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The Minor family in Virginia, with its connections, is one of the most numerous within its boundaries. From the first of the name to the present day its members have been influential in their respective communities, but have shunned office, and hence are as not as well known as many families of less real merit but fewer peculiarities.
The first of the blood in Virginia was Meindert Doodes and his wife Mary Geret: both were from Holland. He was a sea captain who abandoned the sea and settled on the lower waters of the Rappahannock in Virginia, about 1650. His wife belonged to a family of some social and political distinction in Holland. The son of Meindert Doodes assumed the name of Doodes Minor - whether the "Minor" was another term for "Junior," or was a corruption of Meindert, does not appear. Minor Doodes and Doodes Minor were both naturalized in October, 1673, by the same act of the House of Burgesses and by their respective names. The wills of Meindert Doodes and Doodes Minor are both of record in Middlesex county. By the will of the former he leaves his estate to "his son Doodes Minor." By the will of Doodes Minor who married a Miss Mantague, a part of his estate was given to his son Geret Minor, whose name was derived from the family name of the wife of Meindert Doodes. His name was afterwards corrupted into "Garret," and has been extensively used in the Minor family ever since. This Geret Minor, son of Doodes Minor, was the father of
The first John Minor who was born in 1707, and on the 14th of November, 1732, married Sarah Carr, daughter of Thomas Carr and his wife Mary Dabney. This Mary Dabney was born January 22d, 1685. The estate known as "Topping Castle," on the north bank of the North Anna river, in Caroline county, was given John Minor by his father-in-law Thomas Carr. This first John was a Justice of the Peace and a man of strong mind and will and was of great influence in his community. He and his wife Sarah Carr had eleven children, the eldest of whom was
The second John Minor. He was known as "Major John Minor of Topping Castle." He was born on Nov. 13th, 1735 and died March 21st, 1800. His wife was Elizabeth Cosby. He was a man of mark. His judgment was sound and his energy tireless - a man of affairs, successful, practical and much consulted by his neighbors and friends. He never held public office and like all of his blood never sought one; yet no man so moulded the public sentiment of his community or did more to elevate its morals.
Among his children were:
- Lancelot Minor, the father of James B., Lucian Minor & Charles Minor
- Diana md. Richard Maury
- John b. Caroline Co., 1761, didn't marry until 1790 - too late to match our Butler family
Cary, Henry. The Cary Family in America, Boston, MA: Seth Cooley Cary, 1907
Fitch, Mason, Peck, Perkins, Lovell, Hodges, Gallop, Lake, Hazen?, Lothrop, Scudder
Cooch, Mary. Ancestry & Descendants of Nancy Allyn (Foote) Webb, Rev. Edward Webb & Joseph Wilkins Cooch, Wilmington, DE: Star Publishing Co., 1919
Gallop, Lake, Reade
Davis, Walter. "Ancestry of John Lake, Husband of Margaret (Reade) Lake," The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. LXXXIV, July 1930.
From several references in the Winthrop family correspondence it has long been known that John was the given name of the husband of Mrs. Margaret (Reade) Lake, the stepdaughter of Rev. Hugh Peter and the sister-in-law of Gov. John Winthrop, Jr., and Deputy Gov. Samuel Symonds, who emigrated to New England previous to 1635, lived with her sister, Mrs. Winthrop, in New London, Conn., and died at Ipswich, Mass., in 1672. Through her two daughters, Hannah (Lake) Gallop and Martha (Lake) Harris, Mrs. Lake has many descendants in America. [including us]
In 1891 Charles Browning, in his Americans of Royal Descent, identified John Lake as the son of Richard & Anne (Morrelly) Lake. This has been disproven.
Luckily, however, the Winthrop correspondence produces a clue by pursuing which the husband of Mrs. Margaret Lake is definitely identified. On 18 Jan. 1661/2 Mrs. Lake wrote to Gov. John Winthrop, Jr., who was then in England, asking him to ascertain whether her "sister Breadcale" of Lee, Essex, was still living. From this starting point it was not difficult to establish the fact that John Lake was a member of a family seated for several generations at Great Fanton Hall, North Benfleet, co. Essex. Although they had several Essex manors, the Lakes appear to have been of the rank of yeoman, or, at best, minor gentry, and there is no evidence at the College of Arms or in the Visitations of Essex that they were entitled to coat armor. Great Fanton Hall, a large farmhouse of no architectural pretension, was still standing in 1925, although sadly threatened, on the London side, by the on-coming tide of suburban bungalows.
The following abstracts of records from English sources throw light on the history of this Lake family; and the information derived from them is summed up in a brief pedigree in the usual genealogical form.
1. The Will of Thomas Sandell of Basselden [Basildon], co. Essex, yeoman, dated 10 October 1593. To be buried in Basselden churchyard. To my son John Sandell one-third of all my lands holden by knight's service. To my wife Elizabeth my tenement called Sayers for life, and then to my son Thomas and the heirs of his body, with reversion to my son John. My mother's third being set off and my son John's third, with the dowry of my wife in all my lands holden by knight's service, the remainder shall be to my executor for ten years, and then to my son John. To my wife her dwelling in this my capital house till Michaelmas after my deceaase, twelve kine, forty ewes, one ram, all the goods she when I married her and has made since, my ambling young mare, my horse, "Buttun," three loads of timber for the repair of Sayers, etc. and she is to have the bringing up of all the four children we have had between us. To my son John all my stuff in the parlor and all the glass. To my daughter Joan, Anne, Elizabeth £20 each at marriage or at the age of eighteen, with the right of survivorship if any die before. To my daughters Mary, Thomasin, and my youngest daughter, Anne, £20 each, to be delivered to my wife towards their education, and, if any die, my son Thomas is to have her portion. If my mother die before my son John is twenty-one, my executors are to take the land she had till he is of age. If John die before he is twenty-one, then all my lands shall descend to my son Thomas, he paying to my daughters living £40 apiece, to my sister Stauterford's [sic] children £10, to my sister's son, Roger Dowe, £10, to my sister's son, Roger Dowe, £10, to my sister Lacke's son, John Lacke, £10, and to his sisters, Elizabeth and Sybell Lacke, £10. The Widow Ivyt is to have her dwelling in "Jacke at woods" for life for £4 a year. To my servant Alice Radlynne a tenth profit of my tenement called Bacons for five years. To my boy Chatterton my red bullock with the white face. To my cousin Ann Pake a bullock, in consideration of 20s. due to her of my father's give. To Abraham Richbell 3s. 4d. To widow Chatterton 3s. 4d. To Widow Marrage 3s. 4d. To my daughter-in-law Elizabeth Ladde a bullock. Residue to Thomas Taylor of Stornedowne and my brother Richard Sandell, my executors, for the education of my children. Overseers: my brother William Hurte and Mr. John Paschall. Witnesses: Arthur Denham, Alexander Paschall, Jo: Paschall. Proved 11 April 1594 by the executors. (Consistory Court of London, Sperin, 85.)
