4864. Michael Metcalf
1Dedham Historical Register, Dedham Historical Society (Dedham, Mass. 1892), Vol. III, Issue 3, (July, 1892).
To each and all to whose notice these presents may come, lasting health in the Lord from the Viscount Major, Citizens and community of the City of Norwich: Know ye that Michael Metcalfe, Dornix weaver, bearer of these presents, our fellow citizen, in and because of the freedom of the city aforesaid, and dwelling in the same, and by reason of our liberties lately granted and conformed to us by various Kings of England, the same Michael is and ought to be free from every kind of Theolonium, pontagium, passagium, muragium, pannagium, bastagium, pnagium, Caiagium, Rivagium, vinagium, fossagium, Cariagium, and from all other usages throughout all the seaports and all England and the whole jurisdiction of our sovereign the King. Wherefore we ask you each and all with our utmost desire for his good, and by the tenor of these presents, require that since the aforesaid Michael Metcalfe or his servants, with goods and merchandise have come or has come among you, you will permit him or them to go and come freely and peaceably according to the course of our liberties. In proof of this thing we have caused this open letter to be written for our above named fellow citizen under the seal of the government of the city named, this eighth day of January and sixteenth year of the reign of our sovereign James, King of England, etc. 1618. By me JOHN BASSHAM, Chamberlain."
"[Translation from the Latin]
Freedom of the City of Norwich, England, - Granted to Michael Metcalf.2James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Genealogical Publishing Co. (Baltimore, 1969), II:203.
""MICHAEL., Dedham, b. 1586, at Tatterford, in Co. Norfolk, was a dornock weaver at Norwich, and free of the city, where all his ch. were b.m. 13 Oct 1616, Sarah, had Michael, b. 13 Nov. 1617, d. soon;.....Michael again, 29 Aug. 1620....."."3New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston), 86:252, 253.
G. Andrews Moriarty, "Metcalf: Additional Records," (quoting Diocesan Records of Norwich, in which Michael Metcalf testifies in a deposition in 1635 that he was 45 years old.).4Dr. Luther Metcalf Harris, "Metcalf Genealogy," The Register (NEHGS, April, 1852), Vol VI, Issue 2, Page 171, 18 Oct 0099.
5G. Andrews Moriarty, The Ellwyns of Norfolk, Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, London 1926), Vol. VI, Fifth Series, page 19, 18 Oct 0099.
6Col. Dr. Charles Edward Banks, "Genealogical Research in England - Metcalf," The Register, NEHGS (July, 1926), 80:312-13.
(concluding that the Rev. Leonard Metcalf, who was rector of Tatterford, was the father of Michael Metcalf, dornix weaver.).7Dr. Luther Metcalf Harris, "Metcalf Genealogy," The Register, Vol. VI, Issue 2, page 171.
8Dr. Luther Metcalf Harris, "Metcalf Genealogy," The Register, Vol VI, page 171.
4865. Sara Elwyn
1Martin Metcalf, Parish Records of St. Bartholomew, Heigham, Norfolk Co, cited in "Sara (Ellwyn) Metcalf," The Dedham Historical Register, Vol. V, Issue 2, page 95 (April, 1894).
2Martin Metcalf, Parish Records of St. Bartholomew, Heigham, Norfolk Co, cited in "Sara (Ellwyn) Metcalf," The Dedham Historical Register, Vol. V, Issue 2, Page 95 (April, 1894).
3Martin Metcalf, Parish Records of St. Bartholomew, Heigham, Norfolk Co, cited in "Sara (Ellwyn) Metcalf," The Dedham Historical Register, Vol. 5, No. 2, Page 94-95 (April, 1894).
4Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes, Genealogical Publishing Co. (Baltimore, 1969), page 156, Gen R 974.6 G656.
4866. Jonathon Fairbanks
1New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston), 60:152, 153 (1906).
Rev. Hiram Fairbanks, "Fairbank Marriages in the Parish of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.".2New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 19:32.
(abstract of Jonathon's will).
4872. George Abell
1Neil D. Thompson, F.A.S.G., Abell-Cotton-Mainwaring: Maternal Ancestry of Robert Abell of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., The Genealogist, Vol. 5, Issue 2 (Assoc. for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, Fall, 1984 New York), at 162.
