Alice must have had a very difficult life in England. Her father was prominent in the church and in politics and had to flee the country when Queen Mary came into power. Her uncle, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was burned at the stake before she was 20. Her first cousin, Margaret, the archbishop's daughter, died soon after marriage, and Alice ended up marrying Margaret's husband, Thomas Norton.
The Nortons of Sharpenhow, Bedfordshire were a prominent family. Thomas was nicknamed "the rack-master-general of England" for his torturous questioning of Catholics. He had a master's degree from Cambridge and was a member of parliament; a poet as well as an attorney.
Alice was a Protestant like her father. She had ten children. When she was about 50, whe was considered "insane" and lived with her oldest daughter, Anne. Her husband was imprisoned in the Tower for a while, then died in 1584. Alice didn't live to see her son, Walter, killed in a massacre on a ship between Boston and Virginia.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
ALICE SANDS CRANMER born about 1500
When Aunt Maggie took Nancy and I to the movies to see Henry VIII in 1948, we loved it and had no idea that the three of us were descendants of the Cranmer family. Thomas Cranmer was the Bishop of Canterbury and close confident of the king during Henry VIII's reign and was later burned at the stake.
Alice Sands was from Kent, England in the southeast near London. She married Edmund Cranmer, brother of Thomas, who had been educated at Cambridge and was named Archdeacon of Canterbury in 1534. During this time, England was in religious turmoil while some royalty still were loyal to the Catholic Church, and to the Pope, and others leaned toward the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant leaders and didn't like the hierarchy with the Pope above the King of England. Both Edmund and his brother Thomas were church leaders and both leaned toward Protestantism and both were married, although kept their wives and families under wraps at times.
Alice and Edmund had about six children including Alice who married the widower of her first cousin, Thomas' daughter, Margaret.
When Catholic Mary became queen, Edmund fled to Germany. His brother Thomas was burned at the stake in 1555. I haven't yet learned when or where Alice died.
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Alice Sands was from Kent, England in the southeast near London. She married Edmund Cranmer, brother of Thomas, who had been educated at Cambridge and was named Archdeacon of Canterbury in 1534. During this time, England was in religious turmoil while some royalty still were loyal to the Catholic Church, and to the Pope, and others leaned toward the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant leaders and didn't like the hierarchy with the Pope above the King of England. Both Edmund and his brother Thomas were church leaders and both leaned toward Protestantism and both were married, although kept their wives and families under wraps at times.
Alice and Edmund had about six children including Alice who married the widower of her first cousin, Thomas' daughter, Margaret.
When Catholic Mary became queen, Edmund fled to Germany. His brother Thomas was burned at the stake in 1555. I haven't yet learned when or where Alice died.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ANN SPICER PARTRIDGE about 1617 - 1689
Ann and her husband, William Partridge, were probably from Buckingham, England and married there in 1636. They soon left for America and settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts, just a mile or two from the southern border of New Hampshire.
They had at least seven children, one of whom married Ed Gove who is known for "Gove's Rebellion" in which some of our Wadleigh and Sleeper ancestors participated. A new governor had been appointed for New Hampshire who apparently a lot of people didn't approve of. In 1683, Gove instigated a small rebellion against the governor. The demonstrators were arrested for treason. Ed Gove was sent to the London Tower for three years. His wife, Hannah, sister of our grandma Elizabeth, wrote for his safe return saying he was beset with these outbursts.
William Partridge died when he was still a young man and Ann married Anthony Stanyon. They lived in Hampton, New Hampshire where Ann died in 1689.
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They had at least seven children, one of whom married Ed Gove who is known for "Gove's Rebellion" in which some of our Wadleigh and Sleeper ancestors participated. A new governor had been appointed for New Hampshire who apparently a lot of people didn't approve of. In 1683, Gove instigated a small rebellion against the governor. The demonstrators were arrested for treason. Ed Gove was sent to the London Tower for three years. His wife, Hannah, sister of our grandma Elizabeth, wrote for his safe return saying he was beset with these outbursts.
William Partridge died when he was still a young man and Ann married Anthony Stanyon. They lived in Hampton, New Hampshire where Ann died in 1689.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
ANN SMYTH SHAW about 1600 - 1647
Ann married Roger Shaw in London, England in 1618. About eight years later, with at least 4 young children, they sailed for America and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts near the Bay. Roger was active in local government and was a vintner and innkeeper.
