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| 1701 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "34. John Feake, second eldest of the minor children in 1595, was actually the fifth child and fourth son of William Feake (no. 13) by wife Mary Wetherall. In the 1623 pedigree he is called aurifaber but no apprentice papers have been found and in his father's will he is to be apprenticed to a merchant. However, the Cambridge papers of his son Samuel state that the father was John Feake of London, goldsmith, and of Elstree, co. Hertford, and those of his nephew Christopher, son of brother Edward (no. 35), show that Edward was of Godstone, Surrey, probably living on the property bequeathed by his mother to John. Elstree, also called Idlestrey, is in southern Hertfordshire on the borders of Middlesex and not far from Bushey where John's putative daughter Elizabeth resided at her death. It may be this John who is listed by Sir Ambrose Heal as a goldsmith in London 1640-41. The 1623 pedigree names his wife as Judith Tourner, a marriage which must have been contracted before 1619 when two of his children are named in his mother's will and others, perhaps, indicated. Children: 4 (or more): 52. i. Samuel, b. before 1619. 53. ii. Judith, b. before 1619; probably married George Andrewes and had daughters Judith and Elizabeth, minors in 1648, heiresses of their aunt Elizabeth. 54. iii. Elizabeth, of Buchy [Bushey], co. Hertford, will dated Oct. 20, 1648, probated Nov. 3, 1648 (PCC: 170 Essex): Judith Andrewes, daughter of George Andrewes, to be heir and residuary legatee, also sole executrix, with Robert Ibbitt of Cambridge and George Andrewes as trustees and overseers during Judith's minority; to Sarah Ibbitt, daughter of Robert, 20s; if Judith Andrewes dies in her minority, then to her sister Elizabeth Andrewes; witnesses: Richard Ward, Thos. Coleman (by mark), Mary Seaton. 55. iv. (poss.) Daughter, m. Robert Ibbitt of Cambridge and had Sarah, living 1648." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. | Turner, Judith (I4821)
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| 1702 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "35. Edward Feake, third eldest of the minor children in 1595, was actually the sixth child and fifth son of William Feake (no. 13) by wife Mary Wetherall and correctly appears in the sixth place in the 1623 pedigree. In 1595 he was not yet, apparently, of age to be apprenticed, as nothing is said about apprenticing him. He was living in 1619, and though no wife or children are specifically mentioned in his mother's will, he must already have been married and with issue by his first wife, Anna Shaw, daughter of Christopher Shaw of London. The Cambridge record of his son Christopher, dated in 1628, says Edward was of Godstone, Surrey, and this was probably the property left by his mother to his brother John. Five children by the first wife are listed in the 1623 pedigree. By Sept. 10, 1654, he had married a second wife named Elizabeth who was a widow when she married Edward and a grandmother when she made her will on that date. Whether by birth or by first marriage, she was related to a family named Woodstocke. Elizabeth Feake, wife of Edward Feake of Lingfield, co; Surrey, gent., made her will Sept. 10, 1654, probated Oct. 9, 1654 (PCC: 216 Alchin): To Elizabeth Woodstocke "which now liveth with me" £50, and various household goods. To John Woodstocke £10, also darker fatted cow and a bed. To his two eldest children £5 each at aet. 21 and to his youngest child three sheep. To Nicholas Andrews £5 and a white cow and to his eldest child £5, also to his two youngest children 50/- each and to said three children a sheep each. To George Woodstocke £10, also three sheep and a white-backed cow and to his son Richard Woodstocke three sheep. To Anne Woodstocke £10, also heifer at Mathew Wicking's and three sheep. To Mary Woodstocke £20 and checkered heifer. To William Woodstocke £5, and to his child at aet. 21 £5. To husband Edward Feake's two children, Richard and Sarah Feake, £5 each at aet. 21. To Patient Hampton one pair of flaxen sheets and one sheep. To poor of the parish of Lingfield 40/-, i.e., the poor widows 12d each and remainder to the rest of poor at discretion of executrix and overseers. To husband Edward Feake three sheep, the steer "that is in keeping at Mr. George Turner's," two pair of sheets, and bed and bedstead he lyeth on and all that belongs to it. To friends Richard Bryan als Scraston and George Blundell 10/- each. To "my clerk, William Rosse, my son-in-law," after husband's' decease, and to his three children three ewes and lambs and 5/- each. To Thomas Holt 10/-. Residue to Elizabeth Woodstocke my kinswoman, she to be sole executrix, friends Richard Bryan als Scraston and George Blundell to be overseers Witnesses Edward Feake, George Blundell, George Woodstocke, Richard Plawe The picture presented by this will is of a careful farm wife, hardly in the Feake tradition, and though she had belonged to the family, she is entirely omitted in the 1667 pedigree. Children: 7 (all by first wife): 56. i. Christopher, son and heir, aet. 11 in 1623. 57. ii. William, d.s.p. before 1623. 58. iii. Edward,. in 1623 pedigree; apprenticed as son of Edward Feake of Horne, co. Surrey, gent., to George Latham of London, goldsmith, beginning at Christmas 1631, term not stated; married Mary before 1650 and had daughter Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1650, baptized Oct. 23, 1650, St. Thomas the Apostle. 59. iv. Andrew, d.s.p. by 1623. 60. v. John, living 1623; m. Mary ___; d. testate ca. 1656; will dated March 18, 1652, probated April 20, 1656 (PCC: 139 Berkeley, not completely abstracted): mentions testator's father Mr. Edward Feake as living, brother Christopher and other brothers; testator's brothers; testator died in Ireland as servant to the Commonwealth. 61. vi. Richard, mentioned in stepmother's will as minor in 1654. 62. vii. Sarah, mentioned in stepmother's will as minor in 1654." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. | Elizabeth (I4820)
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| 1703 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "35. Edward Feake, third eldest of the minor children in 1595, was actually the sixth child and fifth son of William Feake (no. 13) by wife Mary Wetherall and correctly appears in the sixth place in the 1623 pedigree. In 1595 he was not yet, apparently, of age to be apprenticed, as nothing is said about apprenticing him. He was living in 1619, and though no wife or children are specifically mentioned in his mother's will, he must already have been married and with issue by his first wife, Anna Shaw, daughter of Christopher Shaw of London. The Cambridge record of his son Christopher, dated in 1628, says Edward was of Godstone, Surrey, and this was probably the property left by his mother to his brother John. Five children by the first wife are listed in the 1623 pedigree. By Sept. 10, 1654, he had married a second wife named Elizabeth who was a widow when she married Edward and a grandmother when she made her will on that date. Whether by birth or by first marriage, she was related to a family named Woodstocke. Elizabeth Feake, wife of Edward Feake of Lingfield, co; Surrey, gent., made her will Sept. 10, 1654, probated Oct. 9, 1654 (PCC: 216 Alchin): To Elizabeth Woodstocke "which now liveth with me" £50, and various household goods. To John Woodstocke £10, also darker fatted cow and a bed. To his two eldest children £5 each at aet. 21 and to his youngest child three sheep. To Nicholas Andrews £5 and a white cow and to his eldest child £5, also to his two youngest children 50/- each and to said three children a sheep each. To George Woodstocke £10, also three sheep and a white-backed cow and to his son Richard Woodstocke three sheep. To Anne Woodstocke £10, also heifer at Mathew Wicking's and three sheep. To Mary Woodstocke £20 and checkered heifer. To William Woodstocke £5, and to his child at aet. 21 £5. To husband Edward Feake's two children, Richard and Sarah Feake, £5 each at aet. 21. To Patient Hampton one pair of flaxen sheets and one sheep. To poor of the parish of Lingfield 40/-, i.e., the poor widows 12d each and remainder to the rest of poor at discretion of executrix and overseers. To husband Edward Feake three sheep, the steer "that is in keeping at Mr. George Turner's," two pair of sheets, and bed and bedstead he lyeth on and all that belongs to it. To friends Richard Bryan als Scraston and George Blundell 10/- each. To "my clerk, William Rosse, my son-in-law," after husband's' decease, and to his three children three ewes and lambs and 5/- each. To Thomas Holt 10/-. Residue to Elizabeth Woodstocke my kinswoman, she to be sole executrix, friends Richard Bryan als Scraston and George Blundell to be overseers Witnesses Edward Feake, George Blundell, George Woodstocke, Richard Plawe The picture presented by this will is of a careful farm wife, hardly in the Feake tradition, and though she had belonged to the family, she is entirely omitted in the 1667 pedigree. Children: 7 (all by first wife): 56. i. Christopher, son and heir, aet. 11 in 1623. 57. ii. William, d.s.p. before 1623. 58. iii. Edward,. in 1623 pedigree; apprenticed as son of Edward Feake of Horne, co. Surrey, gent., to George Latham of London, goldsmith, beginning at Christmas 1631, term not stated; married Mary before 1650 and had daughter Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1650, baptized Oct. 23, 1650, St. Thomas the Apostle. 59. iv. Andrew, d.s.p. by 1623. 60. v. John, living 1623; m. Mary ___; d. testate ca. 1656; will dated March 18, 1652, probated April 20, 1656 (PCC: 139 Berkeley, not completely abstracted): mentions testator's father Mr. Edward Feake as living, brother Christopher and other brothers; testator's brothers; testator died in Ireland as servant to the Commonwealth. 61. vi. Richard, mentioned in stepmother's will as minor in 1654. 62. vii. Sarah, mentioned in stepmother's will as minor in 1654." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. | Shaw, Anna (I4819)
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| 1704 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "48. James Feake, elder son of James Feake (no. 32) by wife Judith Thomas, was doubtless born in London, and the date is recorded as Feb. 13, 1598/9 in the record at the Merchant Taylors' School where James was a student in 1609/10. He is named first among the four children of his parents in the will of his maternal grandfather Robert Thomas in 1610. He married at the Church of St. Mary Mounthawe, London, on June 14, 1620, Awdrey Crompton, of whose origin nothing is known. The printed parish registers of London have been searched for other references to her in vain, but she was probably sister to a William Crompton who married at the same church about the same time. The baptism of Tobias Feake, son of James and Awdrey, is recorded at St. Mary Whitechapel, London, in August 1624, but the baptismal record of the daughter Judith has not been found. The registers of many London churches were burned in the great London fire, including that of the Church of St. Edmund the King in which we should expect to find many Feake entries. If there were other children, no trace of them has come to light. This James Feake was certainly dead by Dec. 5, 1639, and he probably died many years before that. No mention of him as living has been found after 1624. He is not named in the papers pertaining to the administration of his grandfather's estate in 1625, 1626, and 1634, though in the latter year his younger brother Robert did renounce his right to serve. Like his father and grandfather he was a goldsmith, but his apprentice papers have not been found, and he is not listed by Sir Ambrose Heal. No probate has been discovered. That the James Feake under discussion was not the James Feake (no. 63) who was son of Robert Feake (no. 39) is made clear by the fact that, if so, the children of our James would not have inherited, as they did, property belonging formerly to James Feake (no. 32) and before that to William Feake (no. 13). That the husband of Awdrey Crompton was not James Feake (no. 32) is surely indicated by the fact that, though the latter had married Judith Thomas as early as 1593, his widow Judith Feake was still living in 1625, five years after the marriage of James Feake to Awdrey Crompton. In 1639, however, the property which had been held in Lombard Street, London, for three generations, was to be sold to settle the estate, and since James' two children were then living in America, it was necessary that a power of attorney be obtained from them in order to sell. Thomas Lechford, the famous Boston notary, duly recorded on 228 of the printed version in "Collections of the American Antiquarian Society," v. 7, also printed separately) the following: "Lieuten't Robert Feke of Waterton in New England, gent., and Sergeant William Palmer of Yarmouth in New England & Judith his wife, and Tobyas Feake aged 17 sonne & Daughter of James Feke, late of London, goldsmith, deceased, makes [sic] a le[tte]r of Attorney to Tobyas Dixon, citizen and mercer of London, to sell one tenement or house & Shopp in Lumbard Street, London, held of the Company of Goldsmiths in London, whereof he dyed poss[ess]ed, late in the occupaçon of one Brampton." Though Tobias Feake of this power of attorney is called aged seventeen but had been baptized only fifteen years previously, the discrepancy is not serious. It is clear from Lechford's careful language that Judith Palmer and Tobias Feake were children of a goldsmith named James Feake, and also that Robert Feake of Watertown was not their brother, though obviously a relative, or he would not have been included in the power of attorney. He was, of course, their uncle, and he appears in this precious document because he was acting as guardian to his nephew, informally if not also officially. It has many times been claimed that Robert Feake was indeed the brother of Tobias and Judith, an error arising from the fact that Robert had a known sister Judith, and the fact that the father of each of the three persons was named James Feake. While many circumstantial considerations point clearly to the uncle-nephew relationship, there is also on record specific testimony by Tobias Feake that Robert was his uncle (see below). Children: 2: 87. i. Judith,1 b. in London, probably in 1621, omitted from all the pedigrees. She probably accompanied the Dixons to Germany and may also have crossed the Atlantic with her brother Tobias. She married, first, most probably at Watertown, Mass., and before Dec. 5, 1639, Sergeant (afterwards Lieutenant) William Palmer; of Plymouth, Yarmouth, and Newtown, Long Island, who died in the last-named place ca. 1661. His parents are as yet unknown; though he was at Plymouth in 1638 about to move to Yarmouth at its founding, he was not the William1 Palmer of Duxbury, nailer, or either of the nailer's two sons, both named William. There is some reason to think that William may have come from either Swaffham or Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk. William and Judith Palmer were the parents of four sons and one daughter: William, Ephraim, James, Joseph, and Judith, whose births are not recorded but whose names are certain. Judith Feake married, second, in 1662 or thereafter, as third and last wife, Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich, Conn., who died May 31, 1666, and, third, before May 6, 1667, John Bowers who married again, following Judith's death, the widow Hannah (Close) Knapp, and made his own will on March 16, 1693/4. Judith's death occurred, according to Spencer B. Mead, in 1667, but he cites no evidence and the year seems early. Connecticut Vital Records do not supply any of the missing dates. Several sketches of William Palmer are in print of which the only trustworthy one is by Donald Lines Jacobus and appears in Lillian L. M. Selleck's "One Branch of the Miner Family" (New Haven, 1928) pp.142 f. See also Spencer B. Mead, "History of the Town of Greenwich," (New York, 1911), pp. 618-20, where... true Henry's family gets mixed up with William's. This error was copied by Marion H. Reynolds and Anna C. Rippier, "History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds, etc." (Brooklyn, 1924) p.31 note, and by Josephine C. Frost, "Ancestors of Evelyn Wood Keeler" (1939) pp. 60 f., but corrected by Mrs. Frost in "The Record,"71:362. The late Dr. Byron S. Palmer's sketch No. 2150, Part II, in the Boston Transcript for Aug. 26, 1925, avoids the main errors but wrongly gives William and Judith Palmer a son John who died at Greenwich before Oct. 26, 1672, estate settled at Greenwich April 24, 1724, these papers supplying the names of William Palmer's children. We think this John may have been the John Palmer who m. at Swaffham, Norfolk, on Oct. 13, 1631, a wife named Margaret Pratt, and he was probably brother of that Henry Palmer who married in the same parish on Nov. 3, 1635, Katherine Springell. Henry Palmer of Wethersfield, Conn., is known to have had a wife named Katherine, and, among others, a son named Ephraim, born at Wethersfield ca. April 25, 1648. As William Palmer also had a son Ephraim, we are inclined to think that he, Henry Palmer of Swaffham and Wethersfield, and John Palmer of Swaffham and Greenwich, were brothers. No William Palmer appears in the marriage registers of Swaffham, but as we suppose our William married Judith Feake at Watertown, this absence is a help, rather than a hindrance, to our theory. The baptismal and burial registers of Swaffham should be examined. 88. ii. Tobias1, bap. Aug. 1624, St Mary Whitechapel, London; to Watertown, Greenwich, and Flushing; d. in Wapping, co. Middlesex, England, between 1669 and 1672." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -Feake Fam. of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America, by Geo. McCraken (Jul 1955). -7 Gen. of Judiths, by Art Gibson (1986). -Gen Frangments, by J.J. Latting. -Amer. Ancestry (1963 and 1986) | Compton, Audrey (I4787)
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| 1705 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "7. James Feake, whom we tentatively identify as son of the preceding James Feake (no. 2) and not as son of William (no. 1), was one of the feoffees to uses appointed in 1533 under the will of Walter Brightmer of Wighton deceased (Wighton Deeds, Bundle 3, no. 16). As the name Walter does not appear in the Feaké family, we forbear to suggest that James Feake's mother was daughter to Brightmer. This James Feake of Wighton made his will Jan. 23, 1538/9, probated at Walsingham July 18, 1539 (Norwich Archdeaconry Court - the abstract printed by Delafield is not quite perfect in that it omits the son James). Executors are son George and wife Agnes; supervisor, Edmond Framyngham of Colthorpp; witnesses; Simon Browen, vicar, Robert Glaise, Simon Dobyn, John M[er]chaunt et al. Burial is directed in the "north ile next to the Sepulchre of my Father" in the church of Wighton. Son George appears to be eldest, still a minor; other sons are Simon, James, Robert, and William, and the wife is named Agnes. As the son William had a brother Edmond Feake, and as the son George was in 1578 given a power of attorney by Edmund Framyngham, either the supervisor of the will or his son, we think it possible that Agnes was a Framyngham. We identify this testator as the James Feake of Wighton who was certainly father to the London goldsmith William Feake (no. 13), and in turn grandfather or great-grandfather of three of the four American Feakes. He is called Jacobus Feake de Whighton in Norfolk in the 1623 pedigree, James Feake of Wighton in the 1664 pedigree, his generation being omitted in the others. We think it likely that the widow gave birth to a posthumous son Edmond or Edward (no. 14), and then subsequently married, second, a man named Angell, by which marriage she became, ultimately if not at once, the mother or stepmother, or the mother-in-law or stepmother-in-law, of a woman whose surname in 1595 was Jygg and of men named John Angell and William Angell. The children of sister Jygg and of brothers John Angell and William Angell appear as beneficiaries of William Feake's will in 1595 but their inheritance is only a fraction of that received by children of William Feake's blood brothers. William Angell and John Angell appear, with George Feake, clerke, among others, on a muster roll of Wighton dating from the period 1569-1577 (Norfolk Record Society 6:76). Children: 6: 9. i. George, minor in 1539, living 1593, d. by 1595. 10. ii. Simon, d. 1570 at Kettleston. 11. iii. James, d. 1590, intestate, St. John Zachary, London. 12. iv. Robert, living 1570, perhaps much later. 13. v. William, fifth son, d. May 1595, in London. . 14. vi. Edmond or Edward, b. posthumously in 1539." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H. Knapp and Others," compiled by Frederick H. Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy., Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; revised/updated 1991. | Angell (I4827)
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| 1706 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "James Feake, elder son of William Feake by wife Marion, was probably born ca. 1484, as his age was given as 17 about the year 1501. He certainly married and had issue but was dead by 1523 when a son George is recorded several times in the Wighton Manor records for that year as holding property formerly belonging to his grandfather William and his father James. General Delafield would make this James identical with the testator in 1539 (no. 7), but George, son of the testator, was still a minor in 1539 and could hardly have held, in 1523, property formerly belonging to a father still living. Children: 3 (or more): i. George, living 1523 at Wighton. ii. James, d. at Wighton, 1539. iii. (poss.) Robert witness to a writ at Westminster, May 31, 1538 (Delafleld)." | Feake, Robert (I4592)
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| 1707 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "James Feake, elder son of William Feake by wife Marion, was probably born ca. 1484, as his age was given as 17 about the year 1501. He certainly married and had issue but was dead by 1523 when a son George is recorded several times in the Wighton Manor records for that year as holding property formerly belonging to his grandfather William and his father James. General Delafield would make this James identical with the testator in 1539 (no. 7), but George, son of the testator, was still a minor in 1539 and could hardly have held, in 1523, property formerly belonging to a father still living. Children: 3 (or more): i. George, living 1523 at Wighton. ii. James, d. at Wighton, 1539. iii. (poss.) Robert witness to a writ at Westminster, May 31, 1538 (Delafleld)." | Feake, George (I4591)
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| 1708 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "James Feake, whom we tentatively identify as son of the preceding James Feake (no. 2) and not as son of William (no. 1), was one of the feoffees to uses appointed in 1533 under the will of Walter Brightmer of Wighton deceased (Wighton Deeds, Bundle 3, no. 16). As the name Walter does not appear in the Feaké family, we forbear to suggest that James Feake's mother was daughter to Brightmer. This James Feake of Wighton made his will Jan. 23, 1538/9, probated at Walsingham July 18, 1539 (Norwich Archdeaconry Court – the abstract printed by Delafield is not quite perfect in that it omits the son James). Executors are son George and wife Agnes; supervisor, Edmond Framyngham of Colthorpp; witnesses; Simon Browen, vicar, Robert Glaise, Simon Dobyn, John M[er]chaunt et al. Burial is directed in the "north ile next to the Sepulchre of my Father" in the church of Wighton. Son George appears to be eldest, still a minor; other sons are Simon, James, Robert, and William, and the wife is named Agnes. As the son William had a brother Edmond Feake, and as the son George was in 1578 given a power of attorney by Edmund Framyngham, either the supervisor of the will or his son, we think it possible that Agnes was a Framyngham. We identify this testator as the James Feake of Wighton who was certainly father to the London goldsmith William Feake (no. 13), and in turn grandfather or great-grandfather of three of the four American Feakes. He is called Jacobus Feake de Whighton in Norfolk in the 1623 pedigree, James Feake of Wighton in the 1664 pedigree, his generation being omitted in the others. We think it likely that the widow gave birth to a posthumous son Edmond or Edward (no. 14), and then subsequently married, second, a man named Angell, by which marriage she became, ultimately if not at once, the mother or stepmother, or the mother-in-law or stepmother-in-law, of a woman whose surname in 1595 was Jygg and of men named John Angell and William Angell. The children of sister Jygg and of brothers John Angell and William Angell appear as beneficiaries of William Feake's will in 1595 but their inheritance is only a fraction of that received by children of William Feake's blood brothers. William Angell and John Angell appear, with George Feake, clerke, among others, on a muster roll of Wighton dating from the period 1569-1577 (Norfolk Record Society 6:76). Children: 6: i. George, minor in 1539, living 1593, d. by 1595. ii. Simon, d. 1570 at Kettleston. iii. James, d. 1590, intestate, St. John Zachary, London. iv. Robert, living 1570, perhaps much later. v. William, fifth son, d. May 1595, in London. vi. Edmond or Edward, b. posthumously in 1539." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. -Norfolk Rec. Soc., Vol. VI, p. 76. -Topography Hist. of co. Norfolk, Eng., vol. 9, p. 209 (1808). | Framyngham, Agnes (I4809)
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| 1709 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... Robert Feake, fourth son of James Feake of Wighton (no. 7) by wife Agnes, is mentioned in his father's will in 1539 and appears as the brother of William and Simon in the 1664 pedigree; he then was said to be of Wells, Norfolk, a small place not far northwest of Wighton. He is not mentioned in his brother William's will in 1595, but we think he was the merchant of Norwich who was father to the son George below and probably also the mercer of Witchingham, Norfolk, who was father to the son Thomas below. He was certainly living in 1570 when he was named executor to his brother Simon. Children: 2 (or more): i. Thomas, pensioner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Lent 1584/5; school: Norwich; migrated to Cambridge, Dec. 20, 1587, aet. 21; B.S. 1589/90 ordained priest at Norwich, Jan. 1, 1595/6 (Venn and Venn, loc. cit.). ii. George, apprenticed to William Feake, goldsmith, for ten years beginning at Midsummer 1585, papers clearly identifying him as son of Robert Feake of Norwich, merchant." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. -Norfolk Rec. Soc., Vol. VI, p. 76. -Topography Hist. of co. Norfolk, Eng., vol. 9, p. 209 (1808). | Feake, Robert (I4835)
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| 1710 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... Edmond or Edward Feake, youngest son of James Feake of Wighton, (no. 7) by wife Agnes, was born posthumously in 1539, and is not mentioned in his father's will or in any of the pedigrees. He is called Edmond in his brother William's will – the two independent abstracts of this will are agreed as to this reading – but he is called Edward Feake of Foulsom in the County of Norfolk, tanner, in the apprentice papers of his son Robert. Foulsham is in Eynesford Hundred, about twelve miles southeast of Wighton, very close to Kettleston where Edmond's brother Simon, also a tanner, had lived when he died in 1570. We should have thought it probable that the name Edward in the apprentice papers was wrongly read, were it not for the fact that William Feake named a son of his Edward. In any case, despite the discrepancy in the first name, we feel sure that the tanner of Foulsham was brother of the goldsmith of London, William Feake. We know nothing more of him than that, since his youngest child was named Audlea, his wife may have been a member of the Audley family. Children: 6 (order uncertain): i. Anne, mentioned as living in her uncle William's house in 1595; mentioned in her brother Robert's will in 1612 as Ann Bullock; probably the cousin Bullock omitted from Mary Feake's will in 1619. ii. Robert, d. 1612 in London. iii. William. mentioned in brother Robert's will in 1612. iv. Elizabeth, mentioned as Elizabeth Gregorye in brother Robert's will in 1612; m. Barnabas Gregory, Feb. 8, 1601/2, St. Mary Woolnoth, both of that parish, and had by 1619 children Barnabye and Amy, omitted from Mary Feake's will. v. Susan, unm. in 1612 when mentioned in brother Robert's will. vi. Audlea, unm. in 1612 when mentioned in brother Robert's will." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. -Norfolk Rec. Soc., Vol. VI, p. 76. -Topography Hist. of co. Norfolk, Eng., vol. 9, p. 209 (1808). | Feake, Edmond or Edward (I4832)
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| 1711 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... James Feake, third son of James Feake of Wighton (no. 7) by wife Agnes, married, by license dated Dec. 5, 1562, Parnell Ward, and died intestate, in the Parish of St. John Zachary, London, September 1590, administration granted again in 1594 (PCC Administrations 96A). Like his brother William he was a goldsmith of London, and Sir Ambrose Heal lists him for the year 1585 in his impressive but disappointing book, "The London Goldsmiths 1200-1800" (Cambridge, 1935), p. 150. James appears in his father's will in 1539 but not in any of the pedigrees. He is mentioned as deceased in the will of his brother William in 1595 and, though not named, is implied to be deceased in the nuncupative will of Parnell Feake of St. John Zachary, London, widow, dated on the 25th or 26th Oct. 1593, probated Nov. 8, 1593 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury: 80 Nevell; abstracted in "New England Historical and Genealogical Register " 47:515; Henry F. Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [Boston 1901] p. 789). She, lying sick in her house, did declare unto her three daughters Margaret, Judith, and Ann Feake, being attendant upon her, that her mind and will was that William Feake her son should have the disposition of all whatsoever she had ... And that her said son William should bestow so much of her goods upon every of her said daughters, and her son James, as he thought good. And made the said William Feake her son sole executor of the said her will. And also made William Feake, her husband's brother, Mr. Padmere, and Robert Padmere, overseers. Children: 7 (order probably chronological): i. William, executor of mother's will, not mentioned in uncle William's will; probably father to two daughters baptised at St. Vedast's, London: Mary (April 23, 1597), Hanna (Nov. 19, 1598). ii. James, mentioned in wills of mother and uncle; apprenticed to William Feake, goldsmith, for nine years beginning Christmas 1582. iii. Margaret, mentioned in both wills. iv. Judith, mentioned in both wills. v. Anne, mentioned in both wills. vi. Parnell, mentioned only in uncle's will; probably too young to testify at probating of mother's will. vii. Mary, mentioned only in uncle's will; probably m. James Cole, St. Vedast's, Oct. 29, 1598." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. -Norfolk Rec. Soc., Vol. VI, p. 76. -Topography Hist. of co. Norfolk, Eng., vol. 9, p. 209 (1808). | Feake, James (I4831)
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| 1712 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... Simon Feake, second son of James Feake of Wighton (no. 7) by wife Agnes, appears in his father's will in 1539, and, though without his father's name, stands at the head of the 1634 pedigree as Simon Feake of Kerdeston, while in the 1664 pedigree his father's name is given as James Feake of Wighton. In the will of his brother William in 1595 he is mentioned as having children then living. Although Simon is not specifically said to be dead, there is nothing to prove he is not, and if no error has been made in putting the family together, he is the Simon Feake of Kettleston, co. Norfolk, tanner, whose undated will was probated June 12, 1570 (Consistory Court of Norwich: 42 [Brygge]. He mentions wife Alice; leaves £10 to son John Feake, and to any one of the rest of his children xxvi s viii d. This sum is one-third of four pounds, so the other children were probably three in number, for this man died in early life. In the will of his brother William the children of Simon are each left £3/6/8, unless they had already received this sum, and since this is precisely one-third of ten pounds, we think it probable that Simon had four children in all, of whom one may have died before 1595. Property in Wesingsett, Walsingham, Sherington, and Holte, all in Norfolk, is bequeathed. The children would all seem to have been minors, as brother Robert is named executor. Children: 4: i. John. ii. (poss.) Mary, m. Thomas Gibbons, at St. James's Clerkenwell, Dec. 2, 1593. As she was not daughter of Simon's brothers William, Edmond or James, we put her here. iii. (poss.) Henry, matriculated pensioner from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Lent 1584/5; was then of Norfolk; migrated to Caius; B.A. 1588/9; ordained priest at Norwich, Jan. 1, 1595/6, rector of Warham St. Mary and St. Margaret, Norfolk (Venn and Venn, "Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part I, 2:128). We know nothing of his subsequent history and place him here because his putative brother named a son Henry. He may have been father of a Henry Feekes who m. Alice Foorde, July 30, 1620, at St. James's, Clerkenwell, and was buried there as Henry Feakes, householder, Dec. 2, 1622. Katherine, daughter of this couple, was baptised Nov. 10, 1622, buried Aug. 29, 1623, same parish. iv. Another, d. before 1595." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. -Norfolk Rec. Soc., Vol. VI, p. 76. -Topography Hist. of co. Norfolk, Eng., vol. 9, p. 209 (1808). | Feake, Simon (I4830)
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| 1713 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... George Feake, eldest son of James Feake of Wighton (no. 7) by wife Agnes, is mentioned in his father's will in 1539 as a minor and was therefore born after 1518, probably many years after that. He is not mentioned in any other will or in any of the pedigrees. A George Feake of Wyghton in co. Norffolke, gent., had a daughter Amy who married George Reve of Mollenden, co. Suffolk, gent., at an unknown date. The only chronological data which permit even an approximation of the date are the facts that George Reve's grandfather Thomas Reve died in 1550 and the first husband of George Reve's mother had been a lance knight of the Emperor Charles V (see Harleian Society 13:275, 477). We think it possible but not quite certain that our George Feake was the man instituted as vicar of Wighton in 1575 by William Buckton on a grant from the dean and chapter of Norwich (Charles Parkin: "An essay towards a topographical history of the County of Norfolk" [London 1808] 9:209). Delafield cites a power of attorney dated Nov. 28, 1578, given by Edmund Framyngham to George Feake of Wyghton, minister of the church. George Feake, clerke, appears on the muster roll for Wighton, cited above. George ffeeke appears also in a list of the clergy of Norfolk in 35 Elizabeth [I] 1592/3, as rector of Warham Marie, Warham Magdalen, and vicar of Weighton (Norfolk Archaeology 18:99). Warham is a parish very near Wighton. If the clergyman was not the man under discussion, then we feel sure he was his son. As no mention is made of George in William's will in 1595, we presume he was dead by then. Child: 1 (or more): i. Amy, m. George Reve of Mollenden Park, Suffolk, gent., and had four children: a. William, m. before 1612, ___ Payne, of Suffolk. b. George, m. Anne ___, between 1612 and 1634. c. Rosse (a daughter). d. Anne." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. -Norfolk Rec. Soc., Vol. VI, p. 76. -Topography Hist. of co. Norfolk, Eng., vol. 9, p. 209 (1808). | Feake, George (I4829)
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| 1714 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above. Colonel Banks found in the Feet of Fines for some county not named the record of a Robert Feek involved in the ownership of property at Twichingham and Heston Max[ima?] in the year 27 Edward [III] 1353. As these places are probably Twickenham and Heston, co. Middlesex, they do not certainly involve the same family. The earliest known member of the Feake family in Norfolk, however, is a clergyman, John Feake, rector of Frainynghampycott hodie Framingham Pigott in the Hundred of Henstead, just south of Norwich, whose will was probated in 1416 at the Consistory Court of Norwich (2 Hyrnyng). Since no clergyman of that date would have admitted to issue, and no clear connection with later Feakes can be established, we have not gone to the trouble and expense of having this will examined; Parson John may have been a collateral ancestor but hardly a direct one. General Delafield prints a number of items of information concerning members of the Feake family at Wighton, dating from the years 1435 to 1446, and some or even all of these persons may have been direct, or at least, collateral ancestors of the American family, though we cannot be sure how. William ffeke of Wyghton, laborer, was sued in 1435 by one Thomas Thornfeld (De Banco Plea Roll 697, mem. 244). James ffeke of Wyghton, laborer, was likewise sued in 1436 by one Stephen Pedder (ibid 703, dors. 468). James ffeke, probably the same, was in 1437 admitted to a cottage in Wighton on the surrender of Robert, Richard, and William ffeke, fine 12 d. (Wighton Deeds, Bundle II, no. 4, at Hokham Hall, Muniments of the Earl of Leicester) In 1441 James ifeke of Wyghton is called both weaver and waletmaker In 1444 James ffeke of Wyghton received 3-1/2 rods by surrender of Agnes Roode, fine 11s (ibid). John ffeke of Wyghton received in the same year 8-1/2 perches by surrender of Thomas Butler. Two years later James ffeke surrendered a certain property to John Gryme (ibid). To these items from Delafield we add one more William Fake, who died in 1485, paid for a marble pavement to be placed over his grave in the Church of St Mary in the Fields, Norwich ("Norfolk Archaeology" 15:298) We now reach somewhat firmer ground. William Feake, the earliest definite ancestor of the family which in the sixth and seventh generations from him sent scions across the sea, dated his will on the Saturday before the Feast of the Annunciation, that is, he signed on the 19th of March, in the year 1496, probated at Hyndryngham, Oct. 11, 1500 (Archdeaconry of Norwich: 92). [?]ance. Household goods are left to unnamed sons and daughters; to Elene, wife's sister, 6/8; to James, two horses; to William, five marks; to wife Marianne alias Marion a messuage, lands, and cattle; to William Keen, probably a son-in-law, preferment of certain lands in the east field of Wyghton and in the fields of Walsingham, etc.; to son James similar preferment in lands in Westfield of Wyghton and Hindringham, to which son William is remainder man; executors: William Keen and John Dobbes. The Plea Rolls for 1501 show that Henry Barbour, chaplain, by his attorney, brought action against John Dobbs of Wyghton, executor of William Feke, for a debt. "About the same time," so Delafield dates it, James Feke, aet. 17, son and heir of William, sued in chancery, stating that John Dobbes and others held property of William, committed waste, and pulled down a house (Early Chancery Proceedings C I, Bundle 254, no.15). Children: 4 (or more): i. James; b. ca. 1484, d. by 1523. ii. William, perhaps William ffekes, clerk, parson of Ufford, co. Suffolk, unless the parson was son of James (no. 2) or not even related; made his will April 1, 1534, probated May 12, 1569 (Consistory Court of Norwich: 135 Ponder): directs burial in the Chancel of Ufford; leaves to its parishioners xs to be bestowed in bread and drink, and makes executor and residuary legatee William Willibi, knight, Lord Williby of Parham; witnesses: Roger Smallyde, Henry Smallyde, Thomas Angell et al. The reason for including this parson in the Wighton family is the fact that at Wighton the Feakes were related to Angells. iii. Daughter, probably m. William Keen. iv. Daughter, perhaps m. John Dobbes." 2. "In the name of god amen. I William Feke the Saturday next before the Feast of the Annuciation 1496 make my last will my body to be buried in the Church of Wyghton I leave to each of my sons and Daughters household goods I leave to Elene my wifes Sister 6s.8d. I leave to Jame 2 Horses to William my son 5 marks I leave to Marianne my wife cattle I will that the sd Marion have my messuage and 20 acres of land in Wyghton 5 rods of Furland in the same Town near Wormstok I will that William Keen have prefferment of all land etc in the East Field of Wyghton and in the Fields of Walsynhgam and all lands late Wlliam Hylles in Wyghton I will that James my son have my messauge with all lands etc in the westfield of Wyghton & in the Fields of Hindringham and if he die without issue to remain to William my son and his heirs forever the rest of my goods I leave in the hands of William Keen & John Dobbes whom I make my executors to be divided between them in witness whereof,? etc. Proved at Hynderyngham 11 October 1500." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. | Feake, William (I4825)
