Ewers of Hatfield Broad Oak, Uttlesford

[hanes teulu]

Thanks.
I had found this quite intriguing
http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_family/hist_family_ievers/ievers_4.html 

[nannyj]

Wow. Regicide ... A claim to fame indeed!

[TheNineteenth]

It is intriguing, yes. Lots of that text is in line with what I've already found, but some of it seems very elaborated upon. Thanks for the link, tho. I'll try and thread some of it into my history.

And yes, a regicide. Weirdly, these Ewers are the ancestors of my Irish Catholic peasant farmer ancestry. Painful to note, given what Cromwell did to that country.

Weirdly, I've also hit another regicide on another line of my tree - an English line this time. John Disbrowe, who was actually Cromwell's brother in law!

It feels fair pay off to have reached two regicides after 17 years of genealogy and never finding anyone more famous than yeoman and vicars before!

[hanes teulu]

Had Isaac survived til the Restoration, and suffered the fate of hanging, drawing and quartering, would it now be a case of your having 4 "part" skeletons in the cupboard?

[TheNineteenth]

Indeed. A "lucky" escape. But his lands ended up remaining with the family, anyway. Which is surprising.

Unbelievably, my other regicide ancestor was let off at his trial and lived til 1680. No idea why they weren't harsher with him...

[hanes teulu]

Title - The History of King Killers;The 30th January commemmorated; containing the lives of thirty one fanatick saints, famous for treason, rebellion &c
Published - 1719

ISAAC EWER  REGICIDE COLONEL
" ... I said that he was an obscure Traytor, meaning in Relation to his other Actions, before those here mention'd, for as to his Birth, he was of an ancient Family in Yorkshire, the Patrimony whereof had been so wasted, that he, being a younger brother, had scarce any other way left to get Bread, but by the Sword, and being ill inclin'd, and worse educated to the Rebel Party, without Regard to Justice or Honour ..."

(There are searchable, e. versions of this publication - but I have not been able to find Isaac's entry within them)

[TheNineteenth]

Unfortunately that whole document does seem to be quite fantastical. The Yorkshire family to which it refers are extremely unlikely to be relations of this Hatfield lot...