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Email Us		Jane MARSHALL was christened on 29 Jun 1598 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.221 She was buried on 30 May 1600.221 Parents: John MARSHALL and Alice BEVYS.

Jane MARSHALL was christened on 18 Mar 1603/4 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.221 Parents: John MARSHALL and Alice BEVYS.

Spouse: . James GOULD and Jane MARSHALL were married on 26 Sep 1624 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.221

John MARSHALL was christened on 17 Jun 1599 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.221 He was buried on 20 Mar 1600.221 Parents: John MARSHALL and Alice BEVYS.

John MARSHALL was christened on 10 Jul 1610 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.221 He was buried on 16 Dec 1630.221 Parents: John MARSHALL and Alice BEVYS.

Photo John MARSHALL was born in 1570 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England. He died on 17 Aug 1624 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England. He was buried on 17 Aug 1624.222 He was christened in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.

The father of this family, "the Worshipful Mr. John Marshall," was Bailiff of Exeter in 1601, Sheriff in 1609, and Mayor in 1615, retaining afterwards the position of Alderman [Izacke]. His will was proved by his widow Alice, 17 September, 1624 [P.C.C., 74 Byrde]. "In the Name of God Amen. I John Marshall Esquire one of the Aldermen of the City of Exeter make this my last will and testament the 8th of August 1624. First I will that my debts being paid and my funeral expenses discharged the residue of all my goods and chattels shall accordizii~ to the custom of the said city of Exeter be divided into three equal parts. I give one portion thereof to my wife. I give one other portion thereof among my three Sons and two daughters, that is to say James Marshall, John Marshall, Richard Marshall, Elizabeth Marshall and Susan Marshall. Out of the third portion I give the following legacies, viz., to my son James Marshall so much as shall with the legacy given him by his cousin John Marshall deceased make up £300. To my sons John Marshall and Richard Marshall so much as shall with the legacies given them by their cousin John Marshall deceased make up £300 each. To my daughter Elizabeth Marshall as much as shall with the legacy left her by her cousin John Marshall deceased make up £400, and to my daughter Susan so much as shall make up £350. Item I give to my daughter Alice Harris my second best gilt bowl. Item I give to my daughter Jane my third best gilt bowl. Item I give to Thomas Milford £3 per annum during his life, item I give to Ebolt Croot of Heavitree £5. Item I give to my servant Agnes Croote 5 marks. Item I give to Grace my servant 40s. Item 1 give to .Jane my servant 20s. Item I give to Mary Wall 40s. Item I give to the poor of the said City of Exeter £5, whereof 20s. to the poor of St. Mary Arches parish. Item I give to my said wife the house wherein I now dwell to bold during the term of her life, the remainder thereof to my son James Marshall and his heirs for ever. Item I give my lands and tenements in the parish of Northtowne, called Eastercombe, Westercombe and Luckerton, with the rents thereof to my said wife during her life, the remainder to my said son James and his heirs for ever. Item I give all my estate and interest of the house wherein Mr. Joseph Trowbridge merchant now dwelleth to my son John Marshall and his heirs forever, provided my wife shall have the issues thereof during her life, Item I give all my estate and interest in the house wherein Master William Martin merchant now dwelleth to my son Richard and his heirs forever, provided my said wife shall have the profits thereof during her life. Item I give my house wherein Andrew Quashe merchant now dwelleth in the parish of St. Petrockes within the said City of Exeter, and also my tenements without Soutbgate in the parish of the Holy Trinity to my friend .John Gupwill Esquire, now Mayor of the said City. and Peter Bevis Esquire my brother in law, provided they sell the said tenements as soon as convenient, the said money to be divided into three equal parts, one part to come to my said wife and the other two parts to be divided equally among my said five children. Item I give to my friends John Gupwill, Peter Bevis and Nicholas Mercer of Exeter merchant, all my tenements in Bampton and my whole estate in the rectory of Bampton in Co. Devon to them and their heirs for ever [?]. Item I give all the rest of my goods and chattels to my said wife, whom I make sole executrix of this my last will. I constitute the said John Gupwill and Peter Bevis overseers of the same and give to each of them 20s. for their pains. lThneaseg: John Gupwill, Peter Bevis, Nicholas Mercer, Edward Martiue, John Trowte." The transcriber has obviously modernized the spelling.

"Memorandum that Richard Marshall of the city of Exeter merchant did on the 4th of June 1635 make and declare his last will as follows. First, he gave to his sister Trobridge £100. To the poor £50, to be distributed at the pleasure of his brother James Marshall. All the rest of his goods to be divided between his brother and his sisters." [P.C.C., 88 Sadler, proved 8 August, 1635.]

That before her marriage Elizabeth was preferred to her sisters, or at any rate to her unmarried sister, is shown by her father's will; and that after her marriage she was preferred by her mother to her married sisters, and by her brother to all his relatives, is shown by their wills. It is to be inferred that she was kind and helpful by nature. The cousin John who bad made bequests to them was buried at St. Mary Arches [R. M. A.], 23 May, 1622. In his will [E. P.], made in Exeter, he named a brother Robert and a cousin John, besides leaving much to the children of his uncle John Marshall the Alderman.

Printed from NEHG Register, Volume 59, July 1905, New England Historic Genealogical Society & Broderbund Software, Inc., Banner Blue Division, March 16, 2001
Parents: Robert MARSHALL and Joane.

