Nat Gould

Emma Sophia Gresley 1785-1813

Emma Sophia Gresley was born in 1785, the daughter of Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley 1753-1808, the 7th Baronet, and his wife nee Wlmot Gresley, his first cousin.

On 15 September 1808 she was married to her first cousin (1) Richard Edensor Heathcote 1780-1850 at Scarborough in Yorkshire (2). They had the following children:

John Edensor Heathcote. He was born in 1810, and died in 1869. He married Mary Anna Sandford on 31 October 1837 at Carshalton in Surrey. She was the daughter of the Reverend Thomas Sandford of Sandford Hall in Shropshire (3).

Nigel Thomas Edensor Heathcote. He died on 18 April 1844 in Guernsey (4).

Their mother died in 1813 aged only 28 years.

(1) The Gresleys of Drakelowe by Falconer Madan (1899) page 263.

(2) "MARRIAGES ... On Thursday se'nnight, at Scarborough, by the Rev. Thomas Levett, Richard Edensor Heathcote, Esq. of Longton-Hall, in the county of Stafford, to Emma Sophia, second daughter of the late Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart. of Drakelow Park, in Derbyshire." Hull Packet 27 September 1808.

(3) "Married ... On the 31st ult., at Carshalton, Surrey, John Edensor Heathcote, of Lincoln's Inn, eldest son of Richard Edensor Heathcote, of Longton Hall, Staffordshire, to Mary Anna, only surviving daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Sandford, of Sandford Hall, Salop." Leicester Chronicle 4 November 1827; Derby Mercury 8 November 1837; Lincolnshire Chronicle 10 November 1837.

(4) "DIED ... On the 18th inst in Guernsey, Nigel Thomas Edensor Heathcote, Esq., second son of Richard Edensor Heathcote, Esq. of Longton Hall, Staffordshire, and of Emma Sophia, daughter of the late Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Bart., of Drakelow, Derbyshire." Morning Post 30 April 1844. Also reported in the Derbyshire Courier 4 May 1844, Aris's Birmingham Gazette 6 May 1844 and Derby Mercury 8 May 1844.