WHITE Anna

Anna married HAYWARD John on 02 Jun 1671 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. John (son of Hayward George and (Hayward) Mary) was born on 20 Dec 1640 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 22 Nov 1714 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. HAYWARD Mary was born on 05 Dec 1671 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; and died.
2. HAYWARD Judith was born on 25 Apr 1675 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 18 Apr 1748 in West Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
3. HAYWARD Mercy was born on 13 May 1677 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 26 Apr 1762 in Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA.
4. HAYWARD James was born about 27 Jan 1678.
5. HAYWARD John was born on 07 Jun 1680.
6. HAYWARD Hannah was born on 30 Aug 1682.
7. HAYWARD Sarah was born on 16 Jun 1689.

Notes:

Resolved was a small child of about five years old when he arrived in Plymouth in 1620 on the Mayflower with his parents. His brother, Peregrine, was the first white child to be born in New England.

Bradford's 1651 account says "Resolved hath five children."

On 3 Aug. 1640, Resolved White was granted 100 acres in Scituate next to Mr. William Vassall's land. On 7 March, 1642/43 he was granted more land in Scituate.

On 17 March 1656/57, Resolved White of Scituate in New Plymouth in New England, gentleman, and his wife, Judith, dau. of William Vassall of this Island,(Barbados) Esq. sold to Nicholas Ware of St. Michael's , merchant all his one fifth of two thirds of William Vassall's plantation in Saint Michaels. (These deeds show that he was in Barbados at this time.)

On 1 June 1658, Resolved White was made a Freeman of Plymouth Colony.

On 17 March 1662, Resolved White of Scituate, planter, sold land in Scituate to Wiliam Wills. On 25 Sept 1663, Judith, the wife of Resolved White, acknowledged the sale.

On 3 June, 1668, Resolved White was elected surveyor of highways for Marshfield. On 29 May, 1670, he was on the list of Freemen of Marshfield.

On 4 July, 1675 Resolved deposed he was aged about 59 years.
The 2nd of July, 1675, will of Gov. Josiah Winslow names brother, Resolved White.

On 5 Sept. 1678 Resolved White aged about 63 years deposed. In June, 1679 he again deposed he was aged about 63 years. On 2 Jan. 1679/80, Abigail White aged about 74 years deposed. (All in Essex County)

The will of Abigail White, the second wife of Mr. Resolved White of Salem, Essex Co. MA, probated 26 April 1682, proved June 1682, mentions her former husband, William Lord; his kinsman, William Lord and the latter's children; and Resolved White, her now husband.

No Plymouth County probate records for Resolved White.

Resolved married VASSALL Judith on 05 Nov 1640 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA. Judith (daughter of Vassall William and King Anna) was born in 1619 in Stepney, Middlesex, England; died in Apr 1670 in Marshfield, Essex County Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Judith, born about 1619, joined the church at Scituate, May 14, 1637. She came over on the "Blessing" with her parents and siblings, leaving London 17 June 1635. At the age of 21, she married Resolved White, son of William and Susanna Fuller White in Scituate, Plymouth County, MA.

Her family in later years remained Loyalists to the English government during the Rev. War as did the Winslows who were related through Resolved's mother, Susannah who remarried Winslow after the death of her husband, William White.

Notes:

Married:
There is also a record of Marriage dated 5 Nov. 1640 in Scituate (PRC8:19)

Notes:

William White, a wool carder, perhaps related to the White family of Sturton le Steeple, was one of the first twelve men on the Mayflower who were in a position to be called Mr. or Master because of social or economical status. He was a leading "stranger" who joined the Mayflower journey to America.

Little is known about Pilgrim William White. He and Susanna White left England with son, Resolved. At Cape Cod, on Nov. 11, 1620 according to the old calendar, William was one of the forty-one signers of the Mayflower Compact. Two to three weeks later, son Peregrine was born, the first English birth in Plymouth Colony. Susanna was widowed in February. Their two servants died about the same time. Susanna became the first colony bride in May, marrying Edward Winslow, a Mayflower passenger who had lost his wife a few weeks before. At least five children were born to Susanna and Edward Winslow.

SUMMARY:
The ancestry of William White of the Mayflower is not known. Incorrect royal lineages have been given for him, as well as an incorrect identification of him as the son of Rev. John White of London.

William Bradford wrote that William White came on the Mayflower with his wife "Susanna". There is a marriage record in Leyden on 27 January 1612 for a William White, woolcomber, and an "Anna" Fuller, sister of Samuel Fuller. The marriage was witnessed by Sarah Priest and Samuel Fuller. This record, however, does not relate to the Mayflower passenger, as commonly claimed. The reasons for this conclusion are as follows:

A William White had Sarah Priest witness his marriage; a William White in 1621 witnessed the marriage of Sarah Priest. However, the William White of the Mayflower was dead in America and could not have witnessed Sarah Priest's marriage. It would therefore appear that this is not the William White who came on the Mayflower.

Susanna, widow of William White, married second Edward Winslow. Anna Fuller was baptized in 1577, and Edward Winslow in 1595. It is most unlikely that 25-year old Edward Winslow would marry a woman 18 years older than him for his first wife.
Children of William White were buried in infancy in 1613, 1615, and 1616. These deaths indicate it would be most unlikely they had a child Resolved in 1615.

Susanna, wife of William White, is not Susanna Tilley either, another common claim. That "theory" was disproved in Pilgrim Notes & Queries 1:1.

From http://mayflowerhistory.com/white-william/

William White
BAPTIZED: 25 January 1586/7 at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, son of Edward and Thomasine (Cross)(May) White.
MARRIAGE: Susanna Jackson, about 1614, probably in Amsterdam.
CHILDREN: Resolved and Peregrine.
DEATH: 21 February 1620/1 at Plymouth.

