It is not the case that the following were long-time inhabitants of London and its suburbs; many families were drawn to London and its ports as would-be ‘oceanic traders’ – those seeking to buy goods from the West Indies and Virginia to sell in Europe. These families were mostly of many strands of cousins, some of whom may have settled in the new colonies (as tips of an iceberg), whilst the greater part remained, though not shut off from communication with their adventurous cousins, as many letters show.

It is reasonable to suppose that the following Izards settled in South Carolina:

1. William Izard, m. Elizabeth Brand.
1.1. Ralph Izard, of St. Helen Bishopsgate, Citizen/Grocer, m. Elizbeth Prior, May 28 1654, in St Augustines. PROB 11/453/113 Will of Ralph Izard, Grocer of London, 8 November 1699. West Sussex Record Office: Property as in Add Mss no. 10,642: Assignment. Consideration £50: Sir Robert Hyde, bt., justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and George Gounter, of Racton, esq. to George Prior, of London, gent., Ralph Izard, of London, grocer, and John Chase, of London, gent. In consideration of £10 paid by George Prior to George Gounter, from Sir Robert Hyde and George Gounter to Ralph Izard and John Chase in trust for George Prior. Witness: William Lucas. 18 July 1660. C 5/504/59, Mss 10,650-10,652: Izard v Prior. Plaintiffs: Ralph Izard, Elizabeth Izard, his wife, and others. Defendants: Charles Prior and others. Subject: property in Tottenham etc, Middlesex. 1675. Conveyance (bargain and sale); with final concords. Consideration £605. Description: Charles Prior, son and heir of George Prior, late of Highgate, co. Middx., gent., dec’d., Theophilus Birkenhead, late of London, now of Highgate, gent. and Richard Izard, citizen and grocer of London, to Edward Benson, of Stoughton, gent. Property as in Add Mss no. 10,642. With covenant to levy a fine. Witnesses: Christopher Nevill, John Painter, John Voke, J. Biggs, Granado Chester, Thos. Brereton, and Thomas Woodley. 5 June 1679. To repeat: N.R.O. Add Mss 10,654, William Izard, of London, merchant (son of Charles Izard and Mary, his wife, and grandson of George Prior, late of Highgate, co. Middx., gent., dec’d.) to Edward Benson, of Westbourne, gent In consideration of £100 paid to William Izard out of the said property under the will of the said George Prior, dec’d., on reaching the age of 23 sic years Witnesses: Richard May, Charles Prior, John Spencer, and Robert Yeo, 16 Nov. 1687. West Sussex Record Office, as in Add Mss no. 10,654. Release of legacy. Consideration £100
Description: Charles Prior, of Sherstone, co. Wilts., gent. to Edward Benson, of Westbourne, gent. Legacy of £100 payable out of property as in Add Mss no. 10,642, under the terms of the will of the said George Prior. Witnesses: Thos. Locke, John Keighley and Thomas Alderton. 6 June 1693.
1.1.1. John Izard.
1.1.1.1. Ralph Izard, b. 1696
1.1.1.2. John Izard, b. 1699
1.1.1.3. Charles Izard, b. 1700.
1.1.2. Ralph Izard. SO. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE: ‘Ralph Izard. Letter of attorney 6 Nov. 1697, to me from Wm. Middleton, formerly of London, mercht., &c. release Ralph Izard, of Berkley County, gentn , executor in right of his late wife Mary Izard, als. Middleton, relict and widow of Arthur Middleton, &c. 17 April 1703. (Probate Court Records 1690-1704, p. 393).
1.1.3. Benjamin Izard; of Wassamasaw, Berkley County, S. Carolina, gent. Letters of administration 22 Feb. 1724 to Elizabeth Izard, widow and relict of Benjamin Izard, late of Berkley Co., planter, dee’d, who lately died intestate, &c. , warrant to Capt. Wm. Saunders, Mr. Lawrence Saunders, Mr. John Postell. sen., Mr. Jas. Postell and Mr. John Postell, jun. (Bk. 1722-26, p. 106.) Inventory of goods ol Elizabeth Izard, late dee’d, shewn by Ralph Izard and Walter Izard, Esqs. of sd. dee’d, warrant 9 March 1726 (same appraisers). (Bk. 1722, p. 76). Ralph Izard arrived in Charlestown 3 Oct. 1682. (Grant Book 1682-92, p. 304.). Grants, Berkley County, all adjoining: 15 Sept. 1705, Ralph Izard 3800 acres bounding on Benjamin and George Izard’s lands. Wm. Sanders and vacant lands, also 250 acres; Benjamin Izard 500 acres north of Ashley River, also 260 acres; George Izard 500 acres north of Ashley River. (Ibid 1693-1736, p. 210)’.
1.2. William Izard, Draper, m. Frances. PROB 11/372/45, Will of William Izard, Draper of Saint Mary Savoy, Middlesex, 11 Jan. 1683. C 7/113/121, Eales v Izard. Plaintiffs: Thomas Eales. Defendants: William Izard. Place or subject: property in Bishopsgate Street London, Middlesex.
1.2.1. Thomas Izard, b. 1660.
1.2.2. John Izard, b. 1663.
1.2. Richard Izard, Grocer, 1635-1688, of St. Boltolph Bishopsgate, m. (1675) Martha Prior. PROB 11/392/378: Will of Richard Izard, Grocer of London 15 September 1688.