Spouse: Alice BEVYS. John MARSHALL and Alice BEVYS were married on 30 Aug 1595 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.221 Children were: Jane MARSHALL, John MARSHALL, Alice MARSHALL, Grace MARSHALL, Jane MARSHALL, Elizabeth MARSHALL, Anne MARSHALL, James MARSHALL, John MARSHALL, Susanna MARSHALL, Richard MARSHALL, Richard MARSHALL.

John Fitz Gilbert de MARSHALL1019 died in 1165.1019

JOHN FITZ GILBERT (also JOHN THE MARSHAL) died before Michaelmas in 1165.
He married first, Alma, who may have been the daughter and heir of Walter Pipard, and repudiated her about 1141. He married second, SIBYL DE SALISBURY [for whom see D'EVEREUX]. The office of Marshal assumed responsibility for keeping accounts of payments made out of the Treasury and Chamber.

He was with Henry I in Normandy in 1130, and with Stephen in Normandy in 1137. In 1138 he fortified the castles of Marlborough and Ludgershall. He held Marlborough for the king in 1140, and captured Robert Fitz Hubert, who had taken the royal castle of Devizes.

After King Stephen was taken prisoner at Lincoln, John joined the Empress at Reading in May 1141, at Oxford in July, and at Winchester in August and September of that year. In the final rout of the Empress' forces in September "he was cut off and surrounded in Wherwell Abbey, but escaped with the loss of an eye and other wounds" (Cokayne, 10:93-94]. In 1144 he was using his base at Marlborough to raid the surrounding countryside and oppress the clergy. In 1149 and 1153 he was with Maud's son Henry at Devizes. After Henry's accession he was granted Crown lands in Wiltshire, but he had to surrender Marlborough Castle in 1158. Soon after he was present at the Council of Clarendon in 1164 he sued Thomas Becket for part of his manor of Pagham, in Sussex. He was a benefactor of the priory of Bradenstoke, the abbey of Troarn, and the Templars.

Children, mentioned by Cokayne, by first wife:
i. GiIbert, by first wife, d.s.p. at Salisbury before Michaelmas 1166.
ii. son, d. young.
Children, mentioned by Weis, Cokayne and Grazebrook, by second wife:
iii. John, b.c. 1144; d.s.p. March 1194; m. Joan de Port, who m. (2) Richard de Rivers [CP, 11:12].
iv. William, 4th son, b. c. 1146; d. Caversham 14 May 1219; m. London August 1189 Isabel de Clare.
v. Margaret, m. (1) Ralph de Somery, m. (2) Maurice de Gaut.
Parents: Gilbert The MARSHALL.

Spouse: Sybil de SALISBURY. Children were: Sir Wiliiam MARSHALL.

Richard MARSHALL was buried on 15 Jun 1635. He was christened in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England. Parents: John MARSHALL and Alice BEVYS.

Richard MARSHALL was christened on 5 Mar 1612/13 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.221 He died in 1613 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England. Parents: John MARSHALL and Alice BEVYS.

Robert MARSHALL.64

John Marshall's father was Robert Marshall of Ilminster, whose will of 7 August, 1576, was proved 9 October, 1576 [P. C. C., 29 Carew], naming wife Joan, sons Edward, John, Nicholas, William, John the younger, Roger, and Thomas, and daughter Anne. He left a half interest in tan vats, bark mills, &c., to his eldest son, a quarter interest to John, money to the other children, with 2 acres to Nicholas. and the residue to his wife, who appears to have brought him some property. his wife, "Joane Marshall," had been named as sister in the will [P. C. C., 2 2 Wells, as cited in S. W.] of William Owseley of Chillington in Somerset, near Ilminster, dated 8 October, 1558. His son John the younger became Mayor of Exeter, while John the elder, "of Chillington." was the father of John of Exeter, nephew of the Mayor, as is indicated by his naming in his will [P. C. C., 54 Drury], made and proved in July, 1590, two Sons. Robert and John. In this will "Robert Marshall" is named as a supervisor and signs as a witness. This may have been a certain Robert of flminster, perhaps a cousin of the testator.

There was some connection between these Marshalls of Ilminster in Somerset and those of Teyugrace in Devonshire. The arms of the Teyngrace family, with a difference, were used by the llminster family. The two Marshalls of Teyngrace, John and Thomas, named in the Devon Visitation of 1564, were, along with " Robert Marshall of Ilminster," named as overseers in the will of Thomas Marshall, merchant of Exeter, made 13 March, 1582, and proved [P. C. C., 28 Drury] 18 May, 1590. In the body of the will is named "Robert Marshall my brother's son," who may have been the Robert of Ilminster named at the end as overseer. It seems possible that Thomas of Exeter was uncle to John the Mayor and brother to Robert of Ilminster who died in 1576, and who named a son Thomas, as well as to the father of the Robert of Ilrninster who appears later. It is unfortunate that the parish register of Ilminster of those days has not been preserved. Thomas was Bailiff of Exeter in 1.557 [Izacke], and one of the founders of the Merchant Adventurers Guild [Cotton]. He was married there in 1544 [R. M. A.].

