All Saints- Necton
will 22 Apr.-16 July 1534 Necton, Norfolk
All Saints- Necton
In his will Roger asks to be buried in the churchyard at Neckton and left 4/ to the high altar, 20d to the guild of All Hallows, 12d to the torches of the same, 12d to every light in the church, and 4 marks to the repair of the church walls. A priest was to sing for his and his wife's souls and all souls in Neckton for a year and he was to have 8 marks. To each of John Folshams seven children he gave 40d each. To William Folsham's child 13/4. To Roger Bekerton, Myhell's son, 13/4. To Thomas Just 6/8. To Katheryn Rougham 10/. To Mihell Bekerton's wife 10/. To Gregory Bekerton's wife 10/. To Gregory's daughter Agnes 40d. To Robert Bekerton, Gregory's son 12d. To William Just's three children 40d each. To every godchild 12d and to every other child of Katheryn Rougham, Mihell Bekerton and Gregory 6d each. Gregory Bekerton was to have his cart on condition that he does not trouble the executors. To his son John Folsham he gave 20/. To his son William Folsham 5 marks. To his son William Just 5 marks. William and John Folsham were to have all his household stuff divided between them except for a brass pot and a great pan which John Foulsham's daughter shall have. To his brother Robert Folsham he gave 6/8 and a coat. He also gave Richard Wasse a coat. The residue of his estate went to his executors William Just and William Folsham. The will was witnessed by John Petit, Gregory Bekerton, Richard Pawly, Robert Rougham, William Brytmer and Robert London.(1)
Issue-
2II. WILLIAM- m. AGNES ______ (will 30 Sept. 1551-30 May 1557 Besthorpe, Norfolk), d. before 1551
III. ______- m. William Just
Ref:
(1) Arch. of Norfolk- 1534
"The Ancestry of Abel Lunt"- pp.141-2
m. AGNES ______ (will 30 Sept. 1551- 30 May 1557 Besthorpe, Norfolk)
d. before 1551
All Saints- Besthorpe
"Agnes Smythe otherwise called Folsum" widow of Besthorpe, made her will on 30 Sept. 1551. To the poor men's chest in Besthorpe she left 12d. To the seven children of William Smythe alias Folsom, her son, Agnes, Jone, Thomas, Adam, John, William, and Elizabeth 14 marks, 26/8 to be paid to them by Adam Smythe alias Follsum, her son, when each of them comes of age. To Robert Smythe alias Folsum, her son, one of her best blankets, and to Agnes, his wife, her best gown, best kircher and one sheet. To Agnes Smythe, her goddaughter, one blanket, one sheet, her best kirtel and one coffer. To Martha Whole, her goddaughter, 6/8. To Adam, her son, her bedstead and mattress, her worst transom, one leathern pillow, her best blanket, her best coverlet and one sheet, and to Eme, his wife, her "best galement next besides them that be given before in her will", 6/8, a coffer, a kercher next the best and the hangings of her bed. Richard Smythe, her belchild (grandchild) was to have 6/8. The residue of her estate was to be disposed of by her sons Robert and Adam, her executors. Robert and Adam were to have 6/8 for their pains. The will was witnessed by William Makellfeld, John Tuddenham, John Claven of Wymondham and others.(1)
Issue-
Ref:
(1) Arch. of Norfolk- 1557, folio 167
"The Ancestry of Abel Lunt"- p.142
m. EME ______
will 2 Apr.- 2 May 1566 Besthorpe, Norfolk
Adam Smythe alias Folsom of Besthorpe, made his will 2 Apr. 1566. He directed that he be buried in the "church earth" of Besthorpe and left 3/6 to the repairs of that church and 3/6 to the poor men's box. He also left 40/ to be distributed on the day of his burial to the poor. He gave his wife Eme all his messuages, lands, meadows, pastures and hereditaments, both free and copyhold, in Besthorpe, for her use during her life, with the remainder to his son Adam and a final remainder to his daughters Eline and Agnes. His lands and tenements in Wymondham and Bunwell were to be sold for payment of his debts and legacies. He also gave Eme all his lands and tenements in Hengham and Hacforde for sixteen years, she to cut down 100 oaks to help pay his debts and legacies with the remainder after the sixteen years to go to his son John. Elin and Agnes were to have � 6/13/4. The supervisor of the will was his brother Robert Smythe alias Folsom who received 13/4. The will was witnessed by Adam Jollye, Christopher Smythe, Peter More, Thomas Osborne, Wylliam Jollye and John Maye. The inventory amounted to � 78.(1)
Issue-
Ref:
(1) Arch. of Norfolk- 1565, folio 436
(2) Arch. of Norwich- 1616, folio 221
"The Ancestry of Abel Lunt"- p.143
m. GRACE ______ (bur. 20 Oct. 1630 Hingham, Norfolk)
bur. 28 Apr. 1620 Hingham, Norfolk
Issue-
Ref:
Parish Registers- Hingham, Norfolk
"The Ancestry of Abel Lunt"- p.144
5I. ADAM (
ROGER 1, WILLIAM 2, ADAM 3, JOHN 4)m. AGNES ______ (adm. 15 Oct. 1631 Hackford, Norfolk(1)
bur. 23 Apr. 1627 Hingham, Norfolk
St. Andrews- Hingham
Adam Smith alias Folsham of Hingham, yeoman, made his will 20 Apr. 1627. He left to his mother Grace Smith alias Folsham her dwelling in his parlour and the chamber over the said house for her life with various liberties in his house and grounds for her and her servants. To his son John Smith alias Folsham, his son, all his lands and tenements in Hackford when he reaches the age of 21. Agnes received all his lands and tenements in Hingham for life, but, if she survives his mother, she shall pay in the porch of the parish church of Hingham to Peter, his son, �10 per year until �60 shall have been paid. After Agnes' death he gives the lands in Hingham to Adham, his son, on condition that he pay any residue of the �60 due to Peter. To his son Adam �5 per year if Grace be dead until he reaches 21. His wife Agnes received 20 oak trees now growing on any of his lands for the payment of his debts and legacies. Agnes was made his executrix. The will was witnessed by John Bucke, Richard Lincolne, Sr., Richard Thirkette, and John Easter.(<b2)
In the church of St. Andrews is a bust of Abraham Lincoln whose ancestors were from Hingham.
