Bartholomew Owen may have married a sister of Nicholas Meriwether. Connections to such as Christopher Lewis probably arose from his siblings association in Wales, and are peripheral to the main theme of marriages within a densely connected kinship circle, with alignments between families being repeated in successive generations. These preliminary notes focus on the families of Bathurst, Meriwether, Lunsford, and Swann, the kinship circle under question.

BATHURST
1. Lawrence Bathurst, d. 1549.
1.1. Edward Bathurst, b. before 1513, d. after 1558.
1.1.1. Launcelot Bathurst, b. 1529, Staplehurst, Kent, ob. Sept. 27, 1594, St. Mary Bathow, London, m. Judith Randolph, da. of Bernard Randolph. Barnard Randolph of London Esq. and Common Sergeant of the same city was also of Wards, Sussex. He was admitted to the office of common Serjeant, March 4, 1563. His Will was dated December 14, 1580, with Codicils dated December 29, 1582, May 24, 1583, June 17, 1583, August 1, 1583, and August 5, 1583, proved February 24, 1583. In the first Codicil, he prays his executors to have his body buried in the parish church of Mary Magdalen where he now dwells, near his pew, for the reason that the ways to Tysherst ‘are most tymes of the yeare verye fowle’. His son was John Randolph, who m. (April 3, 1570) Isabella Lunsford, born 1553, in Wileigh, Ticehurst. Her Will, pr. October 7, 1585. Isabella’s br., John Lunsford, m. Anne Apsley; their son, Thomas Lunsford, born circ. 1575, m. (1) Katherine Fludd, March 7, 1598, in Greenwich, St. Alphage, Kent, son of Sir Thomas Lunsford and his first Barbara Lewknor. Katherine Fludd was the aunt of Colonel John Fludd, b. 1603 in Chichester, Sussex, d. 1661 in Surry Co. Virginia, who m. (2) Fortune Jordan, da. of Arthur Jordan.
John Randolph had issue:
(1) Harbert Randolph, of Wardes in the parish of Tycehurst. Sussex, Esq., whose Will was pr. September 28, 1604, requesting: ‘To be buried in the parish church of St. Mary Magdalen in old Fish Street, London. If I die without issue I bequeath unto my loving brother in law Anthony Apsley of the Inner Temple, gent, and Judith Apsley, my very loving sister, my manors of Hamerden Morley and Cortesley in Sussex, and my manor of Filsham in Sussex, lately dimised and to farm letten to one Robert Lunsforde of Hollington, Sussex, yeoman (a cousin), who was ancestor of the Lunsfords; one of whom was highly likely to have married William Owen, son of Bartholomew Owen.
(2) Bernard Randolph, born 1568, of Biddenden, Kent, gent., whose Will was pr. May 27, 1628, requesting; ‘My body to be buried near unto my well beloved wife in the middle chancel of the parish church of Biddenden. ‘To my son Edmondd Randolph one hundred pounds. To William Randolph my eldest son (certain furniture) and all my books whatsoever and wheresoever. To my daughter Elizabeth, wife of Robert Perry, having already advanced her at her marriage with a competent portion, twenty shillings and no greater legacy’.
Edmond Randolphe is mentioned in the Will (pr. March 21, 1625) of Samuel Argall, who bequested: ‘ to my niece Katherine Barham’s son, my godson … (to) my loving brother in law Edmond Randolf Esq. the sum of twenty pounds to be paid unto him within six months next after my decease’.
The said Robert Perry was the br. of Richard Perry, 1580-Jan. 1649, who m. Dunes Hicks; they being the parents of Richard Perry, collector of customs and excise, in Glasgow, 1656, and a merchant in Clonmell, Ireland, in 1657, where he had family connections, being cousin of William Perry, of Limerick, who maintained a house in Stepney. Richard’s son was Micajah Perry, Oct. 10, 1641-1721: Micajah Perry of the parish of Mary-le-Bow, London, ‘haberdasher’, received a license on Oct. 20, 1663 to marry ‘Ann Owen of the parish of St Swithin, London, spinster’; her father being Dr. Richard Owen, a distinguished clergyman, son of Cadwaladr Owen, (1562–1617), by Blanche, (aunt, not dau.) of John Roberts, younger br. to Lewis Anwyl of Park, Merionethshire.
