The Territorial/Familial principle, without which everything in the context of English ancestries of America colonists is meaningless. What follows are examples of how English families formed associations, which were carried over to early Virginia. A particular eample is that of Elizabeth Wright marrying Thomas Haynes Jr., on April 14, 1661, in St. Dunstan’s, Stepney. She was the 2nd-cousin of Mottrom Wright, who m. Ruth Griggs, dau. of Robert Griggs. Thomas Haynes Jr. bought land in partnership with Robert Griggs upon a creek called Slaughter’s Creek. This is what might be termed a peripheral association, and examples of others follow, concerning other Stepney families, such as Burroughs, Carter, Jones, and Lee. Although Stepney is the prism through which the immediate ancestry of Virginia colonists can be viewed, it is not necessarily the case that these families were of this region at earlier times. Many families gravitated toward the London ports to take advantage of opportunities generated by sea-going trades.

CARTER OF STEPNEY

1. William Carter, m. Alice Stile, Jan, 16, 1568/9. She was the sister of (1) Thomas Stile, and aunt of Thomas Stile, bapt. Oct. 10, 1568, whose son is probably witnessed here: Demise for 500 years. Mr. Edw. Elderton. (1) Commissioners appointed for the purpose by Protector. (2) Thos. Grimley, citizen and woodmonger, and Simon Cage, citizen and founder. (1) Hy. Lord Wentworth. (2) Thos. Stile* and wife, Joan. 2 pieces of waste at Mile End, Stepney Manor, ca. 1661. (London Arch., E/PHI/046). Assignment of residue of term of 500 years, and release and receipt for purchase money: 1. Nathaniel Hobart, Wm. Barrington, Wm. Glascocke, Edmond Gyles, Thomas Bulstrode, Gabriel Becke, Wm. Smyth, Wm. Dickenson, Morris Gethinge, Edward Gittings, Francis Webb, John Smyth, Richard Blackwall, Joseph Drew; 2. Thomas Grimley, cit. and woodmonger of London, Simon Cave, cit. and founder of London. Messuage on part of the waste on S. side of highway from Mile End to Stratford at Bow. 1658/1659. (London Arch., M/093/225). Enfeoffment for several lives: (1) Sir Wm. Smith, Ed. Gittings, Sir Wm. Bolton, Knt. and alderman of London, Wm. White, snr., citizen and haberdasher of London, Patience Ward and Robt. Yarway, citizens and mcht. taylors, Wm. White jnr., citizen and haberdasher, Robt. Stacey, citizen and skinner. (2) Joan Cage of St. Mary Matfellon, relict of Simon Cage, Thos. Grimley of Mile End, yeoman, and his wife, Susan (da. of S. Cage) and Sarah Cage (dau. of S. Cage). 2 houses and 7 cottages on waste ground in Stepney Manor. 1665. (London Arch., E/PHI/047). Stepney Green – previously known as Mile End Old Town. Thos. Stile (2) Henry Stile (of “Tenters”), father of Thomas Stile, bapt. Sept. 10, 1592, in St. Dunstan’s, Stepney, the most likely to be the father of “John Still”, who m. Mary James on July 8, 1640; she bapt. 16 Nov 1623, d.o. “Jonas James Ratcliff Mariner and Elizabeth”.

1.1. John Carter, bapt. Sept 13, 1572, “s.o. William”. By a first wife he had issue: George, John, and Elizabeth Carter. Subsequent wives were: Jane, relict of John Cleaves of Barking, mariner, who he m. on October 25, 1611; by whom he had issue: (1) Edward Carter, esq. of Edmonton, b. ca. 1612, d. Nov. 29, 1682 in Nansemond, Lancaster Co., (2) Col. John Carter, b. ca. 1613, d. June 10, 1669 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster Co. A clue to the ancestry of John Carter seems to be afforded in the Will of Edward Carter of Edmonton, Middlesex, esquire, dated and probated in 1682 (New England Hist. and Geneal. Reg., vol. xlvii.), disposing of much property in Virginia, and speaking of having resided on land along the Nansemond River, and in Lancaster Co., showing that he must have been the Col. Edward Carter who was in Virginia about 1660, and who may naturally be supposed to have been brother of John Carter.

1.1.1. Col. John Carter: His Will, at Lancaster C. Н., was dated Jan. 3, 1669. Abstract: Remainder of estate to be divided into three equal parts between wife and sons John and Robert. Appoint Mr. Thomas Haynes, Mr. Thomas Maidstard, Mr. Robert Griggs, and Mr. David Miles executors. The son Charles probably died young as his name does not appear again except in his brother John’s will. Robert, the second son, was the well known “King Carter,” whose will is not on record at Lancaster C. H., but was probably proved in General Court. Of the eldest son, John, little has been known, though the “Carter Tree” states that he married Elizabeth Wormeley, and had a daughter, Elizabeth. An examination of the General Court records and those of Lancaster, show that this Col. John Carter, Junior, probably married, first, a dau. of Wm. Lloyd. (“The Virginia Magazine”, p. 236, 1894). This Thomas Haynes was Thomas Haynes Jr., who m. Elizabeth Wright, bapt. Dec. 7, 1645, on April 14, 1661, in St. Dunstan’s, 2nd-cousin of Mottrom Wright, of Virginia, and Mile End, Stepney, who m. Ruth Griggs, dau. of Robert Griggs, J.P. for Lancaster Co., born in Stepney to a namesake, ca. 1620-1622.
1.1.1.1. Robert Carter, “King Carter” (1663-1732), of Lancaster Co., one of the wealthiest man in Virginia
1.1.1.1.1. Robert Carter, m. Priscilla, dau. of Col. William Churchill and Elizabeth Wormeley, half sister of Ralph Wormeley III.

MADESTARD

1. Thomas Madestard, d. bef. Nov. 10, 1675, in Lancaster Co., m. Elizabeth, the relict of Epaphroditus Lawson, William Clapham, and and Alexander Fleming. By Epaphroditus Lawson, Elizabeth had issue: Elizabeth Lawson, who m. Robert Payne Sr., clerk of Old Rappahannock Co., who patented (1665-1667) a total of 5,305 ac. which became the plantation known as Paynefield. His Will was proved proved Nov. 4, 1675. (Robert Payne, bapt. Nov. 15, 1637, St. Dunstan’s, Stepney, son of Solomon Payne of Limehouse, mariner, and Elizabeth).
1.1. Elizabeth Madestard, m. Capt. Charles Lee, Sr., son of Col. Richard Lee.
1.1.1. Leeanna Lee, b. May 16, 1660, in Northampton Co., d. there July 13, 1700; m. Capt. William Jones, Jr., grandson of Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay.
Lancaster Co. Wills (Ida J. Lee); Griggs, Robert. Rec. Jan. 30, 1683. Son: Michaell. Dau: Ruth Mottrom (her husband being deceased), Wm. Carter, Elizabeth Russell, Elizabeth Carter, dau of Col. Jno. Carter. Ex.: Son Michael & dau. Ruth Mottrom. Wits: Robert Carter, Elizabeth Russell, Richard Grimes, Wm. Pritchard. (W.B. 5, p. 91). Cavaliers and Pioneers, B. 5, p. 439: Mr. Robert Griggs, 640 acs. on N. side of Lancaster Co., March. 24, I664, beg. at a branch issuing out of Col. Carter’s Cr. &c. Trans. of 13 pers: Richard Dace, Susan Drury, Daniell Monroe, Mat. Borroughs, Daniell Long, Thomas Martin, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Delahay, Richard Hues, Xtopher Lucas, Jane Lucas, Rich. Stockdale. It can reasonably be presumed that Mathew Burroughs was of the Burrough/s family of Stepney.

