Monthly Archives: August 2016

HODGES, RODNEY, AND TURNER

I. … Hodges. 1.1. Thomas Hodges. 1.1.1. Thomas Hodges.* The Will of Giles Hodges, of Middle Chinnocke, Somerset, gent, was proved Aug. 7, 1591, by Alice the relict. (61 Barber). ‘My friend Henry Compton,of Wigbeere, South Petherton. My son in … Continue reading

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HARRIS, KITTERELL, PARKER

They circled the Bennetts: 1. Robert Bennett, a tanner, of Wivelscombe, Somerset, m. Elizabeth Edney. (1.  John Hutchins. Yeo v Hutchins. Plaintiffs: John Yeo. Defendants: John Hutchins and Mary (probably Lawrence) Hutchins his wife. Subject: property in Wiveliscombe, Somerset. (Nat. … Continue reading

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COLVILLE, COMYN, HAMILTON, AND UMFRAMVILLE

    It would be a remarkable occurrence by the kinship system operating at the time if Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton was not a son of Gilbert de Colville, shown in the Writs of Military Service of 1292 as Gilbertus … Continue reading

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JOHN WHITE OF CORDICALL PLANTATION

ST PETER AND SAINT PAUL, LITTLE GADDESDEN 1. William White: Feoffment, 10 March, 3 Edw.IV. (1) William Hodenale of Little Gaddesdan. (2) William Billyngdon of Hudnall. Three acres of arable land in the fields of Hudnall, viz One acre in … Continue reading

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VERY CONNECTED HISTORIES

ALLERTON CHURCH COBB/BOND/COUNCIL/LAWRENCE/TOOKE 1. Nicholas Cobb, mariner, m. Susanna Byrd. William Tooke assigned 900 acres of land to Nicholas Cobb on 3 Jan. 1661. 1.1. Edward Cobb, d. 1731, aged 67, m. (1687) Dorothy Bond, dau. of John Bond, son … Continue reading

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TURNERS OF BLETCHINGLEY

Surry Arch. Collections, 1871, makes a general point – that the main line of the Turners ended in heirs female, but takes no note of subsidusry lines: ‘The family of Turner were settled at Ham as early as the time … Continue reading

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CONNECTED HISTORIES OF ENGLAND AND VIRGINIA

BOLLING 1. Robert Bolling, d. 1639, London, m. Ann Clarke, dau. of Thomas Clark. 1.1. John Bolling, m. Mary Carey, d. 1618. 1.1.1. Robert Bolling, m. 1. Jane Rolfe, granddau. of Pocahontas; 2. Ann Stith. 1.1.1.1. John Bolling (by Jane … Continue reading

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CHILDREN OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL AND VIRGINIA

  Some Harris families of Virginia came from Western England, as did families of Bond, Bridger, Council, Driver, Fulgham, Hobbs, Pitt, Sharpe, and Tucke, particularly from the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire. They were minor land holders and mariners, who … Continue reading

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