| | |---4-Amy Evaline Hawkless b: 1881, Gladesville, Sydney, NSW, d: 1947, Petersham, Sydney, NSW
| | | +Laurence Justin O’Donnell b: 1882, Limerick, Ire., d: 1971, Wahroonga, NSW, , m: 1911, Gladesville, NSW
| | | |---5-Thomas Myles O’Donnell b: 1913 m: Dorothea

John Brown, s. John and Sally, Oct. __, 1824

Rachel Starr & Thomas Woodward
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Rachel Jane Starr was daughter of James & Hannah Jones Starr of Ireland and Chester County, Pennsylvania. The Starr ancestory is English.
Thomas Woodward was son of Thomas Woodward, mariner, of England and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are many fascinating stories about Thomas Woodward, mariner, that researcher Ralph Woodward has collected.
Rachel Jane Starr
born 6/25/1754 Chester Co, Pa
died 9/2/1838 Warren Co, In
burial West Lebanon
Thomas Woodward, Jr.
born at sea (?)
died 1822 Preble Co, Oh
Married: About 1779 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rachel Starr Woodward was dismissed from Bradford Monthly Meeting, Chester County, on 6/18/1779 for marriage out by a Baptist teacher
Children:
Jacob Woodward born about 1780-83, Chester County, Pennsylvania, served War of 1812; married Margaret McCormick, died 1821 Preble Co, Ohio
Polly Woodward married William Hickman, Bourbon Co, Kentucky
Asahel Woodward born 3/24/1791, Rockingham County, Virginia, served War of 1812; married Cathrine Hollett; died 1875 Henry County, Indiana
Phoebe Woodward born 8/8/1792 Virginia; married Josiah Clawson, died 1862, Henry County, Indiana
Eli Woodward born 2/16/1794, Virginia, served War of 1812; married (1) Mary Davis and (2) Cathrine Wolfe, died 1876 Warren Co, Indiana, buried West Lebanon
Thomas B. Woodward born about 1795 Fayette County, Kentucky, died Henry County, Indiana
Nathan Woodward born probably 1797, died 4 March 1832, never married, styled as mentally impaired;
Mahlon Woodward born 3/20/1799, died Warren Co, Indian, never married, styled as mentally impaired
Lydia Woodward
Abigail Woodward
(the children are documented in various records but the complete list is from DAR Record #77480.)
Thomas Woodward, Sr., is well documented in Philadelphia. In 1798 he was living at 236 So. Second Street, in 1802 at 210 Spruce Street, in 1803, 1804, & 1805 at the corner of Pine & 3rd Streets. His occupation is given as Sea Captain in each instance. There are also many maritime records for him from 1798 to 1804 with lists of crews: 1798 Master of Brig Maria for Havana, same brig in 1799 & 1800 for LaGuyra, 1802 ship Wilmington for Lisbon and in 1804 Ship Wilmington for Rotterdam. A notice in "Boulson's American Daily Advertiser," published 25 February 1807, reported his death: Captain Woodward died in the Pongus, Africa in November last. There was also a notice on 3 December 1792 that Captain Thomas Woodward had married Miss Margaret Houston 24 October 1792 at the Second Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.
Captain Thomas Woodward served in the Revolutionary War. In "Mariners of the American Revolution" by Marion Kaminkow: Woodward, Thomas, Mariner, captured on Little Porgey (or Pegey) committed to Old Mill Prison was there April & January 1782. Taught navigation to other prisoners while there."
There are several references that make the tie between Captain Thomas Woodward of Philadelphia and Thomas Woodward of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky and Preble County, Ohio. His tombstone indicates he was born at sea. "Bowen's History" 1902, states "he was first of his line not to follow the sea." And he was called "Captain" sometimes too, although he never officially earned the title. He is known to have received a large inheritance shortly after the death of Captain Thomas Woodward of Pennsylvania. Attempts to discover a will for Captain Thomas Woodward have not been successful. Administration #138 in 1807 and #115 in 1809 for Thomas Woodward are indexed in Philadelphia but both files are missing.
We have added a (?) to the "born at sea" given above even though that information is on his tombstone. Dee Cooper, whose husband is a descendant, located a marriage for Thomas Woodward, Sr. and Mary Gilbert, January 14, 1750 in the Parish church of Stevenage in Hertford County, England. Then there are christenings for Thomas Jr., September 19, 1756 and his known sister Sarah on March 3, 1754, as children of Thomas and Mary in the Parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Little Wymondley, Hertford County. Since these are christening records and not birth records, and since Thomas Sr. led a life on the sea it would still be possible for Thomas Jr. to have been born at sea (if Thomas Sr.'s family accompanied him at sea) and then for a christening to take place in England. Since Thomas's sister was older it is more improbable that the family accompanied Thomas Sr. on sea voyages and the "born at sea" inscribed on the tombstone may simply be from a charming family myth.
Thomas Woodward, Jr. served in the Revolutionary War. "Bowen's History" 1902, calls him a Revolutionary hero. He had learned shoemaking and worked at his trade in Philadelphia. He served in Chester County, Pennsylvania, militia in Colonel Patterson Bell's regiment (verified in Pennsylvania archives). His DAR papers state he was in Captain George Garst's Company. He was captured at Germantown October 4, 1777, but escaped from a rail pen jail. There is family lore that Thomas got involved in Chester County because he visited his brother Jacob there who was a regular soldier in the war. Thomas fought at the Battle of Brandywine September 11, 1777, which would have been directly in the area where the Starr family lived. We know from records of Quaker sufferings that families living in the area were required to billet soldiers regardless of pacifist feelings. This is perhaps how Thomas and Rachel met. There was some strong connection there as a T. Woodward owned land directly adjacent to James Starr after the war.
Rachel Starr Woodward received her five pound inheritance from her father about 1786 and it was about this time that the family went to Virginia. Son Asahel's birth in Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1791, is documented in "Hazzard's Military History of Henry County, Indiana" which was written by Asahel's grandson.
