Close associations between English families were repeated in Carolina/Virginia. By this measure, the Kittrells of Virginia were Cottrells of Winford, closely associated with a family of Godwin, of Bristol/ Nailsea. Winford is 6 miles from Bristol. Nailsea is 7 miles from Bristol, the road between is  dissected by Long Ashton

GOODWIN FAMILY OF BRISTOL

1. John Godyn.
1.1. William Godyn, bapt. March 13, 1567/8, Nailsea, Somerset, m. Edith Cox, Feb. 13, 1597/8.
1.1.1. John Godwyn, bapt. Nov. 15, 1607.

1.2. John Goddyn, bapt. Oct. 25, 1573.
1.2.1. John Godwyn, bapt. March 20, 1604/5.
1.2.2. William Godwyn, bapt. April 24, 1608.

1.3. Richard Godwine, Nov. 1, 1579, m. Agnes Hasell, Feb. 4, 1608/9. Admon. Richard Godwyn, of Winford (5 miles from Nailsea), Somerset, dec. Apr. 27, 1652, to John Cotterell, father in law (uncle) of Alexander & Richard Godwyn, sons of the defunct.
1.3.1. Alexander Godwin.
1.3.2. Richard Godwin.
1.3.2.1. Samuell Godwin, bapt. March 12, 1656/7.

1.4. Ellen Godwine, m. Edmond Cotterell, Nov. 20, 1595.

1.5. Edmond Goddyn, bapt. Jan. 27, 1581/2, m. Mary Trewal, Jan. 24, 1610/11.
1.5.1. Richard Godwyn, bapt. Sept. 27, 1612.
1.5.2. Thomas Godwin (it is suggested), b. ca, 1618; d. in Isle of Wight Co. Feb 1665/6; m. Ann (Taberer), who was the admin of her husband’s estate. Thomas Taberer and Robert Kea were her bondsmen, p. 63. He patented in Nansemond/Isle of Wight, in 1655, assigning this to William Pope (Nugent, p. 327), whose son, William Pope, witnessed the Will of William Goodwin.

The latter William Pope was the brother of Henry Pope b. Nov. 30, 1663, whom. (1) Mary, dau. of Joseph Bridger Sr., and Hester, dau. of Robert Pitt. Both the Bridgers and the Pitts were substantial merchants in Bristol; the said Joseph Bridger was a partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Mary Pope was the sister of Martha, wife of John Goodwin (son of Thomas Goodwin and Ann Taberer*), and br. of William Goodwin (who m. Elizabeth Wright), the father of Elizabeth Goodwin, who m. William Bridger, the son of Joseph Bridger Jr., and Elizabeth Norsworthy. Joseph Bridger Sr. was a business partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Sarah Dew m. William Bridger (son of his namesake, aforesaid). Sarah Dew’s sister, Patience Dew, m. William Bryant, extr. of his brother-in-law’s, William Bridger’s, Will, proved Bertie Co., Nov. Court, 1729. Their granddau., Elizabeth Bryant, m. Jonathon Kittrell Jr., who I take to be the father of Rachel Milly Kittrell, b. ca. 1755, who m. John Harris, b. ca. 1745 (“Pvt., 1 Regt. S. C. Continental Line, Rev. War”), son of Richard Harris. https://tinyurl.com/2vne9puz

Thomas Taberer, m. Ann Bennett, probable sister of Governor Richard Bennett, second-cousin of Thomas harris, d. 1672. He patented land adj. Francis England in 1652. He witnessed a land deed in 1658 between “Thomas Harris of Chipoaks (d. 1672) in the County of Surry” and Christopher Benn. He was the father-in-law of John Newman, husband of Ruth Taberer, and John Newman was the future br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, who m. (2), Alice, dau. of John Newman Sr. He was the br. of Ann, who m. Col. Thomas Goodwin (gent, of Somerset).

1.5.2.1. William Godwin, b. ca. 1643, m. Elizabeth Wright, in 1666.
1.5.2.2. Edmond Godwin, b. ca. 1644, d. June 24, 1713, in Nansemond, m. Sarah Bembridge.
1.5.2.3. Thomas Godwin, b, ca, 1645, m. Martha, dau. of Joseph Bridger, of Bristol. His estate was called “Old Castle”, named after a district in Bristol. Karl Baedeker, Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers, pp. 113/114, 1890: “Bristol, an ancient and interesting commercial town, the see of a bishop, and at one time the chief sea port of West England, is situated at the junction of the Avon and the Frome, 7 miles above the point where their united waters reach the Bristol Channel. It lies partly in Somerset and partly in Gloucester, but forms a city and county of itself. Bristol (Anglo-Saxon, Bright-Stow or Brig – Słow) has no certified history earlier than the Norman Conquest, but by the 12th cent. it had attained considerable wealth and importance. The “old castle”, in which King Stephen was imprisoned by Queen Matilda, was razed by Cromwell, and few traces are left of it”. See Castle Street:

1.6. Edward Godwin, of Naylezee, Somerset gent. July 4, 1641, proved July 22, 1641, by Richard Godwin. (96 Evelyn). My brothers Richard & John. My uncle Samuel West, at whose house I now lie. His wife Magdalene West. My uncle Xtopher West. Nailsea deeds: Mess. and 10½ a. acquired by Edw.Tynte in 1627 from Eliz. Jenkins, formerly owned by Sir Robert Gorges. Plot acquired by Edw.Tynte from Wm. and Jn. Godwin in 1624. (Somerset Heritage Centre, DD\S\WH/47, 1624-1627).

