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Sarah Morskin

Female Bef 1542 - 1597  (~ 55 years)


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  • Name Sarah Morskin 
    Born Bef 1542  Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Buried 18 Mar 1597  All Hollows Church Barking, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5008  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Henry Morskin,   b. Bef 1521, Liege, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Roger James,   b. 1524, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1591, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 28 Apr 1561  St. Saviour, Denmark Park, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Harre James,   c. 24 Sep 1562, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1571, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 8 years)
     2. James James,   b. Abt 1563, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Roger James,   b. Abt 1566, of Upminster, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1596, Bednall Green, Stepney, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
     4. Anne James,   c. 14 Sep 1567, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1588, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 20 years)
     5. Arnold James,   c. 2 Mar 1569, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. William James,   c. 25 Apr 1570, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Apr 1627, Ightham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
     7. Henry James,   c. 1 Aug 1571, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Sara James,   c. 18 Oct 1573, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Thomas James,   c. 10 Jul 1575, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 18 Jun 1637, Ightham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
     10. Richard James,   c. 23 Aug 1576, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. John James,   c. 3 Aug 1578, All Hallows Barking, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. George James,   b. Abt 1580, of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of Mallendine, Cliffe (near Rochester), Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F2242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The publication "American Catholic Historical Researches," vol. 6 (1889), pp. 184-85, accessed online 22 Aug 2015:
      "Pedigree of Sir John James, Founder of the Fund for Pennsylvania Missions.
      Roger James, of the parish of Allhallows, Barking. London, Brewer, was of Dutch parentage, being son of, or descended from Jacob Van Haestrecht, who was of Cleve, near Utrecht. Coming to England in the latter part of the reign of King Henry the 8th, he obtained letters of denization, and (probably to avoid the animosity which at that period prevailed in London against foreigners) he seems to have dropped the family name of Haestrecht, and to have called himself Roger James, taking his father's Christian name as a surname for himself.
      His brewery was, I believe, in Lower Thames Street, then called Petty Wales, and he may possibly have taken the idea of adopting his father's Christian name as a surname, from the custom of his Welsh neighbors. He died in 1591, and buried at Allhallows, Barking, London, in the chancel of which church there is still remaining a brass with his effigy, and the following inscription:
      "Here under lyeth the body of Rogers James, late of London, Brewer, who being of the age of 67, departed this life the second day of March, 1591, leaving behind him Sara his wife, eight sons and one daughter."
      By his wife Sarah, daughter and heiress of Henry Morskin, of London, he had issued:
      I. Roger James, of Upminister Hall, Essex, who was father of Sir Roger James, Knight, of Beigate, Surrey, who left a daughter, Elizabeth.
      II. Arnold James, of London, married Mary daughter of John Vanhulst, of London.
      III. William James, who purchased Ightham Court, Kent, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth; and whose son, William James, was much trusted in the time of the commonwealth; he was a member of the Committee of Sequestrations of the estates of the loyalists, and he was chosen three times, in five years, Knight of the Shire for Kent. His son, Demetrius, was knighted; his grandson, Demetrius Grevis James, Esq., of Ightham Court, Kent, Sheriff of that County, in 1833. See Burke's "Commoners of England," vol. i, p. 397.
      IV. Thomas James, who died, s. p.
      V. Richard James, from whom proceeded Sir Cane James, as after mentioned.
      VI. John James, of Grove Manor, or Grange, in Woodnesborough, Kent, two thirds of which estate had been purchased by his father, and the remaining third part was purchased by his mother and her sons, Thomas and John, in 1594. Thomas dying without issue, John succeed to the whole. He married Susanna, daughter and co-heiress of Peter Vandewall of Antwerp, and had a son Henry, and four daughters, who, on the death of Henry, s. p., became co-heirs of their father.
      VII. George James, of Mallendine, in Cliffe near Rochester, who married Audrey, daughter of John Smith, and had issue.
      [The article continues with a descendency from the first son Roger listed above.]"

