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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William WENTWORTH Death: 1549
  2. Gervase WENTWORTH
  3. Michael WENTWORTH Death: 1558
  4. Thomas WENTWORTH Death: Abt 1575 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England
  5. Bryan WENTWORTH
  6. Elizabeth WENTWORTH
  7. Isabel WENTWORTH
  8. Beatrice WENTWORTH

Bibliography
  1. Foster, Joseph, Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Vol I - West Riding, part 1. London: Winfred Head, 1874. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/357012. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v1pt1 [A-Z]*].
  2. Foster, Joseph, Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Vol I - West Riding, part 2. London: Winfred Head, 1874. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/357012. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 [A-Z]*].
  3. Hills, Leon Clare, Cape Cod Series, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie, Washington, DC: Hills Publishing Co, 1941. LDS Fiche#6051013. M-LH G4426. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/60619. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hills CapeCod v[0-9]p[0-9]*].
  4. Holloway, Naomi D, The Genealogy of Mary Wentworth, Who Became the Wife of William Brewster, Revised Edition, October 1969. LDS Film#1738313 item#5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p[0-9a]*].
  5. Pierce, Samuel, Mary WENTWORTH, in Society of Mayflower Descendants in District of Columbus, Vol 1 #11, Sep 1968, quoted in Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERMANN, and other related families, unpublished manuscript of 23 vols., vol 15: AUSTIN/HARMON, Film#1597556 item#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pierce WENTWORTH].
  6. Wentworth, John, Wentworth Genealogy, Chicago, IL: author, 1870. Two volumes. Volume 1 available at https://archive.org/details/wentworthgeneal00unkngoog and also at https://archive.org/details/wentworthgenealo01inwent. Volume 2 availableat https://archive.org/details/wentworthgeneal04wentgoog. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WentworthJ WENTWORTH v[12]p[0-9ivx]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1478 [Ref: Pierce WENTWORTH]
died 1548 age 70 [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Holloway WENTWORTH p28],
place:
[Ref: Pierce WENTWORTH],
parents:
[Ref: Foster Yorkshire v1pt1 FITZWILLIAM, Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, WentworthJ WENTWORTH v1pxvii],
father:
[Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p28],
mother:
[Ref: Pierce WENTWORTH]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Sir Thomas WENTWORTH (#9938) [Ref: Pierce WENTWORTH],
mother:
Elizabeth ELDWYKE [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p28]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Hills CapeCod v2p78, Pierce WENTWORTH]
1548 [Ref: WentworthJ WENTWORTH v1pxvii]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
15 Dec 1548 [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p28]
Sources with Information about marriage to Beatrix WOODRUFFE
date:
before 13 Jun in 5 Henry VIII [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Holloway WENTWORTH p28]
second marriage of Beatrix WOODRUFFE [Ref: Pierce WENTWORTH],
names:
[Ref: Hills CapeCod v2p78],
child:
[Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Hills CapeCod v2p79, WentworthJ WENTWORTH v1pxvii]
Research Notes:
heir at age 26 [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Holloway WENTWORTH p28]

enormously wealthy for the times, being called "Golden Thomas" He paid Henry VIII a large fine to be excused from accepting the Order of the Bath, and in 1528 obtained a license from the King to remain covered in the royal presence. This cost him a small fortune, but it must have given him a lot of personal satisfaction [Ref: Hills CapeCod v2p78]

23 Henry 7: paid 7 pounds 10s5d in part of a fine for refusing knighthood [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Holloway WENTWORTH p28]

20 Henry 8 (1529): received the honor of knighthood for bravery at battle of Spurs, Aug 16 1513. [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Holloway WENTWORTH p28]

1528 obtained license from Henry VIII to wear his bonnet and be covered in the royal presence because he was infirm. [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Holloway WENTWORTH p28]

will dated Aug 21 1546, proved Mar 8 1548/9. Buried at Wentworth where there is a brass to his memory. The monumental inscriptions of the Wentworths in their chapel commence at this period. [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v2pt1 WENTWORTH, Holloway WENTWORTH p28]



