Falk Relations: Makernes Family

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John Makernes♦ (d. c. 1515, England), m. by 1491 to Elizabeth --- (d. c. 1533)

Agnes Makernes (b. c. 1491), 1m. by 1515 to --- Harrys, 2m. by 1533 to --- Anthony
William Makernes♦ (b. c. 1494, England, bur. 8 May 1544, Finedon, Northamptonshire), m. by 1524 to unknown

Thomas Makernes (b. c. 1524, England), m. 6 Sep. 1547 at Finedon, Northamptonshire to Joan --- (d. by 12 May 1601, Finedon, Northamptonshire)
Edmund Makernes (b. c. 1526, England, bur. 17 May 1603, Finedon, Northamptonshire)
John Makernes (b. c. 1528, England, bur. 20 May 1547, Finedon, Northamptonshire)
William Makernes♦ (b. c. 1530, England, bur. 29 May 1613, Finedon, Northamptonshire), 1m. 21 Nov. 1558 at Finedon, Northamptonshire to Catherine Finced (bur. 8 Dec. 1559, Finedon, Northamptonshire), 2m. 15 June 1560 at Finedon, Northamptonshire to Agnes Harrgat (bur. 26 Feb. 1613, Finedon, Northamptonshire)

Edmund Makernes (ch. by 1m., bap. 17 Dec. 1559, Finedon, Northamptonshire), 1m. 15 Mar. 1596 at Finedon, Northamptonshire to Ann Marshall, 2m. by 1599 to Frances --- (bur. 29 May 1608, Finedon, Northamptonshire)
George Makernes (ch. by 2m., bap. 8 Aug. 1561, Finedon, Northamptonshire, bur. 28 Oct. 1617, Finedon, Northamptonshire), m. 21 Jan. 1588 at Finedon, Northamptonshire to Catherine Chapman (bur. 2 Apr. 1627, Finedon, Northamptonshire)
Ellen Makernes (ch. by 2m., bap. 24 Nov. 1564, Finedon, Northamptonshire, bur. 21 Oct. 1645, Northampton, Northamptonshire), m. 3 Jan 1590 in Northamptonshire to Roger Sargent (b. c. 1562, England, bur. 16 July 1649, Northampton, Northamptonshire)
Margery Makernes (ch. by 2m., bap. 25 May 1568, Finedon, Northamptonshire), m. by 1613 to --- Chapman
Richard Makernes (ch. by 2m., bap. 1 Oct. 1571, Finedon, Northamptonshire, d. by 31 Oct. 1632 at Northampton, Northamptonshire), m. 28 Jan. 1597 at Northampton, Northamptonshire to Barbara Clark
William Makernes (ch. by 2m., bap. 13 Feb. 1576, Finedon, Northamptonshire, bur. 18 May 1629, Finedon, Northamptonshire)
Priscilla Makernes (ch. by 2m., bap. 13 Dec. 1577, Finedon, Northamptonshire)

Joan Makernes
Margaret Makernes (bap. 27 Jan. 1541, Finedon, Northamptonshire)
Richard Makernes (bap. 9 Mar. 1543, Finedon, Northamptonshire, bur. 6 Dec. 1601, Finedon, Northamptonshire)

Ellen Makernes, m. by 1533 to --- Howfield
Thomas Makernes (b. c. 1503, d. c. Aug. 1546, Finedon, Northamptonshire), m. by 1528 to Ellen ---
Edmund Makernes
Elizabeth Makernes, m. 1543 to William Gray

Our Descent

John Makernes (--c1515), m. by 1491 to Elizabeth --- (--c1533)

William Makernes (c1494-1544), m. by 1524 to unknown

William Makernes (c1530-1613), m. 1560 to Agnes Harrgat (--1613)

Ellen Makernes (1564-1645), m. 1590 to Roger Sargent (c1562-1649)

William Sargent (1602-1682), m. by 1628 to Hannah --- (--1632)

Hannah Sargent (1629-1717), m. 1649 to Henry Felch (c1610-1699)

Daniel Felch (1668-1752), m. 1717 to Sarah Fuller (1691--)

Daniel Felch (1718-1763), m. 1749 to Jane Page (1729-1787)

Benjamin Felch (1754-1833), m. 1779 to Sarah Campbell (1760-1853)