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| 1715 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... William Feake, the earliest definite ancestor of the family which in the sixth and seventh generations from him sent scions across the sea, dated his will on the Saturday before the Feast of the Annunciation, that is, he signed on the 19th of March, in the year 1496, probated at Hyndryngham, Oct. 11, 1500 (Archdeaconry of Norwich: 92). [?]ance. Household goods are left to unnamed sons and daughters; to Elene, wife's sister, 6/8; to James, two horses; to William, five marks; to wife Marianne alias Marion a messuage, lands, and cattle; to William Keen, probably a son-in-law, preferment of certain lands in the east field of Wyghton and in the fields of Walsingham, etc.; to son James similar preferment in lands in Westfield of Wyghton and Hindringham, to which son William is remainder man; executors: William Keen and John Dobbes. The Plea Rolls for 1501 show that Henry Barbour, chaplain, by his attorney, brought action against John Dobbs of Wyghton, executor of William Feke, for a debt. "About the same time," so Delafield dates it, James Feke, aet. 17, son and heir of William, sued in chancery, stating that John Dobbes and others held property of William, committed waste, and pulled down a house (Early Chancery Proceedings C I, Bundle 254, no.15). Children: 4 (or more): i. James; b. ca. 1484, d. by 1523. ii. William, perhaps William ffekes, clerk, parson of Ufford, co. Suffolk, unless the parson was son of James (no. 2) or not even related; made his will April 1, 1534, probated May 12, 1569 (Consistory Court of Norwich: 135 Ponder): directs burial in the Chancel of Ufford; leaves to its parishioners xs to be bestowed in bread and drink, and makes executor and residuary legatee William Willibi, knight, Lord Williby of Parham; witnesses: Roger Smallyde, Henry Smallyde, Thomas Angell et al. The reason for including this parson in the Wighton family is the fact that at Wighton the Feakes were related to Angells. iii. Daughter, probably m. William Keen. iv. Daughter, perhaps m. John Dobbes." 2. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "James Feake, elder son of William Feake by wife Marion, was probably born ca. 1484, as his age was given as 17 about the year 1501. He certainly married and had issue but was dead by 1523 when a son George is recorded several times in the Wighton Manor records for that year as holding property formerly belonging to his grandfather William and his father James. General Delafield would make this James identical with the testator in 1539 (no. 7), but George, son of the testator, was still a minor in 1539 and could hardly have held, in 1523, property formerly belonging to a father still living. Children: 3 (or more): i. George, living 1523 at Wighton. ii. James, d. at Wighton, 1539. iii. (poss.) Robert witness to a writ at Westminster, May 31, 1538 (Delafleld)." | Feake, James (I4824)
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| 1716 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... Edward Feake, third eldest of the minor children in 1595, was actually the sixth child and fifth son of William Feake (no. 13) by wife Mary Wetherall and correctly appears in the sixth place in the 1623 pedigree. In 1595 he was not yet, apparently, of age to be apprenticed, as nothing is said about apprenticing him. He was living in 1619, and though no wife or children are specifically mentioned in his mother's will, he must already have been married and with issue by his first wife, Anna Shaw, daughter of Christopher Shaw of London. The Cambridge record of his son Christopher, dated in 1628, says Edward was of Godstone, Surrey, and this was probably the property left by his mother to his brother John. Five children by the first wife are listed in the 1623 pedigree. By Sept. 10, 1654, he had married a second wife named Elizabeth who was a widow when she married Edward and a grandmother when she made her will on that date. Whether by birth or by first marriage, she was related to a family named Woodstocke. Elizabeth Feake, wife of Edward Feake of Lingfield, co; Surrey, gent., made her will Sept. 10, 1654, probated Oct. 9, 1654 (PCC: 216 Alchin): To Elizabeth Woodstocke "which now liveth with me" £50, and various household goods. To John Woodstocke £10, also darker fatted cow and a bed. To his two eldest children £5 each at aet. 21 and to his youngest child three sheep. To Nicholas Andrews £5 and a white cow and to his eldest child £5, also to his two youngest children 50/- each and to said three children a sheep each. To George Woodstocke £10, also three sheep and a white-backed cow and to his son Richard Woodstocke three sheep. To Anne Woodstocke £10, also heifer at Mathew Wicking's and three sheep. To Mary Woodstocke £20 and checkered heifer. To William Woodstocke £5, and to his child at aet. 21 £5. To husband Edward Feake's two children, Richard and Sarah Feake, £5 each at aet. 21. To Patient Hampton one pair of flaxen sheets and one sheep. To poor of the parish of Lingfield 40/-, i.e., the poor widows 12d each and remainder to the rest of poor at discretion of executrix and overseers. To husband Edward Feake three sheep, the steer "that is in keeping at Mr. George Turner's," two pair of sheets, and bed and bedstead he lyeth on and all that belongs to it. To friends Richard Bryan als Scraston and George Blundell 10/- each. To "my clerk, William Rosse, my son-in-law," after husband's' decease, and to his three children three ewes and lambs and 5/- each. To Thomas Holt 10/-. Residue to Elizabeth Woodstocke my kinswoman, she to be sole executrix, friends Richard Bryan als Scraston and George Blundell to be overseers Witnesses Edward Feake, George Blundell, George Woodstocke, Richard Plawe The picture presented by this will is of a careful farm wife, hardly in the Feake tradition, and though she had belonged to the family, she is entirely omitted in the 1667 pedigree. Children: 7 (all by first wife): i. Christopher, son and heir, aet. 11 in 1623. ii. William, d.s.p. before 1623. iii. Edward,. in 1623 pedigree; apprenticed as son of Edward Feake of Horne, co. Surrey, gent., to George Latham of London, goldsmith, beginning at Christmas 1631, term not stated; married Mary before 1650 and had daughter Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1650, baptized Oct. 23, 1650, St. Thomas the Apostle. iv. Andrew, d.s.p. by 1623. v. John, living 1623; m. Mary ___; d. testate ca. 1656; will dated March 18, 1652, probated April 20, 1656 (PCC: 139 Berkeley, not completely abstracted): mentions testator's father Mr. Edward Feake as living, brother Christopher and other brothers; testator's brothers; testator died in Ireland as servant to the Commonwealth. vi. Richard, mentioned in stepmother's will as minor in 1654. vii. Sarah, mentioned in stepmother's will as minor in 1654." 2. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "13. William Feake, fifth son of James Feake of Wighton (no. 7) by wife Agnes... As there is a gap of at least seven years between the births of James and Thomas, there may have been other children who died vita patris. Children: [8] i. Mary, b. ca. 1565, aet. 49+ in 1614, obviously not born before summer of 1565 as her parents married Nov. 12, 1564. She wrongly appears as seventh child in the 1623 pedigree. Before May 7, 1595, she m. Thomas Barneham (d. ca. 1614), eldest child of Thomas Barneham (d. ca. April 1, 1576) by wife Alice Cressey of London; grandson of Francis Barneham, Sheriff of London, by wife Alice Bradbridge; great-grandson of Stephen Barneham of Southwick, co. Southampton (see Harleian Society 42:168 f.; 54:8; 64:150; The Ancestor 9:191-209, and an article in preparation by John Insley Coddington). At an inquest post mortem (vol. 412, no. 9, 17 Feb. [11], James I-1613/14), held at Stratford Langthorne [co. Essex] before William Smyth [her brother-in-law?], "Mary Barnham, widow, lunatic, enjoys lucid intervals, say Geoffrey Thurgad[?], William Pullyn, Tobias Dixon [later her niece's husband], John Silvester, Wm. Feake, etc. She is incapable of managing her lands. Fifteen years ago she was capax eruditionis. William Feake is her brother and next heir, and she is aet. 49 and more." She was still living in 1619 and still a lunatic when her mother made her will. Her only child Isaac was baptised at St. Botolph's Bishopsgate, Nov. 19, 1595, but died before 1614. ii. William, b. ca. 1566. As the bequests he receives in the wills of his parents are relatively small, though of course of much greater purchasing power then than now, and are not capital funds but annuities to be paid periodically by others, it seems possible that William was regarded as not quite competent to manage his own affairs. Delafield, however, discovered that he was Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths in 1621, which does not suggest incompetence. Sir Ambrose Heal (op. cit.) lists a William who could be this man as goldsmith in 1632 and says there is a will probated in i666. This we have not found but, if authentic, it may be that of another William (no. 67). Our man was already married on May 7, 1595, to a wife Mary. Both were living in 1619, and are marked "s.p." but not "d.s.p." in the 1623 pedigree. iii. James, b. ca. 1567, aet. 34 on July 1, 1601; d. ca. 1625. iv. Thomas, minor in 1595, b. after 1574; coelebs in the 1623 pedigree; matriculated pensioner from Trinity, at Cambridge, Easter 1589; scholar 1590; B.A. 1592/3, M.A. 1596.; by father's will was to be kept at the University until aet. 30; living 1619, no wife mentioned, in his mother's will. v. John, second eldest of minor children in 1595. vi. Edward, third eldest of minor children in 1595. vii. Sarah, elder of minor daughters in 1595; by 1619 had m. William Smyth of London, mercer, who was probably man of that name before whom the inquest post mortem of Thomas Barnham was held in 1614. By 1619 this couple had a daughter Katherine. viii. Rebecca, youngest child in 1595; shown, for reason not apparent, as eldest child in 1623 pedigree; by 1619 had m. William Bournford of London, grocer, and was then his widow with two sons Samuel and Henry." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. | Feake, Edward (I4814)
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| 1717 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... John Feake, second eldest of the minor children in 1595, was actually the fifth child and fourth son of William Feake (no. 13) by wife Mary Wetherall. In the 1623 pedigree he is called aurifaber but no apprentice papers have been found and in his father's will he is to be apprenticed to a merchant. However, the Cambridge papers of his son Samuel state that the father was John Feake of London, goldsmith, and of Elstree, co. Hertford, and those of his nephew Christopher, son of brother Edward (no. 35), show that Edward was of Godstone, Surrey, probably living on the property bequeathed by his mother to John. Elstree, also called Idlestrey, is in southern Hertfordshire on the borders of Middlesex and not far from Bushey where John's putative daughter Elizabeth resided at her death. It may be this John who is listed by Sir Ambrose Heal as a goldsmith in London 1640-41. The 1623 pedigree names his wife as Judith Tourner, a marriage which must have been contracted before 1619 when two of his children are named in his mother's will and others, perhaps, indicated. Children: 4 (or more): i. Samuel, b. before 1619. ii. Judith, b. before 1619; probably married George Andrewes and had daughters Judith and Elizabeth, minors in 1648, heiresses of their aunt Elizabeth. iii. Elizabeth, of Buchy [Bushey], co. Hertford, will dated Oct. 20, 1648, probated Nov. 3, 1648 (PCC: 170 Essex): Judith Andrewes, daughter of George Andrewes, to be heir and residuary legatee, also sole executrix, with Robert Ibbitt of Cambridge and George Andrewes as trustees and overseers during Judith's minority; to Sarah Ibbitt, daughter of Robert, 20s; if Judith Andrewes dies in her minority, then to her sister Elizabeth Andrewes; witnesses: Richard Ward, Thos. Coleman (by mark), Mary Seaton. iv. (poss.) Daughter, m. Robert Ibbitt of Cambridge and had Sarah, living 1648." 2. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "13. William Feake, fifth son of James Feake of Wighton (no. 7) by wife Agnes... As there is a gap of at least seven years between the births of James and Thomas, there may have been other children who died vita patris. Children: [8] i. Mary, b. ca. 1565, aet. 49+ in 1614, obviously not born before summer of 1565 as her parents married Nov. 12, 1564. She wrongly appears as seventh child in the 1623 pedigree. Before May 7, 1595, she m. Thomas Barneham (d. ca. 1614), eldest child of Thomas Barneham (d. ca. April 1, 1576) by wife Alice Cressey of London; grandson of Francis Barneham, Sheriff of London, by wife Alice Bradbridge; great-grandson of Stephen Barneham of Southwick, co. Southampton (see Harleian Society 42:168 f.; 54:8; 64:150; The Ancestor 9:191-209, and an article in preparation by John Insley Coddington). At an inquest post mortem (vol. 412, no. 9, 17 Feb. [11], James I-1613/14), held at Stratford Langthorne [co. Essex] before William Smyth [her brother-in-law?], "Mary Barnham, widow, lunatic, enjoys lucid intervals, say Geoffrey Thurgad[?], William Pullyn, Tobias Dixon [later her niece's husband], John Silvester, Wm. Feake, etc. She is incapable of managing her lands. Fifteen years ago she was capax eruditionis. William Feake is her brother and next heir, and she is aet. 49 and more." She was still living in 1619 and still a lunatic when her mother made her will. Her only child Isaac was baptised at St. Botolph's Bishopsgate, Nov. 19, 1595, but died before 1614. ii. William, b. ca. 1566. As the bequests he receives in the wills of his parents are relatively small, though of course of much greater purchasing power then than now, and are not capital funds but annuities to be paid periodically by others, it seems possible that William was regarded as not quite competent to manage his own affairs. Delafield, however, discovered that he was Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths in 1621, which does not suggest incompetence. Sir Ambrose Heal (op. cit.) lists a William who could be this man as goldsmith in 1632 and says there is a will probated in i666. This we have not found but, if authentic, it may be that of another William (no. 67). Our man was already married on May 7, 1595, to a wife Mary. Both were living in 1619, and are marked "s.p." but not "d.s.p." in the 1623 pedigree. iii. James, b. ca. 1567, aet. 34 on July 1, 1601; d. ca. 1625. iv. Thomas, minor in 1595, b. after 1574; coelebs in the 1623 pedigree; matriculated pensioner from Trinity, at Cambridge, Easter 1589; scholar 1590; B.A. 1592/3, M.A. 1596.; by father's will was to be kept at the University until aet. 30; living 1619, no wife mentioned, in his mother's will. v. John, second eldest of minor children in 1595. vi. Edward, third eldest of minor children in 1595. vii. Sarah, elder of minor daughters in 1595; by 1619 had m. William Smyth of London, mercer, who was probably man of that name before whom the inquest post mortem of Thomas Barnham was held in 1614. By 1619 this couple had a daughter Katherine. viii. Rebecca, youngest child in 1595; shown, for reason not apparent, as eldest child in 1623 pedigree; by 1619 had m. William Bournford of London, grocer, and was then his widow with two sons Samuel and Henry." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. | Feake, John (I4813)
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| 1718 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... James Feake, whom we tentatively identify as son of the preceding James Feake (no. 2) and not as son of William (no. 1), was one of the feoffees to uses appointed in 1533 under the will of Walter Brightmer of Wighton deceased (Wighton Deeds, Bundle 3, no. 16). As the name Walter does not appear in the Feaké family, we forbear to suggest that James Feake's mother was daughter to Brightmer. This James Feake of Wighton made his will Jan. 23, 1538/9, probated at Walsingham July 18, 1539 (Norwich Archdeaconry Court – the abstract printed by Delafield is not quite perfect in that it omits the son James). Executors are son George and wife Agnes; supervisor, Edmond Framyngham of Colthorpp; witnesses; Simon Browen, vicar, Robert Glaise, Simon Dobyn, John M[er]chaunt et al. Burial is directed in the "north ile next to the Sepulchre of my Father" in the church of Wighton. Son George appears to be eldest, still a minor; other sons are Simon, James, Robert, and William, and the wife is named Agnes. As the son William had a brother Edmond Feake, and as the son George was in 1578 given a power of attorney by Edmund Framyngham, either the supervisor of the will or his son, we think it possible that Agnes was a Framyngham. We identify this testator as the James Feake of Wighton who was certainly father to the London goldsmith William Feake (no. 13), and in turn grandfather or great-grandfather of three of the four American Feakes. He is called Jacobus Feake de Whighton in Norfolk in the 1623 pedigree, James Feake of Wighton in the 1664 pedigree, his generation being omitted in the others. We think it likely that the widow gave birth to a posthumous son Edmond or Edward (no. 14), and then subsequently married, second, a man named Angell, by which marriage she became, ultimately if not at once, the mother or stepmother, or the mother-in-law or stepmother-in-law, of a woman whose surname in 1595 was Jygg and of men named John Angell and William Angell. The children of sister Jygg and of brothers John Angell and William Angell appear as beneficiaries of William Feake's will in 1595 but their inheritance is only a fraction of that received by children of William Feake's blood brothers. William Angell and John Angell appear, with George Feake, clerke, among others, on a muster roll of Wighton dating from the period 1569-1577 (Norfolk Record Society 6:76). Children: 6: i. George, minor in 1539, living 1593, d. by 1595. ii. Simon, d. 1570 at Kettleston. iii. James, d. 1590, intestate, St. John Zachary, London. iv. Robert, living 1570, perhaps much later. v. William, fifth son, d. May 1595, in London. vi. Edmond or Edward, b. posthumously in 1539." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. -Norfolk Rec. Soc., Vol. VI, p. 76. -Topography Hist. of co. Norfolk, Eng., vol. 9, p. 209 (1808). | Feake, James (I4808)
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| 1719 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... William Feake, fifth son of James Feake of Wighton (no. 7) by wife Agnes, appears in the will of his father in 1539 as youngest of five brothers. According to General Delafield, he later presented to the Goldsmiths' Company a silver-gilt cup of which an illustration appears in Delafield (2:491). The cup was melted down in 1663, its cover in 1665, and the whole then remade with the Feake arms and those of his wife's family, the Wetheralls. On this cup are said to be annulets which indicate that William was a fifth son, thereby confirming the evidence from the will. The goldsmith appears also as son of James in both 1623 and 1664 pedigrees, though in the latter instance, as printed, he is definitely called the eldest, Simon and Robert being younger, and the other brothers omitted. This is doubtless an editor's error, derived from the fact that the empty space to the left of Simon's family was utilized for William. The wills of both William and his wife state that he was born at Wighton. At an early age he removed to London where he must have been apprenticed to some goldsmith. Neither in the list of apprentices obtained by Mr. Torrey nor in Sir Ambrose Heal's list of goldsmiths before 1800 (op. cit. 150) do we find the name of the goldsmith to whom he was apprenticed but the latter says there was a William Feake, goldsmith of London, whose will was probated in 1620. The year of probate is quite wrong, derived from litigation in his wife's estate in that year. Mr. Torrey found at least four of his apprentices named Feake: there must have been many others with different names, and it is still possible that the archives of the Goldsmiths' Company may contain other data about William. In any case, he must have amassed a considerable fortune before he died in May 1595, resident of the Parish of St. Edmund the King, Lombard Street. Both he and his son James are wrongly called grocers in the 1623 pedigree as printed. William Feake married, at the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth, London, on Nov. 12, 1564, Mary Wetherall of London. The 1623 pedigree gives her father's occupation as aurifaber but does not give his first name. Research into her ancestry is not complete but it is probable that she was a daughter of Thomas Wetherall, citizen and goldsmith of London, buried at the same church on April 27, 1554. His will, probated in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: (I More), has been read by Delafield who says it mentions wife Margaret and alludes to children not named. The registers of St. Mary Woolnoth contain no reference to Mary Wetherall's baptism but show the following entries of the children of Thomas and Margaret Wetherall: i. Richard, bap. Nov. 19, 1540, bur. Nov. 30, 1540. ii. Henry, bur. Dec. 11, 1541. iii. Thomas, bur. Oct. 18, 1543. iv. Christopher, bap. Feb. 25, 1542/3. v. Thomas, bap. April 12, 1548, probably the citizen and homer of London, d. 1572, will probated [PCC:3 Peter (not examined)]. vi. Christian, bap. April 14, 1551, bur. Oct. 4, 1563. To these we should add the marriage on July 16, 1554, of Margaret Wetherall to William Ynchorem [Ingraham?]. Margaret may have been another daughter but, as there are no Ynchorem baptisms in this register, and the date of marriage follows hard after the burial of Thomas, we think it more probable that this was a second marriage of his widow. In any case it would seem clear that our Mary was too old to have been, as Colonel Banks appears to have thought possible, the daughter of John Wetherhill of London, goldsmith, whose will dated May 17, 1578, probated June 18, 1578 (PCC:27 Langley) directs burial in the same church, in which also testator's child [Thomasyn, buried July 18, 1571] and brother [Thomas] already lie buried. John's wife was named Elizabeth, probably the Elizabeth Wetherhill of the same parish whose will was probated in 1585 [PCC:26 Brudenell; not examined]. They had a daughter Leah, wife of Humphrey Streate, married Sept. 23, 1577, and also other children: John (buried Nov. 9, 1590), Philip, Sarah, Anne the elder, Mary, Martha, Christian, Margaret (baptised Dec. 17, 1559, married Robert Molesworth, haberdasher, of same parish, Dec. 18, 1582, by license dated Dec. I I, 1582), Elizabeth, Susan (baptised April 30, 1562), Rebecca (married, Sept. 27, 1585, Thomas Child, of same parish), Rachel (baptised Sept. 12, 1564), and Anne the younger (baptised Nov. 16, 1567, married in double wedding with sister Margaret, by license dated same day, Thomas Lodge, of St. Osith, co. Surrey, gent.). The Wetherall arms on the silver-gilt cup are: Argent two lions passant guardant sable, on a chief of the second three covered cups or, and are stated in Burke's "Encyclopaedia" of Heraldry to have been borne by a Lincolnshire family of the same name. He does not identify the family further and no success has been had in locating them. No Wetheralls appear in any of the Lincolnshire Visitations. The Feake arms on the same cup are: Sable a fesse dancetté or, in chief three fleurs-de-lis argent; Crest: out of a coronet or demi-ostrich with wings spread argent holding in the beak a horse's shoe. These arms also appear in the 1623 pedigree as borne by William's son Edward and in the 1634 pedigree as borne by William's great-nephew John Feake of London, goldsmith (no. 45). They are also the same as those recently registered with the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (see New England Historical and Genealogical Register 107:269) as those of William's grandson, Lieutenant Robert Feake (no. 49). We do not know whether the arms were actually granted first to William or to one of his relatives and then used on the cup when it was remade seventy years after his death. William's will was dated May 7, 1595, probated May 19, 1595 (PCC:34 Scott; abstracted in "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Henry F. Waters [faded print] in Delafield 2:544). The date of probate is wrongly given as May 18, 1582, by Henry Wilder Foote, "Robert Feke, Colonial Portrait Painter" (Cambridge, Mass., 1930) p.18. Burial is directed in the Church of St. Edmund the King, "where I am a parishioner, at my pew door." This parish is unfortunately one of those for which the registers have not survived. To twenty poor men of the poorest of my Company of Goldsmiths, 20 gowns of 20s a piece and 12d a piece for their dinner; to ten other poor men gowns of like price and 12d a piece for their dinner. To every of my brethren's children now in London & every of my men & women servants a cloak or gown. My goods &c. (after debts paid and funerals discharged) into three parts "according to the ancient and laudable use & custom of the City of London," one part to beloved wife Mary; second part unto and amongst Thomas, John, Edward, Sarah, and Rebecca, my children, minors; third part I reserve unto myself to be disposed of &c. To poor prisoners in seven prisons, the hospitals, poor and towardly scholars in Cambridge, the Goldsmiths' Company &c. A house for six poor men or women at Wighton in Norfolk where I was born. Poor goldsmiths' widows; the Governors of Bridewell. To James, Parnell, Mary, Margaret, Judith, and Anne, children of my brother James Feake, deceased, £10 each. I have heretofore given to some of the children of my brother Edmond [sic] Feake £10 a piece. I do now give to every of his other children (saving Anne Feake now dwelling with me), £10 a piece. To the same Anne £16, besides the £4 I have in my hands and received to her use of the gift and bequest of her mother's brother. I have already given to some of my sister Jygg's children 40s a piece. I now give 40s to every of her other children. I have heretofore given to some of the children of my brother John Angell 40s. I do now give the like sum to every of his other children. I have heretofore given to some of the children of my brother William Angell 40s. I do now give the like sum to every of his other children. [Note that the Jygg and Angell relatives receive only one-fifth as much as the other nieces and nephews, one of the evidences that they enjoyed only a half or step relationship with testator.] £3/6/8 to every of the children of my brother Simon Feake to whom I have not already given the like sum. To my son James Feake £300, he entering into bond to my executrix to pay unto my son William and Mary his wife, during their lives and the life of the longer liver, 10s weekly. To son-in-law Thomas Barneham and Mary his wife, £200. I hold for divers years yet to come, by virtue of two several leases, one from the Goldsmiths' Company and the other from Mr. Younge, grocer, all my now dwelling house in Lumbard Street and three tenements in Birchen Lane. To wife Mary a life interest and remainder to son James Feake. The wife is to keep and maintain son Thomas at his learning & study in the University [of Cambridge] until he reaches the age of thirty. Son John is to be apprenticed to some honest merchant and to have £100. Son-in-law Thomas Barneham standeth bound to pay son Edward £200 at aet. 21 and son James likewise is bound to pay son John the same sum at aet. 21. Residue to wife Mary, sole executrix. She gets a messuage in Lumbard Street called or known by the name of the Sign of Noah, now in occupation of Noah Farmer, goldsmith, and my two tenements, divided into three, being in St. Swythens Lane, which I bought of Mr. Nicholas Herrick, for life; remainder to son Thomas, then to son William, then to son James, next to son John, next to son Edward, lastly to my daughters Mary, Sarah, Rebecca. [In this list Thomas comes first as a prospective clergyman; then the other sons in order of birth, followed by the daughters in order of birth.] As this will exhibits great wealth and great generosity not only to the relatives but to the poor and to charitable institutions, it is clear that in this man the Feake family attained its highest peak of prosperity. A commission dated May 20, 1625, was granted to Judith Feake, relict and administratrix of James Feake, deceased, while he lived executor of the will of Mary Feake, deceased, while she lived relict and executrix of William Freake [per Waters], likewise deceased, to administer the goods of said William according to the tenor of his will not fully administered by the said Mary Feake, his relict. The said Judith had died by June 1626 when Francis Dowse took administration of the estate (PCC: Administration Account Book f. 87-4), and in December 1634 Alice Dixon, daughter of William's son James, succeeded as administratrix, Robert Feake (her brother, no. 49) having renounced his right to serve in the preceding month. No light on the identity of this Francis Dowse is to be found in W.B.H. Dowse's "Lawrence Dowse of Legbourne" (Boston 1926), and this Francis was much too old to have been the Francis Dowse, with wife Katherine, discussed by John Insley Coddington ("The American Genealogist" 29:161-9). Mary, widow of William Feake, died Aug. 21, 1619 (1623 pedigree). She, widow, of London, late wife and executrix of William Feake, late citizen and goldsmith of London, deceased, made her own will March 9, 1618 sub Angliae, probated Aug. 23, 1619 (PCC: 97 Parker; abstracted in "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 47:5 15-18; Waters, op. cit. 789-91; also abstracted in Delafield 2:544). Burial is directed in the "church of St. Edmund the King near the place where my husband lieth buried." To every of my sons and daughters and their wives and husbands and every of their children. To Sarah Bullocke, my servant. To poor prisoners of eight prisons, to the hospitals, to other poor and needy people. To the Parish of Wighton in Norfolk where my husband was born. To the Company of Goldsmiths. To the Governors of Bridewell. To son James Feake, to son Edward Feake, 20 acres in Home, Surrey, called the Moores, which I lately bought of one Nicholas Hurling To son John Feake a messuage by the Sign of Noah and the two tenements in three in St. Swythens Lane which I bought of my son Thomas Feake. To son John for life certain properties in Godstone als Walcombstead, Surrey, a messuage called Maynard's bought of my son-in-law William Smyth of London, mercer. After John's decease, then to grandson Samuel Feake, son of my son John, remainder to Judith Feake, daughter of said John, lastly to right heirs of John. To son James two messuages in Lumbard Street now in tenure of Anthony Bradshaw and Robert Davies, goldsmiths. To every of the children of my son John £20 a piece. To daughter Rebecca Bournford £600 and certain goods of her late husband sold unto me by the late Sherriffes of London by force of an extent. Said Rebecca to occupy the house in Bow Lane which I hold of the Company of Goldsmiths for life, then to Samuel and Henry Bournford, her children. To Alice Feake, daughter of son James, £100. To son-in-law William Smith, £300 on condition he pay son William Feake £20 per annum for life. To Katherine Smith, daughter of said William and Sarah his wife, £100. To daughter-in-law Mary Feake, wife of William. To daughter Barnham. Mention is made also of the lunacy of Mary Barnham and of the dwelling house of son James in Lumbard Street. James Feake and Robert Feake, my grandchildren, to either of them, £100 etc. Son James Feake is named sole executor. A definitive sentence pronouncing for the will of Marie Feake, late of St. Edmund the King, City of London, widow, dated Jan. 27, 1619/20 (PCC: 8 Soame, no. 43), shows a dispute between James Feake, son and executor of said Marie, and William, John, Thomas, and Edward Feake, Sarah Feake als Smith, and Rebecca Bournford als Feake, children of deceased. There is also attached to the probate record a memorandum apparently in the hand of the executor James Feake, naming the following persons as left out of the will: Mrs. Blacklicke and her sister Ransom; Barnabye Gregorye and his sister Amey; cousin Sale; brother Edward Boyes; sister Bournford; cousin Bullock. Of these we shall be able to identify only the two Gregoryes, cousin Sale, and cousin Bullock. As there is a gap of at least seven years between the births of James and Thomas, there may have been other children who died vita patris. Children: 8 i. Mary, b. ca. 1565, aet. 49+ in 1614, obviously not born before summer of 1565 as her parents married Nov. 12, 1564. She wrongly appears as seventh child in the 1623 pedigree. Before May 7, 1595, she m. Thomas Barneham (d. ca. 1614), eldest child of Thomas Barneham (d. ca. April 1, 1576) by wife Alice Cressey of London; grandson of Francis Barneham, Sheriff of London, by wife Alice Bradbridge; great-grandson of Stephen Barneham of Southwick, co. Southampton (see Harleian Society 42:168 f.; 54:8; 64:150; The Ancestor 9:191-209, and an article in preparation by John Insley Coddington). At an inquest post mortem (vol. 412, no. 9, 17 Feb. [11], James I-1613/14), held at Stratford Langthorne [co. Essex] before William Smyth [her brother-in-law?], "Mary Barnham, widow, lunatic, enjoys lucid intervals, say Geoffrey Thurgad[?], William Pullyn, Tobias Dixon [later her niece's husband], John Silvester, Wm. Feake, etc. She is incapable of managing her lands. Fifteen years ago she was capax eruditionis. William Feake is her brother and next heir, and she is aet. 49 and more." She was still living in 1619 and still a lunatic when her mother made her will. Her only child Isaac was baptised at St. Botolph's Bishopsgate, Nov. 19, 1595, but died before 1614. ii. William, b. ca. 1566. As the bequests he receives in the wills of his parents are relatively small, though of course of much greater purchasing power then than now, and are not capital funds but annuities to be paid periodically by others, it seems possible that William was regarded as not quite competent to manage his own affairs. Delafield, however, discovered that he was Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths in 1621, which does not suggest incompetence. Sir Ambrose Heal (op. cit.) lists a William who could be this man as goldsmith in 1632 and says there is a will probated in i666. This we have not found but, if authentic, it may be that of another William (no. 67). Our man was already married on May 7, 1595, to a wife Mary. Both were living in 1619, and are marked "s.p." but not "d.s.p." in the 1623 pedigree. iii. James, b. ca. 1567, aet. 34 on July 1, 1601; d. ca. 1625. iv. Thomas, minor in 1595, b. after 1574; coelebs in the 1623 pedigree; matriculated pensioner from Trinity, at Cambridge, Easter 1589; scholar 1590; B.A. 1592/3, M.A. 1596.; by father's will was to be kept at the University until aet. 30; living 1619, no wife mentioned, in his mother's will. v. John, second eldest of minor children in 1595. vi. Edward, third eldest of minor children in 1595. vii. Sarah, elder of minor daughters in 1595; by 1619 had m. William Smyth of London, mercer, who was probably man of that name before whom the inquest post mortem of Thomas Barnham was held in 1614. By 1619 this couple had a daughter Katherine. viii. Rebecca, youngest child in 1595; shown, for reason not apparent, as eldest child in 1623 pedigree; by 1619 had m. William Bournford of London, grocer, and was then his widow with two sons Samuel and Henry." 2. Source cited below indicates his profession was that of a goldsmith and that he was affiliated with the Church of England. SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. -Norfolk Rec. Soc., Vol. VI, p. 76. -Topography Hist. of co. Norfolk, Eng., vol. 9, p. 209 (1808). | Feake, William (I4801)
