MILDRED STEWART SHEPARD'S ROYAL ANCESTORS

Probably all of the members of this Shepard/Stewart family remember Mildred Shepard telling us that she was descended from many kings and queens! Here, in list form, you will see what Mildred was talking about. You will notice titles of Sir, Earl, Lady, Lord, and the like, as this list  goes back in time. These are titles of royalty.... descendants of Kings and Queens who had governmental duties to perform such as collecting taxes, serving in battles, leading battalions, parliamentary positions, and so forth.

The list begins with:
Our eighth great grandparents: Sir John Crandall and Elizabeth Drake of Monmouthshire, Wales until the early 1600s (see more about them in the Shepard blog written recently).

 Ninth great grandparents: Robert Drake of Devonshire, England and Elizabeth Prideaux who were married in the Anglican Church, Kings Nympton, Devon, England on the 4th of May in 1560.

 10th gg: John Drake of Mt. Drake, Ashe, and Exmouth, England and Amye Greenville of Stow, Cornwall, England. Amye died in 1619 in Devon, England.

 11th gg: Roger Greenville and his wife, Margaret Whilleigh

 12th gg: Thomas Greenville and his wife, Elizabeth Gilbert

 13th gg: William Greenville and his wife, Phillipa Bobville

 14th gg: William Greenville and his wife, Elizabeth Gorges

 15th gg: Theobald Greenville and his wife, Margaret DeCourtney

 16th gg: Hugh DeCourtney of Hacombe, Devonshire, England. He died in 1425. Spouse: Maude Bearmount

17th gg: Edward DeCourtney and his spouse, Lady Emeline Modeford who was born about 1330 in Modeford,  Somerset, England

18th gg: Sir Hugh DeCourtney, 10th Earl of Devon who was born 12 Jul 1303 and his wife, Lady Margaret DeBohun. They were married on 11 Aug 1325. Sir Hugh died 2 May 1377 and was buried at Exeter Cathedral. Margaret was born 3 Apr 1311 in Coldecote, Northampshire, England. She was age 14 when she married. She died 16 Dec 1391.

19th gg: Humphrey DeBohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and his wife, Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet of Rhuddan who was born at Pheshey Castle, Essex, England. Humphrey died 6 Mar 1322 in the Battle of Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, England.

20th gg: King Edward I who was born at Westminster Palace on the 17th of Jun 1239. His wife, Eleanora of Castile, was born in 1244. She was age 10 and he was age 15 when they married in 1254. Edward died 7 Jul 1307 in Burghby Sands, United Kingdom.

21st gg: King Henry III was born on 1 Oct 1207 at Winchester Castle. He married Eleanor of Provence, France in Jan 1236 in Canterbury. He died in 16 Nov 1272 in Westminster. Eleanor was born 1222 in Provence and died in 1291.

22nd gg: John "Lackland", King of England was born in 1167 and died 1216. His wife was Isabella of Angouleme.

23rd gg: King Henry Plantagenet II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Henry died in 1204. He was the only Plantagenet king who added his surname to his title. He had flaming red hair and he thought it handsome to wear the yellow broom flower in his hat, which in French was called "genet". 

To learn much, much more about the Plantagenets and their descendants, I recommend the book that my son, Dwan Shepard, purchased for us Oregon Shepards: "THE PLANTAGENETS" by Dan Jones. It is written in narrative style and easy to read. Subtitle: "The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England". Wikipedia and encyclopedias have brief entries about most of the folks on this list that FamilySearch.org helped me to compile. 

Humphrey Pinney Family

"HUMPHREY PINNEY (Pynney, Pinne), the son of John Pinney, came to America in the Mary and John with Rev. Mr. Warham's  company in 1630, and settled at Dorchester, where he married Mary Hull, who had been a fellow passenger. His immediate ancestors appear to have resided in Broadway, Somersetshire, England which is in Chard Union, in the deanery of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton, diocese of Bath and Wells, Hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, West Somerset.

 From the will of Humphrey’s uncle, Edmund Pynney of Broadway, dated 1631, we learn that Edmund was buried in the south aisle of Broadway Church, in a tomb called The Pinney Tomb. Broadway Church is a small, ancient, but beautiful structure, situated in a picturesque churchyard, adorned with yews, located upon a little knoll in an extensive valley, about two miles from the rise of the hill …commanding one of the finest views in Somerset County. 

Broadway, a long, straggling village of some 400 agricultural inhabitants, an almshouse, etc., is said to have taken its name from a Roman road which led to Nevocke Forest… Pinney’s Ground…is in Ile Abbots, an adjoining village, boasting of a still more beautiful little church.

 Edmund Pynney’s will informs us that he had a brother JOHN the elder, and a brother JOHN the younger; a sister ALICE, who married a Way; a sister JOHANNA who married Giles Godwin. John the elder married Johanna ___, and had children (1) ELIZABETH, (2) EDMOND, (3) RICHARD, (4) ROGER, (5) NICHOLAS, (6) WILLIAM, (7) HUMPHREY (the emigrant to Dorchester and Windsor), (8) JOHN OF EXETER, (9) AGNES (prob. M. John House), (10) MARY (prob. M. Thos. Pearce), (11) SARAH (poss. m. John Turberfield), (12) ALICE (poss. m. Wm. Standerwicke).

 Humphrey Pinney was an original member of the Dorchester Church; removed to and settled at Windsor in 1635; and his residence was on the East side of the main street, about a mile and a quarter north of the present Congregational Church on lot N. and adjoining Gov. Haynes lot, which lay between Dea. Wm. Gaylord’s lot and “Mr.” Pinney’s lot… He died 20 Aug 1683; his widow died 18 Aug 1684."

 Below is a list of the Pinney children (all but the eldest born in Windsor):

 1636  Samuel, b. Dorchester
1641  Nathaniel, our ancestor
1644  Mary
1648  Sarah
1651  John
1654  Abigail

HUMPHREY PINNEY
BORN: 1600 in Broadway, Somersetshire, England
MARRIED: 14 May 1634 in Dorchester, Massachusetts
DIED: 20 Aug 1683 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

MARIE MARY HULL
BORN: 27 Jul 1618 in Crewkerne, England
DIED: 18 Aug 1684 in Windsor, Hartford, CT 
SOURCES: ancestry.com FAMILIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR CONNECTICUT, Consisting of VOLUME II, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut; Including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks, and Ellington, 1635-1891, by HENRY R. STILES. Excerpts about the Pinney family, beginning on image, page 610.

THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM AND MARY ANN (DOVER) PHELPS

Our eighth great grandfather, William Phelps, the Colonist, had two wives with children. (1) Mary (surname unknown), buried in England in 1626, and (2) Anne Dover, our 8th great grandmother, who probably accompanied him and children from both marriages to Dorchester, Massachusetts, a town later subsumed as a neighborhood of Boston. They left Plymouth, England aboard the ship, "Mary and John",  on the 20th of March, 1630 and arrived in Natasket, MA (now Hull).

The names and birthdates of  William's children correspond to the records later found in the American colony. The marriage to Mary Phelps, born in Crewkerne, England is estimated to have been between 1615–1618, as their first child William was baptized at Crewkerne on September 9, 1618. Mary and William had four children, all baptized before 1625 at Crewkerne: William, Samuel, an unnamed infant who died young, and Nathaniel. Mary was buried at Crewkerne on August 13, 1626.

 William's marriage to Ann Dover was three months after Mary's death, William married Ann Dover at Crewkerne, on November 14, 1626. They had four children in England: Cornelius, Joseph and Mary (twins), and another child named Mary. Researchers can not find further records of Cornelius or either of the two girls named Mary, and presume they all died young. After arriving in the Colonies, Ann and William had three more children: Sarah, Timothy, and a third Mary. Records in the Colonies have been found for the children named Joseph, Sarah, Timothy and the last Mary, corresponding to records from the International Genealogical Index in Somerset listing the names of William Phelps' children from both wives. The child named Timothy is our ancestor, who was born in 1639 in Windsor, Hartford, CT.

Mistress Phelps was the first on the list of women members of the church at Dorchester who came with Mr. Warham to Windsor. She died in Windsor in 1689.

