Ellen (Lindley) Hopton (abt. 1620 - 1664)

Born about 1620 in Leathley, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Died 15 Mar 1664 at about age 44 in Leathley, Yorkshire, England

Helen (Lindley) Hopton was born in Yorkshire, England.

Biography

Ellen "Helen" Lindley (bur. Leathley, Yorkshire) is a daughter and co-heir of Arthur Lindley, J.P. Her mother was a daughter of Sir John Garrard / Garrett (b. c. 1546 – 07 May 1625; bur. St Magnus-the-Martyr, London), mayor of London.^[1] She had a sister who married Sir Edward Loftus of Ely.

Marriage

m.1 Sir Ingram Hopton (bp. 23 Feb 1614 - d. 1643 slain) of Armley, Yorkshire, son of Ralph Hopton (bp. 21 May 1583 - d. 10 Sep 1643) and Mary Nowel (d. 23 Feb 1614), dau. of Roger Nowel, esq. and Katherine Marton. Issue:

• Ralph "died young"
• (heir) Mary

m.1 Sir Miles Stapleton

m.2 Richard Aldburgh, esq.

m.2 (after 1643) Robert Brandling of Leathley. Issue: 5 dau.

• 1. Anne (b. c. 1650; will proved 12 May 1691)

m. Mr. Middleton

• 2. Jane (b. c. 1652 - bur. 04 Mar 1676)

m. (08 Dec 1669) Toby Humphrey of Askern, Campsall

• 3. Mary (b. c. 1653 - d. ante 1664) "died young"

• 4. Helen (b. c. 1654 - d. ante 1664)

• 5. Alathea (b. c. 1656 - d. after 1664), youngest dau

m. Henry Hitch, esq. (d. 10 Jan 1701), son of Rev. Robert Hitch, DD. Dean of York (d. 1676).^[2]

Death

"Here lyes interr'd, expecting the second coming of our Saviour Christ Jesus, the body of Dame Ellen Hopton, the youngest daughter and one of the coheirs of Arthur Lindley, of Leathley, Esq. by Alice his wife, one of the daughters of Sir John Gerret, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London.

Her first marriage was with Sir Ingram Hopton of Armley, Knight, by whom she had several sons and daughters, all which are deceased, save only Dame Mary Stapylton, of Wighill.

For her second husband she had Robert Brandling of Leathley, Esq. the erector of this monument, by whom she had five daughters; Mary, the third, being dead, there yet lives Ann, Jane, Ellen, and Allathea Brandling. This, the best of women and ladies, liv'd and dy'd lov'd and lamented by all, haveing most justly gain'd the title to be the obedient child, affectionate mother, loyal wife, a constant and perfect pattern of patience, modesty, humility, piety, charity.

Obiit 15 Martii 1664."

Church of Leathley, Yorkshire

Sources

1. ↑ see also Wikipedia: John Garrard
2. ↑ see son of Althathea: Hitch, Robert (?1670-1723), of Leathley, Yorks. HOP. Web.[1]

• Speight, H. (1900). Upper Wharfedale, pp. 111-112. Google Books.
• Surtees, R. (1820). 'Parish of Jarrow', in The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 2, pp. 66-93. London: Chester Ward. BHO.
• Thoresby. Ducatus Leodiensis, pp. 187. Google Books.