GRIGGS

1. Robert Griggs, of Stepney, m. Margaret Wilson in St, Dunstan’s, Stepney: June 4, 1618, “Robert Griggs of Brookestrete maryner & Margarett Wilson, M”.
1.1. Robert Griggs, born ca. 1620-1622. The baptismal records for the Griggs family in Stepney commence in 1628, and record: “Christopher Griggs of Ratcliff Highway mariner and Judith” having issue: Peter Griggs, bapt. June 8, 1628. “Andrew Grigge of Shadwell, maryner, and Gillian” having issue. James Grigge, bapt. Nov. 20, 1639. “Francis Grigge of Shadwell, maryner and Ann” having issue: Francis Grigge, bapt. Sept. 30, 1641. “John Griggs of New Gravel Lane, mariner, and Margery” having issue: Thomas Griggs, bapt. Sept. 22, 1644. “Thomas Grigge of Lymehouse, Chirurgion” and Elizabeth, having issue: William Grigge, bapt. Dec. 26, 1649. This was a family of mariner/merchants of Stepney, and, as evidenced by Wills, were of considerabe means. There was a Grigg Lane in Poplar, Stepney. Robert Griggs was a J.P. for Lancaster Co. in 1669. His Will was proved on March 12, 1683/4. Cavaliers and Pioneers, B.. 6, p. 80 : Mr. Robert Griggs, 373 acs. Lancaster Co., E. side of the mouth of Slaughter’s Cr., parting this & land of Col. John Carter, adj. land of Mr. John Madestard; Aug. 16, 1670, p. 318.
1.1. Ruth Griggs, m. Mottron Wright, son of Richard Wright and Anne Mottrom. Mottrom Wright, of Mile End, Stepney, was bur. in St. Dunstan’s in 1700. He bequeathed his dau., Frances (b. Jan 7, 1685.6), £100, and 700 ac. in Rappahanock; his son. Mottrom, £600, and the rest of his land. Mentions cousin John Wright of Potomac, son of Francis Wright and Ann Washington, and uncle John Wright. Frances Wright, d. 1707, m. Dr. Joseph Belfield.

WRIGHT FAMILY OF STEPNEY

1.Thomas Wright, bapt. Nov. 16, 1568, son of Thomas Wright.
1.1. Francis Wright, of Brooke Street, Mariner.
1.1.1. John Wright, bapt. May 23, 1613.
1.2. William Wright, of Ratclff, mariner, m. Amie.
1.2.1. William Wright, bapt. Nov. 12, 1615, of Ratcliffe, mariner, m. Bennett.
1.3. Thomas Wright, of Lymehouse, mariner, m. Mary.
1.3.1. Thomas Wright, bapt. Dec. 6, 1616, of Ratcliff, mariner, m. Dorothy.
1.3.1.1. Elizabeth Wright, bapt. Dec. 7, 1645, m. Thomas Haynes Jr., April 14, 1661.
1.3.2. William Wright, bapt. Feb. 1, 1621/2, m. Ann Russell, aged 18, Oct 17, 1648, dau. of “Thomas Russell of Limehouse, shipwright, and Millicent”.
1.4. John Wright, of Mile End, mariner, m. Bridget.
1.4.1. John Wright, bapt. Nov. 6, 1632, of Mile End, mariner, m. Mary.
1.4.1.1. John Wright, bapt. Feb. 12/13, 1672.
1.4.2. Richard Wright, bapt. June 29, 1634 (8 days old), m. Ann Mottrom.
1.4.2.1. Mottrom Wright, of Virginia, and Mile End, Stepney. m. Ruth Griggs, dau. of Robert Griggs.
1.4.2.2. Francis Wright, m. Ann, dau. of Col. John Washington and Anne Pope.
1.4.2.2.1. John Wright.

Lancaster Co. Deeds, B. 4, 1666-1682, p. 307: “Know all men by these prsents That I John Stephenson of the Ile of Wight county in Virginia, sone of John Stevenson deceased, doe hereby for and in consideration of twelve thousand and five hundred pounds weight of tobacco already paid unto me by Robert Griggs and Thomas Haynes each of them the moiety or halfe of the said sume of tobacco and caske, all that neck of land situate upon Slaughter’s Creek, which formerly my father John Stephenson decd, and bought of William Clapham decd, and according to the conveyance thereof recorded in Lancaster County Court, bearing date the 12th day of July 1654, and alsoe according to the pattent which involves the said land formerly granted to *Epaphroditus Lawson beareing date the 3d of Septr 1649. Together with all appurtenances belonging to the said land, which parts the sd land from the land of Col. Jno Carter, and is aboute twelve miles upp the North side of Rappa. River. Feb. 20, 1678, (Tyler’s Quarterly, p. 724, 1981).

CARTER cont.

1.1.2. George Carter, brother of Col. John Carter, b. ca. 1607. Carter v Lawrence. Plaintiffs: George Carter. Defendants: Thomas Haynes,* Giles Lawrence, and others. Place or subject: property in Stepney, Middlesex. 1654. (C 7/85/109). Carter v Haynes. Plaintiffs: George Carter and Jane Carter his wife. Defendants: Giles Lawrence, Thomas Haynes, and others. Place or subject: property in Stepney, Middlesex. 1654. (C 7/435/39). Giles Lawrence, bapt. May 18, 1617, in Stepney, son of Giles Lawrence of Wapping Wall, Barber Churgion, and Anne, probable parents of Mary, who m.Thomas Cartwright “shoomaker” on Aug. 10, 1642. Spencer v Payne. Plaintiffs: Anthony Spencer. Defendants: Edward Payne and others. Subject: property in Stepney. 1625-1640. ( C3/415/30). There was a large family of Paynes in Stepney, who were mariners, including ones of Wapping Wall. They probably descended from John Payne: Pinchebecke v Payne. Plaintiffs: William Pinchebecke. Defendants: John Payne. Subject: bond for conveyance of tenements in the manor of Stepney. 1558 -1603. (REQ 2/99/21). This Thomas Haynes was Thomas Haynes Sr.*

1.1.3. Col. Edward Carter, settled in Nansemond bef. 1650, and was a member of the House of Burgesses. He purchased large plantations in Rappahannock, Lancaster Co., before returned to England, where his Will was probabted in 1682, styling him as”Edward Carter, Esq. of Edmonton, Middlesex”.

