BROUGHTON, Edward

Birth Name BROUGHTON, Edward
Gramps ID I3434
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Baptism [E10514] 1661 Westminster, London, England St. Margaret/Westminster Abbey,  
Birth [E10515] 30 January 1660/1 (Julian)      

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father BROUGHTON, Edward Colonel [I4203]1665
Mother KNIGHTLEY, Mary [I2389]13 April 16301695
         BROUGHTON, Edward [I3434] 30 January 1660/1 (Julian)
    Brother     BROUGHTON, Richard [I0034] 1662
    Brother     BROUGHTON, John [I0033] 1663
 
Father BROUGHTON, Edward Colonel [I4203]1665
Stepmother HONEYWOOD, Alice [I2388]10 January 1612/3 (Julian)
    Half-brother     BROUGHTON, Edward [I2483] about 1657 1713
 
Stepfather WYKE, Aquila [I1836]16251695
Mother KNIGHTLEY, Mary [I2389]13 April 16301695

Narrative

THIS EDWARD TOOK THE TITLE OF BARONET AND SIR, THAT WAS BY RIGHTS HISELDER BTOTHERS, BY HIS FATHERS FIRST MARRIAGE. WHEN HIS BROTHER RETURNEDFROM JAMAICA, IN 1700, HE DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE HIS RIGHTFULL TITLE, ASHE WAS UNSURE OF THE LAWS APPLYING AND,AS HIS YOUNGER STEP BROTHER ISDESCRIBED IN A LATER COURT CASE "EDWARD, WHO TOOK TITLE OF A BARONET THOUGH IN TRUTH HE WAS NEITHER MALENOR FEMALE, THOUGH THIS WAS KEPT SECRET UNTIL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. THEEDWARD FROM JAMAICA KNEW HE COULD HAVE NO ISSUE AND LET HIM STAY ATMARCHWIEL. HE WAS VERY EASY ON THAT ACCOUNT FOR THAT HE HAD AN ESTATESUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN HIMSELF AND FAMILY AND AS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FORTHE SAID EDWARD BROUGHTON TO BEGET CHILDREN BY REASON OF HIS INFIRMITY'85.THE ESTATE MUST DESCEND TO YOUR ORATOR“S GRANDFATHER, BUT HE DIED 5 YEARSBEFORE HIS HALF-BROTHER WHO DIED 11JUN1718. "

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
Caste BART
 

Pedigree

  1. BROUGHTON, Edward Colonel [I4203]
    1. KNIGHTLEY, Mary [I2389]
      1. BROUGHTON, John [I0033]
      2. BROUGHTON, Richard [I0034]
      3. BROUGHTON, Edward

Ancestors