SAINT AUGUSTINE’S ABBEY, BRISTOL manorial accounts, p. 174.

Court Roll. Court of Abbot Robert of S. Aug. 14 Oct. 1524 & 28 Apr. 1525, held by Anthony Poyntz, knight, Capitalis Senescallus. Jurati: 14 at each court, of whom Thomas Eyton, Wm. Tyler & Thom ap Syms appear only in October, George Reade, Richard Symyng & John Eyton only in April. John Symyng attacked John Eyton in Court with a knife, Eyton responded with his fist; Richard Porker, Wm. Whytt, John Eyton & Wm. Dymock were fined 2d. each for overstocking the common pasture; Richard Eyton has a case pending against Wm.Walker; John Eyton agrees to a fine of £4 13s. 4d., of which he pay s down £2 6s. 8d., to have the reversion of the tenement and lands of Thomas Dymock to hold for his life and that of his wife.

The Eytons and Dymocks were almost certainly related:

John Dimock, of Horfylde, dated 26 Oct., 1593, 25 Eliz. To be buried under the tombstone in the churchyard of Horfylde; to my son, William Dymocke; to my 3 daughters, by Jane, my now wife, viz. Margaret, Joan, and Alice, 20 nobles each; to my daughter, Agnes, £5; to my son, Thomas, 2os.; to William Dimock, son of Thomas; to John Eyton, son of Nicholas; to Margery Eyton, my daughter; the residue to my wife, Isbell Dimocke, she to be executrix. Overseers: William Smith and William Eiton. Will proved at Bristol, 2 Dec., 1593.

The following appear. “a” denotes a juror, “p” one who pays for pannage. John Auerey a; John Baron sen. a; Isabella Cory wid. ob.; Rob. Dellyng p; Joan Dymock wid. p; Richard D. ap; Thos.
D. ap; John Eyton a; Richard E. reeve a; Thos. E. a; John Hooper a; John Philipps a; Richard Porker natiuus domini p; Thos. P. nat. dni. a; George Rede a; Wm. Rychardes a; Joan Saborn p; Thos. Syms a; John Symyng; Richard S. innkeeper a; Anice Symonds p ; Wm. Tyler Tithingman a; Thos. Wade a; Wm. Wade ap; Wm. Walker; Wm. Walters a; Wm. Whytt p; and Richard
Eyton’s successor as Reeve, John Pyne.

John Eyton, m. Sara Robbins, April 22, 1594, in Olveston (10 miles N. of Bristol), almost certainly closely reated to Agnes Robbins, who m. Nicholas Walker, on April 27, 1602, in Olveston.

John Eyton and Sara Robbins may have been the parents of the first husband of Sarah … wife of John Seward.

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1.1.1. John Seward, m. Sarah … Exemplification of a common recovery Houses, lands etc, at Butcombe, Nempnett, Wrington, Blagdon (juxta Wiveliscombe), and other places, Somerset, John Pester and Richard Deane against John Seward, Sept. 9, 1647. (Brist. Arch., 5139/229). John Lewis of Lower Par. sells to Joseph Bridger of the same 170 acres of land now in possession of Lewis and John Harris (son of Thomas, d. 1672), patented 3 June, 1635, by John Seward (Nov. 16, 1669), “land lying on the White Marsh”. Thomas Harris, d. 1672, business partner of Joseph Bridger Sr. Mr. Jno. Marshall, 700 ac. IOW, July 12, 1665, p. 252. W. side of the Wester Sw., beg. at lower cor. tree of Capt. (John) Fulgham’s land, extending down Sw. to land of Tho. Harris. John Fulgham was overseer of the Will of Thomas Harris, 1688, who beq. Robert Harris (his son) “may dwell with John Fulgham three years”.

The namesakes, Thomas Harris, were second-cousins.

He who d. in 1688 was the father of George Harris, whose Will was recorded on August 22, 1720, naming son, Robert, who was possibly the father of John Harris, who m. Rachel Milly Kittrell.

It was not the case that English colonists of Virginia severed links with home; they often kept a precautionary foot in both camps.

Will of Sarah Seward of Bristol, widow, well stricken in years, proved Dec. 2, 1682.:
To my daughter Sarah Hasell five pounds, for mourning to wear at my funeral, and five pounds more as a token of my love. And I forgive her the fifty pounds which I lent her late husband William Hasell.
To my elder son John Seward and to his wife Hester ten pounds, so as they buy them mourning apparel and wear it at my funeral.

