R f o m THE NEW E N G D HI ST O R I C AL AND G ENE O G C R EG I STER [ eprinted r LAN AL I AL , fo r anu ar 1914 J y , ]

THE ORI G IN or SOME EXETER SETTLERS

B V I CTOR H G S N B ORN E s . o f K o I ll . y C ANNIN A , q , enilw rth ,

LI NC O LN M inster st s if not su rem e at s in n and , p , lea t the fro t I ts a c s m a rank of English cathedrals . r hive for treasure hous e o f s c m as u ss do s of m s c a hi tori al aterial , do btle tho e any another epi op l ee But c s of L c un has in C F s er s . the dio e e in oln fort ately anon o t an antiquary who s e en ergy and abil ity have m ade thi s vas t s tore o f h i r e c ords acce s s ible to t e s tudent . The genealog st will in evitably co m s L nc n c s wi o f m c s s pare the e i ol re ord th those any other dio e e , a n f I t is s t gr eatly to the dis dva tage o the latter . earne tly o be hoped that before it is to o late the lo c al a uthoritie s of other dio ces es will c aus e their archive s to be arranged in the s ame s y s tematic m anner . ’ I t is o wing to C an on F o s ter s labors and co urte s y that I am able to s t s n s in a v s to L c s s mm pre ent he e ote gleaned i it in oln la t u er . The tran script s o f Lin c olns hire pari sh regi s ters exis t from an early T su m to a the c s s w period . hey pple ent great degree lo al regi ter , here t s s w o r the of c i he e have di appeared holly partially in lapse entur es .

W e s earched the tran s cript s o f thirty paris he s within a five- mil e ’ ra h el i ht i o f B s T s u dius o f VV e wr g s o wn par s h il by . he re lt s prove the origin of s everal of o ur early Exeter and Hampto n s ettlers r C m D n B o r Hab orne Wi and VV illix ra , earbor , abon e , ght , , and s u ne a c n n n the r pply w dat o cer i g Wheelw ights . CR A M

W of C R AM B E Bill sb 3 1 6 38 . The ill TH OMA S of y in the Marsh , April

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Samewell Cramb . of Bill es b Son , his wife, and children Austin Couper y, hi s . m . C ram b wife , and children Alice Cra be and her two sons Gaine , u ram M aso nne o f As s werb da ghter to Richard C b . Thomas y in the parish Bill s b i n . i o e . L dea m of y, his w fe, and son Son John Crambe Cra e , i m ifi f daughter to Wil lyam Crame . C ers t ne Nwe a o Hannay in the Marsh m m W and her six sons . Residue to son Tho as Cra be of illoughby in the

. a . W Marsh , executor [Signed] Thomas (T) Crambe , his m rk itnesses ’ o M r Ouerto n a t H n 1 63 9 . e a sume. 3 0 Th m , y Proved March (Consistory

1 6 39 to . of Lincoln , ,

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’ CRA M ENTRI ES I N T H E B I S Ho r s T R A NS C RIPTS o r LI N C OLNS HI R E PA RIS H RE G ISTE RS

1 5 65 G ulielm us cram filius Johannis b ap tiz atus 1 0 November .

2 1 . 1 5 7 2 F raunces Cramme the s onne of J ho n o f Well baptized December Q — 1 5 8 2 Chris tiana Cram fillia J ohannis Cram baptized January

1 5 8 7 Maria Cram filia J o his Cram baptized 1 6 Sep tember . 1 5 8 8 Nico laus Cram filius Jobis Cram s epultus 1 4 Febr uary

Ricardus Cram filius Thomae Cram baptized 1 9 April .

1 5 9 0 Elizabetha Cram filia J o bis Cram baptized 1 6 M ay.

1 5 9 2 o Eliz ab etha filia J o his Cram sepulta 2 4 April . ’ * 1 5 9 6 G ulielmus Cram et Eliz abetha Chapman n up t 1 8 November . 1 5 9 7 J obes filius Willi Cram baptized 3 J anuary l ’ ’ 1 6 0 0 “ ill mus filius l V ill mi Cram baptized 6 May . ' ’ r ’ 1 6 0 1 Will mus fili us “ ill mi Cram s epul tus 2 1 July . ’ 1 602 Elizabetha filia Will i Cram baptized 6 June . ’ 1 6 03 Joanna Cram vid sepulta 1 6 April .

3 27l m m 1 59 5 Thomas sonne of Tho as Cra baptized 23 November . 1 5 9 6 John Crame s o n of Thom as Crame baptized 29 January 1 5 9 8 Samuel filius Thome Cr am b ap tiz atus 9 M ar tii m b a ti z ata 2 4 o 1 60 2 Jane filia Thome Cra p Oct ber . f l V illiam 1 6 03 William the sonne o Crame baptiz ed 1 0 July . 0 o f m ram 1 6 4 Thamar the daughter Tho as C b baptized 4 December . 1 6 05 Anne the da ughter of Tho : Cram baptized 8 February Will am m 1 6 0 7 Robert the sonne of y Cra baptiz ed 3 May .

m o f Wm . 20 1 6 09 Willya the sonne Cram buried M ay. ’ th d o f Will m 1 7 Sara e aughter Cram baptized December . 1 6 m 1 6 1 0 Sylvester the sonne of Thomas Cram baptized Septe ber . o f m vii 1 6 1 1 Sylvester the sonne Tho as Cram buried j June . 1 6 1 1 Lidia the daughter of Wm Cram baptized xxii February l 7 Willi m o f “ Xii 1 6 1 2 a the sonne m Cram buried j September . 1 6 12 Jane the wife of Thomas Cram buried x vij February ’ f Will m x 1 6 1 6 Elizabeth the wife o Cram buried j June . ' Will am W xiii 1 6 1 8 y Cram and Audry hite married j April . ' o f W a- m X XV 1 6 1 9 Caleb the sonn e illy Cram baptized April . o W am m a X XV 1 6 2 1 Josua the s nne of illy Cra b ptized December . ‘ o vV illiam i xv 1 6 2 2 J sua the sonne of Cram bur ed j August . 1 6 2 2 A udery the wife of William Cram buried XXV Fe bruary J W t 1 6 2 4 ohn C ram and Ester hi e married June . ” 1 6 24 Will i am Cram buried 8 February 1 6 25 Elizabeth daughter o f J ohn Cram baptized 1 1 March 1 6 2 7 J o hn son of J ohn Crame baptized 1 5 February 1 C O O er 2 7 6 28 Augustine P and Jane Cramme married July .

1 6 2 9 J ohn son of John Cram bap tized 1 3 April . m Tho as son of Cra m buried 2 6 December . 1 6 3 2 The daughter of Richard Cramm buried 1 0 March 6 3 o f A s serb and 10 1 3 Thomas Mason y Thamar Cram married October . c and 2 Ri hard sonne to Richard Alice Cram baptized 6 April . w f o f Th : o 1 9 1 6 5 4 Thamar i e o Mas n buried October .

’ T a a h as P hil li m o r e s L c s a s R hi s m rri ge been printed in in oln hire P ri h egi s ters . 3

F ar lstkorp e 1 632 Joseph the sonne of John Crame and Heas ter his wife baptized

5 October . 1 6 1 633 John the sonne of John Cramme buried April .

27 1 592 Margarita Cram sepulta December .

Str ubby “ 1 5 9 8 Gregory Cramme and Kath ern e Dawson married 1 5 M ayfi

Tr ust/tome 1 6 25 of 1 8 Sarah Cramme the daughter John Cramme baptized April . ‘ 5 m dau hter of 24 1 62 Sarah Cra me the g John Cramme buried October .

’ i l et W * ll mus Te sda e nu t . 1 620 Wi Maria heelwright p 2 November . 1 6 25 Sara Cram filia Thomae b aptizata 2 Octob e i l “ 1 632 Thomas Crambe et Maria Te sda e nup t . 3 M ayfi s e ul tu 1 633 Job es Cram fil ius Thomae p s 2 9 July . ’ 1 63 4 filius et ux b a tizatus 22 Thomas Cram Thomae Mariae p June . m i o s e ul tus 1 6 1 638 Sa uell Cram f lius Th mae p September . ’ filius et uX b a tiz atus 2 1 1 6 40 Matheus Cram Thome Maria p September .

Wit/zer n l 2 0 * 1 5 68 Thomas Cram and Ceci y Cram married August . “ 1 5 7 4 Robert Cram and Margaret M altby married 6 J unefi * 1 58 1 Anthony Bland and Cecily Cram married 9 July . of 2 1 5 98 Judith Cram the daughter Gregory baptized July . 2 6 1 60 0 Thomas Crame the sonne of Gregory baptized July . 1 6 02 Agnes Cram daughter of Gregory baptized 7 March nces of 2 0 1 6 05 F rau Crame the daughter Gregory baptized October . 1 6 06 Anne Cramme daughter of George Cramme baptized 2 March

6 1 1 6 07 George Cramme buried March [ 6 07/SJ.

