INDEX
SIXTEENTH GENERATION
40240. Robert Whitfield
- b. ABT 1465 Alston Moor, Cumberland, England
- i. 2 June 1541 i. Wadhurst, Sussex, England
Occupation: Iron Master; supplied iron for Henry VIII
- m. (40241) Agnes Gyles ABT 1511 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
"(40240) Robert Whitfield came from Northumberland, also known as Robert of Wadhurst. According to Heralds Visitations-children (40241i) John married (40241i[1]) Elizabeth Crowe, (20120) Robert married (20121) Agnes Atwood, (40241v) Margaret and (40241ii) Elizabeth who married (40241ii[1]) John Ed wards. Robert of Wadhurst was an iron master, and worked the forges of Wadhurst and Rowfant. Being inconsiderate enough to name his son after himself although his son is known as Robert of Worth. Robert supplied iron to the king according to Public Records Office. There are records that Robert proved to Henry VII that he wasn't an illegal immigrant from Scotland!!"
--http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lestory&id=I08203
40241. Agnes Gyles
- b. ABT 1485 Biddenden, Kent, England
- d. 1567 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
- Family: (40240) Robert Whitfield
- i. John Whitfield
- b. 1515 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
- d. 28 May 1585
- m. Elizabeth Brokesby 29 Oct 1558
- b. ABT 1518 Shoby, Leicester, England
- Father: Anthony Brokesby s/o Rbt & Alc Shirley
- Mother: Anne Sapcote d/o Tho & A Francis
- ii. Elizabeth Whitfield
- b. ABT 1517 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
- Family: John Edwards 1548
- b. 1518 Mayfield & Worth, Sussex, England
- Father: John Edwards of Postlade, Ssx
- Mother: Martha Blundell d/o Wm of Tunbridge, Kent
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iii. (20120) Robert Whitfield
- iv. Thomas Whitfield
- b. 1522 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
- d. 1 May 1629 Worth, Sussex, England
- v. Margaret Whitfield
- b. 1524 Sussexsh, England
- d. 1560 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
- Family: Thomas May 1525 Sussexsh, England
- b. 1492 Wadhurst, Sussex, England
- d. 1581 Ticehurts, Kent, England
- Father: Richard May s/o Jn & Alc
- Mother: Alice Shogswell (1469-) of Sussex
SRC: John Brooks Threlfall, "Ancestry of the Children of John Brooks Threlfall" (1970) c/o Barbara Fleming BarbPretz@aol.com;
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbpretz&id=I1857
The Whitfield name is of Boernician origin, first appearing in records in Northumberland.
"[(40241) Agnes Gyles] was 'sole heir of (80482) John Giles of Biddenden in Kent. . . She seems to have been of an armorial family and thus brought arms to be quartered with the Whitfield arms, as was done in the heraldic monuments of son John's descendants.'"
40242. William Atwood
40243. unknown
SRC: The Ancestry of Reverend Henry Whitfield (1590-1657) and His Wife Dorothy Sheafe (159?-1669) of Guilford, CT (1989) p. 33
40244. John Manning, Esq.
- b. ABT 1480 Kent, England
- d. Mar. 1542 Downe, Kent, England
- m (40245) Agnes Petley ABT 1480 Kent, England
40245. Agnes Petley
- [b. ABT 1500]
- Family: (40244) John Manning, Esq.
- i. George Manning
- b. 1520 St. Mary Cray, Kent, England
- d. 8 May 1582 Downe, Kent, England
- m. Joan Wallis (1524-1582) 13 Aug. 1540 St. Mary Cray, Kent, England
- ii. (20122) Henry Manning
- iii. Richard Manning
- b. BET 1543/44 London, Middlesex, England
- d. 8 May 1582 Downe, Kent, England
- m. Agnes unknown (ABT 1548-) ABT 1575 London, Middlesex, England
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rockerdar&id=I6152; SRC: John Brooks Threlfall, "The Ancestry of (5030) Reverend Henry Whitfield (1590-1657) and His Wife (5031) Dorothy Sheafe (159?-1669) of Guilford, Connecticut", Madison, WI (1989) pp. 69, 117(80488) Hugh Manning
40246. Erasmus Kerkener
40247. Agnes Augusta Waller
40248. Richard Sheafe
40249. Elizabeth Andrews
- b. ABT 1512 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- d. 15 Oct. 1564 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- Family: (40248) Richard Sheafe
- i. Joan Sheafe
- b. ABT 1534 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- Family: Richard Knachbull ABT 1554 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- b. ABT 1530 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- ii. (20124) Thomas Sheafe
- iii. Katherine Sheafe
- b. ABT 1536 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- Family: John Love
- b. 1530 of Cranbrook, Kent, England
- iv. Margery Sheafe
- b. 1538 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- i. 14 June 1574
- v. Margaret Sheafe
- b. 1538 Cranbrook, Kent, England d. 14 June 1574
- Family (1): John Smersell 6 June 1563
- b. ABT 1538 of Cranbrook, Kent, England
- Family (2): Richard Courthopp ABT 1559 England
- b. ABT 1534 of Cranbrook, Kent, England
- d. BEF 1615
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vi. Alice Sheafe
- b. 1541 d. BET 1604/15
- Family: Richard Hovenden (ABT 1537-1598) 14 Oct. 1566 Kentshire, England
- vii. William Sheafe
- b. 1542/43 (of St. Dunstan,) Cranbrook, Kent, England
- d. 21 Dec. 1616 i. St. Dunstan's Cranbrook
- Sympathyzed with the Puritans See NOTE, below
- m. Catherine/ Katherine Courthoppe/ Courtopp 24 Oct. 1569 St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent, England
- b. ABT 1548 of St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent, England
- d. 24 Mar. 1611/12 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- no children
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viii. Mary Sheafe
- b. 1545 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- Family: John Couchmand 26 Jan. 1561/62 St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent, England
- b. ABT 1538 of Cranbrook, Kent, England
- d. BEF 1615
- Father: William Coucheman (-1615)
-
ix. Anne Sheafe b. 1546
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2588925&id=I5555
"Note: (40248) Richard was taxed £90 sterling at the time of King Henry VIII's subsidy roll. This was a very substantial amount and indicates a man of wealth.
