2048. Daniel Warner was born in 1617/1618 in Prob., Boxted, Essex, England and was christened in of Wethersfield. He died on 9 Sep 1688 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts and was buried in Sep 1688 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Daniel married Elizabeth Denne on 2 Jun 1641 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Parents]

2049. Elizabeth Denne was born in 1619 in of Boxsted, Essex, England. She died on 1 Nov 1659 in Ipswich, Essex, Ma and was buried in Nov 1659 in Ipswich, Essex, Ma. [Parents]

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2050. John Dane  was born in 1612/1613 in Andover, Berkhamstead, Herts, England. He died on 29 Sep 1683 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts and was buried in 1684 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. John married Eleanor Clark about 1632 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Parents]

2051. Eleanor Clark was born in 1640 in of Ipswich, Essex, Ma. She died in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusettes. [Parents]
 
 

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2052. John Tuttle was born on 25 Oct 1606 in Ringstead, Northampton, England and was christened on 25 Oct 1607 in , Tharston, Norfolk, England. He died on 30 Dec 1656 in of, Holcot, Northampton, England and was buried in , Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. John married Joane Anterbus in 1627 in , Hertfordshire, England. [Parents]
 
 

2053. Joane Anterbus was born on 25 Jun 1592 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England and was christened on 25 Jun 1592 in Abbey, St. Albans, Hertford, England. She died in 1659 in Carrickfergus, Ireland. [Parents]

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2054. John Coggswell was born in 1591/1592 in Leigh, Westbury, Wilt, England and was christened in 1592. He died on 29 Nov 1669 in Ipswich, Essex, Ma and was buried in Old North Grave, First Church, Ipswich, Mass.. John married Elizabeth Thompson on 10 Sep 1615 in Leigh, Westbury, Wilt, England. [Parents]

"Argent, a cross between 4 escallops, sable"

2055. Elizabeth Thompson was born in 1594 in Leigh, Westbury, Wilt, England and was christened in 1604 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. She died on 2 Jun 1676 in Ipswich, Essex, Ma and was buried in Old North Gravey, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Parents]

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2182. John Pannell.

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2190. William Brinton.

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2304. Jean II Sallee' was born in 1624 in France. He married Suzanne Mestay. [Parents]

2305. Suzanne Mestay died about 1668.

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2944. Sir. William Payne was born in 1598 in of Suffolk Co., Parish of Nowton, England. He died in of Watertown, Mass.. William married Miss. Ann. [Parents]

Came to America on the ship "Increase" that sailed from London, England in April 1635. William was 37 years old at the time of sailing and his wife, Ann, was 40 years old. They came with 5 children the oldest 11 years old and the youngest 8 weeks old.

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2946. Richard Parker.

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3044. Henry I Watkins was born in 1637 in Malvern Hills, Henrico, Va.. He died about 1714 in Henrico, Va.. Henry married Katherine Pride about 1658 in Malvern Hills, Henrico, Va.. Henry was born in 1637 in Malvern Hills, Henrico, Virginia. He died in 1717 in Malvern Hills, Henrico, Virginia. He was born in 1637 in Malvern Hills, Henrico, Virginia. He died in 1717 in Malvern Hills, Henrico, Virginia. [Parents]

Source: The Curd Family in America, The Tuttle Publishing Co.

Henry Watkins of Henrico Co., Va, presumably the immigrant ancestor was
b. in 1638. He was a Quaker and member of the Society of Friends, a fact
that caused him at times to clash with the ruling authorities in
Virginia. In the list of heads of families in Henrico County, 1679, he
is listed as head of family with three tithables and shown as living in
the vicinity of Turkey Island. In 1679 he received a patent for 170
acres of land on the north side of James River in Henrico Co. adjoining
land of John Lewis, Mr. Cocke, and Mr. Beauchamp, and touching the 'three
runs' of Turkey Island Creek (patent book 7, p. 17). In July 1690 he
purchased of Lyonel Morris 360 acres of land in varina parish, Henrico
Co., on the south side of Chickahominy Swamp, and in October of the same
year he patented 60 acres of land "adjoining his own land and touching a
run of Turkey Island Creek." In 1699 he subscribed 500 pounds of tobacco
towards building the Friends meetinghouse at Curls and in 1703 he paid 50
pounds of tobacco towards finishing the building. He was the father of
at least seven childred and in 1692 deeded his land in Henrico to his
five sons. To William, Joseph and Edward he deeded each 120 acres of land
on the south side of Chickahominy Swamp, to Henry the 'track of land on
which his father then lived" acreage not given, and to Thomas 200 acres
on the 'three runs.' We quote from William Clayton Torrence, "Beginnings
of the Families of Henrico," as follows:

One of the most interesting families in Virginia from the point of
view of economic, social and political development is the distinguished
family of which Henry Watkins is the immigrant ancestor.

