Humphrey Stafford

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Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1547-48. Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII.

Humphrey married Margaret Tame after 10 Feb 1526. Margaret (daughter of Edmund Tame and Agnes Greville) died after Jan 1558. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Eleanor.

Family/Spouse: Anthony Cope. Anthony (son of John Cope and Bridget Raleigh) was born in of Adstone, Northamptonshire, England; died between 6 Jun 1558 and 20 Dec 1558. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellen married Thomas Barlow before 1568. Thomas was born in of Huncote in Narborough, Leicestershire, England; died after 1571. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1602
• Alternate birth: 1603
• Alternate death: Aft 28 Feb 1677

Notes:

One of JTS's eleven proven "gateway ancestors."

Audrey married William Almy after 17 Jul 1626 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England. William (son of Christopher Almy and (Unknown) Clarke) was born between 1600 and 1601 in of South Kilworth, Leicestershire, England; died between 28 Feb 1677 and 23 Apr 1677 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 17 May 1709

Notes:

Or Anne.

Annis married John Greene before 1649. John (son of Dr. John Greene and Joan Tattershall) was born before 15 Aug 1620 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 15 Aug 1620 in St. Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 27 Nov 1708 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deputy to the Rhode Island legislature in 1704, 1707, 1708, 1714, 1715, and 1719.

Samuel married Mary Gorton on 24 Jan 1695. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Gorton and Sarah Carder) was born on 31 Oct 1673; died in Jan 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 16 Mar 1696, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
• Alternate death: 25 Feb 1758

Notes:

From Wikipedia:

Greene was made a freeman of the colony in 1718, and at the age of 32 was elected a deputy from Warwick in 1727, which office he held for five years. He was the clerk of the county court in Providence and speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly in 1734 and 1739. In 1728 he was appointed, along with John Mumford of Newport, to survey the boundary line between the Rhode Island and Connecticut colonies. When Governor John Wanton died in 1740, Richard Ward became the governor, and Greene became the new Deputy Governor, which office he held until his own election to governor in May 1743. This was one of the rare cases when a Rhode Island governor did not come from the island of Aquidneck where the towns of Newport and Portsmouth are located.

One of the important issues of Greene's first term in office concerned the boundary lines of the colony. Several geographic boundaries were adjusted, and the towns of Barrington, Warren and Bristol were added under Bristol county, and the towns of Tiverton and Little Compton were added to the towns on Aquidneck island in Newport County. Another major issue facing the colony was the war against France and Spain, for which the colony was expected to share in the defense of the Crown. When England declared war against France on 31 March 1744, the colony manned forts and reinforced them with guns and ammunition. Commodore Warren, with the aid of Rhode Island forces, laid siege to Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, which surrendered in June, surprising Europeans that the "strongest fortress of North America had capitulated to American farmers, machanics [sic], and fishermen." The colony also had a few war sloops at its disposal along with 15 privateers and was successful in capturing 20 ships and sending them to Newport.

During Greene's third term, the colony had divided into two hostile camps. The leaders of the two divisions were both future governors, Samuel Ward and Stephen Hopkins, with Greene siding with the Ward camp. Some of the divisive issues concerned war versus peace, paper money versus hard currency, and Providence versus Newport interests. Elections went back and forth between the two opposing sides, and amid the discord, Greene died while in office on 23 January 1758.

William married Catherine Greene on 30 Dec 1719. Catherine (daughter of Benjamin Greene and Susanna Holden) was born on 31 Mar 1698 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; died on 28 Nov 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 28 Aug 1727, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

Notes:

He was a merchant and a trader. He appears to have been lost at sea returning from a trip to the East Indies.

Samuel married Patience Cooke on 28 Apr 1747. Patience (daughter of Ebenezer Cooke and Patience Gorton) was born on 18 Jan 1728 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island; died on 9 Jul 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]