The associations of Michael Holland of Goochland mirror those of Michael Holland of Pickthorne to such a degree that it is highly probable (by the underlying dynamic of the English kinship system – continuation of association), that the former descended from the latter. It is suggested hereinafter that Michael Holland of Goochland was the great-grandson of Michael Holland of Pickthorne. Concerning this, a mistaken assumption is that English parish registers contain complete records, wherehas they are often amalgams of manuscripts which are missing much detail. Therefore, the absence of a birth entry for Michael holland of Goochland in the Nene Savage registers does not disclaim him being born there, circa 1680’s.

1. Michael Holland, of Pickthorne, b. ca. 1581, d. 1655, m. (1) Jane, d. 1632.

1.1. John Holland, m. Dorothy, dau. of Richard Hill, of Bickley, and Katherine (b. ca. 1582), dau. of John Purslowe, of Sudbury, and his second wife (m. Feb. 1576/7), Dorothy, dau. of George Blount, of Kinlet, and Constance Talbot, sister of Margaret Talbot, who m. (1) Sir Richard Ligon,* of Arle, Madresfield, Worcestershire, son of William Ligon Eleanor Dennis.

When Virginia records show Major William Harris as a neighbour of William Baugh it was not happenchance. He was the second-cousin of Henry Baugh, of Aldon Court, bapt. Sept. 14, 1578, in Ludlow, who m. Alice Holland, in 1602, dau. of Francis Holland, and Thomasin Russell, br. of Thomas Holland, who m. Alice, second-cousin of Richard Cocke, of Bremo; they the parents of Michael Holland, aforesaid.

This leads to the very heart of this Harris kinship network. Henry Baugh was also the second-cousin of Edward Baugh, who m. Constance Foliot, dau. of Thomas Foliot, Sheriff of Worcestershire, and Katherine Ligon, dau. of William Ligon, Esq., Sheriff of Worcestershire, and Eleanor Dennis, and sister of (1) *Richard Ligon, (2) Thomas Ligon, who m. Frances Dennys (cousin), having issue: Thomas Ligon, who m. (Oct. 10, 1602), Elizabeth Pratt. Their son, Col. Thomas Ligon, m. Mary Harris, born in 1625, by deposition, sister of Major William Harris, of Virginia. By his first wife, Mary Russell, Richard Ligon had issue: Katharine Ligon, who m. Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. He m. (2) Mary Harris, cousin of the said Mary and William Harris. Fleetwood Dormer was a son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer (obit. February 1, 1638), and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, who resided at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co. (who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal); their issue being: (1) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (2) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris.

HOLLAND ANCESTRY

1. William Holland, b. ca. 1460.
1.1. Thomas Holland, b. ca. 1490.
1.1.1. William Holland, of Burwarton, b. ca. 1520, bur. 1590, in Burwarton; m. Alice Detton.
1.1.1.1. Francis Holland, of Burwarton, b. ca. 1550, m. (Feb. 20, 1582), (1) Dorothy Barker, bapt. at Hopton Castle, July 27, 1555.
1.1.1.1.1. Mary Holland, bapt. Nov. 18, 1582, m. (1) Robert Lutley, son of Adam Lutley and Elizabeth Cresset. (2) Charles Baldwin.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Ann Lutley, m. William Lewis, son of Edward Lewis and Jane Langford, relict of Rowland Harris.
1.1.1.1.2. Alice Holland, bapt. Oct. 13, 1583, m. Henry Baugh, of Aldon Court, in 1602, second-cousin of Edward Baugh, who m. Constance Foliot, as given, and William Baugh, who m. Mary Wakeman, dau. of William Wakeman, of Glouc., having issue, it is suggested: William Baugh, of Virginia, who received a grant of 577 ac. for the transportation of 12 persons, including his son, William Baugh, Jr., on the N. side of the Appomattox River. William Baugh, Sr., was justice of Henrico 1656, 1669, &c. He was born not later than 1612, and died in 1687. William Baugh held land next to Major William Harris, on ‘Ware Run’.