2Neil D. Thompson, F.A.S.G., Abell-Cotton-Mainwaring: Maternal Ancestry of Robert Abell of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., page 162.
3Neil D. Thompson, F.A.S.G., Abell-Cotton-Mainwaring: Maternal Ancestry of Robert Abell of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., pge 162.
4Neil D. Thompson, F.A.S.G., Abell-Cotton-Mainwaring: Maternal Ancestry of Robert Abell of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., page 162.
5Carl Boyer, 3rd, Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell (Carl Boyer, 3rd, P.O. Box 220333, Santa Clarita, CA 91322-0333), 1.
4873. Frances Cotton
1Neil D. Thompson, F.A.S.G., Abell-Cotton-Mainwaring: Maternal Ancestry of Robert Abell of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., The Genealogist, Vol. 5, Issue 2 (Assoc. for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, Fall, 1984 New York), at 161.
""It follows that Frances (Cotton) Abell ws the daughter of Mary (Mainwaring) Cotton, the first wife of her father..."."2Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 7th Ed, 1999), page 62, Line 56A-43.
3Neil D. Thompson, F.A.S.G., Abell-Cotton-Mainwaring: Maternal Ancestry of Robert Abell of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., page 162.
4Neil D. Thompson, F.A.S.G., Abell-Cotton-Mainwaring: Maternal Ancestry of Robert Abell of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., page 162.
4888. William Adams
1Charles Edward Banks, Planters of the Commonwealth, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1997 ed.), pages 154, 156.
"ELIZABETH AND ANNE, Roger Cooper, Master. She sailed about the middle of May (1635) and arrived at Boston in Midsummer, with one hundred and two passengers."
One of the passengers was William Adams.2Charles Edward Banks, Planters of the Commonwealth, page 156.
4892. Gov. William Bradford
1Charles Edward Banks, The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers (reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1989), Pages 33-34.
After noting another Bradford family of Austerfield who were armigerous but unrelated to Gov. Bradford's line, the author notes that, "as far as is known, the Bradfords of Bentley and Austerfield were only well-to-do yeoman stock."
"His father died and was buried 15 July 1591, and his mother married Robert Briggs, 23 February 1593, and thus by the death of his grandfather and father, and remarriage of his mother in the space of four years he was left almost bereft of his natural guardians. It is certain that he inherited from his grandfather a house and about ten acres of land in Bentley and the presumption that he may have gone there to live with relatives, or was brought up by them seems to be supported by his bringing the name of Wellingly to Plymouth rather than Austerfield."2Nathaniel Morton, New England's Memorial, 1669.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From my years young in days of youth,
"Certain verses left by the honoured William Bradford, Esq. Governour of the jurisdiction of Plimouth, penned by his own hand, declaring the gracious dispensations of God's providence towards him in the time of his life, and his preparation and fittedness for death.
God did make known to me his truth,
And call'd me from my native place
For to enjoy the means of grace.
In wilderness he did me guide,
And in strange lands for me provide.
In fears and wants, though weal and woe,
A pilgrim, past I to and fro:
Oft left of them whom I did trust;
How vain it is to rest on dust!
A man of sorrows I have been,
And many changes I have seen.
Wars, wants, peace, plenty, have I known;
And some advanc'd, others thrown down.
The humble poor, cheeful and glad;
Rich, discontent, sower and sad:
When fears and sorrows have been mixt,
Consolations came betwixt.
Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust,
Fear not the things thou suffer must;
For, whom he loves he doth castise,
And then all tears wipes from their eyes.
Farewell, dear children, whom I love,
Your better Father is above:
When I am gone, he can supply;
To him I leave you when I die.
Fear him in truth, walk in his ways,
And he will bless you all your days.
My days are spent, old age is come,
My strength it fails, my glass near run:
Now I will wait, when work is done,
Until my happy change shall come,
When from my labours I shall rest,
With Christ above for to be blest."
This poem, written by William Bradford, was copied from the webwite located at: http://members.aol.com/mayflo1620/bradford_poem.html.3Encyclopaedia Brittanica, http://www.brittanica.com, http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/3/0,5716,16333+1,00.html.
Bradford, William b. March 1590, Austerfield, Yorkshire, Eng.
