ST. CnAu's CnnrwrL KIRBY, KEAH LIVEHPOOL, EKc+LAKD The Earl and C1Junte,;s of Sefton are lmried b,·neath the western window. HISTORY GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL .... OF THE .... MOLYNEUX FAMILIES •... BY .... NELLIE ZADA RICE MOLYNEUX SYRACUSE, N. Y. C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER 1904 COPYRIGHT, 1904 BY NELLIE ZADA RICE :MOLYNEUX !iCHOOLBULLET!NPRESS C, W.SARDEEN, SY/IACUSE, N.Y, ""'\Ve aim t.o know, If long ago, Our forefathers honors carried; And if they came In time to fame, And whom the maids they married." TO MY HUSBAND ROBERT A. MOLYNIWX A DESCENDANT OF THE BOURBONNAIS (3) l.'f PREFACE For many years I have been collecting material relating to the Molyneux Family. Omissions there are many, for it has been difficult to get response to letters; but many thanks are due to the kindly help and encouragement of Major General Edward L. Molyneux of Greater New York; Rear Admiral Sir Robert Molyneux, K.C.B.; Hon. William More Moly­ neux, Guildford, Sussex, England; Captain Joseph B. Molyneux of Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A.; and Mr. Charles E. Molyneux, President of the Molyneux Historical Soci­ ety, Dushore, Pa. N. Z. R. M. SYRACUSE, N. Y., December, 1904. (5) AUTHORITIES FOR MOLYNEUX GENEALOGY Anderson, Royal Genealogy. Baines, History of Lancashire. Burke, Landed Gentry. Burke, Extinct Baronage. Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. Burke, Peerage, Baronctage, and Knightage. Burke, Peerage. Camden. Collections of the Huguenot Society of America. Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica. Collins, Peerage. Complete Baronetage, Vol. I. Dictionary of National Biography. Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, Burke. Debrctt, Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage. Dod, Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, &c. Doomsday Book. History of the Commoners, Burke. History of Boston. Hayden, Book of Dignities. Irish Landed Gentry, 1Vhen Cromwell came to Ireland, O'Hart. Lodge, Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage. Miscellm1ea Gencalogica et Heraldica. :Yiemoir of the Molyneux Family, Gisborne Molyneux. Nobility and Gentry, A. D., 1673. New England Hist. Gen. Register. Plairfair, British Family Antiquity. Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of the British Empire. Paget, Records of Harvey, 1846, page 30. (7) 8 THE MOLYNEUX FAMILY Patronymica Britannica, Lower. The Genealogist. The Peerage of Visitation of Seats and Arms, Burke. The Topographer Genealogist. The Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Whitaker, Peerage. vVotten, Baronetage. Genealogy of vVilliam }folyneux and Descendants, Geo. Molyneux Pardoe. Records of both English and Irish Branches, Miss M. Fisher, a descendant (on her mother's side) of the Molyneux Family, Irish Branch. Sutton, Lancashire Authors. Visitation of NotEinghamshire. Visitation of Huntingdonshire. Visitation of Lancashire. :Family Traditions, Notes, and Lineage, with old letters furnished by Mrs. Samuel Darker (Rebecca Molyneux), of Dublin, Ireland. Records from the late Admiral Sir Robert More Molyneux, K.C.B. Illustrations from Mrs. Samuel Crittendon, New York. Illustrations from Hon. vVilliam Molyneux, Guildford, Sussex, England. Letters and Record from Capt. Joseph B. Molyneux. Old letters, correspondence with descendants of both English and Irish branches, with in many cases Bible records. In some cases these have been hard to decipher, and the spelling, especially of proper names and annorial bearings, has varied greatly. It has been thought best to follow the copy, ,even where it seemed erroneous, which will account for many seeming incon­ sistencies. LINEAGE OF THE ENGLISH BRANCH, MOLYNEUX In 1066, among the noble attendants of the Conqueror was William de Molins, a person of noble extraction, as appears from the roll of Battle Abbey in which list his name stands 18th, in order; and to the said William, Roger de Poictiers (by consent of the Conqueror) gave the manor of Sefton, Thorndon and Kerndon, in the County of Lancaster of which Sefton became his chief seat. To him succeeded Vivian, his heir, who bore a cross Moline for his arms, and was father to Adam de Molines; who married Annota dau. of Benedict Garnet, Lord of Speke in Lancastershire, and had three sons of which Roberts. and m. Beatrix de Villers, heir to Pagan de Villers, Lord of I;ittle Crosby in the Co. of Lancaster, with whom he had the Lordship, and by her had a son Richard, who m. Edith, sister to Alenerice de Botiller of W ernington, and was father of Adam de Molins who s. at Sefton, and in the reign of Henry III, was made Forrester, in the Co. Lane.; hem. Lettice de Brenley, by whom he had a son Sir William who m. Margret, dau. to Alan de Thornton, of the Co. Leicester and had Richard his successor, who by Emma Donne his wife had Sir