Later, they sold their Cambridge home and moved north to Hampton, New Hampshire, located on that about 20 mile strip bordering the Atlantic ocean. Ann died there around 1647 when she still had very young children. Soon thereafter, Roger married Susannah Tilton, a widow. Ralph died in Hampton in 1661.
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Later, they sold their Cambridge home and moved north to Hampton, New Hampshire, located on that about 20 mile strip bordering the Atlantic ocean. Ann died there around 1647 when she still had very young children. Soon thereafter, Roger married Susannah Tilton, a widow. Ralph died in Hampton in 1661.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
MARGERY PICKMAN DIKE born about 1644?
Was our grandma Margery a half-sibling to her husband? Here's the background.
Anthony Dike came from England to America in 1623. He was a ship captain and involved in several other businesses. He married Tabitha and they had two children, Anthony, Jr. and Charity, and then he died in a shipwreck in 1638. One of his business partners was Nathaniel Pickman (sometimes called Pittman) and Nathaniel and Tabitha were married about 1639. They lived in Salem.
Some records show that Nathaniel and Tabitha had a daughter, Margery, born about 1644, making Margery and Anthony, Jr., who married, half-siblings with Tabitha the mother of both.
Some records show that before coming to Salem, Nathaniel married a woman named Tabitha in Bristol, England who, after having a few children, died, and Nathanial came to Salem with the children and soon thereafter married the widow Tabitha Dike, making Anthony Jr. and Margery step siblings if Margery was one of the children by Nathaniel's first wife.
I haven't found another Pickman in early Salem who could have been the father of Margery. Of course it's possible that Margery wasn't a Pickman at all.
Anthony and Margery had 6 children (including our ancestor, Nathaniel) before Anthony died in 1679. Margery then married John Polin about 1680.
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Anthony Dike came from England to America in 1623. He was a ship captain and involved in several other businesses. He married Tabitha and they had two children, Anthony, Jr. and Charity, and then he died in a shipwreck in 1638. One of his business partners was Nathaniel Pickman (sometimes called Pittman) and Nathaniel and Tabitha were married about 1639. They lived in Salem.
Some records show that Nathaniel and Tabitha had a daughter, Margery, born about 1644, making Margery and Anthony, Jr., who married, half-siblings with Tabitha the mother of both.
Some records show that before coming to Salem, Nathaniel married a woman named Tabitha in Bristol, England who, after having a few children, died, and Nathanial came to Salem with the children and soon thereafter married the widow Tabitha Dike, making Anthony Jr. and Margery step siblings if Margery was one of the children by Nathaniel's first wife.
I haven't found another Pickman in early Salem who could have been the father of Margery. Of course it's possible that Margery wasn't a Pickman at all.
Anthony and Margery had 6 children (including our ancestor, Nathaniel) before Anthony died in 1679. Margery then married John Polin about 1680.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
ANN WHITE FISHER about 1576 - 1617
Lincolnshire, England is in eastern England opposite Liverpool on the west and just south of Hull where Nancy's in-laws and Edward's grandparents lived. Some of our ancestor families who lived in Lincolnshire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries include White, Fisher, Skipper, Robinson, Ledgard and Gwynne.
Ann (perhaps agnes Ann) married Richard Fisher in 1597. I haven't yet identified their parents. Ann and Richard had about 10 children, one of them Sarah who married Rev. William Skepper and went to Massachusetts. Ann died in Lincolnshire about the same time Sarah was born, and Richard died just a couple of years later.
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Ann (perhaps agnes Ann) married Richard Fisher in 1597. I haven't yet identified their parents. Ann and Richard had about 10 children, one of them Sarah who married Rev. William Skepper and went to Massachusetts. Ann died in Lincolnshire about the same time Sarah was born, and Richard died just a couple of years later.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
ABIGAIL BAKER WARNER about 1609 to 1637
Abigail and her husband, William Warner, were born and lived in Boxstead, Essex, England near London. They had at least three children, including our ancestor, John Warner.
Abigail died when she was probably in her 40's. Then her husband, children, and also her sister, Sarah and her husband, Richard Lumpkin, sailed to Massachusetts where William died about 1648 in Ipswich.
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Abigail died when she was probably in her 40's. Then her husband, children, and also her sister, Sarah and her husband, Richard Lumpkin, sailed to Massachusetts where William died about 1648 in Ipswich.
