Arthur (Starkey) Starkie esq (abt. 1604 - bef. 1641)

Born about 1604 in Wrenbury, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Wicksted) Starkey — married 29 Sep 1622 in Wrenbury, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died before 19 Jul 1641 before about age 37 in Wrenbury, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Arthur Starkey of Wrenbury^[1]

Arthur was born about 1604.

He was the son of Lawrance Starkey, esq,^[2] and his wife, Mary Massey.^[1] Mary was the daughter of John Massey of Coddington, Cheshire, esq.^[1]

Arthure Starkie Armiger married Marie Wicksted at Wrenbury on 29 September, 1622.^[3] Mary was the daughter of John Wicksted of Nantwich, Cheshire.^[1]

He and Mary were the parents of:

1. Thomas Starkey, eldest son, buried on 14 September, 1641, in Wrenbury Church;^{[1] [2]}
2. Arthur Starkey, died young,^[1] christened 13 August, 1637, at Wrenbury;^[4]
3. John Starkey of Wrenbury, aged 28 years on 11 September, 1663, buried at Great Budworth, married Lucy, daughter of Thomas Ursgate of Cholmondeston;^[1]
4. Mary Starkey, who was married to Robert Turner, citizen of London.^[1]

In the 1640s England went through a Civil War, the beheading of King Charles I, the rule of Cromwell - a very unsettled period.

Arthur, son of Lawrance, was buried in Wrenbury Church on 19 July, 1641.^[2]

In the chancel of Wrenbury Church was a wooden tablet with the arms and crest of Starkey, inscribed:^[2]

Research Notes

did not find baptism or burial record.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} George Ormerod, "Containing the Hundreds of Northwich, Nantwich, and Macclesfield", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 2nd Edition, ed. Thomas Helsby, 3 volumes, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), III:395-96. e-Book, HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924088434059?urlappend=%3Bseq=430%3Bownerid=13510798902313265-472 : accessed 22 February, 2023). Pedigree: Wrennebury, Olton, and Starkey of Wrenbury.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} George Ormerod, "Containing the Hundreds of Northwich, Nantwich, and Macclesfield", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 2nd Edition, ed. Thomas Helsby, 3 volumes, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), III:398-99. e-Book, HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924088434059?urlappend=%3Bseq=432%3Bownerid=13510798902306661-462 : accessed 21 February, 2023). Starkey Monuments IV.
3. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQBX-PX1 : accessed 23 February, 2023), Arthure Starkie and Marie Wicksted, 29 Sep 1622, Marriage; citing Wrenbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,106,694. : 20 May 2014), 004019041 > image 219 of 988.
4. ↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHKB-F49 : 12 February 2018), Arthuri Starkie in entry for Arthure Starkie, 13 Aug 1637, Christening; citing item 2, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,836,384.