Notebooks - Dad's Families No. 3, Part II

Roberts, Gary. English Origins of New England Families from the New England Historical & Genealogical Register in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.

Will of John Huckstep the elder of Tenterden, County of Kent, yeoman, 4 Nov. 22, James I [1624]. Proved 17 Feb. 1624/5.  Contested, but upheld 5 April 1625.  Legatees:

• kinswoman Lydia Tilden, wife of Nathaniel Tilden, £5
• Thomas, son of my brother Stephen Huckstep £5
• brother Stephen Huckstep £3
• kinswoman Susanna Witherden wife of Henry Witherden £10
• Richard Witherden son of Henry & Susanna, £20 at age 21
• son Lawrence Huckstep, residue of goods and chattels, at age 21
• executor John Huckstep

This is probably Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden's uncle, brother of her father Stephen. 

Will of John Huckstep of Tenterden, County of Kent, yeoman, 6 Nov. 6 Charles I [1630]. Codicil 15 Aug. 1631 makes provision for possible posthumous child.  Proved 2 Dec. 1631. Legatees:

• wife Alice £30, household goods, clothes, etc.
• brother Thomas Huckstep £10
• daughter Sara £40 at age 19 or marriage
• daughter Joane £40 at age 19 or marriage
• son Stephen at age 21 lease of farm
• father Stephen £16 per year
• son Thomas at age 21 land in Appledore called Barneland
• son Nathanaell
• son William
• son Joseph
• son John
• Samuel Curtis witness
• Nathanaell Tilden witness

This is probably Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden's brother. 

Will of John Hatch of Tenterden, County of Kent, yeoman, 23 March 1628/9. Legatees:

• wife Dorothy (Philpott) Hatch £100, clothes and household goods
• nephew Thomas Hatch, son of  brother William £10
• nephew William Hatch, son of William £50
• niece Elizabeth (Hatch) Soan, daughter of William Hatch, wife of Robert Soan of Brasted, £10
• niece Judith (Hatch) Osborne, daughter of William, wife of Joseph Osborne of Ashford, £60
• great-nephew Jeremy Osborne, son of Joseph & Judith £5 at age 21
• niece Margaret (Hatch) Wood, daughter of William, widow of William Wood £20
• niece Mary (Hatch) Shusall, daughter of William, wife of William Shusall, 22 s
• niece Anne Hatch, daughter of William £30 at age 21
• nephew John Hatch son of William
• nephew Thomas Huckstep, son of Winnifrithe (Hatch) Huckstep, £15
• nephew John Huckstep, son of Winnifrithe £20
• great-nephew Stephen Huckstep, son of John
• great-nephew Nathanaell Huckstep, son of John
• niece Joane (Huckstep) Numan, dau. of Winnifrithe, widow of Robert Numan 20 s
• niece Anne (Huckstep) Snatte, dau. of Winnifrithe, wife of William Snatte 20 s
• great-niece Anna Snatte at age 21 20 s
• niece Susan (Huckstep) Robus, dau. of Winnifrithe, wife of Benjamin Robus, £5
• great-nephew Thomas Ramkyn, son of Susan (Huckstep) Robus 20 s
• great-nephew William Ramkyn, son of Susan (Huckstep) Robus 20 s
• great-niece Mary Ramkyn, dau. of Susan (Huckstep) Robus 20 s
• great-niece Katherine Robus, dau. of Susan (Huckstep) Robus 20 s
• great-niece Lidia Robus, dau. of Susan (Huckstep) Robus 20 s
• great-niece Susan Robus, dau. of Susan (Huckstep) Robus 20 s
• niece Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden, dau. of Winnifrithe (Hatch) Huckstep £10
• great-nephew Thomas Tilden, son of Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden 
• great-nephew Joseph Tilden, son of Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden
• great-niece Mary Tilden, son of Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden
• great-niece Sarah Tilden, son of Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden
• great-niece Judeth Tilden, son of Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden
• great-niece Lidia Tilden, son of Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden
• sister Katherine (Hatch) Dunke's children
• nephew John Dunke, son of Katherine £10
• nephew William Dunke, son of Katherine £20
• nephew Daniel Dunke, son of Katherine £30
• niece Ann (Dunke) Glover, dau. of Katherine, wife of Robert Glover, silver spoon
• great-great-niece Katherine May, dau. of Martin & Margaret (Dunke) Maye, granddau. of Katherine £10
• niece Elizabeth (Dunke) Hubbard, dau. of Katherine £20
• sister Ellynor Chittenden 22 s
• nephew Thomas Chittenden son of Ellynor £30
• nephew John Chittenden son of Ellynor £50
• nephew William Chittenden son of Ellynor £30
• great-nephew Nathaniel Chitten, son of Nathaniel Chittenden, grandson of Ellynor Chittenden
• niece Elizabeth Pargiter, dau. of wife's sister, silver spoon
• brother-in-law Peter Philpott, wife's brother
• brother-in-law Thomas Philpott, wife's half-brother
• Steven Huckstep (brother-in-law or nephew?) husband of Winnifrithe or son of Winnifrithe
• Robert Chittenden
• nephew-in-law Nathaniell Tilden, husband of Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden 10 s
• Thomas Smith married to my kinswoman, 10 s
• Mr. Warren of Sandwich
• Mr. [John] Lotropp late mynister of Egerton fforty shillings
• Thomas Brattell wife's half-brother
• James & Mary (Philpott) Wiles wife's brother's daughter
• Dorothie Wiles dau. of James & Mary Wiles
• nephew Thomas Philpott son of Peter 5 s
• nephew John Philpott son of Peter 5 s
• nephew Thomas Philpott son of Thomas 20 s
• uncle Peter Ware £5
• nephew John Hatch, son of William 

Huckstep Entries in the Parish Registers and Transcripts of Tenterden, Co. Kent. 1544-1634, Christenings:

• 1551 Edward son of Lawrence Hucsteppe 21 Feb. [1551/2]
• 1553 John son of Lawrence Hucsteppe 15 Jan. [1553/4]
• 1555 Denis daughter of Lawrence Hucsteppe 10 Oct.
• 1577 William son of Thomas Hucsteppe 26 May
• 1578 Jone daughter of Thomas Hucsteppe 16 Feb. [1578/9]
• 1579 Margaret daughter of Edward Hucsteppe 21 June
• 1580 Alice daughter of Edward Hucsteppe 10 July
• 1580 John son of Thomas Hucsteppe 9 Oct. 
• 1581 John son of Edward Hucsteppe 18 June
• 1582 Thomas son of Edward Hucsteppe 19 November
• 1584 Marey daughter of Edward Hucstepe 9 August
• 1584 Thomas son of Stephen Hucsteppe 22 Nov. 
• 1586 John son of Stephen Hucsteppe 22 May 
• 1587 Lidia Hucstepp Daught. of Steve Hucsteppe bapt ye 11th of ffebruary [1587/8]
• 1588 Susan daughter of Edward Hucsteppe 29 Sept. 
• 1588 James son of John Hucsteppe 9 March [1588/89]
• 1590 Jone daughter of Edward Hucsteppe 18 October
• 1599 Nicholas and Laurence sons of Thomas Hucstepp 20 May

Marriages:

• 1546 Lawrence Hooksteppe and Jone Pope 17 August
• 1553 Thomas Hokestepp and Agnes Kerrey 19 June
• 1559 William Holneste and Jone Hucsteppe widow 10 Feb. [1559/60]
• 1576 Thomas Hucsteppe and Martha Watts 13 August
• 1578 Edward Hucsteppe and Alice Smyght 1 December
• 1584 Stephen Hucksteppe and Winnifred Wills 14 Feb. [1584/5]
• 1593 Steven Huckstepp and Priscilla Benison 13 Feb. [1593/4]
• 1596 Henry Barnes and Annah Huckstep 8 Feb. [1596/7]
• 1611 Thomas Huckstepp and Mary Reeve 28 March
• 1611 Phillip Bromell and Joane Hucstepp 16 Sept. 
• 1614 Stephen Huckstepp and Jone Haffenden 2 Nov. 
• 1633 Robert Wills and Sarah Huckstepp both of Tenterden 27 August. 
• 1634 Richard Highsted and Frances Huckstep 14 Apr. 

