William Potter, The Immigrant

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker
• Immigration: 1635

Notes:

The following was found at the website of "America's First Families" and was submitted by Joyce Lee Wiggins Kaufman of Dallas, Texas, 13th grt-granddaughter of William Potter.

WILLIAM POTTER
NEW HAVEN COLONY, CONNECTICUT
(1608/09-1662)

William POTTER arrived at Boston aboard the "Abigail" from London in July of 1635. Traveling with William were his wife, Frances CHILDS?, and his 20 week old son Joseph.

William's Mother (Hannah POTTER BEECHER), step-father (John BEECHER), and brother (John POTTER) followed William to America two years later. They were part of the company that arrived aboard the "Hector" that included the very prominent Puritans Rev. John DAVENPORT and Theophilus EATON.

The party had intended to settle within the Massachusetts Colony, but upon their arrival, decided to found a new colony elsewhere because of what they perceived to be a tainted religious climate in Boston. The families made arrangements for temporary housing in Boston while a site was being
selected.The BEECHERS and John POTTER probably moved in with William and his family during this period.

Shortly before the arrival of the "Hector", an army from the Massachusetts Colony had raided and slaughtered the Pequot Indians at their village of Quinnipiac on Long Island. The returning soldiers told stories of an abundant land and a favorable harbor. Hearing the glowing reports, Rev. DAVENPORT dispatched Rev. EATON with a party to explore the area.

The party included John BEECHER, William's step-father. They arrived in the Quinnipiac area in early autumn and found it quite suitable for the establishment of acolony. Fearing the approach of winter, however, EATON thought it prudent todelay attempting the establishment until the following spring. He decided to leave seven men to winter at Quinnipiac, further explore the area, and to prepare for the arrival of the main colony.

John BEECHER was one of the seven men left behind. He died sometime during that winter and was buried in an unmarked grave. The colony that became established the following spring was New Haven Colony. John BEECHER'S remains were discovered some years later while digging a cellar.

William POTTER, his family, Hannah (his mother), John POTTER, and Isaac BEECHER (John BEECHER'S son) all removed from Boston to New Haven. They may have went with the original settlers in that spring of 1638 but that cannot be established.

They were definitely there by 1639, however, because both William and John POTTER signed the New Haven Agreement in a general town meeting that year.

Early New Haven records indicate that William's life was a 'good news - bad news' scenario. On the one hand his seating assignments in the church indicate that he progressed in the standing. On the other hand he was frequently fined for offenses ranging from absence at military training,
improper care of arms, to failure to submit a timely inventory for taxation.

In 1659 Hannah POTTER BEECHER died and appointed William executor of her will. She left 2/3 of her estate to William and 1/3 to Isaac BEECHER. She requested that William 'be as a father to his younger brother and his children.'

William died between May, 1662, and March following , in New Haven. His estate was valued at over 190 English pounds, as shown by the inventory taken August 2, 1662. The family home was on the west side of Quinipiac River near the present Cedar Hill station.

The descendants of this early American include the names of many who have distinguished themselves as scholars, as ministers and in other professions. We omit any reference to incidents in connection with the close of his life for the reason that he appears to have been the victim
of a mental disorder rather than an enemy of society.

The Children of William POTTER and Frances CHILDS? were.

1. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 1635, m. Phebe IVES
2. THOMAS, b. ca. 1637
3. HANNAH,?

Change Date: 8 Feb 2011 at 11:43:02

Father: John POTTER b: 1579 in England
Mother: Hannah "the widow" Hawes POTTER-BEECHER b: 1584 in Spaldhurst, Ken, England

Marriage 1 Frances CHILDRESS\CHILD b: 1609 in England
Married: 14 Apr 1630 in Fairfield, CT

Children

Has No Children Joseph POTTER b: Nov 1635 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
Has No Children Thomas POTTER b: ABT 1637 in New Haven CT
Has Children Sarah POTTER b: 1639 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
Has No Children Mary POTTER b: ABT 1640 in New Haven, CT
Has Children Hope POTTER b: 3 Oct 1641 in New Haven, New Haven Co, CT c: 3 Nov 1641 in New Haven, New Haven, CN
Has No Children Rebecca POTTER b: Jan 1642/1643 in New Haven, New Haven, CT
Has No Children Nathaniel POTTER b: 22 Dec 1644 in New Haven, New Haven, CN

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William Potter, along with his brother, was one of the first settlers of New Haven. They signed the New Haven Agreement in 1639.

William was an up and down person. He was a church member in good standing, but was often fined for minor offences.

Eventually, he was hanged for 'ye sin of bestiality with sundrie creatures."

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William Potter came to Massachusetts as an adult with his mother Hannah, his wife Frances , and his son Joseph aboard the "Abigail" in1635.

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Religion:
History of the Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends began as a movement in England in the mid 17th century in Lancashire.

Members are informally known as Quakers, as they were said "to tremble in the way of the Lord".

The Religious Society of Friends began as a movement in England in the mid 17th century in Lancashire. Members are informally known as Quakers, as they were said "to tremble in the way of the Lord". The movement in its early days faced strong opposition and persecution, but it continued to expand across the British Isles and then in the Americas and Africa.

The Society of Friends, while always small in membership, has been influential in the history of reform. The state of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1682, as a safe place for Quakers to live and practice their faith. Quakers have been a significant part of the movements for the abolition of slavery, to promote equal rights for women, and peace. They have also promoted education and the humane treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill, through the founding or reforming of various institutions. Quaker entrepreneurs played a central role in forging the Industrial Revolution, especially in England and Pennsylvania.

During the 19th century Friends in the United States suffered a number of separations which resulted in the formation of different branches of the Society of Friends. The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) estimated in 2012 there were 377,055 adult Quakers.

Read more ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Quakers

Immigration:
on the ship, "Abigail"

Died:
"...he was hanged for 'ye sin of bestiality with sundrie creatures."

William married Frances Childe on 10 Aug 1636 in New Haven, Connecticut. Frances (daughter of Thomas Robert Childe and Jane LNU) was born in 0___ 1609 in Lydd, Kent, England; died on 19 Mar 1661 in New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph Potter was born in 0Nov 1635 in (Moreton Hampstead, Devonshire, England).
2. Thomas Potter was born in 0___ 1637 in New Haven, Connecticut; died on 10 Feb 1704 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey; was buried on 24 Feb 1704 in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
3. Hannah Potter was born in (New Haven, Connecticut).
4. Sarah Potter was born in 0___ 1639 in New Haven, Connecticut, British Colony of America.
5. Mary Potter was born in ~ 1640 in New Haven, Connecticut, British Colony of America.
6. Hope Potter was born on 3 Oct 1641 in New Haven, Connecticut, British Colony of America.
7. Rebecca Potter was born in 0Jan 1642 in New Haven, Connecticut, British Colony of America.
8. Nathaniel Potter was born in 0___ 1644 in New Haven, Connecticut, British Colony of America.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker

Notes:

John Potter (b. 1579, d. October 02, 1623)
John Potter (son of John Potter) was born 1579 in Spaldhurst, England, and died October 02, 1623 in Kent, England.He married Hannah Mead on 1607, daughter of John Mead and Cisley Love.
More About John Potter and Hannah Mead:
Marriage: 1607
Children of John Potter and Hannah Mead are:
+John Potter, b. 1607, Chesham, England, d. 1643, New Haven, CT.
+William Potter, b. January 09, 1607/08, Moreton Hampstead, Devon, England, d. June 06, 1662, New Haven, CT.

Birth:
Profile for Speldhurst ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speldhurst

Religion:
History of the Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends began as a movement in England in the mid 17th century in Lancashire.

Members are informally known as Quakers, as they were said "to tremble in the way of the Lord".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Quakers

John married Hannah Mead in 1607 in (Speldhurst, Kent) England. Hannah (daughter of John Mead and Cisley Love) was born in 1584 in Speldhurst, Kent, England; died on 5 Apr 1658 in New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Quaker
• Emigration: 1637
• Probate: 5 Apr 1659, New Haven, Connecticut

Notes:

?Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Hannah Mead
Alt Name Hannah Hawes Potter Beecher
Gender Female
Birth[3] 1584 Spaldhurst, Kent, England
Marriage ABT 1595 Kent, England,
to John Potter (add)
Death[4] 5 APR 1659 New Haven, New Haven, New Haven, Conn.
Burial[5] UNKNOWN New Haven, New Haven, Ct
Other[6] 8VFX-R7
Ancestral File Number

The brothers John and William Potter were born in England in 1607 and 1608. Both signed the Plantation Covenant in New Haven, Connecticut on June 4, 1639, just nineteen years after the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts. John and William appeared in New Haven along with their mother, Hannah Potter Beecher (remarried). Her first husband, Potter, died in England. John married Elizabeth Wood in Chesham Co., Bucks, England on April 14, 1630. Together they had sons John Jr. (b. 1636) and Samuel, both of which were baptized in New Haven in 1641. John Sr. died as early as 1643 with an estate of 25 English pounds.


Individual: From notes of Dlora Hall Dalton.

DHD says: "Her [Hope Potter Robins] grandmother on her paternal line was the widow Hannah Potter-Beecher. William and his mother [Hannah] were some of the first settle r s in Connecticut." Shepard, James, "The New Haven (Conn.) Potters 1639. in "Genealogies of Connecticut Families, from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" Vol III Painter-Wyllys, selected by Gary Boyd Roberts,Genealogical Pub. Co., inc, Baltimore, 1983 p 150-154 "Hannah [Potter] Beecher was the mother of the New Haven Potters,who appeared early in New Haven as a widow with sons: i. John, ii.Williamand iii. Isaac Beecher, the ancestor of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.Her first husband, Potter, died in England, where she married a Mr.Beecher . "It is generally supposed that her husband was John Beecher, one of the seven whom Eaton sent to New Haven in advance of the colony and who died before the colony arrived. She has been considered to be the mother of Isaac Beecher, for she calls hem her son in her will and gave him one-third of her property ;but recent investigations, it is claimed, show conclusively that Isaac was only a step-son, the son of her second husband by a former wife. "There was in New Haven, says G.F. Tuttle, as early as 1641, a widow Hannah Potter, known as widow Potter the midwife. In 1643 she had two persons in the family, thirty pounds estate and twenty and one qurter acres of land.She is called 'Sister Potter the midwife,' in seating the meeting house in1646.She is supposed to have been akin to the other Potters, but there is no record to show it. She has often been confounded with the widow Hannah Beecher, but the records clearly show that they were two different persons.

"The will of Hanna Beecher was proved April 5 1659, and is recorded in first part, vol i, p 80 of New Haven Probate Records, as follows:

"I Hannah Beecher of New Haven, expecting my great change do make this my last will and testa m ent, I bequeath my soul unto the hands of my Lord Jesus Christ by whose meritt I hope to be saved and my body to be burried at the discretion of my Son William Potter my Executor. And for my worldly goods I give unto John Potter my Grand Child twenty shillings and to Hannah Blackly, my Grand child, wife to Samuel Blackly,twenty shillings, And to Samuel Potter my Grand chi ld twenty shillings to be paid to them within three months after my decease. And for the rest of my estate I give one third part to my son Isaac Beecher and two thirds to my eldest son William Potter, making him my Executor, desiring him to be as a father to his younger brother and his children. And in dividing my goods my will is that my son William should have my feather bed with that belongeth to it, unto his part and that the rest be divided at the discretion of my Overseers with the assistance of Sister Wakeman and sister Rutherford and I desire my loving freinds Mr. Mathew Gilbert and John Wakeman to be overseers of this my last will whereunto I have set my hand this 13th day of June, Anno 1657.Donald "Witnesses the mark of Mathew Gilbert, Hannah Becher John Wakeman, Sarah Rutherford.

"Her children were: John Potter, died 1643. William Potter, born about 1608; died 1662." Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven" (First 9 volumes of TAG in three vols) Vols IV-VI, Genealogical Pub. Co.inc, Baltimore, 1974,pp1459-1476 and 1518. Gives her surname as Hawes. More notes: [29] From Jacobus: Hannah was the widow POTTER before she married Mr. BEECHER whose name was probably John. She was known as the Widow POTTER or Widow BEECHER the mid-wife. Hannah was the mother of William and John POTTER. She died in 1659. From Dictionary of Ancestral Heads of New England Families by Holmes: Hannah, widow of John of Kent, England, came to Boston 1637 with her family, the only son being Isaac who became identified with New Haven, CT.

[30] William Potter came to Massachusetts as an adult with his mother Hannah, his wife Frances , and his son Joseph aboard the "Abigail"in1635. Hannah's husband, Potter (first name unknown) had died in England and she married Beecher there. It is believed that her second husband was John Beecher, one of the seven whom Eaton (governor?religious leader?)sent to New Haven in advance of the colony and who died before the colony arrived. There were, apparently, two Hannah Potters in New Haven and the two have been frequently confounded. It isclear, however, ( according to James Shepard in the New England Historical Genealogical Register) that one is Hannah Potter Beecher.

[31] It is not clear whether the Beecher child Isaac was hers by birth or was a step child.

[32] THE NEW HAVEN (CONN.) POTTERS, 1639. by James Shepard, ofNewBritain, Conn.

[33] [from "Genealogies of Connecticut Families from The NewEnglandHistorical Genealogica l R egister" vol III Painter--Wyllys,selected and introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,Baltimore, 1983, p 150-151.

[34] 1. Hannah [Potter] Beecher was the mother of the New Haven Potters, who appeared earl y i n New Haven as a widow with sons: i. John,ii.William and iii. Isaac Beecher, the ancestor of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.Her first husband, Potter, died in England, where she married a Mr. Beecher.

[35] It is generally supposed that her husband was John Beecher, one of the seven whom Eato n sent to New Haven in advance of the colony and who died before the colony arrived. She has bee n considered to be the mother of Isaac Beecher, for she calls him her son in her will and gav ehim onethird of her property; but recent investigations, it is claimed,show conclusively th at Isaac was only a step-son, the son of her second husband by a former wife.

[36] There was in New Haven, says G. F. Tuttle, as early as 1641, a widow Hannah Potter, know n as widow Potter the midwife. In 1643 she had two persons in the family, thirty pounds estat e and twenty and one quarter acres of land. She is called "sister Potter the midwife," in seating the meeting house in 1646. She is supposed to have been akin to the other Potters, but ther e is no record to show it. She has often been confounded with the widow Hannah Beecher, but th e records clearly show that they were two different persons

?References

? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R)AFN: QW26-G2. (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
? POTTER 1550.FTW.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004

? Hatton-Exley Family Tree Updated: Mon Mar 1 07:47:06 2004 Contact: Ernest Hatton.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004

? POTTER 1550.FTW.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004

? POTTER 1550.FTW.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004

? POTTER 1550.FTW.
Date of Import: May 8, 2004

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Hannah came to America with her second husband, John Beecher, and her children to join her son, William. Her husband was one of the party to settle New Haven, and he died in the first winter. She joined the group later with her sons John and William Potter and Isaac Beecher (ie. Harriet Beecher Stowe). She came to America following her minister, John Davenport, and his first sermon in New Haven was delivered on her property.

*

Birth:
Speldhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent , England . The parish is 15 miles (24 km) to the west of Tunbridge Wells: the village is 3 miles (5 km) west of the town.

Click here to view its map and history... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speldhurst

Religion:
History of the Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends began as a movement in England in the mid 17th century in Lancashire.

Members are informally known as Quakers, as they were said "to tremble in the way of the Lord".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Quakers

Emigration:
on the ship, "Hector"

John married unnamed spouse(Speldhurst, Kent) England. unnamed was born in 0___ 1550 in (Speldhurst, Kent) England; died in 0___ 1583 in (Speldhurst, Kent) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Mead

Birthdate: 1560 (97)
Birthplace: Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Death: September 19, 1657 (97) England
Immediate Family:
Son of Raymond Reginald Mead and Barbara Meade
Husband of Cisley Mead
Father of Hannah Potter
Half brother of Richard Mead and Benedicta Goldhatch
Managed by: Lâucia Pilla
Last Updated: November 30, 2014

Birth:
Lydd is a town in Kent, England, lying on the Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger villages on the marsh, and the most southerly village in Kent.

John married Cisley Love(Kent, England). Cisley (daughter of John Love and Katherine Anna Sheaffe) was born in 0___ 1559 in Buckinghamshire, England; died in 0___ 1636 in New Haven, Connecticut, British Colony of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 2 Dec 1590

Notes:

About Reginald Meade

Will of Reginald (Reynold) Meade (dated 1589) PROBATUM (Prologue in Latin)

Memorandum the second: December one thousand five hundred eighty nine and in the two and thirtieth year of the reign of our sovereign Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queen of England and Ireland, Defender of the Faith,

Sir Reynold Meade of Elmdon, in the county of Essex, Gent., being sick in body but perfect in his mind and memory, by word in the presence and hearing of Barbara his wife, Thomas Cloughe clerk of Elmdon aforesaid, Thomas Meade, Richard Meade, John Meade and of Mary wife to the said Thomas, did declare and publish and express his last will and testament to be and stand as if the same had been set down in writing in manner and form, or to the true effect, following that it to say. Emprimis he did commend his soul into the most merciful hand of Almighty God and his body to be buried in the church of Elmdon aforesaid, and concerning all his lands, goods and chattels as he then had he willed, disposed and devised them in manner and form or to the effect following, that is to say he gave and devised to Barbara his wife all his household stuff and movables he then had in his then dwelling house in Elmdon aforesaid, half his keep at Chrishall, and four of his horses, and he willed and devised all the profit and commodities of Elmdonbery farm and of the keepness (?) and the commodities to it unto the said Barbara his wife for and during the term of three years next after his decease to the end and intent that during the said term she do keep and bring up Edward Meade his fourth son, and yearly during the said term at the _____ feast the said Barbara of the farm's profit do content and satisfy unto the Lord thereof the rent due out of the same and also yearly during the said term of three years the said Barbara or her assignee do content and pay the yearly annuity or sum of twenty pounds in good and lawful English money unto John Meade his third son at the feasts of the Annunciation of our Lady Saint Mary the virgin and Saint Michael the Archangel by even and equal portions. And from and after the said three years expire he willed and devised the profit and commodities of the said Elmdonberry farm and keepness and commodities to it unto the said Edward Meade his fourth son for and during the natural life of the said Barbara and from and after her death it then the remainder thereof unto the said John Meade for and during the years then to come in the same. And he devised an annuity or yearly rent of seven pounds of good and lawful English money unto the said Barbara for and during her natural life to be yearly issuing and payable out of the quitrents of the manors of Mounteneys and Dagworths in Elmdon aforesaid at the feasts of the Annunciation of our Lady Saint Mary the virgin and Saint Michael the Archangel by even portions to be paid by the hand of Thomas Meade his son and heir, his heirs or assignees. Item he devised also that the messuage wherein he then dwelt in Elmdon and the lands to it called Coyce (?) and the lands that were Streates and Cosins. All the rest of his free lands in the corn fields of Elmdon being no part of the Manor of Mounteneys and Dagworths; the croft called Pillcroft, the profit of the pigeon house at the Bury, half an acre of wood yearly to be taken out of his fellable wood for her fuel, his free land in Chrishall fields and three acres of crop land called Taylors adjoining to the said messuage unto the said Barbara for and during her natural life. And the said Thomas Meade should surrender the said crop hold accordingly. And he expressed he dealt the more liberally with the said Barbara because she should be good to her children and should not trouble her children. And he then willed from and after her death the said messuage and lands called Crories (?) and of the said Chrishall fields should go and remain unto the said John Meade, his heirs and assignees for ever. And that after the death of the said Barbara the said Cosin Streates and the said other lands being in the cornfields of Elmdon after her decease as is aforesaid (Bury Land excepted) should go and remain unto the said Edward Meade, his heirs and assignees for ever. All and every which legacy and bequest disposed unto the said John he expressed for his better maintenance and preferment in study and learning at the Inns of the Court. Item he willed and devised all the profits of all the woods and grounds of the woods and lands in Chrishall, Chisall magna and Chisall parua which he held of the lease or grant of Mr Penruddof (?) unto the said Thomas Meade and unto Richard Meade his second son and to their assignees to the end and intent that with the same they should well and truly content and satisfy and pay unto Martha Meade, Agnes Meade and Mary Meade his daughters the several sums of one hundred pounds of good and lawful English money within one year next after their several marriages or sooner if his said sons should gain it of the wood sales of the said woods. Item he devised and bequeathed the sum of forty pounds of like English money unto Frances Wise the daughter to the said Reginald and wife of Edward Wise to be paid unto her by the said Thomas Meade and Richard Meade out of the rest of the profit of the said _______ woods and grounds. Item he willed and devised unto the said Thomas Meade all the profit and felling of all the wood belonging to the said Manor Dagworths and Mounteneys to the end and intent by the discretion of the said Thomas he do give one part thereof to Frances Wise daughter of the said Edward and Frances Wise, and the rest of that land he do satisfy unto Barbara Meade daughter of the said Thomas Meade toward her better preferment in marriage. Item he gave and bequeathed all his interest he then had of and in the moiety or half part of the said Manor of Dagworths and Mounteneys which he held by leases of Mr Cutter (?) except certain parcels thereof he had devised to the said Barbara his wife for her life and seven acres thereof called Berry garden unto the said Edward Meade and to his assignees for all the years then to come in the same. Item he willed and bequeathed unto the said Richard four of his plough horses and sufficient corn to sow his lands. Item he gave and devised the other moiety or rest of the said Manors of Dagworths and Mounteneys that he had purchased in fee simple (?) and the Manor place S___ and all other edifices thereunto belonging and all the pastures thereunto adjoining lying severally and the said Bury garden to the said Thomas Meade his heirs and assignees for ever. The rest and remainder of all his goods and chattels whatsoever bequeathed or disposed as the aforesaid he gave and devised unto the said Thomas Meade and Richard Meade his sons and did constitute them the said Thomas and Richard his executors of his said last will and testament, requiring and charging them effectually and truly they should perform the same.

Probatum etcetera

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~legends/mead.html#regwill

Birth:
Elmdon, is a village and a parish in Saffron Walden district, Essex. The village is near the boundary of Cambridgeshire, it is 3 miles SW by W of Chesterford railway station, and 5 3/4 miles WNW of Saffron Walden

Died:
Elmdon, is a village and a parish in Saffron Walden district, Essex. The village is near the boundary of Cambridgeshire, it is 3 miles SW by W of Chesterford railway station, and 5 3/4 miles WNW of Saffron Walden

Reynold married Barbara Aspeland in (~ 1557) in (Elmdom, Essex) England. Barbara (daughter of John Aspeland and Joan LNU) was born in 0___ 1538 in (Elmdom, Essex, England); died in 0___ 1588 in Ashford, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Meade (Aspeland)
Birthdate: 1538 (50)
Birthplace: England
Death: 1588 (49)
Ashford,Kent,England
Immediate Family:
Daughter of John Aspeland and Joan Aspeland
Wife of Raymond Reginald Mead and Reginald Meade
Mother of John Mead; Richard Mead and Benedicta Goldhatch
Managed by: Ivy Jo Smith
Last Updated: November 5, 2014

Notes:

John Love

Birthdate: circa 1543 (64)
Birthplace: Of Anyho, Northampton, England
Death: March 7, 1607 (60-68)
Northamptonshire, UK
Immediate Family:
Son of Gyles Love and Elizabeth Love
Husband of Katherine Anna Love
Father of Cisley Mead
Brother of Edward Love and Elizabeth Love
Managed by: Kamarin Cisneros (Montgomery)
Last Updated: November 5, 2014

John married Katherine Anna Sheaffe(England). Katherine was born in ~ 1534 in England; died in ~ 1603 in (Northamptonshire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Katherine Anna Love (Sheaffe)

Birthdate: circa 1534 (69)
Birthplace: England, United Kingdom
Death: circa 1603 (60-76)
England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Richard Sheaffe and Elizabeth Sheafe
Wife of John Love
Mother of Cisley Mead
Sister of Thomas Sheafe, Sr.; Margery or Margaret Somersoll; Alice Havenden; William Sheaffe; Mary Coucheman and 2 others
Managed by: Caitlin Daniell Clark
Last Updated: March 26, 2017

Notes:

Cambridge University Alumni - 1261-1900
Barrister of Middle Temple, Counsel for the town of Cambridge, Serjeant at Law 1567, Justice CP 1577
Education: 1544, Cambridge University.

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It is at this juncture that OurFamilyHistories.org diverges from the other source reported for his antecedents which is http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/c/Buff-Seirup-Bachenheimer/index.html

Died:
Stapleford is a village located approximately four miles to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England on the right hand bank of the River Granta.

Thomas married Joan Wycliff in 1535. Joan was born in ~ 1510. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Joan LNU. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 0___ 1489, Wedmore, Somerset, England

Notes:

Birth:
Clavering is a village and also a parish in north-west Essex in England. The name 'Clavering' means 'place where clover grows'.

Birth:
View map and description of Wedmore... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedmore

Died:
Great Easton is a small village in Essex, England, which dates from the 12th century. The village has a population of just a few hundred people, one pub, "The Swan", and one church[1], and one Rolls-Royce dealership.

Thomas married Joan LNU in ~ 1519 in Wedmore, Somerset, England. Joan was born in 0___ 1498 in Wedmore, Somerset, England; died in 0___ 1548. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
View map and description of Wedmore... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedmore

Notes:

Birth:
View map and description of Wedmore... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedmore

Died:
Clavering is a village and also a parish in north-west Essex in England. The name 'Clavering' means 'place where clover grows'.

Thomas married Johanna LNU in ~ 1488 in Wedmore, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
View map and description of Wedmore... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedmore

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mayor of Bristol
• Occupation: Sheriff of Bristol, England

Notes:

About Thomas Mede

Thomas Mede, of St. Mary Redcliffe, was the sheriff of Bristol in 1446. A brass rubbing in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Parish: St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol Inscription: Thomas Mede, thrice mayor (1475) Coat of Arms: Gules a chevron ermine between three trefoils slipped argent. Sir Thomas Mede is probably the father of "Thomas Mede of Somerset" who went to Clavering, Essex, England in about 1470 and died there in 1504. The connection between Sir Thomas Mede of Wraxall, Somerset, and Thomas Mede in Clavering, Essex, England, is based on three pieces of circumstantial evidence.

First, the names. There were three generations of Thomas Mede(s) in Somerset and five or six generations of Thomas Mede(s) or Meade(s) in Essex, England.

Second, the coat of arms. Several Meades in Essex, England used the same coat of arms: a chevron ermine bewteen three trefoils slipped argent.

Third, Clavering. The niece of Thomas Mede of Wraxall, Isabel Mede, married Maurice de Bekeley. Maurice was related to Elizabeth de Berkeley (his father's first cousin), who owned the manor of Clavering, Essex. The manor passed from her to her husband, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and from him to his son-in-law, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.. Thomas Mede of Clavering moved to Clavering, Essex, in about 1470, dying there in 1504. Possibly he was rewarded with land for supporting the Berkeley family at the Battle of Nibley Green, or for supporting the Earl of Warwick in 1470, or simply to help out a cousin.

Source Citation

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3MZT-SPZ : accessed 22 August 2012), entry for Thomas (Sir) /Mede/.

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"n 1438 Thomas Mede was elected bailiff of Bristol and in 1452-53 he was the sheriff. After that he apparently concentrated more on business, since he no longer appears in politics. In 1461 Thomas Mede and several others were granted a licence for foregn trade in a ship of less than 800 tuns.

The tomb of Thomas, Philip, John and Richard Mede and their wives, dated 1475, in St.Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, contains the upper Coat of Arms. The tomb, about 10 ft high by 18 ft by 3 ft, contains in one compartment the effigies of Philip and his wife and in the other a brass of Richard and his two wives. This rectangular brass shows Richard kneeling with his wife, his first wife behind him. Richard's helmet is in front of him leaving his head uncovered and showing his long hair.

On the left compartment of the the tomb there is a Latin inscription, part of which is missing. The assumed begining is in brackets:[Here lies Thomas Mede and his wife, and Philip Mede son of the] aforesaid Thomas Mede and thrice mayor of the town of Bristol, died the 20th day of December 1475, may God have mercy on their souls. Amen."

On the right there was once another Latin inscription, which was already obliterated when William Barrett wrote his 18th century history of Bristol. It said:"Here lies John Mede, burgess of the city of Bristol, who died the 17th day of April A.D.1496, and beside him rests Alice his wife, on whose souls may God have mercy."

Philip Mede's daughter Isabel married Maurice the younger brother of William 2nd Lord Berkeley. He was disinherited for marrying her but later became the 3rd Lord Berkeley. Philip supported the Berkeley family with his men at the last private battle fought on English soil at Nibley Green in 1470. Philip Mede was Mayor of Bristol in 1459, 1462 and 1469.

Thomas was once the sheriff and once bailiff of Bristol.

The Meads from Somerset, Bristol, Cambridge, Essex and London are all related, and the Meads from Leicestershire may be, though I don't know how.

Birth:
Wedmore is a village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on raised ground, in the Somerset Levels between the River Axe and River Brue, often called the Isle of Wedmore. It forms part of Sedgemoor district. Map & description for Wedmore...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedmore

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three times...

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More on St. Mary Redcliffe Church... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_Redcliffe

Thomas married unnamed spouse in ~ 1449 in Wedmore, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wedmore is a village and civil parish in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on raised ground, in the Somerset Levels between the River Axe and River Brue, often called the Isle of Wedmore. It forms part of Sedgemoor district. Map & description for Wedmore...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedmore

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About Thomas Mede

According to William Barrett in "History and antiquities of the city of Bristol", Thomas Mede of Wraxall is the descendant (probably great grandson) of Nicholas atte Mede (born about 1305), who was assessed for taxes in Somerset in 1327/28. Sir Thomas Mede was his son.

Source Citation

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3MZT-SPD : accessed 22 August 2012), entry for Thomas /Mede/.

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Thomas Mede (Thomas atte, Thomas atte) was born Abt. 1390 in Fayland, Wraxall, Somerset, and died 1455 in St.Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.

Thomas Mede was a merchant in Bristol. He was a juror in 1428 and was commissioned to collect taxes in 1429, 1430 and 1436. It is not certain that he was the same person as the Thomas Mede whose will was dated 1454 and was probated in 1455 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC).
There are a couple of reasons to think he was.

The will of Thomas atte Mede says he was the rector of the church of Elizabeth in Mundford, Norfolk. He requested a stone in memory of "Thomas atte Mede, once rector of this church, and Agnes his mother." In the PCC records he is called Thomas Mede of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. At the Bristol end there are references to Sir Thomas Mede. He was not a knight; this was a courtesy title given to a priest. The question remains how a medieval Catholic priest had children.

In fact, it was not uncommon for a widower to take holy orders. The more famous example of this in Bristol was William Canynges, who was ordained after the deathof his wife.

Children of Thomas Mede are:
+ 4 i. Thomas Mede, born Abt. 1410; died Abt. 1457 in St.Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.
+ 5 ii. Philip Mede, born Abt. 1415; died 1475 in St.Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.
+ 6 iii.John Mede, born Abt. 1415 in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol."

Birth:
View map of Somerset... http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Somerset_UK_location_map.svg&page=1
View map and history of Wraxall, Somerset... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wraxall,_Somerset

Died:
View map and history of Redcliffe, Bristol... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcliffe,_Bristol

Thomas married unnamed spouse in ~ 1409 in Wedmore, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
View map and description of Wedmore... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedmore

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Birth:
Wraxall is a village in North Somerset in England. The parish of the same name also included Nailsea and Flax Bourton until 1811. View map and history of Wraxall... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wraxall,_Somerset

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Wraxall is a village in North Somerset in England. The parish of the same name also included Nailsea and Flax Bourton until 1811. View map and history of Wraxall... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wraxall,_Somerset

Thomas married unnamed spouse in ~ 1379 in Wraxall, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wraxall is a village in North Somerset in England. The parish of the same name also included Nailsea and Flax Bourton until 1811. View map and history of Wraxall... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wraxall,_Somerset

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About Thomas Atte Mead, I

According to John Smyth in the Lives of the Berkeleys, the Mede family originated in Failand, Wraxall. This would mean that Thomas was the son of Nicholas atte Mede of Waxall, Somerset, who paid the lay subsidy in 1327.

1364. Deed (charter of enfeoffment). Thomas Mannyng of Bedminster to Thomas atte Mede (great grandfather of Thomas and Philip Mede of Bristol) of Bedminster all his lands with buildings in the west street of Bedminster which Richard Schapp lately held. To hold to the grantee his heirs and assigns for ever, paying annually one penny at Hockday. Thomas atte Mede has paid 10 marks.

1377 Order to stay the execution of the king's writ against Ivo Fitzwarin, knight, Thomas Mede and others as at the request of Ralph bishop of Salisbury they were excommunicated, and now they have appealed to the see of Rome from that sentence as being unjust. The like to the sheriff of Somerset and the sheriff of Dorset.

Source Citation

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3MZT-SPN : accessed 22 August 2012), entry for Thomas Atte /Mede/.

Thomas married Margaret Raynes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mead Family Genealogy

https://sites.google.com/site/meadfamilyhistory/home

offers diverse information ... DAH

Nicholas married unnamed spouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]