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d. May 9, 1657, Plymouth, Mass. [U.S.] governor of the Plymouth colony for 30 years, who helped shape and stabilize the political institutions of the first permanent colony in New England. Bradford also left an invaluable journal chronicling the Pilgrim venture, of which he was a part. As a boy in England, he was caught up in the fervour of the Protestant Reformation and became a dedicated member of the Separatist Church, the "left wing" of Puritanism, when only 12. Seven years later he joined a group of nonconformists who migrated to Holland (1609) in search of religious freedom. Dissatisfied with the lack of economic opportunity there, he helped organize an expedition of about 100 "Pilgrims" to the New World in 1620. Aboard ship, Bradford was one of the framers of the historic Mayflower Compact, an agreement for voluntary civil cooperation that became the foundation of the Plymouth government. The following year he was unanimously chosen as governor of the New World settlement and was re-elected 30 times, serving all but five years until 1656. Bradford is remembered mainly for his contribution in nurturing the fledgling colony's democratic institutions, such as the franchise and town meeting, thus establishing those traditions of self-government that would set the pattern for national political development in years to come. Although he called himself a Congregationalist, he discouraged sectarian labels and made a point of welcoming all Separatist groups to New England shores. In addition, he evolved means of assimilating nonbelievers into the life of the colony. Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-47 is a unique source of intimate detail and description of both the sea voyage and the hardships and challenges faced by the settlers."4William Bradford, History of Plymouth Plantation.
"Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shown unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation; let the glorious name of Jehovah have all the praise."
Bradford reminiscing on the success of Plimouth Plantation.5Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, NEHGS (Boston, 1995).
COMMENTS: In his accounting of the Mayflower passengers, Bradford described his own family in 1620 as "William Bradford and Dorothy his wife, having but one child, a son left behind who came afterward," and in 1651 reported that "William Bradford his wife died soon after their arrival, and he married again and hath four children, three whereof are married" [Bradford <javascript:APop(p3588,120,144);> 441, 444]. Although we know that Dorothy May, first wife of William Bradford, was from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her parentage has not been satisfactorily determined. She has been called daughter of John and Cordelia (Bowes) May [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p3600,110,132);> 50:462-65], and this couple apparently did have a daughter Dorothy, but that she was the same as the wife of William Bradford remains only a supposition. Bowman debunked the story claiming that Dorothy (May) Bradford had committed suicide [MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 29:97-102, 31:105], and Stratton summarized the literature on her identity and her death [Stratton <javascript:APop(p3618,120,144);> 324-26]. The identity (and even the existence) of the second wife of William Bradford, son of the immigrant, remains a major mystery. His will included a bequest to his son Joseph of "a portion of lands near Norwich aforesaid (which was his mother's & part I purchased)" [MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 4:144]. Many sources call her "widow Wiswall," but the basis for this is not seen. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The best information on William Bradford is found in his own writings. Most important of these, of course, is his history of Plymouth Colony, and of its antecedents. In his edition of this work Samuel Eliot Morison tells the story of how the manuscript was found after having been lost for many years. He also lists all earlier editions of the history, and allows that "the best edition of Bradford was edited by Worthington C. Ford."
