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1. THOMAS ASTON, esq. of Aston, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 25th July, 1628, and was subsequently in the civil wars a zealous supporter of the Royal cause. He m. first, in 1627, Magdalene, daughter of Sir John Poultney, knt. of Misterton, in the county of Leicester, and co-heir of her brother, John Poultney, of the same place, by whom (who d. 2nd June, 1635) he had no surviving issue. He wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter and sole heir of Sir Henry Willoughby, bart. of Ridley, in the county of Derby, by his first wife, one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Thomas Knollys, knt. of Berks, and by that lady (who survived him, and m. in her widowhood the Hon. Anchetel Grey, second son of Henry, Earl of Stamford) had

WILLOUGHBY, his successor.

Magdalene, m. to Sir Robert Burdett, (third) baronet, of Foremark, in the county of Derbyhis second wife, and had several children. Mary, m. to- Biddulph, esq. of Polesworth, in the county of Warwick. Sir Thomas Aston sustained a defeat from Sir William Brereton's party of parliamentarians near Nantwich, 28th January, 1642, but effected his escape he was afterwards however made prisoner in another skirmish, and brought into Stafford, whence attempting again to escape, he was observed by a soldier who gave him a blow on the head, which, and his other wounds brought on a fever and occasioned his death in Staf ford, 24th May, 1645. He was s. by his son,

H. SIR WILLOUGHBY ASTON. This gentleman erected a sumptuous mansion at Aston, a little distant from the old seat. He m. Mary, daughter of Jolin Offley, esq. of Madeley Manor, in Staffordshire, and had eight sons and nine surviving daughters, viz.

THOMAS, his heir.

Jolin, captain R. N. d. s. p.

Willoughby, m. and left two daughters.
Arthur, d. at Constantinople unmarried.
Gilbert, d. young.

RICHARD, m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Warren, esq. of Oxfordshire, and died 24th November, 1741, leaving issue,

WILLOUGHBY, who inherited as fifth baronet. Richard, barrister-at-law, constituted one of the judges of the court of King's Bench in 1765, and received the honour of knighthood. Sir Richard m. first, Miss Eldred, and, secondly, the relict of Sir David Williams, bart.

Mary, m. to- Dawson, M.D. Robert, a merchant in London.

Edward, d. young.

Mary, m. first, to Sir John Crew, knt. of Utking

CATHERINE ASTON, who inherited Aston Hall and the estates of her brother, had by her husband the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Hervey-Aston, who died in November, 1741, a son,

HENRY HERVEY-ASTON, who m. Miss Dickinson, of Lancashire, and had a son and daughter, namely, HENRY HERVEY-ASTON, a colonel in the army, who m. 16th September, 1789, the Hon. Harriet-Ingram Shepherd, fourth daughter and coheir of Charles, ninth and last Viscount Irvine, of Scotland, and left at his decese (having fallen in a duel 23rd December, 1798) an only son,

ton, in Cheshire; and, secondly, to Dr. Chamberlen, of Alderton and Hinton.

Magdalen, m. to Thomas Norris, esq. of Speke, in Lancashire.

Frances.

Dorothy.

Charlotte, m. to John Pickering, esq. of Thelwall, in Cheshire.

Catherine, died unmarried.

Purefoy, m. to Henry Wright, esq. of Mobberley, in Cheshire, and of this marriage the grandson is the present LAURENCE WRIGHT, esq. of Mottram St. Andrew. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 406.)

Helena, m. to Captain Pennington, who assumed the surname of Legh, and was great grandfather of the present PETER LEGH, esq. of Booths. Letitia, m. to- Jenks, esq.