"Bowen's History" continues that Thomas and family moved to Kentucky about 1802 and lived in Woodford County at Versailles but lived his later years in or near Eaton, Preble County, Ohio. Thomas actually purchased land in Bourbon County, Kentucky, on 7/23/1800. On the same date land was purchased there by Abel Griffith, the Reverend of the 7th Day Baptist Church in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. This might have been the "Baptist teacher" who married Thomas & Rachel in 1779, since ministers often led entire congregations westward for settlement, but if so their place of marriage was probably Chester County and not Philadelphia.
Thomas Woodward is found in the tax lists for Bourbon County from 1800 through 1807. Son Jacob was listed separately in 1806 indicating he had probably turned 21. A Jacob Woodward is found in the tax lists in the 1790's. This may have been Thomas's brother and may have been why Thomas moved to Kentucky.
David Purviance, elder at Cane Ridge Church in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, went to Ohio in 1807 or 1808 and took part of his flock with him. This probably included the Woodwards as Purviance was the minister who married Jacob's son Eli in Ohio. We know Thomas & Rachel were gone by 1809 as when their daughter Polly married William Hickman in Kentucky, her parents were "out of the state."
From "Early Ohio Settlers- Southwest Ohio 1800-1840": Thomas Woodward purchased Sec 4, Township 7, Range 2 in Preble County on 15 April 1812. The same notation is made for April 12, 1814 (these may have been tax lists and not purchases). Thomas made a two year payment on his land entered in Preble County, Ohio, and two years later also made a double payment. An affidavit from his son Eli in a lawsuit in 1850 in Preble County, says his father received and spent a considerable inheritance. The money was probably spent on the extra land payments.
Thomas Woodward wrote his will in Preble County on October 11, 1821. "In the name of God amen. I Thomas Woodward of the County of Preble and the state of Ohio, being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, do make this my last Will and Testimony in manner following to wit: I do give to my wife Rachel all the profits arising from the plantation on which I now live, the stock of every kind, household furniture and farming utensils during her life, except one Buroe, which I do give to my granddaughter Polly Woodward, at the death of her grandmother, to be deposited in the hands of my son Eli until she comes of age. I do give my sons Eli, Nathan and Mahlon, at the death of my wife, the part of said plantation that lies on the east side of fourmile creek, to be equally divided amonst them. I do give to my son Mahlon the part of said plantation that lies on the west side of fourmile, and one hundred dollars - I do give to my son Nathan one quarter section of land that I own in the Indiana State. At the death of my wife, I do give the stock of every kind, and moveable property to my sons Nathan & Mahlon, except fifty dollars that I give to my son Asahel, and sixteen dollars I do give to my granddaughter Rachel Hickman, which is to be made out of apart of said property.
I do appoint my sons Asahel & Eli to execute this, my last Will and also to take the full guardianship over my sons Nathan & Mahlon, and the full management of their property accompanied with my sincere wish that you will not see them changed in any respect if they or either of them have any lawful issue, I allow them to inherit their estate, and if not, I allow said estate to be equally divided amongst all the grandchildren that I may have at that time, in witness whereof, I here unto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord 1821 (seal). I do not allow any of the property left in the hands of my sons Asahel & Eli, and desired for the use of Nathan & Mahlon, to be taken for military fines.
/s/Thomas Woodward X his mark (seal)
Test: Audley Taylor and Joseph Smith"
A law suit was filed in Preble County Ohio in September 1850 which contains much genealogical information about the Thomas Woodward Family. The participants in the law suit were Isaac & Rebecca Clawson; George and Rachel Hickman; Stephen and Thirza McWhinney; Evan, Levi, and Eli Woodward vs. Asahel and Eli Woodward; Voemma and Samuel Hazzard; Thomas B., Pyrus, and Franklin Woodward; Andrew G. Clawson; Fidellia and William Wayman; James and Rachel Clawson; Nathan & Assa Clawson; Ezrelda, Josiah, George K., Bethena and Ann Woodward. The deceased, Thomas Woodward was listed as the grandfather of the petitioners. The old document is very hard to read but the gist of it is that Thomas, "in his lifetime was seized and possessed in fee simple of large real estate and was also possessed of a large amount of personal estate." The document then quotes the will. Apparently the grandchildren were attempting to obtain a share of the estate. John Laird, a Clawson descendant, also sent us an abstract of the filing of this court case on June 7, 1849. This tells us still more about the relationships: Nathan woodward died in 1832 without issue; Asahel Woodward of Henry County, Indiana, his children - Vienna, wife of Samuel Hazzard, Thomas B. Woodward, Pyrus Woodward, Franklin Woodward, all of Henry County, Indiana; Phebe wife of Josiah Clawson and hr children - Andrew G. Clawson, Delaware County, Indiana, Fidelia, wife of William Wayman, James Clawson, Rachel Clawson, Nathan D. Clawson, and Asa G. Clawson, all of Henry County, Indiana; Eli Woodward of Warren County, Indiana, his children - Ezrquelda, Melissa, Josiah, George W., Bethena, and Ann Woodward, all of Warren County, Indiana. The grandchildren whose parentage is not given above are children of Jacob and Margaret McCormick Woodward: Rachel Hickman (b. abt. 1807), Thirza McWhinney (b. abt. 1809), Evan (born abt. 1810), Levi (born abot 1814), and Eli Woodward.
From County histories we have extracted the following information on Pyrrhus Woodward, son of Asahel and Catherine Hollett Woodward: Pyrrhus Woodward, born 8/1/1822, near New Castle, Henry County, Indiana; married 1/7/1850 in Wayne County, Indiana, Mary E. Hawkins, daughter of Isabel M. and William Hawkins. Pyrrhus died 12/27/1898 in Henry County, Indiana. Mary was born 10/20/1825 and died 1/17/1899 in Henry County, Indiana. Children were Cordelia J. Woodward; Isabel Woodward Springer; George W. Woodward; Leonora Woodward m. John Hoham; and Charles F. Woodward.