That the grandfather of John Marshall the Mayor was named William is shown by the following pedigree [Westc., p. 502]: "Marshall of Exeter and Chillington in Somerset. Per fess gules and or, in chief 3 antelopes heads erased, or, langued azure, in base a mill-rind sable. Crest, an antelope's head erased, or gorged gales. William Marshall had Robert = Joan, daughter and heir of Owsley of Chillington, who had William, Thomas of Chillington. and .John, Mayor of Exeter in 1615, who married Alice, daughter of Richard Beavis of Exon, and had issue James, Richard, Alice (married Harris), Elizabeth (wife to Thomas Trobridge of Taunton), Jane (wife to James Gould of Exeter), and Susan." As another indication that Thomas Marshall of Exeter may have been son of the William Marshall named in this pedigree, it may be noted that Thomas named his eldest son William, as shown in his will.

Printed from NEHG Register, Volume 59, July 1905, New England Historic Genealogical Society & Broderbund Software, Inc., Banner Blue Division, March 18, 2001

Spouse: Joane. Children were: John MARSHALL.

Susanna MARSHALL was christened on 29 Sep 1611 in St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devonshire, England.221 She was born in , , Somerset, England. Parents: John MARSHALL and Alice BEVYS.

Spouse: . Richard LANTE and Susanna MARSHALL were married on 30 Jun 1635.

Photo Sir Wiliiam MARSHALL386 was born in 1146.385 He died on 14 May 1219 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England.385,387 Buried in the Temple Church, London.

Sir WILLIAM MARSHAL, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, born probably in 1146, died in Caversham 14 May 1219, and was buried in the Temple Church, London. He married in London, in August 1189, ISABEL DE CL4RE, Countess of Strigoil or Pembroke, who died in 1220 and was buried in Tintern Abbey.

Given as a hostage to King Stephen by his father in 1152, he was spared by the king in spite of his father's bad faith. He was sent then, by his father, to William de Tancarville, hereditary Master Chamberlain of Normandy, with whom he remained for eight years as a squire. In 1167 he returned to England to his uncle, Patrick, Earl of Salisbury, who was ambushed and slain at Poitou in 1168, while William was wounded and captured. Eventually ransomed by Queen Eleanor, he returned to England and was chosen by King Henry II to be a member of the Young Henry's household. Knighted by de Tancarville at Drincourtin 1173, he supported the “Young King” Henry is his rebellion against his father Henry II. Young Henry chose William to knight him, and on his deathbed, 11 June 1183, charged him to carry his cross to the Holy Sepulchre in Palestine. When William returned to England about 1187 King Henry II made him a member of his household. William served Henry II in France in 1188 and 1189, and checked the King's rebel son's pursuit by killing Richard's horse with his spear during the retreat to Fresnay-sur-Sarthe. He was at Henry's deathbed in Chinon and escorted the body to Fontevrault.

However, in 1189 King Richard gave him Isabel de Clare in marriage and he was given a number of posts for his service. At Richard's Coronation on 3 Sept. 1189 he bore the gold sceptre with the cross; shortly afterwards he was appointed a justiciar subordinate to Longchamp. Before Sept. 1190 he had a fine for 2,000 marks for a moiety of the lands of Walter Giffard, and when the Archbishop of Rouen succeeded Longchamp in Oct. 1191, William became his chief assistant. In 1193, when John revolted against Richard, William besieged and took Windsor Castle. From 1194 to 1199 he was mostly in Normandy for Richard, and one of King Richard I's last acts was to appoint him custodian of Rouen. Nonetheless, when Richard died William supported John, obtaining the support of the magnates at a meeting in Northampton. He was present at the Coronation on 27 May 1199, the day King John made him Earl of Pembroke.

On 20 April 1200 he was confirmed as Marshal. He served actively in Gascony, England and Normandy, and in 1204 he invaded Wales and captured Kilgerran. In June 1205 he joined the Archbishop of Canterbury in forcing King John to abandon a projected expedition to Poitou. From 1207 to 1211 he spent most of his time in Ireland, but in April 1213 the desperate king recalled him and on 15 May 1213 he witnessed John's resignation to the Pope. He was in command in England during John's absence in Poitou in 1214; in 1215 he was a representative of the King at Runnymede, and in 1216 he was an executor of John's will. A man of superior ability and exemplary character, he was chosen unanimously as Regent for Henry III at Bristol on 11 Nov. 1216, and on 20 May 1217 he routed the rebel barons and the French at Lincoln. Some months later he besieged London, and on 11 Sept., following Hubert de Burgh's naval victory off Dover on 24 Aug., William concluded the Treaty of Lambeth with Prince Louis of France. In 1218, as Regent, he granted himself yearly fairs and weekly markets. From his death bed in May 1219 he committed the young king to the care of the Papal Legate. He was a benefactor to many religious institutions. He was described as tall and well built, with finely shaped limbs, a handsome face and brown hair, a model of chivalry in his younger days, and of unswerving loyalty in his maturity and old age [CP, 10:364a].

