It seems so long ago that I was studying research methodology to a high degree, which I never thought would be applied to genealogy. The result of this is exampled in these notes, concerning families of Holland, Wheeler, Irby, and Marston, which were connected in Virginia around Chickahominy Swamp in Hanover Co., Virginia, as a consequence of their previous associations in Shropshire, England, Such associations are difficult to find, and require what could be described as a ‘deep scan’ of available records, which is in contrast to the usual approach of documenting parents of a son or daughter (usually the former), who became parents of a son or daughter, ad inf. – the single-line aproach; a surface x-ray. A “deeper scan” involves asking who were the siblings of these sons and daughters?, who did they marry?, and what was the wider ancestry of those they married, going back three generations? A useful chart is one which records the second-cousins of each generation, and their second-cousins. Such a “deep scan” reveals so much more than a surface one.

One example of this ‘deeper scan’ follows hereinafter, wherein George Kettleby m. Elizabeth Coningsby, whose sister m. Francis Smalman, son of Francis Smalman and Elizabeth Hopton, who was the cousin of William Hopton, Sheriff of Shropshire, grandfather of John Hopton, who m. Rachel Wilkes, on Nov. 28, 1640, in Shrewsbury, becoming the step-father of Elizabeth Wilkes, wife of (cousin) Thomas Wilkes, and mother of Joseph Wilkes, whose dau., Phebe, m. Richard Winn; their dau., Phebe Winn, m. Michael Holland, son of Michael Holland of Goochland. Francis Smalman Sr. was the br. of Thomas Smalman, “reader of ye inner Temple and one of ye Justices of ye Council of ye Marches of Wales” (Trans. Shrop. Arch., 1915 ), whose dau., Margaret Smalman, m. William Holland of Burwarton, br. of Thomas Holland, “student of ye Middle Temple de Burwarton et de Medio Templo Lond. Ao. 1591” (ibid.), father of Michael Holland of Pickthorne, d. 1655, grandfather of Thomas Holland, who m. Elizabeth Kettleby, almost certainly the parents of Michael Holland of Goochland.

This is the ‘density of association’ within which existed English kinship families of the propertied class. The continuation of their association over centuries identifies them in the ‘New World’ of Virginia. Why did Phebe Winn, m. Michael Holland? The simple answer being: they continued to predominantly intermarry within their kinship group, which was the rule-book of English settlers in Virginia, for reasons I have many times stated. It is about having knowledge of the subject matter: the ‘Englishness’ of English settlers.

WHEELER AND REYNOLDS

The earliest records of this family of Wheeler are of Ludlow. A branch of the family settled 10 miles away in Stottesden (and were neighbours of Richard Cocke of Bremo, Virginia), and, 3-4 miles from Sottesden, in Kinlet/Neen Savage.

1. Edward Wheeler, bur. June 12, 1589, in Ludlow.

1.1. Jane Wheeler, m. John Holland, Nov. 23, 1590, probably the brother of Roger Holland, (b. ca. 1570), who m. Eleanor Lewis, Jan. 13, 1598, in Ludlow, the parents of (1) Margaret Holland, bapt. Sept. 29, 1603, who m. John Harris, the parents of Mary (Harris) Ligon and Major William Harris. (2) William Holland, who m. Clementia Reynolds, Nov. 20, 1635, in Ludlow:

Likewise, the earliest records of this family of Reynolds are of Ludlow, and they followed the same migratory path as the Wheelers.

1. George Reynolds, of Ludlow

1.1. George Reynolds, m. Margaret Barker, Oct. 26, 1608.

1.1.1. George Reynolds, bapt. March 8, 1617/8 Neen Savage.

1.1.1.1. Thomas Reynolds, m. Joyce James, April 29, 1665, Neen Savage

1.1.2. Clementia Reynolds, m. William Holland, Nov. 20, 1635, in Ludlow.

1.2. Catherine Reynolds, bapt., Feb. 24, 1593/4, in Neen Savage, m. (1) Jeremiah Oakley:

1.2.1. Jeremiah Oakley.

1.2. Catherine Reynolds, m (2) John Jones, on Jan. 20, 1620/1, in Neen Savage.

1.2.1. Thomas Jones, of Stottesdon, butcher.

Walter Kettleby, gent, Jr. of Ribley, in Stottesdon, leased (in 1671) a close in Stottesdon called Perry Yard to John Baker, Sr., of Stottesdon, tailor, adjoining land leased to Catherine Reynolds and her son, Jeremiah Oakley, their sub-tenant being Benjamin Wheeler. (S.R.O., 1681/176/1).

1.3. Margaret Reynolds, m. Francis James, June 26, 1617, in Neen Savage.

1.4. Alice Reynolds, m. Richard Norgrove, on Nov. 14, 1614; great-nephew of Alice Cocke, the great- great-grandmother of Thomas Holland, m. Elizabeth Kettleby.

COCKE

1. Thomas Cocke, of Pickthorne (in Stottesdon).

1.1. Joan Cocke, m. Richard Norgrove, of Overwoode (bur. July 16, 1592), on Nov. 2, 1567, in Stottesdon.

1.1.1. John Norgrove, b. ca. 1568.

1.1.1.1. Richard Norgrove, b. ca. 1590.

1.1.1.2. Francis Norgrove, bapt. Nov. 5, 1598.

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, Virginia.

1.2.1. Michael Holland, of Pickthorne.

1.2.1. John Holland.

1.2.1.1. Thomas Holland (descendant of Thomas Cocke, of Pickthorne), m. Elizabeth Kettleby.

HOLLAND, OF BRIDGNORTH

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), Dorothy Barker, bapt. at Hopton Castle, July 27, 1555. Francis Holland, of Burwarton, in his will of 1621, mentions “my cousin Thomas Holland of Bridgnorth”.* 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, grandfather of Thomas Holland, bapt. May 15, 1648, bur. Dec. 29, 1694, in Nene Savage, who m. Elizabeth Kettleby, in 1678, almost certainly the parents of Michael Holland of Goochland.

1.2. John Holland, b. ca. 1490. In 1561, administration of the goods of John Holland, of St. Leonard’s, Bridgnorth, was granted at Lichfield to his son Roland Holland, and to his grandson, another Roland. 1.2.1. Roland Holland, b. ca. 1515. 1.2.1.1. Roland Holland, b. ca. 1540. 1.2.1.1.1. John Holland, b. ca. 1565, m. Jane Steward. 1.2.1.1.1. *Thomas Holland, of Bridgnorth, b. ca. 1590, d. 1649. 1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Holland, b. ca. 1615, d. bef. June 17, 1669, m. Elizabeth, b. ca. 1630, who m. (2) William Bradley. 1.2.1.1.1.1. Eleanor (Holland) Hill.

Assignment of lease and 2 counterparts. 1. Ann and Ursula Corbett, daus. of Thos. Corbett of Longnor esq. 2. Edward. Acton of Aldenham esq. Michael Stephens of Asscott gent. 3. Thos. Whitmore of Ludston, esq. A marriage has been arranged between Anne Corbett and 3. Now 1 in consideration of the marriage assign to 2 the remainder of the terms of 99 years and 100 years in the manors etc. leased above, in trust to raise sums of money disbursed or to be disbursed in suits concerning the

properties and to pay £1300 to Ursula Corbett for her share and interest in the properties. April 1, 1639. (Shrop. Arch., 20/14/18-20).

HILL, PURSLOWE, AND HOLLAND, OF PICKTHORNE

1. Humphrey Hill, of Buntingdale (fl. 1422), m. Agnes, dau. of John Bird, of Charleton, cousin of David de Malpas.

1.1. William Hill, m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Coverall, alias Barker, and sister of John Barker, who m. Joyce, dau. of Sir Edward Burton of Longnor.

1.2. Thomas Hill of Malpas, m. Margaret, dau of Thomas Wilbraham, of Woodhey.

1.2.1. Jane Hill, m. John Gratewood.

1.2.1. William Gratewood, m. Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Newport, sister of Constance Newport, who m. John Purslowe Esq., of Sidbury (bur. 1593-4), who m. (2) (1576-7), Dorothy, dau. of Sir George Blount of Kinlet, and Constance Talbot, sister of Margaret Talbot, who m. (1) Sir Richard Ligon, of Arle, Madresfield.

(1. William Ligon, Esq., Sheriff of Worcestershire, m. Eleanor Dennis.

1.1. Sir Richard Ligon.

1.2. Thomas ligon, m. Frances Dennys (cousin).

1.2.1. Thomas Ligon, m. (Oct. 10, 1602), Elizabeth Pratt.

1.2.1.1. Col. Thomas Ligon, m. Mary Harris, born in 1625 in Ludlow, 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.

1. John Purslowe Esq., m. 2) Dorothy Blount.

1.1. Katherine Purslowe, m. Richard Hill, of Bickley, son of William Hill of Bickley.

1.1.1. Dorothy Hill, m. John Holland, of Pickthorne, son of Michael Holland, of Pickthorne, son of Thomas Holland, of Burwarton, and Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke, of Bremo, Virginia, whose son, Thomas Cocke was named as a “friend” in the Will of Major William Harris. Thomas Cocke’s son *James Cocke, held land adjacent to *Edmund Erby.

