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Joan Legard

Female Abt 1530 - Aft 1586  (~ 56 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joan Legard was born about 1530 (daughter of Ralph Legard and Isabel Hildyard); died after 7 Mar 1586.

    Notes:

    Also called Joan Ledgard.

    Joan married Richard Skepper after 4 Feb 1551. Richard (son of Richard Skepper and Audrey Grynne) was born about 1495 in of East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England; died after 26 May 1556. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Edward Skepper was born in 1552; died on 10 Nov 1629 in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried on 10 Nov 1629 in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ralph Legard was born about 1490 in of Anlaby, Yorkshire, England (son of Robert Legard and Joan Haldenby); died on 30 Jun 1540.

    Ralph married Isabel Hildyard about 1520. Isabel (daughter of Peter Hildyard and Jane de la See) was born about 1498; died after 10 Jul 1540. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Isabel Hildyard was born about 1498 (daughter of Peter Hildyard and Jane de la See); died after 10 Jul 1540.
    Children:
    1. 1. Joan Legard was born about 1530; died after 7 Mar 1586.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Legard was born about 1444 in of Anlaby, Yorkshire, England; died before 2 Jul 1533.

    Robert married Joan Haldenby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Joan Haldenby (daughter of Robert Haldenby).
    Children:
    1. 2. Ralph Legard was born about 1490 in of Anlaby, Yorkshire, England; died on 30 Jun 1540.

  3. 6.  Peter Hildyard was born about 1460 in of Winestead, Yorkshire, England (son of Robert Hildyard and Elizabeth Hastings); died on 20 Mar 1502.

    Notes:

    Also called Piers Hildyard.

    Peter married Jane de la See between 1480 and 1485. Jane (daughter of Martin de la See and Elizabeth Wentworth) died between 20 Jul 1527 and 7 Apr 1528. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Jane de la See (daughter of Martin de la See and Elizabeth Wentworth); died between 20 Jul 1527 and 7 Apr 1528.

    Notes:

    Also called Joan de la See, Joan at See.

    Children:
    1. 3. Isabel Hildyard was born about 1498; died after 10 Jul 1540.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Robert Haldenby was born in of Haldenby, Adlingfleet, Yorkshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 5. Joan Haldenby

  2. 12.  Robert Hildyard was born about 1435 in of Winestead, Yorkshire, England (son of Robert Hildyard and Katherine de la Hay); died on 21 May 1501.

    Notes:

    Also called Robert Helyerd. He was knighted on the field of Selford by the Earl of Northumberland 22 Aug 1482.

    Robert married Elizabeth Hastings before 8 Apr 1459. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 13.  Elizabeth Hastings (daughter of John Hastings and Anne Morley).
    Children:
    1. 6. Peter Hildyard was born about 1460 in of Winestead, Yorkshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1502.

  4. 14.  Martin de la See was born about 1420 in of Barmston, Yorkshire, England (son of Brian de la See and Maud Monceaux); died between 20 Nov 1494 and 15 Dec 1494; was buried in All Hallows, Barmston, Yorkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 15 Dec 1494

    Notes:

    Also called Martin at See. He headed the resistance to Edward IV's landing at Ravenspur in March 1471. He was knighted by the Earl of Northumberland in Scotland on 24 Jul 1482.

    Martin married Elizabeth Wentworth. Elizabeth (daughter of Philip Wentworth and Mary Clifford) was born between 1440 and 1449; died before Nov 1494. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 15.  Elizabeth Wentworth was born between 1440 and 1449 (daughter of Philip Wentworth and Mary Clifford); died before Nov 1494.
    Children:
    1. 7. Jane de la See died between 20 Jul 1527 and 7 Apr 1528.


Generation: 5

  1. 24.  Robert Hildyard was born in of Winestead, Yorkshire, England.

    Robert married Katherine de la Hay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 25.  Katherine de la Hay (daughter of Thomas de la Hay).
    Children:
    1. 12. Robert Hildyard was born about 1435 in of Winestead, Yorkshire, England; died on 21 May 1501.

  3. 26.  John Hastings was born about 1412 in of Fenwick, Yorkshire, England (son of Edward Hastings and Muriel Dinham); died on 9 Apr 1477 in Elsing, Norfolk, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1411, of Gressenhall, Norfolk, England

    John married Anne Morley about 21 Apr 1434. Anne (daughter of Thomas Morley and Isabel de la Pole) died in 1471; was buried in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 27.  Anne Morley (daughter of Thomas Morley and Isabel de la Pole); died in 1471; was buried in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England.
    Children:
    1. 13. Elizabeth Hastings
    2. Hugh Hastings was born about 1447 in of Fenwick, Yorkshire, England; died on 7 Jun 1488.

