New England Genealogy Notes



Person Sheet


Name Elizabeth FRENCH59
Baptism Date 27 Feb 1586/759
Baptism Place Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, England
Death Date 18 May 1648
Death Place Sudbury, Massachusetts
Immigration Date 1639
Father Jacob FRENCH
Mother Susan WARREN
Spouses
1 Henry LOKER-RIDDLESDALE59
Baptism Date 7 Feb 1576/7
Baptism Place Bures St. Mary, Suffolk/Essex, England
Will Dated Date 22 Feb 1630/1
Will Dated Place Bures St. Mary, Essex, England
Burial Date 25 Feb 1630/1
Burial Place Bures St. Mary, Suffolk/Essex, England
Father Robert LOKER-RIDDLESDALE (~1536-)
Mother Lucy _____
Children Henry (<1610-1688)
John (~1608-1653)
Bridget (-1685)
Anne (Hannah) (-1697)
Notes for Elizabeth FRENCH
Threlfall59 identifies Henry Loker's wife as Elizabeth _____, and speculates that she may have been a sister of Bridget, the wife of John Parmenter of Bures St. Mary who settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The name French is given by the website http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/tunnell/05119. This source needs additional investigation.
Notes for Henry (Spouse 1)
A summary of what is known about Henry Loker (alias Riddlesdale), compiled by Douglas Richardson of Tuscon, Arizona, appears in Threlfall's GMC50.59 Henry was a glover, and according to his mother's will he had been put out as an apprentice when young. He was from Bures St. Mary, but "As had his parents before him, he lived in that part of Bures Saint Mary which lies south of the River Stour and is [in] Essex county, tho[ugh] the parish church lies north of the river in Suffolk county. Apparently he dropped the name Riddlesdale and settled on Loker which had been an alias for several generations. His widow and children used only Loker after emigrating to New England."59 A transcript of Henry Loker's will is reproduced by Threlfall in which Henry identifies himself as "of Bures Saint Mary, county Essex." After Henry Loker's death, his widow and their children emigrated to New England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Henry's wife is only identified as Elizabeth _____ in Threlfall. See under her name for more details.
Last Modified 16 Dec 1999 Created 20 Jan 2006 by Robert J. O'Hara with Reunion for Macintosh
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