MERRIAM & GOLDSTONE LINES continued

INDEX

FOURTEENTH GENERATION

10036. William Merriam

10037. Sarah Burges

REF: http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=3684097

"(10036) William... first appears in the "Kentish Lay Subsidy Rolls" or tax lists, in 1598, living in Tudeley. William also owned land or buildings in several nearby villages. He married Sarah Burgess, daughter of James Burgess of Tudeley, but the record of their marriage has not been found. James Burgess of Tudeley, Kent, mentioned in his will of 1590 his "son-in-law William Meryam"...

"William Mirriam of Hadlowe, Kent, clothier, 8 September 1635, proved 27 November 1 1635. To the poor of Hadlowe ten shillings. To my daughter Susan, already preferred, fifty shillings. The like sum to daughter Margaret, likewise preferred. To daughter Joane, already preferred, one shilling. To my daughter Sara forty pounds within three months next after my decease. To wife Sara all the household stuff of mine which is in my now dwelling house situate at Barnestreet in Hadlowe and the five pounds per annum which is to be paid out of my lands in Goodherst, Kent, during her natural life. I give her also three pounds per annum to be paid to her during her natural life out of my tenementi and lands in Yalding, Kent. And she shall have her dwelling and abiding in my dwelling house aforesaid after my decease during the whole term of her natural life, with free access, ingress, egress and recourse to and from the same and into and from the gardens and orchards for herbs, water and for her brewing, baking, washing, drying and the like needful occasions. To my son Joseph Myrriam all such household stull as I shall have at the time of my decease remaining and being in the house wherein he now dwelleth situate in Tewdly, or elsewhere where he shall then dwell, being in his custody or possession. To George Mirriam my son five pounds and to his daughter Mary, my goddaughter, five shillings. To William Howe, my grandchild, ten shillings and to every child of his father Thomas Howe which be had by my daughter, his late deceased wife, I will five shillings. To William Mirriam my grandchild, son of the said Joseph my son, five shillings. And touching my lands and tenements I will to Joseph Mirriam my son &c. all my lands and tenements in Yalding charged with the before mentioned annuity of three pounds. To Robert my son the messuage wherein I now dwell, in Hadlowe with the barns, outhhouses, yards, gardens, orchardj and all my lands thereto belonging, and all other my lands, tenements &c. in Hadlowe. And I give him all my goods and chattels not formerly bequeathed. And I make him sole executor.

Proved by Christopher Crispe, Notary Public, attorney for Robert Mirriam, son and executor.

"Rochester Wills, Vol. xxii. (1631-1644), vol. 165. Merriam Genealogy; Family of Merriam by Appleton"

-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ken6680&id=I900 c/o Ken ksmith22@comcast.net

10038. John Goldstone

10039. Frances Jeffrie (F)

REF: http://members.xoom.com/LHole/data/d0001/f0000003.html#I5479; http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=7087179

Goldstone -- Family name, of Anglo-Saxon origin, first found in Bedfordshire

Jeffrie -- Family name, of Welsh origin, first found in Herefordshire

FIFTEENTH GENERATION

20072. William Merriam

20073. Alice Apse

"(20072) William Merriam was born about 1525 at Goudhurst, Kent. He was probably the eldest son of Richard Merriam and his first wife. It seems that he first married a woman named Anne, who probably died in childbirth just before June 20, 1560, when she was buried in Goudhurst. The child also must have died soon after, for "a mayde of Wylliam Meriam" was buried there on July 18, 1560.

"On October 13, 1560, he married Alice Apse in Goudhurst. Her name is difficult to make out in the transcript of the marriage. It is not known what he did for a living, but he was probably a yeoman farmer. William made an oral will on January 27, 1565/6 and must have died the same day, because he was buried in Goudhurst on Janauary 28. The overseer of his will was John Horsemonden, the husband of William's sister Deonys.

"William left two sons, only one of whom lived to maturity. Alice, who was obviously still young, must have then married a man named Piper, because the 1616 will of Robert Pyper of Tonbridge mentions a William Merryam, "brother -in-lawe". That term was used in those days to mean step-brother as well.

"Information from the archives of John Brooks Threlfall."

