John Akroyd

Generation: 1

1.	John Akroyd (son of Richard Akeroyd and Susan Boteler); died after 1671. Notes: In 1671, he held the exhibition founded by William Akroyd, rector of Marston. He acquired an estate at Foggathorpe by a devise in the last will of his cousin Mrs. Katherine Vavasour.

Generation: 2

Richard Akeroyd (son of Henry Aykeroide and Ellen Staveley).

Other Events:

Occupation: Draper
Residence: London, Middlesex, England

Notes:

His father, by his will, desired that he should be brought up "at the University or Inns of Court," and appointed Richard Sunderland, Esq., of Coley Hall, near Halifax, to be his tutor and guardian.

Richard married Susan Boteler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
Susan Boteler (daughter of Ralph Boteler).
Children:

1. John Akroyd died after 1671.

Generation: 3

Henry Aykeroide (son of John Akeroyd and Alice Draper); died on 14 Jan. 1627.

Other Events:

Residence: Foggathorpe, Bubwith, Yorkshire, England
Education: 1589, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Will: 5 Jan. 1627

Notes:

Eldest son and heir of his father.

"Henricus Aykeroyde, filius et hæres Johannis Aykeroyde et Aliciæ uxoris ejus, unius trium filarum et cohæredum Thomæ Draper, defuncti."
[Henry Ackroyd, son and heir of John Ackroyd and Alice his wife, one of three daughters and coheirs of Thomas Draper, deceased.]

He paid a fine for licence to heriot a third part of all the lands of the said John and Alice within the graveship of Sowerby in the parish of Halifax, 12 January, 35 Elizabeth (1592).

Of the Middle Temple, London, 3 October 1595.

Entered his pedigree at the Visitation of Yorkshire, 1612.

Died:
Inquisition post mortem taken at York Castle, 27 March 1628.

Henry married Ellen Staveley. Ellen (daughter of Richard Staveley) was buried on 9 Jan. 1629 in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellen Staveley (daughter of Richard Staveley); was buried on 9 Jan. 1629 in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England.

Notes:

She was an executrix of her husband's will.

Children:

Faythe Akeroyd was born circa 1607; died in btw 23 June 1627 and 4 April 1628.
John Akeroyd was born circa 1613; died on 19 Dec. 1673; was buried in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England.
2. Richard Akeroyd
Henry Akeroyd
Ann Akeroyd
Ellen Akeroyd
Alice Akeroyd
Beatrice Akeroyd was christened on 8 May 1625 in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England; died after 1714.

Ralph Boteler

Other Events:

Residence: Queenhoo Hall, Tewin, Hertfordshire, England

Children:

Sir Francis Boteler
Alice Boteler was buried on 5 July 1643 in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England.
3. Susan Boteler

Generation: 4

8.	John Akeroyd Other Events: Residence: Foggathorpe, Bubwith, Yorkshire, England Will: 1 Aug. 1592 Probate: 26 Dec. 1592 Notes: He is mentioned in the wills of his father and mother. John married Alice Draper. Alice (daughter of Thomas Draper) died before 2 Oct. 1590. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

9.
Alice Draper (daughter of Thomas Draper); died before 2 Oct. 1590.
Children:

4. Henry Aykeroide died on 14 Jan. 1627.

Ambrose Akeroyde, D.D.

10.

Richard Staveley (son of George Staveley); died in 1619.

Other Events:

Residence: Thormanby, Yorkshire, England

Children:

5. Ellen Staveley was buried on 9 Jan. 1629 in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England.

The Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society

John Akroyd