John Wolstenholme (abt. 1562 - 1639)

Born about 1562 in Derbyshire, England

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1639 at about age 77 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Sir John Wolstenholme of St. Olave, Hart St., London,^[1] (b. 1562), was the second son of John Wolstenholme, younger son of a Derbyshire family. He was a Merchant Adventurer, who was knighted in 1617 by Charles I. He also purchased Nostell Priory in Yorkshire.^[2][3]

Marriage

John married twice.^[4]

Fanshawe

His first wife was Catherine Fanshawe. Thrush & Ferris (2010), assert that she was a daughter of a John Fanshawe of Dronfield, co. Derby,^[1] but Vis. of England & Wales, shows her as the daughter of Henry Fanshawe.^[5]They had two sons and two daughters.^[4]

children:

• 1. John Wolstenholme or Worsnam of Walsingham House, Seething Lane, London (b. c. 1596 - d. Jul 1670; bur. Stanmore, co. Middlesex; will 10 Dec 1669).^[1][4]

m. (bef. 1619) Anne (d. 25 Nov. 1661), dau. of Sir Roger Dallison of Laughton, co. Lincs.^[1]

• 2. Henry (d. wars in the Palatinate)^[4]
• 1. Joan.^[3][4]

m. Sir Robert Knollys (bp. 06 Apr 1589 – d. 1659) of Stanford in the Vale, Berks.^[3] & of Grays, co. Oxford.^[4]

• 2. Catherine.^[4]

m. William Fanshawe, esq., third son of Thomas Fanshawe, esq. of Fanshawe Gate, co. Essex, King's Rememberancer.^[4]

Wanton

John remarried to Catherine Wanton of co. York., but they had no children.^[4]

Occupation

In 1600, John was one of the incorporators of the East India Company and, in 1606, an investor in the Virginia Company.

He also helped sponsor expeditions of Henry Hudson and William Baffin searching for the Northwest Passage. Wolstenholme Sound, Cape, and Bay in Canada were named after him, as well as Wolstenholme Towne in Virginia.

Death

John died in 1639 and was buried at Stanmore, Middlesex.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Thrush, A. & Ferris, J.P. (2010), "WOLSTENHOLME (WORSNAM), John (c.1596-1670), of Walsingham House, Seething Lane, London; later of Nostell Priory, Yorks. and Fenchurch Street, London," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. HOP. Web.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Betham, W. (1802). The Baronetage of England, 2, p. 361. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Thrush, A. & Ferris, JP (2010). "Knollys, Sir Robert II (1589-1659), of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. HOP. Web.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Betham, W. (1802). "Wolstenholme of London," in The Baronetage of England, 2, p. 362. Google Books.
5. ↑ Crisp, F.A. (1906). "Pedgiree of Fanshawe," in Visitation of England and Wales, 6(1), p. 147. Google Books.

See Also...

• Burke, J., & Burke, B. (1844). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, p. 578. London: J.R. Smith. Archive.org. eBook.
• Fanshawe, A. (1907). The memoirs of Anne, Lady Fanshawe, p. 330-331. N.p. Archive.org. eBook.
• Wikipedia: Cape Wolstenholme