Baptismal rec. of Boston schoolmaster Philemon Pormort/ Purm

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John Brandon

Baptismal rec. of Boston schoolmaster Philemon Pormort/ Purm

Legg inn av John Brandon » 28 sep 2006 20:51:50

In Savage's _Genealogical Dictionary_ we read of one

[PORTMORT, etc.], PHILEMON, Boston, adm. of the ch. with w. Susan, near
the end of Aug. 1634, prob. brot. one ch. if not more, was freem. 6 May
1635, and the first gram. sch.-master, had Lazarus, b. 28 Feb. bapt. 6
Mar. 1636; Ann, 5, bapt. 15 Apr. 1638; favored the cause of
Wheelwright, and followed him to Exeter and aft. to Wells, had letters
of dism. from our ch. Jan. 1639; but prob. came back, aft. prob. not a
few yrs. had Pedaiah, b. 3 June 1640; his w. d. 29 Dec. 1642; and by
sec. w. Elizabeth had Martha, bapt. 29 May, but town rec. says b. 16
June 1653. His d. Elizabeth b. prob. in Eng. m. 24 Nov. 1652, Nathaniel
Adams; but ano. pretend. rec. says Samuel Norden, in Geneal. Reg. XI.
202. Great variety is found in the letters or sound of this first
sch.master's name, as Porment, Pormet, Purmount, etc. In Allen's Biogr.
Dict. the trouble is avoid. but not in a satisfactory manner.

Presumably he is the child in the baptism listed below (from the
extracted I.G.I.):

Saint James, Grimsby, co. Lincoln

--PHILEMON PORMORT, son of Thomas, bapt. 19 Nov. 1598

Men called William and Lion Pormort were also having children baptized
in this same church in the period.

Pages 13-14 of the _Purmort Genealogy_ mentions that a Pormort family
was in the 1562-64 Lincs. Visitation. See
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/docum ... 5852&REC=1
.. Page 15 of this genealogy shows Philemon, his father Thomas, and
imaginatively-named brothers Phineas and Vincent. In light of the
somewhat outlandish naming choices of the father, surely the baptism
below is one of the family, as well:

Toynton St. Peter, Lincoln, co. Lincoln

--PERICLEES PARMORTH, son of Thomas, bapt. 13 Aug. 1595

John Brandon

Re: Baptismal rec. of Boston schoolmaster Philemon Pormort/

Legg inn av John Brandon » 29 sep 2006 00:46:18

The extracted marriage record of his parents is also in the IGI:

St James, Great Grimsby, co. Lincoln [Batch M163221]

--Thomas Pormore to Dorothie Dawson, 4 Nov. 1591


The following record, from the Massingberd Mundy papers on A2A, is also
interesting (remember that there was a "Lion" Pormort in the family)
....

Title Deeds - ref. 1MM/1

Title deeds Swaby

FILE - Deedpoll of grant, bargain and sale - ref. 1MM/1/13/1
- date: 1 October 1589
[from Scope and Content] Lyon Skipwith, gent., of Skinnard to
George Pormort, gent., of Raithby.

Chris Dickinson

Re: Baptismal rec. of Boston schoolmaster Philemon Pormort/

Legg inn av Chris Dickinson » 29 sep 2006 01:38:11

John Brandon wrote:

<snip>
Men called William and Lion Pormort were also having children baptized
in this same church in the period.

Pages 13-14 of the _Purmort Genealogy_ mentions that a Pormort family
was in the 1562-64 Lincs. Visitation. See
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/docum ... 5852&REC=1
. Page 15 of this genealogy shows Philemon, his father Thomas, and
imaginatively-named brothers Phineas and Vincent. In light of the
somewhat outlandish naming choices of the father, surely the baptism
below is one of the family, as well:

Toynton St. Peter, Lincoln, co. Lincoln

--PERICLEES PARMORTH, son of Thomas, bapt. 13 Aug. 1595

and

snip
The following record, from the Massingberd Mundy papers on A2A, is also
interesting (remember that there was a "Lion" Pormort in the family)
snip



Not so outlandish apart from Pericles!

The use of the name Vincent may possibly give a clue to the origin of the
family. The church at Burton in Lincolnshire was dedicated to St Vincent [it
was common practice to use the local saint as a forename].

It may be that the 'Lion' or 'Lyon' or 'Lyons' was originally a surname
adopted as a forename - and that 'Pericles' was adopted as a witticism by a
man who had read his Herodotus. If 'Lion' was a local surname, then its
appearance in another family does not suggest any blood relationship.

That doesn't explain Philemon or Phineas, but it might be worth looking to
see whether they were common in the area.


Chris

John Brandon

Re: Baptismal rec. of Boston schoolmaster Philemon Pormort/

Legg inn av John Brandon » 29 sep 2006 16:35:55

Toynton St. Peter, Lincoln, co. Lincoln

--PERICLEES PARMORTH, son of Thomas, bapt. 13 Aug. 1595

Correction: Toynton St. Peter is a town in Lincolnshire, not a church
within the city of Lincoln. Toynton St. Peter is quite distant from
the city of Lincoln, but rather close to Raithby, where George Pormort,
gent., of the A2A extract, resided. I don't find a place called
Skinnard (where Lyon Skipwith was living). Any ideas?

The use of the forname "Lyon" in Lincolnshire families of this period
often indicates some descent--however remote--from the
Welles-Dymoke-Skipwith family cluster. I stand by my opinion that a
man who had sons Phineas, Philemon, and Pericles preferred peculiar
names. Note that schoolmaster Philemon Pormort had a son Pedaiah born
in New England. Maybe this was to save on the monogramming of towels
and pillowcases, since everyone was "P.P."

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