Important Note: The origins of William White in England were just recently discovered in 2017 in a collaborative research project by Caleb Johnson, Sue Allan, and Simon Neal. The results of this research were published in the following peer-reviewed genealogical articles:

Caleb Johnson, Sue Allan and Simon Neal, "The English Origin and Kinship of Mayflower Passengers William White and Dorothy (May) Bradford of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire," The American Genealogist, 89-2(April 2017):81-94 and 89-3(July 2017):168-188.

Sue Allan, Caleb Johnson and Simon Neal, "The Origin of Mayflower Passenger Susanna (Jackson)(White) Winslow," The American Genealogist 89-4(October 2017):241-264.

William White was baptized on 25 January 1586/7 at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, the son of Edward and Thomasine (Cross)(May) White. His mother, Thomasine, was married to John May, and was therefore was also the grandmother to Mayflower passenger Dorothy May.

William's mother Thomasine was buried on 10 November 1591 at Wisbech. His father Edward died about 1594 when he was seven, and he went to live with his maternal grandmother Jacomine and her second husband Thomas Robinson. Thomas Robinson died in 1595, so widow Jacomine raised her grandchildren William (and sister Martha) White. Martha died and was buried at the age of 19 in 1608, and (turning 21 that year) William headed off with his half-siblings Henry and Jacomine May to Amsterdam (he was given permission to reside in Amsterdam in June 1608), where they joined the church congregation of Henry Ainsworth. William White witnessed the marriage of his half-sister Jacomine to Amsterdam printer Jan l'Ecluse on 5 May 1609.

He married Susanna Jackson, daughter of Richard and Mary (Pettinger) Jackson. Susanna was likely born and raised in Scrooby, and her father held a lease for a portion of Scrooby Manor. She may have fled with her father to Amsterdam in 1608, and there married William White.

William and Susanna had their son Resolved about 1615, and son Peregrine was born sometime the last three days of November 1620, after arrival and anchorage off Provincetown Harbor, but before the Pilgrims had explored and found Plymouth.

William died the first winter, 21 February 1620/1, on the same day as three other passengers, including William Mullins. His wife Susanna remarried to Edward Winslow a few months later, on 12 May 1621, being the first marriage to occur at Plymouth.

Birth:
Had birth date of 10 Nov 1591, but found baptism date of January 25, 1586/7

Died:
21 FEB 1620/1621

William married JACKSON Susannah about 11 Feb 1611 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Susannah (daughter of JACKSON Richard and PETTINGER Mary) was born about 1593 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England; died on 01 Oct 1680 in Marshfield, Essex County Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

During the crossing of the Mayflower, Susanna was pregnant with her second son, Peregrin, who was born on the Mayflower a month after it's arrival.
He was the first white child to be born in New England.

Susanna became a widow in February, 1621, three months after their arrival on the Mayflower. She became the first colony bride in May, marrying Edward Winslow, A Mayflower passenger who had lost his wife a few weeks before.

At least five children were born to Susanna and Edward Winslow.
About 1638, the Winslows with young Peregrine and resolved White, moved to Green Harbor, now called Marshfield. Edward Winslow rose to prominence as Governor of Plymouth colony, became Colony representative to England, and at last was persuaded to use his diplomatic skills for Oliver Cromwell, heading up a joint commission with the Dutch to award reparations for damage caused to Danish ships. Interesting though it may be to imagine Susanna sharing those years in London with him, hostess to officials from various governments, no evidence has been found to indicate that she accompanied her husband on any of his trips to England. One of the few extant documents mentioning her by name is a "Bill of Sale" in which :Susanna Winslow, wife of Mr. Edward Winslow of Marshfield and his Agent in this time of his Absence in England" sold for ten years the services of an Indian man. The agreement was dated 12 Nov. 1647.

Edward spent the last six years of his life in England. His will in 1654 as a resident of London, leaves his land in New England to son, Josiah, "hee allowing to my wife a full third parte thereof for her life also." if Susanna were living in London at that time, it would have been natural to provide for her there as well.

No further record of Susanna has been found. She must have died before 1675 when her son, Josiah Winslow made no proviso for her in his will, although he made bequests to numerous relatives and friends. This surely refutes the claim of some that she died in Marshfield within two weeks of Josiah's death in 1680. It seems strange that this woman who was the wife of one colony governor and mother of another, first Plymouth colony bride and mother of the famed Peregrine White, should have left no record of her passing in town, church, court or press.

Died:
Bet 1654-1675
Bet 1654-1675

Notes:

Married:
11 FEB 1611/1612

Notes:

William, well educated and an Alderman of London was the son of John and Anne Russell Vassall. He was a man of some wealth who was one of the original patentees of New England lands and Massachusetts Bay Company and was one of Craddock's Assistant at the time he was made acting Governor of the Massachusetts Company of London.

In 1630, Vassall came to New England on the "Arabella" with John Winthrop from Prittlewell, Essex County, England, but returned to London in 1631 in the ship "Lyon", being chosen with his brother by the colonist to present their petitions of complaints against Endicott's government to Craddock in England. He returned, leaving London 17 June 1635 in the ship, "Blessing" at age 42 years with his wife, and six children, whom he left in Roxbury while he built his house at Scituate on the beautiful location overlooking river, marshes and ocean. It was known as "Belle House" on his plantation, 'West Newland.'. (NEHGR 17:56; Deane, Scituate, p. 366; Pope) They became members of the Scituate Reformed Church.

William became involved in the religious and political life of both colonies. He became a follower of Rev. John Lathrop, a religious refugee from London who was also quite controversial. In 1646, finding himself out of sympathy with the colonial leaders and seemingly ran afoul of his neighbors because of the Child Petition, Vassall went back to England, and in 1648, without returning to Scituate, went to Barbados and had estates in both Barbados and Jamaica where he became even more wealthy. Some evidence exists that he dealt heavily in the slave trade.

