Rev. Ralph Partridge

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]

Ralph married Patience Bathurst on 14 Jan 1609 in Chillenden, Kent, England. Patience (daughter of Edward Bathurst and Elizabeth Besbeech) was born before 10 Nov 1583; was christened on 10 Nov 1583 in Horsmonden, Kent, England; died before 29 Dec 1655 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is described by Cotton Mather in Magnalia Christi Americana (citation details below) as "a person of a most amiable temper; one pious, and prudent and every way worthy of the man [Thomas Thacher] to whom she became a glory. By her he received three sons and one daughter; and when she had continued three sevens of years with him. she went after a very triumphant manner to be for ever with the Lord, June 2, 1664, uttering those for her dying words, 'Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly: why are thy chariot-wheels so long a coming?'"

Elizabeth married William Kempe about 1638. William died before 23 Sep 1641 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Rev. Thomas Thacher on 11 May 1643. Thomas (son of Rev. Peter Thacher and Anne Allwood) was born on 1 May 1620; was christened on 1 May 1620 in Milton Clevedon, Mendip, Somerset, England; died on 5 Oct 1678 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patience married Samuel Seabury on 9 Nov 1660. Samuel (son of John Seabury and Grace) was born on 10 Dec 1640 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 5 Aug 1681. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 6 Jul 1733, Groton, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

Also called Rhodolphus, Rodolphus.

From his Find a Grave page:

He was a constable at Duxbury in 1678 and served as the town's clerk from 1685 to 1694. In April of 1694 Rhodolphus and wife Ruth conveyed land at Duxbury to their son Thomas. Two months later in June 1694, Rhodolphus and wife Ruth, formerly of Duxbury now of Chilmark, Mass., conveyed land at Duxbury.

In 1697 Rhodolphus was installed pastor of the Cong. Church at Chilmark, Mass. on the western end of Martha's Vineyard. He served that church until 1714, when he was succeeded by Rev. William Homes. Some of his children had moved from Chilmark to Lebanon, Conn. before 1705 and Rhodolphus and Ruth followed in 1715.

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Genealogical note on the above: The Rev. William Homes (1663-1746), mentioned above, was a Gx7-grandfather of TWK. The reverend's son Robert Homes married Mary Franklin, sister of Benjamin Franklin; their granddaughter Sarah Holmes (1748-1826) was the mother of Benjamin Tappan, senator from Ohio 1839-45. The Rev. William Homes's wife, Katherine Craighead (1673-1764) was a Gx4-granddaughter of the Scottish king James V, father of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Ralph married Ruth Partridge on 1 Jan 1670 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of George Partridge and Sarah Tracy) was born about 1645 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 30 Oct 1717 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Joseph Childs before 1691 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Richard Childs and Mary Truant) was born before 27 Oct 1667; was christened on 27 Oct 1667 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 11 Mar 1718 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Abigail Hibbard in 1713. Abigail (daughter of Joseph Hebard and Abigail Kimball) was born on 15 Mar 1699 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on 9 Jul 1778 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]