JOSLIN - Ellen JOSLIN born in 1850, was living in 1861 at Henham, Essex in 1861

KING
William King (c1742-1811), m. Sally WOOD of Henham in 1770 (daughter of Samuel WOOD & Ann BACON).

KIRBY
Anne Kirby, Birth c.1544 / 47, of Henham, Essex,dau. of Richard Kirby of Henham, m.c.1590 Robert DAY
(d. 24 October 1628 at Stebbing, Essex)

LAGDEN
Eneff LAGDEN, born 19 Jul 1827, Saffron Walden, died 2 May 1867
George, born 1838, Henham chr. 30 Jun 1833, Henham
James, born 1845, Henham, Essex, chr. ….

On the same folio are Alfred J Lagden age 6; George Lagdenage 1; Jane R Lagden age 11, Susanna Lagden age 4. On the On the 1851 Census is LAGDEN, ENEFF, 23, born HENHAM and Elisa Lagden age 4 born Henham aka Eliza Lagden. Born Born abt 1847, Henham; Christened: 21 Mar 1847, Henham; Died:1927, Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, about age 80.

LEGERTON
Mary LEGERTON baptized at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire on 25 January 1801, daughter of Thomas Legerton & Jane Davey. She was mentioned in the will of John Legerton (1740-1829). She married James Bush at Henham, Ugley, Essex on 2nd February 1822, witnessed by John and Louise Legerton ).

LEVEY
Arthur LEVEY married BUSH Susanat Stansted Mountfitchet / Henham, Essex in 1885
John William LEVEY married CARTER Grace Martha Ann at Stansted Mountfitchet / Henham, Essex in 1888

MARSHALL Dan MARSHALL ( 9th gen - William, Susannah, John, John, Daniel, Samuel, Samuel, Samuel ) born 1829 in Henham Essex

MEADE
The ancestors of the Meade family in the north-west corner of Essex were Thomas Mede of Somerset and his brother William.They are said to have come from Somerset during the reign of Henry VI, probably during or soon after the second part of his reign in 1470-71.The first mention of Thomas Mede is in 1472, when he bought land in 1472 Conveyance of land at Henham, Essex, from Thomas Long and John Aylward to Thomas Mede, John Coke rector of Chickney, Dioness Leventhorp and John Wright.

