FOURTEENTH GENERATION
d. George Wheeler
1. Thomas Wheeler
i. (5016) Capt. Thomas Wheeler
"...(a) researcher who has thoroughly investigated the lines of both Henry Brooks and Capt. Thomas Brooks (who is thought to be a brother of Henry Brooks) claims that no official source has ever been cited... reporting the name... of Henry’s wife. On the other hand, there are several records of Thomas Brooks’ wife reported only as Grace Brooks or Grace ____. Some researchers have speculated that her maiden name was Wheeler others that it was Reynolds but neither has ever been confirmed...
"The first settlement of Watertown only occurred in 1630 and the first settlement in Concord did not take place until 1635.
"...there were two Mary Brooks[es]. One (m. Richard Nocross) was the d/o Henry and the other (m. Capt. Timothy Wheeler) was the d/o of Thomas & Grace Brooks..."
-- http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?mary,wheeler::brooks::9880.html 21 Feb. 2004 c/o Kent DeGeer krdegeer@yahoo.com
10034. Robert Halsey aka Chambers
"...[(vii) Thomas Halsey']s first wife was Phebe. She was murdered by the Indians in 1649. Wyandoch, Sachem of the Pequots, himself led the expedition which captured and executed her murderers."
SRC: Burke's American Families With British Ancestry, pages 2726 and 2727 c/o Douglas C. Haggett huggy@execpc.com http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~families/halsey/bio4.html
"MERIAM, ...(10037vi) GEORGE, Concord, freem. 2 Jan. 1641, by w. (10037vi[1]) Susannah had Elizabeth b. 8 or 11 Nov. 1641; Samuel 21 July 1642; Hannah, 14 July 1645; Abigail, July 1647; Sarah, 17 July 1649; and Susanna His w. d. 8 Oct. 1675, and he d. 29 Dec aft. One of the ds. d. 10 Aug. 1646."
-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/
"MERIAM, ...(10037ix) ROBERT, Concord, br. (10037vi) George, freem. 13 Mar. 1639 (the day bef. his br. (5018) Joseph), was town clk. 1654-76, rep. 1655-8, deac. d. 15 Feb. 1682, aged 72, 1eav. no ch. His will of 10 Dec. bef. pro. 4 Apr. foll. names w. (10037ix[1]) Mary, brs. Joseph and George, and their ch. and the wid. d. 22 July 1693, aged 72."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"(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.
-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ken6680&id=I900 c/o Ken ksmith22@comcast.net
Goldstone -- Family name, of Anglo-Saxon origin, first found in Bedfordshire
Jeffrie -- Family name, of Welsh origin, first found in Herefordshire
10044. Isaac (Shephard/) Shepard
Shepard -- Family name, of Anglo-Saxon origin, first found in Dorset
I have seen (10044) Isaac proposed as Ralph's father (prob. because Ralph had a son named Isaac), but have never seen documentation to show that Ralph of London was the same person as Isaac's son Rarlph, b. in Derby.
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