-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ken6680&id=I927 c/o Ken ksmith22@comcast.net

20074. James Burges/ Burgess

20075. unknown

REF: http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/family_group_record.asp?familyid=5253502

20076. Robert Goldstone

20077. unknown

REF: http://www.familysearch.org/Search/af/ancestral_file_frame.asp?recid=7087179

20078. John Jefferie, Yeoman

20079. Jane Newington

"`...to be buried in church yard of Pembury, near the foot of my father's toobstone'

"This was in his will. He was a yeoman"

-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2162729&id=I504276698 c/o Lynne Alber sunroomlife@bnin.net

"From The Record of My Ancestry by Charles L. Newhall, 1899.
"(20078) John Jefferie resided in Kent County, England. The will of his widow follows:

"(20079) Jane Jefferie of Pepingburie als Pemburie, Kent, widow, 28 April, 21 James. proved 11 March 1623.

  • The poor of Pemburie.
  • To my daughter (10039) Francis the now wife of (10038) John Goldstone my gold ring and best suit of apparel, that is to say, petticoat, kirtle, hat and band of cambric or holland.
  • To (20079[1]a[1]) Susan the now wife of my son (20079[1]a) Roger Thompson my second suit of apparel &.
  • To (20079[2]iii[1]) Susan the now wife of my son (20079[2]iii) William Jefferie my third suit of apparel.
  • The rest of my apparel I give to Jane and Martha Baldocke daughter of my daughter (20079[1]c) Margaret.
  • To (10039iv) Jane Goldstone my god daughter, the daughter of Francis, five shillings and one pair of sheets.
  • My god daughter Elizabeth Wood the daughter of sister Wood.
  • All the children of my daughter Francis.
  • All my other god children. John Jefferie the son of my son (20079[2]ii) John Jefferie. John Jefferie the son of my son William Jefferie.
  • Ten shillings each to my son John Jefferie and to my son Roger Thompson.
  • All of the children of my two sons (20079[1]b) Walter Thompson and Roger Thompson.
  • (20079[1]c[1]) John Baldocke and the said Jane and Martha Baldocke, the three children of my daughter margaret deceased, thirty pounds divided equally between them in full payment and satisfaction of all such duties and demands which they or any of them shall or may claim or demand by and after the death of (20079[1]) Roger Thompson their deceased grandfather or by and after me the said Jane as administratrix after the death of the said Roger Thompson or by gift, promise or otherwise of me or of John Jefferie my late husband deceased, the same to be paid unto them by my executors hereafter named at the age of twenty and two years of them the said John, Jane and Martha Baldocke or at the day of their marriage if them or any of them shall marry before their age & with the advice of my sister Elizabeth Wood and my daughter Francis Goldstone.
  • My son (20079[2]iv) Thomas Jefferie. (20079[2]v) Edward and (20079[2]vi) Nicholas Jefferie my sons.
  • Every of my servants.
  • To my son Thomas Jefferie my silver cup and to William Jefferie my silver salt.
  • Other gifts. I make Thomas Jefferie and Edward Jefferie my sons executors
  • & Then follow the disposition of landed property. Land in Capell. House or cottage and lands in Pepinburie als Pemburie. To son Thomas Jeffrey the house wherein I now inhabit called Crowherst.
  • I appoint my well beloved friends Stephen Jefferie of Greys Inn, gent., and Edward Jefferie of Tunbridge, yeoman, my brothers in law, Thomas Wood of Capell my brother in law and John Goldstone of Tudely my son in law to be my faithful overseers. - N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol., 50. pp. 508-9"

-- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/jeffriefrances.htm

SIXTEENTH GENERATION

40144. Richard Merriam /Miriam

40145. unknown

REF: http://genforum.genealogy.com/merriam/messages/39.html % K. Egan kegan@cov.com

SEVENTEENTH GENERATION

80288. Stephen Merriam /Miriam

80289. Juliane unknown

REF: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/i/l/Donald-K-Tillitson/GENE5-0056.html

EIGHTEENTH GENERATION

160576. William Merriam /Miriam

160577. Benedicta unknown

REF: http://genforum.genealogy.com/merriam/messages/39.html % K. Egan kegan@cov.com

NINETEENTH GENERATION

321152. Robert Merriam /Meryham

321153. unknown

REF: http://genforum.genealogy.com/merriam/messages/Richard Bingham bingham@monmouth.com

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