Descendants of Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE
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Descendants of Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE Ivor Jones Table of Contents .Descendants . of. .Thomas . MERRIMAN. DE. .WYTTNEYE . .1 . First. .Generation . .1 . Source. Citations. .3 . Second. .Generation . .5 . Source. Citations. .7 . Third. Generation. .9 . Source. Citations. .13 . Fourth. Generation. .15 . Source. Citations. .26 . Fifth. .Generation . .27 . Source. Citations. .36 . Sixth. Generation. .37 . Source. Citations. .47 . Seventh. .Generation . .49 . Source. Citations. .71 . .Name . .Index . .73 . Produced by Ivor Jones Descendants of Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE First Generation 1. Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE was born in 1510 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England1 and died on 22 Jul 1559 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England1 aged 49. General Notes: Thome Mirrima De Wyttneye Thomas Myrrima or Merryman, Weaver, probably born before 1500, Marrid Johanne or Jone, who was Executrix of his Will, and by her had issue-- Gregorii John Jamys Jone Alys Marie [? "Mr. Merriman of Oxfordshire."] "Testametor Thome Mirrima. Pashe De Wyttneye. In the name of God amen. The XXIIII daye of Noveber ano dmi 1558 I Thomas Myrrima sicke of bodie but hole and pfett of myd do make my last will in maner and forme folweng first I bequethe my soule to god and my bodie to be buried in the churche yard of Wyttney I give and bequief to Johanne my wyfe the Lease and racke of my house wherein I dwell to her dweringe the terme of years ex in the same Lease specifiede. If hit may please god to cotnue her lyffe so longe in this pnte worlde I will that my sonne Gregorie shall have holde occupie and enjoye quietly all that my house wheerat Peter Norigge my sonne in lawe nowe dwellythe with the garding grownde to the sayd house belonginge. Also the shoppe wherein where his ii loomes standithe wth fre libertie to set adore into the sayd shoppe as may be most covenient for the sayd Gregorie for his easement towardes the house wh I have apointed him to Inhabytt in Biy this my last will and testamet. Also I will the sayd Gregorie shall have the comodite of halfe my orcherd and those behinde my house dweringe the terme of yeres specified wthin my Lease. The sayd Gregorie my sonne payeing the one halfe peart of the hole rent dweringe(sic) and thisse rent equally wth my wyffe dwerings the terme aforessyde and at suche time as hit owght of right to be paide and that the sayd Gregorie my sonne shall have fre passedge at all times throught my orcheoard close unto the ryver unto my close ende wthout any Disturbance provided allways and hit is my newow will and mynd that Gregorii my sonne aforesayde shall quietly have and enjoye his chaber wth all other suche necessarie romes as he hathe bynne used to have syne the time of his marriage untill this put and shall quietly enjoye theym untill suche time as Peter Nyrgg my sonne in lawe abovesayd my have lawfull maeinge to provide him another house to inhabyte. iiItem. If Jone my wiffe fortune to deparet out of this pnt lyffe before the end and terme of yeares wthin my lease specified be expryed then my will is that all the residue of my yeres of my hole howse with thorcharde gardey grounde and close shall remayne holy to Gregorii my sonne Dweringe the terme aforesayde Itm Whereas I geve and bequieffe to my sayd wyfe after my decease ii Lomes my will is that after my-decease(sic) her decease my sayd Gregorii shall have one of the sayd Loomes as his owne for...conditey that he shall paye unto Thoms Yate Of Wyttne XXI. Item I geve to John my sonne my best cote my best hose and my best dublett. I geve to James my sonne my sryse coate and a platter I gave to Harrie my sonne (sic) Horne my srigse gowne I geve to Jone Norigg my daughter Marrie the one halfe of my house holde stuffe downe rigth with my wyffe. The rest of my godes not bequeathed I give and bequethe to Jone my wyfe whome I costitute and make my execturixe willeing and charging her to setthis my last wyll pforyd acording to the same and her owne cosaence and the wealth of my soule wytnes Thome Luchsyppe Alys Marlmie Nicholas Hill and Alic Lryse the wrytter hereof."2 Page 1 Produced by Ivor Jones Descendants of Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE Noted events in his life were: • He worked as a weaver in 1530 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. Thomas married Joan, Jone or Johanne1 about 1529 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England.1 Joan, was born in 1505 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. Children from this marriage were: + 2 F i. Joan MERRIMAN1 was born about 1530 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England.1 + 3 F ii. Alice MERRIMAN was born in 1534 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. + 4 M iii. Gregorii MERRIMAN1 was born about 1535 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England1 and died in 1596 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England2 aged 61. + 5 M iv. Jamys MERRIMAN was born about 1535 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. + 6 M v. John MERRIMAN1 was born about 1536 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England.1 + 7 F vi. Marie MERRIMAN was born about 1541 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. Page 2 Produced by Ivor Jones Descendants of Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE Source Citations 1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). 