      2. Archaeologia Cantiana - Vol. 83 1968 <http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/Vol.083%20-%201968/083-08.pdf> accessed 23 Aug 2015: "The Dutch James Family of Ightham Court," by Edward Bowra.
      "The Ightham branch of the family of Dutch James held the Manor for three hundred years over a span of eight generations, but has had little notice in the volumes of "Archceologia Cantiana." Its story does, however, afford much, of interest and merits recording, not least in its relation to Kentish, and, indeed, national history.
      The court rolls, fortunately preserved, record the first court in the name of William James in 1600. The manor and estate, situated thirty miles south of London, had been bought by him from Percival Willoughby, whose family seat (long since destroyed) was at Bore Place, Chiddingstone, not far off. The manor house, then called Court Lodge, was comparatively new, being built by the Willoughbys in the mid-sixteenth century. It still stands, substantially the same; with its mellowed brickwork it is a particularly charming example of a medium-sized Tudor house. The Manor dates back to the thirteenth century, so no doubt a previous house stood on the site.
      William James was an example of Lambarde's well-known comment, in his "Perambulation of Kent" of only a generation earlier, concerning the gentlemen of Kent being 'not so ancient stocks as elsewhere, especially in the parts nearer to London, from which city courtiers, lawyers, and merchants be continually translated, and do become new plants among them'. He was not only a merchant, but by origin a foreigner, and his wife was also a foreigner. His father, Roger, had fled from the Low Countries to London, no doubt to escape the Spanish domination at the time and the persecution of the reformed religion. He was a younger son of Jacob van Haestrecht of Cleve, near Utrecht, and of Gonda, in Holland, a family of prominent landowners. In 1566 he acquired the Ram's Head brewery, with the Thames-side wharf called Clare's Quay, off Lower Thames Street, close to the Tower of London. He called himself Jacobs, but this soon became anglicized to James, and the family became known as the Dutch James. Beer was the universal drink and times were prosperous for brewers. In spite of competition from twenty major brewhouses on Thames-side in the City, Roger James, when he died in 1591, left a considerable estate.
      Roger had married Sarah, only daughter and heiress of Henry Morskyn, of Liege, who had also settled in London. They had a house by the brewery, where no doubt the family were all born and the sons brought up to the brewing trade. The eldest son, Roger, inherited the Ram's Head property, and the second son another brewhouse, in Whitechapel. William was the third surviving son, and with five younger brothers, had a share of his father's other properties, distributed in several places in Essex, Hertfordshire and Kent. Roger James is commemorated by a brass in his parish church of All Hallows by-the-Tower, Barking. The effigy is full length and shows him with beard, wearing ruff, doublet, and fur-trimmed gown. The brass bears the arms of the Worshipful Company of Brewers, of which Roger was Third Warden when he died.
      William James (c. 1570-1627)
      When William came to Ightham he was about thirty years old. His young wife, Jane, was the only daughter and heiress of Henry Kule, a wealthy merchant of Bremen. The son and heir, William, was born soon after their arrival and was followed by five more children. He soon settled down as a country squire, taking his share of public duties. In 1611 he and his brothers were granted arms by James I: argent a chevron between three mill rinds traverse sable, crest a garb argent banded vert. This was appropriate to the brewing industry, the mill rind being the core of the great millstone which ground the barley for beer, and the garb being the sheaf of barley. The Jacobean box pews in Ightham Church were the family pews, erected by William James, his recently acquired arms being repeated as part of the motif of the carving of the decoration. The church still possesses the silver chalice which he presented, with the hallmark London 1616, and inscribed in Latin as his gift.
      In 1612 the Court Rolls record 'Sir William Selby, sen., who lately held of the lord of this manor the messuage of the Mote and divers lands thereto belonging has died since the last Court'. This was the first of the Selbys, who had come all the way from the Scottish border country, where his family were hereditary lords of the marches. He was elderly, unmarried, retiring after a long military career, starting at the siege of Edinburgh when a boy of thirteen. He had acquired Ightham Mote only shortly before the arrival of the Jameses at Court Lodge and the two families remained as near neighbours for many generations, the last Selby owner dying in 1889.
      William James died in 1627 and was buried in the church. In his will he gave 'to ye poor People of Ightham 12 penny loaves every Sunday for ever' - a thank-offering to God for his blessings. The inventory of the contents of Court Lodge, taken at the time, confirms that he was, indeed, in comfortable circumstances. The charity survived for three hundred years. He was succeeded in the Manor by five generations of direct descendants."

