John Wandesford

Family/Spouse: Isabel de Colville. Isabel (daughter of John Colville and Alice Darcy) died after 1442. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Merchant; sheriff of London; alderman of London.

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

Family/Spouse: Thomas Louthe. Thomas was born in of Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England; died in 1533. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edith Stukeley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1577

Family/Spouse: Simon Throckmorton. Simon (son of John Throckmorton and Jane Baynard) was born about 1493 in of Barsham, Suffolk, England; died on 10 Jul 1527. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lionel married Elizabeth Blennerhasset on 29 Jun 1561 in Barsham, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Blennerhasset and Elizabeth Cornwallis) died between 30 Jun 1608 and 7 Nov 1608. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grocer, citizen, and alderman of Norwich.

Bassingbourne married Mary Hill after 7 Dec 1591. Mary (daughter of William Hill and Joan Annabel) was born in of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England; died in 1615. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He emigrated with his family in 1631 on the Lyon; first at Boston, then very shortly thereafter Salem. He was one of the original companions of Roger Williams in the settlement of Rhode Island in 1636. He was in New York with Anne Hutchinson's family and others in 1642, settling the peninsula from Long Island now called, after him, Throg's Neck or Throgg's Neck. Following the Native uprising of 1643 in which the Hutchinsons, among others, were slain, he returned to Rhode Island, where he was town moderator of Providence in 1652 and town treasurer in 1677. He appears at Barbados in 1656. He was also a deputy to the Rhode Island assembly in 1664-68, 1670-73, and 1675. He died while visiting his sons at Middletown, New Jersey in 1684.

Direct ancestor of, among others, Gen. James Longstreet, Susan B. Anthony, and Maxwell Perkins. Gateway ancestor of EK.

He is the subject of some controversy. The first is whether he was the "Mr. Throgmorton" recorded as arriving on the Lyon at Nantasket in February 1631, along with, among others, Roger Williams. Shortly thereafter, on 18 May 1631, "Mr. George Throckmorton" was admitted as a freeman of the Bay Colony. G. Andrews Moriarty and others argued that "George" was a scribal error and that "Mr. Throgmorton" of the Lyon was the same man that later became prominent in Providence, Rhode Island and died in New Jersey while visiting his sons. In 1995, in The Great Migration Begins (page 1818, other citation details below), Robert Charles Anderson argued that George Throckmorton and John were separate individuals. Twenty years later, however, in his The Great Migration Directory (2015, page 335, other citation details below), Anderson stated that John Throckmorton of Salem and Providence did in fact arrive in 1631 on the Lyon, and he marks his 1995 remarks as "incorrect."

The second controversy is whether the John Throckmorton of Salem and Rhode Island was in fact the John Throckmorton who was baptized in 1601, a son of Norwich alderman, citizen and grocer Bassingbourne Throckmorton, and thus a "gateway ancestor" with a descent from Edward I and beyond. This proposal first gained currency in the notoriously unreliable work of Col. Charles Wickliffe Throckmorton (citation details below), but it was subsequently endorsed by the far more credible genealogist G. Andrews Moriarty (citation details below), who published multiple articles piling up the circumstantial-yet-strong evidence for the case. Today this descent appears to be broadly accepted, appearing as undisputed fact in widely used secondary sources such as Ancestral Roots and Royal Ancestry. But not universally accepted: Robert Charles Anderson, in the same 2015 entry in which he notes that he now agrees that the Providence man was the "Mr. Throgmorton" of the Lyon, still lists the Providence man's origins as "unknown." There exists nothing to clinch the case, but the quality and quantity of the not-quite-probative evidence is striking:

* The father of the John Throckmorton baptized at Norwich in 1601, Bassingbourne Throckmorton, was a member of the minor gentry connected with trade as a merchant and shipowner. The New England John Throckmorton was consistently called "Mr." and "gentleman," terms reserved at that time for persons of higher-than-usual birth, and he was a merchant and shipowner. References to the New England man in the Winthrop Papers show that John owned several coastal vessels and that he was entrusted with the transportation of letters and legal papers along with normal trade goods, sailing as far south as Delaware and Virginia as well as along the New England coast.

