Author Topic: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580  (Read 1810 times)

Offline sdbadger

  • RootsChat Senior
  • ****
  • Posts: 468
  • Over there ... I will find them over there....
    • View Profile
Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« on: Friday 19 May 17 20:33 BST (UK) »
Trying to locate more information on my 9th-g-grandmother Sarah BURGES' family. Her father was Jacob (not James as is often found in trees) BURGES, as proven by his will.

Jacob died in 1590 and his will calls William MERRIAM (1564-1635) his son-in-law. He also names other sons-in-law but I haven't researched other daughters.

Would very much appreciate from anyone with BURGES or BURGESS in the 1500s on in the Goudhurst and Tudley, Kent, areas.
LUFF:  Illinois; Middx; Surrey; Berks
HEARNE:  Kent; Norfolk
HATHAWAY:  USA; Gloucestershire
OVENDEN:  Kent
WELLER:  Kent
SIMKINS:  Berks
WILLIAMS:  Bucks
CHARLEWOOD/CHARLWOOD:  Berks
HOPKINS: Gloucestershire
GILBERT: USA; Somersetshire
COCKS: Berks (?)

© yada ... yada ... yada

Offline bearkat

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,586
    • View Profile
Re: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 20 May 17 13:21 BST (UK) »
There are some parish record transcriptions for Goudhurst online

http://www.goudhurstlocalhistorysociety.org/parish-registers/

Baptisms:  November 1558 – April 1929       
Marriages: November 1558 – June 1929
Burials: November 1558 – September 1938

The Kent Feet of Fines for Phillip & Mary mentions a Rob BURGES who sold land in Goudhurst & Lenham.

http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/Records/KRNS4-1.pdf

The document is searchable.

Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
 All UK census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Offline sdbadger

  • RootsChat Senior
  • ****
  • Posts: 468
  • Over there ... I will find them over there....
    • View Profile
Re: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 20 May 17 17:35 BST (UK) »
Thanks so much, bear! Miss you in chat!  ;D
LUFF:  Illinois; Middx; Surrey; Berks
HEARNE:  Kent; Norfolk
HATHAWAY:  USA; Gloucestershire
OVENDEN:  Kent
WELLER:  Kent
SIMKINS:  Berks
WILLIAMS:  Bucks
CHARLEWOOD/CHARLWOOD:  Berks
HOPKINS: Gloucestershire
GILBERT: USA; Somersetshire
COCKS: Berks (?)

© yada ... yada ... yada

Offline bstauf

  • RootsChat Extra
  • **
  • Posts: 10
  • Germany, Czech Rep, Austria, UK, Sweden
    • View Profile
Re: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« Reply #3 on: Friday 19 October 18 01:19 BST (UK) »
Hi, I'm a Burges(s) descendant and did not know that Sarah's father was Jacob as opposed to James.  You mentioned the will of Jacob, do you have a copy or can you point me to one?
Thanks!
ESSEX - Archer, Clarke, Whipple
GLOUC - Crandall, Frame
HAMPS - Noyes
KENT - Apse, Burges, Goldstone, Goodhue, Merriam
LINCS - Colby
SUFFOLK - Godbold, Kimball, Scott, Walter
WARWICK - Alcock, Belcher/Belsher, Gunne


Family tree at https://gw.geneanet.org/lstauf29_w?i=0&iz=0&lang=en&n=stauf&oc=0&p=bradley+wayne&type=tree (user = lstauf29)

and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/110981848/family/pedigree?cfpid=100086190802&selnode=1 (user 29lms)


Offline bstauf

  • RootsChat Extra
  • **
  • Posts: 10
  • Germany, Czech Rep, Austria, UK, Sweden
    • View Profile
Re: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« Reply #4 on: Friday 19 October 18 13:08 BST (UK) »
Sdbadger, I saw your message offering a copy of the will, thanks!  My messaging function seems to be broken right now, I don't have the ability to reply and one message made my inbox 100% full.  I've got a request in to the support team to check this out.
Meanwhile I actually found a copy of the will on ancestry.com and tried to upload it to this thread last night but now I don't see any sign of those files so maybe it's a related problem on my account.
ESSEX - Archer, Clarke, Whipple
GLOUC - Crandall, Frame
HAMPS - Noyes
KENT - Apse, Burges, Goldstone, Goodhue, Merriam
LINCS - Colby
SUFFOLK - Godbold, Kimball, Scott, Walter
WARWICK - Alcock, Belcher/Belsher, Gunne


