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BERRYHILL-ASKE DESCENDANT GENEALOGY (18 Feb 2017) BERRYHILL-ASKE DESCENDANT GENEALOGY (18 Feb 2017) Generation One 1. ROBERT ASKE #495772, ref number QCD. He married ELIZABETH CLIFFORD #495773, ref number QCD. Children: 2. i. ELLEN ASKE #494366 b. 1560. Generation Two 2. ELLEN ASKE #494366, b. 1560 in Aughton, Yorkshire, England, ref number QCD, d. 23 Aug 1620 in Otley, Yorkshire, England. She married THOMAS FAIRFAX #494365, b. 1560, occupation t 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, d. 2 May 1640 in Otley, Yorkshire, England, ref number QCD. Children: 3. i. FERDINANDO FAIRFAX #494363 b. 29 Mar 1584. ii. DOROTHY FAIRFAX #495774. iii. ANNE FAIRFAX #495775. iv. JOHN FAIRFAX #495776. v. WILLIAM FAIRFAX #495777, b. PEREGRINEm. vi. THOMAS FAIRFAX #495778. Generation Three 3. FERDINANDO FAIRFAX #494363, b. 29 Mar 1584 in Bilbrough, Yorkshire, England, ref number QCD, title 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, d. 14 Mar 1648 in Had, Jammu-Kashmir, India. He was invested as a Knight in January 1607/8. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Boroughbridge in 1614. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Boroughbridge between 1620 and 1622. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Boroughbridge between 1624 and 1626. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Boroughbridge from 1628 to 1629. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Boroughbridge in 1640.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Yorkshire between 1640 and 1648. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S., 1627] on 2 May 1640. He fought in the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644. He gained the rank of General in the service of the Parliamentary Forces. He held the office of Governor of York between 1644 and 1648. He married (1) MARY SHEFFIELD #494369, b. 1585 in Butterwick, Lincolnshire, England (daughter of EDMUND SHEFFIELD #494370 and URSULA TYRWHITT #495768), d. 4 Jun 1619 in Steeton, Yorkshire, England. He married (2) RHODA CHAPMAN #494364, 16 Oct 1646 (daughter of THOMAS CHAPMAN #494367), ref number QCD. Children by MARY SHEFFIELD: 4. i. ELIZABETH FAIRFAX #494371. ii. ELLEN FAIRFAX #494372, d. 17 Mar 1671. She married WILLIAM SELBY #494383. 5. iii. THOMAS FAIRFAX #494376 b. 17 Jan 1611. iv. MARY FAIRFAX #494374, d. Dec 1678. She married HENRY ARTHINGTON #494385, 24 May 1638. v. DOROTHY FAIRFAX #494375, d. 7 Jun 1687. She married RICHARD HUTTON #494386. vi. FRANCES FAIRFAX #494373, b. 13 Dec 1612 in Grange, Yorkshire, England, d. 4 May 1649 in London, England. She married THOMAS WIDDRINGTON #494384. vii. CHARLES FAIRFAX #494377, b. 22 Mar 1614/15, d. 7 Jul 1644 in London, England (Marston Moor). Killed in a military action. viii. URSULA FAIRFAX #495779. ix. JOHN FAIRFAX #495780. Children by RHODA CHAPMAN: 1 6. x. URSULA FAIRFAX #494362 b. ABT 1620. Generation Four 4. ELIZABETH FAIRFAX #494371. She married (1) WILLIAM CRAVEN #494378, 30 Mar 1646, b. 1610 (son of ROBERT CRAVEN #494379 and MARY SHEARWOOD #494380), d. 12 Oct 1655. She married (2) THOMAS PRIOR #494381, military Captain, d. 1690. Children by WILLIAM CRAVEN: i. WILLIAM CRAVEN #494382, b. ABT 1649, d. 1665. 5. THOMAS FAIRFAX #494376, b. 17 Jan 1611 in Denton, Yorkshire, England, title 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, d. 12 Nov 1671 in Nun Appleton, Yorkshire, England. He was invested as a Knight in January 1640/41.1 He gained the rank of General of Horse in 1642 in the service of the Parliamentary Forces.1 He fought in the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644.1 He was Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary Army from January 1644/45 to 1650.1 He fought in the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645.1 He fought in the Battle of Langport on 10 July 1645.1 He held the office of Constable of the Tower of London between 1647 and 1650.1 He succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S., 1627] on 14 March 1647/48.1 He held the office of Member of the Council of State between 1649 and 1651.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Cirencester from 1648/49 to 1653.1 He held the office of Lord of the Isle of Man from 1652 to 1660.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1654 to 1655.1 He held the office of Member of the Council of State from 1659 to 1660.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Yorkshire from 1659 to 1660. He married ANNE deVERE #494387, b. 1618 (daughter of HORATIO deVERE #494388 and MARY TRACY #494389), d. 16 Oct 1665 in Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, England (Appleton Nunnery). Children: i. MARY FAIRFAX #494391, b. 30 Jul 1638 in Cameron, Fifeshire, Scotland, d. 20 Oct 1704 in London, England, buried 30 Oct 1704 in London, England (Westminster). She married GEORGE VILLIERS #494392, 15 Sep 1657 in Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, England (son of GEORGE VILLIERS #494393 and CATHERINE MANNERS #494394), title 2nd Duke of Buckingham. ii. ELIZABETH FAIRFAX #494390, b. 1642, d. 1642. 