Thomas Woodward b in William Parish, England m 1750 Mary Gilbert in Hertford County, England, emigrated to the Colonies with his family, served as sea Captain in the American Revolution, was captured and imprisoned by the English, and later came back to Philadelphia and his family
Thomas Woodward b 1756 at sea m ca 1778 Rachel Jane Starr probably in Pennsylvania
Jacob Woodward b ca 1785 probably in Rockingham County, Virginia m ca 1807 Margaret McCormick probably in Kentucky
Eli Woodward b 1818 in Preble County, Ohio m 1837 Eliza Jane Ammerman in Preble County, Ohio
Septimus Lafayette Woodward b 1856 in Jefferson Twp, Sullivan County, Indiana m 1889 Susannah Mason in Greene County, Indiana
Ira Woodward b 1896 in Greene County, Indiana m 1917 Lillie Estella Griffith in Sullivan County, Indiana
Ralph Mason Woodward b 1919 in Sullivan County, Indiana m 1941 Winifred E. Thompson in Wells County, Indiana
ames Woodward settled and married Mary Walker in 1728 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England. Hanborough is a village located within a few miles of the Blenheim Palace. Most of James' many descendents remained in Hanborough until the late 1800s. However, those descendents of James who have taken a serious interest in their genealogies, have failed so far to pinpoint his origins. Blenheim Palace was constructed in the early 1700s following the granting of the Royal Manor of Woodstock by Queen Anne to the Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill--from whom Winston descended, following the Duke's success over the French-led forces in 1704 near the small village of Blenheim on the Danube. Construction of the Palace was completed in 1722. James Woodward was probably drawn into the area to help in the development or upkeep of the Palace and its gardens--he lived in a cottage that was owned by the estate. Searching the archives of the Palace to unearth possible information on James is planned. Meanwhile, exploration of genetic information is seen as an alternate line of research--the intent being to identify genetic connections to other Woodward family groups whose origins are English, and so identify possible origins for our James. Source: Christopher J. Woodward.