HAYNES OF STEPNEY

1. John Haynes, of Ratcliff, Stepney.
1.1. John Haynes, bapt. Feb. 20, 1600/1.
1.1.1. Thomas Haynes Sr., b. ca.1605. “Thomas Haynes of Ratcliff Highway sheathmaker & Ellen Payne, m. April 6, 1629. She may have been the sister of (1) Sara Payne, bapt. Nov. 6. 1603, d.o. “John Payne of Ratcliffe, mariner”, and (2) William Payne of Limhouse, merchant, father of (1) William Payne, of Wapping Wall, mariner bapt. Feb. 5, 1629/1630 (m. Solomay), father of John Payne, bapt. Jan. 31, 1652/1653. (2) Roger Payne of Greenbanck, mariner, and Elizabeth, parents of George Payne, bapt. Jan. 19, 1667/1668. 1.1.1.1. Thomas Haines, d. infant, bapt., Nov. 25, 1633, in Stepney, as son of: “Thomas Haynes of Ratcliff Highway, Cutler, and Ellen”. (He made both blades and scabbards). 1.1.1.2. Thomas Haynes Jr., bapt, June 13, 1638, son of “Thomas Haynes of Ratcliff Highway, Brush Maker, and Ellen“. (He had changed occupation). His wife was a 2nd-cousin of Mottrom Wilson, son-in-law of Robert Griggs. Thomas Haynes, Will recorded May 24, 1679. Son James Haynes my plantation. Daus. Elizabeth and Margaret Haynes, land bought in partnership with Mr. Robert Griggs upon Slaughter’s Creek. My “nevie” Thomas Reave, 500 lb of tobacco. “Nevie” James Haynes, who is also now in Va. Brother James Haynes and his son. Wm. Haynes and his son Thomas Haynes all my estate in England after death of my sister Joan to whom I do giveit for her life time, which came to me by my father’s will. Exor. wife and children. Wits., James Molyne, Thos. Burroughs. (W.B. 5, p. 54).

Cavaliers and Pioneers, B..6, p. 56: Mr. Thomas Haynes, 1300 acs. Lancaster Co., July 20, 1669, p. 219. Beg. at a point in the forke of Indian Cr., formerly called Coratomen Cr., out of Fleet Bay, bet. Mr. George Wale & Mr. Robert Jones, adj. sd. Haynes’ Mill path where it crosses the road from Rappa. to Wiccocomoco, &c., by an Indian path in sight of Haddawayes Cr.. dividing this from land of Simon Sallard, &c. 450 acs. part granted Jervas Dodson 3 Mar. 1656, who assigned to sd. Wale, who assigned to sd. Haynes; 500 acs. granted sd. Dodson Nov. 29, 1658; both tracts included in one pats. & granted sd. Wale Feb. 10, 1662 & assigned to sd. Haynes; 160 acs. granted Mr. Robert Jones, June 28, 1664, & since to Capt. Edmd. Lister as deserted land, who assigned to sd. Haynes 12 Oct. 1668; 190 acs. for trans. of 4 pers: James Day, Joan Stroud, Edwd. Ellis, Judith Rogers. As given heretofore, Mr. Thomas Haynes, Mr. Thomas Maidstard, Mr. Robert Griggs, and Mr. David Miles, were executors of the estate of Col. John Carter. Thomas Maidstard’s, dau., Elizabeth, m. Capt. Charles Lee, Sr., son of Richard Lee; their dau., Leeanna, m. Capt. William Jones, Jr., grandson of Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay.

1.1.1.2.1. Margaret Haynes, m. Captain William Jones: Lancaster Court, Sept. 14,. 1681: “The difference depending att this Court between John Pinckard & Elizabeth his wife, Relicte of Mr. Thomas Haynes (deced) & William Jones as marrieing Margaret, eldest Daughter of the sde Haynes (deced) is to be referred to the next Court”. This William Jones, son of Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay, appears in other records with his wife Margaret, who as a widow refused admin of her husband’s estate on March 15, 1710, in Northumberland Co. Court. Administration was turned over to their son, William Jones (who m. Leeanna Lee). It was he who on Nov. 20, 1725 received the first land grant on Town Run, Elk Run and Deep Run. Neighboring land was granted to his brother Robert Jones, who m. Elizabeth Brereton.
1.1.1.4. *William Haynes,, bapt.Oct. 20, 1643.

BURROUGH/BOROUGH/BURROWE, ETC., OF STEPNEY

1. Stephen Burrough.
1.1. John Borough (Atborough).
1.2. Walter Borough, m. Mary Dough.
1.2.1. Stephen Borough, 1525-1584. (memorial plaque, St. Mary’s Church, Chatham). His first wife was Eleonora, ‘dau. of John Smithe of the parish of Clive’ in Shropshire (probate records, february 1562, F.R.C., vol. 1, p. 36, f. 182 (1), p. 58). By his second wife, Joan Overye, of Stepney, he was the father of:
1.2.1.1. Judith Borough, bapt.Oct. 25, 1569, m. John Vassall.
1.2.1.1.1. Anne Vassall, bur. at St. Nicholas Acons, m. John Jones, rector of St. Nicholas Acons, London.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay, bapt. October 22, 1618: ‘Robert Jones the sonne of John Jones p’son of this p’ishe’.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Captain William Jones,* b. ca. 1658.
1.2.1.2. Christopher Borough. (By first wife). PROB 10/7493/4. June 1605.