"Database: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33 The Great Migration Begins Sketches
WILLIAM BRADFORD
ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1620 FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth OCCUPATION: Magistrate. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: As a member of the Scrooby congregation, Bradford was of course prominent also in the churches both at Leiden and Plymouth. FREEMAN: In "1633" list of Plymouth freemen, prior to those admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [PCR <javascript:APop(p3585,140,168);> 1:3]. "Mr. William Bradford" (as governor) was in the Plymouth section of the list of 1639 [PCR <javascript:APop(p3585,140,168);> 8:173]. EDUCATION: Although not educated at one of the universities, Bradford could certainly hold his own with any of those who were. His library was one of the most extensive among the first generation of New Englanders, being valued at £15 3s. [MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 3:232-33], and, like many of the ministers, he had knowledge of many languages, including Hebrew [Bradford <javascript:APop(p3588,120,144);> xxvii]. His education was also on display in his many writings (see BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE below). OFFICES: Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1621-33, 1635, 1637, 1639-43, 1645-56 [MA Civil List <javascript:APop(p3589,140,168);> 35]. Plymouth Colony Assistant, 1634, 1636, 1638, 1644 [MA Civil List <javascript:APop(p3589,140,168);> 37]. Plymouth Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1647-49, 1652 [MA Civil List <javascript:APop(p3589,140,168);> 28]. "Mr. Bradford" in Plymouth section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR <javascript:APop(p3585,140,168);> 8:188]. ESTATE: In 1623 Plymouth land division received three acres as a passenger on the Mayflower, and Alice Bradford received one acre as a passenger on the Anne [PCR <javascript:APop(p3585,140,168);> 12:4, 6]. In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division "the Governor Mr. William Bradford and ... his wife Alles Bradford," William Bradford, Junior, and Mercy Bradford were the first four persons in the eleventh company [PCR <javascript:APop(p3585,140,168);> 12:12]. Assessed £1 16s. in the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 and £1 7s. in the list of 27 March 1634 [PCR <javascript:APop(p3585,140,168);> 1:9, 27]. In his nuncupative will, dated 9 May 1657 and proved 3 June 1657, "Mr. William Bradford Sen[io]r being weak in body, but in perfect memory having deferred the forming of his will in hopes of having the help of Mr. Thomas Prence therein," stated that he had "disposed to John and William already their proportions of land, which they are possessed of," asked "that my son Joseph be made in some sort equal to his brethren out of my estate," made "my dear and loving wife Allice Bradford" executrix and for "her future maintenance my will is that my stock in the Kennebecke trade be reserved for her comfortable subsistence," appointed "my well-beloved Christian friends Mr. Thomas Prence, Captain Thomas Willett and Lieutenant Thomas Southworth" as supervisors, to whose wisdom he commended "some small books written by my own hand to be improved as you shall see meet; in special I commend to you a little book with a black cover, wherein there is a word to Plymouth, a word to Boston, and a word to New England, with sundry useful verses" [MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 2:228-29, citing PCPR <javascript:APop(p3597,90,108);> 2:1:53]. The inventory of "the estate of Mr. Will[i]am Bradford sr. lately deceased" was taken 22 May 1657 and was not totalled; it included several parcels of real estate, not all of which were valued: "the house and orchard and some small parcels of land about the town of Plymouth," £45; "one parcel at Eastham and another at Bridgwater," not valued; and "a small parcel about Sawtuckett and his purchase land at Coaksett with his rights in the town's land at Punckatessett," not valued [MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 2:229-34, citing PCPR <javascript:APop(p3597,90,108);> 2:1:54-59]. BIRTH: Baptized Austerfield, Yorkshire, 19 March 1589/90, son of William and Alice (Hanson) Bradford [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p3600,110,132);> 84:10-11]. DEATH: Plymouth 9 May 1657 [Hull <javascript:APop(p3601,130,156);> 180]. MARRIAGE: (1) Amsterdam, Holland, 10 December 1613 [NS] Dorothy May of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 9:115-17, 22:63-64]; she died 7 December 1620 [Prince <javascript:APop(p3603,130,156);> 165]. (2) Plymouth 14 August 1623 Alice (Carpenter) Southworth [Prince <javascript:APop(p3603,130,156);> 221], daughter of Alexander Carpenter and widow of Edward Southworth (see PRISCILLA CARPENTER </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoPRISCILLACARPENTER> and CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoCONSTANTSOUTHWORTH>); she died Plymouth 26 March 1670 [MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 18:68]. CHILDREN:
With first wife
i JOHN, b. say 1617; m. by 1650 Martha Bourne, daughter of Thomas Bourne [Waterman Gen <javascript:APop(p3606,120,144);> 615-19, 625].
With second wife
ii WILLIAM, b. Plymouth 17 June 1624 [Prince <javascript:APop(p3603,130,156);> 227; MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 30:4]; m. (1) by 1650 Alice Richards, daughter of THOMAS RICHARDS </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoTHOMASRICHARDS>, d. Plymouth 12 December 1671 [MD <javascript:APop(p3587,100,120);> 18:68]; m. (2) _____ _____; m. (3) after 7 March 1675/6 Mary (Wood) Holmes, daughter of John Wood and widow of John Holmes [PCR <javascript:APop(p3585,140,168);> 5:188, 6:163; PLR <javascript:APop(p3611,90,108);> 4:20, 11:156, 14:93; NEHGR <javascript:APop(p3600,110,132);> 144:26-28].
iii MERCY, b. by 1627; m. Plymouth 21 December 1648 Benjamin Vermayes [PCR <javascript:APop(p3585,140,168);> 8:5].
iv JOSEPH, b. about 1630; m. Hingham 25 May 1664 Jael Hobart [NEHGR <javascript:APop(p3600,110,132);> 121:116], daughter of Reverend Peter Hobart, and granddaughter of EDMUND HOBART </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoEDMUNDHOBART>.
