This family is descended from Sir Elias de Workesley who was lord of the manor of Workesley, now Worsley (near Manchester), at the time of William the Conqueror. | |||||||||||||||
Hugh Worsley of Worsley | |||||||||||||||
m. Anne Standish (dau of Ralph Standish of Standish) | |||||||||||||||
1. | William Worsley of Worsley Hall mentioned by Visitation, descendants in Surrey ? | ||||||||||||||
2. | Sir James Worsley of Appuldercombe (d 1538, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Leigh (dau of Sir John Leigh of Leigh) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Richard Worsley, Governor of the Isle of Wight (d 12.04.1565) | ||||||||||||||
m. Ursula St. Barbe (dau of Henry St. Barbe of Arlington (sb. Ashington), she m2. Sir Francis Walsingham) | |||||||||||||||
i.+ | issue - John (dvp 06.09.1557), George (dvp 09.09.1557) | ||||||||||||||
B. | John Worsley of Appuldercombe (d 1580) | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Meux (dau of Richard Meux of Kingston) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Thomas Worsley of Appuldercombe (b 1563, d 1604) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1585) Barbara St. John (dau of William St. John of Farley) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Bart of Appuldercombe (d 27.06.1621) | ||||||||||||||
m. Frances Neville (dau of Sir Henry Neville of Billingbere) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Bart of Appuldercombe, Sheriff of Hampshire (b 1612, d 11.09.1666) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1634) Bridget Wallop (dau of Sir Henry Wallop of Fairly Wallop) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Henry Worsley (d young) | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd Bart of Appuldercombe (b 1643, d 1676) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1667) Mary Herbert (dau of James Herbert of Kingsey) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Bart of Appuldercombe (b 1669, d 08.1747) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1690) Frances Thynne (dau of Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Robert Worsley (b 1695, dvp unm 1714) | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Thynne Worsley (b 1711, dvpsp 1741) | ||||||||||||||
m. Henrietta Maria Withew (dau of Charles Withew of Hall Place) | |||||||||||||||
(c) | Frances Worsley (b 06.03.1693/4, d 20.06.1743) | ||||||||||||||
m. (17.10.1710) John Carteret, Earl Granville (b 22.04.1690, d 02.11.1763) | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Henry Worsley, Governor of Barbadoes (d unm 15.03.1747) | ||||||||||||||
(iii) | Jane Worsley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir Nathaniel Napier, Bart of Critchill (d 24.02.1728) | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Sir James Worsley of Pilewell (b 1645) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1688) Mary Stuart (b 1643, dau of Sir Nicholas Stuart, Bart of Hartley Mauduit) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Sir James Worsley of Pilewell, 5th Bart of Appuldercombe (d 1756) | ||||||||||||||
m. (12/5.02.1714) Rachel Merrick (dau of Thomas Merrick) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Bart of Appuldercombe (b 22.04.1728, d 23.09.1768) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1749) Elizabeth Boyle (d 16.01.1800, dau of John Boyle, Earl of Cork and Orrery) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Bart of Appuldercombe (b 17.03.1751, d 05.08.1805) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1779) Seymour Dorothy Fleming (dau of Sir John Fleming, Bart of Brompton Park) | |||||||||||||||
((A))+ | issue (dvp unm) - 1 son and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
((2)) | Henrietta Frances Worsley (b 10.07.1758, d 25.07.1791) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.06.1784) John Simpson Bridgeman, later Simpson of Babworth Hall (b 13.05.1763, d 05.06.1850) | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Sandys Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. Peter Bettesworth of Brockenhurst | |||||||||||||||
(iii)+ | other issue - Charles (d unm 1739), Stuart (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
(D) | Bridget or Frances Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. John Williams of Luel | |||||||||||||||
(E) | Jane Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir George Brown of Woolverton | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Thomas Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. Sarah Roe of Shropshire | |||||||||||||||
(A) | George Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Lisle (of the Isle of Wight) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Rev. John Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret Hancock (of Hampshire) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Robert Worsley of Pidford | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Holmes (dau of Henry Holmes of Newport) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Sir Henry Worsley, later Worsley-Holmes, 8th Bart (b 12.1775, d 07.04.1811, minister) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Troughear (d 01.1832, dau of Leonard Troughear, later Lord Holmes) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley-Holmes, 9th Bart (b 16.07.1787, d 10.01.1825) | ||||||||||||||
m. (05.06.1813) Anne Redstone Dalgerno (dau of John Dalgerno of Newport) | |||||||||||||||
((i)) | Elizabeth Worsley (b c1815, d 30.06.1874) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.10.1833) William Henry Ashe A'Court, later A'Court-Holmes, 2nd Lord Heytesbury (b 11.07.1809, d 21.04.1891) | |||||||||||||||
((ii)) | Anne Emily Worsley (d 16.10.1906) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.07.1844) Alexander George Russell (b 16.12.1821, d 10.01.1907, General) | |||||||||||||||
((B))+ | other issue - Richard Fleming (b 1791, dsp 26.07.1814), Margaret | ||||||||||||||
(3) | Anne Worsley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir John Leigh of Bury | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Elizabeth Worsley (d 1652) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sir John Meux, 1st Bart of Kingston (d 02.1657) | |||||||||||||||
(5)+ | other issue (d unm) - Richard, John (b 1617), Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
b. | Thomas Worsley (b 1587) | ||||||||||||||
c. | John Worsley of Gatcombe (b 1589) | ||||||||||||||
m. Cicely Richards (dau of Sir Edward Richards of Yaverland) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Sir Edward Worsley of Gatcombe | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Barker | |||||||||||||||
(A) | John Worsley of Gatcombe (b 1653, d 1727) | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Urry of Freshwater | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Edward Worsley of Gatcombe | ||||||||||||||
m. (1708) Jane Leigh of Idlecombe | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Sir Edward Worsley of Gatcombe (d 08.1762) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1737) Elizabeth Miller (dau of Sir John Millar or Miller of Froyle) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Edward Meux Worsley of Gatcombe (b 1747) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Crow (d 1771) | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Elizabeth Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. (1790) Edmund John Glynn of Glynn | |||||||||||||||
m2. (1772) Elizabeth Troughear (d 01.1832, dau of Leonard Troughear, later Lord Holmes) | |||||||||||||||
((B)) | Jane Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. Alexander Campbell (Colonel, son of Patrick of Ardchattan Priory) | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | James Worsley (rector of Gatcombe) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Hales | |||||||||||||||
((3)) | Henry Worsley (rector of Gatcombe) had issue | ||||||||||||||
((4)) | Jane Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. Rev. Arthur Hodgkinson | |||||||||||||||
((5)) | Anne Worsley | ||||||||||||||
m. Admiral R.R. Bligh | |||||||||||||||
((6))+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas, John | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | David Worsley of Stenbury | ||||||||||||||
(a) | Francis Worsley (d 1808, rector of Chole) | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Roberts (dau of Henry Roberts of Standa) | |||||||||||||||
((1))+ | issue - James (vicar of Thorley), Henry (Major General), David (d unm), Francis (d unm), Robert of Edinburgh, Charles Cornwall Seymour of Newport, Thomas of Liverpool, "several daughters" | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Richard Worsley | ||||||||||||||
3.+ | other issue (dsp) - Otewell, Thomas, Jordain |
Main
source(s): BEB1844 (Worsley of Appuldercombe) with some support from BP1870
(Worsley) and a little from Visitation (Hampshire, 1530+1575+1622-34, Worseley)
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