Anne Baynton

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• Baptised: 23 Sep 1602

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One of TWK's twelve proven "gateway ancestors."

"Because in all probability no other seventeenth-century English emigrant to America had so many close kinsmen of high rank as Anne possessed, they are partially listed here, at the risk of repetition. Through her great-aunt Bridget Baynton, Anne was the second cousin of the Countess of Suffolk, the Countess of Lincoln and the Countess of Rutland, and the second cousin, once removed, of the Duchess of Buckingham. Through her great-grandfather Sir William Cavendish, she was a great-niece of the Earl of Devonshire, the Countess of Shrewsbury and the Countess of Lennox, and the first cousin, once removed, of Lady Arabella Stuart, the Duke of Newcastle and the Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull. This constitutes an outstanding example of the fluidity of English society, a fluidity which would have been almost impossible in the caste systems of the European continent." [Walter Goodwin Davis, citation details below.]

Davis is probably right that "no other seventeenth-century English emigrant to America had so many close kinsmen of high rank as Anne possessed", although Mary Launce (ancestor of AP) was probably competitive. Meanwhile, gateway ancestor Elizabeth St. John (ancestor of JTS) was probably the emigrant most closely related to contemporary English royalty, being a half fifth cousin once removed to Charles I. Anne Baynton was a sixth cousin once removed to that particular monarch, through common ancestors Richard Wydevill and Joan Bittlesgate.

"In 1664 [...] Anne, wrote Lord Clarendon in England requesting help restoring a wine license formerly granted to her father." [Royal Ancestry, citation details below]

Anne married Christopher Batt on 12 Oct 1629 in St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Christopher (son of Thomas Batt and Joane Byley) was born before 6 Jul 1601; was christened on 6 Jul 1601 in St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 9 Aug 1661 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne Batt was born before 1 Aug 1630; was christened on 1 Aug 1630 in St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1688 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 5 Oct 1688 in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
2. Jane Batt was born before 18 Dec 1631; was christened on 18 Dec 1631 in St. Edmund's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 1 Jan 1710 in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts.

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His wife's grandfather, William Weare alias, innkeeper of Salisbury, left to her all his lands and tenements in Salisbury, by which means Ferdinando Baynton became an innkeeper himself. Observed Walter Goodwin Davis (citation details below), "As the third son of a fourth son of his grandfather, Sir Edward Baynton, Ferdinando would have expcted no share in his family's great wealth and it seems obvious that he got none."

Ferdinando married Jane Weare alias Browne about 1598. Jane (daughter of John Weare alias Browne) died after 1629. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MP for Malmesbury, 1572; Devizes, 1584 and 1586; Old Sarum, 1589, and possibly Devizes again in 1593.

"In 1593 he succeeded his mother to the site and demesnes of the monastery of Edington, Wiltshire. He so despoiled the house there, that the Marquess of Wiltshire alleged that £1000 would not repair it." [Royal Ancestry, citation details below.]

Henry married Anne Cavendish. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Bef 1495
• Alternate birth: Abt 1495

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A courtier and survivor at the court of Henry VIII, perhaps best described as a combination of Littlefinger and the Vicar of Bray.

Sheriff of Wiltshire, 1522-23. Esquire of the body to Henry VIII by 1522. Knight of the shire for Wiltshire, 1529 and 1539. Burgess for Wilton in 1542.

"[H]e was an astute courtier who served in the royal household (he was vice-chamberlain to all save the first of Henry VIII's wives) and on military expeditions to the Scottish borders and France, as well as in local affairs. He sat in the parliaments of 1529 and 1539 as a knight of the shire for Wiltshire, and in that of 1542 as a burgess for Wilton. Probably during his association with Thomas Cromwell he began the family tradition of strong protestantism, and at the dissolution he gained much former monastic land in and near Wiltshire, especially the site of Stanley Abbey and sixteen of its manors. He built an imposing manor house at Bromham, which was said to be almost as large as the king's new court at Whitehall, and which remained the family's chief residence until demolished during the civil war. [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Edward married Isabel Leigh about 18 Jan 1532. Isabel (daughter of Ralph Leigh and Joyce Culpeper) died on 16 Feb 1573. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was subsequently married to James Stumpe (d. 1563) and then Thomas Stafford. Over the decades she sold off most of her first husband's property in order that she and her husbands could maintain the extravagant lifestyle to which she had become accustomed at the court of Henry VIII.

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"[E]nglish politician, knight and courtier. Cavendish held public office and accumulated a considerable fortune, and became one of Thomas Cromwell's 'visitors of the monasteries' during the dissolution of the monasteries. He was MP for Thirsk in 1547. In 1547 he married Bess of Hardwick, and the couple began the construction of Chatsworth House in 1552, a project which would not be completed until after his death. His second son William Cavendish (1552-1626) became the first Earl of Devonshire, purchasing his title from the impecunious King James I." [Wikipedia]

William married Margaret Bostock before 1534. Margaret (daughter of Edmund Bostock) died before 9 Jun 1540; was buried on 9 Jun 1540 in St. Botolph's, Aldgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 9 Jun 1540

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MP (burgess) for Calne in 1572. "One of the few MPs in this period described as of yeoman status, Weare was active in the local life of his borough. In 1576 he was paid £1 4s. for serving in Parliament. He moved to Salisbury, set up as an innkeeper, and died in 1585. In his will, made 9 May and proved 30 June of that year, he left his property in Salisbury to his wife and provided legacies of £100 apiece to his son John and his stepson. He left 40s. to the chamber of Salisbury, who were asked to distribute a similar amount to the poor at his funeral." [History of Parliament, citation details below]

William married Thompson Williamson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"In 1504 he obtained a reversal of the attainder of his father, with a restoration in blood and inheritance, and thus recovered his father's lands." [Royal Ancestry]

John married Joan Digges. Joan (daughter of Thomas Digges) died before 31 Oct 1516. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Under sheriff of London.

Ralph married Joyce Culpeper before 1492. Joyce (daughter of Richard Culpepper and Isabel Worsley) was born about 1480; died after 1527. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1484
• Alternate death: Aft 1525
• Alternate death: Aft 1526

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Also called Jocasta.

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A senior financial official, the "clerk of the pipe", in the Court of Exchequer.

Thomas married Alice Smyth. Alice (daughter of John Smyth) died in 1515; was buried in St. Botolph's, Aldgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Or Edward.

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Fought for Henry IV at Tewkesbury, 4 May 1471; taken prisoner and attainted.

Robert married Elizabeth Haute. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Serjeant of the Catery; Marshal of the Hall; Chief Remembrance of the Exchequer in Ireland; Chirographer of the Common Bench; Customer of London.

Ralph married Elizabeth Langley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Aylsford, Kent, England

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Sheriff of Kent, 1471.

Richard married Isabel Worsley before 1480. Isabel (daughter of Otewell Worsley and Rose Trevor) was born about 1460; died on 18 Apr 1527; was buried in Leigh's Chapel, St. Mary's, Lambeth, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married (Unknown mistress of William Bostock). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]