1704 Quit Rents of Virginia lists Henry Sr. with 100 acres in Henrico
County.

Source: Henry Watkins of Henrico County, Jane Allen 1985.
That Henry Watkins was the son of Henry, born 1585 in Wales, remains to
be proved. However, in 1634/35 there was a deed in which John Cawsey of
Charles City County conveyed to Walter Aston acreage in Charles City near
Shirly Hundred "bordering south upon a Creeke called Henry Watkins, his
Creeke." A Henry Watkins, therefore, lived not more than a few miles
from the home in 1679 of Henry, born 1637/8.

Henry Watkins was a small but hard working farmer. As a member of the
Society of Friends, or Quakers, he clashed with the authorities.

In 1660 the Virginia Assembly had passed a strict law against Quakers.
They were described as:

... an unreasonable and turbulent sort of people, who daily gather
together unlawful assemblies of people, teaching lies, miracles, false
visions, prophecies, and doctrines teneing to disturb the peace,
disorganize Society and destroy the peace, disorganize Society and
destroy all laws, and government, and religion.

In June, 1684, the Courts of Henrico refused his petition for a remission
of fines imposed upon him "he not appearing himself to supplicate this
Court but (as ye Court Conceives) continuing still in his Quakerism."

His daughter Elizabeth also held his loyalty to his faith. At the age of
16 in April, 1685, she refused "for conscience sake" to swear to a
deposition she had made. The Henrico County Court ordered her
imprisonment. In June she was again brought to the bar and "still
persisting in ye same obstinacy as she pretends out of conscience sake
and seconding her request the court have out of their clemency in
consideration of her young years remiteted her offence and releast her of
her confinement."

On 21 January 1691/2, Henry Watkins conveyed 120 acres each to his sons
Edward, William, Joseph, Henry, and Thomas near the Chickahominy. He
also on 25 Janurary 1691/2 made a gift of land "I now live on" to Henry
Watkins and 200 acres to Thomas Watkins.

Henry made his will in November 1714, proved 7 February 1715, Henrico
County, Virginia.

Jane Allen has different birthdates for nearly all of the children. She
has:
Edward
Henry c.1660
Mary (JA has this Mary married to Nicholas Hutchins.)
William c.1667
Elizabeth c.1669
Rachel c.1670 (Rachel is not included in the Curd text above.)
Thomas c.1680

Here is an interesting message that contains some conflicting, but
interesting information:

Area: SEgen ----------------------------------------------------------
"Msg#: 5059 Date: 03-27-95 11:16
From: Betty Harris Read: Yes Replied: No
To: Wiley Jarrell Mark:
Subj: PRIDE
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Henry II Watkins, [1637-abt 1710] s/o Henry I Watkins and Alice Moslin.
He m 1-Rachel Griffin abt 1658 and had 8 ch. He married 2nd Katherine
Pride abt 1680 and perhaps the last 2 children I have for 1st marriage
are Katherine Pride's. Henry was a Quaker and an ancestor of Henry
Clay.

There is a debate about sequence of wives. If you read the Henrico
County Records you will run across Katherine and Henry in court. I have
no certainty about his ancestors. Wish this were more accurate but
happy to have someone add on to it."
 
 

From: "Prentice Stanley"
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 23:08:30 +0000

Roy;
...

I have much additional information that I'd like to share with you,
but I'll have to do it in stages. Following is one of the most
interesting, and probably controversial bits to consider.
This regards Katherine (Pride) Watkins, wife of Henry Watkins (b.
1637) and ancestor to us both. Apparently there was a very unsavory
court case in Henrico Co., in 1681 involving Katherine. I stumbled on
it some years ago in a book citing examples of colonial court cases. I
quote a portion of it here:

KATHERINE WATKINS' CASE, 1681.
Henrico County Deed Book, 1677-1692, 192-195

The examination of Katherine Watkins, the wife of Henry Watkins of
henrico County in Virginia had and taken this 13 of September 1681
before us William Byrd and John Farrar two of his Majesties Justices of
the County aforesaid as followeth (vizt.)
The said Katherine aforesaid on her Oath and examination deposeth,
That on fryday being in the Month of August aboute five weeks since, the
said Katherine mett with John Long (A Mulatto Belonging to Capt. Thomas
Cocke) at or neare the pyney slash betweene the aforesaid Cokes and
Henry Watkins house, and at the same tyme and place, the said John threw
the said Katherine downe (He starting from behind a tree) and stopped
her Mouth with a handkerchief, and tooke up the said Katherines Coates
[i.e., petticoats], and putt his yard into her and ravished her; Upon
which she the said Katherine Cryed out (as she deposeth) and afterwards
(being rexuced by another Negroe of the said Cockes named Jack White)
she departed home, and the said John departed to his Masters likewise,
or that way; after which abuse she the said Katherine declares that her
husband, inclinable to the Quakers, and therefore would not prosecute,
and she being sicke and her Children likewise, she therefore did not
make her complaint before she went to Lt. Col. Farrass, which was
yesterday, morning, and this day in the morning she went to William
Randolphs' and found him not at home. But at night met with the
gentlemen Justices aforesaid at the house of the aforesaid Cocke in
Henrico County in Virginia aforeaid before whom she hath made this
complaint upon oath . . .

((my note: and here we get the other side of the story))

The deposition of John Aust aged 32 yeares or thereabouts Deposeth,
that on fryday being the twelvth of August or thereabouts he came to the
house of Mr. Thomas Cocke, and soe went into his Orchard where his
servants were a cutting downe weeds, whoe asked the deponent to stay and
drinke, soe the deponent stayed and dranke syder with them, and Jacke a
Mulatto of the said Thomas Cocke went in to draw syder, and he stay'd
something long whereupon the deponent followed him and coming to the
doore where the syder was, heard Katherine the wife of henry Watkins say
(Lord) Jacke what makes thee refreaine our house that you come not
oftner, for come when thou wilt thou shalt be as well come as any of My
owne Children, and soe she tooke him aobut the necke and Kissed him, and
Jacke went out and drawed Syder, and she said Jack wilt thout not drinke
to me, who sayd yes if you will goe out where our Cupp is, and a little
after she came out, where the said Thomas Cockes negroes were a drinking
and there dranke cupp for cupp with them (as others there did) and as
she sett Negroe dirke passing by her she tooke up the taile of his shirt
(saying) Dirke thou wilt have a good long thing, and soe did several
tymes as he past by her; after this she went into the roome where the
syder was and then came out agine, and between the two houses she mett
Mulatto Jacke a going to draw more syder and putt her hand on his
codpiece, at which he smil'd, and went on his way and drew syder and she
came againe into the company but stay'd not long but went out to
drinking with two of the said Thomas Cockes Negroes by the garden pale,
And a while after she tooke Mingoe one of the said Cocke's Negroes about
the Necke and fling on the bedd and Kissed him and putt her hand into
his Codpeice, Awhile after Mulatto Jacke went into the Fish roome and
she followed him, but what they did there this deponent knoweth not for
it being near night this deponent left her and the Negroes together, (He
thinking her to be much in drinke) and soe this deponent went home about
one houre by sunn . . .
----------------
I have the testimonies of four other witness, who back up the
depostion of William harding. I'll send them along in the next message.
I did notice that you cited, Roy, about Henry Watkins "In 1679 he
received a patent for 170 acres of land on the north side of James River
in Henrico Co.
adjoining land of John Lewis, MR. COCKE, and Mr. Beauchamp, and
touching the 'three runs' of Turkey Island Creek." So, (Capt. Thomas)
Cocke, was indeed a neighbor, and apparently the owner of the slaves
involved in this case with Katherine Watkins.
 

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3048. William Cox was born before 1599 in England. He died before 14 Dec 1656 in Henrico, Va.. William married Elizabeth Hutchens before 1635 in Henrico, Virginia. [Parents]

3049. Elizabeth Hutchens was born in 1612 in Henrico, Virginia (?). She died in Henrico, Co., Virginia. [Parents]

Some records say she might have been born in: Henrico, Virginia. Furtherresearch will prove or dis-prove this. It is more likely she was born inEngland.
 
 

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3074. Jan de Voue.

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3080. Nicolas de Vaux was born in 1620 in Festubert/Artois, Dep.Pas-de-Calais, France. He married Susanne Francois.

 

The Family Surname has been spelled lots a ways in records I have researched. Each one means something else.

