Thursday, November 17, 2011

ADAM WINTHROP 1498-1562

















SSuffolk, Groton Manor - Winthrop family


































Church Yard of Adam Winthrop's Home Church: St. Bartholomew's
































































Adam Winthrop's Tomb, St. Bartholomew's Church, Groton, Suffolk, England


















Headstone Details
Cemetery name: St. Bartholomew's Church Yard
Name on headstone: Adam Winthrop Sr, Adam Winthrop Jr, Anne his wife, and Others


















Inscription on Tomb
In the adjoining Chancel was buried Adam Winthrop Esq. who died in 1562 aged 64 Master of the Clothmakers Company of London First Lord of this Manor and Patron of this Church after the Reformation And in this tomb On which the original inscription is nearly defaced Adam Winthrop Esq who died in 1623 aged 75 Also Lord of this Manor and Anne his wife Parents of Govenor John Winthrop of Massachusetts Near this spot were interred others of the Family





































Adam Winthrop
Birth: October 9, 1498




















Location: Saint Bartholomews Groton, England















































































































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Information on Adam Winthrop
Adam Winthrop (9 Oct 1498-9 Nov 1562) m.1527 Alice Hunne/Henry (d.1534) m.30 Jul 1534 Agnes Sharpe (c1516-13 May 1565) daughter of Robert Sharpe of Islington, Middlesex. She married secondly 1563 William Mildmay of Springfield, Essex. Adam came to London in 1515, was apprenticed to a clothworker and became a Freeman of the city in 1526. In 1544 he was granted the Manor of Groton, a church property seized by Henry VIII, and by 1548 had been granted a coat of arms. He was Master of the Clothworkers Company in 1551. from ancesrty.com

Adam Winthrop
1498-1504 , London and Suffolk England
Adam Winthrop, Gent, Lord of the Manor of Groton was born October 9, 1498 in Lavenham, County Suffolk, and died November 9, 1562 in Groton, County Suffolk, and buried in the chancel of St. Bartholomew's Church. He married (1) Alice Henny, of London November 16, 1527. She died January 25, 1532. He married Agnes Sharpe, of Islington, County Middlesex 1534 in England, daughter of Robert Sharpe, of Islington. She was born Abt. 1516, and died 1565. Adam Winthrop left his home at the age of seventeen and bound himself as an apprentice to Edward Altham in London for ten years. A clothier, Altham was elected to be Sheriff of London. After fulfilling his contract, Winthrop became a citizen of London in 1526. According to Mayo, he worked hard and advanced in the Clothworkers' Company of London, and by 1551, he was chosen a Master of the Company, although his progress was not without a few bumps in the road. In 1538, as one of the Stewards, he was chastised "for disobeying the wardens in the search because that he would not suffer them to carry the cloth out of his house." Noting drying that Winthrop may have been "a little too enterprising for his own immediate good," Mayo states in 1543, he served time in the Fleet Prison and could not get out until he paid 600 pounds into the royal coffers. "His offense was negotiating with foreigners contrary to an edict of the King of England, but we do not know the nature of the negotiations which proved to be so expensive."His offence could not have been too costly to him, however, because the very next year he purchased the Manor of Groton. With the purchase he became Lord of the Manor and Patron of the Church, for the property carried with it the right to name the local rector.Four years later Edward, VI granted him arms and the rank of Gentleman. The arms were confirmed to his son, John, in 1592. from ancestry.com






Adam Winthrop, Lord of the Manor of Groton
Descended from people who had first lived in England as far back as the Norman Conquest, the Winthrops first achieved real prominence through Adam Winthrop (1498-1562) who became lord of the Manor of Groton (Suffolk) and Patron of the Church under Henry VIII and was granted arms and the rank of Gentleman under Edward VI.
Adam Winthrop, Gent, Lord of the Manor of Groton was born October 9, 1498 in Lavenham, County Suffolk, and died November 9, 1562 in Groton, County Suffolk, and is buried in the chancel of St. Bartholomew's Church. He married (1) Alice Henny, of London November 16, 1527. She died January 25, 1532. He married (2) Agnes Sharpe, of Islington, County Middlesex 1534 in England, daughter of Robert Sharpe, of Islington. She was born Abt. 1516, and died 1565.
Adam Winthrop left his home at the age of seventeen and bound himself as an apprentice to Edward Altham in London for ten years. A clothier, Altham was elected to be Sheriff of London. After fulfilling his contract, Winthrop became a citizen of London in 1526.
According to Mayo, he worked hard and advanced in the Clothworkers' Company of London, and by 1551, he was chosen a Master of the Company, although his progress was not without a few bumps in the road. In 1538, as one of the Stewards, he was chastised "for disobeying the wardens in the search because that he would not suffer them to carry the cloth out of his house." Noting drying that Winthrop may have been "a little too enterprising for his own immediate good," Mayo states in 1543, he served time in the Fleet Prison and could not get out until he paid 600 pounds into the royal coffers. "His offense was negotiating with foreigners contrary to an edict of the King of England, but we do not know the nature of the negotiations which proved to be so expensive." His offence could not have been too costly to him, however, because the very next year he purchased the Manor of Groton. With the purchase he became Lord of the Manor and Patron of the Church, for the property carried with it the right to name the local rector.
Four years later Edward, VI granted him arms and the rank of Gentleman. The arms were confirmed to his son, John, in 1592.
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Miscellaneous Facts and Information about Adam Winthrop
1498-1562 , England
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #0470, Date of Import: Sep 26, 1999]
Adam Winthrop 1498-1562Adam left Lavenham circa 1515 and went to London to apprentice to clothworker Edward Altham. Adam became a citizen of London on 9 Sep 1526 (Winthrop Papers 1:2-3; Boyer 1975). In 1537 he was chosen as a steward of the Clothworkers' Company of London; in 1544 he was quarter-warden, in 1545 an upper-warden, and in 1551 he was made a Master of the Company. During this rise in importance, Adam spent some time in 1543 in Fleet Prison (Winthrop Papers 1:3) for violating the King's edict against negotiating with foreigners. England was concerned about protecting its lucrative wool trade and Adam evidently overstepped the bounds laid out for doing business. He was released from prison upon payment of a fine of L600.
In 1544 Adam bought the manor of Groton in Suffolk, only a few miles from Lavenham. The manor had been appropriated from the Abbey of Bury St. Emund's by King Henry VIII when he broke England's religious ties with Rome. For a payment of L408:18:3 to the King, Adam became "Lord of the Manor, and Patron of the Church". In 1548 King Edward VI granted him arms and the rank of gentleman (Winthrop Papers 1:4). His arms were as follows: d'argent three Chevrons Gules, Crenel or, over all a Lion rampant Sables armed &c langued Azure. And for his Creast or Cognizance a Hare pper running on a mount vert sett upon a helmet in a wreathe of his coullors with mantells & tassels.
In addition to Groton, Adam kept a home in London, in the parish of St. Peter's upon Cornhill (Register of St. Peter's Cornhill, 3:5). Adam made his will 20 Sep 1562, calling himself "of Groton, gentleman, late clothworker of London" (Frost 1927). In his will he mentioned, among others, his wife Agnes and son Adam; the mansion house at Groton was given to his oldest son John. He died at Groton in 1562 and was buried in the chancel of the church there. A monumental brass in the chancel reads as follows (Frost 1927): "Here lyeth Mr. Adam Winthrop Lorde and patron of Groton, which Departed owt of this worlde this IX day of November in the year of oure Lorde God mccccclxij.
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S.R. Durand:"[The Grandfather of Anne and Governor John Winthrop] Adam Winthrop was born October 9, 1498. He was a clothworker in London, and in 1551, was Master of the Company of Clothworkers. He married first November 16, 1527, Alice Henry, and they had four children before her death. He married second in 1534, Agnes, daughter of Robert Sharpe of Islington, and they had eight children. In 1554, he retired and bought the Manor at Groton in Suffolk. He died November 9, 1562. His widow married William Mildmay of Springfield Barnes. She died May 13, 1565."
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rumbleshipsleyoriginally submitted this to Hardy Family Tree on 28 Nov 2008
Adam Winthrop (1498-1562), Master of the Clothworkers. Groton, in Suffolk, having purchased the former monastic manor in 1544 and taken up residence there in around 1552 . The elder Adam Winthrop died in 1562 and his widow, young Adam's mother, married William Mildmay







