Colonel William Duckenfield

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Mary-Ann Cook

• fact. source: http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/dukinfield.html
Colonel Robert Dukinfield came from Dukinfield in North East Cheshire. During the Civil War he was one of the leading Parliamentarians in the Civil War. He defended Stockport Bridge against Prince Rupert and conducted the siege of Wythenshawe. He became High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1625. In 1650, during the Commonwealth period he was made the Governor of Chester. The following year, he was a member of the court martial that sentenced the Earl of Derby, a Royalist Commander, to death. Lord Derby had estates in the Isle of Man and Robert Dukinfield was sent out as the head of an expeditionary force to the island against the Countess of Derby. She surrendered the island after receiving a letter from the Earl noting "that the Colonel, being so much of a gentleman born, will doubtless, for his own honour, deal fairly with you."
Towards the end of the Commonwealth, there was a rebellion against Richard Cromwell, led by Sir George Booth of Dunham Massey. Booth had also been a leading supporter of the Parliamentary cause but became disillusioned with the new dictatorship. Robert Dukinfield was the main commander involved in suppressing this rebellion. He lived to see the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution of William and Mary. His son, also Robert, was made a baronet shortly after the Restoration. Colonel Robert Dukinfield died at Dukinfield Hall in 1689, aged 70.
Next to Dukinfield Hall lies what is believed to be the oldest Nonconformist Chapel in England. It was a domestic chapel; Sir Robert Dukinfield and other members of the family were buried in it. Colonel Dukinfield was buried at the old chapel, Denton. Several members of the family were buried at Cross Street Chapel in Manchester. The Dukinfield estates formerly comprised all Dukinfield and large parts of Newton, Denton, Haughton, Reddish, Brinnington, Portwood and other parts of Stockport, land in Tabley and also estates in Lancashire. The township of Dukinfield became a part of the parish of Stockport although detached from it, probably through the influence of the family. A Robert de Dukinfield is recorded as the resident owner of the township in 1315.
Sir William Dukinfield Daniel, the great grandson of Colonel Dukinfield, died in 1758 and left his estate to his daugther Henrietta. She was pronounced insane and died in 1771. The estate then passed to her step-father John Astley of Wem, a painter and a friend of Sir Joshua Reynolds. John Astley died in 1787 and was buried in the Old Chapel Yard. His son, named Francis Dukinfield-Astley was involved in the industrial revolution with interests in coal mining and iron works. In 1802 he was awarded the Silver Medal of the Society for the Improvement of Agriculture for planting 40,000 trees.
A family tree of the Dukinfields is included in Earwaker's 'East Cheshire', from which the following version is taken. Earwaker's tree starts with Robert de Dokenfield in the 13th century but I begin in the late 14th century and proceed as far as Colonel Dukinfield. Note that a variety of spellings of the name are used in different documents.
1. Robert de Dokenfield, born about 1379 and known to be living in 1442. Wife not known. In addition to his heir John he had two daughters, Agnes who married John de Rokeby and Margaret who married Ralph de Hyde. .
2. John de Dokenfield, living in 1437 and above the age of 21. Died 1473. John had a second wife, Alice, but there is no known issue.
+ 1st. Katherine, d. of Sir John Assheton of Ashton-under-Lyne. This couple, in addition to the heir Robert, also had two other son, John and Thomas, of whom little is known and two daughters, Lucy who married Otho Reddish, and Ellin who married Richard Vernon.
3. Robert de Dokenfield was called Robert senior in 1467 and 1481.
+ Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Legh of Adlington. In addition to Robert, their eldest son, they had a son John and a daughter Katherine who married Charles Mainwaring.
4. Robert Dokenfield, known to be living in the period from 1487 to 1507.
+ Elizabeth Merfield of Yorkshire. In addition to their eldest son John they had a son Nicholas and a daughter Jane who married Laurence Dutton of Dutton in Cheshire who died in 1526.
5.John Dokenfield, known to be living in 1523 and 1528 but died before 1529.
+ Jane daughter or Sir Nicholas Longford of Longford in Derbyshire. This couple had in addition to the heir Robert the following: John and Francis, who died young; Ralph who was living in 1530; William; Thurstan, living in 1530; Thomas; Edmund of Taunton in Ashton-under-Lyne who married Emlyn widow of Alex Newton of Newton, he died 1600; Isabel, who married Sir George Stanley who died in 1570; Katherine who married Robert Hyde of Norbury; Alice, Jane and Dorothy.
6. Robert Dokenfield of Dokenfield died in 1548.
+ Ellen daughter of Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Kent. Their eldest son, John, died in the lifetime of this father and the second son, William, succeeded. Other children were Robert; Edward, who died young; Ralph who died in 1619; Ellen who married John Dutton of New Manor near Daresbury in Cheshire.
7. William Dokenfield, eldest surviving son, born 1535, a groom of the King's Privy Chamber in 1551, buried Stockport 21 June 1592. William's second wife was Margery d. Edward Holland of Denton, married before 1580.