Lewis Anwyl’s da. Catherine, m. William Owen (1624-1677), son of ‘Sir John Owen (1600- 1666), royalist commander, who was the eldest son of John Owen of Bodsilin, noted has having three brothers. In that Cadwalladr Owen was born at Maentwrog (see Bertha Porter, ‘Cadwallader Owen, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004), and this was owned by the Wynn family of Glyn, Merioneth, an heiress of which m. John Owen’s great-grandson, whose mother was Katherine Anwyl, cousin of Cadwallader Owen’s wife, there is a high probability of the said Cadwalladr being a br. of John Owen.
Thus: 1. Robert Owen, of Bodsilin, m. Anne Wynne. 1.1. John Owen, m. Ellin Morris. 1.1.1. Sir John Owen, Royalist commander. 1.1.1.1. William Owen, m. Katherine Anwyl, da. of Lewis Anwyl, whose aunt was the wife of Cadwalladr Owen. 1.2. Cadwalladr Owen. 1.2.1. Dr. Richard Owen. 1.2.1.1. Ann Owen, m. Micajah Perry, partner of Thomas Lane, who m. a dau. of Lancelot Bathurst’s nephew, who worked for Micajah Perry in Maryland, in 1704. Lancelot Barhurst’s da. m. Nicholas Meriwether, whom Bartholomew Owen was Power of Attorney. 1.1.2. … Owen. 1.1.2.1. Bartholomew Owen (a notorious disputant, noted in Virginia in the mid 1650’s, coinciding with the Royalist defeat in the English Civil War, and the harsh treatment of such as Sir John Owen); likely second-cousin of Micajah Perry’s wife.
Micajah was the partner of Thomas Lane, with who he was the foremost tobacco trader operating in Virginia. As a result of family connections to the Randolphs, Micajah held land in Brightling, East Sussex, as shown here: Conveyance. By Micajah Perry to Thomas Lane of London, merchant, of one moiety of all the said premises in Brightling as described’ (East Sussex Records Office (ESRO), ref. SAS-RF/1/111. Apr. 1, 1695).
Thomas Lane m. Mary Puckle.
Edward Bathurst was m. to Mary’s sis., Susanna.
Lane’s Will, pr. Nov. 10, 1710, states: ‘If my wife marry again, I give her sister Susanna Bathurst and her daughter Susanna £200 apiece’. ‘Thomas Lane of St. Catherine, Coleman, London bachelor, 40, and Mary Puckle of St. Catherine Creechurch, London, spinster 20, her parents dead and she at the disposal of her uncle Gray, of same, who consents … At St. Swithin, or St. Stephen, Walbrook, London’ (Wm. & Mary Col. Quar. xviii., pp. 104-105).
‘Edward Bathurst of St. Catherine Creechurch, London, bachelor and Susannah Puckle of St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, spinster 22, her parents dead at St. Mary, Islington, Middlesex, 15 Sept. 1690’ (ibid., p. 95).
This Edward Bathurst was the nephew of Lancelot Bathurst, as hereinafter follows, and was an agent for Micajah Perry in Maryland, in 1704 (Am. Col. 1st Ser.59). Lancelot Bathurst’s da. m. Francis Merriwether, son of Nicholas Meriwether, whose estate was admin. by Bartholomew Owen.
1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Bathurst, b. circ. 1570, London, m. (2) Thomas Saunders, son of Edmund Saunders and Phillipa Gage, da. of Sir Edward Gage and Elizabeth Parker, da. of John Parker of Willington, Sussex. Sir Edward Gage’s sister, m. John Thatcher, the elder, of Priesthaws.
James Thatcher’s tenants included the Averys, as shown here: ‘Conveyance: By James Thatcher of Presthawes in Westham, esq., and William Thatcher his son, to John Packham senr. of Framfield, yeoman, for £1200 … And also all the land in Ringmer parcel or theretofore belonging to the said manor. Signature, John Peckham, and seal. Witnesses: Edward Gage, Rich. Amherst, John Avery junr., William Delves, John Smyth’ (ESRO, ref. SAS/PN/306, Oct. 2, 1606).
The said John Avery was the father of:
(1) John Avery; he being evidenced here: ‘Marriage settlement for £450: Edmund Gower of Chailey, yeoman, and his wife Freegift, da. of John Avery of Dallington, yeoman, deceased, to Richard Glyd, son of Geoffrey Glyd of Brightling, gent; RG to marry Mary daughter of Ann Cruttenden of Burwash, widow. W: Thomas; Wit. to seisin: Geoffrey Glyd, John Avery (ESRO, ref. AMS 1988, July 28, 1642). This John Avery’s son was Lawrence Avery, evidenced here: ‘Mortgage for £10, Bond and Acquittance: John Avery, and Laurence his son, tailor, to Thomas Wiston, of Cranbrook, co. Kent, mercer, premises I (ESRO, ref. BAT/297-299, Oct. 9, 1678).