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

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 ♦

John Makernes (--c1515): m. Elizabeth --- (--c1533)

Moriarty, G. Andrews Jr., "Makernes", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 71:324-336, 1917. "The Will of John Makernes of Thynden, 24 October 1515. To be buried in the church of Our Lady of Thynden. To the Mother Church of Lincoln 12d. To the high altar of Our Lady of Thynden 20d. 'Unto evy Gylde wtin the said chyrch' 12d. To the Rood Lights 8d. To Our Lady's lights 8d. To the bells 6s. To the torches 8s 6d. To the Church of Addyngton the Great 12d. To the Church of Addyngton the Less 12d. To the ... de Ortlin of Broughton 12d. To the Church of Chelson ... To Willm Makernes, my son, forty sheep, 20s., and one ox bullock. To Thomas Makernes, my son, forty sheep, 20s., and two cowe bullocks. To Edmund Makernes, my son, forty sheep, 40s., and one cow bullock. To Eliz. Makernes, my daughter, forty sheep, 20s., and one cow bullock. To Elin, my daughter, 20s. and ten ogrells. My will is that she hath now one ewe sheep. To Anys Harrys, my daughter, ten ewes, ten ogrells, 20s., and one ox bullock. To every child that the same Alys have now one ewe sheep. To every godchild that I have now 8d. To a priest for the space of one year, to pray for my soul and all Christian souls in the Church of Our Lady of Thynden, £5. 6s. 8d. To Thomas Spenser, my servant, 12d. Residuary legatee: Elizabeth, my wife. Executors: Elizabeth, my wife, and William Makernes, my son. Witnesses: Willm Stoks, Vicar of Thyndon, Syr Richard Knyghton, Capn Edmund Walys, Rich Waltr, Ric Grene?, with more of the same town. ... The Will of Elizabeth Makernes, widow, of Thingden, 24 April 1533. To be buried in the Church of Our Lady at Thingden. To the Mother Church of Lincoln, 4d. To the high altar of Thyngden for tithes forgotten 20d. To the Gylde of Our Lady 20d. To the Gylde of St. John the Baptist 20d. To the Sepulchre Guyld 20d. To the rood light 20d. To the torches 6s. 8d. To the bells 4s. To Sywell church 3s. 4d. To Burton Latymer 2s. To Addington and Addington Church 12d the piece. To Arthlingbrughe, to the college church, 12d. To Thingden Church for my burial 6s. 8d. To the makyng of the Tabernacle of Jesus £3. 6s. 8d. To Elen Howffylde [?], my daughter, 6s. 8d. To every of her children 2s. the pece. To my daughter Agnes Anthony 6s. 8d. and six bee hives. To her five children 2s. the pece. To my son William Makernes my best Shoade, wth two horses, ten bee hives, and 20s. To his children forty sheep and two neytes amongst them all. To my son Thomas Makernes my second cart and horse, ten bee hives, and 20s. To his children two neytes and forty sheep amongst them all. To my daughter Elizabeth one horse, two neytes, three sheep, and ten bee hives, in corn ten quarters malt, one wheat, and two quarters rye, and 20s. My daughter Elizabeth shall have of my household stuff all things necessary for her Chamber, as it shall please me to give her. To every of my godchildren 8d. To my daughter Elizabeth one row of wood. A priest shall sing for my Soul and for all Christian Souls for one whole year, and I give him £5. 6s. 8d. Residuary legatees: my sons William and Thomas and my daughter Elizabeth. Executors: my sons William and Thomas. Witnesses: John Bone[?], priest, William Wiltlake, Robert Waller. My son Thomas Makernes shall have 7 acres land in the fields of Thingden at my decease. All other lands and tenements in the town and fields of Thingden I will that my son William Makernes to have and to hold after my departing. ... John Makernes, of Finedon, co. Northampton, the testator of 1515, was born probably about 1460, and died not earlier than 14 Oct. 1515, the date of his will. He married, probably about 1490, Elizabeth ---, the testatrix of 1533, who died not earlier than 24 Apr. 1533, the date of her will."
Moriarty, G. Andrews Jr., "Makernes", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 89:151-154, 1935. "necessary to revise the pedigree published in the Register more than seventeen years ago ... Therefore, the Makernes ancestral line of William Sargent of Malden, Mass., so far as it has been traced, begins with John Makernes of Finedon, the testator of 14 Oct. 1515, and descends through his son William (buried 8 May 1544), William (the testator of 10 Mar. 1612/13), and Ellen (baptized 24 Nov. 1564), who married Roger Sargent"