1 6 1 5 Kath erne Cram buried 1 9 May . i Several of the American Crams have atta ned distinction in art, letters ,

l afi airs . or and mi itary They all descend from John Cram Cramme ,

- who is first found near Boston at Muddy River, where his house lot was '

. He w . 1 637 8 W bounded in Jan T ent to Exeter with heelwright, and his

1 63 9 . of name is attached to the Combination of Later he was Hampton .

Family genealogists have identified him with a John Cram , born at 1 6 07 f n in . o Felli g co Durham in , son Burchard Cram , who was perhaps V on G mm m m descended from the ra s , a Ger an baronial fa ily . This theo ry

f fi sh - on o . has rested mainly a lease certain pools in co Durham , said to 1 6 34 is have been made in by John Cram , who therein mentioned as being ” o r was to about to travel to f eign parts, and who entitled his share when ” he shall have returned from over seas . A S our John Cram was o ne of a group of Lincolnshire men at Muddy

’ “5 T s m a a h as n e P hill im or e s L c o n s a s R hi rri ge bee print d in in l hire P ri h egi ster s .

- S ec o n d R o o f B o s o n R c o o m m s s o s . 22 3 . T a o m t ep rt the t e rd C i i ner , pp he ll t ents n fi n a c o o f th e a c t o f a o m m o f J an . were evide tly the l re rd c ittee app o inted at a

ri o r m o n 14 D ec . 16 35 . T fo o ur J o a m m a a a c N ew eeting , here re hn Cr y h ve re hed o a c am pi ugl an d i n 1635 o r e arli er . Pr b bly he e o ver either with Willi am an d Ann e H utc hin s o n i n 16 34 o r with Wh eelwright in 1636 . 4

m of River and later at Exeter and Ha pton , and as the name Cram is still

I . found in Lincolnshire , questioned this presumed identification I First, found the will (of which an abstract is given above) of Thomas

1 63 8 . Crambe of , dated in and mentioning a son John Then the Bilsby transcripts showed the baptis m of this son John in 1 5 9 6/7 and his

marriage in 1 6 24 to Esther White . The Willoughby transcripts disclosed

Gram s VVheelwri hts . the a connection between these and the g Finally , in arl s thor e I transcripts of F p , the next parish to Bilsby , found the baptism of Jos eph the sonne o f John Cram e and Heas ter his wife in 1 6 32 the very son Joseph who was drowned at Exeter in New 24 June

1 648 .

Bell quotes from some Exeter record , which I cannot identify , the death “ s on 1 5 s on of this Joseph , describing him as aged years , the of John and ” Lide Cram . On the strength of this Bell and Pope credit our John

Cram with a first wife , Lydia, besides the wife Hester with whom he lived o f so many years . Luckily the death this son Joseph is also entered in * “ o ld J os e th the Norfolk County records , and there he is called p , son ” of John and Hester Cram . Thus the alleged Exeter record is proved to ’ o ur h be a mere scrivener s error , and the identification Of John Cram wit rl r the John o f Bilsby and F a s th o p e is complete . m o f He was undoubtedly the son of Thomas Cra or Crambe Bilsby, and his pedigree may be thus constructed

1 . W 5 1 40 . J OHN C R AM of ell in Alford, born about Children

2 . . T . . 1 56 3 . i HOMAS , b abt

. W M a . at o 10 No v . 15 6 5 ii ILLIA , b pt Alf rd ; bur . at Bilsby 8 F eb .

. l o 15 9 E 18 No v . 6 E P . m ( ) at Alf rd , , LIZAB TH CHA MAN , bur at

1 1 1 . s 6 16 2 at s 14 . 1 6 18 Bil by June ; m ( ) B il by , Apr , AUDRY

W . d fi s : 1 . J oh n . A o HITE Chil ren by r t wife , bapt at lf rd 3 Jan .

2 . Wi l l i am . at o 6 M a 1 6 0 2 , bapt Alf rd y 0 ; bur . there 1

1 60 1 . 3 . El iz ab eth . at o 6 1 2 60 . 4 . Wil li am July , bapt Alf rd June ,

. 1 0 16 03 s . 20 1 609 . 5 . R o b ert bapt at Bil by July ; bur there May ,

. 3 1 6 0 . . s 7 6 S a ah a . s 1 bapt at Bil by May r , b pt at B il by 7 D ec .

1 6 09 . 7 . Wi ll ia m . s 1 3 S . 1 6 12 . 8 . L d i a a , bur at B il by ept y , b pt .

s 2 4 F eb . s co : 9 . C al eb at B il by Children by e nd w ife ,

. s 25 1 6 19 . 10 . J os hua bapt at Bil by Apr , bapt . at Bilsby 2 5 Dec .

1 2 . 2 2 . 6 1 ; bur there 1 6 Aug . 1 6

. F . o 2 1 D ec . 1 5 7 2 . iii RANCIS , bapt at Alf rd

. . a . o . T n . 1 iv CHRISTIAN , b pt at Alf rd Jan I ( ) HOMAS RAITHBY f c 1 7 1 6 13 o m . 2 H a 2 7 ct . Belleau (li ence June ) ( ) at ann h , O 1 63 1 ,

T P m . 3 a 2 6 1 6 36 HEO HILUS DRURY ; ( ) at Hann h , July , JOHN NEW

M AN . 1

. a . A 6 o 1 S . 15 8 7 . v MARY, b pt at lf rd ept

. N b ur . at o 1 4 . v i ICHOLAS , Alf rd Feb

. E E . A o 16 15 90 . 2 4 A r . vii LIZAB TH , bapt at lf rd May ; bur there p 1592 .

2 . J ohn Al THOMA S C RAM or CR A MB E ( ) of ford and Bilsby , the testator of 1 6 3 8 1 5 63 w 3 , born , probably at Alford , about , died bet een Apr . 38 3 0 1 1 6 and Mar . 6 3 9 . He married J A N E who was 1 7 F e buried at Bilsby b .

Children , all except the first baptized at Bilsby

. R IC HARD b a t . A 19 o 15 9 . . 8 . 1 6 3 i , p at lf rd Apr ; d abt 6 ; In . ALICE

and had is s ue .

‘6 Es s ex Anti uari a n v l . q , o 5 , p . 46 . ’ G i n s n b b o s L c o a a L c c s . 28 L co s P a s R e s s i ln M rri ge i en e , p ; in ln hire ri h gi ter , M ar r i ages , v o l . 7 , p . 82 . 5

2 W o 3 N . 1 9 T o f o v 5 5 m . 1 2 HOMAS ill ughby , bapt ; ( ) m . ( ) W o 3 M a 1 632 W E W G T EI SDAI E at ill ughby , y , MARY ( H EL RI HT) , f Ro r W w o f dau . o be t heel right Claxby and f O I IneI l y the w ife o f W m T ei s d al e t o w o m s he was m illia , h at Willoughby 2 No v .

. fi : 1 62 0 s 1 . S a ra h a . W o Children by r t w ife , b pt at ill ughby

2 O ct . 1 6 2 5 . 2 . J ohn . W o 2 9 1 . , bur at ill ughby July 6 33 Chil

n o a . W , o : 3 . Th omas a . 2 2 dre by sec nd wife b pt at ill ughby , b pt 1 6 4 4 w . 2 1 . 3 . . M atthe S 1 6 4 . June , bapt ept 0

. 2 9 . JOHN , bapt Jan

S E . 9 . . W o 1 6 1 3 AMU L , bapt Mar bur at ill ughby Sept 6 8 ;

a . m . lived t Willo ughby

. N . 24 O ct . 1602 m . i 2 7 1 628 G v JA E , bapt ; at B lsby , July , AU USTINE C OOP ER .

T . 4 . 1 6 04 . s 1 9 Oct . 1654 In . HAMAR , bapt Dec ; bur at B il by ; there , ct 6 3 T f A i 10 O . 1 3 o s s e b , HOMAS MASON y

d . I o b ab 1 unm ANNE , p y

S YLvEe B . 1 6 S . 1 6 10 . 8 16 1 1 . , bapt ept ; bur June

A Thoma s J ohn F arl s thor e J OHN C R M ( , ) Of Bilsby and p , baptized at

2 9 . i 8 1 62 4 Bilsby Jan married at B lsby , June , HESTER

or W . E STHE R HIT E , and came to New England He was at Muddy 1 638 1 63 9 River (Brookline) near Boston in , of Exeter in , followed

“ VV heelwri ht m 1 65 0 5 g to Ha pton in , and died at Hampton Mar .