William, his heir; who m. Isabella Scarsbrick of Scarsbrick. He was made Banneret in Gascoigne by Edmund Oouchback, Earl of Lancaster, second son of King Henry III. and dying in 1289, left Sir Richard his heir; who by Agatha dau. and heir to Sir Roger Kyralon of Lardbrook, Knt. had six sons and two (9) 10 THE MOLYN]J]UX FAMILY daughters. Ellen the eldest m. Richard Bold, of Bold Lancashire, Esq.; Sir William the eldest succeeded his father in 1363. He distinguished himself at the battle of Navaret, in Spain under Edward the Black Prince, where he was made a Bannoret in 1367, and continued to serve under that General in all his Spanish and French wars. He died at Canterbury in 1372. He m. first Johannah, dau. and heir to Jordan Ellall, Forrester of W ersdale, by Alice, his wife, one of the daus. and co-heirs to Thomas de Twenge; secondly, Margret, cl.au. and heir to Sir Alan Hetton, of Buthel, widow of Sir Robert Holland of En­ kerston, brother to Sir Thomas Holland, Knt. of the Gar- . ter; by the former he had seven sons, of whom Sir Thomas the second was slain at Redcot-Bridge, between Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1388; and Sir William the eldest s. his father. He m. Jane, dau. to Sir Rob't Holland, and had Sir Richard Molins, or Molyneux, who m. Ellen, dau. of Sir Thomas Urswick, and deceasing 1397, by her (who afterwards m. Sir Thos. Savage) had three sons, Richard, Adam and Robert. Adam was Bishop of Chester and keeper of the Privy-Seal in the reign of King Henry VI. and was murdered at Portsmouth in 1449. Robert m. Margret dau. to Sir Baldwin LeStrange, and left an only child, Edith, m. Adam Troutback, Esq., whose dau. Margret m. Sir John Talbot of Grafton, ancestor by her of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford. Richard s. at Sefton, and eminently distinguished himself at the battle of Aguencourt, where he was knighted. He m. 1st, Joan, dau. of Sir Gilbert Haydock, of Bradley, widow of Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, and had eight sons and three daughters; Catherine m. 1st, to John Stanhope, Esq., and 2nd, Sir Radcliffe, of Swithells. Genet to Robert, LINEAGE OF THE ENGLISH BRANCH 11 Vis. Gormanston; Elizabeth to Sir Rbt. Southworth. His second wife was Helen, dau. to Sir William Harrington of Hornby and widow of . Ratcliff of the Tower, in Lane., Esq_. ; by whom he had two daus. Anna m. Sir Richard Nevil of Tevefedge, in Yorkshire ; and Margret Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme, Knt. The sons were Sir Rich­ ard, Sir Thomas, from whom descended Sir John Moly­ neux of Teversale, in Nottinghamshire, created a Baronet in 1611-John, Rector of Sefton, Henry, Gilbert, whom. Lady Cheneys, of the Co. of Bucks, Edmund, Robert, William. ~ir Richard, the eldest, was in such favor with • his Prince, and had so much honor done him by his coun­ try, that in the Act of petition of resumption (the 36th of Henry VI.) there was this provisional clause in his be­ half. '' Viz. Provided always, that this act extend not, nor in any wise be prejudicial unto Richard Molineux of Sefton, Esq.; one of the Ushers of our Privy-Chamber, in, of, or to the constableship of our Castle of Liverpool, the Stewardship of West Derbyshire and Staffordshire, the Forestship of our Forest of Symonds Wood, and our Parks of Croxteth, &c. '' He was afterwards knighted, and was slain at the battle of Bloreheath in Staffordshire, Sept. 23, 1459, fighting for the house of Lancaster. He m. Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Sir Thos. Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby and by her had Sir Thomas his heir, James, Arch­ deacon of Richmond, and rector of Sefton. Margaret m. 1st, John Dutton, of Dutton, Esq. ; and 2nd, Sir William Bulkeley, ancestor of the Viscounts Buckeley. Eleanor m. 1st, Sir Geo. Leyland of Morley, and 2nd, Roger Ash­ ton, Esq. Joan m. Christopher Barton of Smithells, Esq. Sir Thomas. the oldest, was in arms for King Edw. IV., under the Duke of Gloucester for the recovery of the 12 THE MOLYNEUX FAMILY town of Berwick from the Scots, and was there made a Bannoret; but d. in the 6th of Henry VII, having issue by Anne dau. to Thos. Dutton of Dutton, in Oo. Chester, by Anne dau. of James, Lord Audley, two sons and three daughters, Sir William his heir, Edward, rector of Sefton, Salton and Houghton. : Jane m. Sir Robt. Foulshurst, of Crew, in Chester, Elizabeth m. James Ratcliffe, of the Co. Lane, Esq. Ellen m. Robert Nevil, Esq. Sir William, in the reign of King Henry VIII was a great commander in the Co. of Lancaster and brought a considerable strength to the seasonable succor of the Duke of Norfolk, with whom he performed signal service at the battle of Flod­ den Field 1713, taking there with his own hand two streamers, which are still in the family. Hem. 1st, Jane, dau. of Sir Richd. Rugg, in Co. Stafford, by whom he had Sir Richard, his heir.