BAUGH

Edward Baugh was the son of Rowland Baugh, of Twining, Gloustershire. The Baugh arms and crest were confirmed by Cooke, Clarenceux, in 1579, to Rowland Baugh of Twining, co. Gloucestershire, and Bredon’s Norton, Worcestershire. They were confirmed to the Aldon Court Baughs of Shropshire, in 1588. Rowland Baugh was the br. of John Baugh, of Aldon Court, bur. Aug 1577, in Bromfield, the father of Thomas Baugh, of Aldon Court, Shropshire, who m. Dorothy, dau. of George Parkes, of Bromfield, Nov. 26, 1576, having issue: Henry Baugh, of Aldon Court, bapt. Sept. 14, 1578, in Ludlow, m. Alice Holland, in 1602; they having issue: Thomas Baugh, b. ca. 1605-1610. His son, Rowland Baugh, m. Mary, dau of Thomas Foliott, 2nd Lord of Ballyshannon, grandson of Thomas Foliot and Katherine Ligon.
1.1.1.2. Thomas Holland, of Pickthorne, m. (Dec. 27, 1573, in Wheathill), Alice Cocke (second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Pickthorne (in Stottesdon), Shropshire, and Bremo, Virginia.
1.1.1.2.1. Michael Holland, of Pickthorne.

‘Now know yee that I ye sd Sir Will Berkeley knt. give and graunt unto Richard Womack foure hundred and fivety acres, three rood eight po: of land on ye North side of Appomatock River in Henrico Co. extending as followeth beginning at a small branch of ye Ashen Swampe … No: by We: 34 po: No: We: 60 po: to Mr. Baugh his line neigh ye Round Slash No: No: We: 15 po: to Major Harris his cornor, We: by So: 380 po: to ye place aforementioned the sd land being due unto ye sd Richard Womack by and for ye transportacon of nine persons into this Collony’. Dated March 15, 1672.

RUSSELL

1. Robert Russell, of Strensham. His Will was proved on Dec. 1, 1502, mentioning: “my 3 younger sons and the child now being in my wife’s belly, whereof I beseech Jesus send her good deliverance”. Robert Russell’s eldest son and heir, John Russell, was born in 1493/4, with his younger sons being born betw. 1495-1498. The said John Russell m. Edith, dau of Sir Thomas Unpton, having issue: Thomas Russell, father of Mary (d. 1576), who m. Richard Ligon, of Madresfield (d. 1584). Strensham is ca. 40 miles from Burwarton/Ludlow, and part of the Malvern Hills district, after which Richard Cocke named his Virginia plantation.
1.1. John Russell.
1.1.1. Thomas Russell.
1.1.1.1. Mary Russell, m. Richard Ligon.
1.2. Robert Russell.
1.2.1. Thomasine Russell, m. Francis Holland, of Burwarton. His sister, Anne, m. (at Burwarton, in 1634), William Lewis of Sutton (Diddlebury), the half-brother of John Harris, father of the said Mary and William Harris, his father, Edward Lewis of Sutton Magna having m. Jane Langford, the relict of Rowland Harris, father of John.

THE GRANDSON OF MICHAEL HOLLAND OF PICKTHORNE:

1.1.1. Thomas Holland, bapt. May 15, 1648, bur. Dec. 29, 1694, in Nene Savage, m. Elizabeth Kettleby, in 1678.

Cressett v Kettleby. Plaintiffs: Henry Cressett. Defendants: Edward Kettleby, Richard Wickstead, Anne Elizabeth Cressett, Thomas Baldwin,* Thomas Walley and another. Subject: property in Holgate, Shropshire. 1685. (C 6/253/17).