COTTERELL/KITTERELL (and other variations).

January nth, 1554. Robert Cotterell of the parish of Whynforde, husbandman. My body to be buried in the church of Wynforde, to which church 10s. To the church of St. Andrewe in Wells \2d. To the church of Longe Astone 6s. 6d. To the church of Dondre 3s. To John Battone, John Sergeaunt, John Goodchilde, John Allyne, John Picke, William Horte, John Derocke, and Annes Hiscock, half a bushel wheate each. To John Cotterell my son two bullockes of three years and the years to come in my tenement at Long Astone called Shortwoode. To Alice Cotterell my daughter 20 marks and the years to come in my tenement at Borow Astone called Peckys and in all my arable lands which I hold of Mr. Robert Bassett, esquyer, in the parish of Dondre. To John Horte the years to come of my ground at Longe Astone called Snowdens. To Joane Busare my daughter 20s. and to her two children an ewe and a lamb apiece. To Thomas Preston’s four children 6s. &d. each. To Isabell Preston a heyfer. To Henry Jennyns a cow. To Richard Cotterell an ewe and a lamb. The residue to Joane my wife (executrix). Witnesses : Sir Rychard Kynge my ghostelye father, Rauff Buck, Lawrance Hannam, John Horte. Proved November 23rd, 1555.

BARROW GURNEY, etc. deeds

Capital messuage and lands in Dundry and Chew Magna, formerly occupied by John Cottrell grandfather of John Cottrell of Long Ashton; 3 messuages and lands in Dundry, occupied by Jas. Hasell; parcels of land in Barrow occupied by John Horte; 2a. woody ground in Barrow, occupied by Eliz. Griffin; 5 messuages and lands in Barrow, occupied by John Patch, Wm. Hobbes, Jos. Brock, John Thomas als. Brooke and Thos. Harris; 3 messuages and lands in Winford and Long Ashton, occupied by Wm. Sheppard and John Horte; 30a. land in Felton in Winford, occupied by Rich. Herringe and William Griffin; messuage and lands in Winford, Barrow and Backwell, occupied by Wm. Horte; Seymours Court in Failand, Wraxall and Portbury occupied by Symon Robson, clerk; Faylondes Court in Failand and Easton in Gordano, occupied by Rob. Sheppard; 4 messuages and land in Failand and Wraxall, occupied by widow Marlowe, John Patch, Edm. Vowles and John Basse; closes called Coletuckers in Failand, occupied by Wm. Cox; 4a. in Failand, occupied by Thos. Evans; 1a. in Failand, occupied by Rob. Cox; lands called Sartes and Shortwood and other lands in Long Ashton and Bedminster, occupied by John Dyrrock and Rich. Dyrrock; Bargain and sale by John s. of Rob. Cottrell of Long Ashton to Wm. Pester and Geo. Parker of Bristol, gent. (Somerset Heritage Centre, DD\GB/37, ca. 1615).

JOHN COTTRELL

Order under letters patent from Court of Wards and Liveries, that a writ of mandamus be issued to inquire into death of Tristram Cottrell (died 15 June 1613), son of John and Joyce Cottrell of Winford, in respect of a messuage and lands in South Brent and Lympsham, messuage and lands in Stapleton, co.Glouc., occ. by Wm. Curtis, the manor of Winford formerly in tenure of Edw. Bassett, esq., the reversion of 3 messuages and lands in Dundry, Chew Rogell, Winford, West-town and Backwell, late occ. by John Hasell, Thos. Yorke, and John Hilsey, a messuage in Redcliffe St., St. Thomas Bristol, formerly occ. by John Sprinte, decd., 24a. land in Clevedon and Kenn, occ. by Rob. Cottrell, gent. (son of said John and Joyce). 2 messuages and lands in Winford, Dundry and Chew, the reversion of 7 messuages, 1 curtilage, and 4 gardens in Bristol, in Holy Cross, Temple, St.Thomas and St.Mary of Redcliffe, the reversion of other lands in Tickenham, Easton-in-Gordano, Clapton, Backwell, Winford, Barrow, Failand, Wraxall, Portbury and Long Ashton. John Cottrell (another son of John and Joyce) claimed that he had been unjustly disseised of the premises of John Cottrell, his father (died 8 June 1612) by Katherine, widow of said Tristram Cottrell, Robert Cottrell his brother, John, son of said Robert Cottrell and others. The document contains at great length the interrogatories, examinations and depositions of both parties and their witnesses, with bills of complaint and petitions relating to the case.
1619. (Somerset Heritage Centre, DD\GB/120, 1619). PROB 11/121/784 Will of Tristram Cottrell, Gentleman of Winford, Somerse 30 June 1613

Will of John Cottrell, Gentleman of Winford, Somerset. PROB 11/182/259 Feb.17, 1640, names sons Samuel and John. John Cotterell son of my son John Cotterell.
Will of John Cottrell, Gentleman of Winford, Somerset. PROB 11/185/192, Feb. 19, 1641, names sons John and Thomas.

