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REMEMBER: In North America, the month of September 1752 was exceptionally short, skipping 11 days, when the Gregorian Calendar was adapted from the old Julian one, which didn't have leap year days.

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

A cousin commented...

 Repost of an old blog entry...


Uncle Thomas in Bacon's Rebellion

Thomas Hansford was born in 1646 in Virginia
Death 13 November 1676 in York County, Virginia

FATHER: John Hansford 1590-1661
MOTHER: Elizabeth Jands

SOUSE:Elizabeth JONES 
Marriage: about 1665 Hogg Island, Surry, New York 
_________________________
Thomas was hanged by Gov. Berkley of Virginia for his participation in Bacons Rebellion. He is said to be the first American born person to be executed in the Colonies.

Southside Virginia Families, Vol. 1, by John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Pub. Co, 1966, page 157.

NOTE: one souce says as many as 23 Men were hung. Did not state Names.
His land was confiscated by the government.


Wikipedia says:
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The colony's disorganized frontier political structure, combined with accumulating grievances (including leaving Bacon out of his inner circle, refusing to allow Bacon to be a part of his fur trade with the Native Americans, and Doeg tribe Indian attacks), helped to motivate a popular uprising against Berkeley, who had failed to address the demands of the colonists regarding their safety.
About a thousand Virginians of all classes rose up in arms against Berkeley, attacking Native Americans, chasing Berkeley from Jamestown, Virginia, and ultimately torching the capital. The rebellion was first suppressed by a few armed merchant ships from London whose captains sided with Berkeley and the loyalists.[2] Government forces from England arrived soon after and spent several years defeating pockets of resistance and reforming the colonial government to one more directly under royal control.[3]
It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland took place later that year. The alliance between former indentured servants and Africans against bond-servitude disturbed the ruling class, who responded by hardening the racial caste of slavery.[4][5][6] While the farmers did not succeed in their initial goal of driving Native Americans from Virginia, the rebellion did result in Berkeley being recalled to England.

The Burning of Jamestown by Howard Pyle, ca. 1905.
Thomas Hansford had a younger brother, Charles, born May 9, 1654.  He married Elizabeth Folliet Moody, and their son William Hansford is a direct ancestor of mine.  Six generations later would be born my grandfather, Albert J. "Bud" Webb.

So my rebellious spirit might have been well tamed, but the blood runs true!


2 comments:

  1. Thomas was also my uncle. His brother Captain Charles was my ancestor; his grandson William Hansford, Jr. who married Sarah Mary Hyde had a daughter Mary "Molly" who married Patriot John Short. They are buried in a pioneer cemetery in Lawrence Co, Indiana where I live. Their only daughter Sarah married Stephen Fields, and they were my dad's great-great grandparents.

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    1. Thanks so much for this comment. Since I'm also a descendant of Charles, then William Hansford, we must be cousins. I'd love to see photos of the ancestor's graves that are there in Lawrence Co. Indiana...if you ever feel like taking them.

Friday, December 18, 2020

Happy holidays

 Yes many ancestors have had their birthdays, and probably their deathdays, this month. But I'm busy doing the holiday thang.

Not as much as some...just wreathes on the doors. Nobody is coming inside. And I will take part in a couple of zooms with friends and family over the next few weeks.

Sending you wishes for health, well being, and continuing joyful days and nights.

I'll be looking back into ancestors in my family soon!

Friday, December 4, 2020

Col Robert Bolling's home and 2 wives

 Col Robert Bolling, (a repost)

Birth 26 DECEMBER 1646  All Hallows, Barking Parish, London, England
Death 17 JULY 1709  Died At Kippax/Kippax, Charles, Virginia
Robert Bolling


He was husband of Anne Meriwether Stith Bolling 1660–1709 (her birth date of 25 JANUARY 1660  Charles City, Charles, Virginia, Death 17 JULY 1709  Kippax, Charles City, VA

The Bollings were parents of Mary Agnes Bolling Kennon 1700–1762 who was featured on my last blog.


Col. Robert Bolling, my 8th great grandfather, had been born 26 Dec. 1646 in London, England.  Son of John. Bolling and Mary Carie(Cary) Bolling.  They both died at the same time on Nov.11, 1648,  just before his 2nd birthday. The next date we hear of him is when he came to America in 1660 at age 13-14, and settled in Prince George Co. VA.