Children, mentioned by Weis and Cokayne, of five sons (all of whom died without issue, which the superstitious attributed to a curse by the Bishop of Ferns, who had had two manors appropriated by the Marshal) and five daughters, listed in the order given by Cokayne [CP, 10:364a]:
i. William, Earl of Pembroke, Magna Charta surety, b. Normandy c. 1190; d. 6 April 1231, bur. Temple Church, London; m. (1) 1214 Alice de Bethune, who d. c. 1216, bur. St. Paul's Cathedral, Loudon, m. (2) 23 April 1224 Eleanor (daughter of King John), who m. (2) Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester.
ii. Richard, Earl of Pembroke, d. Kilkenny Castle 16 April 1234; in. 1222 Gervaise de Dinan, widow of Juhel de Mayenne; she m. (3) Geoffrey, vicomte de Rohan, and she was living in 1236.
iii. Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke, mortally injured at a tournament near Hertford in June 1241, d. Hertford Priory 27 June 1241, his entrails bur, there while his body was bur. in the new Temple Church, Londouu; while alleged to have m. (1) Maud de Lanvalei, this was a clerical error, he m. Berwick, 1 Aug. 1235, Margaret of Scotland (who d. 17 Nov. 1244, bur. Church of the Preaching Friars), dau. of William the Lion, King of Scotland (for whom see Huntingdon); no legitimate issue.
iv. Walter, Earl of Pembroke, b. after 1198; d. Goodrich Castle 24 Nov. 1245; m. 6 Jan. 1241/2 Margaret de Quincy (who survived him and was bur. Tintern Abbey), widow of Jolun de Lacy; she m. (3) Richard de Wiltshire; Walter had no issue.
v. Anselin, Earl of Pembroke, d. (before investiture) Chepstow 22-24 Dec. 1245, bur. Tintern Abbey; m. Mnud de Bohun (dau. of Humphrey de Bohun), who m. (2) Roger de Quincy as his second wife; no issue.
vi. Maud, d. 27 March 1248; m. (1) Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, who d. Feb. 1224/5, m. (2) before 13 Oct. 1325 William Plantagenet de Warenne, who d. 1240.
vii. Isabel,d. Berkhampstead l7Jan. 1239/40; m. (1) 9 Oct. 1217 Sir Gilbert de Clare, Magna Charta surety, m. (2) 30 March 1231 Richard, Earl of Cornwall.
viii. Sybil, m. (1) Sir Gilbert Basset, m. (2) before 14 May 1219, William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, who m. (2) c. 1238 Margaret.
ix. Eve (or Eva), d. before 1246; m. William de Braiose, Lord of Aber­gavenny, who was hanged 2 May 1430.
x. Joan, d. before Nov. 1234; m. after 14 May 1219 Warin de Munchensi, Lord of Swanscomb [Cokayne's CP, 9:421, cited in Weis, MCS5, 148:2].
Parents: John Fitz Gilbert de MARSHALL and Sybil de SALISBURY.

Spouse: Isabel CLARE Countess of Strigoil or Pembroke. Sir Wiliiam MARSHALL and Isabel CLARE Countess of Strigoil or Pembroke were married in Aug 1189 in London, Middlesex, England.385,387 Children were: Isabel MARSHALL.

Anne MAYS.

Spouse: William WALTON. Children were: Robert WALTON.

Photo "Lady" Godiva Countess of MERCIA1020 was born about 1010 in Mersea Island, Essex, England.540 She died about 1080.

The Name Godiva is the Latinised form of the Old English name Godgyfu. She did exist though it is not known when or where she was born nor who her parents were exactly. I have read that she was the daughter of the Sheriff of Lincoln. Dubious, though there are certainly close ties with Lincoln. See the section on St Mary's stow. In her book, Ride, Octavia Randolph sets Godiva in Newark, just 20 miles from Lincoln, as she maintains that Godiva had large estates in Newark.

It is undoubted that Godiva married Leofric, Earl of Mercia. It is said that she was much younger than Leofric. She was supposed to be around 16 when married to Leofric who was said to be in his 60's by some! Yet in contradiction of this supposed fact she died only 10 years after her husband when she was an old woman! These two supposed facts are mutually exclusive - but so much about Godiva is ambiguous in this way. What is know about Godiva is derived from references to her in charters, contemporary and much later chronicles some of which are forgeries!

It is thought that Godiva had considerable properties before she was married, inherited from her family - like wealthy women of her time. Perhaps the area around Coventry (Cofa's tree) was one such parcel of land in her portfolio of properties. The Domesday book lists the Coventry of her time as having just 69 families. A relatively small place and not very indicative of there being much of a "town" through which to ride. More a hamlet of, not necessarily grouped, dwellings.

The following piece from 1572 was written by one Richard Grafton who was member of Parliament for Coventry.

But Gaufride sayth that this gentle and good Lady did not onely for the freeing of the said Citie and satisfying of her husbands pleasure, graunt vnto her sayde Husband to ryde as aforesayde: But also called in secret manner (by such as she put speciall trust in) all those that then were Magistrates and rulers of the said Citie of Couentrie, and vttered vnto them what good will she bare vnto the sayde Citie, and how shee had moued the Erle her husband to make the same free, the which vpon such condition as is afore mencioned, the sayde Erle graunted vnto her, which the sayde Lady was well contented to doe, requiring of them for the reuerence of womanhed, that at that day and tyme that she should ride (which was made certaine vnto them) that streight commaundement should be geuen throughout all the City, that euerie person should shut in their houses and Wyndowes, and none so hardy to looke out into the streetes, nor remayne in the stretes, vpon a very great paine, so that when the tyme came of her out ryding none sawe her, but her husbande and such as were present with him, and she and her Gentlewoman to wayte vpon her galoped through the Towne, where the people might here the treading of their Horsse, but they saw her not, and so she returned to her Husbande from the place from whence she came, her honestie saued, her purpose obteyned, her wisdome much commended, and her husbands imagination vtterly disappointed. And shortly after her returne, when shee had arayed and apparelled her selfe in most comely and seemly manner, then shee shewed her selfe openly to the peuple of the Citie of Couentrie, to the great joy and maruellous reioysing of all the Citizens and inhabitants of the same, who by her had receyued so great a benefite.