Stephen Borowge, July 1, 1584. I bequeath my body to the land or sea, to which of them the goodness of the Almighty God shall appoint at his godly will and pleasure. To Joan* my faithful wife my house in Gravesend called the sign of the Maidenhead during her natural life; and after her decease I bequeath the same unto Christopher Boroughe my eldest son and to the heirs of his body &c.; and if he die before he have any child of his own body lawfully begotten then I will that the said house be sold to the best advantage and the money thereof to be equally divided between my five daughters Judith, Susan, Mary, Anne and Elizabeth, or the longest livers of them, by even portions. To Joan my wife the lease of my house over against Barking church, which house I hold in the right of John Rabelo deceased, of which lease there is fourteen years to come at the feast of Christmas next ensuing the date hereof, which years to come &c. I will that the said Joane my wife shall enjoy to her use if she live so long; and if not then to be divided amongst my children. To my five daughters (as above) thirty pounds apiece, to be paid at the days of their marriages. I will that Joan my wife enjoy my house in Chatham called Goodsight during her widowhood or during the time my daughters be marriageable; and then I will that the same house be sold to the most advantage for the accomplishing of the legacies given to my said five children. All the rest of my goods (my apparel excepted) I give to Joan my wife whom I make my whole executrix. My apparel to be sold and the money coming thereof to be used towards the maintenance of my young children. My brother William Borowghe to be the overseer, and for his pains I bequeath unto him my whistle of gold. To my son Christopher Borowghe my gilt whistle for a remembrance. In witness of the truth hereof I have written this with mine hand at my house in Chatham called Goodsight the first day of July 1584. (Signed) S: Borowgh. Proved 1584, before Mr. Francis White, surrogate to the venerable Mr. William Lewen, Doctor of Laws &c. by the oath of the executrix named in the will. (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, p. 275, 1897). Joan Overye; Stepney registers record this family as of Ratcliffe. 1.2.1.3. Richard Burrowes, 2nd son, br. of Judith Burrowes. 1.2.1.3.1. Richard Burrowes, bapt. June 28, 1584. 1.2.1.3.2. George Burrowes, “of Ratcliff marriner”. 1.2.1.3.2.1. William Burrowes, bapt. April 26, 1615. 1.2.1.3.3. Edward Burrowes, cousin of Anne Vassall, who m. John Jones. 1.2.1.3.3.1. John Burrowes, bapt. Aug. 26, 1607. 1.2.1.3.3.2. “Robert Burrus”, 2nd-cousin of Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay, near neighbour of Thomas Haynes, whose Will was witnessed by “Thos. Burroughs”.
1.2.1.3.3.2.1. *Thomas Burrus, bapt. Dec. 23, 1638, son of “Robert Burrus of Prusons Land, Shipwright, and Agnes”; possibly Agnes Hawkyns, bapt Jan. 23, 1619/20, dau. of “Henry Hawkyns of Wapping, oarmaker”, and sister of Henry Hawkins, bapt. Nov. 19, 1617. Abstracted from Depositions found in Books A, B, C and D (1637 – 1665) in the Norfolk Co. Clerk’s Office; d. Jan. 1643. Nugent, 1, p. 82: Henry Hawkins, 300 acs. in Lower Co. New Norfolk, May 24, 1638, 6 mi. up the eastern branch of Elizabeth Riv., E. upon Rainshawes Cr., W. upon Hawkings Cr. Due by purchase from William Rainshawe. (Thomas Burrus may have had a brother named Mathew).

HAWKINS

The Hawkins continued to intermarry with the Jones and Lee circle throughout the colonial generations, right down to a half-sister of William Jones of Bourbon Co, who was named in their father’s will. Cary Jones m. in Fauquier, Feb 17, 1798, Jesse Hawkins. He seems to have been s/o William Hawkins of Leeds par., Fauquier. A relationship to Mary Hawkins (wife of John Miller (1680-1743, Essex Co, Va), thence to Bledsoe, Craig, etc.), is not known. Likewise to the Hawkins mentioned as an adjoin in the estate settlement of William Jones of Bourbon: “William Jones adm’r of William Jones dec’d – 350a on Townsend adjoining Williams and Hawkins … land to be sold May 31, 1818 to pay taxes”. (Kentucky Gazette, Feb. 27, 1818, p 4).

To repeat: Margaret Haynes, b. ca. 1665, m. *Captain William Jones, son of Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay, br. of Thomas Jones: Northumberland Co. 1650, Thomas Jones transp. by Richard Hawkins, bapt. Feb. 24, 1629, son of Richard Hawkins of Whitehorse Street, shipwright, and Mary. Whitehorse Street dissects Stepney and passes through Limehouse to Wapping, a mile distant, which is, in turn, ca, 1 mile fron Ratcliffe. In that the aforesaid Hawkins were probably related, so were they to the Jones family.

Marriages, used to strengthen previous associations; planned with precision.

These Virginia settlers were the salt of the earth, who were never far from the salt of the sea.

FLEET FAMILY OF RATCLIFF, STEPNEY

1. “John Fleete of Ratcliff mariner”.
1.1. Henry Fleete, bapt. July 12, 1608, d. 1661. In 1650, he patented 1,750 ac. in what was then Northumberland but is now known as Fleet’s Island in Lancaster Co. Fleet’s Bay also bears his name. Beverley Fleet, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, p. 128, 1988: Indenture, Nov. 24, 1658, betw. Henry Corbyn of Lancaster, gent, and Mathew Kemp of the same co., selling 700 ac. formerly granted to Epaphrodius Lawson, decd., now or late was occ. by William Clapham Jr., likely purch. by Henry Corbyn from William Clapham, excepting a part sold to John Stephens and leased unto Lt. Col. Henry Fleete for a term of years yet to come and unexpired. (Rec. Dec. 1, 1658). *
1.1.1. Henry Fleete. Another Henry Fleet,* probably son, died in 1728; leaving two plantations; property to children, among whom are Henry,William, Judith, wife of Thomas Hobson, clerk of Westmoreland, and Burgess in 1702; grandson Fleet Cox; granddau. Mary Cox, &c. Henry Fleet, Jr., we may add, died in 1735. His friend, Hon. John Carter (son of Robert “King” Carter) was trustee of his estate. In 1755, the vestry of Cople Parish (Westmoreland) consisted of: Fleet Cox, James Steptoe, Robert Carter, Willoughby Newton, Richard Lee,* George Lee, John A. Washington, &c
1.2. John Fleete of King Street marriner, m. Ann.
1.2.1. William Fleete, bapt. March 31, 1644, of Love Lane, waterman; s.o. “John Fleete of King Street marriner”, and Ann.
1.2.1.1. Henry Fleet, bapt. Oct. 23, 1673. (He could have been: *”Another Henry Fleet”, supra.
1.2.1.2. John Fleet,, bapt. Dec. 5, 1677.
1.2.2. Martha Fleete, b, ca. 1645, m. William Lee, on May 3, 1661, in St. Dunstan’s, Stepney.