His wife Hester died in 1 67 7 . Children :

1 . E . at 1 1 . LIZABETH , bapt Bilsby Mar

11. . s 1 5 . . o . JOHN , bapt at Bil by Feb d y ung

13 . 1 2 9 . F arl h ii i . a . 6 s t o r e 1 6 . 1 6 33 . JOHN , b pt at B ilsby Apr ; bur at p Apr

. P . F arl s th o r e 5 O ct . 1 63 2 o E iv JOSE H , bapt at p ; dr wned at xeter in 24 4 New England June 16 8 .

. J . . 1 640 In . G C R O M LO M o r W v BEN AMIN , b abt ; AR ENTINE CROM ELL ,

ur d a m . dau . o f G iles o f Newb y ; live t Ha pto n

1 644 m . E . H . . W . . T o n N vi HOMAS , b abt ; LIZABETH EARE , dau Of athaniel o f Hampto n ; lived at Hampto n .

4 . . 1 m f m . . 6 6 T o o . vii MARY , b abt ; ABRAHAM ILTON Ha pt n

4 . . E 2 1 6 8 L . 7 viii YDIA , b at xeter July DE A RBO RN Abstracts of the four following wills were communicated by me to the

G 1 9 0 6 . 6 0 . 30 9 RE IST E R for July (vol , pp and they are given here in briefer form in order to Show the connection with parish register entries .

H r W D ER EB A RN E of o es t o e 2 4 1 5 73 . The ill of MI CH A EL gg p , April

A i . . s on . gnes my w fe John my son Thomas my , under twenty Jenet

. b rethern my sister, dwelling at Everyone Of my and Sistern

. W . : children . John my brother ife Anne executrix Supervisor John B t W El rd . W : e wa e . itnesses Thomas yg y , ater , John Markby

73 . W 1 5 4 . 8 1 5 vol 1 fo . Proved at Lincoln June ( Lincoln ills , 7 , , “f DEA R EB AR NE 1 2 m The ill of TH OMA S of , mercer, Dece ber

of . the . 1 5 88 . To be buried in the church To poor of Spilsby

s thr o . T f My cozen John Burwell . To the poor of Hogge p e o every one o

k i f lk : . . my poor ns o e. Supervisor Mr Thomas Atkinson Residue to m r r . W : s o Dea eb a ne . brother J hn , executor itness Tho as Atkin on , clarke

W 5 . 8 i 1 5 89 . 1 8 9 fo Proved at Louth Apr l (Lincoln ills , ,

W of DEA R B EAR N of 1 1 1 6 08 . . The ill J OHN , October My wife

. To My son to be executor every one of my eosins children , to wit

m Dearb arn W . o Tho as , illiam , and Harry TO ten of the po rest house

of Ho es thrO e. holders in Sibsey . TO ten the poorest householders in gg p 6

n . . Residue to so John , executor Brother John Kettle , supervisor Wit

W . nesses : John atson , Nicholas Stocks , Thomas Parker Proved at Boston

c W 1 6 1 1 . 1 f0 . 1 1 April 1 6 1 1 . ( Lin oln ills , , vol , DEAR EB A R N E of 1 2 H Y O ct . 1 635 . The Will of EN R Hanney , To be buried in the churchyard Of Hanney . Eldest daughter To m azin Deare D r . S en eareb a ne. barne . Daughter Sarai John Residue to wife Anne ,

W : . . sole executrix . itnesses Thomas Paine , Theophilus Drury Proved 5 . W 1 6 3 1 635 . 1 f 23 o . at Louth October (Lincoln ills , , vol ,

’ DE A R BO RN ENTRIES IN TH E BISHOP S T R A NS C RIPTS OF LIN C OL NS HI R E P A RIS H RE G ISTE RS

Alfo r d “ 1 5 7 9 John Dearebarne and Katherin Mason married 1 9 J ulyfi

B ellea u

r arne W 3 1 60 2 John Dea eb and Barbara ilson married June .

I Dear arn Anne Warden 1 Henrie b and married v ] July .

F a rlsthorp e

1 6 20 Deareb ane 3 0 John and Marye Dales married November .

Hannah

Dearb arne F rauncis 1 4 * Henry and Barne married October .

' dow hter of Henr Deareb arne 1 2 Margaret g y baptized September . Alice do wghter of Henry Deareb arn e baptized 8 March of Dear eb arne 4 Stephen sonne Henry buried October . Of Deareb arne ”3 Richard sonne Henry baptized August . Richard sonne of Henry Deareb arne buried 7 February Th omazin d ow hter of Deareb arne 1 g Henry baptized 6 April . Henry Deareb arne Signs the transcripts of 1 60 2—3 with his m ark as

churchwarden . dow hter Dearb arne 2 1 Sarah g of Henry baptized July . Frances wief of Henry Dearb arne laborer buried 2 8 February

do w hter o f H Dearb arne 1 1 Helen g enry laborer baptized September . dow hter Dearb arne 8 Helen g of Henry laborer buried November . W s on Of : Deer b erne 4 illiam Hen buried November . Thom as the sonne and M ab ell the daughter of Henry Dearb arne

baptized 4 December . Henry Deareb arne signs the transcripts o f 1 6 1 7—1 8 with his mark

as churchwarden . of Deareb arne 27 Mary daughter Henry baptized September . of Dearb arne 2 1 o John sonne Henry laborer baptized N vember . ’ Dearb arne u 1 8 Thomas sonne of Henry husband b ried October . of G odffre Dearb arne 1 Thomas sonne y weaver baptized November . John Trowt apprentice to G odffrey Dearbarne weaver buried 2 1

December . Henry sonne of G odffrey Dearb arne weaver baptized 22 March

D ar rn 1 6 Henry e eb a e husbandman buried October .

i t ’ T s m a a h as b i n P h il l im or e s L nc s a R e hi rri ge een printed i o ln hire P rish gis ters . 1 635 To m azin daughter O f Henry Dearb arne and Francis deceased buried 5 2 January [ 1 63 /6J. Deareb arn 1 * 1 637 John Hastings and Anne e married 7 August . 1 640 Sarai daughter of Henry Dearb arne and of Francis his wife buried

1 6 April . Hogsthorp e 2 1 57 3 Michael Derb arn buried 9 May . W a s on Deareb arne 1 1 5 8 3 il li m of John baptized 3 November . a Deareb arn 1 5 85 Dorcas d ughter of John e baptized 6 November . D r b arne 1 5 86 John s o n of John ea e baptized 8 January [ l 5 8 6/7 J. 1 5 8 8 Katherin e wife of John Deareb arne buried 2 6 February

' Little Si eep zng

1 Deareb arne 2 7 1 6 7 Richard and Ellen Lawson married July . 1 1 Deareb arne son of Deareb arne 1 9 o 6 7 John Richard baptized Oct ber . ’ ri h D areb arne filia Rich di Deare arn a 1 6 1 9 Do t y e b e b ptized 7 Novem ber . D r th Deareb arne filia Richardi Dear eb arne ? 1 6 2 1 o y y [buried J 6 April . V ’ rn fili Ri h rdi Dear arn 1 6 2 1 V illia Deareb a e us c a eb e baptized 1 1 No vember . ’ D r arne fil Richardi Dear arn 2 1 1 62 1 Willim ea b b e buried 4 March [ 1 6 /2J. ’ ’ 1 622 Isabell Dearb arne fil Rieh di Dearb arne baptized 1 3 February

[ 1 6 22/3J.

* 1 5 94 William Dearb arne and Agnes Hay married 2 May .

Willo ughby ‘< 1 5 9 1 John Dearb arne and Johan Harrison married 1 Decemb erfi 1 1 59 4 Johanne Dearb arne buried January [ 1 5 9 4/5 J. D r arn 1 0 1 5 9 5 Jane ea b e baptized August . 5 1 5 9 6 J ane Dearb arne buried 2 June . 1 5 97 Gorge Deerb rane baptized 1 0 March D r r 2 3 1 60 0 Thomas ea b a n baptized December . ’ 1 6 03 Godfrey Deareb arne the sonn e o f Will m Dearb arne baptized 2 4

S eptember . 09 H W Deareb arne 8 1 6 enry son Of illiam baptized October .

1 6 1 3 Ane Deareb rane buried 2 9 August .

1 6 1 3 Saraye Deareb rane buried 7 September . 2 ”? 1 62 4 Georgius Deareb arne and Helena Robinson nupt . 4 June il u D ar arn filiu 1 6 1 1 624 Sheife d s e b e s Georgii baptized February [ 6 24/5 J. ’ * 1 6 27 Thomas Deareb arne and Susan Greene nupt 1 2 August .

r r ux . li lmi 1 m 1 6 28 Jane Dea eb a ne G u e sepulta 6 Nove ber . r li 1 6 3 0 Lucia Deareb a n fi a Georgii baptized 1 8 April .

