Re: Sir Edward Filmer/County Kent, England d/Bef. December 05, 1629
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Sir Edward Filmer/County Kent, England d/Bef. December 05, 1629
Ann Parker 6/06/03
Hello Ann,
Found this on the Net.
Hope it helps.
Patrick.
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1. Robert RAYNER married N. N.
Children: 2. i Margery RAYNER.
Second Generation
2. Margery RAYNER (1.Robert1 ) born of Kent, Eng., married James FILMER, of Otterden,Kent, Eng.
Children: 3. i Robert FILMER born 1525.
Third Generation
3. Robert FILMER (2.Margery2 , 1.Robert1 ) born 1525, married Frances CHESTER, (daughter of Sir Robert CHESTER and N. N.). Robert died 1585 age 60, East Sutton, Kent, England. Resided East Sutton, Otterden, Kent, England. Robert FILMER was a prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He purchased the estate of Little Charleton in East Sutton.
Children: i Robert FILMER died 1629, East Sutton, Kent, England, buried: upper chancel of East Sutton church, Kent, England. Will dated 11 Apr 1629; proved 4 May 1629
ii Henry FILMER alive Apr 1629.
iii Anthony FILMER had issue.
4. iv Sir Edward FILMER born abt 17 Jan 1566.
v Catherine FILMER Married 2 times, Thomas Gilbert; Christopher Mills.
vi Affra FILMER.
vii Maria FILMER Md. John MERIWETHER.
Fourth Generation
4. Sir Edward FILMER (3.Robert3 , 2.Margery2 , 1.Robert1 ) born abt 17 Jan 1566, of East Sutton, Kent, England, occupation Lord of Charleton Manor and purchased the manor of East Sutton from his brother-in-law John ARGALL, esq. Sir Edward married 1585 (and was married for 44 years), to Elizabeth ARGALL, born abt 1570/75, Kent, England, (daughter of Richard ARGALL and Mary (Marie) SCOTT). Elizabeth died 9 Aug 1638, East Sutton, Kent, England, buried: East Sutton Church, Kent, England. Sir Edward died 2 Nov 1629, East Sutton, Kent, England, buried: East Sutton Church, E. Sutton, Kent, England. 18 children (9 sons, 9 daughters) are named on his brass monument.
Residents: Colledge house, Maidstone; Nichols in Chartham, Otterden & Romney Marsh; knighted 23 July 1603 by Queen Elizabeth; sheriff of Kent, 1616; will proved 5 Dec 1629.
FILMER's were anciently seated at Manor of Herst, parish of Otterden, England in Ed II till time of Elizabeth when Robert FILMER, son of James, moved to Little Charleton, E. Sutton. Elizabeth was a sister to Samuel ARGALL the Governor of VA 1617-19 and who captured Pocahontas. Elizabeth resided in Maidstone, Kent; her will proved 16 Aug 1638, and she was buried beside her husband.
[Sources: Monumental Brasses from the 13th to the 16th century by John Green Waller and Lionel A. B. Waller p. 61; Virginia Gleanings In England, p. 346; Visitations of Kent 1619 pps 127, 167, 168; Robert Clutterbuck, History of Hertfordshire, Vol. I p. 172 FILMER chart; Visitations of Kent 1619; Weis, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 p. 97; VA Mag of History & Biographies; Lothrop Withington, Virginia Gleanings in England p. 395; Charlemagne, Alfred the Great and Other Ancestors by James T. Mitchell chart 1313; Weis: Magna Charta Sureties 1215 4th ed page 147; Robert Clutterbuck: History of Hertfordshire, Vol. 1 page 172 for FILMER chart; Wurts page 1964; Noble & Gentlemen of England by E. P. Shirley p. 108.]
Children: 5. i Elizabeth FILMER.
6. ii Sir Robert FILMER. (Eldest son)
iii Sir Edward FILMER alive Mar 1651, East Sutton, Kent, England. Mentioned in Debora FLEETE's will, (Lothrop Withington, Virginia Gleanings in England p. 567). Father gave lands & houses in Darrant after his mother died.
iv John FILMER born England. Father gave houses and lands in Yalding; in mother's will.
7. v Reginald (Reynald) FILMER.
8. vi Major Henry FILMER, born 1600/07.
9. vii Mary FILMER.
10. viii Katherine FILMER.
ix Sarah FILMER died alive Mar 1635. Mentioned in mother's will.
x Thomas I FILMER.
xi Richard FILMER.
xii Augustinus FILMER.
xiii Thomas II FILMER.
xiv Ivaeth FILMER.
xv Iane (or Jane) FILMER.
xvi Susanna FILMER.
xvii Margaret FILMER.
xviii Anne FILMER.
