Aug. 22 1631 Samuel Lee of St. John Baptist, clothworker, bachelor, aged 24, at his own government, and Anne Morgan of St. Michael Bassishaw, widow, aged 31, relict of Ethel Morgan deceased; at the same parish church. Aug. 23 [on a loose sheet] Elisha Clerke of Chelmsford M.A. and Practitioner of Physick, bachelor, aged 31, and Mary Benthall of Braintree, singlewoman, aged 26, daughter of Benthall deceased and t Mary his widow, whose consent is testified by Sept. 13 Barnabe Leigh of St. Dunstan's in the West, goldsmith, bachelor, aged 33, and Catherine Tackley of St. Clement Danes, maiden, aged 28, at her own disposing; at St. Faith's. Sept. 19 Thomas Dowse of St. Sepulchre's, freemason, aged about 23, bachelor, and Elizabeth Love of the same place, widow, about 35, late the wife of William Love of the said parish, farrier; at St. Sepulchre's. t Sept. 27 Samuel Fisher of Navestocke, Essex, clerk, aged 34, bachelor, and Marery Greene of the same place, maiden, aged 23, daughter of William Greene of Little All Hallows, merchant, with the consent of Sarah Greene als Steere, her mother; then appeared William Steere, of Stratford (Bow) husband of the said Sarah, and testified; at Stratford Bow. Oct. 8 John Huke of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, widower, aged 70, and Constance Leigh, widow, aged 60, relict of Robert Leigh of St. James Clarkenwell, gent, deceased; at the said church in Clarkenwell. Oct. 12 William Curtis1 of West Ham, Essex, husbandman, bachelor, aged 28, and Sara Boxer of the same place, widow, aged 30, late the wife of Peter Boxer, deceased; at St. Michael's Queenhithe. t t 1Can this possibly be our William Curtis of Roxbury? H. F. W. Oct. 12 1631 t Oct. 24 John Attree, yeoman, bachelor, aged about 22, son 30, and Mary Batty of the same place, maiden, Nov. 7 William Clarke of St. Antholin's, merchant, aged 36, bachelor, and Elizabeth Offeley1 of St. Bennet's Gracechurch, maiden, aged 26, with the consent of Anne Offeley her mother (her father deceased; at St. Anne Blackfriars, St. Antholin's or St. Bennet's Gracechurch. t Oct. 8 [this undoubtedly should be Nov.] William Bowdishe? [as he writes it] of Uxbridge, haberdasher, bachelor, aged 32, and Sara Hill of Barking, Essex, spinster, aged about 20, daughter of Tobie Hill of the same place, chandler, who giveth consent; at Great St. Bartholomew. Nov. 8 Richard Treadwell of St. Bride's, bachelor, aged 25, and Katherine Venables, of the same place, maid t t en, aged about 24 or 25; at the chapel of Bridewell Precinct. Nov. 10 William Hancocke of Redriffe, Surrey, bachelor, aged 34, and Elizabeth Marryot of Great All Hallows Thames Street, maiden, aged 32, at her own disposing; at Great all Hallows, etc. Nov. 29 Symon Bazell of the Inner Temple, gent, bachelor, aged 20, his father deceased and he at his own t 'Probably of the same family as David Offley of Boston, Mass. Two separate and limited pedigrees of this family may be found in the Visitations of London, Harleian Soc. Pub., I, 64, and XVII, 130. H. F. w. 2 Mr. William Bowditch, ancestor of the distinguished Salem family of that name had a wife named Sarah. His son William served as an officer of the Customs in Salem. H. F. W. Nov. 29 1631 Nov. 29 t t government, and Mary Sedgwicke of St. Anne Blackfriars, maiden, about 20 and at her own government [the rest worn away]. Robert Hunne of St. Faith's, stationer, bachelor, aged 27, and Etheldred Page of the same, maiden, aged 25, at her own disposing; at St. Mary Mounthaw or St. Nicholas Cole Abbey. Dec. 29 Richard Watterman of St. Andrew's Holborn, joiner, widower, aged 40, and Mary Upsher of St. Giles in the Fields, maiden, aged 40, at her own government; at Chapel of Bridewell. t 1631-32. Jan. 26 Robert Axtell' of Aldenham, Herts., yeoman, bachelor, aged 25, and Elizabeth Downer of the same place, widow, aged 26, relict of William Downer deceased; as attested [apparently] by Robert Axtell of Christ Church, grocer [but the signa ture is Thomas Axtell]; at Christ Church. Feb. 2 William Goddard of Rickmansworth, Herts., yeoman, bachelor, aged 28, and Susan Oglesthorpe, spinster, aged 20, daughter of William Oglesthorpe of St. George's, Southwark, who consents; at St. Faith's. t Feb. 16 Mr. John Symes2 Rector of Leigh, clerk, widower, aged 50, and Sarah Barefoot of St. Magnus, London, widow, aged 44, relict of Thomas Barefoot of Childerditch, Essex, deceased; at St. Anne's Blackfriars. t March 22 James Tailer [as he writes it] of St. Mary Bow, silkman, bachelor, aged 28, and Mary Gibbes of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, aged 28, her parents deceased etc; at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey. March 24 William Rice of St. Clement Danes, cordwainer, I have several wills referring to this family. H. F. W. 2I have his will (1638) in which he mentions cousin Mr. Ward of Hadleigh. This must have been our Mr. John Ward of Haverhill, Mass., who was rector of Hadleigh, 1633-1639. H. F. W. March 24 1631-32 t t bachelor, aged 21, and Anne Morgan of St. Giles in the Fields, maiden, aged 22, daughter of Richard Morgan deceased, with the consent of Mary Morgan als Thompson, her mother; at St. Giles in the Fields or St. Mary Islington. 1632. April 3 William Bartlet [signed] of St, Michael Cornhill, t merchant tailor, alleged a marriage intended etc. June 6 Nathaniel Shrimpton of Chipping Wicombe, Bucks., blacksmith, bachelor, aged 23, and Christian Farsaidge, maiden, aged 20, daughter of Thomas Farsaidge of Little Marlow, yeoman, who consents, as attested by Rotheram Selby of Woburn, son in law of the said Thomas Farsaidge; at St. Bridget's als Bride's. t 19 John Swinnerton of St. Mary Islington, yeoman, ton. June 19 William Bartlet of St. Michael, Cornhill, merchant tailor, bachelor, aged 26, at his own government, and Mary Hills of Christ Church, maiden, aged 22, daughter of Thomas Hills of the same, linendraper; at Stepney. t June 26 John Proctor [signed] of Edmonton, Middlesex, yeoman, widower, aged 50, and Margaret Goodyn of Endfield, Middlesex, widow, aged 50; at St. Michael's Queenhithe. June 26 t Richard [but signed plainly Roger] Chillingworth of St. Olave's, Southwark, feltmaker, bachelor, aged 26, and Joane Hymes of St. Bride's, spinster, aged 31; at Cowley, Middlesex. July 11 Henry Kinge of Fulham, tailor, aged 32, widower and Sarah Jones of the same place, maiden, aged 28, at her own disposing; at Fulham. t July 20 1632 t John Powell of Stepney, mariner, bachelor, aged about 23, and Susanna Day of the same parish, maiden, aged 20, her father deceased, with consent of Mary Norton als Day, her mother; as attested by Margaret Morris of the same parish; at Stepney. July 23 Henry Poole of Stepney, mariner, bachelor, aged 36, and Anne King of the same place, widow, aged 36, at her own disposing; at the same parish church. Aug. 8 Thomas Perkins of St. Bride's, citizen and haberdasher, widower, aged 68, and Susanna Bethell of St. Giles, Cripplegate, widow, aged 46; at St. Bride's. Aug. 21 t Thomas Green of St. Andrew's, Holborn, bachelor, aged 27, and Alice Quire of St. Giles, London, widow, aged 46; at St. Sepulchre's. Aug. 25 John Drake, gent, bachelor, aged 25, at his own t government, and Sidwell Bickham, maiden, aged about the same, at her own disposing; as alleged by Joseph Taylor, of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, gent; at St. Michael's, Queenhithe. Sept. 1 Justinian Ailmer1 of Bishops Stortford, Herts., bachelor, aged 25, and Joan Wilmott of the same place, maiden, aged 24, daughter of Thomas Wilmott of Clavering, Essex, who consents; at St. Mary Mounthaw. t Oct. 2 Henry Gray of Mucking, Essex, widower, aged 40, and Tripheane Phipp of the same place, maiden, aged 20, daughter of John Phipp of the same place yeoman; at St. Faith's, London. Oct. 16 t Robert Patterson of St. Giles in the Fields, baker, aged 30, bachelor, and Susan Goodale of Kensington, maiden, aged 23, daughter of Robert Goodale of Hampstead, tanner; at St. Faith the Virgin. 1I have several wills referring to this family of Ailmer, Aylmer or Elmer. For some account of them see Morant's Essex, II, 136. See also Harleian Soc. Pub., Visitations of Herts. and of London. Whether Edward Elmer of Connecticut belonged to this family is yet to be proved. H. F. W. |