Venables Genealogy Report - leigh

efore 1627. She was the daughter of Edmond Clough and Margaret. Anne Clough was born about 1605, died 1634, buried 8
Nov 1634.
Marriage to Margery Cartwright is listed as occurring in 1601 in Pavers. It is also noted that Ferdinando's father, Thomas L.
is deceased at the time of the marriage. Marriage to Mary Pilkington is taken from Pavers marriages for year 1609 in
Yorkshire on Genuki. Marriages for Yorkshire. There is a burial of Ferdinando's previous wife listed as 27 Jun 1609 so he
wasted no time re-marrying. According to another Ancestry,com entry he married 4 times as given herein with editing.
He apparently inherited large tracts of land from his father and was a strong Royalist in the Civil War and almost lost it. His
son Francis, born in 1634, might have gone to Virginia about the time (1650) that Parliament was threatening to confiscate
Ferdinado's lands. John is said to be his eldest son and acted as Captain under his father in the Civil War. I think this must
have been Thomas, not John. Even so there would be nothing for Francis to inherit. This is the line with several Francis,
Ferdinand(o)'s, and Gilbert's.
The Dictionary of National Biography states that he had 8 children. I can find only 7. It also states that his eldest son John
inherited his estates and fought with him as his Captain during the Civil War. Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham on
Aug 22, 1642, John would not quite have been 13. He had another son, Thomas born in 1619 who would have more nearly
fit the role. This son did not survive his father to inherit.
Francis was born before June 1634. He would have been eligible to emigrate to Va. by 1650 when his father was having
financial difficulties. Not only was Ferdinando having difficulties but their sponsors, the Stanley family, were also having
difficulty coping with the parliamentary forces. Francis' grandmother probably was Elizabeth Stanley, daughter of the 3rd
Earl of Derby. An argument can be made that it is possible this Francis may have emigrated to Virginia in the 1650-1655
period. If so he certainly had the family credentials to be appointed to the Governor's Council afterhe Stuart restoration in
1660.
This line descends from the Leighs of Baguley and thus would be a product of Agnes de Legh's marriage to William
Venables.
Children of Ferdinando Leigh and Elizabeth Tyrwhitt:
i. Elizabeth Leigh, born 21 Jun 1618. She married (1) John Kaye. She married (2) Francis Burdette about
1640.
ii. Thomas Leigh, born 30 May 1619.
Children of Ferdinando Leigh and Anne Clough:
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i. Francisca Leigh, born before 4 Nov 1628. This is one candidate for the Francis Leigh who made the
Governor's Counci in Virginia in 1679-1680. He is of a prominent enough family and probably kin to
the Earl of Derby.
94 ii. Dorothy Leigh, born about 1629, died 11 Nov 1694.
iii. John Leigh, born 23 Nov 1629, died 17 Mar 1705/6. He married Helen Eure. Helen Eure died 29 Apr
1701.
iv. Katherine Leigh, born 16 Feb 1629/30, buried 30 Sep 1634.
v. Francis Leigh, born before 19 Jun 1634, died 23 Nov 1715, in Rothwell, Yorkshire. This would be an
excellent candidate to be Francis Leigh, Governors Council, Virginia, 1676-1680.
89. Thomas 15
Leigh VI (Edward 14
, Thomas 13
, Thomas 12
, Thomas 11
, John 10
, Thomas 9
, Thomas 8
, Roger 7
, Richard 6
, Jenkin 5
, Piers 4
,
Robert 3
, John 2
, William 1
), born 29 Apr 1713, died 30 Nov 1749. He married (1) Maria Rebecca Craven 1735. She was the
daughter of John Craven. Maria Rebecca Craven died before 9 Dec 1746, buried 9 Dec 1746. He married (2) Catherine
Berkeley 1748. She was the daughter of Rowland Berkeley.
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