1) De Vaux = Ist Person, presence of Valoir: be worth; be as good as; to deserve merit;. Phonetic is [ VO ]
2) De Veaux = 1st Person, Clod, or Lout; /or/ Meat: of Veal (s); young beef; calf;
3) De Veau = of Veal or Meat; Phonetic is [ VO ]
4) De Voe = of Voe (???) (USA)

(Ref: Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary; French to English //// English to French; 1968Langenscheidt KG,
Berlin and Munich; Printed in Great Britain)

IN glancing over a large number of old records, genealogies, Coats of Arms and late directories of
French noble families, we find the name now generally known as De Voe, De Veau, de
Veaux, de Vaux, etc., appears to have been originally known in France as Vaux, Veaux,
etc., and was found to be prominent among the government officers at a very early
period.

In a very elaborate genealogy(*) we find: "The family of Vaux derived its surname from a
district in Normandy, where it was originally seated. So early as the year 749 of the
Christian era a branch of the Vaux Family is found in Provence, who was found to be
allied by marriage to several of the Sovereign Princes of Europe."

Another early branch is noticed by "Bouvier," who says: "Eloi, Sire of Verchmont, had
been appointed, in an Edict of Charles the Bald in the year 857, Vidame and Lord of
Vaux, Count of Verchmont."
***
At a later period " Eloi-Michel De Vaux is called Sire & Count of Verchmont, Sire &
Baron of Gaillon, great baillif of the sword (grand bailli d'epee) of the Dutchy of Nantes,
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
of Malta. Another of the Verchmont branch was found in a rescript of Charles de
Gonzague, when he made Charleville out of the small Town of Arches in 1698."

The name is further mentioned in the records of that and subsequent periods by the
patronymic of Beaux, Baux, or Vaux (B and V being used indiscriminately in the south
(*)"A Count Elie de Vaux de Verchmont was taken, under the Republic, corresponding
with the army of Cond‚; judged and condemned, he was executed on January 5, 1793,
whilst his brother, Michel Verchmont, was receiving a sword of honor for his brave
conduct in front of the enemy." of France), and the ancient possessions of the Princes of
Baux in that country are still called "Les Terres Baussengues," comprising Aix,
Marseilles, etc.

In the year 1140 the Vauxes disputed the sovereignty of Provence with the house of
Barcelona, and in 1173 they acquired the principality of Orange by marriage with
Tiburge, heiress of Orange.

" Bertram de Vaux was Count of Montescaziosi, and married Beatrix, daughter of
Charles II., King of Naples and Sicily. His son, Francis de Vaux, espoused Margaret of Anjou,
widow of Edward I de Baloil, King of Scotland, etc. Upon this marriage, Francis de Vaux was
created Duke of Andrea in the Kingdom of Naples, &c., and his descendants enjoyed the highest offices,
as the following inscription, translated from a monument erected in the year 1615 in the Church
of St. Clair, at Naples, fully attests. " This monument is dedicated to the most illustrious
family of Vaux, a potent race, decorated with the royal insignia in the kingdom of Vienne
and Arles, Princes of Orange, Counts of Geneva, and great rulers within the sovereignty
of Provence, which they frequently subjugated to their dominion by force of arms."

"Hyero-nymus de Vaux has here deposited the bones of as many of his name and lineage
as he has been able to collect, and out of piety to them has erected this monument to their
memory:

"Videlicet, to the memories of
"Antonia de Vaux, Queen of Sicily.
Isabella de Vaux, Queen of Naples.
Cecilla de Vaux, Countess of Savoy.
Sibella de Vaux, Princess of Piedmont.
Maria de Vaux, Dauphiness of Vienne.
Isabella de Vaux, Despotisses of Servia."
 

"The earliest account we have of the founders of the English branches of the Vaux family
is that of Bertrand de Vaux; attended a tournament in the year 929, and was a
favorite of Robert I., Duke of Normandy, grandfather of William the Conqueror.
The names of the descendants of this Bertrand are traced through the Rolles Normand,
written Baux, Vaux, Vaulx, &c."

In the next earliest French records we find " Jean de Vaux, gallant (son of a chevalier),
who assisted, with several other noblemen, in 1302 at the assizes of the Seneschal of
Beauraime." Then appears: Raimond de Vaux, gallant son of Feu Pierre Garin de Vaux; and
Pierre Rigaud de Vaux who pledged fidelity and duty to the Countess Elinore de
Cominges in 1343."

FRENCH Heraldic Genealogists have introduced various "Coats of Arms" of the family
name at a very early periods.

"Vaux-de-Salins" (Valleys of Saline or Salt) of thus appears:
"(D'azur … 3 Chapeaux d'Albanois d'or.) This Family, who recognized as its stem
Jean de Vaux, Councillor and Master of the Chamber des Comptes, a Court of Burgundy
in 1496, became extinct or merged in the last century in that of the Alepy."

Another translation introduces in 1508 Jean de Vaux, magistrate of the Province of
Languedoc, who was one of the Councillors of the Court of Parliament in Toulouse, and
who solicited the king to establish a Criminal Court in the Parliament." From the
Grandmaison Dictionary of Heraldry we also introduce the following:
"de Vaux. D'argent, … une montagne de sable, surmonte‚ d'une aigle de gueules."
The De Vaux Family :
"de Vaux. Dauphin‚. De gueules au lion passant d'argent."
"de Vaux (Baron) or Carra de Vaux (Baron). Domicile, Chateau de Rieux (Marne).
Armes: D'azur, au chevron d'argent, accompagn‚ de 3 losanges 2 & 1, & d'un
croissant en pointe du mˆme."
***
"The Arms of de Vaux and Isaac de Fancher, Esquire, Lord of Clozuron (Perigord),
married on the 2d of May, 1598, by contract, the noble Miss Rebecca de Vaux, who,
by her testament of the 7th of July, 1625, declared that she wished to be buried in the
Church of the Dames de Fontaine, in the place she acquired of the Nuns of the said
place." "de Vaux. Dauphin ( tran: Dolphin ). De gueules au lion passant d'argent."
***
"De Vaux, of Languedoc," "Lords of Chavagnac, of Robiac and other places--De au veau
d'argent & un chef d'azur, charg‚ d'un croissant renvers‚ d'or accost‚ de 4 ‚toiles
d'argent."
"The family of De Vaux, of Robiac originally came from Languedoc, and enjoyed from
time immemorial all the prerogatives exclusively reserved to the nobility of ancient
extraction.
***
"The name, which is sometimes found written De Vaulk or De Vaux, is often quoted by
historians of that province as distinguished in the magistracy, as in the profession of
arms. The family have always allied themselves to the principal houses of that province,
especially to those of d'Orneau, de Bernard, de Lassagne, de Narbonne, Lary, and of de
Larcy. "It was maintained in its nobility by the Royal Commissioners appointed to search
out the usurpers of nobility in the Province of Languedoc in the year 1666.

"The Coat of Arms of this family, which are represented at the head of this notice, were
to be seen in the year 1766 upon the outer walls of the Church of the Commune of
Robiac, of which 20MM. de Veau were patron Lords."

Another branch of the family in France, who no doubt had performed important and
gallant services for the "House of Lorraine," were ennobled with a "Coat of Arms" of that
place, as here represented.

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3104. Thomas Fowler was born before 1530 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England. He died calculated 1595 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England. Thomas married Sarah Kevington calculated 1550 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England. [Parents]

3105. Sarah Kevington was born before 1530 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England. She died after 1560 in Humbleton, Rutland Co. England.

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4032. James II Fitch Major-General was born on 2 Aug 1649 in Saybrook, Conn.. He died on 10 Nov 1727 and was buried in Canterbury Churchyard. James married Elizabeth Mason. [Parents]

 One of the founders of Yale College. Founder of Canterbury, Conn.

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4034. Peter II Coffin was born on 20 Aug 1660. He died in 1699 in Nantucket, Mass.. Peter married Abigail II Starbuck on 15 Aug 1682 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. [Parents]

4035. Abigail II Starbuck.

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4036. John (Gorum) Gorham was born in 1621 in Huntingdonshire, England. He died in 1674 in Yarmouth near Swansea and was buried on 5 Feb 1674/1675 in Swansea. John married Desire Howland in 1643 in Plymouth, Mass..

Lived in Marshfield, Mass. His Great grand- son Col. John Gorham states that while on a voyage to London in 1737 he had a search made for the family coat of arms and since a fee of was paid, the search was succesful, which means he was well aware of his family heritage.
 

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4038. Stephen Hussey was born on 8 Jun 1635 in Lynn, Essex Co. Mass.. He died on 2 Apr 1718 in Nantucket, Mass and was buried in Nantucket, Mass. Stephen married Martha Bunker on 8 Oct 1676. [Parents]

Grandson of Rev. Stephen Bachiler born in England.

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4040. Stephen Coffin was born on 11 May 1652 in Newbury, Essex Co. Mass.. He died in 1734 and was buried in 1734. Stephen married Mary Bunker in 1668. [Parents]

4041. Mary Bunker was born in 1652. She died in 1724 and was buried in 1724.

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