'Rokeby2'
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Families covered: Rokeby of Arthingworth, Rokeby of Hotham, Rokeby of Moreton (Mortham), Rokeby of Sandall, Rokeby of Skyers (Skiers)
[Parts of this page used to be included within Rokeby1. They were moved here to facilitate expansion of both pages.]
| John Rokeby of Mortham (d 1594) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne (or Elizabeth) Thwenge (dau of Marmaduke Thwenge of Heslerton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Thomas Rokeby of Mortham or Moreton (b c1570, bur 31.07.1633) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret or Jane Lawson (dau of Sir Raphe Lawson of Brough) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Francis Rokeby of Moreton (d 02.1644/bur 25.11.1643, 3rd/4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Fawcet (dau of James Fawcet of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Rokeby of Moreton (bpt 12.03.1639, bur 05.07.1703) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.08.1661) Margaret Wycliffe (dau of John Wycliffe of Gales) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Christopher Rokeby (bpt 25.08.1664, bur 1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.05.1697) Anne Sanderson | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Peter Rokeby of Wycliffe (bpt 04.07.1698, d 1761) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Rokeby (bpt 03.09.1699, bur 05.11.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane (bur 01.05.1766) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Rokeby of Skelton, Marske (bpt 10.03.1724, bur 19.11.1771, joiner) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.04.1763) Margaret Mewburn (b c1740, d 29.10.1826, dau of John Mewburn of Skelton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Rokeby of London (bpt 01.08.1771, d 04.1851, of Gray's Inn) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Jones (d 04.1851, dau of Richard Jones of Shenley) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Rokeby (bpt 11.06.1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Johnson | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Jane Rokeby (bpt 25.08.1766, d 24.09.1846) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Margaret Rokeby (bpt 29.11.1768, dsp 13.07.1813) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Senechale | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Rokeby (bpt 16.05.1731) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.02.1753) Francis Appleby of Barningham | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Joseph (bpt 06.07.1737, bur 19.11.1771), Frances (bpt 09.05.1743, bur 12.02.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Christopher (bpt 28.09.1707, bur 27.12.1772, had issue), Elizabeth (bpt 28.02.1702), Ann (bpt 11.03.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Rokeby (bpt 04.02.1672, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Peirson of Lowthorpe (a 10.1720) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Joseph Rokeby (bpt 02.03.1674, bur 02.11.1737, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Bowes | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Thomas (bpt 12.08.1720), Catherine (bpt 23.09.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Rokeby (bpt 12.05.1676, a 1714) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Save (vicar of Kirkby Malzeard) | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 20.02.1665/6, bur 31.01.1666/7), Francis (bpt 03.01.1668/9, a 03.1684/5), Ralph of Cliffe (bpt 08.12.1670, a 1722), Mary (b c1662, bur 27.08.1662), Susanna (bpt 07.09.1664, bur 11.09.1664), Mildred (bpt 29.11.1665, a 1720), Margaret (bpt 06.10.1667, bur 12.04.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Frances Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Pelham Jackson of Haselrigg | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Daniell Orde of Barwicke upon Tweede | |||||||||||||||
| m3.William Astley of Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Susanna Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gilbert Sywnnow of Barrington | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Raphe (d unm bur 01.11.1634?), Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Alice Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger Alderson of Bowes | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue (d unm) - James (bur 30.10.1602), William, Raphe (bur 20.07.1631), Anthony (d unm), John (bur 21.07.1601), Christopher (d unm), Mary (d unm?), Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | 4 sons | ||||||||||||||
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| Thomas Rokeby of Hotham, Yorkshire (d before 05.11.1591) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Legh (dau of Laurence Legh or Leigh, Sergeant-at-arms) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Rokeby of Hotham (b c1556, d before 27.12.1626) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1597) Dorothy Rokeby (dau of William Rokeby of Skiers) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William Rokeby of Hotham & Skyres, 1st Bart (b c1601, d by 1676) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by TCB (vol 3, 'Rokeby of Skyers', p155+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1628) Frances Hickman (bpt 31.10.1602, d by 1676, dau of Sir William Hickman of Gainsborough by Elizabeth Willoughby) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alexander Rokeby (b c1630, dvp 1667, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.04.1653) Margaret Coke (dau of John Coke of Holkham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Rokeby of Skyers, 2nd Bart (b 1656, d 04.1678, 2nd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1676) Dorothy Darcy (bur 06.12.1729, dau/heir of Edward Darcy, m2. Colonel Thomas Paston) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| Clay suggests that Elizabeth may have married Sir Stafford Fairborn but TCB confirms that his wife was her half-sister. | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Dorothy Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Stanhope | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Willoughby Rokeby of Skyers, 3rd Bart (b c1632, d unm 06.07.