Issue-
Ref:
(1) Consistory Court of Norwich- 1626-33, folio 133
(2) Consistory Court of Norwich- 1627 folio 279
Parish Registers- Hingham, Norfolk
"The Ancestry of Abel Lunt"- pp.145-6
6I. JOHN (
ROGER 1, WILLIAM 2, ADAM 3, JOHN 4, ADAM 5)b.c.1617
m. 4 Oct. 1636 Hingham, Norfolk, MARY GILMAN (d. 1692) d. 27 Dec. 1681 Exeter, NH
Hingham was a Puritan stronghold under the influence of its minister Robert Peck. Emigration to New Hingham in Massachusetts began in 1635. On 10 Aug. 1638 the "Diligent" from Ipswich, Suffolk, entered Boston with 133 passengers most of whom were from Old Hingham. Among them as recorded by Daniel Cushing were "John Foulsham and his wife and two servants who came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham."(1)
John received a grant of a house lot of four acres soon after his arrival which he sold to Daniel Cushing on 9 July 1659. He also purchased another house lot "on the plaine" from George Knight which he sold to William Ripley before 1656. The town granted John and Capt. Joshua Hobart the use of certain streams for supplying power for mills.
John was a selectman in Hingham in 1645 and in 1659 and he represented the town at the General Court. In 1645 he was fined for criticizing the Deputy Governor and upon his appeal the General Court voted 15 to 14 against him. John then moved to Exeter in 1659.
John had many grants in Exeter beginning in Nov. 1647 and built and operated sawmills. He was a selectman in 1659, 1668 and 1679, juror in 1662, 1663, 1667, 1672, 1677 and 1678, grand juror in 1675 and 1676, and lot layer in 1668. He was appointed measurer in 1660 and was setting the bounds between Exeter and Hampton and between Exeter and Dover in 1670. In 1664 John was given the power to survey the common lands for pines suitable for masts and to bargain with anyone who wished to buy them and also to impose penalties on those who cut masts unlawfully. The town demanded an acount of him in 1666.
John was elected constable in 1675 but, the General Court refused to confirm him probably because he had signed a petition in 1665 asking that New Hampshire be free from Massachusetts control.
On 18 May 1672 John deeded to George March 100 acres of upland and 10 acres of meadow in Exeter "Whereas there is an Intent of marriage between George March the son of Hugh March of Newbery and mary ffoulsam the daughter of John ffoulsam alias Smith of Exeter."
In 1679 John became a member of the Governor's Council in the Province of New Hampshire and circulated a petition about Dover and Portsmouth withdrawing from Massachusetts Bay.(3)
On 13 Oct. 1674 Mary Folsham sued Roger Rose for debt to cover "diet and a cure that she did for his lad". Roger did not appear and she was awarded judgment.
John died in 1681 but, his estate was not settled until 1693 when his son Samuel was made administrator with John Pickering of Portsmouth and Richard Rogers of Maine, shipwright, sureties. The inventory amounted to only � 11/12.
Issue- all children bpt. Hingham, MA
Ref:
(1) NEHGR- Vol.15, p.25
(2) "Journal of Rev. John Pike"- NHGR- Vol.III, p.153
(3) Mass. Archives- Vol. 3, p.459
VR Hingham, MA
"The Ancestry of Abel Lunt"- pp.147-9
"The March Family"- Vol.6, p.56
"History of the Town of Hingham"- George Lincoln, Vol. II, pp. 232-3
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