Sir Willoughby d. 14th December, 1702, and was s. by his eldest son,

III. SIR THOMAS ASTON, who wedded Catherine, daughter of William Widdrington, esq. and died 16th January, 1724, left, with eight daughters, of whom CATHERINE, m. in 1730, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Hervey, fourth son of John, Earl of Bristol, and Margery, became the wife of Gilbert Walmesly, esq. register of the diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, an only son and heir,

IV. SIR THOMAS ASTON, elected M.P. for Liverpool in the 1st of GEORGE II. and afterwards for St. Albans. He m. in March, 1735-6, Rebecca, daughter of John Shishe, esq. of Greenwich, by whom (who d. in May, 1737), having had no issue, he devised his estates, at his decease in France, 17th February, 1744, to his eldest sister, CATHERINE, wife of the Hon. and Rev. JOHN HERVEY, D.D. who in consequence assumed, by act of parliament, the surname of ASTON. The baronetcy reverted to his cousin, (refer to RICHARD, sixth son of the second baronet).

V. SIR WILLOUGHBY ASTON, who wedded Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Pye, esq. of Farringdon, Berks, (by his wife Anne, sister of Lord Bathurst), and had issue,

WILLOUGHBY, his successor.

Elizabeth, m. to Admiral Cotton.

Purefoy, m. to the Hon. James Preston, brother
of Lord Gormanston.

Mary, m. to Francis-Grant Gordon, esq. capt. R.N.
Selina, died unmarried in 1764.

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Sir Willoughby was returned to parliament for Nottingham in 1754, and appointed colonel of the Berkshire militia in 1759. He d. 24th August, 1772, and was s. by his son,

VI. SIR WILLOUGHBY ASTON, who m. Lady Jane Henley, second daughter of Robert, Earl of Northington, LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND in 1761, but dying s. p. 22nd March, 1815, his sisters became his heirs, and the BARONETCY expired.

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This family was originally of Great Berkhampsted, in Hertfordshire, where it was located in the time of ELIZABETH, but it rose into eminence through the professional success of

HENRY ATKINS, M.D. physician to King JAMES I. who was offered by his royal master the first baronet's patent, on the institution of the order, but he declined accepting the honor. His son and heir,

SIR HENRY ATKINS, received the honor of knighthood from the same monarch, and marrying Annabella, daughter of John Hawkins, esq. of Chiddingstone, in Kent, had a numerous family. He was s. at his decease by his eldest surviving son,

1. RICHARD ATKINS, esq. of Clapham, in the county of Surrey, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 13th June, 1660. He m. Rebecca, daughter of Sir Edmund Wright, of London, knt. and had

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Annabella,

Rebecca,

d. unm.

Mary, m. to the Right Rev. William Moreton,
D.D. Bishop of Meath, and had issue,
Richard Moreton, in holy orders, d. s. p.
ANNABELLA MORETON, m. to William Taylor,
esq. of Dublin, barrister-at-law, and dying
in 1774, left a son,

The Rev. RICHARD TAYLOR, who inherited
the estate of Little Moreton, in the
county of Chester, at the decease of his
uncle of the half blood, Sir William
Moreton, recorder of the city of London
in 1763, and assumed the name and
arms of MORETON. He was father of the
present Rev. William Moreton Moreton,
of Little Moreton.

Agnes, m. to Edward Atkins, esq. brother of Sir
Robert Atkins, K. B.

Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Tooke, esq. of Wormley.
Rebecca, m. to Sir Wolstan Dixie, bart. of Market
Bosworth, in the county of Leicester.

Sir Richard d. 19th August, 1689, and was s. by his aly surviving son,

II. SIR RICHARD ATKINS, who wedded Elizabeth, Aaughter of Sir Thomas Byde, knt. of Ware Park, Hertfordshire, and had surviving issue,

HEXAY, his successor. Ralph.

Bachard.

Annabella.

The gentleman, who was a colonel in the army, d. November, 1696, and was s. by his eldest son,

III. SIR HENRY ATKINS, who m. Rebecca-Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Wolstan Dixie, bart. and had, with one surviving daughter, Rebecca Maria, m. in 1730, to Thomas Folkes, esq. an only surviving son, his successor at his decease in 1712,

IV. SIR HENRY ATKINS. This gentleman m. in October 1723, Penelope, daughter of Sir John Stonhouse, bart. of Radley, in the county of Berks, by whom (who rem. 31st October, 1733, John, first Earl Gower*), he had

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Penelope, m. 5th January, 1745-6, George Pitt, first Lord Rivers, and was great-grandfather of the present peer.