Burials: 

• 1589 Agnes Hucsteppe wife to John 13 May
• 1591 Edward Hucstepp 6 April
• 1591 John Hucstepp 24 April
• 1591 widow Hucsteppe 24 Nov. 
• 1592 Winnifreth wife of Stephen Hucsteppe 6 October
• 1595 Alice Hucstepp widow 2 Aug. 
• 1598 Jone wife of Stevin Hucsteppe ---- October
• 1599 Marie daughter of Stephan Hucsteppe Puel' [la] 31 August
• 1608 Thomas Hucstepp 24 May
• 1608 The wife of John Hucstepp 25 June
• 1609 Old Mother Hucstepp 23 Oct. 
• 1612 Susan wife to Stephen Hucstepp 23 March [1612/13]
• 1617 William son of Nicholas Huckstep 14 December
• 1624 John Hucstep Sen. 25 Nov.
• 1626 Sarah wife of Stephen Hucstep 12 October
• 1629 Samuel son of Thomas Huckstep 5 April
• 1630 John Hucstepp 15 October
• 1633 "Stephen Huckstepp a verie Auncient man was buried the 20th June"
• 1633 Joan Huckstep 2 July

Miscellaneous Entries from the Parish Registers & Transcripts of Tenterden 1544 - 1636

Christenings:

• 1577 Jone daughter of Richard Willes 23 June
• 1579 Susan daughter of Richard Wylls 15 Feb. [1579/80]
• 1582 John son of Richard Wills 23 July
• 1636 Alice daughter of Thomas Hatch and Lydia his wife 25 September

Marriages:

• 1576 Richard Wills and Winefred Hatch 18 June
• 1602 William Snatt and Annah Willes 25 May

Burials:

• 1582 John son of Richard Wills 14 Nov. 
• 1629 John Hatche 31 March

From the foregoing wills and entries it appears that Steven Huckstep of Tenterdent, who was buried 20 June 1633, married 14 Feb. 1584/5  Winifred (Hatch) Wills, widow of Richard Wills and sister of John Hatch, the testator of 1628.  Of their children John Huckstep was the testator of 1630, and Lydia Huckstep, baptized 11 Feb. 1587/8 was married about 1606 to Nathaniel Tilden and emigrated with him and their children to new England in 1635. John Huckstep, the testator of 1624, was an uncle of Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden. 

The will of John Hatch shows Puritan affiliations, and is rich in family history. Doubtless some of the early Hatch emigrants to New England were related to  him. 

The will of Thomas Howse of the parish of St. Stephen in Coleman street, London, a Citizen and Brownbacker of London, 18 Oct. 1643. Codicill, 15 October 1644, mentions daughter Elizabeth born since will was made. Proved 23 December 1644 by Elizabeth  Howes, relict of said deceased. Legatees:

• brother John
• brother Samuell
• sister Pininna Lynnell
• sister Drucilla Player
• brother-in-law Symon Player
• son Samuel 
• unborn child
• wife Elizabeth

The testator is clearly Thomas Howse, son of the Rev. John Howse who was rector of Eastwell, co. Kent and brother of Samuel Howse of Scituate, Mass.  The sister Pininna Lynnell was the wife of Robert Linnell of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass., immigrant ancestor of the Linnells of New England. Rev. John Lothrop in his Scituate Church Records calls Linnell "my brother," because the latter's wife and Lothrop's first wife were sisters. 

Howse - The Rawlinson MS A 128, in the Bodleian Library, comprising records of the proceedings of the Court of High Commission (Ecclesiastical Division), 1632, gives an interesting account of the prosecution of Rev. John Lothrop and his flock of Dissenters who met at a conventicle in the Blackfriars, London.  Among those arrested were Samuel Howse and his sister Penninah Howes, who was a sister-in-law of Mr. Lothrop and their examination by the different members of the Court is recorded as follows:

"Samuel Howse!" saith the Kings Advocate, "you are required by your oath to answere to the articles."  Howe. "I have served the King both by sea and by land, and I had been at sea if this restraint had not been made upon me. My conversacon I thank God none can tax."  Register: "Will you take your oath?"  Howe: "I am a young man and doe not know what the oath is."  King's Advocate: "The King desires your service in obeying his lawes." 

Then P[enninah] Howes was called and required to take her oath, but she refused.  London: "Will you trust Mr. Latropp and believe him rather than the Church of England?"  Peninna: "I referre myself to the Word of God, whether I maie take this oath or noe." 

Penninah Howes became the wife (probably the second wife) of Robert Linnell, the immigrant ancestor of that family of early residents of Barnstable on Cape Cod. 

The Will of John at Hecche of Sellyng next Monks Horton [co. Kent], 15 November 1464. No witnesses or record of probate. My body to be buried in the churchyard of Selling. Legatees:

• wife Agnes
• son Thomas
• son John
• son William

The will of Elioner Hacche of the parish of Sellinge, co. Kent, 1 November 1519, proved 12 December 1519.  To be buried in the churchyard of Sellinge. Legatees:

• husband, not named - probably John Hecche above
• father-in-law
• Jhon Elgayr and wife
• son Thomas
• daughter Agnes

Will of Thomas Hache, the elder of Sellyng besides Horton Monkyn, co. Kent, 12 December 1530. Proved 31 December 1534. To be buried in the churchyard of Sellynge. Legatees:

• Thomas son of John & Elioner Hache
• son John
• Agnes daughter of John & Elioner Hache
• daughter Agnes
• daughter Margarete
• daughter Alice
• son William
• granddaughter Agnes, daughter of William
• granddaughter Agnes, daughter of John the elder deceased
• grandson Thomas, son of John the elder
• grandson John the younger, son of John the elder
• granddaughter Johane daughter of John the elder
• granddaughter Agnes daughter of John the elder
• granddaughter Alice daughter of John the elder

Will of John Hatche of Sellynge besides Horton Monks, co. Kent, 13 April 1535.  Proved 26 April 1536.  To be buried in the churchyard of Sellynge. Legatees:

• wife, not named
• son Thomas
• son John
• son Stephen
• Thomas hatche, son of John Hatche the elder

Will of Thomas Hache of Mersham, co. Kent 16 January 1556 [1556/7]. Proved 16 February 1557 [1557/8] To be buried in the churchyard of Mersham.  Legatees:

• son William
• wife Margaret
• son John

Administration on the goods of Thomas Hatche of Tenterden, co. Kent, deceased, intestate, was granted 13 Oct. 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 Hatch alias Brissenden, administratrix of the goods of Thomas 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 agreed to by Richard Brissenden, now husband of the said Joane. 

Will of Willyam Hatche of Mersham, co. Kent, myllwright, 28 Jan. 1571 [1571/2].  Proved 20 April 1572.  To be buried in the churchyard of Mersham. Legatees:

• daughter Alyce
• daughter Katheryn
• daughter Susanne
• son John
• wife Margaret
• son John
• son Richard 

Alice Hatch, sister of John Hatch of Mersham and administratrix of his estae, exhibited her account 8 October 1594. After paying the debts there remained in her hands the sum of £18. 14s.10d. The Court assigned £6. 4s. 8d. apiece to Catherine Hatch and Susan Hatch, sisters of the deceased, and the administratrix was to keep the remainder. 