Spouse: Leofric III Earl of MERCIA. Leofric III Earl of MERCIA and "Lady" Godiva Countess of MERCIA were married by 1030.540 Children were: Alfgar III Earl of MERCIA.

Alfgar III Earl of MERCIA539,540 was born about 1002 in of, Mercia, England. He died in 1059 in of, Mercia, England. He was buried in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

Algar died seven years before the conquest, and his sans Edwin and Morcar, (Earls of Mercia and Northumberland), . .took up arms on behalf of their enslaved countrymen in the year 1071, and Edwin being betrayed into the hands of the Normans, met an untimely fate; when his estates were, of course confiscated and most of those in Staffordshire remained in the King's hands at the Domesday survey. The devastating vengeance which William inflicted on the English revolters, may probably account for the immense tract of waste lands in Staffordshire, mentioned in Domesday, where about thirty lordships are specified in succession, including Biddulph, Endon, Bucknall, Shelton Cheadle and its vicinity; to which list is added the ……observation “All this land of the King is waste!” Parents: Leofric III Earl of MERCIA and "Lady" Godiva Countess of MERCIA.

Spouse: Elfgifu Princess of ENGLAND. Children were: Lucia of MERCIA, Edwin Earl of MERCIA, Morcar Earl of NORTHUMBRIA, Burhheard, of MERCIA, Ealdgyth Queen of ENGLAND, Leverunia.

Burhheard, of MERCIA73 was born about 1030 of Mercia, England. Parents: Alfgar III Earl of MERCIA and Elfgifu Princess of ENGLAND.

Photo Edmund I "the Magnificent" King of MERCIA25 was born in 921 in , , Wessex, England. He died on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucester, England. Murdered at a feast in his own Hall

EDMUND I (r. 939-946)

When Athelstan died without immediate successors, his half brother Edmund successfully suppressed rebellions by the Mercian Danes. Edmund I was murdered at a feast in his own hall, at the age of 25 in 946, after only seven years on the throne, and his brother Edred succeeded him. Parents: Edward I "The Elder" King of ENGLAND and Edgiva EALDORMAN.

Spouse: Elgiva. Children were: Edgar King of ENGLAND.

Edred King of MERCIA25 died in 955. EDRED (r. 946-955)

Like his successor, his brother Edmund I, Edred (reigned 946-55) also dealt with trouble from Danes in the north. Edred brought up Edmund's sons, Edwy and Edgar, as his heirs, and they both became king in turn. Parents: Edward I "The Elder" King of ENGLAND and Edgiva EALDORMAN.

Edwin Earl of MERCIA73 was born about 1028 in of, , Mersea, England. He died after 1070 in England. Parents: Alfgar III Earl of MERCIA and Elfgifu Princess of ENGLAND.

Elfgifu (Ealgyth) of MERCIA144,145 was born about 994 in London, Middlesex, England.

Spouse: Edmund II "Ironsides" King of ENGLAND. Edmund II "Ironsides" King of ENGLAND and Elfgifu (Ealgyth) of MERCIA were married. Children were: Edward "the Exile" ATHELING.

Photo Ethelswith Queen of MERCIA25,46 was born about 846 in of, Wantage, Berkshire, England. She died about 888. Parents: Ethelwulf King of WESSEX and Osburh Queen of WESSEX.

Photo Leofric III Earl of MERCIA1020 was born on 14 May 968 in Mercia, England. He died on 31 Aug 1057.540

Earl Leofric and Lady Godiva of Mercia in the mid-11th. century. They ruled from Kings Bromley, wisely and well, and put their Earldom on a par with that of Wessex under Earl Godwin. Earl Leofric's good counsel to King Canute and to his two Sons Harold Harefoot and Hardicanute helped avert civil-war during the two sons' joint rule. The Earl and Countess organised the building of many religious-houses. They founded Coventry Abbey, and endowed Wenlock Priory, Leominster and Worcester Churches, Evesham Abbey and St. Werburgh of Chester (that Etheired and Elthelfleda had endowed over a hundred years earlier).

LEOFRIC (d. 1057), earl of Mercia, was a son of Leofwine, earl of Mercia, and became earl at some date previous to 1032. Henceforth, being one of the three great earls of the realm, he took a leading part in public affairs. On the death of King Canute in 1035 he supported the claim of his son Harold to the throne against that of Hardicanute; and during the quarrel between Edward the Confessor and Earl Godwine in 1051 he played the part of a mediator. Through his efforts civil war was averted, and in accordance with his advice the settlement of the dispute was referred to the Witan. When he became earl of Mercia his direct rule seems to have been confined to Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and the borders of north Wales, but afterwards he extended the area of his earldom. As Chester was his principal resictence and the seat of his government, he is sometimes calied earl of Chester. Leofric died at Bromley in Staffordshire on the 31st of August 1057. His wife was Godgifu, famous in legend as Lady Godiva. Both husband and wife were noted as liberal benefactors to the church, among their foundations being the famous Benedictine monastery at Coventry. Leofiic's son, Alfgar, succeeded him as earl of Mercia. Parents: Leofwine de MERCIA Earl of Mercia.