He d. in France, in 1728, and was s. by his elder son, V. SIR HENRY ATKINS, who d. at the age of sixteen, 1st September, 1742, and was s. by his brother,

VI. SIR RICHARD ATKINS. This gentleman d. unm. 19th June, 1756, when the representation of the family vested in the Pitt family, and the BARONETCY became extinct.

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The family of AUCHER, eminent in ancient times in the counties of Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Nottingham, "derived" (we quote Hasted) from Ealcher or AuCHER, the first Earl of Kent, and among its earliest members we may mention Walter Fitz-Auger, a noble Briton, who flourished at the Conquest, and was a considerable benefactor to the Monks of St. Saviour, Bermondsey; Thomas Fitzaunger, who possessed the manor of Losenham, in Kent, temp. King JOHN; and Henry Fitzaucher, whose name occurs in the roll of those Kentish gentlemen who were with EDWARD I. at the siege of Carlaverock.

NICHOLAS AUCHER, son of Thomas, Lord of Losenham, in Kent, temp. EDWARD II. married the daughter of Oxenbridge of Bread, in Sussex, and had two sons. The younger, William, left an only daughter, Christina, the wife of Arnald de Alkham. The elder was father of

HENRY AUCHER, of Losenham, m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Diggs, of Barham, in Kent, and had a son and successor.

HENRY AUCHER, of Losenham, who wedded, first, Isabella At Towne, of Throwleigh, and had by her,

1. THOMAS, of Losenham, whose son, HENRY of
Losenham, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John
Guldeford, knt. of Halden, and left an only
daughter and heir,

ANNE, who espoused, temp. HENRY VII.
Walter Colepeper, second son of Sir John
Colepeper, knt. by Agnes, daughter and

• She was his lordship's second wife; by him she had a daughter, Penelope, b. at Trentham, in June 1734, who Led in the seventh year of her age.

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beir of John Bedgebery, esq. The grandson of this marriage, Sir JOHN COLEPEPER, knt. of Wigsell, sold the manor of Losenham to Adrian Moore, esq. of Egham, in Surrey, in whose family it continued until alienated in 1702 to Nicholas Bishop. II. Robert, ancestor of the Auchers of Westwell. Henry Aucher married, secondly, Joan, daughter and heir of Thomas St. Leger, of Otterden, second son of Sir Ralph St. Leger, of Ulcomb, knight of the shire for Kent 51 EDWARD, and had an only son,

HENRY AUCHER, who succeeded to the manor of Otterden, his mother's inheritance, and seated himself there, where he was residing 19 HENRY VI. He m. Alicia Boleyn, and left a son and successor,

JOHN AUCHER, of Otterden, who died 23rd April, 1503, and was buried in the north chapel of the parish church, leaving by Alice Church, his wife, three sons and two daughters, viz.

1. JAMES, his heir.

11. William, d. s. p.

11. Marmaduke, m. a daughter of Gilbole.

1. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Berham, of Sisinghurst.

11. Jane, m. to Thomas Corbet.

The eldest son,

JAMES AUCHER, esq. of Otterden, wedded Alice, daughter of Thomas Hills, esq. of Eggarton, near Godmersham, and by her (who m. secondly, James Hardres, esq. of Hardres) had a son and daughter, ANTHONY, his heir, and Susan, m. to James Aucher. He died 6th January, 1508, was interred near his father, and succeeded by his son,

SIR ANTHONY AUCHER, knt. of Otterden, who acquired from Thomas Colepeper, temp. HENRY VIII. the manors of Bishopsborne and Hautsborne, in Kent. He wedded Affra, daughter of William Cornwallis, of Norfolk, and had issue,

1. JOHN, of Otterden, m. Ann, daughter of Sir
William Kellaway, knt. and left an only
daughter and heiress,

JOAN, m. temp. Queen ELIZABETH, to Sir
Humphrey Gilbert, knt. by whom the
manor of Otterden was sold to William
Lewin, LL. D.