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| 1720 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made Ao 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p. 7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... James Feake, second son and third child of William Feake (no. 13) by wife Mary Wetherall, was born doubtless in London, ca. 1567. His age was given on July 1, 1601, as 34 (High Court of Adm. Examinations, no. 34, found by Colonel Banks and recorded by Mr. Torrey). Though of the children not minors in 1595 he is named first in the will of his father, James comes after William in the list of children who were to have the remainder of a certain property. The 1623 pedigree makes him third child and second son, but wrongly calls him a grocer instead of a goldsmith. He married at St. Nicholas Acons Church, London, on Jan. 29, 1592/3, Judith Thomas, daughter of Robert Thomas, citizen and draper of London, by his first wife Judith Fisher, daughter of William Fisher. On the Thomas family see the excellent article by Mr. Torrey in "The American Genealogist" 16:95-101; also Delafield, op cit., 2:545 note, which adds the interesting fact that Robert Thomas had arms granted to him thrice in the month of February 1606, on one occasion his residence being given as Spanby Hall, co. Lincoln. No success has attended efforts to find this Thomas family in Lincolnshire and there appear to be no Thomas wills from Spanby. The will of Robert Thomas, dated Feb. 14, 1609/10, names, among others, the four Feake grandchildren listed below and also states that as James Feake had threatened to go to court to get his wife's portion, his wife and children were to be disinherited if he did so. James Feake was executor of his mother's will in 1619 but was dead by May 20, 1625, when his widow Judith Feake was appointed administratrix of his father's will. She died in the parish of St. Mary Woolnoth but was buried in the Church of St. Edmund the King on Dec. 24, 1625. Children: 4: i. James, b. Feb. 13, 1598/9, d. probably ca. 1625. ii. Robert, d. Feb. 1, 1660/1, at Watertown, Mass. iii. Alice, mentioned in wills of maternal grandfather Robert Thomas in 1610 and of paternal grandmother Mary Feake in 1619; m. Tobias Dixon of London, mercer, Feb. 15, 1619/20, license granted by the Bishop of London, Feb. 14, 1619/20, this record calling him haberdasher and her spinster daughter of James Feake, City of London, marriage to take place at Stepney, co. Middlesex. It was for Tobias Dixon that Tobias Feake was doubtless named. He had already given testimony at the inquest post mortem of Thomas Barnham in 1614. He removed from England to Germany after 1625 and took with him his wife's nephew Tobias Feake and probably also her niece Judith, Tobias' sister. Later, both children were sent to America to live with their uncle Robert Feake at Watertown. By 1634 Tobias Dixon was back in London when his wife took administration in her grandfather's estate, and he was still there in 1639 when he was named attorney to sell property (see no. 48). Whether the Dixons had issue, we do not know. iv. Judith, mentioned as living in 1610 in her maternal grandfather's will but not mentioned in her paternal grandmother's will in 1619, so we conclude she had died. She does not appear at all in the 1623 pedigree. She has been wrongly identified as the wife of Lieutenant William Palmer of Yarmouth, Mass., and Newtown, Long Island, but she was much too old to have given birth to all her children after 1650. Since her parents were married in 1593, and their elder son not born until 1599, it is well within the range of possibility that both Judith and her sister Alice were born before their brothers." 2. Source cited below indicates profession of goldsmith and affiliation with the Church of England. 3. This individual mentioned in the following article about Robert Feake per "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III: "Robert Feake Occupation: Goldsmith. He served an apprenticeship with his father, James Feake, for eight years beginning 21 September 1615, but probably never practiced his craft in the New World [NYGBR 86:212]... Birth: About 1602, son of James and Judith (Thomas) Feake [NYGBR 86:144-45]..." 4. The following individual, Henry Feake, was also a pre-1633 New England immigrant and apparently a second cousin to the children of James and Judith (Thomas) Feake as noted in the following from "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III: "Henry Feake Origin: London Migration: 1633 First Residence: Lynn Removes: Sandwich 1639, Newtown (Long Island) by 1656 Occupation: Goldsmith (in London). Church Membership: Admission to Lynn church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship. Freeman: 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:369]. Requested admission as Plymouth freeman, 4 June 1639 [PCR 1:126]; although there is no subsequent record of the admission of Henry Feake, a "Mr. John Feake, of Sandwich," was made free on 7 June 1642 [PCR 2:40]. There was no adult John Feake at Sandwich at this time, and so this record must be for Henry Feake, which explains his addition to the Sandwich section of the Plymouth list of freemen which had been initially compiled in 1639 [PCR 8:176]. Offices: Essex jury, 26 June 1638 [EQC 1:8]. Plymouth grand jury, 7 June 1642 [PCR 2:41]. Deputy for Sandwich to Plymouth General Court, 6 June 1643, 29 August 1643 [PCR 2:57, 60]. In Sandwich portion of 1643 Plymouth list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:192]. Estate: On 16 April 1640 Henry Feake was appointed to a committee to resolve a dispute over Sandwich meadow lands, and in the resulting resolution he was awarded twenty acres of meadow, with another acre given to "Mr. Feak's house" [PCR 1:147, 149, 150]. On 20 May 1640 "Henry Feake of Sandwich, gent.," granted to "my loving brother George Feake of Wightin," Norfolk, gent., "my new house" with "all the upland and meadow ground which appertains and belongs unto me excepting two acres of upland [and] one acre of meadow" [PCLR 3:123]. On 2 April 1658 "judgment in the case of the heirs of Johanna Wheeler vs. the heirs of Henry Feaks, husband of said Wheeler; annuls the will of Feaks, and directs that the property of both the deceased persons be inventoried and appraised, and after paying their debts, be equally divided among their surviving Children" [Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY, Part I, Dutch Manuscripts 1630-1664, ed. Edmund B. O'Callaghan (1865), p. 194, citing 8:801 of the Dutch Manuscripts]. This document was partially burned in the 1911 fire in Albany, but reveals that Feake had three children by a previous marriage and Wheeler had two children by a previous husband. The annulled will of Feake was apparently dated 24 September 1657 [NYGBR 86:209]. On 1 March 1670/1 "John Feake of Wighton, Norfolk, gent., son and heir of George Feake, late of Wighton aforesaid, gent., deceased" sold to Robert Harper of Sandwich "all those the houses, lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, uplands, hereditaments of him the said John Feake and late of George Feake his said father deceased, which did sometimes belong and appertain to one Henry Feake, brother of the said George Feake" [PCLR 3:269]. Birth: About 1590 (based on date of marriage and date of father's marriage), son of John and Cicely (Reeve) Feake [NYGBR 86:209]. Death: After 24 September 1657 (date of will) and before 2 April 1658 (date of judgment). Marriage: (1) St. Saviour's, Southwark, Surrey, 22 January 1615/6 (lic.) Jane Woolstone [NYGBR 86:209]; d. after 1633. (2) by 1657 Joanna (____) Wheeler, widow of ____ Wheeler. Children (London church records from NYGBR 86:209-10): i Crisome Child, bur. St. Mary Woolnoth, London, 15 June 1617. ii Jane, bp. St. Mary Woolnoth, London, 2 June 1618; d. young. iii Edward, bp. St. Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex, 2 November 1619; bur. there 1 May 1620. iv Jane, bp. St. Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex, 4 May 1621; no further record. v Judith, bp. St. Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex, 10 July 1622; bur. there 17 March 1623. vi Mary, bp. St. Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex, 27 August 1623; no further record. vii Stillborn Child, bur. St. Peter's Cornhill, London, 10 October 1630. viii John, bp. St. Peter's Cornhill, London, 20 November 1631; McCracken notes that when Henry Feake went to New England, this son remained in England and attended the Merchant Taylors' School [NYGBR 86:209-10], and also says he came later, citing PCLR 3:269, a deed which was made not by this John but by his cousin of the same name of Wighton, Norfolk, England (see above under Estate). ix Elizabeth, bp. St. Peter's Cornhill, London, 30 June 1633; m. Sandwich 24 March 1650/1 John Dillingham [PCR 8:11]. Associations: Henry Feake was second cousin of Robert Feake of Watertown [NYGBR 86:132-48], and of Robert's brother James, whose children Judith and Tobias also came to New England at a later date [NYGBR 86:210-12]. Comments: The Feake family, both in England and in the colonies, was treated in great detail by George E. McCracken in 1955 [NYGBR 86:132-48, 209-21, 87:28-30, 104-10, with Henry Feake at 86:209-10]. The gap in the records for Henry Feake from 1623 to 1630 should be a subject for future research; he may have been in a London parish whose records are lost. Since he had a child baptized in London in June 1633, but was made a freeman in New England in May 1634, he must have arrived to New England in the fall of 1633, perhaps in the Griffin, which left England in July of that year. As noted above, Henry Feake was survived by three children, one of whom would be daughter Elizabeth who married John Dillingham. Unless there were children born but unrecorded after the family arrived in New England in 1633, the second and third must be found among son John and the two daughters, Jane and Mary, baptized in London but not further of record. On 3 April 1637 Henry Feake was one of the "ten men of Saugus" who were granted the tract of land which became Sandwich [PCR 1:57], but he does not seem to have moved from Lynn until 1639, for he is on an Essex county jury in 1638, and he does not appear again in Plymouth Colony records until his request for freemanship. On 25 September 1639 "Mr. Henry Feake, of Sandwich," assigned to John Barnes of Plymouth the remainder of the term of his servant Edmond Edwards [PCR 1:132]." 5. "The American Genealogist," 1940:95-101: The Thomas Family of London, England (Maternal Ancestry of Lieutenant Robert Feake)," by Clarence Almon Torrey, of Dorchester, Mass.: "It has long been known that the mother of Lieut. Robert Feake, who came in the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, was Judith Thomas, daughter of Robert Thomas, draper, of London, England. A search of English records made in the interest of the writer resulted in securing additional information about the Thomas family. It was learned that Robert Thomas, draper, was a man of very great wealth for the time in which he lived and that his first wife, Judith's mother, was Judith Fisher, daughter of William Fisher. The marriage date of James Feake and Judith Thomas is given, and the names of the members of the Thomas family closely related to Robert Thomas are mentioned. The records here given include the following items: 1. The Thomas pedigree at the College of Heraldry, London. 2. Abstracts of London parish records. 3. Allegations for Marriage License of Robert Thomas and Margaret Thomas. 4. Abstracts of Thomas wills and administrations. 5. Abstract of the Inquisition Post Mortem of Robert Thomas. 6. Data from the Roll of the Drapers' Company of London. (From the records of the Drapers' Company it was learned that Robert Thomas secured his freedom Apr. 12, 1568, from which it appears that he was born about 1547.) The Thomas Pedigree at the College of Heraldry, London. The information supplied in pedigree chart form is here condensed as follows: Robert Thomas, citizen and Draper of London. Died 8 June 1610, buried 26 same month. Judith Fisher, daughter of William Fisher, 1st wife. Ellen Muffett, 2nd wife. Children by first wife: William Thomas, married Martha, daughter of William Benett of London. Humphrey Thomas, second son, married Jane, daughter of ___ Cotton. Child: Robert Thomas. John Thomas. Judith, married to ffeake of London, goldsmith; had issue. Sara, married to George Southcott, Kt. of Dartmouth, Co. Devon. Child: Thomas Southcott. Extracts from London Pariah Records 1. The Registers of St. Nicholas Acons Baptisms - Page 1575 Suzan Thomas the daughter of John Thomas, Dec. 18. 7 1578 Margaret Thomas the daughter of John Thomas, July 13. 8 1580 An Thomas the daughter of John Thomas, Sep. 11. 8 1582 Bartholmew Thomas the sonne of John Thomas, Sep. 2. 9 1607 Thomas Southcott the soonne of George Southcott knight, Feb. 14, [1607/8]. 15 1610 Sara Southcott daughter of George Southcott, Knight, Oct. 7. 15 Marriages 1574 John Thomas and Jocamine Broghe, Jan. 23, [1574/5]. 62 1592 James ffeeke and Judith Thomas, Jan. 29, [1592/3]. 63 Burials 1582 Margaret Thomas, daughtr of John Thomas, Hosyer, Dec. 14. 92 1582 Suzan daughtr of the sayd Jo. Thomas, Dec. 16. 92 1582 Agnes, his [i.e. John Thomas'] daughtr, Jan. 3, [1582/3]. 92 1588 Juththe, wiefe of Mr Thomas, Drap. Meh. 6, [1588/9]. 94 1602 Edward Thomas, the sonne of Robert Thomas, Draper, Dec. 27. 98 1610 Mr Robert Thomas, wth Herrauld C &c. p. [pest], June 26. 100 1613 John Thomas, Draper, Sep. 12. 101 1615 Humfrey Thomas, draper, Feb. 12, [1615/16]. 101 1639 William Thomas Essquire, in the Valt on the sough side, Aug. 28. 109 2. The Registers of St. Pancras, Soper Lane Marriage 1589 Robert Thomas of St Nicholas Aeon & Ellen Lynaker of this par. Jan. 26, [1589/90]. (Harleian Society Publications, vol. 45) 444. Burial 1588 William Lynakers, Nov. 20. (Harleian Society Publications, vol. 44) 290 Allegations for Marriage Licences issued by the Bishop of London. 1613 May 29, Robert Thomas, of St Botolph, Aldgate, London, Draper, & Margaret Thomas, of St Alban's, Wood Street, London, Spr, dau. of Simon Thomas, decd., at All Hallows Stayning, London. (Harleian Society Publications, Vol. 26, page 21.) Abstract of the Will of Robert Thomas, St. Katherines. Dated 16 July 1557. Proved 15th June 1566. P.C.C. Crymes 17. Robert Thomas of the precinct of St. Katherines by the Tower of London, gunner. To my son Robert Thomas my house that one Robert Bowle, mariner now lives in. To my daughter Katherine Thomas my house that Mrs. Ellethe now lives in. To my daughter Alice Thomas my house or tenements that I now live in, after the decease [of] my wife Elizabeth. The rest of all my goods etc. to my said wife Elizabeth Thomas. Elizabeth my wife sole executrix, and I will that she bring up our said children in goodness and virtue. John Bassett my uncle, of the said precinct, gunner, overseer. Witnesses: John Bassett aforesaid, Stephane Bull of the said precinct, also gunner. Probate 15th June 1566 to William Thomas, brother of the defunct. Abstract of the Will of William Thomas of the Parish of St. Catherine's near the Tower. Dated 27 Oct. 1609. Proved 15 January 1609-10. P.C.C. Wingfield 8. William Thomas of the precinct of St. Catherine's nigh the Tower of London, servant to the King's Majesty... To be buried in the green churchyard in St. Catherine's as near as may be to the place where my former wife and children were laid My loving wife Sara Thomas shall have and enjoy the house in which I now dwell in St. Catherine's also the three tenements which are now in the occupations of Allen Montgomery Thomas Lee and his tenant and the lease that I hold of the same premisses in the name of one house made from one Mr Mabee to me ... Further I give to said Sara all my goods and chattels, etc. Concerning the lease which I hold on divers tenements in Bush Alley in St. Catherine's made to one Arnold Newmar and passed to me by conveyance, I give and bequeath that lease to my loving cousin William Thomas of East Smithfield, co. Middlesex, compassmaker, and Susan wife except one room now in occupation of the aforesaid Thomas Lee. This room to remain to Sara my wife during the time, etc. And for one obligation which I have to me made from my cousin Robert Thomas of London, draper, and William Thomas his son for them to pay to my Executors or Assigns £300 within 6 months after my decease. This sum to be distributed as follows: To the four children of said William Thomas of East Smithfield £10 each. To my cousin Thomas Hudson £10, and to his daughter £5. To my cousin Agnes the wife of William Thistleton £20. To her two sons £5 each. To my cousin Margaret the wife of William Upner £20. To her two daughters £5 each on their marriage day or at 21 years of age. To my cousin Richard Hudson in Lincolnshire 5£, as well as the £10 which I lent him. To Robert Collingworth in Lincolnshire £10, and to my cousin Honor Collingworth and her sister Elizabeth £5 each. And to the children of Richard Hudson, Robert Collingworth, and Elizabethe sister of Honor, I give £30 to be divided equally among them, on their attaining the age of 21 or on their marriages. To the two daughters of Francis Gidfield, namely Ellen and Agnes £20 each at the age of 21 or on their marriages. To John Ovendall £5. To the poor of the "french Church" in London £5. 40 shillings to the poor of St. Catherine's. To Mary Fuller 20 shillings and to Mr Randall Parker preacher in St. Catherine's 40 shillings. Executors: Wife Sara; my cousin James Fexe of London, goldsmith: said William Thomas, cousin in East Smithfield: and Edmund Ansell my kinsman. To James Fexe and Edmund Ansell each a silver cup of 8 ounces. Overseers: Cousin Robert Thomas, of London, draper; cousin John Thomas of St. Catherine's. To John Thomas my furred gown. Witnesses: Thomas Abbot, sci: John Greene: Thomas Lee. Probate granted to Executors. Abstract of the Will of Robert Thomas, St. Nicholas Acons. Dated 14 Feb. 1609-10. Proved 18 Oct. 1610. P.C.C. 88 Wingfield. Robert Thomas, citizen and draper of London, of the parish of St. Nicholas Acon, London. My body to the earth. I stand bound to one William Muffett, late of Chippinge Barnett, Co. Hertford, gent. deceased and to his Exors and Administrators to leave to my present wife Ellen Thomas the sum of £2000 at the time of my death. To Ellen Thomas ... and all such plate as she brought with her now being in my house, so the property is not altered. To her my house in which I live. She shall care for my children. I have given to my eldest son William Thomas £500 to set up his trade and £300, which I bestowed on copyhold lands for him, which I bought of my uncle William Thomas, late of St. Katherines. And also in consideration of a marriage with Mrs. Benette's daughter have assured him and his heirs males my lands called Spenbye in Lincoln, being to the value of £3000. Yet nevertheless I bequeath to Sir George Southcott, Knight and Humfrey Thomas my exors. £800 to allow him a yearly portion of £60 only for his maintenance. An Indenture tripartite made between his father-in-law Mr. Benet, himself and myself touching the settling of my land Spendye [sic]. Upon my son Humfrey's marriage I assured and made over to him the house he now lives in and £500 stock, which house and stock cost me £1000 and did also enter into bond with one Mr. Sillyard to leave my son £1000 more. Also to his (Humfrey's) son Robert £100. And also further to him all my lands in Essex called Dagman with 12 acres of Marsh by the Thames side, which one John Hardwood now holds. To my son John Thomas £1500 provided he makes a general release of all actions and demands, the said legacies excepted. My shop in Candleweekestreete and all the rest of those houses that are upon the same lease to son John. Lands in Hartfordshire with my copyhold there called Beech Hide to my son Humfrey Thomas and to his heirs. To my brother Symon Thomas, his two daughters £70 apiece to be paid to them the day of their marriages. To my daughter Judith Feake £1000 in full satisfaction of her marriage money and Child's part. To her four children James, Robert, Alice and Judith £100 apiece. James Feake; my son-in-law 'hathe given out threatening wordes that he would go to law with me for his portion.' If the said James refuses to release my exors. from all Actions and demands, within a quarter of a year after my decease, then this my said, legacy to his wife with the legacies to his children are cancelled, and I leave him to be relieved by the law. To my daughter the Lady Sara Southcott and to her husband £1000. To her son Thomas Southcott £100 to be bestowed in land to the use of him and his mother. To Sara Thomas, my brother William's daughter £10 at the day of her marriage. To my maid servant Mary Handlye £10. To the relief of the poor children in Christ's Hospital in London £10. To the Company of Drapers whereof I am free £20 for a dinner to the Livery of the same Company, who go to my funeral. Executors: Sir George Southcott, Knight, Humfrey Thomas. Overseers: My brother William Thomas, and I give to him a black gown, and to his wife a black gown, my son-in-law James Feake, and Clement Bucke, and to each of them and their wives black gowns. Witnesses: Humfrey Clarke, Hugh Farye. Memorandum. Alterations were made 6. June 1610 in the presence of Humfrey Were; Clement Burke, John Curwen, and Thomas Astley. Probate: 12th Oct. 1610 to George Southcott, Knight and Humfrey Thomas, Executors. Abstract of the Will of John Thomas, of St. Nicholas, London. Dated 8th Sept. 1613. Proved 15th Sept. 1613. P.C.C. 79 Capell. John Thomas, citizen and draper of London. To be buried in the parish church of St. Nicholas, near Lumberdstreate in London as near the place where my late father and mother are buried as possible. At my funeral there is to be a sermon preached by Mr. Daye, sometimes preacher in St. Magnus Church near Newefishstreet, London, to whom I give 40 s. There is owing to me the sum of £500 by Sir George Southcote, knight, of the legacy of my late father Robert Thomas, deceased. From the £500: to Sir George £5, to his wife Dame Sara Southcott £5, to their son Robert Southcott £50, to my sister Mrs. Feake, wife of James Feake and his children £150 equally amongst them, to my brother William Thomas £30, to my cousin Robert Thomas, son of my brother Humfrey Thomas £50, to Sara Hill, wife of Richard Hill, draper, £100. To my brother Humfrey Thomas £5. To my uncle William Thomas and his wife 40 s. apiece for rings. To Thomas Agar Clothworker £5. To Thomas Astley 40 s. To John Maxwell 40 s. To Richard Westrawe 40 s. To my loving brother in law James Feake Goldsmith [? - -] To my friend William Sales, merchant tailor a ring with a ruby. Executor: James Feake. Overseers: My brother Humfrey Thomas, my uncle William Thomas Witnesses: Edward Charnock, writer, [?] Watson and Thomas Wannerton, servant to the writer. Probate: 15th Sept. 1613, to James Feake, Exor. Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1559-1571 - Page: 1560 3 Dec. John Thomas, citizen and draper of London, to sister Eliz. Wave, als. T. 14 1562 19 Sep. Anne Thomas, ala. Plomnier, Oxford (Oxon.), wid., to son James T., ala. P. 31 1562 ult. Oct. Amy Thomas, ala. Plommer, Oxford (Oxon.), wid., to daur. Elizabeth Wave, als. Thomas, ass. Plommer. 32 1565 23 Nov. Robert Thomas, city of London, ''goonu" ?gunner, to relict Elizabeth T. 64 Abstract of the Inquisition Post Mortem of Robert Thomas, Gent. Writ. 14 Aug. 10 Jas. 1 (1613). Inquisition, Brentwood, Essex, 28 June. 11 Jas. 1 (1613). Dagenham. A messuage called "Pettitts," near Edristreet; tenure unknown; worth 40/- p.a. 10a. land in le West marshe, called "Oxlease als. Oxenlease"; held of the King in chief by knight service, by what part of a knight's fee is unknown; worth 40/- p.a. By his will, dated 14 Feb. 7 Jas. 1 (1609/10), [extract given], he left £1000 to his son Humfrey; £100, and his lands called "Dagman," with 12 a. marsh by the Thames, to his grandson Robarte, son of Humfrey. He died in the parish of St. Nicholas Acon, London, 26 May 8 Jas. 1 (1610). Heir his son William Thomas, aged 36 and upwards at the taking of the inquisition. Chancery Inq. p.m. Series 2, Vol. 545, no. 87. Court of Wards Inq. p.m. Vol. 89, no. 333. Drapers' Apprentices Before 1610 of the Name of Thomas. [Abbreviation. A after a date indicates that that is the year when the apprentice was bound.] Thomas, William, 1488 A. to George Bnlstrode. Sampson, 1510 A. to Richard Forth, made free 1514. David, 1532 made free by Sir William Balye. William, 1533 free by William Wyf old. William, 1546 A. to Walt Williams, free 1553 Oct. 11. 1571 frees his apprentice Lodowiek Croft. 1573 frees his apprentice William Thomas. John, 1547 A. to Richard Champion, free 1554. second master George Palmer. 1560 Dec. 3. Admon P. C. C. to sister Elizabeth Wase als. Thomas. John, 1551, A. to Robert Taylor. John, 1553, A. to Thomas Caltou, free 1561. Henry, 1559, A. to Richard Bynd, free 1567, March 23 other masters Richard Lamb, Richard Carter. Robert, 1559 A. to William Carow, free 1568 April 12 1583 frees his aliprentice Jervise Eyre 1593, 1599, 1601, warden; 1606 master 1590 frees his apptentice Edward Handen 1610 P.C.C. 88 Wingfleld, many relations. 1598 loan to Queen £20. 1610 June 26 bur. with Heralds St. Nicholas Acons From the English records in this paper we have learned that Robert Thomas, wealthy draper of London, had brothers William and Simon Thomas, and uncles William Thomas and Robert Thomas of St. Katherine by the Tower, London. Although we have the names of two uncles of Robert Thomas, draper, we lack the names of his parents. His niece, Margaret Thomas, daughter of his brother Simon Thomas, married in 1613, by licence, Robert Thomas of St. Botolph, Aldgate. The groom and bride were probably relatives but the relationship has not been learned. The John Thomas mentioned in the register of St. Nicholas Acons was probably a relative of Robert Thomas, draper. The baptisms of Robert's children have not been found in any of the printed records of London churches. The records of some of the churches, including those of St. Botolph, Aldgate, have not been published. The will of his uncle William Thomas mentions a cousin [?nephew] William Thomas of East Smithfield, co. Middlesex, and relatives in Lincolnshire. Perhaps Robert's father and uncles were born in Lincolnshire. If the earlier history of this branch of the Thomas family is secured, the information will be offered to "The American Genealogist" for publication." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -NYG&HR, Vol. 11, by J.J. Latting. -NYG&HR, Vol. 86, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 87, by Geo. McCracken. -NYG&HR, Vol. 47 (1893). -TAG, Vol. 27, by J.L. Jacobus. -Anc. Heads of NE Fam., by Holmes. | Feake, James (I4791)
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| 1721 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... James Feake, elder son of James Feake (no. 32) by wife Judith Thomas, was doubtless born in London, and the date is recorded as Feb. 13, 1598/9 in the record at the Merchant Taylors' School where James was a student in 1609/10. He is named first among the four children of his parents in the will of his maternal grandfather Robert Thomas in 1610. He married at the Church of St. Mary Mounthawe, London, on June 14, 1620, Awdrey Crompton, of whose origin nothing is known. The printed parish registers of London have been searched for other references to her in vain, but she was probably sister to a William Crompton who married at the same church about the same time. The baptism of Tobias Feake, son of James and Awdrey, is recorded at St. Mary Whitechapel, London, in August 1624, but the baptismal record of the daughter Judith has not been found. The registers of many London churches were burned in the great London fire, including that of the Church of St. Edmund the King in which we should expect to find many Feake entries. If there were other children, no trace of them has come to light. This James Feake was certainly dead by Dec. 5, 1639, and he probably died many years before that. No mention of him as living has been found after 1624. He is not named in the papers pertaining to the administration of his grandfather's estate in 1625, 1626, and 1634, though in the latter year his younger brother Robert did renounce his right to serve. Like his father and grandfather he was a goldsmith, but his apprentice papers have not been found, and he is not listed by Sir Ambrose Heal. No probate has been discovered. That the James Feake under discussion was not the James Feake (no. 63) who was son of Robert Feake (no. 39) is made clear by the fact that, if so, the children of our James would not have inherited, as they did, property belonging formerly to James Feake (no. 32) and before that to William Feake (no. 13). That the husband of Awdrey Crompton was not James Feake (no. 32) is surely indicated by the fact that, though the latter had married Judith Thomas as early as 1593, his widow Judith Feake was still living in 1625, five years after the marriage of James Feake to Awdrey Crompton. In 1639, however, the property which had been held in Lombard Street, London, for three generations, was to be sold to settle the estate, and since James' two children were then living in America, it was necessary that a power of attorney be obtained from them in order to sell. Thomas Lechford, the famous Boston notary, duly recorded on 228 of the printed version in "Collections of the American Antiquarian Society," v. 7, also printed separately) the following: "Lieuten't Robert Feke of Waterton in New England, gent., and Sergeant William Palmer of Yarmouth in New England & Judith his wife, and Tobyas Feake aged 17 sonne & Daughter of James Feke, late of London, goldsmith, deceased, makes [sic] a le[tte]r of Attorney to Tobyas Dixon, citizen and mercer of London, to sell one tenement or house & Shopp in Lumbard Street, London, held of the Company of Goldsmiths in London, whereof he dyed poss[ess]ed, late in the occupaçon of one Brampton." Though Tobias Feake of this power of attorney is called aged seventeen but had been baptized only fifteen years previously, the discrepancy is not serious. It is clear from Lechford's careful language that Judith Palmer and Tobias Feake were children of a goldsmith named James Feake, and also that Robert Feake of Watertown was not their brother, though obviously a relative, or he would not have been included in the power of attorney. He was, of course, their uncle, and he appears in this precious document because he was acting as guardian to his nephew, informally if not also officially. It has many times been claimed that Robert Feake was indeed the brother of Tobias and Judith, an error arising from the fact that Robert had a known sister Judith, and the fact that the father of each of the three persons was named James Feake. While many circumstantial considerations point clearly to the uncle-nephew relationship, there is also on record specific testimony by Tobias Feake that Robert was his uncle (see below). Children: 2: i. Judith,1 b. in London, probably in 1621, omitted from all the pedigrees. She probably accompanied the Dixons to Germany and may also have crossed the Atlantic with her brother Tobias. She married, first, most probably at Watertown, Mass., and before Dec. 5, 1639, Sergeant (afterwards Lieutenant) William Palmer; of Plymouth, Yarmouth, and Newtown, Long Island, who died in the last-named place ca. 1661. His parents are as yet unknown; though he was at Plymouth in 1638 about to move to Yarmouth at its founding, he was not the William1 Palmer of Duxbury, nailer, or either of the nailer's two sons, both named William. There is some reason to think that William may have come from either Swaffham or Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk. William and Judith Palmer were the parents of four sons and one daughter: William, Ephraim, James, Joseph, and Judith, whose births are not recorded but whose names are certain. Judith Feake married, second, in 1662 or thereafter, as third and last wife, Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich, Conn., who died May 31, 1666, and, third, before May 6, 1667, John Bowers who married again, following Judith's death, the widow Hannah (Close) Knapp, and made his own will on March 16, 1693/4. Judith's death occurred, according to Spencer B. Mead, in 1667, but he cites no evidence and the year seems early. Connecticut Vital Records do not supply any of the missing dates. Several sketches of William Palmer are in print of which the only trustworthy one is by Donald Lines Jacobus and appears in Lillian L. M. Selleck's "One Branch of the Miner Family" (New Haven, 1928) pp.142 f. See also Spencer B. Mead, "History of the Town of Greenwich," (New York, 1911), pp. 618-20, where... true Henry's family gets mixed up with William's. This error was copied by Marion H. Reynolds and Anna C. Rippier, "History and Descendants of John and Sarah Reynolds, etc." (Brooklyn, 1924) p.31 note, and by Josephine C. Frost, "Ancestors of Evelyn Wood Keeler" (1939) pp. 60 f., but corrected by Mrs. Frost in "The Record,"71:362. The late Dr. Byron S. Palmer's sketch No. 2150, Part II, in the Boston Transcript for Aug. 26, 1925, avoids the main errors but wrongly gives William and Judith Palmer a son John who died at Greenwich before Oct. 26, 1672, estate settled at Greenwich April 24, 1724, these papers supplying the names of William Palmer's children. We think this John may have been the John Palmer who m. at Swaffham, Norfolk, on Oct. 13, 1631, a wife named Margaret Pratt, and he was probably brother of that Henry Palmer who married in the same parish on Nov. 3, 1635, Katherine Springell. Henry Palmer of Wethersfield, Conn., is known to have had a wife named Katherine, and, among others, a son named Ephraim, born at Wethersfield ca. April 25, 1648. As William Palmer also had a son Ephraim, we are inclined to think that he, Henry Palmer of Swaffham and Wethersfield, and John Palmer of Swaffham and Greenwich, were brothers. No William Palmer appears in the marriage registers of Swaffham, but as we suppose our William married Judith Feake at Watertown, this absence is a help, rather than a hindrance, to our theory. The baptismal and burial registers of Swaffham should be examined. ii. Tobias1, bap. Aug. 1624, St Mary Whitechapel, London; to Watertown, Greenwich, and Flushing; d. in Wapping, co. Middlesex, England, between 1669 and 1672." 2. Source cited below notes profession as goldsmith and affiliation with the Church of England. 3. This individual mentioned in the following article about Robert Feake per "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III: "Robert Feake... Associations: Henry Feake of Lynn and Sandwich was apprenticed to James Feake, father of Robert Feake, for a term of nine years in 1606 and was Robert's distant cousin. Tobias Feake & Judith (Feake) Palmer were niece and nephew of Robert Feake, children of Robert's brother James Feake of London [NYGBR 86:209, 211-12; Lechford 228-29]. Comments: In his lengthy article on the Feake family (see Henry Feake for full citation), George E. McCracken went into great detail..." SOURCES_MISC: 1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed: -Feake Fam. of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America, by Geo. McCraken (Jul 1955). -7 Gen. of Judiths, by Art Gibson (1986). -Gen Frangments, by J.J. Latting. -Amer. Ancestry (1963 and 1986) | Feake, James (I4786)
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| 1722 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433 Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... William Feake, the earliest definite ancestor of the family which in the sixth and seventh generations from him sent scions across the sea, dated his will on the Saturday before the Feast of the Annunciation, that is, he signed on the 19th of March, in the year 1496, probated at Hyndryngham, Oct. 11, 1500 (Archdeaconry of Norwich: 92). [?]ance. Household goods are left to unnamed sons and daughters; to Elene, wife's sister, 6/8; to James, two horses; to William, five marks; to wife Marianne alias Marion a messuage, lands, and cattle; to William Keen, probably a son-in-law, preferment of certain lands in the east field of Wyghton and in the fields of Walsingham, etc.; to son James similar preferment in lands in Westfield of Wyghton and Hindringham, to which son William is remainder man; executors: William Keen and John Dobbes. The Plea Rolls for 1501 show that Henry Barbour, chaplain, by his attorney, brought action against John Dobbs of Wyghton, executor of William Feke, for a debt. "About the same time," so Delafield dates it, James Feke, aet. 17, son and heir of William, sued in chancery, stating that John Dobbes and others held property of William, committed waste, and pulled down a house (Early Chancery Proceedings C I, Bundle 254, no.15). Children: 4 (or more): i. James; b. ca. 1484, d. by 1523. ii. William, perhaps William ffekes, clerk, parson of Ufford, co. Suffolk, unless the parson was son of James (no. 2) or not even related; made his will April 1, 1534, probated May 12, 1569 (Consistory Court of Norwich: 135 Ponder): directs burial in the Chancel of Ufford; leaves to its parishioners xs to be bestowed in bread and drink, and makes executor and residuary legatee William Willibi, knight, Lord Williby of Parham; witnesses: Roger Smallyde, Henry Smallyde, Thomas Angell et al. The reason for including this parson in the Wighton family is the fact that at Wighton the Feakes were related to Angells. iii. Daughter, probably m. William Keen. iv. Daughter, perhaps m. John Dobbes." | Dobbes, John (I4593)
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| 1723 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... 1. William Feake, the earliest definite ancestor of the family which in the sixth and seventh generations from him sent scions across the sea, dated his will on the Saturday before the Feast of the Annunciation, that is, he signed on the 19th of March, in the year 1496, probated at Hyndryngham, Oct. 11, 1500 (Archdeaconry of Norwich: 92). [?]ance. Household goods are left to unnamed sons and daughters; to Elene, wife's sister, 6/8; to James, two horses; to William, five marks; to wife Marianne alias Marion a messuage, lands, and cattle; to William Keen, probably a son-in-law, preferment of certain lands in the east field of Wyghton and in the fields of Walsingham, etc.; to son James similar preferment in lands in Westfield of Wyghton and Hindringham, to which son William is remainder man; executors: William Keen and John Dobbes. The Plea Rolls for 1501 show that Henry Barbour, chaplain, by his attorney, brought action against John Dobbs of Wyghton, executor of William Feke, for a debt. "About the same time," so Delafield dates it, James Feke, aet. 17, son and heir of William, sued in chancery, stating that John Dobbes and others held property of William, committed waste, and pulled down a house (Early Chancery Proceedings C I, Bundle 254, no.15). Children: 4 (or more): 2. i. James; b. ca. 1484, d. by 1523. 3. ii. William, perhaps William ffekes, clerk, parson of Ufford, co. Suffolk, unless the parson was son of James (no. 2) or not even related; made his will April 1, 1534, probated May 12, 1569 (Consistory Court of Norwich: 135 Ponder): directs burial in the Chancel of Ufford; leaves to its parishioners xs to be bestowed in bread and drink, and makes executor and residuary legatee William Willibi, knight, Lord Williby of Parham; witnesses: Roger Smallyde, Henry Smallyde, Thomas Angell et al. The reason for including this parson in the Wighton family is the fact that at Wighton the Feakes were related to Angells. 4. iii. Daughter, probably m. William Keen. 5. iv. Daughter, perhaps m. John Dobbes." | Keen, William (I4590)
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| 1724 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... William Feake, the earliest definite ancestor of the family which in the sixth and seventh generations from him sent scions across the sea, dated his will on the Saturday before the Feast of the Annunciation, that is, he signed on the 19th of March, in the year 1496, probated at Hyndryngham, Oct. 11, 1500 (Archdeaconry of Norwich: 92). [?]ance. Household goods are left to unnamed sons and daughters; to Elene, wife's sister, 6/8; to James, two horses; to William, five marks; to wife Marianne alias Marion a messuage, lands, and cattle; to William Keen, probably a son-in-law, preferment of certain lands in the east field of Wyghton and in the fields of Walsingham, etc.; to son James similar preferment in lands in Westfield of Wyghton and Hindringham, to which son William is remainder man; executors: William Keen and John Dobbes. The Plea Rolls for 1501 show that Henry Barbour, chaplain, by his attorney, brought action against John Dobbs of Wyghton, executor of William Feke, for a debt. "About the same time," so Delafield dates it, James Feke, aet. 17, son and heir of William, sued in chancery, stating that John Dobbes and others held property of William, committed waste, and pulled down a house (Early Chancery Proceedings C I, Bundle 254, no.15). Children: 4 (or more): i. James; b. ca. 1484, d. by 1523. ii. William, perhaps William ffekes, clerk, parson of Ufford, co. Suffolk, unless the parson was son of James (no. 2) or not even related; made his will April 1, 1534, probated May 12, 1569 (Consistory Court of Norwich: 135 Ponder): directs burial in the Chancel of Ufford; leaves to its parishioners xs to be bestowed in bread and drink, and makes executor and residuary legatee William Willibi, knight, Lord Williby of Parham; witnesses: Roger Smallyde, Henry Smallyde, Thomas Angell et al. The reason for including this parson in the Wighton family is the fact that at Wighton the Feakes were related to Angells. iii. Daughter, probably m. William Keen. iv. Daughter, perhaps m. John Dobbes." | Feake (I4589)
