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1.1. John Cutt, Mayor of Bristol in 1565-66, by will dated Jany. 10, 1571, bequeathed to his wife Joan, ” the manor and lordship of Burnett, co. Somersett”. (Rev. T. P. Wadley’s , Abstracts of Bristol Wills, 1886, p. 209). “She I think would be the “Joan Cutt, vidua,” who contributed £25, towards the Armada expenses. John Cutt died of the plague in Bristol in 1575. In Burnett Church there is a fine monumental brass to him, on which are represented himself, his wife, and their eight sons, and four daughters. (Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset, vol. 1, p. 124, 1890). William, of Burnet, was the eldest; another, Nicholas Cutte, of St. Nicholas Street, Bristol, wine cooper, left by Bridget his wife daughter and heir, Bridget, who married at Nicholas’ Church, April 2, 1585, John Whitson, They had an only child, also named Bridget, wife of Sir George Trenchard, but she died without issue, ibid. p. 215, 1881.

1.1.1. John Cutt, noticed thus:

Bond in £6 by John Woode of Bristol, merchant, and John Cutt of Burnett, Somerset, gentleman, to William Lavington of Bristol, merchant, to be void if Wood and Cutt, their heirs, administrators, executors or assigns, pay £3 to Lavington, his heirs, administrators, executors or assigns, by 29 September 1594 at Lavington’s house in the Backe in Bristol. Signed by Wood and Cutte, and witness William, son of Bartholomew Seward. Sept. 29, 1591. (WARD 2/54A/184/8).

Attested copy deed to lead uses of fine of 1592 by Wm. Bassett of Uley, co. Glouc., Esq., to Barnaby Samburne of Timsborough, esq., John Denys of Pucklechurch, co. Glouc., esq., Wm. Veale of Acton, co. Glouc., gent., John Cutt of Burnett, gent., and Edw. Bosden of Siston, co. Glouc., gent., of the manors of Uley and Upton Cheyney, co. Glouc., and Norton Malreward, with common of pasture in forest of Kingswoode juxta Bristoll. (Somerset Heritage Centre, DD\GB/57).

Certificate of residence showing John Cutt to be liable for taxation in Gloucestershire, and not in the hundred of Brent and parish of Wrington,* Somerset, the previous area of tax liability. 1603. (E 115/111/163). *10 miles S. of Bristol.

Mr. John Cutt J.P. Bath: bur. St Michael Nov. 3, 1625.

He first m. Elizabeth … Mathew Cutt, bapt, Aug. 11, 1605, by his wife, Elizabeth. (Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, p. 257, 1887).

He m., secondly, Bridget Baker, relict of Peter Sherston, and dau. of Arthur Baker, yeoman of Aust, Gloucestershire; his Will proved Feb. 4, 1613/14, mentioning: son-in-law, John Cutt, Gent.; his daughter’s son, Baker Cutt.

John Cutt and Bridget Baker had issue:

1. Baker Cutt, b. ca. 1607, in Bristol, m. Mary Guy, on Aug. 1, 1629, at St Augustine the Less, Bristol.

He claimed the following headrights in Virginia.

Barber, James, 1653, by Peter Knight and Baker Cutt.
Fuller, John, 1653, by Peter Knight and Baker Cutt.
Ingram, Toby, 1653, by Peter Knight and Baber Cutt.
Pope, Michael, 1653, by Peter Knight and Baber Cutt.
Spurnell, Richard, 1653, by Peter Knight and Baker Cutt.
Thompson, Rice, 1653, by Peter Knight and Baker Cutt.
Westbrooke, James, 1653, by Peter Knight and Baker Cutt. Great-nephew of Dorothy Westbrooke, of Wiveliscombe, ancestress of the Harris family of that place.

MR PETER KNIGHT, of Wiveliscombe.