1 63 1 William Dearb arn buried 5 November . D arb arn filia i Dearb arn x e us 1 63 9 Suzanna e Georg i and Hellene u . j baptized 4 March

The Dearb orns are a typical American family of the older class . They m Ham shire and were a ong the earlier settlers of New p , their integrity and sterling worth qualified them to conduct with ability the larger aifairs of their growing nation . The frontier post bearing their name has gro wn m into the second largest city of the United States . Their ost distinguished

- t m ember was M aj . Gen . Henry Dearbo rn . A young doctor in No tingham m of of Square, he raised a co pany minutemen in a day after the news

’ T hi s m arriage h as been printed in P h illim o r e s L inc o ln s hire Pari s h Regi s ter s . 8

Concord Fight, marched them at double quick to the front , fought at

Bunker Hill , and served with distinction through the Revolution . In ’ h e War 1 8 1 2 later years served through the of , was Jackson s secretary

- o f d . S o n war, and was accre ited minister to Portugal His , a major general of militia , lived in more peaceful times , organized the Massachusetts out Horticultural Society , and laid the beautiful Mount Auburn Cemetery at Cambridg6 e . The firs t of this sturdy race to come to New England was Godfrey W ’ 1 63 9 . Dearborn , who signed heelwright s Combination at Exeter in All O f the earlier accounts the family , including the excellent genealogy

I inted I n R F G I S T ER . 2 In p the , vol , state that Godfrey Dearborn was born ir 4 n l nd W s Devonsh e I n 1 g a . here this per istent misstatement originated I

6 0 . 3 0 G . 8 d o . not know In the RE IST E R , vol , p , I Showed that the family came probably fro m Lincolnshire . In the transcripts of the parish registers o f Hannah I found the baptisms of two o f r- the older sons our Godfrey Dea born , who was a weaver there . o f W Dear eb arn of W He was the son illiam illoughby, a parish which was the birthplace Of Capt . John Smith and gave the family name to a dis ’ W d Er tin uis hed esb . g Lincolnshire line , the Lords illoughby y Derb urne Curiously enough , the name of is also found in Somersetshire

. Deareb arne and Devonshire In Lincolnshire the name is Spelled , as it is of n spelled in the will our Godfrey Dearbor , whose pedigree may possibly be as follows

D ER EB AR NE O f , probably . Children :

. o f o s o s o o f 1 5 7 3 . o o i MICHAEL H g th rpe , the te tat r , bur at H gsth rpe 5 AG : 1 . 2 9 M a 1 73 m . J o hn o f S y ; NES Ch ildren ibsey ,

s o o f 1 608 . 2 . Thomas o f S m s o the te tat r pilsby , ercer , the te tat r

o f 1 5 88 .

1 1 . o f o o m . at o 19 1 5 7 9 K JOHN H gsth rpe , Alf rd , July , ATHERINE MASON ,

w h o w as . H o s o 2 6 F eb . : i bur at g th rpe Children 1 . W l

1 . 2 . m a . 3 No v 1 5 3 . r s . l i a 8 D o ca 6 No v . 1 5 85 . 3 . ohn , b pt , bapt J ,

bapt . 8 Jan .

2 . . i ii WILLIAM .

iv . JANET .

D EA B 2 . W R E A E ILL I A M R N of Willoughby . Children

1. 3 . WILLIAM . f O W o . . o In W o 1 1 59 1 ii J HN ill ughby , at ill ughby , Dec . , JOHAN HAR

. : 1 . J h b r . o u 1 . anne 2 . . RISON Children , Jan J a ne, bapt

1 0 Au . 15 9 5 . 2 5 1 g ; bur June 59 6 .

W DEAR B A RNE Willi a m W Wil ILLI A M ( ) of illoughby, buried at

l ou hb 5 . 1 63 1 2 1 5 94 G g y Nov , married at Markby, May , A NE S

HAY . l W Chi dren , baptized at illoughby

. G G . 10 . . W o 2 4 1 62 4 i EOR E , bapt Mar m at ill ug hby , June , " R . : 1 . i H S he el . a 16 F eb . ELEN OBINSON Children fi , bapt 2 L . uc b a t . 18 . 1 630 . 3 . S us 4 anna . y, p Apr , bapt Mar

. . 2 m . i T 3 . 1 6 0 0 W o 12 . 1 62 7 S U ii HOMAS , bapt Dec ; at ll ughby , Aug , SAN

G REENE .

4 . . G D . 24 S . 1 603 . iii O FREY , bapt ept

. . 8 O ct . 1 609 . iv HENRY , bapt

4 . Y DEAR B ARN E Willi a m Willi am of G ODFRE ( , ) Hannah , weaver, bap tized W 24 . 1 3 6 0 at H . H. 4 . at illoughby Sept , died ampton, N , Feb 9

1 639 and 1 685 6 . He signed the Combination at Exeter in , lived

1 648 9 . there until , when he moved to Hampton The name Of his n first wife , whom he married in England , is unk own , but she was 1 65 0 Dearb arn living in , when , as Goody , a seat was allotted to

- . He n 25 ov . her in the Hampton meeting house married seco dly , N

1 6 62 Y m . , DO ROTH D A LT ON , widow of Philemon of Ha pton His

i 1 68 0 1 7 1 1 . w ll , dated in , was not proved until It is signed God ” frey Dearb arn his marke . In this country the name soon became

Dearborn . Children by first wife

2 . 1 . 1 6 3 m 1 T . Nov o 7 10 m . 1. HOMAS , bapt at Hannah ; d at Ha pt n in ;

R . o f E am o . HANNAH C OLCO D , dau dward ; lived at H pt n

a 22 . m in 1 725 11 . R . o HEN Y , bapt at H nnah March d at Ha pt n ;

. m . m . E A o f o o LIZ BETH MARRIAN , dau J hn ; lived at Ha pt n wh o i s k o o r i ii . A G DAU HTER , n wn nly because her father mentions th ee daughters in his will .

S G o f P o s o . i v . E E m . R STH R , ICHARD HORTRID E rt m uth

N o f m . 4 m . T . S . . 1 6 1 o v ARAH , b abt ; HOMAS UDD Ha pt n f . m 1 3 1 m . . o . . 1 642 o 7 A W vi . JOHN , b abt ; d at Ha pt n in ; M RY ARD , dau Thomas ; lived at Hampto n .

RAB O NE O R HAB O R NE

’ FR OM TH E BISH OP S TR ANSC RIPTS OF THE PA RISH RE G ISTE R S OF * f 2 1 600 Robert Rahone son o Edward baptized 2 June . f 1 6 05 Rose Rab one daughter o Edward baptized 7 July . 1 6 09 Robert Rab one buried 3 January b rn W 1 62 1 Sarah B a u e daughter of illiam baptized 9 September . 1 2 1 6 2 2 Edward Hab urne buried August . 1 6 27 John Stubb es and Rose Hab urne ma rried 2 6 April sf Ha urne of W l 9 1 627 Margaret b daughter i liam baptized 2 April .

1 6 29 Ann Hab urne wife of John buried 7 February [ 1 629/3 0J. 1 63 5 John Rogerson and widow Hab urne married 4 February [1 635/6JT 1 638 Jane daughter of William Hab urne buried 1 2 January

’ Among the signers o f Wheelwright s Combination was one with the R r x r abone o Hab o ne. curious name of George Rawbone, also known as He W e W m 1 65 1 went with h elwright to ells , but removed to Ha pton in

o 3 . 1 65 4 and died there bef re Oct , when his nuncupative will was proved

in his f . the Norfolk County Court, leaving all estate to his wi e Susanna i a Thomas Levet and Robert Smith of Exeter , both Lincolnsh re men , p

hi s . praised estate The widow married secondly Thomas Leader of Boston, 1 6 5 7 Of the W and died in , leaving bequests to many heelwright group , n All Levet and Godfrey Dearborn witnessi g her will . this convinced me B that abone also was a Lincolnshire man , and I found in the transcripts m of Huttoft several entries which co nfirm that idea . Fro the records which are given abo ve it will be seen that the names Rahone and Hab urne were hi r i r interchangeable at Huttoft, w ch is a Lincolnshi e parish with n fou miles of Alford and Bilsby .