LEE

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1.1. “John Lee of Balist Wharffe, Ratcliff mariner”, b. ca. 1575, d. May 19, 1641.
1.1.1. “Henry Lea”,* bapt. Feb. 19, 1606/7, “son of John Lee of Balist Wharffe, Ratcliff mariner”, probably he who was an early colonist in York Co., near present-day Norfolk. He owned tobacco plantations and ships that transported his produce to London.
1.1.1.1. Henry Lee, b. 1645, a physician and planter. In 1688, he sold Isaac Collier a tract of land adjoining Robert Potter’s land, which was to be held “according to the ancient bounds of Mr. Henry Lee, Sr., father of the said Henry Lee”. It is not improbable that Robert Potter was he baptised at St. Dunstans, Stepney on Jan. 14, 1637/8, son of “John Potter of Ratcliff mariner and Mary”.
1.1.2. Col. Richard Lee, bapt. July 13, 1608, son of “John Lee of Ratcliff mariner”, (Col. Richard Lee?). This entry is difficult to read, but, given the Stepney connections of Richard Lee in Virginia, this is probably a correct assumption. It is claimed that the first record of Richard Lee’s in Virginia is in April and May 1640, where he is described as Clerk of the Quarter Court. This is not necessarily him, nor he who deposed that he was “Richard Lee Gentleman age 34 or thereabouts” in the Admiralty Court of London in 1654. Richard Lee, a burgess in 1647, and was surety for Henry Lee (usually based on a familial association), in an indenmity bond of Sept. 25, 1646, concerning the transfer of 9 cattle which were formerly in the custody of Robert Felgate, who m. the mother of John Adkins, brother of Henry Lee’s wife.(W&MQ, iv., pp. 37/38). This bond was witnessed by William Lee. In 1648, Richard Lee patented 1,250 ac. on the N. side of York River, and among those for whom he claimed land were: Henry, Matthew, and George Lee. Richard Lee’s Will was probated in London in Jan. 1665. His executors were Thomas Griffith and John Lockey, London merchants, and his eldest sons, John* and Richard Lee. He requested the early discharge of a debt due John Jeffreys. Col. Richard Lee m. Letitia, dau. of Henry Corbin, and sister of Ann, who m. m. William Taylor, of London, the son of Daniel Taylor Sr., haberdasher, who m. (2) Margaret, dau. of William Locke and Susanna Cole (at Clapham, co. Surrey, Aug. 8, 1654), and sister of (1) Jane Lock, who m. John Stephenson, of Fleet’s Bay, supra, and as follows, (2) Elizabeth, who inherited property in Stepney, who m. John Johnson, the very probable parents of Susana Johnson*.
1.1.2.1. John Lee, m. *Susana Johnson, Jan. 5, 1659/60, in Stepney.
1.1.2.2. Hancocke Lee.
1.1.2.3. Charles Lee. They both appraised the estate of Samuel Jones, son of Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay. Samuel Jones was the brother of Captain William Jones, whose son, Captain Willam Jones, m. Leeanna Lee, dau. of the said Charles Lee, Sr. It is suggested that this familial context originated in the London port of Stepney. A deed in Lancaster Co. dat. March 3, 1660, stated that land given by Martha White to her children had to be sold to pay a debt to Mr. John Jeffreys and Mr. Thomas Colclough. the land contained 1,650 ac., and was sold to Edward Carter of Nansemond for £330, brother of John Carter, of Stepney. (Lothrop Withington, Virginia Gleanings in England, p. 62, 1980).
1.1.2.3. Richard Lee. (Col. Richard Lee’s 2nd son).
1.1.2.3.1. Richard Lee,* b. ca. 1680, d. Aft Nov 1717, St. Mary’s White Chapel, Middlesex, England. (I and a half miles from Stepney, which is the same distance from Stratford Bow; where Col. Richard Lee purchased land). 1.1.2.3.1.1. Henry Lee. 1.1.2.3.1.1.1. Richard Lee, born in Westmoreland ca. 1726, burgess for that county from 1757 to 1774, who m. Sally, dau. of Peter Poythress, “the Antiquary”, and died in 1795, leaving a large estate. He appointed his nephews, Charles Lee and Richard Bland Lee, and his two friends, Mr. Fleet Cox, Sr., and Mr. Fleet Cox, Jr., his executors. (Lee of Virginia, p. 290). 1.1.2.3.1.2. George Lee. 1.1.3.William Lee, of Wappingwall, mariner, m. Grace; probably he who witnessed the indenmity bond of Sept. 25, 1646, supra, the surety for which was Col. Richard Lee.
1.1.3.1. William Lee, bapt. April 23, 1634, m. Martha Fleete, on May 3, 1661; either the aunt or 2nd-cousin of Henry Fleete Jr., grandfather of Mr. Fleet Cox, Sr.

FLEET cont.

1.2.3. John Fleet, bapt.AprIL 22, 1649, s.o. ditto.

1.2.4. Josias Fleet, bapt. Sept 19, 1652, s..o, ditto. He m. (1) Alice Smith. Aug. 7, 1676.

1.2.4.1. John Fleet, bapt March 31, 1685, s.o. Josias Fleet of Meeting House Alley, Ratcliff, and Ellen.

1.2.5. Thomas Fleete, bapt. Nov. 18, 1655, s.o. ditto.

1716-1720, Westmoreland Co., Wills No. 6, pp. 187-201; Nov. 5/6, 1716: *Richard Lee of London, merchant, son of Richard Lee, Senr., late of Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Gent., deceased, to Reuben Welch, Thomas Lee and Henry Lee of Essex County, merchant. Lease and release; in performance and satisfaction of an agreement enter’d into by Richd. Lee before his intermarriage with Martha his now wife and for 10 shillings lawful money of Great Britain … to the use and behoof of Reuben Welch for the term of ninety nine yeares if Martha Lee and Richard Lee both of them so long live upon such tracts, then to the use of said Martha during the term of her natural life and after her decease to the use and behoof of Thomas Lee and Henry Lee and after the end of their estate to the use and behoof of George Lee, son of Richard Lee, party hereto, and of the heirs male of the body of George Lee … 2600 ac. in Cople Parish whereon Richard Lee the father then lived, including his next quarter with all the low lands … at the landing place of Richard Lee upon a branch of Machotique river near the mouth of a creek which makes the head of the branch, being the begining of a patent for 1000 acres granted to the late father of the said Richard Lee, Senr., in 1650 … to a stone lying in the road … corner tree dividing this land from other land which Richard Lee the father by his will gave to his son Henry. Nov. 27, 1717. Proved by Thomas Reade, Philip Lightfoot and Thomas Bagwell.

THE SAD END OF RICHARD LEE III
Plaintiffs: Richard Lee, merchant of London and Richard Perry, merchant of London. Defendants: Benjamin Crow, merchant, Sir William Scawen, Thomas Scawen, esq, Robert Stockdale, merchant of London, Peter Meyse alias Peter Meyer, William Heathcote, merchant of London and Josias Wordsworth. 1716. (C 11/1391/3), Lee v Jacobson. Plaintiffs: Richard Lee and Richard Perry, merchants of London and others (creditors of William Ellins and Edmond Farrington, merchants and copartners, late of London). Defendants: Jacob Jacobsen and Theodore Jacobsen. 1714. (C 11/1762/2). Richard Lee, merchant v. Hamlet Robinson, Jane Platt, Sir Edwd. Northey, Knt. (Attorney-General).: Borrowing of the sum of one thousand pounds on the security of fifty-eight hogsheads of tobacco, London. 1714. (E 134/13). Folios 44-48: From Richard Perry; Richard Lee; Henry Offley; Humphry Bell; Henry Dee. (1) Same creditors, plus Thomas Corbin. (2) Attorney General (3) Bev Felmer; Thomas Glendon; Charles Bernard. To (1) The Commissioners of Bankruptcy. Petition of the creditors of William Ellins and Edmund Farringdon, late merchants of London, now bankrupt. 1715. (SP 35/74/12). Groome v Lee. Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Groome, spinster of London. Defendants: Richard Lee and Martha Lee his wife, John Tayler, John Miles and Mary Miles his wife. 1716. (C 11/849/68). Estate in Stutton, Brantham and Taddingstone Copy of lease and release by which John Morley of Halstead (Essex) gent, and Oliver Marton of the Middle Temple, London, purchased ‘Buxtons’ (186 acres), ‘Ingforbyes’ (200 acres), ‘Pritches’ (40 acres), Taddingstone Wood (8 acres), ‘Everards’ (5 acres), etc, and the advowson of Stutton, from Thomas May of Stutton Hall, formerly of Stoke-by-Nayland, esq, Richard Lee of London, merchant, and John Taylor of London, merchant. 1710. (Suffolk Arch., HB 441/B/34). Smith v Gilbert. Plaintiffs: Gabriel Smith, druggist of London, Daniel Legg woollendraper of London, Robert Salter (for himself and the Linendrapers Company of London), Thomas Moseley salesman, George Baker, Josiah Smith and John Richardson, merchants of London, and Richard Clay oyleman of London (creditors of Richard Lee merchant deceased of London) for themselves and other creditors paying for this suit. Defendants: James Gilbert ironmonger, John Salter, Thomas Corbyn and John Adamson merchant of London. 1719. (C 11/28/34). Corbin v Adamson. Plaintiffs: Thomas Corbin, merchant of London. Defendants: John Adamson, Martha Lee, Tobias Silk and (unknown) Silk his wife, Thomas Muspratt, William Wharam (assignee of Richard Lee, a bankrupt), James Gilbert, John Salter, Lady Holford, Gawen Corbin, Man Page and Peter Beverely. 1718. (C 11/715/24). Raymond v Atkinson. Plaintiffs: Hugh Raymond, esq. of Stepney, Middlesex, Edmund Watkinson, linen draper of St Michael Cornhill, London, Richard Lee, William Smith, Henry Offley, Robert Dunckley junior, all merchants of London, Thomas Dunckley and John Frost, both mariners of London, and William Downer, citizen and haberdasher of London (part owners of the ship “The Robert and Thomas”). Defendants: Samuel Atkinson, Nicholas Roope, Thomas Coleby and the Attorney General. (1715. C 11/375/26).