WILLIAM PHELPS
BORN: 28 Feb 1599 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England
MARRIED: 14 Nov 1626 in Crewkerne
DIED: 14 Jul 1672 in Dorchester, Massachusetts

ANN DOVER
BORN: 1610 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England
DIED: 30 Aug 1689 in Windsor, Hartford, CT
SOURCES: "The Great Migration" by Anderson; Researcher, Brian T. Phelps 

THE FAMILY OF JOHN AND ALICE (GARMENT) WHITMARSH

John and Alice were both born in Weymouth, Dorset, England. John was born in 1595 and Alice was born in 1600. They were married on the 9th of June in 1623. Six of their children were born in Weymouth, England. Their seventh child, Simon, was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Below is their list of birthdates:

Mar 1624 John, our ancestor
Dec 1624 James
       1627 Jane
       1630 Onesephirus (male, called Joseph)
      1632 Richard
      1633 Nicholas
      1637 Simon
 
" John Whitmarsh, immigrant ancester of the Whitmarsh family in America was one of Rev. Joseph Hull's company that sailed from Weymouth, England March 20, 1635. The family is given in the Passenger list as follows:
 John Whitmarsh, aged 39 years
 Alice Whitmarsh, aged 35 years
 James Whitmarsh, his son, aged 11 years 
Jane Whitmarsh, his daughter, aged 7 years
 Onesephorus Whitmarsh, his son, aged 5 years
 Richard Whitmarsh, his son, aged 2 years."

[This list is apparently incomplete because two sons, John and Nicholas, are missing.]

 "On 8 July 1635 the General Court of Massacchusetts, passed an order, permitting Rev. Joseph Hull's company of 11 families to settle at Wessaguscus incorporated under the name of Weymouth, Mass. 2 Sep 1635." 

John Whitmarsh owned several pieces of land in Weymouth, before 1644.
Genealogies of Early Families of Weymouth, MA; p. 759; "He [John Whitmarsh] received grants of land in Weymouth (Suffolk, Massachusetts) and settled there. His lands included two acres upon the plain, three acres upon King Oak Hill, two acres in the west field, besides other lots. About 1644 a description of the lands of Nicholas, Richard, Onesephorus and Simon Whitmarsh mentions nine acres in the westerneck first given to their father John Whitmarsh dec'd. In a description of John Harding's land, mention is made of land which he gave to John Whitmarsh son of the aforesaid John Whitmarsh. Hence John Whitmarsh, Sr., died near 1644." 

"!FAMILY-LAND: Sketch of Weymouth; FHL book 974.47/W1 B4w No. 2; p. 247-50; list of this company that came with  Rev. Joseph Hull to Weymouth  20 Mar 1635; Jn'o Whitmarsk aged 39 yeare, Alce Whitmarke his Wife aged 35 yeare, Jm's Whitmarcke his sonne aged 11 yeare, Jane his daught'r aged 7 yeare, Onseph Whitmarke his sonne aged 5 yeare, Rich. Whytemark his sonne aged 2 yeare. p. 281; John Whitmarsh, #20, on 26 Nov 1651 list of property owners, The great lots named in the old town Book and formerly granted to be laid out on the East side of  Fresh Pond next to Mrs. Richard's mill  joining the small lots formerly laid out butting on Fresh Pond to run 18 rods towards Hingham line and in case any lots run beyound the pond they shal be upon the same Line. p. 282-3; John Whitmarsh  has 9 Acres in Lot #16 on the west side ot town, bounding upon the Braintree line, in 1663 list."

JOHN WHITMARSH
BORN: 1595 in Weymouth, Dorset, England
MARRIED: 9 Jun 1623 in Weymouth, Dorset, England
DIED: 1644 in Weymouth, Massachusetts

ALICE GARMENT
BORN: 1600 in Weymouth, Dorset, England
DIED: after 1639 in Weymouth, Mass.
 SOURCES: History of Weymouth , Mass., Vol. 4, p. 758 Genealogy of the Descendants of John Whitmarsh of Weymouth, by Newton Whitmarsh Bates 1916. The book is a revision and enlargement of a pamphlet of Whitmarsh genalogy published by the author in 1902. The record of the first five generations of the descendants of John Whitmarsh of Weymouth, Mass. The earlier generations of descendents of John Whitmarsh resided at Weymouth, Mass. gradually moving south to Abington and Bridgewater. Later generations scattered to all parts of the west. England births and christenings: 1538-1975; England marriages: 1538-1973; FHL microfilm 75,173.

THE FAMILY OF ROBERT AND CHRISTIAN (TURNER) CARVER

These eighth great grandparents were both born in England. Robert was listed as a planter in 1630. He and Christian were married  on the 4th of August in 1635 in Lydiard, England.  Their first son was born in England and then the three of them emigrated to Massachusetts about 1636. Their second son was born in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, see below:

1635 William in England
1637 John in Massachusetts, our ancestor

Robert was granted 20 acres lying on the NW side of Greenes Harborn River in Duxbury on the 3rd of September in 1638. In 1641, Robert is employed as a sawyer in Duxburrow. By 1644, Robert became a Freeman. In 1653 he worked as the Surveyor of Highways and often served on juries for his community.

There is a record of Robert giving his Oath of Allegiance to King George II and the laws of England [a standard procedure for the new Americans  in the year of 1670, I suppose].

ROBERT CARVER
BORN: 1594 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
MARRIED: 4 Aug 1635 in Lydiard, England
DIED: Apr 1680 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA

CHRISTIAN TURNER
BORN: abt 1596 in England
DIED: 23 Jul 1655 in Plymouth, MA
SOURCES: England Marriages 1538-1973; rootsweb.com re the death statistics of Robert Carver; Researcher Bruce F. Bond at www.gencircles.com re the land records:
Court of Assistants Records show: Vol 1, page 135. 7 Oct 1639, "Captaine Miles Standish, Mr. John Alden, and Mr. Ed winslow are appoynted to lay forth the land and meaddow graunted to Job Cole, as also the land graunted to Frances Godfrey, and Robert Carver."

Hon. Daniel Clark and His Family

Our eighth great grandfather, Daniel Clark, was born near Kenilworth, England on the 5th of September in 1622. He came to Windsor with Rev. Huit in 1638/1639.

"In Ancient Windsor, Hon. Daniel CLARK, attorney at law, was a first settler and man of much influence and position. He held many public offices."  He married Mary Newberry on the 13th of June in 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, CT. Their family is listed below, all born in Windsor:

1645 Mary
1649 Josiah
1651 Elizabeth
1654 Daniel
1656 John 
1658 Mary
1661 Samuel
1663 Sarah, our ancestor
1665 Hannah
1666 Nathaniel

 Hon. Daniel Clark was the Secretary of the Colony of Connecticut, 1658-64 & 1665-6. 

DANIEL CLARK/CLARKE
BORN: 5 Sep 1622 near Kenilworth, England
MARRIED: 13 Jun 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, CT
DIED: 12 Aug 1710 in Windsor, Hartford, CT

MARY NEWBERRY
BORN: 22 Oct 1626 in Wente Church, Canicorum, Devon, England
DIED: 29 Aug 1688 in Windsor, CT
SOURCES: FTM disc #179-Fam. Hist.; CT Gen, #1,p. 62:Hon. Daniel CLARK, held many public offices; was Secretary of the Colony, 1658-64 & 1665-6.(JTH-8/22/97) 

EDWARD AND MARGARET (HICKS) GRISWOLD AND FAMILY

"EDWARD GRISWOLD, who was born 26 Jul 1607,  lived for a time at least in Kenilworth,  Warwick, England, from whence he emigrated in 1639, as is disclosed by various depositions. EDWARD brought with him his wife, several children, and his younger brother Matthew. EDWARD received his share of lands at Windsor, Connecticut, the first recorded division of which  occurred in January, 1640-1.  In March, 1663, the General Court appointed a committee to view Hamonoscett, later Killingsworth, and to decide if it be fit for a plantation...original planters, including EDWARD GRISWOLD, then called sixty-four years old. 

EDWARD, with his wife and younger children, was among the first to remove to this new locality, undoubtedly in 1663. He deeded most of  his property at Windsor to his oldest sons.  In lieu of a will EDWARD GRISWOLD on Christmas Day, 1672, signed a conditional  inheritance deed of all his property to his son John, who was to pay certain legacies; but EDWARD did not die until 1691, when he was in the eighty-fourth year of his age,  and was buried at Killingsworth. He had married first, in England, MARGARET (----), [*She has been called MARGARET  HICKS, but no authority is cited.] who died in Killingsworth August 23, 1670, where her gravestone may be seen, the oldest in the cemetery,  marked  "M.G. 1670." He married secondly, in 1672, Sarah (----) Bemis, widow of James of New London. His children were all  by his first wife. Four are said to have been baptized and one may have died at Kenilworth, England, and that place was probably  the birthplace of two others, while the remaining were born at Windsor, Connecticut."

Below is the list of the Griswold children, the first four were born in England, the others were born in Connecticut:

c. 1630 Sarah? died young
1631    Sarah
1633    George
1635    Francis
1642    Ann
1644    Mary, our ancestor
1646    Deborah
1647    Joseph
1649    Samuel
1652    John
unk      Edward

EDWARD GRISWOLD
BORN: 26 Jul 1607 in Sloihull, Kenilworth, England
MARRIED: c. 1630 in England
DIED: 30 Aug 1691 in Killingsworth, Hartford, CT

MARGARET HICKS
BORN: 1610 in ,Kenilworth, England
DIED: 23 Aug 1670 in ,Clinton, CT
SOURCES:Vital Statistics: " Edward Griswold was born in 1607 and died in the year 1691 at age 84. His wife was Margaret who died 23 Aug 1670 in Clinton, Conn."; Citation: Excerpt from Vol 2 Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes and includes the family of Edward and Margaret (Hicks) Griswold. 