BALDWIN

1. Richard Baldwin, bur. at Diddlebury in 1585. “A great-grandson of this Richard was Thomas Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, Recorder of Shrewsbury, admitted a Burgess in 1660. From the second son of Richard Baldwin were descended the Baldwyns of Elsich. (Mr. Lockie).
1.1. Thomas Balswin, of Diddlebury (d. Oct..1614), m. Gertrude, dau. of Robert Corbett, of Standwarden.
1.1.1. Edward Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, m. Mary, dau. of Edward Lutwich.
1.1.1.1. *Thomas Baldwin Recorder of Shrewsbury, 1677 to 1685. (Mathew Baldwin, herein given, is contemporaneous).
1.1.1.1.1. Charles Baldwin (b. ca. 1640), m. July 28, 1669, in Diddlesbury, Mary Baldwin, widow.
1.1.1.1.1.1 Richard Baldwin, heir, “last of Diddlebury”. “Richard Baldwyn, a descendant of the Recorder of Shrewsbury, sold the Diddlebury estate in 1752 to Captain Frederick Cornewall”. (Mr. Lockie).
1.1.1.1.1.2. Edward Baldwin, Esq.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Baldwin, bapt. Dec. 31, 1713, in Diddlesbury, d. bef. Oct. 21. 1767, Prince Edward Co., VA.
1.1.1.1.1.2.2. William Baldwin, bapt. Jan. 10, 1719, in Diddlesbury. 1745: William Baldwin sells to John Baldwin , both of Amelia Co. Baldwin, William, Will 1760, Amelia Co.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3. John Baldwin, bapt. Feb. 28, 1720, in Diddlesbury. He, as his brothers, do not appear in any known subsequent record. his. Will was proved in Amelia Co., VA, Sept.. 27, 1770. He names his wife, Elizabeth; his sons: William Baldwin (eldest), John Baldwin.*
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.1. John Baldwin. July 22, 1797: Indenture betw. Thomas Elmore, Efford Bentley, William Wood, James Gills, Thomas Ligon, etc., of Amelia County, trustees of Ligons Town, sell to Levy Wright one lot situate in the above mentioned town. Wit. Richard Ligon, Thomas Ligon, *John Baldwin. (Amelia co., D.B. 20, pp. 303-4). These Ligons were sons of William Ligon III., d. bef. October 27, 1796, in Amelia Co., son of Wiliam Ligon II, d. 1764, in Amelia Co.; son of Maj. William Ligon and Mary Tanner; son of Colonel Thomas Ligon, son of Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, in Ludlow.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.1.1. Agnes Baldwin, m. Ralph Harris, Dec. 16, 1790.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.1.2. Elizabeth Baldwin, sister of Agnes, m. Graves Harris, Nov. 20, 1787, surety: John Baldwin.
1.2. William Baldwyn of Elsich or Elsick m. Barbara, dau of Richard Brooke, of Whitchurch.
1.2.1. Charles Baldwyn, of Stokesay Castle (b. 1593), m. (1617), a dau. of Francis Holland, of Burwarton.

Kettleby v Littleton. Plaintiffs: Thomas Kettleby. Defendants: Thomas Littleton, clerk and Rebecca Littleton his wife. Subject: money, Shropshire. 1663. (C 8/320/105).
Kettleby v Overton. Plaintiffs: Thomas Kettleby. Defendants: Mary Overton. Subject: lands in Stepple, Nethercott, Neen Savage, Yeldicote alias Ellicote, and Wyer, Shropshire. 1603-25. (C 2/JasI/K3/38).
Baldwin v Good. Plaintiffs: Matthew Baldwin. Defendants: Samuel Good, Thomas Hailes, Richard Farmer, Elizabeth Meyrick widow, James Kettleby and Edward Jefferyes. Subject: lands and personal estate of the deceased Humphrey Meyrick, in Neen Savage, Shropshire. 1695. (C 6/329/47).
Scott v Baldwyn. Plaintiffs: Robert Scott. Defendants: Matthew Baldwin, Richard Hayles, Thomas Hayles and Edward Kettleby. Subject: mortgage of lands, and personal estate of the deceased Samuel Thompson, in Neen Savage, Shropshire, and London. 1690. (C 6/332/42).
Lacon v Baldwin. Plaintiffs: Francis Lacon. Defendants: Matthew Baldwin, Humphrey Grenows, Edward Tong, and John Perrin. Subject: property in Neen Savage and Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. 1692. (C 8/546/72).
Fine, lease for a year, lease, sale bill. Land in a close called New Tyninge, messuage called Lowes Tenement, Cleetow. Parties: William Childe, Thomas Littleton, George Littleton, Roger Harper, William Steedman, Edward Harper, Matthew Baldwin, Thomas Lowe. 1650-1685. (S.A.,899:749/8782/57/4).
Russell v Gower. Plaintiffs: Sir Francis Russell, bart, Richard Barneby and Thomas Barneby. Defendants: Abel Gower, Thomas Child, Edward Kettleby, William Gower and others. Subject: property in Clifton on Teme, Worcestershire. 1693. (C 8/551/51).
Neen Savage and Stottesden, Salop. Lease for a year from Matthew Baldwin of Overwood in the parish of Neen Savage, Salop., gentleman to Philip Foley of Prestwood, Staffs. 1687. (Worcestershire Arch., 899:749/8782/61/4).

Neen Savage, Salop. Indenture between Francis Norgrove of Overwood in Neen Savage, Salop., gentleman and Richard Norgrove of Rubenhall [Wribbenhall in Bewdley], gentleman, son and heir of the said Francis Norgrove and Matthew Baldwin of Farlow (in Stottesden), Salop. yeoman being a settlement upon the marriage of the said Matthew Baldwin and Sarah Norgrove, spinster, daughter of the said Francis Norgrove of a capital messuage called Overwood 1678. (Worcestershire Arch., 899:749/8782/57/4).