2. Richard Merriman, Pedigree of theMerriman Family (http://members.memlane.com/merriman/history.html). Page 3 Produced by Ivor Jones Descendants of Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE Page 4 Produced by Ivor Jones Descendants of Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE Second Generation (Children) 2. Joan MERRIMAN1 (Thomas 1) was born about 1530 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England.1 3. Alice MERRIMAN (Thomas 1) was born in 1534 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. 4. Gregorii MERRIMAN1 (Thomas 1) was born about 1535 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England1 and died in 1596 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England2 aged 61. General Notes: Eldest son of Thomas. Was himself a Weaver at Witney. Married Mariae, daughter of William Ruige, Yeoman of Hayley and Witney, by whom he had several children, including--- Anne, baptised at Witney, 23rd Jany., 1561. Henry, baptised at Witney, 4th June, 1570. George, apprentised in 1598 to Raphaell Warter, Cooper of London. From Chancery Proceedings (now in the Record Office, London) the following is proved:-- * 1.--Gregory Merriman, weaver of Witney, was son of Thomas Merriman, of Witney. * 2.--He was married before 1596 to Mary, sister of William Ruige, Yeoman, of Witney. Brief Summary of Chancery Proceedings. Complaint dated 7 May 1596. About 40 years ago(1560 Pts: was seized of two mess: or tens: and a close in Witney which he mortgaged to his brother in law William Ruige for 40 markes paying interest of 18 sillings yearly. Pts: says this property was settled on his wife for life. He claims possession of property at any time on paying off the mortage. Reply dated 8 May 1596. Deft: states that he purchased the ppty: from the Pts: for good consideration about 2 July 1557-8 and that Pts: refers to other ppty: which was only leasehold and belonged to one, Richard Newman, who about 1550 demised it to Thomas Merriman father of the Pts: for a term of 21 yearsaat a yearly rent of 18 shillings. About September 1593 Deft: required possession of one of his houses (then occupied by the Pts:) and allowed the Pts: to occupy one other of Defts: houses in Hayley at the pleasure of the Deft: Deft: and his son Leonard Ruige then leased the house (formerly in the Occ: of Pts) to Robert Stevens of Abingdon Berks. [N.B.--The Leasehold premises referred to are probably those left to Gregory Merriman under the will of his father.--G.F.M.M.] 1596.--"Gregorii Merryman de Witney. Admon. granted to Marice Merriman relict." £4. 14s. 5d. (A. Bd. Inv: 4 Octl, 1596. Series I. Vol. 13, 177.)2 Gregorii married Mary RUIGE OR RING, daughter of Unknown RUIGE OR RING and Unknown. Mary was born in 1530 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. Children from this marriage were: + 8 M i. John MERRIMAN was born in 1557 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. Page 5 Produced by Ivor Jones Descendants of Thomas MERRIMAN DE WYTTNEYE + 9 M ii. George MERRIMAN3 was born in 1559 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England and died in 1656 in London, , , England aged 97. + 10 F iii. Anne MERRIMAN was born on 23 Jan 1561 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. + 11 M iv. William MERRIMAN was born in 1564 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. + 12 M v. Henry MERRIMAN was born on 4 Jun 1570 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. 5. Jamys MERRIMAN (Thomas 1) was born about 1535 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England. General Notes: JAMYS MERRYMAN Mentioned in his father's Will of 1558. He certainly had two children vis.-- Thomas, who was baptised at Witney on 21st January, 1571, and Mariery, baptised there 25th January, 1579, and probably others, including Henry, mentioned below. There is no record of his Will or Burial. [?"The son who went to Newbury." If so, he would be the father of Henry and Thomas, Nos. 10 and 11 in the Pedigree.]2 Jamys married someone. His children were: + 13 M i. Henry MERRIMAN. + 14 M ii. Thomas MERRIMAN4 was born on 21 Jan 1571 in Newbury, , Berkshire, England and died on 8 Dec 1640 in Newbury, , Berkshire, England4 aged 69. + 15 F iii. Mariery MERRIMAN was born on 25 Jan 1579. 6. John MERRIMAN1 (Thomas 1) was born about 1536 in Witney, , Oxfordshire, England.1 7.