THE FAMILY OF DEACON WILLIAM FORD

William Ford was born in Olave Parish, Southwark, Surrey, England in 1604. His wife, Anna Earnes was born in 1606 and they were married in 1632 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. They had the following children, all born in Massachusetts:

1633 William
1637 Margaret
1637 Michael
1637 Millicent, our ancestor
1641 Jeanna
It appears that Margaret, Michael, and Millicent may have been triplets!

William, a miller, established Danham Mill in 1640, which was located near Brown's Blacksmith Shop in Plymouth.

 His will is dated 12 Sep 1672, leaving his wife and family all his assets.

WILLIAM FORD
BORN: 1604 in Olave Parish, Southwark, Surrey, England
MARRIED: 1632 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
DIED: 1676  and his memorial monument is at Winslow Cemetery in Massachusetts

ANNA EARNES
BORN: 1606 in England
DIED: 1 Sep 1684 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
SOURCES: www. rootsweb.com "History of Marshfield" page102; MyHeritage website: death information about William Ford.

JOHN AND JOAN (HURST) TILLEY AND FAMILY

"John Tilley came to America on the Mayflower with his wife Joan and daughter Elizabeth. John's brother, Edward Tilley, and his wife also came on the Mayflower. (MAYFLOWER of London, two hundred tons, Christopher Jones, Master. Left Southampton August 5, and arrived at Cape Cod December  I I, 1620 with one hundred and one passengers. The ship was detained at Dartmouth and Plymouth, England, about two weeks for repairs to her consort, the Speedwell. The entire company settled at Plymouth.)"

John and his wife left children in England who could conceivably have left descendants, though none living today is yet known. A list of the children, born in England, is below:

1597 Rose
1599 John
1604 Robert
1607 Elizabeth, our ancestor

In England, John was a silk worker, of London.  John and Joan died the first winter in Plymouth, but Elizabeth lived and  married  John Howland, another passenger on the Mayflower.

JOHN TILLEY
BORN: 19 Dec 1571 in Shipdon, Shropshire, England
MARRIED: 20 Sep 1596
DIED: 11 Jan 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
BURIED: Cole's Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth

JOAN HURST
BAPTIZED: 13 Mar 1568 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
DIED: 1621 in Plymouth
SOURCES: Find a Grave #16539601; Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 : in commemoration of the 350th anniversary, Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 http://www.Ancestry.com; Source text: birth-name: John Tilley "Edited by Frederick Ira Ordway, Jr."--T.p. verso.|||Includes bibliographical references (p. 554) and index. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genealogy-glh49042049&h=39

SIR JOHN CRANDALL'S FAMILY

Sir John Crandall was born about 1550 in Wales. He married Elizabeth Drake in 1608. Elizabeth was baptized on the 17th of November in 1590 in Plymouth, St. Andrew, Devon, England. They had the following children:

unk date Edward
unk date Henry
1612       John in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, England

SIR JOHN CRANDALL
BORN: abt 1550 in , , Wales
MARRIED: 1608
DIED: abt 1650 in Monmouthsire or Shropshire, Wales

ELIZABETH DRAKE
BAPTIZED: 17 Nov 1590 in Plymouth, St. Andrew, Devon, England
DIED: unknown
SOURCES: Archive Plymouth and West Devon Record Office page 34 from Record Set: Devon Baptisms. Elizatbeth Drake, daughter of Robert Drake was baptized 17 Nov 1590., Page 34 of the Plymouth and West Devon Records of baptisms; Citation: CD#5 Trees 802 or 3485?.

SAMUEL AND ELIZABETH (MAPLET) GORTON AND FAMILY

"Residing in the British Museum is a manuscript called The Saxon Chronicles. This is a work done by monks in the 10th century A.D. One of the oldest family names emerging throughout the chronicles is that of Gorton. The first record of the name was in Lancashire, England well before the Norman Conquest of 1066 A.D. The Gorton Family is descended from the Saxon race, a fair skinned people who settled in England about 400 A.D.

By the 13th century the Gortons were considered one of the most distinguished families of County Lancashire. During the next three centuries the Gortons contributed to the culture of Britain. In the period from the 16th to the 18th centuries England was overwhelmed by religious conflicts. Many families lost titles and estates as religious groups gained and lost power. The turmoil led many people to migrate to such places as Ireland and the Colonies of North America. One of the first migrants to settle in the colonies was Samuel Gorton. Samuel was accompanied by his wife, Mary (Maplett) Gorton, their daughter Mary and son John and Samuel's brother Thomas. They sailed from England on a ship called The Speedwell and arrived at Boston in 1637.

  Samuel Gorton was born on February 12, 1592 in Gorton, Lancashire, England. He was baptized in the Cathedral Church in Manchester, England. Samuel was the son of Thomas Gorton and Thomas' second wife Anne. His parents were well to do and quite connected with the English Heraldry. Samuel received a classical education through his private tutors. He was fluent in both the Greek and Hebrew languages which allowed him to study the Bible's original text. This ability led him to form his own ideas and opinions as to the Bible's interpretation. Upon landing in Massachusetts Samuel found that the area controlled by the Boston Puritans was no better than what he'd left behind. His radical religious and political ideals and his outspokenness soon put him at odds with the Government of Massachusetts. A courteous and friendly man, Samuel was open-minded and did not hesitate to express his opinion. He had very strong ideas when it came to religion and politics. Samuel believed and fought for the separation of church and state, the right of all people to religious freedom whatever their religion was. He believed that the Native Americans should be paid for their lands. Samuel was against slavery and fought to ban it. He was America's earliest advocate for equal rights for women. Not only did he think that women deserved the right to speak their minds, he also believed that they should be listened to! 

Samuel's outspoken beliefs, along with the fact that he was gathering a following, irked Massachusett's Puritanical government. Boston wanted to be rid of Gorton and his Gortonists, to the extent that he was once imprisoned because his maid smiled in church! It is unknown exactly how long he was jailed as a result of this crime. After regaining his freedom, Samuel and his followers were thrown out of Boston. They settled an area of Rhode Island now known as Portsmouth. One of Portsmouth's most prominent citizens at that time was William Arnold, Benedict Arnold's father. William Arnold was well connected with the Massachusetts government. He was also opposed to the Gortonists settling in Portsmouth and he appealed to Boston to rid him of the Gortonists. The puritan government enlisted two Indian chiefs, Ponham and Soconoco to do their dirty work. The Indians raided Samuel's home and burned it. The Gorton family and his following retreated to a blockhouse to take refuge. The soldiers arrived from Massachusetts; they surround the house and fired upon it until the Gortonists surrendered. Samuel and his assemblage (now numbering about 100) were put on trial charged with being blasphemous enemies of the true religion and likewise of all civil government. They escaped death by one vote and were sentenced to wear chains and leg irons at the pleasure of the court. The governor of Massachusetts at that time, John Winthrop, was a quiet friend of Gorton's. He appealed to the court and had the sentences reduced to banishment from Portsmouth. Banishment was nothing new to Samuel Gorton. Prior to this incident he had been thrown out of Boston, Plymouth, Aquidneck and Newport. By 1642 an English historian said, Gorton might almost be said to have graduated as a disturber of the peace in every colony in New England! Samuel, his family and his band of believers left Portsmouth in a blizzard. They walked about 90 miles to the area that is now known as Providence. They purchased land from the great chief Miantonomo. This purchase came to be known as The Shawomet Purchase. The Gortonists became friends with the Indians and became fluent in their language. In 1642 Samuel was elected as Deputy Governor of this new land. Though the Gortonists were many miles away from Massachusetts, the government there was still not happy with his existence or with his religious and political ideas and with his befriending of the Indians. Gorton was noted in history as a man who had the power to inspire fear, loathing and wrath among his enemies. The puritanical government of Boston, it seemed, did fear and loathe him even though he was far from Boston. The magistrates of Massachusetts harassed Samuel with correspondences stating that the land he had purchased was under Boston rule. Samuel ignored the letters. Once again the government charged him with blasphemy and once again soldiers from Massachusetts arrived and burned his home. Gorton was again imprisoned for a time and released on the condition that he leave the land that the Gortonists had purchased. Samuel did indeed leave. He made arrangements for his family to live with Indian families nearby, then he disappeared. While Boston was celebrating what they saw as a victory, Samuel was on a ship to London. There he met with his old friend, Robert Rich, the Earl of Warwick. Samuel presented a manuscript to Parliament entitled Simplicities Defense against a Seven Headed Policy. With the help of the Earl of Warwick Samuel was granted a Royal Charter and received an order of safe passage and conduct. Needless to say the Massachusetts government was not happy upon Samuel's return to Boston and even less happy with the Royal Charter. The militia now had to escort Samuel safely back to Rhode Island and the government was ordered to never interfere with Samuel Gorton or the Gortonists again.  Samuel returned, safely, to the land he and his followers had purchased. He named the land Warwick after his friend the Earl. In 1649 Samuel was elected General Assistant to the Governor and in 1651 he was elected first President of the towns of Providence and Warwick. For many years he held offices of Commissioner and Deputy Governor.

