Robert (Dalton) of Thurnham (1639 - 1700)

Born 1639 in Thurnham, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Biography

Robert Dalton of Thurnham, co. Lancs. (b. c. 1639, age 25 on 16 Sep 1664 d. 1700),^[1][2] was the son of:

• Col. Thomas Dalton, esq. of Thurnham (b. 08 Jul 1609 - d. 02 Nov 1644, age 36),^[3] son of Robert Dalton of Thurnham (d. 1626),^[3]
• and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Middleton.^[1]

He inherited the property of his paternal uncle, Robert Dalton (dsp 1578; will 12 Sep 1578, bur. Cockerham church).^[3]

Origins

Robert submitted his pedigree on 16 September 1664. It's printed in Vis. of Lancs., 1664/5.^[1][2]

Robert's father was a colonel of a regiment of horse in the army of Charles I.^[1] His maternal grandfather was a younger son of George Middleton, esq. of Leighton, co. Lancs.^[1]

Siblings

He had two sisters:

• Elizabeth.^[1]
• Hellen.^[1]

Marriage

He appears to have married three times.^[4]

Horner

Robert's first wife was Elizabeth Horner. She was the daughter of Thomas Horner of Brathwayt,^[1] & Middleham, co. York.^[4]

children

Robert and Elizabeth left two daughters and coheirs:^[2]

1. Elizabeth (b. c. 1658, age 6 on 16 Sep 1664),^[1] the elder, married William Hoghton of Park Hall in Charnock, and had Thurnham, Bulk and other estates;^[2]
2. Dorothy (b. aft. 16 Sep 1664), the younger, married Edward Riddell of Swinburne Castle, Northumb., and received Caton and a moiety of Aldcliffe.^[2][5]

Biddulph

"Biddulph of Biddulph," construction in Vis. of Staffs., (n.d.).^[6]

Robert's second wife was Mary Biddulph, eldest dau. of:^[6]

• Francis Biddulph of Biddulph, co. Staffs. (b. 07 Apr 1619), son of John Biddulph (d. 1642 Coventry) & Mary, dau. of Thomas Eyre, esq. of Hassop, co. Derby.^[6]
• and Margaret, dau. of George Preston, esq. of Holker, co. Lancs.^[6]

Mary was previously married to George Compton, esq. of Brambletye, co. Sussex (dsp).^[6]

m.2 (1679) Mary, sis. of Thomas Biddulph of Biddulph; wid. of George Compton, esq. of Brambletye, co. Sussex.^[6][4]

Selby

m.3 (Feb 1688) Elizabeth, d. & co. of Sir George Selby, Bart. & Dame Mary Mostyn.^[4]

Death

He was survived by his third wife, Elizabeth Selby. She remarried to Richard Massey of Rixton.^[4]

Notes

• It's not clear if dau. Dorothy's mother was Elizabeth Horner. She's not in 1664 pedigree, but Farrer & Brownbill (1914), seem to imply that she was Horner's daughter. More research needed ...
• Vis. of Lancs., 1664, states that his paternal grandmother was Eleanor, dau. of William Hilton of Hilton, co. Lancs.^[1] ... but in Lancs? ... might be partially right since George Middleton of Leighton, co. Lancs., Middleton-4052 m. Margaret, dau. of Christopher Metcalf & neice of Margaret Metcalfe, wife of Wiliiam Hilton of Biddick, who was de jure Baron Hilton from 1559-62.

only thing ... Hilton of Hilton & Hulton (Hilton) of Lancs. were not related in the time of Wm. of Biddick ... but they did meet each other later. Plus... Transactions, 42, states that paternal grandmother was Elizabeth, dau. of William Hulton of Hulton, co. Lancs.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} "Dalton of Thurnham," (1664, September 16) in Vis. of Lancs. 1664 - 65, p. 94. Google Books.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "Townships: Thurnham." A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8. Eds. William Farrer, and J Brownbill. London: Victoria County History, 1914. 101-105. British History Online. Web. 4 July 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol8/pp101-105.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1892, 42, p. 102, Google Books.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} "List of portraits formerly at Thurnham Hall," in Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1892, 42, p. 123. Google Books.
5. ↑ Burke, J. (n.d.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great, 3, p. ... Google Books.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} "Vis of Staffs: Biddulph of Biddulph," in The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1830, p. 219. Google Books.