William Makernes (c1494-1544)

Moriarty, G. Andrews Jr., "Makernes", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 71:324-336, 1917. "Makernes Entries in the Parish Registers of Finedon, co. Northampton, 1539-1630, Baptisms, 1540 Margaret Makernesse daughter of William Makernesse 27 January [1540/1] ... 1542 Richard son of William Makernesse 9 March [1542/3] ... Burials, 1544 William Makernesse 8 May ... 1547 Jhon Makernesse 20 May ... William Makernes (John), of Finedon, co. Northampton, born probably about 1594, was buried at Finedon 8 May 1544. He married, probably about 1523, ---. In his father's will of 1515 he and his mother are named as executors."
Moriarty, G. Andrews Jr., "Makernes", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 89:151-154, 1935. "necessary to revise the pedigree published in the Register more than seventeen years ago ... Therefore, the Makernes ancestral line of William Sargent of Malden, Mass., so far as it has been traced, begins with John Makernes of Finedon, the testator of 14 Oct. 1515, and descends through his son William (buried 8 May 1544), William (the testator of 10 Mar. 1612/13), and Ellen (baptized 24 Nov. 1564), who married Roger Sargent"

William Makernes (c1530-1613), 1m. Catherine Finced (--1559), 2m. Agnes Harrgat (--1613)

Moriarty, G. Andrews Jr., "Makernes", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 71:324-336, 1917. "The Will of William Makernes of Thingdon, co. Northampton, husbandman, 10 March 1612 [1612/13]. To be buried in the churchyard of Thingdon. To Richard Makernes, my son, 12d. To Roger Seargent, my son-in-law, 12d. To Magery Chapman, my daughter, 12d. To Edmunde Makernes, my son, 12d. To George Makernes, my son, all my free land and Medow within the town and fields of Thingdon aforesaid, to him and his heirs for ever. To the poore of Thingdon 3s. 4d. Residuary legatees and executors: George Makernes and Willm Makernes, my sons. Overseers: William Chapman the Younger and Thomas Yorke of Thingdon. Witnesses: William Makernes, Thomas Yoarke, William Chapman. Proved 30 March 1616 by the executors named in the will. Makernes Entries in the Parish Registers of Finedon, co. Northampton, 1539-1630, Baptisms ... 1559 Edmund son of Wm Makernesse 17 December ... 1561 George Makernesse 8 August ... 1564 Ellin Makernesse 24 November ... 1568 Margerie Makernesse 25 May ... 1571 Richard Makernesse 1 October ... 1575 Wm Makernesse son of William Makernesse 13 February [1575/6] ... 1577 Prescilla daughter of Wilm Makernesse 13 December ... Marriages ... 1558 William Makernesse and Katherine ffinced [sic, ? Finch] 21 November ... 1560 William Makernesse and Agnes Harrgat 15 June ... Burials ... 1559 Kathern Makernesse 8 December ... 1612 Agnes Makernes wife of William Makernes 26 February [1612/13] ... 1613 William Makernes Senior 29 May ... William Makernes (Thomas, John), of Finedon, co. Northampton, husbandman, the testator of 1612/13, born about 1536, was buried at Finedon 29 May 1613. He married first, at Finedon, 21 Nov. 1558, Katherine Finced [sic, ? Finch], who was buried at Finedon 8 Dec. 1559; and secondly, at Finedon, 15 June 1560, Agnes Harrgat, who was buried at Finedon 26 Feb. 1612/13."
Moriarty, G. Andrews Jr., "Makernes", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 89:151-154, 1935. "necessary to revise the pedigree published in the Register more than seventeen years ago ... Therefore, the Makernes ancestral line of William Sargent of Malden, Mass., so far as it has been traced, begins with John Makernes of Finedon, the testator of 14 Oct. 1515, and descends through his son William (buried 8 May 1544), William (the testator of 10 Mar. 1612/13), and Ellen (baptized 24 Nov. 1564), who married Roger Sargent"