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| 1725 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... William Feake, the earliest definite ancestor of the family which in the sixth and seventh generations from him sent scions across the sea, dated his will on the Saturday before the Feast of the Annunciation, that is, he signed on the 19th of March, in the year 1496, probated at Hyndryngham, Oct. 11, 1500 (Archdeaconry of Norwich: 92). [?]ance. Household goods are left to unnamed sons and daughters; to Elene, wife's sister, 6/8; to James, two horses; to William, five marks; to wife Marianne alias Marion a messuage, lands, and cattle; to William Keen, probably a son-in-law, preferment of certain lands in the east field of Wyghton and in the fields of Walsingham, etc.; to son James similar preferment in lands in Westfield of Wyghton and Hindringham, to which son William is remainder man; executors: William Keen and John Dobbes. The Plea Rolls for 1501 show that Henry Barbour, chaplain, by his attorney, brought action against John Dobbs of Wyghton, executor of William Feke, for a debt. "About the same time," so Delafield dates it, James Feke, aet. 17, son and heir of William, sued in chancery, stating that John Dobbes and others held property of William, committed waste, and pulled down a house (Early Chancery Proceedings C I, Bundle 254, no.15). Children: 4 (or more): i. James; b. ca. 1484, d. by 1523. ii. William, perhaps William ffekes, clerk, parson of Ufford, co. Suffolk, unless the parson was son of James (no. 2) or not even related; made his will April 1, 1534, probated May 12, 1569 (Consistory Court of Norwich: 135 Ponder): directs burial in the Chancel of Ufford; leaves to its parishioners xs to be bestowed in bread and drink, and makes executor and residuary legatee William Willibi, knight, Lord Williby of Parham; witnesses: Roger Smallyde, Henry Smallyde, Thomas Angell et al. The reason for including this parson in the Wighton family is the fact that at Wighton the Feakes were related to Angells. iii. Daughter, probably m. William Keen. iv. Daughter, perhaps m. John Dobbes." | Feake (I4588)
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| 1726 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," 86(1955):132-148, 209-221, "The Feake Family of Norfolk, London, and Colonial America," by George E. McCracken: "Midway across the north coast of Norfolk lies the Hundred of North Greenhoe and in it, about three miles south of the sea, the parish, sometime manor, of Wighton in which the Feake family, as early as 1435, is found numerously settled. That this family reached prominence only after certain of its sons migrated to London in the sixteenth century and there became prosperous goldsmiths is evident from the complete absence of the surname from the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1563, 1589, and 1613" (Harleian Society, vol. 32), the "Visitations of Norfolk in 1664" (ibid. vol. 81; Norfolk Record Society, vols. 4-5), and Walter Rye's great work, "Norwich Families" (Norwich, 1913). The London branch of the family is represented in the records of colonial America by Henry Feake of Lynn, Sandwich, and Flushing (no. 46); by Henry's second cousin, Lieutenant Robert Feake of Watertown, Dedham, and Greenwich (no. 49); by Robert's niece Judith, wife successively, of William Palmer, Jeffrey Ferris, and John Bowers (no. 87); and by Judith's brother, Captain Tobias Feake, R.N., of Flushing (no. 88). Since extensive and on the whole accurate accounts of the American careers of the three men were long ago printed by the late John J. Latting in "The Record," vol. II, beginning with page 12, we here turn our attention rather to the English ancestry of these four colonists which Mr. Latting was unable to identify, though he gathered some useful material on the subject. The wills, parish registers, and other ancillary sources normally used for such a study as this, have in the present instance been augmented by framework derived from the following seventeenth-century pedigrees, none of which is at all complete, though they fit together with a minimum of inconsistency: (a) a pedigree made in 1623 for Edward Feake, son of William and grandson of James Feake of Wighton, published by Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., "Visitacon of Surry Made A° 1623, by Samuel Thompson, Windsor Herauld, and Augustyne Vincent, Rougcroix (London, no date), p.7; (b) the same pedigree with additions dating from 1667 taken from Harleian MS 1430, fol. 50, printed in the Surrey Archaeological Collections 6:310 f.; (c) a pedigree made in 1634 for John Feake, son of John, grandson of Simon, and great-grandson of the aforesaid James Feake of Wighton, contained in the Visitation of London in 1634 (Harleian Society 15:268); (d) a version of the preceding, dated 1664, taken by Mr. Latting from Harleian MS 1096, fol. 119, and, so far as we are aware, now in print only in "The Record,"11:13; (e) a partial pedigree continuing the two preceding, to be found in the "Visitation of Staffordshire 1663-4" (Staffordshire Record Society 5:126 f.); and (f) a variant of the last included in Gregory King's Staffordshire Pedigrees 1680-1700" (Harleian Society 63:85). See also John Ross Delafield, "Delafield the Family History" (privately printed, 1945), 2:540-6, appendix 16 on Feake; and Charles E. Banks, Manuscripts in the Rare Book Room, Library of Congress, folio vol. DG, p. 433. Considerable information has been generously made available by Messrs. John Insley Coddington and Clarence Almon Torrey; from the latter, especially, many items discovered by Colonel Banks but not included in the volume cited above... William Feake, the earliest definite ancestor of the family which in the sixth and seventh generations from him sent scions across the sea, dated his will on the Saturday before the Feast of the Annunciation, that is, he signed on the 19th of March, in the year 1496, probated at Hyndryngham, Oct. 11, 1500 (Archdeaconry of Norwich: 92). [?]ance. Household goods are left to unnamed sons and daughters; to Elene, wife's sister, 6/8; to James, two horses; to William, five marks; to wife Marianne alias Marion a messuage, lands, and cattle; to William Keen, probably a son-in-law, preferment of certain lands in the east field of Wyghton and in the fields of Walsingham, etc.; to son James similar preferment in lands in Westfield of Wyghton and Hindringham, to which son William is remainder man; executors: William Keen and John Dobbes. The Plea Rolls for 1501 show that Henry Barbour, chaplain, by his attorney, brought action against John Dobbs of Wyghton, executor of William Feke, for a debt. "About the same time," so Delafield dates it, James Feke, aet. 17, son and heir of William, sued in chancery, stating that John Dobbes and others held property of William, committed waste, and pulled down a house (Early Chancery Proceedings C I, Bundle 254, no.15). Children: 4 (or more): i. James; b. ca. 1484, d. by 1523. ii. William, perhaps William ffekes, clerk, parson of Ufford, co. Suffolk, unless the parson was son of James (no. 2) or not even related; made his will April 1, 1534, probated May 12, 1569 (Consistory Court of Norwich: 135 Ponder): directs burial in the Chancel of Ufford; leaves to its parishioners xs to be bestowed in bread and drink, and makes executor and residuary legatee William Willibi, knight, Lord Williby of Parham; witnesses: Roger Smallyde, Henry Smallyde, Thomas Angell et al. The reason for including this parson in the Wighton family is the fact that at Wighton the Feakes were related to Angells. iii. Daughter, probably m. William Keen. iv. Daughter, perhaps m. John Dobbes." | Feake, William (I4587)
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| 1727 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 11, pp. 183-184: "Ninety Six District Militia in the American Revolution," contributed by Robert S. Davis, Jr., Jasper, GA: "The following account of medicines provided South Carolina soldiers during the 1778 American invasion of British East Florida was found in the Lyman C. Draper Collection of the State Hisorical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 1, series VV, fo. 28, and is reproduced here with the permission of State Historical Society of Wisconsin. It was located through Josephine L. Harper, 'Guide to the Draper Manuscripts,' (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983). The Draper Collection is available on microfilm at the South Carolina Archives, the University of Georgea, Emory University and elsewhere." The doctor was George Ross who was the brother-in-law to Rebecca Montgomery (he married Isabella Montgomery): "1778. The publick of South Carolina ... to George Ross ... Dr: To medicines adminstered to the Men, who went out in the Expedition to Florida under the command of Colonel Williamson, By Order of Colonel James Williams. August 9th :8= Vomit 32 s/6-purging Ingredts: with Rheubard 50s/3 for Jon: Adair Junr: in Capt: Josiah Greers compy. 4₤2S6P. 9th= Vomit 3s/6 for 2 papers of purgg. Ingredients ₤ 4+ 6 anadyne powders ₤ 3: for Robt: Long in Ct: Greers Co: 8 12 6..." 17th= Vomit 32s/6 Febrifuge Ingredients ₤3..5s for Jon. Ramage..Capt: Greers Co. 4 17 6. 15th= Febrifuge Ingredients for Jon. Romage ... Capt. Greers Compy. 3 5 0. 16th= visit 4 miles 40s/6 cooling powders ₤3 for Jon: Ramage ... Capt. Greers Co. 5 0 0. 3 1/2 ozs saline mixture ₤5 for Jon: Ramage ... Capt. Greers Compy. 5 0 0. Vomit 32s/6...for Isaac Adair...Capt. Greer's Company. 1 12 6. ninety six District July 31st 79 Personally appeared before me one of the States Justices of the peace Wm Boss... and made oath that the above acct: is Just and true ... /S/ J.S. Hayes JP; For Doctr: George Ross /S/ Wm Ross. Augst. 4 1779 I Dow hear by sertifi that the above Serves Was Don by My orders this from under my Hand this day a bove wrten /S/ Coll Jas Williams." 2. James Williams Petition listing the Adair family Patriots. Note that Thomas Adair's parents are the ones listed as number 4 (Joseph and Sarah) and his grandparents are number 3 (James and Eleanor). Most of the other Adairs were brothers or cousins. The petition has come to me from Mildred Brownlee's manuscript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina" and also from the "South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research," vol. 15, p. 32. James Williams was one of the most renown Patriots of the Laurens area and this listing of signers of the petition of the area gives us a good source of patriots also associated with him. Col. James Williams and Capt. Josiah Greer were also military leaders of many of these same individuals during the 1778 American invasion of British East Florida per the source of Doctor George Ross' medical reimbursement papers quoted in this database under Rebecca Montgomery's notes. This petition typescript is item #5767, Manuscript Dept., Wm. M. Perkins Library at Duke University, Durham NC. Submitted by Mrs. Mary Ann McCrary and published with permission of the Manuscript Dept. This petition pre-dates the Battle of Kings Mountain (7 Oct 1780), as Col. James Williams was killed at that time. [NB: a second version of the petition was located in the South Carolina Library in 1999 and the gaps in the Duke University petition were filled in as indicated by brackets.] {Any notes or comments added by me are in these brackets.} "To his Excellen[cy John Rutledge, E]sq. Governor & Commander in Chief in & [over th]e state of South Carolina, the Honourable the privy Counsel, the Honourable the Senate & House of Representatives in General Assembly. Whereas we (the zealous friends to our country, and to all who love and distinguish themselves in her cause) do understand & are exceeding sorry to hear that there are false & [evilly designing] Accusations either lying on or about to shortly be laid against James Williams, our present Colonel in & over Little River Regiment, and designed (as we believe) by the private Enemies of our country to deprive us of so worthy a friend of his Country in general a good officer to us in particular & thereby do a very singular Piece of Service to the common enemies of America. We do briefly & anxiously remonstrate this: that we experimentally know Colo. James Williams to have been a zealous Patriot from the commencement of the America contest with Briten; and to have always stood foremost in every occasion when called upon to the defence of his country. We do further declare that we have never known said Colo. [Jas.].Williams to distress any individuals in the Regiment who voluntarily & judiciously, when legally called upon and commanded to the field, have turned out in the Defence if their Native Rights & Privileges together with that of their Country; & we do avow it from our knowledge, that whensoever Colo. Jas. Williams either directly or indirectly executed any distressing things, it was upon the stubborn & refractory, whose practices of obstinacy declare them inimical to their country: & and that this he did, as being last promissing Effort to reduce them to the dutiful obedience of loyal & fellow citizens. Without delaying you; we your humble Petitioners do earnestly beg that you will hear this our faithful Remonstrance & proceed with our respected Colo. James Williams & all such unjust & disaffected Clamours as may come before you against him, as your superior Judgements may direct: only begging leave to conclude with this one Remark, that doubtless you know that such clamours are frequently the necessary Effect of Disaffection to the Country. [Signed:] Robt. McCrery Lt. Colo.; George Davis, Capt.; Matthew McCrar[e]y, Lt.; George Young; Matthew Cunningham; Andrew McCrary; James Greer; [James Dillard]; [John Owens]; [Samuel Ewing]; [William Davis]; [Absolom Filby]; [John McCrary Sener]; [John McCrary Juner]; [Robert Long]; [Matthew McCrary]; [William Bean]; [John Williams J.P {note J.P. is crossed out}]; [Wm. Arthur Capt.]; Josiah Greer; Joseph Ramage; John Robinson; John Bourland; John Greer Juner; Isaac Adair; Jms. Adair; [Thos McCrery J.P.]; [James Ones]; [Andrew Ones]; [John Watson]; [Hughes Manford (?)]; [David Watson]; [Isaac Greer]; [James Ralley]; [John Ramage]; [John Glenn]; [John Jones (M L. (?)]; Henry Atwood; James Adair, Sr.; Joseph Adair Jr.; Joseph Adair; Benjamin Adair; Joseph Adair Sr.; James Adair Jr., son of James; [William Adair]; [John Finney]; [John Adair]; [John Adair Sener]; [James Craige]; [William Craig]; [James Howerton]; [Phillip Whitten]; [John Gray]; [John Greer]; [James Montgomery]; Thomas Ewing; William Blake; James Gamble; [Edward Stapleton]; [John Gamble]; [William Huddleston]; [James Huddleston]; [Alexander Adair]; [Benjamin Willson]; [Benja. Goodman]; [Daniel Williams] Suggested identification of the Adairs who signed this petition: 1. Isaac Adair - Killed in Apr. 1781, left widow, Ruth. 2. Jms. Adair - b. 1747, son of' Joseph Adair, Sr.; mar. Rebecca Montgomery. 3. James Adair, Sr. - died before 1796; wife, Eleanor. 4. Joseph Adair, Jr. - Son of above James & Eleanor; wife Sarah. 5. Joseph Adair - died 1812; son of Joseph Adair, Sr. 6. Benjamin Adair - died 1823; son of Joseph Adair, Sr.; wife Nancy. 7. Joseph Adair, Sr. - died 1789-90; wife: Susannah. 8. James Adair, Jr., son of James - son of James Adair & wife Eleanor; died 1818, wife Hannah. 9. William Adair - died 1780-84. Estate administered 1784, Abbe. Wills, p. 10. 10. John Adair - died 1813 in Ga., wife Jane; son of Joseph Adair; grandson of Joseph Adair, Sr. 11. John Adair, Sr. - Killed in 1782, wife Sarah. Abbe. Wills, p. 10. Probable son of Joseph Adair, Sr. {Kerry's note: or maybe James Adair, Sr.} 12. Alexander Adair - Scotch-Irish immigrant in 1767? See Protestant Immigrants to SC - Janie Revill, p. 74. {Note the above suggestions are as provided by Mildred Brownlee. I make the following additions of individuals related to the Adairs: 13. James Gamble - father of William Gamble who marries Martha Adair, daughter of James Adair who was son of James Adair, Sr., the original settler and cooper. 14. Robert Long - Son of Susannah Murdough from her first marriage before she married Joseph Adair the cooper. 15. John Owens - Husband of Mary Long. Mary was the sister of Robert Long and a daughter of Susannah Murdough from her first marriage before Joseph Adair. 16. John Ramage - Husband to Jean or Jane Adair, the daughter of Joseph Adair the cooper and his first wife Sarah Laferty. 17. George Davis - Died 1781- 1783. First husband to Elizabeth Adair, daughter of Joseph Adair, Jr. and Elizabeth ___. 18. James Montgomery - Father to Rebecca who married James Adair, the saddler and son of Joseph Adair the cooper. James' other daughter Isabella married Dr. George Ross who was a physician with many of the above in their East Florida expedition in the early days of the Rev. War. 19. John Jones - There were two John Jones in the area at the time. One was the husband of Hannah Adair, daughter of James and Eleanor Adair. Unsure which John Jones this may be. Our John Jones died before Sep 1788." 3. Father was James Montgomery who was prominent in Laurens Co., SC, as one of the judges of the county court. He is mentioned in many court records and also as a neighbor with the Adairs in the County's early records. Jett Hanna [jettplane@aol.com], a descendant of this couple and also of Robert Hanna whose son married Sarah Adair, a daughter of this couple states: "Robert Hanna] took over as JP from James Montgomery in 1791 when James M.'s health began to fail him - I have the petition that was circulated to get Robert appointed to that position. Robert had served as a JP earlier as well. I think Montgomery was also a legislator." 4. Typescript "Early Adairs of Laurens County, South Carolina. Compiled by Mildred Brownlee; Source Records: Wills; Intestate Estates; Deeds; Court Records; Cemetery Inscriptions. Some dates of birth and death obtained from Lineage Charts. Dates of birth and death subject to correction. Spelling of names subject to correction." [Note that bracketed comments are later additions by other reviewers including myself - Kerry Petersen.]: "James Adair. Dec. 1747 in Pa., d. 23 Mar. 1831, in Ind., mar. Rebecca Montgomery, b. 20 Oct. 1750. d. 29 Sept. 1835. James Adair owned land on Duncan Creek and land adjacent the Enoree River, including a grant of 144 a. to himself; also, 150 a. on the N side of Enoree River in Spartanburg Co. He is identified in early deeds as James Adair,"Saddler". After the death of James Adair, Sr., cooper whose wife was Eleanor, James Adair, Saddler, was then identified as James Adair, Sr. When James (wife Rebecca Montgomery) moved to Dearborn Co., IN c1803/04, he gave Power-of-Attorney to his brother Benjamin Adair to sell his lands in SC. (Deed Bk. G, p. 666), There in not much documentation in Laurens Co. records for names of the children of James and Rebecca Adair; however, two of their sons remained here for several years. In 1804, by POA, James Adair. Sr. sold to his sons, Joseph Adair and George R. Adair, jointly, 110 a, on Enoree River, part of land he had purchased from the widow of Nathaniel Hillen and also 144 a. on Enoree River which had been granted to himself. (Deed Bk. J, pp. 161162; Deed Bk, A. p. 308). In 1807, Joseph Adair sold his ½ interest in the above mentioned tracts to his brother, George R. Adair. Rachel Adair, wife of Joseph, released her dower right (Bk. J, pp. 160-66). According to Indiana data, Joseph Adair died there 3 July 1839. George R. Adair continued to live in Laurens Co. where he appears on tho census of 1820. By Oct. 1826, he was living in Gwinnett Co., Ga. c1800. George R. Adair married Rachel Musgrove, daughter of Edward Musgrove. She was half-sister of Mary Musgrove Berry of Revo. fame. Some of the children of James and Rebecca Adair: Joseph Adair, died 3 July 1839 (Ind.), mar. Rachel ___. George R. Adair, to GA, mar. Rachel Musgrove. From Indiana data: Margaret Jane Adair, b. 1773 mar. John Ewing. Rebecca Adair, b. 2 Aug. 1786, mar. James Remy. John Adair Jane Adair. mar, ___ Eads. Isaac Adair, b. 30 July 1792, mar. Jane Holland or Harlan. Lucretia Adair. mar. John Wildridge. James Adair" 5. Laurens County Estate Book A-1, p. 52-53: "Will of James Montgomery of the Dist. of Ninety Six... to my two daughters Rebecca Adair & Isabella Ross, one cow & calf; to Margret my wife, all money in hand & that may be due me, furniture, & cattle with plantation on which we live, 150 acres; also one other tract of 466 acres in Greenville County on Harrolds branch of Enoree, granted to Wm. Lacey, sold to Thos Pearson & was since attached & sold at Sheriffs sale & purchased by me; son in law Jas Adair Exr with my wife, 17 Aug 1791. Jas Montgomery (Seal), Wit: Wm Craig, John Craig, Isabella Craig." BURIAL: 1. Find-a-grave accessed 13 Dec 2013, section 5, row 10, James/Rebecca/John/Benjamin, tombstone photos: Memorial #68276106: "Sacred to the memory of Rebecca consort of James Adair who departed this life Sep. 29th A.D. 1835 aged 84 years 11 months & 9 days." Memorial #38947979: "Sacred to the memory of James Adair who departed this life March 23rd A.D. 1831 aged 83 years & 4 months." | Montgomery, Rebecca (I3725)
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| 1728 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1 Jul 2003 "Am working on this draft, and would appreciate any necessary revisions. -John -Swarkestone and Chellaston Many of the Bancroft colonists who settled in the Windsor, Connecticut area in the 1600s had Bancroft ancestors who lived in the villages of Swarkestone and Chellaston in the 1500s. Swarkestone is about five miles south of the city of Derby in southern Derbyshire, in the mid areas of England, way north of London. Sometimes the village is described in the family history data as Swarkston or Swarkston-on-the-Trent in Derbyshire. The village of Swarkestone is in fact on the north bank of the River Trent. The village of Chellaston is about a mile northeast of Swarkestone. It appears that the Bancroft ancestors were in Chellaston in the first part of the 1500s, and then settled in Swarkestone in the second part of the 1500s. The population of Swarkestone throughout the 1800s was in the 200s and 300s. In 1991 the population of the Swarkestone was 178 people. The population of Chellaston in the 1830s was only 352 people, but the BBC says that the area is now a growing suburb of Derby. Per a website of old historical info on Chellaston: "The Bancrofts appear to be the most ancient and respectable family of this village. We find them on the first page of the first register, in 1570. From this family descended the celebrated Poet. The present descendants are now resident at Sinfin and Barrow, and are considerable freeholders." It goes on to say this about St. Peter's church in Chellaston, the Anglican church there: "Here is an alabaster monument to Ralph Bancroft, and Alice his wife. In the south aisle are two memorial stones of the Bancroft family, dated 1551 and 1557, connections of Thomas Bancroft the poet, a native of Swarkeston, who lived near here in the time of Queen Elizabeth." [Note: Ralph Bancroft and his wife Alice were ancestors of the Windsor area Bancroft colonists, and the poet Thomas Bancroft was a close relative - see further below.] Source: SOURCES for Swarkestone and Chellaston: 2. Pedigree formulated from the research work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., in the English probate records (note he indicates additional work should be done to look at the parish records - something he had not done - to confirm this proposed pedigree). See notes with direct line Bancroft English-born males for full quote of Mr. Lea's research on which he based this pedigree: 1. ___ Bancroft, of Chellaston, Barrow, or Swarkeston, Co. Derby? Md. ___ ___, relict, living in 1557 and legatee of lands in Barrow by will of her son Ralph, of Chellaston, Derby, dated 21 Apr 1557. 2. Ralph Bancroft of Chellaston, co. Derby; will dated 21 Apr, probated 13 Sep 1557; bur. at Chellaston: md. (2) Alice (dau. of Christopher Wright; liv. and ex., 1557). First wife, dec'd before 1557 and bur. at Chellaston. 2. Jane and other daus. (2 or 3), who married Thos. Ryvett, Wm. Wandyll, and ___ Alderman. 2. John Bancroft, of Chellaston; son of above, married Margaret Hollingsworth (or Haryngworth); will dated May 11, 1556; proved at Lichfield, 24 Jan 1557, and inventoried 18 Sep 1557. Will refers to "my boys under 21. To my oldest son (Ralph) the Hall I now dwell in; to my second son the over house; to my third son part of the land in Swarston (Swarkeston), he paying his fourth brother xv li." 3. Ralph Bancroft, liv. 1611, and admr. of his bro. William (Qu. - if of So. Cave, Yorks., and adm. 12 Feb 1616, to relict Alice.); md. Alice ___. By process of elimination, most likely candidate for father of Thomas Bancroft (see Henry Lea's rationale for this). 4. Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, yeoman; will dated 13 Oct 1626; probated at Lichfield 11 Oct 1627; bur. at Swarkeston; md. Rebecca ___, liv. 1627, but bur. at Swarkeston before 1639. 5. John Bancroft, eldest son, was of Swarkeston 1627; come to NE. in the "James," 12 Apr 1632; d. 1637; md. Jane ___, widow and had grant of 100 ac. of land in 1638, removed to Southhampton, L.I., and after to Windsor, Ct., was dec'd in 1644 when her land was divided between Jona. Stratton and Thos. Talmadge, Jr.; she had prob. mar. a second time. 6. Anne Bancroft, m. 13 May 1647 to John Griffin of Windsor, CT. 6. John Bancroft of Windsor, CT; md. 3 Dec 1650 Hannah Dupper; she md. 2d to John Ludlam. 6. Thomas Bancroft of Enfield, CT. 6. Samuel Bancroft. (According to Hinman.) 6. William Bancroft. (According to Hinman.) 5. Ralph Bancroft, second son; legatee of lands in Swarkeston, in 1627. The other Thomas who was born 1621 and died 1691 in Lynn, Mass., may have been the son of this Ralph. 5. Thomas Bancroft, 3rd son; poet, author in 1639; of Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derby, 1649-1658; had issue. 5. Dorothy. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.) 5. Elizabeth. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.) 3. William Bancroft of Chellaston, d. 1611; adm. 12 Apr to bro. Ralph; bur. 20 May 1611; wife's name unknown but dec'd before 1611. 4. Thomas Bancroft, a minor in 1611. 4. Catherine. 4. Margaret. 4. Mary. 3. Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 16 mar 1628; probated 24 Jul 1629; wife is Dorothy, dau. of James Forman. 4. William Bancroft, of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 21 Jun 1649, probated 8 Jun 1650; no issue (Pembroke, 89.); md. dau. of Gilbert Newton. 4. Elizabeth. 4. Margaret. 4. Catherine, md. ___ Newton. 3. ___ Bancroft, a son; name unknown; liv. 1557. 3. Margrett Bancroft, only daughter, liv. 1557. 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "John Bancroft came in the 'James' from London, Eng., Apr. 1632; arrived 12 Jun (8 weeks passage); res. Lynn Mass.; d. 1637; 'Col. Rec. Mass.,' 3 Sep 1633; 'Winthrop's Journal,' 12 Sep 1663; 'Hubbard's Hist. New Engl.,' p. 156. His wid. Jane received 100 acres of land at Lynn, 1638. Nov. 19, 1644, Jona. Strattan and Thos. Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, Long Island (a settlement emanating from Lynn), petitioned for the peaceable settlement of the lot betwixt them, 'which formerly was gr. unto Widd. Bancroft,' which was consented to. Tradition in the Bancroft family says she m. (2) a man who removed with her and her children to Connecticut. "Savage' mentions ch. John and Thomas. Children (born England): A. Anna, m. 13 May 1647, John Griffin; sett. Simsbury; 10 children. B. John. C. Thomas. D. Samuel. E. William (acc. to 'Hinman,' for which we find no authority.) Thomas Bancroft, poet (a native of Swarkstonem, on the Trent, Derbyshire, where his parents were buriedm and who pr a vol. of epigrams and epitaphs, 1639, London, Eng.) says of his brother John Bancroft: 'You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journery toward New Jerusalem.' Tradition speaks of a sojourn on Long Island and the death there of one of the three brothers; that one then went to Mass. and one to Connecticut." 4. From Ancesty.com's "English Origins of New England Families," Vol. III, pp. 513-519, Article: "Genealogical Gleanings among the English Archives." Communicated by J. Henry Lea, Esq. The following extracts, taken from original wills filed in the Consistory Court of Lichfield, and the Prerogative Court ot Canterbury, England, go far toward building a complete pedigree of the ancestry and collateral relatives of John Bancroft, who, with his wife Jane, came to New England in the "James" in 1682 (Hotton's Lists, p. 160. CoL Rec. of Mass., 3 Sept., 1633. Winthrop's Journal. Hubbard's Hist. of New England, p. 156.), settled at Lynn, and died in 1687, leaving children Anne, John and Thomas (and possibly Samuel and William), probably all born in England, although they are not mentioned in the passenger list with their parents (there called Barcroft, as noted by Savage - Savage's Gen. Dict., I, 110.), but perhaps omitted on account of their youth, as they were probably born after 1627. His widow had a grant of land in Lynn in 1638, and afterward removed to Southampton, L. I., and thence to Connecticut. She died before 19 November, 1644, when we find Jonathan Stratton and Thomas Talmadge, Jr., of Southampton, petitioning for a settlement between them of the lot "which formerly was granted to Widdow Bancroft." (Southampton Court Records, extracted by J. M. Bancroft, or Bloomfield, N. J.) He has left a large and notable posterity, preeminent among whom may be noted the distinguished historian, Hubert Howe Bancroft. The complete identification of the emigrant depends on a volume of poetry published two years after his death, by a younger brother, Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston (t Stephen Biog. Dict., III., 112), who, beside mention of his parents as then buried in that place, refers to his elder brother, John Bancroft, in these lines ("Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs" (481), pp. 86, 4to, Lond., 1639): "You sold your land the lighter hence to go To foreign coasts, yet (Fate would have it so) Did ne'er New England reach, but went with them That journey toward New Jeruselem." In view of the proved facts, we may safely neglect the poetic license of the elegist, who makes his brother die upon the passage instead of shortly after his arrival on our shores. The identity of the Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, whose will was proved in 1621, with the father of the two brothers, is unmistakable. A careful examination of the Swarkeston Parish Register (which fortunately dates from 1604), and perhaps others in the neighborhood, will of course be necessary to absolutely prove some conjectured points, as well as to provide cumulative proof regarding the emigrant, while an examination of the Derby Feet of Fines, for the sale of his patrimony, might also be in order in this connection. Probate of the Will of John Bancroft of Wolstanton, Co. Stafford, granted 8 February, 1546-7, to "Blanch Bancroft, the relict, and Thomas Rowley, the Executors named in the will. (Wolstanton lies in teh parish jurisdiction of newcastle-under-Lyne and Stoke-upon-Trentt and about twenty miles N.W. or Derby, around which all the other localties named in the wills cluster closely.) The above entry in the Act Books contains the earliest mention of the name in the Lichfield Consistory, and is the only record remaining, the will having perished. The Calendars show two earlier occurences, both Johns, in 1543 and 1545, but examination of the original wills shows them to be Bromcroft and Bonrose respectively, and evidently not at all of the family in question. The testator, as being the earliest known of the name, may be conjectured, with much reason, to be the prepositor of the whole Derbyshire and Staffordshire clan, from whom our American emigrant certainly sprung. Will of Rauffe Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, dated 21 Apri11557. To be buried in Church of Chellaston "nere my first wife." My mother shall have the land at Barrow. To my son Christopher land in Swarston and 6 spoones that were his mothers. To son Rauffe lease of Cottun held of mayster Bradshaw of Osmaston. (There are no less than five hamlets called Cotton in Staffordshire, the adjoining county, one of which is no doubt intended. Osmaston is near Derby, to the northwest.) My leases of the Peake Hoone Lays (,) Parsons piece, etc., held of mayster Rolston of Swarston. To churches of Bulton, Alvaston, Swarston, Barrow and Chellaston each 1s. and sheep. Legacies to Swarston and Taine Bridges in the more. Godsons: Ruaffe Bancroft, Rauffe Wandyll, Rauffe Potter and Ellen Wryght (sic). To each of the children of my sister Jane a lamb. Names Willm. Tickyll, Richd Hoone and John Knight. To daughter Margaret her mothers goods at Barowe. Servant Robert Norman. Father in law Christopher Wryght. Godson Rauffe Pymm. To daughter Agnes goods wch were my first wifes. Son William. My children all under 24. To dau. Marye pan that was her mothers. "My five children I had by my first wife. My gostly father Sr Thos. Gilbert." "Yf my wife be now with chylde." Wife Alice and son William Executors. Overseers: John Bancroft my brother, Richard Walleer, Willm Wandyll and Thos. Ryvett my brother-in-law. Witnesses: Sr John Gilbert, Curat, Jno. Bancroft, Richd: Walleer, Wm: Wandyll, Thos. Ryvett, Robt. Nowell and Wm: Tyckyll. Inventory taken 10 May 1557 byWm: Mayre, Tho: Haryngworthe, Richd. Forde and Tho: Stone; total £269-19-5. Proved at Lichfield 18 September 1557 by relict Alice, power reserved to William Bancroft the other Exor. Will of John Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, dated 11 May 1557. "My boys" under 21. To ___ my eldest son, the Hall I now dwell in. To ___ my second son, the overhouse. To ___ my third son, part of land in Swarston, he paying his fourth brother xv. Ii. To daughter Margett goods &c., if any other daur. by my wife the same. GodChildren: Mary Bancroft, Phylyp Wandyll and Ciceley Hodkynson. " Everyone of my sisters shall have a new xii. d." John Storer. Servant John Meakyn. My mayd Katheryn. My mother Bancroft shall have 2/. A Iamb to each of my sister Jane's children. To sisters in law Joyce Mee and Alice Harynworth a new vi. d. To father in law and mother in law the same. George Haryngworth and Christopher my brother in law. To brothers in law Robert Mayre, Richard Walker and William Wandyll goods &c. To sisters in law Agnes Haryngworth and Alyce Bancroft vi. d. each. Master Rolston of Swarston, Roger Bryddon of Derby. To each of the children of my brother in law Wm: Wandyll and of my sister Alderman a lamb. To John Pereson Sen. and Jr. clothing. Wife Margaret and son Ralph Executors. Overseers: Richd. Walker, Wm: Wandyll, Richd: Haryngworth and Thomas Haryrgworth my brother in law. Witnesses: Sr Thos. Gilbert, Curat, Ric Walker, Wm: Wandell, Henry Storer, and Riohd: Haryngworth. Inventory taken 18 September 1557 by Thos. Haryngworth, Thos: Stone, Nicholas Peerson and Wm: Roberts; total £150-9-0. Proved at Lichfield 24 January 1557 by relict Margaret, power reserved for son Ralph, the other Excr. Admon. of William Bancroft of Chellaston, Co. Derby, granted at Lichfield 22 Apri1 1611 to Ralph Bancroft, the brother, for the tuition of Catherine, Thomas, Margaret and Mary, the children of the deceased, minors. Inventory taken 20 May 1611 by John Olyver, Willm More, Willm Smyeth & Roger Meare; total £125-16-2, exhibited at Derby 8 November 1611. Will of Thomas Bancroft of Swarston alias Swarkeston, Co. Derby, yeoman, dated 18 October 1626. To be buried in the Church of Swarkeston. To my Wife Rebecca. £4: yearly out of land in Swarston. To Ralph Bancroft, my second son, house in Swarston now occupied by my eldest son John Bancroft. To Thomas Bancroft, my third son, 40/ yearly. To Katherine Bancroft, my kinswoman, 30/. To Margaret Bancroft, sister of the said Katherine. Thomas Byard, my apprentice servant. Alexander Arnefield, my servant. To every grandchild I have one ewe. Residue to my five children, John, Ralph, Thomas, Dorothy and Elizabeth. Executors: John Bancroft, my son, and John Erington, my son in lawe. Overseers: Robert Gilbert, of Barrow, my neighbor, and Thomas Senior, my son in law. Witnesses: John Bould, Thomas Pomfret, Ralphe Bancrofte and Thos: Senior. Inventory taken 19 October 2 Chas. I., by Roger Gilbert, John Joyner, Thos: BouId and Richd: Shepardd; total £275-17-2. Proved at Lichfield 11 October 1627 by John Bancroft the son, power reserved for John Errington, the other Exor. Will of Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, County Derby, yeoman, dated 16 March 1628. My son William Bancroft, under 21. To Dorothy my wife messuage farm &c in Chellaston and she Executrix (afterward called "my now wife"). (As this Dorothy seems certainly to have been daughter of James Forman, the following entry in the Lincoln Marriage Licenses is probably only a coincidence:1602-3, March 1 - Thos Bancrofte & Dorothy Burton. (St. Mich.)." although she may have been a widow at the time.) Daughter Elizabeth Bancroft, under 21. The children of James Farman. To Margaret Bancroft; 2/, and to Catherine Bancroft the same. Overseers; James Forman (sic) my loving father in law, and Thos: Hollingworth, my loving unkle (A curious and suggestive entry is found in the following marriage license in the Vicar General's office, at London, half a century later: - "1676, Sep. 26 - Robert Barcroft, of Westminster, Midx., Gent., Bach'r, abt 35, & Mrs Mary Hollingworth, of St. Sepulchre's, London. Spr, abt 21; consent of mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hollingworth, of'same, Widow; at St. George's, Southwark, or Knightsbridge or Marybone, Midx."). Witnesses: Roger Allestrge (sic; probably Allestry, a well known Derbyshire family name, is intended), James Wildess and Richard Cartwright. Inventory (no date) taken by Richd: Whingates, William Soor and Richd: Farman; total £85-8-4. Proved at Lichfield 24 July 1629 by the Extrx. named. The above extracts cover all wills in the Lichfield Consistory, prior to the Commonwealth, which I can with certainty identify with the family of the Emigrant at this time. From the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, however, I obtain the following additional evidence: Will of William Bancrofte of Chelllston, Co. Derby, yeoman, dated 21 June 1649. I commit mybody to be buried in the church or church-yard of the parish where I shall end my nat: life. I bequeath unto my sister Katherine Newton, 60 li. To my two uncles William Farman and John Farman, 15 Ii. apiece. I give to my aunt Elizabeth Farman, 15 Ii. To my aunt Ellen, being the wife of John Farman, 15 Ii. I bequeath to Thomas Forman (sic), son of my aunt Elizabeth, 10 Ii. To Frances Farmer, daughter of John Farmer, 10 Ii. I give to the two eldest children of William Farman, my uncle, which are now living, to either of them, 10 Ii. I give to my aunt Katherine 10 Ii., provided that if she shall in any wise sue or molest my executors concerning any part of my lands and Tenements, then I give her only 10s. Item, to each one of the children of William Pickering of Chellaston, 20s. I give to the four children of my father-in-law, Gilbert Newton, 20 li. I give to Anne Orme of Chellaston, 20s. To my uncle George Farman and my father-in-law, Gilbert Newton, to their only proper use and behoof, all my lands and tenements in Chellaston, in consideration that they be my executors, and pay my debts and legacies out of the same. Overseers: my friends James Wildes and Richard Domelawe. I give my cousin Thomas Bancroftes children of Bradley, 10 Ii. equally amongst them.(signed) Wm. Bancrofte. Witnesses: Tho. Lightwood; William WIllis; Elizabeth Forman; Ellen Forman; Thomas Forman. Proved 8 June 1650 by George Farmer and Gilbert Newton, the executors named. (P. C. C. Pembroke, 89.) The above will is of especial interest as showing that Thomas Bancroft the Poet, brother of the Emigrant, was already residing at Bradley so early as 1649, and that he was then married and had issue. In the next number of these Gleanings, I shall submit the pedigree deduced from all. The search of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which was promised for this number of these Gleanings, in completion of the testamentary evidences on the Bancrofts to the Commonwealth period, has proved most disappointing, for, while a large number of wills and admons. were found, none have been received which fit certainly into the direct ancestry of the emigrant, John Bancroft, although both here and in the Lichfield Court there are many which throw light on the collateral branches. The following Admon. seems to be that of Ralph, presumably the eldest son of John and Margaret (Hollingsworth) Bancroft of Chellaston, and while hIs location is somewhat remote, it is by no means impossible, and the absence of the name in that neighborhood before that time (In Calendars of Exchequer Court York, 1389-1619) adds to the probability that he was a Derbyshire man who had crossed the border. Admon. of Ralph Bancroft of South Cave, Co. Yorks, deceased intestate, granted 12 February 1616 to Alice Bancroft, widow, the relict, to administer the goods, credits, etc. P. C. C. Adm. Act Bk 105. A word may be in order in this connection as to the construction of the tentative pedigree which follows. It is absolutely certain that Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, father of our emigrant, was the grand-son of John and Margaret (Hollingsworth) Bancroft of Chellaston - the wills leave no possible doubt on this point, but they do leave us in uncertainty as to which of the four sons of John was his parent; but of these we may dismiss William of Chellaston, who died intestate in 1611, as his son Thomas, then under age (See his tuition, on page 86, ante.), could not have been a grandfather at the making of his will fifteen years after! Thomas of Chellaston, whose will we have in 1629, may be also dismissed, as he left an only son William, who died without issue before 1650. This reduces us to Ralph and the unknown fourth son, and as I believe the latter to have died long before, and unmarried, it narrows the probability to Ralph (of South Cave?), to whom (by his wife Alice?) I have ventured to attribute the descent, subject to correction by future discoveries. It is greatly to be desired that the parish registers involved, all of which, with the exception of Barrow, go far back enough to serve our purpose (Viz: Chellaston 1570, Bradley 1579, Swarkeston 16O4, So. Cave 1558, and Barrow 1735), should be examined, but this of course falls outside the province of these Gleanings. The wills of the comigerous families of Hollingsworth, Wright, Ryvett, Forman, Alderman, and others, would also add much to our knowledge of this interesting family. 5. LDS IGI has the following extracted christening records for Chellaston, Derby, England per FHL film 1042082, batch 1042082, for the 1570 to 1661 - for some reason they are all female and I cannot find any that are male: A. Father William Bancroft (could the 1571 entry be another earlier William?): a. Mary, dau., chr. 11 Mar 1571. b. Alice, dau., chr. 2 Jun 1582. c. Elizabeth, dau., chr. 14 Apr 1587. d. Katharine, dau., chr. 10 Aug 1588. e. Dorothy, dau., chr. 21 Dec 1592. f. Ellen, dau., chr. 6 Apr 1594. g. ___, dau., chr. 6 Feb 1597. B. Father Ralph Bancroft: a. Margaret, dau., 4 Jul 1577. b. Jane, dau., chr. 17 Mar 1581. c. Alice, dau., chr. 14 Nov 1583. d. Sarah, dau., chr. 28 Oct 1586. e. Rachell, dau., chr. 30 Aug 1594. C. Parents Christopher and Elizabeth Bancroft: a. Anne, dau., chr. 18 Jan 1623. D. Parents Joseph and Margerie Bancroft: a. Elizabeth, dau., chr. 4 Dec 1647. E. Parents Thomas and Dorothy Bancroft: a. Elizabeth, dau., chr. 14 Mar 1628. F. Parents John and Ales (or Alice) Bancroft: a. Elizabeth, dau., chr. 20 Apr 1634. a. Mary, dau., chr. 29 Oct 1637. b. Katherin, dau., chr. 11 Oct 1642. BURIAL: 1. From the website 1 Jan 2008 "Monumental inscriptions in St. Peter's Church, extracted from 'The History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby,' Vol., II, Part I, by Stephen Glover, 1829: In the south asile of this church... is engraven [on an alabaster slab], the effigies of a man and his wife, in scroll lines. This is for Ralph Bancroft, and Alice, his wife, without date. Two others for the same family; the inscriptions on them are nearly obliterated: Humphri Bancroft died Ano Dom. 23 April 1557; and Elizabeth, his wife, ... John Bancroft died Ano. Dom. 13 Sep 1557; and Margaret, his wife,..." | Bancroft, Ralph or Rauffe (I4545)
