Hugh Hesketh

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Personal and Family Information

Hugh was born about 1553, the son of Thomas Hesketh and Anne. The place is not known.

He died in 1625. The place is not known.

His wife was Alice Kitchen. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Thomas (c1586-c1665).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Hugh Hesketh
(c1553-1625)

 

Thomas Hesketh
(c1506-c1588)

 

Robert Hesketh
(c1478-1539)

 

Thomas Hesketh
(c1453-1523)

+
  

Alice Haworthe / Haward
(c1453-?)

 
  

Grace Towneley
(c1478-1543)

 

John Towneley
(c1450-?)

 
   
 
 
  

Anne
(c1506-c1551)

  
 
  
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
  
 
 
   
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
BirthABT 1553
Death1625

Notes

Note 1

!Source: Hugh Hesketh https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hesketh-412

Born about 1548 [uncertain] in Lancashire, England [uncertain]

Died 30 Mar 1625 at about age 77 in Lancashire, England

Hugh Hesketh

Son of Thomas Hesketh and [mother unknown]

Brother of Robert Hesketh MP [half], Thomas Hesketh Physician [half], Richard Hesketh [half], Dorothy Squire [half] and Margaret Hesketh [half]

Husband of Alice Hesketh — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Thomas Hesketh

Biography

Born about 1548 Hugh Hesketh was the bastard son of Thomas Hesketh of Rufford Hall in Lancashire. [1] In his father's will of 1588 he was acknowledged to be "my real son whatever the law of this land do adjudice or decree to the contrary".[1]

Hugh married Alice Kitchen, daughter of Barneby Kitchen of North Meoles in Lancashire so acquiring that estate.[1]

He passed away in 1625.

Sources

1.0 1.1 1.2 Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the year 1907; Volume LIX; New Series Volume XXIII; in the article: The Manor of Rufford and the Ancient Family of the Heskeths, by the Rev W G Procter; Pg. 104-106. Ref https://archive.org/details/transactionsofhi59hist/page/n161

!Source: 112 Visitation, of La11lcashire by Richard St. George, 1613. https://johnhoughton.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1613_visitation.pdf

Heskaith

[Hart. MS. 1437, fo. 110.)

Arms. — ,…,

John Kitchin =

of Pilling. |

____________|

|

Sir Tho: Heskayth, = Barnaby Kitchin = Ann,. dau. and

knt., Lo: of Rufford | of ..... | coheir of Sir

Heskaith. | | Rich: Aughton

| | of North Mells,

_________| ________| knt.

| |

Hughe Heskaith = Alice, dau. and cohelre

of North Mealls, | of Barnaby Kitchin of

co. Lane., living | Nort-mells, and sole

1613 | heire to her mother

| Ann, dau. of Sir

| Ri. Aughton.

_|_____________________________________________

| |||||

Elyn, dau. of = Thomas Heskalth, = Mary, dau. of Robert, 2.

Edw. Molineux | sonne and heire. | John Westby Hugh,3·

of the Wood, | | of Molbrick, Bartholomew, 4·

3[I?] wife, | | 2 Wife. Barnaby, 5.

| | William, 6.

_________| ___________|____________________________

| | | |

Ann, 4 dau. Thomas, Mary, I dau. Margery, 2 dau.

sonne and

heir, aetat.

3 annor.

1613.

[Siglled)]Hugh Hesketh.