THE LYTE FAMILY TREE

LYTES CARY MANOR

TREE 1

						William le LYTE
						b.~1230
						m.1)Margery Blaunfield	2)Agnes	
						d.~1316
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				Robert LYTE______________________________________Peter
				b.~1255	
				m.Isabella Draycott ~1274
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				Robert LYTE
				b.~1278
				m.Margaret d/o Roger of Goathurst
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				Peter LYTE____________________________Eleanor___________________________Simona
				b.~1305									m.Gilbert Passeware?
				m.Agnes Blaunfield/Bloomvill
				d.1348
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	John LYTE_______William LYTE____________Edmund LYTE_____________________________________Matilda LYTE______?_______Margery LYTE
	b.~1330		b.~1332			b.~1334						m.John Faukner		  m.Ellis Fitzpayne ~1380
						m.1)Thomasyn Carent ~1378 
							2)Agnes Marlborough w/o John Asshe ~1390
						d.1418					|
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	John LYTE_____Thomas LYTE_______Peter LYTE______Luce LYTE_________Elizabeth LYTE				Joan LYTE
	b.~1380				m.Elizabeth	m.Roger Raleigh	  m.Adam Burwell				m.Simon Talbot
	m.Agnes Asshe				|	m.1392	
	d/o John Asshe				|
	d.1453					|
	|				Edmund Lyte______Elizabeth Lyte
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	Thomas LYTE ____________________________________________John LYTE ______________________________Agnes LYTE
	b.~1410							b.~1412					m.1)Richard Page
	m.Joan FitzJames					m.Joan Wasyn				m.1454
	m.1439								dsp					m.2)Sir Philip Morgan
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	John LYTE__________________?____________Elizabeth Lytes	
	b.~1440					m.John Wyke ~1465
	m._____Fauntleroy
	d.1512
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	Thomas LYTE ____________________________________________________Richard LYTE ___________________________Edith LYTE
	b.~1470								b.~1472					m.John Horsey
	m.Margery Drewe							m.?
	d.18.02.1523							|
	|	(m.2 Hugh Tratte)					|
	|								Joan LYTE
	|								m.1)William Walton
	|									m.2)Sir Nicholas Wadham
	|								d.20.08.1557
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	JOHN LYTE ______William LYTE____________Thomas__________Edmund LYTE_____________Anthony LYTE ______George ______Catherine_____William the Younger
	b.1498		of Lillesden		b.~1504		b.~1506			b.~1508		  dsp 1583	m.John Soper	d.1563
	m.Edith Horsey	(Black Will)		m.Isabell	m.?			m.Ann Welden	  Guernsey			|
	m.18.02.1520	b.1502			  Webber 	|			d.28.01.1580					|
	d.28.07.1566	m.Dorothy Kellaway	|   m.2)Johan	|			Greenwich					|
	|		m.~1537			|   ?Frampton	|			|						|
	|		d.1559 Will		d.1573 Will	|			|						|
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	TREE 2		|		     Hugh=Eleanor	John d.young		Henry LYTE______daughter			TREE 4
			TREE 3		     William		Margaret				d.as infant
					     Peter		  m.Richard Verier
					     Bridget		Protesie
					       m.Walter Smyth     m.____ Cloutier
								Ann   
								  m.John Wadham

