Richard Mayotte, Eleanor Wroughton and the Paulets

[andynobes]

Hi everyone,

There seems to be some conflicting information out there on the link between the Mayottes, Wroughtons and Paulets. My family tree goes back to Richard Alan Mathews Mayotte (1515-1579) who was the Mayor of Abingdon. He married somebody called Eleanor Wroughton (1510-1614).

Because I naively followed some tips on Ancestry.co.uk via family trees, it made a link with the Paulet family: Eleanor's father was Sir Giles Wroughton and Katherine Paulet. Great, I thought, a family link with the Marques of Winchester! But then i saw the slightly odd timeline for her parents:

Sir Giles Wroughton (1564-1626) & Katherine Paulet (1566-1613).

I then looked at some other family trees which stated her parents were:

Sir Giles Wroughton (1480–1520) & Katherine Paulette (1490–)

These dates seem more likely, but were there really two consecutive Sir Giles Wroughtons and Katherine Paulets?? There is a lot less information out there about the earlier 'Katherine Paulette'.

Thanks for any insight you can give.
Andy

[trish1120]

Are you sure Eleanor lived to age 104?

Trish

[andynobes]

I did wonder about that!

This is the source: https://gw.geneanet.org/framptonrgig?n=wroughton&oc=&p=eleanor

Even Geneanet thinks the 'great age at death' is an inconsistency!

[trish1120]

I'm not surprised

Welcome to Rootschat.

I am sure someone will be on line to help you soon.

[maddys52]

Welcome to RootsChat from me too.

You have possibly seen Richard's will. OFHS have transcribed a number of wills including Richard's. There is also the will of Katherine AWDELET (1539) which mentions Eleanor WROUGHTON, and also an Amy MAYOTT.
http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/az/wtext/awdelet_002.html

Doesn't really help with her parentage, however maybe there is a family connection to the AWDELETs?