SAMUEL LEWIS - Kit# 44048
1st Generation: SAMUEL LEWIS, b June 22,1801 NC, d March 26, 1863 Washington County, AR, m July 31, 1823 to Bricey Holt, b 1804 TN d November 26, 1873. Known Ch: (1) Alvis Gatson Lewis b Feb 22, 1827 d Feb 26, 1916 m July 12 1851 Rebecca Black b Jan 15, 1832 d May 11,1885; (2) Sally Ann Lewis b 1831 d 1904 m 1851 Henry Alberty; (3) Moses Vandever Lewis b 1833 d 1905 m 1855 Sarah Catharine Rhoades; (4) Amanda E Lewis b 1836 d 1937 m 1st 1858 Nathan Green 2nd ? Rhodes; (5) George Washington Lewis b 1841 d 1896 m 1866 Mary Ann Brooks.
2nd Generation:ALVIS GATSON LEWIS, b Feb 22 1827 d Feb 26 1916 m(1) July 12 1851 Evansville AR Rebecca Catherine Black b Jan 15 1832 d May 11 1885, had 11 children, m(2) Sarah Henry November 1885, 2 children.
3rd Generation:ALVIS EDWIN LEWIS, b Dec 15 1853 d July 23 1945 Evansville AR m(1) April 21 1886 Martha Ann Greig b 1861 d 1889 Ch: 1) William Greig Lewis b May 13 1889 Evansville AR d Sept 7 1946 Watts OK, 2) Blanche Lewis b March 10 1887 Evansville AR d Jan 25 1972; m(2) Feb 1892 Charlotte Denton b 1870 d 1904 Ch: Dan, Gatts, Kate; m(3) June 26 1910 Clara Mae Mount b Feb 18, 1884 d1969 ? Ch: Oleta ,Gus, Bob.
4th Generation:WILLIAM GREIG LEWIS, b May 13 1889 Evansville AR d Sept 7 1946 Watts OK
5th Generation:FRENCH GREIG LEWIS, b Aug 18, 1916 Stilwell Ok, d Nov 27 2004 EL Paso TX, m Aug 30 1950 Lois Proctor.
6th Generation:LIVING
Paternal lineage of Participant #44048: Samuel Lewis (1801 - 1863 > Alvis Gatson Lewis (1827 - 1916) > Alvis Edwin Lewis (1853 - 1945) > William Greig Lewis (1889 - 1946) > French Greig Lewis (1916 - 2004) > Living

AN/PB 315/12/1319.5.1637Flintham
Easter 1637
Churchwardens present the following: Richard Hall for withholding from the church 4s 6d due for the necessary repair of it; the vicarage buildings are out of repair in the default of Mr Daniell Odingsells.
Written in another hand, 'emat 5o 7bris 1637'.