He married first (1675) Jane Rolfe, the grandaughter of John Rolfe and Matoaka Pocahontas (Rebecca) Powhatan, a Christian-converted Native American. (See blog about John Rolfe HERE.)

Chart about Pocahontas connection to the Bolling family. And who the heck are "Sons and Daughters of the God Daniel" who made this chart? I like that other famous people are also on the chart.


Col. Robert Bolling's first wife was the granddaughter of Pocahontas, Jane Rolfe Bolling. Her mother had been Jane Poythres Rolfe, her father had been Thomas Rolfe.  She only lived from Oct 10, 1650/55 to Jan 26, 1676.  Col. Robert and Jane Rolfe Bolling supposedly had one daughter, Rebecca Jane Bolling 1675-1714 (OOPS, that's what my tree said, but now I find they only had one son, John Fairfax Bolling!)



When Col. Robert was 36, in 1681, he married a second time to 21 year old Anne Meriwether Stith.  They had 8 children.


He did have prestige in his community.  He represented it in the VA House of Burgess in 1702, and was Sheriff, surveyor, Col. and Co. Lt. in the VA militia.

He died 17 July 1709. Again the same date of death as his wife.  I'm finding this too convenient to believe twice in two generations.  Were there fires? Plagues?  Or did the people putting records together at some point just choose a date?



Col. Robert Bolling
Find a Grave Site:

Birth:     Dec. 26, 1646, England 
Death:     Jul. 17, 1709 
Prince George County 
Virginia, USA 

Colonel Robert Bolling (December 26, 1646 - July 17, 1709) was a wealthy early American settler, merchant and planter. He is the ancestor of many prominent individuals including Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. 

He was born on December 26, 1646 at Tower Street, All Hallows, Barking Parish, in London. He arrived in Virginia at the age of fourteen on October 2, 1660. In 1674, he married Jane Rolfe the granddaughter of Pocahontas. They had one child, John Bolling, born on January 26, 1676. His descendants, the only American descendants of Pocahontas, are termed the "Red Bollings". They include Edith Bolling, wife of U. S. President Woodrow Wilson and John Randolph of Roanoke. Jane died after one year of marriage. 

In 1681, Col. Bolling married his second wife Anne Stith with whom he had many children, including Robert Bolling, Jr., who was born on January 25, 1682. Both Presidents Bush are descended from Robert Bolling, Jr. 

In 1702 Bolling was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Charles City Co., in 1702. He died on July 17, 1709 and was buried at his plantation Kippax, in Prince George Co., Virginia, where his tomb still stands. 

Bolling's remains were moved postumously to Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia.  
  
Family links:  
 Spouses: 
  Jane Rolfe Bolling (____ - 1676) 
  Anne Stith Bolling (1660 - 1709)* 
  
 Children: 
  Thomas Bolling* 
  John Fairfax Bolling (1676 - 1729)* 
  Robert Bolling (1682 - 1747)* 
  Stith Bolling (1686 - 1727)* 
  Edward Bolling (1687 - ____)* 
  Elizabeth Anne Bolling (1690 - ____)* 
  Drury Bolling (1696 - 1726)* 
  Agnes Bolling Kennon (1700 - ____)* 
  
*Calculated relationship 
  
Burial: 
Blandford Cemetery 
Petersburg 
Petersburg City 
Virginia, USA 
  
Maintained by: A C Turner 
Originally Created by: Eric Bruno Borgman 
Record added: Dec 29, 2005 
Find A Grave Memorial# 12815946
 






So my ancestor was Robert and Anne's daughter, Mary Agnes Bolling, who married Richard Kennon, JR., and their daughter Mary married Col. John Clack.  Interestingly enough Col. Robert Bolling and his first wife's son John Fairfax Bolling, married the sister of Richard Kennon Jr, Mary Kennon.  We read about Richard Jr. HERE, as being also my ancestor.

I am hoping I don't have to rewrite too much of my tree, if my information isn't accurate!





