BUTLER FAMILY

VII. WOODHALL LINE

Phillip BUTLER (Sir)

Born: ABT 1398, Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 5 Nov 1418

Father: James BUTLER (3° E. Ormonde)

Mother: Anne WELLES (C. Ormonde)

Married: Elizabeth COCKAYNE (b. ABT 1404, Bury, Hatley, Bedfordshire, England) (dau. of John Cokayne, Baron of Exchequer and Edith Grey) (m.2 Sir Lawrence Cheney)

Children:

1. Phillip BUTLER


Phillip BUTLER

Born: 15 Aug 1415, Woodhall, Watton, Norfolk, England

Died: 28 Jul 1453

Father: Phillip BUTLER (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth COCKAYNE

Married: Isabel WILLOUGHBY ABT 1434, Woodhall, Watton, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. John BUTLER


John BUTLER

Born: ABT 1435

Father: Phillip BUTLER

Mother: Isabel WILLOUGHBY

Married 1: Constance DOWNHALL (b. ABT 1435) ABT 1455, Watton, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. John BUTLER

Married 2: Constance De VERE ABT 1474, Woodhall, Watton, Norfolk, England

Children:

2. Elizabeth BUTLER


Elizabeth BUTLER

Born: ABT 1475, Woodhall, Watton, Norfolk, England

Died: BEF 1514

Buried: BEF 1514, Wappenham, Northamptonshire, England

Father: John BUTLER

Mother: Constance De VERE

Married: Thomas LOVETT (Esq.) (b. ABT 1471) (son of Thomas Lovett and Anne Drayton) BEF 1491, Astwell, Wappenam, Northampton, England

Children:

1. Margaret LOVETT

2. Constance LOVETT (b. ABT 1507)

3. Thomas LOVETT (b. ABT 1514) (m.1 Elizabeth Fermor - m.2 Anne Danvers)

4. Elizabeth (Anne) LOVETT (b. ABT 1521 - d. 21 Aug 1577) (m.1 Anthony Cave - m.2 John Newdigate - m.3 Richard Weston)

5. Bridget LOVETT (m.1 Gabriel Dormer - m.2 John Hawtrey)


John BUTLER

Born: ABT 1459, Woodhall, Watton, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 1514

Father: John BUTLER

Mother: Constance DOWNHALL

Married: Dorothy TYRRELL (dau. of Sir William Tyrrell and Margaret Darcy) ABT 1487

Children:

1. Phillip BUTLER (Sir)

2. Margaret BUTLER


Margaret BUTLER

Born: ABT 1490, Woodhall, Watton, Hertfordshire, England

Buried: Ellam, Crayford, Kent, England

Father: John BUTLER

Mother: Dorothy TYRRELL

Married: William HARMON (b. 1488 - d. 1547) ABT 1519, Kent, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth HARMON (b. ABT 1520 - d. 17 Oct 1585) (m. John Lennard)


Phillip BUTLER (Sir)

Born: ABT 1494, Woodhall, Watton, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 28 Mar 1545, Woodhall, Watton, Hertfordshire, England

Notes: The Bottellers of Woodhall, Hertfordshire, descended from him.

Father: John BUTLER

Mother: Dorothy TYRRELL

Married: Elizabeth DRURY

Children:

1. John BUTLER (Sir Knight)

2. Dorothy BUTLER


Dorothy BUTLER

Father: Phillip BUTLER (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth DRURY

Married: Anthony BROWNE

John BUTLER (Sir Knight)

Born: 26 Aug 1514, Watton, Norfolk, England

Buried: 6 Mar 1571 , Watton on Stone, Hertford, England

Father: Phillip BUTLER (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth DRURY

Married: Grizel ROCHE (b. 1516 - d. 26 Feb 1581/2) (dau. of Sir William Roche) ABT 1534

Children:

1. Phillip BUTLER (Sir Knight)

2. Charles BUTLER (b. 1536)

3. Henry BUTLER of Hatfield (Sir)

4. Nicholas BUTLER (b. 1540)

5. Richard BUTLER (b. 1542)

6. Thomas BUTLER (b. 1542)

7. Martha BUTLER (b. 1544)

8. Margaret BUTLER

9. Sarah BUTLER (b. 1548)

10. Elizabeth BUTLER (b. 1550)

11. Balthazar BUTLER

12. Cecily BUTLER (b. 1553)

13. William BUTLER


Balthazar BUTLER

Born: 1551

Father: John BUTLER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Grizel ROCHE

Married 1: Jane GIFFORD (d. 25 Oct 1579) (dau. of Thomas Gifford and Margaret Monk) 2 Dec 1571, Parkham, England