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Winthrop House
Winthrop History
John Winthrop
Descended from people who had first lived in England as far back as the Norman Conquest, the Winthrops first achieved real prominence through Adam Winthrop (Sr.) (1498-1562) who became lord of the Manor of Groton (Suffolk) and Patron of the Chuch under Henry VIII and was granted arms and the rank of Gentleman under Edward VI. The house name commemorates two of Adam Winthrop's descendants. John Winthrop (1588-1649), the grandson of Adam Winthrop, sold his home for reasons of conscience at the age of forty-one, left a relatively settled way of life and sailed for the unknown wilderness of New England. This first John Winthrop came to the New World in 1630 to serve as the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Company and served as the first Governer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for over sixteen years. The second John Winthrop (A.B. 1732), a descendent of Governer Winthrop, was the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy from the age of 24 until his death at age 65. Highly regarded as the first American astronomer, Winthrop served as the President of Harvard from 1773-1774. Portraits of the two can be seen hanging in the Winthrop House Library, and another portrait of Governor Winthrop hangs in the Dining Hall. The House crest is the Winthrop family coat of arms, a lion on a shield with three chevrons in the background.
The Architecture
Today, John Winthrop House consists of two buildings, Gore Hall and Standish Hall. Originally, the buildings were established in 1914 as separate freshman dormitories, and at this time, the current Library served as the Dining Room for Standich residents. The Architects for the houses, Coolidge, Shepley and Rutan, used more opulent English precedents for architectural accent when desiging the houses. For instance, Gore Hall was based on Sir christopher Wren's late-seventeenth-century garden facade of Hampton Court. Two gates connect Gore and Standish Hall. In the front entrance is the Winthrop Gate, which has the Winthrop family coat of arms welded prominently in the front. Facing the Charles River is the Fly Club Gate. Construction of the Fly Club Gate began in 1914 with a grant provided by the club's membership. Built on a more human scale than some of the other river gates, the gentle inward curve of this English Baroque gate conveys a sense of friendly beckoning. Its size and form mimic the Winthrop Gate, executed in the same year. In the Fly Club Gate, the judicious use of brick and picturesque wrought-iron detailing render the entrance less forbidding than, for example, the massive stone entrance and wrought-iron gate at Dunster House. The symbol of the Fly Club, the panther, is centered within the once polychromed ironwork above the entry. Inscribed below the symbol is the dedication: "For Friendships Made in College the Fly Club in Gratitude has Built this Gate."
The House System
The original construction of the freshman river halls, Standish and Gore, was intended to combat growing social and class schisms in the student community of Harvard. Lowell, the University President, hoped to create a sense of solidarity in students through concentrated housing. Any exaggerated social importance which the clubs might have assumed would be reduced, and any prestige attached to the Gold Coastseriously weakened. The new freshmen halls however, were only part of a plan that had long been in Lowell's mind: the house system.The two halls were unified as John Winthrop House under the implementation of the House system and through a generous gift to the college by Edward S. Harkness (Yale 1897), heir to a Standard Oil fortune. Harkness was long interested in education and supporting the creation of a house system similar to that of Oxford colleges. When Yale stalled in its efforts to enact a new housing plan Harkness could fund, Harkness turned to President Lowell. When Lowell described his plan, Harkness offered a gift of $11 million to fund seven new residential houses. The final arrangement of the River Houses then incorporated the earlier freshman dorms, creating Winthrop House from Standish and Gore Halls.
No two design plans were alike for the new houses. Exteriors and interiors bespoke elegance. "One ought to eat only venison, drink only champagne in the...dining room," wrote undergraduate columnist George Homans '32 of the new houses. The seven Houses' titles evoked Harvard History. Dunster, Eliot, Kirkland and Leverett bore the names of former presidents. Adams, Lowell and John Winthrop honored families long-involved with the College. When the houses were finally opened, nearly 90% of the student body elected to live in them. The House system was widely hailed as a forward step in American education.
Gore and Standish Halls
Standish Hall honors Captian Miles Standish (c. 1584-1656), a professional soldier and one of the minority of non-Pilgrims on the Mayflower. Mrs. Russel Sage, one of his descendants, donated the funds for this building as a freshman hall. Gore Hall, regarded by many as one of Harvard's "handsomest" buildings, celebrates Christopher Gore (A.B. 1776), a Harvard Fellow, Massachusets Governer, and Senator. Christopher Gore was born in Boston in 1758, the tenth of thirteen children of Francis and John Gore. Christopher served in the Continental Army as a clerk with the artillery regiment of his brother-in-law Thomas Craft. After the war, Christopher Gore pursued law. Gore was unquestionably bright and ambitious, but several factors helped the young lawyer's practice to flourish. Many of Boston's older lawyers were Tories, and by leaving the country, they left their clients to the younger generation. The Revolutionary War increased the city's wealth and also the demand for services such as Gore could provide. Christopher Gore's political career began in 1788 when he was elected to represent Boston at the Philadelphia constitution to ratify the new United States Constitution. A year later, George Washington apointed Gore as the first United States Attorney for Massachusetts. President Washington again appointed Gore to a diplonatic position in 1796. The Gores travelled to England and remained there for eight years while Christopher served on the Jay Commission that negotiated merchantile claims for American ships seixed or destroyed during the war with Britain. Gore also spent two months as charge d'affaires in London after his good friend Rufus King resigned from his post and before James Monroe, the new ambassador, arrived.
Famous Residents
Three of the Kennedy brothers, John, Joseph and Edward, lived in Winthrop House. President Kennedy's college suite is now furnished as a memorial and administered by the Institute of Politics to guests.
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Adam early history
Adam was apprenticed to a clothier in London about 1515. By 1537 he was Steward of the Clothworkers’ Company and later fined and imprisoned for either illegally importing wool or religious reform. He became quite wealthy and became the owner of the Manor of Groton
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JOHN WHITE 1550-1618

Excerpt from Wikipedia - son, Rev. John White.
He was son of John White, who held a lease under New College, Oxford, by his wife Isabel, daughter of John Bawle of Lichfield, and was baptised at Stanton St. John, Oxfordshire, on 6 January 1575. His elder brother, Josias, was rector of Hornchurch, Essex, 1614–23, and father of James White, a merchant of Boston, Massachusetts. In 1587 he entered Winchester School, and then was elected a fellow of New College in 1595. He graduated B.A. on 12 April 1597, M.A. on 16 January 1601. He was appointed rector of Holy Trinity, Dorchester, in 1606, and for the rest of his life was identified with that place. He was a moderate, conforming puritan, concerned with reforming his parish.
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JOHN CONANT 1480-1559

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John CONANT was born in 1480 in Gittisham, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 9 April 1559 in Gittisham, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. John married Marie.
There is no definite proof that this John is father of Dr. John Conant.

Gittisham is a small straggling village on a picturesque declivity, near the source of the river Sid, about 3 miles from Ottery Saint Mary and Honiton, and 11 miles E.N.E. of Exeter, consists of just over 2,067 acres of land, rising in bold hills from the Otter and Sid valleys. The knightly family of De Lumine held the manor in the reign of Henry II and it afterwards passed to the Willingtons, Beaumonts, and the Putts. The Church is an ancient structure, with a tower and three bells, and contains some fine monuments to the Beaumont and Putt families. In the churchyard stands a large elm tree, the hollow trunk of which is 30 feet in circumference.

Marie. Marie married John CONANT.
They had the following children.
Dr. John CONANT was born about 1520. He was buried on 30 March 1596
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John Conant
John Conant-Buried 4 September 1559 Gittisham, Devon, England. He was taxed there in 1523. Another possibility is that John Conant Whose will was dated 21 Jun 1586 and proved 20 September 1586. He names 3 Sons Nicholas, Mathew, John & Wife mary.
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JOHN CONANT 1521-1596

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Dr. John CONANT was born about 1520 in Gittisham, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. He was buried 1 on 30 March 1596 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. John married Marie CANANTU about 1547 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom.
The first Conants' of England were French Huguenot refugees. The name Conant was anglicized from Conan of Normandy after the French Revolution.

John Conant with whom the authentic geneology begins lived in the parish of East Budleigh, Devonshire, England but was probably born about the year 1520 at Gittisham, some ten to twelve miles north-east. John was descended from ingenuous parents of Giittisham, near Honiton, whose ancestors for many generations had been fixed here but were originally of French extraction”, according to The Life of Dr. John Conant, written in 1700.

In 1577 John Conant and Edmond ffowler were church wardens of East Budleigh. In those days the office of church warden was of considerable importance and only members of the leading families and such as were of recognized ability were elected to this important office.

John Conant was buried at East Budleigh March 30, 1596. It is most unfortunate that many early Conant wills are missing which might throw light on the ancestry of John Conant. Although no legal evidence of the fact has been found, it seems likely that he was the son of John Conant who was buried at Gittisham September 4, 1559.

History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, by Frederick O. Conant, Portland, Maine, 1887. John Conant was assessed a tax on goods in the year 13 Elizabeth (1571). He was churchwarden in East Budleigh in 1577. He was taxed again there in 1581, but not in 1588.