TREE 2

								JOHN LYTE = 1)EDITH HORSEY	2)Joan Young Widow
								b.1498					(m.William Phelipes after 1566)
								m.18.02.1520
								d.28.07.1566
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	Bartholomew ____Henry LYTE _____________________Bartholomew LYTE _____John _____Peter _____Edward ______Mary    = Richard Hody
	b.~1522		b.~1529 d.15.10.1607		b.~1532		    m.Frances	d.young	    dsp		Edith   = Francis Bourne
	d.young		m.Agnes Kellaway m.10.10.1546	m.Joan Slape		|				Grace   = 1)Henry Strode
			    (d.11.09.1564)		d.1561		  2 sons dsp					    2)Barnabus Leigh
			|	m.Frances Tiptoft		|	  12 daughters					      3)John Bailey
			|	|  m.18.07.1565	(d.1589)	|		|				Alice   = John St Aubyn	   
			|	|	m.Dorothy Gover		|				 	  	Dorothy = Sir Anthony Ashley	   
			| 	|	m.1591			Agnes = Thomas Dade				
			|	|		|		Magdelen = Henry Mere				
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	________________|	|_______________________ 									|
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	Edith d.young			John LYTE ______Thomas LYTE _____Henry LYTE _____Hester = Francis Bellamy 1586	Gertrude____Henry_______Ralph
	Jane = 	1)John Smyth 		b.19.09.1566	b.1568 d.1638	 b.17.12.1573	 Magdelen = Henry Moone 1582	b.1591	    b.1593	b.1596
		2)Richard Ferrars	d.1577		m.Frances Worth	 m.Sibila Markey				m.Robert    d.1593
	Mary  d.1573					m.02.02.1592							Henborough
	Florence = Robert Mere				|  m.2)Lady Constance Sydney
							|	née Huntley
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	Henry LYTE______Thomas LYTE_____John LYTE_______William LYTE_____Edmund LYTE____Bridget 		George Lyte____Constantine_____Elizabeth
	b.1597		b.20.06.1602	b.08.07.1604	b.08.05.1606	b.28.04.1609	   m.Matthew Niccols    b.11.03.1621  b.17.05.1623    b.28.05.1624
	m.Constance	d.15.10.1672	d.1692 USA	d.1677				Dorothy b.24.12.1594 	m.Ann Hodges   m.1)Joan	      m.Sir Richard
	Baskerville	Charlton	|						   m.Walter Franke	d.1681	     m.2)Ann Leversege	   Crane
	d.16.06.1666	  Mackrell	|						Jane 	b.10.06.1598 	|		m.1664		m.Thomas 
		|			George LYTE					   m.Hugh Lutterell 	|				   Seymour
		|			b.1626							m.13.07.1629	|
		|			Went to USA					Frances b.17.05.1600	George_______Ann
	   TREE 5			LINE CONTINUES					Mary 	b.17.04.1614	b.
														m.Mary Huntley
														   m.2)Elizabeth
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															George

TREE 3

					WILLIAM “BLACK WILL” LYTE 	= DOROTHY KELLAWAY d/o John Kellaway of Rockbourne w/o John Buller
					of Lillesdon, Somerset	1502-1559	|
					m.~1537					|
					d.1559	Will				|
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John Lyte___Hugo LYTE_______Guy Lyte__________Margaret__________Katherine____________Anna_______________Dorothy__________Gertrude LYTE_______________Giles Lyte
b.1538	    b.~1540	    m.Joan Frampton  m.Strangeways	m.Philip Rossiter    m.George Cause	m.__ Somerset	 b.1544				d.young
d.1594	    m.Joan Weeks	m.1571		Rogers		m.30.04.1564			|	 of Worcester	 m.Thomas Howard 1st Vis.Bindon	
dsp		|		|					|						 |	(m.1)Elizabeth Marney
		|		|________________________________________________					 | 	|	(m.3)Mabel Burton
		|								|					 |	|	(m.4)Margaret Manning)
	Edward LYTE______Crispian LYTE_________John LYTE_______Dorothea		Henry Lyte____Elizabeth		 ________|	|(d.05.04.1582)
		|	m.Christian Sparke									|	     	|	     
		|	m.01.07.1616 Northover									|	     	|
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	Edward LYTE_____William LYTE	Francis Lyte____Hugh Lyte________Mary					|	    	|
					b.1618		b.1621		(1624-1625)				|	    	|
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					Charles HOWARD__________________________________________Ann HOWARD (Lady Thornhurst)	Henry Howard_______Thomas Howard____+
					b.~1560							b.~1570				2nd Vis.Bindon	   3rd Vis.Bindon
					m.Roberta Webb						m.Sir William THORNHURST	b.1542		   d.1611
					d.16.08.1593 Marnhull						|			d.1590
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	Catherine Howard________Elizabeth Howard		Grace Thornhurst________Sir Gifford THORNHURST__________Frances Thornhurst
	m.Sir Thomas Thynne	m.Sir James Murray		m.Fane Mildmay	   	m.Susan Temple			m.Sir Robert Napier
	|							2nd Earl of Westmorland	   d.16.12.1627
	|							d.29.06.1636			|
	Sir Henry Frederick THYNNE								|
	1615-1680 1st Baronet Thynne								Frances THORNHURST
	|											1615–1693
	|											m.Richard JENNINGS
	|											m.1648
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	+ 3 Generations Thynne			Ralph Jennings__________Frances Jennings________________Sarah JENNINGS 1st Duchess of Malborough
	|					d.1677			m.Sir George Hamilton		b.29.05.1660
	|								m.1665				d.18.10.1744
	|								m.Richard Talbot  		m.John CHURCHILL 1st Duke of Malborough
	|								m.1681				m.01.10.1678
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	|										6 children______|_______Ann CHURCHILL
	|													b.27.02.1683
	Thomas Thynne												d.15.04.1716
	1734-1796												m.Charles SPENCER 3rd Earl of Sunderland
	1st Marquess of Bath											m.02.01.1700
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	Line Continues												The SPENCER–CHURCHILL Line