Fifth Generation
5. Elizabeth FILMER (4.Sir4 , 3.Robert3 , 2.Margery2 , 1.Robert1 ) born England, married by 20 Oct 1629, William FAULKNER. [Mentioned in mother's and father's wills. VA Gleanings in England by Withington p. 346]
Children: i Elizabeth FAULKNER.
6. Sir Robert FILMER (4.Sir4 , 3.Robert3 , 2.Margery2 , 1.Robert1 ) occupation knighted 21 Jan 1618/19, married Ann HETTON, daughter of Martin HETTON, Bishop of Ely. Sir died in May 1642 "of the stone." His will was probated 13 Jan 1653/54, buried: East Sutton, Kent, England, eldest son. An ardent Royalist in Civil Wars - author of "Patriacha" - imprisoned in Leeds castle in 1644; lands called "Langhams."
Children: i Sir Edward FILMER died 1669, unmarried, Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to Chas I & II.
ii Sir Robert FILMER occupation Baronet 1675, died 1676.
iii Samuel FILMER.
iv Anne FILMER.
v Thomas FILMER.
7. Reignold (Reynald) FILMER (4.Sir4 , 3.Robert3 , 2.Margery2 , 1.Robert1 ) married Jane ---. Reignold died by 2 Aug 1638. Was given 3 tenements in Knightrider St., London, Eng.; mentioned in mother's will.
Children: i Elizabeth FILMER.
ii Anne FILMER.
8. Major Henry FILMER, (COLONIAL DAMES) (4.Sir4 , 3.Robert3 , 2.Margery2, 1.Robert1 ) Henry was the 5th or 8th son. Born 1600/07, E. Sutton Manor, E. Sutton, Kent, Eng., occupation: County Court Justice, farmer, married pre 1640, in Kent, England, Elizabeth ----, born England, died probably in England. Henry and Elizabeth owned a house at Lenham, near E. Sutton and an Inn in Charing parish, England that brought in an income of 40 pounds sterling a year. In the mid 1990's, that would translate into income of about $100,000 a year. Henry sealed his letters with a rectangular octagonal ring signet bearing the FILMER arms [Sable] three bars, in chief as many cinquefoils [or].
Henry had received a BA at Queen's Cambridge 1624 and his MA in 1631. He first came to Virginia in Mar 1640, and served in the House of Burgesses of Va. He first settled in James City, and was an officer of the British army of occupation. He and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter, son, cook and nephew Samuel, came to Virginia on ship "John & Ambrose" that embarked on 13 Mar 1652/53, off of Gravesend (northwest of Maidstone at the mouth of the Thames River and east of London).
Upon arriving in Virginia, the family and servants moved to Mulberry Island where he had a plantation called
"Laus Deo." Henry referred to himself as "of Mulberry Island in Virginia, Gentleman" in an August 27, 1664 letter in the Kent Archives Office. "Laus Deo" was located in or near Felker Field, about where the site of the first heliopad ever built in the U. S. is now located at Fort Eustis. The plantation adjoined the land of his friend Emmanuel WILLS which gave Henry access to Wills' Mulberry Island Pier. The FILMER's were also friends with Robert HUBBARD and his cousin, Governor BERKELEY. Elizabeth was friends with the Governor Sir William Berkeley's sister, Lady Frances Berkeley.
After living on Mulberry Island for eighteen years, Henry died in 1671, (his will is dated 21 Feb 1671), and was buried on Mulberry Island, Warwick co., Virginia, either on his plantation or in one of the two churches on the Island. Possibly in the church or church yard of the church that was built by Captain William PIERCE at Baker's Neck. Henry FILMER left 40 pounds sterling to be used to buy a communion service for the Church of Mulberry Island, which may be the one built by Pierce. No plate which could have been purchased with the legacy is known to exist.
Soon after Henry FILMER died and was buried, his wife, Elizabeth, administrated her husband's estate, then with her family, went back to England. Lady Berkeley earned 6 pounds 10 shillings for selling the FILMER plantation for Elizabeth FILMER.