AN/PB 315/9/1627.4.1635Flintham
Easter 1635
Churchwardens present the following: Richard Hall, son of Francis Hall, for fornication with Elizabeth Hall of Carcolston [Car Colston].
Place name partially obscured by damage; '[-]inthame' can be read.
Written in another hand, 'emat in 15 7bris 1635'.

AN/PB 315/9/94.1635Car Colston
Easter 1635
Churchwardens present the following: the chancel is out of repair, but we know not in whose default; the church wall on the north side is in great defect; Elizabeth Hall for fornication with Richard Hall of Flinton [Flintham]; Mrs Scroope for a popish recusant.
Place name given as Carcolston.
Written in another hand, 'emat in 15 7bris 1635'.

Ann,Richard HALL,1635,Jun,14,Durham,Durham

Duncan Stuart
Threlfall 50 p.465-66: Quarterly Court, Ipswich MA, March 1654:
Duncan Stewartt and An Winchest were sentenced to be whipped for fornication, the man that afternoon and the woman when she should be called out by the magistrates, after she was delivered. Together they were to bring up the child and pay the charges.
He was probably one of the Scot prisoners taken at the Battle of Dunbar on 3 Jun 1650 by Cromwell's forces. Many of these unfortunate men were shipped off as indentured servants and sold to the colonists for an arbitrary term of servitude. ... Duncan Stuart had a house lot in Ipswich in 1656. About 1659 he and his family moved to Newbury. ... Shortly after Aug 1688 he moved to Rowley ... In an Essex county deed in 1698 he is called "laborer". ...
He was living on 16 Mar 1702/3 "northwest of Rye Plain Bridge and Long Hill" ... Of two deeds he acknowledged in 1708, he was called Planter in one and Husbandman in the other.

m.14 Apr1646 Richard HALL /Ellen HEALD/ LAN Manchester LINKLDS A455243 & batch 6930475

The hospital was being built in the early 1570s, (Footnote 29) children from the poorhouse were baptized at St. Mary's-at-the-Walls in 1574, and in 1579 Richard Hall, proctor of the Colchester poorhouse, was granted protection to gather contributions in Essex and Hertfordshire. (Footnote 30)

ID: I1015
Name: Richard Hall
Given Name: Richard
Surname: Hall
Sex: M
Birth: Bef 1570 in Arkley,Yorkshire,England
IDNO: 9050
LDS Baptism: status: LIVE
Change Date: 13 JAN 2002 at 09:55:55
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children
Anne Hall b: Bef 1586 in Arkley,Yorkshire,England

73In all nine fellows and deacons of the college were named in 1548. The story of Vaux has been given above; that of John Cuppage, his friend, is in many ways similar; he refused to appear at the Visitation of 1559, suffered persecution for adhering to the old faith, and is supposed to have died in Salford prison about 1584; Vaux, Catechism, 75–8, 84 note (introd.).
In 1559 four of the fellows—Edward Pendleton, Robert Prestwich, Richard Hart, and Richard Ford—appeared, but Hart refused to subscribe; Prestwich was warned against frequenting taverns; Ch. Goods, 7 (quoting S.P. Dom. Eliz. x, 101); Gee, Eliz. Clergy, 81. In 1562 Vaux, who had been ordered to live in Worcestershire, and Hart in Kent or Sussex, were 'thought to behave themselves very seditiously and contrary to their recognizances, secretly lurk in Lancashire and are thought to be maintained there by rulers and gentlemen of that county'; ibid. 181. In 1574 three of the old clergy (1548) were receiving pensions—John Cuppage, Edward Pendleton (then vicar of Eccles), and Robert Prestwich; of the rest Collier, Johnson, Ryle, Woodall, and Wolstoncroft had died be fore the accession of Elizabeth, and Ralph Hunt and James Barlow died about 1571; Ch. Goods (quoting Spec. Com. 16 Eliz. no. 3258). John Glover, as above shown, also conformed under Elizabeth.
In 1570 Roger Cooksey, clerk, made claim to an annuity of £6 13s. 4d., for service and prayer, against Thomas Herle, warden, Richard Hall, paymaster, and Edward Holt, receiver; Ducatus Lanc. (Rec. Com.), ii, 389.
At an inquiry in 1571 Warden Herle confessed that he had been absent for two years and more, having a dispensation. Neither he nor the fellows were bound to preach. The only ornament the church possessed was a broken chalice; the building was in decay and the 'painted pictures' had not been defaced. Nicholas Daniell, one of the fellows, averred that Edward Holt, another fellow, kept an alehouse and frequented such places, being a drunkard. Richard Hall, another fellow, practised medicine, 'and when he should serve God he runneth after his physic and surgery'; Raines, Wardens, xv. The Bishop of Chester refused Hall's pension in 1581; Acts of P.C. 1581–2, p. 266.
A little later it was stated that the clergy had been beaten and one of their preachers attacked and wounded.
The loss of the old hospitality was a grievance with the tenants; Newton Chapelry (Chet. Soc.), ii, 51.

