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Rawkey Dolbiar or Dolebere

Male 1571 - 1641  (~ 70 years)


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  • Name Rawkey Dolbiar or Dolebere 
    Christened 17 Aug 1571  Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 12 Nov 1641  Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1893  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Robert Dolbiar,   b. Abt 1542, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 Jan 1614, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Mother Agnes Sampson,   b. Abt 1545, Hawkchurch, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 Apr 1563  Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Mitchell or Mychell,   c. 4 Dec 1576, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 20 Sep 1648, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 10 Oct 1602  Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joan Dolbiar or Dolebere,   c. 9/09 Jan 1602/3, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 Nov 1606, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
     2. Anne Dolbiar or Dolebere,   c. 19 Apr 1605, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Mary Dolebere,   c. 7 Jun 1607, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5/05 Jan 1685/6, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     4. Robert Dolbiar or Dolebere,   c. 2 May 1611, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Dorothy Dolbiar or Dolebere,   c. 16 Oct 1613, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 Mar 1614, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     6. Cornelius Dolbiar or Dolebere,   c. 21 May 1619, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Dolbiar or Dolebere,   c. 7 Jun 1619, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. First name also spelled "Roykey, Rockye, Rokey, Rokie, Rokye, Rockeye, or Rochee".

      2. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 35-37:
      "The Brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and Some of Their Descendants. Compiled by Alice Lucinda Priest, B.L., of Brookline, Mass.
      The descendants of the Puritan brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., were and almost surely are, numerous, yet there is an interesting opportunity for much further investigation of records to identify all the lines through the genealogical reference library at 9 Ashburton Place, Boston.
      ...Another very important publication is the April 1939 'American Genealogist' ten-page report of John Insley Coddington, A.M., on 'Jonathan Gillett of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., and Mary Dolbere or Dolbiar, his Wife.' As the title indicates, its important and convincing mission was to establish the fact of the marriage and the genealogical bacground of the bride and the believed background of the groom, with no purpose of a record of descendants beyond their children...
      Therefore Mr. Coddington's 1939 opening statement is even more than the strongest kind of circumstantial evidence. It is as follows:
      'The Parish Register of St. Andrew's Church at Colyton, co. Devon, contains the following marriage record:
      '1634 Jonathan Gillett & Mary Dolbiar, 29 March.'
      'This is the answer to the question of the long-sought identity of Mary, wife of Jonathan Gillett, the emigrant from England to Dorchester, Mass., and settler at Windsor, Conn.'
      Mr. Coddington's next statement is: 'There can be very little doubt but that Jonathan Gillett was the son of the Reverand William Gillett or Gyllett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who was instituted to that benefice 4 Feb 1609-10, and who died early in 1641', etc. And there are five valuable pages on the ancestry of Mr. Dolbiar (Dolbere) that should all be read. They include the Colyton baptism: '1607, Mary, d. of Rockye Dolebeere, 7 June.' '1571 Rawkey, s. of Robarte Dolber of Caddhayn, 17 August.' The marriages: '1563 Robert Dolbere of Cadden & Agnes, d. of one Samson, Hawkechurche, 26 April.' '1602 Rockye Dolber, s. of Robert Dolber of Cadhaine & Marie, d. of John Michell of Barretshaine, 10 October.' "