1.1.1.1. Thomas Holland, bapt. May 15, 1648, m. (April 9, 1678), Elizabeth Kettleby.

1.1.1.1.1. Michael Holland, of Goochland.

1.1.1.1.1.1. Michael Holland, m. Phebe Winn, and was br.-in-law of John Irby.

KETTLEBY

1. John Kettleby of Kettleby (from whence the Tyrwhitts), in Lincolnshire, m. Margaret, dau. of Richard Prowde, of Shropshire, and Margaret, dau of John Towers of Henning, and Margaret, dau. of Richard Russell. Towers and Kettleby: Harl. MSS. 1041, fo. 6/7. Arms: Quarterly – 1, Argent, two chevrons sable, a label of three points gules, 2, Argent, on a chevron azure between three lions’ heads erased gules; 3, Gules, a lion rampant or between two flaunches ermine; 4, Quarterly per fésse indented or and azure; 5, Argent, a fesse and in chief three escallops sable; 6, Argent, a fesse sable and in chief three pellets, impaling, gules, two chevrons argent. Crest – A lion’s head erased gules, charged with a martlet for difference.

1.1. Richard Kettleby, of Kettleby, m. Margaret, dau. of Sir John Bodenham of Monington (d. 1375-6), and Margaret, dau. of John Ragon (Ragoun), of Walterston.

1.1.1. John Kettleby, b. ca. 1365, of Holyn (Shopshire), m. Margaret, dau. of Richard Acton,* of Acton Scott. .

The Actons of Acton Scott descended from Reynold le Scot, who held a moiety of the manor in 1255. His descendant, the said Richard Acton, m. Eleanor, dau. of Hamon Winnesbury and Alice, dau. of Richard de Albach, Arms: Harl. 1241 – Quarterly of six: 1, Quarterly per fesse indented argent and gules, in the first quarter a martlet sable; 2, Ör, a fesse gules within a bordure sable (Henalt); 3, Azure, three chevrons or. 4, Quarterly per fesse indented ermine and gules, a label of five points (FitzWarine). 5, Azure, on a bend cottised or three lions passant gules (Winsbury). 6, Per pale argent and gules, a lion rampant counterchanged (Roberts). *Richard Acton’s great-grandson, Richard Acton,* m. Cicily, dau. of Richard Mytton, of Shrewsbury.

During the 15th century the moiety of Acton Scott passed to the Wynnesbury family. In 1473, Hamlet Wynnesbury died seised of lands in Acton Scott. He was succeeded by his son William, d. 1502, whose dau., Alice, m. Richard Littleton, who died seised of a moiety of the manor in 1529. (S.R.O. 1842/1). His son, Sir Edward Littleton, d. in 1558. His son, Sir Edward, d. in 1574, His son, Edward, sold that share of the manor to Richard Acton, great-grandson of Richard Acton and Eleanor Wynnesbury.

LE SCOT AND KETTLEBY

1. Reynold le Scot, b. ca. 1180; alive in 1259,

1.1. Walter le Scot, b. ca. 1210, held his father’s share in Acton Scott in 1263.

1.1.1. Reynold le Scot, b. ca. 1240, d. 1305

1.1.1.1. Walter le Scot, b ca. 1270, fl. 1328.

1.1.1.1.1. John le Scot, b. ca. 1295, alias Acton.

1.1.1.1.1.1. Roger Acton, b. ca. 1320, held ½ knight’s fee in Acton Scott in 1397.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Walter Acton, b. ca. 1345.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Edmund Acton, b. ca. 1370.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Acton, b. ca. 1395, succeeded to his father’s lands in 1428.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Acton, b. ca. 1420.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard Acton, b. ca. 1445, d. 1488), m. Eleanor (dau. of Hamon/Hamlet Wynnesbury) and aunt of Alice Wynnesbury, who m. Richard Littleton.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Acton, b. ca. 1480, minor in 1497. (S.R.O. 3365/164; L. & P. Hen. VIII, i, p. 438).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Richard Acton.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Margaret Acton, m. John Kettleby.

KETTLEBY cont.

1.1.1.1. John Kettleby (descendant of Reynold le Scot), m. Margaret, dau. of Richard Cely.

1.1.1.1.1. Richard Kettleby, b. ca. 1635, m. Elizabeth, b. ca. 1440, d.v.p., dau. of William St. George.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard Ketleby, b. ca. 1465.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.. Thomas Kettleby, b. ca. 1495, of Stepple (inquis. betw. Nov. 17, 1563 – Nov. 15, 1574, E 150/877/2); m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Romney, of Lulsley, Worcestershire.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Kettleby, m. Robert Detton, of Detton, in Neen Savage, brother of Alice Detton, who m. William Holland, having issue: (1) Francis Holland, of Burwarton, b. ca. 1550, m. (1) (Feb. 20, 1582), (Dorothy Barker, bapt. at Hopton Castle, July 27, 1555). (2) Thomas Holland, who m. Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne’, parents of Michael Holland of Pickthorne, who m. his kinswoman, Jane, ‘fil. Adam Detton de Detton’. They had issue: John Holland, who m. Dorothy, dau. of Richard Hill, of Bickley, and Katherine (b. ca. 1582), dau. of John Purslowe, of Sidbury, 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. The said John Holland was the father of Thomas Holland, who m. Elizabeth Kettleby.

LIGON

1. William Ligon, Esq., Sheriff of Worcestershire, m. Eleanor Dennis,

1.1. Sir Richard Ligon.

1.2. Thomas Ligon, m. Frances Dennys (cousin).

1.2.1. Thomas Ligon, m. (Oct. 10, 1602), Elizabeth Pratt.

1.2.1.1. 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.

KETTLEBY cont.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Richard Kettleby, b. ca. 1530 (inquis. betw. Nov. 17, 1598 – Nov. 15, 1599, C 142/258/25); m. Catherine, dau. of William Gattacre, and sister of Dorothy Gattacre, who m. James Barker, Esq. He is given in Gattacre genealogies as a son of John, of Gloucestershire. Walter Kettleby’s tenant, John Baker, Sr., supra, was probably of this family.

(Her, Vis. 1623. Gattacre: Quarterly gu. and erm., on the second and third, three piles of the first, on a fess az., five bezants. Confirmed (with 2 quarterings) to William Gattacre, of Gattacre, 6th in descent from John Gattacre, of Gattacre, temp. Hen. IV. This John Gattacre was 6th in descent from Stephen de Gattacre, Lord of Gattacre, temp. Hen. II. (Shropshire Arms and Lineages, p. 27, 1869).

(Mr. Eyton (Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 3, p. 92, 1856), adds a cautionary note,

pertinent to many genealogical construction: “Besides the Lords of Gatacre there were several families bearing the name, either as Cadets of the principal branch, or from some other connection with the place”.

GATEACRE

1. Robert Gattacre, esq., of Gatacre, d. 1509, m. Jane, dau. of John Horde, of Bridgenorth, and Mary, dau. of William Bulkeley, Constable of Beaumaris, and Elen verch Gwilym. John Horde and Mary Bulkeley also had issue: Joyce Horde, who m. Sir Edward Grey, of Envile, having issue: Agnes, who m. Richard Mytton, son of William Mytton, Esq.* and Cicily, dau. Sir Henry Delves, Kt. and Helena Peshall.

1.1. William Gattacre, m. Eleanor, dau. of *William Mytton, Esq., of Shrewsbury. William Gattacre, d, Dec. 20, 1577, and was bur. at Claverley).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. George Kettleby, of Stepple, b. ca. 1565, m. Elizabeth (dau. of Thomas Coningsby, of Hampton Court, Herefordshire; b. 1551, d. on May 30, 1625 aged 74), and sister of Katharine Coningsby, who m. Francis Smalman,* of Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire. Thomas Coningsby was the heir of Humphrey Coningsby (a gentleman-treasurer to Queen Elizabeth), and Anne, dau. of Sir Thomas Inglefield, judge of the common pleas. (Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900). *Son of Francis Smalman and Elizabeth Hopton,

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Thomas Kettleby, of Steple and Bitterley, m. (at Ludlow, 1613) Anne, dau. of Sir Edward Littleton of Henley.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Walter Kettleby (br.-in-law of Francis Smalman), bapt. at Neen Savage in 1604, who possessed an estate in Stottesden. His Will (pr. at Hereford 1671) mentions his wife Martha and children Walter, Elizabeth, and Dorothy; but another son was baptized at St. Leonard’s, Bridgnorth. 1642.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1. Walter Kettleby, gentleman, b. ca. 1630, son and heir in father’s Will of 1671. It would seem a reasonable proposition that he was Thomas Holland’s father-in-law.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Kettleby, b. ca. 1655-1660, m Thomas Holland, grandson of Michael Holland, of Pickthorne.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.2. Walter Kettleby, 1656-1717, bookseller, lived at the Bishop’s Head, son of Walter Kettleby, of Ribley, Salop, Gentleman. (The records of theWorshipful company of stationers).