* ’ I n P h ill imo r e s L c o s a s R s s v ol . 9 . 50 H u o f a a s i s in ln hire P ri h egi ter , , p ( tt t M rri g e ) ,

e th e m a a e o f o Ha b ur n e an d Ann L av er o ck e 28 J an . a t Han print d rri g J hn , n ah m a a o f E a Haib o r n e an d Ka T o 24 O ct . 1586 i s c o the rri g e dw rd therine h rpe , , re rded

ib . v o l . 7 . a n d at a k an d Sa s a R ab o n e R a o o r R a b o ne ( , , p M r by leby ever l , wb ne , y

- a a r f 1 1 i b . v o l . . 88 110 ED TO R . m rri ges a e rec o rded ro m 1557 to 6 7 ( , 7 , pp 87, , I ’ f Thi s m arriage h as been printed in P h illimore s L inco lns h i re Pari s h Regi sters . 1 0

WHE EL W RI G HT ’ W WYL L M WH EYL W R EYT H farfor th 1 6 1 55 0 . The ill of of y , July To k rk be b eryd in ye k yrk e yerd Of sanct peter in farforyt . To ye y e of

farf r th . k rk e of farf r th . l yncollne. To ye powre mens box at o y To ye y o y

n i . son . son . Raw ff s o n M aryo my wyl e My Robard My Jon y my . ’

m s on to s u erv s or . Ye reside ff To symo nd fostun . Tho y be p y e w O my gudde maryon my wyffe hayif to dysspoys as she thynk ys te best for ye h l th o ff o ur sawll s Executr s . W tness s : e y y , whom I make my y y y John ’ fel s on W ll m acson o . wa d . 23 1 5 5 0 . yp , y J , Th s y Proved at Louth October — o f n 1 5 49 5 0 fo . (Consistory Li coln , ,

W O H ES WH EL W RI G HT C risted Kirk stead 1 6 The ill Of J of [ J, piper, T M arch 1 5 9 0 To be buried in the chapell of Cris ted . o Wil ’ ’ ’ o . Will m . ill l m Laine . T Agnes Laine my daughter TO my sonne W m

. W : W e . Laine, executor itnesses ater barton, L onard pane, Leonard Hall

1 4 1 5 9 1 . Whel ewri ht Proved April Administration granted to Agnes g ,

i . of n 1 5 9 1 the daughter, the executor being a m nor (Consistory Li coln, ,

l . 1 £0 . vo ,

W WEL EW R I G HT o f 5 1 6 1 0 The ill of J OHN , yeoman , February athedrall of To church TO the C Church Lincoln . the of m r o of M . w itin on M umbye. T the pore u b ye All the des des and ge Of e ’ ten te in M umb y e committed unto me on trust fo r the said townes use b e given and continue to the use of the said towne of M umbye forever . My Whel ewri ht M assin b er of sone Robert g Shall pay unto Mr Thomas g g lowth, C ouncel or £ 3 3 h i Wh el e , t at I owe him , on condicion that my w fe Elizabeth Thir Wh el ewri ht wright release her des in all my landes . To Robert g my Whel ri ht h . ew son To Mary g my daug ter, to be paid at her full age of

- r twenty one . To Elizabeth Whelewright my daughter [also a mino J. To ‘311 h l e ri h i Susan W e w g t my daughter [also a m norJ. To the childe w is in my wives wombe . To Peter Ryl ay my sone in lawe . To Robert ll ’ f m Ryl ay my sone in lawe . The goods of Wy m Page late o M u bye were mm tt z Wh l ri ht . u co ed . e ew S y to my trust Eli abeth g my wife , executrix p ervis ors : Edward Appl eyarde of Th urlbye and Robert Bettison of Hog W : r . 1 l gest Opp e itness Robert Whel ewright. Proved at Louth 8 Apri 6 f l 1 1 1 o 1 6 1 1 vo . 1 fo . (Consistory Lincoln , , ,

W W G co . Inquisition Post Mortem Of J OHN H EEL RI HT, late of Mumby,

2 9 1 6 1 1 . Lincoln, yeoman , taken at Louth July The jury say that. the W of one said John heelwright was seized in fee (a) messuage, seven acres of o ne of of arable land , seven acres and rood pasture, lately purchased M orfolt of G rlin ton of Thomas , held Nicholas y g as of his manor Mumby ; of (b) three acres Of land, five roods pasture , and two acres of pasture, with n R W appurte ances , in Mumby, lately purchased of John yley, held of illiam Earl o f Derby as of his jurisdiction of Mumby ; (0 ) two acres and one rood o f pasture, with appurtenances , in Mumby , lately purchased of Pellam Crew, held of the aforesaid Nicholas G yrlington ; six acres of pasture in of W Haistin es of Mumby lately purchased illiam g , four acres pasture in Emson Mumby lately purchased of Edward , five acres and one rood Of of arable land in Mumby lately purchased Of Francis Mason , all held the

King as Of his manor of East Greenwich 1n free socage and not in chief . W 1 1 The said John heelwright died on February last past , and Robert Wheelwright 1 s hi s s on and next heir and i s aged twenty - four years and

. 2 vol . 323 no . more (Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Series , , 1 1

W IV H EEL W R I G HT Sal eb e 1 3 ‘ The ill of ROB ERTE of y , yeoman , Octo ber

1 6 1 1 . of f o . To the parish church and the poor Saleby To Mr .

C roftes . . Scor trethe h John To Mr George , now preac er of Alford . To Katherine Wheel ewrighte my wife all household s tuffe as were late John n m M o eyes her for er husband deceased . To Elizabeth Wheel ewryghte my eldest daughter, Katherine my daughter, and Ellen my daughter, to each

- £ 1 00 at their ages of twenty one yeares . If they or my sone John Wheel e wri hte m - one eares g shall any of them die before they acco plish twenty y , Wh l ri h . ee ew t . etc Residue to sonne John g , executor Supervisors : The Kin erb e of Wainfl ett mas g y my sonne in lawe , and Christopher Fos ton nowe i r Of Sal ebye. Thomas K nge bye shall have the disp os einge of Ellen my ’ f daughter for nurture and education . X po er Foston Shall have the dis s W pos ing of Elizabeth and Katherine my two other daughters . itnesses

W m Everin Everin . illia , Thomas The will within written was declared by Roberte Wheelwrighte to be his last will &c . the laste day of July 1 6 1 2 ' I s ack W in the presence of us , Johnson , John Pearson, illiam Balderston . 7 1 6 1 2 1 6 1 2 1 3 d ni Proved at Lincoln March [ / J, and a mi stration granted

. 1 6 1 2 fo . to the executor (Consistory of Lincoln, ,

W W W G o f 24 The ill Of ROB E RT HE EL RI HT Mumby, yeoman , January 2 1 1 6 To the mother church in Lincoln . TO the church and T W the poor of Mumby . o Amy heelwright my loving wife eight Bills obligatory which William Dawnab y of Mumby Chappel standeth bound N of £ 3 . 4 S . h to me in , and also w ich icholas Burrell Mumby, butcher, owes “ o ne of n of me , and my best fillies excepti g that I boug ht my father ” Wh eel ewri ht t r . W And ew Gray To Elizabeth g , daugh er to John heel ri h r Wheel ewri ht w te ffathe . a t eel wri ht g my To S us n g and Marie g , daughters to the aforesaid John Wheelwright . To Robert Ryl ay of

W his . To R l a Mumby , my brother, Jane his wife , and illiam son Ann y y T Will am of my apprentice . o y Pinder Mumby and Anne his wife . To

Disb orn M um eb . George Hudson , servant to Robert Of y To Humfrey of m his Gerrard Mu by, clerke , to Mary his wife, and Richard son, my W godchild . Mr . John heelwright , my nephew , sole executor . I give him

rem aines o f and . all the my goods all that land, etc , in Mumby purchased of orefoot o f h his M and holding of the manor East Greenwic , to him and ’ heirs forever . And all my other lands holding as it is supposed in knight s heire v service more than that third parte he is apparent unto , reser ing the W W thirdes of all my l and unto my wife Amy heelwright . itnesses

Tallb ooll . Humfrey Gerrard, clerke, Thomas Bough , Richard Proved at

4 1 6 2 I 6 1 2 . of 1 6 2 1 1 2 . 1 Lincoln March [ / J (Consistory Lincoln, , vol , fo .

W W G Inquisition Post Mortem of ROB ERT H E EL R I HT , late of Mumby,

29 1 622 . e co . Lincoln , yeoman , taken at Louth August [The same pr p rt I of n e y is described as in the nquisition Post Mortem his father, Joh W di on 2 6 th W ab ove. heelwright , given J The said Robert heelwright ed n W o f February last past , and Joh heelwright , clerk , is next heir, as son W o o f W r Robert heelwright, Senior , br ther John heelwright, Senior, fathe W of the aforesaid Robert heelwright , Junior, deceased, and is aged twenty i 2 seven years and more . (Inquisit ons Post Mortem, Chancery Series , vol . 7 65 . , no

Final Concord made at Westminster on the morrow o f the Holy Trinity 1 6 58 N WH W G i RAN V between JOH EEL RI HT, clerk , pla ntiff, and F CIS L E ET, 1 2

t d one e gen , eforciant , as to m ssuage, barne , stable, garden, orchard , forty

a nd - acres land , ten acres meadow, twenty four acres pasture , in Maws

W u . . s . thorpe , in the parish of illo ghby, co Lincoln (Feet of Fine , co Lin coln , Trinity Term ,

’ WH EELW RI G HT ENTRI ES I N T HE BIS HOP S T R AN SC R IPT S O F LIN C OLNS HI R E P A RIS H RE G ISTE RS

s Ander by

1 6 03 John Whel ewright and Elizabeth Smyth married 20 October .