COCKE, NORGROVE, AND BALDWIN

1. Thomas Cocke, of Pickthorne.
1.1. Joan Cocke, m. Richard Norgrove, of Overwoode (bur. 16 July 16, 1592), on Nov. 2, 1567, in Stottesdon.
1.1.1. John Norgrove.
1.1.1.1. Francis Norgrove, bapt. Nov. 5, 1598.
1.1.1.1.1. Sara Norgrove, b. ca. 1525, m. Mathew Baldwin.
1.2. Alice Cocke, m. Thomas Holland of Burwarton, on Dec. 27, 1573, in Wheathill. Joan and Alice Cocke were second-cousins of Richard Cocke, of Bremo.
1.2.1. Michael Holland, of Pickthorne.

The Nene Savage registers are not complete. The recorded issue of Thomas Holland and Elizabeth Kettleby are:

May 17, 1681. Benjamin, s. of Thomas Holland & Elizabeth … bap., bur. next day.
Sep. 10, 1682, Martha, d. of Thomas Holland & Elizabeth … bap.
July 18, 1686, Thomas, s. of Thomas Holland & Elizabeth … bap.

To repeat, this does not preclude them having a son, Michael Holland, named after his great-grandfather.

THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF MICHAEL HOLLAND OF PICKTHORNE:

1.1.1.1. Michael Holland, gent? (b. ca. 1685), of Goochland.
1.1.1.1.1. John Holland.
1.1.1.1.2. Elizabeth Holland.
1.1.1.1.3. George Holland.
1.1.1.1.3.1. Mary Holland, m. Charles Burton. Marriages of Goochland Co., 1733-1815 (Williams), p. 12, Nov. 2, 1763: ‘Charles Burton and Mary Holland, dau. of George Holland. Sur. George Holland. Charles Burton was b. in 1740, son of Robert Burton. Judith Payne dau. of Robert Burton, wife of George Payne,* makes affadavit as to his age, p. 11. *He was the son of a namesake and Mary, dau. of Robert Woodson, and sister of Elizabeth (Woodson) Lewis, kinswoman of Major William Harris. Robert Burton m. (2) Priscilla, dau. of William Farrar III, by his first wife, Priscilla Baugh.* William Farrar’s second wife was Mary, dau. of Joseph Tanner, and relict of William Ligon, son of Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris, sister of Major William Harris.
1.1.1.1.4. Michael Holland.

GOWER

It may be the case that the family of Gower associated with Nene Savage were related to Virginia namesakes. An Abell Gower m. Mary Hodges in Blockley, Worcestershire, on Nov. 2, 1639, and this is ca. 12 miles from were the Shropshire Gowers held land, in Salford, Worcestershire. Blockley is ca 40 miles from Kinlet, on a trade road dissected by Worcester. Abel Gower of Virginia m. Jane … who deposed (Dec. 1, 1688), in the case of Fra. Carter vs. John Womack, that she she was aged about 48 years. (William and Mary College, 1917, p. 64). In an Orphan’s Court in Henrico Co. (Aug. 2, 1677), four of her children are listed as minors under the guardianship of her 3rd husband, Abell Gower. Jane had m. (1) William Branch, (2) William Baugh (d. 1676), by whom she had issue:

(1) Mary Baugh, b. ca. 1662 in Henrico Co., who m. John Cocke: Oct. 1, 1696: “John Cocke Jr, son of Richard Cocke Sr, of County & Parish of Henrico, has taken to wife Obedience Branch, eldest daughter of my son John Branch, late of Kingsland in same county, plantar, dec’d, Now I, Jane Gower of Kingsland in same county and parish, widow, for love and affection, give to said John Cocke and Obedience his wife, all that plantation given me by my father in law Christopher Branch, late of Kingsland, dec’d, being land where my son John dwelt, now in tenure of Robert Grigg, on south side of James River, 100 ac., bounded by Thomas Branch and Mr. Abell Gower orphan”, p. 97. John Cocke Jr. was the br. of Thomas Cocke, named as a “friend” in the Will of Major William Harris.