2. The Will of John Lake of North Bemflete [North Benfleet], co. Essex, dated 10 December 1596. To be buried in North Bemflette church or chancel. For making of forms and other things necessary and convenient in and about the chancel of the said church, 20s. To the parson of the said church, for a Communion Book or Psalter, 10s. To trimming and mending the porch buttresses of the said church and chancel, 20s. To each of the eight people who carry my body to the church 12d. To the poor of Bemflette and of the parishes of Runwell, Wickford, and Rawrethe, co. Essex, to each parish 20s. To the poor of Rayleigh, co. Essex, 40s. To Widow Castle, my mother-in-law, who now dwelleth with me, the bed whereon she usually lieth, furnished with all things belonging thereunto, as it now standeth, and 20s. To my wife Mary Lake all my goods, household stuff, and implements in my house called Fanton Haule, in Bemflette, except the leases of my manors or farms of Fanton Haule aforesaid and Bonefields alias Boneviles, in Bemflette, my ready money, and all other my writings, bonds, evidences, scripts and muniments, which are to go to my executor. To my wife all goods and household stuff in my kitchen, bolting house, "woll' house, granary, or north end of my house of Fanton Haule aforesaid, and in my house in Kemps Crofts, also all my butter, cheese, bacon, and other provisions, all my calves, milk of my kine, and all my ewe sheep on my farm of Fanton Haule, and also free use of my mansion house, Fanton Haule, and my new house in Kemps Croft, etc., to be carried by my decease, whereupon [various articles specified] are to be carried by my executor to Bonefields alias Bonviles for my said wife. My said wife is to pay my executor £6 yearly for the premises [Bonefields] and to enter into a bond, and, if she refuses, the legacy to her is to be void and my executor is to pay her 100 marks. to my brother Richard Lake, who dwells with me, pasture of one horse for life, my best black nag, and also his meat, lodging, washing, and entertainment for himself in my house for life. To Nicholas Stelewoman £21 left him by John James, late of Hockley, co. Essex, on the day appointed in the said will. To Dorothy Luther, daughter of Henry Luther, deceased, £20, and my wife is to educate her. To Elizabeth Frances, and Joan Luther, the other daughters of the said Henry, £20 each, at the age of eighteen or marriage. To every godchild 2s. To Thomasine Drywood, dwelling with John Brooman of South Bemflette, £10, £4 thereof being what I owe her. To my cousins John and George Porter £10 each. To every one of my brothers' and sisters' children, except the said John and George Porter, the children of my brother Robert Lake, Richard Lake, the son of my brother Richard Lake, Joan Ducket, the wife of Robert Ducket, who owes me £20, the which I forgive him, and John Brooman of South Bemflette, to everyone of the other I give £5. To Simon Prisceley, my servant, a bullock and sheep which were Robert Lone's deceased, and £10. To every man and maid servant, except those before and after named, 6s, 8d. To Richard Lake, son of my brother Richard Lake, lands in Wickford and Sarah Hannyngfield which I late bought of Robert Vane of Sinocke, co. Kent. To John Brooman of South Bemflette, my kinsman, my house and lands in South Bemflette which I bought of Thomas Wyat, late of Thundersleye, co. Essex. To Elizabeth Lone, daughter of Margaret Lone of Rayleigh, widow, the houses, lands, etc., which I purchased of John Camber of Tilburie; but Foulk Evans, tailor, is to have his free use and occupation of all those rooms which he now has for life, without paying any rent for the same, and Elizabeth Lone is to make a lease for twenty-one years to Henry Julian which I have promised him. To Anne Castle, who dwells with me, £10 at twenty years. To Anthony Lone, who dwells with me, £10 at twenty years, and my executor is to educate him in the meantime. My tenement at Layndon called Nokes, which I late bought of Thomas Anger, and the residue to John Lake of North Bemflette aforesaid, the son of my brother Richard Lake, whom I make sole executor. Overseers: Mr. Edmund Reade of North Bemflette, Mr. Richard Mason, parson of Rawrethe, and Mr. Thomas Jobie, parson of THundersley, and they are to have 20s each. Witnesses: William Harryes, Isaac Gilbert, Thomas Meredithe. Proved by the executor 7 April 1597. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts.)
3. The Will of Richard Lake of North Bemflette [North Benfleet], co. Essex, dated 17 September 1599. To be buried in the church or churchyard of North Bemflette. To the poor of the parish 5s. To every godchild 12d. To every servant dwelling with my executor 12d. To my brother William's wife 5s. To my sister Greene and my sister Cracknell 12d. each. To the children of George Reignolde which he had by my daughter £10 to be paid to the said George for their use. To my son Richard Lake £20. To my daughter Phennynge and her children £10 equally between them. To my daughter Lachyngdon and her children £10 equally between them. To my son-in-law Thomas Lachyngdon all the debts he owes me. To my daughter Joan Ducket and her children the £21 which her husband Robert Ducket owes me, and to her two children two of my best platters. TO my son Richard Lake, to my daughters Margaret Phennynge and Sybille Lachyngdon, and to my executor my chest of linen and certain pewter. To every one of my brothers' and sisters' children 5s. Resicue to my eldest son, John Lake, and he is to be executor. Witnesses: Edmund Portwaye and Thomas Meredithe. Proved by the executor 11 October 1599. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts.)
4. The will of John Lake of North Bemflet [North Benfleet], co. Essex, yeoman, dated 29 November 1612. To be buried in such place as my wife and friends shall think good. To the poor of North Bemflet 10s. To the poor of Nevendon 10s. To Elizabeth, my wife, my manor of Little Bastable Hall, now in the tenure of one Jeremy Rogers, during her natural life, a third part, however, being reserved unto John Lake, my eldest son, with the quitrents and profits of the courts, and he is to pay a third part yearly of the £28 which is due to be paid out of the said manor to my sister Blage for her thirds, and my wife is to pay the rest. To my wife Elizabeth all the household stuff in the said house of Bastable Hall, all the bedding and furniture belonging to the bed in the parlor at Fanton Hall, with one great chest and a trunk standing in the chamber over the parlor and all that is in them, my gelding, three kine, ten sheep, and all the brass and pewter. My wife shall have her dwelling with my son John during the term of Jeremy Rogers's lease of Bastable Hall, if she marrieth not, without paying anything either for her diet or dwelling, if she like thereof. Otherwise she is to have the house where Abraham Turke dwelleth to herself during the said term. To Richard Lake, my son, the lease of Bonfields, when he shall accomplish the full age of twenty-one, the bed, bedding, and furniture, as it stands in the chamber over the parlor, and one chest. To Thomas Lake, my son, my messuage and tenement called Jac-at-Hoods, [sic], in Basseldon, Fobing and Vange, in the tenure of Edward Ivitt, and my wife is to have the use of the said land and the bringing up of my said son Thomas during his minority. To Elizabeth Paschall, my daughter, two kine, and to each of her sons, Andrew and Thomas Paschall, a sheep. To Sibell Bentten, my daughter, £100 and one cow or £3 in money, at her choice. To Tamsen Lake, my daughter, £100 at the age of eighteen or marriage. To Anna Lake, my daughter, £100 at the age of eighteen or marriage, and my executor shall bring up my said daughter Anna until she accomplish the age of sixteen, and my wife is to see her set to school at the charge of my executor. To Tebetha Lake, my brother Richard's daughter, 40s. at twenty-one. To all of my servants in my house 2s. each. Residue to John Lake, my son, whom I make sole executor. Overseers: Andrew Paschall and Andrew Bentten. Witnesses: Thomas Man, Abraham Turke, Robert Castell. Proved 30 January 1612/13. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts.)
5. The Will of Andrew Paschall of Nevendon, co. Essex, gentleman, dated 9 November 1613. To my wife Elizabeth my lands in Nevendon and Basseldon, and she is to bring up my son Andrew, allowing him for his maintenance and good education £20 a year, and, when he is twenty-one, the lands are to be divided between my said son and wife. If my wife does not marry again, she is to enjoy my mansion house; but, if she marries, my son is to have the same and all my lands, allowing my wife half the revenues and rents for life. To my sister Anne Reynoldes £30, if she makes no claim to any legacy left to her by her father. To my cousin Marie, daughter of my said sister, £10 at the age of twenty-one or at marriage. To the poor of Nevendon 10s. Residue to my wife Elizabeth, and she is to be sole executrix. Overseers: my kinsman Thomas Bretton of Laynedon, co. Essex, gentleman, and Thomas Man of South Bemfleet, yeoman. Witnesses: John Woode, John Browne, T. Gibbonson[?]. Proved 25 February 1613/14. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts.)
6. The Will of Elizabeth Lake of Nevendon, co. Essex, dated 1 May 1616. To the poor of Basseldon 5s. To the poor of Nevendon 5s. To the poor of Northbenflet 5s. To my daughter Elizabeth Paschall 44s. To my daughter Sibell Benton 44s. To my daughter Tamson Lake £10. To my daughter Anne Lake £10, to be paid into the hands of John Lake, my son, upon this condition, that he shall pay for the education and bringing up of my daughter Anne from her age of sixteen years to her age of eighteen years. To my daughter Elizabeth Paschall my best gown. To my sister Slaterford 31s. To my servants Richard Woodly, Dorothy Sworder, and John Wood 2s. each. Residue to my son Thomas Lake, who is to be sole executor. Overseers: my sons John Lake and Richard Lake, to whom [I give] 22s. apiece. To each of my daughter Benten's children a sheep. To Andrew Paschall, my daughter's son, a sheep. To Anne Lake, my daughter, a trunk. To William Purland a lamb. Witnesses: Jeremy Rogers, Thomas Man, Thomas Playle. Proved 3 June 1616. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts.