(2) Lawrence Avery, d. 1647, m. Margaret Swann, as follows.
1.1.1.2. Susannah Bathurst, m. Robert Owen; son of Edward Owen and Johanna Purcell (sister-in-law of Hugh Harris, br. of Sir Thomas Harris of Boreatton).
1.1.1.3. Randolph Bathurst, m. Katherine Argall, da. of Richard Argall and Mary Scott.
1.2. Robert Bathurst, m. (1) da. of Wm. Saunders.
1.2.1 John Bathurst, m. Mary, da. of Edward Dodge.
1.2.1.1. Robert Bathurst, m. (2) Eliza, da. and heir of Ralph Waller and relict of Sir John Lawrence, Lord Mayor of London.
1.2.1.1.1. Sir Edward Bathurst and his second wife, Susan Rich, had issue:
1.2.1.1.1.1. Lancelot Bathurst, evidenced here: ‘Indenture Articles of Agreement for Inclosure between the freeholders of Hothorpe co. Northants, viz. (1) Launcelott Bathurst Esq (6) Edward Marston and Mary Marston his mother'(ESRO, ref. Sus/A/YO606, May 14, 1666). The same tenements were associated with Edward Meriwether: ‘Edward Meriwether, plaintiff, Edward Marston, gent. and Mary, his wife, Thomas Burton and Elizabeth, his wife and Robert Wickenden otherwise Wiggenden, deforciants’ (ESRO, ref. Sus/A/U908/T35/8, 1657).
Edward Meriwether (b. 1598) was the son of Ursula Shrubsole and Edward Meriwether, m. October 15, 1593. He m. Dorothy Thompson, da. of Robert Thompson, buried in Lenham Church. Brass on chancel floor:— ‘In this bedd of earth sleepes the body of Robert Thompson, sonne and heire to Henry Thompson, of this parish, Esq., sowne in full assurance to be quickened againe at the last day. He marryed Dorathy, the daughter of Thomas Swann, of Wye, Esq., by whom he had 2 sonnes and 6 daughters. Then Sarah ye daughter of George Tucker, of Milton next Gravesend, Esq., by whom he had 6 sonnes and 2 daughters, and dyed great of the 9th. He forewent his parents into Paradise Sep. 5. Etatis 47. Anno Salutis 1642’.
‘He was the grandchild of that truely religious matron Mary Honywood, wyfe of Robert Honeywood, of Charing, Esq., who had at her decease lawfully descended 367 children, 16 of her own body, 114 grandchildren, 228 in the third generation, 9 in the fourth; whose renowne lives with her posterity, whose body lyes in this church, and whose monument may be seene at Markes Hall, in Essex, where she exchanged life for life’. Arms:— One and four, Thompson, gules, two bars argent, a chief ermine, a crescent for difference. Two, azure, a chevron ermine between three swans argent, Swan. Three, azure, a chevron or between three sea-horses argent, Tucker.
The Meriwethers had a close familial link to the family of Crayford (see ‘Meriwether’, as follows).
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Bathurst, m. Francis Meriwether.
1.2.1.1.1.2. Robert Bathurst.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1. Edward Barhurst, agent for Micajah Perry in Maryland, in 1704.
1.2.2. Paul Bathurst, Clothier, m. (1568) Elizabeth, da.. of Sir Edward Horden, bur. at Goudhurst in 1594. They had seven sons and four daughters.
1.2.2.1. William Bathurst, probably m. a sister of Robert Lunsford of Hollington, whose Will was pr. January 24, 1611. He was of the same family as Thomas Lunsford (‘of Wylie’), who m. Katherine Fludd, and very probably a cousin of John Lunsford, born 1551. (See Lunsford, as follows).
1.2.2.2. Edward Bathurst, eldest son (1573-1619), m. (1597), Nazareth, dau. of Sir John Levison, of Horne Place, Halling, Kent. Br. of William Bathurst, who probably m. a sister of Robert Lunsford of Hollington. (See Lunsford, as follows).
1.2.2.2.1. Edward Bathurst, 1599-1675, Gentleman Harbinger to King Charles, m. (1635) Martha, da. of John Hooper, lawyer, of Stockbury. William ‘the merchant’ was his brother.