* At age 19, in 1621, the John Throckmorton of Norwich apprenticed himself to Robert Debney, alderman of Norwich (who described himself in his 1634 will as "brother-in-law" to Bassingbourne Throckmorton), to train as a legal scrivener. Roger Williams said the New England man had been "a member of a corporation in England" and that he "had some knowledge of the law", and a letter from Williams to Throckmorton points out to him that he ought to know his duty to uphold law and order since he had once been an officer of a municipal corporation. This indicates that the New England man had exactly the level of practical legal knowledge one would expect from someone who had trained as a scrivener -- not that of a full-fledged attorney, but rather that of someone well-informed enough to deal with legal matters as a merchant and businessman.

* Bassingbourne Throckmorton made his will on 10 Sep 1638 and died eleven days later. Subsequently several of his sons sued his executors. In their answer to the suit, on 13 May 1640, the executors stated that neither they at that date, nor Bassingbourne when he made his will, knew whether his son John was alive or dead.

(The above may answer one of the long-held objections to the idea that John of New England was a son of Bassingbourne of Norwich, which is that the distinctive name Bassingbourne appears among none of the New England man's descendants. First, it is a matter of record that, aside from naming his second son for himself, John Throckmorton of New England gave his children exactly the kind of names that one would expect for the offspring of an ardent Puritan: Freegift, Patience, Deliverance, Job, Joseph. But more to the point, if the Norwich man did indeed emigrate to New England without telling anyone in his family, a model entirely consistent with what we learn from the lawsuit mentioned above, that would seem to suggest the sort of significant personal rupture in which traditional family names don't get passed on. It's clear that the New England man had a temper and the ability to break with others. As Moriarty notes — 1944, citation details below — , "[i]n later life he became a violent Quaker [and] quarreled with his old friend Roger Williams.")

* The will of Edward Covell, gentleman of Bradwell, Essex, made 1 Aug 1679 and proved 9 Feb 1680, bequeathed £6 to "my kinsman, John Throckmorton of Midle-Towne in New England", clearly referring to the 1631 emigrant's son John Throckmorton of Middletown, New Jersey. By itself this phrase establishes that the New England John Throckmorton was connected to East Anglian families. But Edward Covell's 1679 will also mentions his deceased kinswoman "Grace, late wife of Henry Payne" -- as does the 1633 will of another East Anglian man with the same surname, Thomas Colvyll of Thelveton, Norfolk, which calls her "Grace my neice now wife of Henry Payne". Grace Colvill, wife of Henry Payne, was a niece of Frances Colvill who was the wife of Thomas Shardelowe, second cousin of Bassingbourne Throckmorton through their shared descent from John Throckmorton (~1460-~1508) of South Elmham, Suffolk and his wife Jane Baynard. Thomas Colvyll's will also mentions Thomas Shardelow, calling him "gent, whose first wife was my wife's sister". And it mentions two members of the Cornwallis family of Brome, Suffolk: "Sir Thomas Cornwallis my late master" and "Lady Jane Bacon, late wife of Sir William Corwallis knt. deceased". Elizabeth Cornwallis of this same family was the maternal grandmother of Bassingbourne Throckmorton. (Moriarty, 1947, citation details below.)

* In 2002, Paul C. Reed and Leslie Mahler (citation details below) established the identity and origins of Rebecca Farrand, who married the New England John Throckmorton in 1635 and was the mother of all his children. In doing so they also identified both of her parents, all four of her grandparents, and six further ancestors as well. They also established that Edward Covell, the abovementioned testator of 1679, was the husband of Anne Farrand, sister to Rebecca, and thus quite a close "kinsman" indeed to New England John Throckmorton. Edward Covell is also mentioned in the 4 Jan 1661 will of another of Rebecca's sisters, Elizabeth Farrand, in which she calls him "my Brother Edward Covill".

In summary, it would seem that if the John Throckmorton of Salem and Rhode Island wasn't a son of Bassingbourne Throckmorton of Norwich, he must have been the offspring of a Throckmorton very closely related to him. That, or we're looking at a genuinely impressive number of coincidences.

From Wikipedia (accessed 13 Nov 2020):

John Throckmorton (1601–1684) was an early settler of Providence Plantation in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and he was one of the 12 original proprietors of that settlement. He emigrated from Norfolk, England to settle in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but religious tensions brought about his removal to Providence.

In 1643, Throckmorton made a land purchase in New Netherland and settled there with several dozen others. However, an Indian attack during Kieft's War caused him and others to return to Providence. He became active in civil affairs, serving as moderator, deputy, and treasurer. He died in 1684 in Middletown, New Jersey, where he went to visit his children, and was buried there. Throggs Neck in Bronx, New York City is named for him.