Spouse: "Lady" Godiva Countess of MERCIA. Leofric III Earl of MERCIA and "Lady" Godiva Countess of MERCIA were married by 1030.540 Children were: Alfgar III Earl of MERCIA.

Leofwine de MERCIA Earl of Mercia540 died by 1032.540

Children were: Leofric III Earl of MERCIA.

Lucia of MERCIA209 was born about 1040 in Mercia, England. She died in England. She was buried in Spalding, Lincoln, England. Parents: Alfgar III Earl of MERCIA and Elfgifu Princess of ENGLAND.

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Spouse: Ranulph III de MESCHINES. Ranulph III de MESCHINES and Lucia of MERCIA were married in 1098. Children were: Adeliza de MESCHINES.

Elizabeth MERRIAM was born in 1632 in , of Tudeley, Kent, England. She died on 17 Oct 1704 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was buried in 1705. Parents: Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE.

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George MERRIAM1021 was born in 1602 in Tudeley, Kent, England. He signed a will on 8 Oct 1675 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1022 He died on 29 Dec 1675 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.587,1022 He was christened of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Of Tudely Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

Spouse: . George MERRIAM and Susan RAVEN were married on 16 Oct 1627 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

Hannah MERRIAM771 was born about 1633. I don't agree with the website birthdate

Parents: Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE.

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Joane MERRIAM was born in 1583 in Hadlow, Kent, England. Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

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Photo John MERRIAM was born on 9 Jul 1641 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.669,1023 He died on 27 Feb 1725 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1024 Parents: Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE.

Spouse: . John MERRIAM and Mary COOPER were married on 21 Oct 1663 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.11,1025

Photo Joseph MERRIAM1021 was born in 1600 in , Tudeley, Kent, England. He died on 1 Jan 1640/41 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.669,1022 He signed a will on 29 Oct 1640 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1026 He was christened in , of Hadlow, Kent, England.

JOSEPH MIRIAM.
From London to Charlestown Mass. in 1638

The 29th the 10th month in the yeare of our Lord 1640.

The last will & Testament of Joseph miriam of Concord.
I Joseph Miriam of Concord being weake hi bodie, but blessed be God of good memory and sense inwardly do comit my soule to God in Jesus Christ & my body to the earth from whence it came.
Item. To wife Sarah all my whole estate towards & for the bring vp of al my children. Power to her to sell my house I now live in, it beinge larger and bigger than she shall stand in need of. The overplus of providing a lease house shal be disposed in some way for the good and benefit of my wife & children. Wife to bring up all the children till they are one & twenty the sonnes: & the daaghters either at that time or at the day of marriage. When my oldest child shall be one & twenty, the estate to be prised & wife Sarah to hare one third. If she marries to have one third.
Wife whole executor & wth her my welbeloved brethren Mr. Thomas ffiint Simon Willard Robert Miriam put in trust.
Testified vpon oath to be the last will of Joseph Miriam 26: 8. 1642, by George ffowle.
Capt cop nobis
die et anno superadicto
Rich: Bellingham
Increase Nowell

The Merriam (Joseph, George and Robert) and Flint families are mentioned in
one of Ralph Waldo Emerson's poems "Hamatreya:"

"Bulkeley, Hunt, Willard, Hosmer, Meriam, Flint,
Possessed the land which rendered to their toil
Hay, corn, roots, hemp, flax, apples, wool and wood.

Where are these men? Asleep beneath their grounds
And strangers, fond as they, their furrows plough.
They added ridge to valley, brook to pond
And sighed for all that bounded their domain.

Each of these landlords walked amidst his farm
Saying 'T' is mine, my children's and my name's"

The poem was cited in a book on Concord by Ruth Wheeler, "Concord, Climate for Freedom."

Peter Bulkeley was the Reverend and one of twelve families to which Concord was granted. There is no record of the other incorporators, but it is concluded that the Merriams and Flints were likely among them.


The following is from "Meriam's Corner" on the internet at www.meriam.org

Meriam's Corner, Minute Man National
Historical Park


For the past few years, members of the Merriam family have
been meeting each spring at Minute Man National Historical Park
in Concord, Massachusetts, to plan a campaign to restore the
historic house at Meriam's Corner This house is one of the oldest
surviving structures built by the family after it immigrated to
America, and dates at least to 1705. In 2005 it will be 300 years old.
On April 18, 1775. Meriam's Corner was the scene of the first heavy
fighting of the Battle of Lexington and Concord In recognition of
its role in American history, the National Park Service purchased
Meriam's Corner to be part of Minute Man National Historic Park
and the western anchor of the Battle Road Trail, a new 5-mile
interpretive hiker biker trail.