1. … Berde; alias Burd, Byrd, etc.
1.1. Alice Berde, m. Thomas Knight, of Milverton, May 13, 1563, in Wiveliscombe, the abode of the Bennett/Harris family.
1.1.1. William Knight, bapt. Oct. 27 1570.
1.1.2. Sara Knight, m. Nicholas Harwood, May 2, 1614; security for Thomas Joyner in a suit against William Stone in James City in 1637, p. 122. This Thomas was almost certainly the grandfather of Bridgman Joyner, the guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.3. Peter Knight Sr., merchant, 400 acs. Up. Co. of New Norf., Nov. 18, 1638 p. 543, On S.E. side of Nansamund Riv., & about 3 mi. up the E. side of a Cr., lying over against land of Richard Bennett & adj. Land of Robert Bennett (p. 85).
1.1.3.1. Peter Knight Jr., b. 1620, d. 1674. Mr. Peter Knight, 700 acs. Gloster Co., Aug. 25, 1652. Upon Easternmost side of Poropotank Cr. towards the head of same, beg. At a branch dividing this and land of Mr. Blunt &c. Trans. of 14 pers: inc. Tho. Taberer.*

1. Thomas Taberer.
1.1. Christian Taberer, m. Robert Jordan, son of Thomas (“the Quaker”) Jordan, and Margaret Brasseur, and br. of (1) Mathew Jordan, b. Jan. 1, 1676, in Chuckatuck, d. Sept. 2, 1747, who appraised the estate of John Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and Eleanor George. (2) Joshua Jordan, whose dau., Mary Jordan, m. John George, thus being the aunt of the first wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. (Robert Jordan m. (3) Dorothy, dau. of Maj. Thomas Cary, of a Bristol family).
1.1.2. Christian Jordan, m. William Scott.
1.1.2.1. John Scott, m. Joan, dau. of Thomas Tooke, and sister of Dorothy, wife of Joseph Commander.

2. George Cutt, bapt. July 9, 1609, Bath.
3. John Cutt*, bapt. Oct. 3, 1613, in Bath.
4. Richard Cutt, bapt. June 23, 1615, in Bath.
5. Edward Cutt, bapt. Dec. 1623, in Bath.
6. Robert Cutt, bapt. Sept 11, 1625, in Bath.

1. *Robert Cutt, m. “Mary Hoel, in Barbadoes, W. I. (this was his second wife). Robert Cutt settled at Kittery, and died about 1675. Robert Cutt’s widow married Capt. Francis Champernowne, a native of Devonshire, England, a kinsman of Sir Walter Ralegh. He died in 1687, without children, leaving his property, which was extensive, to the Screvens and the Cutts. Elizabeth Cutt, the sister of Mrs. Screven, married 1st, Humphry Elliot of New Hampshire, and afterwards Robert Witherick, and settled in South Carolina. It is supposed that the Elliots of South Carolina are descended from her. Francis Champernowne was a strong Church of England man. Robert Cutt was a moderate churchman”.

1.1. Bridget Cutt, m. “William Scriven of Somerton, an inland town 13 miles south of Wells, 123 miles west of London, in Somersetshire, about 50 miles from Exeter, Devonshire, England. In 1681 he settled at Kittery, on the Pascataqua River, county of York, province of Maine, and connected himself with the first Baptist church in Boston, Mass. On the 21st June, 1681, he had from them a license to preach, dated June 11, 1681. He was apprehended for preaching, and fined and imprisoned, and forbidden to preach. He would not desist, was fined £10, and after being summoned to court three times, was released under a promise to leave the colony”.

“A church was constituted at Kittery Sept. 25, 1682, William Screven pastor. Being unable to stand their ground, the greater part of the congregation, with their pastor and his family, left Kittery and settled on Cooper River, a few miles from Charleston, and called the place Somerton, from his English home in Somersetshire”.

“Obtaining a grant from the Crown, of land located where Georgetown now stands, he removed thither about 1693 and laid out the town, donating lots to each denomination and selling several others. One of the streets still bears the name of Screven”.