1030. ROBERT SMITH (Source: transcription by the Wilmslow Historical Society of documents filed at the Chester Record Office as: "WS 1696, Robert Smith of Styall, yeoman."), born Jun 1638 in lived in Cheshire; died 01 Apr 1696 in Morley MM, Cheshire, England. He was the son of 2060. WILLIAM SMITH and 2061. Ann RYLANSE. He married 1031. ELLEN WILLIAMSON 18 Feb 1683 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.
1031. ELLEN WILLIAMSON (Source: Transcription by Paul C. Palmer Original filed at Chester Record Office as: "WS 1724, Ellen Smith of Pownall Fee, widow."), born 02 Nov 1628 in Pownall Fee, Cheshire, England; died 09 Feb 1724. She was the daughter of 2062. John WILLIAMSON and 2063. Jane HARROP.
Notes for ROBERT SMITH:
Robert Smith, yeoman of Stiall in the parish of Wilmslow
Will dated July the 18th, 1689
Appraised by Jeffery Alcock and Reynald Kelsall 9th April, 1696
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transcription by the Wilmslow Historical Society of documents filed at the
Chester Record Office as: "WS 1696, Robert Smith of Styall, yeoman"
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July the 18th 1689
In the name of God amen: I Robert Smith of Stiall in the parish of Wilmslow and
County of Chester yeoman beinge booth in good health and memory blessed bee the Lord
for it. Yet knowinge the certenity of death and the uncertinty of the time when do
make this my last will and testiment for the prevention of differences which might
arise amongst my wife and children about those good which the Lord in his mercy hath
lent mee is as followeth viz:
Imprimis It is my will and mind and I doe give and bequeath unto my sonne
William Smith the some of one shilling knowinge that what my father
and I have given to him formerly is more then I am able to give to
any of my other children.
Item I doe give unto my gransonne Robert Smith cobbbord the disboard the
table in the house falle bord the coch cheave the bedstid in the
cross parlor and all the buttrey bords at the Lode hill house to be
for Eare Loomes
Item I doe give unto my sonne John Smith the cubbord the table the
bedstid in the parlor below and all the bords both in the house and
buttrey to bee for Eare Loomes to Ha[o]ughgreene houses.
Item I doe give unto my soninlaw Nathan Button and his wife other of
them the sum of one shilinge
Item I doe give unto my soninlaw John Hall and his wife other of them the
some of one shilinge.
Item I doe give unto my daughter Martha Smith to some of eight pound
beinge part of that 40 pound which I have received from my sonne
Robert.
Item It is my mind and will and I doe give and bequeath that fifty pound
which is due to mee from my sonne William Smith at such dayes and
times as the deede and assigement will make appeare to theise
persons heare after named that is to say the feirst ten pound to
may daughter Margery the ten pound to my daughter Mary the theird
ten pound to my Executor heire after named for the use of my
daughter Ellen or her issue if any theire bee to boye her clothes or
other nesacarys for them when hee shall thinke fit and convenient
and the forth ten pound to my daughter Jane and the fifth and last
ten pound beinge the ressedue of the fifty pound to my daughter
Martha : theise forementioned somes I give to my daughters and their
Issdues and if my daughter Ellen dye and leave no issue the remander
of that some to bee devided amongst her sister or theire issue.
Item I doe give unto my sonns Robert Smith and John Smith all my wearinge
apparill
Item I do give unto my wife Ellen Smith and my two soons Robert and John
all my husbandrey ware to bee used joyntly amongst them.
Item I do give unto Johnathan Pownall the some of ten shillings
Item at affrere my debts and funarall expences and theise before
mentioned legisies are all discharged it is my will and mind and I
do give and bequeath the one halfe of my goods to my wife Ellen
Smith and the other halfe beinge the resedue and remander of all my
goods I do give unto my daughter Martha Smith and I do renounce and
make voude all former wills and doe constitute and ordeane my trusty
and well beloved friend Johnathan Pownall who I do repose great
trust and confidence in to bee my soule Executor to see this my last
will and testament truly performed and I do desire my well beloved
friend John Corbishley and my wife to be as over seers to advise or
assist this my executor before named to see this my will truly
performed given under my hand and seale the day and year above
written.
Robert Smith

