Ancestors of Bianca Evelyn Gordon

Notes

16580. Thomas Claiborne

Thomas Claiborne was the son of Thomas Cleyborne, the Elder and his wife probably named Katherine, of St. Margaret Parish in King's Lynn Borough, Co. Norfolk, England. Thomas the Elder was a merchant and was born around 1525 in St. Margaret's, where he married. In 1552/3 Thomas the Elder was admitted Free of King's Lynn, his franchise being secured by apprenticeship. Thomas the Elder was at some point Alderman, as well as Justice of the Peace for King's Lynn Borough. In 1572 he appeared as Ableman in the Norfolk Muster Rolls and he became Mayor of King's Lynn Borough in 1572.

16600. Major Joshua Wynne

Joshua Wynne 1663-1714 Joshua Wynne (Major) b. 1663 Jordan's Parish, VA d. 1714 Henrico County, VA m. Mary Jones. Children: Peter 1685-1738, Joshua II 1690-?, Mary, William 1699-1777, Robert 1705-?, Francis. Joshua served as justice in the Charles City County court, sheriff of Prince George County 1705-1712, and commanded various militia units in the Virginia colonies. He made several trips to England trading tobacco, responsible for treaties with Indians from New York to Virginia, and mentioned numerous times as a close family friend of the Byrds of Westover (Colonel William Byrd II's diaries). Joshua was assassinated by American Indians.

Maj. Joshua Wynne lived among the Indians in the Virginia Colony. In 1703, the Nottoway, Nansemonds, and Meherrin tribes requested that Joshua and his brother Thomas Wynne be appointed Indian Interpreters for the tribe. When a Chief of these tribes was taken prisoner by the Senecas, the Wynne brothers were begged to accompany the Indians on this long and dangerous journey, as without them "nothing could be accomplished". This journey was undertaken and their chief was retrieved, temporarily averting a tribal war.

18938. Captain Henry Isham

Immigrated circa 1656 to Henrico Co., VA. Resided at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., VA.

20192. John Epes

For interesting details of his life and provisions of his will, see "Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia" Vol. I.

John Epes, Gent., late of New Inn, third son and one of the heirs of Alan Eppes, late of Lydde, Gent., was admitted to the Middle Temple on 2 August 1572. He was living at New Romney in 1579, was of Detling 1579-92, although also was of Maidstone in 1578 and of Ashford 1592-1627. He was administrator of his brother William in 1578, executor of his uncle William in 1581, and executor of his brother Thomas in 1585.
"He married, 15 June 1579 at Detling, Kent, Thomazine Fisher, daughter of Alexander Fisher (who was buried 7 September 1590) of Horsepool in Detling and his wife Katherine, daughter of Peter Maplesden of Lydd, Kent.

20194. Captain Thomas Paulet

Thomas Paulet was born about 1578, Hampshire, England. Emigrated to Virginia on the "Neptune" August 1618, age 40. John Trussell, 19 "yeres", an indentured servant of Paulet, arrived in 1622 on the "Southampton."

Thomas Paulet's muster: "Corne, 20 bushels; Fish, 200; ARMS AND MUNITIONS: Powder, 2 lb.; Shott, 6 lb: Coats of Male, 3 and a headpiece; Peeces fixt, 3. POULTRIE: Poultrie, 15. HOUSES: Houses, 2." Received a headright (land grant) from James I, King of England. ("Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1607-1624/25, Third Edition, 1987," page 14). This same reference shows that a Captain John Flood bought land from Thomas Paulet of Westover, Virginia Colony 2 October 1634.
Listed on a plaque at the site of the Jamestown Colony as a member of the first Virginia House of Burgesses from Jamestown in 1619. Was a member of the General Assembly in 1639-40, and is listed along with his son-in-law, Captain Francis Eppes, for the County of Charles City.
Jan. 9, 1625/26, Captain Francis Eppes was a witness for Thomas Paulet in the controversy between Thomas Paulet and the Rev. Grevill Pooley (MSCS, - Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial, Virginia, 2nd Edition, by H.R. McIlwaine).
Captain Francis Epps was appointed Commissioner for the Upper Parts of the British Colony Virginia 8 August 1626, and commander of the forces with Captain Thomas Pawlet to attack the Weyanoke and Appomattox Indians 4 July 1627.
There is no record of Francis Eppes in Virginia between 7 March 1628/9 and February 1631/2. He probably returned to England with his wife and two sons, for on 8 September 1630, "Thomas, son of Francis Eps and Marie was born" in London. One may assume that Thomas was named after his grandfather Thomas Pawlet.
In Thomas Pawlet's will, he left his daughter Marie Eppes, the wife of Captain Francis Eppes, his Bible and 20 schillings to buy a mourning ring in his memory. Family Bibles were typically given to one's son or daughter because the Bible had the family lineage in it. He left his drum to Francis Eppes and made him the administrator of his will. Thomas Paulet's will is in "Byrd's Book of Title and Deeds, MS," which is in now in the holdings of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA.
Much of the foregoing from "Ancestors and Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia. (Epes-Eppes-Epps), Vol. I, Society of the Descendants of Francis Epes I of Virginia, 1992.

