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