The house is structurally sound, but the exterior finish and the
interior are deteriorated and badly in need of repair. The family
hopes to raise $300-500,000 to restore it, and to establish an
endowment for continuous maintenance of the house. We are
officially launching a 5-year fundraising campaign this year, the
225th anniversary of the Battle, and hope to reach our goal by the
300th anniversary of the house in 2005. A fund has been
established with the National Park Foundation, 1101 17th St. NW,
Suite 1102, Washington, D.C. 20036, so that donations can be
tax-deductible. NPF exists primarily to oversee, private donations
for projects in National Pinks and has extensive experience in fund
management. Important!! Make sure you mention "Merriam's
Corner Fund" when you send any donations.

This will be a public-private partnership. Minute Man Park has
successfully competed for $1.6 million, a share of the Exxon Valdez
settlement, to rehabilitate the exterior of Meriam's Corner and other
historic houses in the Park. This work is underway, and will
complement ours.

Every April, the community holds a Meriam's Corner
Observance with marchers in Revolutionary costumes, as part of
Concord's and the Park's observance of the battles and of Patriot's
Day. Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

Spouse: Sarah GOLDSTONE. Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE were married by 1624 in , Tudeley, Kent, England.11,771 Children were: Mary MERRIAM, William MERRIAM, Thomas MERRIAM, Joseph MERRIAM, Elizabeth MERRIAM, Hannah MERRIAM, John MERRIAM, Sarah MERRIAM.

Joseph MERRIAM was born in 1630.1024 He was buried in Apr 1677. He died on 20 Apr 1677 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA.1027 Parents: Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE.

Spouse: . Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah STONE were married on 12 Jul 1653 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.253,317,1027

Margaret MERRIAM was born in 1585 in , Hadlow, Kent, England. Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

Photo Mary MERRIAM was born in 1625 in , Hadlow, Kent, England. She died on 10 Dec 1699 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.834,1028 Parents: Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE.

Spouse: William TAYLOR. William TAYLOR and Mary MERRIAM were married by 1650 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.11 Children were: Mary TAYLOR, John TAYLOR, Samuel TAYLOR, Abraham TAYLOR, Isaac TAYLOR, Jacob TAYLOR, Joseph TAYLOR.

Miss MERRIAM was born about 1589 in Hadlow, Kent, England. Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

Spouse: .

Robert MERRIAM1021,1029 was born in 1603 in , Hadlow, Kent, England. He died on 15 Feb 1681/82 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1030,1031 He signed a will on 10 Dec 1681 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1022 Occ. Trader
Freeman 1639
Concord town recorder from 1654 to 1668 Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

Spouse: . Robert MERRIAM and Mary SHEAFE were married about 1639.1029

Sarah MERRIAM was born about 1589 in Hadlow, Kent, England. She died on 8 Sep 1635. She was buried in Sep 1635. Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

Spouse: . Thomas HOWE and Sarah MERRIAM were married in 1612.

Sarah MERRIAM1032 was born on 2 Aug 1654 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.1033 She died on 1 Feb 1676 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Parents: Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE.

Spouse: . Thomas WHEELER and Sarah MERRIAM were married of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Susan MERRIAM was born in 1587 in , Hadlow, Kent, England. She died in 1684. She was buried in 1684. Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

Spouse: .

Thomas MERRIAM was born about 1630 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Living in 1637 Parents: Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE.

Photo William MERRIAM1034 was born on 11 May 1564 in , Tudeley, Kent, England. He was christened on 11 May 1564 in , , , England. He died on 27 Nov 1635 in , Hadlow, Kent, England.1021

WILLIAM Mirriam of Hadlowe, Kent, clothier, 8 September 1635, proved 27 November 1 1635. To the poor of Hadlowe ten shillings. To my daughter Susan, already preferred, fifty shillings. The like sum to daughter Margaret, likewise preferred. To daughter Joane, already preferred, one shilling. To my daughter Sara forty pounds within three months next after my decease. To wife Sara all the household stuff of mine which is in my now dwelling house situate at Barnestreet in Hadlowe and the five pounds per annum which is to be paid out of my lands in Goodherst, Kent, during her natural life. I give her also three pounds per annum to be paid to her during her natural life out of my tenementi and lands in Yalding, Kent. And she shall have her dwelling and abiding in my dwelling house aforesaid after my decease during the whole term of her natural life, with free access, ingress, egress and recourse to and from the same and into and from the gardens and orchards for herbs, water and for her brewing, baking, washing, drying and the like needful occasions. To my son Joseph Myrriam all such household stull as I shall have at the time of my decease remaining and being in the house wherein he now dwelleth situate in Tewdly, or elsewhere where he shall then dwell, being in his custody or possession. To George Mirriam my son five pounds and to his daughter Mary, my god daughter, five shillings. To William Howe, my grandchild, ten shillings and to every child of his father Thomas Howe which be had by my daughter, his late deceased wife, I will five shillings. To William Mirriam my grandchild, son of the said Joseph my son, five shillings. And touching my lands and tenements I will to Joseph Mirriam my son &c. all my lands and tenements in Yalding charged with the before mentioned annuity of three pounds. To Robert my son the messuage wherein I now dwell, in Hadlowe with the barns, outhhouses, yards, gardens, orchardj and all my lands thereto belonging, and all other my lands, tenements &c. in Hadlowe. And I give him all my goods and chattels not formerly bequeathed. And I make him sole executor.
Proved by Christopher Crispe, Notary Public, attorney for Robert Mirriam, son and executor.
Rochester Wills, Vol. xxii. (1631-1644), vol. 165.