1.2.2.2.1.1. William Bathurst (bapt. 1646) of Wilmington, Kent, m. (1680) Anne, da. of Richard Gamon, relict of kinsman, Lancelot Bathurst, born Lechlade, 1646. Thus, the Lunsfords of Hollington were of the kinship group of Lancelot Bathurst of Virginia.
Nicholas Meriwether, aforesaid, may be best understood in the context of the Swann family. (See ‘Swann’ as follows).
The Jordan connection is witnessed here: Richard Jordan, Jr. 260 a Johnchecokuck Swamp (being part of Mr. (Bartholomew) Owen’s dividend) for transp. of six persons: Mary Hoskins, Jon. Avery, Jon. Cooke, Geo. Miller, Tho. Bernard (B. 7, p. 369). Nov, 15, 1684: Richard Jordan Junr. and Elizabeth Jordan witnesses to deed of Thomas Waller (B. 3, p. 17). *Jon. Avery was probably the grandson of Lawrence Avery and Margaret Swann.
The said Nicholas Merriwether was associated with the family of Pyrant (Perient), given here: Lands of St. Pauls Parish made into precincts Sept. 24, 1708. ‘The lands of Maj. Nicholas Meriwether, James Pyrant, John Pyrant, and Jno. Giles made one precinct of which the said Nicho. Meriweather and Jno. Giles were appointed overseers. The dividing line between George Thomas, Nicholas Meriwether & James Pyrant’s land was processioned by us. James Pirant and John Pirant was present. John Pirants land was not near the others’.
James Pyrant’s sister m. William Easley, c. 1725. The Perrys intermarried with the Easleys: William Easley, Robertson Co., TN, Deed Book X, p. 233, March 7, 1828. ‘Joseph Perry to Jane Easley, his daughter, tract on east side of Big Buzzard. 200 acres. Not to be subject to any indebtedness of Jane Easley’s husband, William Easley. Robertson Co., TN, Deed Book 7, p. 451, Jan. 9, 1851, recorded Oct. 11, 1852. ‘William Easley and Jane his wife, Joseph P. Easley, Pleasant Easley, G. W. Easley and his wife, Nancy Easley,, Louisa Easley, William J. Easley, Jr., M. Easley, John G. Easley, R. B. Easley, H. T. Easley, all of County of Macoupin, State of Illinois to Calvin Hart of Robertson County, TN. Consideration $100 for land on east side of Big Buzzard Creek. 100 acres. William Pyrant Easley’.
Micajah Perry’s br., John Perry, (see British Records Association, Letters Patent granting lands of Rochestown, Cloghacaddy, barony of Iffa & Offa, to John Perry, March 31, 1686. Small Accs. Index No 101, D.18,608); m. Anne Neville, da. of John Neville of Newrath of Woodrooff, co. Tipperary, d. 1709-10. Their son was Samuel Perry, who m. (1721) Phoebe Norcott, da. of William Norcott, having issue at least 5 children: 1. John Perry, 2. William, who m. Ann Peddar, 3. Richard, a merchant in Cork, who m. 1. Ellen Lavitt, da. of Alderman William Lavitt, and 2. Mary Newman.
Samuel Perry’son, John, was probably the John Perry of Cork, who, in the 1750’s, was trading extensively with the West Indies, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. He was the probable father of Joseph Perry, whose da., Hannah Perry, b. c. 1787, in Ireland, m. Oval Rowe in Robertston Co, TN. Oval Rowe’s father was Richard Rowe/Roy of King and Queen County, as whose substitute Benoni Carlton served in the Revolutionary War (pension application S8154, King and Queen County, Virginia), and whose da. Benoni Carlton married, a son being named Harris Carlton. Oval’s father was Richard Row, ‘an extensive farmer and slave holder’.
Hannah Perry and Oval Rowe had issue:
Mary Ann Rowe, who m. Young Finis Ewing Harris, son of Rev. William M. Harris (son of James Harris of Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania, who d. 1798 in Adair Co. Ky) and his wife Nancy Highsmith, da. of Thomas Highsmith. A deed made July 2, 1841 in Robertson County, Tennessee (Deed Book 3), transferring land from Oval Row to his children, names Mary Ann Harris as one of these five children. The others were three sisters, Mariah who married Robert Henry Newton, Hester Ann, who married D. D. Hendricks, and Rachel; and one brother, John L., who married Eliza Ann Harris. Eliza Ann was a daughter of F. Y. E. Harris’ brother Rev. Thomas Highsmith Harris and his wife Martha Skiles’ (B. T. Shannon).
