Family
His marriage to a clergyman's widow, Ellinor Halley, gave him a fortune and a library. Their children included:
- Sir Thomas Bramhall, bart., who married the daughter of Sir Paul Davys, and died without issue.
- Isabella, married Sir James Graham, son of William, earl of Monteith; her daughter Ellinor, or Helen, married Sir Arthur Rawdon, of Moira, lineal ancestor of the Marquis of Hastings.
- Jane, married Alderman Toxteith of Drogheda.
- Anne, married Standish Hartstonge, one of the barons of exchequer.
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