"Richard's will was dated 21 Jun 1557 and was proved on 24 Sep 1557. He mentioned his wife, (40249) Elizabeth, each of his living children, his brother John, his cousin Walter Hendley (a possible clue to his mother's maiden name.)
"The will further charges his son, (20124) Thomas, "with the bringing up of my said daughters & I give ...him one of my silver goblets."
"For 16 years Thomas was to deliver to
Elizabeth, his mother, "20 loads of good wood redy made." After giving
specific items to certain individuals, Richard left "The residue of my goods
to Thomas my son, whom I make Executor."
"In another section, Richard... said
"The residue of my household stuff (after my wife has taken her choice) to be
divided between my said wife & Thomas my son, reserving to the latter all the
hanging now in my principal tent (tentament?) wherein I now dwell."
"Richard wrote his will in June 1557 and desired that he be buried in the parish Church of Cranebroke, in St. Thomas's Chancel, "beside my father."
"(40249vi) William Sheafe sympathyzed with the Puritans and fell into disfavor with the Bishop of Rochester. He was arrested and sentenced to expulsion from Cranbrook. At this time Richard Fletcher came from Rye to caution the people against ideas of reformation, but his sermon "did not calm the troubled spirits and a fierce contention followed, whereupon William Sheafe, one of the Church wardens, met the noisy disclaimers in a true John Bull-like manner with his feet firmly set and his head erect, and uttered these decided words "We WILL have Mr. Stroud to preach to us." (Satterthwaith)
"Elizabeth's will was reprinted in NEHGS Register Oct. 1983, p. 291. It was written 7 Oct 1564 and proved 26 Nov 1654. She refers to her brother John "Androw" whose identity was also established through the will of their father, Gyles Andrews. Elizabeth's will mentions linens, silver, brass and pewter items, suggesting a family of wealth.
-- Jane Fox jlhfox@aol.com
40250. Thomas Harman
- b. 1500 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- will 17 Nov 1547 proved 7 June 48 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- m. (40251) Elizabeth Courthope ABT 1534 of Cranbrook, Kent, England
40251. Elizabeth Courthope
- b. 1500 England
- d. BEF 1547 England
- Family: (40250) Thomas Harman
- i. John Harman
- b. ABT 1532 England
- d. England
- ii. Richard Harman
- b. ABT 1534 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- i. 8 July 1571 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- m. Joan/ Margery Couchman 6 Nov. 1559 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- b. ABT 1540 of Cranbrook, Kent, England
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iii. (20125) Mary Harman
- iv. Thomas Harman
- b. 1538 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- d. AFT 1604
- m(1): Joan Jefferye 13 Oct. 1565 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- b. ABT 1545 of Cranbrook, Kent, England
- i. 4 Nov. 1565
- m(2): Anne Couchman 13 May 1566 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- b. ABT 1550 of Cranbrook, Kent, England
- v. Stephen Harman
- b. ABT 1542 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- d. 1561 Cranbrook, Kent, England
40252. William Wilson
- b. 1512 of c. Penrith, Cumberland, England
- d. 27 Aug 1587 of Windsor, Berks, England
- m. (40253) unknown (F) ABT 1541 Wellsbourne, Lincoln, England
40253. unknown (F)
- b. 1516 of Wellsbourne, Lincoln, England
- Family: (40252) William Wilson
- i. (20126) Rev. William Wilson
- ii. Alexander Wilson
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iii. Mary Wilson
- b. 1550 Penrith, Cumberland, England
- of Sunbridge, Kent, England
- Family: Guy Briscowe ABT 1571 of Penrith, Cumberland, England
- b. ABT 1546 of Penrith, Cumberland, England
- d. 1594 of Cumberlandsh, England
- of New Windsor, Berks, England
40254. John Woodhall, Esq.
- b. 1519 of Waldon, Essex, England
- d. Walden, Essex, England
- m. (40255) Elizabeth Grindall 20 Oct. 1542 St. Bees, Cumberland, England
40255. Elizabeth Grindall
- b. 1523 of Waldon, Devon, England
- d. BEF Apr. 1583
- Family: (40254) John Woodhall, Esq.
- i. Dorothy Woodhall
- b. ABT 1540 Walden, Essex, England
- d. 9 Jan. 1583
- ii. Elizabeth Woodhall
- b. ABT 1544 Walden, Essex, England
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iii. (20127) Isabel Woodhall
- iv. William Woodhall
- b. ABT 1548 Walden, Essex, England
- d. 3 Aug 1603 w.p. 29 Nov. 1604
- m. Mary Woodhall ABT 1572 Saffron, Walden, Essex, England
- b. ABT 1551 of Walden, Essex, England
- d. 1613
- Father: John or James Woodhall
- v. Katherine Woodhall
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