He died and is buried in the Parish of St. Michael in 1655. In his will, dated 13 July, 1655, he names his son, John and his daughters, Judith, Francis, Ann, Margaret and Mary. (NEHGR 17:57)

BIOGRAPHY: The following is from "The Vassalls of New England":

He was the first of his name who came to this country, was an Assistant in the Massachusetts Bay Company, and one of the original patentees of New England lands. At a formal meeting of the Governor and Company held October 15, 1629, he, with others, was appointed "to go over," and in the next year he arrived in this country, but returned after a short stay, in the ship Lyon. In June, 1635, he embarked with wife and six children on board the Blessing, for New England. Upon his arrival here it would seem that he settled first in Roxbury; for we find in the Church Records of that town the following entry made by the Rev. John Eliot in his account of the church members: "Mrs Anna Vassaile, the wife of Mr. William Vassaile. Her husband brought five children to this land, Judith, Frances, John, Margaret, Mary." (and one other, Ann, afterwards married to Nicolas Ware). How long he remained at Roxbury we do not know, but, November 28, 1636, we find him connected with the church at Scituate, in which town Deane says he erected a house in 1635, on land laid out to him by order of the Court, and which he called West Newland. He took the oath of fidelity at Scituate, February 1, 1638. In December, 1639, license was granted him "to make an oyster bed in North River," before his house. In 1642 he was chosen one of a council of war, aggressions having been threatened by the Narragansetts, and in 1643 his name appears on the militia roll. In 1644-5 he was prominently concerned in the division of the church at Scituate, and the settlement of Mr. Witherell over the disaffected portion, against the advice of protestations of the churches at Plymouth and Marshfield. The separation of the churches arose partially from the views held by its pastor, the Rev. Charles Chauncy, upon the ordiannce of baptism, with whom Mr. Vassall had early disputed on dotrinal points. (for an interesting discussion of the subject see Deane's "Scituate".) In 1646 he sailed for England, in the Supply, in aid of a petition for the redress of wrongs in the government, and never returned, but in 1648 removed to Barbadoes, and there died in 1655, aged 65 years. His will is dated at Barbadoes, July 13, 1655. He bequeathed to his son John one-third of all his estates, and the remainder to his daughters, Judith, Frances, Ann, Margaret, and Mary. His son was appointed executor, and in his absence Nicolas Ware, who appointed, May 8, 1656, Capt. Joshua Hubbard of Hingham, his attorney for the sale of the Scituate estate, by virtue of two writings, one signed by Resolved White and James Adams, February 18, 1656, and the other by Margaret and Mary Vassall, March 3, 1655-6. The estate was conveyed by Joshua Hubbard to John Cushen and Mathyas Briggs, for £120, and consisted of about 120 acres, with house and barns. The deed was signed by Joshua Hubbard, Resolved White and Judith his wife, and James Adams, July 18, 1657.

According to Adventurers of Purse & Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 by Virginia M. Meyer/John Frederick Dorman, 1987 (Abstracted):

John VASSALL, father of William, was a subscriber for two shares of stock in the Virginia Company with an investment of £25.10.0 in 1618, and was the son of John VASSALL, a Huguenot of Normandy, sent into England by his father because of the troubles in France. In 1588 John, of county Essex, England, fitted out at his own expense and commanded two ships, the Samuel and the Little Toby, to help repel the Spanish Armada. The arms granted to him by queen Elizabeth I in consequence of this service were adopted by his family thereafter n place of those used by his French forebears. John VASSALL m (1), 25 Sept. 1569, Anne HEWES [HUGHES], who died without issue, (2), 4 Sept. 1580, Anne RUSSELL of Ratcliffe, Co Middlesex, buried 5 May 1593, and (3), 27 March 1594, Judith (BOROUGH [ABOROUGH]) Scott, daughter of Stephen BOROUGH and his wife Joan OVERYE of Stepney and of Chatham, County Kent, and widow of Thomas SCOTT of Colchester, County Essex. John VASSALL was an alderman of London and also a vestryman in Stepney Parish, Co Middlesex, where his three marriages took place. In a deposition made in 1610, John VASSALL described himself as of Eastwood, Essex, and aged 62. He died 13 Sept. 1625 of the plague and was buried at St. Dunstan, Stepney. His will, dated 29 April 1625, proved 16 Sept. 1625, named his wife Judith and his children. His wife, Judith VASSALL of Eastwood, Co Essex, died testate, her will dated 09 Nov. 1638, proved Jan. 1638/9.

Issue of John VASSALL by Anne RUSSELL included Judith, baptized 25 March 1582; d after 29 April 1625; married John FREEBORNE of Prittlewell, Essex (will dated 27 Jan. 1617/8, proved 17 Feb. 1617/8); Samuel; John, born 14 March 1589/90, died 30 Aug. 1591; and William. By his third wife, Judith BORROUGHS (Scott), John VASSALL left issue: Anna, born 10 Jan. 1595/6, buried 24 July 1640, married John JONES, rector of St. Nicholas Acons, London, who died 14 May 1636 at Highgate, Middlesex; Rachel, who m Peter ANDREWES of Ratcliffe, Middlesex (d 1650); Stephen, who matriculated Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1616, with a B.A. 1619/20, and an M.A. 1623, later the rector of Rayleigh, Essex, died 1643, married (1) Mary BROMLEY of Orsett, Essex (d 30 Jan. 1632/3), and (2) Mary GRUBB(E) of St. Alban's , Hertfordshire, b 2 Jan. 1614/5, who resided at Rayleigh when she made a deposition in 1646, aged 30; Thomas, born 7 April 1602, of St. Leonard, Eastcheap, London, when he married and of Whitechapel, London, in 1651, who m 27 June 1625 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Anne DICKENSON; Mary, who married Edward WEST of Ratcliffe, a mariner; Elizabeth, born 1607, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, m, 20 Jan. 1625/6 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Henry CHURCH, born 1602, of Wapping, Middlesex.