Richard Lee, decd. March 12, 1718, in Whitechapel, near Stepney, and was bur. at St. Botolph without Aldersgate, on April 28, 1718. He m.Martha, who m. (2) Tobias Silk: Corbin v Silk. Plaintiffs: Thomas Corbin merchant of London. Defendants: Tobias Silk, undertaker of London and Martha Silk his wife and Thomas Muspath, tobacconist of London. 1719. (C 11/714/39). Her Will was dated April 26, 1725, and, dying shortly after, was described as: “Late of Mansell Street in Goodmans Field in parish of St. Mary Matfellon alias Wite Chappel in co. of Middlesex, widow deceased”. A chancery bill of Jan. 27, 1746/47, was brought by her daughters, against her son George Lee, who claimed that she was of unsound mind when she made her Will. (NGSQ, vol. 63, No.2, p. 131).

Henry Corbin, the Virginia immigrant, left three sons: Henry, Thomas, and Gawin Corbin (of King and Queen Co., who m, first, a dau. of Ralph Wormeley), and five daus.: Letitia, who m. Col. Richard Lee; Alice, who m. Philip Lightfoot, of Middlesex; Winifred, who m. Le Roy Griffin, of Richmond; Ann, who m. William Taylor, of London; and Frances, who m. Ed. Jennings, of Ripon, county of York, in England, and Ripon, in Virginia. The eldest son, Henry, died when two years old; the second, Thomas, settled at London, as a merchant, probably in partnership with his uncle, Gawin; for on July 22, 1675, “Gawin Corbin, Cittizen Leather Seller of London,” appointed his “trusty and well beloved friend Richard Lee, Esq., of Virginia,” his attorney, to collect debts due him from John Frodsham, of Potomac. He was living at London in 1722, and probably as late as 1732, for in that year a Thomas Corbin executed deeds; this latter Thomas might have been a cousin, the son of Gawin of London. Apparently Thomas Corbin never married, as his lands were eventually inherited and devised by his younger brother, Gawin of Virginia.

Henry Corbin was an influential member of the King’s Council, and a prominent member of the Episcopal Church in Virginia. He was probably born ca.1624. In the vestry-book of Christ Church (Spitalfield, near Stepney) in Middlesex, in 1663, the first entry, according to Bishop Meade, records the appointment of Henry Corbin to keep the register of the parish. In 1666, Major-General Robert Smith and Henry Corbin were directed to write to Richard Perot, then in England, for a minister. Bishop Meade also publishes the following record in his valuable work on the “Old Families and Churches of Virginia: “John Lee (son of Col. Richard Lee), Henry Corbin, Thomas Gerrard, and Isaac Allerton, entered into a compact, recorded March 27, 1674, to build a banqueting-house at the corner of their respective lands”.

William Taylor, probate March 9, 1666, husband of Ann Corbin, was the son of Daniel Taylor Sr., haberdasher, and brother of Daniel Taylor, vintner: Counterpart lease: By Edmund Draper of Edmonton, Middlesex to Daniel Taylor, vintner of the City of London, of a newly built brick messuage in Cheapside (2 miles from Stepney), with yard behind May, 28 1668. (Heref. Arch., DE/R/E205). Indenture of release, August 26, 1672, between William Taylor of London merchant, son and heir of Daniel Taylor, late citizen and Haberdasher of London deceased of the first part and Gerard Usher scrivenor of London of the other part … of a messuage newly erected in brick upon a site whereupon before the late great fire of London stood. Indenture between Daniel Taylor, esq. (haberdasher), and Samuel Howard and George Skupholme of London, haberdasher, of the one part, and William Lock, gent, and Thomas Lock,* son of the said William Lock, and Margaret Lock one of the daughters of the said William Lock of the other part. Concerning the jointure of Margareth Lock. Aug 3, 1654. (C 110/65/31).

The Will of William Lock, Gentleman of Wimbledon, Surrey, proved 1664.
William Lock of Wimbledon, Surrey, gent, 10 June 1661, proved 7 June 1664. Certain houses, with their appurtenances, standing and being in the parish of St. Savior’s Southwark given and bequeathed by Mr Roger Cole, my father in law, to Susanna, my well beloved wife, and her children. My three eldest daughters, Hannah, Susanna and Margaret, I have bestowed in marriage. I shall leave an estate in land for my son Thomas and by this my will provide for my daughter Elizabeth. To my daughter Sarah Lock five brick tenements and another house, known formerly by the name of the Gaden House, all standing upon the ground given by Mr Roger Cole. To my daughter Jane Locke two houses next the Thames, in the said parish, now or late in the tenure of Mr. Robert Bowes or his assigns. To my wife Susanna that parcel of land with four brick tenements thereon built, commonly called the Beane Acre, in Lambeth, Surrey, she to give two hundred pounds to my daughter Elizabeth, towards a portion for her. And I also give and bequeath to my wife all other my personal estate &c., she paying my debts and legacies and discharging my funeral; and I make my said wife Susanna full and sole executrix. To the poor of Wimbledon three pounds