      3. Yeoman (farmer).

      4. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 2:84-85 [the same exact article was repeated verbatim in 3:18-19]:
      "Jonathan Gillett returned to England and married Mary Dolbiar, in Colyton, Devon on 29 Mar. 1634. He remained in England one year after their marriage and then they sailed to New England on the ship, "Recovery of London", which sailed from Weymouth, England on 31 Mar. 1635. How he met a girl from Colyton is not known. However, the "Mary & John" passenger, George Hull of Crewkerne, had two brothers who were ministers at Colyton, the last being, Rev. William Hill, who died there in 1627.
      DOLBIAR FAMILY
      I. ROBERT DOLBIAR- m. (1) ___. m. (2) Agnes Sampson, 26 Apr. 1563, Colyton, Devon. He bu. 25 Jan 1614, Colyton. He was a yeoman of the hamlet of Cadhayne, Colyton parish. He had a son, Johane, by his first wife and he was a Church Warden in 1579. Agnes was the dau. of Nicholas Sampson of Hawkechurch, Devon. Children of Robert Dolbiar & Agnes Sampson (TAG 15:214)
      1. Alse (Alice) Dolbiar- bpt. 14 Apr. 1564, Colyton. m. John Knygt, 21 Sept. 1586, Colyton, of Totnes, Devon.
      2. Edthe Dolbiar- bpt. 24 Apr. 1566, Colyton. m. William Colbey, 31 Jan. 1596 Colyton, of Withyridge, Devon.
      3. William Dolbiar- bpt. 28 Jan. 1567, Colyton. bu. 19 Apr. 1568, Colyton.
      4. James Dolbiar- bpt. 27 Feb. 1588, Colyton.
      5. Rawkey Dolbiar- See below.
      6. John Dolbiar- bpt. 8 May 1574, Colyton. bu. 3 Sept. 1574, Colyton.
      7. Mary Dolbiar- bpt. 18 May 1576 Colyton. bu. 16 Apr. 1579, Colyton.
      8. Nicholas Dolbiar- bpt. 25 Mar. 1580, Colyton. bu. 15 Oct. 1615, Colyton.
      9. John Dolbiar- bpt. 6 Dec. 1581, Colyton. bu. 31 Aug. 1582, Colyton.
      II. RAWKEY DOLBIAR- bpt, 17 Aug. 1571, Colyton. He bu. 12 Nov. 1641, Colyton. m. Mary Michell, 10 Aug. 1602, Colyton. He was a yeoman in Cadhayne, Colyton parish. She was dau. of John Mychell of Barretshayes, Colyton parish, Devon. She bu. 20 Sept. 1648, Colyton. (See Mychell family). Children of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell (TAG 15:214)
      1. Joan Dolbiar- bpt. 9 Jan. 1602, Colyton, bu. 25 Nov. 1606, Colyton.
      2. Anne Dolbiar- bpt. 19 Apr. 1605, Colyton.
      3. Mary Dolbiar- See below.
      4. Robert Dolbiar- bpt. 2 May 1611, Colyton. m. (1) Elizabeth ___, who was bu. 25 July 1646, Colyton. m. (2)Sarah Hoyt, 12 Oct. 1646, Colyton, of Honiton, Devon. res: Colyton. Three children (1638-1645).
      5. Dorothy Dolbiar- bpt. 16 Oct. 1613, Colyton. bu. 25 Mar. 1614, Colyton.
      6. Cornelius Dolbiar- bpt. 21 May 1619, Colyton. Jonathan Gillett.named one of his sons, Cornelius, and the name was passed down through some generations.
      7. John Dolbiar- bpt. 7 June 1619, Colyton.
      III. MARY DOLBIAR- bpt. 7 June 1607, Colyton, Devon. m. Jonathan Gillett, 29 Mar. 1633, Colyton. She died 5 Jan. 1685. (See Jonathan Gillett family)."

      5. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:64-65, "Ancestry of Mary Mychell, Mother of Mary Dolbiar":
      "The following ancestry taken from TAG 15:216 lists Mychell entries in the Colyton Parish Registers: baptisms (1538-1600), marriages (1538-1620) and burials (1538-1600). The pedigree of John Mychell below is difficult to compile for earlier generations because there were so many John Mychells in Colyton. Even the pedigree below is tentative.
      In the 16th century there was a Michell family in Stockland, Dorset (now Devon, 8 mi. N of Colyton), and they were no doubt related to the Michells of Colyton. In the will of John Mychell of Stockland dated 28 Mar. 1574 and proved 17 May 1574 (PCC 21 Martyn) one of the overseers was John Mychell of Colyton. This may have been the John Mychell below, who m. Emilyn Weeks in 1569. Also, George Hull of Crewkerne, Somerset m. Thomasine Mitchell 27 Aug. 1614 at Crewkerne, daughter of Robert Mitchell of Stockland. This Robert Mitchell may be the one listed as the son of James Michell in the will of John Davies of Stockland dated 10 July 1588 and proved 29 Oct. 1589 (PCC 81 Leicester). George Hull, like Jonathan Gillett, came to Dorchester, MA in 1630 or a few years later.
      1. John Mychell - He possibly m. Agnes Vye, 5 Oct. 1539, Colyton, dau. of Harry Vye of Cadhayne. John lived in Rawkerayne, Colyton. Between 1541 and 1556 there are eight children baptised in Colyton with the father listed as John Mychell the elder, John Mychell the younger or just John Mychell, all of Rawkerayne.
      2. John Mychell - Bpt. before 1538 or 26 Sept. 1541 or 19 Mar. 1544/5, Colyton. Bu. 2 June 1620 Colyton as "John Michell of Barretshaies". He Emlyn Weeke, 26 Nov. 1569, Colyton, formerly of Gittisham, Devon. She was bu. 30 Aug. 1628, Colyton. They lived first at Cadhayne (where the Vye family lived). For a while he occupied the farm of Michinholme, near Cadhayne. In 1605 this farm was occupied by John Michell's son-in7law, Rawkey Dolbiar, whose dau. Anne, was born in that year. John Mychell was a churchwarden in Colyton in 1596. Children (Bpt. Colyton):
      a. Joan Michell - Bpt. 8 Apr. 1571. She m. William Starr of Seaton, 20 Feb. 1597/8 Colyton, son of John Starr of Horriford in Seaton, Devon.
      b. John Michell - Bpt. 15 Nov. 1573.
      c. Mary Michell - See below.
      d. Elizabeth Michell - Bpt. 18 Apr. 1579. Bu. there unmarried 18 Jan. 1602/3.
      e. Philip Michell - Bpt. 3 Sept. 1581.
      f. Beaten (or Beatrix) Michell - Bpt. 29 Sept. 1583. She m. Thomas Lee 27 June 1614, Colyton, of Sidbury, Devon.
      g. Robert Michell - Bpt. 21 Nov. 1585.
      h. Christian Michell - Bpt. 24 Mar. 1587/8.
      i. Dorothy Michell - Bpt. 30 Apr. 1592.
      3. Mary Michell - Bpt. 4 Dec. 1576, Colyton. Bu. there 20 Sept. 1648. She m. Rawkey Dolbiar 10 Oct. 1602, Colyton who was buried there 12 Nov. 1641. See Dolbair ancestry above.
      References:
      TAG 15:208-217, 17:174-191, 200-203, 26:52-53, 42:160-163, 55:170-173.
      Gillett Families, Including Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillett and Nathan Gillett, by Bertha B. Aldridge, 1955.
      The Joseph Gillet/Gillett/Gillette Family in Connecticut, Ohio and Kansas, by Wilma Gillet Thomas, 1970.
      The Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of the parish of Colyton, Devon, 1538-1837, ed. by A. J. P. Skinner, Pub. 1928."