+ 1st Jane dau of John Arderne of Harden, Esq., in 1551 but she died before 1580. This couple's eldest son, William, died in the lifetime of his father and was buried at Stockport in 1590. The second son Robert succeeded. Other children were John, living in 1599; Ralph, who died before 1580; Joseph who died in 1598; Judith who married William Nicholson in 1606; Jane who married William Bamford of Lancashire about 1596 and died in 1602 and Sarah, who died as an infant.
8. Robert Duckenfield of Duckenfield, Esq., died 1621.
+ Jane, daughter and coheiress of Richard Holland of Denton, married about 1593 and she died in 1610. In addition to their eldest son Robert they had: William, baptised in 1598 and died in 1632; Richard, bapt 1608 who had no issue; Margaret, bapt 1594 who married Laurence Downes of Worth, Chester before 1612; Mary, bapt 1595, who married Richard Holt of Ashworth in Lancashire in 1614; Katherine, bapt 1601, who married John Tempest of Tonge in Yorkshire; Dorothy, bapt in 1602, who married Edmund Ashton of Chadderton in Lancashire in 1618; Francers, bapt in 1603, who married Peter Shaw of Bickersteth in Lancashire; Jane, bapt 1596; Elizabeth, bapt 1599 and died aged 3 months; Ellen, bapt 1604 and died 1605; Alice, bapt January 1605/6 and still living in 1621.
9. Robert Duckenfield of Duckenfield, Esq., bapt Ashton-under-Lyne, 14 Aug 1597, buried Stockport 30 August 1630.
+ Frances, daughter of George Preston of Holker in Lancashire at Cartmel, 23 August 1618. In addition to their eldest son Robert this couple had William, bapt 14 April 1622 who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Dudley Loftus of Killyan in Ireland; James, bapt 25 May 1624 of Gray's Inn and in 1664 of Hindley Hall near Wigan, married Radcliffe, daughter of Richard Bold of Bold in Lancashire; Thomas, baptised in 1625 and died unmarried; Col. John Duckenfield, bapt at Ashton in March 1626/7, married Hannah Franklin at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields in 1659 and died 1677; Margaret, bapt 1629, married Joshua Radcliffe of Todmorden; Elizabeth, baptised 1628, married Thomas Atkinson of Cockfosters, Middlesex.
10. Colonel Robert Duckinfield of Duckinfield, baptised Stockport, 28 August 1619, Colonel in the army of Parliament and Governor of Chester in 1650. High Sheriff of Chester 1649, entered his pedigree with Visitation of Chester in 1663. Buried at Denton, 21 September, 1689.
+ 1st wife of Colonel Robert Duckinfield, Martha, daughter of Sir Miles Fleetwood of Hesketh, Lancashire, Knt. Receiver of the Court of Wards. Died 1669.
11. Sir Robert Duckenfield of Duckenfield, 1st Baronet, created 16 June 1665, born about 1642, High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1675, buried at Duckinfield Hall Chapel in November 1729 aged 87.
+ 1st wife of Sir Robert, Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Estcourt of Cheristoc Pinkney in Wiltshire, c. 1665, she died on 19 August 1678.
12. Robert, baptised 1668 and died 1680
12. Sir Charles Dukinfield, 2nd Baronet, born 18 November 1670, lived Macclesfield 1700 to 1720 and died 23 Feb 1741/2. (see separate tree below)
12. John, bapt Feb 1671/2 and died April 1672.
12. John who became a merchant of Bristol, baptised 28 Aug 1677 and died 1741. He married Ann Andews of Bristol and had seven sons and four daughters. Four sons and all daughters died young or without issue. Robert, the eldest son married Isabella daughter of John Miller of Jamaica and had one daughter, Isabella who died in infancy. The remaining son was Samuel.
13. Sir Samuel Dukinfield of Bloomsbury, succeeded his cousin as 4th Baronet. He died 15 May 1768 and was buried in London without issue.
+ Elizabeth daughter of Poulett Warner of Badmonisfield Hall, Wickhambrook, Suffolk
+ 2nd wife of Sir Robert, Susanna, daughter of Robert Thomson of Culpho in Suffolk, Governor of the East India Company. Married 7 Aug 1683 at Shoreditch. She died 7 July 1742 and was buried at Cross Street Chapel in Manchester.
11. William Duckenfield living 1650 and 1663 of Chowam in North Carolina, will of 1719, no issue.
11. Charles Duckenfield, living in 1650.
11. John Duckenfield buried in London, 1673.
11. Anne, living in 1650
11. Martha and Mary died young
11. Elizabeth, mentioned in Cheshire Visitation of the Heralds in 1663.
+ 2nd wife of Colonel Robert Duckinfield was Judith dau of Nathaniel Bottomley of Cawthorne, Yorkshire.
11 Richard, probably the eldest son but who died on 28 July 1700.
11. Rev. Joseph Duckenfield, born c. 1681, a Nonconformist minister who later conformed and was Vicar of Felixkirk, Yorkshire, dying on 5 April 1739
11. Benjamin baptised at Dukinfield Chapel 22 August 1682
11. John, born c. 1686, died 25 Oct 1762, buried at Dukinfield Nonconformist Chapel.
11. Martha, bapt. Duckinfield Chapel, 24 June 1684, buried 13 April 1698
11. Judith, bapt. Duckinfield Chapel, 12 March, 1689/90, married Rev. William Buckley the Minister at Duckinfield Chapel and was buried there in 1766.
Sources:
Cheshire Notes and Queries, Vol. 1, page 141.
Old Chapel and the Unitarian Story, by David C. Doel, a Unitarian Publication, London, ISBN, 085319 0496.
East Cheshire Past and Present by J.P. Earwaker, London, 1877
The Buildings of England: Cheshire, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard, first edition 1971, Yale University Press edition in 2003.

William married Jane Arderne in 1551. (Jane Arderne was born circa 1540 in Harden, Cheshire England and died before 1580.)

William next married Margaret Holland, daughter of Edward Holland and Jane Carrington. (Margaret Holland was born in 1552 in Denton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire England.)