SMALMAN

1. Edward Smalman, m. … Hopton

1.1. Jacosa Smalman, m. Thomas Adams.

1.2. Francis Smalman, m. Elizabeth Hopton.

1.2.1. Francis Smalman, of Kinnersley Castle, m. Katharine Coningsby, sister of Elizabeth, wife of George Kettleby.

1.3. Thomas Smalman, of Wildertop in Com. Salop Esq., who was reader of ye inner Temple and one of ye Justices of ye Council of ye Marches of Wales.

1.3.1. Anna Smalman, m. Richard Harris, d. 1631, son of John Harris (of Cruckton) and Eleanor, dau. Thomas Prowde, of Sutton.

1.3.1.1. Mary (Harris) Dormer.*

1.4. Margaret Smalman, m. William Holland, of Burwarton, son of Thomas Holland “student of ye Middle Temple de Burwarton et de Medio Templo Lond”, who “had good advancemt with his wife”, Alice, dau. of Thos. Cocke of Pickthorne in Com. Salop, a man of worth and credit”. As given, the said Thomas Holland was alsothe father of Michael Holland, of Pickthorne, grandfather of Thomas Holland (descendant of Thomas Cocke, of Pickthorne), who m. Elizabeth Kettleby

HARRIS

1. John Harris, m. Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and Anne, dau. of Roger Baker of Shrewsbury.

1.1. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Jenyns, dau. of Thomas Jenyns, of Wallyburne, Salop.

1.1.1. John Harris (of Cruckton). m. Eleanor, dau. Thomas Prowde of Sutton. “The family was ancient in this neighbourhood, and has been already noticed as having been tenants of a good part of Sutton under the abbots of Shrewsbury”. (Hugh Owen, A History of Shrewsbury, vol. 1, p. 408, 1825).

1.1.1.1. Richard Harris, obit. 1631, m. Anna Smalman, obit. 1650, dau. of Thomas Smalman of Wilderhope.

1.1.1.1.1. *Mary Harris, Lady Dormer, m. (in 1673, as second wife), Fleetwood

Dormer, b. May 21, 1616, 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) Henry Isham (obit. 1678), (2) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (3) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris, as was Thomas Cocke, son of Richard Cocke of Bremo. Fleetwood Dormer’s first wife was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake married Mary Harris.

1.1.1.2. Rowland Harris, of Ludlow, ob. 1605, m. Jane Langford, dau. of Thomas Langford, gent. Jane Langford m. (2) Edward Lewis, of Sutton Magna, whose son by his first wife, Thomas Lewis, aged 23 in 1623, step-brother of John Harris, b. 1604, may be recorded here: Hannah Boyse, dau. and heir of Luke Boyse, late of Henrico, decd., patented in Nov., 1635, 300 ac, in Henrico adj. land of her mother Alice Edlowe; due 50 acres for her personal adventure and 50 ac. for the personal adventure of her father, and 200 ac. for transportation of servants, viz.: ‘Thomas Lewis, Robert Hollum, Joseph Royall, Edward Holland, and Oliver Allen’ (Virginia Magazine, v., p. 97).

1.1.1.2.1, Thomas Harris, bapt. Sept. 4, 1603, removed to Virginia, ca. 1650, having land on Curles Swamp.

1.1.1.2.2. John Harris, bapt. March 5, m. (1) Margaret Holland. Thomas and John were cousins of Mary Harris, born ca, 1615, whose second husband’s first wife was a kinswoman of Thomas Ligon, husband of Mary Harris*.

1.1.1.2.2.1. Major William Harris, bapt. Jan. 13, 1627. On June 22, 1663, Major William Harris acquired 450 ac. in Henrico County, on the north side of the James River, to a 4 mile creek, called by name “the Slashes”, adj. the Malverne Hills plantation of Richard Cocke, p. 304.

1.1.1.2.2.2. Mary (Harris) Ligon. bapt. April 3, 1625, S.L. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64.

1.1.1.3. “Alice Harries”, of Cruckton, dau. of John Harries, esq of Cruckton, m. Edward Sherer (Hugh Owen. A History of Shrewsbury, vol 1, p. 355). The Sherers were a very substantial family.

1.1.1.3.1. Thomas Sherer, merchant (builder of Sherer’s Mansion in Wyle Cop), ca. 1530 -1598, m. (1) ca. 1560, Elizabeth, dau. of William Adams, of Longdon, and Eleonor Jennyns, dau. of Rowland Jennyns* (son of Thomas Jennyns, above) and Elizabeth Bromley (sister of George Bromley, of Worfield, and a dau of Sir Thomas Lacon, of Witney). William Adams was the son of Thomas Adams and Elizabeth Higgins, dau. of “William Higgins of Longdon” (Treswell, 1623 “Visitation”, pp. 12/13).

KETTLEBY AND SAINT-GEORGE

1. William de Saint-George, of Hatley St. George, Cambridgeshire. The ancestral streams that ran into the Saint-George bloodline were of the highest rank, with many springing from the Norman elite. The briefest synopsis follows:

1.1. Baldwin St. George, m. Elizabeth (dau. of Sir John Argentine and Margaret), dau. Sir Robert d’Arcy and Joan (dau. of Thomas FitzEustace). Sir John Argentine was the son of Sir John de Argentine and Agnes (dau. of Sir William Bereford and Margaret (dau. of Sir Hugh du Plessis, Baron of Arundel, and Isabel (dau. of Lord John Bisset).

1.1.1. Baldwin St. George, m. Joan, dau. of Sir John d’Engaine and Margaret (dau. of William de la Haye).

1.1.1.1. John St. George (bapt. Sept. 8, 1362, d. bef. 1426), Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, in 1409. He m. Maude, dau. of Sir William de Coggeshall, of Bocking, Essex, and Antiochia, dau. of Sir John Hawkwood and his first (English) wife. In the Calendar of Knights’ fees of Edmund, Earl of March, in 1414, John de St. George is said to hold under him a knight’s fee in Neen Savage and Eudon George, the value of which was extended at the sum of 100s. The family of de St. George held the manor until Elizabeth, dau. and heir of William de St. George, m. Richard Kettleby, and the estate devolved to that family.

1,1,1.1.1. Sir William St. George, b. ca. 1400, d. 1472/3, m. (2/3), Eleonor (dau. of Sir Richard Arundell, of Wychampton, Dorset; d. June 3, 1419, and m. Alicia, relict of Roger Burley).

1,1,1.1.1.1. Elizabeth de St. George, m. Richard Kettleby.

WHEELER cont..

1. James Wheeler.

1.1. John Wheeler, m. Joyce Winwood. 1. Thomas Winwood of Little Meaton in the parish of Kinlett yeoman and Brigett his wife. 2. John Wheeler of the same yeoman and Joyce his wife one of the two daughters of Thomas Winwood and his coheirs. 3. Richard Castell of Stanford co Worcs. yeoman, and Richard Wheeler of Stotesdon yeoman. Consideration: the marriage of John Wheeler and Joyce and £200 paid by the said John Wheeler and by James Wheeler his father to Thomas Winwood, part before the marriage and the rest since; affection of Thomas Winwood for Joyce and for Thomas Wheeler his grandchild, son and heir of John

Wheeler, provision of a competent jointure for Brigett if she survive her husband and for John and Joyce for their natural lives, settlement of the property on their heirs. April 24, 1637. (SRO 1045/2).

(Bargain and sale, lease for 99 years. Land in Greatyathill, Littleyathill, Claverley. Parties: Henry Best, John Welles, Rowland Lacon, Sir Francis Lacon (of Kinlet), Thomas Winwood. Bef. 1639. (S.R.O., 3320/18B/1-2.).

LACON AND NEWPORT

1. Sir Francis Lacon.

1.1. Rowland Lacon

1.1.1. Beatrix Lacon, m. Sir Francis Newport, of High Ercall (d 1623).

1.2. Jane Lacon, m. Richard Farmer, of Somerton.

1. Thomas Newport, of High Ercall, Sheriff of Shropshire, m. Ann, dau. of Sir Robert Corbet, of Moreton Corbet.

1.1. Sir Richard Newport, of High Ercall, Sheriff of Shropshire (d. 1570), m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Bromley, chief justice.

1.1.1. Sir Francis Newport, of High Ercall.

1.1.2. Constance Newport, m. John Purslowe.

1.2. Ursula Newport, m. Thomas Adams, of Longdon.

Dunn v James. Plaintiffs: Thomas Dunn and Thomas Dunn. Defendants: Robert James and Richard James, Thomas Winwood, Francis Farmer, Richard Purslowe and Edward Purslowe. Subject: property in Wrickton, Shropshire. 1635. (C 8/68/5).

PURSLOWE

1. John Purslowe Esq.,* of Sidbury (bur. 1593-4), m. (1) (1566), Constance, dau. of Richard Newport; m. (2) (1576-7), Dorothy, dau. of Sir George Blount of Kinlet, and Constance Talbot, sister of Margaret Talbot, who m. (1) Sir Richard Ligon, of Arle, Madresfield, as given.