Kippax Plantation buildings


About the Bolling's home, Kippax:
Kippax Plantation was located on the south bank of the Appomattox River in what is today the City of Hopewell in southeast Virginia.
Kippax Plantation was the home of Colonel Robert Bolling (1646-1709). Bolling married Jane Rolfe, who was the granddaughter of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Their (Robert & Jane Bolling's) only child, John Bolling was born at Kippax in 1676, and settled nearby at Cobbs Plantation, just west of Point of Rocks across the Appomattox River in what is now Chesterfield County. While Jane's father Thomas Rolfe (1615-1675) never lived at Kippax Plantation, it is believed that he was buried there.
Kippax Plantation is considered to be a well-preserved archaeological site that is also well documented. Archaeologist Donald W. Linebaugh, of the University of Kentucky, located the remains of Col. Bolling's house in Hopewell, Virginia in 2002. Most of the current digging is performed at the site of the unearthed residence. Research by graduate students from the College of William and Mary, headed by Donald W. Linebaugh, have found the remains of at least four separate structures spanning the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries at the Kippax site. These structures have the potential to answer important research questions regarding the history of early trade between Europeans and Native Americans, the lives of the African American slaves who lived there, and the cultural interaction between these groups. The Archaeological Conservancy recently purchased the site of Kippax Plantation to protect it from development. Members of the Archaeological Conservancy are in the process of raising the $205,000 needed for the purchase. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kippax Plantation Archeological Site U.S. National Register of Historic Places
This post is being referenced to Sepia Saturday, shared today.





Monday, November 30, 2020

Happy Birthday (Mary) Agnes Bolling Kennon

A repost from 2017, celebrating my 7th great grandmother on my father's family tree, the George Rogers ancestry.

(Mary) Agnes Bolling Kennon

1700–1762

Birth 30 NOV 1700  Charles City, Charles, Virginia Colony
Death AFT 1 JUN 1762  Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia

Daughter of Col. Robert Bolling and Anne Meriwether Stith Bolling 




She married married c. 1714 to Richard Kennon, Jr. (1690- 1736) 

Their children were:

1. Elizabeth Kennon 1721-1723
2. Robert Cannon Kennon 1725-1791
3. Anne Kennon abt.1726-?
4. Mary Kennon (m. John Clack) 1728-1794 (my ancestors)
5. Martha Kennon 1731-1754
6. Richard Kennon 1733-?
 
Mary Agnes and Richard Kennon Jr. were grandparents of Lt. Spencer Sterling Clack of Sevier County, TN, a revolutionary war soldier.


 Their Bolling parents were:
  Robert Bolling (1646 - 1709)
  Anne Stith Bolling, his second wife. 

(The above linked names are to "Find a Grave" sites for each of Agnes' siblings. Note, these are not always correct in their family relationships.) 

I posted about (Mary) Agnes' husband, Richard Kennon Jr HERE.   

(Mary) Agnes' father was Col. Robert Bolling, who immigrated from England to Virginia.




Tuesday, November 24, 2020

She lived 90 years...

 

Where the James Gibbs family lived, near Spartanburg SC

A true matriarch of the Gibbs family - Anne Barnett Gibbs

Anne Barnett Johnson Gibbs 1740–1831

Birth 30 NOV 1740 • Orange County, Virginia Colony,  Death 23 MAY 1831 • Union, Union, South Carolina, US
Wife of Col James Gibbs (see Blog HERE), mother of Hiram Gibbs.

She was my fourth great grandmother on my father George Rogers' tree.
I'm re-posting this before her birthday of Nov.30.

When Anne Barnett was born on November 30, 1740, in Orange, Virginia, her mother, Marran Frances Gibbs Barnett, was age 36, and her father John Barnett was age 35. Her father passed away on May 15, 1750, in Orange, Virginia, at the age of 45, when Anne was just 9 years old.  Her mother lived until she was 78, dying when Anne was 42 (but Anne herself lived to be 90.)

Anne Barnett married William Johnson in Orange, Virginia, on February 10, 1770, when she was 29 years old. Her husband William Johnson passed away in 1770 at the age of 68. There are several other William Johnsons who also died in 1770, but had different wives. So far, I've found no probate records for this William Johnson.

Anne Barnett Johnson Gibbs married Col. James Gibbs in Orange, Virginia, on July 8, 1771, when she was 30 years old and he was 31.  I haven't checked to see how they might have already been second cousins, because her mother was a Gibbs.  There were many Barnetts and Gibbs who married, so I'd say at best guess that she and Col. James Gibbs were second cousins, maybe in two ways...they had a lot of great grandparents in common!

