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