The will of Steven Hatche of the parish of Sellinge next Horton, co. Kent, yeoman, 10 December 1606. Proved 9 March 1607/8. To be buried in the north chancel of the parish of Sellinge. Legatees:

• godson Stephen Allen
• Mildred Cavell, daughter of Andrew Cavell
• wife Elizabeth (Gouldsmith) Hatche, daughter of John Gouldsmith
• kinsman Richard Cavell
• Susan Lucas
• cousin John Hatch 
• cousin Thomas Hatch
• cousin William Hatch
• cousin Steve Redge
• kinsman Steven Mownte
• niece Jane Stone, my sister's daughter
• brother John Cavell
• mother-in-law Anne Gouldsmith
• Margaret Cavell

Will of Thomas Hatch of the parish of St. Peters in Canterbury, co. Kent, yeoman 27 December, 9 James I [1611]. Proved 5 June 1613.  Legatees:

• daughter Joane Watmer
• son-in-law William Watmer
• brother John
• brother William
• wife Margaret

Nuncupative will of Margaret Allen als Hatch [in the Calendar called "Margaret Allen als Hatch als King of Canterbury], 20 October 1626. Proved 4 November 1626. Legatees:

• cousin Edward Stephens 
• cousin widow Keet (sister of Edward Stephens)
• sister Batherst
• (--?--) Wills 
• sister Reynolds
• cousin Dicker
• son Watmer

Will of Dorothie Hatch of Hollingbourne, co. Kent, widow, 13 August 1638. Proved 1 November 1638. To be buried in the church or churchyard of Hollingbourne. Legatees:

• James Wiles
• niece Mary Wiles, daughter of her brother
• granddaughter Dorothy Wiles
• granddaughter Jane Wiles
• granddaughter Mary Wiles
• granddaughter Grace Wiles
• grandson Thomas Wiles
• grandson William Wiles
• brother Thomas Philpott
• great-niece Mary Russell, daughter of Thomas Philpott, son of brother Peter Philpott
• brother Peter Philpott
• sister-in-law Ann Philpott
• nephew Peter Philpott
• nephew George Philpott
• nephew Henry Philpott
• nephew William Philpott
• niece Ann Philpott
• nephew John Philpott
• Sarah Philpott, wife of nephew John
• great-nephew Peter Philpott son of John & Sarah
• great-nephew Thomas Philpott son of John & Sarah
• great-nephew John Philpott son of John & Sarah
• great-niece Dorothy daughter of John & Sarah
• Susan Bratle, daughter of Thomas Bratlle
• Richard Cisely, son of John Cisely

Hatch Entries in the Parish Registers & Transcripts of Tenterden, co. Kent, 1544-1636

Christenings:

• 1563 William son of Thomas Hatche 9 Dec. 
• 1565 Thomas son of Thomas Hatche 30 June
• 1636 Alice daughter of Thomas & Lydia Hatch 25 Sept. 

Marriage:

• 1576 Richard Wills and Winefred Hatch 18 June

Burials:

• 1588 Agnes wife of John Hatche 26 Jan. [1588/9]
• 1589 a daughter of Thomas Hatche, unbaptized 20 November
• 1629 John Hatche 31 March

Churchwardens: 

• 1565 Thomas Hatch
• 1599 Thomas Hatch

Hatch Entries in the Transcripts of the Parish Registers of Wye, co. Kent

Baptisms:

• 1625 John son of William Hatch 7 August
• 1626 Jeremiah son of Thomas Hatch 23 July
• 1626 Anne dau. of William Hatch 3 Dec.
• 1628 Thomas son of Thomas Hatch 9 Nov.
• 1629 William son of William Hatch 9 Aug. 
• 1631 Jane dau. of William Hatch 19 June
• 1633 Andrew son of William 3 Nov. 

Burials:

• 1628 newborn son of William Hatch 31 July
• 1633 Andrew son of William 6 Nov. 

Canterbury Marriage Licences:

• 1587 Thomas Hatche of Tenterden & Margaret King of Cranbrook, widow, 22 Sep. 
• 1603 Stephen Hatche of Sellinge, yeoman & Elizabeth Goldsmith of Maidstone, virgin, at Boxley, 5 December, Bondsman: John Epps of Sellinge, gentleman
• 1608 Samuel Pady of Maidstone, gentleman & Elizabeth Hatch of Sellinge, widow at Sellinge 11 August. Bondsman: Emer Sanders of East Farleigh, gentleman
• 1614 John Allen of St. Peter's Canterbury, gentleman & Margaret Hatch of the same parish, widow, at St. Mildred's Canterbury, 2 April
• 1624 William Hatch of Ashford, woollen draper, bachelor about 25 & Jane Young of Thannington, maiden about 27 whose friends are dead, at Thannington, 9 July.  Bondsmen: Edward Young of Thannington, husbandman and William Page of Canterbury, blacksmith. 
• 1627 William Sudell of New Romney, gentleman, bachelor about 21, son of Christopher Sudell of the same parish, gentleman, who consents & Mary Hatch of Ashford, virgin, about 21, her father being dea, and her mother living in Tenterden, who consents, at Kennington, 13 February [1627/8]. 
• 1629 Thomas Beadle of New Romney, yeoman, bachelor, about 23, whose father, John Beadle of the same parish, consents & Ann Hatch of Tenterden, virgin about 17, daughter of William Hatch, deceased and of Ann Hatch, widow, who consents, as is testified by William Hatch of Wye, at St. Margaret's, Canterbury, 22 January [1629/30]. Bondsmen: said William hatch and Joseph Osborn of Ashford, clothier. 

From Visitation Books of the Consistory of Canterbury:

• 1627, 19 Nov. Thomas Hatch was presented by the churchwardens of Wye for teaching school without being licensed; and he was presented at every subsequent court until 9 June 1628, when he was licensed. 

From Lay Subsidies for County Kent

1 Edward III [1327-8] Lathe of Scray [Lathe of Shewynghope] Hundred of Calehill

• Richard atte Hacche 12d.
• Alexander atte Hacche 8s.
• John atte Hecche 2s.
• John atte Hecche 12d

46 Edward III [1372-3] Lathe of Shewynghope, Hundred of Calehill

• John atte Hacche 1s. 6d. 
• Cecelia atte Hacche 1s.
• Richard atte Hacche 1s.

6 April 15 Henry VIII [1524] Lathe of Scray, Hundred of Strete

• Thomas Hatche the elder, lands [valued at] 100s. [tax] 5s.

35 Henry VIII [1543-4] Lathe of Scray, Hundred of Calehill

• William Hatche in goods [valued at] £10 [tax] 6s. 8d.

From the foregoing material and some New England records the following pedigree has been compiled:

The Hatch family has lived for at least six centuries in the county of Kent, England. The family name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon noun haec, Middle English hacche, later hatch, meaning a gate or wicket. Compare Shakespeare's words: "In at the window, or else o'er the hatch."  The surname appears in the hundred of Calehill, co. Kent, as early as 1327-8, the form during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries being atte Hacche. It is clear that the name was originally assumed by a man who dwelt near or at some gate or wicket, such, for instance, as might have been found at the entrance to the village churchyard or to the grounds of the manor house.  Many family names had a similar origin during the reign of Edward I (1272-1307).  For example, John at the hacche or at ye hacche is termed John atte Hacche, William at the well is called William atte Well, and Thomas at the stile is termed Thomas atte Stile, etc. This form of name remained in use for about two centuries, until nearly 1500, and then, as a rule, the atte either was dropped or was combined with the following word in such names as Atwell, Atwood, etc. 

1. John at Hecche, of Sellinge, in the hundred of Street, co. Kent, the testator of 1464, was born probably about 1415 and died not earlier than 15 Nov. 1464.  He married Agnes (--?--), who was living when his will was made.  He was probably a miller.  He was undoubtedly descended from some of the Atte Hacches found in the hundred of Calehill, in the subsidies of 1327-8 and 1372-3. These subsidies do not name the parishes in which the persons assessed lived; but the hundred of Calehill comprised the parishes of Charing, Westwell, Egerton, Little Chart, and Pluckey, as well as parts of several other parishes.  Contemporary with the above John at Hecche of Sellinge were several of the name in Charing, probably his brothers and cousins, who left wills not given in this article.  The mention of his lands in Westwell and Charing places his origin in that ancient Atte Hacche family, and he is the first of the name in Sellinge or vicinity of whom record has been found.  His will names his wife Agnes and three sons. 