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| 1729 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1. Modern DNA testing results provided by family researcher Noel Stoker suggest a 75% chance of relationship between the immigrants Johann Michael Stocker of Maryland and Hans Michael Stocker of Pennsylvania at the 9-generation level and 95% at the 12-generation level. The ancestry of the Pennsylvania Stockers was already partially known and so these DNA results were able to lead Noel to search Preuschdorf, Alsace, France (previously Germany), where the christening of Michael (the Maryland immigrant) was finally found occurring in 1730. The following explanation shows current generational ancestral research as of 19 Mar 2015 of the two parallel lines going back in the search for the common ancestor. The records lead back from the Preuschdorf area to about 110 miles south to the hamlet Gennenbach in the Feldberg parish in Baden and then finally to perhaps Kottwill in the Bern Canton of Switzerland. (In German a "G" and "H" were often interchangeable, hence we see "Gennenbach" sometimes rendered as "Hennenbach.") The earliest Feldberg Stockers seemed to have all been carpenters in Gennenbach. (Note also that Feldberg was anciently also rendered as Veldberg or Veldtberg.) The LDS Family History Library in Lucerne recently confirmed to Noel that there are 9 or 11 locations in Canton Lucerne alone where Stockers are known to have lived anciently. Other sources indicate Stockers are also found in Zurich and throughout Switzerland. Current research is bumping up against the earliest entries of existing church records; however, research is ongoing: A. The ancestral line of our Johann Michael Stocker, immigrant circa 1752-1755 to Frederick, Maryland is as follows: 1. Johann Michael Stocker, b. 15 Apr 1730 in Goersdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; chr. 16 Apr 1730 in Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He married three times in Maryland. 2. His father is Hans Michael Stocker, b. in Goersdorf and chr. 10 Jan 1684 in Preuschdorf; d. 16 Feb 1756 in Goersdorf and bur. 18 Feb 1756 in Preuschdorf. He married 4 Jan 1721 in Preuschdorf Eva Staehli, chr. 12 Nov. 1693 at Sulz unterm Wald (Soultz-sous-Forêts), Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; d. 28 Apr 1746 at Goersdorf and bur. 30 Apr 1746 at Preuschdorf. Hans Michael first married Nov 1712 at Preuschdorf Anna Fischer, b. 9 Jun 1691 and d. 26 Dec 1719 both at Goersdorf. The marriage records give his father's name as Johann Friedrich Stocker, carpenter, of Goersdorf. 3. His grandfather is Johann Friedrich Stocker, b. in Gennenbach village and chr. 22 Jul 1652 in the parish of Feldberg, Baden, Germany; d. 24 Nov 1708 at Goersdorf and bur. 26 Nov 1708 at Preuschdorf. He married 4 May 1680 at Wörth an der Sauer, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, Anna Barbara ___, widow of Hans Friedrich Bartl; she d. 18 Apr 1695 at Goersdorf and bur. 20 Apr 1695 at Preuschdorf. Johann Friedrich married second 6 Mar 1696 at Preuschdorf Ursula Maria ___, widow of Jacob Dirzon(sp.?) The marriage record gives Johann Friedrich's origins as "a carpenter of Feldberg in der Oberman Grafschaft" and his father as the "Deceased Christian Stocker of Feldberg." Friedrich's christening record calls him Johan Fridelin with parents "Caspar Stocker of Gennenbach, [a] carpenter, [and] Margaretha." The name Casper occurs no where else in the parish records and is a probably clerical error for Christian in the context of Feldberg church records. Fridelin is variant form of Friedrich. 4. His great-grandparents are Christian Stocker and Margretha Wackerin (which may be the feminine version of Wacker). Christian was reported deceased in Feldberg prior to his son's 1680 marriage. His death at age 64 is recorded in Feldberg on 16 Apr 1669 calling him a "citizen and carpenter in Gennenbach." His birth calculates as about 1605. Besides his son Friedrich's 1652 christening in Feldberg, there are four other children of Christian Stocker "a carpenter of Gennenbach" and his wife Margaretha christened in Feldberg from 1650 to 1655. It is in one of these other christenings that we learn of Margretha's maiden surname. Christian most likely had some relationship with Hans Stocker, also a carpenter in Gennenbach, who d. 25 Jan 1649 per Feldberg records (see C-1 below); the relationship may be as siblings or even as father and son, but it has not yet be determined for sure one way or another. (Also see C-2 below for a discussion of a possible second Christian Stocker in early Feldberg.) B. The ancestral line of Hans Michael Stocker, 1731 immigrant to Pennsylvania is as follows: 1. Hans Michael Stocker, b. 24 Nov 1701 at Mitschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France and chr. 27 Nov 1701 at Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. He married 30 Jan 1725 at Preuschdorf to Anna Margretha Stephan, chr. 30 May 1708 in Preuschdorf. The marriage record gives the name of groom's father as Hans Michael Stocker. 2. His father is Hans Michael Stocker, chr. 28 Mar 1669 at Feldberg, Baden, Germany, d. 27 Mar 1739 at Mitschdorf and bur. 28 Mar 1739 at Preuschdorf. He married 25 Nov 1692 at Mitschdorf, Maria Remp, b. 21 Mar 1669 at Preuschdorf. There are no birth or christening records for Hans Michael in Preuschdorf and the age reported at the time of death would give a birth date of circa 1667. The marriage record indicates the father of the groom was Jacob Stocker residing at Goersdorf. 3. His grandfather is Hans Jacob Stocker, b. abt. 1630 of Kottwill, Bern, Switzerland, d. 31 Mar 1690 at Goersdorf, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; bur. 2 Apr 1690 in Preuschdorf. He married 21 Jan 1661 at Feldberg to Margaretha Schinbein, chr. 17 Sep 1643 at Feldberg, "dau. of the late Fridlin Schinbein, judge" of Feldberg. In the marriage record, the pastor recorded that the groom was the son of Jacob Stocker who is a citizen of Kottwill near Bern, Switzerland. His first appearance in Goersdorf is in 1682 when as a widower he married Magdalena Linder, who was a widow. (He may also be the same "Jacob Stockert" who with his wife Maria, residents of the hamlet Hermersweiler, had a son Hans Philipp chr. 28 May 1681 in the parish Sulz unterm Wald (Soultz-sous-Forêts), Alsace, France, which is nearby to Goersdorf. The christening record says that Philipp's parents were of the Pontif religion (Catholic). If this is the same Jacob, then Maria may have died in childbirth in 1681 and Margaretha would be the first wife, Maria the second, and Magdalena the third. This may also mean that he was Catholic and Jacob married an Evangelical, then a Catholic, and then finally an Evangelical wife.) 4. His great-grandfather is Jacob Stocker of "Kottwill, Switzerland near Bern" (penmanship difficult but could alternately Rottwill). (The exact location of Rottwill is undetermined; however, searching ancient Switzerland, Noel Stoker discovered a Rotwill which he believes is the current Rottweil in Baden, Germany. Noel indicates that in the 1600s and for several centuries before and after, it was part of Switzerland. When Napoleon conquered the area in 1803, the alignment changed and it was ceded to Germany. It is about 50 miles from Baden and borders the Black Forest. Further professionally-hired research shows no Stockers in Rottweil..) C. Loose ends: 1. Hans Stocker: The first recording of a Stocker in the Feldberg parish records which begin in 1639 is in 1649 for a Hans Stocker, a carpenter, who lives in the village of Gennenbach and dies 25 Jan 1649 with no age stated. The Feldberg record provides specific names of some of Hans children as follows -- a son Heinrich who marries Ursula Müller in 1656 and a daughter Verona who has an illegitimate daughter named Elizabeth chr. in 1656 (with Peter Hertzogen). Another son, even though not so identified in the record, may be Hans Stockher at Gennenbach who was married 4 Nov 1661 to Elisabeth, dau. of Baltzer Dinger. Being these three children of Hans are marrying or producing children starting in 1656, it may indicate that Hans may have died in 1649 relatively young. 2. Zacharias Stocker: Zacharias first shows in Goersdorf where he is named a new citizen in 1674. He along with Hans Jacob Stocker, grandfather of the Pennsylvania immigrant, were the only two Stockers in the earliest Preuschdorf parish records. Zacharias is reported having died in 1692 at Goersdorf. In Feldberg, we find his two first marriages: Zacharias and Maria Keller on 27 Jun 1659; Zacharias and Katherine Schum on 4 Apr 1667. In the 1659 marriage record, he is identified as the son of Christian; in the 1667 marriage record he is identified as a widower and carpenter; and in both records "of Gennenbach." This information shows that he was possibly the son of Christian Stocker and Margretha Wackerin (see A-4 above). Based on Zacharias being first married in 1659, his birth would probably be no later than about 1634 assuming being age 25 or older at the marriage. Five of Christian and Margretha's children are documented being born from 1650 to 1655, which is a large gap from Zacharias' assumed birth date. This may mean that Christian (1605-1669) was married twice with Zacharias being of the earlier marriage. Another problem may be the age difference between Christian and Margretha -- Christian would have been 45 in 1650 and Margretha 10 to 20 years younger to be in her child-bearing years. Such large gaps in years between spouses in this era is a bit unusual but perhaps not impossible. There is also the possiblity that there may have been an earlier generation Christian for which no mention has yet been found in the records. (Price and Associate's report of 17 Feb 2014, p. 4, discusses another Hans Michael Stocker who died in the Preuschdorf in 1762, at age 73, making a birth of 1689. There were then three Hans Michael Stockers in the Preuschdorf area at the same time. The youngest, the Pennsylvania immigrant born in 1701, the younger born in 1689, and the "older" born in 1684 who was father of the Maryland immigrant. Noel Stoker has indicated the one born in 1689 was the son of Zacharias (who married Anna Catharina Naegelin on 21 June 1681 in Preuschdorf); this Zacharias is probably the same Zacharias who was the son of Christian.) 2. Price and Associates, Inc., (c) Research Report, prepared for Noel Stoker and used by his permission. Report dated 17 Feb 2014. File name: Stocker2014JanNE. Price and Associates also prepared a PAF file for Noel, which I have. A transcript of the report: "OBJECTIVE • Research baptismal, marriage, and death entries for the years past 1736, to determine if Hanss Michel Stocker (born 1730) lived to adulthood and possibly emigrated • Search the family members of the older Stocker generation who was born before 1715 RESULTS • Two additional children of Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) and Eva Staehli were found • Children of the first marriage of Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) were found • The Hanss Michel Stocker (Jr.) found in the last research session qualifies to be the one who emigrated since no marriage or death record was found for him in the parish records of Preuschdorf • One additional generation on the Stocker line was established • Prepared all new-found individuals for temple work (as far as it was not already done) RECOMMENDATIONS • An area search in several Lutheran parishes around Preuschdorf is needed to find the marriage of Friedrich Stocker with Anna Barbara [no maiden name known] - this finding would very likely establish the names of the next generation in the Stocker line • Also a search needs to be performed in the Sulz Lutheran parish records for the Staehli line HEADING The research on the Stocker line had several tasks. First, any children of Michael Stocker and Eva Staehli born after 1736, if any, needed to be found. Second, the death and marriage entries past 1736 needed to be checked whether the Hanss Michel Stocker who was born in 1730 qualifies as the ancestor. Third, all the records prior to 1715 needed to be checked to deepen the ancestral tree. The research was performed in the microfilmed Lutheran parish records of Preuschdorf, which is available at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City back to the year 1660. These early records include a name index for births, marriages, and deaths. REPORT As mentioned in the introduction the first task was to find any additional children born after 1736 to Michael Stocker ,(Sr.) of Goersdorf and his wife Eva Staehli. One more child was found. Following is his entry [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1736-1754; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 6]. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - B. [about] 9 Dec. 1736, chr. 12 Dec. 1736: Hanss Georg Stocker; father: Hanss Michel Stocker, the older, of Goersdorf; mother: Eva [no maiden name]. Page 6, entry #1. The exact date of birth could not be recognized because it was in the fold of two pages and therefore blackened out. The next task was to check the marriage entries whether the potential ancestor Hanss Michel Stocker (Jr., born 1730) married in this parish. If he did, he would disqualify as being the direct ancestor. Even though several Stocker marriages were found, no such entry was found for Hanss Michel / Johann Michael Stocker [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1736-1780; FHL INTL Film 770569]. The third verification was to search the death records. All the death entries up to 1788 were checked, but no Hanss Michel / Johann Michael Stocker died [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Tote 1736-1758, 1758-1783; FHL INTL Film 770569]. All the parish records past 1788 are not microfilmed and are available only at the parish in France. While in the death records, two related entries were found. These are those of the parents of Hanss Michel / Johann Michael Stocker. Following are their entries. Death Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - D. 28 Apr. 1746, bur. 30 Apr. 1746: Eva Stocker, nee Staehlin of Goersdorf, origin of Sulz; age 53 years, 24 weeks; Wife of Michael Stocker. Page 116, entry #2. (Doc. 01) - D. 16 Feb. 1756, bur. 18 Feb. 1756: Hanss Michael Stocker of Goersdorf, age 72 years, 1 month, 6 days; Son is Johann Georg Stocker. Page 244, entry #1. (Doc. 02) There was a second Hanss Michael Stocker who died in 1762, being 73 years of age. In theory he would also qualify to be the ancestor, but three facts were found that disqualified him. One fact was that the ancestral Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) had a son Johann Georg (=Hanss Georg). The second fact was found later when searching for the ancestral baptismal entry. There was recorded in a different handwriting that his death entry is found on page 244, which coincides with the entry found above. The third fact was that the Hanss Michael Stocker (Sr.) who died in 1762 had a daughter with the name Maria Catharina, who was recorded in his death entry as a witness. The ancestral Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) did not have a daughter by that name. Before moving to the older entries, another marriage needed to be mentioned. The marriage record of Hanss Michael Stocker with Eva Staehli was already found during the last research session, but it was not evaluated because at that time it was not sure that they are indeed the ancestral line. This proof was now delivered based on the records available. The marriage mentions that Hanss Michael Stocker was a widower when he married Eva Staehli. Both marriage entries of Hanss Michael Stocker were found in the Preuschdorf Lutheran records [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715 and 1715-1736; FHL INTL Films 769168 item 4 and 5]. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - M. Nov. 1712: Johann Michael Stocker of Goersdorf and Anna Fischer of Goersdorf; father of the groom: Johann Friedrich Stocker of Goersdorf; father of the bride: Hannss Georg Fischer of Goersdorf. Page 220, entry #5. (Doc. 03) - M. 4 Jan. 1721: Widower Hanss Michel Stocker of Goersdorf, married Eva Staehli of Sultz; father of the groom [not mentioned]; father of the bride: Deceased salter Johannes Staehli of Sultz. Page 9, entry #3. (Doc. 04) While in the marriage records, an additional entry for a child of Hanss/Johann Michael Stocker was found, a child not found in the baptismal entries. His name was Hanss Leonhard Stocker. Following is his marriage entry [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1736-1780; FHL INTL Films 770569]. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: M. 19 Jan. 1745: Hanss Leonhard Stocker of Goersdorf, married Maria Barbara Jacob of Preuschdorf; parents of the groom: Hanss Michel Stocker of Goersdorf, married Eva Staehli; father of the bride: Hanss Heinrich Jacob of Preuschdorf. [Forgot to record page #.] Other children of Hanss / Johann Michael Stocker also married. Their names are already known, but their marriage data and the names of spouses were recorded into the PAF-file of the client. Two additional children of Hanss / Johann Michael Stocker were found who were born into this first marriage Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1660-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4] before 1715. Three additional children were already found during the last research session. These are now also connected into the ancestral tree. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - B. Aug. 1713, chr. Aug. 1713: Johann Theobaldt Stocker; father: Joh. Michael Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna Fischer. Page 172, entry #6. - B. 7 May 1715, chr. 9 May 1715 [died 1717]: Hannss Michael Stocker; father: Michael Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna [no maiden name]. Page 179, entry #6. - B. 18 Oct. 1717, chr. 18 Oct. 1717: Johann Georg Stocker; father: Hanss Michael Stocker of Goersdof; mother: Anna Fischer. Page 18, entry #4. - B. 25 Dec. 1719, chr. 26 Dec. 1719: Christina Stocker; father: Hanss Michael Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna Fischer. Page 34, entry #4. - B. 1 Oct. 1721, chr. 3 Oct. 1721: Maria Salome Stocker; father: Hanss Michael Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Fischer. Page 55, entry #1. For the last child in this table the name of the mother was recorded incorrectly. Anna, nee Fischer had already died one day after her child Christina was born because of complications during birth. Her death entry was found. Therefore the last child has to be connected to the second marriage because it was born 9 month after the second marriage of Hanss Michael Stocker was performed. Following is the death entry of the first wife [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Tote 1715-1736; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 5]. Death Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - D. 26 Dec. 1719, bur. Dec. 1719: Anna Stocker of Goersdorf; age 28 years, 6 months, 2 weeks, 3 days; Wife of Hanss Michael Stocker; died because of complications during birth. Page 9, entry #4. With this completion the research moved to the older parts of the Lutheran records of Preuschdorf. All the baptismal entries prior to 1715 were checked. Since the birth could be calculated on the age stated in the death entry of Hams Michel Stocker (Sr.), the task to find this entry was an easy one. If the parish priest calculated correctly, he was born on 10 January 1684. His baptismal entry was found at this very day, but his birth date was not recorded there. Also two siblings were found [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1660-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - B. [not recorded], chr. 10 Jan. 1684: Hanss Michel Stocker [direct ancestor]; father: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf; mother: Anna Barbel [no maiden name]. Page 46, entry #6. Annotation in record: death on page 244. (Doc. 05) - B. [not recorded], chr. 4 Mar. 1686: Catharina Barbara Stocker; father: Friedrich Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna Barbel [no maiden name]. Page 60, entry #2. - B. [not recorded], chr. 2 Nov. 1688: Maria Barbara Stocker; father: Friedrich Stocker of Goersdorf; mother: Anna Barbel [no maiden name]. Page 70, entry #4. The marriage of Johann Friedrich Stocker to Anna Barbara (Barbel is the pet name for Barbara) was not found in Preuschdorf [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Very likely she was from another parish. There is the chance that this couple had older children born and baptized in the parish the mother was from. As it will be proven shortly, she was born in the year 1645 +/- 1 year. It is rather unusual starting having children at the age of 39 years. Only an area search for the marriage entry between Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara would produce more certain information on this. There is even the chance that Anna Barbara was a widow when she married Friedrich Stocker because, as will be shown shortly, she was nine years older than him. The death entry of Anna Barbara was found and with it the information about her birth year. Also the death entry of the father, Johann Friedrich Stocker, was found. Based on these records the age difference can be seen. Also found was an additional child of this couple, a stillborn son. Because he was stillborn, he was not recorded in the baptismal entries. Following the three entries [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Tote 1659-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Death Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - D. 18 Apr. 1695, bur. 20 Apr. 1695: Anna Barbara Stocker of Goersdorf, age 50 years; Wife of Friedrich Stocker. Page 261, entry #2. (Doc. 06) - D. 24 Nov. 1708, bur. 26 Nov. 1708: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf, age 54 years; relationships [not mentioned]. Page 290, entry #1. (Doc. 07) - D. [not mentioned], bur. 25 Nov. 1687: Stillborn son; Son of Friedrich Stocker of Goersdorf. Page 247, entry #6. After the first wife of Friedrich Stocker died in 1695, he remarried one year later. Following entry was found [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - M. 6 Mar. 1696: The widower Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf, married Ursula Maria, widow of Jacob Dirzon [his family name is hard to read], who was a shepherd in Preuschdorf; parents of the groom: [not stated]; parents of the bride: [not stated]. Page 201, entry #1. Hanss/Johann Friedrich Stocker and his second wife Maria Ursula had two more children [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Taufen 1660-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4]. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Preuschdorf, Bas Rhin Alsace, France: - B. 19 Jul. 1699, chr. 21 Jul. 1699: Hanss Jacob Stocker; father: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf; mother: Maria Ursula [no maiden name]. Page 109, entry #4. - B. 30 Jan 1703, chr. 2 Feb. 1703: Margaretha Christina Stocker; father: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter in Goersdorf; mother: Maria Ursula [no maiden name]. Page 125, entry #5. The death entry of the second wife of Johann Friedrich Stocker, Maria Ursula [no maiden name known], was not found in the Preuschdorf records. The question about the names of the next generation is impossible to answer at this time. Since the first marriage record of Johann Friedrich Stocker was not found in Preuschdorf, and there are no baptismal entries available before 1660 (Johann Friedrich Stocker was born in 1654), no final proof is possible yet. The available information suggests either Jacob Stocker or Zacharias Stocker to be the father of Friedrich. Both had children that married in the 1690s. Both were from Goersdorf. For both were found death records. Based on these they were born just two years apart. There is even the chance that they are siblings. Only an area search for the first marriage entry of Friedrich Stocker to Anna Barbara [maiden name not known] could possibly clarify this next generation. This area search was not performed during this research project. The following Lutheran parishes border the Preuschdorf parish: Diefenbach (no LDS microfilms before 1793), Worth an der Sauer (microfilms from 1572 to 1792), Langensulzbach (microfilms from 1689 to 1787), Lembach (microfilms 1603 from to 1792), Wingen (microfilms from 1648 to 1792), Rott (no LDS microfilms before 1701), Birlenbach (microfilms from 1614 to 1822), Sulz unterm Wald (microfilms from 1595 to 1793), and Niederkutzenhausen (no LDS microfilms before 1714). As can be seen from this list, only a few parishes do not have the older records. The reason might be that the parishes were established later. Also seen in this list is the parish Sulz, which was mentioned as the town of origin of the ancestral Staehli family line. The research in the parishes listed as well as the research for the Staehli family could be the research topic in the next research project. The individuals who could be connected to the ancestral tree were entered into the PAF-file. Among those were also several individuals not mentioned in this report (such as nieces, nephews, cousins, and a few in-laws). All those where no relationship to the direct ancestry could be proven at this time were grouped together into separate family units. These individuals were entered into a separate PAF-file. Both PAF-files were prepared for temple work (as far this work was not done yet). CONCLUSION During this research session one more child was found of Michael Stocker (Sr.) and Eva Staehli of Goersdorf. Also, the first marriage of Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.), as well as the children of this first marriage was found. It was shown that the potential ancestor Hanss Michel Stocker (Jr.) found in the last research session qualifies to be the one who emigrated since no marriage or death record was found for him in the parish records of Preuschdorf. For the father of Hanss Michel Stocker (Sr.) the baptismal entry as well as those for his siblings and half-siblings was found. Several death records were found for the direct ancestry as well as one marriage record. The marriage entry for Johann Friedrich Stocker with Anna Barbara [no maiden name known - parents of Hanss Michel Stocker, Sr.] was not found in Preuschdorf. An area search needs to be performed to find it. RECOMMENDATIONS It is recommended to perform an area search in several Lutheran parishes around Preuschdorf for the marriage of Friedrich Stocker with Anna Barbara [no maiden name known]. This document will hopefully clarify which of the two candidates is the father of Friedrich Stocker. Most of these parishes are available on LDS-microfilm at the FHL in Salt Lake City. Also a search needs to be performed in the Sulz Lutheran parish records for the Staehli line. The Sulz parish records are available on LDS-microfilm. It was a pleasure to research the ancestral lines of the client and we look forward to continuing according to the directions of the client." 3. Price and Associates, Inc., (c) Research Report, prepared for Noel Stoker and used by his permission. Report dated 19 Apr 2014. File name: Stocker2014Mar/1333. A transcript of the report: "OBJECTIVES • Continue from the previous project by researching the Stocker ancestry. • Research the Staehli ancestry. RESULTS • Found the marriage for Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara [no maiden name known]. • Identified four siblings of Friedrich Stocker. • Located the death entry of Christian Stocker, the oldest ancestor in this line at this point. • Found the baptismal entry of Eva Staehli. RECOMMENDATIONS • Determine whether pre-1639 records exist for Feldberg. • Conduct an area search around Wörth for the first marriage between the ancestor Anna Barbara [no maiden name known] and Hans Heinrich Bartl. • Continue research on the Staehli line for about 100 additional years back to 1595. [BACKGROUND] This research started where the previous project ended by following the Stocker line of Goersdorf, Alsace. This area was for a long time German territory, but since the end of World War II it has belonged to France. The ancestral Stockers spoke German, and the Lutheran parish books are recorded in German. Several extractions were made in 1993. The family group sheets created based on the extractions were provided by the client. Before the research started, a few questions from the client needed to be answered. Question 1: Does the marriage record of Hanss Michael Stocker to Anna Margaretha Stephan on 30 Jan 1725 at Preuschdorf specifically list his age or his father/parents as Hans Michael Stocker and Maria Remp? If not, how do we know the correct parents of the Hans Michael who married in 1725? Answer: The marriage record of Hanss Michael Stocker to Anna Margaretha Stephan lists the day of marriage, the names of groom and bride, and the parents of the bride and the father of the groom (being Hans Michael Stocker). It does not list the name of the mother. Question 2: How do we know the Hanss Michael Stocker who married Maria Remp in 1692 at Mitschdorf was born in Oct 1669 at Mitschdorf? Did the 1692 marriage entry provide Hanss Michael's parents or his place of residence? Answer: The 1692 marriage entry for Hanss Michael Stocker and Maria Remp states that the groom was the son of Jacob Stocker, [the father] residing in Goersdorf; and the father of the bride was listed as Jacob Remp, the mother as Maria Stephan, both of Mitschdorf. This record does not state whether the groom was born in Mitschdorf or Goersdorf or anywhere else. Since this was not a direct line, his information was not double verified during the previous project. The Preuschdorf parish entries were checked this time, which include Mitschdorf and Goersdorf. The birth entry for him was not found in these parish records. At this point, it is not sure where the birth in October 1669 came from. It definitely needs to be removed. His death entry states his age, but according to this he was born in 1667 (+/- 1 year). If all the Stocker families did move from Feldberg to Goersdorf and Mitschdorf, as suggested by the researcher who worked on these lines in 1993, the data found back then for him could be correct. The only conflicting information that would stay in that case is the given name of the mother. Her name was either Magretha or Magdalena. There is a chance that either the parish priest recorded it wrong or she had indeed two given names. STOCKER LINE The researcher who performed the research in 1993 came to the conclusion that the Stocker ancestry moved from the town Feldberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, to Goesdorf, Alsace, but did not deliver any solid proof for it. The distance between these two towns is between 110 and 120 miles in a straight line. For the late 1600s, this was quite a distance to move. On the other hand, between the 1650s (a few years after the end of the Thirty Years War) and the 1680s, many people moved wider distances because the black plague wiped out one-third of Europe; in some areas whole villages were left completely empty. Especially children that did not inherit the family farm took advantage of this and moved to other areas. Also the local nobility often made promises of a lower tax to new settlers. There were two possible ways to perform the next research steps. One would be to conduct an area search in parishes nearby to find the marriage entry of the direct ancestor, Johann Friedrich Stocker, and Anna Barbara [no maiden name known]. The other possibility would be to verify the Feldberg parish records and retrace the steps performed in 1993. It was decided to analyze the research report from 1993 and the family group sheets based on this. The researcher found a marriage for Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara listed as 4 May 1680, married in Goersdorf. This marriage was not recorded in the Preuschdorf parish records (Goersdorf belonged to Preuschdorf). [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1661-1715; FHL INTL Film 769168 item 4.] In fact, no marriages at all were recorded there between 1674 and November 1683. None of the other entries in these previously mentioned family group sheets gave any other clue than the connection to the town Feldberg. Therefore, the Feldberg marriages were checked. Even though many Stockers married there, the desired marriage entry was not found. [Kirchenbuch Preuschdorf, Heiraten 1639-1793; FHL INTL Film 1189398 item 5.] If the wife, Anna Barbara, was not from Feldberg, the couple could have married somewhere near Goersdorf/Preuschdorf. Therefore, an area search was begun. The first place to check was the neighboring Lutheran parish of Lembach. The marriage entry was not found there. [Kirchenbuch Lembach, Heiraten 1651-1684; FHL INTL Film 717154, item 6; and Heiraten 1656-1689; FHL INTL Film 717154, item 7 (two different records with overlapping years).] Also the baptisms did not list a Johann Friedrich Stocker born in or about 1654 (calculated based on his death entry). [Kirchenbuch Lembach, Taufen 1649-1674; FHL INTL Film 717154, item 6.] The neighboring Langensulzbach Parish was ignored since their marriage records do not begin until 1689; baptisms begin in 1674. The third neighboring parish was in Wörth an der Sauer. Finally, the correct marriage was found. [Kirchenbuch Wörth (an der Sauer), Heiraten 1572-1635, 1641-1694; FHL INTL Film 1069776.] The date is the very same as found in 1993, just the town name was recorded wrong. The entry states Goersdorf on the left and could be an indicator to where the marriage might have been performed, but it could also be understood as an annotation to the place of residence of bride and groom. This was very likely where the mistake came in. Following is the record. Marriage Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Wörth, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - M. 4 May 1680: Friedrich Stocker, a carpenter, of Feldberg in der Oberman Grafschaft, married Anna Barbel of Görsdorf; parents of the groom: Deceased Christian Stocker of Feldberg; parents of the bride: [Parents not stated, but the following information was stated:] Widow of the deceased Hanss Friedrich Bartl, a former tailor in Goersdorf. Page 224, entry 4/1680. (Doc.1) The first marriage between Hanss Friedrich Bartl and Anna Barbel (=Barbara) was sought in this parish, but not found. This record would provide her maiden name. Very likely she was again from another parish and the couple married there. Only an area search might produce this record. The marriage entry above gives the town of origin as "Feldberg in der Oberman Grafschaft." A "Grafschaft" is a countship. In the 1600s and 1700s, Baden was a countship. It did not become a Grand Duchy until 1806. No reference was found in printed or online sources to the Oberman entry related to the Baden countship. There are at least five different Feldbergs in the former German Empire, but none of them relates to Oberman. The Feldberg in Baden is closest to Goersdorf in spite of its 110 to 120 miles linear distance. This is not absolute proof that the Stocker ancestry came from there, but the evidence pointing into this direction can't be denied. While analyzing the early parish records of Wörth, it was realized that this parish must have been responsible for the people who belonged since 1660 to the parish Preuschdorf. Since the calculated birth year for Anna Barbel/Anna Barbara was known from her death entry, the baptisms were searched in spite of the possibility that she might have been from another parish. She was born in or about 1645. The baptisms produced three Anna Barbaras born in 1644, but none in 1645 or 1646. Any or none of them could have been the ancestor. The children of (Johann) Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara were found during the last research project. Therefore, the research turned back to the Feldberg parish records. In 1993, the researcher found four children, with an additional one born 18 years before the rest. The four children previously found could be confirmed; the oldest one was not confirmed since his birth took place before Wörth Parish kept records. The direct ancestor (Johann/Hans) Friedrich Stocker was not among those found. If this is the correct ancestral line - and this is the only family where Christian Stocker was the father - then the direct ancestor must have been baptized in another parish or his baptism was not recorded. Following are the four children mentioned (note two sets of twins). [Kirchenbuch Feldberg, Taufen 1639-1793; FHL INTL Film 1189398, item 5.] Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Feldberg, Baden, Germany: - Chr. 6 Jan 1650: Hans Stocker (twin); father: Christn. Stocker of Hennenbach; mother: Margretha [no maiden name]. No page #, entry 139. (Doc. 2) - Chr. 6 Jan 1650, died 15 Apr 1725: Maria Stocker (twin); father: Christn. Stocker of Hennenbach; mother: Margretha [no maiden name]. No page #, entry 140. (Doc. 2) - Chr. 6th of Trinitatis 1655 [= 22 Jul. 1655]: Adam Stocker (twin); father: Christian Stocker, a carpenter in Hennenbach; mother: Margaretha [no maiden name]. No page #, entry 12. (Doc. 3) - Chr. 6th of Trinitatis 1655 [= 22 Jul. 1655]: Eva Stocker (twin); father: Christian Stocker, a carpenter in Hennenbach; mother: Margaretha [no maiden name]. No page #, entry 12. (Doc. 3) The marriage entry of the parents, Christian Stocker and Margaretha, was not found in Feldberg. There is a chance that they married before 1639, the year the parish records start. Only a search in neighboring parishes would produce this document - if the neighboring parishes have such old records. The researcher from 1993 also found the death entry of a Christian Stocker. It cannot be proven that this pertains to the direct ancestor, but the name and profession fit. Also this Christian Stocker died before 1680, which would be confirmed in the marriage entry of the son. If he was the correct ancestor, his wife Margaretha must have been his second wife, because she would not have had all her children in her mid- to late 40s and none in her 30s. Following is the death entry. [Kirchenbuch Feldberg, Tote 1639-1793; FHL INTL Film 1189398, item 5.] Death Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Feldberg, Baden, Germany: - D. 16 Apr. 1669: Christian Stokher [note different spelling], citizen and carpenter in Hennenbach; age 64 years; relationships [not stated]. No page #, entry 75. (Doc. 4) An area search around Feldberg was not done. A first look at the records available revealed that only one of the parishes in the wider vicinity had older records, but these records are only a name index of adults living in this parish. Another church closer to Feldberg was already established 1620, but their baptisms do not start until 1639 - the same year as Feldberg's. Therefore, the chance to continue the Stocker line is very low. STAEHLI LINE Before wrapping up this research project, a quick look was made into the Lutheran Sulz parish records. According to the marriage entry between Hanss Michael Stocker and Eva Staehli in 1721 (found in a previous research project), she was from Sultz. There is a "Sulz unterm Wald" nearby, today called Soultz-sous-Forêts. The baptismal entries of this parish records were analyzed, and her entry was found. Since her date of birth could be calculated based on her entry in the death record, this was a quick task. [Kirchenbuch Sulz unterm Wald, Taufen 1684-1747; FHL INTL Film 796891.] Following is the entry. Birth Register. Source: Lutheran Church Records of Sulz unterm Wald, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France: - Chr. 12 Nov. 1693: Eva Steley; father: Johannes Steley; mother: Eva [no maiden name]. Page 89 a+b, no entry #. (Doc. 05) The family name of the father is spelled Steley, but the signature under the record spells it Stehl. In another record where he and his wife are mentioned as godparents, his name is spelled Stelly. No further research was done on this Staehli/Steley/Stehl line. The next project should seek the siblings and the marriage record of the parents. The individuals who could be connected to the ancestral tree were entered into the client database. None of the other non-related family members were extracted at this time. Conclusion An area search produced the marriage of Friedrich Stocker and Anna Barbara [no maiden name known] and proved that the Stocker ancestry was indeed from Feldberg. Four siblings of Friedrich Stocker were found, but concrete proof that these were indeed his siblings could not be produced. A death entry of one of the ancestors (Christian Stoker) makes it possible to calculate the year of his birth, but this ancestor was born about a quarter century before record keeping began in this parish. The oldest parish nearby has only a few records back to 1620, but even that is several years after the calculated birth of Christian Stoker. For the Staehli line, the baptismal entry of Eva Staehli (in her record spelled Steley) was found. No time was left to extract the rest of the family. Recommendations A gazetteer should be checked to see whether records are available for Feldberg prior to 1639. An older parish nearby that was responsible for Feldberg prior to that year might contain the early Stocker ancestry, but the chance to find such older records is rather small. An area search around Wörth might produce the first marriage between the ancestor Anna Barbara [no maiden name known] and Hans Heinrich Bartl. Research in the Sulz Lutheran parish records for the Staehli line should continue. The Sulz parish records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library back to 1595 - a potential of almost 100 years of records. It was a pleasure to research your ancestry, and we look forward to continuing, according to your instructions." MARRIAGE: 1. Sources of information: Kirchenbuch Wörth (an der Sauer), Heiraten 1572-1635, 1641-1694; FHL INTL Film 1069776. | Anna Barbara (I2808)
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| 1730 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 12 Dec 2001 email: Ellen Baker "dab@3-cities.com": "This is the known family unit of Deacon Samuel Wright and Margaret according to expert researcher Mike Wright who is directly connected to this line. Samuel probably married about 1625 or 1626 to Margaret ____. (Many sites have a last name for her, but at present it is not known for sure.) Children: Samuel Jr. (m. Elizabeth Burt) Margaret (m. #1 Thomas Bancroft, m. #2 Thomas Bliss) Hester (m. Samuel Marshfield) Lydia (m. #1 Lawrence Bliss, m. #2 John Norton, m. #3 John Lamb, m. #4 George Colton) Mary (m. John/Jonathan Taylor) James (m. Abigail Jess/Jese/Jesse - Wright Brothers' ancestor) Judah (m. #1 Mercy "Mary" Burt, m. #2 Sarah Woodford) Helped (Died in infancy) Note: Many of the sites had a Deacon Samuel having a daughter Hannah. At this time, there is no proof that he did have a daughter Hannah (m. Thomas Stebbins). Also there is a bit of controversy on the exact lineage of Deacon Samuel since there were many Samuels in England during the same time period. But it is known for sure that a Deacon Samuel settled in Northampton, MA in the 1600's. 2. First name may also be Margarite. 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 41: "Thomas Bancroft (son of John), at Springfield, Mass., 8 Dec 1653; in 1654 res. there at 'lower wharf,' now Thompsonville (Enfield), Conn., as see 'S. Rec. of Possessions.' His cattle-mark was 'ye top of both ears cut off and a little piece cut out of ye off eare.' He m. (1) Margaret (dau. Samuel) Wright of S., 8 Dec 1653; m. (2) ___ (John M. Bancroft [the author's source for much on the Bancrofts] thinks that the Hannah (dau. Samuel) Gardner of Hadley, who (acc. to Boltwood's 'History Hadley,' p. 497) m. Nathaniel Bancroft, 1675, really m. this Thomas Bancroft, and was the 2d wife, who m. (2) John Barber.) He was a farmer; while at Westfield a selectman; (see his affidavit in regard to his bro.-in-law, John Griffen, p. 477, Vol. I.); in 1668 he was at Westfield; sold farm there in 1680, Mar 20; returned to Enfield, where he d. 14 Dec 1684; will dated in Nov. of that year and upon rec. at S.; gave son Thomas, Jr., 15 acres of land on S. side of Woxonoak river, belonging to Springfield; to sons Samuel, John, and Nath'l, equal shares at Enfield; ₤7 each to daughters Anne and Rebecca; house, etc. to his loving wife. The will, being unsigned, could not be estab., and estate was not settled until 3 Feb 1703/4, before which time the widow had m. (2) John Barber of S. Children (b. probably at Enfield), the first seven by 1st wife: A. Lydia, b. 6, 2d mo., 1655. B. Margaret, b. 16, 8 mo. 1656; d. probably unmarried 3 Feb 1703/4. C. Anna, b. 1, 7 mo., 1658; bu. 30, 6 mo., 1659. D. Thomas, b. 21, 11 mo., 1659; was living at time of father's death, and (presumably) at the sett. of his estate, 1703-4, when he is thus mentioned; to the eld. s., Thomas B., Jr., or to his issue, a double portion, ₤10.12.4.' From 'North. Rec.': 'Nath'l Edwards and Thos. Shelding of N., for securing (Thos. Bancroft) an offender, a day and a night, was allowed 3d, apiece, and Isiah Shelding one shilling on sd. allowance, as Sam'll Strong for his mare to Westfield to apprehend ye sd. Bancroft, as also pd. to John Taylor, who went to Windsor after said Bancroft - to be pd. as aforesaid.' Among others, he was an early settler at Cape May, N.J., and had located or purchased a lot there prior to 1700 - Beasley's 'Early History Cape May Co., N.J.' Samuel B. (presumably his son) m. Margaret Miller at Easthampton, Long Island, 1717; had one or more ch. there; soon after, was at Cape May; and abt. 1750 d., leaving wid. Margaret and numerous ch., from whom desc. can be traced to present day. Prob. Thomas Jr. was a seafaring man. E. Anna, b. 5 May 1663; m. James Sexton; was living 1703-4. F. Lydia, b. 6, 2 mo., 1665. G. Julia, 'dau. Thos. and Marg't B.,' d. 30 Jul 1666. - 'Springfield Rec.' H. Samuel (Lieut.), b. 25 Jan 1667. I. Ruth, b. 29 Aug 1670, at Westfield; m. John Stiles of W., and, after being a mother 13 times (twice with twins), d. in childbirth, 1714. 'Pres. Stiles's MS,' says, 'being left an orphan at an early age, was given to Mr. Fowler of Westfield, to bring up; when of age she lived with Rev. Mr. Glover of Springfield, and was in the fortified house when it was besieged by Indians, 1675.' This does not say she was of age when living in the fort-house. Rev. Peletiah Glover sett. as S. 1661, and d. there 29 Mar 1692. J. John, d. Enfield, 26 Feb 1684; mentioned in father's will. K. Rebecca, b. Enf., 23 Feb 1680; m. ___ Gillett. L. Nathaniel, b. 24 Oct 1683; m. Ruth Haile; res. W. Springfield; desc. in Granville, Mass., and Ohio." [Note: Stiles's book from which the above was taken does not have entires for Metcalf, Bacon, Pool, Gardner, Miller, Haile (or Heald), or Gilbert.) 4. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 40, p. 281, "The Wrights of Northampton, Mass.," by William K. Wright, Esq., of Northampton, Mass.: "I have gathered from old records the names of many of the descendants of Dea. Samuel Wright, who was one of the first settlers of Northampton. Dea. Samuel Wright, by his wife Margaret, had children: A. Samuel, m. Elizabeth Burt, 24 Nov 1653. B. James, m. Abigail Jess, 18 Jan 1664. C. Mary. D. Margaret, m. Thomas Bancroft, 8 Dec 1653. E. Hester, m. Samuel marshfield, 18 Feb 1651-2. F. Lydia, d. 13 Feb 1699, m. first, Lawrence Bliss, 25 Oct 1654; m. second, John Norton, 3 Oct 1678; m. third, John Lamb, 1688; m. fourth, George Colton, 1692. G. Judah, b. 10 May 1692. H. Helped, b. 7 mo. (i.e. September) 15, 1644, probably d. y." BIRTH: 1. Margaret's father first appears in documented records at Springfield, Hampden Co., MA in jury duty 14 Nov 1639 hearing cases between John Woodcake and John Cable and between William Pynchon and Thomas Merricke. This was the first jury noted in the court records. Springfield was not settled until 1636. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812. Some databases indicate Margaret was born 1633/1634 in Springfield, but there does not appear to be any documentation for this and is hard to accept considering the founding date of Springfield in 1636. Others indicate England, which appears to me to be more likely. Her next older sibling is Sergeant Samuel Wright Jr. who some indicate was born 30 Oct 1632 in Wrightsbridge, Essex, England. Her younger sibling Lydia is believed to have been born about 1635 in England. No documentation is given to prove or disprove any exact birthplace. Her father was baptized 30 Jun 1606 at South Weald, Essex, England. The father probably went to America under the auspices of his brother Nathaniel and was attracted to Springfield by Mr. Pynchon, both of whom had been assistants in Winthrop's company. He moved to Northampton in 1655, and was among the first settlers of that town, where he "died, Oct. 17, 1665, while sleeping his chair." By his Will he left property to his wife Margaret and to each of his children exept Helped. MARRIAGE: 1. Marriage of Thomas Bancroft and Margaret Wright 8 Dec 1653 in Springfield. Source is John Pynchon, Pynchon Birth Marriage and Death Records, (Families of the Pioneer Valley, Regional Publications, West Springfield, MA, 2000). Springfield, p. 55. 2. There seems to be some discrepancy among the Wright family in regards to Margaret Wright and her marriage to Thomas Bliss. Mike Wright, in the first quoted email which follows, would have us believe that Thomas Bancroft died before Margaret Wright and that she remarried Thomas Bliss before she died herself in the mid-1680s. On the other hand, Sue Canney in the second email below, provides a rebuttal indicating that Bliss actually married a different Margaret and that Thomas Bancroft's wife Margaret died before Bancroft. A. Per email of 12/28/2001 from Mike Wright of Hardmba@aol.com: "I would refer you to the New England Historical and Genealogy Register, Volume IX, p 200, [I checked and this is a bad reference] for some more on Margaret. Margaret did marry first to Thomas Bancroft in Northampton on 8 Dec 1653. He was the son of John and Jane Bancroft who arrived 5 June 1631 in Boston aboard the "James" (See "Planters of the Commonwealth," p. 98 by Charles Edward Banks, (1930) reprinted 1997 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.) Thomas Bancroft died, apparently shortly after he married Margaret and apparently without issue. Margaret then remarried to Thomas Bliss, date and place unknown, but which is otherwise reported on in some detail in the NEHGR reference I have cited above. To whit it says: "Thomas Bliss moved to Hartford and died there. He married Margaret, dau. of Deacon Samuel Wright: they were among the first settlers there. They had five sons and four daughters. Their eldest son Thomas moved to Saybrook {CT} and after to Norwich, Conn., and is supposed to be ancestor to Maj. Bliss, son-in-law to Gen'l Taylor. ..." And "Margaret, widow of Thomas Bliss, ... followed her son Nathaniel to Springfield {MA} bringing with her, sons Lawrence, Samuel, John and daughters Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah. Mary married Joseph Parsons the ancestor of Dr. Usher Parsons of Providence, R.I., ..." Widow Margaret died Aug 28, 1684. We do not know exactly when Margaret was born, but it is certain that it was not in Springfield in 1634 because that place, orginally called Agawam, was not yet settled by Pynchon's group. It most likely was not Watertown or Roxbury either where the Pynchon group were before coming to Agawam. There have never been any New England vital statistics or early records found for the birth of the Deacon's first five children. However, based on the latest research we would guess that she was born sometime between 1630 and 1633, though the full span we calculate for the Deacon's children is from 1627 to 1638 based on his earliest likely marriage date and the first recorded child (James) in 1639 in Springfield. Based on that proposed birth date span, it is much more likely that Margaret was born in England than in New England, and came over as a small child with her parents and four other siblings (Samuel, Hester, Lydia and Mary). We believe that the Deacon's family did not make the trip to New England until sometime between 1634 and 1637 (no ship record has ever been found for them) so it seems most likely she was born in England if you assume she married at age 20 to 23. Turning to the English records, we have, so far, been unable to find any marriage record or birth record for the Deacon and his first five children in England, although we have a very interesting lead to where they might have been recorded. Unfortunately, that particular parish register could not be found in the place where it should have been and we are having to mount a serious search for it in order to determine if it is the long lost proof everyone has been searching for regarding the Deacon's family. That is all I have at the moment on Margaret Wright's marriages, but I am sure that since the NEHGR piece was written, more information on Margaret's descendants may have been developed by those interested in the Bliss, Taylor and Parsons surnames. I believe all the children except Thomas and Lawrence were married in or around Springfield, MA about the turn of the century and those marriages would be recorded there. Thomas may have married in Hartford, Saybrook or Norwich and Lawrence probably married in Hartford, but I do not have the Barbour Collection registers for those towns so am unable to check for you." B. This is from researcher Sue Canney. canney@mediaone.net Re: email from Mike Wright about Margaret Wright, Thomas Bancroft and Thomas Bliss.Date sent: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 I believe there are quite a few errors in this message. Please let me know if I am wrong! Thomas Bancroft did marry Margaret Wright, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Wright but according to Springfield Famillies by Thomas B. Warren (these volumes are included in the Families of the Pioneer Valley CD by Regional Publications) Margaret died before Thomas Bancroft and he remarried before 29 August 1670 when he had a daughter Ruth born by his second wife. He died in Enfield, CT 14 Dec. 1684. The Margaret who married Thomas Bliss was Margaret Hulins (Genealogy of the Bliss Family by Aaron Tyler Bliss; Springfield Families by Thomas B.Warren; First Century of the History of Springfield by Henry M. Burt; Hale, House and Related Families by Donald Lines Jacobus et al.) She did move up to Springfield after the death of her husband Thomas Bliss where she died. In addition I could find no information in Vol. IX, p. 20 of NEHGR about Margaret Wright or Thomas Bancroft. Perhaps the wrong volume was indicated. Therefore I don't believe the Margaret Wright who married Thomas Bancroft was the same Margaret who married Thomas Bliss. Aaron Tyler Bliss indicated Thomas Bliss' wife's name was Margaret Hulins.Visit SOURCES_MISC: 1. Mike Wright e-mail is dated Jan. 2, 2002: "My reference linking Margaret to marriages to T. Bancroft and T. Bliss, came from a footnote at the bottom of page 151 of "Genealogical and Biographical Notices of Descendants to Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England; In America Thomas Wright of Wethersfield, Conn., Dea. Samuel Wright, of Northampton, Mass., 1610-1670, 1614-1665" by Curtis Wright (1915), reprinted by Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA." 2. Sources on Wright reported per Mike Wright via email: a. Wrights of Northampton, MA; NEHGS "Register," v. 40, p. 281. b. "Gen. Dict. of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-62. c. Samuel Allen of Windsor, CT; NEHGS "Register," v. 30, p 446. d. "Genealogical and Biographical Notices of Descendants of Sir John Wright of Kelvedon Hall, Essex, England in America: Thomas Wright of Wethersfield, Conn; Dea. Samuel Wright, of Northampton, Mass. (1610-11670; 1614-1665) by Curtis Wright, Carthage, MO, 1915. | Wright, Margaret (I2193)
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| 1731 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 13 Jul 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect, several databases indicate the following child born to George and Mary Ann Hales: John Gillette Hales, b. 10 Mar 1887 at Spanish Fork. 2. 13 Jul 2002 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":805298" shows Mary Ann Mellor, b. 17 Jul 1864 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England; d. 16 Jan 1935 and bur. 18 Jan 1935 both at Mesa, Maricopa, AZ; first marriage to George Hales; second marriage to James Wilson Memmott 14 Jun 1894 in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico [sealing: 11 Nov 1967 SLAKE] with 4 children: Hazel Memmott, b. 27 Jan 1897 at Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Joseph Fletcher Memmott, b. 31 Aug 1898 at Casas Grande, Chihuahua, Mexico. James Wilson Memmott, b. 27 Sep 1903 at Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. George Leicester Memmott, b. 25 Oct 1905 in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Father is John Fletcher Mellor, b. 15 Nov 1838 in Leicester, d. 30 Jan 1891 in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah. Mother is Rachel Ward, b. 8 Oct 1832 in Queniborough, Leicestershire, England, d. 18 May 1868 in Leicester. References also the book: "The Mellors Through the Years," ed. Edna J. Gregerson. 3. Censuses: 1871 Eng: St. Margaret, Leicestershire, p. 27 of 38, #150, 83 Upper Brunswick St. John F. Mellor, mar., 33, clicker, b. Leicestershire, All Saints. Mary F., wife, 30, b. Leicestershire, St. Margaret. Charles B., son, 5, b. Leicestershire, St. Mary. Trulove, dau., 11, b. Leicestershire, St. Margaret. Mary A., dau., 6, b. Leicestershire, St. Margaret. Sarah F., dau., 2mos., b. Leicestershire, St. Margaret. 1880 US: Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, NA T9-1338, FHL 1255338, p. 178B: John F. Mellor, marr., 40, Eng Eng Eng, shoemaker. Mary, wife, 39, Eng Eng Eng, keeping house. True Love, dau., s, 19, Eng Eng Eng, at home. Mary An, dau., 15, Eng Eng Eng, at home. Charles W.B., son, 14, Eng Eng Eng, shoemaking. Ida Jane, dau., 7, MA Eng Eng. Alice E., dau., 3m, UT Eng Eng. Jane, dau., 3m, UT Eng Eng. 4. Various references to James Wilson Memmott: A. Website 9 Jun 2007 www.lds.org/churchhistory/librarydetails;0,15791,4018-1-40505,00.html: James Wilson Memmott, b. 25 Feb 1841, d. 13 Feb. 1919, age 20 in the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database for 1861 in the Milo Andrus Company per the Mormon Immigration Index. B. Utah State University has a reference or photo of James in their special collections per call # 979.208 D265 no. 157. C. Website 9 Jun 2007 www.myfamilyhistoryjj.com/TNG/getperson.php=personID+I124243&tree=1: James Wilson Memmott, b. 25 Feb 1841 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, d. 13 Feb 1919 and bur. 19 Feb 1919 both in El Paso, El Paso, Texas. BIRTH: 1. FHL film 392655 "LDS Patriarchal Blessings Index": Mary Ann Mellor Hales, b. 17 Jul 1864 at Leicester, England, parents John Fletcher Mellor and Rachel Ward Mellor. Blessing date 28 Aug 1892 at Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch Henry Lunt. Vol. 420, p. 324. DEATH: 1. Arizona State Death Certificate #217: Mary Ann Memmott, residing at Mesa for 13 years, white, widow of "James W? Memmott," b. July 17, 1884, at Leicester, England, age 70y 5m 29d, parents John F. Millor b. England and Rachel Ward b. England, bur. 19 Jan 1935 at Mesa Cemetery, informant Mrs. W. D. Schult, died from tuberculosis and dysentery. BURIAL: 1. See Death Certificate above. SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website | Mellor, Mary Ann (I2628)
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| 1732 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 13 Sep 2003 notes from Jeanie Aldredge: a. Mary Elizabeth Maynard was born 1839 in Tennessee, and died Abt. 1915 in Iowa. She married (1) John Miron Coon January 23, 1856 in Harrison County, Iowa, son of Samuel Coon and Lilly Rogers. He was born November 23, 1834 in Hardin County, Ohio, and died 1857/1860 in Harrison County, Iowa. He is in the 1851 Iowa census for Pottawattamie County as John Coons, age 16, with his parents and siblings. His father is also in the 1854 Iowa State census for Magnolia, Harrison Co., as Samuel Conn. She married (2) William Defield August 15, 1862 in Harrison County, Iowa. She married (3) Charles W. Lamb September 29, 1868, son of Emory Lamb and Mary Follett. He was born March 14, 1839 in Oakland, Michigan. Emory Lamb is in the 1854 Iowa State Census for Magnolia, Harrison Co. b. Children of Mary Maynard and John Lamb are: i. Mary J. Coon, b. Abt. 1857, Harrison County, Iowa. Notes for Mary J. Coon: 1860 Raglan Township, Harrison County, Iowa Census, Image #25, enumerated on June 22, 1860 US: Mary J. Coon, age 3, female, born in Iowa. Others in household: Mary Coon, Ellen A. Conn. ii. Ellen Ann Coon, b. February 23, 1859, Harrison County, Iowa; d. June 12, 1924, Salt Lake City, Utah. She married Elon John MIX October 11, 1876 in Magnolia or Ionia, Chickasaw, Iowa, son of Myron MIX and Alzina MAXSON. He was born December 19, 1852 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, and died July 27, 1928 in Pringle, South Dakota. Children of this couple: Robert Leland, b. March 20, 1899; George, b. 1891; Charles Elon, b. August 18, 1886, Chadron, Nebraska; d. October 1952; John; Bessie; Nellie; Lucy; Nina; Harry; Ray. c. Child of Mary Maynard and William Defield is: William Defield, b. Bet. 1863 - 1864, Iowa. d. Child of Mary Maynard and Charles Lamb is: Benjamin Lamb, b. Abt. 1870. 2. Censuses: 1850 US: District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 78b, 13 Sep 1850, entry 217: Samuel Adair, 46, Laborer, SC. Nancy, 39, VA. John, 18, AL. George, 15, AL. Samuel, 12, AL. Rufus, 7, MS. Mary, 13, TN. Robert, 7, TN. Benjamin, 5, TN. Jemima, 4, IA. Joshua, 1, IA. Note: this census locates Samuel in Iowa in 1850 with a previously unknown wife [at least unknown among Utah Adair histories]. It appears Nancy brings into this marriage three children of a previous marriage [Mary, Robert, and Benjamin] who were all born in Tennessee. 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return: Maynard: Nancy 43, Mary E. 13, Robert 6, Benjamin F. [or T.] 4, Joshua 1. Also in same household is Mary Walker 10 and Charle Hughs 14. [Nancy appears recently separated from her second husband Samuel Adair by the time of this census and living under her first married name of Maynard with her children of the Maynard marriage. Joshua Adair is listed twice - once with Nancy Maynard and once with Samuel Adair; evidently the final custodial arrangements for Joshua were not yet settled by the time of the census. Nancy's next husband Andrew Allen is not in the census confirming that Andrew Allen was not a factor in the breakup of Samuel and Nancy marriage. It also appears their separation was by Sep. 1851 long before his June 1852 departure to the west for which some family researchers have given as the reason for their separation. Her fourth husband is listed in the county's census put several pages away. Samuel Adair is also several pages away as well.] 1860 US: Raglan Township, Harrison County, Iowa Census, Image #25, enumerated on June 22, 1860 US: Mary Coon, age 21, female, occupation-Washer Woman, value of personal estate $100, born in Tennessee. Others in household: Mary J. Coon, Ellen A. Conn. 1870 US: Raglan Township, Harrison County, Iowa, dwelling 24, Magnolia: Charles Lamb, 35, MI. Mary E. Lamb, 35, TN. Ella Coon, 11, IA. William DeField, 7, IA. Benjamin Lamb, 5/12, IA. 1880 US: Belvidere, Monona, Iowa Source: FHL film 1254357 National Archives Film T9-0357 Page 87C: Mary Lamb, Self, F, M, W, 42, TN VA VA, Keeping House. William Lamb, Son, M, S, W, 16, IA OH TN, Farm Hand. Ben Lamb, Son, M, S, W, 10, IA OH TN, At School. Nancy ALLEN, Mother, F, W, W, 69, VA VA VA. 1900 US: Raglan Township, Harrison, Iowa, dwelling 17, p. 117a: Charles Lamb, Mar 1839, 61, marr. 30 years, MI NY NY, farmer. Note no other family members noted. Can't find Mary in indices for Iowa and Nebraska. 1910 US: Raglan Township, Harrison, Iowa, p. 165a: Charles W. Lamb, 71, widow, MI NY OH, farmer. Note no other family members noted. Can't find Mary in indices for Iowa and Nebraska. 3. On file from Jeannie Aldredge, I have a 40 page Nancy Fountain White descendancy listing with research notes. I have cited all information concerning this specific individual into these notes. 4. There is a James T. De Field who in the Civil War was enlisted in the 29th Iowa Infantry, Company C, and who deserted in Arkansas. Any relation to William De Field? 5. Note the Coon signatures: Journal History, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 Jan 1848, p. 25: "Following is the petition for a post office on the Pottawattamie lands, referred to, with the signatures attached. To the Honorable Postmaster Gerneral of the United States. Sir: There are many thousand inhabitants in the vicinity of the Log Tabernacle, which is situated on the Government purchase of the Pottawatamies and in the State of iowa, whose interest is materially injured, and whose journey, business and improvements are retarded or destroyed by non intercourse; there being no Post Office within forty or fifty miles of said Tabernacle, and the public good requires a convenient office: Therefore, We your Petitioners, Citizens of the United States and residents of said vicinage, pray your Honor to cause, such an office to be located at or near said Tabernacle without delay, to be called the Tabernacle Post Office... [Approximately 2,000 plus all male signatures including] Wm. G. Perkins, Jude Allen, Daniel Tyler, Wm. Stoker, Israel Barlow, William Thompson [and William Thompson, Jr.], Joseph Mangum, William Richey, John B. Richey, William B. Richey, John R. Holden [Wiley Holden and Joshua Holden are immediately adjacent - relations?], Andrew Allen [with Ira Allen, Franklin Allen, Joseph Allen immediately adjacent - relations?], John Coon [with Samuel Coon, Eli Coon, Jacob Coon, and Joseph Coon immediately adjacent - relations?]. 6. Mary's mother Nancy joined the Reorganized LDS Church and gave her birth date and place: FHL book 973-K2bs "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints," compiled by Susan Easton Black, vol. IV, p. 641: "Obanion, Nancy S. Birth: 11 Nov. 1811, Halifax Co., VA. Nancy S. O'Banion was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on September 1874 at Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa, by N. Fyrando. Source: Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book C." a. Note also Mary E. Maynard and her husband Charles Lamb in the same source: i. "Mary E. Lamb. Birth: 30 May 1837, Gibson Co., TN. Mary E. Lamb was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 6 September 1874 at Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa, by Magnus Fyrando. She attended the Clearwater, Nebraska Branch. Source: RLDS Deceased Files, Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book C, and Clearwater, Nebraska, RLDS Branch Records." ii. "Charles W. Lamb. Birth: 14 Mar 1839, Oakland County, Michigan. Death 5 Nov 1921. Charles W. Lamb was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 21 November (December) 1875 by Phineas Cadwell. He was a talented writer. His poems and articles appeared in Church publications. He attended the Magnolia, Iowa Branch. Source: RLDS Deceased Files; 'Saints Herald' Obituaries, 29 Nov 1921, p. 1152." Transcription of the obituary: "Charles W. Lamb was born in Oakland County, Michigan, March 14, 1839. Baptized December 21, 1875. His father and mother resided in 1820 in the neighborhood where Joseph Smith became interested in religion and received his first vision. They became members of the church either in the latter part of 1830 or beginning of 1831, and remained faithful. Charles Lamb was a man of little schooling, yet educated because of his library and the use he made of it. He had talent as a writer, and his poems and articles have appeared in the church publications. Died November 5, at the home of John Swalley, where the funeral services were held. Sermon by his nephew, J.F. Mintun." b. The book "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, FHL 977.747-H2n, p. 170, in speaking of the RLDS branch in Magnolia: "The Latter Day Saints (reorganized) was formed at Magnolia March 17, 1870. The present membership is 189. The first services were held at schoolhouses. The church was erected in 1874. It is a frame structure 32x58 feet. It was dedicated by President Joseph Smith. The Presidents of this branch of the church have been: Phineas Cadwell, who served thirteen years; Charles Derry, Donald Maule, one year, and the present incumbent, A.M. Fyrando, who was chosen in 1888. At one time the church numbered 299, but owing to removals and the formation of churches at Woodbine and Logan, many were taken away. The present average of Sabbath school attendance is 45." c. Black's RLDS membership book has no entries for Coons or Defields. 7. Notes of D. Neil Allen, 5534 S 1425 East, South Ogden, UT 84403, 801-476-6854, viking893@msn.com received 25 Jul 2015. This is a draft of his working paper being refined and prepared for a future publication. Neil had previously published a book on Charles Allen and his descendants, "Out of Strawbery Banke." The transcript: "2. Mary Elizabeth MAYNARD10,11 was born on 30 May 1837 in Gibson, Gibson, TN. She died about 1915 at the age of 78 in IA. Mary Elizabeth MAYNARD and John Myron COON were married on 23 Jan 1856 in Harrison, Iowa, United States. John Myron COON was born on 23 Nov 1834 in Hardin, Ohio, United States. He died in Feb 1860 at the age of 25 in Raglan Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States. He was buried in Pleasant Hills Cemetery, Harrison, Iowa, United States. John Myron COON and Mary Elizabeth MAYNARD had the following children: +7 i. Nancy Jane COON, born abt 1857, Raglan Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States; married Charles Noble WILSON, 1 Jan 1873, Harrison, Iowa, United States. +8 ii. Ellen Ann COON, born 26 May 1859, Ionia, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States; married Elon MIX, 18 Oct 1876, Ionia, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States; died 12 Jun 1924, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Mary Elizabeth MAYNARD and William DEFIELD were married on 15 Aug 1862 in Harrison, Iowa, United States.William DEFIELD died. William DEFIELD and Mary Elizabeth MAYNARD had the following child: +9 i. William DEFIELD, born abt 1863, Harrison, Iowa, United States. Mary Elizabeth MAYNARD and Charles Willard LAMB were married on 20 Sep 1868 in Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa, United States. Charles Willard LAMB was born on 14 Mar 1839 in Oakland, Michigan, United States. He died on 5 Nov 1921 at the age of 82 in Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa, United States. He was buried on 8 Nov 1921 in Magnolia, Harrison, IA, Magnolia Cemetery.12 Charles Willard LAMB and Mary Elizabeth MAYNARD had the following child: +10 i. Benjamin LAMB, born abt 1870, Raglan Township, Harrison County, Iowa. Footnotes: 10. United States Federal Census. 1870 Iowa, Mary E. Lamb age 35 b. TN, Charles Lamb 35 b. MI, Ella Coon 11 b. IA, William Defield 7 b. IA. 1880 Belvidere,Monona, IA Mary Lamb 42 b. TN, married, sons William Lamb 16 b. IA, Ben Lamb 10 b. IA. Nancy Allen is listed in this household age 69 widowed b. 1811 VA. Note she is listed as Nancy Allen and not Adair or O'Obanion. 11. Nebraska State Census Collection, 1860-1885. 1885 Royal, Antelope, NE, M [Mary] Lamb 47, Benj Lamb 15, Bertha Lamb 10, John Lamb 2 grandson. 12. Find A Grave. Memorial# 62136074." BIRTH: 1. The above RLDS record gives us a birthdate and location for Mary in Gibson Co., TN. MARRIAGE: 1. www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/marriage/ba.htm has an 1853-1905 Marriage Index for Harrison County: "John Coon and Mary Maynard, 23 Jan 1856. I looked up two films 1513295 it. 3-5 (which was a poorly kept book of granted marriage licenses) and 1513294 (which was the recording of marriages giving only the groom and bride's names and who performed the marriage). The license is dated Jan 1856. The second film has the same information as the index above except her surname shows as "Manard." The latter film also shows the marriage "Charles W. Lamb and May Defield, 20 Sep 1868" with no previous license in the book. 2. Www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/marriage/ba.htm 1853-1905 Marriage Index for Harrison County: Chas. W. Lamb and May D. Field 20 Sep 1868. www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/1884.1884l.htm 1884 Atlas Index of landowners for Harrison County shows M.E. Lamb owning 20 acres at Raglan Grove in Raglan Township T.80, Sec.25, R.44 [Same website for 1902 atlas shows owner of two plots at same coordinates as C.W. Lamb and that the land is on "Allen Creek"]. Mary second husband was William De Field which explains the misspelling of May D. | Maynard, Mary Elizabeth (I3601)