1.1. Rowland Purslowe** (bapt. 1581, d. 1650), m. Anne (bapt. 1588), dau.

of George Winwood, of Hanley Child, niece of Thomas Winwood, supra.

1.1.1. Rowland Purslowe, d. 1655, m. Sarah, perhaps dau. William Hill of Bickley.

1.2. Katherine Purslowe, m. Richard Hill, of Bickley (son of William Hill of Bickley).

1.2.1. Dorothy Hill, m. John Holland, of Pickthorne, son of Michael Holland,* of Pickthorne.

1.2.1.1. Thomas Holland, bapt. May 15, 1648, m. (April 9, 1678), Elizabeth Kettleby.

WINWOOD

1. …

1.1. George Winwood. Winwood, George, of Little Meaton, p . Kinlet , co . Salop . Will (165 Bowyer) pr. Oct. 8 1635, by John Wheeler; (bro. Thos.* also exor).

1.1.1. Anna Winwood: Nov. 10. 1588 Anna, d. of George Wynwoode of H.C. bap.’, m. Rowland Purslowe; they the great-grandparents of Thomas Holland, bapt. May 15, 1648, who m. (April 9, 1678), Elizabeth Kettleby.

1.1.2. John Winwood: ‘1591 Apr. II. John, s. of George Winwoode bapt.’.

1.2. *Thomas Winwood, b. ca. 1585.

1.2.1. Joyce Winwood, m. John Wheeler.

1.2.1.1. Thomas Wheeler.*

1.2.1.1.1. James Wheeler, as follows. Lacon v Wheeler. Plaintiffs: Francis Lacon. Defendants: James Wheeler. Subject: property in Neen Savage, Shropshire. 1684. (C 8/393/22).

1.2.1.2. Benjamin Wheeler, tenant of Walter Kettleby Sr. and Jr.

1.1.1. *Thomas Wheeler, m. Margaret … Covenant before the end of Trinity term next at the equal expense of Thomas Winwood and John Wheeler to levy a fine to Castell and Wheeler on a messuage and land in Little Meaton in the parish of Kinlett and all Thomas Winwood’s freehold property in Little Meaton and Kinlett, one moiety to use of Winwood and his wife and assigns for their lives and the survivor’s and after to use of John Wheeler for life, then half the moiety to Joyce for life, Thomas their son and heirs of his body, in default to use of heirs of the body of Joyce, in default of issue,

to use of the right heirs of Thomas Winwood; the other ½ moiety to use of Thomas Wheeler immediately after his father’s death and heirs (as before); the second moiety to use of John Wheeler for life, half to use of Joyce for life and after to use of Thomas Wheeler and heirs (as before); the other half to use of Thomas Wheeler immediately after his father’s death and heirs (as before). Covenant for further assurance within 7 years, provided they are not compelled to travel above 12 miles from their then dwelling place. Signature of John Wheeler, marks of other parties. Witnesses:- William Corfield, James Wheeler, James Hill, William Bennett. April 24, 1637. (S.R.O., 1045/2).

(1. John Wheeler of Litle Meaton in the parish of Kinlett gentleman and Joyce his wife. 2. Thomas Wheeler son and heir of John Wheeler, and Margaret his wife. 3. Henry Foxe of the Lea in the parish of Cleobury Mortimer gentleman and John Hamond of Kinlett gentleman. Consideration: a marriage lately had between Thomas and Margarett, settling the property in the name and blood of Thomas Wheeler as long as it shall please Almighty God to continue the same, and providing a competent jointure for Joyce and Margarett; £200. Feoffment in a messuage in Litle Meaton in the parish of Kinlett (John Wheeler) in trust, one moiety to use of John Wheeler and Joyce his wife for their lives and the life of the survivor, after to use of Thomas Wheeler and Margarett his wife and heirs of their bodies, in default to use of right heirs of Thomas. John Wheeler covenants that the property is not encumbered by former settlements. Signatures of John and Thomas Wheeler, mark of Joyce. Wit. James Hill. Sept. 18, 1660. (S.R.O., 1045/3).

1.1.1.1. William Wheeler, bapt. June 20, 1659. 1. Francis Southall of the Heath in the parish of Lindridg co Worcs yeoman and Mary his wife. 2. William Wheeler son of Thomas Wheeler of the Knowle in the parish of Stottesdon yeoman. Consideration: £235. Feoffment in a messuage in Bardsly in the parish of Stottesdon als Stoterton called the Mercers (Thomas Southall) and land called the Paddock, the nether leasow, the white leasow, the long slinge, the well leasow, the slinge meadow, the Bylett, the Furlonge, the barne yard, the great meadow, the close, the Cowclose and the broomy leasow, all in Bardsly, with land of Sir Lacon William Childe (SE), Robert Bradly clerke (W and N), Widow Baylies (E). Rent to the chief lord 3s 4d, and 5s herriot, with power to distrain for them. Warranty. Covenant for further assurance, the parties not to be compelled to travel above 10 miles from their dwelling house. Signature of Francis Sowthall, mark of Mary Southall. Witnesses:- Richard Awnsham, Edward Wheeler, Richard Wheeler, Thomas Russell. March 25, 1705. (SRO, 1045/313).

1.1.1.2. John Wheeler, bapt. Feb. 25, 1661/2, m. Joyce James, Sept. 21, 1680.

1.1.1.3. Henry Wheeler, bapt. Oct. 28, 1664. 1. Henry Wheeler, of Kinlett, yeoman and Thomas Wheeler of Neene Savage yeoman. 3. Anne Dallowe of Kinlett spinster. Consideration: a marriage to be had between Henry and Anne her portion in money

and real estate to the value of £450, and his kind love, favour and affection towards her and providing a competent jointure. Release of a messuage in Little Meaton (Henry Wheeler) and closes called the Barne close, the hempe butt, the great meadowe, hazle style, the underhills, Gorst acre, Quob hill, the Nether Eves, the Birchy ridding, the Over ridding, holly leasowe, the little overfeild and the great overfeild, all in Little Meaton, to use of Henry Wheeler until the marriage, after to use of Henry for life, after to use of Anne for life as dower, after to use of heirs of their bodies or the right heirs of Henry. Signatures of Henry Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler. Witnesses:- Thomas Barker, Henry Toye. March 26, 1697. (SRO, 1045/4).

1. Henry Wheeler of Meaton yeoman and Anne his wife, and Joseph Pardoe of Bewdley tanner. 2. Jabez Raynolds of Bewdley shoemaker. Recital of mortgage of March 24, 1706/7 Consideration: £160 to Pardoe and £20 to the Wheelers. Assignment of mortgage. Signatures of Henry Wheeler, Ann Wheeler, Joseph Pardoe. Witnesses:- John Soley, Christopher Slade. 2Sept. 29, 1710. (S.R.O., 1045/8-9).

1. John Reynolds of Bewdley malster, son and heir and executor of the will of Jabez Reynolds late of Bewdley shoemaker deceased, Henry Wheeler the elder of Meaton yeoman and Anne his wife and John Wheeler of Meaton yeoman, son and heir of Henry. 2. Thomas Cheese of the Heath in the parish of Stotesdon yeoman. Consideration £240. Lease and release of a messuage in Little Meaton (Henry Wheeler) and covenant to levy a fine to use of Cheese, with mortgage proviso. Signatures of John Raynolds, Henry Wheeler, Ann Wheeler, John Wheeler. Witnesses:- George Aston, Lacon Lambe. Nov. 23, 1723. (SRO 1045/11-12 SRO 1045/11).

1. William Edwards of Cleobury Mortimer clerk, Henry Wheeler of Little Meaton yeoman, Ann his wife and John Wheeler their son and heir. 2. John Crump of the Hall Orchard, Stottesdon, gentleman. Consideration: £660. Lease and release of a messuage in Kinlett (Henry Wheeler) and land. Warranty and covenant as to non-encumbrance. Covenant for further assurance to enure to use of John Crump his heirs and assigns. Signatures of William Edwards, Henry Wheeler, John Wheeler, Ann Wheeler. Witnesses:- Thomas Wheeler, Edward Cropper, William Bradley. June 23, 1731. (SRO 1045/139)

1.1.1.4. James Wheeler, bapt. May 12, 1667, in Neen Savage. Lacon v Wheeler. Plaintiffs: Francis Lacon. Defendants: James Wheeler. Subject: property in Neen Savage, Shropshire. 1684. (C 8/393/22).

