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Richard PIKE of Newbury
« on: Tuesday 17 October 06 00:54 BST (UK) »
I'm wondering if anybody has information about a Richard PIKE of Newbury, born in 1598.  His son Richard gave rise to a prominent family in Cork, Ireland.

One thing that has me a bit confused are the occasional statements that Richard (born in 1598) was "Sir Richard".  However, I have not yet found any authoritative/reliable references.

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Re: Richard PIKE of Newbury
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 October 06 20:17 BST (UK) »
You say "of Newbury" - where does this come form - there are no PIKEs baptised in Newbury, Berkshire in that period. Could it be another Newbury (Somerset, Kent or Wiltshire)?  Or even Newby?

Of course he may not have been baptised in the parish church (Catholic perhaps).

After a quick bit of googling I see there are possible links to Somerset but a fair way from Newbury . . . . . .
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Re: Richard PIKE of Newbury
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 18 October 06 21:53 BST (UK) »
Richard is described as "of Newbury, Berks" in a number of places, including in Burke's.  Several of his descendants were Quakers, so perhaps he might have been as well.

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  PREST / PRICE / PRIEST (in Cranborne, Dorset)
  PIKE (in Poole, Dorset as well as Portsmouth, Hampshire)

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Re: Richard PIKE of Newbury
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 October 06 00:22 BST (UK) »
1598 (is see 1589 in other references) is too early for the Quakers and I don't think there was any organised nonconformists in Newbury that far back. They did burn some protestants in 1556 and a Lollard in 1518 - pleasant times Sad

He could have become a Quaker late in life (Quakers date from around 1650) - by that time Newbury in Massachussetts had already been founded by puritan emigrants from the Newbury, Berks area. One of these, Benjamin Woodbridge became the first graduate of Harvard in 1634 - he later returned to Newbury Berks and became Rector of the parish.
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