William Eltonhead

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William Eltonhead

Legg inn av Gjest » 27 apr 2006 22:11:01

Dear Vickie,

Thank you so much for your correction about Jane Gerrard. As you noted she
was in actuality Jane Fenwick the wife of (1) Thomas Smith (2) Thomas Taylor
(3) William Eltonhead.

The point you brought up about which William Eltonhead was married to Jane
Fenwick deserves a thread of its own.

There seems to be much confusion over the actual identity of William
Eltonhead who owned several thousand acres of land in St. Mary's County, Maryland
and was executed by the Puritans after being captured in the Battle of Severn
on March 25, 1655.

1. The will of Cuthbert Fenwick dated March 6, 1654 refers to "brother
Eltonhead". This could mean either " the brother of his wife Jane Eltonhead" or
"the husband of his sister Jane Fenwick". This is a non- definitive document
which can interpreted to support the case for either son or brother of Richard
Eltonhead of Prescott, Lancashire.

2. In 1664 three separate cases were brought before the Provincial Council
of Maryland involving the will and estate of William Eltonhead. A verbal will
was testified to by John Anderton, who later married William Eltonhead's
step-daughter Gertrude Smith. According to Anderton, William Eltonhead left his
estate to his wife Jane Fenwick Eltonhead with remembrances to Richard and
Robert Fenwick, sons of Cuthbert Fenwick, and therefore his nephews. The
other two suits deal with the disposition of land called " Rich Neck" which
according to Thomas Taylor, step-son of William Eltonhead, was left to him when
his mother died and John Anderton was a tenant of this property. The case was
finally decided in Anderton's favor as no written will was located for
William Eltonhead. None of these suits show any indication of William Eltonhead's
ancestry.

3. Edward Eltonhead also resided in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He held the
manor of "Great Eltonhead" which was a grant of 5000 acres that he was
given in 1652. He also held a warrant for another 10,000 of land which he asked
that William Eltonhead put through channels for him. William Eltonhead held
the manor of "Little Eltonhead" which was 2000 acres granted to him in 1649
[Letter patent granted in 1648]. According to "Virginia Genealogies - A
Genealogy of the Glassell Family," by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden (Genealogical Pub.
Co., Baltimore, 1966) p.228: Edward Eltonhead was of Hadem Ham in the Isle of
Ely and also Examiner High Court of Chancery. Noel Currier-Briggs places
Edward Eltonhead as the Brother of Richard Eltonhead of Lancashire and therefore
the son of William Eltonhead by his wife Anne Bowers. He was buried June
6, 1660 in Temple Church, London. He left a PCC will dated 16 September 1657
in which he named his brothers John Eltonhead and Richard Eltonhead. He refers
to his nephew William Eltonhead, son of His brother John Eltonhead as still
alive. He also refers to his cousin William Eltonhead of the Middle Temple [
he died and left a PCC will dated 1662]. This also does not answer the
question of William Eltonhead's ancestry.

Would anyone with other documentation please post it so we can attempt to
resolve this.

Best regards,
MichaelAnne

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