Mede of Elsenham, 1565

In the name of God Amen, the xvi day of July in the year of our lord God a thousand five hundred fifty and three, I John Mede of Elsenhamin the county of Essex and diocese of London, being in good health and memory, laud be unto almighty God, ordain and make this my present testament and last will in manner and form following. First I commend my soul to be in the hand of almighty God my maker andredeemer and my body in his holy will. Item I give to Agnes my wife my meadow called Appleton Mead lying in Eastamstead (?) with (unclear) and a pasture called Dames by estimation ten acres and my land in Braye (?) field containing by estimation sixteen acres andmy pasture called Wikeridge (?) by estimation xiiii acres lying in Elsenham aforesaid, one acre and a half of meadow in Takely, one acreof land in the field called Rowley lying next (unclear), two acres of land in long field lying nearest long field gate, one acre of land in bedelfield against short croft, three acres of land in the field called Barley lng on the right hand of the gate coming into the same field, and my tenement called John Williams with the out yard thereunto belonging with all other appurtenances in Elsenham aforesaid to have and to hold to the said Agnes for the term of her natural life and after her decease I will all the said meadow called Appleton Mead and all other the premises with the appurtenances to Edward Meade my son to his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath to Agnes my said wife my tenement and orchard in Elsenham aforesaid called Monses, two acres and a half of land in short croft, one acre of land in Bedell field lying between the land of Thomas Godfrey on both sides, one half acre of land in long field lying on the other side of Thomas Godfrey’s land, one acre of land with a perch (?) of meadow at the end of the same perch lying in the field called Rowley, three roods ofland lying in the field called Barley abutting upon Yard land, and my two crofts called Gallows croft containing every of them four acres, one croft therof lying on this side of the high way and the other lying on the other side of the same way that leadeth towards Hatfield, oneacre of pasture at Green Street (?) and one rood of meadow lying in the common meadow and my several meadows called Bedwell Mede with the appurtenances in Elsenham aforesaid, to have and to hold to the said Agnes for term of her natural life of her natural life and after her decease to Samuel Mede my son and to his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath to Agnes my wife all myand, tenement and hereditaments with the appurtenances lying and being in Berden in the county of Essex to have and to hold to the said Agnes for term of seventeen years next after my decease, the remainder thereof to Nicholas Mede my son to his heirs and assigns forever. Item I give and bequeath to Agnes my wife my messuage that I now dwell in Elsenham aforesaid with the appurtenances andall the residue of my lands, tenements and hereditaments not before given and bequeathed to hav nd to hold to the said Agnes my wifeduring the term of her natural life and after her decease to Thomas Meade my son and to his heirs forever. Item I give and bequeath to Agnes my wife my lease of Elsenham so that she live during all the years of the same lease or else after her decease I will Thomas myson shall have it. Item I give to Richard Mede my son forty pounds of lawful money of to be paid to him at his age of xxi years and if it so fortune the said Richard to decease before his age of xxi years that then I will the said xl£ to be given to the residue of my said sons then being alive, every of them like portions of the same at their several ages of xxi years. Item I give and bequeath to Ellen my daughter ten pounds of lawful money of to be paid to her at her age of xxi years and if she marries before the said age of xxi years that then ito be paid to her at the time of her marriage. Item to Blanche my daughter ten pounds of lawful money of to be paid to her at her age ofxxi years and if she marries before the age of xxi that then to be paid to her at the time of her marriage. Item I will to Agnes my daughter x £ of lawful money of to be paid to her at her age of xxi years and if she marries before her age of xxi that then to be paid her at the time of her marriage. The residue of all my goods unbequeathed, my debts paid and my legacies fulfilled, I give and bequeath to Agnes my wife, to the said Agnes my wife whom I ordain and make my sole executrix. In witness whereof I have caused this testament and last will to be written and also the said day and year to be read and declared in the presence of Thomas Barnard of Clavering, Thomas Wrenson of Henham, William Wright of Hatfield, Richard Meade the elder of Berden and Edward Meade of the same town, and also in their presence have set my seal, by me John Meade with mine own hand.

Son of Thomas Meade of Berden

Thomas MEADE birth 1545 Henham, Essex; death 1614 Henham, Essex

Father: John MEADE
Mother: Elenor COLIN

Family 1 : Elizabeth SPILLMAN, marriage 1565, Henham, Essex

Newman MEADEbirth abt 1635, Great Easton , Essex DEATH: 1689, Great Dunmow, Essex ( Father: Newman MEADE)

Family 1 : Susanna GUYVER, marriage 1666, Henham, Essex

MEAD Essex wills

1614 Thomas Meade, yeoman, Henham, son of John 1570
1631 Elizabeth Mead, Henham, unknown relationship
1641 Thomas Mead, yeoman, Henham
1661 Anne Mead, widow, Henham
1696 Nicholas Mead, yeoman, Henham

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MOORE
John MOORE born 1608, Henham, Essex, England: died 6th Jan 1674, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

John MOORE born about 1628, Henham, Essex, England; died 23 Sep 1702,Lancaster, Massachusetts

Ensign John Moore was christened on 11 November 1628 in Henham, Essex. He married Ann Smith daughter of John Smith and Alice, on 16 November 1654 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He married Mary on 20 August 1683 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He died before1702 in Lancaster, Massachusetts

Thomas William Moore was born circa 1575 at ..
Married Margaret Whale born circa 1574 at Southwold, Suffolk

Children of Thomas William Moore and Margaret Whale:

Alice Moore b. c 1600
Joseph Morse b. Apr 1613, d. 6 Jan 1672/73
Elizabeth Moore b: in Henham, Essex, d: 23 AUG 1705 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA

John Moore was born before 1602 in Henham, Essex. He died 6 Jan 1674 in Sudbury, MA . John married Elizabeth Rice on 27 Nov 1633 in Little Gaddesden, Herts. Elizabeth Rice was born 18 Nov 1612 in Stanstead, Essex. She died in Sudbury, MA . Another source claims RICE, Elizabeth. was born 1604 in Essex. John Moore may have returned to in 1641 but bought land and a house from Edmond Rice on 1Sep 1642. He had a first wife Elizabeth in Eng who bore 2 maybe 3 children: Eliz who married Henry Rice. and John who m. Ann Smith da. John.

John Moore in 1610 at Henham, Essex, d. 6 January 1673/74 He married Bridget (?). John Moore Sr died on 6 January 1673/74 at Sudbury, MA; (literally 73). He estate was probated on 7 April 1674. He left a will on 25 August 1668 at Sudbury, MA, mentioning eldest son John of Lancaster, sons William, Jacob, Joseph, and Benjamin, eldest daughter Elizabeth Rice, daughters Mary Stone and Lydia Cutler, and executrix wife Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Whale died on 1 Dec 1690 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.. She was married to John Moore c1625 in perhaps Henham, Essex

MORLE
family of Henham area. Hannah MORLE born c 1800 m. BenjaminCHAPMAN in 1824 at Bishops Stortford.

MOSS male, born at Henham in Essex in 1757 and by 1780 was living near Kendal, Westmorland.

MOULTON
Dorothy MOULTON, Lady Mayer, 1886-1974 b. London Aug. 24, 1886; d. Henham, Essex , on June 24, 1974

NEVILLE Click on the name to be redirected

NEWMAN Charles Peter NEWMAN marries Betsy Day (her mother is Susannah nee Rickett)

NORWOOD
Agnes Ann NORWOOD born1547, Chickney, Essex. Died 23 Mar 1626 in HenhamEssex. She married Philemon Whale on 4 Sep 1581 in Great Canfield, Essex, Eng

ORGER
William ORGER born c.1832 in Henham, Essex; farmer employing 5 men 2 boys in 1881 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk

PAITEN

PENNINGTON and PENNINGTON HALL

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Pennington was born in 1489 in Henham, Essex, He died before 1557 in Henham, Essex,. He was buried before 1557 in Henham, Essex. He had the following children:

Richard Pennington was born about 1519 in Henham, Essex . He died after 1592.

Thomas Pennington was born about 1521 in Tottenham

William Pennington was born about 1523 in Henham, Essex. He was buried on November 11th 1592 in St. Benet’s Gracechurch St. Pennington Pedigrees indicates birth c. 1514. He was married to Alice Woodcock (born about 1527 in Henham, Essex, ) Alice Woodcock was buried on October 9, 1607 in St. Benet’s, Gracechurch St. William Pennington and Alice Woodcock had the following children:

Jacob, Robert (born about 1550), Arthur, William Pennington, Thomas

Robert Pennington was born about 1525 in Henham, Essex

OLD PHILADELPHIA FAMILIES XLVII Penington

The family of Penington (formerly spelled Pennington) of Henham, County Essex, and of Amersham, County Bucks (Buckinghamshire) in, and afterward of Philadelphia, begins with one Penington who was buried at Henham before 1557: a cadet of the ancient family of Pennington of Pennington, Lancashire, and of Muncaster, County Cumberland, which had held those manors since the time of Gamel de Penington, of Penington and Muncaster, who flourished in the reign of King Henry II, and who were created Baronets in 1676, and Barons Muncaster in1783. The connection with the main stem of Muncaster is alluded to in the will of this Penington of Henham’s great grandson, Admiral Sir John Pennington who mentions therein his cousin, William Pennington of Muncaster, and who was buried at Muncaster as a relative of that family.

