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Byron Adam [Male]
Of Salford
Of the same family as the poet Lord Byron (so one historian says)
Arthur Dee, Physician to Michael 3rd, the first czar of Russia
Of Shaw, Co Palantine Lancashire
Had a life interest under the fine of 7 Edward II (1313-14).
Widow in 1322 - Living 1325
Sir Elias Prestwich, an officer in the army, went over to Ireland and settled in Ballacullin, near Limerick; a legatee under teh will of John Prestwich BD 1789.
The Pedigree of the Family of Prestwich give birth in 1674
Lived at Gorton and then at Whitefiled and ultimately settled in Prestwich Fold
Daughter of G Parker of Dunkip. Esq
Geologist
3rd Bart of Ballycullin Co Limerick
Succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1689
daughter of John Lambard of Whitechurch, County Cork; Esq
The Pedigree of the Family of Prestwich gives his name as Ellis.
Claimed to be the 4th Baronet.
For some reason not now known, Joseph the eldest son of Sir Richard Prestwich 3rd Bart, did not assume priority and allowed his younger brother to do so and nor did Joseph's family or any of his descendants dispute this. Their only sister Catherine before her death at an advanced age made an affidavit to the effect that Joseph and not Ellis was the their father's eldest son. In the Baronetage of 1741 the Baronetry is stated to be "extinct". Neither the claims by Ellis or John his son appear therefore to have been officially recognised.
Settled in London
Daughter of John landen of Cork, merchant.
Baronet (Soi-disant) litterateur and Antiquary.
Designed the Great Seal Of America
Last of his line
“On July 4th 1776 a motion was made in the Continental Congress to order a ‘Great Seal’ for the Republic, and a committee of three consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania were appointed to consider designs. Many were presented within the next few years, one of them by Jefferson himself, but all were too large and too complicated to meet with favour. The design finally adopted was suggested to John Adams in England by Sir John Prestwich Baronet, an Englishman who was a warm friend of America and an accomplished antiquarian.
The die now in use (1893) was first used in April 1885 and is only the third one made since it was originally adopted over one hundred years ago. And this after six years of pointless effort on the part of our own countrymen, we became indebted for our National Arms to a titled aristocrat of the Kingdom with which we were then at War.”
Author of "Republica" and other works.
"Sir" John Pretwich, who died in 1796, assumed the title, but his claim was never fully acknowledged. Writing in 1793 to Thomas Barratt, the Manchester antiquary, who had made some inquiries respecting his genealogy, he says: "As to my pedigree, which you desire me to furnish with you, I shall inform you that it stands in need of repair, as it is almost worn out with age! Insomuch that it wants teh riches or lands that formerly were attached to it, and which are now much wanted to mend it: without these all is in vanity".
Eldest daughter of Joseph Hall, Alderman of Dublin
Went to India
Served in India as a soldier. Died unmarried
The Pedigree of teh Family of Prestwich gives his name as Ellis
Of Newbury Co Salop
There is a baptism of Isabell Wild on 07 DEC 1735 at Broseley, Shropshire, England.
This would make Isabella aged 38 when she marries and 44 when she gave birth to Joseph.
Suggest that this baptism is not that of this Isabella
Vintners
Left Lancashire for London? Born Berkshire?
Birth 22 June 1777 From Gilbert Croome
Professor of Geology, Christ Church, Oxford
Earlier profession as a Wine Merchant
Possibly one of teh two Josephs who made a passport application in 1852, 25 March / 14 August; the other Jospeh his father?
1841 Census Edward Prestwich born 1821- no location given
No apparent census results for 1861 or 1871
Death recorded in Lambeth in Q1 1876 as Edward Elias aged 55
The Pedigree of the Family of Prestwich has Edmund Ellis
Not apparently in the 1841 or 1851 censuses.
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