Hugh Beeston (abt. 1526 - 1608)

Born about 1526 in Beeston, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Thomazine (Copleston) Beeston — married 1550 in Edgeford, Devon, England

Husband of Margaret (Ireland) Aston — married 7 May 1579 in Bunbury St Boniface, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died 3 May 1608 at about age 82 in Bunbury, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Hugh Bestone, esq, was the oldest son and heir of Sir George Bestone of Beston in the county of Chester, England, and his wife Alice, the daughter of Thomas Davenport of Henbury, esq.^[1]

Hugh had siblings:

1. Hugh, younger brother, who married Margaret the daughter of Lawrence Downes of Worthe and the widow of Philippe Worthe of Tydrington;^[1]
2. Jane who was married to Geffre Shakerley, esquire;^[1] and
3. Dorothie, who married John Coplestone of Edgesforde;^[1]

After his mother's death, Hugh's father, Sir George, married one of the daughters of George Ireland of the Hutt in Lancashire, they had no children.^[1] This second wife also died before Sir George and he married a third time, to Mary, the daughter of James Chittwod of Walcherton, they had no children.^[1]

Hugh married Thomasyne, the daughter of John Copleston of Edgeford in county Devon.^[2]

Hugh and Thomasyne had children:

1. George, who died without issue;^[2] and
2. John, who died without issue;^[2]

Hugh married a second wife, Margaret, the daughter of Thomas Ireland of the Hutt, in the County of Lancaster, esq, but they had no children.^[2]

Hugh then married a third wife, Margaret, the daughter of James Cheetwood of Wacharton, in the county of Chester, gent, and they also had no children.^[2]

Hugh Beeston of Beeston in the county of Chester, esq, died on the 3 May, 1608, and was interred in Bunbury Church, co Chester.^[2] His brother Hugh survived him and signed the Funeral Certificate.^[2]

Research Notes

Hugh Beeston (Biston) received a BA from Oxford on 18 Jun 1563. It is possible that he went on to study law: the name Beeston comes up as a "student of Lincoln's Inn 1565, from Cheshire."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Rylands 1882, pp. 15-6
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Rylands 1882, pp. 14-5
3. ↑ University of Oxford. Alumni oronienses : the members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714: their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of their degrees, Vol. 1 Oxford: Parker, 1891. p. 101. Archive.org. https://archive.org/details/cu31924084672959/page/n115/mode/2up?q=beeston. Accessed 4 Jan 2023.

See also:

• Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, The Publicatons of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882) Vol. 18, Page 21
• John Paul Rylands, FSA, ed., "Cheshire and Lancashire Funeral Certificates; AD 1600 to 1678", The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Chester, VI, (Manchester: The Record Society, 1882), accessed 17 June 2015, https://archive.org/stream/cheshireandlanc00britgoog#page/n5/mode/2up .

• Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900 (Birth)