Margaret (Wilbraham) Daniell (abt. 1495 - abt. 1550)

Born about 1495 in Woodhey, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Daniell — married 1521 in Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died about 1550 at about age 55 in Tabley, Cheshire, England

Biography

There appears to be no extant record of exactly when Margaret Wilbraham was born, with estimated birth years ranging from 1481^[1] to 1495.^[2] Margaret was probably born at Woodhey, Cheshire, England, where her family had resided since the 13th century.^[3]

Margaret was the daughter of William Wilberham of Woddey, esq, and his wife, Helen or Elen Eggerton.^[3] Helen was the daughter of Philip Eggerton of Eggerton, esq.^[3]

Margaret was the sister of:

1. Thomas Wilberham of Wodhey, esq, oldest brother, aged 40 in 28 Henry VIII, died 3 July 1558, married circa 21 Henry VIII, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Maynwarying of Pever, knt, they had no surviving children;^[3]
2. Richard Wilberham of Wodhey, esq, heir to his brother Thomas, master of the Jewel House and of the Revels to Queen Mary I of England, died 6 August 1558, married Dorothy, daughter of Richard Grosvenor of Eaton, esq, who married secondly Henry Savile of Barrowby, co Linc, esq;^[3]
3. Ellen, who was married to Ralph Doune of Flaxyards, esq;^[3]
4. Elizabeth, who was married to John Whytmore of Thurstanston;^[3]
5. Margery, who was married to Ralph Leversege of Whelock, esq;^[3]

Margaret married Thomas Daniell of Tabley, esq.^[3]

Margaret's father, William Wilberham of Woddhey, esq, died on 17 August 1536, and his son and heir was her brother Thomas Wilberham of Wodhey, esq, who was 40 years old.^[3]

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Sources

1. ↑ Ted Williams, mishlie nash.GED, 24 June 2011.
2. ↑ Doris Holmes, Holmes.ged citing Wendy Kraemer at MyHeritage.com, 20 May 2011.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} 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from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a republication of King's Vale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:379.

• Rylands, John Paul, ed: Visitations of Cheshire, Harleian Soc. 18 (1882), p. 249, Wilburham.