Printed from NEHG Register, Volume 50, October 1896, New England Historic Genealogical Society & Broderbund Software, Inc., Banner Blue Division, February 20, 2001
1896.]

Spouse: Sarah BURGES. William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES were married in , , , England. Children were: William MERRIAM, Joane MERRIAM, Margaret MERRIAM, Susan MERRIAM, Sarah MERRIAM, Miss MERRIAM, Joseph MERRIAM, George MERRIAM, Robert MERRIAM.

William MERRIAM was born on 16 Jul 1581 in , Goudhurst, Kent, England. Parents: William MERRIAM and Sarah BURGES.

William MERRIAM was born about 1628 of Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 22 May 1689 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. He was buried on 22 May 1689 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.1035 Parents: Joseph MERRIAM and Sarah GOLDSTONE.

Spouse: . William MERRIAM and Elizabeth BREED were married in 1653 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Spouse: . William MERRIAM and Anna JONES were married on 11 Oct 1676.1036

Spouse: . William MERRIAM and Sarah were married in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Adeliza de MESCHINES123,127,382,393,397 was born about 1094 of Hertfordshire, England. She died in 1136. Parents: Ranulph III de MESCHINES and Lucia of MERCIA.

Spouse: Richard de CLARE Earl of Hertford. Richard de CLARE Earl of Hertford and Adeliza de MESCHINES were married before 1116. Children were: Roger de CLARE 2nd Earl of Hertford.

Ranulph III de MESCHINES was born about 1070 of Cheshire, England. He died in 1129.1037

Spouse: Lucia of MERCIA. Ranulph III de MESCHINES and Lucia of MERCIA were married in 1098. Children were: Adeliza de MESCHINES.

Margaret MICKLEWOOD was buried on 25 Jan 1593/94 in , Banham, Norfolk, England.29

The will of “Margarett Clarke of Banham in the countie of Norfolk widow, late the wyfe of Rowlande Clarke deceased,” dated 23 January 1593, proved 10 April 1594, reads in part:

I doe give unto Margaret my daughter my best gowne. . . unto Francys Ayer my sonne in law my best cowe. . . upon this condition viz, that he. . . paye... [10s] to my neve Robert James I doe give to Alice my daughter One cowe and my chese presse. . . upon condition that she . . . paye.. . to Edward my sonne [10s]... unto Thomas my sonne one ewe & a Lamb and my Bed with the furniture . . to Edward my .sonne [2] payer of sheets. . . all the rest. . . to my daughter Anne Clarke. . . she. .. shall paye unto my sonne Whim Clarke. . . [30s] . . . I doe ordayne and make the executor of this my last will and testament Thomas my sonne. . . these wittoesses . . . Franncis Ayer & Thomas Lance. Parents: Richard MICKLEWOOD and Elizabeth.

Spouse: Rowland CLARKE. Rowland CLARKE and Margaret MICKLEWOOD were married in 1554 in , , , England.29 Children were: Margaret CLARKE, Clement CLARKE, Alice CLARKE, Elizabeth CLARKE, William CLARKE, Thomas CLARKE, Anne CLARKE, Edward CLARKE.

Martha MICKLEWOOD.29 Parents: Richard MICKLEWOOD and Elizabeth.

Spouse: Thomas CLARKE. Thomas CLARKE and Martha MICKLEWOOD were married.

Richard MICKLEWOOD.29

Spouse: Elizabeth. Richard MICKLEWOOD and Elizabeth were married. Children were: Margaret MICKLEWOOD, Martha MICKLEWOOD.

Jennet MILLINGTON was born in 1526 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England. She was buried on 21 Jan 1587/88 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England.
Source: "The History of the Brigham Family" 2nd Vol. by Emma Elisabeth Brigham

Spouse: Thomas BRIGHAM. Thomas BRIGHAM and Jennet MILLINGTON were married in 1548 in , , Yorkshire, England.291 Children were: Thomas BRIGHAM, Peter BRIGHAM, William BRIGHAM, Jennet BRIGHAM, Richard BRIGHAM, Francis BRIGHAM.

Photo Sarah Ann MITCHELL was born on 31 Mar 1851 in Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She died on 6 Dec 1928 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. She was buried on 11 Dec 1928 in Wasatch Lawn Cemetary, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Was first married to Joseph Graham.

Spouse: Winslow FARR Jr. Winslow FARR Jr and Sarah Ann MITCHELL were married on 10 Jan 1899.

Alice de MOHUN123,127 was born about 1230 of Dunster, Somersetshire, England. She died about 1284.209,210 Parents: Sir Reynold de MOHUN II and Hawise FITZPIERS.

Spouse: Robert de BEAUCHAMP IV Baron of Hatch. Robert de BEAUCHAMP IV Baron of Hatch and Alice de MOHUN were married about 1245/46.210,211 Children were: Sir Humphrey de BEAUCHAMP Knight.

Reynold de MOHUN was born in 1183 in Dunster, Devenshire, England. He died in 1213 in Dunster, Devenshire, England.295

Spouse: Alice BRIWERE. Reynold de MOHUN and Alice BRIWERE were married. Children were: Sir Reynold de MOHUN II.

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