Falk Relations: Lamphere Family

compiled by Steve Wilson, last updated May 21, 2016.
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Descendants

Outline

Richard Lamphere♦ (b. 1594, England, d. Aug. 1665, London, England), m. 27 Oct. 1639 at Southampton, Hampshire to Averina Vibert

Abraham Lamphere (b. 5 Aug. 1640)
George Lamphere♦ (b. c. 1642, England, d. 6 Oct. 1731, Westerly RI), m. 3 Aug. 1659 to Mary Readwood

Richard Lamphere (b. c. 1669), m. to Mary ---
Mary Lamphere (b. 9 Nov. 1668, Westerly RI), m. c. 1696 to Peter Button (b. 17 July 1660, Haverhill MA, d. 11 Oct. 1726, Westerly RI)
Shadrach Lamphere (b. c. 1674, Rhode Island, d. 29 Jan. 1728, Stonington CT), m. 15 June 1697 at Westerly RI to Experience Reed (b. 27 Feb. 1676, Norwich CT, d. after 1738)
Patience Lamphere (b. c. 1679), m. to Eber Crandall (b. 1676, Newport RI, d. 1727)
John Lamphere (b. c. 1681, d. by 30 May 1757), m. to Ruth ---
Seth Lamphere (b. c. 1683, d. 1725), m. to Sarah Pendleton
Theodosius Lamphere (b. c. 1685, d. 1749), m. 22 Jan. 1708 to Rachel Covey
Sarah Lamphere (b. 1 Mar. 1687, Little Compton RI), m. 21 Mar. 1708 to James Covey
Elizabeth Lamphere (b. c. 1689, d. after 1715), m. 12 Jan. 1710 to James Pendleton

Averina Lamphere (b. 23 Jan. 1645)

Our Descent

Richard Lamphere (1594-1665), m. by 1638 to Averina Vibert

George Lamphere (c1638-1731), m. 1659 to Mary Readwood

Mary Lamphere (1668-1727), m. c1696 to Peter Button (1660-1726)

Joseph Button (1702-1750), m. 1737 to Abigail Rhodes (1719--)

Mary Button (1750-1826), m. by 1782 to Abraham Jackson (1751-1833)

Jerusha Steele Jackson (1790-1863), m. 1812 to Benjamin Felch (1790-1864)

Mary Jane Felch (1820-1898), m. 1837 to Horatio Higgins (1812-1890)

Harvey Alva Higgins (1864-1928), m. 1889 to Lillian Belle Agee (1868-1947)

Elsie Laura Higgins (1895-1959), m. 1915 to George Washington Falk (1895-1969)

