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Pedigree of the Buxton Family

(John Buxton senior?, d. c. 1499)

John Buxton junior: m. Emma (d. 1499), da. of John Miles; d. 1522; m.i. Tibenham.

John Buxton: b. 1488; m. Margaret, widow of Matthew Halliott/Halyet, da. of Robert Warner of Winfarthing; d. 5 Apr. 1572; m.i. Tibenham.

Robert (c. 1533-1607): see next heir

Francis: m. Margaret, da. of Robert Herne of Tibenham; w.p. 1614

Elizabeth: m. Robert Cowper

Anne: m. Henry Toupler, Chancellor of Goodwick;

Robert Buxton: b. c. 1533; matr. Trinity Hall ('impubes') 1547; adm. Inner Temple Nov. 1553; called 1572; MP for Bramber (1559), Horsham (1563) and Arundel (1584); solicitor and surveyor in the service of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, and Philip, Earl of Arundel; m. Joan (bur. 6 June 1594), da. of Robert Herne of Tibenham; d. 15 Nov 1607; succeeded by his grandson.

John: b. c. 1560; matr. St John's College, Cambridge 1578; m. 1587 Elizabeth, da. of Robert Kemp of Gissing and of Elizabeth de Grey; d. 15 May 1596 and bur. at Besthorpe, rebur. 3 June in Tibenham; his children are Margaret (chr. 2 Oct. 1587, m. Dr Clarendon Talbot of Wymondham, d. c. 1654), Robert (1589-1611 - see next heir), John (chr. 29 June 1591, lived 1607) and Elizabeth (d. young); his widow m. 2. Thomas Talbot, LL.D., of Wymondham

Ranulph: b. 1561?; adm. Inner Temple Nov. 1580

Anne: chr. 10 May 1562; m. Richard Wilton of Topcroft; d. 13 Sep. 1607

Thomas and Mary: chr. 22 Aug. 1563; Mary

bur. 23 Sep. 1563; Thomas d. 1564

Christopher: chr. 15 May 1565; bur. 2 Oct. 1580

Elizabeth: chr. 4 Sep. 1566

Mary: chr. 20 May 1569

Grace: chr. 3 Sep. 1570; m. Robert Howard of Tibenham

Robert: chr. 13 Dec. 1573; adm. Inner Temple Nov. 1595; m. Katherine Cary, maid servant to Lady Katherine, wife of Lord Howard de Walden; d. or bur. 5 June 1621

Margaret: m. Nicholas Mynne of Fransham

Robert Buxton (grandson of above): chr. 6 Feb. 1589; m. 5 Nov. 1607 Elizabeth (b. 1591), da. of Edmund D'Oyly of Shottisham and of Catherine Neville; d. 17 Jan. 1611; his widow m. 2. William Pert of Mountnessing, Essex.

John (1608-60): see next heir

Robert: d. young

Margaret

John Buxton: b. 23 Oct. 1608; adm. Gray's Inn 10 May 1626; High Sheriff of Norfolk 1638; MP for Norfolk 1656; m. Nov. 1627 Margaret (1611-11 May 1687), eldest da. of William Pert of Mountnessing, Essex, and of Isabel, da. of Thomas Conyers of East Barnett, Hertfordshire; d. 29 Apr. 1660; m.i. Tibenham.

Isabella: b. 1628; m. 1649 John Acton of Bramford, Suffolk; d. 1664

Margaret: chr. 1631; d. young

Robert (1633-62): see next heir

John: b. c. 1640; adm. Gray's Inn 13 Feb. 1660; lived at St Margaret's, South Elmham; m. Sarah Proctor of Burston; bur. 23 Jan. 1714

Henry: b. c. 1640; d. unmarried 1704

Elizabeth: b. 1646; m. John Thurston of Hoxne; d. 1694

William: m. Bridget Jermy; d. 1683

Robert Buxton: chr. 9 July 1633; adm. Gray's Inn 27 Apr. 1653; m. 24 Aug. 1654 Hannah (d. 1709), da. of Robert Wilton of Wilby and of Hannah Jay; d. 13 Sep. 1662.

Margaret: b. 1655; m. 14 Dec. 1686 Henry Kedington of Hockham; d. 21 Oct. 1711; m.i. Wilby

Hannah: b. 1656?; lived in Wymondham 1719

Elizabeth?: b. 1657?; if so, d. before Dec. 1661

John (1658-82): see next heir

Robert (1659-91): succeeds his brother John - see below

Charles: b. 1660; adm. Clare Hall 26 Apr. 1677, fellow 1681; d. at Cambridge 20 Nov. 1682; m.i. St Edward's, Cambridge

Elizabeth: b. 16 Dec. 1661; m. John Lawner

John Buxton: b. 1658; adm. Pembroke College, Cambridge 19 Mar. 1675; d. unmarried at Orléans 12 July 1682.