They had six to nine children together, 
(some of whom died early) though it's possible her first daughter, Agatha Gibbs White, was fathered by Johnson since she may have been born before the marriage to James Gibbs...Agatha's birth date is unknown. But Gibbs might well have adopted her since Anne was a young widow, (without papers and lawyers.)

Her husband Col. James Gibbs died on August 7, 1794, in South Carolina at the age of 54, having fought in the American Revolutionary War. They had been married 23 years. She died on May 23, 1831, in Union, South Carolina, at the impressive age of 90.


Their graves are in The Gibbs Cemetery, Union County South Carolina. 

Their son, Hiram Gibbs
, my ancestor, emigrated to Miss.
His children went further west to Louisiana and Texas, and several of them married into my Rogers family tree.

Some information on Anne's Husband, Col. James Gibbs, from the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution).
James married Anne "Ann' Johnson Barnett, on July 8, 1771, in Orange Co VA...
They are buried in their old family garden, at the Gibbs Cemetery. Today, this place is known as the "C. T. S. Wilburn home place", Mrs Wilburn was the Gr-Gr Grand daughter of James Gibbs.
James & Ann had 9 known children:
Zachariah, John, Ambrose, James, Hiram, Agatha, Susan, Mary and Anna. Some are buried at the Gibbs Cemetery.
He was the son of John Gibbs Esq. of Middlesex Co VA, and Susanne Phillipe. It has been said, that his father died in 1770 in Charleston SC, his mother died in Spartanburg Co SC about 1786.
James moved from VA to NC and SC, they arrived in Union Co SC, then Old 96th district, before the Revolutionary War, building their first home near the Lower Fairforest Baptist Church. His father had recieved a land grant of 500 acres on Fairforest Creek in 1768. James received a grant of 640 acres on the Fairforest in 1772.
James left a will SPT Book 1, p.34, book 2, p.43 and book C, p.251. He left his son Zachariah as administrator, and names his living children in the Will.

Today's quote:

So often we are sabotaging ourselves by being in our own way without even knowing we are doing so.

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Four greats grandfather, William Henry Cannon and his son William Henderson Cannon

William Henry CANNON 1771–1868 
 wife (no date for birth) 1777 Catharine Henderson Cannon

 Burial Trundle Family Cemetery Sevierville,Sevier County, Tenn 




Birth: Nov. 28, 1771Virginia, 
 Death: Jun. 11, 1868 Sevier County TN 

 Parents: John Cannon, Rev. War patriot, (1744-1806) 
 Nancy Ann Whitlow Cannon (1747 - 1830) 

 Children: Cyntha O. Cannon Rogers (1800 - 1855)* 
 John Overton Cannon (1803 - 1846)* 
 Guilford Cannon, Dr. (1806 - 1873)* 
 Nancy Cannon Bogle (1808 - 1844)* 
 Rebecca Cannon Sharp (1812 - 1901)* 
 William H Cannon (1817 - 1901)* 
 Martha Caroline Cannon Earnest (1820 - 1847)* 

 Siblings: Martha Cannon Nelson (1764 - 1862)* 
 Robert Cannon (1781 - 1854)* 

The above information is from Fine A Grave, which sometimes is not totally accurate.

My Ancestry tree gives a few documents which follow Grandpa Cannon' life.
He married Catharine in 1799, on Aug. 22, in Sevier County TN.
Their first child, Cyntha O. was born Aug. 24, 1800 in Sevier County, TN.
She would grow up and marry Micajah Rogers and moved with him and their family to Huntsville TX...and became my great times three grandparents.

William Henry is listed as the son of John Cannon and Anne Whitlow Cannon on a document in the Allen Papers of the McClung Collection, under John Cannon in the Lawson McGhee Library. This document says John was the son of a William Cannon who moved from Cumberland County VA to Caswell County, NC, where John was born.  He suspposedly moved to Sevier County TN, then to Knox County, TN before 1795.