1.1.1.5. Thomas Wheeler Jr., bapt April 4, 1670.

1.1.2. John Wheeler, m. 1. Martha … 1. William Grenows of Bagenswood in the parish of Stodesdon also Stoterton gentleman 2. John Wheeller of Little Meaton in the parish of Kinlett yeoman Consideration: £60 paid and £100 secured to be paid

Bargain and sale of a messuage in Bardley in the parish of Stodesdon als Stoterton (Edward Wheeller), an enclosure called the Beard feild now divided into 3 parts, an inclosure called Calves Croft, an inclosure called the Upper Rayes and an inclosure called the Lower Rayes, all in Bardley, bounded by lands of Thomas Reignolds (N and W) lands of William Child Doctor of Lawes (E), lands of John Morris, Mr John Rea, Gregory Draper, and the Grove Brookes to use of John Wheeller his heirs and assigns. Livery of seizin, October 14, 1659, Witnesses:- Hen. Field, Richard Wheeler, Edward Wheeler, Francis Sowthall, Francis Hardinge. July 30, 1659. (SRO, 1045/277).

1.1.2.1. George Wheeler, bapt. Feb. 20, 1659/60.

1.1.2.1.1. John Wheeler, m. Margaret … 1. John Wheeler of Kinlett yeoman, eldest son and heir of George Wheeler the elder late of Mawley yeoman deceased and John Glover the younger of Hartlebury yeoman. 2. George Wheeler now of Mawley yeoman, another son. Consideration: a further £30. Lease and release of a messuage in Stodeston called Beard Feild (William Rawlins). Signature of John Wheeler. Witnesses:- Timothy Colebach senior and junior, Jane Colebach. March 26, 1707. (SRO, 1045/280-281).

1.1.2.1.1.1. Benjamin Wheeler, bapt. Feb. 24, 1725/26.

1.1.2.1.2. George Wheeler.

1.1.2.2. Joyce Wheeler, m. Thomas Hancox, June 5, 1683.

1.1.2.3. Katherin Wheeler, m. Thomas Faulkner, Nov. 25 1692.

(1. Thomas Falkoner, m. Susan Smalman, July 4, 1642, in Ludlow.

1.1. Edward Falkoner

1.1.1. Thomas Falkoner, bapt. Jan. 6, 1662/3, in Kinlet).

1.1.2.4. Thomas Wheeler, bapt. Sept. 17, 1669, m. Ann* …

WINN OF SHREWSBURY AND HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

1. Richard Winn, b. ca. 1540, bur. Sept. 1, 1606.

1.1. Thomas Wynn, b. ca. 1570. THomas Wyn of London merchant 29 March 1644, proved 8 January 1611. Wife Elizabeth My three children Thomas, Jane and Damoris Wynne. Brother Richard Wyme. Estate I am to have now by the death of my mother. Uncle William Spurstowe. Cousin William Spurstowe, his son. Cousins Oliver Spurstowe, Henry Spurstowe and Samuel Spurstowe. My brother and sisters being four. My cousin Richard Sherrer. James Hill. My mother Wych. Cousin Nicholas

Wynne.

1.1. Richard Winn, b. ca. 1570. William SPURSTOW citizen and mercer of London 20 September 1644, proved 4 February 1645. To be buried in the parish church of St. Stephens, where I now dwell, near the corpse of my dear wife. I was one of the executors of my brother Richard Wynn deceased. My cousin Katherine’s portion. The children of my cousin Thomas Wynne deceased. I was executor to my brother Edward Spurstow deceased. The widow, her son, her daughter Ellinor and Anne, Katherine and Mary underage. For poor scholars in Katherine Tall Cambridge. The poor of St. Chad’s parish Shrewsbury. Son William. Cousin Priscilla Wyny. Cousin William Spurstowe. Ellinor, Anne, Katherine and Mary Spurstowe. The three children of my cousin Thomas Wynn deceased. My cousin Bifield. My sister Olive Parkhurst. Sister Parkhurst late of Oxford. Cousin Henry Parkhurst. James Hill. Rowland Hill. Others named. Cousin Nathaniel. Cousin Damaris Andrewes. Son Henry. Son Samuel. Daughter Olive Spurstowe. Cousin Richard Sherer. (Mr. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England, vol. 2).

From my blog post, Thomas Owen of Henrico:

SHERER. 1. Thomas Sherer, m. (1) , Elizabeth, dau. of William Adams, of Longdon, and Eleonor Jennyns, dau. of Rowland Jennyns. 1.1. Robert Sherrer. Gibbons v Hill. Plaintiffs: Nicholas Gibbons. Defendants: Thomas Hill, John Browne, Robert Sherer, and John Vawre. Subject: property in Frankwell (in Whittington parsh, as Fernhill). 1610. (C 8/25/68). 1.1.1. William Sherer, draper of Shrewsbury, Will probated June 8, 1627. 1.1.1. Richard Sherer (father’s executor, m. Susanna Parkhurst), cousin of Judith Higgons, wife of William Owen, the probable father of Thomas Owen (d. 1688) of Henrico.

PARKHURST. 1. Henry Parkhurst of Guildford, Surrey m. Alice, dau. of James Hills, of Guildford. 1.1. Sir Robert Parkhurst, of Pirford, Surrey, Lord Mayor of London (b. ca. 1570, d. 1636), m. Eleanor, dau. of William Babington, of Chorley, and Ellen, dau of John Aldersey, of Spurstowe, son of John Aldersley and Ann, dau. of Thomas Bird, of Clutton, Cheshire. 1.2. Damaris Parkhurst, m. *William Spurstowe, merchant of London (and parishioner of St. Chad’s parish, Shrewsbury, apprentice of Thomas Owen, probable father of the said William Owen); the brother of Alice, who m. Richard Wynne, of Shrewsbury. 1.3. Susanna Parkhurst m. (1) Richard Sherer, (2) James Lancashire, of London. The Will of Richard Sherer, merchant, of London, was proved March 1665, and mentioned his cousin, Richard Wynne.* The Will of Sir Robert Parkhurst, proved Feb. 22, 1636, bequests to: “my niece, Susan Sherer, the dau. of my sister Susan Lancashire by her first husband” … “cousin Margery Johnson “… “my aunt Aldersey” … “brother-in-law William Spurstowe” (overseer). Sir Richard Parkhurst was names as a cousin of Henry Parkhurst, citizen and grocer of London, Will proved Nov. 28, 1640, which bequested to (overseer) “cousin Richard Sherer

and his wife”. 1.3.1. Richard Sherer. Cary v Sherer. Plaintiffs: Damaris Cary. Defendants: Susannah Sherer, widow, and Richard Sherer. Subject: property in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, etc. 1674. (C 5/459/96). Heydon v Spurstow. Plaintiffs: John Heydon. Defendants: William Spurstowe and Henry Spurstowe and Richard Sherrer. Subject: personal estate of William Spurstowe, of London. 1652. (C 10/83/33). 1.3.2. William Sherer, bapt. Oct. 1, 1637, Shrewsbury, St Chad, son of “Richard and Sussana”.

1.1.1. John Winn, b. ca. 1600, m. Martha Lloyd, June 30, 1627. She was probably related to “John Lloyd of Shrewsbury gentleman”, as follows.

1.1.1.1. *Richard Winn, b. ca. 1630.

1.1.1.1.1. John Winn, b. ca. 1655.

1.1.1.1.2.1. John Winn, bapt. May 6, 1683, “s. of John Winn”.

1.1.1.1.2. Richard Winn, b. ca. 1660.

1.1.1.1.2.1. Richard Winn, d. Dec. 9, 1748 in Amelia C0., m. Phebe Wilkes (“The Widow Pledger”), dau. of Joseph Wilkes (and Elizabeth) of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. In 1733, Richard and Phebe, of St. Paul’s Parish, Hanover, deeded to John Winn* 517 ac. on Chickahominy Swamp in Hanover, that Phebe had purchased from John Hogg as Phebe Pledger. Witnessed by John Winn, *Ann Wheeler, and Mary Pledger. (Hanover Small Bk). Joseph Wilkes was the son of Thomas Wilkes, “Pewterer of Shrewsbury”, Will probated May 23, 1650, which names: son John,”youngest son Joseph”, heir if outliving his brother dying without issue, “loving wife Elizabeth Wilkes”, daus. Mary and Elizabeth Wilkes. Elizabeth “loving wife” Wilkes was the dau. of John Hopton, as follows.

1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Phebe Winn, m. Michael Holland, son of Michael Holland of Goochland.

1.1.1.1.2.1.2. *John Winn, m. Jan. 29, 1757, Susannah Irby. Will of John Winn, pr Jan, 25, 1781, Amelia County: wife Susanna, sons Richard, Charles and John Winn, dau. Jane Epes (wife of Freeman Eppes: 1. Francis Eppes II, 1.1. William Eppes 1.1.1 Francis Eppes, 1.1.1.1.Freeman Eppes).