      3. The book "The Visitations of Surrey, 1530, 1572, and 1623" accessed online 20 Aug 2015 [ ] per book and not my notes:
      "JAMES (Harl. 1561, fos. 224b, 225, 225b, 226, 226b, 227, 227b, 228, 228b.)
      Arms -- Quarterly: 1, Argent, a chevron between three millrinds sable [James]; 2, Barry wafy of six argent and azure, on a chief or three birds rising sable [James], 3 and 4, [blank].
      Chest. -- a garb argent, banded vert.
      1-Jacob van Hawsteri borne in Cleue in German. =
      2-Willm. James.
      2-Theoder James of London. =
      3-Abraham James. =
      4-Abraham James 1623.
      3-Elias James.
      3-Jacob James.
      2-Roger James of London. = Sara d. & coheire of Hen. Morskin of London.
      3. Roger James Vpminster in com. Essex. = Sara d. of John Smyth of London. A. a Rose or.
      4. Sr. Roger James of Rigate in com. Surrey Knt. 1623 ob. 26 of March 1637 [sic].
      5. Roger James of Rigate.
      5. Anthony James ch. s.p.
      5. Elizebeth.
      5. Margarett.
      4. John James of Rigate 1623.
      4. Margerett vx Willm. Bishe of Fenn Place in the p'ish of Worth in com. Sussex.
      4. Gora [Sara, Harl. 1433] vx. george Wilkins of Stoke in the hundred of Ho in com. Kent.
      3. Arnold James of London. = Mary d. of John Van Hulst of London.
      4. John James of Braffin in com. Hertfford.
      4. Sara vx. of ___ Drew of Hawle in com. Essex Clark.
      4. Sara vx. Ric. Cason of London.
      4. Mary.
      4. Judith.
      3. Willm. James of Ightam in com. Kent. = Jane d. & heire of Henery Kule a natiue of Brenia.
      4. William, Thomas, Jane.
      3. Thomas James of Stroude Greene in com Midlesex. = ___ d. of ___ Foulk docter of Divinity.
      3. Richard James of Mallenden in com Essex. = Gertrud d. of John Smyth.
      4. Gertrude, Sara, Richard James, John James, George James, Jane, Emelin.
      3. John James of the Manor of Grove in the p'ish of Woodnesborough. = Susan d. & coheire of Peter Vandewall of Antwerp.
      4. Henery, Thomas, William, Henery ob. s.p., John s.p., Roger, John, Susan vx. ___ Nutt of London.
      3. George James of Mallendine in com. Essex. = Audrey d. of John Smyth.
      4. George, Gertrud, Ethelred.
      2-Jacob James dyed beyond the Seas."

      4. "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying territorial Possessions or Hiigh Official Rank, but uninvested with Heritable Honours," by John Burke, 1836, vol. 1, pp. 397-98:
      "Grevis-James, of Ightham Court.
      James-Grevis, Demetrius, esq. of Ightham Court Lodge, in the county of Kent, a magistrate and eputy lieutenant for that shrire, sherif in 1833, b. 1st may, 1776 ....
      Lineage.
      The manor of Ightham was possessed temp. King John, by Hamon de Crevequier, from whom it passed through the families of De Criel, De Luge, Zouch of Harringworth, Read and Willoughby, to the house of James, by which it is now enjoyed.
      The Jameses were originally, says Philpot, called Hastrecht, from a lordship fo that name, which they possessed near Utrecht. (The family of Hæstrecht was allied by marriage to the ancient and eminent houses of Wassenaer and Waermont.)
      Roger, son of Jacob Van Hæstrecht, emigrated into England in the reign of King Henry VIII. and being known, after the Dutch manner, by the name of Roger Jacobs, the English at length called him Roger James. He espoused Sarah, only daughter and heir of Henry Morskin, esq. of London, and had issue,
      Roger, of Upminster, in Essex, who m. Sarah, daughter of John Smith, esq. of London, and was s. by his son,
      Sir Roger James of Rygate, in Surrey, who wedded Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony Aucher, and had a daughter, Elizabeth.
      Arnold, of London, who m. Mary, cau. of John Vanhulst, of that city.
      William. [See below.]
      Thomas, who m. the daughter of Fulke.
      Richard, who espoused Gertrude, dau. of John Smyth, and had, with other issue, a son, Sir John, of Cresshill, in Essex, and a daughter, Emlin, who m. to Mr. James Cane; and their son inheriting the estates of his uncle, Sir John was advanced to the dignity of a baronet, 34 Car. II. This branch of the family is now extinct.
      John, of Grove Manor, who m. Susanna, daughter and co-heir of Peter Vandewall, of Antwerp, and had issue.
      George, of Malendine, near Rochester, who m. Audrey, daughter of John Smyth, and had issue,
      The third son, William James, esq. acquired, temp. Queen Elizabeth, by purchase, the manor of Ightham Court, in the county of Kent. He wedded Jane, only daughter and heiress of Henry Kule, and had issue,
      William, his heir.
      Thomas.
      Jane, m. to Henry Dixon, esq. of Hilden, in Kent, and d. in 1692.
      [The article continues downline from "William, his heir" through his son Sir Demetrius James, then his son William James, and so forth to the person with which this article began.]"