Documentation ♦

George Lamphere (c1638-1731): m. Mary Readwood

3 Aug. 1659, "George Lanpheare & Mary Readwood by Mr Stephens" [England, London, St Botolph Bishopsgate Church, Marriage Register]
21 Aug. 1665, "T: Richardi Lampheare. Memorandum. That upon or about the twelveth day of August in the yeare of our Lord God 1665 Richard Lanpheare ... did utter & declair his last will and Testament Nuncupative or by word of mouth in these words following or words to the like effect (vizt) ... if it should please god to take any of my said Children away I give his or her porton to my sonne George Lampheare now in New England and in case it happen that both my wife and children depart this life before their porcons be receaved Then I give my whole estate to my sonne George But if it please god they all live Then I give to my sonne George the somme of Tenne pounds ..." [England, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Wills]
Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 1996. In 3:2088, "Matthias Button ... According to Austin, by 1688 Peter Button had married Mary Lanphere, daughter of George Lanphere of Westerly ..."
Austin, John Osborne, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, 1887. On p. 119, "Lanphere, George m. ---, Westerly, R.I. 1669, Apr. 18. He bought land of John Clarke. 1671, May 17. He took oath of allegiance to Rhode Island. 1678, Mar. 2. Under this date Samuel Hubbard writes: 'Then we went to the waterside at the mill, then brother Hiscox baptized George Lanphear, he came out rejoicing; his wife went into the water, was faint hearted and came back again onbaptized,' &c. 1679, Sep. 17. He took oath of allegiance. 1704, Jul. He had 200 acres laid out. 1727, Apr. 25. He being judged incapable of managing his affairs, &c., and his children having by a petition obtained division of our father George Lanphere's estate, the Town Council divided certain land to them or successors. A bond for £1,000 was given, signed as follows: James Covey, Seth Lanphere, Richard Lanphere, Eber Crandall, Theodosius Lanphere, Shadrach Lanphere, James Pendleton, John Lanphere, Mary Button, widow."
Champlin, J.D., "Early Settlers of Westerly, Rhode Island", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 12:237-238, 1858. "The following list of 'free inhabitants' is a literal transcript from the first volume of town meeting records, and although bearing date, 1669, was probably not entered until 1682-3 ... 'A List of the free Inhabitants of the towne of Westerle' may the 18- 1669: ... Georg Landfeare 32 lot ... Caleb Pendleton 41 lot given to Georg Landpheare"
Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, 1914. In 2:663-664, "Lanphear. George Lanphere (Landfear or Lanphear), the immigrant ancestor, was of Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1669, when he purchased land there, on April 18, of John Clarke. He took the oath of allegiance to Rhode Island there, May 17, 1671, and was baptized there 'by the mill,' in 1678. He died October 6, 1731. He took the oath of allegiance, September 17, 1679, and in July, 1704, had two hundred acres of land laid out to him. On April 25, 1727, the town divided his land among his children, as he was considered incapable of managing his affairs at that time. He was married at the time of his baptism, as the following shows: 'His wife went into the water, was faint hearted and came back again onbaptized.' ..."
Lanphere, Edward Everett, The Lanphere and Related Families Genealogy, revised ed., 1970. On p. 1, "Lanphear, George, born 1631 in Berkshire, England, d. 10-6-1731, grandson of Thomas Lamphier, who with many other French Huguenots fled from his homeland in Province of Languedoc in southern France in 1572 to adjacent Wiltshire in England ... On April 18, 1669 George bought land from John Clarke where the city of Westerly, Rhode Island is now located. In 1704 he owned 200 acres of land, parts of which are still owned by his descendents. George married in 1669. On May 17, 1671 George took the Oath of Allegiance to Rhode Island. This is recorded in 'New England Families' by Cutler, where it is also reported that he was baptized in 3-2-1678, but his wife became faint-hearted and came back out of the water 'un baptized.' On April 25, 1727 the town divided his land among his children as he was considered unable to manage his affairs at this time."
Quist, Mary Lancaster, Ancestors and Descendants of Walter Covey, Dutchess County, New York (1750-1834), 1971. On p. 9, "George Lanphear, (Lanphere), Landfear (American Ancestor), b. Westerly, Washington Co., R.I., in 1669. Was m. in 1679 (bef. then). His wife's name was Jane Hulet. She was b. abt. 1647 and was of Westerly, Washington Co., R.I. and was buried there."
Roberts, Gary Boyd, compiler, Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, 1989. In 2:678, "Lamphear or Landfeare. -George, free inhab. Westerly 1679. He married, and had Richard, Shadrach, John, Theodosius, Seth, a dau. who m. Eber Crandall, Elizabeth who m. James Pendleton, Jan. 12, 1709-10, Sarah who m. James Covey, Mar. 21, 1708, and Mary who m. Peter Button, Sen. George Landfeare died Oct. 6, 1731."
No colonial record names the wife of George Lamphere. Various web sites list the name of his wife as Jane Hulit, and others list it as Mary Readwood. Jane Hulit, said to be the daughter of Louis Hulit, was recorded as marrying Adam Mott on 28 July 1647 in New Amsterdam, and died at Hempstead on 13 Mar. 1665. It is said that no other Jane Hulit's lived in New England during that time, and we can find no evidence of a marriage of George Lamphere and Jane Hulit.

Richard Lamphere (1594-1665): m. Averina Vibert

21 Aug. 1665, "T: Richardi Lampheare. Memorandum. That upon or about the twelveth day of August in the yeare of our Lord God 1665 Richard Lanpheare being then of perfect mynd and memory and being desirous to Settle his estate by reason of these cotagious tymes did utter & declair his last will and Testament Nuncupative or by word of mouth in these words following or words to the like effect (vizt) I make my deare and well affected wife Avarina Lampheare to be my sole Executrix And I give all my houshold goods to my said wife And halfe the goods and money that belong to the Trade, I give to my said wife the other halfe to bee equally divided betweene my six children that are now in England And if it should please god to take any of my said Children away I give his or her porton to my sonne George Lampheare now in New England and in case it happen that both my wife and children depart this life before their porcons be receaved Then I give my whole estate to my sonne George But if it please god they all live Then I give to my sonne George the somme of Tenne pounds And I desire my loveing friends Mr Nicholas Holloway Mr John Jackson Mr James Ralphson Mr Humphrie Nicholson Mr Samuell Nash Mr Francis Godfrey Mr Edward Halsey to be my overseers To direct and assist my said wife All which words or words to the like effect were uttered and declared as the last will and Testament of the said deceased, in the presence and hearing of divers credible witnesses (vizt) Witnesses John Lampheare Elizabeth Lampheare. Provatum fuit Testamentum suprascriptum apud London coram Egidio Waring ... vigesimo primo die mensis Augusti Anno domini Millimo Sexcentesimo sexagesimo quinto ..." [England, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Wills]