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Elizabeth Sibthorpe

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  • Name Elizabeth Sibthorpe 
    Born of Great Bardfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I4649  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Geoffrey Lingwood 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F2134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elias Loomis "Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America," update of 1875 edition published by Elisha S. Loomis, Berea, Ohio, third (1908) edition:
      "By the marriage of Joseph Loomis to Mary White in Shalford Church, or through his father's marriage, he became a 'cousin' (meaning either a cousin or a nephew in this instance) of one William Lingwood of Braintree. The fact is evidenced by a letter written by this gentleman, in the year 1651, to 'Cousin Clark,' of Hartford, Conn., which letter was that of a lawyer and upon a business subject. (This letter suggests a relationship between the Clarkes of Felsted and Lummyses as well.) [See extract of letter below.] William Lingwood was of a very good family indeed; one that was both armigerous and 'landed.' The Lingwoods were recognized by the heralds in the visitation of Essex in 1634, at which date this William Lingwood was contemporaneous with Joseph Loomis. The family is also honored with mention in Morant's and other histories of Essex. From these authorities it appears that this family may be summarized as: -
      'John Lingwood of Braintree 1571 descendant out of Herefordshire or Gloucestershire.
      Geoffrey Lingwood of Braintree, m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Sibthorpe of Gt. Bardfield, Essex, and by dau. of M. Berners.
      William Lingwood of Braintree and of Barnard's Inn, London 1634, m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Wilson of Bocking, Essex.
      William Lingwood aged 19 in 1634.
      John.
      Two other sons.
      Three daughters.'
      In Stisted Church, three miles from Braintree, there is a monument to Elizabeth, wife of William Lingwood, died 1719.
      Just how Lingwood and Loomis became 'cousins' does not appear. The Braintree church records are lost, and the Bocking records reveal only a part of the Wilsons, notably the above Thomas Wilson, Gentleman, who died 1627. Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of William Wilson, also of Bocking, had married John Goodwin, 1604, in Bocking Church. The church records at Stisted, where some of the Lingwoods lived, have not been examined. Thomas Wilson having been buried in Braintree Church, though residing over the Bocking line, the names of all of is children and of his father's family were recorded among the now lost church registers. When John Lummys came to Braintree he may have married into the Wilson or Lingwood families. Geoffrey Lingwood had two sisters; and when it is considered that Geoffrey Lummys (whose estate was administered, 1636, by John Lunt, the apprentice or successor to John Loomis) was probably a son of John Loomis, though not mentioned in the will, it is easy to believe that this Geoffrey was named after Geoffrey Lingwood, whose son William called Joseph Loomis 'cousin.' Elizabeth Sibthorpe, who married Geoffrey Lingwood, came to Braintree from Great Bardfield. This town closely adjoins Thaxted, from where John Lummys came to Braintree via Great Bardfield. It is to be expected that this John married a Lingwood or a Wilson in Braintree Church. The records of this church before 1660, were mostly used by the sexton for lighting the furnace fires. This destruction was confessed by the culprit to the present vicar."
      [Extract of letter to "Cousin Clark" per Elias Loomis's book:
      'The following is a document contained in a volume of Land Records preserved in the office of the Secretary of State at Hartford, Conn. It is a copy of a letter from an attorney of Braintree, Eng., dated 1651, and addressed to an acquaintance in Hartford, Conn., in which letter allusion is twice made ot Loomi. The writer of this letter (W. Lyngwood) is mentioned in the history and antiquities of the county of Essex, by Phillip Morant, London, 1768, vol. 2, p. 391.
      'Cousin Clark:
      Since I have received your letter in March, 1650, with your letter to your brother Richard and the testimonial of your being alive, under the Governor's seal, I have proceeded against your brother and taken out a commission in chancery, to examine witnesses which I intended to have had executed about Michaelmas, etc.
      And now I desire only to have a good warrant and order from you testified by such of my friends there with you whose hands I know, as my cousin Loomis, cousin Cullick, John Talcott, John Steele, or some of those to whom you would have me pay the money, that I may have a good discharge and you may be sure to have the money, for I should be very sorry, after so much time, pains and money spent that either you should fail of your money, or myself of a good discharge for the ₤29, and so desiring to hear from you as speedily as you can, with my love to you, my cousin Loomis, cousin Cullick, and the rest of my cousins and friends there with you, I rest, Your very loving cousin, W. Lyngwood. Braintree, March 20, 1651.
      This is a true copy, Oct. 11, 1654. John Cullick.' "