TRAFFORD OF OUGHTRINGTON
The Traffords of Oughtrington were not closely related to the
Traffords of Trafford Park. They trace their ancestry
to Richard Leigh of the West Hall of High
Legh who was alive in 1484. He married Alice the daughter of John Leycester
of Tabley. Their second son, John Leigh, who is known to have been living
in 1484 but died before 1569, married Margaret the sole daughter and heiress
of William Wylme of Oughtrington. Margaret was buried at Lymm on 10
April 1569.
We pick up the tree several generations later to show the family
in the 18th and early 19th centuries. John Leigh married Susanna Trafford
and their second son, Trafford Leigh, subsequently took the name and arms
of Trafford in line with requirement of his uncle's will and thus became Trafford
Trafford of Oughtrington.
The village of Oughtrington lies NE of Lymm at Grid Reference
SJ 695 880
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1. George Leigh of Oughtrington
buried at Lymme 11 Nov. 1742
- + Anne Shelmerdine, who
was buried at Lymme on 15 April 1776. They had six sons and five daughters.
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2. John Leigh of Oughtrington,
born 16 July 1731, died at Oughtrington on 11 April 1806 and buried
at Lymm (see below for monument)
- + Susanna daughter
of Edward Trafford of Liverpool. She was born Aug. 1736, married
at Liverpool on 26 April 1762, died 11 Jan 1804 and was buried
at Lymme. Susanna was from the Staffordshire branch of the Trafford
family, settled at Swithamley, and descended from William Trafford
of Whitehall in Cheshire.
- 3. John Leigh, eldest son and
heir, born 5 July 1768 and died unmarried 29 June 1800.
- 3. Trafford Leigh, 2nd son,
born 1 Dec 1770 at Oughtrington and baptised at Lymm on 25 Jan
1771. He assumed the name and arms of Trafford only, in pursuance
of the will of his uncle, Richard Trafford, by royal sign manual
on 5 December 1791, and thus was known as Trafford Trafford.
He died at Oughtrington on 18 May 1859, and was buried at Lymm.
- + Henrietta daughter of Rev. Sir
Thomas Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire and Doddington
in Cheshire, at Wybunbury 11 March 1794. They had eight sons and
six daughters.
- 4. John Leigh Trafford, born 1796,
died 1814, had one posthumous son who died in infancy.
- 4. Richard Leigh
Trafford of Oughtrington and Middle Temple, county court judge,
born 30 April 1800 at Middlewich was the eldest surviving
son and heir. He died 27 Jan 1864.
+ Eliza Frances 2nd daughter
of Thomas Tarleton of Bolesworth Castle on 26 April 1832.
The couple had seven sons and four daughters. The eldest son
was George Trafford.
- 5. George
Trafford of Middle Temple, chief justice of St. Vincent,
born Oughtrington on 3 Feb. 1833.
- + Caroline
daughter of Major Creagh on 19 October 1867.
- 5. John
Leigh Trafford,
- 5. William
Trafford,
- 5. Thomas
Henry Trafford,
- 5. Edward
Leigh Trafford
- 5. Richard
Wylme and
- 5. Frederick
Trafford
- 4. George Leigh Trafford, 1803-36
- 4. Henry Leigh Trafford, 1806-07
- 4. Charles Leigh Trafford, 1807-13
- 4. William Leigh Trafford, 1808-35
- 4. Henry Leigh Trafford 1809-69
- 4. Edward Leigh Trafford, 1812
- 4. Henrietta Susannah Trafford,
1795-1805
- 4. Maria Trafford, 1797-1813
- 4. Emma Trafford, 1802, died 1802
- 4. Augusta Trafford, 1804-76, unmarried.
- 4. Henrietta Trafford, 1811, married
her cousin the Rev. George Mallory of Mobberley,
see below.
- 4. Caroline, born 3 March, died
4 March 1814.
- 3. George Edward Leigh,
clerk MA, vicar of St. Peter's at Stockport, born 25 July 1772,
baptised at Lymm.
+ Elizabeth dau. of John Philips of
Bank in Lancashire, married on 4 June 1798. She died 5 May 1808.
They had two sons.
- 4. Edward Trafford
Leigh, Rector of Cheadle who died 1847.
- 4. George
Leigh, MA, born 1806, Rector of Mobberley. He took the name
George Mallory on the death of his father-in-law.
- + 1st wife, Julia
Mallory, the heiress of John Houldsworth Mallory,
MA, Rector of Mobberley, by whom he had two children.
- 5. George Mallory,
BA, in deacon's orders, died unmarried 8 March 1864.
- 5. Harriet, born 6 April 1834 and married 1 October 1861 to Rev.
Robert Lloyd.
-
+ 2nd wife of George Leigh, Henrietta
Trafford, the daughter of Trafford Trafford, shown above, who
was his cousin. This couple had seven sons and
five daughters of whom the eldest, Edward Leigh Mallory, born
4 May 1837, succeeded to the estate. In this way the
Mallory name was continued eventually by the descendants of
George Leigh and his cousin Henrietta Trafford, and not by the
descendants of Julia Mallory.
- 3. Susanna Leigh
- 3. Anne-Theodosia Leigh
- 3. Harriet Leigh
- 3. Jane Leigh

Monument on the north wall at Lymm Parish Church
The inscription on the monument includes the following genealogical details:
To the Memory of John Leigh Esq. of Oughtrington Hall in this Parish
An active and enlightened Magistrate a warm and steady Friend an affectionate and provident Parent
This Monument was erected in filial love and gratitude
He died April 11 1806 aged 76 years.
Susannah, wife of John Leigh Esq.
Died January 11 1804, aged 67 years.
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