Marie CANANTU was born in 1525. She died on 9 April 1599 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. Marie married Dr. John CONANT about 1547 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom.
There is no definite proof that Marie was the wife of Dr. John Conant.
They had the following children.
Richard CONANT was born in 1548. He died on 21 September 1630.
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In the 13th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1571), he was assessed for goods of the yearly value of 4 pounds. In 1581 he was still taxed at East Budleigh, but in 1588 the tax was paid by his son, Richard, indicating there had probably been a transer of property. found on ancestry.com


RICHARD CONANT 1548-1630

All Saints Church of East Budleigh, East Budleigh, Devon, England
The church where Richard Conant was Church Warden.


Richard Conant's signature on his will dated 1629




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Richard CONANT was born in 1548 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 21 September 1630 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. He was buried on 22 September 1630 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. Richard married Agnes CLARKE on 4 February 1578 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom.

Richard Conant was the third generation after the French refugees. Richard married Agnes Clark in 1578. They had eight children; the last two of their children were Christopher and Roger. It is believed that most of all of the Conants living in the United States are descendants of Roger and Christopher Conant. These two brothers helped to settle the colony of Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1600's.

Will of Richard Conant: "In the name of God, Amen, on the twentieth day of Novemher, in the year of our Lord God 1629. I, Richard Conant, of East Budleigh, in the countie of Devon, yeoman, knowing the certenty of death, but of the time and hour most uncertain, and therefore preparing my selfe ready whensoever it shall please the Lord to call mee out of this transitorie life into his celestialI kingdome, whereunto pswaded by faith I shall aspire in and by the death, meritts and previous bload sheding of Christ Jesus my onlie Lord and Saviour and Redeemer, doe by this my testament containing therin my last will in manner and forme as followeth: first I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almightie God and my body for Christian buriall, and as touching my worldlie goods: first I give and bequeth unto my grandchild, Richard Conant, sonne of Richard Conant, of East Budleigh, my silver Bowle, only reserving the use thereof to my wife dureinge her life tyme: Item, I give and bequeath unto my sonne, John Conant, my siIke grogren dublet and turkie grogren hose: Item, unto my sonne, Robert Conant, I give and bequeath my second best clokes and myne other other apparell (except the worst) and the other before mencioned. Item, I give the poor of the parish of East Budleigh the sume of twentie shillings to bee disposed according to the discretion of myne executrix: Item, I give and bequeath further unto my sonne, John Conant, my gold ringe with a Turkies in it: Item, I give and bequeath unto Jane Knowles and Susan Knowles, children unto my daughter, Jane Knowles [Knowles erased and Wotton written over it] namely to each of them five pounds to bee paid unto them at their day of marriage if soe they marrie with the consent and Iikeing of their friends, particularlie of the fatherinlawe, Phillippe Wotton, of their mother, and onkle, John Conant. lf they marry not: to be paid Untoe them they being of the age of thrity yeares. And if in the meantyme, before their said age or marriage. it happen that all of them dye, then that her portion of five pounds bee likewise paid to the sister sirviveing: Item, I give and bequeath unto all my childrens children (vizt. to every of them in p'ticular except such as have a larger portion given them) five shillings: All the residue of my goods, as well moveable as immovable, or chattels whatsoever is myne or in me for to give in Budleigh or elsewhere, my deb's being paid funeralls discharged and respect had to my promise made to Phillip Wotton, my sonneinlawe, and my daughter Jane, his wife, I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Jane Wotton (onelie reserving the use thereof unto my wife, Agnes Conant, during her life tyme), and doe make my said daughter whole and sole executrix: And I doe also ordaine my sonne, John Conant, of Lymington, in Somersetshire, to be this my over-seer to see this my will and testamint to be fullfiled. In witness whereof, I. the aforsaid Richard Conant, have hereunto put my hand, scale, even the day and yeare first above written. (Signed) Richard Conant Witness: John Conant Robert Conant The inventory was taken on September 30, 1631 by John Richards, Robert Conant, and John Leye: the total amount was £129 14s. 4d.

Agnes CLARKE was born on 16 May 1548 in Cloyton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 22 February 1630 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. Agnes married Richard CONANT on 4 February 1578 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom.

They had the following children.
Joan CONANT was born on 20 January 1579.
Richard CONANT was born on 12 February 1581. He died on 13 September 1625.
Robert CONANT was born about 1583. He died on 12 May 1638.
Jane CONANT was christened on 9 May 1584. She died after 1630.
John CONANT was born on 18 March 1586 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. He was christened on 18 March 1586 in of, East Budleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom. He died on 13 April 1653.
Thomas CONANT was born on 30 April 1587 in East Budleigh, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom.
Christopher CONANT was christened on 13 June 1588.
Roger CONANT was born on 9 March 1592. He died on 19 November 1679.
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(II) Richard, son of John and ____ Conant, was probably born in the parish of East Budleigh about the year 1548. In 1606 Richard Conant and Henry Cowden were church-wardens of the parish, and in 1616 Richard Conant again filled the office. In 1630 he was rated at two shillings sixpence, next to the highest rating in the parish. It is interesting to remember that Sir Walter Raleigh was born at Hays House in East Budleigh, and his father was one of the church-wardens in 1561. Sir Francis Drake was also connected with the parish, and the tales of these two explorers must have had an important influence in leading two of the sons of Richard Conant to embark for the new world.
The marriage of Richard Conant took place at Colyton, a market town of Devonshire, eight miles from East Budleigh. The quaint record reads: "Rychard Counnett, the soone of John Counnett, of Easte Budleye, was wedded unto Agnes Clarke, the daughtr of John Clarke, senior, of Collyton, the iiij days of ffebruary, 1657." Agnes Clarke was born May 16, 1548, and her mother Anne, daughter of William Macye, of Colyton. After a married life of nearly fifty years, Richard and Agnes Conant were buried the same day, September 22, 1630, and both are spoken of as persons of "exemplary piety."
The inventory of the estate, which amounted to one hundred and twenty-nine pounds fourteen shillings and four pence, contains some interesting items as showing how an English cottage was arranged in those days. In the Hall, among other things, were "one long tableborde, 1 squre tableborde, 2 formes, 3 chairs and 6 joynt stolls." The "new parlour" contained a feather bed, "2 feather boulsters, 1 yard of Blankett and coverlett," while the "old parloud" was rich in "1 standing bedsted and 1 trundle bedsted." In the Buttery were "3 dozzen of Tranchers, 6 brasse Candlesticks, 1 pessel and morter," beside sundry other house-keeping furnishings. In the "Shoppe next to the Hall" were "2 beames and skales with some brass and leadden waights" beside a counter and a chest; but the only item "in the longe Enery and in the Kitchen" reads "2 cubbords." The "brewinge House" had "3 brasse pots, 3 brasse Caldrons, skillets, and a brasse ladle" besides divers other utensils; and the Milk house had "10 brass milk pannes" and other items. The "Weaving Shopp" had "2 old Coffers with some boards and other small triffells," and was evidently a place of storage for bedding not in use. The new parloud is referred to again as containing "on silver bowle and 5 silver spoones" and no other silver is mentioned. There is no statement regarding knives or table utensils of any kind except in the brewing-house, where "1 dozen wooden dishes and one dozen of spoones," probably wooden, are enumerated. Forks were scarcely known then. The Conants must have been people of some education, because the new parloud had a "liberry table, 2 great deskes and one lesser one, on grete byble and a deske and other bookes." The contents of four chambers are disclosed. Some of the unusual items are "2 dozen of Table napkins," evidently kept for occasions of great ceremony, "2 pare verginalls," a musical instrument of primitive construction, "a Skaymer and cheese Racke," which might more properly belong in the buttery, and "a crosbowe and bender." The parlors were evidently furnished with beds - a custom which obtained in many New England farmhouses well into the nineteenth century.