      6. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:63-64, "Ancestry of Mary Dolbiar (1607-1685) wife of Jonathan Gillett":
      "Mary Dolbiar, was bpt. 7 June 1607, Colyton, Devon. She d. 5 Jan. 1685, Windsor, CT. She m. Jonathan Gillett, 29 Mar. 1633/4, Colyton, two days before they sailed to New England from Weymouth, Dorset, on the "Recovery of London". Since Colyton is about 30 miles west of Weymouth, maybe this ship made a stop at Plymouth, Devon (as did the "Mary & John" in 1630), 60 miles W. of Colyton and they boarded a week or so later. She was the dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell. NOTE: All Dolbiar baptism, marriage and burial entries in the Colyton, Devon Parish Registers (1538-1630) appear in TAG 15: 212-213.
      Dolbiar line (TAG 15:212)
      1. Robert Dolbiar - Bu. 24 Jan. 1614, Colyton. He m. (1) and (2) Agnes Sampson, 26 Apr. 1653, Colyton, dau. of Nicholas Sampson of Hawkechurch, Devon. He was a yeoman in Cadhayne, Colyton and he was a Churchwarden there in 1579. He had a son by his first wife and nine children by his second wife.
      Children by first wife (TAG 15:214)
      a. John Dolbiar
      Children by second wife (TAG 15:214)
      b. Alice Dolbiar - Bpt. 14 Apr. 1564, Colyton. She m. John Knight of Totnes, Devon, 21 Sept. 1586, Colyton.
      c. Edith Dolbiar - Bpt. 24 Apr. 1566, Colyton. She m. William Colbey, 31 Jan 1596, Colyton of Withyridge, Devon.
      d. William Dolbiar - Bpt. 28 Jan. 1567, Colyton. Bu. 19 Apr. 1568.
      e. James Dolbiar - Bpt. 27 Feb. 1588, Colyton.
      f. Rawkey Dolbiar - See below.
      g. John Dolbiar - Bpt. 8 May 1574, Colyton. Bu. 3 Sept. 1574.
      h. Mary Dolbiar - Bpt. 8 May 1576, Colyton. Bu. 16 Apr. 1579.
      i. Nicholas Dolbiar - Bpt. 25 Mar. 1580, Colyton. Bu. 15 Oct. 1615.
      j. John Dolbiar - Bpt. 6 Dec. 1581, Colyton. Bu. 31 Aug. 1582.
      2. Rawkey Dolbiar - Bpt. 17 Aug. 1571, Colyton. Bu. there, 12 Nov. 1641. He m. Mary Michell, 10 Aug. 1602, Colyton, bu. there 20 Sept. 1648, dau. of John Mychell of Barretshayes, Colyton. Rawkey was a yeoman in Cadhayne, Colyton. See Mychell family below. Children (TAG 15:214):
      a. Joan Dolbiar - Bpt. 9 Jan. 1602 and bu. 25 Nov. 1606, Colyton.
      b. Anne Dolbiar - Bpt. 19 Apr. 1605, Colyton.
      c. Mary Dolbiar - See below.
      d. Robert Dolbiar - Bpt. 2 May 1611, Colyton. He m. Elizabeth ___. Three children (1638-1645).
      e. Dorothy Dolbiar - Bpt. 16 Oct. 1613, Colyton. Bu. there 25 Mar. 1614.
      f. Cornelius Dolbiar - Bpt. 21 May 1619, Colyton. Jonathan Gillett named a son Cornelius and the name was past down for generations.
      g. John Dolbiar - Bpt. 7 June 1619, Colyton.
      3. Mary Dolbiar - Bpt. 7 June 1607, Colyton, Devon. Died 5 Jan. 1685. She m. Jonathan Gillett, 29 Mar. 1633/34, Colyton, Devon."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Family tree entitled "Gillett, Dolbiar, Mychell, Sampson," Mar 1992, donated by John R. and Joyce Snell, 587 Cranbrook Rd., #33, London, Ontario, Canada N6K2Y4. Copy in the Windsor, CT, Historical Society.