Hannah Perry’s sister, Jane Perry, b. c. 1798, as given, m. William Pyrant Easley, son of Millington Easley, son of John Easley: Goochland Co., VA, Order Book 6, 1744-1749, p. 492. September Court 1748, ‘Joel Chandler Junr. is appointed Guardian to Judith, Samuel, John, William, Robert, and Millington Easley Orphans of John Easley Deceased who accepts the Charge. James Barnes Gent. and Bartholomew Stovall securities’.
Hannah and Jane Perry’s br., Joseph Y. Perry, m. Anna. Their da. was Minerva Perry, who m. a son of Thomas Woodard and Winnifred House.

MERIWETHER
1. Rev. John Meriwether, of Eythorne, d. Shepherdswell, Kent, 1560.
1.1. Edward Meriwether, d. 1597, of Shepherdswell, m. (1544) Margery Edoll.
1.1.1. Richard Meriwether,d. 1609, of Shepherdswell, m. (1575) Alice Jolle.
1.1.1.1. John Meriwether, d. 1634, of Shepherdswell, m. (Jan. 13, 1612), Alice Crayford, in Great Mongeham, Kent. By patent dated 26th July 1609, these Arms were confirmed to him: or three martlets sable,on a chief azure a lion passant guardant of the first. Crest: out of a Crown or an armed hand holding a sword argent, thereon a lion’s head erased proper. Motto: Virtute et vulneribus. He lived at the Mansion Place, and held Butter St. Farm, Shepherdswell, which was alienated to him by the Boys family.
Alice was the da. of Sir William Crayford; her sister, Anne, m. John Warren of Ripple Court., this being the link betw. these families and those of Spencer, Shepherd, and Newsome, of Southwark, London.
1.1.1.1.1. William Meriwether, Captain of Horse in the service of Charles I., m. Anna Osborne, of Hartlip, Kent.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Edward Meriwether, 1636-1673, bur. in St Martins in the Fields,London.
1.1.1.1.1.2. John Meriwether, b. 1638, Shepherdswell.
1.1.1.1.1.3. Robert Meriwether, 1640-1673, bur. in St Martins in the Fields,London, m.Catherine Boxall, d. 1687.
1.1.2. Elizabeth Meriwether, m. Thomas Barham, who m. (2), October 12, 1593, Anna, da. of Robert Shrubsole (Harl. 42, 51). Their son was Anthony Barham, of Virginia, bapt. at Barham, 5 mls fr. Shepherdswell, March 14, 1595.
1.1.3. Edward Meriwether, June 28, 1564-October 22, 1621, of Barfreystone juxta Shepherdswell, m. (October 15, 1593) Ursula Shrubsole. In November, 1607, he was granted these Armorial Bearings: Or, three martlets sable, on a chief azure, a Sun in Splendour, or, Crest, an armed hand, holding a sword Argent, Pommel and Hilt or, on each a serpent involved proper. Motto: Vi et consilio. Ursula Meriwether was bur.February 6, 1624, at St George, Canterbury.
1.1.3.1. Edward Meriwether Gent, Barfrestone was alienated about the latter end of king Henry VI.’s reign, to Sir Thomas Browne, of Beechworth castle, comptroller of the houshold, and in his descendants the property of it continued down to Sir Thomas Browne, of the same place, whose lands were disgavelled by the acts of the 1st and 8th of Elizabeth; not long after the latter year of which he alienated it to Mr. Thomas Boys, of Eythorne, who afterwards removed hither. Hartanger, is a small manor in this parish. In the reign of Elizabeth, it passed to Francis Santon, esq., whose son and heir Francis Santon, alienated it soon after to Edward Merriweather, second son of Edward, of Shebbertswell, who resided here, and died possessed of the estate in 1621. That is, Edward Meriwether Gent, bur. 22 Oct 1621, Barfrestone, Kent (Tyler Index to Parish Registers); his son being recorded here: Edward Meriwether Gent, bur. 18 May 1647, Barfrestone, Kent (ibid). Edward Meriwether was also titled Edward Meriwether de Eythorne on the memorial slab of the Moyle family in Lenham Church.