History of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647. By William Bradford, ed. Worthington C. Ford, 2 volumes (Boston 1912).
Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647, ed. Samuel Eliot Morison (New York 1952).
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants has published one of its "in progress" volumes on William Bradford, now in its fourth edition, compiled by Robert S. Wakefield."6Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People, 1620-1691, (Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, 1986), page 249.
"William Bradford was baptized at Austerfield, County York, 19 March 1589/90, the son of William and Alice (Hanson) Bradford. (William B. Brown, 'Ancestry of the Bradfords of Austerfield, County York - Records Extending the Ancestral Line of Gov. William Bradford.' NEHGR 83:439, 84:5."7Ruth Gardiner Hall, Descendants of Governor William Bradford (1951), Introduction.
8Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People, 1620-1691, page 85.
"Governor Bradford himself laid down his duties and died on 9 May 1657, making a nuncupative will the same day. Of all those who came to Plymouth shores in 1620, he was foremost. He was Plymouth. A learned man, though without much formal training, he was the archetypal American puritan, educating himself so as to better understand the ways of his deity, teaching himself Latin and Hebrew so as better to read the Bible and religious commentaries. ... Bradford had a vision of a city on a hill, and he must have suffered disappointment time and again as he discovered anew that not all his companions shared his vision. We know this because he tells us so in his History, in words of simple eloquence. He was theocrat more than democrat, but it was through him that Plymouth survived."9Ruth Gardiner Hall, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, 1.
10Ruth Gardiner Hall, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, Introduction.
11Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People, 1620-1691, page 249.
"He married (2) at Plymouth 14 August 1623 Alice (Carpenter) Southworth."12Website, http://members.aol.com/calebj/passenger.html.
Upon the occasion of the Governor's marriage, since I came, Massasoit was sent for to the wedding, where came with him his wife, the queen, although he hath five wives. With him came four other kings and about six score men with their bows and arrows--where, when they came to our town, we saluted them with the shooting off of many muskets and training our men. And so all the bows and arrows was brought into the Governor's house, and he brought the Governor three or four bucks and a turkey. And so we had very good pastime in seeing them dance, which is in such manner, with such a noise that you would wonder. . . . And now to say somewhat of the great cheer we had at the Governor's marriage. We had about twelve pasty venisons, besides others, pieces of roasted venison and other such good cheer in such quantity that I could wish you some of our share. For here we have the best grapes that ever you say--and the biggest, and divers sorts of plums and nuts which our business will not suffer us to look for."
"In 1623 he married Alice (Carpenter) Southworth, widow of Edward Southworth. A description of the marriage is found in a letter written by a visitor to Plymouth Colony, Emmanuel Altham, in 1623:13Charles Edward Banks, Planters of the Commonwealth, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1997 ed.), page 47.
""MAYFLOWER of London, two hundred tons, Christopher Jones, Master. Left Southampton August 5, [1620] and arrived at Cape Cod December 11, 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."."
4893. Alice Carpenter
1Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People, 1620-1691, (Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, 1986), page 258.
"Born Alice Carpenter, the daughter of Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somerset and Leiden, Holland, she married Edward Southworth at Leiden....After the death of Southworth, she sailed to Plymouth on the Anne in 1623, and shortly after arrival, married Gov. William Bradford as his second wife."2Ruth Gardiner Hall, Descendants of Governor William Bradford (1951), 1.
"Had a strong personality, deep faith and was of great influence in the colony."3Charles Edward Banks, Planters of the Commonwealth, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1997 ed.), page 52, 54, 21 Oct 1999.
She arrived at Plymouth about July 10, and "brought 60 persons for the Generall." The entire company settled at Plymouth..... Mrs. Alice Southworth of Duke's Place, London"."
