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."