1.1.3.1. Nicholas Meriwetherof Virginia, m. Elizabeth …
1.1.3.1.1. Francis Meriwther, m. Mary Bathurst.
1.1.3.1.2. Col. Nicholas Meriwether, moved to Goochland between 1735 and 1738, m. Elizabeth Crawford/Crayford.
1.1.4. John Meriwether de Eythorne, m. Maria Filmer, sister of Sir Edward Filmer, husb. of Elizabeth Argall).

LUNSFORD
Below the Visitation pedigree of Lunsford is drawn a shield of the following quartering: Lunsford, Az. a chevron betw. three hoar’s heads couped Or. Moreville, Gu. fretty and femee de fleurs-de-lis Or. Wokenholle, Gules, three oak-leaves in bend Ur. Yvenden, Quarterly Or and Gu. a chief indented Counterchanged. Rockelle, Per bend indented Ar. and Sa. in sinister point a mullet of the First. Tisehurst, Quarterly Sa. and Ar. a bend Erm. Barrington, Ar. three chevrons Gu. a lambeau Purpure. Mercy, Ar. on a bend Gu. three lozenges of the First. Mandeville, Or, a carbuncle Gu. florette Sa. Chetwinde, Az. a chevron betw. three mullets Or. Belhouse, Gu. a saltire lozengy Ar. and Az. Berners, Quarterly Or and Vert. Totham, Argent, three acorns Vert, fructed Gu. Lewkenor, Az. three chevrons Arg. Dallingridge, Ar. a cross engrailed Gu. Camois.

1. John Lunesford, m. (1419) Elizabeth Echingham, da. of Thomas Echingham and Margaret Knyvet.
1.1. William Lunesford, of Lunsford, Sussex, m. Thomasine Barrington (d. 1498) in East Hoathly, da. of John Barrington and Isabel Tottam. Thomasine m. 2. William Kidney, of Stoke Daubernon, Surrey, 3. John Hopton, Esq. The Will of William Lunsford, pr. April 24, 1445, described himself as William Lonesforde de Bello (Battle), Co. Sussex, and desires to be buried in the Church of Battle in the Chapel of S. Catherine, and gives ‘To Thomasine my wife all my goods and chattels in the parish of Rayleigh, Co. Essex’.
1.1.1. William Lunsford, m. Cicelia Pelham, da. of John Pelham and Joan de Courcy. His will, proved in 1531, stated: I will that my executors have, or cause to be said or sung, a trental of masses [30] for my soul the day of my burying if there may be gotten so many priests, and if there lack of a trental the same day, then to have so many masses as lacketh to be said for my soul before the month-day. Item I will that a trental of masses be said for me at Scala Coeli (a chapel at Westminster, popular with seekers of indulgences) … Item I will that my executors find and assign a priest to sing or say masses for my soul one whole year incontinent (immediately) after my decease’.
1.1.1.1. William Lunsford, d. May 3, 1531 (P.C.C. 17 Thower), m. Margaret Fiennes, da. of Thomas Fiennes and Ann Ursewick.
1.1.1.1.1. Bridget Lunsford, b. 1506, in East Hoathley, Sussex, d. April 5, 1595, m.Thomas Cox.
1.1.1.1.2. John Lunsford, d. Nov. 28, 1581, in East Hoathly, m. (1550) Mary Sackville, da. of John Sackville, of Wthyham and Chiddingley, Sussex, and Margaret, da. of Sir William Boleyn. The will of John Lunsford, esquirer, then of Clerkenwell, Middlesex, was proved Jan.29, 1581 (P.C.C., 5 Tirwhite). They were buried at East Hoathley, Mary on June 30, 1571, John on Nov. 28, 1581. They had 2 sons and 2 daus.
1.1.1.1.2.1. John Lunsford, Sheriff of Sussex and Surry, d. May 5, 1618, in East Hoathley, m. (1) Barbara Lewknor, da. of heiress of John Lewknor, Gent., of Buckingham, Sussex.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1.Thomas Lunsford, m. (March 7, 1602), Katherine Fludd
1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Lunsford, m. (1633) Mary Ann Hudson, in Peckham, Surrey. He d. in 1653, in Richneck, James City.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2. Sir Herbert Lunsford, m. Margaretta Engham.
1.1.1.1.2.1. John Lunsford, m. (2) Ann Apsley.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Herbert Lunsford, b. Feb. 5, 1591, Wilegh, Sussex.