John Throckmorton was almost certainly baptised in Norwich, county Norfolk, England on 9 May 1601, the son of grocer and alderman Bassingburn Throckmorton. On 20 March 1621, he was apprenticed to a scrivener, but his whereabouts by 1638 had become unknown to his father, and the executors of his father's estate in 1640 could not find him. Several writers suggest that he was the "George Throckmorton" who arrived in New England aboard the Lyon and was made a freeman in May 1631. In 1995, Robert Charles Anderson argued that this was highly unlikely because a person of his stature would not be absent from the colonial records from 1631 to 1638, suggesting that George Throckmorton either died soon after his arrival or else returned to England, and John Throckmorton did not arrive in the colonies until closer to 1638. Twenty years later, however, Anderson had evidently changed his view, stating that John Throckmorton of Salem and Providence was in fact the 1631 passenger on the Lyon and listing his own 1995 remarks as "incorrect."

Throckmorton may have been in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony as early as 1635, but the first definitive record of his presence in New England is in 1638 when he was one of the 12 original proprietors of Providence Plantation, being named in the deed signed by Roger Williams in October of that year. Nevertheless, it is certain that he was in Salem at some point because the Reverend Hugh Peters of Salem alluded to him and his wife in July 1639 as having "the great censure passed upon them in this our church." Rev. Peters also complained that they and certain others "wholly refused to hear the church, denying it and all the churches in the Bay to be true churches."

On 27 July 1640, Throckmorton was one of 39 settlers who signed an agreement for a form of government in Providence. Three years later, he obtained a grant of land for himself and 35 others from Governor Willem Kieft in New Netherland. The land was named after him and is called Throggs Neck, now a part of The Bronx in New York City. Other nearby English settlers included Thomas Cornell and Anne Hutchinson, who may have purchased her land from Throckmorton. The settlement was short-lived, however, and its fate was summed up by Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop in September 1643, who said that the Indians set upon the English who dwelt under the Dutch and killed "such of Mr. Throckmorton's and Mr. Cornhill's families as were at home." He further added that these settlers "had cast off ordinances and churches, and now at last their own people, and for larger accommodation had subjected themselves to the Dutch, and dwelt scatteringly near a mile assunder."

Some of those who escaped the Indian attack returned to Providence. Throckmorton was in Providence on 27 February 1647 when he was granted a house and land once belonging to Edward Cope. Soon he became active in civil affairs; he was a Providence Moderator in 1652 and from 1664 to 1675, and he served for eight years as Deputy to the General Assembly. He was also on the Providence Town Council in 1667, and ten years later he was the town treasurer. In July 1672, Throckmorton wrote one of three letters to Roger Williams critical of Williams' unfavorable opinions of the Quakers.

Throckmorton died in March or April 1684 in Middletown, New Jersey where he had gone to visit his children, and he was also buried there. He had owned land in Middletown but never resided there permanently.

John married Rebecca Farrand before 1635. Rebecca (daughter of Richard Farrand and Rebecca Harrison) was born about 1610. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Alice Stout on 12 Dec 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Administration of her husband's estate was granted to her on 19 May 1705.

Deliverance married James Ashton on 25 May 1669 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. James died before 19 May 1705 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah Leonard. Sarah (daughter of Henry Leonard and Mary) was born on 26 Jul 1663 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 5 Feb 1743 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey; was buried in Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married David Stout in 1688. David (son of Richard Stout and Penelope) was born in 1667; died after 1725 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Clover Hill, Hunterdon, New Jersey

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Abstract of the will of Freegift Stout:

1763, June 9. Stout, Freegift, of Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Mary, household goods, etc., and son, Isaac, to pay to her £lO yearly. In the lifetime of my son, Jodiah, I gave him a deed for his portion, which land is in Windsor Twsp., Middlesex Co., and I give to my granddaughter, Rebecca Stout, the eldest surviving daughter of said Jodiah, the sum of £40 shillings. Son, Freegift Stout, farm in Amwell Twsp., which I bought of James Oliphant; also 76 acres out of my homestead where I live, and also 8 acres of meadow. Son, James, land in Amwell, which he now has, and which I bought of Valentine End. Son, Joshua, tract of land in Hopewell Twsp., which I purchased of Joslah Furman. Son, Obadiah, the tract which I lately bought of Jonathan Stout, being in Rocks- bury Twsp., Morris Co., at a place called Schooleys Mountain. Son, Isaac, the plantation where I live, except the 84 acres laid off to my son Freegift, and 30 acres which I sold to Hannis Case. Names daughter, Mary Chamberlain, wife of Richard Chamberlain. Moveable estate to Sarah Oliphant, wife of Ephraim Oliphant, of Kingwood Twsp.; Rebecca Taylor, wife of Edward Taylor, and Rachel Rounsavell, wife of Richard Rounsavell, Jr., both of Amwell Twsp. (Mary Chamberlain having 20 acres of land). Executors — sons, Freegift and James. Witnesses — Joseph Higgins, John Stout, John Manners.