 In 1670 Samuel retired from official office. He died on December 10, 1677 at the age of 85. Samuel is buried in Warwick behind a home off Warwick Neck Road. Samuel Gorton has been noted as a forgotten founder of liberty. The Gortonists sect survived for about 100 years after Samuel's death."

"Gorton's belief was that the Holy Spirit was present in all human beings, giving each person a divinity and obscuring any distinction between a saint and sinner. Religious conversion, then, was the willingness to follow the dictates of this inner divinity, even against human authority. Gorton felt that emphasizing external ordinances, as opposed to the inner Spirit, compelled people to live under the ordinances of man rather than of Christ" Source: Wikipedia

More about Samuel and his family:
" In 1637 Samuel sailed from London with his wife and family, arrived in Boston end of March of that year and to Plymouth. He looked at several points in Portsmouth, RI and finally chose in what would become Warwick, RI in 1641. In 1643 he united with others to purchase the tract of land which included Warwick and was prominent in the colony. He was a clothier. He served as commissioner several times, assistant, president of Providence and Warwick, deputy or member of the upper house of the state legislature. He was also involved with religious affairs and many of his writings were published. He founded a sect in RI which outlived him more than 100 years. WFT Vol.33-1072 gives many items of his life work. Source: WFT V35-0753. He was the 1st governor of the The Providence Plantations of RI, founder of Warwick, RI. The bulk of his education was religious, being fluent in both Greek and Hebrew, he was able to study the Bible's original texts. He was neither a Pilgrim or Puritan, but a nonconformist. Searching for religious freedom, Samuel, his wife Mary and the first three of their 9 children sailed to America aboard the Speedwell, landing in Boston 1636, moving on to Portsmouth, RI, then Narragansett area. There he purchased land from the Great Indian Chief Miantonomo."

Here below is the list of the Gorton children that I know about. John and Mary were born in England. Our ancestor, Elizabeth, was born in Warwick, Kent, RI and perhaps her siblings, Benjamin, Samuel and Maplet.


John
Mary
Benjamin
Maplet
Samuel, abt 1630
Elizabeth, abt. 1646, our ancestor

"The "Gortonists", as Samuel's religious order was named, were around 100 strong, believing in a type of Christian Transcendentalism. The Group believed Jesus Christ was divine, but they did not believe in the Trinity. The didn't think preachers should be paid, felt women were equal to men, were totally agianst Slavery and thought each individual had a right to read and study the Scriptures for themselves. Happily he lived to see religious freedom secured to the colony in it's constitution. This source gives a lot of the history of this man and quotes sources and gives titles of additional books and articles written about him. Of which is named, The Collegiate Church Parish Register of Manchester and lists the entire Pedigree of Gorton, with the Gorton name appearing 150 times between the years of 1573 and 1650. The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton by Thomas Gorton, Samuel Gorton of RI and His Descendents. There is a statue of Samuel in Warwick, RI and his writing chair is in the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum in Wash. D.C. 

Occupation: Clothier Arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in March 1636/37. Moved to Plymouth,Massachusetts, then to Portsmouth, Providence, Cranston, andWarwick, Rhode Island. He was a president of the ProvidencePlantations in 1651 and founder of the town of Warwick. In theforefront of political reforms, he fought valiantly for the separationof church and state, played an important role in the movement to banslavery, and stood for the rights of Indians, paying them for hislands when many other colonists merely appropriated their realestate. A lay minister, he was the author of numerous historical andreglious volumes. On a mission back to England he was instrumental inobtaining a royal charter for Rhode Island and in defending its political independence from the threat of dominance by Massachusetts. From The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1776: 1644, April 19 -- Copy of Act of Submission by Pessicus Sachem and the Narragansetts Indians to the Government of England. Samuel Gorton, John Wickes, Randal Holden, and John Warner are appointed to execute the deed witnessed by Christopher Helm, Robert Potter, and Richard Carder." 

SOURCES: !CHRISTENING: From book in Hendersonville, NC public library. Place referred to as Gorton chapelry, Manchester parish, Lancaster County, England. Info in "The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton", Philadelphia, 1907; Book, Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, Individual, Linda Partner, 268 E 200 S, Paragonah, UT, United States, 84760; Source text: Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 12 February 1592; Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Published Book one of about 25 copies; "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ5K-56V : 10 February 2018), Samuel Gorton and Mary Maplet, 20 May 1628; citing Saint Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street,London,London,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 374,491;"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK4-TRBH : 13 December 2015), Samuel Gorton, 1677; Burial, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States of America, Governor Samuel Gorton Lot; citing record ID 31050767, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.;Baptised at Manchester, ENG. 12 feb 1593. Also see more information about Samuel Gorton at Wikipedia.

NICHOLAS AND ELIZABETH (LEIDS) BROWN AND FAMILY

Nicholas and Elizabeth were born in Worcestershire, England.  When Elizabeth was 19 she married Nicholas in Inkberrow, Alcester, Worcestershire, England in the year of 1624. They raised a family of 15 children, listed below:

1628 Thomas in Inkberrow
1630  Anthony "  "
1632 Cornelius "  "
1634  John        "  "
1638 William was born in Portsmouth, Newport, RI and so were the remaining children listed below:
1639 Nicholas    
1640 Edward     
1642 Josiah       
1644 Jane,our ancestor
1647  Elizabeth
1648  Abraham          
1650  Sarah
1653  Mary
1656  Mehitable

Nicholas and Elizabeth and their first four children arrived in America around 1635 and settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Nicholas and Elizabeth must have been completely occupied with all their children and had no extra time to enter into community affairs.

NICHOLAS BROWN
BORN: 1593 INKBERROW PARISH, WORCESTER, ENGLAND
MARRIED: 1624 in INKBERROW
DIED: 5 Apr 1673 in READING VILLAGE, MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETS BAY COLONY

ELIZABETH LEIDS
BORN: 1605 in INKBERROW, ALCESTER, WORCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND
DIED: 1 Nov 1674 in READING VILLAGE, MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETS BAY COLONY

Source comments: CD#5, published by FamilyTreeMaker re the Nicholas Brown family from Worcestershire, England.

THE FAMILY OF FRANCIS AND MARY (BRUNDISH) PURDY

Francis Purdy was born in 1595 in Yorkshire, England. Mary Brundish was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England in 1628. Their marriage occurred on the 5th of August in 1642.  Soon after, they sailed to America and arrived  in Concord, Massachusetts.  Francis was a tanner. In 1648, he became a surveyor in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Here is the list of their children who were all born in Fairfield:
1648 John
1650 Francis, our ancestor
1652 Joseph
unk   Daniel, died young
1657 Mary
unk  Elizabeth

SOURCES: The Families of Old Fairfield, Vol 1, pages 495-496 by Jacobus, lists five children for Francis1 Purdy; Francis’s will:
An inventory of the estate of Francis Purdy is recorded as having been presented to "a Court in Fairfield holden October 20, 1658 (Fairfield Probate Records, Vol. 1, pages 39-40, Fairfield
Probate Office, Fairfield CT). The inventory is dated October 14, 1658. The following is quoted from these pages:

"The widow Purdie makes oath that the inventory by Nathan Gold and Anthony Wilson is a true inventory of the effects of Francis Purdie according to the best of her knowledge.

There being no will the Court orders as followeth the widow admitted administration to pay all debts.... she to have the home lot for life; the rest to be divided...

 ...the sons are to have their portions at twenty one years and the daughters at eighteen except they marry.... John to have the front lot and the two younger sons........ John, his portion to be a double portion."

Mary Brundage Purdy, widow of Francis, remarried to John Hoit
Given the ages of the Purdy children in 1665 and 1670, it seems reasonable to assume that they lived with John Hoyt and their mother at Eastchester at least until 1670 and likely until 1676 when he moved to Rye.

Early land deeds of Fairfield still exist (for the most part) and have been transcribed in a book at the Fairfield Historical Society. From that book, page 219: Affidavit Vol A page 391, dated 24 May 1667, Recorded 4 Feb 1686, John2 Brundish of Rye, County of Fairfield to heirs of Frances [sic] Purdy, [ etc.]

THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM AND AUDREY (BARLOWE) ALMY

William and Audrey were both born and married in England. Their first four children were also born in England. Their two sons, John and Joseph were born in Newport, Rhode Island: 

1627 Annis, our ancestor
1629 Catherine
1632 Christopher
1633 Job
1634 John
1636 Joseph

William Almy first appears in America at Saugus (Lynn), Mass., [perhaps with the John Winthrop fleet] in 1631, evidently without his family.  He returned to England, and again sailed from London on the "Abigail" Jun 17, 1635. The sailing list shows the names of Wm. Almond aged 34, Mary Jones, 30, Awdry Almond, 32, Annis Almy, 8, and Chri: Almie, 3. Whether Mary Jones was a relative does not appear in the source, (Hotten's Emigrants, p.93.) 

The Almy family settled at Sandwich, Mass., by 1637, moving to Portsmouth, R.I. in 1641. On 3 Jan 1655, "Mr. William Almy, John Briggs, and Samuel Wilbur were chosen [by the town of Portsmouth] for jurymen for the next General Court to be held at Warwick." William Almy represented Portsmouth in the General Assembly of R. I., 1656-7, and 1663. His will, Feb. 28 1676/7) PE. 23, 1677, names wife, 4 children, deceased son John and grand son Bartholomew West.

WILLIAM ALMY
BORN: abt 1601 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
MARRIED:1626 in Lutterworth
DIED: bef 23 Apr 1676 in Newport, Newport, RI

AUDREY BARLOWE
BORN: 1603 in Lutterworth
DIED: 1676 in Portsmouth, RI
SOURCES: "Genealogies of New Jersey Families", Vol 11, pg. 272, [some of the descendants of Wm. and Audrey lived in NJ]; re the birth of William: "The Great Migration Newsletter", Vol.11, #2, 13. Hotten's Emigrants, pg. 93.

THE FAMILY OF DR. JOHN AND JOAN (TATTERSALL) GREENE

This couple begins our study of our eighth great grandparents, at last! (I was beginning to worry that I might never finish working on the blogs for our seventh ggs...so many of them! It's possible, I suppose, that I may have missed a few of them. If I do find any missed ones, I'll insert them along the way.)

John Greene was born on his father's estate at Bowridge Hill, Gillingham Parish, County Dorset, England in 1597. His father, Richard, grandfather, Richard, and great grandfather, Robert, had resided at the same place for a hundred years before. He married Joan Tatttershall  in 1619 at St. Thomas' Church in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. They had seven children. Their home was at Aukley Hall, Salisbury, where he practiced as a surgeon sixteen years. He and his family sailed from England on the ship "James of London" which set sail April 1635. After a voyage of fifty-eight days, they arrived in Boston on June 3, 1635. He first went to Salem, Massachusetts, but soon removed and went with Roger Williams to Rhode Island. He settled in Providence on April 27, 1637 and was a man of great power in the settlement of Rhode Island. He and 12 others made arrangements for the purchasing of Narrangansett from the Indians.

Joan Tattersall was born about 1598 in Gillingham, England.  All of the children of Joan and John Greene were born in England, as follows:
unk Job
unk Daniel
1620 John, our ancestor
1621 Peter
1626 James
1630 Jone (female)
1633 Mary

Joan died shortly after their arrival in Boston in 1635 and John's second wife died as a result of the "Shawomet Persecution" when mounted and armed men from Massachusetts forced many to flee into the woods, where they died of exposure.

 John Greene was the first professional medical man in Rhode Island. He moved to Warwick in 1643 and held many important offices until his death. He was a sturdy champion of the right of speech and conscience, and became embroiled in the fierce religious controversies of the day, and in the land dispute between Connecticut and Rhode Island, which raged for half a century. At Warwick he filled the offices of magistrate and clerk of the court. He had a second wife, Alice Daniels, and a third, Phelippa, unknown surname. His will proved January 7, 1659. His children were all prominent in the colony of Rhode Island. His son, John, was Deputy Governor of Rhode Island for ten years. 

DR. JOHN GREENE
BORN: 9 Feb 1597 in Bowridge Hill, Gillingham, Dorset, England
MARRIED: 4 Nov 1619 in St. Thomas' Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
DIED: 9 Jan 1659 in Conimicut Farm, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

JOAN TATTERSALL
BORN: abt 1598 in Gillingham, Dorset, England
DIED: 1635
SOURCES: Vol 2 (D-J), p 302, Green families appear in the book by James A. Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England": showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692 on the basis of Farmer's Register", (Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994); Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, by James N. Arnold, The Arnold Collection, Url: www.newenglandancestors.org/databases, Page number: 1708 Capt. John Greene, aged 89 years; "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVG-NCRB : 12 March 2019), null, ; Burial, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States of America, Surgeon John Greene Lot; citing record ID 17759415, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com; The Greene Family in England and America with Pedigrees, Film: FHL microfilm 1321195, Greene, John, Privately Printed, Boston, Massachusetts, 1901, Page number: :38-39.

THE FAMILY OF SIR JOHN CRANDALL OF WALES

In the "Genealogy of Elder John Crandall", written by Mr. A. P. Crandall in 1888, the author suggests that Elder John's father, Sir John Crandall, was born after 1550, somewhere in Wales.  According to the author, Sir John married Elizabeth Drake in 1608. Elizabeth was born in England in 1585. Sir John and Elizabeth   had at least three sons as listed below:

1612 John Crandall, our ancestor, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

unk   Henry

unk   Edward

Sir John died about 1650 in Shropshire or Monmouthshire, Wales

SIR JOHN CRANDALL

BORN: after 1550 in , , Wales

MARRIED: 1608 in Wales

DIED: abt 1650 in Shropshire or Monmouthshire, Wales

ELIZABETH DRAKE

BORN: 1585 in England

DIED: unk

SOURCE: Genealogy of Elder John Crandall, [the son of Sir John Crandall,] Filmed 22 Jun 1992, item # 8, Roll 697640 at Family History Library. Written by Crandall, A. P. in 1888, call # 929.273 A1 No.l 7007

THE FAMILY OF JOHN MERRITT, SR.

Our seventh great grandparents, Mary Brown and John Merritt, Sr. were married in May 1680 in Rye, Westchester County, New York. They had nine children who were all born in Rye, as follows:

1681 John
1683 Elizabeth, our ancestor
1685 Jonathan
1687 Jane
1689 Andrew
1691 Thomas
1692 Alice
1694 Grace
1699 Ephraim

JOHN MERRITT, SR.
BORN: unknown
MARRIED:  May 1680 in Rye, Westchester, NY
DIED: unknown

MARY BROWN
BORN: unknown
DIED: unknown
SOURCES: "Merritt Records" by Douglas Merritt published 1916

THE FAMILY OF JAMES AND JANE (BROWN) BABCOCK

These sixth great grandparents got left behind somehow, therefore we are backing up here to include them in our ancestral history. James Babcock was born in 1641 at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.  He married Jane Brown in 1665 when he was twenty four years old.  James and his family resided in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island. Here is the list of their nine children, all born in Westerly:

1665 Jane
1666 James, our ancestor
1669 Sarah
1670 Mary
1671 Hannah
1676 Elizabeth
1678 William
unk  Peter
unk  Job

James died in 1698 when he was only age 57. Jane lived to be age 75, outliving five of her children. 

JAMES BABCOCK
BORN: 1641 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
MARRIED: 1665
DIED: 1698 in Westerly, Kings, RI

JANE BROWN
BORN: 1644 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
DIED: 4 Feb 1719 in Westerly, Kings, RI
SOURCES: Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction (Release date: December 23, 1993), Internal Ref. #1.17.1.1537.4.

The Family of John and Anne (Almy) Greene

John Greene was born and baptized on the 15th of August in 1620 at the Saint Thomas parish in Salisbury, England. He came to New England with his parents in 1635 and lived in Providence, Rhode Island until 1643. In 1643, he lived in Occupasuetuxet Farm, known as Greene's Hold. After 1643, he was a town clerk, surveyor, and a member of the Colonial Assemblies.

John married Anne Almy c. 1645 in Portsmouth, RI and they had the following twelve children, all born in Kent, Warwick, RI:

1649 Deborah
1651 John
1652 William
1654 Peter
1656 Job
1658 Phillippa, our ancestor
1661 Richard
1662 Anne
1665 Catherine
1667 Audrey
1669 Welthyan
1670 Samuel


Warwick is a city in Kent County, Rhode Island, the second largest city in the state with a population of 82,672 at the 2010 census. Warwick is located approximately 12 miles south of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 63 miles southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, and 171 miles northeast of New York City. Wikipedia

Captain John Greene served in the militia and later became the "Major of the Main" between the years of 1683 to 1696. Between 1690 and 1700 he was the Deputy-Major Governor of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations. He retired at age 80! He died at age 88 and was buried on his farm property in Warwick.