Children:
2. i. Thomas, b. probably abt. 1442.
ii. John b. probably abt. 1444
iii. William b. probably abt. 1446

2. Thomas at Hecche (John), of Sellinge, co. Kent, was born about 1442, as he was at least twenty-one in 1464, when his father appointed him one of the executors of his will, but was then under twenty-four.  No will or administration of his estate has been found.  He succeeded to a portion of his father's lands in Sellinge, and doubtless married soon after his father's death, becoming the father of a family of whom only one child is known. 

Child:
3. i. Thomas Hache (Thomas, John), of Sellinge, co. Kent, the testator of 1530, was born probably about 1465.  He held the manor of Hodyford, was assessed as "Thomas Hatche the elder" in the hundred of Street, in the subsidy of 1524, and died between 12 Dec. 1530 and 31 Dec. 1534.  The name of his wife has not been found, but six children are named in his will in 1530. 

Children:
i. William b. abt. 1488, succeeded to the manor of Hodyford and other lands under the will of his father.
ii. John the Elder b. ca. 1490, d. before 1 Nov. 1519.
iii. Agnes
iv. Thomas, not mentioned in his father's will in 1530 and therefore probably deceased before that year.  His existence is inferred from the fact that his supposed father, Thomas Hache, is called "Thomas Hatche the elder" in the subsidy of 1524.
4. v. John the Younger, b. probably abt. 1495
vi. Margaret
vii. Alice

4. John Hache the Younger (Thomas, Thomas, John) of Sellinge, co. Kent, the testator of 1535, born probably about 1495, died between 13 Apr. 1535 and 26 Apr. 1536.  His wife, whose name is unknown, is mentioned in his will.  By the will of his father, proved in 1534, he succeeded to lands and tenements in Sellinge, including a "new house" which in the following year he devised to his three sons.  His five eldest children are named in the will of his father. 

Children:
i. Johane, b. ca. 1521
ii. Agnes b. ca. 1523
5. iii. Thomas b. ca. 1525
iv. Alice b. ca. 1527
v. John b. ca. 1529
vi. Stephen the testator of 1606, b. ca. 1532, d. s.p. between 10 Dec. 1606 and 9 Mar. 1607/8.

5. Thomas Hatche (John the Younger, Thomas, Thomas, John), of Sellinge and Tenterden, co. Kent, born ca. 1525, died intestate before 13 Oct. 1568, when administration on his estate was granted to his widow. He married, about 1522, Joane (--?--), who married secondly, before 25 Oct. 1574, Richard Brissenden.  Thomas Hatche was churchwarden at Tenterden in 1565.  The account of Joane Hatch alias Brissenden, administratrix, exhibited 25 Oct. 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 Hatche. 

Children:
6.i. Winifred
ii. John of Tenterden, co. Kent, yeoman, testator of 1628/9, b. ca. 1555, bur. Tenterden 31 Mar. 1629.
iii. Katharine b. ca. 1557, d. before 1628/9 md. (--?--) Dunke
iv. Eleanor b. ca. 1559, living 1628/9 md. (--?--) Chittenden
v. Elizabeth b. ca. 1561, living 1574, no children
vi. William bapt. at Tenterden 9 Dec. 1563, d. before 13 Feb. 1627/8.
vii. Thomas of Tenterden & Canterbury, the testator of 1611, bapt. at Tenterden 30 June 1565 d. between 27 Dec. 1611 and 5 June 1613. 

6. Winifred b. ca. 1553; bur. at Tenterden, co. Kent, 6 Oct. 1592; md. 1) at Tenterden, 18 June 1576, Richard Wills; md. 2) at Tenterden, 14 Feb. 1583/4, Stephen Huckstep.
Children by Richard Wills:
i. Joane bapt. at Tenterden 23 June 1577, md. Robert Numan of Crayford
ii. Anne b. 1578; md. 25 May 1602 William Snatte of Hunton
iii. Susan bapt. at Tenterden 15 Feb. 1579/80; md. 1) Rankin, 2) Benjamin Robus
iv. John bapt. at Tenterden 23 July 1582, buried there 14 Nov. 1582. 

Children by Stephen Huckstep:
v. Thomas bapt. at Tenterden 22 Nov. 1584
vi. John bapt. at Tenterden 22 May 1586
vii. Lydia bapt. at Tenterden 11 Feb. 1587/8 md. ca. 1607 Nathaniel Tilden; emigrated with her husband and children to New England in March 1634/5. 

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Roberts, Gary. English Origins of New England Families from the New England Historical & Genealogical Register in Three Volumes, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.

English ancestry of Rev. John Lothrop, the well-known minister at Scituate and Barnstable in the Plymouth Colony in New England, was traced correctly many years ago by the late Horatio Gates Somerby, and may be found in the Lothrop genealogy compiled by the late Rev. E.B. Huntington, A.M., and published in 1884, several years after the death of the compiler, by Mrs. Julia M. Huntington, under the title "A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family."  To the records there printed in regard to Rev. John Lothrop and his ancestors and other relatives the following gleanings from English sources may be added.

From Lay Subsidies for Co. York

15 Henry VIII [1523-24] Assessment for the first payment. Wapentake of Herthill. Cherry Burton

• John Lowthr[o]p in goods, [valuation] £13. 11s. 8 d. [tax] 6s. 8d. (Lay Subsidies, 203/183)

32 Henry VIII [1540-41] Assessment of £20 and upward. North Burton

• John Lowthrop in goods. [valuation] £20, [tax] 20s. 

35 & 36 Henry VIII [1543-1545] Burton

• Robert Lowthorppe at Isabella Lowthorpe's, in manibus John Milsoin, in goods, [valuation] £4, [tax] 4d.

39 Elizabeth [1596-97] Etton

• William Akyett in goods [valuation] £5, [tax] 13s. 4d.
• Thomas Lowthorpe in goods [valuation] £6 [tax] 16s.

North Burton

• Robert Lowthorpe in goods [valuation] £4, [tax] 16s
• Lawrence Lowthorpe in goods [valuation] £4 [tax] 16s
• Robert Patterson in goods [valuation] £4 [tax] 8 s. 

From the Records of the Court of Star Chamber

Petition [undated] of James Carter and his wife Agnes and Thomas Layton and his wife Isabell states that they are seised of one acre of customary land in the manor of South Dalton, co. York, with appurtenances in Cherry Burton, co. York, called Coke Merys, as of fee in right of Agnes and Isabel, whereon in 24 Henry VIII [1532-33] they sowed good wheat, which prospered till it was ready to be reaped, and that they then reaped a great part of the wheat, bound it in sheaves, and made thirty stooks, each containing twelve sheaves, according to the custom of that country, and intended to reap the rest.  But now John Lawthrop, William Bynkys, Robert Lawthrop, William Patton and John Burne, of their malicious and riotous minds, with clubs, staves, swords, daggers, pikes, etc., by force of arms, about Monday sennight next after the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin [the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary falls on 15 August] 25 Henry VIII [1533-34], entered the land, took away the wheat which had been reaped and reaped and carried off the rest, making assault upon James Carter, beating and wounding him and putting him in jeopardy of his life. Petitioners pray for a writ of subpoena for Lawthrop and the rest to appear before the King's Court at Westminster. 

Answer [undated] of John Lowthorp to the petition of James Carter and the others sets forth that the matter of the petitioners is determinable within the Court of the Provost of Beverley, within his lordship of South Dalton, as the land specified is a parcel of the manor of South Dalton. Said Lowthorp denies that he is guilty of any riot or any other misdemeanor.  Further, if he had committed any such riot or misdemeanor, the King, by authority of Parliament, has pardoned to all his subjects all riots and misdemeanors committed before 3 November last, before which time the riot is said to have taken place. He prays that the petition be dismissed with costs.

Richard Lowthropp of Etton [co. Kent], yeoman, William Archer of Etton, yeoman, William Blackstone of Etton, gentleman, and Thomas Johnson of Beverley [co. York], gentleman, complain against Thomas Aulaby, Esq., and his wife Sarah, Thomas Pottinger, William Downing, bailiff, Gervaise and Edward Harmon, gentlemen, Ralph Eastabye, Marmaduke Hooper, John Carlin, and others for excessive fines in Etton and Coatgartle court-leets, and for building a house on the waste land of the lordship, perjury, pulling it down and assault. 