Thomas Paulet was a descendant of Magna Charta Sureties:
Gilbert de Clare, Baron,
Richard de Clare, Baron,
Saire de Quincey, Baron, Earl of Winchester,
William d'Albini, Baron, Lord of Belvoir Castle,
William de Mowbray, Baron, Governor of York Castle,
John de Lacie, Baron, Earl of Lincoln, and
Robert de Roos, Baron of Hamlake Castle, as well as
numerous kings and queens of England, Scotland, France, Germany, Castile, Navarre, Leon and the Holy Roman Empire.
(from "Magna Charta," parts I and II by John S. Wurts, Brookfield Publishing Co., Phila., PA)

This family is believed to have descended from Hercules Sieur de Tournan, a knight from Picardy, who was granted the lands and manor of Pawlett in Somerset in 1134, and whose descendants were said to have taken the name of that manor (Poole, p. 106). The earliest accurate record of the Paulet/Powlett family dates from 1356.

All the genealogy on the Paulets in England was researched for Adelia Stewart Sallee by Ken Smallbone, B.A. (Hons), AGRA, Genealogist & Historical Researcher, 47 Ochil Close, Basingate, Hants RG22 BBY, England: 10 Sept 1987.

Sources:
Burke's Peerage
K.B. Poole: Historical Heraldi Families (David & Charles, 1975)
Visitations of Hampshire (Harl. Soc.)
Oldham Parish Registers
Monumental Inscriptions in Eling Church
Will of Chideock Paulet, PCC 12 Pyckering
Will of Thomas Paulet, PCC 4 Drake
Will of Francis Paulet, PCC 77 Kidd

20196. John Kent

Merchant tailor.

20222. Colonel Henry Browne

Henry Browne was an early immigrant to Virginia and as a member of the Virginia Council was involved in the politics of Virginia from 1634 to 1662. Governor Argall in 1619 defined the Four Mile Tree (Four miles from Jamestown upriver) as the farthest limits of Jamestown. Henry Browne patented his plantation there on the southside of the James River purchasing portions of it from the heirs of John Smith.
He was a member of the Virginia Council in intervals from 1634 to 1662 and a vestryman of Southwarke Parish, Surry County Virginia, in 1661. Southside Virginia Families, Volume I, by John Bennet Boddie, Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, California, 1955.

Colonel Henry Browne of "Four Mile Tree." His only daughter married Major William Browne who became known as William Browne of "Four Mile Tree."

22656. John Sr. Washburn

JOHN WASHBURN
ORIGIN: Bengeworth, WorcestershireMIGRATION: 1632FIRST RESIDENCE: PlymouthREMOVES: DuxburyRETURN TRIPS: Possibly to England and back in 1634OCCUPATION: Tailor.FREEMAN: "John Washburne, Senior," was in the 1639 list of those who had taken the oath of fidelity at Duxbury. Admitted to freemanship on 2 June 1646 and as a result added to the Duxbury section of the 1639 list of freemen. In the Duxbury sections of the 1658 and 29 May 1670 (as "John Washburne, Senior") lists of freemen.EDUCATION: He signed his name to a coroner's inquest.OFFICES: Grand jury, 4 June 1645. Jury, 7 September 1642, 5 November 1644, 7 June 1648, 5 June 1666, 25 October 1668 . Appointed to view bounds, 1 June 1647, 10 June 1650 . Coroner's jury on the body of John Paybody.Duxbury surveyor of highways, 5 March 1638/9, 6 June 1649. Fined 4 March 1650/1 for failing to mend the highways.In the Duxbury section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms. (The son of the immigrant was probably the John Washburn who was one of six men from Duxbury sent forth as soldiers in the "late expedition against the Narrohiggansets and their confederates," 28 October 1645.)ESTATE: Assessed 9s. in Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633.On 5 January 1635/6 John Washborne purchased from Edward Bompass a house and palisado, and the court confirmed the purchase.On 14 March 1635/6 John Washburne had rights for one cow on Mr. Capt. Standish's hay ground . Standish and Washburne had the same arrangement on 20 March 1636/7.On 6 April 1640 William Sherman and "John Washborne" were "to have such accommodations of land as may be spared in the place where they desire". On 5 April 1641 it was ordered that John Washbourne might have forty acres in Duxborrow "if it be there to be had".On 4 March 1647[/8] Morris Truant of Duxbury and his wife Jane sold to "John Washburne" of Duxbury twenty acres of planting land, eight acres of planting land and two parcels of meadow.On 3 June 1662 "John W[ashburn] Senior as an ancient freeman and as a servant" was granted land.On 26 May 1666 "John Washburne Senior of Duxburrow," planter, deeded to "Phillip Washborne his true and natural son all that his dwelling house, outhouses and buildings situate in Duxburrow aforesaid, and all and singular the upland and meadow now thereunto belonging".BIRTH: Baptized at Bengeworth, Worcestershire, 2 July 1597, son of John and Martha (Timbrell) (Stephens) Washburn.DEATH: Early in 1671 (apparently living on 17 March 1670/1 and 22 May 1671 when his son was called Jr., but died soon after, as the document was altered to call the son Sr. .MARRIAGE: Bengeworth, Worcestershire, [23 November?] 1618 Margery Moore sailed for New England in 1635 with her two sons; no further record.CHILDREN:
i JOHN, bp. Bengeworth 26 November 1620; m. Plymouth 6 December 1645 Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of EXPERIENCE MITCHELL.

ii PHILIP, bp. Bengeworth 2 June 1622 [Washbourne Gen 48, 49]; bur. there 7 June 1622.

iii PHILIP, b. about 1624 (aged eleven in 1635 ; m. by about 1664 Elizabeth Irish, daughter of JOHN IRISH.

COMMENTS: "Margerie Washborn," aged 49, and her two sons, "Jo[hn] Washborne," aged 14, and "Phillipp Washborne," aged 11, were passengers on the Elizabeth & Ann to New England in 1635 [Hotten.Washburn was taxed in 1633 but not in 1634, and then in March of 1635 he purchased some land, and soon after his wife and children arrived in New England. This sequence of events suggests that John Washburn returned to England late in 1633 to arrange for the passage of his family, and that he returned late in 1634, some months before the rest of his family sailed in the spring of 1635.

22658. Experience Mitchell

Passenger on the "Anne," third ship to bring colonists to Plymouth.

EXPERIENCE MITCHELL
ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1623 on Anne FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Duxbury by 1639, Bridgewater between 1684 and 1689 FREEMAN: In "1633" Plymouth list of freemen in close proximity to those admitted 1 January 1632/3 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 1:4]. In Plymouth Colony list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 1:53]. In Duxbury section of lists of freemen dated 1639, 1658, 29 May 1670, and [blank] March 1683/4 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 5:274, 8:174, 198, 203]. EDUCATION: His inventory included "books" valued at 14s. He signed his will. OFFICES: Grand jury, 7 June 1659 (fined for refusing to serve), 5 June 1666, 5 June 1677 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 3:163, 4:123, 5:230]. Petit jury, 1 June 1647, 7 June 1648, 6 June 1649, 5 October 1640, 5 June 1644, 7 June 1649, 4 June 1652 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 2:117, 126, 140, 177, 7:17, 37, 46, 60]. Coroner's jury, 7 May 1662 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:12]. Duxbury surveyor of highways, 1 June 1658 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 3:136]. In Duxbury section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 8:189]. ESTATE: In 1623 Plymouth land division, George Morton and Experience Mitchell together received eight acres [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:6]. In 1627 Plymouth cattle division "Experience Michaell" was the tenth person in the first company with Francis Cooke [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:9]. On 9 May 1631 Experience Michell sold to Samuell Eddy his dwelling house and part of his garden plot [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:18]. Assessed 18s. in Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 and 9s. in list of 27 March 1634 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 1:10, 27]. He was forty-ninth on the list of Purchasers [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 2:177]. In an undated entry, but probably in 1645, Mr. John Holmes of Plymouth, messenger, sold Experience Mitchell of Duxbury two acres of marsh meadow [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:109]. On 20 March 1647 Samuel Eedy sold Experience Mitchell one acre of marsh meadow [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:151]. On 1 July 1650 Experience Mitchell purchased two acres of marsh meadow in Duxbury at Blewfish River from Andrew Ringe of Plymouth [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:189]. On 20 November 1650 William Paybody of Duxbury, planter, sold to Experience Mitchell of Duxbury, planter, a house and ten acres of land at Blewfish River in Duxbury [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 12:198]. On 3 October 1662 Experience Mitchell was one of a group nominated for consideration for lands on the northerly bounds of Taunton "if any be left over" [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:27]. On 8 June 1664 he was part of a group permitted to look for land between Bridgewater and the Bay line [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:67]. On 7 June 1665 Experience Mitchell was fifth on a list of twenty-four shares of land on the westerly side of Namasskett River "for his children," no one to possess above two shares [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:94]. He again had liberty to look for land 5 June 1666 [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:132]. On 3 June 1668 he was granted land near Mattapoisett River [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 4:185]. On 29 October 1668 and 1 June 1669 the court arranged for Experience Mitchell and others to have land at Namassakett [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 5:5, 20]. In his will, dated 5 December 1689 [sic] and proved 4 September 1689, "Experience Mitchell now living in the town of Bridgwater" bequeathed to "my son Edward Mitchell ... all my lands both upland and meadow lying in the town of Duxbury at the place where I formerly dwelt"; if "my wife Mary Mitchell shall survive me I require my son Edward to take care of her" if she wished to live in Bridgewater, but if "she rather incline to live at Duxbury" then half the rent of the land at Duxbury to be given her during her life; "my son Edward shall have the sole dispose of it as to the letting of it out for the house I acknowledged it to be his," he also to receive household goods; to "my son John I have formerly given him his portion of land and my will is that he rest satisfied ... which was fourscore acres of upland and four acres of meadow lying at Namatakeesit" and the moveables in his hands, "one cow, a short gun, a small iron kettle I give unto my grandson Experience and the remainder I give unto my son John"; "as for my land lying in the town of Middlebury I give it to my daughters Mary Shaw, Sarah Haward and Hannah Haward and to my grandson Experience Mitchell the son of my son John to be equally divided"; to "my daughter Mary Shaw 20s."; to "Hannah Haward 40s."; "and if my stock stand I give to my grandson Thomas Mitchell one cow and to my granddaughter Mary Mitchell one cow"; "I leave the dispose of my granddaughter Mary Mitchel with my son Edward and Joseph Bartlett"; residue of moveables and chattels to "my son Edward Mitchell," executor [MD <javascript:APop(p24549,100,120);> 4:150-51, citing PPR <javascript:APop(p24550,100,120);> 1:44-45; Small Gen <javascript:APop(p24551,170,204);> 518-20]. The inventory of the estate of Experience Mitchel of Bridgwater was taken 14 May 1689 and totalled £21 17s., including no real estate. BIRTH: By about 1603 based on estimated date of marriage. DEATH: By 14 May 1689 when his inventory was taken. MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1628 Jane Cooke, daughter of FRANCIS COOKE She died before 1641, and perhaps some years earlier. (2) By about 1641 Mary _____. She died after about 1662 (birth of last child). CHILDREN:
With first wife
i ELIZABETH, b. Plymouth say 1628; m. Plymouth 6 December 1645 John Washburn
ii THOMAS, b. Plymouth say 1630. In 1936 Merton Taylor Goodrich argued at length that this Thomas Mitchell was the same as a man of that name who appeared on Block Island by 1678 and had a family there [TAG <javascript:APop(p24556,90,108);> 12:93-99; see also NEHGR <javascript:APop(p24557,110,132);> 82:457-58, which does not make this claim]. Others who have agreed with this position are G. Andrews Moriarty [TAG <javascript:APop(p24556,90,108);> 19:226] and Robert S. Wakefield [MD <javascript:APop(p24549,100,120);> 38:187-89].
iii MARY, b. Plymouth say 1632; m. (1) Plymouth 24 December 1652 James Shaw [PCR <javascript:APop(p24526,140,168);> 8:14], son of JOHN SHAW </cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=greatmigrationindex&f3=jumptoJOHNSHAW>; m. (2) John Jenny [BrLR 3:61].

22659. Jane Cooke

Passenger on the "Anne," third ship to bring colonists to Plymouth.

22792. Governor, Plymouth Colony William Bradford

Came to America on the Mayflower in 1620.
ORIGIN: Leiden, HollandMIGRATION: 1620FIRST RESIDENCE: PlymouthOCCUPATION: Magistrate.CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: As a member of the Scrooby congregation, Bradford was of course prominent also in the churches both at Leiden and Plymouth.FREEMAN: In "1633" list of Plymouth freemen, prior to those admitted on 1 January 1632/3. "Mr. William Bradford" (as governor) was in the Plymouth section of the list of 1639.EDUCATION: Although not educated at one of the universities, Bradford could certainly hold his own with any of those who were. His library was one of the most extensive among the first generation of New Englanders, being valued at £15 3s., and, like many of the ministers, he had knowledge of many languages, including Hebrew. His education was also on display in his many writings.OFFICES: Governor of Plymouth Colony, 1621-33, 1635, 1637, 1639-43, 1645-56. Plymouth Colony Assistant, 1634, 1636, 1638, 1644. Plymouth Commissioner of the United Colonies, 1647-49, 1652."Mr. Bradford" in Plymouth section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms.ESTATE: In 1623 Plymouth land division received three acres as a passenger on the Mayflower, and Alice Bradford received one acre as a passenger on the Anne. In the 1627 Plymouth cattle division "the Governor Mr. William Bradford and ... his wife Alles Bradford," William Bradford, Junior, and Mercy Bradford were the first four persons in the eleventh company.Assessed £1 16s. in the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 and £1 7s. in the list of 27 March 1634.In his nuncupative will, dated 9 May 1657 and proved 3 June 1657, "Mr. William Bradford Sen[io]r being weak in body, but in perfect memory having deferred the forming of his will in hopes of having the help of Mr. Thomas Prence therein," stated that he had "disposed to John and William already their proportions of land, which they are possessed of," asked "that my son Joseph be made in some sort equal to his brethren out of my estate," made "my dear and loving wife Allice Bradford" executrix and for "her future maintenance my will is that my stock in the Kennebecke trade be reserved for her comfortable subsistence," appointed "my well-beloved Christian friends Mr. Thomas Prence, Captain Thomas Willett and Lieutenant Thomas Southworth" as supervisors, to whose wisdom he commended "some small books written by my own hand to be improved as you shall see meet; in special I commend to you a little book with a black cover, wherein there is a word to Plymouth, a word to Boston, and a word to New England, with sundry useful verses".The inventory of "the estate of Mr. William Bradford sr. lately deceased" was taken 22 May 1657 and was not totalled; it included several parcels of real estate, not all of which were valued: "the house and orchard and some small parcels of land about the town of Plymouth," £45; "one parcel at Eastham and another at Bridgwater," not valued; and "a small parcel about Sawtuckett and his purchase land at Coaksett with his rights in the town's land at Punckatessett," not valued.BIRTH: Baptized Austerfield, Yorkshire, 19 March 1589/90, son of William and Alice (Hanson) Bradford.DEATH: Plymouth 9 May 1657.MARRIAGE: (1) Amsterdam, Holland, 10 December 1613 Dorothy May of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; she died 7 December 1620.(2) Plymouth 14 August 1623 Alice (Carpenter) Southworth [Prince, daughter of Alexander Carpenter and widow of Edward Southworth; she died Plymouth 26 March 1670.CHILDREN:
With first wife

i JOHN, b. say 1617; m. by 1650 Martha Bourne, daughter of Thomas Bourne
With second wife
ii WILLIAM, b. Plymouth 17 June 1624; m. (1) by 1650 Alice Richards, daughter of THOMAS RICHARDS, d. Plymouth 12 December 1671 ; m. (2) _____ _____; m. (3) after 7 March 1675/6 Mary (Wood) Holmes, daughter of John Wood and widow of John Holmes.

iii MERCY, b. by 1627; m. Plymouth 21 December 1648 Benjamin Vermayes.
iv JOSEPH, b. about 1630; m. Hingham 25 May 1664 Jael Hobart, daughter of Reverend Peter Hobart, and granddaughter of EDMUND HOBART.

22793. Alice Carpenter

Alice arrived at Plymouth in June 1623 in the Anne.

On 14 Aug 1623 William second married Alice Carpenter (978) , daughter of Alexander Carpenter (1551-1612) & Priscilla Dillon (-1664), at Plymouth, MA.Born ca 1590 at Somerset, England.Baptized on 3 Aug 1590 at Wrington, Somerset, Eng.Alice died at Plymouth, MA, on 26 or 27 Mar 1670/1. "on the 26 Day of March 1670 Mistris Allice Bradford senir: Changed this life for a better haveing attained to fourscore yeares of age or therabouts shee was a godly Matron; and much loved while shee lived and lamented tho; aged when shee Died and was honorabley enterred on the 29 Day of the month aforsaid; att New Plymouth". Buried on 29 Mar 1670/1 in Plymouth, MAAlice arrived at Plymouth in June 1623 in the Anne.Will: From the Southworth Genealogy: The last will and Testament of Mistress Alice Bradford Sennr ofPlymouth deceased; exhibited to the Court att Plymouth in NewEngland the 7th day of June Anno: Dom. 1670 on the oathes ofNathaniel Morton and Lieut. Ephraim Morton: as followeth;"I allis Bradford senir of the Towne of Plymouth in the Juris-diction of New England widdow: being weake in bodv but of dis-posing mind and perfect memory blessed be God; not knowing howsoone the Lord may please to take mee out of this world unto him-selfe; doe make and ordaine this to be my last will and Testament,in manner and forme as followeth; Imps; I bequeath my soule togod that gaue it and my body to the dust in hope of a Joyfull Resur-rection vnto Glory desiring that my body may be Intered as nearvnto my deceased husband; Mr William Bradford: as Convenientlymay be; and as for my worldly estate I dispose of it as followeth:Impris: I give and bequeath vnto my deare sister, Mary Carpenter:the bed I now lye on with the furniture therevnto belonging and apaire of sheets and a good Cow and a yearling heiffer and a young12 SOUTHWORTH GENEALOGYmare. Item I give and bequeath vnto my son Mr. Constant South-worth my Land at Paometty viz: all my Purchase land there; withall my Rights Privilidges and appurtenances therevnto belonging:To him and his heires and assignes for ever: Item I give and bequeathvnto my said Constant Southworth . . . and vnto my son Mr. JosephBradford: the one halfe of my sheep to be equally deuded betwixtthem; and the other halfe to my son Captaine William BradfordItem I give vnto my said son Joseph Bradford my paire of workingoxen and a white heffer; Item I give vnto my honored friend MrThomas Prence one of the books were my dear husbands library;which of them hee shall choose; Item I giue vnto my deare Grand-child Elizabeth Howland; the daughter of my deare son CaptaineThomas Southworth deceased; the some of seauen pounds; for thevse and benefit of her son James howland Item I giue vnto my ser-vant maide Mary Smith a Cow Calfe to be deliuered her the nextspringe if I decease this winter and if I doe not decease this winter;my will is that shese haue one deliuered to her out of my estatein som short time after my decease: all the rest of my estate not dis-posed of already by this my last will and Testament; as aboue said;I giue and bequeath by this my last Will and Testament; I giue andbequeath vnto my sonnes Mr Constant Southworth Captaine WilliamBradford to be equally tharided amongst them in equall and alikeproportions. In Witness that this is my last Will and TestamentI the said Alice Bradford haue heervnto sett my hand and seale;this twenty ninth day of December Anno: Dom. one Thousand sixhundred sixty nine.The A marke ofSigned and sealed in Alice Bradford senrthe prensence offEphraim Morton and herNathaniel Morton (seal)WitnessesIn the inventory of her property are included, 8 Cowes, 2 yearlings,a 2 yeare old steare a steare of 4 years old, 1:2 years old heiffer, 1 oldhorse with three mares 17 sheep and 2 lambs. There is mentionof furniture in the Now Parlor Chamber,* in the outward ParlorChamber, In the old Parlor Chamber. In the study in books 90 vols.Mr. Perkins two of them3 of Doctor Willets on genesis exodus & Daniel 1.00.001.00.00Quickrawaden 0.10.00the history of the Church 0.08.00Peter Martins comon places 0.15.00Cartwright on Remise Testament 0.10.00the history of the Netherlands 0.15.00Peter Martin on the Romans 0.05.00Moors works on the New Testament 1.00.00*This was undoubtedly the new chamber which it will be seen later wasordered to be builtby Constant Southworth.

22890. Walter Palmer

Biography of Walter Palmer
Walter Palmer, probably the son of Walter and Elizabeth (Carter) Palmer was likely born in the village of Yetminster, Dorsetshire, England sometime around 1585. Although he was married in England and fathered five children, the name of his first wife is unknown.
As a Separatist Puritan, in an effort to seek religious freedom, on April 5, 1629 he sailed from Gravesend England on a boat called "Four Sisters" - one of six ships; the others being the Talbot, Lyons Whelp, George Bonaventure, Lyon, and The Mayflower.
Walter arrived in Salem, Massachusetts on June of 1629 and settled in Charlestown Massachusetts with his five children and Abraham Palmer, possibly his brother.
On September 28, 1630 there was recorded a "Jury called to hold an inquest on the body of Austine Bratcher." It found "that the strokes given by Walter Palmer, were occasionally the means of the death of Austin Bratcher, and so to be manslaughter. Mr. Palmer made his psonall appearance this day (October 19, 1630) & stands bound, he & his sureties, till the nexte court." At a court session of "a court of assistants, holden att Boston, November 9th 1630" numerous matters were taken up and disposed of, including the trial of Walter Palmer and one other item of interest: "it is ordered, that Rich. Diffy, servt. To Sr. Richard Saltonstall, shal be whipped for his misdemeanr toward his maister." "A Jury impannell for the tryall of Walter Palmer, concerning the death of Austin Bratcher: Mr. Edmond Lockwood, Rich: Morris, Willm Rockewell, Willm Balston, Christopher Conant, Willm Cheesebrough, Willm Phelpes, John Page, Willm Gallard, John Balshe, John Hoskins, Laurence Leach, /The jury findes Walter Palmer not quilty of manslaughter, whereof hee stoode indicted, & soe the court acquitts him." The above is the first discovered reference to William Chesebrough, one of Walter's closest friends.
Walter became very prominent in the affairs of Charlestown, holding public office and is listed among the first group of men who took the Oath of Freemen on May 18, 1631. The original list included, "Mr. Roger Conant, John Balche, Ralfe Sprage, Simon Hoyte, Rick: Sprage, Walt (Walter) Palmer, Abraham Palmer, Mr Rich: Saltonstall, Rich: Stower, Czekiell Richardson, Wm Cheesebrough.
Walter was married for a second time to Rebecca Short of Roxbury on June 1, 1633. They were married in Roxbury Church, of which she was a member and Rev. John Eliot its Minister. She was one of the first members of his church upon her arrival in America in 1632. Roxbury was generally settled by the people from Essex and Hertfordshire under the leadership of the Rev. John Eliot who had been the Vicar of Nazeing. Reverend Eliot's records of the Roxbury First Church state: "Rebeckah Short, a maide srvant, she came in the yeare 1632 and was married to Walter Palmer a Godly man of Charlestown Church." Rebecca was to give birth to seven additional children giving Walter a total of twelve.
In 1635 Walter was elected a Selectman of Charlestown, and in 1636 Constable. On March 26, 1638 he received an additional land grant "a true record of all such houses and lands as are possesed by the inhabitants of Charlestown" - - prepared by Abraham Palmer listed the possessions of Walter Palmer as follows: "Two acres of land in the east field, 'butting south on the back street,' with a dwelling house and another aptinances "five acres of arable land, milch cow commons six and a quarter, "four acres, more or less in the life field, "eight acres of meadow lying in the Mystic Marshes, "Four acres of woodland in the Mystic Field, "Five acres of meadow on the west of Mount Prospect, "Thirty acres of woodland. "Eighty-six acres of land scituate in the waterfield." On May 13, 1640 a committee was required to be appointed in every town to appraise all livestock. The committee for Charlestown was comprised of "Czechi: Rich'dson, & Walter Palmer.."
On August 24, 1643, Walter Palmer and his good friend William Chesebrough, whose fortunes closely coincided during their lives left Charlestown along with other planters and started a new settlement at a place known as "Seacuncke" (Black Goose). His home was located along the 10 Mile River in an area called Sowams. The area was to become independent of other organizations until they could decide on a government. At a meeting in 1643, before a division of land had been made other than for house-lots, those attending were required individually to give the value of their estates, in order that the allotments of land might be made accordingly. Will. Cheesebrough was listed 450 pounds and Walter Palmer at 419 pounds.