7. The Will of Elizabeth Bridcake, widow, of Leigh, co. Essex, dated 10 July 1651. TO my son Andrew Paschall 20s. To Cleere Paschall, his wife, 20s. To each of my said son's children now living, to wit, Andrew Paschall, Thomas Paschall, Cleere Paschall, and Elizabeth Paschall, and to John Bundocke and Elizabeth Bundocke, children of my daughter Cleere Bundocke, 40s each. To Mr. Argor and his wife 20s. each. To my daughter Cleere Bundock my house I now dwell in for her life, then to her daughter Elizabeth, and, if Elizabeth die without issue, to her brother John Bundock. To Cleere Bundock all my goods, and what remains of them on her death to Elizabeth Bundock. Executors: my daughter Cleere Bundock and my cousin Mr. Thomas Harrison. Witnesses: Thomas Salmon, Anne Goodland, Thomas Fenner. "Since the sealing and subscribing by the executrix [sic. ? testatrix] her will is that her brother John Lake shall receave of her executors the summe of twenty her brother John Lake shall receave of her executors the summe of twenty shillings within three months after her decease." Proved 28 August 1651.
8. The Will of Thomas Lake of Nevendon, co. Essex, clerk, dated 18 February 1651/2. To my brother John Lake, for his life, my tenement and lands called Mangers alias Bacons, in Basseldon, which I late bought to me from one Thomas Dennys and Jeremy Croxton; and after the decease of my said brother the said tenement and lands are to go to my second son, John Lake, and to the heirs of his body, and, in default of such issue, to my nephew Richard Lake all my tenement and lands called Great Bradmore and Little Bradmore, in the parish of Stock, co. Essex, which I lately bought of my kinsman Richard Sandell, tailor. To my son Thomas £10 and my bedstead standing in the parlor of my dwelling house [and various other articles of furniture]. To my son John £60 [and various articles of furniture]. To Elizabeth Sandell, daughter of my cousin Richard Sandell, all my childbed linen. To my cousin Richard Sandell's other four children, namely, Richard Sandell a silver-gilt cup, with a cover. To William Bushe of Nevendon 10s. To Richard Sandell a mortgage I have in lands in the parish of Downeham, belonging to one William Knightsbridge, for the use of my son Peter. Residue to my son Peter, and Richard Sandell is to be his guardian and my executor. Overseers: my brothers-in-law Robert Sumpter of Leaden Roodinge and Francis Sumpter of White Roodinge. Witnesses: Raphe Frithe, John Frithe.
Administration cum testamento annexo was granted to the overseers 8 April 1652, the executor having died before he took upon himself the execution of the said will. (P.C.C., Bowyer, 77.)
From Parish Registers - North Benfleet, co. Essex, 1672-1635 - Baptisms:
1590 - Johes Lake filius Johis Lake Juniors et Elizabethe ux 26 September
1591 - Elizabetha lake filia Johis et Elizabethe Lake 12 December
1592 - Sibilla Lake filia Johis et Elizabethe 11 February [1592/3].
1594 - Richardus Lake filius Johis Lake Junioris et Elizabethe 18 November
1596 - Thomasina Lake filia Johis Lake et Elizabethe 14 October
1597 - Margareta Lake filia Johis Lake et Elizabethe 12 March [1597/8].
1600 - Thomas Lake filius Johis Lake et Elizabethe 21 October
1604 - Anna Lake filia Johis Lake et Elizabethe 10 February [1604/5].
1618 - Sarah Lake daughter of Richard Lake & Sarah his wife 13 September
1620 - Elizabeth Lake daughter of Richard Lake & Parnell his wife 10 August
1621 - Ann daughter of John Lake & Margaret his wife 3 July.
1622 - Ann daughter of Richard Lake & Parnell his wife 1 July.
1623 - Elizabeth daughter of John Lake & Margaret his wife 5 June
1624 - Martha daughter of John Lake & Margaret his wife 20 July
1629 - Samuell sonne of John Lake & Margaret his wife 29 March
1630 - Elizabeth daughter of John Lake & Marget his wife 17 February [1630/1].
Marriages:
1578 - Willmus Dixon et Helena Crosson servientes Johis Lake 8 November
1589 - Johes Lake et Maria Castle de North Benfleet 28 April.
1591 - Thomas Lachyngdon et Sibilla Lake 11 October
1592 - Robertus Ducket de Thundersley et Johanna Lake 10 April
1597 - Johannes Greene de Rawreth et Marie Lake 26 May
Burials:
1588 - Elizabeth Lake ux Johis Lake 10 March [1588/9].
1590 - Filius Johis Lake senioris aqua non renatus 9 March [1590/1].
1592 - Robertus Lone gener Johis Lake 4 December
1596 - Johannes Lake senior 12 March 1596/7].
1599 - Richardus Lake senior 24 September
1608 - Robertus Lake filius Johis Lake de Basselden 13 August
1612 - (--?--) Lake 10 December
1616 - Elizabeth Lake Widdow 4 May
1618 - Sarah daur. of Richard Lake 5 October.
1622 - Parnell the wife of Richard Lake 14 October.
1622 - Sara the wife of Richard Lake seniore 17 December
1623 - Elizabeth daur. of John Lake 31 August
1625 - Rebecca Lake 4 October
1629 - Samuel Lake 19 March [1629/30].
Rayleigh, co. Essex Parish Register - Baptisms:
1579 - Johne son of Johne Lake a joyner 12 April
1580 - Joane the daur. of Johne Lake 30 April
Marriage: 1576 Johne Lake & Sisbell Hedendon 22 September
Runwell, co. Essex Parish Register - Baptism:
1574 - Susan Lake daughter of Robert 22 August
Marriage - John Lake & Elizabeth Lone 3 February [1558/9]
Burials:
1563 - a servant of John Lake
1574 - Susan Lake daughter of Robert 8 October
1598 - Margaret Lake, infant, 24 July
South Benfleet, co. Essex Parish Register - Baptisms
1635 - Elizabeth Lake daughter of John and (--?--) his wife 22 September
1636 - Emund [sic] Lake the base (illegitimate) son of John Lake and Elsabeth Browne 26 March
Burial - 1636 - Edmund the base son of John Lake and Elizabeth Browne 5 September
Wickford, co. Essex Parish Register Baptism
1597 - John Lake son of Richard Lake 19 February [1597/8].
1602- Mary Lake daughter of Richard Lake 6 March [1602/3].
1606 - John Lake son of Richard Lake 24 August
1607 - Edward Lake son of Richard Lake 20 December
1617 - John Lake son of John Lake 6 July
1618 - Thomas Lake son of John Lake & Margaret 18 January [1618/19].
1620 - Richard the son of John Lake of Northe Bemfleet and Margaret 21 May
Burials:
1599 - Goodwyfe Lake 22 September
1605 - John Lake 17 July
1606 - John Lake 16 September
1608 - Edward Lake the sonne of Ric' Lake 13 February [1608/9].
1620 - Richard Lake the sonne of John Lake & Margaret 22 May
On the foregoing records the following short genealogy is based.
1. (grandfather) (--?--) Lake, who lived in the first half of the sixteenth century, was the father of at least four sons and two daughters.
Children:
i. John, of North Benfleet, co. Essex, the testator of 10 Dec. 1596 (Will No. 2), d. s.p.; bur. at North Benfleet 12 Mar. 1596/7; m. 1) at Runwell, co. Essex 3 Feb. 1558/9, Elizabeth Lone, probably a widow who was bur. at North Benfleet 10 Mar. 1588/9. [Robert Lone, "son-in-law" (gener) of John Lake, was buried at North Benfleet 4 Dec. 1592]. m. 2) at North Benfleet, 28 Apr. 1589 Mary Castle, who m. 2) at North Benfleet, 26 May 1597, John Greene of Rawreth co. Essex and was living 17 Sept. 1599, when she was mentioned as "sister Greene" in the will of her brother-in-law, Richard Lake (Will No. 3).
After his first marriage John Lake appears to have lived at Runwell, where one of his servants was buried in 1563. Between that date and 1578 he moved to North Benfleet, where he held the manors of Great Fanton and Boneviles and other property Great Fanton Hall, a large farmhouse, was still standing in 1925. He also owned land in the neighboring parishes of Rayleigh, South Benfleet, Wickford, Laindon and South Hanningfield.