11. EDWARD, of whom presently.

III. Thomas, d. s. p.

IV. William, of Nonington.

I. Susannah.

The second son,

EDWARD AUCHER, esq. inherited, under his father's will, the manors of Bishopsbourne and Hautsborne. He m. Mabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Wrothe, knt. and had

ANTHONY, his heir.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir William Lovelace, knt. of Bethersden, in Kent, and had by him, who died in 1629, with other issue, a son,

Sir William Lovelace, of Woolwich, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir William Barnes, knt. and had a son,

RICHARD (Sir), of Lovelace Place, in Kent,
who d. in 1658, leaving an only daughter
and heir,

MARGARET, m. to Henry, fifth son of
Lord Chief Justice Coke.

The son and successor,

ANTHONY AUCHER, esq. of Bishopsbourne, or Bourne, married two wives, but had issue only by the second, Margaret, daughter of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, viz. two sons and as many daughters, ANTHONY, his heir.

Edwin, of Willesborough, who m. Mary, daughter

of John Gibbon, and by her, who d. in 1679, had a numerous issue. His son, the Rev. John Aucher, D.D. prebendary of Canterbury, died

in 1701.

ELIZABETH, m. first, to Sir William Hammond, knt. of St. Albans Court, in Kent, ancestor of the poet Hammond, and of the present WILLIAM OSMUND HAMMOND, esq. of St. Albans Court (see BURKE'S History of the Commoners). She wedded, secondly, in 1624, the Venerable Walter Balcanqual, Dean of Rochester. Margaret, m. to Sir Roger James, knt. He died 13th January, 1609-10, and was succeeded by his son,

SIR ANTHONY AUCHER, knt. of Bourne, who served as sheriff of Kent in 12 JAMES I. He m. Hester, daughter and co-heir of Peter Collet, of London, and dying in July 1637, was succeeded by his son,

I. SIR ANTHONY AUCHER, of Bourne, who was created a BARONET 4th July, 1666. He wedded, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hatton, esq. by whom (who died in 1648) he had no issue to survive him, and, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Hewitt, knt. by whom he had,

1. ANTHONY, his heir.

II. HEWITT, successor to his brother.

I. ELIZABETH, m. to John Corbett, LL.D. Of this lady presently as CO-HEIRESS to her brother, the last baronet.

11. Hester, m. to Ralph Blomer, D.D. prebendary of Canterbury, and had, with other issue, a daughter,

Anne Blomer, who wedded James Teale,
esq. and had a son, Isaac M. Teale, esq.
and a daughter, Mary Teale, who m. Ma-
jor General Sir Charles Shipley, and left
three daughters,

Katherine-Jane, m. to Colonel Edward
Warner.

Augusta-Mary, m. to Alexander Man-
ning, esq.

Elizabeth-Cole, m. to Henry, Earl of
Buchan.

Sir Anthony died in May, 1692, and was s. by his son, II. SIR ANTHONY AUCHER, of Bourne, at whose decease in minority in 1694, the title passed to his brother,

III. SIR HEWITT AUCHER, of Bourne, who died unmarried in 1726, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. His elder sister and co-heir,

ELIZABETH, the wife of JOHN CORBETT, LL.D. left five daughters and co-heirs, viz.

1. CATHARINE CORBETT, who m. Stephen Beckingham, esq. (to whom she was second wife), and had a son,

The REV. JOHN CHARLES BECKINGHAM, who inherited the whole of the Bishopsbourne estate, his father having purchased, in 1752, the shares of his sisters-in-law in the property. Mr. Beckingham left at his decease an only daughter and heir,

LOUISA, m. in 1802, to EDWARD TAYLOR, esq. of Bifrons, in Kent, and has issue. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 107).

2. ELIZABETH CORBETT, m. to Thomas Din-
ward, esq. and d. s. p.

3. FRANCES CORBETT, m. to Sir William Har-
dres, bart. of Hardres, who d. s. p.
Aug. 1764.

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4. ANTONINA CORBETT, m. to Ignatius Geoghegan, esq. and had issue.

5. MARGARET-HANNAH-ROBERTA CORBETT, m. to William Hougham, esq. of Barton Court, and had issue,

William Hougham, of Barton Court, d.
in 1828, s. p.