W 8 . Mr . John heelwright and Marie Storre married November

John the sonne of John Wheelwright baptized vj October . l ri h 1 62 William s on Of John Wh e ew g t baptized 1 0 February [ 6 7J.

William s on of John Whel ewright buried 1 9 May . r Susanna daughter of John Whel ew ight baptized 22 May . h Mary wife of John Whel ewrig t buried 1 8 May . of Whel ri ht 4 e Katherin e daughter John ew g baptized Novemb r .

Marie daughter of John Wh el ewright baptized 1 9 May . h l ri h u Marie daughter of John W e ew g t buried 28 J ly .

1 598 Robert Wheelwright and Ju di th M as onne both of Claxby married

1 8 May . W 3 1 5 98 Mary daughter of Robert heelwright baptized September .

1 6 0 2 Judith daughter of Robert Wheelwright baptized 8 August .

1 6 09 Katherine daughter of Robert Wheelwright baptized 1 3 May .

1 6 1 1 Katherine daughter o f Robert Wheel wright buried .

1 6 1 2 1 6 1 4 W . , Robert heelwright churchwarden

1 623 Judith Wheelwr ight buried .

Cumber worth

1 5 9 2 Alice Wheelwright buried .

1 5 9 6 Elizabeth Wheelwright baptized 24 June . 1 5 99 Katherine Wheelwright baptized 23 March

1 6 0 1 Elynor Wheelwright baptized 29 June .

La ceby

f h l e ri h t 1 633 Elizabeth daughter o Mr . John W e w g and Mary his wife

baptized 9 June .

Wh l e ri h 1 3 1 6 1 9 Willm . Morton and Katherin e w g t married by licence

‘ November . 1

1 5 85 Robert son of John Wheelwright baptized 1 8 February

1 5 89 John Whel ewright churchwarden . Wh l ri h 1 6 0 1 Isabel wife of Thomas e ew g t buried 2 1 June .

1 6 0 1 Thomas Whel ewright buried 3 September . i of Whel ewri ht 1 1 1 6 02 3 1 60 2 Alice w fe John g buried January [ / J. 1 6 03 Susan daughter of John Whel ewright baptized 25 February

* T B s a s c s ar e o u a s f o m c a m as 1594 t L a D a 1 he il by tr n ript with t g p r Mi h el o dy y 635 . 1 W ” o m 1622 to 25 M ar . 632 ar e al l s o n h el ew r i h t c a . Fr they igned by J h g , vi r ’ ~ T a h a s illim r s L n 1 hi s m arri ge been printed in P h o e i nc o l shire Pa ri s h Regis ter s . 3

M ary daughter of John Whel ewright baptized 1 1 December .

Elizabeth daughter of John Whel ewright baptized 2 April . J ohn s on Of John Wh el ewright baptized 1 0 January

John so n of John Wh el ewright buried 2 6 February [ 1 6 0 9 /1 0J. h ell daughter of John W el ewright baptized 9 February [ 1 6 1 0/1 1 J.

John Whel ewright buried 1 1 February [ 1 6 1 0/1 1 J. “ Andrew Gray yeoman and Elizabeth Whel ewright married 20 Augustfi Robert Whel ewright yeom an buried 27 February * Whe l e ri ht 1 3 Charles Smyth and Amy e w g married October .

5 x : W 1 6 0 Catherine u Rob heelwright buried 8 July . “ 1 6 0 6 Robert Wheelwright and Catherine Money married 1 7 Novemb erfi

1 6 1 2 Robert Wheelwright buried 23 February [1 6 1 2/1 3J. lVilloughby ’ ‘= 1 6 1 9 G ulielmus Walker et Juditha Wheel wryght n a pt 30 S ep temb erfi ’ ’ * 20 Will u T s dal t W u 1 6 s ey e e maria heelwright n pt 2 November . T i ’ * 1 632 Thomas Crambe et Maria e sdal e nupt 3 May .

Most o f these Wheelwright records are no w published for the first time . ’ W l r th o 1 5 5 0 ll m Whe w e 0 0 . The y y y of , Lincoln , the testat r of , m who had wife Marion and sons Robert, John , Ralph , and Tho as , may have been an ancestor , perhaps the grandfather, of John and Robert ,

1 6 1 1 on . the testators of and , but evidence this point is lacking fl : The following pedigree, however, is derived chie y from these records

W G 1 . H E EL W RI HT had sons

2 . . i . JOHN

. i i R . 3 . OBERT

W W G J OHN H E EL RI HT of Mumby , co . Lincoln , yeoman, the testator f 1 1 m n 0 6 0 1 1 1 1 . o / , died Feb and was buried at Mu by

the same day . He married first ALIC E who was buried at

u 1 1 . n M mby Jan . and secondly, at , co Li coln , 2 0 . 1 6 03 E who Oct , ELIZ A B TH SMYTH , survived him and married

2 0 . 1 6 13 . secondly , at Mumby , Aug , Andrew Gray , yeoman Children by first wife

. R o f m o o o f . i OBERT Mu by , ye man , the testat r bapt at Mumby m 1 . S . 2 6 . . 8 F eb . d p Feb and bur at Mu by the next m 1 d a wh o h im and In . 2 3 m . AM Y y ; survived ( ) at Mu by ,

m . i R e . W O ct . 1 62 5 a s S H s o us v o , Ch rle yth c in J hn heelwright , O f Ne E d was o o o f h i s later w nglan , s le execut r his will and resi u d ary legatee .

1 1 . RYL AY . A DAUG HTER m . P ETER

. m . R RYLAY o f . Sh e 24 . iii JANE , OBERT Mumby was living Jan

and had issue .

Children by second wife, baptized at Mumby

m . 24 . . S 2 . un . 5 iv USAN , bapt Feb living Jan 2 . m . 4 V A . 1 1 . 1 605 un . M RY , bapt Dec ; living Jan

m . . . E . 2 . 1 60 8 i un 2 4 J an vi LIZABETH , bapt Apr ; liv ng m . N . 10 . . at 2 6 . vii JOH , bapt Jan bur Mu by Feb — viii . ELL bapt . 9 F eb . probably (1 . yo ung . W W G o f . ROBERT HEEL RI HT and of Saleby, co Lincoln ,

f 1 6 1 2 1 3 . o 1 6 1 23 . 1 yeoman , the testator , was buried at Saleby Feb

’ T s m a a h a s n P hil im r L hi rri ge bee printed in l o e s inco lns hire Pari sh Regi s ter s . 1 4

He married first ALIC E who was buried at Cumberworth in 1 5 9 R E 8 2 ; secondly C A THE IN , who was buried at Saleby

1 6 05 1 7 Nov . 1 6 0 6 Y July and thirdly , at Saleby , , CA TH ERIN E M ONE ,

wido w o f John . Children by first wife

G In . T K G R o f W ainfl eet co . Linco . i . A DAU HTER , HOMAS IN E BY , ln ; d ’ m o s . . 1 3 O c t 1 6 1 1 as s h e i s no t bef , enti ned in her father w ill m in 1 1 1 h i s . J O II N . ab t . 1 59 2 c was a o 6 i i , b , Sin e he in r , when father

a. m h is was o f a e 7 M ar . w was ade w ill , but g hen the w ill m o f E o . was a d o o pr ved He the celebr te Antin ian , the f under xeter

R o l . 2 1 . and r s o at H m o N . H . S ee G v thi d pa t r a pt n , E ISTER , , pp ’ — m f o W 3 6 3 365 ( arti cle by C 0 1 . Che s ter ) Bell s Me o ir o J hn heel ’ w right ; Charles Fran c i s Adams s Three Epis o des o f M as s achu

s s s o v o l . 1 . 3 6 8 et s e . ett Hi t ry , , pp q Children by second wife

m 2 6 . . E E a . o 4 159 i ii LIZAB TH , b pt at Cu berw rth June

m 2 ar . K a . o 3 M iv . ATHERINE , b pt at Cu berw rth

m 2 9 1 0 1 . . E o r E a . o 6 v LLEN LYNOR , b pt at Cu berw rth June

o W o f who From this pedigree it appears that R bert heelwright Mumby , W 2 6 . not . died Feb was a cousin , an uncle , of Rev John heel

. no t . wright There were , therefore , as Col Chester supposed , two broth

m W n w o f . ers na ed Robert heelwright, but an uncle and a ephe that name ’ In C o l . Chester s day the transcripts at Lincoln were not as carefully n arra ged as they are now , for none are now missing , and in several , which

C ol . have apparently been found Since Chester made his search , there are f W n . o heelwright records of importa ce For instance , the burial John ’ n 1 6 2 Wheelwright s first wife is i the Bilsby transcript for 9 . This tran

t and - n script was supposed o be missing , from its non appeara ce the support ” ers o f the Wheelwright Deed claimed that John Wheelwright might have been in New England in that year . In fact, it is in the file, and is ” J Wh el ewri ht . signed, like others , ohn g , vicar The reco rd of the baptism o f Susanna NV h el ewright in 1 628 is also a o new discovery . It was she who married Edward Rishworth . Previ usly printed pedigrees have stated that her husband was a son Of the Edward of Rishworth the Exeter Combination, but I believe that in fact her hus band was the original Exeter settler . Attention has already been called to the connection Shown in the tran scripts between the Cram s and the Wheel wrights . M awthor e of W It is worth noting that the land in p , parish illoughby,

W G . 6 7 . which heelwright bought from Francis Levet (RE IST E R , vol , pp — ’ 6 6 6 7 W 1 6 5 8 . ) was acquired during heelwright s last visit to England , in ’ who W i At this date Francis Levet, is described in heelwr ght s deed to “ ” s of Willin ham Cri pe as a gentleman , North g , had not taken orders , and therefore could not be called a clergyman . My theory is that this Francis

Levet was an own cousin of Thomas Levet of Exeter and Hampton .