In his will after the usual formal directions and charitable bequests, he makes John Lake, the son of his brother Richard, his chief heir and executor. Other legatees were his mother-in-law, Widow Castle, his brother Richard Lake, his nephews John Porter, George Porter and John Brooman, the children of his brother Robert Lake, Elizabeth Lone and Anthony Lone (doubtless related to his first wife) and various servants and persons of unsuspected relationship.
2. ii. Richard. see below
iii. Robert, probably of Runwell, co. Essex in 1574
Children:
1. Susan bapt. at Runwell 22 Aug. 1574; bur. there 8 Oct. 1574. Other children living 10 Dec. 1596, when they were legatees in the will of their uncle, John Lake (Will No. 2).
iv. William, living 17 Sept. 1599, when his wife was a legatee in the will of his brother Richard (Will No. 3).
v. a daughter md. (--?--) Porter
Children surname Porter:
1. John
2. George both legatees in the will of their uncle, John Lake, dated 10 Dec. 1596 (Will No. 2)
vi. a daughter md. (--?--) Brooman.
Child surname Brooman:
1. John of South Benfleet co. Essex, 10 Dec. 1596, when he was a legatee in the will of his uncle, John Lake (Will No 2).
vii. a daughter (perhaps) Richard Lake in his will dated 17 Sept. 1599 (Will No. 3) leaves 12d. to his "sister Cracknell" who may have been a sister who had md. (--?--) Cracknell or a sister-in-law.
2. (grandfather) Richard Lake, of North Benfleet, co. Essex, the testator of 17 Sept. 1599 (Will No. 3), was buried at North Benfleet 24 Sept. 1599. He was apparently a widower, living with his brother John at Great Fanton Hall in 1596; and, as the very full parish registers of North Benfleet contain no baptismal records of his children, it is obvious that his married life was passed in another parish, possibly Rawreth, co. Essex. [the author did not check the Rawreth registers]
In his will he mentioned his brother William's wife, his "sister Greene" (the widow of his brother, John Lake), his "sister Cracknell," his sons John and Richard, his daughters Margaret Phennynge, Sybil Lachyngdon, and Joan Ducket, his son-in-law Robert Ducket, the children of his deceased daughter and George Reignolde, and the two children of his daughter Joan Ducket.
Children:
3. i. John - see below
ii. Richard, a legatee in the will of his uncle, John Lake, dated 10 Dec. 1596 (Will No. 2), and in that of his father, dated 17 Sept. 1599 (Will No. 2), and in that of his father, dated 17 Sept. 1599 (Will No. 3); living 17 Dec. 1622; m. Sara (--?--), who was bur. at North Benfleet 17 Dec. 1622.
Children:
1. Tabitha, under twenty-one on 29 Nov. 1612, when she was named as a legatee in the will of her uncle, John Lake (Will No. 4).
2. Sarah, bapt. at North Benfleet 13 Sept. 1618; bur. there 5 Oct. 1618
Possible children - baptisms of four children of Richard Lake in Wickford, co. Essex:
3? John bapt. 19 Feb. 1597/8
4? Mary bapt. 6 Mar. 1602/3
5? John bapt. 24 Aug. 1606
6? Edward bapt. 20 Dec. 1607 bur. at Wickford 13 Feb. 1608/9
iii. a daughter b. on or before 17 Sep. 1599 when her husband and children are mentioned, as living, in her father's will (Will No. 3); m. George Reignolde.
iv. Margaret, a legatee, with her children, in her father's will, dated 17 Sept. 1599 (Will No. 3) m. before 17 Sept. 1599 (--?--) Phyennynge
v. Sybil a legatee, with her children, in her father's will dated 17 Sep. 1599 (Will No. 3) m. at North Benfleet, 11 Oct. 1591, Thomas Lachyngdon, who was living 17 Sep. 1599.
vi. Joan, a legate, with her two children, in her father's will, dated 17 Sept. 1599 (Will No. 3) m. at North Benfleet, 10 Apr. 1592 Robert Ducket of Hundersley, co. Essex, who was living 17 Sep. 1599.
3. (grandfather) John Lake (Richard), of Great Fanton Hall, North Benfleet, co. Essex, yeoman, the testator of 29 Nov. 1612 (Will No. 4), born probably about 1565, was buried at North Benfleet 10 Dec. 112. He married Elizabeth Sandell, the testatrix of 1 May 1616 (Will No. 6), who was buried at North Benfleet 4 May 1616, whose family held the manor of Little Bastable, in the neighboring parish of Basildon, co. Essex, about 1589.
In addition to his inherited manors of Great Fanton and Boneviles in North Benfleet John Lake acquired from his wife's nephew, John Sandell, then living at Kempton Co. Herts. "all that manor of Litle Barstable Hall alias Bassildon Hall . . . in Bassildon, co. Essex, with all the lands thereto belonging . . . and all other its appurtenances in Bassildon, Vaynge and Fobbinge, co. Essex, . . . also three crofts containing forty acres called Sawyers in Bassildon . . . and two other parcels of land called Hockleyes and Undermundes in Vayinge" for the sum of £1,121 (Indenture of 1 Mar., 2 James I [1 Mar. 1604/5], Close Roll, 2 James I, C 54/1800). By his will Little Bastable went to his wife and his son John, with certain reservations to satisfy the dower of his "sister Blage" (the widow of his brother-in-law, Thomas Sandell, the testator of 10 Oct. 1593 [Will No. 1]), Boneviles was bequeathed to his son Richard, Jac-at-Hoods [sic], one of the Sandell properties in Basildon, Fobing, and Vange, to his son Thomas, while Great Fanton, the family homestead, went to John. Substantial legacies were made to his daughters Tamsen and Anna Lake and smaller ones to his daughters Elizabeth Paschall and Sybil Benton and his niece Tabitha Lake.
Elizabeth (Sandell) Lake, who at the time of her death was residing at Nevendon, co. Essex, the home of her daughter Elizabeth Paschall, made her son Thomas the executor of her will, and bequeathed to her sons John and Richard, her daughters Elizabeth Paschall, Sybil Benton, and Tamsen and Anne Lake, her grandson Andrew Paschall, her two Benton grandchildren, and her three servants.
Children baptized at North Benfleet:
4i. John bapt. 26 Sept. 1590 - see below
ii. Elizabeth, the testatrix of 10 July 1651 (Will No. 7), bapt. 12 Dec. 1591; d. a widow between 10 July 1651 and 28 Aug. 1651, when her will was proved; m. 1) Andrew Paschall of Nevendon, co. Essex, gentleman, the testator of 9 Nov. 1613 (Will No. 5) who d. between that date and 25 Feb. 1613/14, when his will was proved; m. 2) John Breadcake of Leigh, co. Essex, mariner, who d. in 1636, when he was in command of the ship Thomas, on a voyage to or from Gibralter (Chancery Proceedings, Charles I, 15/45, Vassall v. Breadcake, 13 June 1637).
Andrew Paschall bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth, his son Andrew, his sister Anne Reynoldes and her daughter Marie, his kinsman Thomas Bretton of Layndon [Laindon], co. Essex, and various servants.
Elizabeth (Lake) (Paschall) Breadcake left here estate to her children, Andrew Paschall and Clare Bundock, and her grandchildren. In a codicil to her will she mentioned her brother John Lake.
Children:
1. Andrew Paschall m. Clare (--?--) both were living 10 July 1651, when his mother made her will, and they had four children then living, viz., Andrew, Thomas Clare and Elizabeth Paschall.
2. Clare Breadcake m. (--?--) Bundock. She was living, with two children, John and Elizabeth Bundock, 10 July 1651, when her mother made her will.
iii. Sybil bapt. 11 Feb. 1592/3; living 1 May 1616 when she and her two children are legatees in her mother's will; m. before 29 Nov. 1612, the date of her father's will, Andrew Benton.
iv. Richard bapt. 18 Nov. 1594; d. before 18 Feb. 1651/2, when his brother Thomas, in his will (Will No. 8), left a reversionary interest in the Basildon property to his (Thomas's) nephew Richard Lake, son of his (Thomas's) late brother, Richard Lake; m. before 1620 Parnell (--?--), who was bur. at North Benfleet 14 Oct. 1622. He was probably the "out-dweller" Richard Lake who was recorded in 1636 in the Essex Ship-Money Returns as owning property at Laindon Hills.