The first Church of Boston called him to the pastorate 17th March, 1706, but he declined. He afterwards returned to Georgetown, and died on the 10th of October, 1713, at Georgetown, having completed his 84th year. A eulogy on him says:

He was pure in morals, sound in doctrine, abundant in exertion, tender and affectionate to all, honored and revered by all who knew him, and whether in persecution or success showing out of a good conversation his works with the meekness of Wisdom.

His tomb is still to be seen, although in a dilapidated condition, in a lot on Screven Street, Georgetown”. (William G. Whilden, Esq., Rev.William Screven, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 43, pp. 356/7, 1889).

“Three brothers, John, Robert, and Richard Cutt, came to New England and settled on the Pascataqua. John Cutt was an eminent merchant at Portsmouth, in the Province of New Hampshire, and by appointment of the Crown in 1679 was the first President of the royal government instituted in that Province. He died in 1681, and was spoken of as an aged man. He is usually mentioned as the eldest of the brothers. In the town records his name does not appear until Jan. 30, 1653–4; his brother Richard’s name is recorded under date of April 5, 1652. The last named was at first engaged in the fisheries at the Isles of Shoals; but he finally settled at Portsmouth, and died there in 1676”.

“Robert was a shipmaster, and resided for some time at Barbados, where he married his second wife, Mary Hoel. Returning to New England, he settled at Kittery, in the Province of Maine. Here he carried on the business of ship-building. He died in 1674, and his will, dated June 18, 1674 was admitted to probate on the 6th of July next ensuing. His estate was. inventoried at £890; a large sum”.

“By his wife Mary, Robert Cutt had one son and four daughters; namely, Mary, Bridget, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Robert. Bridget Cutt married the Rev. William Screven, the first Baptist minister in Kittery. Having suffered persecution for his religious opinions, and being finally expelled, he removed to South Carolina, where he helped to established his religious denomination on a permanent basis. He appears to have been an able and devoted minister. His descendants are among the most respected people of South Carolina and Georgia. Elizabeth, the fourth daughter of Robert and Mary Cutt, married Humphrey Elliot, a resident on the Pascataqua. They had two sons, Robert and Champernowne. The latter, who was named heir and residuary legatee by Captain Champernowne, is supposed to have died in South Carolina”.

“Humphrey Elliot, with his wife and family, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Champernowne, accompanied or followed Mr. Screven to South Carolina, where it is supposed they continued to reside, and where they died. After the death of Humphrey Elliot his widow married Robert Witherick, also of South Carolina. Robert, son of Humphrey Elliot, married Elizabeth Screven, probably a daughter of the Rev. William Screven. The descendants of the Elliots and Screvens are numerous”.

“The Elliots of South Carolina and Georgia are for the most part descended from Joseph and Elizabeth Elliott, who removed from Barbados to South Carolina previous to 1697. It is not improbable that the Elliots of Pascataqua and the Elliots of Barbados were originally of the same stock, and nearly related by blood. Persons bearing this surname have been eminent in every succeeding generation, in Church and State, in arms and in civil life. By inter-marriage the family is connected with many of the families in South Carolina and Georgia who for more than a century have been most distinguished and influential”. (The Elliots of Kittery, ME, and South Carolina, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, p. 113, 1890).

1.1.1. Elizabeth Scriven, m. Samuel Commander:

HARVEY AND COMMANDER

1. …
1.1. John Harvey, b. ca. 1595. Towse v Phillipps. Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Towse, widow, John Newton and John Bishopp. Defendants: Sir Thomas Phillipps and Grace Phillipps his wife, Edmund Windham and Christabel Windham his wife, John Syme, John Harvey and William Pyne. Subject: property in Muchelney, Somerset. 1640 (C 8/196/191).