"ANNE, William Peirce, Master.
4894. Thomas Richards
1Charles Edward Banks, Planters of the Commonwealth, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1997 ed.), page 87, 21 Oct 1999.
She sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20, with one hundred and forty passengers from the counties of Somerset, Dorset, and Devon under the patronage of the Rev. John White. She arrived at Nantasket May 30, and all the passenters settled at Mattapan which was renamed Dorchester. There is no list of the emigrants, but the following persons are believed to have come in this ship according to evidences from contemporary authorities. All settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts.... THOMAS RICHARDS of Pitminster, Somerset
""MARY and JOHN, Thomas Chubb, Master
Mrs. Welthian Richards
John Richards
James Richards
Mary Richards
Anne richards
Alice Richards."
4895. Welthian Loringe
1Charles Edward Banks, Planters of the Commonwealth, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD, 1997 ed.), page 87, 21 Oct 1999.
She sailed from Plymouth, England, March 20, with one hundred and forty passengers from the counties of Somerset, Dorset, and Devon under the patronage of the Rev. John White. She arrived at Nantasket May 30, and all the passenters settled at Mattapan which was renamed Dorchester. There is no list of the emigrants, but the following persons are believed to have come in this ship according to evidences from contemporary authorities. All settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts.... THOMAS RICHARDS of Pitminster, Somerset
""MARY and JOHN, Thomas Chubb, Master
Mrs. Welthian Richards
John Richards
James Richards
Mary Richards
Anne richards
Alice Richards."
4936. Rychard Hovey
1Daniel Hovey Association, The Hovey Book (Haverhill, MA 1913), 9.
4938. Captain Robert Andrews
1H. Franklin Andrews, History of the Andrews Family (Audubon, IA, 1890), pages 41-42.
On the last Wednesday of May in [1635] the 'Angel Gabriel' a strong ship of 240 tons and carrying a heavy armament of 16 guns swung at her moorings in the King's Road, four or five miles distant from the city. Her destination was Pemaquid. On her deck was a company of many Godly Christians some from other ships, bound for New England; one of them was Richard Mather, visited there by Sir Ferdinando Gorges, but the chief personage in the company was John Cogswell, a London merchant of wealth who with the fragments of his freight and accompanied by his servants, settled at Ipswich. The ship in the fury of an easterly storm with her cargo were totally lost; some of the passengers not escaping death. This shipwreck is chronicled as one of the greatest disasters in the annals of Pemaquid."
"... Captain Andrews, came from Norwich, Norfolk County, England, early in 1635, as owner and master of the ship, 'Angel Gabriel.' Richard Mather, in his narrative of his voyage in the James says, they came in company part of the way, and that many Godly people were on board the ship.....2H. Franklin Andrews, History of the Andrews Family, page 43.
3H. Franklin Andrews, History of the Andrews Family, page 43.
"'3 Sept 1635 Robt Andrews licensed to keep ordinarye [an inn] in the plantacon where he lyves during the pleasure of ye court.'."
quoting Ipswich town records.4H. Franklin Andrews, History of the Andrews Family, page 44.
"In 1635; Robert Andrews is allowed to sell wine by retail, 'if he do not wittingly sell to such as abuse it by drunkeness.' 1640 May 13 Robert Andros is granted to draw wine at Ipswitch, with the conditions of the towne."
4940. William Ivorye lord of the manor of Westbury
1Website.
"William was left the "...manor of Westberye with the appurtenances, except such rents charged as by this my will I have given to my other children..." in his father Robert's will. However, his uncle, Robert, had guardianship of it "...for fifteen years from Michaelmas next after my death..." After those fifteen years, William could take charge of the manor of Westbury. In addition, William received the manor, "...upon condition that Wiliam Deremore and Thomas Hanskame do release all covenants and bonds mentioned in a pair of indentures between them and me to the behoof of Katherine my wife..." If William didn't take posession of the manor of Westbury, it was to go to Katherine's unborn child -- provided, of course, it was a boy. If that child was a girl, then this manor went to the next brother in line[6].