Thomas Lock. Plaintiffs: Thomas Brayne gent, of Southwick, Hampshire, Hannah Brayne (alias Hannah Lock) his wife, Elizabeth Lock spinster, Laurence Hamond merchant, of Charter Town, New England, America and Margaret Hamond his wife. Defendants: Thomas Lock gent, of London, Susannah Stephenson infant and Mary Stephenson infant, by Jane Stephenson, their guardian. The plaintiffs’ inheritance of their share of a mansion house etc, which had been divided into seven tenements, as stipulated in the Will of Roger Cole gent, of Southwark, Surrey, deceased, their grandfather: mentions Susannah Lock, of Southwark, Surrey: property in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey. 1677-1678. (C 6/386/40). The 5th child of William Locke and Susanna Cole, Margaret, first married, at Clapham, co. Surrey, Aug. 8, 1654, to Daniel Taylor, a wealthy Citizen and Haberdasher of London, descended from an ancient family in Huntingtonshire, She was Mr. Taylor’s second wife, he having buried his first on the preceding 3d of February. He settled upon her a considerable jointure, and died within a year after the marriage, being buried in London on the 20th of April 1655. She had no issue by him. She remarried, as early as 1659, Francis Willoughby Esq., who had been some years in New England (Dep. Governor), but had returned to England, and was one of the two Members for the Borough of Portsmouth in the last Parliament of the Commonwealth. In the Parish Register of St. Olave, Hart Street, London, is an entry that their son Francis was born 29 February 1659-60. They shortly after emigrated to New England. (Edward Elbridge Salisbury, ‎Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Family Histories and Genealogies, p. 61, 1892).

1. William Lock, Gentleman of Wimbledon, Surrey.
1.1. Margaret Lock, first married, at Clapham, co. Surrey, on Aug. 8, 1654, Daniel Taylor.
1.2. Jane Lock, m. John Stephenson.
1.2.1. John Stephenson. To repeat: Lancaster Co. Deeds, B. 4, 1666-1682, p. 307: Know all men by these prsents That I John Stephenson of the Ile of Wight county in Virginia, Sone of John Stevenson deceased, doe hereby for and in consideration of twelve thousand and five hundred pounds weight of tobacco already paid unto me by Robert Griggs and Thomas Haynes each of them the moiety or halfe of the said sume of tobacco and caske … Together with all appurtenances belonging to the said Land, which said Land is situate within a Creeke called Slaughters Creeke, which parts the sd land from the land of Coll. Jno Carter.

1. “Thomas Haynes of Ratcliff Highway, Brush Maker, and Ellen, associate of Edward Carter of Stepney, brother of Colonel John Carter. Mr. Thomas Haynes, Mr. Thomas Maidstard, Mr. Robert Griggs, and Mr. David Miles, were executors of the estate of Col. John Carter. Thomas Maidstard’s, dau., Elizabeth, m. Capt. Charles Lee, Sr., son of Col. Richard Lee; their dau., Leeanna, m. Capt. William Jones, Jr., grandson of Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay. 1.1. Thomas Haynes Jr., bapt, June 13, 1638. His wife was a 2nd-cousin of Mottrom Wilson, son-in-law of Robert Griggs. Thomas Haynes, Will recorded May 24, 1679. Cavaliers and Pioneers, B..6, p. 56: Mr. Thomas Haynes, 1300 acs. Lancaster Co., July 20, 1669, p. 219. Beg. at a point in the forke of Indian Cr., formerly called Coratomen Cr., out of Fleet Bay, bet. Mr. George Wale & Mr. Robert Jones, adj. sd. Haynes’ Mill path. 1.1.1. Margaret Haynes, m. Captain William Jones: Lancaster Court, Sept. 14,. 1681: “The difference depending att this Court between John Pinckard & Elizabeth his wife, relicte of Mr. Thomas Haynes (deced) & William Jones as marrieing Margaret, eldest daughter of the sde Haynes (deced) is to be referred to the next Court”. This William Jones, son of Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay, appears in other records with his wife Margaret, who as a widow refused admin of her husband’s estate March 15, 1710, in Northumberland Co. Court. Administration was turned over to their son, William Jones (he who m. Leeanna Lee). 1.1.1.1. William Jones Jr., m. Leeanna Lee, dau. Charles Lee, son of Colonel Richard Lee, and brother of John Lee.

The Carter, Haynes, Jones, and Lee families were entwined in the environs of the London ports, and of the mariner/merchants that traded from them. It was palpably not the case that such families circled around the Lees, who feigned an elevated ancestry. They were equals, who would have understood the motive behind the deception, and who would have shared jokes about it, in the spirit of James 1 – from a previous post – https://shorturl.at/Nbbo6

“A great irony of many accounts of the ancestry of Colonel Richard Lee of Virginia is that he stemmed from an ancient, aristocratic family – the very aristocracy that he was esscaping from. A further irony is that many of the upwardly mobile English merchants in Virginia, such as he, sought to enhance their status by claiming aristocratic coats of arms, with the compliance of an “accomodating” herald. A case in point is that of John Lord Lumley, whose castle was visited by James I. in 1603. On being shown around by the Dean of Durham (a friend of Lumley, he being away), who recounted Lumley’s pedigree, commencing with a Saxon noble, killed by William the Conqueror, the acerbic wit of James was shown in his reply: “I did na ken Adam’s name was Lumley”. (Daniel R. Woolf, The Social Circulation of the Past: English Historical, p. 127, 2003). For the exposing of “pedigree-makers”, see J.H. Round, the Origin of the Finches, Sussex Arch. Collections, 70, pp. 19-31, 1929. Moreover, the coat of arms claimed for Colonel Richard Lee were not based on him, as a proven armiger, being able to prove direct male line of descent from such an ancestor; rather, they were an assumption of (generic) arms, based on a claim of descent.

Also, as noted most saliently by Edmund Jennings lee, Lee of Virginia, p. 37, 1895: “It seems certain that different members of the family in America called their places “Ditchley”, “Langley”, and “Coton”, and it appears from Colonel Richard’s Will, that none of these names were given in the testator’s lifetime. As to any inference which can be drawn from them, the presumption on either side is counterbalanced by that on the other“. The pieces of the aristocratic Lee jigsaw do not fit together.

JOHNSONS AND LEE

William Lock held land in Stepney: Lock v. Muschampe. Plaintiffs: William Lock. Defendants: Sir Thomas Muschampe. Subject: lands held of manors of Stebanheath (Stepney), Middlesex, Martin (unidentified), and Wimbledon], Surrey. 1603-1625. (C 2/JasI/L8/38).