March 5, 1708. Robert Hudson of Co. and Parish of Henrico, planter, to Thomas Powland, Jr.; said Hudson and Powland took up by patent 940 ac. on N. side of Swift Cr., AprIL 17, 1705; they have agreed to divide land in two equal parts. Wit. Elizabeth Cocke, etc. (sister of Thomas Cocke, aforementioned), p. 160. Robert Hudson, d. Jan. 25, 1757, in Swift Creek, Chesterfield Co., m. Martha Hancock, dau. of Robert Hancock (1650-1709), and Joan Ligon, dau. of Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris, and sister of Martha Ligon. Feb. 1, 1712: Nuncupative Will of Mary Ligon: “Martha Hudson to have charge of daughter Martha“. Martha Hudson was the wife of Robert Hudson.*

(2) *Priscilla Baugh, who m. William Farrar III.

HUDSON

1. Robert Hudson, m Mary, dau. of Robert Bowman, of Roxdale.
1.1. *Robert Hudson, b. in 1662 (19 years old on May 25, 1681), m. Martha. He d. Jan. 25, 1757.
1.1.1. John Hudson of Henrico. Oct. 9, 1731: John Hudson to Samuel Hudson, for £50, 46 ac. at Roxdale, where Robert Hudson now lives. Wit: William Robinson, Joseph Russell, John Green. Signed: John Hudson; Ann, wife of John relinquishes her dower rights. Rec. May 1732, p. 341.
1.2. William Hudson 27 Nov 1701, Henrico, inventory of William Hudson, appraised by Thomas Chamberlain, Arthur Moseley, Abraham Womeck, Sr., Edward Stanley; presented in court by Elizabeth, relict of William Hudson (Wills and Deeds 1697-1704, p. 261).
1.2.1. John Hudson, ca. 1690-1732., m. Elizabeth Harris*, on Oct. 9, 1731.
1.2.1.1. George Hudson,* b. ca. 1712, in St Pauls Parish.
1.2.1.2. Charles Hudson. June 10, 1737: Charles Hudson of Hanover Co., Gent., to Michael Woods of Goochland Co., for £90, 2000 ac. on branches of Joy Cr. on Rivanna R., bounded by Michael Holland, and granted to said Hudson on 26 July 1735. Signed: Charles Hudson. Rec. Sept. 1737, p. 52.
1.2.1.3. William Hudson William Hudson, Will pr. April 21, 1800, Prince Edward.
1.2.1.3.1. Sarah Hudson, m. George Harris.*
1.1.1.4. David Hudson. Jan. 4, 1754: David Hudson and *George Hudson witness mortgage from Richard Holland (son of Michael Holland) Rec. April 1, 1754, p. 307.

HARRIS

1. Rowland Harris, m. Jane Langford, who m. (2) Edward Lewis, as given.
1.1. John Harris., bapt. March 5, 1604, Ludlow, m. Margaret Holland.
1.1.1. Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, Ludlow. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64
1.1.2. Major William Harris.
1.1.2.1. William Harris, b. ca. 1675, involved in the determination of the lands of ‘Thomas Langford, orphan’, Feb. 26, 1731. (Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 214-215). William and Mary Harris of Ludlow were grandchildren of Jane Langford; ‘Thomas Langford, orphan’, was a descendant of her brother.
1.1.2.1.1. *Elizabeth Harris, bapt. Nov. 27, 1698, in St Pauls Parish, m. John Hudson, b. ca. 1690.
1.1.2.1.2. George Harris, bapt. April 13, 1701, in St Pauls Parish. A Vestry meeting there in 1719 connecting him to the lands of George Alvis, who had married the widow of Major William Harris.
1.1.2.1.2.1. William Harris, b. ca. 1725, of Wolf Swamp, probably m. a dau. of Mathew Graves.*
1.1.2.1.2.1.1. *George Harris (b. ca. 1750), m. Sarah Hudson.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1. Graves Harris (b. ca. 1775)), m. Elizabeth Baldwin, dau. of John Baldwin Jr.