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MARY WHITLOCK BLODGETT about 1587 - 1610
A couple who did not come to America but who lived in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, about 60 or 70 miles north of London, were Mary and her husband Robert Blowgatt/Blodgett. Mary may have been the daughter of Roger and Margaret Greve Whitlock, but they were married in Essex, further south. Robert may have been the son of Robert Blowgatt and Maria Margaret Wareyn, also from Suffolk.
Mary and Robert had a least five children, including their son, Thomas, who did cross the ocean and settled in Massachusetts.
Mary died about 1610 when she was still young and before her son set off for America.
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Mary and Robert had a least five children, including their son, Thomas, who did cross the ocean and settled in Massachusetts.
Mary died about 1610 when she was still young and before her son set off for America.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
RUTH EGGLETON BLODGETT about 1630 - 1703
Many of my ancestors came to America in the seventeenth century and settled in northeastern Massachusetts - all ancestors of grandpa U. D. Casey. If I could identify all his great-great-great-greats living in the eighteenth century, it would total 64 families!
In the 1630's Ruth's parents brought her from Kent, England (in the southwest not far from London) to Massachusetts when she was a baby or small child. Her father, Stephen, died on the trip across the ocean. Her mother, Elizabeth Bennett Eggleton, married Joseph Potcham a few years later.
Woburn, Massachusetts marriage records show the marriage of Ruth to Samuel Blodgett in 1655. They spent their lives in Woburn, just north of Boston, and had at least 8 children including a Ruth and a Samuel. Their son Samuel lived all his life in Woburn. They all had to deal with the natives, illnesses for which there were no vaccinations or antibiotics, wild animals, territorial disputes.
Ruth died in 1703 in Woburn and Samuel lived to be 87 years old.
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In the 1630's Ruth's parents brought her from Kent, England (in the southwest not far from London) to Massachusetts when she was a baby or small child. Her father, Stephen, died on the trip across the ocean. Her mother, Elizabeth Bennett Eggleton, married Joseph Potcham a few years later.
Woburn, Massachusetts marriage records show the marriage of Ruth to Samuel Blodgett in 1655. They spent their lives in Woburn, just north of Boston, and had at least 8 children including a Ruth and a Samuel. Their son Samuel lived all his life in Woburn. They all had to deal with the natives, illnesses for which there were no vaccinations or antibiotics, wild animals, territorial disputes.
Ruth died in 1703 in Woburn and Samuel lived to be 87 years old.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
ELIZABETH GILL MCCLURE about 1706 - 1785
Great-great Aunt Loll (Laura McClure Milhouse) was into family history, especially that of the McClure family. She wrote on rolls of shelf paper: family names and dates and relationships and quotes from books. She quoted a book about the McClures and the immigration in 1729 of two brothers, David and Samuel. Her great grandfather was a David who was a physician in the Revolutionary War.
For a while I was stuck on the McClure line with our DAR David. Then in church records, I found the birth of his daughter, Betsy Gill McClure. I had also found the marriage of John McClure and Elizabeth Gill in nearby Leicester, Massachusetts, the right time and place. It was enough for me to believe that Elizabeth was David McClure's mother.
Elizabeth and John lived in Brookfield, Massachusetts and had about ten children including our DAR David who married Hannah Richardson. Elizabeth's last name may have originally been Gyll. I haven't been able to find her parents. Other researchers have suggested parents as Michael and Relief Gill, but their Elizabeth married Cheever and there is no reason to believe he died and she remarried. A William and a Thomas Gill witnessed John's fathers' will, but I haven't connected them to Elizabeth.
John died in Brookfield in 1782 and Elizabeth died there a few years later. Granddaughter Betsy Gill McClure was born in 1791.
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For a while I was stuck on the McClure line with our DAR David. Then in church records, I found the birth of his daughter, Betsy Gill McClure. I had also found the marriage of John McClure and Elizabeth Gill in nearby Leicester, Massachusetts, the right time and place. It was enough for me to believe that Elizabeth was David McClure's mother.
Elizabeth and John lived in Brookfield, Massachusetts and had about ten children including our DAR David who married Hannah Richardson. Elizabeth's last name may have originally been Gyll. I haven't been able to find her parents. Other researchers have suggested parents as Michael and Relief Gill, but their Elizabeth married Cheever and there is no reason to believe he died and she remarried. A William and a Thomas Gill witnessed John's fathers' will, but I haven't connected them to Elizabeth.
John died in Brookfield in 1782 and Elizabeth died there a few years later. Granddaughter Betsy Gill McClure was born in 1791.
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