1.1.2. John Lunsford. Conveyance by John Goring, Humphrey Heuster and Thomas Ouewyne to John Lunsford and Margaret his wife, late wife of John Ernele, deceased, of the manor of Ernele, Sussex, as dower, which they had, together with John Michelgrove and his wife Joan, William Okehurst, John Thrells, John Bartelot and John Sloper, deceased, by feoffment of the said John Ernele. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, ref. 1720/287. 1467. The identity of John Lunsford’s wife is given on a memorial tablet: ‘Here liethe Margaret, late the Wyffe of John Ernele, knight, Cheffe Justice of the Common Place, Dought of Edmund Dawtry, Esquier, which dyed the xviii day of August, the yeare of oor lord god mlvxviii, on whose sowle Jhu have mercy’ (Archasol. xxx, iii. 349, cit. Rev. Burgon’s copy). Edmund Dawtry (Alta Ripa) was the husband of Isabel, niece and heir of Sir John Wood, Treasurer of England, temp. Ric. III. (William Berry, County Pedigrees, p. 46, 1830), and High Sheriff of Sussex and Surrey, in 1475. The clue as to the parentage of his niece is probably given by him m. (2) Margery, da. of Sir Roger Lewknor of Trotton, Sussex.
1.1.2.1. John Lunsford.
1.1.2.1.1. William Lunsford, given here: ‘Lunsford v Hollok. Plaintiffs: William, son and heir of John Lunsford. Defendants: John Hollock. Subject: Messuage and land in Ikelysham. Sussex’ (National Archives, ref. C 1/1026/52. 1538-1544). Ikelysham is 6 miles from Hollington.
1.1.2.1.1.1. Robert Lunsford. PROB 11/119/69, Will of Robert Lunfford of Hollington, Sussex, January 24, 1612. Hollington was an abode of the Averys: Averery v Macklyn. Plaintiffs: Thomas Averery and Joan Averery his wife. Defendants: William Macklyn. Subject: property in Hollington and Crowhurst, Sussex. C 3/203/3. 1579-1587. Robert m. Elizabeth Oxenbridge: ‘Robert Lundesford of Hastinge & Elizabeth Oxenbrydge of Tysherste: surety, said E. L’ (1589). His Will left instruction: ‘To my sonne William Lunsford, £100, to be paid at the age of one and twenty years … William Bathurst of the Castle (i.e. Hastings, 20 miles from Goudhurst) shall have the bringinge of him upp … to my sonne Robert Lunsford … reversion of my lands called Chaney … parishe of St. Mihills … (i.e. St. Michael’s parish, Lewes) after my father’s decease … to my sonne Harbert Lunsford, my farm(s) called Harely and Filsome’.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1. William Lunsford
1.1.2.1.1.1.2. Robert Lunsford Jr.
1.1.2.1.1.1.2.1. John Lunsford, noticed in this deed (a) Edward Drew of Tystroffe in West Hoathly yeo. and Ann his wife (b) Samuel Creed of St Clements in Hastings, Clerk and Margaret his wife (c) John Lunsford of St Clements in Hastings, mercer and Mary his wife; (d) Richard Ellis of All Saints in Hastings and Sarah his wife (the wives all being daughters of John Taylor late of East Grinstead gent. dec’d), ESRO, ref. AMS4325. Sept. 30, 1672.
1.1.2.1.1.1.3. Robert Lunsford
1.1.2.1.1.1.3.1. Robert Lunsford, bapt. April 7, 1622 in Hollington, bur. July 14, 1698
1.1.2.1.1.1.3.1.1. John Lunsford, born c. 1648, m. Mary Atkins in 1678
1.1.2.1.1.1.3.2. John Lunsford, m. Sarah Avery, da. of Lawrence Avery: ‘Avery, Laurence, of Westfield, Sussex, March 3, 1647-8. Will (105 Pembroke) pr. July 2nd. by daughter Sarah, and her husband John Lunsford of Hollington’. ‘She was entitled to a moiety of the properties bought in 1606 and 1613, presumably by descent from Margaret Swanne, her mother’ (‘Deeds of Property in Hooe and Bexhill’).

SWANN
1. Thomas Swann, d. 1538.
1.1. Francis Swann, of Wye, Kent, m. (1) Ursula Hardiman, da. of Moses Hardiman of Chilham. (He m. (2) Catharine Twisden, da. of Roger Twisden).
1.1.1. William Swann, of Wye, m. Amy Dering, da. of John Dering, of Pluckley.
1.1.1.1. Sir Francis Swann, of Denton Court, m. Dorothy Boys, da. of Edward Boys, of Fredvill. Sir Francis Swann’s Will, pr. February 14, 1622, was witnessed by his br.-in-law, John Butcher, whose son and namesake’s niece was the first wife of Thomas Swann, of Virginia.
