'Greenwood2'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Greenwood of Brookwood, Greenwood of Haworth, Greenwood of Keighley, Greenwood of Leeds, Greenwood of Stapleton, Greenwood of Swarcliffe
| The coat of arms shown for the following family in BLG1952 suggests that the following family was a cadet of the family of Greenwood of Greenwood Leghe. | |||||||||||||||
| John Greenwood of Wadsworth in Steptowstall, Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1619) ?? | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Greenwood of Smallshay in Wadsworth (bpt 16.06.1629, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Sutcliffe (dau of John Sutcliffe of Stoneslack in Heptonstall) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Greenwood of Bridget House, Haworth (bpt 01.07.1659, d 01.03.1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha (d 1743) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Greenwood of Bridget House, Haworth, & Moor House, Old Oxenhope (d 1770) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Heaton (d 1770) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Greenwood (b 1702, d 1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (d 1768) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | James Greenwood (b 1705, d 1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1734) Sarah Wright (d 1786) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Greenwood of Keighley, Yorkshire (b 1737, d 1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Barwick (d 1810, dau of J. Barwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Greenwood of Keighley & Swarcliffe (b 08.09.1763, d 1846) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Ann Blakeley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1794) Sarah Sugden (d 1803) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Frederick Greenwood of Keighley & Swarcliffe Hall (b 15.01.1797, d 28.08.1862) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.05.1828) Sarah Staniforth (d 30.09.1892, dau of Samuel Staniforth of Darnall) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Edwin Greenwood (b 1798, dsp 1852) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Greenwood (b 30.10.1795, d 26.07.1881) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.10.1822) Theodore Dury (d 02/20.10.1880, rector of Keighley, son of Lt. Col. Alexander of Bonsall Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Matilda Greenwood (b 1799, d 1859) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rawdon Briggs of Bintwith Hall (MP for Halifax) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Sarah Hannah Greenwood (b 1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Benson Sidgwick of Stone Gap (Kildwick) & Ryddlesden Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Paul (b 1765, d 1787), James (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - James (b 1745, d 1746), James (b 1755, d 1837), Joseph (b 1759, d 1760), 4 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Paul (bpt 05.01.1661), James (bpt 24.01.1663), David (bpt 26.03.1665), Joseph (bpt 28.04.1668), Thomas (bpt 06.06.1669), daughter | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - Christopher (bpt 16.01.1623-4), James (bpt 16.01.1630), Ambrose (bpt 24.06.1632), David (bpt 22.06.1634), Joseph (bpt 25.02.1635-6), Paul (bpt 069.05.1637), 4 daughters | ||||||||||||||
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| James Greenwood | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Chapellholme | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Greenwood of Wrenthorp near Wakefield, Yorskhire | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Marsh of Thornhill | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Greenwood of Stapleton of Darington, Yorkshire (a 04.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sarah Burdet (dau of Samuel Burdet of Moregrange) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Samuel Greenwood of Leeds (b 1635-6, d 12.1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith Webster (b c1638, d 11.1693, dau of John Webster of Bradford) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - James (dsp 1697), Jonathan of London, Samuel of Leeds, John of Leeds, Joseph of York, Benjamin of Leeds | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Isabell Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Bellhouse (dau (by Bartholinda Wilkinson of Towthorp) of Francis Bellhouse of Newsome (Town Clerk of Leeds), sister/coheir of Francis) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | James Greenwood of Stapleton then York (b 1643-4, a 1712) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Farrer (a 1712, dau of William Farrer of Ewood) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Greenwood (a 1712, rector of Darfield) | ||||||||||||||
| William's wife is identified just as Sarah Wainwright. Thanks to a contributor (CV, 14.09.15) for providing more information about her and the following connections. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Wainwright (bpt 07.06.1681, d c1731, dau of Robert Wainwright of Middlewood Hall by Jane, dau of Robert Ashton of Bradway by Dorothy, dau of Robert Wood of Monk Bretton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Francis Greenwood (bpt 24.03.1719, d 15.06.1761, vicar of Higham Ferrers, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Harrington (d 1812, dau of Joseph Harrington of Clare, m2. Thomas Fane Charles Graham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Anne Greenwood (d 1814/1822) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1771) Thomas Hammersley of Pall Mall | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Jane Wainwright (bpt 14.10.1714, d 15.03.1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.203.1746) Henry Farrer of Doncaster (surgeon) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Francis (bpt 14.04.1716, bur 15.10.1718), William (bpt 14.04.1716, bur 15.10.1718), Mary (d young?), Sarah (d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Francis in Surinam, John of London, James of London, Henry of York, Charles in Spain, Brudenell, James (d by 1711), Mary Frances, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | John Greenwood of Leeds (b before 1666, d by 1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Waterhouse (dau of Rev. Jonas Waterhouse of Bradford) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Francis Greenwood in Rotterdam (a 04.1666, 1711) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Catharine Greenwood (a 1741, "whose father lived in Rotterdam") possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Barton (bpt 21.08.1684 d 1710-1. Lt. Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Gardner of Westminster & Carrickfergus (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue (a 04.1666) - Henry of Knottingley (a 1711), Charles (d by 1711 in Surinam), William of London | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Anne Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Naylor of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Ellen Cutts of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Robert Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Warriner of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Isabell Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Lister of New Lathes | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Margaret Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Ibbotson or Ibbetson of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Elizabeth Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Ingleton or Ingle of Rotheram | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Anne Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Waterhouse of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Greenwood of Levings & Greenwood Lee | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mitchell | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Greenwood of Oxford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Napper (dau of Edward Napper of Hollywell, sister of George (martyr)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Greenwood of Norton Brune alias Brice Norton, Oxfordshire (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Moore (dau of Thomas Moore of Moor Place alias Gobbins) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Bridget Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Whitbread of White Notley | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue (a 1634) - Thomas (b 1604), Clive | ||||||||||||||
| B. | George Greenwood of Castleton, Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Jones (dau of Walter Jones of Chastleton (sic)) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - George, Walter, Anne, Ellenor, Sarah | ||||||||||||||
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| Robert Greenwood (Greenewood) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Shaw of Hanging Royd in Hepptonstall, Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Greenwood (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mercia Broome (dau of _ Broome of Broome Hall (Yorkshire)) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Greenwood of West Ardesley, Yorkshire (d c1638) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Halliwell (dau of John Halliwell of Pykehouse) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Greenwood (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Ellis (dau of Marmaduke Ellis of Dewsbury) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Charles Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| a. | |Jane Greenwood | ||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - John (d unm), JAmes (d unm), Piers (d unm), Ferdinando (d Newark) | ||||||||||||||
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| BLG1886 reports that the following family "is, it is stated, a branch of the family of Greenwood, of Greenwood Leghe, co. York". | |||||||||||||||
| William Greenwood, Yorkshire, later of Hillingdon | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Beswicke (b 1738, d 1771, dau of John Beswicke (b 1707, d 1764)) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Beswicke Greenwood (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Greenwood of Brookwood Park, Hampshire (d 1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christiana Smith (dau of William Smith of Kelso by Christiana, dau of Sir John Scott of Ancrum, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Greenwood of Brookwood Park & Woodcote (b 10.04.1798, d 1872, Lt. Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1847) Catherine Caroline Tichborne (dau of Sir Henry Tichborne, Bart of Tichborne Park, by Anne, dau of Sir Thomas Burke of Marble Hill, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Greenwood of Broadhanger, Hampshire (b 24.07.1800, d 12.02.1871, QC, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from BLG1879 'Greenwood of Broadhanger'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (19.08.1835) Fanny Collyns (Dau of William Collyns of Kenton) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | James Greenwood (d 1869, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Laura Bowles (dau of Col. _ Bowles) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Emily Greenwood (d 1855) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1816) Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - George (d 11.1875, Lt. Colonel), Robert of Wembury in New Zealand, Anne Christiana (d 1855), Mary (d 1879) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For top section : BLG1952 ('Greenwood of Swarcliffe Hall')
(2) For second section : 'Ducatus Leodiensis' by Ralph Thoresby (1715, p168), Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665-6, 'Greenwood of Stapleton')
(3) For third section : Visitation (Oxfordshire, 1634, 'Greenwood of Chastleton and Brizenorton')
(4) For fourth section : Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1665-6, 'Greenwood of West Ardesley'
(5) For lowest section : BLG1886 ('Greenwood of Brookwood')
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