1.1.1.1.2.1.3. Susannah Winn, m. John Irby, br. of Susannah Irby.

Vincent Howells of Newton gentleman, George Hall of Sned co. Mont. gentleman, William Dyos of Shrewsbury corvicer and Thomas Dyos his son and heir. To *John Lloyd of Shrewsbury gentleman, Jonathan Rowley of Shrewsbury gentleman and Michaell Steevens of Asecott gentleman. Consideration: L249.15.0 paid by Rachell wife of John Hopton of Shrewsbury gentleman Enfeoffment in a messuage or

messuages formerly in tenure of William Dyos and now of John Puller, in Shrewsbury in the Corne Markett, to use of John Hopton and Rachell his wife for lives, after to use of Elizabeth Wilkes daughter of Rachell and heirs, in default to use of Mary Kidderminster and Elizabeth Ayris sisters of Rachell and heirs, in default to heirs of Rachell; and covenant to levy fine. Witnesses:- H. Gosnell, Vincent Howells, George Hall, William Blakeway, Ben: Stone, Jacob Batha, Richard Prowde, Richard Fardoe. April 7, 1647. (S.R.O., 49/19). John Hopton, bapt. Feb. 20, 1599/1600, son of “Mr. Edward Hopton”.*

John Hopton m. (probably as his 2nd wife) Rachel Wilkes, on Nov. 28, 1640, probably widow Wilkes, and became the step-father of Elizabeth Wilkes, wife of (cousin) Thomas Wilkes, and mother of Joseph Wilkes, whose dau., Phebe, m. Richard Winn, aforesaid.

HOPTON

1. …

1.1. john Hopton of Cherbury, Sheriff of Shropshire (a 1575) m1. Katharine Peter (dau of William Peter or Peeter)

1.1.1. Jane Hopton, m. Richard Cresset.*

1.1. John Hopton of Cherbury, m. 2. Frances Cresset.

1.1.1. William Hopton, of Cherbury, Sheriff of Salop (fl. 1591) m. (before 1571) Dorothy, dau. of John Morgan, of Sutton.

1.1.1.1. Edward Hopton, m. Ann, dau. of Thomas Perch, of Shrewsbury, br. of John Perch, who m. Eleanor, dau. of Thomas Sherar and Elizabeth, dau. of William Adams and Eleanor, dau. of Rowland Jennyns.

1.1.1.1.1. John Hopton, m. Rachel Wilkes, on Nov. 28, 1640, in Shrewsbury, probably widow Wilkes, and became the step-father of Elizabeth Wilkes, wife of (cousin) Thomas Wilkes, and mother of Joseph Wilkes, whose dau., Phebe, m. Richard Winn,

1.2. George Hopton, of Bitterley.

1.2.1. Elizabeth Hopton, m. Francis Smalman.

1.2.1.1. Francis Smalman, br.-in-law of Walter Kettleby Sr.

CRESSET

1. Richard Cresset, m. Jane, dau. of Walter Wrottesley, and Dorothy Dudley (descended from Edward III).

1.1. Cecily Cresset , m. William Acton (1513 – 1567), son of Thomas Acton and Elizabeth Dryland. Thomas Acton was the grandson of William Acton (b. ca. 1420, father of Richard Acton, who m. Eleanor Wynnesbury, aunt of Alice Wynnesbury, who m. Richard Littleton), the br. of Margaret Acton, who m. John Kettleby, see heretofore

1.1.1. Elizabeth Acton (m. ca. 1585), Adam Detton (d. 1611), son of Robert Detton*. As given, Michael Holland, bapt. at Burwarton in 1584-5, of Pickthorne, m. (1), in 1611, Jane, dau. of Adam Detton, son of *Robert Detton (br. of Alice Holland), and Mary, dau. of Thomas Kittleby, of Neene Savage.

1.2. Robert Cresset, b. by 1524, m. Katherine Charlton. His Will was made Jan. 1, 1565, names my four aunts: Dorothy Mynde, Cicely Acton, Frances Hopton, Mary Cressett … my four sisters: Elizabeth Lutley, Cycely Leighton, Johan Witton, Thomasin Draper, who m. (2) Francis Holland.

1.2.1. John Cresset.

1.2.1.1. Richard Cresset, m. Jane Hopton.

1.2.2. Thomasin Cresset, m. (2) Francis Holland.

1.2. Cicely (Cresset) Acton.

1.3. Frances Cresset, b. ca. 1515, m. (2) John Hopton, Sheriff of Shropshire, supra.

1.3.1. Elizabeth Hopton, m. William Littleton, of Stretton.

CHARLTON

1. Robert Charlton, of Apley Castle, Sheriff of Shrop (d. 1473) m. Maria Corbet, dau. of Robert Corbet, of Morton Corbet.

1.1. Richard Charlton, m. Anne, dau. of William Mainwaring.

1.1.1. William Charlton of Apley Castle (d. 1532), m. Alice, dau. of Thomas Horde of Bridgnorth.

1.1.1.1. Richard Charlton, Bailiff of Wenlock, m. … Eyton.

1.1.1.1.1. Robert Charlton, of Terne, Shrop., m. Dorothy Brayne, of Withyford.

1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert Charlton, m. Alice, dau. of Richard Tyler, gent, Abbot’s Bailiff of Hardwick, Shrop., bur. July 20, 1609.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert Charlton, merchant of London, and of Whitton, Shrop.

1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Stephen Charlton, m. as her 3rd husband, Anne Barlow, and became the step-father of Ann West, who m. John Marvell; their dau., Elizabeth, m. Thomas Marston.

1.1.1.2 Robert Charlton, m. Anne, dau. of Pierse Stanley, of Eulowe, Flintshire.

1.1.1.2.1. Francis Charlton of Apley Castle (d. 1561), m. Cicilia, dau. of John Fitton, of Gosworth.

1.1.1.2.1.1. Andrew Charlton, of Apley (d. 1617), m. Margaret, dau. of Jacob Barker,* of Haghmond.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Andrew Charlton, of Bristol, m. Joyce, dau. of John Barker of Bristol.

BARKER. 1. John Barker, of Coulshurst, m. Joyce, dau. of Edward Burton, of Longnor. 1.1. John Barker, of Wolverton, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hill, and sister of Sir Rowland Hill, of Haghmond, Salop, Lord Mayor.1.1.1. *James (‘Jacob’) Barker, of Haghmond, m. Dorothy, dau. of Richard Clive, of Styche. 1.1.1.1. Rowland Barker, of Haghmond, Sheriff of Shrop, m. Cicely, sister of Andrew Charleton, of Apley. 1.2. William Barker of Coulshurst, m. Joane Horne. 1.2.1. William Barker, of Hopton Castle, m. (1579), Edith, dau. of John Blanchard. 1.2.1.1. John Barker, of Bristol. 1.2.1.1.1. Joyce Barker, m. Andrew Charlton, of Bristol. 1.2.2. Dorothy Barker, m. Francis Holland, of Burwarton.

1.1.2. Ann Charlton, m. (as given), m. Randall Grosvenor, of Muckleston.

1.1.2.1. Elizabeth Grosvenor, m. Thomas Bulkeley, of Wore.

1.1.2.1.1. Edward Bulkeley, D.D., burgess of Shrewsbury, m. in 1566, Olive, dau. of John Irby.

LUDSON MANOR

1. John Littleton, m. Elizabeth Talbot. Bond from William Elyets of Ludson, in the parish of Claverley, co. Salop yeoman, to John Lyttylton of Frankly co. Worc., Esq., to secure performance of covenents. 1547. (Birmingham Arch. MS 3279/351935). 1.1. Sir John Littleton, b. Oct. 28, 1519. 1.1.1. 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. 1.1.1.1. Edward (Lord Littleton, Chief

Justice of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas). 1.1.2. John Littleton (Master of the Temple). 1..1.3. Anne, m. Thomas Kettleby.

1. William Bradley, chaplain to the Rt Hon. William Earl of Craven and Rector of the rectories of Westfelton and Stockton clerk, and Elizabeth Holland of Bridgnorth widow, relict and executrix of the will of Thomas Holland late of Bridgnorth esq deceased. 2. Silvanus Boycott of Hinton gentleman, William Adams of Longdon, esq,* John Whitmore of Ludson esq., and Michael Armsted, rector of Wedington and Calcote co Warr. clerk. A marriage is arranged between William Bradley and Elizabeth Holland. Recital of lease of Sept. 3, 1666 for her benefit (S.R.O.1496/12),

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. 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. 1.1.1. Thomas Adams ((b. ca. 1520, d. 1580), m. Ursula, dau. of Thomas Newport, of High Ercall, and Anna, dau. of Robert Corbet, of Morton Corbet. 1.1.1.1. William Adams, bur. July 13, 1576, in Ludlow, m. Ann Newton, May 30,. 1567. 1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Adams, gent, of Ludlow, b. ca. 1575. 1.1.1.1.1.1. William Adams, bapt. Sept. 16, 1604. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1. 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. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. 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 – whose probable great-grandfather m. 2) Jane Langford, grandmother of Major William Harris. 1.1.1.2. Francis Adams, of Longdon. d. 1626. 1.1.1.2.1. *William Adams, of Longdon, esq.

