Ancestor Report
Ancestor Report
Twelfth Generation
3072. William FITCH376, 9G Grandfather. Will dated on 20 Jan 1595 at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Will proved on 17 Dec 1576.
William Fitch of St. Albans is the earliest known ancestor of the Massachusetts immigrant Zachary Fitch. Roscoe Conkling Fitch transcribes William’s will in its entirety and reports all that is known about him.255
He married Joane ROISE377, 9G Grandmother on 13 Oct 1566 St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
3096. Thomas WYMANT527, 9G Grandfather, son of 6192. Thomas? WYMANT & 6193. Ellen BRAND. Born abt 1565-1570.
According to Threlfall’s GMC50528, Thomas Wymant “was born about 1565-70, probably at Barkway, Hertfordshire. There on 8 November 1593, he married Joan Cressal, i.e. Chrishall. Her surname is derived from the parish of Chrishall in Essex just five miles to the northeast of Barkway. He may be the Thomas Wymant, widower, who married 13 March 1632 at Saint Albans, Jane Thorington (or Thornton), a widow of Saint Peter’s parish. He left no will.
“Thomas was probably the son of an earlier Thomas Wymant of Barkway wo married there 17 September 1562, Ellen Brand. This senior Thomas and Ellen (Brand) Wymant were parents of a son William who had a daughter, Ann, baptized in 1599. The senior Thomas was in turn probably the son of a still earlier Thomas Wymant, born about 1515, and probably the father of Henry, baptized 4 March 1542/3 at Barkway, of Richard who had a daughter, Katherine, of Ciceley, who married 30 November 1559 Robert Gue of Ardeley, and of Thomas as deduced. Thus, there were apparently three generations of Thomases.”
3098. Thomas RICHARDSON530, 9G Grandfather, son of 6196. Thomas RICHARDSON & 6197. Margaret SILVERSIDE. Born abt 1565-70. Buried 7 Jan 1633/4 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. Will dated 4 Mar 1630/1 at Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. Will proved on 31 Jul 1634.
According to Threlfall’s GMC50531, “THOMAS RICHARDSON was born about 1565-70. On 24 August 1590 [Threlfall gives this date as 25 August on p. 536] at West Mill, Hertfordshire, he married Katherine Duxford of that parish. The marriage record states that he was of Standon, which is the next parish to the south. She was the daughter of Richard and Joan Duxford, and was born about 1565-70. They settled down in West Mill.
“Katherine was buried 10 March 1630/31 [Threlfall gives this date as 1631/32 on p. 536] at West Mill. Thomas was buried there 7 January 1633/4. An abstract of his will follows.”
Thomas Richardson’s son Ezekiel had been comprehensively documented in Anderson’s GMB532 where it is noted that “Samuel Richardson and Thomas Richardson, brothers of Ezekiel, arrived in New England by 1635; Francis Wyman and John Wyman, sons of Ezekiel Richardson’s sister Elizabeth, also came to New England [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-27].”
Thomas Richardson and Katherine Duxford are ancestors to U.S. Presidents Bush, Coolidge, Hoover (probably), and Pierce,533 and to suffragist Susan B. Anthony.417
3099. Katherine DUXFORD530, 9G Grandmother, daughter of 6198. Richard DUXFORD & 6199. Joan _____. Born abt 1565-70. Buried 10 Mar 1630/1 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England.
According to Threlfall’s GMC50536, “MICHAEL NUTT probably grew up in or near Barking, Suffolk, England, for in that parish on 23 May 1586, he married Elizabeth Jackaman. On 5 February 1617/18, she was buried in the same parish. They apparently lived there during the thirty two years they were married, for here their several children were baptized. He married again in 1619 at Old Newton, Suffolk, Christian Godard. Michael Nutt was buried on 24 November 1630 at Barking, Suffolk, ‘an oulde man of Needham’, and she, ‘a poor widow of Needham’ was buried on 29 June 1631, also at Barking. Barking is about one mile southwest of Needham and Old Newton, where he married his second wife, is about five miles north of Needham.”