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| 1733 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 16 Oct 2005 Rootsweb.com Worldconnect database ":23708" of Jimmy Beavers Library of Congress F268.B53 1981 LH&G South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution Bible Records, Abraham Holland Family Bible, pgs 111 & 112. Thomas's parents did not leave Montgomery Co., MD until 1788. 1800 Laurens Co, SC pg. 24 10010-20010-01 Age 26-45 LDS Micro Fiche #6,049,359 #1 pg. 53 Purchased land in Laurens County, SC in 1803, DAR records. Will: Laurens Co, SC Vol 2 1825-1853 Sec F pg. 117. He is listed in the DAR as being born in Ireland. Militia duty as a private 1781-1782, born 2/12/1762 and died 11/3/1815. 2. Censuses: 1790 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, p. 441, in near proximity to Adairs and Hollands: Thomas Holland, 1 male over 16, 1 female. 1800 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, p. 28 of 68: Thomas Holland, males: 1(0-10)-0-0-1(26-44)-0, females: 2(0-10)-0-0-1(26-44)-0, 0-1(slave). 1810 US: Can't find in Laurens Co., South Carolina. 1820 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, Thomas is deceased by this time, p. 22 of 67: Jane Holland, males 0-1(10-16)-0-0-0-0; females 0-0-1(16-26)-0-1(45+); 7 slaves. 1830 US: Laurens Co., South Carolina, p. 217, next door to Thomas (presumably her son): Jane Holland, females: 1(30-40), 1 (50-60). 3. Laurens County Estate Book A-1: Pp. 263-265: "Saile Bill of the Estate of Aberham Hollen decd. Purchasers: Esener Hollen, Baswel Hollen, Thos Hollen, Reson Hollen, Wm. Hollen, Richd Hollen, Joseph Mitchel, James Adair, Elisha Adair, Joseph Adair, Geoge Adair, Benjamin Adair, Robert Hannah, James Hannah, George Dillard, James Ensley, Aberham Tinsley, Michael Farguson, Saml Lard, Jas. Lard, John Kirk, John Cargil, Jas Jones, Jas Ramage, David Little, Alexr Monro, Elexander Morrison, Wm. Gray, John Miller, Bennet Langston, John A. Elmore, John Pucket, John Ginn, Jas. Brown, Thos Ensley, Joseph Gallegly, Jas. Blakely, Wm. Jones, Wm. Rogers. Proven accompts Sarah Lard, Thomas Holland, Richard Holland, John Dannel Kern, John Waer; Basel Holland, Thos Holland admrs." 4. The publication "Laurens County Kinfolks Volume 1 Book 2," by Richard W. Fowler, gives the following family: "Jane Adair (d. of Joseph, gdau. of Joseph) was b. 30 May 1765, d. 25 Aug 1830 in Laurens Co., SC. She m. Thomas R. Holland, Sr., son of Abraham Holland (1715-1800) and Asenath Spires (7 Jun 1730-1802). Note: Holland Family Cemetery. Children: A. Sarah, b. abt 1793. She m. (1) John Leak. She m. (2) Coleman Carlyle. B. Asenath, b. 1795; d. 1 Feb 1823 in Laurens Co., SC, m. Samuel Copeland, son of John Copeland and Margaret Blakely. Note: Holland Family Cemetery. C. Casey, b. abt 1800; d. in Georgia. She m. John Bryan. D. Jane, b. 9 Sep 1803; d. 23 May 1832 in Laurens Co., SC. She m. Charles Blakely, son of Thomas Blakely and Margaret McGaffey. Note: Rocky Springs Pres. Church Cemetery. E. Thomas R., Jr., b. 16 Aug 1805; d. 23 Mar 1850. He m. Mary Leak, dau. of Jeremiah Leak and Elizabeth Chandler. [It also says he was a twin, but with whom is not stated.] Salem Cemetery. F. Rachel, b. abt 1807. She m. Ephraim Pitts." BIRTH: 1. Date is provided by the tombstone. As of 16 Oct 2005, there are several sites at Worldconnect on Rootsweb.com that list this individual generally being born at Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to Abraham Holland and Azenath Spiers. Variations include Herring Creek in Anne Arundel County and also Frederick County in Maryland. Many of the same sites also note a middle name of Rutledge, especially since he and Jane Adair had a son also known as Thomas Rutledge Holland, Jr. Prior to this middle name, I was using the initial "R." as the middle name. MARRIAGE: 1. Thomas and Jane Adair Holland are mentioned as a married couple in her father's will of 1795; however, the 1790 census shows a Thomas Holland listed in near proximity to the Adair and Holland families with one male and one female and no children. This would support a marriage before 1790. BURIAL: 1. Http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9708/hcem.html. Holland Cemetery is on the top of a steep bank on the right of the road 4 1/2 miles north of the center of Clinton in Laurens County, South Carolina. It is on Highway 56. Located near the top of the hill on the south side of Duncan's Creek. The highway cut in to the cemetery. Buried within are: HOLLAND, Thomas. Feb. 12, 1762 - Oct. 3, 1815. Note: Marker erected by John Bryan, son-in-law. Actual inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Thomas Holland born Feb 12, 1762 and departed this life Oct 3, 1815." HOLLAND, Jane. May 30, 1765 - Aug. 25, 1830. Note: Marker erected by John Bryan, son-in-law. Actual inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Jane Adair Holland born May 30, 1765 - and departed this life July 25, 1830." Relations also buried there include: a. Aseneth, consort of Samuel Copeland, and daughter of Thomas and Jane Holland, died Feb. 1, 1823, age 28 years. b. Elizabeth Adair, daughter of James and Delilah (Holland) Adair, June 17, 1810 - Oct. 17, 1822. | Holland, Thomas Rutledge (I3734)
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| 1734 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 16 Sep 2007 Genealogy website of Dave Pane-Joyce http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_394.html#P9304: "[Hannah] Born ca 1648 at Hartford, CT. Hannah died at Simsbury, CT, in Sep 1684." "[Andrew Hilliard] Born on 4 Nov 1646 at Windsor, CT. Andrew died at Simsbury, CT, on 22 Jan 1697." 2. Charles Burr Todd, A General History of the Burr Family, Knickerbocker Pr., New York, 1902: A. "In Sep 1681 Hannah married Andrew Hilliard, son of John Hilliard (ca 1601-16 Jul 1655) & Ann [Hilliard], at Simsbury, CT." B. "To Benjamin Burr and his wife Anna were born four children: a. Samuel, b. in Eng. b. Thomas, b. 26 Jan 1645, in Hartford. c. Mary, m. 15 Jan 1656, Christopher Crowe, of Windsor; had by him a dau., (1) Mary Crowe. She married, second, Josiah Clarke, of Windsor, and had one child, (2) Josiah, b. 13 Jan 1682. Mary the dau. after the death of her father, Christopher, resided with her grandparents, Benjamin and Anna Burr. She m. in 1685, John Clark, of Windsor. Their children were (a) Hannah, b. in Simsbury, 6 Aug 1686; (b) John; (c) Martha; (d) Solomon; (e) Elizabeth; and (f) Sarah. John Clark the father d. Sep 1715, ae. 60 yrs. Mary his widow again m. Wm. Randall, of Enfield, CT. d. Hannah, m. Sep 1681, Andrew Hillyer, of Simsbury, CT, and d. Sep 1684. Children: (a) Hannah, b. 12 Dec 1681-2, who m. 1st, Thomas Humphrey, and 2d, 15 Apr 1715, James Cornish. She d. 1751. Benjamin Burr d. at Hartford, 31 Mar 1681. His w. Anna d. 31 Aug 1683. He may have had a bro. Thomas. The Hartford town records give: 'Mary Burr, dau. of Thomas Burr, b. 17 Sep 1645.'" 3. Charles Burr Todd, "A General History of the Burr Family," Knickerbocker Pr., New York, 1902: "Benjamin's will, dated 2 Jan 1677, mentions his wife Anna Burre, sons Samuel and Thomas, and daughters Hannah Burre and Mary Crowe; granddaughter Mary Crowe; wife and son Thomas executors, witnesses John Gilbert and William Pitkin." MARRIAGE: 1. Book: "Simsbury Connecticut, Births, Marriages and Deaths,Ttranscribed from the Town Records," 1898, CT Hist. Society: P. 11: "Andrew Hillyard was married to his wife Hannah who was daughter to Benjamin Burr of Hartford, September 1681." P. 11: "Hannah Hillyard the first Daughter of Andrw Hillyard was Borne the 12th day of Dec. 1681." P. 11: "Andrew Hillyard was married to his second wife whos widow Name was Abigall Duee. and maiden Name was Abigall Drak Daughter to Job Drake of windsor) the 17th of Nov. 1687." P. 11: "Andrew Hillyr dyed on the 22 of January 1697/8." | Burr, Hannah (I4399)
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| 1735 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 16 Sep 2007 Genealogy website of Dave Pane-Joyce http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_394.html#P9304: "Born ca 1637 at Hartford, CT. Elisha died in 1720." 2. Neither Abigail nor Elisha Burr are listed as children in the book by Charles Burr Todd, "A General History of the Burr Family," Knickerbocker Pr., New York, 1902. They also are not listed in the will of their father (see his notes for transcription) even though Elisha is said to live until 1720. They only appear at the website referenced above. They being children of Benjamin is unconfirmed. ~ORDINANCES: Verified 24 Dec 2007. BAPTISM: Online Ordinance Index. ENDOWMENT: Online Ordinance Index. SEALING TO PARENTS: Online Ordinance Index; parents Benjamin Burr and Anne Hanna. SEALING TO SPOUSE: | Burr, Elisha (I4401)
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| 1736 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 16 Sep 2007 Genealogy website of Dave Pane-Joyce http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_394.html#P9304: "Born on 4 Apr 1636 at Hartford, CT." 2. Neither Abigail nor Elisha Burr are listed as children in the book by Charles Burr Todd, "A General History of the Burr Family," Knickerbocker Pr., New York, 1902. They also are not listed in the will of their father (see his notes for transcription) even though Elisha is said to live until 1720. They only appear at the website referenced above. They being children of Benjamin is unconfirmed. | Burr, Abigail (I4400)
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| 1737 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 16 Sep 2007 Genealogy website of Dave Pane-Joyce http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_394.html#P9304: "Born on 4 Nov 1646 at Windsor, CT. Andrew died at Simsbury, CT, on 22 Jan 1697." 2. Charles Burr Todd, A General History of the Burr Family, Knickerbocker Pr., New York, 1902: "In Sep 1681 Hannah married Andrew Hilliard, son of John Hilliard (ca 1601-16 Jul 1655) & Ann [Hilliard], at Simsbury, CT." 3. "The History of Ancient Windsor," Stiles, p. p. 391-392 notes "Andrew, b. 4 Nov 1646, settled Simsbury." His father is "John Hillier, Hiller, Hillyer, 1640, m. Ann ___, he d. 16 Jul 1655 (Old Church Records); wid. md. 9 Dec 1656, John Fitch of Hartford. His estate 24 Jul (Col. Rec.) gives names and ages of five eld. ch.; the "Town Rec." the last four. Children (OCR)." MARRIAGE: 1. Book: "Simsbury Connecticut, Births, Marriages and Deaths,Ttranscribed from the Town Records," 1898, CT Hist. Society: P. 11: "Andrew Hillyard was married to his wife Hannah who was daughter to Benjamin Burr of Hartford, September 1681." P. 11: "Hannah Hillyard the first Daughter of Andrw Hillyard was Borne the 12th day of Dec. 1681." P. 11: "Andrew Hillyard was married to his second wife whos widow Name was Abigall Duee. and maiden Name was Abigall Drak Daughter to Job Drake of windsor) the 17th of Nov. 1687." P. 11: "Andrew Hillyr dyed on the 22 of January 1697/8." DEATH: 1. See marriage records above. | Hilliard or Hillyer, Andrew (I4404)
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| 1738 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 16 Sep 2007 Genealogy website of Dave Pane-Joyce http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_394.html#P9304: "Thomas died at Hartford, CT, on 5 Feb 1733. Thomas married Sarah Speck, daughter of Gerard Speck (-ca 1686) & Mary Purchase. Born say 1655." 2. The book "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut," Lucius Barnes Barbour, 1982 ed.: "Gerald Speck mar. bef Nov 26, 1663 Mary Purchase dau of John Purchase/Purkas and Jane. Children: Sarah m. Thomas Burr. Hartford 1665; chimney viewer 1671; an agreement made between him and Thomas Burr Feb 22, 1685-6 provides that Burr will maintain Speck with all the 'necessaries comely and convenient for such an aged person' and Speck agrees for these conditions, and for the love he bears to Burr and his wife, to give them all his estate, house, barn and home-lot." 3. Charles Burr Todd, "A General History of the Burr Family," Knickerbocker Pr., New York, 1902: "Benjamin's will, dated 2 Jan 1677, mentions his wife Anna Burre, sons Samuel and Thomas, and daughters Hannah Burre and Mary Crowe; granddaughter Mary Crowe; wife and son Thomas executors, witnesses John Gilbert and William Pitkin." Also notes: "Thomas Burr, of Hartford, Ct., m. Sarah, dau. of Gerard Speck of Hart. Thomas ... owned covenant of 1st ch. Hartford, 15 Mar 1695-6. His wife Sarah 16 Apr 1693, bapt. same day. Thomas Burr d. 1733. His will dated 29 Apr 1722, with a codicil 20 May 1731, proved 5 Feb 1733-4, names children [below]. He gave his sons Thomas and Daniel his lands east of the Conn. River; his undivided lands at New Bantam equally to Thomas, Samuel, and Jonathan. Of the daus. Ann (bapt. 4 Nov 1694) m. 18 Jan 1721-2, Obadiah Spencer (bapt. 4 Aug 1695), s. of Obadiah and Ruth Spencer. [Their children listed.] Ann, the mother, d. 29 Aug 1765. Sarah owned covenant 1st Church Hartford 8 Mar, 1695-6, d. 16 Oct 1750, ae. 69 yrs. Willed her lands in Hart. to Dr. Isaac Burr, son of her bro., Rev. Isaac, 50 pounds to Daniel, son of her bro. Daniel. Samuel Burr, her bro., exec. of her will, dated 1750. Hannah d. 23 Dec 1763. ('The aged Hannah Burr d.,' etc. - 1st Church Records Hartford.). Abigail bapt. 25 Oct 1702, m. Capt. Timothy Phelps (perhaps a 2d wife). 'Abigail, w. of Capt. Timothy Phelps, d. 4 Sep 1760.' (1st Ch. Rec. Hart.). Children: A. Thomas, Jr. B. Samuel. C. Joseph, bapt. 1687. D. Jonathan, bapt. 1692. E. Ann, bapt. 1694. F. Isaac, bapt. 1697. G. Daniel, bapt. 1700. H. Sarah. I. Benjamin. J. Hannah. K. Abigail, bapt. 1702. L. Caleb, bapt. 20 Feb 1703-4, prob. d. young." | Speck, Sarah (I4403)
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| 1739 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1664 Hearth Tax: Robert Dansey 2 chimneys, Deane Borough in West Milton. In the index, it is noted as part of the ecclesiastic parish of Hartlip prior to 1832. 1664 - owned a house in Hartlip 1665 - dau. Elizabeth christened in Stockbury, which still fits house in Hartlip. 1667 - dau Anne christened in Hollingbourne. 1690s - Robert & Anne buried in Hollingbourne. Note: No Dancy (or variants thereof) entries found in Hartlip Kent per Kent Family History Society CD of parish transcriptions (available in FHL, CD #3223). 2. Using maps.familysearch.org, I did a three mile radius search of parishes centered on a point equidistant from Hartlip, Thurnham, and Hollingbourne, which basically put us into Stockbury. The list of these parishes included Thurnham, Detling (starts after 1700), Bredhurst, Rainham, Hartlip, Borden, Bredgar, Bicknor, Hollingbourne, Boxley (starts after 1692), and Huckinge. I used the Kent Family History Society CD of parish transcriptions (available in FHL, CD #3223); note: I would rate this source at about 98% accurate but it is fast. I looked at any name remotely close to Dancy and then verified the same by looking at the actual records on film. With the exception of the entries we already have on Robert Dancy, there were no other entries to be found except for the following who could be a possible relation subject to more research: -Hollingbourne: 26 May 1647 - Izaac, s of Thomas and Mary Danse, bap. -Thurnham: 11 Feb 1628, Francis Dance and Avis Ower, widow, mar. (Note: This page is very faded and poorly transcribed. It should be 11 Jun 1627 - Thomas Dance and Avis Owre; Dance may be Bance, but it is a very faded document. The BT is missing this page and the AT shows it as tentatively as Bance, but the writing is in a different hand and there are no Bances in this parish [nor Dances either].) 3. History of the surname Dancy from the website http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Dancy accessed 29 Jan 2016: "Amongst the original followers of William the Conqueror at the 1066 invasion of England was William de Anesi, from the village of that name in Calvados, Normandy. He was later granted extensive land holdings in Hampshire and Wiltshire, and his name is perpetuated in the village of Winterbourne Dauntsey. The 1242 Fees Rolls of Wiltshire records that the village was held by Roger Dauntsey. Even by this date the name had developed several spellings, such as Dantesia, De Dantesie, De Andisie and De Anesy, the first "modern" form probably being that of Roger Danesi, in the Kent Rolls of 1210. Other recordings include: Peter de Dauntesy, of Berkshire in 1273, and Richard de Dauntesye in Wiltshire in the same period. Later recordings show the modern forms: Johane Dauncy being registered at St. Antholin's Church, London, in 1539, and in 1542 "Mistress" Dancy, the wife of Alderman Dancy, was buried in London. Amongst the earliest settlers to America was John Dancy, recorded in the Virginia Muster of 1621, in the company of George Sandis Esq. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Anesi, which was dated 1086, in the Domesday Book of Wiltshire, during the reign of King William 1, known as "The Conqueror", 1066 - 1087. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling." 4. Family Search has a bad extracted record which is not found in Thornham (Thurnham) in the Bishop's Transcript film they reference -- I checked it as well as the Parish record and the Archdeacon's Transcript. It did seem a bit incredible to be getting married the same day as your baby is being blessed. The erroneous extracted record: Gender: Male Christening Date: 06 Nov 1662 Christening Place: Thornham, Kent, England Citation: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1ZX-97M : accessed 29 January 2016), Robert Dansy, 06 Nov 1662; citing Kent, England, reference Item 4; FHL microfilm 1,737,095. No image available Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I05021-6 5. As to other general research into the origins of "Dancy" in Kent. A. Two old Kent wills spelled "Daunce": -Daunce, Henry (Dawnce), Chelsfield, 1468pd -Daunce, John, Hadlow,1447d B. Robert could be an immigrant and possibly from London. This was common at the time. London's poor were attracted by the wages, which were in highest in England during the 1680's (page 257 of THE ECONOMY OF KENT 1640-1914) and, since the Tudor era, there had been an annual influx of pickers from London and Essex (p. 147, CRISES AND ORDER IN ENGLISH TOWNS 1500-1700). In LONDON (Vintage edition of 2001, p. 728) Peter Ackroyd described wealthier London residents moving to Kent: "the air being exceedingly wholesome, many citizens have built houses; and such whose circumstances do not permit of that expense, take ready furnished lodgings for the summer." C. Dancy is so unusual of a name and I cannot find many of them in Kent. Given the possible immigration from London, we find the following in St. Andrew, Enfield, London, England: - 29 Nov 1641 - Robert s/o Richard & Anne Daunce (If this is our Robert, he would have been about 22 when he married Ann Spice.) Filling in the family: - Richard Daunce married Ann Barnes at St Andrew, Enfield, London, 10 June 1627 - 17 Feb 1627 - Richard - 6 Jan 1629 - Jacob - 20 March 1632 - Christian - 19 May 1635 - Ann - 31 March 1637 - Willia In checking the 1664 hearth tax in Kent for "Daunce" entries, nothing was found. For London in 1666, the following was found with the first one possibly being the Richard above: but I think this is the Richard (possible father of our Robert) above. He was probably about 64 years old +/- 5 years. 4 hearths - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-helen-bishopsgate -- Richard Dancey, 4 chimneys. - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-bride-fleet-street-george-alley St Brides Pcinct -- Henry Dancy, 2. - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/clerkenwell-2#highlight-first -- Jeremy Dancy, 6 and 3 forges. - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-katherines-by-the-tower-goat-alley -- Widd Dansey, 2. - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-martin-in-the-fields-knuckles-alley -- Thomas Dansey, 4. - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-hearth-tax/london-mddx/1666/st-edmund-the-king-and-martyr -- Anthony Dansey, 6. D. Using http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/kent_records/KRNS2-1.pdf accessed 10 Feb 2015 which gives Kent real estate deals, there are 11 transactions of a London mercer named William Dauncy who may have died in London 27 April 1543. These transactions certainly place this William with lands in the proximity of our Robert Dancy; however, he is probably two or three generations from our Robert. Interesting but a long ways from proven. The transactions: 11 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 19/112)(Easter) - would be 1520/21 - 403. Jn Stede & wife Joan to Wm Dauncy, Ric Reynoldis & Wm Goldyng. Mess, 106a land & 6a wood in Strood & 'Hauksburgh'. £100. (5) 11 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 19/112)(Easter) - would be 1520/21 - 426. Sir Edw Ferrers to Jn Parke, Wm Dauntesey & Mich Dormer. Manor of E. Farleigh w/200a land, 40a mead, 60a past, 40a wood & 40a marsh. in E. & W. Farleigh, Linton, Loose, Barming,Hunton, Frindsbury, Cooling & Cliffe. 200 mks. (28) 14 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 20/115)(Easter)- would be 1523 - 560. Sir Jas Darell & Jn Darell, esq to Jn Park, mercer of London, Jn Aleyn, Alderman of London, Wm Dauncy, mercer & Jn Rogers, gent. Manor of Pery alias Perycourt w/200a land, 60a past & 50a wood in Faversham, Preston nr Faversham, Throwley, Luddenham & Kingsdown [nr Sittingbourne.]. £200 (18) 15 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 20/116) - abt 1524/25 - 591. Thos Buck & wife Alice to Wm Daunsye, Baron Jn Hales, Chris Hales, Alderman Jn Aleyn, Jn Rogers & Jn Lambe. Mess, 400a land, 40a mead, 200a past, 20a wood & 60a waste in Marden & Staplehurst. £200. (11) 16 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 20/117) - would be 1525/25 - 626. Jn Lamberd & wife Margt & Wm Sayer & wife Joan to Jn Parke, Baron Jn Hales, Aldm Jn Aleyn, Wm Dauntesey, mercer of London & Jn Lambe, gent. Mess, 14a land, 3a mead & 2a wood in Tofeld & Stonestrete in Maidstone. £30. (7) 16 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 20/117) - would be 1525/25 - 654. Wm Iden to Jn Parke, mercer of London, Baron Jn Hales, Aldm Jn Aleyn & Wm Dauncy, mercer of London. Manor of Malmaynes w/140a land, 100a mead, 300a past & 50a marsh & pasture for 300 sheep in Stoke. 400 mks. (35) 17 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 20/118) - abt 1526/27 - 685. Jn Netter & wife Agnes to Jn Baker, gent, Baron Jn Hales, Chris Hales, esq & Wm Daunce, gent. 15a land in E. Farleigh. £30. (26) 19 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 20/120) - about 1528/29 - 760. Jn Porteley & wife Margt to Edw Dormer, Robt Dormer, esq, Wm Dauncy & Robt Pakyngton. 7 mess, 200a land, 10a mead, 40a past & 6a wood in Newington [nr Sittingbourne], Rainham & [Lower] Halstow & 'Hartclyff'. £240. (8) 19 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 20/120) - about 1528/29 - 767. Sir Edw Guldeford to Jn Parke, mercer of London, Sir Jn Aleyn, Jn Baker, esq, Wm Dawncy, mercer of London & Ric Gresham, mercer of London. 80a land, 130a marsh & 100a waste & pasture for 1,500 sheep in Grain. £400. (15) 19 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 20/120) - about 1528/29 - 776. Robt Dartnold & wife Alice to Baron Jn Hales, Sir Jn Alen, Jn Baker, gent, Wm Dauncy, mercer of London & Jn Reynold. Moiety of 35a land in Maidstone. £30. 22 Henry VIII (CP 25(2) 21/124) - about 1531 - 956. Wm Dawntesey & wife Agnes to Thos Alcok & Wm See. 2 mess, 140a land, 1a wood & 20a marsh in Woodnesborough. £100. (5) E. Elizabeth More was the daughter of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) and Jane Colte (1488-1511). Thomas More was famous for his association with King Henry the 8th and was made a Saint by the Catholic Church. Elizabeth married William Dauncey (Dauntesey/Daunce/Dauncer) (c.1505-May 28, 1548) and had seven children: John (b.1525), Thomas, Bartholomew, William, Germain, Alice, and Elizabeth. They lived at Canons Park, Middlesex and in London, then (1543+) at Cassiobury, Hertfordshire. The name is of interest, but there is no information proving a direct link to our Robert Dancy. There is a newer book which could be of interest: "The Family and Descendants of St. Thomas More," by Martin Wood, 2008. I cannot find an e-version of the book as of 2016. 6. Construction of the Spice Family using Probate and Church Records: A. Extraction of the Spice family in Thurnham (aka Thornham) Church records, which begin in 1562 to my cut-off of 1700 except for burials which I cut off at 1715; Parish Records (FHL film 1473738, it. 2), Bishop's Transcript (FHL film 1737095, it. 4), and Archdeacon's Transcript (FHL film 1752238, it. 4). The Parish records cover the 1641-1661 gap in the other two records not sent in during the Civil War. The Archdeacon's Transcript starts in 1562 and is missing the following years: 1565-6, 1568-9, 1594-5, 1606-7, 1629-30, 1641-1660. The Bishop's Transcript starts 1611 and is missing 1613-14, 1621-2, 1626-8, 1640-61. The Parish record begins 1631 but has some large almost illegible sections which hinders extracting the Civil War gap. The transcription: -1 Jan 1564/5, Agnes d of Wyllim Spice, bap. -1583, Willim Spice as churchwarden -20 Jun 1585, Margareta d of John Spice, bap., bur. 1 Jul 1585 -18 Sep 1586, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. -9 Feb 1588/9, John s of John Spice, bap. -25 Apr 1591, Edwarde s of John Spice, bap. -8 Sep 1592, Wyllyam Spise, housholder, bur. -12 Aug 1593, Arthur s of John Spise, bap. -22 Feb 1603/4, John Spice, bur. -25 Oct 1607, Izard Spice an old widow, bur. -24 Jul 1614, Douratye, d. of John Spice, bap. -25 May 1618, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. -16 Sep 1621, John s of John Spice, bap. -21 May 1622, Richard Spice and Margarite Amies, mar. -26 Sep 1623, "A young infant of John Spices dying unbaptized was buried." -23 Oct 1625, Anne d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 25 Oct 1625 Ann dau. of John Spice. -11 Mar 1626/7, Margret, d of John Spice, bap. [Note: LDS IGI extracted this wrong as a burial; actual record shows baptism.] -10 Jan 1629/30, Anne, d of John Spice, bap. -27 Apr 1633, William Spice, bachelor, 48, bur. -28 Nov 1637, John Chapman and Elizabeth Spice, mar. -5 Oct 1645, John Spice and Mary Eagleton, mar. by banns. -24 May 1646, Edward Spice, brother of Richard, bur. [a lot more to this entry but illegible] -17 Jan 1648/9, Arthur Spice an ancient bachelor, bur. -26 Feb 1650, William Spice and Elizabeth Watts botp, mar. -15 Oct 1650, John Larkin and Margaret Spice, mar. -23 Oct 1650, Elizabeth wife of John Spice, bur. -11 May 1651, Richard s of William and Elizabeth Spice, bap. -26 Dec 1653, Margaret d of William Spice, bap. -23 Oct 1655, William s of William Spice, bap. -5 Sep 1662, John Spice an old man, bur. -6 Nov 1662, Robert Dansy and Anne Spice, mar. by banns. -3 Jun 1674, Margarett wife of Richard Spice, bur. -26 Mar 1676, Edward Chambers and Margaret Spice, mar. -28 Jun 1682, Will Spice, bur. -6 Nov 1683, George Johnson and Lydia Spice, mar. -27 Jan 1688/9, Mary, d of John and Mary Spice, bap. -31 Dec 1690, William, s of John and Mary Spice, bap. -23 Mar 1691/2, John Spice, an ancient man, bur. -19 Mar 1692/3, John, s of John and Mary Spice, bap. -29 Dec 1695, Edmund, s of John and Mary Spice, bap. -3 Jan 1702/3, John Spice bur. -7 Jan 1702/3, Nicholas, s of John and Mary Spice, bap. -21 Jun 1706, Mary Spice widow, bur. -28 Oct 1710, Mary Spice widow, bur. B. Probates: 1592: WILLIAM SPICE: Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice/Spise, William, Thurnham, 1592, 1592, PRC/17/49/178, PRC/16/100 S/10 Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1592, A-Z > image 329 of 468; County Record Office, Maidstone. Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RPM-QCN?mode=g&i=328&owc=M68J-WTL%3A250713701%3Fcc%3D1949814&wc=M68K-GZ9%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251242601%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 Transcription: -Wyllyam Spise of Thorneham. -Will dated 14 Sep 1592. -To be buried in the Thornham churchyard. -Isodore my wife -Daughter Joan to receive a legacy. [IGI: Joan married Edward Scoones at Chart Sutton 5 Nov 1584 and was buried 26 Sep 1598 at the same place.] -Godson [grandson] Willm Spice to receive legacy. [The son of his son John.] -Godson [grandson] Thomas Scovne [Scoones] to receive legacy. [Son of his dau. Joan.] -Son John Spice named as executor and to receive property in Thurnham as well as a place called Christmill in Thornham. Legacies to Isodore and Joan from this property. -Witnesses: Anthony Braston and John Crompe -Proved 21 Oct 1592. 1604: JOHN SPICE: Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, John, Thurnham, 1603, 1604, PRC/17/53/121, PRC/16/125 S/6 Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1604, A-Z > image 239 of 294; County Record Office, Maidstone. Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGV-RNC?mode=g&i=238&wc=M68K-PWG%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251260001%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 Transcription: -John Spice of Thornham, Yeoman, to be buried in the Thornham churchyard. -Will dated 15 Feb 1603[/4] -Daughter Elizabeth, legacy to be upon marriage or reaching age 21. -Wife Joane Spice named as executor. Joane to receive all property until her death at which time everything to be equally divided between all the sons. -Izard Spice my mother to have the use of a room in the present dwelling of Richard Winter. -Sons Willm Spice, John Spice, Edward Spice, Arthur Spice, Richard Spice. All are under the age of 21. -Overseers: Brother-in-law George Roper of Bearsted and Henry Coulter "thelder" yeoman of Thurnham. [George is his wife Joan Roper's brother.] -Signed with the mark of X. Witnesses Tho. Gaye, Richard Winter, and Henry Coulter. -Probated 29 Apr 1604 1607: IZARD SPICE, widow: Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, Izard widow, Thurnham, 1607, 1607, PRC/17/54/123, PRC/16/131 S/4 Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1607, A-Z > image 301 of 367; County Record Office, Maidstone. Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGM-D89?mode=g&i=300&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-P6D%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251267501%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 Transcription: [Izard is shown as Isodore in her husband's will and as Izard in her son John's will.] -Izard Spice widow of William Spice of Thornham -Will dated 20 Oct 1607 -To be buried in the churchyard of Thornham. -Appoints William Spice, the son of John Spice, as executor. [John is her son who predeceased her in 1604.] -To Elizabeth Spice, the sister of the aforenamed William. -To John Spice their brother -To Edward Spice, Authuor Spice, and Richard Spice [Grandsons through John her son.] -To Mary Scoones, the daughter of Edward Scoones [Edward is her son-in-law who married her daughter Jone who was deceased at this time.] -To Thomas Scoones, John Scoones, and Edward Scoones [Children of the deceased Joan (Spice) Scoones.] -To Edward Scoones their father [Son-in-law] -To Sarah Winter and Goodwife Winter -To Goodwife Gorham, wife of Arthur Gorham -To my sister Bills [Note: No "Bills" found in Thurnham Church records for this period or earlier; but there is a John and Elizabeth Billes having children bap. starting in 1643.] -To "my daughter Spice" [Not sure who this would be; the two known daughters, Agnes and Joan, are deceased by this time -- perhaps a daughter-in-law?] -To my maid Annis -To Alice the widow of one Newman of Maidstone -To my maid Mare -To widow Newman again -To "her [widow Newman's] sister Judith" -To "Jone another sister" [of widow Newman] -To "Rebeccah Smith another sister" [of widow Newman] -To An Bills, my sister's daughter -To Jone Allen a widow & my goddaughter Nixmony? -To my godson Steven Gorham -To Goodman Winter -More to "good: Gorham" -Signed with a mark -Witnesses: Richard Winter, John Apines?, John Crompe -Will proved 6 Nov 1607 1675: RICHARD SPICE: Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, Richard, Thurnham, 1664, 1675, PRC/17/73/410b, PRC/16/294 S/9 Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1675, A-Z > image 299 of 358; County Record Office, Maidstone. Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRG5-94G6?mode=g&i=298&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-12S%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251397901%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 Transcription: [Note: Richard in his will does not mention any siblings or children; apparently, he had no children and from the church records we know his siblings pre-deceased him -- only his wife survived him. The kinsmen and godson in his will are apparently nephews, nieces, etc.] -Richard Spice of Thornham -Will dated 10 May 1664 -Wife Margaret to receive everything which also includes three messuages in Thornham. Upon her death, everything to go to "William Spice my kindsman of Boxle [Boxley] in the foresaid countie [Kent]" who shall pay from the same the following legacies to "my kindsman Christopher Spice of Boughton Cor. [Boughton Monchelsea?]," "Alce Joanes & Elizabeth Norington, the sisters of John Coulter of Loye," "Thomas Danier of Ottam [Otham]," my kindsman William Spice of Hallingbourne [Hollingbourne]" who is to receive a house in Thurnham currently occupied by Edward Gorham, "my kindsman John Spice of Bersted [Bearsted]" who is to receive a house and property in Bearsted. [Unsure of how the three Spice kinsmen -- William, Christopher, and William -- are related; possibly the latter William could be his brother who had a son Richard in Hollingbourne.] -"My aforesaid kindsman William Spice of Boxle [Boxley]" appointed as executor. -20 shillings a piece to be given to all the children of "John Chappiman" of Thurnham. -5 pounds to "my kindswoman the wife of Dance" [His niece Anne, wife of Robert Dancy, and daughter of his brother John.] -5 pounds to "my godson the son of John Larken." [Son of his brother John's daughter Margaret who married John L -Signed by Richard Spice -Witnesses: John Tritton juner, Deborah Miller, Stephen Miller. -Will proved 13 Nov 1675 1682: WILLIAM SPICE: Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, William, Thurnham, 1682, 1682, PRC/17/76/80, PRC/16/308 S/15 Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1682, A-Z > image 297 of 349; County Record Office, Maidstone. Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGR-4DG?i=296&wc=M68K-1Z9%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251402301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 Transcription: -William Spice of Thurnham -Will dated 13 Jun 1682 -Wife Elizabeth to receive a parcel of land called "the Tyle Kilne ffield" in Thurnham. Other parcells as well including the workmen and servants. Upon her death, these to go to his son John Spice. -Sons Richard and John Spice named as coexecutors; they to receive the messuage and dwelling William now lives in. -Daughter Margaret now the wife of Edward Chambers to receive his messuage, tenements, and property in Hollingbourne. -Daughters Lydea Spice, Elizabeth Spice, Mary Spice -Signed with the mark "W" -Witnesses: Daniel Cloke, Elizabeth Yorke, Chr. Fullagers -Will proved 2 Aug 1682 1692: JOHN SPICE: Canterbury Cathedral Probate Index: Will - Spice, John, Thurnham, 1689, 1692, PRC/17/78/107, PRC/16/326 S/10 Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch accessed 31 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1692, A-Z > image 272 of 299; County Record Office, Maidstone. Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RGR-368?i=271&owc=collection%2F1949814%2Fwaypoints&wc=M68K-BNL%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251409301%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814 Transcription: -John Spies of Thornham -Will dated 10 Feb 1689 -Bequeaths to "my kinsman Richard Spice, son of my brother William Spice of the Parish of Hollingbourne" his barns and four parcels of ten acres. If Richard Spice dies without heirs, the property to go to Richard's brother John Spice. They are obligated to make payments to the testator's widow for her life. -Bequeaths to "my kinsman Richard Spies son of John Spies" a house in the parish of Bearsted. [Unknown relationship.] -Bequeaths to "my sister Ann the wife of Robertt Dancey" four pounds. -Bequeaths to "my brothers and sisters children" 3 pounds whom he names: -Ann the wife of William Hawes [Unknown relationship.] -Elisabeth the wife of William Wedd [Unknown relationship.] -Elisabeth and Ann Dancey [Daughters of his sister Anne.] -Children of William Chapman: Auther and Robertt Chapman; "Ann, Sarah, Margritt there maiden sirnames Chapman." [William Chapman is a clerical error for John Chapman who married Elizabeth Spice and named his children in his 1671 probate as Arthur, Robert, William, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Margaret -- his wife is not mentioned in the probate.] -Children of John Larkin of "dutling" [Detling?]: John, Elisabeth, and Susanna. [Children of his sister Margaret.] -Children of Elisabeth the wife of John Gilbert [Unknown relationship.] -Bequeaths to Alce Touner widow 10 shillings -Appoints Richard Spice of Hollingbourne, son of his brother William, as executor. C. Family Groupings based on extracted church records and Kent probates: A. Family Group: William and Izard/Isodore Spice as parents. Willim Spice as churchwarden in 1583. Wyllyam Spise, housholder, bur. 8 Sep 1592; probate dated 1592. Izard Spice an old widow, bur. 25 Oct 1607: -1 Jan 1564/5, Agnes d of Wyllim Spice, bap. [Not named in father's 1592 probate.] -[Unknown unrecorded date], Joan. [Named in father's will. IGI: Joan married Edward Scoones at Chart Sutton 5 Nov 1584 and was buried 26 Sep 1598 at the same place; Will of Edward Scoone at Chart Sutton, 1615, PRC/17/61/429 (no Spice family mentioned). Scoones children mentioned in both grandparents William and Izard Spices' 1592 and 1607 wills.] -[Unknown unrecorded date], John. (Named in father's will; John is father of Group B.) B. Family Group: John Spice and Joan Roper as parents [John is a son in Group A]. John Spice, bur. 22 Feb 1603/4. [John has probate dated 1604 in which he names his wife Joane and other family. IGI: John Spice and Joan Roper found in Bearsted 8 Nov 1579.]: -6 Oct 1583 [in Bearsted per B. Church record]; bur. 27 Apr 1633, "Wm. Spice a bachelor of about 48 years of age dyed at Bersted [Bearsted] and was buried there besides his ancestors." [This calculates to a birth of abt 1585. There is one Spice christening in the Bearsted Kent Family Society CD transcriptions (only baptisms starting in 1563 on the CD): 6 Oct 1583 -- Willm s of John Spyce. This places him then as a son in this family. Mentioned in grandparents William and Izard Spices' 1592 and 1607 wills.] -20 Jun 1585, Margareta d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 1 Jul 1585 -18 Sep 1586, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.] -9 Feb 1588/9, John s of John Spice, bap. [father of Group C.] [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.] -25 Apr 1591, Edwarde s of John Spice, bap. (24 May 1646, Edward Spice, brother of Richard, bur. [a lot more to this entry but illegible, but it seems similar to Wm. Spice his brother above].) [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.] -12 Aug 1593, Arthur s of John Spice, bap. (17 Jan 1648/9, Arthur Spice an ancient bachelor, bur.) [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.] -[Unknown unrecorded date], Richard. (Richard Spice and Margarite Amies, mar. 21 May 1622. Margarett wife of Richard Spice, bur. 3 Jun 1674.) [Notes: (1) The above Edward's burial record notes Edward as the brother of Richard. (2) Richard in his will proved 1675 does not mention any siblings or children; apparently, he had no children and the church records show that all of his siblings pre-deceased him -- only his wife survived him. The kinsmen and godson in his will are apparently nephews, nieces, etc. (3) Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.] C. Family Group: John Spice [son in Group B] bap. 9 Feb 1588/9; John Spice "an old man," bur. 5 Sep 1662; Elizabeth wife of John Spice, bur. 23 Oct 1650. [Mentioned in grandmother Izard's 1607 will.]: -24 Jul 1614, Douratye, d. of John Spice, bap. -[Unknown unrecorded date], William Spice. (Will Spice bur. 28 Jun 1682.) [Father of Group D.] [Estimated birth date of abt. 1616, but no record found in Thurnham. His brother John's 1692 will identifies him William as his brother and also names both of William's living sons Richard and John.] -25 May 1618, Elizabeth d of John Spice, bap. (John Chapman and Elizabeth Spice, mar. 28 Nov 1637. Probably John Chapman, s of Roberte, bap 12 Mar 1608/9.) -16 Sep 1621, John s of John Spice, bap. (John Spice and Mary Eagleton, mar. by banns, 5 Oct 1645; John Spice, an ancient man, bur. 23 Mar 1691/2.) [John has probate dated 1692.] -26 Sep 1623, "A young infant of John Spices dying unbaptized was buried." -23 Oct 1625, Anne d of John Spice, bap.; bur. 25 Oct 1625 Ann dau. of John Spice. -11 Mar 1626/7, Margret, d of John Spice, bap. (John Larkin and Margaret Spice, mar. 15 Oct 1650. Probably John Larkin, s of Henry, bap. 15 Apr 1627.) -10 Jan 1629/30, Anne, d of John Spice, bap. (6 Nov 1662, Robert Dansy [Dancy] and Anne Spice, mar. by banns.) [Mentioned in her uncle Richard Spice's 1664 will; her daughters Elizabeth and Anne mentioned in her uncle John Spice's 1692 probate.] D. Family Group: William Spice and Elizabeth Watts botp, mar. 26 Feb 1650. Will Spice bur. 28 Jun 1682. [William has a probate dated 1682. The probate of John Spice of 1692 proves that they are brothers thereby making William a son in Group C as is John.]: -11 May 1651, Richard s of William and Elizabeth Spice, bap. [His uncle John's 1692 will indicates Richard is residing in Hollingbourne.] -26 Dec 1653, Margaret d of William Spice, bap. (26 Mar 1676, Edward Chambers and Margaret Spice, mar.) -23 Oct 1655, William s of William Spice, bap. [Not named in his father's 1682 probate.] -[Unknown unrecorded date], John. [Named in his father's 1682 will; probable father of Group E.] -[Unknown unrecorded date], Elizabeth. [Named in his father's 1682 will.] -[Unknown unrecorded date], Lydia. (George Johnson and Lydia Spice, mar. 6 Nov 1683) [Named in his father's 1682 will.] E. Family Group: John and Mary ___ Spice (John Spice bur. 3 Jan 1702/3. Mary Spice widow, bur. 21 Jun 1706 or 28 Oct 1710 -- two "widow Mary" Spices bur. but not sure which date is for this one and who the other widow Mary may be.) [Probable son in Group D.]: -27 Jan 1688/9, Mary, d of John and Mary Spice, bap. -31 Dec 1690, William, s of John and Mary Spice, bap. -19 Mar 1692/3, John, s of John and Mary Spice, bap. -29 Dec 1695, Edmund, s of John and Mary Spice, bap. -7 Jan 1702/3, Nicholas, s of John and Mary Spice, bap.; bur. 3 Jun 1704, Nicholas s of Mary Spice. 7. Jack Cade's Rebellion of 1450: A Database of Names of those Receiving Pardons, taken from Calendar of Patent Rolls Henry VI 5 (1909) pp. 338-374 accessed from https://familysearch.org. This spreadsheet of about 3449 persons was created by Merton Historical Society in September 2014, and is accessible at http://www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/index.php?cat=morden&sec=!rebels For more detail on this listing and the event see http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/007%20-%201868/007-03.pdf No one listed with the following surnames (or variations thereof): Acock/Alcock, Barret, Chepfield, Dancy, Dennet, Gateland, Hadwin, Hales, Herbert, Hopper, James, Kitney, Marden, Mills, Morskin, Shelly, Sisley, Straine, Upton, and Vande Wall. 8. The following extraction was made from the "Index to the Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5," by H.A. Hanley, B.A. and C.W. Chalklin, M.A., B. Litt No mentions were found for family surnames Acock/Alcock, Barret, Chepfield, Dancy, Dennett, Eagles, Gateland, Hadwin, Hales, Mills, Morskin, Shelley, Sisley, Strain, Vande Wall, Worme. BURIAL: 1. Hollingbourne Parish Records (FHL 1736836): 20 May 1699 -- Robert Dancey was bur. MARRIAGE: 1. Findmypast's "Kent, East Kent marriage index 1538-1754": Robert Dansy and Ann Spice, marr. 6 Nov 1662 at Thurnham, both of Thurnham. | Dancy, Robert (I715)
