Mary Ann (Assheton) Southworth (abt. 1526 - abt. 1595)

Born about 1526 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Southworth — married 18 Jul 1547 in St. Leonard, Middleton, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died about 3 Nov 1595 at about age 69 in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Mary Assheton (Asheton / Ashton) was born between 1526 and 1535 in Middleton, Lancashire, England to father Richard Assheton and most likely her mother was Anne Strickland. (citations noted below)

Mary married (1) _ Gouland of Offerton, co Derby, esq, and (2) on July 18, 1547 at Middleton, John Southworth.^[1]

She married a second time to Sir John Southworth (High Sheriff, the son of Sir John and Lady Margery Le Boteler Southworth) on July 23, 1547 in Middleton (by Oldham), Lancashire, England.^[2]

John and Mary had children:

1. Thomas Southworth, b. abt 1548; d. 30 Nov 1616.^[3] son and heir apparent, married to Rosamonde, the daughter of William Lyster, late of Thornton, co York, esq.^[4] Thomas had the following children living in 1595;
   1. John, son and heir apparent of Thomas;^[4]
   2. Thomas, second son;^[4]
   3. William, third son;^[4]
   4. Richard, fourth son;^[4]
   5. Mychell, fifth son;^[4]
   6. Christopher, sixth son;^[4]
   7. Edward, seventh son;^[4]
   8. Briget;^[4]
   9. Margerie; ^[4]
   10. Ellin;^[4] and
   11. Anne;^[4]
2. John Southworth,^[1] not mentioned in his father's will;
3. Richard Southworth^[1] not mentioned in his father's will;
4. Christopher Southworth, a student at Douay in 1579, a priest at Rome in 1584,^[1] in 1595 was a prisoner in the castell at Wysbiche,^[4] and living in 1612;^[1]
5. Gilbert Southworth, a lawyer, living in 1595 and 1622,^[1] not mentioned in his father's will;
6. Leonard Southworth,^[1] not mentioned in his father's will;
7. Mary Talbot nee Southworth, living in 1595, married to George Talbot of Salesbury, esq,^[1] and they had children:
   1. John Talbott, son and heir of George;^[4]
8. Stanley Southworth

Research Notes

• It should be noted that there are no primary sources for sub-reference of TCS nor for Whitaker

• The Baronetcies of Assheton, of Great Lever and Whalley and of Middleton were spelled Assheton, but many sources, such as these Southworth family histories, thepeerage.com, or Weis spell the surname Ashton or Asheton. The name is a toponymic surname from Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancastershire, since that's where her ancestor Sir Ralph de Assheton lived prior to buying the Middleton manor. I assume Assheton is the archaic 'spelling'.

I've set her father as Sir Richard Assheton - he's the only knighted Richard Assheton in this time period and was the Lord of Middleton where they were married and many younger sons of the Middleton branch were rectors of the church.^[5][6]

Further evidence is in Nick Kingsley's research: "Mary Assheton (d. 1595); married 1st, [forename unknown] Gouland (d. by 1547) of Offerton and 2nd, 18 July 1547, Sir John Southworth, kt. (1526-95) of Samlesbury Hall (Lancs) by whom she had issue six sons and five daughters; died 3 November 1595 at Samlesbury Hall." ^[6]

However, at Samelsbury Hall their arms have Hoghton quartering Assheton, which is not supported by Nick Kingsley's research. I'll keep looking.^[7]

• Also just noticed her death was 9 Nov 1602 Runcorn, Cheshire...trying to track that down.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Whitaker, Thomas Dunham. An History of the Original Parish of Whalley, and Honor of Clitheroe (Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary, Charterhouse Square.,London, 1876) Vol. 2, Page 346-348
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, page 13.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13} Remains Historical
5. ↑ Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 2nd ed. p. 13
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} (216) Assheton of Downham Hall, Whalley Abbey, Great Lever and Middleton Hall, baronets and Barons Clitheroe - part 2
7. ↑ Townships: Samlesbury BHO

•  : Source S461

Webber, Samuel Gilbert. A Genealogy of The Southworths (Southards), Descendants of Constant Southworth: With a Sketch of the Family in England. Boston, MA: The Fort Hill Press, 1905.

• British History online: Samlesbury

• "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL4M-RZF : 13 March 2020), Mary Assheton in entry for John Southworth, 1547.

• http://thepeerage.com/p32247.htm#i322468

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188278679/mary-southworth: accessed 12 November 2022), memorial page for Mary Ashton Southworth (1526–3 Nov 1595), Find a Grave Memorial ID 188278679, citing St. Leonard the Less Churchyard, Samlesbury, South Ribble Borough, Lancashire, England; Maintained by John Wilhite (contributor 48140210) .

Memorial Page Here: [2]

•  : Source S462

Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Ancestry of Ensign Constant and Captain Thomas SOUTHWORTH of Plymouth and Duxbury, Massachusetts. Dublin, NH: Priv. Print., 1958.

• St. George & Leonard, ed Colby. Heralds' Visitation of Somerset, 1623. Harleian Society 1876. Page 102: Southworth