Mordaunt v Mordaunt. Plaintiffs: Robert Mordaunt and William Mordaunt. Defendants: Dame Katherine Mordaunt, widow, Sir Charles Mordaunt bart, Sir Augustine Sotherton kt, Robert Hopper, John Hopper, John Francis, John Harvey, Thomas Mason and Richard Rose. Subject: property in Walton, Warwickshire. 1651. (C 8/102/162). John Harvey, Chard, Somerset. 27 Nov. 1645. Begs to compound for his estate. Contributed 175 money and sent a musketeer and horse to aid Parliament at the beginning of the war. Never bore arms against Parliament. The Marquis of Hertford and Sir Ralph Hopton, after defeating the Parliament forces, came to Chard, and forced him and 3 others to make a rate for the King, threatening to imprison them and tie them head and heels together on refusal. Afterwards went to Exeter and Dartmouth, where, within this month, the Parliament’s ships have taken 7701. worth of goods, and part of a ship from him. Has taken the Covenant and Oath. (Committee for Compounding, p. 995).

1.1.1. John Harvey.

1.2. Richard Harvey. Rose v Harvey. Plaintiffs: Richard Rose. Defendants: Richard Harvey. Subject: manor of Broadmayne, Dorset. 1640-1642. (C 3/428/66). Barcroft v Opie. Plaintiffs: John Barcroft. Defendants: Nicholas Opie, Richard Harvey, Richard Harvey*, and Abraham Holditch. Subject: personal estate of John Harvey, of Chard, Somerset. 1662.
1.2.1. *Richard Harvey.
1.3. Francis Harvey. Rose v Barcroft. Plaintiffs: Richard Rose and Francis Harvey. Defendants: John Barcroft, Robert Barcroft and Thomas Colwell. Subject: manor of Broadmayne, Dorset. 1653. (C 6/119/1220.
1.4. Thomas Harvey, youngest son, b. ca. 1605, m. Mary; granted land on the Chicahominy River (James City Co.), in 1640, in lieu of claiming 18 headrights, including his son, John Harvey, Thomas Causey, Elizabeth Edwards, and Robert Flake. Robert Flake m. Katherine, dau. of Katherine Moore, sister of George Moore, who m. Jane, dau. of Charles Barcroft, br. of John and Robert Barcroft.
1.4.1. Governor John Harvey, b. ca. 1630, m. Dorothy Tooke, b. ca. 1635, Will proved Jan. 20, 1682, naming brother, Thomas, and his children.
1.4.1.1. Governor Thomas Harvey.
1.4.1.2. Ellen Harvey, b. ca. 1655, m. Thomas Commander.
1.4.1.2.1. Samuel Commander, b. ca. 1677, d. Sept. 17, 1733, in Black River, Prince George Parish, NC. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Screven/Scriven, of Somerton, Somerset, who signed the Somerset Baptist Confession, of 1656; a document clarifying Baptist beliefs, so as to guard against congregants conversion to Quakerism. The Will of Samuel Commander was proved on May 15, 1735/6, witnessed by Joseph Roper, Thomas Potts, and William Gardner.
1.3.1.2.2. Sarah Commander, m. George Byrd, son of William Byrd and Jean Bell.
1.4.1.2.3. Joseph Commander, m. Dorothy Tooke*.

THE COMAUNDER FAMILY OF BISHOPS TACHBROOK, WARWICKSHIRE

It is not possible to know all descents through the passage of land through a first son; younger sons may be the ancestor. Thus, Richard Comaunder, as immediatey follows, though the almost certainl progenitor of the Comaunder family of Bishops Tachbrook, Warwickshire, may have been followed to Virginia by descendants not easily discernable. The flow of the genealogical stream can be mapped, but not the currents within.

In what follows, a line of these Comaunders ends with descendants of Mathew Comander, who m. Alice Hawks, but, even at this juncture, the exact ancestry cannot be determined of the Joseph Comander who married Dorothy Tuke in Virginia. He was almost certainly a fellow Quaker. In this regard, it can be noted that Quakerism had made deep inroads into Warwickshire at this time.