Married 2: Honor CHICHESTER ABT 1580, Stow, Devon, England


Margaret BUTLER

Born: 1546, Watton, Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England

Died: Jan 1598

Buried: 22 Jan 1598, Ayott St Lawrence, Hertford, England

Father: John BUTLER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Grizel ROCHE

Married: Nicholas BRISTOWE (b. 1537 - d. 4 Sep 1616) (son of Nicholas Bristow and Lucy Barley) ABT 1562

Children:

1. Nicholas BRISTOWE of Ayot St. Lawrence (b. 1563 - d. 1626) (m. Elizabeth Pindar)

2. Julian BRISTOWE (m. Thomas Colt)

3. Phillip BRISTOWE (m. Mary Bramfield)

4. Francis BRISTOWE (m. Anne Darnell)

5. John BRISTOWE

6. Elizabeth BRISTOWE (m. George Clerke)

7. Anne BRISTOWE (m. Sir John Axtell)

8. Mary BRISTOWE (m. John Shell)

9. Susannah BRISTOWE (m. Thomas Langworth)

10. Jane BRISTOWE (m. Richard Gardiner)

11. James BRISTOWE

12. Julius BRISTOWE

13. Timothy BRISTOWE (Clerk) (b. 1582 - d. 1647)


William BUTLER

Born: 1554, Watton on Stone, Hertford, England

Father: John BUTLER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Grizel ROCHE

Married: Anne WILSON (b. ABT 1572) ABT 1592, Willian, Hertford, England

Children:

1. Anne BUTLER

2. John BUTLER

3. Grace BUTLER (b. ABT 1597)

4. William BUTLER

5. Robert BUTLER

6. Richard BUTLER

7. Drew BUTLER

8. Nicholas BUTLER (d. BEF 18 Jul 1610)

9. John BUTLER (b. 1607 - d. 2 Oct 1671)

10. Nicholas BUTLER

11. Frances BUTLER

12. Edward BUTLER


Anne BUTLER

Born: Jan 1593, Watton on Stone, Hertford, England

Died: 1670, Elizabeth City, Elizabeth City, Virginia

Father: William BUTLER

Mother: Anne WILSON

Married: Edward BRYAN (Lord of Upper Ossary) 1609, Bitton, Gloucester, England

Children:

1. Anne BRYAN (b. 1610 - d. 1670)

2. Benjamin BRYAN (b. 1612)

3. Hugh BRYAN (b. 1614)

4. John BRYAN (b. 1615)

5. Joseph BRYAN (b. 1616)

6. Martha BRYAN (b. 1617 - d. 1680)

7. Lewis BRYAN (b. 1619 - d. 22 Dec 1662)

8. John BRYAN (b. 1635)

9. Roger BRYAN (b. 1640)

10. Thomas BRYAN (b. 1635)


Phillip BUTLER (Sir Knight)

Born: 1534, Watton, Woodhall, Hertfordshire, England

Buried: 2 Dec 1606, Halsbury, Devonshire, England

Father: John BUTLER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Grizel ROCHE

Married: Catherine GIFFORD (d. 5 Jul 1624) (dau. of Thomas Gifford and Margaret Monk)


Henry BUTLER of Hatfield (Sir)

Born: ABT 1538, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 20 Jan 1608

Buried: Jan 1608, High Gobion, Norfolk, England

Father: John BUTLER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Grizel ROCHE

Married 1: Alice PULTER

Married 2: Catherine WALLER (b. 1540 - d. 1572) (dau. of Robert Waller and Elizabeth Duncombe) (m.2 Hugh Pope) 25 Jul 1563, Watton, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)

2. Catherine BUTLER

3. Elizabeth BUTLER


Catherine BUTLER

Born: 1565, Hatfield, Woodall, Hertford, England

Father: Henry BUTLER of Hatfield (Sir)

Mother: Catherine WALLER

Married: John BROWNE (Sir) 1585, Flamberts, Essex, England

Children:

1. Thomas BROWNE

2. Giles BROWNE (Esq.)

4. Thomas BROWNE

5. Humphrey BROWNE

6. Henry BROWNE

7. Edwin BROWNE


Elizabeth BUTLER

Born: 1566, Hatfield,Woodhall,Hertfordshire,England

Died: 5 Apr 1629

Buried: Chicheley, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Henry BUTLER of Hatfield (Sir)

Mother: Catherine WALLER

Married: Anthony CHESTER (b. 10 Apr 1566 - d. 1 Dec 1635) (son of William Chester and Judith Cave) (m.2 Mary Ellis) 24 Oct 1589, St. Giles, Crapplegate, London, England