This first Penington of Henham had, among other children, three sons -
Thomas Pennington, of Tottenham High Cross, County Middlesex, Gentleman;
William Pennington of London (ancestor of the Philadelphia Peningtons,) and
Robert Pennington, of Plegedon, in the Parish ofHenham, County Essex .

The latter, whose will was dated August 20, 1557, and who was buried at Henham August 28 of the same year, was grandfather of Admiral Sir John Pennington, whose father, also named Robert, purchased land in Henham and Elsenham in 1567, and was buried at Henham November 22, 1612. The Admiral’s mother was Margaret Barfoot, whose family held Lambourne Hall in Essex . She was buried at Henham September 22, 1579. Robert and Margaret Pennington’s eldest son was another Robert, who married a kinswoman of Dean Newell; the Admiral was the second; and there were other children, a son Josias, and several daughters.

Admiral Sir John Pennington, of King Charles I’s Fleet, was also Treasurer of His Majesty’s Navy, and one of the Gentlemen of His Majesty’s Privy Chamber in Ordinary, Captain of Sandown Castle; knighted on board H.M.S. Unicorn April 14, 1634. He was baptised at Henham, January 30, 1568, and died unmarried in September 1646.

William Pennington, elder brother of the Admiral’s grandfather, was born at Henham, County Essex; was a citizen of London in 1557, andwas buried at St. Benet’s, Gracechurch Street, London, November 11, 1592. His widow, Alice Pennington was interred at the same place,October 9, 1607, the burial notice speaking of her as “an ancient householder.” The children of Alice and William Pennington were eight in number, to wit:

Jacob, Robert, Arthur, William, Mary, Thomas a daughter, name unknown, who married Daniel Shetterdon, and Anne.

PHILLIPS
Peter PHILLIPS, uncle, widower, aged 69, retired farm bailiff in Henham, Essex1891 Census for Cheshunt
Hertfordshire re Hatton Road

PINSTHORPE
Ralph PINSTHORPE De Henham was rector ofSt Mary At The Walls, Colchester in 1385

PRIOR
Thomas PRIOR married Martha and they had at least six children all baptised in Henham, Essex:

James bap. 23 Aug 1772, died before 1778
Martha bap. 18 Feb 1776 & died before 1789
James bap. 30 May 1778
Stephen bap. 11 Jul 1779
Martha bap. 26 Jul 1789, married Daniel HAYDEN, 18 Oct 1808 in Henham, Essex;
Sarah bap. 13 Nov 1791

REYNOLDS - Anna REYNOLDS was born 1602 in. ., married Edward ELTONHEAD

RICKETT - Lydia and James RICKETT came from Henham or Little Henham and had a daughter Susannah

RUSSELL
Elizabeth RUSSELL, Wife’s Mother, Widow 65 Annuitant Henham Essex. Taken from Evenlode 1871 census, Worcs

SALMON
William SALMON born 1850 Takeley, Essex; married Mary (?) born 1851 Henham, Essex

SERCOMBE
Muriel Dorothy SERCOMBE, b. 22 May 1884 at Henham, Essex, chr. 14 Jan 1887 at Hockerill. In 1891, living with her mother

SOUTHERN
Jane SOUTHERN, mother-in-law, m., 74, B. Essex, Henham. From 1851: The Whole of the Township of Hartford

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SNOW

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STAINES
Richard STAINES, husbandman, of Stratford Langthorne, where he had lived about six years, previously at Theydon Bois about 15 years and at Henham, aged 42

STALLEY
Obed STALLEY b. 1799 Henham, Essex; m. Mary Harvey 29 Nov 1823 Thaxted. Died June 1886 Essex .