  5. 28.  Brian de la See was born in of Little Coates, Lincolnshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: of Hollym, Yorkshire, England

    Notes:

    Also called Brian at See.

    Brian married Maud Monceaux. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 29.  Maud Monceaux (daughter of John Monceaux).
    Children:
    1. 14. Martin de la See 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.

  7. 30.  Philip Wentworth was born about 1424 (son of Roger Wentworth and Margery le Despenser); died on 18 May 1464 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England.

    Notes:

    He was beheaded by the Yorkists after the Battle of Hexham.

    Philip married Mary Clifford. Mary (daughter of John Clifford and Elizabeth Percy) was buried in Friars Minor, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 31.  Mary Clifford (daughter of John Clifford and Elizabeth Percy); was buried in Friars Minor, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
    Children:
    1. Margaret Wentworth died on 28 Apr 1478.
    2. 15. Elizabeth Wentworth was born between 1440 and 1449; died before Nov 1494.
    3. Henry Wentworth was born about 1448; died between 17 Aug 1499 and 27 Feb 1501; was buried in Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England.


Generation: 6

  1. 50.  Thomas de la Hay
    Children:
    1. 25. Katherine de la Hay

  2. 52.  Edward Hastings was born on 21 May 1382 in Fenwick, Yorkshire, England (son of Hugh Hastings and Anne Despenser); died on 6 Jan 1438.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 1382, of Elsing, Norfolk, England

    Notes:

    He and Reynold Grey, Lord Grey of Ruthin, contended with one another at the Court of Chivalry over the right to bear the undifferenced arms of Hastings. He lost, and refused to pay the costs of his suit, lest by doing so he might acknowledge the ruling's justice. According to Dugdale, he was then imprisoned in the Marsalsea for the next 16 years, a span of time that may be an exaggeration given that he married his second wife, Margery Clifton, in 1427.

    Edward married Muriel Dinham before 20 Feb 1406. Muriel (daughter of John Dinham and Eleanor Montagu) was born about 1385; died before 1420. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 53.  Muriel Dinham was born about 1385 (daughter of John Dinham and Eleanor Montagu); died before 1420.
    Children:
    1. 26. John Hastings was born about 1412 in of Fenwick, Yorkshire, England; died on 9 Apr 1477 in Elsing, Norfolk, England.
    2. Margaret Hastings was born before 1414.

  4. 54.  Thomas Morley was born in 1394 (son of Robert Morley and Isabel Moleyns); died on 6 Dec 1435; was buried in Hingham, Norfolk, England.

    Notes:

    Privy councillor. De jure Lord Marshal, Marshal of Ireland. Fought at Agincourt. Took part in the sieges of Rouen, Melun, and Meaux. Present at the death of Henry V and bore one of the banners at his funeral.

    Summoned to Parliament from 15 Jul 1427 to 5 Jul 1435.

    Thomas married Isabel de la Pole before 6 Feb 1403. Isabel (daughter of Michael de la Pole and Katherine Stafford) died on 8 Feb 1467. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 55.  Isabel de la Pole (daughter of Michael de la Pole and Katherine Stafford); died on 8 Feb 1467.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 1464

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Morley died between 12 Nov 1446 and Mar 1451.
    2. 27. Anne Morley died in 1471; was buried in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England.

  6. 58.  John Monceaux was born in of Barmston, Yorkshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 29. Maud Monceaux

  7. 60.  Roger Wentworth was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England (son of John Wentworth and Agnes Dronsfield); 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]


  8. 61.  Margery le Despenser was born about 1399 in of Goxhill, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England (daughter of Philip le Despenser and Elizabeth de Tibetot); died on 20 Apr 1478; was buried in Grey Friars, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
    Children:
    1. Agnes Wentworth was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1496.
    2. Henry Wentworth was born in of Codham Hall in Wethersfield, Essex, England; died on 22 Mar 1483.
    3. Margaret Wentworth died on 20 Apr 1478.
    4. 30. Philip Wentworth was born about 1424; died on 18 May 1464 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England.

  9. 62.  John Clifford was born about 1389 (son of Thomas de Clifford and Elizabeth de Ros); died on 13 Mar 1422 in Mieux, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 1388

    Notes:

    Killed at the Siege of Mieux.

    John married Elizabeth Percy between Aug 1403 and 5 Nov 1412. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer) died on 26 Oct 1436; was buried in Staindrop, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 63.  Elizabeth Percy (daughter of Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer); died on 26 Oct 1436; was buried in Staindrop, Durham, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 26 Oct 1437

    Children:
    1. 31. Mary Clifford was buried in Friars Minor, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
    2. Thomas Clifford was born on 25 Mar 1414; died on 22 May 1455 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.


 

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