DEP. GOV. MAJ. JOHN GREENE
BORN: 15 Aug 1620 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
MARRIED: abt 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
DIED: 1709 in Warwick, Kent, RI

ANNE ALMY
BORN: 26 Feb 1627 in South Kilworth, Leicestershire, Eng
DIED: 6 May 1709 in Warwick, Kent, RI
BURIED: On their farm property in Warwick, Kent, RI
SOURCES:Vital Records of John Greene on  CD 16, Ped Res File;Brøderbund Software, Inc., Family Archive #17, Ed. 1, Birth Records: Anne's birth information via Individual: United States/Europe, Birth Records AAI Birth Records Extraction (Release date: December 23, 1993), Internal Ref. #1.17.1.817.32; Almy, Ann Or Agnes,Birth date: 1627,Birth place: England CD# 10

John and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland and family

Young John Howland enjoyed climbing the sails and masts and sat in the crow's nest with the lookout, often, on the ship Mayflower.  He fell overboard one stormy day in a strong gale. But he managed to grab a trailing halyard and was pulled back with a boat hook. [Source: "The Story of the Old Colony" by Sam Morison] 

John was the servant of John Carver, who was selected to be the first governor of Plymouth Colony. John Carver died soon after he did some sowing of corn in the hot sun on the plantation, in the spring of 1621.

 Elizabeth had spent her childhood in Leiden, Holland. She spoke and read Dutch as well as English. Her future husband, John Howland, taught her how to read English on the Mayflower journey. She was 13 years old.  After her parents died during the first Plymouth winter, she lived with Governor Bradford's family until her marriage, at age 16.

John was the pilgrims' first agent to Indians at Chusnoc, Augusta, Maine in 1621. Later,  c. 1623, John and wife, Elizabeth, ran a trading post for trade between the Plymouth Colony and the Indians to pay off their debts to those who sponsored their trip to America. [Source: researcher Polly Shaw at genforum.com, see Dickinson family, genforum.]

Here is the long list of their children, all born in Massachusetts:
1623 Desire
1627 John
1627 Joseph
1629 Hope
1634 Elizabeth, our ancestor who married John Dickenson
1636 Lydia
1637 Ruth
1640 Hannah
1644 Jabez
1649 Isaac
unk   Deborah

John Howland was in charge of the fur trading post at Kennebec, Maine in 1634. John's name was among the councillors in the March 1636 list of Plymouth Colony freemen and he was the deputy for the Plymouth General Court.

 In 1638, John bought property in Kingston, Rhode Island, calling it "Rocky Nook Farm". 

John was prominent in the church, so he "assisted in the imposition of hands" upon Rev. John Cotton, Jr., when he was ordained pastor, c. 1669. [I wonder what this means. Maybe you blog readers understand?]

John wrote his will on the 29th of May 1672; it was proved 6 Mar 1673. He died in February 1673, and I quote: in the "Towne of Plymouth; last man left of those on the Mayflower; age 80."

JOHN HOWLAND
BORN: 1592 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England
MARRIED: 25 Mar 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
DIED: 23 Feb 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

ELIZABETH TILLEY
BORN: abt 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
DIED: 22 Dec 1587 in Swansea, Bristol, MA
SOURCES:www.newenglandancestors.org, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633; www.gencircles.com, Researcher, paulamein 121301; Elizabeth's grave information: Find a grave #21561583.

THE FAMILY OF JOHN AND MARGARET ODLIN/AUDLEY

John Odlin (or Audley) was born in the city of London in England in 1602. His wife's first name was Margaret, last name unknown. Margaret was born in 1610.

They had one daughter that I know about, Ann Audley, our ancestor,  who was born on the 29th of October in 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.  So, I assume that John and Margaret left England for America and  married sometime before 1643.

"Father John Odlin, one of the very first inhabitants of Boston dies at age 83."  was written in Samuel Sewall's diary,  posted on the 18th of December in 1685.

JOHN ODLIN/AUDLEY
BORN: 1602  in London, England
MARRIED: bef 1643
DIED: 18 Dec 1685 in Boston, Suffolk, MA

MARGARET __________?
BORN: 1602 in ,  , England
DIED: 1682 in Boston, Suffolk, MA
SOURCES: Find My Past "Early American Vital Records Index record set.

THOMAS AND MARTHA (POTTER) HAZARD AND FAMILY

Thomas Hazard and Martha Potter married one another around 1627, in England, and had the following children: 

1628 Elizabeth born in Cranfield, Ampithiel Bedfordshire, England
1635 Robert born in England
1637 Hannah born in Portsmouth, Newport, RI, our ancestor
1638 Martha, in Portsmouth
1645 Jonathan, Portsmouth
1646 George, Portsmouth
1647 Nathaniel, Portsmouth
1652 Thomas, Portsmouth 

Portsmouth was settled in 1638 by a group of religious dissenters from Massachusetts Bay Colony, including Dr. John Clarke, William Coddington, and Anne Hutchinson. It is named after Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Roger Williams convinced the settlers that they should go there instead of settling in the Province of New Jersey, where they had first planned on going.

It was founded by the signers of the Portsmouth Compact. Its original Indian name was Pocasset, and it was officially named Portsmouth on May 12, 1639. It became part of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (see Aquidneck Island) and eventually part of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Source: Wikipedia


 
THOMAS HAZARD
BORN:      1609 in  ,Nottinghamshire, England
MARRIED: abt 1627 in  , , England
DIED:         1680        in Portsmouth Village, Rhode Island Colony

MARTHA POTTER
BORN:  28 Oct 1611 in St. Bride, London, Middlesex, England
DIED: after 1669 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
SOURCES: April 1998-Descendancy chart from Leon Stiles in April 1998;WFT5657= Thomas was born in England; Marriage source=WFT5657,vol2; Leon Stiles, historian for Stiles Family and AffilTITL,WFT5657,vol2 WFT 5 regarding the death information of Thomas Hazard; WFT5657,2=Elizabeth, Hannah and Robert Hazard children of Thomas and Martha Hazard.

THE FAMILY OF EDWARD WILCOX

Edward Wilcox was born in South Elkington, Lincolnshire, England on the 12th of February 1600. Around 1629, he married his first wife, Mary [last name unknown],  in Orby, Lincolnshire, England. Evidently Mary died after giving birth to their son, Daniel Wilcox, who was born sometime before Mary's death on 30 Jun 1630 in Orby. Edward married his second wife, Susannah Thompson, on the 12th of May in 1631 in Orby. They had three children, as listed below:

1633 Stephen, our ancestor, who was born in Croft, Lincolnshire, England

1635 John who was born in Westerly, Washington, RI

 1639 Mary who was also born in Westerly

It seems that Edward, Susannah, Daniel and Stephen emigrated to America c. 1634. On the 2nd day of April, 1638, Edward and his family were admitted to Aquidneck Island. "Aquidneck Island, officially Rhode Island, is an island in Narragansett Bay and in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, which is partially named after the island. The total land area is 97.9 km², which makes it the largest island in the bay." Wikipedia

EDWARD WILCOX
BORN: 12 Feb 1600 in South Elkington, Lincolnshire, England
MARRIED: 12 May 1631 in Orby, Lincolnshire, England
DIED: 1680 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI

SUSANNAH THOMPSON
BORN: 6 Sep 1607 in Orby, Lincolnshire, England
DIED: after 1639
SOURCES: Leon Stiles, historian for Stiles and Affiliated Families Assn..regarding the vital statistics of the Edward Wilcox family members. Research notes:"Edward Wilcox of Lincolnshire and Rhode Island" by Jane Fletcher Fiske, F>A.S.G;  The New England Historical and Genealogical Register re Wilcox family, Vol CXLVII Apr 1993 # 586, page 188. WFTree in E-1, European Origins.re Edward's death information.

GOVERNOR JEREMIAH CLARK AND HIS FAMILY

The earliest American account of this family was written by an unknown descendant of Jeremiah and his wife, and reads as follows: "Frances, the wife of Wm. Dungan, Wm. Vaughan and Jeremiah Clarke, died September, 1677, in the 67th year of her age. She was daughter of Lewis Latham. She was sometime wife of Lord Weston, then wife to Wm. Dungan, by whom she had one son and three daughters. Her son Thomas Dungan married and settled in Pennsylvania, and was the first Baptist minister in them parts. Her daughter Barbara Dungan, married to James Barker of Rhode Island. After Wm. Dungan died, Frances married Mr. Jeremiah Clarke and came over to New England with her four children, above mentioned. She had by her husband Clarke, five sons. After he died she married Mr. Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan, spoken of above, was a Baptist minister, and living in Rhode Island, the cradle of colonial Baptists, we assume Frances was not only a Baptist herself, but had a strong influence on her son Thomas Dungan."

The following excerpt was written about Frances in England and later years: "We can imagine Frances as a young girl on the moors in companionship with her father as he attended the Royal Princes, Henry and Charlie, in their hunting with falcons, ever a favorite royal sport, the birds being highly trained to search out and pounce upon rabbit, grouse and other small game and bring them to their master. Frances Latham was married in 1627 at age 17 to William Dungan, Gentleman, who was born about 1606, a London Merchant and Perfumer. His wares were in great demand and quite necessary to offset the obnoxious odors arising from the gutters in a thickly settled district subject to heavy fog and having surface drainage. They made their home at St. Martins-in-the-Fields where later he died and was buried 20 September 1636, leaving her a widow at age 26 with four little children between the ages of 2 and 8 years. By his Will dated 13 September 1636 he gave all his property to his wife Frances, after bequeathing £70 to each of his four children whom he mentions by name. About a year after William Dungan's death she was married to her second husband Jeremy Clarke, who was baptized 1 December, 1605. Jeremy and Frances came to Rhode Island about the year 1637 bringing the four young children by her first marriage. They settled at Newport where Mr. Clark became the first Constable, and in 1648 Governor and Treasurer of the Rhode Island Colony. His family were members of the Society of Friends at Newport, the first Quaker settlement in America. Here at age 46 Jeremy Clark died, and here according to records of Friends Meeting he was buried 11 mo. 3rd, 1651.

Frances was married about 1655 to her third husband Rev. William Vaughan, Doctor of Civil Law, poet and distinguished scholar, one of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Newport, and one of the founders of the Second Baptist Church of which he was the first minister. He died in August 1677, by him she had no children, and outliving him only a few weeks, she died in September 1677, in her 67th year, and is buried at Newport in the Govemor's lot. Frances Latham was the mother of seven sons and four daughters. They all married." 

The following account about our family was written later by a Clarke descendant: "Clarke Family -  The tombstone of  Frances, the wife of Jeremy Clarke (Jeremiah) states "Here lyeth ye body of Mrs. Frances Vaughn, alias Clarke, ye mother of ye only children of Captain Jeremiah Clarke, she died ye first week in Sept. 1677 in ye 67th year of her age." About 1637, Jeremiah came from England with his wife and her four children by her first husband, William Dungan. They were accompanied by his wife's widowed sister, Ellen Sherringham, age 67. She and Frances were daughters of Lewis Latham. After William Dungan's death, Frances md. 2) Jeremiah Clarke and had five sons. After he died, she md. a Mr. Vaughn. 

Here is a short biography of Jeremiah by Michael Schwing:  "On April 28, 1639, Jeremiah Clarke and eight others signed a compact at Portsmouth which led to the settlement of the town of Newport. In 1648 under the title of President Regent he was acting governor of Rhode Island pending Governor William Coddington's clearance of certain accusations. He had seven children by Frances of whom Walter was governor of Rhode Island; Mary married the future governor of Rhode Island John Cranston (parents of Governor Samuel Cranston); and James was ordained pastor of Second Baptist Church, Newport." 

Here are a few more details of Jeremiah's career as a good citizen of Rhode Island:"On 25 Nov. 1639 he was chosen constable, and was reelected in the following spring, and on 29 Jan. 1639/40 he was selected to supply the treasurer's place 'till his returne from the Dutch.' On 10 Mar. 1639/40 he had land recorded to the amount of 116 acres, and a few days later he and two others were chosen to lay out the remainder of the lands at Newport. On 16 Mar. 1640/1 1641/2 he was elected lieutenant of the militia for Newport, and on 13 Mar. 1643/4 he was chosen captain for Newport, then the highest military rank attainable. On the same date he was elected treasurer of Newport, and held this office for three years, and in May 1647 he was elected general treasurer of the Colony, and served in this capacity until 22 May 1649. On 16 May 1648 he was chosen an assistant, and in the same year, pending the clearance of President William Coddington of certain accusations, he was authorized to act, and did act, as President." 

 In Jan. 1652 the Friends record the comments on his death. "Jeremiah Clarke, one of the first English Planters, of Rhode Island. He d. at Newport in said Island, and was buried in the Tomb that stands by the Street by the Waterside in Newport, upon this --- day of Eleventh month 1651." On the 6th. day of May, 1653 his widow had legacy of 12d. from the Will of her father, Levi Latham. On Jan. 18, 1659, now the wife of Rev. Wm Vaughan entered into agreement with her son, Walter Clarke, through his Guardian, John Cranston, and James Barker, who are called his Brother-in-law. James Barker, m. Walter Clarke's hf-sr, Barbary Dungan." by this agreement, Walter was to have the dwelling house where Mrs. Vaughan lived, garden, orchard and certain lands, which was his inheritance, but his mother was to have possession till Sept. 29, or untill Tobacco was cured. His widow was buried in Newport, Conn.

CHILDREN OF JEREMIAH AND FRANCES CLARKE: 
 Frances b. 1638 m. Randall Holden
 Walter  b. 1637, (1640) d. Nov. 22, 1714. He m. 1st, Content, 2nd. Hannah Listt; m. 3rd   Freeburn, 4th Sarah (Prior) Hart Gould.
 Mary b. 1641, d. 7th of April 1711; m. 1st Gov. John Cranston, 2nd John Stanton.
 Jeremiah b. 1643; m. Ann Audrey, our ancestor
 Latham b. 1645; d. June 1, 1719; m. 1st Hannah Wilbour; m. 2nd Ann Newbury. 
Weston b. April 5, 1648- (Newport's Friend's Record "July 2, 1648")
 James b. 1649, d. Dec. 1, 1736; m. Hope Powers.
 Sarah b. 1651; d. 1706; m. 1st Jno Pinner; 2nd Gov. Caleb Carr.

Frances Latham is now generally called "The Mother of Governors," because no less than fourteen of her direct descendants, and many sons-in-law in succeeding generations, became Governors or Lieut. Governors

Some more background about Jeremiah's life: "They settled at Newport where Mr. Clark became the first Constable, and in 1648 Governor and Treasurer of the Rhode Island Colony. His family were members of the Society of Friends at Newport, the first Quaker settlement in America. Here at age 46 Jeremy Clark died, and here according to records of Friends Meeting he was buried 11 mo. 3rd, 1651." 

Frances was married about 1655 to her third husband Rev. William Vaughan, Doctor of Civil Law, poet and distinguished scholar, one of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Newport, and one of the founders of the Second Baptist Church of which he was the first minister. He died in August 1677, by him she had no children, and outliving him only a few weeks, she died in September 1677, in her 67th year, and is buried at Newport in the Govemor's lot.

"The grave of Frances Latham (Dungan Clarke Vaughn) is located in the Old Burial Ground of Newport just as you cross the bridge into town.
**The Frances Latham from whom many of us are descended is quietly spending her eternity in a grave with a headstone marked only "Frances Vaughn 1677". It stands perhaps 10 or 12 inches from the ground and is scarcely 10 inches wide. It is so removed and unremarkable that it took me nearly two hours to find it and then only after the direction of a Clarke/Latham descendant at the Historical Society. The Cemetery Office did not even know who Frances Latham was.**
While she does rest among children and grandchildren, she is not acknowledged as the wife of William Dungan, Jeremy Clarke, or anyone. Nor is she acknowledged as the woman who has produced so many esteemed descendants. My guess is that the stone will not last another 50 years (if that) before it is all but illegible as so many of the stones are in this cemetery."
[The above cemetery visitor is not identified but I think it is important for us to know about what this person observed. I also learned that Jeremiah's grave is covered by a modern brick building.]

GOV. JEREMIAH CLARKE
BAPTIZED:1 Dec 1605 in East Farleigh, Kent, England
MARRIED: c. Fall 1637 in England
DIED: 11 Jan 1651/2 Newport, Aquiceck Island, RI
BURIED: Golden Hill Cemetery in Newport, Newport, RI

FRANCES LATHAM DUNGAN
BORN: 15 Feb 1615 in Kempston, Eccleston, England
DIED: Sep 1677 in Newport, Newport, RI
BURIED: Old Burying Ground of Newport
SOURCES: Jeremiah Clarke Memorial Birth: Dec. 1, 1605 Death: Jan., 1652 Newport Newport County Rhode Island, USA Rhode Island Governor. He married the widow Frances Latham Dungan in London, England and came in 1638 to Aquidnec,
 Rhode Island with her and her children by the first husband, Non-standard gedcom data: 1 HIST @N841@; New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey, 1985, BBaltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc Clark, Jeremiah/Jeremy? (1605-1652) & Frances (Latham) (Dungan) (1610-1677), widdow of William, m/3 William Vaughn; birth of 1st child 1638; Newport Information from: The Descendents of Richard Church and the Ancestors of His Wife Elizabeth Warren, both of Plymouth, Mass. By Chas F. Church, Lamoni, Iowa 1938 Pages 99-100 JEREMIAH CLARKE OF Newport, RI; !Initial source: Family group sheet from the FGRA collection of the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitted by , b 1638, of Warwick, Kent, R. I., proxy baptism 11 Feb 1908, endowment 19 Nov 1909, sealing to parents 30 Nov 1951 SLAKE, married Randall Holden, no sealing date. !From "Ancestry of Jeremy Clark ...." by A. R. Justice; William Coddington, Judge, Nicholas Easton, John Coggeshall and William Brenton, Elders, John Clarke, Jeremy Clarke, Thomas Hazard, Henry Bull, W. Dyre, Secretary. (A Documentary History of Rhode Island), Howard M. Chapin, 1919or Lieut. Governors. Baptized 15 February 1609/10.