Pedigree of Sir Thomas WENTWORTH
                                                                /-----William De WENTWORTH
                                                       /-----William WENTWORTH
                                                      |         \-----Dionisis De ROTHERFIELD
                                              /-----Sir William WENTWORTH
                                             |        |         /-----William POLLINGTON
                                             |         \-----Isabella POLLINGTON
                                             |                  \-----Isabella HORBERY
                                     /-----Sir William De WENTWORTH
                                    |        |                  /-----Henry De TYNNESLOW
                                    |        |         /-----Walter De TYNNESLOW
                                    |        |        |         \-----Lucy BRETT
                                    |         \-----Isabella De TYNNESLOW
                            /-----William De WENTWORTH
                           |        |         /-----Sir William FLEMING
                           |         \-----Johanna FLEMING
                   /-----William WENTWORTH
                  |        |         /-----William SHEFFIELD
                  |         \-----Lucy SHEFFIELD
                  |                  \-----Isabella (SHEFFIELD)
          /-----Sir Thomas WENTWORTH
         |        |         /-----Sir Thomas RERESBY
         |         \-----Isabella RERESBY
 /-----William WENTWORTH
|        |                           /-----Sir Richard REDMAYNE
|        |                  /-----Sir Mathew REDMAN, Gov Of Berwick
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Ives ALDEBURGH
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William ALDEBURGH, Lord Aldeburgh
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth ALDEBURGH
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert De LISLE, Lord Lisle Of Rougemont
|        |                 |                 |         /-----John De LISLE, K.G., Lord Lisle of Rougemont
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth De LISLE Of Rougemont
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|        |                 |                           \-----Maud De GREY
|        |                 |                                    \-----Anne De ROCKLEY
|        |         /-----Sir Richard REDMAYNE
|        |        |         \-----Lucy
|         \-----Joan REDMAYNE
|                 |         /-----Thomas MIDDLETON
|                  \-----Margaret MIDDLETON
Sir Thomas WENTWORTH
|                                                               /-----Sir William FITZ THOMAS
|                                                      /-----Sir William FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley And Sprotbrou
|                                                     |         \-----Agnes GREY
|                                             /-----Sir John FITZWILLIAM
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Edmund DEINCOURT, Lord Deincourt
|                                            |         \-----Isabel DEINCOURT
|                                            |                  \-----Isabel De MOHUN
|                                    /-----Sir John FITZ WILLIAM
|                                   |        |                  /-----Ralph RERESBY, Lord Of Eshoner
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Adam RERESBY, Lord Of Thriberg
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Margery De NORMANVILLE
|                                   |         \-----Joan RERESBY
|                                   |                  \-----Thethegna
|                           /-----Edmund FITZWILLIAM
|                          |        |                           /-----Thomas De CLINTON
|                          |        |                  /-----John De CLINTON, Lord Clinton
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Maud BRACEBRIDGE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir William CLINTON, Earl Of Huntingdon
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----William ODDINGSELLS, Lord Of Maxtock
|                          |        |        |         \-----Ida ODDINGSELLS
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Ela FITZ WALTER
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth CLINTON
|                  /-----Edmund FITZWILLIAM
|                 |        |                  /-----John De HOTHAM
|                 |        |         /-----John De HOTHAM
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De HYLTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Maud De HYLTON
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Marmaduke De THWENG, Lord Thweng
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De THWENG
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Isabel De ROS
|                 |         \-----Maud HOTHAM
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir William BRUS
|                 |                  \-----Winifred BRUS
|         /-----Sir Richard FITZWILLIAM
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De CLIFTON
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert PIERPOINT
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PIERPOINT
|        |        |         /-----Sir John De CLIFTON
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----John De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Maud De VERDUN
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Ralph De ROCKLEY
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Anne De ROCKLEY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel De CLARE
|        |        |        |         \-----Agnes De GREY
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Matthew De La VACHE
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De La VACHE, K.G.
|        |        |        |                  \-----Maud De La VACHE
|        |        |        |                           \-----Amy
|        |         \-----Catherine CLIFTON
|        |                 |                                    /-----Roger De CRESSY
|        |                 |                           /-----William De CRESSY
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Christine
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Hugh De CRESSY
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John De CRESSY
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Peter De La MARE
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Geoffrey De La MARE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Maud De La MARE
|        |                 |        |                  \-----(Unk wife2)
|        |                  \-----Katherine CRESSY
|        |                           \-----Agnes
 \-----Isabel FITZWILLIAM
         |                                                      /-----Robert De ALDWARE