Sir William Whitmore late of Apley knight, since deceased, Sir George Whitmore knight late citizen and alderman of the City of London, by indenture dated 1637) demised to Thomas Holland the elder late of Bridgnorth gentleman, since deceased (a) close in or near the Hookefeild of Bridgnorth from Ladyday last for a term of 99 years or lives of Thomas Holland, John Holland and Alice Holland, sons and daughter of Thomas the elder, rent £4.6.8. By indenture of 1637/8 Thomas Holland assigned this lease to Thomas Holland the younger of Grayes Inn co Midd, gentleman. Sir William Whitmore by demise dated 1632 let to Thomas Holland the father 2 acres arable within the liberties of Bridgnorth. Sir William Whitmore by demise dated 1643 let to Thomas Holland the father a capital messuage and tenement called Canne Hall

from date for 99 years or lives of Thomas Holland the younger, Elianor Hill widow daughter of Thomas Holland the elder and Alice Holland, rent 40s. This term became vested in Thomas the younger as executor of the will of Thomas the elder. All these leases are now vested in Elizabeth Holland as executrix of the will of Thomas the younger. She assigns them to the second parties on trust to permit William Bradley and his assigns to receive the rents for his life. Elizabeth is now possessed of a considerable personal estate or ready money, plate, household stuff and other goods, as in a schedule annexed. After her death, if she have children by William Bradley, the trustees shall suffer the child and children to receive the principal and interest equally divided to their own use. Counterpart signed by Sill. Boycott, William Adams, John Whitmore, Michael Armestead. June 17, 1669. (Shrop. Arch., 1496/18).

BULKELEY

1. Robert de Bulkeley (Bulclough), in Eaton, fl. 1210, his toponym taken from a ridge in the Palatine of Chester.

1.1. William de Bulkeley.

1.1.1. Robert Bulkeley, m. Jane, dau. of Sir William Butler, of Bewsey, lord of Warrington, and Dionysia de Lostock. The Butlers descended from Richard ‘Pincerna’, i.e. Butler to the Earl of Chester.

1.1.1.1. William Bulkeley, m. Maud, dau. of Sir John Davenport, and Margery de Brereton.

1.1.1.1.1. Robert Bulkeley, Sheriff of Cheshire.

1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert Bulkeley, Sheriff of Cheshire, m. Isabel, dau. of Philip Egerton, of Malpas.

1.1.1.1.1.2. Richard Bulkeley, of Cheadle, m. (in 1307) Agnes, dau. of Roger de Cheadle.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Richard Bulkeley of Cheadle, m. Alice, dau. of Sir Ralph Bostock and Isabel, dau. of William de Lawton. Sir Ralph Bostock was the br of Maria, wife of John Gateacre, parents of Rober Gateacre, who m. Joan Horde; having issue: William Gatacre, the father of Catherine, wife of Richard Kettleby, ancestor of Elizabeth Kettleby, who m Thomas Holland (grandson of Michael Holland, of Pickthorne); they, almost certainly, the parents of Michael Holland of Goochland.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.William Bulkeley, of Cheadle (d. 1484), Constable of Beaumaris

Castle, m. Ellin, dau. of Gwylim ap Griffith of Penrhyn.

Thomas Nicholas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, vol. 2, p. 38, 1872: The following pedigree of this distinguished family has been drawn from deeds and other documents in the archives of Baron Hill, expressly for the present work. It differs in many important points from pedigrees of the Bulkeley family already published, but may be relied upon as correct and authorized. The ancient family of Bulkeley were not of Welsh origin. They traced their descent from Robert de Bulkylegh, Lord of the Manor of Bulkylegh, Eaton, &c., in the co. of Chester, in the time of King John.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. William Bulkeley.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Sir Richard Bulkeley, m. Alice, dau. of Sir W. Beconsal, of Beconsal, co. of Lancaster,

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Sir Richard. Bulkeley, of Beaumaris and Cheadle, Sheriff of Anglesey (1542), m. Katherine, dau. of Sir W. Gruffydd, of Penrhyn.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Jenkin Bulkeley.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Ellen Bulkeley, m. Hugh Holland.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Hugh Gwyn Holland.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Edward Holland, of Conway (d. 1601), m. Judith, dau. of Richard Johnson Sr., of Beaumaris.

1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Judith Holland, m. Robert Owen, of Bodsilin.

1.1.1.2. Peter Bulkeley, of Wore, Shropshire, m. Nicola, dau. of … Bird, of Wore.

1.1.1.2.1. John Bulkeley, m. Audry, dau. of Sir John Audley, of Wirral.

1.1.1.2.1.1. Hugh Bulkeley, m. Ellin, dau. of Thomas Wilbraham, of Woodhey.

WILBRAHAM

1. Thomas de Wilburgham, of Radnor, m. Margaret, dau. of John Golborne, of Woodhey. 1.1. Thomas Wilbraham, of Woodhey, d. bef. 1494, m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas de Swettenham, and Alice de Overton. 1.1.1. William Wilbraham, of Woodhey, d. 1536, m. Helena, dau. of Philip Egerton, of Egerton. 1.1.1.1. Thomas Wilbraham, of Woodhey (d. 1559), m. Margaret, dau. of Sir John Mainwaring, of Peover. 1.1.1.2. Richard Wilbraham, of Woodhey (d. 1558), m. Dorothy, dau. of Richard Grosvenor, of Eaton. 1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Wilbraham, of Woodhey, d. 1610, m.

(1), Frances, dau. of Sir Hugh Cholmley. 1.2. Ralph Wilbraham. 1.2.1. Humphrey Wilbraham. 1.2.1.1. Margery Wilbraham, m. Owen Clutton, son of Ralph Clutton (and Maud, dau. of Owen Dodd, of Broxton), son of Hugh Clutton. 1.2.1.1.1. Katherine Clutton, m. Robert Johnson. 1.2.1.1.2. Margaret Clutton, m. Thomas Johnson.

BRERETON

1. Sir Randle Brereton, of Ipstones and Malpas, b. ca. 1450, Chamberlain of Chester, m. Eleanor, dau of Piers Dutton, of Hatton.1.1. Ann Brereton, m. Thomas Dymock Jr. 1.1.1. Mary Dymock, m. Jenkin Hanmer of Ffens, ap Gruffydd Fychan Hanmer ap Edward Hanmer of Ffens. 1.1.2. Randal Dymock, of Penley and Willington, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Gruffydd Hanmer of Ffens, ap Edward Hanmer of Ffens. 1.1.2.1. Humphrey Dymock. 1.1.2.2. Edward Dymock. 1.1.2.2.1. Humphrey Dymock. 1.1.2.2.1.1. Eleanor Dymock, m. (as his second wife) Thomas Sherer. 1.1.2.2.1.1.1. Ann Sherer (bapt. 1577), m. Edward Higgons. 1.1.2.2.1.1.1.1. Judith Higgins, m. William Owen, in 1628. 1.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1. Edward Owen, bapt. Feb. 5, 1629, perhaps named after Judith’s father, or William’s brother. 1.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Owen of Henrico, bapt. July 16, 1635, perhaps named after William’s father, or brother. 1.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.3. William Owen, bapt. Feb. 2, 1637.

BULKELEY cont.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Humphrey Bulkeley of Wore, m. Cicely, dau. of John Moulton.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. William Bulkeley, m. Beatrice, dau. of William Hill, of Buntingsdale, and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Coverall, alias Barker, and sister of John Barker, who m. Joyce, dau. of Sir Edward Burton of Longnor. Beatrice was the sister of Thomas Hill of Malpas, who m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Wilbraham, of Woodhey. Their dau., Jane Hill, m. John Gratewood, having issue: William Gratewood. who m. Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Newport, sister of Constance Newport, first wife of John Purslowe Esq., of Sidbury, whose dau. by his second marriage, (as follows in more detail),, Katherine Purslowe, m. Richard Hill, of Bickley, having issue: Dorothy Hill, who m. John Holland, of Pickthorne (son of Michael Holland, of Pickthorne), the father of Thomas Holland, bapt. May 15, 1648, who m. (April 9, 1678), Elizabeth Kettleby; they being almost certainly the parents of Michael Holland, of Goochland, whose son, Michael Holland, Jr., m. Phebe Winn, and was br.-in-law of John Irby.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Bulkeley, of Wore, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Randall Grosvenor, of Muckleston, and Ann, dau. of Richard Charlton and Elizabeth Mainwaring, son of Robert Charlton, of Wellington, and Mary Corbet.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Edward Bulkeley, D.D. He m. ca. 1566, Olive, dau. of John

Irby* and Rose Overton. “Edward Bulkeley of Shrewsbury, professor of theology, son of Thomas, admitted burgess” (Shrewsbury Corporation Record, Burgess Roll, 1580); and all their children were baptised in Shrewsbury. *He was the son of Anthony Irby and Alice Bountain, and brother of Edmund Irby, d. 1563, who m. Elizabeth Brightman, sans issue; and Thomas Irby, who m. Elizabeth Serjeant, parents of Anthony Irby, first cousin of Olive Irby, the wife of Rev. Edward Bulkeley. The said Anthony Irby Esq. m. (in 1575) Alice, dau. of Thomas Welbye, Esq. of Moulton, having issue: Anthony Irby (bapt. Jan. 9, 1578), whose 3rd son, Thomas, b. 1608, had issue, Thomas Irby, bapt. Aug. 24, 1648.