In about 1655, a Thomas Blagg was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire. He married (20 May, 1680) Mary Hall at Prestbury in Cheshire. A later generation Smyth (John H. Smyth, father of Dame Ethel Smyth) had the second name Hall. Mary Hall was born in Macclesfield in about 1659. A Search for a male Blagg descended from this marriage with a daughter Elizabeth Blagg would provide the answer to that lineage link!

Upon entering England with the Norman Conquest, the Hall's were actually 'FITZ WILLIAM'S', they being settled in Greatford Hall in Lincolnshire, and being directly descended from Wentworth, Earl FitzWilliam. The younger son of this noble house, Arthur FitzWilliam, was called 'Hall', to distinguish him from his senior brother. Hence Arthur Hall would be the first on record about the year 1090 AD. The line continued in Lincolnshire, and intermarried with the Crispins, and the Earls of Chester. In Cheshire [England], the Hall's were a cadet branch of the Kingsley Hall's of that county. By 1340 AD, the name had moved northward at the invitation of Earl David of Huntingdon, later to become King David of Scotland. In Scotland, they were granted lands in Berwickshire, specifically the lands of Glenryg in the barony of Lesmahagow.

Little Baddow, Essex United Kingdom

Subject: Lost Church in Essex
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Hi,
I wonder if SKS can help me.
I'm searching for any information on a Church that was destroyed by fire
with all records lost sometime after the late 1890's. The area is around
the centre of Essex, eg. Boreham, Hatfield Peverel, Langford to Witham.
After the fire the Church was bulldozed and the land is now part of a
highway. The Church was in a town/village and there was a dam close by.
Where would I obtain this information? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Michael Battishill, Lake Macquarie area of New South Wales, Australia
Researching: Battishill, Keen, Westcott, Mansell

1657 The local Haverhill puritans continued to harass the Quakers. John Sewell, a local Quaker was put in the stocks. His brother Ambrose and John Hall were seen speaking to him, and were sent to Bury goal as punishment. Anthony Appleby had goods distrained for refusing to pay his £20 tithe to repair the parish church.

WESTON-UPON-AVON
FILE [no title] - ref. D2957/334/1 - date: 6 July 1639
[from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Richard HALL, William BREGG, Margaret UNDERHILL