1. Richard Comaunder, b. ca. 1340. Lease on lives of the lessees from John Mallore, Lord of Tachbrook Mallory to Richard Comaunder and Margery his wife, of a messuage and garden in Tachbrook Mallory and 1 yardland of arable with meadow and pasture, which messuage, formerly held by Geoffrey of Kyngton, stands between the tenements of Nicholas Robyns and Henry Trillagore. Dated at Tachbrook Mallory, Monday next after the feast of the invention of the Holy Cross, 43 Ed. III; May 7, 1369. (Warwickshire County Record Office (WCRO), CR 1908/78)
1.1. … Comaunder, b. ca. 1365.
1.1.1. John Comaunder, b. ca. 1390.
1.1.1.1. John Comaunder, b. ca. 1420. Appointment by John Comaunder of Chesterton of William White of Chesterton as his attorney to deliver seisin to Richard Verney, of Compton Verney Knight, of land, tenements, meadow and pasture which formerly belonged to his grandfather and father (both John Comaunder), at Chesterton (place not stated). Dated at Kingston on the feast of St. Philip and St. James 1 Ed. IV.; May 1, 1461. (WCRO, CR 1908/149).

1.1.1.2. Richard Comaunder, b. ca. 1420. Feoffment from John Dows alias Webbe of Warwick, son and heir of Richard Webbe and Julian his wife, formerly of Bishops Tachbrook, to Richard Comaunder of Bishops Tachbrook, of one cottage and curtilage and 10½ acres of arable in Bishops Tachbrook in “le Chirchende” between the tenement of John Comaunder senior and that called Poynardes. Dated at Bishops Tachbrook, 31 Hen. VI.; Oct. 16, 1452. (WCRO, CR 1908/81).
Quitclaim from Richard Comaunder of Bishops Tachbrook to John Savage of Bishops Tachbrook of his right, title and interest in two messuages and ½ yardland of arable with meadow and pasture in Bishops Tachbrook which Richard had had from his father, John Comaunder. Dated at Bishops Tachbrook, Sunday next before the feast of St. George the Martyr, April 19, 1461. (WCRO, CR 1908/83).

1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Comaunder, b. ca. 1450. John Smyth alias John Yonge of Warwick, smith, demised to John Lamys of Warwick, Ralph Rede, Richard Payn, William Bordesley, John Cokkys, Robert Plumer, John Cutte and John Ebrall; a small tenement with a shop adjoining, from the grant of Richard Norton, late of Warwick, plumber, deceased; situated in Smith Street between the tenement of the Dean and Chapter of St. Mary’s on the east and that late of Richard Norton and now of John Norton his son on the west and extending from the street to the land late of Benedict Lee, now of Robert Throgmorton Esq. Witness: Lord Thomas Crosseby vicar of St. Nicholas, Degory Haynes, bailiff of Warwick, Thomas Englysshe, Thomas Comaunder, and John Lee, all of Warwick. Dated at Warwick on Monday next after the Feast of St. Petronilla. 15 Hen. VII., 1500. (WCRO, DR115/44).
Quitclaim from Thomas Nevyll knt. and Robert Bromeley to Robert Egeworthe and Robert Tydder of the manor of Baddysley Clynton, the advowson of the church of Baddysley and all messuages, lands and appurtenances belonging to the said manor in Baddysley then in the tenure of the said Robert Egeworthe and Robert Tydder, which property the grantors together with John Ferrers knt. and Thomas Comaunder, now deceased, lately held by feoffment from Nicholas Brome esq. Given 22 Henry VIII.; Dec. 6, 1530. (WCRO, DR 3/299).
1.1.1.2.1.1. Thomas Comaunder, b. ca. 1480. Feoffment from Nicholas Cotterell, son and heir of Thomas Coterell late of Tachbrook deceased to Thomas Comaunder of Tachbrook of a toft and 10 acres of arable there dispersed in the (open) fields. Dated at Tachbrook, 23 Hen. VIII.; Nov. 18, 1531. (WCRO, CR 1908/95).
1.1.1.2.1.2. William Comaunder. “In 1514, William Comaunder lived at Tachbrook”. (Mr. Burman, Warwickshire People and Places, p. 94). Father of William* and Robert*:

1. William Comander.
1.1.* Robert Comander, bur. Nov. 5, 1565.
1.1.1. Mathew Comander, bapt. Sept. 20, 1543, s. Robert.
1.1.1.1. Michaell Comannder, m. Marie Walle, Sept. 28, 1576.
1.1.1.2. Mathew Comander, m. Alice Hawks, Jan. 25, 1566/67, in Wellesbourne, 5 miles from Bishops Tachebrooke. He was bur. Dec. 1, 1600.
1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Comannder, bapt. Sept. 21, 1570, s. Mathew and Ales, m. Elizabeth Antrobus, Feb. 4, 1600/1601. Counterpart of mortgage from Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clynton esq. to Timothy Wagstaffe of the Middle Temple esq. of the manor of Tachebrooke Episcopi alias Bishops Tachebrooke together with all messuages, lands, rights and appurtenances. 11 James I.; April 15, 1613. (WCRO, DR 3/529). Schedule attached listing leases of lands in the said manor, most of them granted for the term of 31 years, the names of the lessees being John Antrobus clerk, Simon Pugh for a close called Frogwelhurst, William Pratt, William Hynde, Richard Warwicke, Thomas Pratt, Thomas Comaunder, Thomas Reading, John Hopkins, Robert Allibond, Thomas Overton, Roger and William Reading, Elizabeth and Francis Stacie, and John Bostock. Endorsed: in the hand of Edward Ferrers, ca. 1630.

1.1.1.2.1.1. William Commander, bapt. Oct. 24, 1601.
1.1.1.2.1.2. Thomas Commannder, bapt. Nov. 11, 1604, m. Joan … He was bur. Sept. 17, 1684
1.1.1.2.1.2.1. William Commander, bapt. June 28, 1646.
1.1.1.2.1.2.1.1. William Comander, bapt. June 20, 1680.

1.1.1.2.1.3. Mathew Comannder, bapt. March 3, 1610, bur. Jan. 9, 1666.
1.1.1.2.1.4. George Comannder, bapt. Dec. 19, 1613, bur. Feb. 28, 1679; m. Anne Reading, Feb. 8, 1650.

1.1.1.2.1.4.1. William Commander, m. Sarah Reading, Feb. 4, 1679.
1.1.1.2.1.4.1.1. Joseph Commander, m. Anna Reading, Feb. 21, 1691.
1.1.1.2.1.5. Edward Camannder, bapt. March 30, 1619.
1.1.1.2.1.6. Job Commander, bapt. Feb. 20, 1620.
1.1.1.2.1.7. Samuell Commander, bapt. Sept. 29, 1622, bur. May 19, 1673.

1.1.1.2.2. John Comannder, bapt. Nov. 24, 1584, s. Mathew and Ales.

1.2. *William Comander.
1.2.1. Henrie Comannder, bapt. March 1548. s. William.
1.2.2. Michaell Comannder, bapt. Jan. 22, 1555, s. William.

(Spellings as church records).

TOOKE AND COLLINS OF BARWICK, SOMERSET, AND VIRGINIA

1. William “Tucke”, m. Christian Holman, July 18, 1571, in Barwick, Somerset; a Symes manor. Collyns v Symes. Plaintiffs: John Collins. Defendants: William Symmes and John Legg.
Subject: bill to protect title by demise; land held of the manor of Barwick, Somerset, granted to plaintiff by Sir Richard Rogers, lord of the said manor, who since sold the inheritance thereof to defendant Symmes. 1558-1579. (C 2/Eliz/C24/17). Symes v Seaward. Plaintiffs: Thomas Symes Defendants: Elizabeth Seaward,* widow and another.Subject: manor of Barwick, Somerset. 1681. (C 5/563/105). *Likely to have been the wife of John Seward (cousin of his namesake, the Virginia coloniser, who m. Elizabeth Morris, on Oct. 3 1641, in St. Augustine the Less, Bristol).