1.1.1.1.1. William Swann (sibling of Francis, Peter, John, Robert,and Paul, one of whom was probably the father of Margaret, wife of Lawrence Avery, aforesaid), b. July 10, 1585, Gravesend, Kent, d. Feb. 26, 1637, Swann’s Point, Surry, Virginia.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Swann, of Virginia, who bore the arms of the Swanns of Denton: az. ermine betw. 3 swans ppr. Thomas Swann m., fourthly, Ann Browne, widow of Henry Browne, a Member of the Council, February 23, 1662.
William Browne was a justice of the Surry Co. court from 1668 to 1705. The Will of Col. William Browne (December 4, 1704) bequests: To granddaughter Jane Jordan Negro girl and other bequests. To granddaughter Mary Sowerby, the wife of Francis Sowerby, and to her children that shall be born, Negroes. If no heirs to Wm. Browne, son of Wm. and Jane Browne. To daughter Ann Flood, wife of Walter Flood, fifty pounds. To daughter Priscilla Blunt, the wife of Thomas Blunt, five pounds. To son Henry Browne, 20 shillings. To grandson John Flood, five pounds. To other grandchildren, Walter Flood, Fortune Flood, Mary Flood, Wm.Browne, Jane Browne, Mary Jordan the younger, and William Blunt 40 shillings apiece.
Henry Browne’s father was most likely Thomas Browne, whose Will (pr. July 17, 1663) named ‘wife Priscilla Browne’, that is, Priscilla Swann, da. of Francis Swann of Denton, Thomas Swann’s brother, and probable sister or cousin of the wife of Lawrence Avery, as given.
William Brown’s da., Jane Browne, m.(1) Robert Spencer, obit. 1679; (2) Thomas Jordan. Her sister, Anne Browne, m. Walter Flood, d. 1722, Surry County.
The connection of the Swanns to a family of Jordan (and Corker) stemmed from the aforesaid Bernard Randolph’s da., Judith Randolph, marrying Launcelot Bathurst, as given, but worth briefly repeating: John Randolph, m. (1570) Isabella Lunsford; her br., John Lunsford (cousin of the Lunsfords associated with Bartholomew Owen’s son, William, whose wife was very likely a da. of John Lunsford and Mary Atkin, aforementioned), who m. Anne Apsley; their son, Thomas Lunsford m. (1) Katherine Fludd, the aunt of Colonel John Fludd, who d. 1661 in Surry Co. Virginia, and who m. (2) Fortune Jordan, da. of Arthur Jordan of Surry Co. Fortune Jordan’s br., Thomas Jordan, 1655-1685, m. Lucy Corker, da. of william Corker. Lucy Corker m. (2) William Rose, listed as among the tithables in Southwark Parish, who had land holdings between the Blackwater and Nottaway Rivers in Surry County. A deed of 1689 from Robert Owen, son of Bartholomew Owen, and Katherine (Proctor) Owen (his wife) to Nathaniel Roberts for 100 acres of a 648 acre patent to Bartholomew Owen of May 14, 1681 on Johnchecohunk Swamp is described as bounded by Richard Jordan and Roger Potter (B. 4, p. 104).
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Swann, evideced here: William Seward to Nicholas Meriwether, James City Island in Virginia, 300 ac. of land in Surry County commonly called the Indian Spring, being part of a greater quantity taken up by Thomas Swann, Junior, beginning at the White Marsh’ and Indian Spring to Coll. Jordan’s corner tree’ (May 3 1666). Thomas Page: Surry County, 290 acres adjoining land of Francis Sowerby, Nicholas Merrywether and Daniel Regan’ (B. 7, p. 669). In a Surry Co. record of October 17, 1659, Francis Sowerby, with William Rose, William Browne, son of Henry, and Bartholomew Owen, witness the inquest of William Hawkes, servant of Col. Thomas Swann.
Although those named immediately above were involved in many land transactions, it is probable that those of a familial bearing involved association with the Swann family of Wye, Kent.
1.1.1.2. Ursula Swann, m. John Butcher.
1.1.2. Thomas Swan, of Wye, m. Joanna Stepney, da. of Clement Stepney, of Lid.
1.1.2.1. Dorothy Swann, m. Robert Thompson.
1.1.2.1.1. Dorothy Thompson, m. Edward Meriwether, b. 1598, son of Edward Meriwether and Ursula Shrubsole, m. October 15, 1593.
1.1.2.1.1.1. Nicholas Meriwether. A deposition that Nicholas gave established his birth date as c. 1631. On October 8, 1677, Bartholomew Owen was granted Power of Attorney to Nicholas Meriwether, and on January 31, 1677, Joan Owen was granted administration of the estate of Bartholomew Owen, deceased.

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