Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Rev. Ralph Partridge
- Bef 1658-
Name Ralph Partridge [1] Prefix Rev. Gender Male Death Bef 25 Apr 1658 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
[2, 3] Person ID I14980 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TSW Last Modified 4 Nov 2021
Father Thomas Partridge Family ID F9271 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Patience Bathurst, b. Bef 10 Nov 1583 d. Bef 29 Dec 1655, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age < 72 years) Marriage 14 Jan 1609 Chillenden, Kent, England [4] Children + 1. Elizabeth Partridge, b. Bef 9 May 1619 d. 2 Jun 1664, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age > 45 years)Family ID F9265 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Nov 2021
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Notes - The date of his baptism is recorded in many sources as 12 April 1579 at St. Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent, son of Thomas Partridge. That he was a son of Thomas Partridge is established by the wills of two of his brothers. Gervase Partridge's will, dated 11 Jun 1647, names his brother Ralph and Ralph's two daughters, Mary wife of John Marshall and Elizabeth wife of Thomas Thacher. And "Randolph Partrich of the Towne and Port of Dover in the Countye of Kent Apothecarye" left a will dated 20 Jun 1653, proved in London 26 Nov 1655, naming many of the same people mentioned in Gervase's will and giving "unto my deare brother Ralphe Partriche nowe in Newe England my best stuffe gowne and my seale ringe." But as pointed out by the author of his page at WikiTree, the actual original parish record of the 12 April 1579 baptism refers to a Rodolphus or Redolphus Partridge, who seems much more likely to be his abovementioned brother Randolph Partridge. 16th-century Latinizations of proper names were far from rigorously systematic. If Ralph Partridge had no brother named Randolph, we would have no problem accepting the 12 April 1579 record as referring to Ralph. But since he did, the identification seems at the very least questionable.
"He matriculated sizar from Trinity College, Cambridge, ca. 1595, B.A. 1599-1600, M.A. 1603, and was curate at Sutton-by-Dover from 1604 to 1634. His first wife, Priscilla -----, was buried at Sutton-by-Dover on 1 April 1608. Ralph and Patience Partridge arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1636, and settled at Duxbury, where Ralph was pastor from 1638 until his death, which occurred before 25 April 1658, when his estate inventory was dated." [Leslie Mahler, citation details below]
- The date of his baptism is recorded in many sources as 12 April 1579 at St. Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent, son of Thomas Partridge. That he was a son of Thomas Partridge is established by the wills of two of his brothers. Gervase Partridge's will, dated 11 Jun 1647, names his brother Ralph and Ralph's two daughters, Mary wife of John Marshall and Elizabeth wife of Thomas Thacher. And "Randolph Partrich of the Towne and Port of Dover in the Countye of Kent Apothecarye" left a will dated 20 Jun 1653, proved in London 26 Nov 1655, naming many of the same people mentioned in Gervase's will and giving "unto my deare brother Ralphe Partriche nowe in Newe England my best stuffe gowne and my seale ringe." But as pointed out by the author of his page at WikiTree, the actual original parish record of the 12 April 1579 baptism refers to a Rodolphus or Redolphus Partridge, who seems much more likely to be his abovementioned brother Randolph Partridge. 16th-century Latinizations of proper names were far from rigorously systematic. If Ralph Partridge had no brother named Randolph, we would have no problem accepting the 12 April 1579 record as referring to Ralph. But since he did, the identification seems at the very least questionable.
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Sources - [S2078] Genealogy and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher by David W. Allen. Vineland, New Jersey: Independent Printing House, 1872.
- [S2085] Find a Grave page for Rev. Ralph Partridge., year and place only.
- [S6053] Leslie Mahler, "The English Ancestry of Patience Bathurst, Wife of Rev. Ralph1 Partridge of Duxbury, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist 86:81, Jul-Oct 2012., date of inventory.
- [S6053] Leslie Mahler, "The English Ancestry of Patience Bathurst, Wife of Rev. Ralph1 Partridge of Duxbury, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist 86:81, Jul-Oct 2012.
- [S2078] Genealogy and Biographical Sketches of the Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher by David W. Allen. Vineland, New Jersey: Independent Printing House, 1872.