3 May 1632. At a conventicle at the house of one Barnett, a brewer's clerk dwelling in Blackfriars, the minister was one John Latropp, and among those present were Pennina Howse and Sarah Barbon. During the examination of Latropp [i.e. Rev. John Lothrop] by the Bishop of St. David's he was asked: "Were you not Dr. King's, the Bishop of London's sizar at Oxford? I take it you were."  

From Probate Records

Will of Thomas Lothrop of Dengie, co. Essex, clerk, dated 20 October 1628. To daughters Ann, Jane, Elizabeth and Mary - all under twenty-one years of age. Wife Elizabeth.  Brother-in-law William Akett of Leckenfield [Leconfield] co. York.  My sister Mary, wife of John Gallant.  Brothers William Lathrop and John Lathrop. Proved 6 May 1629. 

It is apparent that Robert Lathrop of Cherry Burton co. York, with whom the pedigree compiled by Somerby begins, was undoubtedly the son of the John Lowthrop who was taxed at Cherry Burton in 1523-24 and was one of the defendants in the Star Chamber case in the reign of Henry VIII. 

The will of Thomas Lothrop, clerk, of which a brief abstract is given above, taken with the other records published in the Lothrop genealogy, establishes the percentage of Rev. John Lothrop, the minister at Scituate and Barnstable in the Plymouth Colony in New England. The father of Rev. John Lothrop, Thomas Lathop of Etton, co. York, did not mention in his will either his son John or his son Thomas, the testator of 1628, probably because they had received their portions of their father's estate in the cost of their education.  But Thomas Lathrop of Etton did mention in his will his son-in-law William Akett, his son-in-law John Gallant and his son William. 

Rev. John Lothrop evidently entered first Christ Church College, Oxford, for according to Foster's "Alumni Oxonienses" John Lowthroppe of Yorkshire, aged sixteen years, was admitted a pleb of Christ Church, Oxford, 15 Oct. 1602. Thence he went to Cambridge, where, according to Venn's "Alumni Cantabrigienses" John Loothrop, Lathrop or Lothropp, who was baptized at Etton, Yorkshire, 20 Dec. 1584, son of Thomas of Etton, was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Queen's College in 1606 and to that of Master of Arts in 1609.  A brief biographical notice of him is given by Venn. His brother Rev. Thomas Lothrop, was admitted sizar at Queen's College, Cambridge, 30 June 1601, took his bachelor's degree in 1604/05 and his master's degree in 1608, was rector of Dengie in Essex, 1613-1629, and died in 1629. 

The English Ancestry of Joseph Peck of Hingham, Mass., in 1638

Among the passengers who arrived at Boston in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, on 10 Aug. 1638 in the ship, Diligent, from Ipswich, co. Suffolk, England, were Rev. Robert Peck, B.A., M.A., with his wife, two children and two servants and Joseph Peck, now known to have been a younger brother of Rev. Robert Peck, with his wife, three children, two men servants, and three maid servants.  Both Rev. Robert Peck and his brother, Joseph Peck, took up their abode in Hingham, in the Bay Colony; and Daniel Cushing of that town, in "A list of the names of such persons as came out of the town of Hingham, and Towns adjacent in the County of Norfolk, in the Kingdom of England, into New England, and settled in Hingham in New England," a list extending from 1633 with the following entries:

"Mr. Robert Peck preacher of the Gospell in the Town of Hingham, in the County of Norfolk, in Old England, with his wife and 2 children and two servants came over the sea, and settled in this Town of Hingham, and he was teacher of the Church. 6 [persons]"

"Mr. Joseph Peck and his wife with 3 sons and daughter, and 2 men servants and 3 maid servants came from Old Hingham and settled in New Hingham 10 [persons]"

Among additional entries by Daniel Cushing in regard to the settlers in Hingham of the year 1638 are the following:

"All the persons above named that came over in the year 1638, were 133 [they] came in one ship called the Diligent of Ipswich; the master was John Martin of said Ipswich.  All before named that came before were 42 [sic, / 49] persons." 

"Mr. Robert Peck his wife, his son Joseph and his maid went to England again in the year 1641." 

Rev. Robert Peck, born at Beccles, co. Suffolk, England, about 1580, the third son of Robert and Helen Peck, was admitted at the University of Cambridge to his bachelor's degree in 1598-99, coming up from St. Catharine's College, and to his master's degree in 1603, coming up from Magdalene College.  He was ordained a deacon and priest at Norwich, co. Norfolk, 24 Feb. 1604/5, aged 25, became curate of Oulton, co. Norfolk, and was rector of Hingham, co. Norfolk, 1605-1638, and again, after his return to England, from 1646 until his death, in 1656. He was a zealous Puritan, and through his influence a number of his parishioners became Nonconformists and emigrated to New England, where they took part in the founding of the town of Hingham, Mass., about 1635.  During his many years service as rector of Hingham in Norfolk his Puritan views brought down upon him the displeasure of the Bishops of Norwich, his ecclesiastical superiors, and at last, to escape from the jurisdiction of Bishop Wren, he was forced in 1638 to emigrate to New England and joined his former parishioners at Hingham, Mass.  On 28 Nov. 1638 he was ordained a teacher in the church there, and was admitted a freeman 13 Mar. 1638/9; but on 27 Oct. 1641 he embarked with his wife and his son Joseph on his return voyage to England, where ultimately he was reinstated as rector of his former parish at Hingham, in Norfolk, Parliament having won in its long struggle with the King.  More about him and his family will be given father on in this article.  His daughter Anne did not return with him to England, for she had been married at Hingham, Mass., in July 1639, as his second wife, to the famous Capt. John Mason, commander in the Pequot war and distinguished for his public services in Connecticut, to whom she bore several children. 

Rev. Robert Peck's younger brother, Joseph Peck, who also had lived at Hingham in England and had accompanied his brother to New England was prominent in public affairs at Hingham, Mass., for about seven years, 1638-1645, and then moved to Rehoboth, which was incorporated as a town in 1645 and was in the jurisdiction of the Plymouth Colony until 1692, when that Colony was annexed to the Province of the Massachusetts Bay.

Robert Peck of Beccles, Co. Suffolk, & His Relatives

Beccles, the home of two Robert Pecks, the grandfather and the father of Rev. Robert Peck and of Joseph Peck of Hingham and Rehoboth in New England, is an important parish in the northeastern part of Suffolk, 41 miles northeast from Ipswich. It is situated on he River Waveney, which winds in a general northeasterly direction towards the North Sea and separates Suffolk from Norfolk.  The parish church, dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, stands on a point of land overlooking the meadows through which the Waveney flows.  It was built probably about 1369, but the porch dates from about 1455 and the tower from about 1515.  On 29 Nov. 1586 a fire at Beccles consumed eighty dwelling houses and damaged the roof and seats of the church, but probably did not damage the walls.  A mile southward of the town there was formerly another parish church, called the Church of St. Mary Endgate, but it was taken down by order of Queen Elizabeth, and the two parishes were united into one. 

The earliest mention in the records here presented of a Robert Peck who can be proved to be the first Robert Peck of Beccles of the Peck pedigree is found in the will of John Leeke of Beccles, dated 6 Sept. 1529 (vide infra).  The testator calls Robert Peck his "neve" [nephew], without naming his residence; but in the records in the Chancery suit of Drawer v. Pek (vide infra) his residence is given as Beccles, co. Suffolk.  Below are given in chronological order, abstracts of 1) the will of John Leeke of Beccles, dated, it seems likely, on the Thursday before Michaelmas, 1504, who was probably the father of he testator of 6 Sept. 1529, 2) the will of Thomas Leke, Parson, of Beccles, dated 12 Dec. 1504, who was brother of the testator of the Michaelmas season, 1504, 3) the will of Henry Peke of Carlton Colville, co. Suffolk, dated 16 Apr. 1525, who may have been the father of Robert Peck named in the will of the testator of 6 Sept. 1529 and 4) the will of ohn Leeke of Beccles, dated 6 Sept. 1529.  Then follow abstracts of 5) the proceedings in the Chancery suit of Drawer v. Pek, circa 1530, 6) the will of Alyce Leeke of Beccles, dated 14 June 1537, widow of the testator of 6 Sept. 1529 and 7) the will of Robert Pecke of Beccles, dated 31 Oct. 1556, nephew of the testator of 6 Sept. 1529 and grandfather of the emigrants to New England. 