Walter was one of the nine members of the First Board of Selectmen chosen December 9 1644. On the second and ninth day of June, 1645 Walter Palmer and William Cheseborough were on lists concerning lots to be drawn for divisions of land. Walter's name seemed to appear in every group selected for any purpose, which seems to indicate his high standing in the community.
May 26, 1647 Chosen committee for the Court
May 19, 1651 Chosen Grand Juryman
May 24, 1652 Chosen Constable
On June 4, 1645 Seacuncke was renamed Antient Rehoboth (a town by the river) and assigned itself to The Plymouth Colony. Richard Wright was the first Deputy to be elected to represent Rehoboth to the Court at Plymouth, however he had been a strong advocate of the Massachusetts Bay Colony rather than the Plymouth Colony, and refused to acknowledge that the final decision was in favor of the Plymouth Colony. Admitted a Freeman on October 28, 1645, Walter Palmer was immediately sworn in as a Deputy in Wright's place.
Walter along with several others were also dissatisfied over the townspeople voting to consolidate with Plymouth Colony. He was in favor of an alliance with The Massachusetts Bay Colony. Prior to 1653 John Winthrop Jr. who had been granted land in that part of Connecticut known as The Pequot Country by The Massachusetts Bay Colony urged William Chesebrough, also one of those dissatisfied with The Plymouth Colony to settle in New London. Upon examination, William Chesebrough preferred that part of the country known by the Indians as Wequetequoc. He applied for a grant of 300 acres which was soon increased to 2300 acres. He then induced Walter Palmer and Walter's son in law Thomas Minor to join him there. Walter bought land on the East Bank of Wequetequoc Cove. It would appear that the land was originally placed in the name of Thomas Minor and later vested in the name of Walter Palmer.
In August of 1652 Thomas Minor built a house for his father-in-law Walter Palmer on the opposite side of Wequetequoc Cove from William Chesebrough. In 1653 Walter, Rebecca and children Elizabeth, Hannah, Elihu, Nahemiah, Moses, Benjamin, Gershom and Rebecca moved from Antient Rehoboth to their new home. Thomas Minor and his wife (Walter's oldest daughter) Grace with eight children of their own settled nearby in a house built by Thomas in Mistuxet (Quiambaug).
In the following years, Walter acquired additional land south of his location and on the eastern slope of Togwank, and on both sides of Anguilla Brook totaling about 1200 acres. On February 25, 1654 Walter was granted 100 acres of upland and also 100 acres in and about "Porkatush" (Pawcatuck). This land later became that of his sons.
During the first four years in Wequetequock Cove, Walter and his family had to travel 15 miles and across two large rivers to New London to attend church. On September 1, 1654 the first petition of the Stonington settlers for a separate town and church was refused by the General Court of Connecticut. On March 22, 1657 the first religious service was held in Stonington in the home of Walter Palmer with the Reverend William Thompson being the minister. Religious services were continued in various homes until May 13, 1661 when a meeting house was erected.
After a lengthy struggle with both the Connecticut and Massachusetts General Courts, the settlers succeeded in achieving local government. Their first efforts were then devoted to electing town officers and to the erection of a meeting house which was first used in September of 1661, just two months before Walter's death.
Walter was one of the first settlers to serve as Constable and on October 19, 1658 was appointed "to a committee to conduct the prudential affairs" along with five others. The 300-year Stonington Cronology by Haynes aptly describes Walter Palmer as the "Patriarach of the early Stonington settlers...(who) had been prominent in the establishment of Boston, Charlestown and Rehoboth, ...a vigorous giant, 6 feet 5 inches tall. When he settled at Southertown (Stonington) he was sixty-eight years old, older than most of the other settlers."
Walter Palmer died in Stonington on November 20, 1661 and is buried in the Wequetequock burying ground. A rough wolf stone about 9 feet in length covers his grave. The inscription probably added later reads "W. Palmer 1585-1661". The stone lies in the midst of a long line of graves of his children and grandchildren. Nearby is a large monument erected in the memory of the four founders of the area - William Chesebrough, Thomas Minor, Thomas Stanton and Walter Palmer. Rebecca Palmer probably died shortly before June 5 1684. The only known record is the division by sons Nehemiah, Moses and Benjamin of land on that date which "our father left for our mother to divide".