G vol . 67 . 6 6 et s e . (RE I ST E R, , pp q )

WI G HT

W o f W G 1 1 6 1 7 . To The ill ROB ERT I HT of , clerk , October be o f o f To s on buried in the chancel the church Hareby . eldest Daniel

£ - W £ 1 0 Wight 2 0 at twenty one years . To eldest daughter Sara ight at

- o ne r W twenty years o at her marriage . To second daughter Elizabeth ight

£ 1 0 - 0 W at twenty one years or at her marriage . T second son Thomas ight 1 5

£ 1 0 at twenty - one years . To youngest son John Wight £ 10 at twenty

of . one years . To the poor Hareby Residue to dearly beloved wife

i W . . B o f Br dget ight, executrix My worshipful and good friend Mr ryan

B ollin b rok e . m s o f o g , and Mr Edmond Power, ini ter the same t wn , to be i : W . W . ] a a i supervisors tnesses Rich right , Nathaniel L mbert , D n ell

Wi . 24 1 6 1 8 . o of i o 1 6 1 8 ght Proved at Spilsby April (C nsistory L nc ln , ,

2 fo . vol . ,

’ WI G HT ENTRIES I N TH E BISHOP S TR ANS C RIPTS OF LIN C OLNSHI RE PA RISH RE G I STE RS

‘ 1 603 W 2 1 ul f Robert ight , concionator , and Elizabeth Fulshaw married J y

‘

1 6 1 3 W W 25 m b . Robert ight, clerk , and Bridget hite married Nove er 1 ‘< 1 63 0 Nathaniel Heaton and Elizabeth Wights married 2 1 Aprilfi

Wi 1 604 Daniel ght the sonne of Robert Wight baptized 7 June . W f 1 604 Sarah ight daughter o Robert Wight baptized 1 0 October . 1 6 06 W o f W 2 m Elizabeth ight daughter Robert ight baptized Nove ber . 6 0 m W f W 6 1 7 Tho as ight the sonne o Robert ight baptized December . l 1 6 08 “ o f Wi 1 John ight the sonne Robert ght , clerk , baptized January

[ 1 608 /9 J. l 1 6 1 0 “ W 2 . Marie ight daughter Of Robert ight , clerk , baptized September W l i 1 6 1 1 i o f o V ht 2 6 . Elizabeth ight the wif e R bert g , clerk , buried June 1 6 1 1 W W Mary ight daughter of Robert ight, minister of Hareby, buried

2 7 Novem ber .

1 6 1 7 e W ht m nis ter 8 1 6 1 7 18 . Rob rt yg , y , buried January [ / J

m W one o f Tho as ight , of the signers the Exeter Combination , is con sidered m W m by Savage to be a Tho as right, but wherever the na e appears ’ in autograph the surname is distinctly Wight and nothing else . Appar h e did ently left no descendants who remained in New England . He not as o n move from Exeter when Wheelwright left . He appears occ i ally on

1 647 . the records , and was made a freeman in After this date we find 1 65 0 him no more on the records , and I think he died about , leaving a l s on “ i . . minor , Israel ght Israel seems to have been a ward of Capt 65 m W o f 1 6 64 . 1 6 Richard aldron of Dover , and came age about In ad in is tratio n on the estate o f Thomas Wight o f Exeter was granted by the Wi s County Court to Israel ght . Previou to his coming of age Israel had him in " " . perhaps been a servant or prot g of Gov Bellingham , for we find 1 65 6 witnessing a deed from Bellingham to Everill and a mortgage taken

. . 1 6 64 l V i ht back At the Quarterly Court in Salisbury , Apr , Israel g sued W o m to Capt . aldron for withholding his estate , which had been c m itted

W W W . Capt . aldron at the time when aldron was guardian for ight The o case went up to the Court of Assistants , and finally to the General C urt, 1 6 6 6 W which heard it in , but by this time Israel ight had apparently left the country . W o ne Thomas ight is an interesting link , for he was of the grantees m f m o named in the Wheel wright Deed . The only fa ily o the na e I f und W in Lincolnshire was that of Robert ight, a clergyman at Hareby, a

’ Thi s en try i s tak en n o t fro m the A l fo rd tr an s c ripts b ut fro m P h ill im o r e s L in co ln s a s R e s s a a s v o l . 7 . hire P ri h gi ter , M rri ge , ’ 1 T hi s marri age h as been prin ted i n P h illim o re s L inc o ln shire P ari s h Regi s ter s . 1 6

- parish half way between Spilsby and . Robert Wight had some h Willi k ’ connection with Alford , for he was a witness to Balt asar c s will 1 6 1 3 there in and in he married there his second wife , Bridget W a hite . The will of Robert Wight and the H reby transcripts Show that

h ad 6 . 1 6 07 he a son Thomas , baptized Dec , who may have been the o was W of Com Exeter settler, although pro f that he the Thomas ight the bination has not yet been found .

WI LL I x

W R W K of 7 1 5 9 8 The ill of BA LTH A S A ILLI C Alford , February

To be buried in the church of Alford . To Anne my wife for the good and vertuous education of my children the lease O f o ne messuage in Alford ' w Will am Bro ck b anck e l herein y late y dwelt , which I had from my Lord Willoughby of Willoughby and Barsby for twenty- o ne years also the lease of one other messuage in Alford late in the tenure of Richard hornsey or W h for his assigns , which I also had from my said Lord illoug by twenty one years ; also one other lease of a tenement in Well in the parish of o f P arris he o r Alford late in the tenure Richard his assigns , which I had also from the sayd Lord Willoughby for twenty - one years ; also all my other leases , bonds , and assurances to my sayd wife for the good bringing of up my sayd children , together with all my stock and moveables , save M r ri that I give to Mr . Frances e b u e for the good will which I beare unto

. W o wne . W him my best g Anne my wife , executrix itnesses Robert ight, illm W . 1 6 Lenord Thory , . Bellingham Proved at Lincoln February

1 5 98 of 1 5 98 fo . (Consistory Lincoln, ,

W of W G A of 25 The ill ILLI A M BELLI N H M Alford , yeoman , August

6 0 . £ 1 0 1 6 church . 0 To be buried in the of Alford T Susan my daughter , w of - o ne hich my wife shall have the use until she come to twenty years , provided that if my wife happen to marrie in the m eantyme then she shall £ 2 0 b eho ofe of have to her portion , to be put for her best into the hands Al some fai thfull frend . TO Anne my wife the l ease of one messuage in no w W of Wil ford where I dwell , which I have from my Lord illoughby l oughby and Earsby for twenty - one years ; also one other lease of a m es suage in Alford now in the use of Richard Hardy also one other lease of W a tenement in ell . Residue to wife Anne , executrix . My good friend

. E t r W : s e b . Mr George y, supervisor itnesses Joseph Overton , clark , ’

ill . W m P ars evall . 4 1 60 6 Angram , Angram Proved at Lincoln November

1 6 0 6 fo . (Consistory of Lincoln , ,

’ WI L L I x A N D BELLIN G H A M ENTRI ES I N TH E BIS H OP S TRAN S C R IPTS o r TH E PA RISH RE G ISTE R S OF A LFO RD

1 5 9 3 li l z 2 Peregrinus fi us Balthasar Wi lick es b apti atus 2 July .

1 5 9 5 Balthasar filius Bal thasari Will ech b aptizatus 2 7 July . 1 5 8 Ed 9 wardus filius Bal thez eri Will ech b aptiz atus 3 0 April . 9 8 1 5 B al thezer Will ech s epul tus 1 3 February [ 1 5 9 8/9J. 0 0 1 6 Susanna filia Balth ezeri Will ech sepulta 28 May . “ 1 6 0 0 William Bellingham and Ann l V illech married 3 Julyfi 0 1 ’ 1 6 Susanna filia Will i Bellingham b apti z ata 1 September . “ 1 6 27 Philemon P o rm ert and Susan Bellingham married 1 1 O ctob er fi

1 63 5 Anna filia Edvardi Wil lick es et Sus annae uxoris b aptiz ata 1 3 May .