1) The Will of John Leeke, of Beayles [Beccles], co. Suffolk, England, dated Thursday before All Saints' Day 1504. Proved 23 Oct. 1504To be buried in the churchyard of St. Michael in Beccles. Legatee: wife Alys. 

2) The Will of Thomas Leke, Parson of Beccles, co. Suffolk, England, dated 12 December 1504. Proved 14 Jan. 1504 [1504/5] Legatees:

• John Parker
• Robert Sele
• Robert Barker
• Sir William Payne

This testator, a priest, was a brother of John Leeke of Beccles, the testator of 1504 and was named as supervisor in John Leeke's will.

3) The Will of Henry Peke of Carlton Colville, co. Suffolk, England, dated 16 April 1525. Proved Nov. 1525. To be buried in the churchyard of St. Peter in Carletown.  Legatees:

• wife Margery
• son Robert
• daughter Kateryn

4) The Will of John Leeke of Beccles, co. Suffolk, England, Diocese of Norwich, dated 6 Sept. 1529. Proved 17 Nov. 1529.  To be buried in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Beccles.  Legatees:

• daughter Kateryn
• wife Alys
• nephew Robert
• John Leeke
• Elyn Leeke
• Richard Leeke
• Margaret Leke
• godson John Waters

As has been already stated, it is in this will of John Leeke of Beccles, co. Suffolk, that the earliest certain reference to Robert Peck, grandfather of Rev. Robert Peck and his brother Joseph, has been found.  Although John Leeke in his will does not mention the residence of this Robert Peck, the Chancery proceedings in the suit of Drawer v. Pek (Peck) (infra, No. 5) show that he was of Beccles, co. Suffolk. 

5) From Early Chancery Proceedings - Drawer v. Pek, ca. 1530 

No. 25. The Complaint of Thomas Drawer and Kathyn (Leeke) his wife, against Robert Pek. 

John Leeke was seised in is demesne as of fee of and in a messuage and forty acres of land in Toft, in the County of Norfolk, and so seised died, after whose decease the said messuage and land descended and of right ought to descend to the said Katyn as daughter and heir of the said John Leek, and that divers and sundry evidence, muniments and writing concerning the premises have come to the hands and possession of Rbt Pek of Becles in the County of Suff[olk], of whom your said orator has often required to have delivery of the said evidences, muniments and writings which to do the same Robt Pek at all times has refused and does yet refuse, and forsomuch as your said suppliants know not the number nor content of the same evidence, muniments, and writings, nor whether they be in bag, box, or chest sealed, therefore they have no remedy by the common law of this land to attain to the possession of the said evidence, muniments and writings.  It may, therefore please Your Lordship the premises tenderly to consider and to grant a write of subpeona to be directed to the said Robt Pek, demanding him to appear before the King in his Chancery at a certain day and upon a certain pain, by Your Good Lordship to be limited, then and there to answer unto the premises, and your said poor suppliants shall daily ----- [? pray] for Your Good Lordship long to continue. 

No. 26. The Answer of Robert Pekk to the bill of Thomas Drawer and Katerin, his wife, whereby the defendant says that one William Davy had and yet hath good and just title to said lands and tenements mentioned in the bill, and that this defendant, long before the writ of subpoena, delivered to said William all evidences, charters, and muniments concerning said lands except the contrepain of an indenture being cancelled, so that the defendant has no manner of evidences or writings in his possession, but only the said contrepain which he has now delivered to the Honourable Court to be ordered as seems expedient to the said Court. The defendant further says that, if they will, the complainants may take their remedy against said William Davy for the evidences, by subpoena in this Honourable Court or else by such other means as by their learned counsel shall be thought most expedient, and not take their remedy against this defendant for at the time of the delivery of said writings to Davy, he knew not nor yet knoweth of any manner of title of said complainants. And he prays to be dismissed with his costs. 

No. 27. The Replication of Thomas Drawer and Katherin, his wife, to the answer of Robert Pekke. [The replication is badly torn and practically illegible.]

No. 28. The Rejoinder of Robert Pekke to the replication of Thomas Drawer and Katerin, his wife whereby said defendant admits it to be true that William Davy bargained and sold said lands and tenements mentioned in the bill unto said John Leke for 20 marks, which bargain was made about July in the twenty-first year of our present sovereign lord the King [21 Henry VIII, July 1529] and it was agreed that if, at any time within seven years next ensuing, said Davy repaied to said Leke said 20 marks, the agreement made between them should be utterly void. But if said Davy were not disposed to buy back the premises within seven years, said Leke should pay to him a further 20 marks, for the lands and tenements are worth £40. Now said Leke made his last will and ordained the defendant and others his executors. And said Leke died within a year of making the aforesaid agreement, and the defendant took upon him the charge of said will.  Afterwards said Davy came to the defendant as executor of said Leke and offered the redemption sum of 20 marks for said lands and tenements, which sum the defendant received of him and delivered to hims such evidences and writings as remained in his hands, as it was lawful for him to do.  And this defendant denies that John Leke paid any more money to said Davy.  Albeit one Richard Roberts being put in trust to make an indenture by said Davy and Leke, craftily wrote in the indenture that said Leke paid 40 marks. All which things said Robert Pekke is ready to aver in the Honourable Court. 

It is regretted that the decision of the Court in this case is not known. 

6) The Will of Alyce Leeke of Beccles, co. Suffolk, England, Dioceses of Norwich, widow, dated 14 June 1537. Proved 25 Sept. 1538. To be buried in the Church of St. Michael in Beccles, at my "stolys" [stool's] end, whereupon I will have a marble stone with inscription thereon remembering to pray for my sould, the souls of John Leeke and Robert Bartram, my husbands, and all my friends' souls.  Legatees:

• godchildren, not named
• son Thomas Bartram
• daughter Katheryne Drawer
• daughter Agnes Mekylburgh
• son-in-law Robert Mikylburgh
• son-in-law Thomas Drawer

7) The Will of Robert Pecke of Beccles, co. Suffolk, England, dated 31 October 1556.  Proved 20 November 1556. My body to be buried in the churchyard of Beccles, near under the grave of Johan, my wife. Legatees:

• household servants
• son John 
• son Thomas
• daughter Margret
• daughter Olyve
• daughter Anne
• son Robard
• John Water's children - brother-in-law of testator
• William Water's children - brother-in-law of testator
• godchildren
• daughter Johan Meriman

G. Andrews Moriarty, AM, LLB, FSA, of Bristol, R.I., Chairman of the Committee on English and Foreign Research, has called the attention of the Editors of the Register to the fact that the word "neve" which John Leeke of Beccles, co. Suffolk, in his will dated 6 September 1529 applied to Robert Peck of Beccles, one of the executors of the will, and which the compiler of this article, Mr. S. Allyn Peck, B.A., interpreted as meaning "nephew" in the modern sense of the word, should have been interpreted as "grandson," its usual meaning at that period.  (Cf. The Century Dictionary, under the word "neve.")  A careful study of the will of John Leeke and of the records that follow it (above) shows that Robert Peck, whose identity with Robert Pecke of Beccles, the testator of 31 October 1556 has been established, was far more likely to be a grandson of John Leeke than his nephew in the modern sense of the word. Assuming therefore, the "neve" as used in the will of John Leeke means "grandson," the Editors propose to point out the changes that should be made in the account of John Leeke and his family that has been given (above); and they can do this most clearly by presenting in the usual genealogical form, a brief statement in regard to John Leeke, his wives, his children and grandchildren and his stepchildren, as revealed by the wills.