[Sources: VA Mag. of History & Bio. vol 68 p. 408-428, vol 15 p 181; V. 24 & 17; Stanard: Some Emigrants to VA, 2nd ed. p. 34; Berry's Kentish Genealogies; Visitation of Kent 1619; Benning: Francois Benin Descendants p. 68; Weis Magna Charta Sureties 1215 4th edition p. 147; Visitations of Kent 1619; Colonial Families in the U.S. p. 147; Wurts p. 1964; Wm. & Mary Quarterly Vol 5 1918 p. 531; VA Mag. of History and Biog. Vol 68 p. 408-428; Vol 15 & Vol 17; Denbigh Gone By by John Curry, Denbigh Gazette July 6-12, 1995 p. 5; FILMER letters in the Kent Archives Office at County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, England.]
Children: 11. i Martha (Elizabeth?) FILMER born 1640.
ii Son FILMER (mentioned in 1652; in 1657 in invoice for shoes of a 10 year old and a 12 year old, not mentioned with his sister in 1665. [letters in Kent Archives Office, England]
9. Mary FILMER (4.Sir4 , 3.Robert3 , 2.Margery2 , 1.Robert1 ) married post 1619, John KNATCHBULL, died by 23 Mar 1635. married after 1619; widowed by 23 Mar 1635; mentioned in mother's will.
Children: i Edward KNATCHBULL
ii John KNATCHBULL.
iii Marie KNATCHBULL Md. --- Underwood.
10. Katherine FILMER (4.Sir4 , 3.Robert3 , 2.Margery2 , 1.Robert1 ) born England, married aft 1619, in England, Robert BARHAM, Jr., born 1578/9, England. Katherine died c 1663, Kent, England. [Sources: Berry, Kent Genealogies, 404; VA Mag. of Hist. & Biog., Vol 34 p. 340; Vol 48 pps 276 -280]
Children: i Captain Charles BARHAM born 1626, East Sutton, Kent, England, died 1683, Surry Co., VA.
ii Elizabeth BARHAM.
iii Susan BARHAM.
iv Ann BARHAM.
v Thomas BARHAM.
vi Edward BARHAM.
vii Robert BARHAM.
viii Richard BARHAM.
ix John BARHAM.
Sixth Generation
11. Martha (Elizabeth?) FILMER (8.Major5 , 4.Sir4 , 3.Robert3 , 2.Margery2 , 1.Robert1 ) born 1640, East Sutton, Kent, Eng.?, married Thomas "the Seagull" II GREEN, born 1635, at sea coming from Holland, (son of Thomas I GREEN and Martha ---) died ca 1714, VA, buried: Va. Martha died VA, buried: VA, lived near Petersburg, VA; had 6 children ?.
Martha is descended from Charlemagne, King Olaf III of Sweden, King Harold II of Norway, King Louis VII of France, Emperor Otto II of Germany, 6 Magna Charta barons: Roger Bigod, Hugh Bigod, John de Lacie, Saher de Quincy, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare.
[Sources: Colonial Families in the U.S. vol 4 p. 174; Lynn G. Tyler "Encyclopedia of VA Biog. 1915 vol 1 p. 234; Genealogies of VA Families vol II p. 815-819;The Clay Family p 219-200 addenda; Hening's Statutes Vol I (VA); Encyclopedia of VA Biography 1915 Vol I p. 234 by Lynn G Tyler; Genealogies of VA Families Vol II p. 815-819.]
Children: i John GREEN born VA, married Elizabeth ---. John Md. Elizabeth ---, had issue.
ii Thomas III GREEN born ca 1689 (1665?), VA, married Elizabeth MARSTON, born 25 Nov 1692(72), of Henrico Co., VA, (daughter of Thomas MARSTON and Elizabeth (MARVELL) (MARVEL) died 11 Aug 1759, Nottoway parish, Amelia co., VA. Thomas died 1730, VA, buried: Va. [Sources: Tyler's Quarterlies vol V p 135-138; Living Descendants of the Blood Royal vol 5 p 265; The Clay Family p 220 addenda; will of Eliz. in Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co., VA 12 Nov 1758, probate court 24 Jan 1760]
iii Elizabeth GREEN married John CRAWLEY. Elizabeth had issue.
iv Rebecca GREEN born VA, married (1) --- CONDON, married (2) --- MARSTON. Rebecca had issue.
v Mary GREEN born VA, married (1) James WILKERSON, married (2) Thomas WALKER. Mary had issue.
vi Col. Abram GREEN born VA, married --- ---. Col. died by 1813, had issue.
vii Filmer GREEN married Mary WALKER. Filmer had issue.
viii William GREEN married Amey CLAY. William died 1747, of Amelia Co., VA, had issue.
ix Hannah GREEN married James TURNER. Hannah had two sons who died young.
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