1.1. Thomas “Tucke”, m. Mary Collins, Jan. 24, 1604, in Barwick; she bapt. Nov. 26, 1581, dau. of Richard Collins, and, possibly, a 2nd wife; he had m. istly Ann Newman, on Jan. 25, 1566/7. Richard was probably closely related to Elizabeth Collins, who m. Edward Pitman, on July 14, 1567; and they to Elizabeth Collins, who m. Thomas Barnes, on Nov. 28, 1590.

It is almost certain that the intermarriage of the Collins and Tooke families continued in Virginia:

John Collins m. Mary Tooke, 14 day, of 12 month, 1682, at Wm Breden’s house, in IOW; Quakers. She was the dau. of William Tooke d. 1675 and Jane, who m. 1st William Tooke d. 1675, 2nd John Barnes d. 1691, and 3rd Thomas Bowman d. 1695. John Collins, estate inventory, Jan, 8, 1694, in the presence of Joseph Thorpe, Timothy Thorpe, Joseph Tooke, B. 5, p. 12.
John Collins and George Moore withessed the Will of John Story, rec. Jan. 9, 1681/2, p. 222. (George Moore, grandfather of Avis White, who m. a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688).
John Collins Jr., estate presented by George Moore at the house of John Collins Sr., and appraised by John Carrell and Thomas Thorpe. Rec. 1696, p. 200.
The Will of John Barnes: What is due me from my kinsman, Robert Barham, ye son of Charles Barham late of Merch. Hundred, deceased, be paid wife, Jane, and what I owe to any other person.To my son (step-son), John Tooke my gun. Remainder of estate to loving wife, Jane, and two daughters, Sarah and Susannah, to be equally divided between them. Wife Exerx. Prob. June 2,, 1691. Wit. Arthur Allen, Thomas Binns. John Collins Sr. may have been he who migrated to Virginia from Bristol, betw. 1663-1679. (R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, Bristol and America, p. 117, 2010), moreso, in that the Allen, Moore, and Thorpe families were of that place, and Thomas Harris, d. 1672, was a merchant of Bristol, and partner of William Scott, grandfather of John Scott*. Robert Barham was the br. of Elizabeth Barham, who m. Thomas Binns, br. of Mary, ist wife of John Holt.

1.1.1. Mr. James Tooke. Dec. 1634: William Lacey leased James Tooke 500 ac. on the east side of Lawne’s Creek, on Oct. 1646, James Tooke to Robert Harris,* all my right and title to this lease. *Br. of Thomas Harris, and uncle of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.1.1. William Tooke, b. 1626, by deposition given on Nov. 29, 1672. He sold 900 ac. in IOW Co. on Jan. 3, 1661, land patented by James Tooke on Nov. 11, 1640.
His Will (rec. Feb 8, 1675), names wife Jane, step-dau. of William Ridley. “Mr. Charles Barham” Exor, Thomas Harris (d. 1672), and Thomas Tooke overseers, witnessed the Will of William Ridley, who was the br. of Elizabeth Ridley, Charles Barham’s wife. Charles Barham’s sister m. Richard Bennett, d. 1709 (second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672).
1.1.1.1.1. Mary Tooke, m. John Collins, in 1682.
1.1.1.2. Thomas Tooke.
1.1.1.2.1. Joan Tooke , m. *John Scott, bef. Sept. 12, 1706, in Levy Neck, Nansemond.
1.1.1.2.2. *Dorothy Tooke, m. Joseph Commander.
1.1.1.3. Dorothy Tooke, m. Governor John Harvey.

Possibly:
John Collins, of Barwick Mill.
John Collins, bapt. Nov. 25 1617.
John Collins, m. Mary Tooke.

All associations of this class of emigrant were based on continuation of previous associations

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