1.1.1.1. John Seward. Messuage in St Nicholas Street, next to Redynge Lane, leading to Corn Street. Made on John Seward’s marriage with Hester Paul(e). June 24, 1671. (B.A., 00463/12).
Final concord: (1) Nathaniel Wade, querent; (2) Henry Fryer and Mary, his wife, and John and Hester Seward, deforciants, 1696. Regarding 2 messuages in St Nicholas Street. (B.A., 00463/14b).
Copy deed of bargain and sale: (1) John Seward (in order to his wife’s jointure); (2) Thomas James and William Hasell. Aug 2, 1698. Deed dated Sept. 12, 1672. (B.A., 00463/10a).

1.1.1.1.1. William Seward, d. 1703, Surry Co., m. (1) Rebecca Caufield, sister of Robert Caufield, who m. a dau. of Arthur Allen and Alice Tucker, who m. (2) John Hardy. By a first wife, John Hardy was was the father of Olive Hardy, who m. (1) Giles Driver (headright of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), (2) John Pitt, half-br. of Hester Pitt, wife of Joseph Bridger Sr., business partner of the said Thomas Harris and William Scott. (Bristol Record Office, Depositions).

John Pitt was the son of Col. Robert Pitt, Bristol sea captain and merchant, who d. bef. Jan. 9, 1674, IOW., who m. (1) Hester, dau. of George Stephens. (2) Martha Lear, sister of Col. John Lear, who had m. the relict of John George, probable br. of Nicholas George, father-in-law of the said Thomas Harris.

William Scott’s, son, William Scott, m. Christian Jordan, dau. of Robert Jordan and Christian Taberer, dau. of Thomas Taberer, and sister of Ruth Taberer, who m. John Newman, whose sister, Alice, was the second wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

William Scott and Christian Jordan had issue: John Scott, who witnessed a deed of March 26, 1711 (with William Bridger, son of Joseph Bridger Sr.), whereby John and Thomas Harris of the Upper Parish, sons of Thomas, d. 1672, divided the land they held in jointure, that being 250 ac. inherited from their father, and 115 ac. they had acquired from Joseph Bridger.

This Thomas Harris was most likely the father of Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1685; Will dated Dec. 25, 1729, rec. March 23, 1730, who witnessed the Will of John Scott (R. July 28, 1729). John Scott, m. Joan Tooke (dau. of James Tooke, son of Thomas Tooke); their son, James Tooke Scott, m. Christian Norsworthy, dau. of Col. George Norsworthy, son of Tristram Norsworthy, of Newport Parish, and Sarah Pitt, dau. of Lt. Colonel John Pitt, and Olive Hardy, dau. of John Hardy. As given, John Hardy was the step-father of the wife of Robert Caufield, whose sister, Rebecca, was the first wife of William Seward.

These are the clear lines of continuation of associations which identify the ancestry of decendants of English settlers.

1.1.1.2. Sarah Seward, m. William Hasell. Lease for 99 years or 3 lives; and counterpart. 1. Feoffees. 2. Sarah Hasell widow and administratrix of William Hasell, Chamberlain of Bristol. As chamberlain (treasurer), William Hasel would have been responsible for collecting the rents owed on municipal property, and, as such, would have been well known to such as the Sewards. Premises: A messuage now in the tenure of Sarah Hasell, in Smallstreete. Abuttals given. Consideration: £45. Rent : £4. p.a. October 1, 1680. (B.A., P.Xch/D/37/bi-iii).

William Hasell was the nephew of Agnes Hasell, who m. Richard Godwin, on Feb. 4, 1608/9. Admon. Richard Godwyn, of Winford, Somerset, dec. Apr. 27, 1652, to John Cotterell, father in law (uncle) of Alexander & Richard Godwyn, sons of the defunct.

John Cotterell was possibly the ancestor of Jonathon Kittrell, of Virginia, father of Rachel Milly Kittrell, who m. John Harris, aforesaid.

Kittrell: probably a variant of Cottrell. (Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2013).

Richard Godwin was the br. of Edmond Godwin, bapt. Jan. 27, 1581/2, the father 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, son of Thomas Godwin, aforesaid, and br. of (1) Edmond Godwin. (2) Thomas Godwin, b, ca, 1645, who m. Martha, dau. of Joseph Bridger Sr., of Bristol. Thomas Godwin’s (Sr.) estate was called “Old Castle”, named after a district in Bristol. The latter William Pope was the brother of Henry Pope b. Nov. 30, 1663, whom. (1) Mary, dau. of Joseph Bridger Sr.

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1.2.1. John Seward, m. Elyzabeth Morris, on Oct. 3 1641, in St. Augustine the Less, Bristol
1.2.1.1. Rachel Seward, bapt. Dec. 8, 1644 m. Richard Robbins, on June 7, 1666, same place.

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