Eight children of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant are recorded:
Joan, Richard, Robert, Jane, John, Thomas, Christopher and Roger.
The two younger brothers migrated to America; but the last record of Christopher Conant occurs in November, 1630, when he was a member of the first jury for cominal trial in this country, impanelled for the trial of Walter Palmer, for manslaughter. It is possible that he may have returned to England, because if he had died in Massachusetts some record of that fact would probably have been preserved.
Of the sons of Richard Conant who remained in England:
John became a fellow of Oxford University and rector of St. Thomas Church, in Salisbury. On July 26, 1643, he preached a sermon before the House of Commons, which was printed by order of that body. From a rare copy which has been preserved we know that the title page gave the theme as "The Weal and Woe of God's People," and the discourse, which contains fifty-six printed pages, was delivered on a fast day, or day of "publike humiliation."
Two of Richard Conant's grandsons also entered the church. Richard (3), son of Richard (2) Conant, was graduated from Emanuel College, Cambridge, in 1645, and afterwards became vicar of the church at East Budleigh; but the most noted of the family was Rev. Dr. John Conant, vice chancellor of Oxford University. He was the son of Robert Conant, and grandson of Richard, and was made fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, July 3, 1633. He becama an eminent Oriental scholar, and was noted for being a sound and solid expositor, and "for clearing the true sense of such texts as were misinterpreted by the Socianians and other heretics." Dr. Conant became rector of Exeter College, vicar of Kidlington, regius professor of Divinity, and on October 5, 1657, was appointed by Richard Cromwell to be vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. After the restoration he was installed archdeacon of Norwich, and finally made prebendary of Worcester. His biography indicates that he was a man of unusual character, wisdom and influence.
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Marriage of Richard Conant and Agnes Clarke
4 February 1578, Colyton, Devon, England
The Marriage Registers of East Budleigh lack the names of females from the beginning to 1005; but the date of Richard Conant's marriage is given: "4 February, 1578." Luckily this omission is supplied by the Registers of Colyton where the marriage took place. There it is recorded that "Rychard Counnett, the sonne of John Counnett, of Easte Budleye, was wedded unto Agnes Clarke, the daughtr of John Clarke, senior, of Collyton, the iiij. daye of ffcbruary, 1578." Colyton is a market town of Devonshire, twenty-two miles east of Exeter and about eight miles east of East Budleigh.

The Manor of Colyton was part of the possessions of Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon, and Marquis of Exeter, who was beheaded in 1538. His estates, of course, reverted to the Crown, and a number of the wealthy inhabitants of Colyton purchased from King Henry a portion of the manor. These citizens were enfeoffed by the King, who also granted them the management of fairs and markets. The name of John Clarke stands first on the patent from the King, and also appears on the patent of the second incorporation of enfeoffment, which was granted by Queen Mary. He d. 0th and was buried 9th Apr., 1585* He m. 9th June, 1544,t Anne, daughter of William Macye, of Colyton, and their daughter Annes, or Agnes, was born I0th May, 15484
Richard and Agnes Conant were buried on the same day, 22 September, 1630.§ Both are spoken of in the Life of John Conant as persons of "exemplary piety," and judging from what is known of the character of their children this was undoubtedly the case. His will, which is printed in full, is preserved in the Archdeaconry Court of Exeter, and was proved 13 October, 1631.
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Richard Conant
Richard Conant was one of the leading men of East Budleigh, a church-warden , as was his father before him and evidently in good circumstances. In 1588, Richard was assessed for lands in East Budleigh, Devon of the yearly value of four pounds. He was church warden in 1606 and 1616. Richard's wife Agnes was the daughter of John Clarke born about 1519, the leading merchant of Colyton, a neighboring parish. He married 9 June 1544, Ann Macye and died 6 April 1585, Cloyden, Devon,. England.
Richard and his wife Agnes were buried the same day: 22 September 1630
Richard Conant was the son of John and Marie Conant. John was born about 1520, Gittisham, Devon, England.
Source:The Conant Family in America--Frederick Odell Conant
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Richard Conant
Rootsweb
RICHARD CONANT was born in the parish of East Budleigh about 1548. In 1588 he was assessed for lands there and he was church warden in 1606-16. He married 4 February 1578, AGNES CLARK, daughter of JOHN CLARK, SR. of Collyton and his wife, ANNE MACY, whom he married 9 June 1544. Anne was the daughter of WILLIAM MACY of Collyton. Savage states that he is said to be the brother of Dr. John Conant of the Great Assembly of Devines at Westminster. Richard and Agnes were apparently a family of some means as their son John was educated at Oxford and his son Roger must have been well educated also. Richard and Agnes were buried on the same day, 22 September 1630. His will was proved at Exeter, 13 October 1631
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THOMAS HATCH 1465-1530

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Mercy Winslow (Farr), Rebecca Ewer (Winslow), daughter of Shubael Ewer, son of Elizabeth Lovell (Ewer), daughter of Jane Hatche (Lovell), daughter of William Hatch, son of William Hatch, son of Thomas Hatch, son of John Hatch, son of Thomas Hatch.]


Thomas Hatch Notes
This Thomas Hatche held the manor of Hodyford, in the county of Kent. Hewas assessed as "Thomas Hatche the elder" in the hundred of street, in the subsidy of 1524 and died between 12 Decmber 1534 when his will was written and 31 December 1534 when it was probated. His will provided that masses and prayers for his soul and for all christian souls be sung in the Sellinge Church for 8 years. In his will he mentioned his children and his grandchildren. He owned several parcels of land. "viz, Hodyford Borke lying in three parcels. A parcel called Horselife, one called Hodyford grove, with hemphaw and gardnes, a parcel called perce garden, one called stone regg, one called Sandpytts, and other parcels . . ." His manor of Hodyford was left to his son William. John, the younger was left lands and tanements in Sellinge, including a "new House" which he, the following year, devised to his three sons. He names all of his children.
Information obtained from MyTrees.com. Submitter: Lynn Schwiebert, familymaker@centurytel.net.Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America

Held the Manor of Hodyford, Early Hatch Wills:The will of Thomas Hache the elder of Sellying besides Horton Monkyn, County Kent, 12 December 1530. to be buried in the churchyard of Sellynge. At my forthfare in masses and dirges and in bread and drink to refresh the poor 10s(shilling) At my month's day in like manner 16s. 8d. At my year's mind in like manner 13s. 4d. My executors to have masses and prayers sung for my soul and all Christian souls in said church for eight years. ........To my son John my best brass pot. To my daughters Agnes, Margarete, and Alice 6s. 8d. apiece. To my son William all debts he owes me and two silver spoons, and to his daughter Agnes Hache 6s. 8d. to Agnes, daughter of John Hache the elder my son, now dead, 6s. 8d. To Thomas Hache, John Hache the younger, Johane Hache, Agnes Hache, and Alice Hache, sons and daughters of John Hache, 6s.8d apiece.....

My last will regarding my lands. To William Hache my son my manor of Hodyford and all those parcels of land viz., Hodyford Broke....To my son John Hache my new house with lands thereto belonging and all my other lands and tenements in Sellying, he paying therefor to Thomas Hache, son of John Hache late of Sellying, deceased, 40 marks...... Proved 31 December 1534 by the executor, John Hache.(Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Vol 20, fo4.)
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JOHN HATCH 1495-1535

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Mercy Winslow (Farr), Rebecca Ewer (Winslow), daughter of Shubael Ewer, son of Elizabeth Lovell (Ewer), daughter of Jane Hatche (Lovell), daughter of William Hatch, son of William Hatch, son of Thomas Hatch, son of John Hatch.]

John Hatch's Will
John Hatche's will was proved 26 April 1536. To be buried in the churchyard at Sellynge. To every godchild 12d. To every of my children two ewes. To my wife two kine, two hogs, six ewes and half my household stuff. The residue of my goods to be sold to pay my debts and legacies by my executors, my wife and Thomas Marchall, to whom I give 6s. 8d. apiece. To John Marchall 3s. 4d. to help my wife with the writings. Witnesses: Thomas Dylnott the younger, Robert Cavelland Richard Hempsted. My last will regarding my lands. A piece of land called Mewlyng and my mill beside Hythe to be sold, and the money, and also £9. 20d. which Thomas Sylnott owes me, to be used to pay my debts and legacies. Hodyforthmill and half the meadow to be put to farm and the money used for the same purpoe. My sons Thomas, John and Stephen to enter into my new house and lands at their ages of twenty years. My wife to have the other half of the meadows by thenames of Lytle Somerlies, greate Somerles and Rayfelde until my children be twenty years of age, giving to each his share as he attains that age. To her alsofor life the house and lands at Somerffeld, with reversion at her death to my children. If all my sons die under age, reversion to my daughters, the lands being equally divided. To each daughter 40s. at marriage. If all my children die,the money to be used to have an obit kept for twenty years, and the land to besold and the money to go to my brothers and their heirs. To Thomas Hatche, sonof John Hatche the elder, 13s. 4d. Overseer: Maister Hayman, to who I give 6s.8d.
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THOMAS HATCH 1525-1568

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Mercy Winslow (Farr), Rebecca Ewer (Winslow), daughter of Shubael Ewer, son of Elizabeth Lovell (Ewer), daughter of Jane Hatche (Lovell), daughter of William Hatch, son of William Hatch, son of Thomas Hatch.]


St Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, England
12th century church with graveyard. Most likely where the Hatches were married / buried.






Tenterden Kent High Street showing St Mildred's church, built 1180. Thomas Hatch was churchwarden Tenterden.