Catharine Hougham, m. to the Rev.
Richard Sandys, and had issue,

Richard-Edwin Sandys, lieut. R. N.
killed in action off Copenhagen
2nd April, 1801, unm.
Catharina Sandys, m. in 1903, to
John Chesshyre, esq. capt. R.N.

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1. ROBERT AUSTEN, esq. of Bexley, high sheriff of Kent in 1660 and 1661, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. on the 10th July in the former year. Sir Robert m. first, Margaret, daughter of William Wilhamson, of London, vintner, and had an only surviving child, Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas Dacres, kat. of Cheshunt, Herts. He m. secondly, Anne, daughter of Thomas Muns, esq. of Otteridge, in Kent, and by that lady had issue,

1. JOHN, his successor.

11. Robert, of Herendon, m. Judith, daughter and co heir of Ralph Freke, esq. of Hanington, Wilts, and had

1. Robert, who wedded Jane, daughter of William Strode, esq. of Barrington, in the county of Somerset, and had three sons and one daughter, viz.

William.

EDWARD, who inherited as sixth baro

net.

ROBERT, s. his brother as seventh ba

ronet.

Jane-Grace, m. Richard Windsor, esq.

of Tottenham, and had an only dau. Sarah Windsor, who m. first, Edward Constable, and, secondly, J. Bristow, and left by the former two daughters and co-heirs, viz.

MARY CONSTABLE, m. to the

Rev. Thomas Roberts. ANNE CONSTABLE, m. to Sir William Curtis, bart.

2. Edward, of Bexley, m. first, Mary, daughter of Edward Napier, esq. of Dorsetshire, but had no issue. He wedded, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Manning, esq. of Kivington, in Kent, and had a son, John.

III. John, a merchant, who d. in Turkey.

1. Anne, m. to Sir Oliver Boteler, bart. of Treston, in Kent.

11. Ursula, m. first, to George Stawell, esq. of Cotherston, in the county of Somerset, son of Sir John Stawell, K.B. and, secondly, to Henry Seymour, esq. of Langley Park, in the county of Buckingham.

Sir Robert d. 30th October, 1666, and was s. by his eldest son,

II. SIR JOHN AUSTEN, M. P. for Rye, in several parliaments temp. WILLIAM III. and one of the commissioners of the Customs. He m. Rose, daughter and heir of Sir John Hale, knt. of Stagenhoe, in Hertfordshire, by whom (who d. in 1695) he had issue, ROBERT, his heir.

Edward, colonel in the Guards, killed at the
Battle of Almanza, d. s. p.
Elizabeth, d. unm.

Rose, m. to Comberford Brooke, Esq. of Madeley
Court, in Shropshire, and of Comberford, in the
county of Stafford.

Anne, m. to Robert Rod, esq. of Herefordshire. He d. in 1698, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR ROBERT AUSTEN. This gentleman wedded Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of George Stawell, esq. of Cotherston, in Somersetshire, and by her (who survived him, and wedded, secondly, William Wynd, esq. of Norfolk, chamberlain to the Princess Sophia, and d. in 1725) had issue,

ROBERT, his successor.
SHEFFIELD, heir to his brother.
John.

Rose, m. to Sherrington Grosvenor, esq. of Holt,
in the county of Warwick.

Anne. Mary. Elizabeth. Stawell.

Sir Robert d. in 1706, and was s. by his eldest son,

IV. SIR ROBERT AUSTEN, M. P. for New Romney, in Kent, m. in November 1738, Rachel, daughter of Sir Francis Dashwood, bart. of West Wycomb, Bucks, but dying without issue in 1743, was s. by his brother, V. SIR SHEFFIELD AUSTEN. This gentleman dying s. p. about the year 1758, was s. by his kinsman (refer to line of Robert, second son of the first baronet),

VI. SIR EDWARD AUSTEN, who d. unm. 28th December, 1760, and was s. by his brother,

VII. SIR ROBERT, at whose decease s. p. 13th February, 1772, the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

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The ancient seat of this family, one of Saxon extraction, was at Bocton Aloph, near Wye, in the county of Kent, which town they possessed in the reign of HENRY III., and which place, as Mr. Philpot observes," had that appellative distinction united to its name to intimate to us, that in the Saxon time it owned the jurisdiction of one Alulphus, a Saxon." From this Alulphus descended ALIFF, a person of great note in the time of EDWARD the Confessor. About the reign of HENRY VI.,

