Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Thomas Booth
- Aft 13681. Thomas Booth was born in of Barton, Lancashire, England; died after 25 Sep 1368. Notes:
Also called Thomas del Booth, which is how he referred to himself in his will. According to The Baronetage of England (citation details below) he was also called "Tomalin of the Booths."
"Murdered 1368 at the hands of a group of local men. One of the murderers obtained a royal pardon and another, Robert Worsley, escaped punishment." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]
Called by Edward Baines (citation details below) "an opulent man."Family/Spouse: Ellen de Worsley. Ellen (daughter of Robert de Worsley and Cecily de Bromhall) died after 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. John Booth was born about 1354 in of Barton, Lancashire, England; died in Mar 1422.
Generation: 2
2. John Booth (1.Thomas1) was born about 1354 in of Barton, Lancashire, England; died in Mar 1422. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Sep 1422
Notes:
Knight of the shire for Lancashire, 1411 and 1420.
The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz (citation details below) says that contrary to some assertions he did not marry, secondly, Maud Savage.Family/Spouse: Joan Trafford. Joan (daughter of Henry de Trafford and Margery Ince) was born about 1358. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Margaret Booth was born in of Barton, Lancashire, England; died about 1460.
Generation: 3
3. Margaret Booth (2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born in of Barton, Lancashire, England; died about 1460. Family/Spouse: John Byron. John (son of Richard de Byron and Joan Colewick) was born in 1387 in of Clayton, Lancashire, England; died about 1450. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Margaret Byron died on 25 May 1486; was buried in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England.
- 5. Elizabeth Byron
Generation: 4
4. Margaret Byron (3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) died on 25 May 1486; was buried in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 1479
Family/Spouse: William Atherton. William (son of William de Atherton and Elizabeth Pilkington) was born in of Atherton, Lancashire, England; died in 1440. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Margaret married Robert Harcourt before 1441. Robert (son of Thomas Harcourt and Jane Francis) was born on 20 Sep 1410 in Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England; died on 14 Nov 1470; was buried in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Margaret Harcourt died on 30 Mar 1477.
- 8. John Harcourt was born about 1450 in of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England; died on 26 Jun 1485.
5. Elizabeth Byron (3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) Elizabeth married Thomas Assheton in 1415. Thomas (son of John Assheton) was born about 1403 in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died after 9 Mar 1446. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 5
6. Margery Atherton (4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) Margery married John Ireland in 1460. John (son of William Ireland and Ellen Hanford) was born in of Hale, Lancashire, England; died in 1462. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. William Ireland was born in of Hale, Lancashire, England; died in 1503.
7. Margaret Harcourt (4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) died on 30 Mar 1477. Family/Spouse: William Moton. William (son of Robert Moton and Elizabeth Mulsho) was born in of Peckleton, Leicestershire, England; died about 13 Feb 1482. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Robert Moton was born in of Peckleton, Leicestershire, England; died between 13 Jun 1498 and 20 Oct 1498.
8. John Harcourt (4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1450 in of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England; died on 26 Jun 1485. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 26 Jun 1484
Notes:
"In 1475 he went to France as a soldier with King Edward IV. In 1483 he was outlawed for his part in Buckingham's rebellion." [Royal Ancestry, citation details below.]
John married Anne Norreys about 1466. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Lettice Harcourt
9. Elizabeth Assheton (5.Elizabeth4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) Family/Spouse: John de Trafford. John (son of Edmund de Trafford and Alice Venables) was born in of Trafford, Lancashire, England; died on 20 Jan 1489. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Edmund Trafford was born about 1454 in of Trafford, Lancashire, England; died on 15 Aug 1513.
Generation: 6
10. William Ireland (6.Margery5, 4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born in of Hale, Lancashire, England; died in 1503. Family/Spouse: Eleanor Molyneux. Eleanor was born between 1450 and 1460. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. Alice Ireland died after 31 Oct 1537.
11. Robert Moton (7.Margaret5, 4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born in of Peckleton, Leicestershire, England; died between 13 Jun 1498 and 20 Oct 1498. Family/Spouse: Philippa Willoughby. Philippa was born in of Rand, Lancashire, England; died on 6 Jan 1517. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Elizabeth Moton was born in of Peckleton, Leicestershire, England.
12. Lettice Harcourt (8.John5, 4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) Family/Spouse: Humphrey Peshale. Humphrey (son of Richard Peshale) was born in of Tean in Checkley, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 May 1498. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Edmund Trafford (9.Elizabeth5, 5.Elizabeth4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1454 in of Trafford, Lancashire, England; died on 15 Aug 1513. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1453, of Trafford, Lancashire, England
- Alternate death: 1514
Notes:
Knight of the Bath in 1493.