1766, May 18. Codicil. By my last will I gave to my son, Obadiah, a tract of land which I bought of Jonathan Stout, in Rocksburg Twsp., Morris Co., but, instead of the land I give him £150. Granddaughter, Ann Stout, daughter of my son, Jodiah Stout, 40 shillings, when she is 18. The said land in Rocksbury to be sold, and the money given to my four daughters — Mary, wife of Richard Chamberlain; Sarah, wife of Ephraim Oliphant; Rebecca, wife of Edward Taylor, and Rachel, wife of Richard Rounsavell, Jr. Witnesses — Joseph Higgins, John Stout, John Manners.

1768, July 10. Codicil. My daughter, Sarah, wife of Ephraim Oliphant, is deceased, so her legacy is to be divided between her surviving children, when they come of age. Witnesses — Peter Vandyck, Peter Vandyck, Jr., Benjamin Stout. Proved Aug. 2, 1769.

1769, Aug. 2. Inventory, £208.19.8, made by Peter Vandicke and Joseph Moore.

1772, Jan. 23. Account by Executors.

Lib. 14, p. 64; Lib. 14, p. 68; Lib. 14, p. 420.

Family/Spouse: Mary Higgins. Mary (daughter of Jadiah Higgins and Mary Newbold) was born on 24 Jan 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ephraim Oliphant. Ephraim (son of Duncan Oliphant and Mary) was born in 1717 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York; died in 1794 in Loudoun County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Thomas West between 1762 and 1763. Thomas was born in 1735 in New Jersey; died in Jan 1796 in Grainger County, Tennessee; was buried in Cherokee Community Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Beals. David (son of Isaac Beals and Hannah Jones) was born on 4 Jan 1771; died on 29 Nov 1870 in Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee; was buried in Fairview United Methodist Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abram married Sarah Hammer on 25 Feb 1837 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Jesse Hammer and Rebecca Blackburn) was born on 20 Jun 1817; died on 7 Jul 1854 in Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried in Lost Creek Friends Burial Ground, Jefferson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Morris C. Moore on 27 Oct 1856 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Morris (son of Samuel Moore and Mary Bundy) was born on 18 Jul 1833 in Indiana; died in 1870 in Toledo, Chase, Kansas; was buried in Old Quaker Cemetery, Toledo, Chase, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Zeno W. Morgan after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Washington Hadley on 28 Dec 1904 in San Bernardino County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Barclay Thomas on 5 Jan 1916 in Whittier, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1859, Indiana
• Alternate death: 15 Oct 1952, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Notes:

The 1860 census shows her, age 1, born in Indiana, with her family in Americus, Breckenridge County, Kansas. Given her family links to abolitionist Quakers we're pretty sure which side of the "Bleeding Kansas" war this family was on.

She and her husband were second cousins once removed; he was a great-grandson, and she was a great-great granddaughter, of Isaac Hammer and Lydia Mendenhall.

Ada married Dr. Daniel Fulton Janeway on 28 Jul 1881 in Chase, Rice, Kansas. Daniel (son of Charles Garrett "Chas" Janeway and Susanna Hammer) was born on 6 Jan 1852 in Strawberry Plains, Fulton, Tennessee; died on 21 Apr 1929 in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1889, Kansas
• Alternate death: 30 Apr 1969, San Rafael, Marin, California

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She was a graduate of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, and at the time of her marriage she had been teaching domestic arts at the Shawnee high school for two years.

Rose married Ralph Walker Booze on 30 Sep 1920 in Collinsville, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ralph (son of Charles Jackson Booze and Mabel Cora Walker) was born on 15 Sep 1890 in Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois; died on 8 Mar 1973 in San Rafael, Marin, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married John William Klages on 14 Feb 1948 in Christ Church, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. John (son of Reynold Edward Klages and Corrine Marguerite Krag) was born on 11 Jul 1922 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; died on 8 Apr 2008 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]