John Leeke, of Beccles, co. Suffolk, died between 6 September 1529, when his will was dated and 17 November 1529, when it was proved.  It was suggested that his father was probably the John Leeke of Beccles whose will, dated probably on the Thursday before Michaelmas (that is, on the Thursday before 29 September), 1504, was proved 23 October 1504 by his widow Alice, the executrix named in the will, of which the testator's brother, Thomas Leke (Leeke), parson of Beccles, was named as supervisor.  John Leeke, however, the testator of 1504, mentioned no children in his will, but, after making the usual bequests for religious purposes and giving to his wife Alice his two messuages and all his moveable goods, he placed at the disposal of his wife Alice the residue of his goods not bequeathed.  In the explanatory note attached to this will it is stated that at that period it was not uncommon in Norfolk and Suffolk for a father to leave his estate to his wife and not to mention his children.  Thomas Leke, also, the parson of Beccles, in his will, dated 12 December 1504 and proved 14 January 1504/5 mentions no children or other descendants of hi deceased brother John.  He was rector of Beccles, 1467-1504 and according to Venn's "Alumni Cantabrigienses" (part 1, vol. 3, p. 60), was perhaps identical with a Thomas Leeke who took his B.A. at Cambridge in 1456 and his M.A. there in 1460, and was probably a scholar at King's Hall.  The Thomas Leeke who took his B.A. in 1456 was born probably about 1435 and if he as the parson of Beccles and therefore brother of John Leeke, the testator of 1504, the latter was born probably ca. 1435, perhaps as early as 1430, and may have been the father of John Leeke, the testator of 1529, although proof of this relationship has not been found.  If the testator of 1529 was born about 1460 or earlier, perhaps as early as 1453, he would have been well advanced in years at the time of his death, and might have been the grandfather of the Robert Peck whom he named in his will as one of his executors.

John Leeke, the testator of 1529 married at least twice.  The name of his "first" wife, whom, if he was born about 1453, he may have married about 1475, has not been found. His last wife, Alice, whose maiden name is also unknown, he married probably about 1510, and from her will dated 14 June 1537 and proved 25 September 1538 it is learned that, when John Leeke married her, she was the widow of Robert Bartram, to whom she had borne at least two sons, Thomas Bartram and William Bartram (both living in 1537 and both legatees in their mother's will), and at least one daughter, Agnes, who in 1537 was the wife of Robert Mekylburgh (Miklyburgh) and was also a legatee in her mother's will.  Alice (--?--) (Bartram) Leeke bore also to her second husband, as will appear below, a daughter, Katherine Leeke, who was unmarried when her father made his will, but about 1530 became the wife of Thomas Drawer and together with her husband, was living in 1537, when her mother bequeathed to her 40s. and sundry articles of wearing apparel. Alice Leeke, of Beccles, widow of John Leek, named in her will, as residuary legatees and executors, her sons-in-law, her well-beloved Robert Mikylburgh and Thomas Drawer.  So far as known, she did not make bequests to any of John Leeke's relatives or descendants, except Katherine, her own daughter by John Leeke.  Since she made bequests to the church of Gislingham, co. Suffolk, as well as to the church of Beccles, it may, perhaps, be inferred that she had at one time lived in Gislingham.

Children by "first" wife in the probable order of their births:
i. A Daughter, b. perhaps ca 1480 or earlier; m. ca. 1498 (--?--) Peck

1. Robert Peck, of Beccles, identified as the testator of 31 Oct. 1556.  Robert was probably the eldest surviving male descendant of John Leeke, the testator of 1529, and his grandfather probably intended that he should be the leader of the two executors of his will and relied on him to see that his wishes in regard to the distribution of his estate were duly carried out. 

ii. / iii. Two sons (at least, since John Leeke in his will stated that an obit was to be kept for himself and his sons in Beccles church yearly by Robert Peck.

 Children of one or more of these sons:

1. Robert Leeke, 2. John Leeke,  3, Richard Leeke, 4. Alice Leeke, 5. Ellen Leeke, 6. Margaret Leeke

Child by Alice (--?--) Bartram:
iv. Katherine, one of the executors of her father's will.  She married Thomas Drawer

Robert Peck [ca. 1508-1556] of Beccles, Co. Suffolk & Some of His Descendants

1. Joane b. before 1539, md. Richard Merriman
2. Robert b. ca. 1546 md. Helen Babbs
3. John b. before May 1547, d. before Feb. 1573/4 no children - inferred from his absence from Thomas' will
4. Margaret b. May 1547, d. before Feb. 1573/4 - inferred from absence from Thomas' will.
5. Thomas b. between 1548 and 1556, d. ca. 1573/4, no children

Will of Thoams Pecke of Beccles, co. Suffolk and diocese of Norwich, dated 16 Feb. 1573 [1573/4]. Legatees:

• nephew Richard, son of Robert
• sister Olive wife of Richard Note [Nott]
• sister Anne Pecke
• brother Robert 

6. Olive b. between 1550 and 1556 md. Richard Nott
7. Anne b. between 1552 and 1556

2. Robert Peck b. ca. 1543, d. ca. 1593 md. Helen Babbs 1573

Will of Robert Peck of Beccles, co. Suffolk, dated 22 March 1592 [1592/3]. Proved 10 November 1598.  Legatees:

• wife Helen 
• son Richard
• son Nicholas
• son Samuel

Children:
8. Richard b. ca. 1572 nothing else known
9. Nicholas b. ca 1576, d. ca. 1648, md. 1) Rachel Yonges, 19 Feb. 1610/11, 2) Bridgett (Jacob?) Sayer before Nov. 16, 1619. Had son William by his first wife.
10. Margaret

Bill of Complaint of John Buckenham of Debenham co., Suffolk, grocer, declares that whereas Nicholas Pecke of Beccles, co. Suffolk, later of Great Yarmouth, co. Norfolk, merchant in consideration of a marriage between Martha Pecke, sister of said Nicholas became bound about 3 May 1611 to your for orator £200 and whereas said Pecke has not dealt justly with your orator in the matter, your orator prays for a writ of subpoena to summon him into the Court of Chancery to answer to premises. 

The answer of Nicholas Peck, gent., defendant to the Bill of John Buckenham, grocer . . . states that it is true that, in consideration of a marriage to be solemnized between his sister Martha Pecke, and the complainant, the defendant for the marriage portion of the said Martha, was bound, in the sum of £200, the condition of the bond being the payment of £100 to the complainant.  And this defendant was induced to enter into the bond by the persuasion of said Samuel Peck, who, in the lifetime, of their mother, Ellen Peck of Beccles, co. Suffolk, widow, brought over the complainant to to Beccles with the purpose of arranging a marriage between him and the said Martha.  Now about 1611, said Samuel travelled beyond the seas and having confidence in his brother-in-law, the complainant, left his goods in his charge and made an inventory of such goods.  And the defendant says that he covenanted to pay to the complainant and said Martha, his sister, £100 more.  But he denies that after the death in 1611 of his father-in-law, William Yonge, of Great Yarmouth co. Norfolk, merchant, he ever enjoyed any houses or lands in his own right or in that of Rachell, his wife, daughter of said William Yonge.  And he declares that under the will of said Yonge the residue of his property was left in the hands of [six trustees], in trust for said Rachell and her children.  Moreover the complainant has refused to come to any reckoning with the defendant regarding the goods of Samuel Peck, who died about 1619, which goods were left in his charge. 

Whatever the outcome it was soon followed by countersuit by Nicholas Peck against John Buckingham.

