Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Richard Femell
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Name Richard Femell Birth of Taunton, Somerset, England [1, 2] Gender Male Death Bef 29 Jun 1576 [1, 2] Person ID I23605 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK Last Modified 13 Sep 2020
Family Johan Crow d. Bef 9 Oct 1577 Children + 1. Agnes Femell d. Abt 1584, St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, England Family ID F14178 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Feb 2019
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Notes - He was a goldsmith, probably an immigrant from France or the Netherlands. A deposition by his wife alludes to her being reviled by one Mary Combe as a "Frenche curres wyfe." (The spirit of Brexit is very old.) The autobiography of Sir Simonds d'Ewes calls him "a wealthy Dutchman, who came out of Normandy into England."
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Sources - [S3129] G. Andrews Moriarty, "Genealogical Research in England: Symonds-Femell." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 80:343, Oct 1926.
- [S4384] George Eldridge, Hydrographer, and Eliza Jane His Wife: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants by Henry James Young. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: 1982.
- [S3129] G. Andrews Moriarty, "Genealogical Research in England: Symonds-Femell." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 80:343, Oct 1926.