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John Dronsfield

Male - Aft 1369


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Dronsfield was born in of West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; died after 1369.

    Notes:

    Possibly named William.

    Family/Spouse: Joan de Stainton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Agnes Dronsfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1430.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Agnes Dronsfield Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born in of West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1430.

    Agnes married John Wentworth in 1407. John (son of John Wentworth and Alice Bissett) was born in of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England; died after 1413. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. John Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England; died between 1415 and 1420.
    2. 4. Roger Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 24 Oct 1452.
    3. 5. Richard Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of West Bretton, Yorkshire, England; died after 20 Dec 1477.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  John Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (2.Agnes2, 1.John1) was born in of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England; died between 1415 and 1420.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 1430

    Notes:

    He has to have died before 1430, when John Saville and John Lake had his son John's wardship by letters patent of Henry VI dated 8 July of that year. In 1431 they sold the wardship and marriage of the younger John Wentworth to Walter Calverley.

    The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz has him as the father of Roger Wentworth who married Margery le Despenser.

    Family/Spouse: Joan Beaumont. Joan (daughter of Richard Beaumont and Cecelia Mirfield) was born in of Whitley, Yorkshire, England; died after 1471. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. John Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England; died after 1459.

  2. 4.  Roger Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (2.Agnes2, 1.John1) 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:
    1. 7. Agnes Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1496.
    2. 8. Henry Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Codham Hall in Wethersfield, Essex, England; died on 22 Mar 1483.
    3. 9. Margaret Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point died on 20 Apr 1478.
    4. 10. Philip Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1424; died on 18 May 1464 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England.

  3. 5.  Richard Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (2.Agnes2, 1.John1) was born in of West Bretton, Yorkshire, England; died after 20 Dec 1477.

    Family/Spouse: Cecily Tansley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Richard Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of West Bretton, Yorkshire, England; died about 1488.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  John Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Agnes2, 1.John1) was born in of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England; died after 1459.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Between 1415 and 1420

    John married Joan Calverley after 1 Apr 1431. Joan (daughter of Walter Calverley and Elizabeth Markenfield) was born in of Calverley, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Thomas Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1441 in of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England; died between 1 Apr 1523 and 19 Nov 1524.

  2. 7.  Agnes Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (4.Roger3, 2.Agnes2, 1.John1) 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:
    1. 13. Anne Constable  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died after 1518.
    2. 14. Margaret Constable  Descendancy chart to this point died before Jul 1497.
    3. 15. Marmaduke Constable  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1443 in of Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Nov 1518; was buried in Flamborough, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.

  3. 8.  Henry Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (4.Roger3, 2.Agnes2, 1.John1) was born in of Codham Hall in Wethersfield, Essex, England; died on 22 Mar 1483.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Howard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Margery Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point died before 7 May 1540; was buried on 7 May 1540 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England.

  4. 9.  Margaret Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (4.Roger3, 2.Agnes2, 1.John1) 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:
    1. 17. Agnes Hopton  Descendancy chart to this point died on 23 Jan 1506; was buried in Ormesby St. Margaret, Ormesby, Norfolk, England.

  5. 10.  Philip Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (4.Roger3, 2.Agnes2, 1.John1) 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:
    1. 18. Margaret Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point died on 28 Apr 1478.
    2. 19. Elizabeth Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1440 and 1449; died before Nov 1494.
    3. 20. Henry Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1448; died between 17 Aug 1499 and 27 Feb 1501; was buried in Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England.

  6. 11.  Richard Wentworth Descendancy chart to this point (5.Richard3, 2.Agnes2, 1.John1) was born in of West Bretton, Yorkshire, England; died about 1488.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Between 3 Oct 1488 and 10 Jan 1489

    Family/Spouse: Isabel Fitzwilliam. Isabel (daughter of William Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Chaworth) died after 20 Jul 1506. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Matthew Wentworth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of West Bretton, Yorkshire, England; died after 10 Nov 1505.


 

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