From the will of his half-brother Richard: "... To my brother-in-law [half-brother] William Ivorie XXX8 [sic], he to staye it and have it of the first halfe yeres rent wch he should paye out of the man'[or] of Westburie to my brother Robert..."[9]
In Katherine Ivory¹s will: "...To the poor in Offleye 20s., to be paid at the discretion of Thomas Derem' [Deremer] my son and Willian Ivorye my son..." In addition, "...To William Ivorye my son all the corn and grain that Richard Ivorye oweth me and that was due at Lammas last by the will of my husband Robert Ivorye and is now in suit and various household goods and provisions..." William was witness to and sole executor of this will[7].
William's name appears on lay subsidies for Offley, Hertfordshire, England."2New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston), 67:330,340 (1913).
Elizabeth, French, "Genealogical Research in England".3New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 67:330,340 (1913).
Elizabeth, French, "Genealogical Research in England".4Website, http://xenia.media.mit.edu/~kristin/fambly/Ivory/William5Ivory.html.
Sometime about 1605, when William was 42, he first married Susan [surname not known], in Offley, Hertfordshire, England[10]. There is much to read about her in the Ivory Register Report <IvoryRegisterReport.pdf>. She was at the center of an apparent plot to steal money from Edmond Ivory's estate.5Website, http://xenia.media.mit.edu/~kristin/fambly/Ivory/William5Ivory.html.
"William's will was written on 22 May 1619 and proved on 29 October 1619.
The Will of William Ivorye of Offley, co. Hertford. yeoman, 22 May 1619. To daughter Susan £100 at the age of eighteen years. To my sons Joseph Ivorye and Luke Ivorye a cow and £160 each at the age of twenty-one years. To my son John Ivorye £100 at the age of twenty-four years. To my son Thomas Ivorye £120 at the age of twenty-six years. To my son William Ivorye £60 at the age of twenty-six years. To Hannah Walier [stepdaughter] £5 at the age of twenty-one years. To two of my grandchildren, nameley Frauncis Feild, son of my daughter Elizabeth, and William Feild, son of my daughter Johane, £10 each at the age of twenty-one years. To John Waller my son-in-law [stepson] £20 at the age of twenty-one years. To my wife Susan Ivorye £60. My wife Susan to remain in my dwelling house until Michaelmas next without molestation by my executor, and considering my foresaid children, Luke, Joseph, and Susan, are as yet unbrought up, my wife Susan shall have £50 to bring them up. £120 given unto Daniell and Hannah Weller by their father¹s will to be paid by my executor. To Alice Dormer, daughter of Thomas Dormer the younger, and to Richard Dormer, son of Thomas Dormer the elder, 3s. 4d. each. To Mr. thomas Read, minister of this parish, 40s. To the poor of this parish 40s. All the rest of my goods, cattles, and chattels unbequeathed I give to my son Edmond Ivorye, whom I make sole executor. [Signed] William Ivorye. Witnesses: Thomas Read, Thomas Dormer, and Thomas Dormer senior. Proved 29 October 1619 by Edmond Ivorye, son and executor. (P.C.C., Parker95.)[11]."
4941. Susan
1New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston), 67:330,341 (1913).
French, Elizabeth, "Genealogical Research in England".
4942. Edward Hanbury gent.
1New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston), 60:311, 312 (1906).
"Notes and Queries" (notes of a lawsuit dated 31 Oct 1654, Hanbury v. Ivory, in which the "orator" Peter Hanbury of London, gent., notes that he was the son of Edward Hanbury of Elling, co. Middlesex, gent, dec'd. The suit involves a lease and the defendant is Luke Ivory. Luke filed an answer 10 November 1654 averring that the said Edward was his father-in-law and that he is a tallow-chandler.).2New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 44:383,385 (1890).
"Genealogical Gleanings in England" (abstract of will).3New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 44:383, 385 (1890).
"Genealogical Gleanings in England".4Medieval Genealogy Newsgroup.
"Subj: Ivory of Offley, HerTfordshire
Date: 6/25/02 7:45:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
If youre interested in Dorcas Ivory, who descends from this family, and emigrated to New England - Im trying to find out more on her mother's family. The maternal grandfather of Dorcas was Edward Hanbury. He was a *school master* in Ealing, a fact which was missed in all published accounts of the family. Leslie
<>."5New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 44:383,385 (1890).
"Genealogical Gleanings in England".