Children:
1. Richard living 18 Feb. 1651/2, when he was mentioned in the will of his uncle, Rev. Thomas Lake (Will No. 8).
2. Elizabeth, bapt. at North Benfleet 10 Aug. 1620.
3. Anne, bapt. at North Benfleet 1 July 1622
v. Thomasine (Tamsen) bapt. 14 Oct. 1596; living unm. 1 May 1616, when her mother made her will.
vi. Magaret bapt. 12 Mar. 1597/8 probably d. young, as she was not mentioned in her father's will, dated 29 Nov. 1612. Perhaps she was the Margaret Lake, infant, who was bur. at Runwell, co. Essex 24 July 1598.
vii. Rev. Thomas, A.B. (University of Cambridge, 1621/2), A.M. (ib., 1625), the testator of 18 Feb. 1651/2 (Will No. 8) bapt. 21 Oct. 1600; d. between 18/Feb. 1651/2 and 8 Apr. 1652, when administration on his estate, cum testamento annexo, was granted to the overseers named in his will; md. (--?--) Sumpter, who d. before her husband made his will . . .
In his will he styled himself of Nevendon, co. Essex, clerk, bequeathed to his brother John Lake, his sons Thomas, John and Peter Lake, his nephew Richard Lake (son of his late brother, Richard Lake), his cousin Richard Sandell, and Richard Sandell's five children, viz., Elizabeth, Thomas, Richard, Susan and Eleanor, and appointed Richard Sandell his executor and his brothers-in-law, Robert Sumpter and Francis Sumpter, overseers.
Children:
1. Thomas
2. John both living 18 Feb. 1651/2, when their father made his will
3. Peter, a minor 18 Feb. 1651/2, when his father made his will.
viii. Anne, bapt. 10 Feb. 1604/5; a legatee in the will of her father, dated 29 Nov. 1612 (Will No. 4), and in that of her mother, dated 1 May 1616 (Will No. 6).
4. John Lake (John, Richard), of Great Fanton Hall, North Benfleet, co. Essex, baptized at North Benfleet 26 Sept. 1590, was living in 1657, but died before 18 Jan. 1661/2 (vida infra). He married about 1616 Margaret Reade born 11 July 1598 and baptized at North Benfleet 16 July 1598, died at Ipswich, Mass., between 30 Aug. 1672, when her will was dated, and 24 Sept. 1672, when it was proved, daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth (Cooke) Reade of Wickford and North Benfleet, co. Essex.
John Lake was a legatee in the will of his uncle, Thomas Sandell, dated 10 Oct. 1593 (Will No. 1), was named as residuary legatee and executor in the will of his father, dated 29 Nov. 1612 (Will No. 4), was mentioned and named as overseer in the will of his mother, dated 1 May 1616 (Will No. 6), was a legatee in the will of his sister, Elizabeth Breadcake, dated 10 July 1651 (Will No. 7), and was a beneficiary in the will of his brother, Rev. Thomas Lake, dated 18 Feb. 1651/2 (Will No. 8). By an indenture dated 4 June 1622 he sold Little Bastable Hall and its appurtenant properties in Basildon, Fobbing and Vange co. Essex, to Richard Chester of Leigh, co. Essex (Close Roll 20 James I). It would seem that he disposed also of the North Benfleet manors before 1636, as his name does not appear in the North Benfleet list of landowners in the Essex Ship-Money Returns in that year. He was probably the Mr. Lake who was recorded as of Basildon in this same return.
Sometime between 1631 and 1635 John Lake's wife, Mrs. Margaret (Reade) Lake, left him and emigrated with her sisters and their families to New England, taking with her her two daughters, Ann and Martha Lake. For many years she lived in the family of her brother-in-law, Gov. John Winthrop, Jr., at New London, Conn., and is mentioned repeatedly in the Winthrop family correspondence. The last decade of her life was spent at Ipswich, Mass., the home of her daughter, Martha (Lake) Harris, and of her brother-in-law, Deputy Gov. Samuel Symonds. In 1654 Rev. Hugh Peter, Mrs. Lake's stepfather, wrote from London to John Winthrop, Jr.: "John Lake is alive and lusty;" and in 1657 he stated to the same correspondent: "John Lake live[s] still." [see Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Fourth Series, Vol. 6, p. 115 and Vol. 7, p. 204 (The Winthrop Papers).] In 18 Jan. 1661/2 Mrs. Lake wrote from Wenham, Mass., to her brother-in-law, Governor Winthrop, who was in London: "Might I not bee to troublesome to you I would have desired yors. to have done mee yt courtesy as to have inquired concerning my husbands death, & how hee ended his dayes, as also to have inquired of my cousen Thomas Cooke, whether hee knew whether their was any thing left mee or no . . . I would desire you inquire whether my sister Breadcale [sic] who dwells in Lee [Leigh], in Essex, bee liveing. You may heare of her, if liveing, at Irongate where boats weekly come from Lee." [Fifth Series, vol. 1, p. 99 (The Winthrop Papers).] No will of John Lake has been found. His widow in her will, dated 30 Aug. 1672, left her property to her daughters Hannah Gallop and Martha Harris, and to her grandchildren. [Probate Records of Essex County (Mass.), vol. 2, p. 289]
Children:
i. John, bapt. at Wickford 6 July 1617, mentioned in the will of his grandfather, Edmund Reade of Wickford, dated 20 Nov. 1623
ii. Thomas bapt. at Wickford 18 Jan. 1618/19, of whom nothing further has been discovered.
iii. Richard, bapt. at Wickford 21 May 1620, bur. there 22 May 1620.
iv. (grandmother) Ann (called Hannah in New England records), bapt. at North Benfleet 3 July 1621; migrated with her mother to New England; m. about 1642 Capt. John Gallop, who had served in the Pequot War in 1637 and was killed in the Narragansett Swamp Fight in King Philip's War, 19 Dec. 1675, son of John and Christabel Gallop of Boston, Mass. They lived successively in Boston, New London, Conn., and Stonington, Conn. Ten children.
v. Elizabeth, bapt. at North Benfleet 5 June 1623; bur. there 31 Aug. 1623.
vi. Martha, bapt. at North Benfleet 20 July 1624; migrated with her mother to New England; md. Thomas Harris, eight children.
vii. Samuel bapt. at North Benfleet 29 Mar. 1629, bur. there 19 Mar. 1629/30.
viii. Elizabeth bapt. at North Benfleet 17 Feb. 1630/1; probably d. in infancy.
Gallup, John. The Genealogical History of the Gallup Family in the United States, Hartford, CT: Hartford Printing Company, 1893.
Gray, J. Rufus. Our Progenitors, Pratt, KS: Gray, 1952
Robertson
Hamilton County Historical Society. Grandma Deem's Obituaries Hamilton County, Illinois, 1917-1925, Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1989.
Aug. 1, 1918 obituary - Ambrose Maulding [a cousin] was born June 24, 1838, aged 80 years, 1 month and 13 days.
He was married to Mary Katherine TUrner July 3, 1859. To this union was born six children: four of whom have preceded him to the great Beyond.
He was again married to Clara Carrol January 28, 1907. To this union was born one child who died in infancy.
The deceased was converted August 28, 1917, at Springerton, and lived a faithful and devoted Christian until death. He remarked in his last hours that he was ready to go and prepared to meet his God.
He leaves to mourn their loss a wife, two sons besides a host of friends and relatives. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.D. Hooker at Blooming Grove, Wednesday Aug. 7, where the remains were laid to rest.
Hopkins, Walter. Hopkins of Virginia & Related Families, Richmond, VA: J.W. Fergusson & Sons, 1931.
Kentucky Historical Markers - now an online database
- Logan County - Maulding's Fort
- Logan County - Courthouse - Wesley Maulding
Minor, Benjamin. "Some Other Minors in Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. XI, No. 2, October 1903.
[I'm not sure we are related to any Minors, but we are definitely related to the Col. James Taylor family mentioned in this article.]
There were Mynors, Myners, Minors and Miners in England from the time of the Norman Conquest and Battle Abbey. There were Minors and Miners in New England long prior to 1675. Some of these Miners have thought that the slight difference in spelling indicated another ilk. But family documents in their own possession prove that they were mistaken.