William VASSALL'S son John VASSALL, born about 1625, served as a lieutenant of militia, 1652, and later as captain, at Scituate, Mass. John VASSALL sold his New England holdings by 1661 and moved to the West Indies, then or later. He engaged also in the settlement of Cape Fear, NC, was appointed Surveyor General of "Our County of Clarendon" by the Proprietors, 24 Nov. 1664, and in 1667 applied for relief to be sent to his followers and himself. By April 1670 he was in Virginia where as "Colonel" John VASSALL he was chosen as guardian, on 24 Feb. 1670/1, by his nephew John WARE. Col. John VASSALL married Anna LEWIS, daughter of John LEWIS, an English resident of Genoa. On 17 Dec. 1671 John VASSALL gave a power of attorney to his wife Anna, and Edward LEWIS, had apparently left Virginia by 17 March 1672/3 when his wife was acting in his behalf, and clearly was away by 9 April 1674. His plantation of 1170 acres in Old Rappahannock County, now Essex, which he bought from John WEIR, 7 Jan. 1667/8, was sold to Mrs. Honoria WEIR, 13 July 1671. He was a resident of Jamaica when he made his will, 10 Aug. 1684-6 July 1688, which mentioned his wife and children. His widow was naturalized there, 20 July 1685, and was buried 23 Feb. 1719/20 (will dated 20 Feb. 1719/20, proved 2 April 1720).

William VASSALL'S daughter, Anna VASSALL, born about 1629, married, before July 1655, Nicholas WARE of Old Rappahannock County, merchant, who was named executor of the will of her father and purchased Resolved WHITE'S portion of their father-in-law's estate, 17 March 1656/7, and Mary VASSALL'S portion, 11 May 1657. As a merchant of St. Michael's, Barbados, 3 Jan. 1661/2, Nicholas WARE gave bond to John VASSALL of Barbados to secure payment to VASSALL for "four good negroes." Their son, John, born 19 Oct. 1656, probably the John WARE who married Mrs. Elizabeth MORGAN and left will dated 24 July 1703, proved 29 March 1704, which mentioned wife Elizabeth, son John WARE, daughter Elizaeth WARE and sons-in-law [stepsons] Anthony and Robert MORGAN. (Adventurers of Purse & Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 by Virginia M. Meyer/John Frederick Dorman, 1987)

Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691, Eugene Aubrey Stratton, FASG, Ancestry, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, 1986, pp. 365-6provides some additional data abt additional descendants of William VASSALL (d ca1655, Barbados):

"William VASSALL, born ca. 1593, the son of John VASSALL, an alderman of London. William and his brother Samuel VASSALL were among the original patentees of the Massachusetts Bay Company. William came to New England in 1630 as a Bay Colony Assistant, but returned to England after a short while� In 1635 he sailed aboard the Blessing, at age forty-two, with his wife Ann, age forty-two; and children Judith, sixteen; Frances, twelve; John ten; Ann, six; Margaret, two; and Mary, one; and settled at Roxbury in the Bay Colony. Shortly after, however, he moved to Scituate, the Plymouth Colony town closest to the Bay Colony (NEHGR 17:56; Deane, Scituate, p. 366; Pope). His involvement in the religious and political life of both colonies can be seen in the text. He left in 1646 for England in connection with the Child petition, and never returned to New England. He later moved to Barbadoes, where he was quite prosperous, and he died there in 1655. In his will, dated 13 July 1655, he named his son John, and his daughters Judith, Frances, Ann, Margaret, and Mary (NEHGR 17:57). VASSALL'S wife was Ann KING, and she was possibly related to the Thomas KING who also sailed on the Blessing and settled at Scituate (see NEHGR 109:95). Of their children, Judith married Mayflower passenger Resolved WHITE and their descendants can be found in MF 1, and Frances married James ADAMS, son of John ADAMS, q.v. Son John VASSALL was on the 1643 ATBA for Scituate, and in 1652 he was a lieutenant under Capt. James CUDWORTH, but later left the colony. Daughter Ann married Nicholas WARE, and daughter Margaret married Joshua HUBBARD (also seen as HOBART) (Torrey, p. 377)�Though William himself seems to have had no Virginia connection, his son John and his daughter Anne, wife of Nicholas WARE, were residents of Rappahannock Couty, Virginia, and his brother Samuel died on a voyage to Virginia. Additional information on William VASSALL is given in Roger D. Joslyn, "The English Origin of John Stockbridge and His First Wife Ann," (NGSQ 74:111)

Note: Elsewhere, Stratton states that John STOCKBRIDGE'S wife, Ann, was neè KENDALL, and that she was among those who, with the VASSALLS, were members of the Scituate Reformed Church (See Combs &c. Families of the Plymouth Colony, MA)

One John VASSALL appears as a headright in the land patents of Virginia on 20 Aug 1650 (Isle of Wight - VA Patent Book 2:240) by Robert BLAKE & Samuell ELDRIDGE, 560 A. described as "Lyeing upon the third swamp SW by W from Henry WHITE'S plantation." Other headrights included: John CLEMENTS, Edw. ALCHARD, Jo. STORREY, Wm. BATTS, Eliza. PHILLIPS, Richard WALTON, Mary MARTIN, Martha COLE, Tho. SYER, and Wm. BALDWINN. (Cavaliers & Pioneers, Vol. I, Nugent, p. 197) Question: Could SYER be SAYER? See Also John CLEMENTS of Talbot Co MD associated with the Combs-Roe Families.