3101. Elizabeth JACKAMAN535, 9G Grandmother, daughter of 6202. Ambrose JACKAMAN & 6203. Rose _____. was baptized on 29 Sep 1567 in Mendlesham, Suffolk, England. Buried 5 Feb 1617/8 in Barking, Suffolk, England.
3120. William SYMONDS, 9G Grandfather, son of 6240. John SYMONDS & 6241. Joan PETT. Born abt 1541. Died on 27 Jul 1606. Buried in Winchester Cathedral, England.
Data from http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/simonds.htm. “Sworn into the merchant guild Oct. 26, 1565. Owner of lands at Chawton. Three times mayor of Winchester in 1575, 1585, and 1596.”
3128. William TODD4, 9G Grandfather. Born in 1569 in Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. Died in 1617.
3129. Isabel ROGERSON4, 9G Grandmother. Born in 1571 in Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
3144. William BROWNE182, 9G Grandfather. Born say 1505. Will dated 5 Jan 1565[/6] at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. Buried 25 Jan 1565/6 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England.
According to Smith,537 “William and Joan Brown were married and their children born before the commencement of the Sawbridgeworth registers, but their probate records describe their children and leave hints of more distant relatives. It is possible that William’s eldest brother was Thomas, since William remembered Thomas’ son, John, herhaps the ‘heir male,’ in his 1565 will. It is equally possible that the Thomas in question was William’s own son and the John was William’s eldest grandson.” Smith includes a transcript of William Browne’s will here, and continues (p. 170): “In her will eight years later, Joan did not mention three of William’s sons, William, Thomas and Nicholas, leading to speculation that they might not have been her children. She did mention John and Laurence, and gave them duties but no legacies.” Following a transcription of Joan’s will, Smith concludes (p. 171): “These two wills indicate a comfortable household and hint at occupation for William, perhaps carried on by son Nicholas. The ‘shoppe bord’ could have been a table in their place of business, but we really have no indication that that business might have been.”
He married Joan _____182, 9G Grandmother say 1530.
They had the following children:
i.
William, 9G Uncle (1531->1565)
ii.
Annis, 9G Aunt (1533->1573)
iii.
Thomas, 9G Uncle (1535->1565)
iv.
John, 9G Uncle (1537->1573)
v.
Laurence, 9G Uncle (1539->1573)
vi.
Alice, 9G Aunt (1541->1573)
vii.
Nicholas, 9G Uncle (1543->1565)
viii.
Margaret, 9G Aunt (1545->1573)
1572ix.
Edmund, 8G Grandfather (~1547-)
According to Smith,540 “In Trinity Term, 5 Elizabeth, William sold his land consisting of a messuage and land in ‘Sabrichesworth’ by fine to Edward Leventhorp, Esq., (‘Feet of Fines for Hertfordshire,’ The Herts. Genealogist and Antiquary, 1[1895]:337).
“This interesting family gave rise to a significant cluster of New England immigrants. Daughter Mary was mother of at least four Browne immigrants, as seen above, and son Thomas fathered three with Massachusetts Bay connections; Phebe, wife of John Perry of Roxbury, Mary, wife of William Heath of Roxbury, and Hester, wife of Thomas Miller, whose sisters immigrated.
“An early article on the Cramphorne family appeared in NYG&B Record 70[1939]:244, correctly identifying immigrants Daniel and Mary. Unfortunately, the same article incorrectly reported almost every date taken from the parish registers. The following presentation incorporates the correct dates. The Record author was also unaware of Mary1 Cramphorne’s early death and her husband William Heath’s remarriage to another Mary (Register 132[1978]:20).”
3160. Richard FARNSWORTH201, 9G Grandfather. Born ca 1558 in Eccles (Farnsworth), Lancashire, England.
Child:
1580i.
Richard, 8G Grandfather (~1584-)