Children:

1. Mary CHESTER (b. 23 Aug 1590) (m. Robert Bell)

2. Anthony CHESTER (b. 25 Mar 1593) (m. Elizabeth Peyton)

3. Elizabeth CHESTER (b. 2 Jun 1596) (m.1 John Wingate - m.2 Gervase Cressy - m.3 Son Duncombe - m.4 Charles Bolles - m.5 Francis Layce)


John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)

Born: ABT 1565, Bramfield, Hereford, England / Hatfield, Woodhall, Hertford, England

Died: 27 May 1637 / 12 Feb 1665, St. Aldate's, Oxford, England

Father: Henry BUTLER of Hatfield (Sir)

Mother: Catherine WALLER

Married: Elizabeth VILLIERS (b. ABT 1570) (dau. of George Villiers of Leicester and Audrey Saunders) ABT 1590, Wandhall, Bramfield, Hereford, England

Children:

1. William BUTLER (2° B. Butler of Bantfield)

2. Audrey BUTLER (C. Chichester)

3. Eleanor (Helen) BUTLER

4. Olive BUTLER

5. Anne BUTLER (C. Newport)

6. Mary BUTLER (B. Howard of Escrick)

7. Jane BUTLER (b. 1604 - d. 28 Mar 1672)


William BUTLER (2° B. Butler of Bantfield)

Born: 1593, Brantfield, Devon, England

Died: 1647

Father: John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)

Mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS


Audrey BUTLER (C. Chichester)

Born: 1595, Colyton, Devon, England

Died: 16 Sep 1652

Buried: Dec 1652

Father: John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)

Mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS

Married: Francis LEIGH (1° E. Chichester) (d. 21 Dec 1653) (son of Sir Francis Leigh and Mary Egerton) 1617

Children:

1. Mary LEIGH (m. George Villiers, 4° V. Grandison)

2. Elizabeth LEIGH (m. Thomas Wriothesley, 4° E. Southampton)


Eleanor (Helen) BUTLER

Born: 1596, Colyton, Devon, England

Buried: 2 Oct 1666, Holyrood Church, Southampton, Hampshire, England

Father: John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)

Mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS

Married: John DRAKE of Ashe (Sir) 18 May 1616


Olive BUTLER

Born: 1597, Brantfield, Shropshire, England

Died: Durham House Gate, Westminister, Middlesex, England

Buried: 13 Dec 1663, St Martins In Fields, Westminister, Middlesex, England

Father: John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)

Mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS

Married: Endymion PORTER (b. ABT 1584 - d. 21 Aug 1649) (son of Edmund Porter and Angela Porter) ABT 1620, St Martins In Field, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Children:

1. George PORTER

2. Mary PORTER

3. Thomas PORTER

4. Mountjoy PORTER

5. William PORTER

6. Endymion PORTER

7. Charles PORTER

8. Phillip PORTER

9. James PORTER


Anne BUTLER (C. Newport)

Born: ABT 1600, Wandhall, Bramfield, Hereford, England

Died: 1669

Father: John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)

Mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS

Married 1: Mountjoy BLOUNT (1° E. Newport) 7 Feb 1626/1627, White Hall, England

Children:

1. Charles BLOUNT

2. Isabella BLOUNT

3. Anne BLOUNT

4. Thomas BLOUNT

5. Mountjoy BLOUNT

6. George BLOUNT

7. Henry BLOUNT

8. Henrietta Maria BLOUNT

Married 2: Thomas WESTON AFT 1665, Wandhall, Bramfield, Hereford, England


Mary BUTLER (B. Howard of Escrick)

Born: ABT 1602, Brantfield, Hertfordshire, England

Buried: 30 Jan 1634, St.Martin's-in-the-Fields, London, Middlesex, England

Father: John BUTLER (1° B. Butler of Brantfield)

Mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS

Married: Edward HOWARD (1º B. Howard of Escrick) 30 Nov 1623, York House, Strand, London

Children:

1. Thomas HOWARD (2º B. Howard of Escrick)

2. William HOWARD (3º B. Howard of Escrick)

3. Anne HOWARD (C. Carlisle)

4. Cecil HOWARD

5. George HOWARD

6. Edward HOWARD

7. Phillip HOWARD



Phillip BUTLER of Watton Woodhall (Sir)

Born: ABT 1560

Died: Jan 1592

Married: Catherine KNOLLYS (B. Offaley)



Robert (Thomas) BUTLER of Watton (Sir)

Born: ABT 1585

Married: Frances DRURY 1607


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