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STERRY
Wasey STERRY was an anglican clergyman and served many years as vicar at Shenfield, Essex, before his transfer in 1777 to be vicar of Henham, Essex, where he died at the age of 44 in 1779. Lived at Eastbury Hall. Went to St John’s College, Oxford . Matriculated 10 July1753, aged 18; Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford , 1753-66; B.A. 1757; M.A. 1761. (Alumni Oxonienses 1715-1886) , of Eastbury House, Barking, Essex, and Vicar of Henham, Essex. Lived all adult life at Romford, Essex. He attended the Felstead School, at Felstead near Chelmsford, in the 1780s. He was already an attorney and was residing at Stanford, Surrey, when in 1790 he married Mary Davis, then a resident of Bermondsey.
Marriage appears in the Gentleman’s Magazine 1795, p1054, Dec 8: “At St Thomas ’s Southwark, Mr Sterry, surgeon, of Bermondsey-square, to Miss Dowley, daughter of the late Mr John D. of Fish-street-hill”. There is also an IGI entry for this marriage: 1795 Dec 8 Samuel Henry Sterry and Mary Dowley at Henham, Essex

Wasey STERRY (Rev.) ABT. 1734 - 1 Feb 1779 Occupation 1753, Vicar of Henham, Essex, Fellow of St John’s Coll. Oxford, BIRTH: ABT. 1734 , DEATH: 1 Feb 1779, Henham, Essex, EVENT: Baptised: 25 Aug 1734, St Thomas, Southwark, Surrey, England,BURIAL: Henham Churchyard, Essex

STOCK
Richard STOCK born c 1798 Henham Essex

SULLEN
1686 christened Sullen Mary daughter of Richard and Anne Henham, Essex
1688 christened Sullen son of Richard and Anne Henham, Essex
1691 christened Sullen Richard son of Richard and Anne Henham, Essex

THURSTAN

Will of THURSTAN

A.D. 1043 x 1045. Will of Thurstan, son of Wine, including bequests of land at Wimbish, Essex, to Christ Church, Canterbury;at Harlow, Essex (except the half hide at Ealing Bridge in Harlow which Ælfwine had), and Shouldham, Norfolk, to Bury St Edmunds; land at Wetheringsett, Suffolk, and at Knapwell, Cambs., to Ely abbey; land at Weston Colville, Cambs., toÆthelswith, for life, with reversion to Ely; land at Shouldham, Norfolk, to Ramsey and St Benedict’s at Holme; land at Borough Green, Cambs., to Ulfketel, if he outlives Thurstan, except a half hide at Westley Waterless and 1 hide at Dullingham (granted to Thurstan’s servant, Viking); land in Norfolk and at Pentlow, Ashdon and Essex, to his wife Æthelgyth (except land at Bromleg [possibly Bromley Barn in Widdington] and half a hide at to go to the local minsters); land at Kedington,Suffolk, to the priest Ælfwig and Thurstan’s chaplains Thurstan and Ordheah; land at Little Dunmow, Essex, to Merewine and his family; and instructions that land at Bidicheseye (? Bottisham, Cambs.) was to be sold and payments made to a number of beneficiaries. With an additional section detailing further bequests, including the reversion of land at Essex, toÆthelswith and then to Ely abbey; a half hide at Ongar, Essex, to Thurgot, his servant; a half hide and a haga near Marden Ashin High Ongar, Essex, to Merewine; and a half hide to Swegn.

English.

Archive:
Bury St Edmunds

MSS:
1. Cambridge

Note.
Issued in triplicate, with copies kept by Bury St Edmunds, Ely and the household of the testator.

TURNER Family Wills  Click on the name to be redirected. See below also.

TURNER
Martha TURNER was born 1859 Brickfields Waterloo and married Charles Clarke 1879 Alexandria . They had ten children and moved to Bowral after WW1. Martha Turner’s parents were John Turner and Susan Brand, who migrated from Henham, Essex in 1852.