JOHN AYLOFF was seated at Hornchurch, in the county of Essex, and married to Anne, daughter of Thomas West, esq. by whom he had issue,

THOMAS AYLOFF, of the same place, and of Sudbury in Suffolk, holding large possessions in the counties of Essex and Suffolk temp. EDWARD IV., who had issue, by Agnes, his wife, daughter of William Birch (by Alice his wife, daughter of Roger Grice, of Norfolk), a son, William, and a daughter, Agnes, m. to Sir John Bruges, lord mayor of London, from whom the Barons Chandos descended, and Winifred Bruges, m. to Sir Richard Sackville, of Buckhurst, father of Sir Thomas Sackville, Baron Buckhurst, and Earl of Dorset.

The younger son of William Ayloffe,

THOMAS AYLOFFE, was a merchant, free of the company of barber-surgeons in London, and when Bridge Ward was finished, 4th EDWARD VI., the first elected alderman of it. He was afterwards knighted, and died

The son,

WILLIAM AYLOFFE, m. Audrey, daughter of Sir John Shaw, knt. alderman of London, by whom he had three children, WILLIAM, THOMAS, and Agnes. The elder son,

WILLIAM AYLOFF, esq. was high sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire 6th ELIZABETH, and left by Agnes, his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Barnardiston, knt. of Ketton, in Suffolk (by Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Lucas, knt. of Colchester, in Essex), a son and heir,

WILLIAM AYLOFFE, high sheriff of the county of Essex 36th ELIZABETH, and one of the judges of the King's Bench 20th of the same reign. He m. Jane, daughter of Eustace Sulyard, esq. of Flemings, in Suffolk, and had issue three sons and one daughter,

viz.

1. WILLIAM.

11. Thomas, who m. Mary Guicciardine, and was father of Guicciardine Ayloff, secretary of the Duchy of Lancaster.

11. George, who d. s. p.

1. Margaret, wife of Edward Broom, esq. of Oxfordshire.

The eldest son,

I. SIR WILLIAM AYLOFFE, knt. s. to the estate, and residing at Braxted Magna, was knighted by King JAMES I. at the Charter house with many more, on his first arrival in London, and afterwards advanced by the said king to the degree of a BARONET in 1612. He m. first, Catharine, daughter and co-heir of John Sterne, esq. of Melburne, in Cambridgeshire, and had by her three sons and four daughters,

William, died in the lifetime of his father in the
West Indies.

BENJAMIN, his successor.

James, had his mother's estate at Melburne, in Cambridgeshire: from his first wife, Jane, dau. of Sir William Herris, knt. of Shenfield, in Essex, descended William Ayloffe, esq. of Basingburn, in Cambridgeshire; and by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Penyston, esq. of Rochester, Thomas Ayloffe, D.C.L. Mary, wife of Sir Anthony Thomas, knt. of Cobham, in Surrey.

Elizabeth, wife of Gervase Lee, of Norwell, in Nottinghamshire.

Anne, d. s. p.

Jane, m. to Edward Kighley, of Gray, in Essex. Sir William m. secondly, Barbara, daughter and heir of Thomas Sexton, and had two sons,

Thomas, of Gray's Inn, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Wentworth, of Bocking, in Essex, and was father of Benjamin Ayloffe, esq. of Gray's Inn, who m. Victoria, daughter of Alexander Erskine, esq. son to John, Earl of Mar. John, was a colonel in the West Indies, and d. s. p.

The baronet m. thirdly, Alice Stokes, and had issue, Joseph, of Gray's Inn, m. Frances, daughter of Henry Ayscough, esq. and left two sons and five daughters. The elder son, JOSEPH, of Gray's Inn, barrister-at-law, wedded Mary, daughter of Bryan Ayloffe, merchant, of London, and was father of JOSEPH, who eventually inherited the baronetcy as sixth baronet.

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