Settlement (bargain and sale enrolled). Thomas Johnson of Chart Sutton to his third son, John Johnson of London, gent. 1. Principal messuage called Harnden, pigeon house, barns, stables, buildings and land in Chart occupied by TJ, late Stephen Sommers, 2 Messuage called Doves House with a workhouse, kilnhouse and an old millhouse in Chart. Jan. 8, 1624. (ESRO AMS6270/5). Settlement continued, 3 Land in Chart, all TJ’s land in Hollingbourne and Yalding. W: Roger Cole, Edward White, scrivener, Alexander Childe. (AMS6270/5). Thomas Johnson was a tenant of Sir Edward Filmer. (Jan. 28, 1630,U120/T1/36/1). John Johnson and Alexander Child were sons-in-law of William Lock. John Johnsons wife, Elizabeth, inherited property in Stepney: Harrington v Johnson. Plaintiffs: William Harrington and another. Defendants: John Johnson and another. Subject: rectory of Stepney, Middlesex. 1662. (C 5/424/27). Johnson v Johnson. Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Johnson, widow. Defendants: John Johnson, son. Subject: property in Stepney, Middlesex. 1681. (C 5/507/31). John Johnson Sr. was also the probable father of Thomas Johnson and Susana Johnson (b. ca. 1640, who m. *John Lee in Stepney on Jan. 5, 1659/60); and the said Thomas Johnson was the probable father of Prudence Johnson, who m. Thomas Lock on Feb. 25, 1684/5, in Stepney.

The same family was often divided into strata, based on social class, which lived in parallel universes.

DEACON LOCKE

1. Robert Lock.
1.1. Christofer Lock, bapt. Oct. 21, 1576.
1.2. Richard Lock, of Wappinge Wall, sailmaker.
1.2.1. Thomas Lock, bapt. Dec. 21, 1614.
1.2.1.1. Richard Lock, of King Street, mariner, m. Mary.
1.2.1.1.1. Richard Lock, bapt. Nov. 8 , 1653.
1.3. William Lock of Wappingwall, mariner, m. Elizabeth … (suggested as Elizabeth Clarke, d.o. John Clarke “of Lymehous mariner”. The Clarke/s were a well-established mariner family of Stepney). Wapping and Lymhouse were hamlets of Stepney.
1.3.1. John Lock, bapt. June 29, 1623, m. Sarah Ogle, May 18, 1663; she of a family of Wappingwall, mariners.
1.3.2. William Lock, bapt. Dec. 20, 1628. Registry of Deeds, at Cambridge. L 4, p. 229, 1671: “John Johnson aged about 35 years or there abouts and William Johnson aged about 40 saith that William Locke bought of Goodmen Persons, (or Parsons) of Boston all his land he had in Woburn which was two lots that was formerly John Sybley’s and Benjamen Hubbards which sale was about 20 years ago and he paid him for it in clapbord bolts to the said Persons content, and further more say, the said Locke hath had possession of this land by himself, and his assigns ever since.” This Document was sworn to before Richard Russell & Thomas Danforth assistants 13, 8, 1671. William Lock m. Mary Clarke, on Dec. 27, 1655, in Woburn, Massachusetts, who may have been the d.o. William Clarke, bapt. Jan. 19, 1611/12, s.o. “Richard Clarke sailor of Lymehouse”. William Johnson, bapt. Dec. 28, 1631, s.o. Thomas Johnson of New Gravel Lane, and Lucy.

TAYLOR, HANCOCK, AND LEE

St. Dunstan’s Parish Register,

1. John Taylor, of Ratcliff, adjoining Stepney, mariner
1.1. James Taylor, bapt. July 13, 1608, “of Spittlefeild”, m. Anne. (Spitalfield, adjoining Stepney).
1.1.1. James Taylor, bapt. May 7, 1639.
1.1.1.1. James Taylor, of “Gravel Lane”, Ratcliff, mariner, m. Mary.
1.1.1.1.1. James Taylor, bapt. Feb. 1, 1673/74, m. Martha Thompson (of which family there are many recorded ), perhaps a sister of Margaret Thompson, bapt. Dec. 10, 1682, d.o. William Thompson, of King Street, Ratcliff, cordwainer, probably a member of the Guild of Cordwainers, and Barbara. Another cordwainer was “Edward Lee, of Lymehous shoemaker”, probable uncle of Col. Richard Lee. He was almost certainly a member of the Cordwainers Guild, which were included in the thirteen ” misteries which sent members to the Common Council. The first Charter was granted to the Guild of the Cordwainers by Henry VI in 1439. The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers helped finance Captain John Smith’s expedition to Virginia in 1607, and he was subsequently inducted to the Guild. The Secretary for Virginia recorded the establishment of a successful leather/shoemaking industry in 1616. His son was George Lee, merchant of London, bapt. Dec. 22, 1605. “He was probably the George Lee, who Col Richard Lee numbered among his headrights in 1648.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Zachary Taylor (1707 – 1768) m. Elizabeth Lee, d.o. Hancock Lee and Sarah Allerton. She m. (1) Swan Jones, s o Maurice Jones, s o Robert Jones of Fleet’s Bay.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Col. Richard Taylor (1744 Orange Co., VA – 1829 Woodford Co., Ky,) m Sarah Strother (d o. William Strother, cousin of Thomas Strother and Margaret Strother, wife of Thomas McClanahan, close associates of William Jones of Bourbon Co (whose son Allen Jones m. Anna d o Thomas McClanahan, the nephew of the above).
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. President Zachary Taylor (1784-1850).
1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Elizabeth Taylor (ca 1740-1788) m. Thomas Bell s o John Bell and Elizabeth Jones d o William Jones and Leeanna Lee.
1.2. Elizabeth Taylor, m. John Hancock, Dec. 21, 1641.

HANCOCK

1. John Hancocks.
1.1. Thomas Hancocks, bapt. Sept. 19, 1568.
1.2. John Hancock, of Poplar.
1.2.1. John Hancock, bapt. Dec. 23, 1593, of Whitehorse Street, mariner, m. (1) Ann.
1.2.1.1. John Hancock, mariner, bapt. Feb. 4, 1634/5, s.o. John of Whitehorse Street, mariner, and Ann. Hancock, John, of Stepney, Mdx. ob. beyond sea, prob. Jan. 4, 1666.
1.2.1.1.1. John Hancock, bapt. Feb. 5, 1664/5, s.o. John Hancock, mariner of Whitehorse Street.
1.2.1.1.2.. Robert Hancock, bapt. June 7, 1638, s.o. John of Whitehorse Street, mariner, and Ann. Whitehorse Street, runs through Ratcliff to Stepney.
1.2.1.1.3. William Hancock, of “Bulls Yard”, mariner, m. (1) Ann.
1.2.1.1.3.1. William Hancock, bapt.. Nov. 27, 1666.
1.2.1.1.3.2. John Hancock , bapt. Jan. 17, 1668/69.
1.2.1.1.3. William Hancock, m. (2) Margaret.
1.2.1.1.3.1. George Hancock, bapt. Aug. 8, 1675.
1.2.1. John Hancock, m. (2) Elizabeth Taylor, Dec. 21, 1641.
.2.1.1.John Hancock, bapt. Aug. 5, 1646.
1.2.2. … Hancock, probably m. “John Lee of Balist Wharffe, Ratcliff mariner”,
1.2.2.1. Col. Richard Lee, perhaps, perhaps probable, definitely not impossible.

The ancestry of Col. Richard Lee of Virginia deserves to be viewed through clear spectacles, and not ones fogged in a rose tint.

by m stanhope, copyright B.T. Shannon 2025