Three Minor families in Fredericksburg, Virginia area. 1) Descendants of Meindort Doodes who had changed their name to Minor; 2) Garrett Minor and 3) Col. Thomas Minor.
Thomas Minor, grandfather of the author, lived on the patrimonial estate, Locust Grove, eleven miles from Fredericksburg, down towards Guinea's, in Caroline county. He was born in 1751 and was the son of Thomas Minor, Sr. and Alice Thomas, whom he married in March 1742. Suppose that he was only 21 years old when they were married, this would place his birth somewhere in 1721, about the time that Spotsylvania county was established.
There were three Thomas Minors in Spotsylvania at the same time - my great-grandfather, my grandfather and one of the Doodes stock born in 1740, who married Mary Dabney.
There were also three John Minors there at the same time - the energetic and prosperous one, so dwelt upon by Capt. Blackford, his son, and my great-grandfather's eldest son. This last may have been the John Minor who was a member of the Committee of Safety of Caroline county in 1775-6. On that same Committee were Colo. James Taylor, Chairman and County Lieut., his brother, George Taylor, and his father-in-law, or brother-in-law Benj. Hubbard. There must have been great intimacy between these Minors and the Taylors, only about eight miles apart in different counties. For in 1781 Hubbard Taylor (for whom my father was named), married Clara Minor, and the night before, or after, her brother Thomas married Elizabeth Taylor. My great-grandfather's eldest son, John, may have settled in Caroline, and there became associated with the Taylors in their Revolutionary proceedings. There was also a Joseph Minor in Spotsylvania; he had a deed of lease 17 September 1764, from William McWilliams, which was witnessed by Thomas Minor and his son Owen. This is a very small connecting link between them.
The will of Thomas Minor, Sr., is on record. It is dated the 9th of April 1776, and was admitted to probate 19th December, 1776 and was admitted to probate 19th December 1776. He was, therefore, living when the Declaration of American Independence was proposed and adopted, and he must have approved of it. Because his son Thomas was then a commissioned officer in the Revolutionary army, and he devises to him two tracts of land, at once, and on the death of his mother all his lands in Spotsylvania. If he had not coincided in the stand his son had taken would he have thus made him his heir and confided to him his mother and two unmarried sisters? Alice Minor qualified as executrix of her husband December 19, 1776 and gave bond for $10,000. her son Thomas was one of her sureties.
Thomas Minor's children, as shown by his will, were John; Agatha who married Mordecai Redd, who removed to Kentucky, and some of them to Missouri; Lucy, who married James Crane (unknown); Clara who married Hubbard Taylor, and went with him to Kentucky; Owen; Thomas; Ann and Elizabeth, on of whom married a Tutt.
Thomas Minor, Jr., was born in 1751 and died July 21, 1834 in his eighty-third year. He served through the whole of the War of the Revolution, commencing in 1775, as second lieutenant in the 5th Virginia regiment and ending as captain and aide of General Edward Stevens, at the siege of Yorktown in 1781.
In 1781, he married Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Colonel James Taylor of Midway, Caroline county. This James Taylor (there were six of them in direct line) was an ensign in the French and Indian War, in 1758; was an associate, in the House of Burgesses, of his kinsman Edmund Pendleton; was chairman of the Committee of Safety of Caroline county and lieutenant of that county; was a member of the conventions of 1775 and 1776; was the first senator of Caroline and Hanover under the State Constitution, and was a member of the convention of 1788, which ratified the Constitution of the United States. He was a kinsman of Presidents James Madison and Zachary Taylor.
Thomas Minor and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, had five sons and seven daughters. Two sons, John and Thomas, died unmarried. Three, James, Hubbard Taylor and Jefferson, married and have left descendants. One daughter, Alice Thomas, remained single. All the rest married and with the exception of Mrs. Ann Maria Scott, of Bowling Green, Caroline county, removed to Kentucky and Missouri. One of the sons and three of the daughters lived to be octogenarians. Mrs. Minor survived her husband several years. There is further information of these Minors in Dr. Lyon G. Tyler's Wm. & Mary Quarterly, Vol. VIII, p. 247; Vol. IX, p. 55.
There were Minors, also, in Westmoreland, King George, Loudoun and Fairfax counties and no connection has been positively established between them and the Doodses.
Preston, Belle. Bassett-Preston Ancestors, New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Co. 1930.
Thomas Judd was born in England about 1608, and married there. He came to Cambridge, Mass; removed to Hartford, Conn., 1636, where he was an original proprietor; freeman, May 25, 1636. In 1645 he removed to Farmington and was one of the 84 proprietors and he and five of his sons owned large tracts. He was deputy from Farmington to the General Court of Connecticut, 1647, and often later to 1679. He was one of the twenty-seven founders of the Farmington Church, 1652, and one of its deacons for over twenty years; a farmer and influential man. His wife, name unknown, died in Farmington about 1678, and he removed to Northampton, Mass., where Dec. 2, 1679, he married Clemence, widow of Thomas Mason. He died there Nov. 12, 1688. His widow died Nov. 22, 1696.
Children:
1. William b. 1633, d. 1690, m. 1658 Mary Steele, d/o John - grandparents
2. Elizabeth b. ca. 1635, living 1716, m. 1653 Samuel Loomis, s/o Joseph
3. Thomas b. 1638, d. 1703, m. 1658 Sarah Steele, d/o John
4. John, b. Mar. 1640, d. 1715, m. Mary Hawkins d/o Anthony
5. Benjamin b. Mar. 1642, d. 1689 m. 1667 Mary Lewis d/o William
6. Mary b. Feb. 1644, d. 1684 m. 1663, Thomas Loomis s/o Joseph, as his second wife
7. Ruth bapt. Feb. 7, 1646, m. John Steele s/o John
8. Philip bapt. Sept. 2, 1649, d. 1689, m. Hannah Loomis d/o Thomas
9. Samuel b. Dec. 1651, d. 1721 m. 1681 Maria Strong d/o Thomas
Richard Steele son of Robert Steele, was buried at Fairstead, Eng. Jan. 10, 1595.
Richard Steele Jr. was baptized in Fairsted, Essex Co., Eng. April 12, 1539, died and was buried there Jan. 12, 1631 "aged 82." He married Elizabeth who was buried April 4, 1626 at Fairstead.
Children:
1. Richard bapt. Feb. 4, 1587, m. 1623 Elizabeth Bredy
2. George d. Hartford, Conn. 1665 m. 1608 Margery Sorrell
3. John bapt. 1591, d. 1665 m. 1622 Rachel Talcott - grandparents - see below
Secretary John Steele bapt. Fairstead, Eng., Dec. 12, 1591 son of Richard. He married in Fairstead, Oct. 10, 1622, Rachel Talcott, who was born in Braintree, Essex Co., Eng., daughter of John & Ann (Skinner) Talcott. He came to Newtown, Mass., 1630; an original proprietor; a freeman, 1634; deputy to General Court of Massachusetts 1634-5. In the autumn of 1635 he led a pioneer band through the wilderness from Newtown (now Cambridge), Mass. to the Connecticut River. As leader and magistrate he led and directed safely and wisely. They spent the winter clearing the land, building log houses, fighting Indians and wild beasts. In the spring their wives and families, with Mr. Hooker, their minister, came to the new settlement which became Hartford. He was one of eight commissioners appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts to govern Connecticut, Mar. 1636, for one year. His brother George Steele and brother-in-law John Talcott were of the party.
He became an original proprietor of Farmington 1645. He was elected to the principal colony court for twenty-three years, and was first Colonial Secretary of Connecticut, 1636-9. He was deputy to the court in 1636, which declared war against the Pequots. His wife died Oct. 24, 1653, and he married, second, Nov. 25, 1655, Mary (Ruscoe), widow of Richard Seymour. He died at Farmington, Feb. 27, 1664. His will, dated Jan. 30, 1664, proved June 15, 1665, mentions his wife Mercy (or Mary); Samuel and his wife Mary Boosey; son-in-law William Judd and wife Mary; son-in-law Thomas Judd and wife Sarah; and John, Samuel and Benoni, sons of his John, deceased. His children Samuel, Daniel, Rachel and John were mentioned in the will of their grandmother Ann Talcott in 1636.