“4 ’ This m arri age h as been printed i n P hillimore s Lincolns hire Pari sh Regi s ters .

1 8

THE DAUG HTERS O F BALTHAZ AR VV IL LIX OF EXETER

B V RG N H o f a m a s s . y I I IA ALL C bridge , M

THE follo w ing reCords and note s relate to the daughter s o f Bal eie thaz ar Willix o f E m a as c n nu n of Q xeter and y be regarded a o ti atio n H k i M r F k W . c n REG TE l the a . S R vo . 50 rticle by ra a ett I , , pp . — 4 6 4 8 .

l “ hereas . S o uthell Es r . o f Hon Seth , q and James Blunt, both North aroli nah d id as W : C , by their L t ills give and bequeath unto Anna first o f wife said Blunt and afterwards the wife of said Southwell and her heirs ,

f . V er enea s afterwards wife o Col John Lere of g and o Died . Whose Sis

t - in - l a w Hazel on W ters and Bro her , p y ood Of Ipswich in the Province of s Mas sachu etts in New England , and Francis Jownes and Suzana his wife O f P o r ts m s Haz el o n o in the Province of New Hamp hire, said p y and S u zannah own Sisters both by father and mother ’ s side to the above said £ 25 0 o r Anna and so right heirs , in consideration of sell unto u kinsman ° P ick erin e P or ts m Thomas g of formerly our attorney , all the estate given ” r s So uthell to o u Si ter Anna Lere by said Blunt and in North Carolina . W : 1 6 9 7 . J P i k ri 4 c e n e . R Dated June itnesses ames Allen , John g e

1 7 0 9 . . . . 1 . 6 . corded Sept (N H Province Deeds , vol , p

The estate conveyed by the deed given above is described in a deed , dated 1 5 1 7 0 9 m to W July , from Tho as and Mary (Gee) Pickering illiam Par ' “ trid e W g and Pelatiah hittemore , all of Portsmouth , as a certain estate in o f S outh l North and South Carolina, more particularly the estate Seth e ,

Es . o o n q in the Pr vince of North Car lina adjoini g Salmon Creek , Kendrick t P eatt P as uatank Creek , Li tle River , y Creek and the River q , consisting of 1 20 00 acres excepting 4 0 00 acres formerly sold by said Pickering to ”

Duck enfi eld . . . . 7 . William (N H Province Deeds , vol , p da a Willix The following facts about Anna, ughter of B lthazar , are found H tori ca l a nd G enealo i ca l R e i r r h a r oli n a is ste . No t C 1 . 3 4 in the g g , vol , pp , 25 4 : 7 4 . 3 . 2 47 , vol , pp , m of Ja es Blount came to Chowan Precinct, Colony Carolina, from Isle

W C o . V a . 1 6 6 9 1 6 6 0 Of ight , , in , where he was living with his family in . “ W Mrs . Anna Blount, his wife, who first appears as Anne illis of Ipswich , ” s o f Massachusetts , married first Robert Ro coe Roanoke ; secondly James o 1 7 1 6 8 6 Southel Blount , wh se will was proved July ; thirdly Seth , gover

O f 3 . 1 6 9 3 4 nor North Carolina , whose will was proved Feb T and fourth

a m ond C O . V a . l o l . s e y C John Lear of N , In a suit brought by the executors 6 9 7 o f o f C ol . 1 Lear in he was called executor Madam Anna Lear, and mention was made of certain goods consigned to her as Madam S othell frOm C ol . John Foster of Boston .

1 6 95 . 27 1 6 9 6 . Madam Anna Lear died before , and Col Lear died June

V i r i n i a H istor ic a l fif u a z i ne . 1 7 . 2 28 Wi lli a m a nd Jll a r uar ( g g , vol , p ; g/ Q ter l vol . 8 . 1 7 1 . 9 . 8 3 y, , p , vol , pp The first m ention of Haz elelp oni i Willix is found in the will of John “ ‘ W 24 . 1 6 5 2 3 . Cooper, now resident in eymouth, dated Feb / The wife

— — F o r th e a n a o f B al az a Will ix o f E x r i d e s u ra . 79 80 . E D O R . p re t ge th r eter , p , pp IT ’ W e e "F o r c h a r ac ter a n d wil l o f Seth S o uth ell s ee Jo hn H . he l r s H i s to ric al Sk etc he s

f No a o a . 3 1 89 . o rth C r lin , p p ,

Th e a m H az e o i s fo u n B 1 o . 3 . I n e lelp ni d in the ible , Chr n , iv , 1 9

H W d of enry altham , in whose house I now sojourn , is to be fully pai , “ if m Haz ill enah Will oek s and there is anything re aining, p e dwelling with W f l . 1 W vo . 9 6 . Mr . altham Shall have (Su folk ills , , p I he Boston o f l l az el anah records Show the birth of John , son John Gee and p his wife ,

27 1 6 6 2 . May Hazelelponi Gee was baptized in the First Church , Boston ,

1 9 9 . 1 6 7 1 . day, mo , “ The Depositions o f Benjamin Norton Thomas Pease Sein of Edgar t own Testifieth saith that they very well Rem emb I ed Jo hn G ee fO I In eI ly of M arthas V inyard cit fuI theI we Tes tifie we Rememb i ed Mary Gee his Eldest Daughter we going to school each o f us with her unto her e mother at Edgartown at the house o f y ab o vs d G ee about a mile Distance from the harbour ab Out Sixty years Since in the year One Thousand six hundred seventy we being v ery well acquainted with the family that Mary Gee was the Reputed Daughter Of s d Gee SO called further ” ff no t . . u o saith Attest , Jabez Athearn , clerk (S olk C urt Files , Paid Joseph M erry in rye a bush a p eek in I ndean corn S ixe bush : r upon a letter Of M Nich olas Butler from M artins V ineyard to m e w"h lr M a H z ell i value o f com e Butler p id to a a Gee w dd . o f dwelling in ye said Island w °h said corne upon M r Butlers letter I received of Richard Belling O f wittnes 7 4 7 0 ham Boston my hand , ,

Jos eph merry m k wittnes hereof ar ff John Sewall (Su olk Court Files ,

m d 1 6 5 9 Joseph Merry of Ha pton marrie , , Elizabeth , widow of Emanuel HilliaI d who Wil o theis i n d , with Hannah lix and is named a dee , dated

R . m 2 2 . a of Mar from uth , widow Of Rev Ti othy D lton Hampton , l . . Bachil er n t who re N H , to Nathaniel , bei 6g me u ed among those are to ’ c eive of a P e as s achu leagacies after the death the ntor ( pe s Pioneers of M ’

am v l . 2 . . l 2 9 o setts , p ; Dow s H pton , , p ” o of am Wo d o f W o f The dep sitions S uel o , son Obadiah ood Ipswich , Will am W m l Harris and Susanna Stone , both Of Ipswich , illia and Abigai m m o f o 2 6 . 1 73 2 o Cotton , and Sa uel Lovell P rts outh , dated Apr , are f und “ f l 33 5 6 4 . W a s re in Su folk Court Fi es , illiam H rris depo ed that he well 1 membered Obadiah vV oo ds Intermarriage with the wido w Hazelelpo ni Gee

near about sixty years ago he brought her from Boston . that it was the talk o f the times when she cam e to Dwell in I pswich tha t heI fOI m eI hus D ell I M ai th band Gee was a w e OI inhabitant at as V inyard . She brought with her into Obadiah l V O OdS family a m aiden Daughtei named Mary I

was well acquainted with the family 61. the s aid M ary who we used to call Mary G ee till she Interm arried with o ne Tho mas F ickerin who lived at Pi s cataqua th e Sd Mary is still Li ving there for ought any thing 1 know

for I never heard Of her Death . A similar deposition o f William Harris was communicated to the Es s ex

Anti ua r i a n vo l . 8 . 1 6 4 a E. q ( , p ) by Ch rles Banks , author of the ’

V . s o o a 7 . 1 7 3 6 History of Martha s ineyard In thi dep siti n, d ted Oct and

6 . 3 vol . 2 8 a taken from Dukes County Deeds , , p , Harris says th t the ’ W a s o idow Gee had three d ughter , Mary , who married Th mas Pickering, who m i of who Anna, married Sa uel Hodgk ns Gloucester, and Martha, m married Tho as C otes . In the Ancient Bu rying- Gro und at Ipswich is the 0 1 av es tone of Hasel 6 elp ony Wood widdo w o f Obadi ah Wood died No ve m y 2 7 1 7 1 4 aged 7 8 E e u r a n . ss x Anti a i . 1 3 . 7 9 . years ( See q , vol , p , for illustration )