Just as there were cousinship strands of Izard, so were there of such as Carter and Spencer.

C 2/JasI/C16/4: Cornwallis v Prat. Defendant William Carter. Subject: the White Hart inn in St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex. 1603-1625.
Northamptonshire Record Office (N.R.O.), Th 1848: Assignment of Mortgage (1) Anne Lee of London – widow To (2) Henry Carter of St. Giles in the fields (Mddx.) – upholster For £230 Of 2 messuages in Queen Street in the parish of St. Giles in the Fields (Mddx.). 1 being in occ. of Henry Archbold, the other of John Newson. 1654.
(As an aside, Newson/Newsum were interchangeable. The family of Peter Newsum were scrivenors, and, as such, prepared legal documents and arranged loans for ‘oceanic traders‘, such as the Bennetts and Pitts, sometimes being the direct lender. London Newsums of note: Information of Ralph Carter, son of John Carter, doctor in physick, that he witnessed dispute between Philip Newsam and Edward Hide, and found latter slain near Scotland Yard, with a sword by his side. Taken before Thomas Wattson.
London Metropolitan Archives (L.M.A.), WJ/SR(NS)1/109, 1619. Recognizance; William Newsum of Westminster, baker (£20), Thomas Oldham of Westminster, baker (£10) and John Williamson of Westminster, victualler (£10) for the appearance of William Newsum at the next sessions for beating and abusing Anthony Pope of Westminster, baker. Taken before Richard Wigmore: For good behaviour. L.M.A, WJ/SR(NS)4/021, 1621. PROB 11/193/522, Will of John Newsum, Merchant Tailor of Saint Magnus the Martyr, City of London 16 Aug. 1645. Elizabeth Abbott, bapt. 16 Nov. 1623, London, Bishopsgate, da. of Myles Abbott, “tayler”; m. William Newsum, 5 Feb. 1637, London, St Botolph. (The Spencer family connected to Newsum in Virginia may have stemmed from: ‘William & Alice Spencer’ (m. June 23, 1622), at St. Olave, Southwark; having issue a. Alice (as recorded); b. Elizabeth, who m. (1) Major Robert Sheppard (bef. 1654) of James City. He was very likely a son of ‘Francis Shepheard and Elizabeth Ellis’ (m. September 28, 1617, St. Olave). (2) Thomas Warren, of Ripple Court, Kent. Major Robert Sheppard and Elizabeth Spencer had issue: Anne Shephard, who m. (1) Thomas Hart & (2) William Newsome).
PROB 11/390/2, Will of Henry Carter, Gentleman of Saint Giles in the Fields, Middlesex 19 March 1687.
1666 Hearth Tax, Henry Carter, Esq., for twenty poor parishioners of St. Giles’s-in-the-Fields. 24 s 2 Houses; John carter 2 s.
(as another aside, these Carters would have known a family of Bracewell: C 3/386/32: Tue v Bracewell. Plaintiffs: Richard Tue and others. Defendants: Robert Bracewell. Subject: property in St Giles in the Fields, London. 1621-1625. E 214/428: Parties: Henry, Earl of Holland, Sir Nathaniel Riche of London, Dame Dorothy Fowler, widow, Sir William Blake of London, Rice Williams, Thomas Otway and Thomas Stockton of London, gentleman; Richard Bracewell, merchant taylor of West Smithfield: Lease of a messuage near Smithfield, London; 21 years; 13 l p.a. Note: Reserving the lower room or rooms for 7 days in each year for use as booths during the St. Bartholomew Fair. 5 Feb. 1632. (Bring back such fairs!).
PROB 4/3817, Nathaniel Carter, of St Giles, Cripplegate, London, Citizen and White Baker of London, 24 May 1662.
PROB 4/9143, Henry Carter, of St. Giles in the Fields, Middx., Esq. 1697.