GRAVES

1. Ralph Greaves, 1552-1630. SA-IMG41: Monumental inscription, at Culmington (5 miles from Ludlow), of Ralph Greaves (d. 1631), rector of Culmington, and his wife Margaret Greaves (d. 1638), daughter of John Watts; their children were Samuel Greaves, Hierome Greaves, Tobias Greaves, John Greaves, Elias Greaves, Susanne Greaves, Sarah Greaves, Judith Greaves, Arbella Greaves, Priscilla Greaves, Barbara Greaves, Anne Greaves, Marie Greaves, and Rebecca Greaves. The Rev. Ralph Greaves, who died in 1630 aged 78, was the rector of Culmimgton 53 years. March 24, 1578, Culmington.Ralph Greaves, sponsor, George Talbot, 6th earl of Shrewsbury. (S.A. MI6133/20/3).
1.1. Samuel Greaves, 1588 – bur. Sept. 9, 1653., rector .of Berrington. M.A. at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, June 23, 1609. He m. (4) Jane … His sponsor was Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset (1591–July 17, 1652); who was awarded MA at Cambridge University and was incorporated at Oxford from Cambridge on July 9, 1616 (Cambridge Alumni Database). He was governor of the Bermuda Islands Company in 1623, and a commissioner for planting Virginia in 1631 and 1634. (Dictionary of National Biography). Berrington is ca. 12 miles from Culmington, both 6 miles equidistant from Ludlow, birthplace of Major William Harris.
1.1.1. “Joachim f. of Samuel Greaves and Jane”, bapt. April 7, 1642 – als John Greaves; patented land at “White Oak Landing”, adj. to Robert Cocke’s plantation. His father had given him a Hebrew name, and Johannes (medieval latin) was used as a diminuitive of such as John and Joachim, and Joachim Greaves probably chose to be called John.
1.1.1.1. John Graves Jr., b. ca. 1675.
1.1.1.1.1. Joseph Graves, b. ca. 1698.
1.1.1.1.2. Henry Graves, b. ca. 1703, who m. Mary Williams in 1726, dau. of John Williams Sr., and sister of John Williams Jr. (b. July 25, 1704, in Hanover), husband of Mary Womack, sister of Sarah, wife of Robert Woodson, and Judith, who m. Ralph Graves.*
1.1.1.1.3. Mathew Graves (bapt. Oct. 23, 1710, St. Peter’s Parish. (D.B. 4, p. 118), m. Susanah Adams, dau. of Robert Adam, who m. Mourning Lewis (b. ca. 1692), on Feb. 4, 1712, in Henrico Co. Her Will was proven on July 24, 1764, making bequests to daus.: Susssanah and Lucy Graves. Lucy Adams, m. John Graves, Matthew’s brother. Mourning Lewis was the dau. of William Lewis, and Elizabeth Woodson.
1.1.1.1.4. *Ralph Graves.

LEWIS

1. Edward Lewis, gent (bur. June 12, 1632, in Ludlow), m. (2) Jane Langford. Edward Lewis was the father by a first wife (Anna, dau. of Thomas Blashfield), of Thomas Lewis, b. 1600.
1.1. Edward Lewis, bur. May 16, 1665, in Diddlesbury, m. Elizabeth …
1.1.1. William Lewis, bapt. March 16, 1661/2, in Diddlebury, probably he who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co., having issue, Mourning Lewis, who m. Robert Adams; their dau., Sussanah, m. Mathew Graves (bapt. Oct. 23, 1710, St. Peter’s Parish. (D.B. 4, p. 118), on Feb. 4, 1712, in Henrico Co.; probably brother of Ralph Graves, who m. Judith Womack. “Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William & Joseph Lewis (children of his dau., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis), 450 ac. patented to me and Richard Farris, Giles Carter, William Harris (son of Major William Harris), and Roger Cummings, on White Oak Swamp”. Recorded May 1, 1707.

ADAMS

1. Thomas Adams, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Higgons, of Longdon. (Treswell, Vincent: The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623, vol. 1, pp. 12-13).
1.1. John Adams. Recovery: 1. Richard Lane, Thomas Brocton, gentilman, John Adams, gentilman, William Langford, Thomas Barrett, and William Lane. 2. Richard Dodmore. 7 messuages etc. in Ludlow, Diddlesbury, and Halton. 1514. (Shrop. Arch., 20/6/150).
1.2. William Adams, of Longdon, m. Eleanor Jennyns, cousin of Eleanor Jennyns, b. ca. 1500, who m. Richard Harris, b. ca. 1495, grandf. of Rowland Harris.
1.2.1. Thomas Adams ((b. ca. 1520, d. 1580), m. Ursula, dau. of Thomas Newport, of High Ercall, and Anna, dau. of Robert Corbett, of Morton Corbett.
1.2.1.1. William Adams, bur. July 13, 1576, in Ludlow, m. Ann Newton, May 30,. 1567.
1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Adams, gent, of Ludlow, b. ca. 1575.
1.2.1.1.1.1. William Adams,* bapt. Sept. 16, 1604, m. Margaret … Given the clear pattern of intermarriages within the kinship group under consideration, it is reasonable to suggest that Margaret was either: (1) she bapt. Jan. 24, 1612/3, dau. of Charles Baugh, or (2), the dau. of Henry Baugh and Alice Holland, as follow.