Thomas and Joane Hatch
Thomas Hatch


He was a churchwarden at Tenterden, county Kent, England, in 1565. The account of Joane Hatch alias Brissenden, administrix, exhibited 25 October 1574, names four daughters of Thomas Hatche, and the names of his three sons appear in the will of his brother Stephen Hatche of Sellinge, county Kent, England in 1606. The will of his eldest son John Hatche, names the children, grandchildren, and even some great-grandchildren of Thomas Hatch. Administration of his estate was granted to his widow 25 October 1568.



Thomas Hatche, of Sellinge and Tenterden, county Kent, born probably about 1525, died intestate before 13 October 1568, when administration on his estate was granted to his widow. He married, about 1552, Joane -----, who married secondly, before 25 October 1574, Richard Brissenden. Thomas Hatche was churchwarden at Tenterden in 1565. The account of Joane Hatche alias Brissenden, administratrix, exhibited 25 October 1574, names four daughters of Thomas Hatche, and the names of his three sons appear in the will of his brother, Stephen Hatche of Sellinge, in 1606. The will of his eldest son, John Hatche, of 1628/9, names the children, grandchildren, and even some great-grandchildren of Thomas Hatch. [English Origins of New England Families, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, © 1985, Series 1, Volume 1, Hatch, p. 430.] [New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 70, Number 3, July 1916, page 254]



Administration of the goods of Thomas Hatche of Tenterden, co. Kent, deceased, intestate, was granted 13 October 1568 to Joane Hatche, his relict, Thomas Browne of Tenterden, mercer, and John Browne of Biddenden, mercer, being bound in £60. Inventory, £69. 8s. 4d.



On 25 October 1574 Joane Hatche, alias Brissenden, administratrix of the goods of Thomass Hatch, exhibited her account, and the Court assigned to Winifred, Katherine, Elinore, and Elizabeth Hatch, daughters of the said Hatch, £3. 13s. 9d., to be equally divided among them, and this is agreed to by Richard Brissenden, now husband of the said Joane. (Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Act Books, vol. 16, fo. 69.)[JohnFaye (8 Jun 05).FTW] Reference* Refe rence: 72213. Birth*13 April 1525 He, son of John 'The Younger' Hatch and Wife Of John Hatch, was born on Monday, 13 April 1525 at Sellingdge, Shepway, Kent, England.1,2 Marriage*circa 1552 Thomas married Joane Brissendene circa 1552 at Sellingdge, Shepway, Kent, England. They were ages at an unknown age and at an unknown age respectively. Death*13 October 1568 Thomas died at age 43 years and 6 months on 13 October 1568 at Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, England.1,2
Family Joane Brissendene born c 1527, died a 1574


Children
Winifred Hatch born c 1553, died October 1592
John Hatch born c 1555, died March 1628/29
Katherine Hatch born c 1557, died before 1628
Eleanor hatch born c 1559, died c 1628
Elizabeth Hatch born c 1561, Deceased
William Hatch born 9 December 1563, died 27 December 1611
Thomas Hatch born 30 June 1565, died c 1611



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JANE BOURCHIER (KNYVETT) 1497-1561

Jane Bourchier
Jane Bourchier was the daughter of John Bourchier, 2nd Lord Berners and Katharine Howard.1 She married Edmund Knyvett.1 She died on 17 February 1561/62.2 She was buried on 2 March 1561/62 at Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England.2 Her will (dated 6 April 1560) was probated on 9 March 1561/62.2 Her married name became Knyvett.1 In 1533 she inherited the estate of Ashwellthorpe.2 She succeeded to the title of 3rd Baroness Berners [E., 1455] on 19 March 1532/33, by writ, de jure.2
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EDMUND KNYVETT 1483-1546

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Mercy Winslow (Farr), daughter of Thomas Winslow, son of Samuel Winslow, son of Mercy Worden (Winslow), daughter of Mary Sears (Worden), daughter of Richard Sears, son of John Boucher Sayer or Sears, son of John Bouchier Sears, son of Anne Bouchier Knyvett (Sayer or Sears), daughter of Edmund Knyvett.]


The Ashwellthorpe Triptych





Southwick Hall, Northamptonshire, England





Ashwellthorpe Church, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe
A parish and village 9 miles southwest of Norwich—has 89 houses, 467 souls, and 979 acres of land, formerly divided into two parishes, called Ashwell and Thorpe, possessed in early times by the family of De Thorpe, from whom the manor passed to the Bouchier, Knyvett, and Wilson families.

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Southwick Hall, Northamptonshire, England

Family Home of the KNYVETT Family from 1300 - 1441
A great website loaded with photos of Southwick Hall: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.southwickhall.co.uk/images/crypt1.jpg&im grefurl=http://www.southwickhall.co.uk/crypt.htm&usg=__0Q834qYyNlemJQxwYoND6AC3UYQ=&h=448& w=600&sz=29&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=NADoLF7wDQuO1M:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135& prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522richard%2Bknyvett%2522%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1
Southwick Hall has been the home of three inter-related families.
The Knyvetts, (or Knyvets) 1300-1441: They built the medieval manor house which was then known as Knyvett's Place. The two towers, one at the front of the house and the other in the courtyard at the rear, remain to this day, together with adjoining rooms. There are records of Knyvetts in Southwick for at least a century before they built the present house. Richard Knyvett, a prominent wool merchant, was keeper of the forest of Clive (or Cliffe), part of Rockingham Forest, from 1324. His son, Sir John, was Lord Chancellor of Edward III, and of his descendants one was Member of Parliament for Huntingdon shire. Another, who was Sheriff of Northamptonshire, was taken prisoner while fighting in the Hundred Years War. A ransom of a thousand pounds was demanded, and possibly as a result of this the family ran into financial difficulties and an arrangement was made whereby the house and the estate were sold to John Lynn who had married Joan Knyvett.






















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Sir Edmund Knyvett 1486
Sir Edmund Knyvett (Knevitt), 1° B. Berners, was born in Buckenham, Norfolk. Married Jane Bourchier, Baroness Berners, in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, c1508. She died 1562. He was Serjeant Porter to Henry VIII, and was made Receiver of the Honour of Denbigh.

Edmund's will, dated June 24, 1546, and probated the same year, mentioned his wife, Jane, and his children, but not by name. The will of Jane Knyvett, widow, daughter and sole heir of John Bourchier, Knight, late Lord Berners, deceased, was dated April 8, 1560, and probated December 1562.

KFN is indebted to John Reginald's research for this information.
National Archives (UK)Reference: Phi/545 578 x 2
Indenture between King Henry VIII and Edmund Knyvett Esq. and Jane daughter of John Bourghchier, Lord Berners, granting them special livery of the said John's lands. With valor of said lands in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire. Signed by Henry VIII, (March 24, 1533).
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Notes from Tudorplace
Notes: Brother Thomas Knyvett. Sergeant Porter to Henry VIII. He acquired Ashwellthorpe through his marriage to Jane Bourchier, heiress of John Bourchier. Edmund's will, dated 24 June 1546, and probated the same year, mentioned his wife, Jane, and his children, but not by name. The will of Jane Knyvett, widow, daughter and sole heir of John Bourchier, Knight, late Lord Berners, deceased, was dated 8 April 1560, and probated December 1562. It included a record of an earlier legal document that mentioned her sons, William and Edmund Knyvett, as well as her son, John Knyvett, her heir apparent. Mentioned in the will were her sons, William and Edmund, her daughters and sons-in-law, Alice and Oliver Sheers, Rose Reymes widow, and Christian and Thomas Foster, and her "cousin", Thomas Knyvett, her heir apparent (presumably her grandson, the oldest son of her son, John ). Also mentioned were her "goddaughters", Jane Walpole, Mary Walpole, and Bridget Walpole, all unmarried, "the same Agnes" (unmarried and unidentified), Bridget (the daughter of Edmund Knyvett) who was unmarried, and Henry (the son of Thomas Knyvett) who was under 21. One of the executors was her son, William Knyvett. The "goddaughters" must be "granddaughters", since the will of William Walpole, son of Catherine and John Walpole, dated 5 August 1587, and proved 5 December 1587, in the PCC, mentioned his mother, Catherine , now married to Thomas Scarlett, and his sisters, Mary Houghton, Jane Ryvett, and Bridget Houghell (amongst others).
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Almost lost his hand
Early in 1541 on the tennis courts of the King's house, he struck Thomas Clere, a Norfolk gentleman and a retainer and friend of the Earl of Surrey, Henry Howard, drawing blood. It was his bad luck that only recently a statute had declared that the penalty for such an act was the loss of the right hand.












































On February 28, both men were arrested and bound in recognizance of five hundred marks each. On April 27 they were formally accused. On June 10, Sir Edmund was arraigned before the King's Justices at Greenwich and found guilty by a quest of yeomen of "maliciously" striking Thomas Clere and condemned to have his right hand amputated.












