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Mildred Rokeby (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c10.1680) William Sandford of Askham (son of Thomas (by Elizabeth, dau of William Orfeur), m2. Dorothy Smallwood) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Bridget Rokeby (b c1650, d 26.09.1709) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c02.1680/1) Alexander Montgomery of Welton | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - William (dvp unm), Francis (d unm), Mary (d unm), Elizabeth (d unm), others ( d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Alexander Rokeby of Sandall (b 1602-3, d 06.05.1635, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan Boswell (dau of Gervase Boswell or Bosville of Edlington or Warmesworth) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Rokeby of Sandall (b c1631-2, d 03.02.1662, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1657) Elizabeth Bourchier (d 28.01.1705, dau of Thomas Bourchier of Beningborough) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (d young) including William, Theodore | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Alexander Rokeby (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Rokeby 'of Woodhouse' of Burnby or Barnby (d Dunbar 03.09.1650) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bury (dau of Robert Bury of Grantham, sister of Sir William of Grantham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Rokeby of Ackworth Park, Yorkshire (b c1630, bur 02.12.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Emma Bury (b c1637, d 24.01.1703, dau of Sir William Bury of Grantham & Linwood (sb Ernwood?), sister of Sir Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Emme Rokeby (b 08.09.1654, d 02.08.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mason | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Rokeby (b 27.08.1658) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Askham of Boston | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Jane Rokeby (b 24.06.1666, d 16.03.1717-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1688) Henry Scott of York | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Dorothy Rokeby (b 02.03.1674, d 27.07.1744) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1696) Sir Thomas Ianson, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - William (b 01.08.1656, dsp before 18.12.1673), George (b 09.11.1660, dsp 20.06.1673), Alexander (b 26.05.1664, dsp before 08.05.1683), Thomas (b 13.01.1662, d 03.1662), John (b 03.11.1667, d 12.1686), Thomas of Sandal (b 27.01.1670, dsp 02.05.1706), Ebenezer (b 14.04.1678, d infant), Mary (b 12.02.1672, bur 30.06.1673), Susannah (b 05.09.1676) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Thomas Rokeby (b 1631-2, dsp 26.11.1699, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Danby (b 1632-3, d 10.08.1707, dau/coheir of James Danby of New Building, sister/coheir of William) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Joseph Rokeby of Leeds & London (bpt 30.09.1641, d 14.08.1688, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.05.1668) Mileah Danby (bpt 25.05.1637, bur 10.10.1726, dau/coheir of James Danby of New Building, sister of Ursula) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Joseph Rokeby of New Building (Newbiggen) & Sandal (b 1676-7, d unm bur 12.08.1741, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Dorothy Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Wyndlow of Thirsk | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Rokeby (bur 12.06.1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1693) John Buxton | |||||||||||||||
| d. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Wyndlow of York | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue (d young) - James, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Benjamin Rokeby of London & Stratford (Essex) (d 1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1683) Rebecca Langham (d 21.12.1692, dau/heir of Thomas Langham of Arthingworth & London) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Langham Rokeby of Arthingworth (b 15.12.1692) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Morgan (dau of Major Nicolaus Morgan) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Rokeby of Arthingworth (b c1721, d 08.09.1796, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1745) Elizabeth Scott (b c1724, d 07.08.1815, dau/heir of Col. John Scott of Galashiels) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Langham Rokeby of Arthingworth (b c1750, d 16/26.12.1826, minister) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.1780) Maria Isabella Davies (d 31.12.1810/01.01.1811, dau of Somerset Davies of Wigmore Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Langham Rokeby of Arthingworth (b 06.03.1784, d unm 06.07.1844, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Henry Ralph Rokeby of Arthingworth (b 08.04.1788, d 20.05.1870, rector of Arthingworth) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (26.07.1827) Caroline Boulton (d 20.04.1832, dau of Rev. George Boulton of Oxendon) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (06.09.1837) Harriet Walley (dau of Joseph Walley of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Anna Maria Isabella (d unm 11.03.1818), Charlotte Jane (d 04.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Catherine Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Jekyll of Bath | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Thomas, Elizabeth (b c1745, dsp 24.05.1824), Sarah, Anne (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Langham (d infant), Elizabeth (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Rebecca, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.06.1658) Francis Hall of Dunnington | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Anne Rokeby (bpt 30.07.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.08.1658) Raphe Waterhouse of Burnby | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Emme Rokeby (a 10.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Leonard Weddell of Erswick | |||||||||||||||
| viii.+ | other issue - John of London (dsp), Elizabeth (b c1634, d unm 1652), Susanna (d unm), Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Philip Rokeby (bur 03.04.1647, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Godfrey (dau of Joseph (not William) Godfrey of Thunnock) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Joseph (a 1672), Philip, Nathaniel (a 1680), Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Mary Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Legard of Anlaby | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Ralph Rokeby (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Elizabeth Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.09.1595) Richard Vincent of Firsby | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Susan Rokeby | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Cartwright of Normanby | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (John Clay, Yorkshire, Dugdale (1665) + additions, Part 5, 'Rokeby of Moreton (Mortham)', p24+)
(2) For lower section : Visitation (John Clay, Yorkshire, Dugdale (1665) + additions, Part 5, 'Rokeby of Hotham and Skires (sic)' & 'Rokeby of Ackworth Parke', pp32+), FMG (vol 2, MS246-7, 'Rokeby', p589+) , BEB1841 (Rokeby of Skiers), Commoners (vol 4, 'Rokeby of Arthingworth', p667+) with support from BLG1886 ('Rokeby of Arthingworth')
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