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| 1740 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1787 census for Jestrup in Sønderhå notes Peder Leegaard 50 farmer both in their first marriage, Else Jensdatter 46 his wife, Inger Pedersdatter 14 Child, Laurids Pedersen 10 Child, Frederica Pedersdatter 7 Child, Jens Pedersen 4 Child, Caroline Pedersdatter 2 child. 2. 1801 census for same place notes Peder Leegaard 66, in first marriage, parish bailiff and "gaardbeboer," Else Jensdatter 60 his wife, Laurs 22, Frederica Louise 21 unmarried, Caroline 15 unmarried. CHRISTENING: 1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record. 2. Per research of genealogist Bent Pilsgård of Viborg, Denmark; Viborg Regional Archives microfiche C114.2 plate 2 page 35 Sønderhå parish records; Sponsors: The girl of the wife of dean Paludan, Magrethe Pouldatter carried the Child, Niels Oestergaard, Peder Noergaard, Anders Snever, Maren Hansdatter and Kirsten ??(here the mother is not named Moerk). [Same record per Joyce Cupit: "Sønderhå 1785, D. 17 Apr Peder Legaard and wife Else Jensdatter had their small daughter Caroline baptized in Sønderhå church. The vicar's daughter Margrethe Poulsdatter carried the child. Witnesses were Niels Oestergaard, Peder Noergaard, Anders Snever, Maren Hansdatter, and Kirsten Christensdatter Dahl, all of Jestrup.] SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999. 2. Joyce Cupit's website 3. Marriage info per research notes provided by Jens Praestgaard. | Pedersdatter, Caroline (I2669)
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| 1741 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1787 census for Jestrup in Sønderhå notes Peder Leegaard 50 farmer both in their first marriage, Else Jensdatter 46 his wife, Inger Pedersdatter 14 Child, Laurids Pedersen 10 Child, Frederica Pedersdatter 7 Child, Jens Pedersen 4 Child, Caroline Pedersdatter 2 child. CHRISTENING: 1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record. 2. Per research of genealogist Bent Pilsgård of Viborg, Denmark; Viborg Regional Archives microfiche C114.2 plate 2 page 32 Sønderhå parish records; Sponsors: The wife of dean Paludan carried the Child, Niels Oestergaard, Peder Noergaard of Jestrup, Jens Bentsen of Sønderhå, Maren Hansdatter and Anne Thomasdatter of Jestrup (Anne may be the child of Thomas Jensen Moerk) (here the mother is not named Moerk). [[Same record per Joyce Cupit: "Sønderhå 1782, Den 18 Aug. Peder Leegrd and wife Else Jensdatter of Jestrup had their small son Jens baptized in Sønderhå church. Vicar's wife Paludan carried the child. Witnesses were Niels Oestergaard, Peder Noergaard of Jestrup and Jens Bentzen of Sønderhå, Maren Hansdatter and Anne Thomasdatter of Jestrup.] SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999. 2. Joyce Cupit's website 3. Per Family group sheet prepared by Wanda Roos per research of Sønderhå parish records and censuses by Eva M. Gregersen. ACTION: 1. Verify marriage date. Shows with downline in Ancestral File but with death date in 1814. Downline may be invalid if marr. date is as reported. Or vice versa. | Pedersen Leegaard, Jens (I2668)
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| 1742 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1787 census for Jestrup in Sønderhå notes Peder Leegaard 50 farmer both in their first marriage, Else Jensdatter 46 his wife, Inger Pedersdatter 14 Child, Laurids Pedersen 10 Child, Frederica Pedersdatter 7 Child, Jens Pedersen 4 Child, Caroline Pedersdatter 2 child. CHRISTENING: 1. FHL film # 053193; Sønderhå Parish Record. 2. Per research of genealogist Bent Pilsgård of Viborg, Denmark; Viborg Regional Archives microfiche C114.1 plate 4 page 287b Sønderhå parish records; Sponsors: Anne Jensdatter Mærch of the parsonage carried the Child, Salmon Ulnitz and Jens Moerk of Bedsted parish, Mads Snever and Christen Bang both of Jestrup. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah, 84087, (801)-295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999. 2. Joyce Cupit's website | Pedersdatter Leegård, Inger (I2666)
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| 1743 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website | Hales, Mary (I1243)
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| 1744 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1840 census, Nr. 18, en gaard, Bedsted: Svend Jensen Westergaard 48 married farm leaseholder, Frederikke Pedersdatter 61 married and his wife, Peder Christian 34 unmarried her child, Maren 25 unmarried her child, Ane Kirstine Christendatter 13 unmarried his child. 2. Maren Enevoldsdatter is reported having a son out of wedlock: Laust Peter Westergaard, b. 9 September 1841, chr. 17 Sep 1841, both in Bedsted, per FHL film 053027 noting him as the illegitimate son of Maren Enevoldsdatter, step daughter of Swend Westergaard. CHRISTENING: 1. FHL film # 053027; Bedsted Parish Record, 1814-1858, book 3, p. 51. Maren, b. 10 Sep 1815 to farmer Enevold Pedersen Westergrd. and his wife Fridericka Pedersdtr. in Bedsted. Home christened 10 Sep and in church 5 Nov. Same film, book 3, p. 122, shows the confirmation of Maren in 1830 with a birth of 10 Sep 1815 in Bedsted to Enevold Pedersen and Frederikke Pedersdatter now married to Svend Kjer in Bedsted. MARRIAGE: 1. The birth and christening records of Bedsted parish (FHL film 053027) show that Laust Madsen Dahlgaard was married first to Maren Andersdatter with whom he had at least two children born in Bedsted. Maren died and he married secondly Maren Enevoldsdatter with whom he had three children. He died in Bedsted in 1864 and Maren Enevoldsdatter remarried Niels Mathias Nielsen. Marriage record in same film, bk. 5, pg. 291, notes bachelor Niels Mathias Nielsen, age 43, of Heltborg, md. 29 Dec 1865 widow Maren Enevoldsdatter, age 50, of Bedsted. Christen Jensen Moller and Jens Nicolai Nielsen, both of Bedsted, were witnesses. DEATH: 1. FHL film 053027, Bk. 5, p. 407, shows Maren Enevoldsdatter, d. 27 Apr 1889, bur. 5 May 1889, Bedsted, wife of Niels Matthias Nielsen of Bedsted. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Joyce Cupit's website 2. Per gedcom from Wayne Westergard, 785 W. 1300 South, Woods Cross, Utah 84087 (801) 295-2906 dated 6 Jan 1999. | Enevoldsdatter, Maren (I1730)
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| 1745 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1841 Eng: Chollerton, Warden, Northumberland, England, p. 2 of 11, res. along Boat Houses, all born in Northumberland County: William Burnhope, 50, woodsman. William Burnhope, 20, woodsman. Anne Burnhope, 15. Thomas Wilson, 20, labourer. Mary Wilson, 20. Mary Burnhope Wilson, 6 mos. 1851 Eng: Warden, Northumberland, England, p. Thomas Wilson, 32, papermaker, b. North., Ovingham. Mary, wife, 35, b. North., Hexham. Mary B., dau., 10, b. North., Warden. Thomas, son, 8, b. North., Warden. Hannah, dau., 6, b. North., Warden. William, son, 4, b. North., Warden. Elizabeth, dau., 2, b. North., Warden. In 1861, his wife is remarried to John W. Slater and the Wilson children live with them. 2. Warden parish records indicate the births of some of their children including: -Mary Burnup, chr. 24 Jan 1841, dau. of Thomas and Mary Wilson; Thomas is a labourer and the family was living at Quality Corner. -Thomas, chr. 14 May 1843, son of Thomas and Mary Wilson; Thomas is a labourer and the family was living in Hardhaugh. CHRISTENING: 1. Possibly this is the right Thomas Wilson per Ancestry.com's "English and Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906": Thomas Wilson, chr. 16 Apr 1820 at Warden, Northumberland, Eng., parents John and Sarah Wilson MARRIAGE: 1. No marriage found between Thomas Wilson and Mary Burnhope in the Warden Parish. ~ORDINANCES: Verified 29 Jul 2009. BAPTISM: NFS accessed 29 Jul 2009. ENDOWMENT: NFS accessed 29 Jul 2009. SEALING TO PARENTS: SEALING TO SPOUSE: NFS accessed 29 Jul 2009. | Wilson, Thomas (I428)
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| 1746 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1880 census for Vestervig shows this individual age 3. BIOGRAPHY: 1. Verbal conversation from Poul R. Pedersen where he believed Niels Peter Pedersen had only one daughter, Marie, and Hurup public librarian who provided a school picture of 1910 Randrup (near Vestervig) showing a Marie Pedersen. Poul mentioned her side of family lives accross the road from him at Ydbyvej 34. The name Kai or Kaj Stephansen who was the son of Marie which name is still in phone book in 1999. Further research needed. Update 23 Sep 2016: Kai now lives in Hurup. His son Claus lives at the above address. It is Claus who now owns the old farmland at Vester Røjkjærand had the house removed after Poul Richardt Pedersen died in 1914. BIRTH: 1. Per Vestervig parish records; 1870-1884; Hurup, Denmark public library. Names shows as Nils Peder Pedersen. Date is 20 Mar 1876. CHRISTENING: 1. Parish records for Vestervig, 1870-1884; Hurup, Denmark public library. MARRIAGE: 1. Per Jens Praestgaard, 17 Mar 2005, family historian in Denmark: "Ane Marie Pedersen never married. I remember her. There were three daughters, and only one of them married, Ane Kirstine Pedersen, who married a man named Anders Madsen. DEATH: 1. Per Vestervig Church tombstone picture on file. BURIAL: 1. Per Vestervig Church burial book located onsite at the cemetery and viewed 23 Sep 2016 by Kerry Petersen. | Pedersen, Nils Peder (I1759)
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| 1747 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1880 US census indicates Daniel is only 10 and no Samuel is listed. 2. Per website http://home.att.net/~dtadair/georgewashingtonadair.html: "On June 18, 1895 he married Florence Edna Huntsman. They were the parents of Tacie V. and Daniel Leslie." 3. Censuses: 1870 US: Beaver City, Beaver, Utah: George W. Adair, 31, M, W, Farmer Emily, 22, F, W, Keeps House George W., 9, M, W Emily J., 4, F, W Daniel T., 2, M, W Samuel P., 4 1/2 [months], M, W. [Note curious of Jemima Ann Adair who would have been age 7 in this census but is living with Valentine Carson as an adopted daughter at this time.] 1880 US: Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, FHL film 1254036, (National Archives Film T9-0036), p. 18B: 1880 US: Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, FHL film 1254036 (National Archives Film T9-0036), p. 18B: George Adair, farmer, age 43, b. AL, father and mother's birthplace unknown. E.P. Adair, age 33, IA NY NY. Emily Jane Adair, dau., age 14, UT. Daniel Adair, son, age 10, UT. Wm. A. Adair, son, age 8, UT. John W. Adair, son, age 6, UT. George N. Adair, son, age 4, UT. Ruth Adair, dau., age 2, UT. 1900 US: Overton, Lincoln, Nevada; Series T623, microfilm 943, book 2, p. 14, June 6, 1900: Daniel Adair, b. Dec 1867, age 32, Married 4 years, b. UT, fa. b. AL, mo. b. UT, farmer. Florence, wife, b. May 1876, age 24, married 4 years, 3 total children all living, b. NV, US, MO. Tacy V., dau., b. Jul 1896, age 3, b. NV, UT, UT. Ruth, dau., b. Jan 1898, age 2, b. NV, UT, UT. Leslie, son, b. Dec 1899, age 1, b. NV, UT, UT. 4. Had three children: Tacy Viola, b. 27 Jul 1896 at St. Thomas, Clark, Nevada; Ruth Ella, b. 13 Jan 1898 at Rox, Lincoln, Nevada; Daniel Leslie, 28 Dec 1899 at Overton, Clark, Nevada. 5. Picture of Daniel Tyler Adair and his wife Florence Edna Huntsman from Robin Adair and from Don Smith on file. 6. FHL film 392631 LDS "Patriarchal Blessings Index": Daniel Tyler Adair, b. Dec. 3, 1867 at Beaver, Beaver, Utah, parents George W. Adair & Emily Presenda Tyler. Blessing date Nov. 16, 1889 at New Harmony, Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch Daniel Tyler. Vol. 262, p. 179. BIRTH: 1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002. Date also confirmed by Nutrioso LDS Ward Records quoted above. 2. Traditionally, place of birth has been believed to be Washington, Washington, Utah; however, the Nutrioso LDS Ward Records as well as the LDS Patriarchal Blessing clearly states Beaver, Beaver, Utah. Emily, the mother, may have been visiting her parents in Beaver or the family may have had a home there as reported by the 1870 census. 3. FHL Film 2456: "Early LDS Church Membership Records for Nutrioso, Arizona": Record of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nutrioso Ward, St. Johns Stake of Zion. Page not noted: 1. George W. Adair; father: S.J. Adair; mother: Jamima Mangum; 27 Jun 1837 at Pickens Co., Alabama; received 6 Apr 1885 from Kanab; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 2. Emily P. Adair; father: Daniel Tyler; mother: Ruth Welton; b. 28 Jan 1847 at Council Bluff, Iowa; first baptism: by Proctor; first confirmation: by Proctor; received 6 Apr 1885 from Kanab; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 3. Olive Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 27 Nov 1864 at Washington, Washington, Utah; blessing 27 Nov 1864 by Daniel Tyler; died 28 Nov 1864. 4. Emily Jane Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 28 Dec 1865 at Washington, Washington, Utah; blessing Jan 1866 by James Richie; first baptism: by John S. Bunting; received 6 Apr 1885 from Kanab; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 5. Daniel T. Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 3 Dec 1867 at Beaver, Beaver, Utah; blessing 1867 by Daniel Tyler; received 6 Apr 1885 from Kanab; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 6. Samuel J. Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 3 Mar 1870 at Beaver, Beaver, Utah; died 30 Jan 1871; blessing 1870 by S. J. Adair 7. William A. Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 7 Feb 1872 at Beaver, Beaver, Utah; blessing 1872 by Jacob Hamblin; ordained a Teacher 29 Jul 1888 by Allen Frost; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 8. John W. Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 10 Feb 1874 at Kanab, Kane, Utah; blessing 1874 by John Nuttall; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 9. George N. Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 23 Mar 1876 at Kanab, Kane, Utah; blessing 1876; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 10. Ruth Alice Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 16 Sep 1878 at Kanab, Kane, Utah; first baptism: 2 Jun 1887 by Allen Frost; first confirmation: 2 Jun 1887 by G.W. Adair; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 11. Joseph W. Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 17 Jun 1881 at Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona; first baptism: 5 Sep 1889 by L.J. Brown; first confirmation: 5 Sep 1889 by L.J. Brown; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 12. Rufus N. Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 16 Sep 1884 at Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona; blessing 1884 by S.J. Adair; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. 13. Edna Irene Adair; father: George W. Adair; mother: Emily P. Tyler, b. 20 Jan 1887 at Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona; blessing by S.J. Adair; removed 25 Oct 1889 to Utah. MARRIAGE: 1. Per website 2. Website: "Western States Marriage Record Index": Groom Last Name: Adair Groom First Name: Daniel Tyler (27) Groom Residence: Overton, Nevada Bride Last Name: Huntsman Bride First Name: Florence Edna (19) Bride Residence: Overton, Nevada Place: St. George; Date: 18 Jun 1895 County of Record: Washington; State: Utah; Volume: A; Page: 13; Marriage ID: 331973. DEATH: 1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002. BURIAL: 1. Place per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database 1 Jan 2002. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Per 3 Jan 2002 gedcom of Robin Adair; email: robadair@thegrid.net. He is descendent through Daniel Tyler Adair. | Adair, Daniel Tyler (I646)
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| 1748 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1880 US for Parowan, Iron, Utah, FHL film 1255336, National Archives Film T9-1336, p. 355A.: William Shoemaker, occupation: laborer, age 47, married, birthplace: NY, father's birthplace: PA. Martha Shoemaker, occ.: keeping house, age 22, birthplace: CA [birthplaces of parents not given]. J. Effy Shoemaker, dau., 4 months. SOURCES_MISC: 1. The book: "The Ebenezer Hanks Story," author Kerry William Bate; 1982; Address: Kerry Bate, 543 East 600 South, SLC, UT, 84 102. | Shoemaker, Effie Jane (I2546)
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| 1749 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1880 US: St. George, Washington, Utah, p. 346C, NA film T9-1339: W.G. Perkins, self, M, 79, SC, SC, - . Hannah Perkins, wife, M, 71, Eng Eng Eng. Separately listed as next household over [due to polygamy?]: Decy Perkins, self, M, 83, VA, VA, VA. [Actually a polygamous wife of W.G.]. Patty Perkins, keeping house, other, W, 61, TN, SC, VA. Neighbors include families of adopted daughter Cynthia Frederick Hardy, U.K. Perkins, Ute Perkins, and William Perkins. BIOGRAPHY: 1. Historical Dept., LDS Church, Salt Lake City, UT, excerpts from MS 3357, "Patriarch William Gaunt Perkins [ca. 1892]" by his wife Hannah Gold Perkins, 1808-1894, which is a book belonging to Hannah. Contains genealogy, William and Hannah's patriarchal blessings, some favorite poetry, and some minutes of 24 years of Quorum meetings. a. Genealogy: "Genealogy of William Gaunt Perkins of St. George, Washington County, Utah, April 1st, 1892 as copied from the High Priests Records by William Fawcett December 1st, 1892. I William Gaunt Perkins was the son of Ute and Sarah Perkins. I was born in South Carolina on January the 11th, 1801. My fathers family moved from there to the State of Tennessee in 1805. He resided there until 1829, and then he married Dicy Ray on the 22nd of February 1818, by whom he had a daughter and a son. He moved from there to Hancock Co, Illinois in 1829, and there obeyed the gospel in 1839, and was baptised by Elder Joel H. Johnson and was ordained at the same time a Teacher by Joel H. Johnson. And was ordained an High Priest under the hands of Hyrum Smith in 1843. I was Ordained a Bishop under the hands of President Brigham Young and Pres't Heber C. Kimble and some of the Twelve and set apart to act as a Bishop in Macedoonia in 1846 - I received my Endowments then started West with my family and remained at the Bluffs 2 years, and in 1849 came to Salt Lake was set apart as Bishop of the 7th Ward in 1850. I married Hannah Gould, born Dec. 12th, 1808 in Liverpool Lancashire England and was the daughter of James and Ellen Gold. In 1861, I was called with my family on a mission to Dixey and settled in St. George Washington County. was Ordained Patriarch under the hands of President Brigham Young, George A. Smith and Erastus Snow, Brigham Young Jun'r, and Joseph W. Young March 6th, 1870. I took a mission with Andrew Perkins to the Southern part of Illinois in 1843. I had my 2nd Anointings in August 1870 and at the same time was baptized for many of my dead. I have been 2nd Counsellor to President William Fawcett who was the President of the High Priests Quorum of the St. George Stake since March 22nd, 1862." BIRTH: 1. Date per death info below. Location per 1880 US Census. 2. Per obituary. MARRIAGE: 1. Per husband's obituary and biography. DEATH: 1. Per website 2. Using age in obituary, death would have occurred 2 Mar 1883. Perhaps 5 Mar 1883 is burial date? 3. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database online: Dicey R. Perkins, b. in Patrick Co., VA, d. 5 Mar 1882 of old age, bur. at St. George City Cemetery. OBITUARY: 1. "Perkins - In St. George, Utah, of old age, Dicy Ray, wife of Wm. G. Perkins. Deceased was born August 12th, 1796, in Patrick Co., Virginia; she entered the Church in 1840, in Macedonia, Hancock County, Illinois, emigrated to Utah in 1848 with her beloved husband and only daughter Patty. Deceased was a practical midwife long before she entered the Church and continued her practice, as many grateful hearts will remember, until near the close of her long and exemplary life. She died full in the faith of the new and everalsting covenant, aged 86 years, 6 mos. and 21 days. - Com." The Deseret News, Wed., 28 Mar 1883. | Ray, Dicy (I515)
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| 1750 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. 1880 US: St. George, Washington, Utah, p. 346C, NA film T9-1339: W.G. Perkins, self, M, 79, SC, SC, - . Hannah Perkins, wife, M, 71, Eng Eng Eng. Separately listed as next household over [due to polygamy?]: Decy Perkins, self, M, 83, VA, VA, VA. [Actually a polygamous wife of W.G.]. Patty Perkins, keeping house, other, W, 61, TN, SC, VA. Neighbors include families of adopted daughter Cynthia Frederick Hardy, U.K. Perkins, Ute Perkins, and William Perkins. 2. Parents per obituary are Ute Perkins and Sarah Gant. 3. It is would be interesting if William met George K. Winner, the grandfather of Cynthia Julia Frederick, the girl he adopted who was the daughter of David Frederick and Mary Ann Winner; however, in contacting Connie Perkins, who maintains a website for William at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~uteperkins/index.htm, she notes that he did not serve a mission to the Pacific - he served in souther Illinois then again in southern Utah. The source of a "William Perkins" in the Pacific is from the following selected quotation of the beloved Mormon apostle from the book "Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt," edited by his son Parley P. Pratt, 1980, Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, p. 383: "July 7th [1851]. - We embarked on board the steaamship Ohio, and set sail for San Francisco [from Los Angeles], at 4 o'clock P.M. After four days' rather rough passage, we arrived in San Francisco on the 11th inst. at eleven o'clock, A.M. Found some good brethren who rendered us assistance in various ways. Rented a house the same day, and all [presumed from earlier journal entries to be Brothers F.H. Hammond, William Perkins, P.B. Wood, Rufus Allen, S. Woodbury, Morris Miner, and John Murdock] moved into it together. Brothers [Apostles] Lyman and Rich arrived per steamer Goliah. We visited and received visits." "Sunday, 20th. - I preached at eleven A.M. in a large room, a goodly number of persons out to hear, and good attention. Next morning we repaired to the water and baptized eight persons, and the same evening met at the house of Brother Wimmer [Winner] and organized a branch of the Church, confirming the above persons. I was chosen president of this branch, and Philo B. Wood, clerk. The remainder of the week devoted to writing and instructing inquirers who called." 4. Looked at diary of William Perkins in the LDS History Archives. Parley P. Pratt had a missionary with him to California named William Perkins that may have placed Perkins in San Francisco at the same time as George Winner and Parley P. Pratt. I found no evidence of this William Perkins being the same. For citation of diary, see quote below. 5. This individual may be the same William Perkins as is referred to in the following transcription of a letter from David Frederick living in San Bernardino, to daughter Mary in Utah; originals with David Fry: May 20, 1853: "Marry, my daughter, I again take my pen to write a few lines to you. I am well and I hope that you injoy the blessing I hav ben today and had my likeness taken that is have two cases, the one I sende to you and the other I calculate sende to Nancy by male as soon I can write to hur and receive an answer yours. I sende by Brol Wm. Perkins who has ben to the sandwich Islands on a mission is on his way to the Lake. He resides in the thirteenth warde near Mr. Beans Store and if you call on him you may get it. I did not recave line from you the last maile man. Bro Lyman and kids hav not returned as yet but we expect them in about two weakes, then if I do not receave a leter from yu I shall be sadley disappointed. I want to visit Hellin Loisa as often a you can and teach hir the principels of right and to be sobere minde to reflect uppon the princepels of virtu and honesty and not to forget hir Father for he deziers to see hir wonse more while in the flesh. These few linese from you father and friend in the new and ever lasting covenant. Give my respects to Bro Scofields father and you uncal and aunt and all inquiren friends. /signed/ David Frederick" BIOGRAPHY: 1. Joseph Smith knew and spent the night with William: "Tuesday, 16 [May 1843]—At eleven o'clock, with George Miller, William Clayton, Eliza and Lydia Partridge and J. M. Smith, I started for Carthage where we tarried about half-an-hour conversing with different individuals, when we started for Ramus; arrived about half-past three, p. m., and stayed at William G. Perkins for the evening; then went to Benjamin F. Johnson's with William Clayton to sleep. Before retiring, I gave Brother and Sister Johnson some instructions on the priesthood; and putting my hand on the knee of William Clayton, I said: 'Your life is hid with Christ in God, and so are many others. Nothing but the unpardonable sin can prevent you from inheriting eternal life for you are sealed up by the power of the Priesthood unto eternal life, having taken the step necessary for that purpose...' " [Roberts, B.H. (Ed.). 1976. P. 391 in Vol. 5 of History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2d ed. rev. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Co.] 2. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures are those of Wm. G. Perkins and Ute Perkins. 3. Will of William's father - note will was prepared and witnessed by Abraham Lincoln (photocopy on file): "Will of Ute Perkins. In the name of God Amen. I Ute Perkins of the county of Hancock and State of Illinois being in feeble health but of Sound mind and mem- ory do make this my last will and testament. First. I wish all my last? debts to be spedily settled. Second. I will and bequeth unto my beloved wife Sara[h] Perkins during her lifetime all my property of whatever name or nature or wherever found. Thirdly. After the decease of my wife It is my will and desir[e] that my son William G. Perkins shall have and retain to him and His and assigns forever all the following described lands To wit: The west half of lot No. Second and all of lot no. Third Block No. Eight in Town of Macedonia in the County of Han [cock] and State of Illinois. Fourthly. All the remainder of my property of whatso[ever] kind it is my will and desire shall be divided equally betwe[en] all my children William G. Perkins not excepted. Fourthly. It is my will That my son William G. Perkins shou[ld] be and I hereby appoint him Executor of this my last will an[d] testament. Done at Macedonia this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty three. In w[it-] ness where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal the da[te] above written. Witness: Ab. Lincoln Samuel Miles Isom William G. Perkins; Ute (his X mark) Perkins {Seal}; State of Illinois Hancock County, Probate Court 19 April 1844. This day came Ab. Lincoln and William Perkins two credible witnesses, and on there Oaths do say th[at] they were present and saw the above named Ute Perkins si[gn] the annexed and foregoing last will and testament and [ac-] knowledge the same to be his free act and desire and that [they] believed the same testator to be of sound mind and memory [at] the time of signing the said last will and testament. {Seal} Witness David Greenleaf Probate Judtic[e] of the Peace." Abraham Lincoln was a Circuit Court Lawyer in Illinois at this time. Source: World Book Encyclopedia. 4. H.H. Bancroft's "History of Utah": Chapter XVII. Utah As a Territory. 1849-1853. Pg. 450: "In January 1851 Salt Lake City was incorporated(24) by charter of the general assembly, powers being granted to levy and collect taxes; to establish a system of common schools; to provide a water supply; to open streets, light them, and keep them in repair; to organize a police; and to tax, regulate, restrain, or suppress gambling-houses, houses of ill-fame, and the sale of spirituous and fermented liquors. Footnotes: (24) Jedediah M. Grant was appointed mayor; Nathaniel H. Felt, William Snow, Jesse P. Harmon, and Nathaniel V. Jones, aldermen; Vincent Shirtleff, Benjamin L. Clapp, Zera Pulsipher, William G. Perkins, Lewis Robinson, Harrison Burgess, Jeter Clinton, John L. Dunyon, and Samuel W. Richards, councillors. Deseret News, Jan. 11, 1851. See also Tullidge's Hist. S. L. City, 77, where the name of Lewis Robinson does not appear in the list of councillors." 5. Journal History, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 Jan 1848, p. 25: "Following is the petition for a post office on the Pottawattamie lands, referred to, with the signatures attached. To the Honorable Postmaster Gerneral of the United States. Sir: There are many thousand inhabitants in the vicinity of the Log Tabernacle, which is situated on the Government purchase of the Pottawatamies and in the State of iowa, whose interest is materially injured, and whose journey, business and improvements are retarded or destroyed by non intercourse; there being no Post Office within forty or fifty miles of said Tabernacle, and the public good requires a convenient office: Therefore, We your Petitioners, Citizens of the United States and residents of said vicinage, pray your Honor to cause, such an office to be located at or near said Tabernacle without delay, to be called the Tabernacle Post Office... [Approximately 2,000 plus all male signatures including] Wm. G. Perkins, Jude Allen, Daniel Tyler, Wm. Stoker, Israel Barlow, William Thompson [and William Thompson, Jr.], Joseph Mangum, William Richey, John B. Richey, William B. Richey, John R. Holden [Wiley Holden and Joshua Holden are immediately adjacent - relations?], Andrew Allen [with Ira Allen, Franklin Allen, Joseph Allen immediately adjacent - relations?], John Coon [with Samuel Coon, eli Coon, Jacob Coon, and Joseph Coon immediately adjacent - relations?]. 6. Historical Dept., LDS Church, Salt Lake City, UT, excerpts from MS 3357, "Patriarch William Gaunt Perkins [ca. 1892]" by his wife Hannah Gold Perkins, 1808-1894, which is a book belonging to Hannah. Contains genealogy, William and Hannah's patriarchal blessings, some favorite poetry, and some minutes of 24 years of Quorum meetings. a. Genealogy: "Genealogy of William Gaunt Perkins of St. George, Washington County, Utah, April 1st, 1892 as copied from the High Priests Records by William Fawcett December 1st, 1892. I William Gaunt Perkins was the son of Ute and Sarah Perkins. I was born in South Carolina on Janurary the 11th, 1801. My fathers family moved from there to the State of Tennessee in 1805. He resided there until 1829, and then he married Dicy Ray on the 22nd of February 1818, by whom he had a daughter and a son. He moved from there to Hancock Co, Illinois in 1829, and there obeyed the gospel in 1839, and was baptised by Elder Joel H. Johnson and was ordained at the same time a Teacher by Joel H. Johnson. And was ordained an High Priest under the hands of Hyrum Smith in 1843. I was Ordained a Bishop under the hands of President Brigham Young and Pres't Heber C. Kimble and some of the Twelve and set apart to act as a Bishop in Macedoonia in 1846 - I received my Endowments then started West with my family and remained at the Bluffs 2 years, and in 1849 came to Salt Lake was set apart as Bishop of the 7th Ward in 1850. I married Hannah Gould, born Dec. 12th, 1808 in Liverpool Lancashire England and was the daughter of James and Ellen Gold. In 1861, I was called with my family on a mission to Dixey and settled in St. George Washington County. was Ordained Patriarch under the hands of President Brigham Young, George A. Smith and Erastus Snow, Brigham Young Jun'r, and Joseph W. Young March 6th, 1870. I took a mission with Andrew Perkins to the Southern part of Illinois in 1843. I had my 2nd Anointings in August 1870 and at the same time was baptized for many of my dead. I have been 2nd Counsellor to President William Fawcett who was the President of the High Priests Quorum of the St. George Stake since March 22nd, 1862." b. One part talks of the organization of the High Priest's Quorum of the St. George Stake March 22nd, 1862. Wm. Fawcett was Pres., and John Vance, Sr. and William Gaunt Perkins as 1st and 2nd counselors respectively. At the dedication of the St. George Temple, William was first counselor and set on the stand with Pres. Fawcett and the new 2nd counselor John Lytle, Sr. c. "Copied by Wm. Fawcett. Given Sep. 30, 1875. 'A Blessing by John L. Smith Patriarch upon the head of William Gaunt Perkins son of Ute and Sarah Gaunt Perkins born Jan'y 11th, 1801 in South Carolina. Bro. William In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth I place my hands upon thy head and seal upon thee a Patriarchal Blessing. Thou art of Joseph through the loins of Ephraim. Thy name is recorded in the Lamb's Book of life never to be erased. Thy guardian Angel has watched over thee from thy youth, and held thy feet that they haven't slipt, and gaurded thy pathway from the beginning. Thy wives and children shall be increased unto thee to thine hearts content. They shall be stars in the crown which shall be given unto thee of thy Savior. For thou shalt see and converse with him face to face, as with thy brother, and stand with him as one of the Patriarchs in Israel numbered with the one hundred and forty four thousand spoken of in the Revelations of St. John. The Priesthood in fullness with all the gifts and blessings and promises pertaining there unto this with every desire of thine heart in Righteousness for in thy habitation thy poweers shall be made manifest. And thy word like a two edged sword shall drive the destroyer from thee, with thee and thine not lack, enjoy all the gifts and blessings and promises which thou canst desire or imagine, with Eternal lives and accomplish thy labors in the House of the Lord for thy kindred both the dead and the living to thy hearts content that not a link be broken in the chain back to the days of Adam. With Health and strength with wisdom and power to accomplish thy labors in the many capacities, with those will be called to labor as a Father in Israel in very deed. Thou shall overcome all thine enemies and they shall come bending unto thee for favour. I seal these blessings upon thee in the name of Jesus Christ thy Redeemer Amen.' The above blessing is copied by Wm. Fawcett, Patriarch October 12th, 1894. Bro. Wm. G. Perkins died 16th Nov 1886. He was my counselor in te High Priest Quorum of the St. George Stake and I have copied this in remembrance of him." BIRTH: 1. Supporting information: Twin sister Anna Wood Perkins was born 11 Jan 1801. Obituary says 11 Jan 1801 in South Carolina. Biography says 11 Jan 1801 in So. Carolina. Endowment says 11 Jan 1801. Headstone clearly states "Born Jan 11, 1801at White Co., Tennessee. Dissenting information: Death record says 1 Jan 1801. Spouse sealing record (1856) says 9 Jan 1801 at Abbeyville District, South Carolina. Rebaptism record says 7 Jan 1801 in Abbeyville, South Carolina. 2. Town and county per LDS Ordinance Index 1.02. MARRIAGE: 1. Date and assumed place per obituary. For Hannah Gold, obituary says May 1853; however, extracted sealing record cited below states 12 Apr 1853. DEATH: 1. Dates and places per obituary. 2. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database online: Wm. G. Perkins, b. So. Carolina, d. 16 Nov 1886 of old age, bur. St. George City Cemetery A-B-12-6-NH. BURIAL: 1. Date and place per obituary. 2. Per website OBITUARY: 1. The newspapers "The Deseret News," p. 752, Dec. 8, 1886 and "Deseret Weekly News," p. 768, Dec. 15, 1886: "Perkins. - Died 16th November, 1886, in St. George, Washington County, Utah. He was the son of Ute Perkins and Sarah Gant Perkins; was born in South Carolina, January 11th, 1801; His father moved to Tennessee in 1805, and Wm. G. Perkins lived there until 1829. He married Dicy Ray the 22d of February, 1818, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He moved to Hancock County, Illinois, in 1829, and in 1838 was baptized by Joel H. Johnson, and was ordained a Teacher. He was ordained a High Priest under the hands of Hyrum Smith in 1843, and set apart under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and H.C. Kimball to act as Bishop in Macedona. He took a mission with Andrew Perkins to the southern part of Illinois in 1843, and in 1846 received his endowments, started west with his family, remained at Council Bluffs two years, in 1848 came to Salt Lake City, and was made Bishop of the Seventh Ward. May, 1853, he married Hannah Gold, and in 1861 was called on a mission to St. George; on the 23d of March, 1862, he was set apart as Counselor to William Fawcett, President of the High Priests' Quorum of the St. George Stake, and acted in that capacity over 24 years, or until his death. He was ordained a Patriarch under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and G. A. Smith, Apostles Erastus Snow and Brigham Young, Jun., and Joseph W. Young, President of the Southern Mission Stake on Zion, on the 27th of March, 1870. The funeral services were held in the Tabernacle at St. George, on the 17th of November, 1886, at 2 p. m. Wm. Fawcett, President of the High Priests' Quorum of the the St. George Stake, spoke,and also the Presidency of the Stake, Bishop David H. Cannon and High Counselor Charles Smith. A large number of attendants and vehicles escorted him to the grave." [Note: Joel H. Johnson is known for Johnson's Fort in Southern Utah and is the father-in-law to David Ira Frederick, Jr.. David is the brother to Cynthia Julia Frederick and Martha Catherine Frederick. Upon the death on 22 Feb 1859 of these siblings' mother, Mary Ann Winner Frederick, young Cynthia was adopted and raised by William Perkins. Cynthia named her oldest son William and her oldest daughter Dicey Ray.] | Perkins, William Gant (I514)
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