Thomas Waterton MP (bef. 1527 - 1575)

Born before 1527 in Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

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Descendants

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Biography

Thomas Waterton, Esq., of Walton, Yorkshire, and Corringham, Lincolnshire^[1][2]

Born by 1526, Thomas Waterton was the second son of Thomas Waterton and his wife, Joan Tempest.^[3][1] His mother had died by 1549 when his father took a second wife, widow Agnes Restwold née Cheyne. Agnes had been married to Edward Restwold of the Vache, Buckinghamshire. Her daughter, Beatrice Restwold, became Thomas' wife some time before 1552. Together they had two sons and three daughters.^[3][4]

Thomas first entered Parliament in 1554 as MP for Thirsk, Yorkshire. Said to have been a favourer of the Elizabeth Religious Settlement, he is thought to have been a Catholic at heart.^[3]

Thomas died on 5 November 1575,^[2] his executors being Beatrice and their son, Thomas.^[3]

Family

Parents: Thomas Waterton, Knt., married Joan, daughter of Richard Tempest, Knt., and Rosamond Bolling. Joan was his first wife; they married before 1526.^[5]

Wife: Beatrice Restwold, daughter of Edward Restwold and Agnes Cheyne (his father's second wife), married Thomas Waterton before 1552.^[2]

Children

sons

• Thomas Waterton, Esq.^[2]
• Richard Waterton, married Anne Grimsby^[6][7]
• George Waterton^[2]

daughters

• Anne (or Agnes) Waterton, married Cotton Gargrave, Knt.^[8][9]
• Jane Waterton, married Robert Waterhouse, Esq.^[2]
• Frances Waterton, married John West, Esq.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume V, paged 324-5 WATERTON.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), volume IV, page 297 WATERTON 15.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} History of Parliament Online: Thomas Waterton (by 1526-75), of Walton and Sandal, Yorks., accessed 2 January 2021.
4. ↑ Richardson lists three sons and three daughters (see Family, above). The History of Parliament Online biography does not name his children, aside from his son Thomas (an executor of his will) and daughter Anne, who married Cotton Gargrave.
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), volume IV, pages 296-7 WATERTON 14.
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), volume III, page 420 RANDOLPH 14.
7. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume IV, pages 455-6 RANDOLPH 18.
8. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume III, page 76 GARGRAVE 18.
9. ↑ History of Parliament Online: Cotton Gargrave (c1540-88), accessed 2 January 2021.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.

See also:

• Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 3 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Plantagenet Ancestry.

Acknowledgments

Magna Carta Project

Thomas Waterton MP is a descendant of Magna Carta surety baron Saher de Quincy and ancestor of Gateway Ancestor John Fenwick (see his profile for the trail identified by the Magna Carta Project). As of 2 January 2021, John Fenwick was not in a badged trail, and none of the trails identified for him are currently being developed.

• Needs Development: This profile needs development to bring it up to the project's standards (see the project's checklist).

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