1771)
Beaumont Hotham (1737-1814) = Susannah Hankey (1737-1799)
Louisa Hotham (1778-1840) = Charles Edmonstone (1764-1821)
William Edmonstone (1810-1888) = Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1823-1902)
Alice Frederica Edmonstone (1869-1947) * = George Keppel (1865-1947)
Sonia Rosemary Keppel (1900-1986) = Roland Calvert Cubitt (1899-1962)
Rosalind Maud Cubitt (1921-1994) = Bruce Middleton Hope Shand (1917-1946)
Camilla Rosemary Shand (1947- ), = (1) Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (1939- ), = (2) HRH Prince Charles Philip Arthur George (1948- ), now Charles III, King of England
* She is known to have been a mistress of King Edward VII from 1898 forward.Family/Spouse: Maud Tailboys. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 21. Katherine Tyrwhit was born in of Kettleby, Lincolnshire, England.
- 22. Robert Tyrwhit was born before 1504; died on 10 May 1572; was buried in Jun 1572 in Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire, England.
15. Ralph Eure (7.Margaret3, 2.Agnes2, 1.Roger1) was born in of Ayton in Pickering Lythe, Yorkshire, England; died on 22 Oct 1539. Notes:
Also called Ralph Evers.
Ralph married Muriel Hastings on 18 Jan 1482. Muriel (daughter of Hugh Hastings and Anne Gascoigne) died before Jan 1516. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 23. William Eure was born about 1483 in of Witton in Weardale, Durham, England; died on 15 Mar 1548 in Eresby, Lincolnshire, England.
16. Margaret Waldegrave (9.Margery3, 3.Henry2, 1.Roger1) Margaret married John St. John before 1522. John (son of John St. John and Sibyl ferch Morgan ap Jenkin ap Philip) was born before 1495 in of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England; died on 19 Dec 1558. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 24. Oliver St. John was born before 1522; died on 21 Apr 1582; was buried in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England.
17. William Clere (10.Agnes3, 4.Margaret2, 1.Roger1) Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Paston. Elizabeth (daughter of John Paston and Margery Brewse) died in 1539. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
18. Elizabeth Clere (10.Agnes3, 4.Margaret2, 1.Roger1) died before 6 Apr 1546. Family/Spouse: Robert Peyton. Robert (son of Thomas Peyton and Jane Calthorpe) was born in of Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 18 Mar 1518. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 25. Robert Peyton was born about 1498 in of Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 1 Aug 1550; was buried in St. Andrew's, Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
- 26. John Peyton was born about 1503 in of Knowlton, Kent, England; died on 22 Oct 1558.
19. Jane de la See (12.Elizabeth3, 5.Philip2, 1.Roger1) died between 20 Jul 1527 and 7 Apr 1528. Notes:
Also called Joan de la See, Joan at See.
Jane married Peter Hildyard between 1480 and 1485. Peter (son of Robert Hildyard and Elizabeth Hastings) was born about 1460 in of Winestead, Yorkshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1502. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 27. Isabel Hildyard was born about 1498; died after 10 Jul 1540.
20. Margaret Wentworth (13.Henry3, 5.Philip2, 1.Roger1) died in Oct 1550. Family/Spouse: John Seymour. John was born in of Wolfhall, Wiltshire, England; died on 21 Dec 1536; was buried in Easton Priory, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 28. Elizabeth Seymour died in 1563.
- 29. Jane Seymour, Queen Consort of England was born about 1509 in Wolf Hall, Wiltshire, England; died on 24 Oct 1537 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London, England; was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England.