WEBB
David WEBB, on the 1901 Census at 84, Catharine Street, Cambridge. David was born at Bottisham CAM in 1864. He married Rebecca (nee NAPTHIN) in 1888 and he worked as a signalman, later station master, on the Great Eastern Railway. Their children were

Frederick H WEBB, born 1889, Willingham Cambs
Sidney A WEBB, born 1891, Henham, Essex
Florence E WEBB, born 1893, Henham Essex
Alice S WEBB, 6, born 1895, Fen Ditton Cambs

WHITE
Amanda Sarah Everett nee White advises us that her father is Alfred Edward White, who grew up on Crow Street in Henham before he left to join the RAF. His sister was Daphne Lydia. Amanda’s grandparents were Albert Charles & Mable Lydia White and both are buried at St Mary’s in Henham. Amanda’s great granddad was Alfred White, journeyman baker on the 1901 census. Her father recalls that Alfred lived with him on Crow Street opposite the school.

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WILLIS

1.Marianne WILLIS was born in Henham Essex
2.Charlotte WILLIS
3.Charles WILLIS (Henry) was born in 1780 & christened on 19 Mar 1780 in Great Bardfield Essex . He was buried in Chickney. Charles was employed as Carrier. He married (1) Charlotte BUSH daughter of James BUSH and Mary SHED on 17 Jan 1815 in Henham Essex . Charlotte was born in 1792. She was christened on 16 Sep 1792 in Henham Essex . They had the following children:

1.Samuel WILLIS was christened on 27 May 1817 in Henham Essex
2.Mary Anne WILLIS was born in 1816. She was christened on 28 Jan 1816 in Henham Essex
3.Hester WILLIS was born in Henham Essex. She was christened on 29 Aug 1819 in Henham Essex
4.Susan WILLIS born 1821 in Henham Essex. christened on 12 Jun 1821 in Henham Essex
5.Dan WILLIS (Charles, Henry) born in 1823 in Henham, Essex & baptized on 2 Feb 1823 in Henham, Essex. He died on 1 Feb 1886 in The Firs, Theydon Garnon, Essex. He was buried on 4 Feb 1886 in Theydon Garnon, Essex. He married Caroline COOPER on 24 Aug 1845 in St Marys Whitechapel Middlesex. He was employed as Farmer & Haydealer.

6.Mary WILLIS was born in 1815 in Henham, Essex. She later married George SAGGS born 1808 in Farnham (baptised 27 Dec. 1808 at Farnham), and in the 1881 Census they were living in Bishop’s Stortford. George SAGGS, reads - George son of Elizabeth (wife of Alexander) by James DELLOW Sen.N.B. Alex Saggs a soldier quartered in Ireland - So he wasn’t really a Saggs although he took the name. James’ wife Sarah was buried on April 2nd. 1806 incidentally. Mary Ann (daughter of Charles and Charlotte WILLIS) was baptised on
28th Jan. 1816 in Henham.

YARROW
Helen Laura DRING was born January 25, 1858 in Over, Cambridge and died December 8, 1930 in
Wakefield, Clay, Kansas. She married ALFRED YARROW April 13, 1881 in Wakefield, Clay, Kansas, the son of JAMES YARROW and MARY PHILLIPS. He was born October 21, 1854 in Henham Essex and died May 16, 1926 in Wakefield, Clay, Kansas. Their children were:-

i. ALFRED WILLIAM YARROW, b. February 21, 1882, Wakefield, Clay, Kansas; d. August 11, 1973.

ii. ELLEN LAURA YARROW, b. July 18, 1883; d. March 29, 1961.

iii. PHOEBE GRACE YARROW, b. August 13, 1884; d. January 10, 1912.

iv. FRANK ERNEST YARROW, b. November 15, 1885; d. December 15, 1975.

v. JAMES GIFFORD YARROW, b. April 1, 1887, Wakefield, Clay, Kansas; d. March 5, 1961.

vi. ALECK ROWLAND YARROW, b. April 9, 1889; d. May 18, 1926.

vii. HORACE YARROW, b. January 7, 1891; d. April 21, 1946.

viii. CHARLES NATHANIEL YARROW, b. October 15, 1893; d. June 6, 1985.

ix. GEORGE LAWRENCE YARROW, b. January 10, 1896; d. November 30, 1987.