THOMAS and SUSANNAH (PARKER) FOSTER and family

HISTORY OF NEW LONDON, by Caulkins, pg. 312: " Of this sea-captain nearly all that is presented to our view is the registry of his marriage, and birth of his children. Thos., son of John Forster, of Kingsware, was m. to Susannah, dau. of Ralph Parker, 27 Mar 1665."

To this history, mentioned above, I have a list of the children of  Captain Thomas and Susannah (Parker) Foster and a few other vital statistics. Their marriage took place in New London, New London, Connecticut in 1665, as stated above. Their children, with the year of their births, below:

1667 Susannah
1668 Thomas, Jr.
1673 Johnathan
1675 Mary, our ancestor
1677 Edward
1678 Samuel
1681 Rebecca 
1683 Ebenezer

THOMAS FOSTER
BAPTIZED: 22 May 1642 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England
MARRIED: 27 Mar 1665 in New London, New London, CT
DIED: 14 Jun 1712 in Guilford, New Haven, CT

SUSANNAH PARKER
BORN: 1648 in New London, New London, CT
DIED: after 1685 in New London, New London, CT
SOURCES: Thomas and Susannah had 8 children WFT198,vol4.; Thomas Died June 14, 1712 in Guilford, New Haven, CT WFT6407,vol3=Died June 14,1712 in Guilford; ABBR Leon StilesWFT198,vol4=marriage place in New LonTITL Leon Stiles WFT198,vol4=marriage place in New London,CT and WFT 6407,#3; Name: Thomas Foster Birth Date: 1640 Birthplace: Connecticut Volume: 57 Page Number: 226 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 6 Nov 1912, 2882; 6 Dec 1915, 5097; 28 Feb 1923, 508; 6 Jun 1927, 5521; 13 Apr 1927, 5437; 28 Jun 1933, 6599; Thomas Foster Baptism Date: 22 May 1642 Parish: All Saints, Edmonton County: Middlesex Borough: Enfield Parent(s): John Foster Record Type: Baptism Register Type: Parish Register; "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP79-FV51 : 20 February 2019), Susanna Parker in entry for Thomas Foster, 27 Mar 1665; citing Marriage, New London, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272231; Thomas Foster (1642-1712); Find A Grave
Citation: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34521423 Source text: Birth: 1642 Death: Jun. 14, 1712 Burial: Unknown

ROBERT AND RUTH (HUBBARD) BURDICK AND FAMILY

"Robert Burdick, the immigrant ancestor of the Burdick family, came to Newport, Rhode Island from England in 1651. Robert Burdick was admitted a Freeman of Newport on May 22, 1655, and a Freeman of the Colony of Rhode Island on May 20, 1657. He married Ruth Hubbard, the first white child born at Agawam (now Springfield...the photo above is a view from Provin Mountain, the highest point in Agawan) Massachusetts on November 2, 1655. Robert Burdick gained early notoriety during a land dispute between the colonies of Rhode Island and Massachusetts over a tract of land known as the Pequot Country -- land taken by the English colonists in the Pequot War of 1637 -- which is now situated, largely, within New London County, Connecticut. Boundary disputes had been going on for some time between Massachusetts and Connecticut over land within the Pequot Country, but the conflict in this instance was primarily between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The dispute was centered upon a small settlement located in Pequot Country, between Mystic and Pawcatuck, which, in 1658 was named Southertown, and which, today is mostly contained within Stonington, Connecticut and a small part of Westerly, Rhode Island. In October 1658, the colony of Massachusetts laid claim to this settlement, declared it to be a plantation with the name of Southertown, annexed it to Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and appointed special commissioners and a constable to administer the new plantation. In the meantime, the colony of Rhode Island purchased land in a transaction known as the Westerly Purchase to add to its Narrangansett settlement. Included in the Westerly Purchase was some of the land within the boundaries of Southertown. A group of Rhode Islanders, including the Newport farmer, Robert Burdick, and his neighbors Tobias Saunders and Joseph Clarke, laid claim within the new settlement. In retaliation for the Massachusetts claim to Southertown, the Rhode Island Assembly sent out the warning to all settlers within the area of dispute that their land would be confiscated if they put it under the governance of another colonial government (e.g. Massachusetts). On September 30, 1661, William Cheseborough, an early settler of Southertown from Plymouth Colony, testified before the General Court of Massachusetts of his concern that some thirty-six inhabitants of Rhode Island had come into Southertown and had divided and laid out lots. The General Court of Massachusetts issued a warrant to apprehend the Rhode Island men who had settled in Southertown. A stand-off ensued, and Robert Burdick, Tobias Saunders and Joseph Clarke were arrested (although Joseph Clarke was "upon extraordinary occasion ... set at liberty.") For two years, the colony of Rhode Island attempted, unsuccessfully, to negotiate the release of Burdick and Saunders. As a last resort, Rhode Island authorities abducted two Massachusetts officials, who were then exchanged for the release of Robert Burdick and Tobias Saunders. The issuance of the Charter of Connecticut by King Charles II on April 25, 1662 fixed the eastern boundary of Connecticut at the Pawcatuck River. Southertown was situated within this boundary, and thus under the jurisdiction of Connecticut. Later, the British Crown settled the conflict by dividing the disputed land between Connecticut and Rhode Island. The land where Robert Burdick had settled was awarded to Rhode Island, and became part of the area known as Westerly. The land that was awarded to Connecticut became part of the area known as Stonington. After his release from prison, Robert Burdick settled on the same land he was taken from and inprisoned over. He and his wife, Ruth, had eleven children, nine of whom survived to adulthood and had children of their own. He served as a deputy to the General Court of Rhode Island from Westerly for the years 1680, 1683 and 1685, and he was one of the earliest members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church (the Sabbatarians)." 

Below is the list of the Burdick children, all born in Rhode Island:
1656 Thomas
1658 Naomi
1660 Ruth
1662 Sarah
1664 Roger
1665 Sarah
1666 Benjamin
1668 Samuel, our ancestor
1670 Tacy
1674 Robert
1676 Hubbard

ROBERT BURDICK, SR.
BORN: 1625 in Devonshire, England
MARRIED: 1655 in Newport, Newport, RI
DIED: 25 Oct 1692 in Westerly, Washington, RI

RUTH HUBBARD
BORN: abt 11 Jan 1640 in Agawan, Springfield, Hampden, MA
DIED: 1691 in Westerly, Washington, RI
SOURCES: WFT742,vol.1Robert's birth information; Source comments:
ABBR 1998-Leon Stiles, researcher and WFT198,vol 4 marriage of Ruth Hubbard to Robert Burdick; ABBR 1998-Leon Stiles and WFT742,vol.1TITL re Robert's death information; : "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England", Vol. 1 pg 301; WFT198,vol4wft,E-1=AGAWAM Ruth's birth; Abridged Compendium of American Genealogies ppg. 907, 518, 970; Osgood: American Colonies in the 17th Century ppg. 367 -369; Rhode Island Records 1636 - 1663 vol. 1, ppg.302 - 303 - 356 -455 - 456 - 462;U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Robert Burdick, Name: Robert Burdick Arrival Year: 1651 Arrival Place: Newport, Rhode Island Source Publication Code: 1262 Primary Immigrant: Burdick, Robert Annotation: Date and place of settlement or date and place of arrival. Names not restricted to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Source Bibliography: COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. Page: 52; Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society" vol. III pg. 117; Ruth HubbardBirth Date: 1640Birthplace: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode IslandVolume: 86Page Number: 75Reference: Elder John Crandall of RI. and des. By John Cortland Crandall. New Woodstock, NY, 1949. (20,797p.):7-8 A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. By James Savage. Boston. 1861. (4v.)v.2: 485 Gen. Column of the \" Boston Transcript\". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 24 Dec 1931, 2413; 27 Jan 1932, 2413; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, \"FamilySearch,\" database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : 1 Jun 2016), entry for Robert Burdick, person ID LC8X-PC7'