John VASSALL was in Old Rappahannock Co VA on 04 Jul 1670 (Old Rappa. DB7:108-111) when he witnessed the indenture between "William UNDERWOOD Senyr. of the Parrish of Sittingborne in the County of Rappa.:" and Mr. John FOXHALL of Pope's Creek in the County of Westmoreland, Merchant," the former being the son of Col. Wm. UNDERWOOD whose widow, Elizabeth, had married by 1663 Archdale Combs I of Old Rappa. Co VA, and the latter having been the father-in-law of one Alexander GORGES whose relationship to Sir Ferdinando & Mary ARCHDALE Gorges remains unknown thus far (we're working on it).

Apparently the relationship between Nicholas WARE and John WEIRE of Old Rappa. Co VA also remains unknown. That there was one seems probable based on the close associations between the two families. John WEIRE appears in the records of Lancaster Co VA by 04 Sep 1650 when he witnessed a deed between Richard COLEMAN and Wm. VEALE & John VAUSE for land on the south side of the Rappa. River [later Old Rappa. Co, then Essex], adj. George MOSELY. (Lancaster Court Orders, 1652-1655, p. 206, Fleet's Col. Abstracts). Note: William VEALE d testate with will dated 1693 (apparently not extant) in which he deeded land in (Lancaster > Old Rappa. >) Essex Co VA to his grandson, Charles Combs (unidentified).

A patent for 500 A land in Gloucester Co VA, dated 25 Mar 1655/6, for Peter FORD included as a headright one John WARE, the land described as "Cacamount on the northeast side of Mettopony [Mattapony] River beginning at a lower tree of Capt. Robert ABRALL, behind land of Mr. BARNHOUSE & Mr. William WYATT�"

John WEIRE had married Honoria (----) before 1659 when Honour [/] WEIRE gave her assent to sale of property in Old Rappa (Old Rappa Records, Part I 29 Sep 1656-1 Jul 1662, p. 48). (Exact date missing) (Sparacio); and was deceased by 1678 when his will was probated in Maryland:

7th May, 1671 - 28th Apr., 1678 (Maryland Wills, Liber 9, Folio 78) Will of Major John WEIRE of Rappahannock Co., Va. To wife Honoria, dower rights. To daughter-in-law Margaret, wife of John WATTS of Potomac R., and hrs., part of a tract of land, 1,108 A., bought of Henry RANDOLPH of Jamestown ( of sd. tract having already been sold to Robert PAYNE). To dau. Eliza: and hrs., "The Island" at 21 yrs. of age. To son John and hrs., residue of lands in Va. and elsewhere. Exs.: Son-in-law Jno. WATTS, Wm. MOSELY, Capt. Jno. HULL. Test: Jno. BATES, Luke HUMBLETON, Jno. JEFFERY. (Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 1, p. 208)

It is not known if John WEIRE d in VA or MD (or elsewhere), but it appears probable that "The Island" was a Maryland tract. Robert PAYNE and Abraham Combs of Old Rappa. Co VA & St. Mary's Co MD (where he d in 1684) were godparents to the children of John & Joane (Combs?) Meador, with Abraham self-titled the "brother-in-law" of John MEADORS. (See also below). It also appears, based on his use of the phrase "daughter-in-law" (step-daughter) that John WEIRE was not Honoria's first marriage (not researched). Witness William MOSELEY was the uncle (somehow) of William UNDERWOOD, Sr., the above-referenced step-son of Archdale & Elizabeth UNKNOWN Underwood Underwood Combs of Old Rappa. Co VA (whose relationship to Abraham and Charles Combs remains unknown, albeit highly probable that there was one).

By 04 Sep 1684 John WEIRE'S widow, Honoria, had already married and buried George JONES of Old Rappahannock, and was acting as Administratix of JONES' estate. (Old Rappahannock OB, 1683-1686, p. 40 (55), Old Rappahannock Order Book Abstracts, 1683-85, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1990) George JONES had been a co-administrator in 1679 with Amory BUTLER of the estate of Col. John CATLETT, h/o of Elizabeth UNDERWOOD, sister of Col. Wm. UNDERWOOD whose widow, Elizabeth, had m Archdale Combs.

Honoria (-----) Unknown Ware Jones had died by 04 Jan 1685/6 when her will, dated 21st Oct 1685 was recorded in the Old Rappahannock Co VA Court:

"Will of Honoria JONES, widow & Relict of Mr. George JONES, being sick & weak of body, but � to my Daughter Margaret BLAGG, that seat� of land wch I purc. of Colnll. John VASSALL lying & being on South Side of Rappa. River contaying Eleven hundred seventy & five acres the sd land to be at her absolute sole disposall for ever� to my Daughter Elizabeth GARDNER my Wedding Ring wch joyned me and my Husband Majr. John WEIRE in Matrimonie� to my Son In Law Mr. Abraham BLAGG 20 Shillings to buy him a mourning Ring� to my son Richard GARDNER, a knife a ring of the aforesd value� to my Grandchild Richard WATTS, one Silver .. Grandson, Edward BLAGG, same aforesaid� to my Grandson Edward BLAGG same aforesaid� Grandson Luke GARDNER the same � Grandson Jno GARDNER the same� Daughter Margrett BLAGG, Wife of Mr. Abraham BLAGG to be my sole Executrix.. S/Honoria JONES. Wits: James HARRISON, Andw. [AO] ONEBY, Michael BASSEY, Prvd. 21 Dec 1685 by BASSEY, Wits. Henry AWBREY, Geo. TAYLER. Rec. 4 Jan 1685/6. (Old Rappa. WB2:84-5, Old Rappahannock VA Wills, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, McLean, VA)

By John WARE, Honoria had issue, Elizabeth who m bef 1680, Richard GARDNER (d 1687); however, in his will, he refers to Margaret as his "daughter-in-law (step-daughter) which may mean that he was not Honoria's first husband. Her daughter, Margaret, m (1) John WATTS; (2) Abraham BLAGG (d 1697/8, Westmoreland Co VA). Abraham BLAGG appears in the records of St. Mary's Co MD with Abraham Combs, his (Westmoreland?) land appears in the records of King George Co VA adjacent to the Combs Land. He is found in the records of Richmond Co VA (from Old Rappa. Co) with John Combs, s/o Archdale Combs I.