C 5/199/5, Bingley v Carter. Plaintiffs: Katherine Bingley widow. Defendants: Edward Carter and others. Subject: property in Drury Lane, St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex.
C 5/208/5, Lawson v Carter. Plaintiffs: George Lawson and others. Defendants: Edward Carter and others. Subject: property in Wargrave and St Giles in Fields, Berkshire and Middlesex. 1698.
Leicester and Rutland Record Office, DG39/271, Bond (i) Charles Fortescue, esq. Husbands Bosworth.(ii) Robert Carter, gent. St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex Robert Lovet, esq., of Liscombe, Bucks. (i) bound to (ii) in the sum of £1200. 6 Nov. 1678.
DG39/271, N.R.O., Assignement: 1. Richard Spencer of London merchant & William Jennens of Long Wittenham co. Berks. esq. 2. Thomas Rowney of Oxford esq. 3. James Ward of London, esq., Edward Herris of London, merchant, Thomas Lathwell and William Morris of London gent, Samuel Biscopp of London clerk and John Carter of London merchant (1) assigns to (2) all the close or parcel of land called the Marshland in the parish of St. Giles in the Fields with edifices etc. Subject to specified trusts. 1 August 1695.
N.R.O. Holt 263. Declaration. By Mary Moore of St. Andrew, Holborn co. Middlesex widow. That £1500 secured by an indenture of mortgage 29 July Between Richard Spencer and William Jennens and Mary Moore and Charles Bludworth is the £1500 mentioned in a bond between William Jennens of Long Wittenham co. Berks, Richard Spencer and John Slack and Dame Mary Moore dated 4 November 1695.
C 6/280/8: Bludworth v Moore. Plaintiffs: Sir Thomas Bludworth, Dame Mary Moore and Edward Moore. Defendants: Sir John Moore and Francis Moore. Subject: money matters. 1682.
PROB 11/449/287, Will of Richard Spencer, Merchant of London, 14 Feb. 1699.
N.R.O. Assignment (1) Frances Ambler of London – widow To (2) William Lee of London – merchant For a marriage between (2) & Mary Ambler (daughter of (1) Of certain bonds owing to (1), & (1) constitutes (2) as attorney to collect the amounts The Bonds are: John Spencer of London – merchant bound to (1) in £400 (24.5. 1654) to repay £200 Simon Middleton of London – citizen & Thos. Sayer of Norwich – draper, bound to (1) in £600 to repay £300 (17.3.1654) Edward Palmer – cooper, & Thos Alcocke – merchant bound to (1) in £200 to repay £100 (5.4.1655) Robert Vavisor of London – citizen & merchant taylor, Robert Street of London – merchant & Henry Rawlins of St. Andrews Holborn – taylor, bound to (1) in £100 for repayment of £50 (14.10.1656). Thomas Jones of London – grocer, Thos. Willes of London – cooper, & Richard Smith of London – draper bound to (1) in £400 for repayment of £200, 20.4.1655.
To repeat: N.R.O. Add Mss 10,654, William Izard, of London, merchant (son of Charles Izard and Mary, his wife, and grandson of George Prior, late of Highgate, co. Middx., gent., dec’d.) to Edward Benson, of Westbourne, gent In consideration of £100 paid to William Izard out of the said property under the will of the said George Prior, dec’d., on reaching the age of 23 sic years Witnesses: Richard May, Charles Prior, John Spencer, and Robert Yeo, 16 Nov. 1687.
PROB 11/372/45, Will of William Izard, Draper of Saint Mary Savoy, Middlesex, 11 Jan. 1683.
C 7/113/121, Eales v Izard. Plaintiffs: Thomas Eales. Defendants: William Izard. Place or subject: property in Bishopsgate Street London, Middlesex.

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