6. URSULA FAIRFAX #494362, b. ABT 1620, title Honorable Lady, d. 15 Jul 1702, ref number QCD. She married JOHN WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT #494361, 1669, b. 1620, ref number QCD. Children: 7. i. JOHN CARTWRIGHT #494359 b. 1640. Generation Five 7. JOHN CARTWRIGHT #494359, b. 1640 in London, England, occupation Lord Ruyton, d. 1680 in England, ref number QCD. He married JANE RUYTON #494360, 1659, b. 1642 in Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropshire, England, ref number QC, d. 1742 in Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropshire, England. Children: 8. i. JANE CARTWRIGHT #494357 b. 2 Jul 1663. Generation Six 8. JANE CARTWRIGHT #494357, b. 2 Jul 1663 in ___, Oxfordshire, England, ref number QC, d. 1700 in ___, Ulster, Northern Ireland. She married ALEXANDER HILL BERRYHILL #494356, b. 1661 in Forres, Moray, Scotland (son of 2 ANDREW BERRYHILL #494358), ref number QC, d. 1725 in ___, Ulster, Northern Ireland. ALEXANDER: It is said by the old researchers that the children of Alexander and LadyJane (Cartwright) Berryhill came to America around 1700 and settled inLancaster County (later Dauphin County), Pennsylvania. In the old history of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, it is says thatduring an Indian raid a William Berryhill was killed by Indians the 15 November1755 and a Samuel Berryhill was killed by Indians in 1760 and his wife excaped byriding a horse across the river. These two Berryhills, Samuel and William, weretaken by researchers to be sons of Alexander Berryhill and Lady Jane Cartwright.If this is so, they probably had children, who survived them, as there wereseveral Berryhill families in America in the early 1700s, some stayed inPennsylvania and some moved to Virginia and North Carolina. I find it odd thatAlexander and Lady Jane did not name a son Alexander. They may have done so and theseold researchers have never found him. It is said by these old researchers that Alexander's and Jane's son John Berryhill and his wife Mary Digness, stayed in Pennsylvania for only alittle while, then moved and settled in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.These are said to be their children: . Children: 9. i. JOHN WEAVER BERRYHILL #494717 b. 1687. ii. WILLIAM ESQUIRE BERRYHILL #494675, b. 1689 in London, England, d. 15 Nov 1755 in PA. He married ELIZABETH ANN _____ #494712, 1713 in ___, Ulster, Northern Ireland, b. 1693 in Northern Ireland. iii. ANN BERRYHILL #494676, b. 1691 in ___, Ulster, Northern Ireland, d. 1760 in ___, Antrim, Northern Ireland. She married HUGH GILLIARD #494713, b. 1697 in ___, Lancaster, PA. iv. ANDREW B. BERRYHILL #494677, b. 1693 in London, England, d. 21 Oct 1755 in Hanover, Lancaster, PA. He married MARGARET GILLESPIE #494714, b. 1697 in ___, Lancaster, PA. v. SAMUEL BERRYHILL #494678, b. 1695 in London, England, d. 1760 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. He married MARTHA _____ #494715, b. in ___, Lancaster, PA. vi. JANE C. BERRYHILL #494679, b. 1698 in London, England, d. 1790 in ___, Antrim, Northern Ireland. She married SAMUEL HARPER #494716, 1714, b. 1694 in England, d. 1785. Generation Seven 9. JOHN WEAVER BERRYHILL #494717, b. 1687, ref number QC, d. 1751. There is a serious conflict among researchers about Alexander (and to a lesser extent, Elizabeth), the two eldest children born in the early 1720's that came with the parents from England. The dates do not compute logically. Some researchers have opined that there was a younger Alexander and Betsy, born in the early 1740's in Mecklenburg, either instead of or in addition to the elder children. This solves the problem of Alexander, who supposedly died in 1839, from supposedly living to age 118, but creates the equally serious problem of their mother, Mary Bigness (or Digness) having two children after she was 50. Another problem is that other researchers digging in the Native American community have attributed this Alexander as having been born in 1728, married an unidentified Creek woman and sired a separate, extensive Native American line throughout the South. Over time, these diverse opinions, errors, and lines seem to have gotten very much shuffled into a patchwork quilt of relationships that casts serious doubt on the descendency of 3 this line. He married MARY BIGNESS #494355, 1718 in ___, Ulster, Northern Ireland, b. 1691 in ___, Ulster, Northern Ireland, ref number QC, d. 1758 in ___, Mecklenburg, NC. MARY: Also seen as DIGNESS. Children: i. ALEXANDER BERRYHILL #494680, b. ABT 1721 in London, England. ii. ELIZABETH BERRYHILL #494681, b. 1723 in ___, Mecklenburg, NC, d.
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