(1. Edward Baugh of Twining, Glocuestershire, deceased bef. Jan. 19, 1571, m. Margaret Stratford. d. 1589, dau. of John Stratford, of Farnecott, and Margaret de Tracy, dau. of Sir William de Tracy, grandson of Thomas Throckmorton, of Caughton, and Ann Digby.
1.1. Rowland Baugh, of Twining, m. Mary Crooker, of Hook Norton, Oxon.
1.1.1. William Baugh (s.l. 1634), m. Mary Wakeman, da. of William Wakeman, of Glouc.
1.1.1.1. William Baugh, of Virginia, who received a grant of 577 ac. for the transportation of 12 persons, including his son, William Baugh, Jr., on the N. side of the Appomattox River. William Baugh, Sr., was justice of Henrico 1656, 1669, &c. He was born not later than 1612, and d. in 1687. William Baugh held land next to Major William Harris, on ‘Ware Run’.

1.2. John Baugh, of Aldencourte (Aldon Court, Shropshire) m. Joanne, dau. of John Dale, desc. of his namesake, as follows: Quitclaim. 1. Richd. Cressett. 2. Richd. Sherman and John Dale. 1. quitclaims to 2. all his rights and title to the Manor of Ocley* and all lands and tenements etc. in Ocley. 2 to hold for ever of the chief lord of the fee. Witnesses: Wm. Griffith, Geof. Baugh, then bailiffs of the town and liberty of Bridgnorth, John Adams, Walter Hobbold, John Sparcheford. 1473. (Shrop. Arch. 20/6/126). Quitclaim 1. Wm. Koo and Alice his wife 2. Agnes Andrew. 1. to 2. all 1’s rights in 2 tenements in Halghton Priors of which one lies between the tenement of David Stowe of Ludlow, tailor and the messuage of the lord of Richard’s Castle, and the other lies between the tenement of the said lord and the tenement of the Prior of Bromfield, called Kingeslande. Witnesses: John Dale and Rich. Sherman, bailiffs of Ludlow, Nicholas Cresset,** John Botiler, Rich. Backehous, John Blethewyn and others. 1466. (Shrop. Arch.,20/6/68). *Oakley, in Bromfield, Shropshire. ** Br. of Robert Cressett, Sheriff, the grandfather of Elizabeth Cressett, who m. Adam Lutley.

1.2.1. Thomas Baugh, of Aldencourte, m. Dorothy Parkes, dau. of George Parkes, of Bromfield
1.2.1.1. Henry Baugh, of Aldon Court, bapt. Sept. 14, 1578, in Ludlow, m. Alice Holland, in 1602, dau. of Francis Holland, of Burwarton; br. of Thomas Holland, of Pickthorne, who m. (Dec. 27, 1573, in Wheathill), Alice Cocke (second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Pickthorne (in Stottesdon), Shropshire, and Bremo, Virginia, having issue: Michael Holland, of Pickthorne).
1.2.1.1.1. Margaret Baugh, possibly m. *William Adams.

1.2.2. William Baugh, of Aldencourte.
1.2.2.1. Charles Baugh, bapt. Jan. 22, 1580 (‘Charolus fs Willimi Baughe’).
1.2.1.1.1.1. Margaret Baugh (‘Margaret, dau. of Charles Baugh’), bapt. Jan. 24, 1613, St. Lawrence, Ludlow, possibly m. *William Adams).

1.2.1.1.1.1.1. William Adams, bapt. Feb. 18, 1637/1638, in Ludlow; probably he who d. Nov. 18, 1690, in James City, and who m. Mary Walker; of the family of William Walker, a tithable in St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Co. in 1698, who owned 650 ac. in New Kent Co., and 500 ac. in Henrico Co. in 1704. His son, William Walker of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., granted to John Bibey, on the N. side of James River & N. side of Castle Branch, 300 ac., bounded by John Curd, Nicholas Parkins, Meadowy Creek, William Harris (of Wolf Swamp), and Phillip Walker. Wit. Robert Woodson, May 16, 1741.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert Adams, b. ca. 1680. patented 400 ac. in Goochland Co. on br. of Licking Hole Creek, adj. Hollon’s (Michael Holland’s) land, Aug. 25, 1731, p. 264. His Will was proved June 17, 1740, in Goochland. He m. Mourning Lewis, the dau. of William and Elizabeth (Woodson) Lewis – the probable great-grandson of Jane Langford, grandmother of Major William Harris.