Edmund married Margaret Savage after 1480. Margaret (daughter of John Savage, Mayor of Chester and Katherine Stanley) died after Aug 1513. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Margery Trafford died on 10 May 1540.
- 17. Edmund Trafford was born about 1485 in of Trafford, Lancashire, England; died on 28 Jun 1533.
Generation: 7
14. Alice Ireland (10.William6, 6.Margery5, 4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) died after 31 Oct 1537. Alice married William Moore about 1499. William (son of Robert Moore and Margaret Chamberlayne) was born in of Bank-house at Kirkdale in Walton, Lancashire, England; died on 30 Jul 1541. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 18. Elizabeth Moore
15. Elizabeth Moton (11.Robert6, 7.Margaret5, 4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born in of Peckleton, Leicestershire, England. Elizabeth married John Harington in 1513. John (son of John Harington and Alice Southill) was born before 1499 in of Exton, Rutland, England; died on 25 Aug 1553; was buried on 4 Sep 1553 in Rutland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 19. Alice Harington
16. Margery Trafford (13.Edmund6, 9.Elizabeth5, 5.Elizabeth4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) died on 10 May 1540. Margery married Thomas Gerard before 19 Aug 1511. Thomas (son of Peter Gerard and Margery Stanley) was born about 1488 in of Bryn in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England; died on 7 Nov 1523 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 20. William Gerard was born in of the New Hall in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England; died before 1567.
- 21. Thomas Gerard was born between 1502 and 1512 in of Bryn in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England; died after 1550.
17. Edmund Trafford (13.Edmund6, 9.Elizabeth5, 5.Elizabeth4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1485 in of Trafford, Lancashire, England; died on 28 Jun 1533. Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Longford. Elizabeth died on 27 Jan 1548. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 22. Cecily Trafford
Generation: 8
18. Elizabeth Moore (14.Alice7, 10.William6, 6.Margery5, 4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) Elizabeth married Thomas Torbock before 1526. Thomas (son of William Torbock and Margaret Stanley) was born about 1497 in of Tarbock in Huyton, Lancashire, England; died on 20 Sep 1554. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 23. William Torbock was born about 1526 in of Torbock Hall, Lancashire, England; died between 1558 and 1559.
19. Alice Harington (15.Elizabeth7, 11.Robert6, 7.Margaret5, 4.Margaret4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) Notes:
The History of Parliament page for Nicholas Fairfax (1498/99-1571), her third husband (she was his second wife), confirms that she was a daughter of Sir John Harington of Exton, Rutland, and that her first husband Richard Flower died in 1540.
Family/Spouse: Richard Flower. Richard (son of Roger Flower and Dorothy Conyers) was born in of Whitwell, Rutland, England; died in 1540. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 24. John Flower was born in 1535 in of Whitwell, Rutland, England; died on 30 Apr 1620.
20. William Gerard (16.Margery7, 13.Edmund6, 9.Elizabeth5, 5.Elizabeth4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born in of the New Hall in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England; died before 1567. Family/Spouse: Constance Rowson. Constance was born about 1537; died after 1567. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: (Unknown mistress of Thomas Gerard). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 25. Thomas Gerard was born about 1541 in of the New Hall in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England; died between 21 Dec 1628 and 12 Jan 1629.
21. Thomas Gerard (16.Margery7, 13.Edmund6, 9.Elizabeth5, 5.Elizabeth4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) was born between 1502 and 1512 in of Bryn in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England; died after 1550. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 1512
- Alternate death: Between 1550 and 1560
- Alternate death: 1553
- Alternate death: Between 1553 and 1560
Notes:
Sheriff of Lancashire 1548, 1553.
In 1536 he was expected to bring a contingent of 450 men to serve against the Pilgrimage of Grace. He was knighted in 1544 during the invasion of Scotland.
John Blythe Dobson (citation details below) says he was at some unspecified time "M.P. for Lancashire", but the History of Parliament entry for his son, also Thomas Gerard (d. 1601), says nothing about the elder Thomas Gerard having been in Parliament.Thomas married Jane Legh before 1522, and was divorced on 27 Nov 1550. Jane (daughter of Peter Legh and Margaret de Tyldesley) was born after 1513; died after 20 Nov 1575 in Bromley, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 26. Katherine Gerard died before 1575.
22. Cecily Trafford (17.Edmund7, 13.Edmund6, 9.Elizabeth5, 5.Elizabeth4, 3.Margaret3, 2.John2, 1.Thomas1) Family/Spouse: Robert Langley. Robert was born in of Agecroft Hall, Agecroft, Pendlebury, Lancashire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 27. Margaret Langley