TREE 4

						WILLIAM THE YOUNGER LYTE = Unknown		(of Sutton Montacue near Cadbury, Devon)
						b.~1502
						d.1563
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	Charles LYTE ___________Grace ___________Ann____________Joan ___________________Female_________________?Female
	d.young			b.1540		d.1542		m.1)Edmund Midwinter	m.___Lambert	   	
								   m.2)John Draper				

TREE 5

						HENRY LYTE	=	CONSTANCE BASKERVILLE
						b.1597			b.1694
						d.16.06.1666		m.1621
						Charleton Mackrell	d.1652
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	Henry Lyte______________Thomas Lyte_____________Paul Lyte_______John Lyte_______Edmund Lyte_____Thomas d.1634
	b.~1629			b.			b.1635		b.1637		b.1640		Joseph 1639-1640
	m.Margaret Hippesley	m.Gertrude Chandler	m.Ann Greene						Nicholas 1644-1646
	m.07.09.1658		d.1690 of Martock	d.1722						Frances ?-1659
	d.1711			|			BARBADOS					Mary b.1630
	|			Thomas			|						Constance = John Browne
	|			Henry			Paul_Mary_Constance				Hester
	|			Richard			|						Rebecca b.1640 = John Stocker d.1699
	|			Constance		John						Phoebe 		d.1667
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Henry Lyte______________John Lyte_____________ Thomas Lyte________________Margaret b.1659 = Thomas Harris
b.1661			b.1666			b.1673			  Constance b.1660	
m.Joan			m.Elizabeth Cooper	m.Silvestra Bracebridge	  Catherine b.1662 = Thomas Cooke
d.1685			m.1690			m.1702	(d.1734)	  Frances b.1664
|			d.1698			    m.2)Ann Packer 1735   Phoebe b.1665
Henry			|			d.1748			  Rebecca b.1667  = William Day
			|			|			  Elizabeth b.1669 = William Warman
		THOMAS LYTE_____+5		Silvestra Lyte		  Gaultery b.1671
		b.06.09.1694			m.Thomas Blackwell
		m.Elizabeth Mohun		m.20.08.1726 Holburn
		m.15.01.1720
		d.07.01.1761
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		John Lyte________Silvestra_______Sarah
		b.26.09.1726	b.03.10.1724	b.20.05.1726
		m.Mary Down
		d.
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		Henry Maximilian LYTE___Thomas Mohun LYTE
		b.1761			b.12.01.1766 Bath
		m.Amelia Viney 1783	m.Anna Maria Oliver 1790
		m.Mary Wigg 1819	d.26.07.1850
		d.15.10.1834		|
		|			Rev. Henry Francis Lyte
					b.01.06.1793  Wrote “Abide With Me”
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With thanks to Stan Austin for additional information.

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