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From: Brad Verity <>
Subject: Re: Descents From Edward III For Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, 3rd Baronet
Date: 17 May 2007 20:01:41 -0700
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On Apr 6, 12:04 am, Brad Verity <> wrote:

> Surtees's pedigrees are usually very thorough - I have copies of several
> from previous library visits. I think before we exhaust ourselves trying to
> reconstruct this Brakenbury of Sellaby pedigree, we wait until we see what
> Surtees was able to put together. I'm going to plan on making two copies of
> it, and send you one of them - I know you've been interested in this family
> for awhile.

I finally made it to the UCLA Library this week and had a look at the
Brackenbury pedigrees in Surtees' 'Durham' Volume 4, pp. 17-20.

Per the pedigree, Susanna Brackenbury, wife of Roger Beckwith of
Aldbrough, was indeed the daughter of Francis Brackenbury of Selaby
(bap. 30 August 1577, buried May 1630). She was one of two children
of Francis by an unnamed first wife. The second wife of Francis, whom
he married in August 1615, was Grace (no parentage given). She
married 2nd, before 1634, Ingleby Huddleston, 6th son of Ferdinando
Huddleston of Millom. I'll have to dig out my Huddleston file and see
if I have anything further on her.

The other child of Francis and his first wife was his son and heir,
John Brackenbury of Selaby (bapt. at Gainford 1606, buried 9 November
1677 at Durham Abbey). He married 1st, Jane (buried 26 August 1674),
daughter of Hugh Selby of Newcastle, merchant, and they had three
sons:

1) Robert Brackenbury, bapt. at St. Nicholas, Newcastle 21 April 1629,
joined his father in the sale of lands in Alwent 17 Oct. 1657, dvp and
buried 9 July 1677.
2) Pierce Brackenbury, bapt. 12 March 1633, admitted of Gray's Inn 15
May 1656, admitted of St. John's College, Cambridge 17 Sept. 1650,
M.D. 1665
3) Henry Brackenbury, bapt. 2 October 1637, admitted of Gray's Inn 13
July 1655

By an unnamed second wife (who was probably the Jane Brackenbury,
widow, who had licence to marry John Simpson of Winston on 16 August
1680), John Brackenbury had a 4th son:

4) Francis Brackenbury, bapt. 11 August 1676

Surtees was unable to trace the family any further (p. 17): I have in
vain endeavoured to trace the descendants of the last Brakenbury of
Selaby. Robert, eldest son of John, died a few months before his
father; and of Pierce and Henry all that is known is, that they were
both admitted of Gray's Inn 1636-7[sic]; that Pierce was of St. John's
College, Cambridge, 1650; and proceeded M.D. 1665.

In addition to Francis, the pedigree gives Henry Brackenbury of Selaby
and Anne Slingsby, an elder son, George (bapt. 11 Sept. 1569, buried 8
January 1571) and a daughter Anne (age 2 in 1575), wife of Christopher
Hutton of Hunwick, co. Durham.

Of Henry Brackenbury's younger brothers, his full brother Richard
Brackenbury died without issue (will proven 1605), and their half-
brother Anthony Brackenbury administered Richard's estate in 1607, but
Surtees couldn't find anything further on him.

Their was a junior branch of the family, the Brackenburys of Killerby,
co. Durham, founded by Martin Brackenbury, uncle of Henry Brackenbury
of Selaby. Surtees found some baptisms for them in the Heighington
Parish Register. And there were Brackenburys of Langton (in the
parish of Gainford) that Surtees was not certain how to fit into the
family. Both the Killerby and Langton Brackenburys had a Thomas,
though I couldn't find a Margaret, Matthew, Elizabeth (with a 1597
birthdate) or Eleanor Brackenbury in any of the pedigrees.

There is still some tight chronology, as Susan Beckwith, Susanna
Brackenbury's eldest daughter, was born 1614 (I got that date from the
IGI, so need to verify it). Susanna must have been a very young
second wife to Roger Beckwith, which is confirmed by her surviving as
his widow for 35 years.

Further research needs to be done into the first marriage of Francis
Brackenbury of Selaby, but the descent from Edward III is shaping up
more solid.

Cheers, ---------Brad

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