Family tree at https://gw.geneanet.org/lstauf29_w?i=0&iz=0&lang=en&n=stauf&oc=0&p=bradley+wayne&type=tree (user = lstauf29)

and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/110981848/family/pedigree?cfpid=100086190802&selnode=1 (user 29lms)

Offline sarah

  • Administrator
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 17,685
  • RootsChat Co-Founder
    • View Profile
Re: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« Reply #5 on: Friday 19 October 18 16:23 BST (UK) »
Hi bstauf,

New members do not get access to the PM function until they have made a couple of posts, you should be ok now.

Regards

Sarah
For Help on how to post an Image on RootsChat
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=459330.0

If you have been helped on RootsChat be sure to spread the word!

UK Census info. Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Offline bstauf

  • RootsChat Extra
  • **
  • Posts: 10
  • Germany, Czech Rep, Austria, UK, Sweden
    • View Profile
Re: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« Reply #6 on: Friday 19 October 18 16:29 BST (UK) »
Thanks very much Sarah!
Brad
ESSEX - Archer, Clarke, Whipple
GLOUC - Crandall, Frame
HAMPS - Noyes
KENT - Apse, Burges, Goldstone, Goodhue, Merriam
LINCS - Colby
SUFFOLK - Godbold, Kimball, Scott, Walter
WARWICK - Alcock, Belcher/Belsher, Gunne


Family tree at https://gw.geneanet.org/lstauf29_w?i=0&iz=0&lang=en&n=stauf&oc=0&p=bradley+wayne&type=tree (user = lstauf29)

and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/110981848/family/pedigree?cfpid=100086190802&selnode=1 (user 29lms)

Offline bstauf

  • RootsChat Extra
  • **
  • Posts: 10
  • Germany, Czech Rep, Austria, UK, Sweden
    • View Profile
Re: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« Reply #7 on: Friday 19 October 18 16:47 BST (UK) »
Back to the Burges thread, an ancestry.com member posted that the Daniel Piper mentioned as son-in-law in the will of Jacob Burges had married Jacob's daughter Margaret but offered no source citations and then seems to have deleted that post on the forum.

Modifying prior post: Merriam Genealogy in England & America includes the 1616 Tonbridge will of Robert Piper/Pyper, clothier.  He has a wife Margaret, brother Daniel Piper (likely the one above) and "brother in law" William Merriam so one possibility is that Robert married William's sister Margaret Merriam.  However, the will also lists the deceased grandsire of (at least) his 3 eldest daughters, John Hablett.  That implies his wife is Margaret Hablett, not Margaret Merriam.  Or else he had a prior wife, or Margaret had a prior husband Hablett who gave her 3 children.

No luck yet on finding any supporting records.
ESSEX - Archer, Clarke, Whipple
GLOUC - Crandall, Frame
HAMPS - Noyes
KENT - Apse, Burges, Goldstone, Goodhue, Merriam
LINCS - Colby
SUFFOLK - Godbold, Kimball, Scott, Walter
WARWICK - Alcock, Belcher/Belsher, Gunne


Family tree at https://gw.geneanet.org/lstauf29_w?i=0&iz=0&lang=en&n=stauf&oc=0&p=bradley+wayne&type=tree (user = lstauf29)

and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/110981848/family/pedigree?cfpid=100086190802&selnode=1 (user 29lms)

Offline bearkat

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,586
    • View Profile
Re: Sarah BURGES, Goudhurst, Kent, m. William MERRIAM 1580
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 20 October 18 15:27 BST (UK) »
Have you seen this (or perhaps it's your post)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59810753/william-merriam
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
 All UK census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk