Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich - The Ancestors and Origins of Jeffrey Ferris (c.1610-1666)

I found two Dorathy Sheapherds born in Wiltshire around the right time to have married Jeffere F/Harris in Manningford Bruce in 1632 or 1633.

A Dorothe Sheppard was baptised in Mere, Wiltshire on 10 July 1614. Her father was Edward. (Mere is about 25 miles west of Salisbury.) FamilySearch.org paired this Dorothe with a Dorothe Sheppard who was buried in Mere in 1678. But it seems unlikely they were the same person because that would mean this Dorothe remained unmarried her entire life. More likely, the 1678 burial represents a Dorothe Smith or Jones who married a Sheppard son. The CCED lists Walter Sheperde/Shepard as the Curate in Mere periodically between 1565 and 1585. http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/locations/index.jsp

Another Dorithy Sheppheard was baptised at St. Edmund, Salisbury, Wiltshire on 22 May 1606. Her father's name was John. This Dorithy Sheppheard seems less likely because she would have been older than Jeffere.

The name Sheapherd is spelled variously in Wiltshire during this period as: Shepherd, Shephard, Sheppard, Sheppeard, and Sheapherd.

Wiltshire Marriages at Marlborough 1611-1699

http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Marlborough/Marlborough%20-%2...

I’m looking for Stevens, Parker, Hunt, etc

1622 13-Oct Perkins George & Hunt Mary

1622 1-Dec Hunt Thomas & Newby Mary

1627/8 9-Feb Parker Lawrence & Newman Margaret Lic

1625 13-Jun Pinne Alexander & Ferris Edith

1627/8-Oct Stephens WIlliam & Holloway Barbarah Lic

1630 28-Nov Baylye Phillip & Bryant Margarete Lic

1636 8-Nov Baylie John & Bridges Elizabeth

Cricklade, Bayly/Baylie, Parker and Ferris

Sheriff John Ferris (appt'd Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1459) was a Member of Parliament in 1467 and 1478 for Cricklade, Wiltshire which is near the early Wiltshire family homes of the Ferrers-Ferris and Hungerford families in Blunsdon St Andrew, Ashton Keynes and Down Ampney.

A John Bailey (d.1436) was a Member of Parliament for Cricklade in 1427 and earlier in 1420 an M.P. for Calne.

A Thomas Parker (c.1519-c1558) was a Member of Parliament for Cricklade in 1553 and 1554. He was also a clerk of the treasury and auditor at Gloucester Abbey by 1540.

A Rev. George Bayly (born by c.1603-d. after 1661) was appointed Rector at Cricklade in 1626. Could this George Bayly have been a brother or cousin of Rev. Thomas Bayly of Manningford Bruce?

It appears that the Ferris, Bayly/Baylie and Parker families of Wiltshire had reason to at least know of each other as early as about 1460. All of these families had connections to the Cricklade area near Ashton Keynes and Down Ampney.

Cricklade MPs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricklade_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
John Bailey (d.1436): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bailey_(MP)
Thomas Parker (c.1519-c1558): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Parker_(will_proved_1558)
George Bayly (CCEd Person ID: 92679): http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/index.jsp

I’m throwing a couple more families into the mix.

Ann Bartlett

Geneverah Lavington

Agnes Bartlett

Richard Lavington, of Wilsford, Gent.

This fellow is armiger so should be in Visitations etc.

I’m hoping to identify the 1607/8 freeholders listed here:

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000087589548935&

The Bartlett’s are perhaps the ancestors of the ones who went to Newbury MA

https://www.cricklademuseum.co.uk/publications/ Worth data mining ?

The Maningford Bruce wills of Richard Noyes in 1590 and William Noyes in 1595 both mention John Harris (Harrys) as a witness and give him the title "clerk." My assumption would be that this John Harris was the same John who was the father of Elizabeth, Richard, Giles, Thomas, John, Richard, Jeffere, William and Katherin, all baptised in All Cannings between 1596 and 1614.

Richard Noyes will 1590: https://www.noyes.me.uk/1590_Richard_Noyes_of_Manningford.html
William Noyes will 1595: https://www.noyes.me.uk/1595_William_of_Manningford.html

The Manningford Bruce Online Parish Clerk (OPC) originally named "John Harries" as the father of Jeffere Harries baptised 15 August 1609. But the OPC said to me in an email that “Jeffere the sonne of John" could be for the son of John Farries, rather than Harries. He said "I’m not 100% certain that the surname starts with a ‘H’ - it could be an F." See my note above on 7/27/2018 at https://www.geni.com/discussions/158751?msg=1233938

So, the originals of these wills would add evidence about the interpretation of the surname as Harris/Harries or Farris/Farries.

Since John Harris/Harrys is designated as a witness and a "clerk" in these wills, does the designation as "clerk" mean he may actually have written these wills with his own hand?

Perhaps, but I thought “clerk” was for “Cleric.”

Now that you mention it, I believe I have seen "clerk" as an abbreviation for "cleric."

They must be different John Harrises/Farrises.

For such a tiny village, Manningford Bruce is certainly confusing.

The CCED shows a John Harris as a priest ordained in 1572. The priest is shown at Manningford Bruce in 1578-79. Then he is shown as a curate in Newton in various years between 1586 and 1616. CCEd person ID: 115762. http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/CreatePersonFrames.j...

If this John Harris was ordained in 1572, I cannot see him having a family starting in 1596 and continuing through 1614.

If he really was John "Harris" did his involvement at Manningford Bruce cause later confusion? (A rhetorical question.)

FYI: Newton is less than a mile from Manningford Bruce.

The Rectors for Manningford Bruce from 1595 are shown on the CCEd as:

1595-1598 Robert Beoth
1599-1604 Johannes Jesop
1605 Francis Dalton
1605-1619 Barth Parsons
etc.

Finished building out the Lavington tree.

Can you read this image?

https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000087636357080?album_type=phot...

Looks to me like Richard Lavington buried July 1558 at Easton Royal, Wiltshire, bailiff to the Earl of Something ford

Looks like Earl of Hertford.

The Earl of Hertford was attained in 1552 and the title bestowed in Somerset in 1559

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Hertford

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Seymour,_1st_Duke_of_Somerset

OK, it’s that Earl of Hertford, they were lords of the manor at Easton Royal.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easton_Royal

Easton Royal is a village in the civil parish of Easton in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Pewsey and 5 miles (8 km) south of Marlborough.

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A P Baggs, J Freeman, C Smith, J H Stevenson and E Williamson, 'Easton', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 16, Kinwardstone Hundred, ed. D A Crowley (London, 1999), pp. 140-149. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol16/pp140-149 [accessed 14 February 2019].

From 1553 to 1929 the whole parish, including all tithes from it, descended in the Seymour, Bruce, Brudenell, and Brudenell-Bruce families with Tottenham Lodge and Tottenham House in Great Bedwyn. (fn. 120) Edward, earl of Hertford, was living at Easton in 1581, (fn. 121) and a new manor house was probably built about then on the site of Easton priory. From c. 1600 Lord Hertford also lived in a house at Amesbury, (fn. 122) but the manor house at Easton was kept in hand and lived in by him until 1621 (fn. 123) and by his relatives until it was leased (fn. 124) in 1675. From 1693 the lease was held by Sir Edward Seymour, Bt. (d. 1740), who lived at Easton. (fn. 125) The house was demolished c. 1760. (fn. 126)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manningford

Manningford is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Manningford Abbots, Manningford Bohune and Manningford Bruce, and the hamlet of Manningford Bohune Common, together known as the Manningfords.

The parish is in the Vale of Pewsey which carries the upper section of the Salisbury Avon. Pewsey is about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the northeast; the nearest towns are Marlborough, 8 miles (13 km) northeast, and Devizes, 9 miles (14 km) to the west.

The ancient parishes of Abbots and Bruce, and possibly Bohune, were within Swanborough Hundred ...

So this is the area of interest:

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

WSwanborough was a hundred of the English county of Wiltshire, mostly lying in the centre of the county to the south of the town of Devizes. An area of the hundred reached several miles southwards into Salisbury Plain.
The hundred contained the parishes of Alton Barnes, Beechingstoke, All Cannings, Charlton, Great Cheverell, Little Cheverell, Chirton, Etchilhampton, Huish, Market Lavington, Manningford Abbots, Manningford Bruce, Marden, North Newnton, Rushall, Stanton St Bernard, Stert, Upavon, Urchfont, Wilcot, Wilsford, Woodborough, and Devizes.[1]

A P Baggs, D A Crowley, Ralph B Pugh, Janet H Stevenson and Margaret Tomlinson, 'Swanborough hundred', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 10, ed. Elizabeth Crittall (London, 1975), pp. 1-7. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol10/pp1-7 [accessed 14 February 2019].

Great map

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publications/...

Woodborough, Noyes, Chauncey and Bayly
The CCEd shows Adam Noyes/Noies as the Rector at Woodborough from 1597 through 1613. No more rectors are shown for Woodborough until 1660 and Francis Bayly. But, of course, we know that Issac Chauncey (1632-1712), the Harvard educated son of Harvard President (1654-1672) Charles Chauncey (1592-1679), was Rector at Woodborough from 1656-1660. See my note above on 1/31/2019: https://www.geni.com/discussions/158751?msg=1273134

Urchfont, Richard Cromwell and William Shephard
The CCEd shows Richard Cromwell as Curate of Urchfont with Stert in 1613. The date is too early for this to have been Oliver Cromwell's son Richard but a family connection seems plausible. William Shepard was the "Perpetual Vicar" of Urchfont in 1646. He was possibly related to Dorithy Sheapherd married to Jeffere H/Farris in Manningford Bruce in 1632 or 1633.

Marlborough (4 or 5 miles northeast of Swanborough Hundred)
Thomas Clark/Clarck,Clarke/Clearke was a Vicar at Marlborough in 1583 but for how long is unclear. The CCEd also shows a Thomas Clarke as Vicar in Hungerford in 1641. (Hungerford is about 14 miles east of Manningford Bruce and technically in Berkshire but still part of the Salisbury jurisdiction.) The CCEd also shows a John Clarke/Clerke as a Vicar in Hungerford in 1641-42. This John Clarke was a Puritan. Perhaps Thomas was the father of John Clarke. See my note above on 1/25/2019: https://www.geni.com/discussions/158751?msg=1271216.

To browse the CCEd for Wiltshire, select Salisbury as the jurisdiction: http://db.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/locations/index.jsp

(Reposting for clarity)

The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volumes 1-2 Page 184. GoogleBooks

“ A note of the names of such persons as are thought fit to lend money to the King’s Majesty by way of privy seals; together with their dwelling-plaoes and their several sums.”

EARL OF HERTFORD’S DIVISION.

William Lavington, of Wilsford .. 15
William Noyes, of Urchfont, Gent .. 15

(See link for the complete list)

https://books.google.com/books?id=0Qw5AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA184&amp...

Travelling Companions and Family

I have been trying to think of ways to find connections between Jeffere F/Harris of Wiltshire and the various Dissenter surnames we have encountered or to see if other names in his milieu appeared in New England.

While Jeffrey does not appear on any passenger lists, he does appear on the list of those made Freemen on May 6th 1635 by the General Court of Massachusetts. Theorizing that Jeffrey may have been made a Freeman at the same time as others who traveled on the same ship with him, below is a list of the others who were made Freemen on that same day in May 1635. A few familiar surnames on that list are: Edward Browne, Richard Browne and John Clerke. (Re: John Clerke see my note above on 2/14/2019 https://www.geni.com/discussions/158751?msg=1276846) Perhaps someone will recognize other surnames connected to Jeffrey in England.

Other lists close to May 1635 were dated: Sept. 1634, May 1634, March 1635, Sept 1635, March 1636 (dates converted to Gregorian calendar). See all of the lists at: https://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_freemen.php

In addition, I have listed below the dates on which the surames of various Wiltshire dissenters we have encountered appear on the lists of Freemen.

I would also note that of the ships listed on Packrat.com destined for Massachusetts in 1634-1635 only a very few do not have passenger lists. Of those, the one that is notable to me is the Regard which was the only departure from Barnstaple, rather than London. Barnstaple is in the north of Devon and perhaps a more logical departure point for Wiltshire residents. https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm

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Freemen made at the General Court, May 6th, 1635.
From the Winthrop Society
https://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_freemen.php

Philemon Portmorte
Henry Elkines
Christopher Martiall
Edmond Bulckley
Edward Browne
Jarrett Bourne
William Pell
Benjamin Gillom
Thomas Alcocke
Edmonde Jacklinge
John Sebley
Thomas Peirce
Mr. Sachariah Syms
Barnaby Wynes
Jeffery Ferris
Thomas Gunn
Robert Dibell
Henry Fowkes
Elias Parkeman
John Blackeleach
Daniel Morse
Joseph Morse
Edward Garfeild
John Reynolls
Henry Bright
Thomas Hastings
John Lethermore
John Batchelor
John Tompson
John Clerke
Thomas Swifte
Robert Wincall
Thomas Hosmer
William Butlar
John Arnoll
George Stockin
Nathaniel Ely
Robert Day
Richard Browne
William Moody
Christopher Osgood
Thomas Buckland
Richard Jacob
Aron Cooke
George Phelpes
Boniface Burton
Jerymy Adams
Joseph Maggott
John Hall
Samuel Allen
Humfry Bradstreete
Thomas Pyne
John Gay
George Strange
Nathaniel Duncan
Thomas Marshall
Thomas Hoskins
Richard Kemball
Robert Andrewes
Henry Wright
Jonathan Jellett
Robert Bootefishe
Robert Dryver
William Edmonds
John Ravensdale
John Legg
George Farr
Robert Cotty
Mr. Steven Batchelor

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Surnames perhaps associated with Jeffere F/Harris of Wiltshire.
From the Winthrop Society
The Freemen of Massachusetts Bay, 1630 - 1636
https://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_freemen.php

At General Court, holden at Boston the 19th of October, 1630
The names of such as desire to be made Freeman
Mr. Abraham Palmer
Mr. Robert Feake
Mr. Richard Browne

Names of such as took the Oath of Freemen — 18 May, 1631.
Mr. Richard Browne
Walter Palmer
Abraham Palmer
Mr. Robert Feakes

Such as took the Oath of Freeman on March 4, 1633/34
James Browne
Mr. Nicholas Parker

Freemen made at the General Court, May 14th, 1634:
Frauncis Palmer
Thomas Lowthrop
James Parker
Henry Feakes

Freemen made at the General Court, September 3, 1634.
John Browne

Freemen made at the General Court, March 4th, 1634/1635.
Robert Parker

Freemen made at the General Court, May 6th, 1635.
Edward Browne
Jeffery Ferris

Freemen made at the General Court, March 3, 1635/1636.
Mr. Samuell Shepheard
Mr. Thomas Shepheard

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Also see: "List of freemen, Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1630 to 1691," Franklin (1906)
https://archive.org/details/cu31924028814304/page/n6

Familiar Surnames: John, Samuel and Kellam Browne

Included among the names of those enumerated in King Charles' 1629 Charter of Massachusetts Bay were John Browne and Samuell Browne.

The Cambridge Agreement among the shareholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company which was made several months later in August 1629 included Kellam Browne who was one of the 12 men who were parties to that agreement including Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Dudley and John Winthrop.

See my note above on 11/22/2017: https://www.geni.com/discussions/158751?msg=1181374

I can’t get away from Lothrops!

Thomas Lawthrop/Lowthroppe

To me that’s a different constellation from the Wiltshire / East of London people. So perhaps the list can be geographically sorted ?

Didn’t we just hook in a Feake?

Here’s my Shepard Ancestor since you’re chasing them

Dea. Ralph Shepard

I figured you would recognize more of the names on that list than I did so your characterization of the list as a different constellation is useful. The Feake we noted was Christopher, the Fifth Monarchist in London. I'll be counting sheap going to sleep tonight. :)

There’s a Dorset / Windsor constellation

Joan Ingraham

Thomas Buckland

George Phelps

Nathaniel Cook

(Connects to Lathrop ...)

I think we can rule them out too.

Parker, Palmer, Brown(e), Feake - where are they from & who’s with Jeffrey at Greenwich ?