This information is in a typed format, not saying where it originated. The Allen Papers. The next information is refuted in several census documents, so it brings to question any validity of this document. It says this John Cannon (b. March 18, 1744) had 3 sons, John, William, and Robert and one daughter Cyntha (spelled Cynithia) who married M. C. Rogers before moving to Texas.

So some of the information seems correct. I'm not going to worry about the sons Robert and John, but will look closer at William.

A sentence by itself is typed, saying "John W. Sharp, a grandson of Wm. Cannon says Wm. John and Robt had a sister who married an Olford."

Then there are a couple of hand written sentences. Whether these were just added to my copy of this paper, or exist on the original is unknown...but they look like the same handwriting.

First is a statement:
"John Cannon tax payer in Greene County, TN in 1783."

Then with an asterisk which leads from the name Cynithia above...
"* Cynthia Cannon who. m. M. C. Rogers, was b. Aug. 24, 1804, Sevier Co. TN, daughter of Wm. and Catherine (Henderson) Cannon.
Wm. Cannon, her father, was b. Nov. 28 1771. son of John & Nancy Cannon."

Then the whole page mentioned above from the Allen Papers has a note by an Ancestry member, 
"This John Cannon is not from the Kennon family, contact me for proof of this." Entered by "newseeker" of Eurika, CA. I have no more information on that person.

There's yet another page from the Allen Papers about William Henry Cannon - but it's very confusing also.
I'll go to some other sources first. 

One son of William Henry and Catherine Henderson Cannon as mentioned above, was William Henderson Cannon. His middle name is his mother's maiden name, a tradition carried on by many families. He was b. March 12, 1817 and d. 16 July 1901. He is buried in the Trundle Cemetery in Sevier County, TN, where his second wife, Julia Huffaker Cannon is also buried.

Now the way trivial information has been added wherever I've found it, I've put 2 and 2 together and came up with his first wife completely.

To follow my path, when William Henderson Jr.'s daughter, Elizabeth "Bettie" died in 1912 (which of course doesn't show on his own life history) her younger brother John (J. G.) Cannon provided her parents' names on her death certificate. He said William H. Cannon, for father, and just Heiskell for her mother's name. Obviously she had had a different mother than John's, whose mother was Julia Huffaker Cannon.

So I also saw on William Henderson Cannon's obituary that he'd been married twice, both wives dying young. Then on the Find a Grave site, his first wife is listed as Mary Cannon. I tried a trick I learned long ago, and tried putting Mary and Heiskell together, and got 10 hints for this woman. Her parents, her birth and death dates, and that she had 3 children, only the daughter, Bettie having lived to adulthood. The two sons she gave birth to both died immediately.

William Jr.'s obituary speaks of his daughter Bettie having looked after him in his later life, after the wives had died...and I imagine she raised the son of his second  wife who lived past his mother's death, John (J. G.) Incidentally, Bettie never married. 

All of this is substantiated by several census reports.

The one that I first found brings another generation into the family, is The 1850 Census for Eastern Subdivision 12 of Sevier County TN, in which his father William Cannon, (age 75) is living with him.  William Henderson Cannon is the head of the household at 33 years. His wife Mary is 21, and daughter Betty (sp.) is 4 mos. When looking at the occupations of the two William Cannons, the elder is a farmer, while his son is a merchant.

The obituary I mentioned earlier also says William Henderson Cannon had owned a store, which was destroyed during the Civil War. His slaves of course were freed by the war. So he had to start over as a farmer. He had also been the postmaster for the area before the war, and became the same for the Confederacy. So when he wanted to become a US citizen again following the war, he had to petition to President Andrew Johnson requesting a pardon for having served in an official capacity for the Confederacy.


I have gone in depth to what William Henderson Cannon's life was like, because I just found a cousin who is a descendent of William H. Jr. He recently contacted me, being descended through his sister, Cyntha Cannon Rogers. So I became interested in his early ancestor. As he says, we can help each other work out the mystery. 








Friday, November 20, 2020

More on the Weston family roots

 Lady Margaret Mitford Weston (1425-1475) was the child of John De Mitford (April 8, 1402- May 6, 1457.) He was born in Mitford, Northumberland, England, and died in Chillingham, Northumberland, England.

Coat of Arms attached to Mitford family on Ancestry.