THOMAS FERYBY, Mercer of Cirencester
Thomas Feryby (d.1611) was the founder of the family in the county of Gloucester. His parentage is not known in 2003, but he was probably a close relative of the John Ferybe of Poulton listed in the local muster roll of 1539.
The marriage of Thomas Fereby to Elizabeth Hopkins in 1566 in Cirencester (parish register begins in 1560). Smith's Men and Armour of 1608 lists three members of the family in Glos. - Anthony Fereby, mercer of Cirencester, George Fereby, mercer of Cirencester and Edmund Fereby his servant.
Thomas Feryby was one of Cirencester's merchants led by Giles Selwyn that tried to establish a guild in this important Cotswold market town as the two following law suits in the PRO show;. SP 46/32/fo 133d., 134 Petition to Burghley, Mildmay, Manwood and the other barons of the Exchequer by Giles Selwyn, Roger Donne, Richard Hall and Thomas Feryby of Cirencestre to reform the order of Feb. [1583] (see E.123/10, fo. 7) requiring them to submit to Sir John Danvers and pay his costs; [1583].
SP 46/15/fo 64 Burghley and Mildmay to Robert Straunge, (--) Oldsworth, Christopher George and John Cockeswell: To examine the pretended title of Giles Selwyn, Roger Donne, Richard Hall and Thomas Shereby (sic !) of Ciceter by an old charter; London 29 May 1572.

Gloucestershire Parish Deeds
Catalogue Ref. D2957
Part 3: Parish Deeds
MAISEYHAMPTON
FILE [no title] - ref. D2957/197/2 - date: 13 and 14 September 1681
[from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Robert BRERETON; Richard HALL; Sarah SWANLEY
FILE [no title] - ref. D2957/197/3 - date: 14 September 1681
[from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Robert BRERETON; Richard HALL; Sarah SWANLEY, Thomas STONE, Thomas DUREDEN; Edward TOWSE; Richard KEMBLE, John COX
NORTHLEACH
FILE [no title] - ref. D2957/217/7 - date: 26 December 1699
[from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Richard BRANSDON, Richard HALL; William POWELL; Judith VEN; George VEN
TODENHAM
FILE [no title] - ref. D2957/309/10 - date: 2 January 1749
[from Scope and Content] (2) Richard MORRIS of Little Wolford, co. Warwick, yeoman; John FREEMAN of Toddenham, butcher
WESTON-UPON-AVON
FILE [no title] - ref. D2957/334/1 - date: 6 July 1639
[from Scope and Content] Witnesses: Richard HALL, William BREGG, Margaret UNDERHILL

EXTRACTS of
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS
Transcript taken from :GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES AND QUERIES, VOL. IV, 1890.
Edited by REV. BEAVER H. BLACKER, M. A. Published in 1890. London, England.
Transcribed by Brenda Pickard (Starweaver) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2100/index.htm
The registers of the parish of Coaley commence in the year 1581, but the first volume which extends from that year until 1738, is extremely irregular, and in many cases badly written. Evidently the entries were often made by the incompetent hand of a parish clerk. Curiously enough, the period during which the register was best kept was that from 1650 to 1660, and the parish was clearly very fortunate at that time in obtaining the services of a competent registrar. Except to genealogists, there are comparatively few entries of general interest, and most of them are given in the following extracts. We may draw attention to the reference to the baptism of Quakers and a few entries of excommunication and absolution thereupon in the last century. They were evidently for offences against morals.
In the succeeding extracts which include the period 1582-1812, all the entries which relate to the names of Browning, Harding, Clutterbuck, Trotman, Kingscote, Purnell, Vizard, are given. Save of the first two, few instances of any of them occur, which is somewhat remarkable; for two of them, Clutterbuck and Trotman, abound in the immediate neighbourhood; indeed, as our readers are aware, the Trotmans simply swarm in the adjoining parish of Cam. All through the registers are numerous entries of the families of Cam and Mabbett, who are still well-known in this district, and are of considerable antiquity, the former taking their name from the adjoining parish of Cam. Other names which are found more or less frequently, are Veizey, Pegler, Drinkwater, Sherwood, Longden, Oatridge, Gunter and Ginter, Dangerfield, Essington and Estington, Washburn, Seliman and Jelliman, Longstreth and Longstreet, Veribey, Flatcher, and Hulbro. Some of these names are obvious misspellings, or corruptions. The educational condition of the parish was certainly low, if we may judge from the marriage register of the latter half of the eighteenth century, for the majority perhaps of the entries are signed with marks. This was doubtless due to the isolated position of the parish in ancient times, for it lies off any of the main roads, and it always appears to have been chiefly if not entirely engaged in agricultural pursuits. For permis