4 Jun 1694-31 Mar 1697/8 (Westmoreland WB2) Will of Abraham BLAGG [I], Est. to wife Margaret. (Westmoreland Wills, Fothergill)

6 Oct 1716-28 Nov 1716 (Westmoreland WB6) Will of Abraham BLAGG [II]. Mother Margaret BLAGG exx; son Abraham; my bro. Richard WATT'S children; personal est. to son and wife; if mother dies, William REED exr. (Westmoreland Wills, Fothergill)

18 May 1724 - 27 Jul 1726 (Westmoreland WB8) Will of Margaret BLAGG. All my est. to my grandson Abraham BLAGG [III] when 18 years of age; James HORE his uncle to advise him. (Westmoreland Wills, Fothergill)

Notes: How was James HORE uncle to Abraham BLAGG III? Was he kin to the much later Walter HORE, 2nd husband of Virginia Combs, d/o William Rousseau Combs and Sarah WICKLIFFE of Stafford Co VA?

Another question arises in respect to the WARE/WEIRE Families and that is whether they were descended from the WARRE Family of Hestercombe, Co Somerset, EN where in 1566, one Richard WARRE who may have been the following, gave a deposition in respect to the Combs of that county:

From Burke's Family Records by Ashworth P. Burke, 1897, p 616, the lineage of the WARE Family:

Mathew WARRE, Serjeant-at-Law, was son of Robert LAWARRE, by his wife, the dau. and heir of Kentesbeere. He m. Alice, dau. of William DENBAULD, and left a son and heir, John WARRE, who m. the dau. and heir of John MERIET, of Hestercombe, and by her had a son and heir, Richard WARRE, of Hestercombe, m. Joan, dau. and heir of John ATWOODE, and by her had a son, Richard WARRE, m Joan, dau. and heir of John COMBE, of Dalwood, Dorset, and by her had issue: John WARRE who m. Joan, dau. of Walter STAPLETON, of Brushwood, and had a son, Robert WARRE, living 22 Henry VI [ca1444], who m. Christian, sister of Richard HANGFORD, and had a son, Richard HANGFORD, and had a son, Richard, was m. Joan, dau. of Lord STURTON, and d.s.p. 22 Edward IV [ca1483]. (Note: All of the above marriages before 1640)

William married King Anna. Anna (daughter of King George and Lorran Jean or Joane) was born on 01 Dec 1594 in of Woodham, Mortimer, Essex County, England; was christened in 1594 in Castle Hedingham, Essex County, England; died on 13 Apr 1670 in Barbados, West Indies. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married CROSS Thomasine. Thomasine (daughter of ROBINSON Thomas and MAY Jacomine) died on 10 Nov 1591 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married PETTINGER Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John, born in Normany, France, was of Ratcliffe, Stepney and of Eastwood, Essex, England. He was married three times at St. Dunstan, Stepney Parish, Co. Middlesex, England. He was an alderman in London and a vestryman of Stepney where all three of his marriages took place.. He is the first of the Vassalls of whom there is any definite information. John, a man of great wealth, was an alderman of London, and in 1588 fitted out and commanded two ships of war, with which he joined the Royal Navy to oppose the Spanish armada. He was the descendant of an ancient French family, traced back, it is claimed, to the eleventh century, of the house of Du Vassall, Barons de Guerden, in Querci, Perigord. By his 1st marriage,he had one son. Four sons and one daughter by
his 2nd marriage and 2 sons and four daughters by his third marriage.
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According to Adventurers of Purse & Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 by Virginia M. Meyer/John Frederick Dorman, 1987 (Abstracted):

John VASSALL was a subscriber for two shares of stock in the Virginia Company with an investment of £25.10.0 in 1618, and was the son of John VASSALL, a Huguenot of Normandy, sent into England by his father because of the troubles in France. In 1588 John, of county Essex, England, fitted out at his own expense and commanded two ships, the Samuel and the Little Toby, to help repel the Spanish Armada. The arms granted to him by Queen Elizabeth I in consequence of this service were adopted by his family thereafter n place of those used by his French forebears. John VASSALL m (1), 25 Sept. 1569, Anne HEWES [HUGHES], who died without issue, (2), 4 Sept. 1580, Anne RUSSELL of Ratcliffe, Co Middlesex, buried 5 May 1593, and (3), 27 March 1594, Judith (BOROUGH [ABOROUGH]) Scott, daughter of Stephen BOROUGH and his wife Joan OVERYE of Stepney and of Chatham, County Kent, and widow of Thomas SCOTT of Colchester, County Essex. John VASSALL was an alderman of London and also a vestryman in Stepney Parish, Co Middlesex, where his three marriages took place. In a deposition made in 1610, John VASSALL described himself as of Eastwood, Essex, and aged 62. He died 13 Sept. 1625 of the plague and was buried at St. Dunstan, Stepney. His will, dated 29 April 1625, proved 16 Sept. 1625, named his wife Judith and his children. His wife, Judith VASSALL of Eastwood, Co Essex, died testate, her will dated 09 Nov. 1638, proved Jan. 1638/9.