Bill of Complaint of Nicholas Peck of Beccles, co. Suffolk, gent. declares that whereas, about sixteen years past, John Buckingham of Debenham, co. Suffolk, grocer, became a suitor to Martha Pecke, natural sister of your orator, who dwelt with her brother Samuel Pecke of Ipswich, co. Suffolk, grocer, and whereas said John Buckingham, being of the same profession as said Samuel persuaded him to journey with him to Beccles to make offer of marriage for said Martha to her mother, Ellen Pecke, widow to which said Ellen agreed thereupon said Ellen Pecke, said Samuel Pecke and your orator covenated to give as a marriage portion £100, they being bound for £200, by a bond dated about 3 May 1611, to pay to said John Buckingham £50 on the day of marriage and £40 twelve months later, and, moreover, your orator covenanted about the same time to pay £100 more to said Buckingham and to his sister Martha and their issue, provided your orator survived his father-in-law William Youngs of Great Yarmouth, and inherited the estate of said Youngs in common with Rachell, his then wife, daughter of said Youngs. This covenant was made in order that it might appear to the friends of Buckingham that he was receiving £200 as a marriage portion with his wife, and said Buckingham promised soon afterwards to cancel the covenant.  Nevertheless, despite your orator, said Samuel and said Ellen having sold a messuage  in Beccles to expedite payment of their bond and despite said Buckngham having in custody goods belonging to said Samuel while he was travelling beyond the seas and likewise goods belonging to your orator given into custody of his brother when he ceased to dwell in Ipswich, said Buckingham has brought a suit against your orator in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster, notwithstanding said Buckingham has used the goods of your orator for himself and knows that he is fully indemnified for the debt.  However, as your orator had from Buckingham a general acquittance, said Buckingham was unable to gain his suit, and made a bill of complaint in the Court of Chancery whereby he made false allegations regarding your orator, endeavoring to prove that he had promised ot to plead such acquittance in court. And whereas the inventory of the goods of said Samuel, now deceased, and all accounts relating to the aforesaid matters are in the hands of said Buckingham, including a book which he took from Joseph Pecke of Hingham, co., Norfolk which had been delivered to said Joseph by his brother, said Samuel, and whereas your orator has not any witnesses to the deed of acquittance, having trusted to the good faith of John Buckingham, now your orator prays for a writ of subpoena to summon John Buckingham into the Court of Chancery to answer to the premises. 

The outcome of the countersuit in Chancery brought on 19 November 1628 by Nicholas Peck of Beccles, gent., against John Buckingham, (Buckenham), his brother-in-law, is unknown. 

Lothrop-Lathrop-Lowthorp

The following extracts from the Yorkshire FInes may be of added interest to Lowthorp descendants:

Easter 1596 [April 14] - William Dixon, Thomas Pattenson, Lawrence Lowthropp, John Constable and Thomas Lowthropp s. Brian Pattenson and Alice his wife, re: property in Etton.  

Hilary, 1557/8 - Robert Lowthorpe versus Marmaduke Whytyng and Alice, his wife, re: lands in Wolkyngton.

Many data concernig the early Lowthrops may be obtained from the Bridlington Chartulary and from Transactions, East Riding Antiquarian Society, vol. 21.  These pertain to the period prior to 1400. 

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Roberts, Gary. English Origins of New England Families from the New England Historical & Genealogical Register in Three Volumes, Vol. III, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985

Reade - Siblings Col. Thomas of Salem, Mass., emigrated in 1634, and was later an officer in Cromwell's army, Mrs. Margaret (Reade) Lake of New London, Conn., and Ipswich, Mass., Mrs. Martha (Reade) (Eppes) Symonds, second wife of Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds of Ipswich and Mrs. Elizabeth (Reade) Winthrop, wife of John Winthrop, Jr., Governor of Connecticut.

Mr. Appleton examined the parish registers of Wickford, Essex Co. and found many items therein relating to Edmund and Elizabeth (Cooke) Reade, the parents of the four emigrants; but between the years 1595 and 1604 no entries pertaining to this family appeared.  This lack has now been explained through a search, made for another purpose, in the registers of the parish of North Benfleet, co. Essex, now deposited in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.  North Benfleet lies a few miles southeast from Wickford, and at the period in question the lord of the principal manor was Edmund Church, who had inherited it from his Tyrrell ancestors.  Church was twice mentioned as "brother" in the will of William Reade of Wickford (1603), the father of Edmund Reade; and it as doubtless as Church's tenant at the manor house, which is still standing and is now the rectory, that Edmund Reade resided in North Benfleet. 

[The manor house is now gone, it was abandoned, but still standing in the 1920s.] 

The first Reade entry in the registers of North Benfleet is given here verbatim in the Latin employed by the rector, but the entries that follow have been translated and condensed.

Baptisms:

• 1597 Maria Reade filia Edmundi Reade et Elizabethe ux de Northe Bemflett nata fuit decimo octavo die mensis Junii et baptizata vicesimo sexto die ejusdem mensis in Ecclia North Bemflette Ao 1597 prd.
•  1598 Margaret Reade daughter of Edmund Reade and Elizabeth his wife born 11 July and baptized 16 July. 
• 1599 William Reade son of Edmund Reade and Elizabeth his wife born 28 October [1599] and baptized 1 January [15991600]
• 1602 Martha Reade daughter of Edmund Reade born 13 July and baptized 22 July. 
• 1605 Thomas Reade son of Edmund Reade and Elizabeth his wife born 2 January and baptized 7 January [1605/6]
• 1609 Samuel Reade son of Edmund Reade born 23 July and baptized 31 July
• 1612 Thomas Read son of Edmund Read and Elizabeth his wife baptized 15 August - this is Col. Thomas Reade. 

Burials:

• 1600 Edmund Reade son of Edmund Reade and Elizabeth his wife of North Bemflett 30 March 
• 1602 Mary Reade daughter of Edmund Reade 13 April
• 1607 Thomas Reade son of Edmund Reade 15 September
• 1629 John Read 12 October
• 1631 Ellen Read, widow, 9 February [1631/2] 

Miscellaneous:

1601 Boundes of the upland groundes of the said parishe of North Beamflette . . . perambulated, etc. Edmunde Read [first name].

Thomas Lothrop, Dengie, Essex, clarke.  Will 20 Oct. 1628, proved 6 May 1629, legatees:

• daughter Anne, £120 age age 21 or marriage
• daughter Jane messuage called "Wilks" in Tillingham, Essex, £30 at age 21
• daughter Elisabethe 40 acres in Althorne, Essex
• daughter Mary messuage "Yates Gapp," Meale Feeld in Southminster, Essex
• wife Elizabeth executrix 
• brother John £5 [Rev. John Lathrop]
• brother William £5

Talcott & Mott Families
The following memoranda are copied from the fly leaf of an account book kept by Col. John Talcott, son of Worshipful Mr. John Talcott, of Hartford, CT (our uncle) and are under date of 1664.

The kitchen that now stands on the north side of the house that I live in that was the first house that my father built in Hartford in Connecticut Colony and was done by Nicholas Clark the first winter that any Englishman rought or built in Hartford, which was in the year 1635. 

My father and mother and his family came to Hartford in the year 1636, and lived first in said kitchen which was first on the west side of the chimney.

The great Barn was built in the year 1636, and underpined in the year 1637, and was the first barn that was raised in this colony.

The east end of this house that we live in, and was my father Talcotts deceased, was built with the porch that is, in the year 1638, and the chimneys were built in 1638. 

The Cow house on the north side of the Cow yard now part improved for a corn house was finished and built in the year 1640.  The house and barn that was in partnership between my father and my uncle Wadsworth at Farmington was finished in the year 1642. 

The hay Barn standing on the north end of the great Barn next Capt. Allyn's garden was built in the year 1644.  The west end of that house we live in which was belonging to my honored deceased Father Talcott was built in the year 1645. 

My Oncle Mr. Mott sold my Hon'd Father Talcott his house that he lived in in Braintry in old England per order in the year 1644, my Father Talcott then living in this house in Hartford. 

The prison house or common Goal for the Colony was built in Hartford in the year 1641. 

The meeting house or first Church built in Hartford was in the year 1638.

The Pequot war was in the year 1637 at the English's almost first coming to Connecticut.