         |                                             /-----Sir William CLARELL Of Aldwark, Lord Of Sutton
         |                                            |         \-----Johanna CLARELL
         |                                    /-----Sir Thomas CLARELL, Of Aldwark
         |                                   |        |         /-----William WALEIS
         |                                   |         \-----Agnes WALEIS
         |                                   |                  \-----Agnes ALDWARE
         |                           /-----William CLARELL, Of Aldwark
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John The Red COMYN
         |                          |        |         /-----John COMYN
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Alicia De ROOS
         |                          |         \-----Isabel COMYN
         |                          |                  \-----Maud
         |                  /-----Sir Thomas CLARELL, Of Aldwark, Lord Of Penistone
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John De REYGATE
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert REYGATE, Lord Of Steeton
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Katherine
         |                 |        |         /-----William REYGATE, Lord Of Steeton
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth REYGATE
         |                 |                 |         /-----William De FUNTAYNES
         |                 |                  \-----Theophania De FUNTAYNES
         |         /-----Thomas CLARELL
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Walter De MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |                           /-----William De MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk)
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Nicholas MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas FURNIVAL, Lord Furnival
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas De FURNIVAL, Lord Furnival
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De DESPENSER
         |        |        |        |         \-----Maud FURNIVAL
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Theobald De VERDUN, Lord Verdun
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan VERDON
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Maud De MORTIMER
         |        |         \-----Matilda MONTGOMERY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas FOLJAMBE
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Godfrey FOLJAMBE
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Alice
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Geoffrey FOLJAMBE
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas IRELAND
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Avena IRELAND
         |        |                  \-----Margaret FOLJAMBE
         |        |                           \-----Margaret
          \-----Elizabeth CLARELL
                  |                                             /-----Henry Le SCROPE
                  |                                    /-----Sir William Le SCROPE
                  |                                   |         \-----Juliane BRUN
                  |                           /-----Sir Geoffrey Le SCROPE
                  |                          |        |         /-----Thomas De NEWSOM
                  |                          |         \-----Constance De NEWSOM
                  |                  /-----Sir Henry Le SCROPE, Lord Scrope Of Masham
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir William De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De ROS
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Lucia FITZ PIERS
                  |                 |         \-----Ivette De ROS
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Ralph FITZ HUGH
                  |                 |                  \-----Eustache FITZ HUGH
                  |                 |                           \-----Joan De La HAYE
                  |         /-----Sir John SCROPE
                  |        |         \-----Joan
                   \-----Elizabeth SCROPE
                           |                                    /-----John STRATHBOGIE, Earl Of Atholl
                           |                           /-----David STRATHBOGIE, Earl Of Atholl
                           |                          |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
                           |                  /-----David STRATHBOGIE, Earl Of Atholl, Lord Strath
                           |                 |        |         /-----John The Red COMYN, Lord Of Badenock
                           |                 |         \-----Joan COMYN
                           |                 |                  \-----Joan De VALENCE
                           |         /-----David STRATHBOGIE, Earl Of Atholl, Lord Strath
                           |        |        |                  /-----Louis De BRIENNE, Viscount Of Beaumont In Main
                           |        |        |         /-----Henry De BEAUMONT, Earl Of Buchan
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes De BEAUMONT
                           |        |         \-----Catherine De BEAUMONT
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander COMYN
                           |        |                  \-----Alice COMYN
                           |        |                           \-----Joanna LATIMER
                            \-----Elizabeth STRATHBOGIE
                                    |                           /-----Sir William De FERRERS
                                    |                  /-----Sir William De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
                                    |                 |         \-----Anna DURWARD
                                    |         /-----Henry De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir John De SEGRAVE, Lord Segrave
                                    |        |         \-----Ellen De SEGRAVE
                                    |        |                  \-----Christine De PLESCY
                                     \-----Elizabeth DeFERRERS
                                             |                  /-----Sir Theobald De VERDUN, Lord Verdun
                                             |         /-----Sir Theobald De VERDUN, Lord Verdun
                                             |        |         \-----Margery De BOHUN
                                              \-----Isabel De VERDUN
                                                      |         /-----Sir Gilbert DeCLARE, Earl Of Gloucester And Hertford
                                                       \-----Elizabeth DeCLARE
                                                                \-----Joan PLANTAGENET