Robert Buxton: b. 9 Apr. 1659; adm. Clare Hall, Cambridge 4 Apr. 1687; m. 1684 Elizabeth (1664-4 July 1730, m.i. Rushford), da. of Leonard Gooch of Earsham and of Dorothy Catelyn; d. 15 July 1691; m.i. at Rushford.

John (1685-1731): see next heir

Elizabeth: b. 18 Jan. 1688; m. Nicholas Jacob of Laxfield; d. 24 Jan. 1756

Robert: b. 14 Apr. 1689; d. 4 Nov. 1689

Hannah: b. 11 June 1690; d. unmarried

John Buxton: b. at Topcroft 15 Sep. 1685; educated at Bury St Edmund; self-taught architect, major in the Norfolk militia, Deputy Lieutenant 1731; m. 18 July 1709 Anne (Jan. 1691-1749), da. of Clement Gooch of Earsham and of Sarah Herne; d. 27 Oct. 1731; m.i. Rushford.

Robert (1710-51): see next heir

John: d. June 1710 in his first year; m.i. Tibenham (probably a twin with Robert)

John: b. 1712?; d. 31 May 1713; m.i. Tibenham

Elizabeth: chr. 9 Sep. 1713; d. 14 Nov. 1731; m.i. Tibenham

Sarah: b. 23 Feb. 1715

George: chr. 10 Feb. 1716; d. in Paris 25 Jan. 1740

John (1717-82); succeeds his brother Robert - see below

Leonard: b. 1719; d. Oct. 1788

Clement: b. 1720?; d. 19 May 1721; m.i. Tibenham

Anne: b. 1721; d. 1771

Isabella: b. 27 Feb. 1727; d. in Bath spring 1752

Robert Buxton: chr. 7 May 1710; educated at Harlston and Playford, Suffolk; adm. Clare Hall, Cambridge 25 May 1727; d. unmarried 18 Mar. 1751.

John Buxton: b. at Earsham 1717; educated at Bury St Edmunds; adm. Clare Hall, Cambridge 11 Feb. 1735; Deputy Lieutenant 1740 and 1761; m. c. 1752 Elizabeth (1720-10 Oct. 1765, m.i. Tibenham), da. of John Jacob of Tockenham, Wiltshire, and of Mary Smith; d. before 19 Apr. 1782.

Robert John (1753-1839): see next heir

John: b. 19 June 1755; adm. Trinity College, Cambridge 12 June 1773; Rector of Bunwell and Carleton Rode 1781-1821; d. unmarried 6 Oct. 1821; m.i. Tibenham

Robert John Buxton, 1st Baronet: b. 27 Oct 1753; educated at Luton, Bedfordshire, and Lymm, Cheshire; MP for Thetford, 1790-6, and Great Bedwyn, 1797-1806; Deputy Lieutenant 1780 and 1792; created 1st baronet Nov. 1800; m. 22 May 1777 Juliana Mary (c. 1759-5 Feb. 1843), da. of Sir Thomas Beevor of Hethel and of Elizabeth Branthwait; d. 7 June 1839.

Anne Elizabeth: b. 1781 or 1782; m. 17. Mar. 1806 Revd Frederick Stephen Bevan; no issue; d. 7 Apr. 1848

John Jacob (1788-1842): see next heir

Juliana Frances: b. Norwich 28 July 1791; m. 1812 Revd Henry Dawson; d. Aug. 1825

John Jacob Buxton, 2nd Baronet: b. at Norwich 13 Aug. 1788; educated at Ealing, Harrow School, and at Harlow; adm. Trinity College, Cambridge 14 Oct. 1805; matr. Christ Church, Oxford 29 Jan. 1807; MP for Great Bedwyn, 1818-31; Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff for Norfolk 1841; m. 5 Aug. 1825 Elizabeth (17 Sep. 1803-28 Aug. 1884), da. of Sir Montague Cholmeley and of Elizabeth Harrison; d. at Tunbridge Wells 13 Oct. 1842.

Elizabeth Julia(na?): b. 1828?; m. 19 Jan. 1856 Walter Spencer Stanhope; d. 1880

Robert Jacob (1829-88): see next heir

Isabella Anne: b. Jan. 1838; m. 25 July 1863 Edward Gascoigne Bulwer

Robert Jacob Buxton, 3rd Baronet: b. at London 13 Mar. 1829; educated at Norwich; matr. Christ Church, Oxford 27 May 1847; High Sheriff of Norfolk 1870; MP for South Norfolk 1871-85; m. Mary Augusta Harriet (1846?-9 Aug. 1913), da. of John Johnstone of Alva and of Caroline Pannel; d. 20 Jan. 1888.

Maud Isabel: b. 25 Nov. 1866; m. 18 Dec. 1901 Gerard James Barnes (d. 1963?) of Morningthorpe (retaining her maiden name by deed poll); d. 1949?

Sybil Mary: b. 12 Sep. 1869