Children:
1. John b. in Eng. 1625 d. 1653 m. 1646 Mercy Warner d/o Andrew
2. Samuel b. in Eng. 1626, d. 1685 m. ca. 1652 Mary Boosey d/o James
3. Lydia b. in Eng. d. 1659 m. 1657 James Bird s/o Thomas
4. Mary b. in Eng. d. 1718 m. 1658 William Judd s/o Thomas - grandparents
5. Rachel bapt. June 29, 1632, probably died young
6. Daniel b. before 1636
7. Hannah d. 1655 unmarried
8. Sarah b. 1638, d. 1695, m. ca. 1658 Thomas Judd s/o Thomas
John Tailcott or Taylcott of Braintree, Colchester, Essex Co., Eng., married (--?--) Wells; married 2) Mary Pullen, who died June 19, 1625. He died Nov. 1, 1606. By his first wife he had:
- John who married Ann Skinner - grandparents, see below
- Robert d. 1641 md. Joanna Drake
- daughter who married (--?--) Barnard
By second wife he had:
- Thomas d. 1641 md. Margaret Biggs
- Grace md. John Death
- Joanna md. (--?--) Knewstuble
- Marie md. (--?--) Marshall
- Eme md. Thomas Adler
- John
John Talcott, born before 1558, son of John, lived in Braintree, Essex Co., Eng. A pewterer. He married Ann Skinner, daughter of William and Marjerie Skinner of Braintree. He died in England, Jan. 1604. His will, proved Jan. 29, 1604, mentioned his wife Ann (who, in 1605, married 2) Moses Wall, and had three children), his father-in-law William Skinner, his brother Robert Talcott, his son John and his five daughters. His wife's will, dated Felsted, Eng., Apr. 6, 1637, mentions her son John, daughters Sarah Wadsworth, Rachel Steele, grandchildren Samuel, Daniel, Rachel and John Steele; daughter Mary Aylett; daughter Lydia Wall Holbeach and son-in-law Martin Holbeach, her brothers John and Richard Skynner, and sister Gill. William Skinner, their grandfather, had mentioned John, Sarah and Rachel Talcott in his will in 1616.
Children:
- John, a minor in 1606, d. 1660 md. Dorothy Mott
- Sarah d. before 1644, md. William Wadsworth
- Rachel d. 1653, m. 1622 John Steele - grandparents
- Ann
- Mary d. 1657 md. before 1630 Robert Aylett, perhaps als Begat Eggleston (1590-1674)
- Grace
Paul, Edward. The Ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul, Milwaukee, WI: Burdick & Allen, 1914.
Gallop - The name of this family is said to have been derived from the words Gott and lobe, meaning God and praise. Its founder in England was John Gollop, a soldier of fortune from Denmark or Sweden who flourished in the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, married Alice, the daughter and heir of William or Peter Temple of Templecombe in Broad Winsor and therby acquired that estate with the lands of North Bowood. The next person of record is
John Gollop of North Bowood and Temple, who lived in the time of Henry VIII, married Joan Collins of Nailscroft, County Dorset, and was succeeded by his son:
Thomas Gollop, who owned Strode, North Bowood and Temple, had for his guardian Sir Giles Strangeways, married Agnes daughter of Humphrey Watkins of Holwell in Somersetshire and died in 1610. His children were:
1. Giles, who was a fellow of New college, Oxford, and having refused to conform to the change of religion in Queen Elizabeth's time, resigned his fellowship, traveled through Spain to Rome, and died there.
2. Humphrey
3. Thomas of Strode, who md. Frances d/o George Poulet of Holborn in Dorsetshire and granddaughter of Lord Thomas Powlet
4. John md. Crabbe
5. George of Southampton
6. Richard
John Gollop married Crabbe, resided probably the parish of Mosterne, Dorsetshire, England and had a son
John Gallop born in 1590 was thirty-three years old at the time of the visitation of Dorset in 1623; resided in the parish of Mosterne in that shire; and having left Plymouth, England, in the ship Mary and John Mar. 20, 1630 arrived at Natasket, now Hull, Mass., May 30, 1630; became one of the first settlers of Dorchester, removed thence to Boston, was one of the earliest grantees of land there in the northerly part of the town, had a house and wharf-right there; was admitted to the First church there Jan. 6, 1634; owned also what is still known as Gallop's island in Boston harbor, had a snug farm thereon, a meadow on Long Island and a sheep pasture on Nix Mate; was a fearless mariner accustomed to trading along the coast and familiar with the harbor; piloted in the ship Griffin in September, 1633, carrying Rev. John Cotton, Rev. Thomas Hooker, and other fathers of New England; and in July 1636, "when sayelinge towards Block Island, to trade therabouts, not knowing of any mischiefe done by those Indians . . . espied a vessel making off from the shore, but by theyre contrary handling of theyr sails, they supposed that they were Indians which had taken some English vessel, and made towards them, and the perceiving it to be so, shot at them three or four vollies, as they sometimes came neare the villians, and then claued off again to make ready, and so after a third or fourth charge upon the Indians, all those Indians got into the hold: but old John Gallop, coming with his vessel close by the other side, espied a skein hang downe and resolved to hale down that and take it with them, to catch Basse withall and then perceived a dead body under it, with the head cut off; he got up into the vessel, bidding his two sons follow him, and stand by him with their guns ready charged, which they did; and he, taking the bloody head and washing it, knew it to be Mr. Oldham's head, and said, 'Ah! Brother Oldham! Is it thee? I am resolved to avenge thy blood!' And then taking his dagger to the scuttle hole in which the Indians were quogd as thick as they could stud, head by head, and he jobd his dagger very often, with all his strength, upon them, and then lasht that vessel to his vessel, hoping to tow them along with them. Upon which one Indian first got out and begd quarter for his life, and he would tell how many were in the hold, and who they were, and what they had done; they granted him that quarter and took and bound him and put him downe into theyr hold; presently after, another, a very proper fellow, got out and got to them and desired like quarter for his life, but they considering if they spared and bound him also, in theyr hold, they might in the night, unbind each other and do them mischief, being but four person and much tyred, whereupon, without farther debate, they chopt of his head, and heaved his carkass overboard; upon which the other Indian confessed to them that He was theyr sachem, whom they had killed, and that it was he who stirred up the Block Islanders to take that English vessel and cramb the men in it. Now the wind waxing higher and contrary, they could not tow the other vessel any further, cut theyr rope and let her drive and hasted to Saybrook fort with that captive Indian to give them full information what sort of Indians they were who murthered the English; whereupon that just war was comenced against the bloody Pequots and theyr associates." John Gallop took an active part in that war. His vessel afforded at one time about the only means of communication between Massachusetts Bay and the colonies of Rhode Island and Connecticut, and anxiety concerning him on one occasion, at least, caused Roger Williams to write Governor Winthrop: "God be praised! John Gallop has arrived!" He died in Boston Jan. 11, 1650. His will, dated 20d. 10mo. 1649, disposed of an estate worth three hundred eleven pounds, ten shillings and eight pence, including "Owne vessell or pinnis called by name of ye Buck," appraised at one hundred pounds. His wife Christobel, whom he married in England, was reluctant to leave home. Governor Winthrop wrote to Rev. John White of England July 4, 1632: "I have much difficultye to keep John Gallop here by reason his wife will not come. I marvayle at the woman's weaknesse. I pray persuade and further her coming by all means. If she will come, let her have the remainder of his wages; if not, let it be bestowed to bring over his children, for so he desired it. It would be about forty pounds losse to him to come for her. Your assured in the Lord's worke. J. Winthrop." Christobel arrived with four children, probably in the ship Griffin in September, 1633; joined the First church of Boston June 22, 1634; and died there Sep. 27, 1655. Her will, dated 24d. 5mo. 1655, contains this provision: "I doe give to my daughter Joane Joy halfe my money, which is about fifteen pounds, with one great brasse pott, with one of ye best brasse kettles, also a great white chest, one bedstead, one flocke bed, two blanketts, also one paire of my best sheets, one linning sheete, one odd sheete, one pewter candlestick, one porringer, one pewter platter, and five napkins, with one-half my wareing clothes. All these I doe give to my daughter Joane Joy." Their children were:
- John, who m. Hannah Lake and was with his father at the capture of John Oldham's vessel off Block Island, and afterward in the Pequod war, and having been captain in King Philip's war, was slain in the fight at Narragansett fort Dec. 19, 1675 - grandpa
- Joan, m. Thomas Joy
- Samuel, who m. Mary Phillips, and having been a soldier in King Philip's war perished while in command of a transport in the expedition of Sir William Phips against Canada
- Nathaniel, who m. Margaret Eveley and having fought in the Pequod war, settled at Boston.