John was one of the builders and owners of the ship, "Mayflower" who in 1588, commanded by one Edward Banks, took part in chasing the Spanish Armada up the Channel. She was commissioned and financed on that occasion by the City of London. John Vassll, then of Stepney, moved in 1591 to Leigh-on-the-Sea, near Southend, at the mouth of the Thames. A Mayflower of Leigh appears in the London port books of 1606, taking a cargo of cloth for Middelburg in Holland; her master was Robert Bonner of Leigh. A year later, Robert Bonner was listed as master of the Mayflower of London, unloading cargo of wine from Bordeaux. In 1608 Bonner was listed as master of the Josian, whose master in 1606 and 1607 was Christopher Jones. In 1609, Jones appeared as master and quarter owner of the Mayflower of London. The Mayflower was chartered for her crossing to New England some two weeks after Tuesday, May 23, 1620 after she docked in London from a recent trip to LaRochelle, France.

Issue of John VASSALL by Anne RUSSELL included Judith, baptized 25 March 1582; d after 29 April 1625; married John FREEBORNE of Prittlewell, Essex (will dated 27 Jan. 1617/8, proved 17 Feb. 1617/8); Samuel; John, born 14 March 1589/90, died 30 Aug. 1591; and William. By his third wife, Judith BORROUGHS (Scott), John VASSALL left issue: Anna, born 10 Jan. 1595/6, buried 24 July 1640, married John JONES, rector of St. Nicholas Acons, London, who died 14 May 1636 at Highgate, Middlesex; Rachel, who m Peter ANDREWES of Ratcliffe, Middlesex (d 1650); Stephen, who matriculated Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1616, with a B.A. 1619/20, and an M.A. 1623, later the rector of Rayleigh, Essex, died 1643, married (1) Mary BROMLEY of Orsett, Essex (d 30 Jan. 1632/3), and (2) Mary GRUBB(E) of St. Alban's , Hertfordshire, b 2 Jan. 1614/5, who resided at Rayleigh when she made a deposition in 1646, aged 30; Thomas, born 7 April 1602, of St. Leonard, Eastcheap, London, when he married and of Whitechapel, London, in 1651, who m 27 June 1625 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Anne DICKENSON; Mary, who married Edward WEST of Ratcliffe, a mariner; Elizabeth, born 1607, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, m, 20 Jan. 1625/6 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Henry CHURCH, born 1602, of Wapping, Middlesex.

Footnotes

1. Thomas Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston; Containging exact Transcripts of Inscriptions on the Sepulchural Monuments in the King's Chapel Burial Ground, in the City of Boston, (Boston:1853), 228.

2. Francis Dillon, The Pilgrims, (New York:1975), 124; Edward Doubleday Harris, The Vassalls of New England and Their Immediate Descendants; (Albany:1862), 3 [hereinafter The Vassalls of New England ]; Reprinted in the New England Historical and Genealogical Rigister, 1863, Vol. XVII, 56 [hereinafter NHGR]; Winsor,The Memorial History of Boston Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880, 4 vols (Boston:1882), 2:544.[hereinafter MHB ];

3. Savage, Dictionary of First Settlers , 4:367; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 138, 228; Thomas Hutchinson, The History of the Colony of Massachuste's Bay (London:1765), 17; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 3; NHGR, Vol. XVII, 56; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 138-139, 229.

4. Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Reprinted in: Noel B. Livingston, Sketch Pedigrees of Some of the Early Settlers in Jamaica, (Jamacia: 1909) p. 83,84 [hereinafter Early Settlers of Jamaica; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 5; NHGR, Vol. XVII. 58.

5. Livingston, Early Settlers of Jamaica, 76; Braintree Massachusetts, Town Records 1640-1793; Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 6; NHGR, Vol. XVII. 59; Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Suffolk County Wills 10 June 1737, excerpt reprinted in, Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 7-8; NHGR, Vol. XVII.

6. Henry Flynt, diary (Harvard University Archives), June 30, 1733; Jonathan Belcher, Letter Book (Mass. Hist. Soc.); Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 10; NHGR, Vol. XVII; Winsor, MHB, 3:111; Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630, 130-132, 187 with a Genealogical Register, (Boston:1877), 461, 674 [hereinafter History of Cambridge ]; Early Files in the Mass. Hist. Soc., Collections, series 6, VII, 426-438; Provincial Papers of New Hampshire, Concord, 1867-1944, VI, 43, 45; Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Boston, 1747, June 24, 1747; Middlesex Probate Volume 25:63, 354, 356; 40:154; 44:201, 291, 295; 47:213, 391; 49:79-84; Middlesex Probate 44:291-296; Middlesex Registry of Probate 44: 201;Compiled by Thomas Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts To The Year 1850, Volume 1, Births, 722.

7. Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 17 ; NHGR, Vol. XVII.

John, born in Normany, France, was of Ratcliffe, Stepney and of Eastwood, Essex, England. He was married three times at St. Dunstan, Stepney Parish, Co. Middlesex, England. He was an alderman in London and a vestryman of Stepney where all three of his marriages took place.. He is the first of the Vassalls of whom there is any definite information. John, a man of great wealth, was an alderman of London, and in 1588 fitted out and commanded two ships of war, with which he joined the Royal Navy to oppose the Spanish armada. He was the descendant of an ancient French family, traced back, it is claimed, to the eleventh century, of the house of Du Vassall, Barons de Guerden, in Querci, Perigord. By his 1st marriage,he had one son. Four sons and one daughter by
his 2nd marriage and 2 sons and four daughters by his third marriage.
,
According to Adventurers of Purse & Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 by Virginia M. Meyer/John Frederick Dorman, 1987 (Abstracted):