The sentence was to be ritually carried out in what was evidently a new form of punishment. King Henry's Master Cook was to bring a knife. The Sergeant of the Poultry was directed to cut off the head of a cock on the same block and by the same knife used to remove the hand of the condemned. The King's Sergeant of the Larder was to do the deed. Finally, the Sergeant of the Cellar was to bring ale and beer, whether that was to celebrate or to cleanse the wound is not clear.












































The unfortunate Sir Edmund was brought to the scene and humbly confessing his guilt, begged that the left instead of the right hand be removed. For, he said, "if my right hand be spared I may hereafter do such good service to his Grace as shall please him to appoint." The justices, pleased by his supplications, interceded with Henry VIII, who, "moved by the gentle heart of the said Edmund and the good report of lords and ladies,," granted him a free pardon.












































The signature 'E.K.' attached to poems in the manuscript collection preserved in the British Museum (Addit. MS. 17492) is said to be that of Sir Edmund. The principal contributors to the collection are his kinsmen, Sir Thomas Howard and Sir Thomas Wyatt. See "The Descendants of William deTendring, Knt., of Tendering Hall & His Wife Dame Katherine Mylde, The First Ten Generations"






















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RICHARD SAYER or SEARS 1508-1540

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Mercy Winslow (Farr), daughter of Thomas Winslow, son of Samuel Winslow, son of Mercy Worden (Winslow), daughter of Mary Sears (Worden), daughter of Richard Sears, son of John Boucher Sayer or Sears, son of John Bouchier Sears, son of Richard Sayer or Sears.]

Richard Sears
Notes from http://www.stpeterscol.org.uk/sayer.html

RICHARD ...was born in Colchester in 1508, ... married ANNE BOURCHIER, daughter of EDMUND KNYVET, Esq., of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, the representative of the ancient and distinguished family of KNYVET.

It was during the time of this RICHARD SAYER that religious animosities and religious persecutions, excited by the violence of HENRY VIII. and other concurrent causes, attained their height. Unfortunately for his worldly peace and prosperity, RICHARD SAYER became a warm and zealous partisan on the side opposed to his own relatives, as well as to the existing Government, and found it prudent to escape with his wife and other refugees to Holland, where he settled at Amsterdam.

This was in the year 1537, and he died in 1540, leaving an only son, JOHN BOURCHIER SEARS, born in 1538. But the same difficulties that forced his father to quit England still existed, and he was excluded from the succession to the ancestral estates. Nor do we find that he made any effort to regain them. Being of a bold and adventurous disposition he preferred to seek renown for himself by his own exertions, and accompanied his father-in-law, Sir JOHN HAWKINS, in several of his voyages. He died in Holland, leaving by ELIZABETH HAWKINS (his wife) four sons, JOHN, HENRY, WILLIAM, and RICHARD. Taking into consideration that there were no male descendants of the other branch of the family (that of GEORGE SAYER) and the concurrence of dates, it may be presumed that the youngest of these four sons, viz., RICHARD, must have ventured into England, probably in the more tolerant days of Queen ELIZABETH, that, settling in Colchester, he died here, and that it is his monument which is now to be seen on the East wall of the Church, between the Chancel and Vestry door; the inscription on which is as follows:

HERE LYETH THE BODY OF RICHARD SAYER GENT. WHO WAS BVRIED THE 7TH DAY OF SEPTEM 1610. HE HAD TO HIS FIRST WIFE AILSE SPOONER BY WHOM HE HAD ISSVE ONE SONN, & TO HIS SECOND WIFE ELLEN LAWRENCE, WIDDOWE, BY WHOMHE HAD ISSVE ONE DAUGHTER NAMED IANE. BYRTH, LIFE, AGE, DEATH FOVRE BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE, HE HATH POSSEST, TRUE TRYALL OF GOD'S LOVE, BYRTH GENTLE, LIFE SOBER, AGE FVLL FOVRSCORE YERE, DEATH LAMBE-LIKE, MILDE, WITH CONSCIENCE GOOD & CLEAR, HEAVEN HATH HIS SOVLE, THE WORLD GOOD NAE HOVGH SORY YET IOY HIS LIFE IS CHANGED FOR ENDLESS GLORY.

Notes from http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2003-11/1069872299

Of the elder Brother RICHARD I have more to say—born in Colchester in 1508, he married ANNE BOURCHIER, daughter of EDMUND KNYVET, Esq., of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, the representative of the ancient and distinguished family of KNYVET.
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Exiled to Holland 1537
Richard had early imbibed in stong religious sentiments and denying the religious surpremacy of King Henry VIII he and his wife were exiled to Holland in 1537 and died there in 1540.
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Richard Sayre
Richard Sayre and his wife, Ann Bourchier Knyvet Sayre, fled Holland to escape religious persecution by King Henry VIII who exiled them because Richard would not swear spiritual supremancy to the King.
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JOHN BOUCHIER SEARS 1528-1561

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Mercy Winslow (Farr), daughter of Thomas Winslow, son of Samuel Winslow, son of Mercy Worden (Winslow), daughter of Mary Sears (Worden), daughter of Richard Sears, son of John Boucher Sayer or Sears, son of John Bouchier Sears.]





JOHN BOUCHIER SAYER or SEARS 1561-1629

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of Abigail Farr (Snow), daughter of Mercy Winslow (Farr), daughter of Thomas Winslow, son of Samuel Winslow, son of Mercy Worden (Winslow), daughter of Mary Sears (Worden), daughter of Richard Sears, son of John Boucher Sayer or Sears.]

Exiled from England... Settled in Plymoth
JOHN BOURCHIER, so named after his father, "he married MARIE L. daughter of PHlLIP VAN EGMONDE, of that city, and acquired with her a large fortune, principally in money. With this he was enabled to purchase property in Essex, adjoining the lands which he hoped soon to recover as his lawful patrimony. Amongst the estates thus bought were Bourchier and Little Fordham Manors, both of which had in former times belonged to his ancestors. But his return to England was resisted by those who were deeply interested in keeping at a distance so formidable a claimant to many of their broad acres. Strenuous and energetic were the efforts JOHN BOURCHIER SEARS made to remove the obstacles which intervened to keep him in exile; but all to no purpose. His opponents were inexorably hostile, and even threatened him with a prosecution, as a participator in the gunpowder plot, if he ventured to set foot in England. The attainder, it must be remembered, which hung over his grandfather, had never been removed, and still impended over the family at the time of his death in 1629."

He left two sons and two daughter, RICHARD, JOHN, MARIE, and JANE, the three latter settled in Kent; the eldest son

"worn out by his parents' want of success to recover their English possessions, determined at his father's death to quit England for ever. He accordingly took passage, with a party of Puritans, for New England in America, and landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts on the 8th of May, 1630. Here he became the founder of a family which has attained wealth and honours in the New World, and died in 1676, leaving behind him three sons, KNYVET, PAUL, and SYLAS.

"In the year 1851, a descendant of this family, the Honourable DAVID SEARS, of Boston, visited Colchester in company with a friend, Mr. H. G. SOMERBY, of London, and inspected with much interest the monuments in St. Peter's Church. With a view to perpetuate the recollection of the ties that attached his family to the town of Colchester, Mr. SEARS caused a brass tablet to be engraved, and obtained the permission of the late Vicar (the Rev. S. CARR), for its erection on the North wall of the Church."

This brass is divided into three columns, with the copies of the memorials on either side. The central column is headed by a coat of arms bearing the mottoes "EXALTAT HUMILES" and "HONOR ET FIDES". Beneath is repeated the motto "Exaltat humiles" and the following:

Worth is better than wealth,
Goodness better than nobility,
Excellence better than distinction.

To their Pilgrim Fathers,
a grateful posterity.

The outer columns transcribe the following memorials:
Sacred to the Memory of
Richard Sears, son of John Bouchier Sears and
Marie L. Van Egmont
in lineal descent from Richard Sears of Colchester
and Ann Bouchier Knyvet,
England.
he landed at Plymouth in 1630,
Married Dorothy Thacher
and died in Yarmouth in
1676.

Sacred to the Memory of Knyvet Sears
eldest son of Richard Sears of Yarmouth,
born in 1635, married
Elizabeth Dymoke
and died in England in
1686.

Sacred to the Memory of Paul Sears,
second son of Richard Sears
born in 1637, married
Deborah Willard
and died in Yarmouth in
1707.

Sacred to the Memory of Sylas Sears,
third son of Richard Sears,
born in 1639, married

and died in Yarmouth in
1697.

Sacred to the Memory of Daniel Sears,
son of Knyvet Sears of Yarmouth
born in 1682, married
Sarah Hawes
and died in Chatham in
1756.

Sacred to the Memory of Daniel Sears II
son of Daniel Sears of Chatham
born in 1712, married
Fear Freeman
and died at Chatham in
1761.