Her mother was Constance Ogle of Northumberland (Apri 18, 1402-Oct 4, 1460)  She was born in Ogle Castle, Northumberland, England, and died in Kirkby, Northumberland (or perhaps in Chillingham, Northumberland.)

Ogle Coat of Arms

Their marriage is cited in a lot of histories of the period, though it has different dates ascribed to it; 1421, 1424, and 1427 are all listed in various publications.  Her children did not include a John Weston, she was a Mitford.  So John Mitford was definitely her son.  I've had to remove John Weston from her family, and delete the duplicate Bernard Mitford.  But Margaret was definitely there (to marry into the Weston family.)

Her parents were (my15th great grandparents):

Sir Robert Ogle

BIRTH 21 MAY 1379  Ogle Castle, Northumberland, England (or 1370 or 1372)

DEATH 12 AUG 1435  Bothal, Northumberland


and

Maude de Grey Ogle

BIRTH 1382  Wark, Northumberland, England

DEATH 21 AUG 1451  Bothal Redesdale, Northumberland


These 15th great grandparents married in 1399. They are buried in Hexham, Northumberland, England.


And Sir Robert's father was  

Robert Ogle I


BIRTH 1351  Whalton, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England

DEATH 31 OCTOBER 1410  Hexham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland,


He is my 16th great grandfather.  His wife is unknown.

Maude de Grey Oge's mother was 

Jane De Mowbray Grey

BIRTH 1360  England

DEATH England


Her father was

Sir Thomas Grey of Hetton


BIRTH Heton (Northumberland) England

DEATH 26 NOVEMBER 1400


And thus I have 3 of the 16th great grandparents names, some of their dates, and some of their places. 

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Early ancestors

Continuing to look at the earliest ancestors on my grandmother's family tree, I mentioned Thomas Bowers (1555-abt. 1620) earlier HERE, when talking about his wife (Elizabeth) Iwerner Minster Bowers (1570-1630).

His parents do appear on the tree, so let's see who my 10th great grandparents were.

Edmond L. Bower, Gent. (1513-1570) was born in Wiltshire, Eng, and died there as well. He married Joan Moggeridge Bower (1509-1569) in 1558 in Lincolnshire, Eng. She died in Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire. And there is a record of their marriage also being listed in "Norfolk, Eng, Musters Returns, 1569, 1572, 1574 1577." Her husband Edmond L. Bower is listed, but not her name as well.

Their son Thomas Bowers is the only child mentioned. 

I am a bit amazed to find her parents are also listed in some Ancestry trees. So let's look at the information on them.

Her father was Richard Moggeridge, born on 21 Feb. 1463 in Heathfield, Sussex, Eng. and he died sometime in 1509...place unknown. His wife was Jane Soper Moggeridge (1483-1521) who was born and died in Heathfield, Sussex, Eng. These are my 11 times great grandparents.

St. Stephens Church, Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire, Eng. where Joan Moggeridge Bower died in 1569.

Back to Edmond L Bower, Gent. His father was Robert Bower, 1493-1517, born and died in Wiltshire, Eng. Edmond's mother was Agnes Weston Bower born between 1493-1500 in Rugley, Staffordshire, Eng. who died in 1535 in Staffordshire, Eng. Her birth date as a range of years 1493-1500 was recorded by the "British Chancery Records, 1386-1558." She was one of 9 children of a family with title. So there were lots of records kept regarding her Weston brothers, and parents.

Agnes' father was Sir John Weston of Rugley, II. His birth in 1458 was in Ockham, Surrey, Eng. and he died in 1527 in Rugeley, Staffordshire, Eng. Her mother was Lady Alice Edshaw Weston, born in Petworth, Sussex, Eng. in about the year 1465, and died in 1547 in Rugley, Staffordshire, Eng. They were my 12 times great grandparents.

The next father of John II was John Weston I 

BIRTH 1418  Ockham, Surrey, England

DEATH 14 JUNE 1483  Kent, England


His wife was 

Lady Margaret Mitford Weston 

BIRTH 1425  Molesdon, Northumberland, ENG

DEATH 31 JAN 1475  Kent, Eng


Sir John Weston I, (1418-1483) and Lady Margaret Mitford Weston (1425-1475) Bronze memorial in All Saints Churchyard, Ockham, Guildford Borough, Surrey, England