THE GOWERS OF KINLET

1. Robert Gower, esq. m. Catherine Childe, in Kinlet. Child v Lamb. Plaintiffs: Thomas Child and Katherine Gower, widow. Defendants: Sir William Lacon kt, William Child, William Lamb, Margaret Lamb his wife, Nicholas Mounfort, … Berkley, and others. Subject: personal estate of Sir William Child kt, Kinlet, Shropshire. 1695. (C 10/414/39).
1.1. Abel Gower, bapt. June 6, 1671, in Kinlet.
1.2. William Gower, bapt. Dec. 13, 1680, in Kinlet: Gower v Gower. Plaintiffs: William Gower esq, of Middle Temple, London. Defendants: Abel Gower, Thomas Eustace, Katherine Gower widow, Thomas Childe, Anne Mary Gower spinster and William Gower. Subject: Payment of two of the debts of Robert Gower, of Kinlet, Shropshire, deceased, for which the plaintiff had become bound. In his will the deceased, the plaintiff’s brother had charged his real and personal estate with the payment of his debts: mentions Edward Pulley gent, of Peaton, Shropshire and George Wilson clerk, of Worcester, Worcestershire: property in Kinlet Hall, Kinlet, Shropshire, and Salford, Worcestershire. 1698. (C 6/417/78).
1.2.1. Abel Gower, bapt. April 11, 1703, in Ludlow.

THE KETTLEBYS OF NENE SAVAGE

The Kettlebys descend from John Kettleby, who m. Margery, heiress of Richard Pride.

Harl. 1396, ff. 190 and 177. Harl. 1241, fo. 45. Harl. 615, fo. 246. Arms: Harl. 1396.— Quarterly: 1, Argent two chevrons sable, a label of three points azure, a crescent for difference; 2, argent on a chevron azure between three lions’ heads erased gules two eels naiant respecting of the first – Pride, of Shresbury; 3, Gules, a lion rampant or between two flaunches ermine— Sely of Shrewsbury; 4, Argent, a chief azure, over all a lion rampant gules crowned or – St. George, of Shrewsbury. Crest. – A lion’s head erased gules, a crescent for difference.

1. Sir Edward Littleton, of Munslow, bapt. March 23, 1550/1, m. Mary, dau. of Edmund Walter, Esq., of Ludlow, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Hakeluyt, Esq.
1.1. Edward (Lord Littleton, Chief Justice of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas).
1.2. John (Master of the Temple).
1.3. Anne, m. Thomas Kettleby, son of Richard Kettleby: The family of St. George continued to hold the manor of Nene Savage until the beginning of the 16th century, when Elizabeth, dau. and heir of William de St. George m. Richard Kettleby, and carried the estates into that family. Nene Savage includes the Domesday manors of Stepple, Detton, and Doddington. Thomas Kettleby was of Stepple, and his dau., Mary, m. Robert Detton, son of John Detton, and br. of Alice Detton, who m. William Holland, of Burwarton.
1.3.1. Richard Kettleby, m. (2) Katherine, dau. of William Gateacre.
1.3.1.1. George Kettleby, bur. June 21, 1604, of Stepple, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Conningsby.
1.3.1.2. Thomas Kettleby, of Stepple (bapt. Oct. 2, 1593), m. Anna, dau. of Sir Edward Littleton.
1.3.1.1.1.1. Thomas Kettleby, bapt. Apr. 26, 1618.
1.3.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Kettleby (b. ca. 1653), m. Thomas Holland.
1.3.1.1.1.2. Edward Kettleby, bapt. Feb. 19, 1625.
1.3.1.1.1.3. Walter Kettleby.

1. Michael Holland, m. (2), Ann, d. 1644.
1.1. Francis Holland bapt. March 24, 1633.
1.2. Thomas Holland, bapt. August 7, 1636.
1.3. Wm. Holland, bapt Jan. 13, 1638.
1.4. Edward Holland, bapt. May 4, 1640.

This is a feasible suggestion as to the ancestry of Michael Holland of Goochland, who, given the extent of his landholdings, obviously descended from an influential family of Shropshire origin, the abode of many associated with him in Virginia.

He was a member of a vast ‘genealogical elastic’ of interconnected families, the combined force which stretched into the harshness of early Virginia, to conquer it.

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