Sacred to the Memory of David Sears I
son of Daniel Sears II of Chatham
born in 1752, married
Ann Winthrop
and died in Boston in
1816.

An explanation for this plate is given along the bottom edge: ON GRANITE MONUMENTS IN THE GRAVEYARDS OF YARMOUTH, AND CHATHAM,
IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW ENGLAND, IN NORTH AMERICA, ARE THE ABOVE INSCRIPTIONS TO THE MEMORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE SAYERS OF ALDHAM, AND COLCHESTER. 1830.
Source: "Among the Tombs," an anonymous pamphlet dated 1880
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

KENELM WINSLOW 1528-1607

Kenelm Winslow Cottage, Kerswell-on-the-Green, England, UK


Kenelm Winslow Cottage, Kerswell-on-the-Green, England


Kenelm Winslow Will
This appars from his will, dated 14th April and proved 9th Nov., 1607, extracted from the District Registry of Her Majesty's Court of Probate at Worcester.

'In the Name & feare of God Amen - the xiiiith daye of Aprill in the yere of our Lord 1607, I Kenelme Wynslowe of the cittye of Worcester, yeom, being of verye pfect memorye although sicke in bedye doe make & declare my last Will & Testamt . .

Item. i devise and appoint vs in money ro the pore of the prshe of St. Andrew wherein I dwell to be distributed by my wife or by her appointmt. And as touching my goods and chattells I will & appoint the custodye thereof (my funerall's discharged & my debts paide) to Katherine my very loving Wife whome I ordaine constitute & appoint to be my Sole Executrix of this my prnt Will & appointing & wishing her nott to alter the pptie thereof (things overworne excepted) wthout the consent of my ealdest Sonne whom I require to be a guide & comforter to her. And such of my household stuffe as she shall thinke well of. I license her to dispose of to such of my children 7 grandchildren as shall best please her and the same nott to be delivered until after her decease and then the same to be delivered to them as the guift & legasie as well of me to them as of my saide wife. These bein gWitness prnte att the publishing hereof by me - kenelme Wynslo - John Evayns - Edward Tovy + - Richard calwall his marke 'II.'

Proved at Worcester on the 9th day of November 1607 by Katherine the Relict of the deceased the sole Executrix.'

From W.S. Appleton's papers." 829

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Notes for Kenelm Winslow"As to the parentage of the earlier Kenelm Winslow there is some uncertainty; he seems to have been named in honor of one Kenelm Bucke of Nash in the parish of Kempsey, who nuncupative will5, dated 20 August 1547 and proved in 1550, named a daughter Mary, to receive "such portion as his executor shall think necessary at his discretion." This Kenelm Bucke's son and heir was Francis Bucke, of Kempsey, whose will made in 1580 and proved the following year, was witnessed by John Winslow; in it the testator named his son John Bucke, supposedly he who bought Kereswell from Kenelm Winslow as stated above."1290


Details of a tentative English pedigree to be entered from John Hunt's article.1290, 1301


He owned Kereswell. 1290


He was "of Worcester. This Kenelm owned the considerable estate of Clerkenleap, and in 1559 bought Newport Place , another estate in Kempsey. He died in 1607, making a will on April 14th which was probated on November 9, 1607. In it he mentioned his wife Katherine and his children and grandchildren, without naming them." 565


"He is now thought to have been born about 1551; seemingly he is that Kenelm Winslow of the city of Worcester who was born about 1551 and died testate in 1607, his will called him of the parish of St. Andrew in Worcester and referring to his eldest son, other children, and grandchildren, but without naming them, and appointing his wife Katherine executrix.1290


Note, however, that the above supposition would have made him 9 years old when his son Edward was born. Another theory is that the Kenelm Winslow mentioned above was really a brother to Edward Winslow, not his father.322


"If we accept the evidence that Kenelm was the given name of Kenelm Winslow's maternal grandfather, then Kenelm was already a family name in the Winslow family. If Kenelm Winslow, born ca. 1551, and Edward Winslow, born 17 October 1560 (father of the colonists) were brothers, then Edward named a son Kenelm after his brother Kenelm or his grandfather Kenelm. He not only have a chronology that harmonizes with hitherto accepted data, but the colonist Edward becomes one generation closer to his relatives, the Grevilles".1302


"It has been suggested, but not proved, that he married Elizabet Foliot, daughter of John Foliot - see NEHGR 122:175-178". 256


It has also been suggested that he married Katherine ____.. 359


"Mr. William S. Appleton of Boston, who is a descendant of the first John Winslow in this country, of the seventh generation, informs me that during his recent visit to England, he saw at the Registry of Probate of Worcester in September last, the will of ' Kenelme Winslowe,' of the parish of St. Andrews, Worcester, dated April 14, 1607, proved November 9, 1607. He was evidently old, as his name is written in a weak and trembling hand. He appoints his wife Katherine sole executrix, and speaks of his children and grand children. He was a yeoman. Droitwich from which the New England Winslows emigrated is about 8 miles from Worcester, and it is probable that the above Kenelm Winslow was a relative, and possibly the grandfather of Gov. Edward Winslow and his brothers." 836


He was a "prosperous yeoman farmer from Kempsey". 838


"D. Kenelm Winslow, in Mayflower Heritage, identifies Thomas as Kenelm's father, on the basis of his study of parish registers, manorial records, land evidences, and the like. Hunt, for unstated reasons, apparently agreed. Details remain unpublished - a most unsatisfactory state of affairs." 1295


"In the Register, vol. 122, p. 175-178, July, 1968, facts were presented that tend to support the belief that the paternal grandmother of [Gov] Edward Winslow, Jr. (died in 1655) was Elizabeth (born in 1540), daughter of John Foliott (died in 1579), by his first wife, Eleanor Moore." More circumstances which buttress this theory were presented. 1303


"The following comments apply to George Wolkins' important paper, 'Edward Winslow (O.V. 1606-1611), King's Scholar and Printer' (Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s., vol. 60, cited to TAG, supra, 43:42).


p. 239: Kenelm Winslow died in 1607 but not in Kempsey, it would appear. His residence was in St. Andrew's Parish of the City of Worcester and there is no evidence that he died elsewhere; his inventory also styles him 'late of the cittye of Worcester.' 1297


p. 240: The eminant antiquary of Worcestershire, Thomas Habington, showed that Kenelm Winslow bought Kerswell in Kempsey from Sir Richard Newport and sold it to Sir John Bucke, but neither of these men was a baronet. Such a style did not commence until 1611, four years after Winslow's death. So the assertion or inference that Winslow bought from one baronet and sold to another seems wrong". 1297


p. 253: . . . See the Churchwarden's Accounts of St. Michael in Bedwardine, Worcester (Worcestershire Historical Soceity, 1896, 54-57), wherein it is shown that in 1562 Kenelm Winslow held land in Clifton, parish of Severnstoke. Moreover, Marflower Heritage (p. 63), makes it appear that by 1621 Edward Winslow Sr. had retired to Clifton where a Winslow family property had existed for three generations." 1297


"Their grandfather, Kenelm Winslow, was surely a yeoman, as proved by the text of his last will, dated and proved at Worcester in 1607. . . . It seems fair to state that while Kenelm Winslow was a yeoman, his son Edward was a gentleman. . . . In 1562 Kenelm Winslow held land in Severnstoke, co. Worcester, near the Somers and Clifton families, whom he named in a deposition dated in 1605; Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Michael in Bedwardine, Worcester, Worcestershire Historical Society (1896), p. 54-57; Banks MSS, Rare Book Room, Library of Congress." 1291


"Kenelme Winslowe, of the parish of St. Andrew in the city of Worcester, England, died in 1607. He owned estates called 'Clerkenleap' and 'Newport's Place,' in Kempsey, near by. His will, which was daated 14 April, 1607, was proved 9 November of the same eyar, and is still to be seen in Worcester. In it he mentions his widow Katherine, and refers to his children and grandchildren without giving names. Will is given in Winslow Memorial, page 21." 464


p. 257 f.: it is needful to point out that the text of the will of Kenelm Winslow, dated in 1607, is copied by Mr. Wolkins in a curiously garbled state. The corrected text below shows by interlinings what is left out by Mr. Wolkins:

In the name & feare of God amen he xiiith daye of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord 1607, I kenelme Wynslow of the Cittye of Worcester yeom., being of very perfect memory altho sicke in bodye doe make & declare my lst will 7 testament in manner & forme following, vizt:ffirst I commend my soule to the eternal God and my body to the earth to be buryed in comely sort of buriall ater my decease,