The question was always: why did granddaus. of Richard Winn, of Shrewsbury, m. Michael Holland and John Irby? Mutual connections in Shropshire. What genealogical enquiry of a genuine nature needs to avoid is ‘the virus of internet plagarism’ – the use of websites that repeat myths, with the usual source being an English record of someone with the same name as a proposed ancestor. There is no attempt of verification. There is no contemplation of (a) where in England the proposed ancestor came from, and (b) whether neighbours and kin in Virginia also came from the same place – kin followed kin. ‘New blood’ was infused into English kinship groups, when advantage was to be gained, but, by and large, people married those of the same ‘orchard’. The soclal context within which the propertied class of English settlers arranged marriages is exampled in the novels of Jane Austen, whose heroines battled against the barriers of making a ‘good’ marriage – to a man of higher social rank. Objections to the relatively lowly estate of parents and uncles was common, but, if overcome, a ‘good’ marriage was an instant means of social climbing, for both heroine and her family. The marriages accounted for herein were a means to this end. A ‘bad’ marriage – to a man (or woman) of lower social rank – even if a love match, was a feared means of social decline.

IRBY

1. Anthony Irby, m. Alice Bountain.

1.1. Edmund Irby.

1.2. John Irby.

1.2.1. Olive Irby, m. Edward Bulkeley D.D., burgess of Shrewsbury.

1.3. Thomas Irby.

1.3.1. Anthony Irby.

1.3.1.1. Thomas Irby, bapt. June 16, 1608, m. Susan Carre, Jan. 9, 1643, in Boston.

1.3.1.1.1. Anthony Irby, D.D., bapt. June 14, 1646.

1.3.1.1.1. Thomas Irby, bapt. Aug. 24, 1648.

1.3.1.1.1.1. Edmund Irby, b. ca. 1675. ‘399 ac. on both sides the White Oak Swamp being a branch of Monkes Neck Creek. adj. James Cocke’.* (Prince George Co., P.B. 9, p. 420, Oct. 24, 1701).

1.3.1.1.1.1.1. Charles Irby. In 1760, he held land in Amelia Co. adj. John Cocke, son of Abraham Cocke, son of Stephen Cocke, son of Thomas Cocke (br. of James Cocke). son of Thomas Cocke (“friend” of Major William Harris), Marston Green,* John Winn, part of a tract patented in 1739. *Son of Thomas Green and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Marston and Ann, dau. of Anthony West and Ann Barlow.

1.3.1.1.1.1.2. John Irby, m. Susannah Winn, as above.

1.3.1.1.1.1.3. Susanna Irby m. John Winn (br.-in-law of Michael Holland, Jr.); their dau. Jane m. a great-grandson of Francis Eppes who was killed in a skirmish with Indians along with Major William Harris.

1.3.1.1.1.2. Joshua irby, d. May 19, 1746, m. Elizabeth (Oct. 28, 1694), dau. of Thomas Ludson, of a family that took its name as a toponym, and were tenants of the Littletons and Whitmores. (Ludson/Ludston/Ludstone).

1.3.1.1.1.2.1. Anthony Irby, M.D.

MARSTON

1. John Marston, of Eyton, in Stanton Lacy, m. Mary Baugh, of Aldencourt. He was bur. in Stanton Lacy on March 2, 1565. Stanton Lacy is 3 miles north-west from Ludlow, and 22 from Shrewsbury.

1.1. Thomas Marston, of Bitterly, d. 1584, m. Margaret, dau. of William Lucy, Captain of Calais, and heiress of Charlecote, of Warwick.

1.1.1. William Marston, m. (Ludlow, 5 March 1571), Katherine, the dau. of Thomas Blashfield of Ludlow. Jane Langford, m. (I) Rowland Harris, grandparents of Major William Harris (2) Edward Lewis, of Sutton Magna, Diddlebury, who had firstly m. Anne Blashfield, dau. of Thomas Blashfield, having issue: Thomas Lewis (aged 23 in 1623), probable father of Edward Lewis whose son William, bapt. Mar. 16, 1661/62 at Diddlebury was likely he who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Woodson. By the elder Edward Lewis, Jane Langford had issue: William Lewis, who m. (Aug. 21, 1634), Anne Lutley, of Burwarton (dau. of Robert Lutley and Mary Holland).

(1. Thomas Langford, gent., b. ca. 1535, bur. April 1, 1610, in Ludlow. 1.1. Thomas Langford. 1.1.1. William Langford, m. Jane Jordan, in Stone Acton. The Jordans are well recorded in the Diddlesbury registers. William Langford was a neighbour of John Fleming (S.A., C 5/482/9), benefactor of Diddlesbury Church, who was probably he who died in New Kent Co., on April 27, 1686.Samuel Jordan of New Kent Co. (Will probated June 11, 1719) was likely to be of this Jordan family. He bequeathed to his “beloved friend (br.-in-law) John Fleming Jr. … the plantation of Thomas Langford dec’d, & the management of his estate & the bringing up of his son Thomas Langford as wholely to himself”. 1.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, of New Kent Co., who appears in this land grant: ‘Robinson, John. September 22, 1682. New Kent Co., granted 1,252 ac. on the Dragon Swamp and branches thereof. Beginning &c. belonging to the land of Thomas Langford; thence &c. over certain branches of Arracxicoe to a Corner Red Oak by the Mill Path’. He and his wife, Katherine (probably Watkins), sold land to John Watkins in Rappahannock Co. on Nov. 3. 1690. Katherine Langford appointed Mr. Robert Coleman to acknowledge sale of her dower part of land to Thomas Watkins, Nov. 10, 1690. 1. Thomas Watkins. 1.1. Thomas Watkins, b. ca. 1600. Thomas and Ann Watkins v Williams. Plaintiffs: Thomas Watkins and others. Defendants: Jane Williams widow and others. Subject: property in Ludlow. 1648. (C 6/9/188). 1.1.1. Mary Watkins,, b. ca. 1628, m. Richard Lewis, Feb. 10, 1645, in Ludlow. 1.1.2. Thomas Watkins, bapt.July 4, 1633, in Ludlow, and who is recorded as a neighbour of his cousin, William Covington, in Rappahanock, Virginia. 1.1.2.1. Katherine Watkins, m. Thomas Langford. 1.1.3. John Watkins. 1.2. Margarett Watkins, m. Thomas Covington, May 26, 1631, in Bromfield, the adjoining parish to Ludlow. 1.2.1. William Covington. 1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Langford. 1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, orphan. 1.2. Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567, m. Rowland Harris, Sept. 14, 1595. 1.2.1. John Harris, bapt. March 5, 1604. 1.2.1.1. Major William Harris, bapt. Jan. 13, 1627, Ludlow. 1.2.1.1.1. William Harris (b. ca. 1675), was 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), descended from his great-grandmother’s brother).

1.1.1.1. Thomas Marston, b. 1578, student of the Middle Temple, 1605.

1.1.1.2. Francis Marston, of Eyton, m. Joyce Shepard, of Diddlesbury. “The principal families mentioned in the Register are those of Baldwyn and Cornewall, but the following names also are marked by some such addition as ‘Mr.,’ ‘Gent.’, or ‘Esq.’:- Lutley, More, Langley, Syars, Walcot, Pulley, Stedman, Jervis, Fleming, Tumor, Jordan, Lucas, Browne, Harries, Powell, Jones, Haynes, Davies, Legass, Hammonds, Sheppard, Acton, Wilkes and Palmer”. (Mr. Lockie). In that some of these families had strong associations to the Harris and Langford families of Virginia, Francis Marston is the most likely ancestor of the following Marstons:

1.1.1.2.1. Richard Marston, b. 1623.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Marston, b. ca. 1648, m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Marvell, and Ann, dau. of Anthony West and Ann Barlowe, who m. (3) Stephen Charlton (B. 3, p. 424).

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Marston, b. ca. 1673, m. Rebecca, sister of Thomas Green, father of *Marston Green …

The continuation of association between the Marstons and their Shropshire kin continued in Virginia, as given by B.T. Shannon:

“Elizabeth Marston (d. 11 Aug. 1759) m. Thomas Green, their daus Martha Green and Lucy Green m. the brothers Rev. Charles Clay and Henry Clay, sons of Henry Clay (d. c. 1760); another brother, Rev. John Clay, m. Mary Watkins; they were the parents of Rev. John Clay (d. 1781, Hanover Co.) who m. Elizabeth Hudson, their son being the statesman Henry Clay. Elizabeth Hudson, da. of George Hudson, son of John Hudson (d 1732) of Hanover Co. and his wife Elizabeth Harris, granddau of Maj. William Harris. Another son of John Hudson and Elizabeth Harris was William Hudson of Prince Edward Co. whose da., Sarah, m. George Harris, her second cousin. George Harris’ father was William Harris of Wolf Swamp, son of George Harris, whose sister was the said Elizabeth Harris , wife to John Hudson. All of which evidences the same patterns of interbred kinship continuing in Virginia”

by m stanhope, copyright B.T. Shannon 2022, ed.