Family settlement : conveyance to trustees by John Cottrell snr. of Winford and John Cottrell Jr. his son to Edward Batten and Thomas Hobbes (trustees) and grandson Thomas Cottrell : Shuttle-worth’s brewhouse in Temple Street, messuage, lands and a close called Marshcrofte at Easton in Gordano, messuage and land at Bakewell, Somerset, messuage called Longlands and lands at Long Ashton. (Bristol Archives, 13325/4 September 20, 1638).

The church of Winford, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Peter, is a handsome structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, side ailes, and porch, all covered with lead, and a stately tower at the west end of very good masonry. At the northeast corner of the south aile, formerly stood a monument (now removed to another place) whereon lay the effigy of John Cottrell in armour, and over him this epitaph:- “Here lyeth the body of John Cottrell, gentilman, who deceased the 15th day of July in the yeare 1612. Katherine Cottrell, the wife of Tristram Cottrell, esquier, caused this monument to be made in the year 1613”. Arms: Argent, a bend between fix escallops sable. Under the statue in the work of the tomb was this coat: Party per saltire, sable and argent; in the chief and base of the sable part, three trefoils or. In the upper window of the chancel a coat in a round, viz. Gules, a saltire between four faces like moons or. On a table hanging in the church, is the following list of benefactions to this parish: Mr. John Cottrell, 1668. (Mr. Collinson’s ‘History’, v. 2, p. 391, 1792).

Samuel Gorges of Charlton Mackrell (and his wife, Jane Cotterell, daughter of John Cotterell of Winford, and widow of ), brother of Ferdinando Gorges, of Lower Court, Long Ashton, Somerset.

The farm of Dundrie Hill with all grounds and profits with licence to dig and sell freestone in Pittcrofte, formerly held by John Cottrell the elder and ‘old John Cottrell’ (leased in 1576/7 to Jas. Hasell by Wm.Bassett of Uley, co. Glouc., esq., Edward Bassett, gent., his son, and Isabel his wife for 99 years or lives of James Hasell, Alice wife of John Hasell the younger, and William Hasell, brother of said James); Assignment by Joyce Cottrell of Bristol, wid. of John Cottrell of Winford, gent., and John Cottrell of Long Ashton, gent., to Johane Hasell, wife of James Hasell of Dundry, yeo. for her life, and Assignment of 1617 of rights under lease of 1576/7 by William Hasell of Dundry, yeo., to his brother James Hasell of Dundry, yeo., both sons of John and Alice Hasell. Messuage or tenement in which Ben. Tibbott dwelt in Dundry with lands, the Worth, Cheeres Mead, Longmeade, Collcrofte, Great Parke, Roundmeade Parke Meade, Rudges, closes in Tininge Stovord and Thorney Parock, Newwall, Ellwell (enclosed from Westfield), Lathridge Hill, land in South Field, all in Dundry, with common of pasture for cattle and common of Estovers in Dundry, Winford, Barrow, and Long Ashton; closes in Dundry formerly belonging to a tenement in Barrow late occupied by Wm. Counsell, decd.; New leases in Barrow occ. by Thos. Emlin as tenant; Vawmoores in Clevedon occ. by Jas. Barber as tenant; deed to declare uses of a fine of 20 Dec. 1653 to strengthen indenture of 19 Dec. 1653 between Ben.Tibbott of Dundry and Magdalen his wife (heiress of John Cottrell), and Eliz. Lloyd of Bristol, widow of said John Cottrell, Wm. Hall of Bristol, gent., and John Hellier of Dundry, yeo. (Somerset Heritage Centre, DD\GB/50, 1617-1653).

APPLES FROM THE SAME ENGLISH ORCHARD

1. Robert Cotterell, b. ca. 1500, of the parish of Whynforde, husbandman, d. 1554.
1.1. John Cotterell, b. ca. 1525, d. June 8, 1612, of Long Aston, m. Joyce …
1.1.1. Tristram Cottrell, b. ca. 1550, d. June 15, 1613.
1.1.1.1. John Cotterell, b. ca. 1575, d. 1640.
1.1.1.1.1. Samuel Cottrell.

1.1.1.1.2. John Cottrell, b. ca. 1600, d. 1668, admon. of Richard Godwin,* his br.-in-law.
1.1.1.1.2.1. John Cottrell, b. ca. 1625.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1. John Cottrell, it is suggested.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Johnathon Kittrell, it is suggested.

1.1.1.2. Edmond Cotterell, m. Ellen Godwine, Nov. 20, 1595, who was: (1) aunt of Thomas Godwin (it is suggested), who m. Ann Taberer, (2) a sister of *Richard Godwin.
1.1.2. Robert Cottrell.
1.1.2.1. John Cottrel, b. ca. 1575, d. 1641.
1.1.2.1.1. John Cottrell.
1.1.2.1.2. Thomas Cottrell.

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