John VASSALL was a subscriber for two shares of stock in the Virginia Company with an investment of £25.10.0 in 1618, and was the son of John VASSALL, a Huguenot of Normandy, sent into England by his father because of the troubles in France. In 1588 John, of county Essex, England, fitted out at his own expense and commanded two ships, the Samuel and the Little Toby, to help repel the Spanish Armada. The arms granted to him by queen Elizabeth I in consequence of this service were adopted by his family thereafter n place of those used by his French forebears. John VASSALL m (1), 25 Sept. 1569, Anne HEWES [HUGHES], who died without issue, (2), 4 Sept. 1580, Anne RUSSELL of Ratcliffe, Co Middlesex, buried 5 May 1593, and (3), 27 March 1594, Judith (BOROUGH [ABOROUGH]) Scott, daughter of Stephen BOROUGH and his wife Joan OVERYE of Stepney and of Chatham, County Kent, and widow of Thomas SCOTT of Colchester, County Essex. John VASSALL was an alderman of London and also a vestryman in Stepney Parish, Co Middlesex, where his three marriages took place. In a deposition made in 1610, John VASSALL described himself as of Eastwood, Essex, and aged 62. He died 13 Sept. 1625 of the plague and was buried at St. Dunstan, Stepney. His will, dated 29 April 1625, proved 16 Sept. 1625, named his wife Judith and his children. His wife, Judith VASSALL of Eastwood, Co Essex, died testate, her will dated 09 Nov. 1638, proved Jan. 1638/9.

Issue of John VASSALL by Anne RUSSELL included Judith, baptized 25 March 1582; d after 29 April 1625; married John FREEBORNE of Prittlewell, Essex (will dated 27 Jan. 1617/8, proved 17 Feb. 1617/8); Samuel; John, born 14 March 1589/90, died 30 Aug. 1591; and William. By his third wife, Judith BORROUGHS (Scott), John VASSALL left issue: Anna, born 10 Jan. 1595/6, buried 24 July 1640, married John JONES, rector of St. Nicholas Acons, London, who died 14 May 1636 at Highgate, Middlesex; Rachel, who m Peter ANDREWES of Ratcliffe, Middlesex (d 1650); Stephen, who matriculated Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1616, with a B.A. 1619/20, and an M.A. 1623, later the rector of Rayleigh, Essex, died 1643, married (1) Mary BROMLEY of Orsett, Essex (d 30 Jan. 1632/3), and (2) Mary GRUBB(E) of St. Alban's , Hertfordshire, b 2 Jan. 1614/5, who resided at Rayleigh when she made a deposition in 1646, aged 30; Thomas, born 7 April 1602, of St. Leonard, Eastcheap, London, when he married and of Whitechapel, London, in 1651, who m 27 June 1625 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Anne DICKENSON; Mary, who married Edward WEST of Ratcliffe, a mariner; Elizabeth, born 1607, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, m, 20 Jan. 1625/6 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Henry CHURCH, born 1602, of Wapping, Middlesex.

Footnotes

1. Thomas Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston; Containging exact Transcripts of Inscriptions on the Sepulchural Monuments in the King's Chapel Burial Ground, in the City of Boston, (Boston:1853), 228.

2. Francis Dillon, The Pilgrims, (New York:1975), 124; Edward Doubleday Harris, The Vassalls of New England and Their Immediate Descendants; (Albany:1862), 3 [hereinafter The Vassalls of New England ]; Reprinted in the New England Historical and Genealogical Rigister, 1863, Vol. XVII, 56 [hereinafter NHGR]; Winsor,The Memorial History of Boston Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880, 4 vols (Boston:1882), 2:544.[hereinafter MHB ];

3. Savage, Dictionary of First Settlers , 4:367; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 138, 228; Thomas Hutchinson, The History of the Colony of Massachuste's Bay (London:1765), 17; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 3; NHGR, Vol. XVII, 56; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 138-139, 229.

4. Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Reprinted in: Noel B. Livingston, Sketch Pedigrees of Some of the Early Settlers in Jamaica, (Jamacia: 1909) p. 83,84 [hereinafter Early Settlers of Jamaica; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 5; NHGR, Vol. XVII. 58.

5. Livingston, Early Settlers of Jamaica, 76; Braintree Massachusetts, Town Records 1640-1793; Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 6; NHGR, Vol. XVII. 59; Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Suffolk County Wills 10 June 1737, excerpt reprinted in, Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 7-8; NHGR, Vol. XVII.

6. Henry Flynt, diary (Harvard University Archives), June 30, 1733; Jonathan Belcher, Letter Book (Mass. Hist. Soc.); Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 10; NHGR, Vol. XVII; Winsor, MHB, 3:111; Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630, 130-132, 187 with a Genealogical Register, (Boston:1877), 461, 674 [hereinafter History of Cambridge ]; Early Files in the Mass. Hist. Soc., Collections, series 6, VII, 426-438; Provincial Papers of New Hampshire, Concord, 1867-1944, VI, 43, 45; Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Boston, 1747, June 24, 1747; Middlesex Probate Volume 25:63, 354, 356; 40:154; 44:201, 291, 295; 47:213, 391; 49:79-84; Middlesex Probate 44:291-296; Middlesex Registry of Probate 44: 201;Compiled by Thomas Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts To The Year 1850, Volume 1, Births, 722.

7. Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 17 ; NHGR, Vol. XVII.

John married Russell Anna on 04 Sep 1580 in St. Dunstan, Stepney, Co. Middlesex, England. Anna was born in 1556 in of, Ratcliffe, Co. Middlesex, England; died on 05 May 1593 in Stepney, Co. Middlesex, England; was buried in Radcliffe, Co. Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Lorran Jean or Joane on 23 Jun 1589 in Cold Norton, Essex County, England. Jean was born about 1571 in of Woodham, Mortimer, Essex County, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]