Robertson, Laura. The Robertson, Purcell & Related Families, 1926
The Robertsons are descended directly from the ancient Earls of Athol, who occupied the throne of Scotland from the eleventh to the fourteenth century.
- Anderson, William. The Scottish Nation
- Johnston, W. & A.K. The Scottish Clans & Their Tartans
- Skene, William. The Highlanders of Scotland,
Gen. 1. Crinan, Abbot of Dunkeld md. Beatrice (daughter of Malcolm II)
Gen. 2. Duncan, King of Scots md. Ingiborge, killed by Macbeth
Gen. 3. Malcolm III aka Malcolm Cean Mor b. 1024 md. Margaret (sister of William the Conqueror).
Gen. 4. Henry
Gen. 5. Conan
Gen. 6. "Donnachaidh Remhar" aka Duncan the Stout, Duncan de Atholia or Duncan of Athol
Gen. 7. Robert de Atholia (chief), Patrick, Thomas, Gibbon
Gen. 8. Robert Robertson (chief)
Gen. 9. Alexander (chief), Robert & Patrick
Gen. 10. Duncan, Robert, Andrew, James, Mary, Alexander, John, Margaret
Gen. 11. William
Gen. 12. Robert
Gen. 13. Donald (chief) and William
Gen. 14. Robert
Gen. 15. Alexander, Donald, Duncan (Mor of Drumachane), James
Gen. 17. Alexander
Gen. 18. Alexander
Gen. 19. Robert, Duncan, Alexander (chief) last of the direct line of Robertsons, d. 1749, Margaret
Another history of the family is given as follows:
Robertson, the name of a highland clan, was called in Gaelic, the clan Donachie, of which Robertson in Struan in Perthshire, was the chief. This family descended from the ancient Earls of Athol. They trace from Duncan, king of Scotland, their immediate ancestor being Conan, second son of Henry, fourth and last of the ancient Celtic Earls of Athol. This Conan, in the reign of Alexander II received from his father the lands of Glenrochy, afterward called "Struan" - Streamy. One of Conan's sons was Ewen, who was the progenitor of the historian William Skene. The uniform designation of the family "Althol-deAtholia" indicated their descent from the ancient Earls of Athol. "The Robertsons of Struan," says Skene, "are unquestionably the oldest family in Scotland, being the sole remaining branch of that royal house which occupied the throne of Scotland during the 11th and 12th centuries."
In later centuries, clan Donnachaidh and its chiefs were noted for their intense loyalty to the Stuarts, and from the earliest reigns of these monarchs to the appearance of their last prince in 1745, that loyalty remained. On the occasion of the murder of James I in Black Friars monastery at Perth, it was the chief of clan Donnachaidh who captured the King's murderers in a lonely glen in Athol, and in commemoration of this had in 1451, his land erected into the barony of Struan and his arms augmented by the well known crest, a right hand and arm upholding a royal crown: a naked man manacled under the achievement with the motto "Virtutis Gloria Merces" (glory the reward of valor), and slung to the ancient shield, gules with wolf heads argent: a savage in chains.
Some Branches of the Family in America
Gen. 1 John Robertson, Bailie of Edinburgh, of the Clan Struan, relative of Alexander Robertson of Sturan (1688)
Gen. 2 William - came to the American colonies before 1740 and settled in Virginia. He was a naval officer for the District of York River & Secretary of the Council of Virginia
Gen. 3 William aka Scotch Will.
Rev. George Robertson came from Scotland to Chesterfield Co., VA 1692 - claimed to be the first Robertson in America. The Robertson family has increased in numbers so, it is almost impossible to trace all lines back to the immediate origin in Scotland. After the last uprising in Scotland in 1745 many Robertsons came to America. The majority of them settled in Virginia, but some went to what is now Ohio and Indiana.
One of the early Robertson settlers in Virginia was Henry Robertson, born in 1708, died April 24, 1772. [not our line] Another of the many Robertsons who came to Virginia after the last uprising in Scotland in 1745 was James Robertson, ancestor of the late General Beverly Robertson of Washington, D.C., and of the late Richard Robertson of Kansas City, Missouri.
Seaver, J. Montgomery. Hunt Family Records, Philadelphia, PA: American Historical-Genealogical Society, 1929.
These are long shots at best.
Ancient Hunt Families from Burke's General Armory: The progenitor of the Hunt Family was an officer in the Army of William the Conqueror. He spoke both French and German. After the battle of Hastings and the conquest of England, for his services he received some lands in the north of England, where he settled down to peaceful pursuits, married a British maiden, and founded the present Hunt Family. Robert le Hunt was in Lancashire, A.D. 1327.
About the year 1540 a member of the family travelled over much of England in the interests of the common people. This family is said to have supported Cromwell and the Puritans in the great conquests between the Lords and Commons.
Hunt of Boreatton:
- Thomas Hunt, of Gouldstone, Cheswardine, Salop; md. Elizabeth d/o Humphrey Gouldstone
- Richard of Shrewsbury, alderman, bailiff, 1613, 1616, 1622, 1631 md. Oct. 10, 1598
- Thomas of Betton Strange, Salop; high sheriff, 1656; member of Parliament 1657
- Roland of Boreatton, Salop; high sheriff, 1652 baptized May 28, 1629
- Thomas of Boreatton; high sheriff 1718; baptized Oct. 29, 1669
Hunt of Ballysinode:
- Henry Hunt, Esq., of Gosfield in Essex; high sheriff of that co.: m. Jane de Vere of the noble House of Oxford; had issue, John, Henry, Dorothy and Jane.
- John, captain in the army, temp Charles I; one of "The '49 Officers;" granted lands int he barony of Talbots Town co. Wicklow, in part satisfaction for his services in Ireland, 1667;.
- Vere, Esq. of Williamstown, co. Limerick; sold the lands granted to his father in the co. Wicklow, and purchased other estates in the co. Limerick.
John of Glangoole, co. Tipperary, his heir: b. 1633, will made Oct. 1736, proved 1737; d. 1736 aged 103 years; m. 1) the daughter of Rev. John Hicks - three daughters and four sons
- Vere
- William - children: John, Phineas, Thomas
- John of Giangoole m. 2) Miss Bowles by whom he had further issue of 8 daughters and 4 sons
- Daniel
- Thomas
- Henry
- James
- George
Henry
Prominent British Hunts, Past Generations:
Jeremiah D.D. (1678-1744) independent minister: s. Thomas Hunt a London Merchant; b. London; educated at Edinburgh Univ. and at Leyden; licensed to preach in Holland, and officiated to the English Presbyterian congregation at Amsterdam; he preached without notes, and his memory was so good that he could recall the language of an unwritten sermon fourteen years after its delivery; he was well acquainted with Nathaniel Lardner, who was a fellow student at Leyden, and they were members of a ministers' club which met on Thursdays at Chew's coffee-house in Bow Lane; he was made D.D. by Edinburgh Univ., 1729
Sir John (1550?-1615), politician: s. John Hunt, Esq., of Lyndon in Rutlandshire; and of the ancient family of the Le Hunts; b. Morcott in Rutlandshire; sent to Eton and to King's College, Cambridge, being admitted a scholar, 1565, to the latter college; was member of parliament for Sudbury, 1571; knighted at Whitehall by James, 1611.
Nicholas (1596-1648), arithmetician: b. Devonshire; entered at Exeter College Oxford, 1612, and graduated B.A., 1616; he wrote books on religion and arithmetic.
Robert (d. 1608?), minister at Jamestown, Virginia: was apparently s. of Robert H, M.A>, vicar of Reculver, Kent; educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, proceeded LL.B. in 1606, and took orders; in the same year he was chosen by Richard Hakluyt, with the approval of Archbishop Bancraft, to accompany the first settlers to Virginia; the expedition sailed from Blackwall Dec. 19, 1606, and arrived in Virginia April 27, 1607; during the voyage
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