Elizabeth (Wilbraham) Hough (abt. 1540 - abt. 1625)

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Died about 1625 at about age 85 in Leighton by Neston, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Wilbraham is believed to be the dau of Richard Wilbraham, MP (1502 - 1558) and Dorothy Grosvenor.

Elizabeth married Thomas Hough (c. 1537 Leighton and Thornton Hough - buried at Neston on 27 Nov 1592) the son of Richard Hough and Christean Calveley. The family of Hough had been established at Thornton Hough, in the Wirral, for at least five generations before it produced Thomas Hough.

Possible Children^[1]:

1. John Hough christened 3 Nov 1569 at Neston^[2] in Wirral, Cheshire, England. Thomas listed as father in christening record. Candidate for ancestor of one or more of Hough’s to America.
2. Thomas Hough born about 1570 either at Leighton and Thornton Hough or in Chester, Cheshire, England. His burial record if the same person: 10 Sep 1613 at St John the Baptist, Chester, Cheshire, England^[3]
3. Margery Hough m. John Aston
4. Margaret Hough m. William Andrew
5. Richard Hough of Thornton. Married ? and had Elizabeth who m. David Norris; Alice who m. Henry Handcock in 1624; John who m. Ellen Gwn of West Kirby. Burial record: Richard Hough, gent buried 26 Sep 1598 in Neston listed in Burton in Wirral records^[4]

There is a record for Elyzabethe Houghe buried at Neston on 2 May 1558^[5]. This may be a different person.

Notes:

• Leighton Thornton Hough line: The del Hogh line became known as the Leighton Thornton Hough line when abt. 1330 Richard del Hogh married Ellen, dau of Roger Thornton, who was also heiress of William de Leighton, hence the manors of Thornton and Leighton passed to the del Hogh family^[6]. The del Hogh surname was eventually changed to Hough.

• The township of Leighton, which is on the banks of the Dee, is located about twelve miles from Chester. In the Doomsday survey, it was included among the possessions of Robert de Rodelent; and after his death, was given to the baron of Montalt, under whom it was held by William de Leighton, 6th Edward II His grand-daughter and heiress conveyed the manors of Thornton and Leighton in marriage to Richard del Hoghe or de la Hough, and from their their descendants, the former obtained the name of Thornton Hough.

• The family of the Houghs continued in uninterrupted possession until the death of Wiliam Hough, 27 Elizabeth, who left one only daughter and heiress, Alice married to William, second son of Thomas Whitmore of Thurstanston, Esq. From the inquisition at the death of her father, she appears to have succeeded to several manors, and property in eleven townships, in Wirral. By the marriage of Bridget, grand-daughter of of this William Whitgmore and Alice his wife, to her second husband, the son of Viscount Savage, of Rocksavage, the property was conveyed to that family; and by the subsequent marriage of another Bridget, grand-daughter of the one named above, to Sir Thomas Mostyn, as Mentioned under Neston, the estates and manor of Leighton were, in the same manner, conveyed to him, and they remain the property of his descendant, the Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Granville Hough, Houghs in Chester (Cheshire), England
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVTT-7PV : 30 December 2014, Thomas Hough in entry for John, ); citing NESTON, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 924,697.
3. ↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4VX-KX3 : 24 July 2017), Thomas Hough in entry for Anne Hough, 10 Sep 1613, Burial; citing item 2, St John the Baptist, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,480.
4. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/notesonparishbu00beazgoog#page/n106/mode/2up
5. ↑ Cheshire Parish Records
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Hough
7. ↑ Mortimer, William Williams, The history of the hundred of Wirral, pg 242 https://archive.org/stream/historyhundredw01mortgoog#page/n282/mode/2up