Item: I devise & appt. v s. in money to the pore of the psh of St. Andrew parish wherein I dwell to be distributed by my wife or by her appt. And as touching my goods & chattells, I will 7 appoint the custody thereof (my funeral discharged and my debts paide) to Katherine my very loving wife whom I ordaine, constitute and point to be my sole executrix of this my present will, apppointing and wishing her not to alter the purpartie hereof (things over worne excepted) without the consent of my ealdest sonne whom I require to be a guide & comforter to her, and such of my house-house stuffe as she shall think well of I licenseher to dispose of to such of my children and grandchildren as shall best please her and the same nott to be delivered until after her decease and then the same to be delivered to them as the figt and legacie as well of me to them as of my said wife. These being witnesses present at the publishing hereof. by me:

Kenelme Winslo

John Swayne

Edward Tovy

Ric. Caldoe, his marke

(Proved at Worcester before Mr. Edward Archbould, surr., sworn by Katherine the relict, 9 November 1607).[This will is at the ofice of the Worcester Record Office, ref. 008.7-92-1607. The inventory total is 73 li., 13 sh., and 8 d. The item 'three opittes' in Mr. Wolkins' transcript (p. 258) should be 'three spittes.' It may be of some significance that of the three witnesses to the will, two were weavers, i.e. Edward Tovy (admin. of effects recorded in 1611 at worcester) and Richard Caldoe, both of the parish of St. Andrew aforesaid.]" 1297


"Kenelm Winslowof Kempsey, England, died, 1607, in the parish of St. Andrew, Worcester, England; m.Catherine.His estates were 'Ckerkenleap,' and 'Newport's Place.' - His will, which was dated 14 April 1607, was proved 9 November of the same year, and is still to be seen in Worcester." 829


"Kenelm Winslow, who acquired in some way the considerable estate of Clerkenleap, half way to Worcester, on the west side of the road, between it and the river, also bought of Sir Richard Newport, in 1559, 'New Port Place,' another estate in Kempsey. . . Later in life, this Kenelm Winslow removed to st. Andrew's parish, Worcester, where he died in 1607. leaving a widow Katherine and sons.This appars from his will, dated 14th April and proved 9th November, 1607, extracted from the District Registry of Her Majesty's Court of Probate at Worcester.

'In the Name & feare of God Amen - the xiiiith daye of Aprill in the yere of our Lord 1607, I Kenelme Wynslowe of the cittye of Worcester, yeom, being of verye pfect memorye although sicke in bedye doe make & declare my last Will & Testamt . .

Item. i devise and appoint vs in money ro the pore of the prshe of St. Andrew wherein I dwell to be distributed by my wife or by her appointmt. And as touching my goods and chattells I will & appoint the custodye thereof (my funerall's discharged & my debts paide) to Katherine my very loving Wife whome I ordaine constitute & appoint to be my Sole Executrix of this my prnt Will & appointing & wishing her nott to alter the pptie thereof (things overworne excepted) wthout the consent of my ealdest Sonne whom I require to be a guide & comforter to her. And such of my household stuffe as she shall thinke well of. I license her to dispose of to such of my children 7 grandchildren as shall best please her and the same nott to be delivered until after her decease and then the same to be delivered to them as the guift & legasie as well of me to them as of my saide wife. These bein gWitness prnte att the publishing hereof by me - kenelme Wynslo - John Evayns - Edward Tovy + - Richard calwall his marke 'II.'

Proved at Worcester on the 9th day of November 1607 by Katherine the Relict of the deceased the sole Executrix.

'From W.S. Appleton's papers." 829


He was said to have been " of an old Worcester County family from Droitwich, England (MD XXIX 122), which had existed in Worcestershire since before 1500 (BK 98)." 1299

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JOHN GRIGGS 1436-1497

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Descendants of John Griggs
John Griggs was born in 1436 in Somerton, Suffolk, England--about 100 miles northeast of London. According to "Muskett's Suffolk Memorial Families," he is the earliest person known to have used the name Griggs, and we have been able to develop a direct link to him through our Griggs Family Tree.

Three fourth-generation descendants of John Griggs--namely, Thomas, George and Stephen--emigrated to the U.S. in 1639, less than 20 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The five siblings of the three sons are believed to have remained in England. Our branch of the Griggs Family Tree descended from Thomas. Major family names that married into our branch of the Griggs family since the 1800's include Root, Dewey, Griswold, Richardson, Smith, Watrous and Vandervort. The people who have "(*)" after their name are the direct descendants of John Griggs who were ancestors of the Griggs Family of Monroe County. The Griggs Coat of Arms contains the motto "Casu Non Mutatus" which is interpreted to mean "I will not be stayed from my cause" or "My cause will not be changed." "Casu" is "reason behind or cause," "Mutatus" is "change or alteration" and "Non" is "not."
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1. John GRIGGS (*) was born in 1436 in Somerton, Suffolk County, England.

The Griggs Family Newsletter contained the following quote from the "Genealogy of The Griggs Family," by Walter S. Griggs, of Norfolk, Virginia, published in 1926 by the Biblio Company, Inc.: "The first legal record of the Griggs name in England is found in Muskett's Suffolk Memorial Families, in which data is given of John Griggs, who died in Suffolk County, 27 April 1497. His son, William Griggs, yeoman of Stansfield, married Catherine Browne. He died in April, 1515, and his wife died 15 June 1520. He left three sons, Robert, William and Edmund."

"The name Griggs comes from Grig, Son of Gregor, who was Son of Scottish Chief Alpin, born A.D. 787. Presumably same origin as the name MacGregor."

He lived in Suffolk County, England between 1436 and 1497.

Suffolk County is a fairly large county of about 1,500 square miles (almost a million acres) on the eastern side of England (East Anglia). Its southern boundary (with Essex) is a mere 50 miles from central London. Its northern and western neighbors are Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, respectively. The remaining boundary, over 50 miles of coastline, faces the North Sea and Lowestoft Ness, representing England's most easterly point.

About 60 percent of the land surface in the country is a chalky boulder clay, and this has long been associated with good agricultural productivity. To the northwest lies Breckland, with its light sandy soil stretching toward the Fens. There is another region of light land or Sandlings to the southeast. The margins of the principal rivers--Waveney, Deben, Gipping (Orwell) and Stour, which flow eastwards into the North Sea--are mostly loam with some marshland. Very little of the county apart from its southwestern corner is more than 300 feet above sea level, but it is by no means flat and devoid of relief.

Suffolk County was settled very early with some sporadic evidence from the Paleolithic period onward, but by the Bronze Age there was significant activity in both the Breckland and Sandling areas. This was extended during the Iron Age, and by the time of the Roman occupation virtually the whole county showed obvious signs of civilization in terms of villas and farmlands. The establishment of roads by the Romans was a major step in establishing the local infrastructure subsequently developed by the Saxons and later the Normans. This featured towns, markets, churches, monasteries and castles.

There were at least 500 ecclesiastical parishes dating from this medieval period. Although the first local Bishop was based at Dunwich, the administrative structure did not crystallize until late 11th century, when Suffolk became part of the Diocese of Norwich--a situation lasting until comparatively recent times. Initially, the Suffolk portion of the Diocese was a single Archdeaconry, but this was divided into eastern and western parts in 1125.

In 1080, Suffolk was a county predominantly of villages and freemen, rather than of manors and feudal vassals. Its population was fairly evenly distributed. None of the seven principal towns, which included Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, and Dunwich, had over 3,000 residents.

Agricultural output in the form of flax, barley, sheep and cattle led to thriving local industries producing linen, malt for brewing, wool for cloth, and leather. The proximity of the sea made fishing an important resource. The absence of stone, apart from flint, brought about the exploitation of the local clay for the very widespread manufacture of bricks for building materials.

Ipswich, the county's largest town, seems to have been established on the north bank of the River Orwell during the 7th century. It soon became an important industrial and trading center, with a reputation for pottery manufacture which extended well beyond Suffolk. Much later on, it embraced new crafts and skills associated with shipping, the building of dock facilities, engineering, and fertilizer manufacture.

In the west the principal town is Bury St. Edmunds, site of what was, before the Reformation, probably the most influential monastery in the region. Other significant towns in the county include Lowestoft, Stowmarket and Sudbury.

He died on 27 April 1497 in Suffolk County, England.

John GRIGGS (*) and Rose UNKNOWN (GRIGGS) (*) were married in 1470 in Somerton, Hawkedon, Suffolk County, England. Rose UNKNOWN (GRIGGS) (*) was born about 1440 in Somerton, Suffolk County, England. She died before 27 April 1494 in Suffolk County, England. She was buried on 27 April 1494.

John GRIGGS (*) and Rose UNKNOWN (GRIGGS) (*) had the following children:
William GRIGGS Sr. (*).
Margaret GRIGGS.
Griggs Family Tree - Home PageOur Griggs ancestors have been traced back to John Griggs, who was born in 1436 in Somerton, Suffolk County, England--about 100 miles northeast of London. ...www.lutheransonline.com/griggs familytree -
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