Descendants of Sir Thomas WENTWORTH
1. Sir Thomas WENTWORTH m. Beatrix WOODRUFFE
m. Beatrix WOODRUFFE father: Sir Richard WOODRUFFE mother: Beatrix FITZ WILLIAM

2nd generation

2. William WENTWORTH m. Catherine BEESTON
m. Catherine BEESTON father: Ralph BEESTON
4. Michael WENTWORTH m. Isabel WHITLEY
m. Isabel WHITLEY father: Percival WHITLEY
5. Thomas WENTWORTH m. Grace GASCOIGNE
m. Grace GASCOIGNE father: John GASCOIGNE mother: Anne VAVASOUR

3rd generation

10. Thomas WENTWORTH m. Margaret GASCOIGNE
m. Margaret GASCOIGNE father: William GASCOIGNE mother: Beatrice TEMPEST
11. Thomas WENTWORTH m. Susan HOPTON
m. Susan HOPTON father: Christopher HOPTON
15. Mary WENTWORTH m. William BREWSTER
m. William BREWSTER father: William BREWSTER

4th generation

16. Sir William WENTWORTH m. Anne ATKINSON
m. Anne ATKINSON father: Robert ATKINSON mother: Joyce ASHFIELD
17. Michael WENTWORTH m. Frances DOWNES
m. Frances DOWNES father: George DOWNES
21. Jonathan BREWSTER m1. Lucretia OLDHAM m2. Betje RABNITZ
m. Lucretia OLDHAM
m. Betje RABNITZ
22. Love BREWSTER m. Sarah COLLIER
m. Sarah COLLIER father: William COLLIER
24. Patience BREWSTER m. Thomas PRINCE
m. Thomas PRINCE
27. Fear BREWSTER m. Isaac ALLERTON
m. Isaac ALLERTON

5th generation

29. Ann WENTWORTH m. George SAVILLE
m. George SAVILLE father: George SAVILE mother: Mary TALBOT
30. Sir Thomas WENTWORTH, Earl of Strafford m1. Margaret CLIFFORD m2. Arabella HOLLES m3. Elizabeth RODES
m. Margaret CLIFFORD father: Francis CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland mother: Grisold HUGHES
m. Arabella HOLLES father: John HOLLES, Earl of Clare mother: Anne STANHOPE
m. Elizabeth RODES father: Sir Godfrey RODES mother: Anne LEWKNOR
31. John WENTWORTH m. Elizabeth ALDBURGH
m. Elizabeth ALDBURGH father: Arthur ALDBURGH
34. Sarah BREWSTER m. Benjamin BARTLETT
m. Benjamin BARTLETT father: Robert BARTLETT mother: Mary WARREN
38. Rebecca PRENCE m. Edmund FREEMAN
m. Edmund FREEMAN father: Edmund FREEMAN
40. Isaac Jr ALLERTON m. Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY
m. Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY father: Thomas WILLOUGHBY mother: Alice (WILLOUGHBY)
41. Mary ALLERTON m. (Unk) CUSHMAN
m. (Unk) CUSHMAN