Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
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John Brandon
Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
*For the back story, see my posting from April of this year:
The wife of American immigrant Rev. Ephraim Hewitt/ Huett of
Connecticut is said to be one Isabel Overton, daughter of Rev.
Valentine Overton of Bedworth, Warwickshire. The following source also
shows he was an archdeacon of Derby ...
http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8& ... ne+overton
The extracted IGI for Solihull, Warwickshire, shows the following
baptisms (no father listed):
Elizabethe Overton, bapt. 5 Nov. 1592
Richarde Overton, bapt. 14 July 1594
Isabell Overton, bapt. 1 May 1596
Valentine Overton, bapt. 7 June 1597
I wonder if Valentine Overton had been at Solihull for a short time
before serving at Bedworth. (Solihull was the home parish of New
England settler Edmond Hawes, as well).
See also ...
http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8& ... NN2euf4W30
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The notion that Rev. Ephraim Hewitt married into the Overton-Clarke
circle of ministers is not far-fetched on the face of it. See the
following Google Books link that shows Ephraim Huitt wrote a pamphlet,
the dedication being finished for him (after he was in New England) by
William Overton, Samuel Clarke, and Simeon Ashe.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0 ... -AHR4PDujg
Katherine, daughter of Valentine Overton, was wife of Rev. Samuel
Clarke, and famous as an intensely religious woman among the Puritans.
Her biography is found in Thomas Gibbons' _Memoirs of Eminently Pious
Women_. Gibbons states that her mother's maiden name was "Isaverton,"
which might be questioned, based on how closely it resembles "Overton"
(as well as the fact that I do not find it at all in the IGI). Further
down, however, there is possibly a valuable clue to the family
connections of the Isaverton-Overtons: "When she [Catherine] was about
seventeen years old, she was sent by her parents to Siwell, in
Northamptonshire, to wait upon a young lady who was somewhat related to
her." On the next page, we hear from Catherine herself that her
mistress was a "'gentlewoman ... the only daughter of Sir W. W.'"
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... ne+overton
So who was Sir W. W. living at Siwell, Northamptonshire, circa 1620?
N.B. Rev. Samuel Clarke's wife was another of Valentine Overton's
daughters ...
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0-cfK ... ne+overton
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0bbVK ... hraim+huit
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC5 ... hraim+huit
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0 ... VgcSh2IS4s
The wife of American immigrant Rev. Ephraim Hewitt/ Huett of
Connecticut is said to be one Isabel Overton, daughter of Rev.
Valentine Overton of Bedworth, Warwickshire. The following source also
shows he was an archdeacon of Derby ...
http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8& ... ne+overton
The extracted IGI for Solihull, Warwickshire, shows the following
baptisms (no father listed):
Elizabethe Overton, bapt. 5 Nov. 1592
Richarde Overton, bapt. 14 July 1594
Isabell Overton, bapt. 1 May 1596
Valentine Overton, bapt. 7 June 1597
I wonder if Valentine Overton had been at Solihull for a short time
before serving at Bedworth. (Solihull was the home parish of New
England settler Edmond Hawes, as well).
See also ...
http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8& ... NN2euf4W30
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The notion that Rev. Ephraim Hewitt married into the Overton-Clarke
circle of ministers is not far-fetched on the face of it. See the
following Google Books link that shows Ephraim Huitt wrote a pamphlet,
the dedication being finished for him (after he was in New England) by
William Overton, Samuel Clarke, and Simeon Ashe.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0 ... -AHR4PDujg
Katherine, daughter of Valentine Overton, was wife of Rev. Samuel
Clarke, and famous as an intensely religious woman among the Puritans.
Her biography is found in Thomas Gibbons' _Memoirs of Eminently Pious
Women_. Gibbons states that her mother's maiden name was "Isaverton,"
which might be questioned, based on how closely it resembles "Overton"
(as well as the fact that I do not find it at all in the IGI). Further
down, however, there is possibly a valuable clue to the family
connections of the Isaverton-Overtons: "When she [Catherine] was about
seventeen years old, she was sent by her parents to Siwell, in
Northamptonshire, to wait upon a young lady who was somewhat related to
her." On the next page, we hear from Catherine herself that her
mistress was a "'gentlewoman ... the only daughter of Sir W. W.'"
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... ne+overton
So who was Sir W. W. living at Siwell, Northamptonshire, circa 1620?
N.B. Rev. Samuel Clarke's wife was another of Valentine Overton's
daughters ...
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0-cfK ... ne+overton
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0bbVK ... hraim+huit
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC5 ... hraim+huit
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0 ... VgcSh2IS4s
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
Should be ...
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0 ... cS7Ik-nEiE
The notion that Rev. Ephraim Hewitt married into the Overton-Clarke
circle of ministers is not far-fetched on the face of it. See the
following Google Books link that shows Ephraim Huitt wrote a pamphlet,
the dedication being finished for him (after he was in New England) by
William Overton, Samuel Clarke, and Simeon Ashe.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0 ... cS7Ik-nEiE
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0g-FA ... ke+windsor
http://books.google.com/books?vid=03lZi ... ke+windsor
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC4 ... ke+windsor
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC6 ... rke+daniel
Savage's _Gene. Dictionary_:
[CLARK,] DANIEL, Windsor, came, 1639, in comp. with Rev. Ephraim Huet,
by h. he was nam. excor. 1644. of his will, m. 13 June of that yr.
Mary, d. of Thomas Newberry, had Mary, b. 4 Apr. 1645, d. young;
Josiah, 21 Jan. 1649; Elizabeth 28 Oct. 1651; Daniel, 10 Apr. (as
Goodwin says), or 14 April 1654, as ano. rec. reads; John, 10 Apr.
1656; Mary, again, 22 Sept. 1658; Samuel, 6 July 1661; Sarah, 7 Aug.
1663; Hannah, 25 or 29 Aug. 1665, d. soon; and Nathaniel, 8 Sept. 1666,
wh. was k. by the Ind. unm. 1690. His w. d. 29 Aug. 1688, and his sec.
w. Martha, sis. of William Pitkin, wid. of Simon Wolcott, and mo. of
Roger W. Gov. of the Col. d. 13 Oct. 1719. He was rep. 1657-61, secr.
of the Col. 1638-63, Assist. 1662-4, capt. of the cavalry troop 1664,
and at his d. 12 Aug. 1710, aged 87, left Josiah, Elizabeth Daniel,
John, Mary, Samuel, and Sarah. Elizabeth m. 25 Nov. 1669, Moses Cooke
of Northampton, and, next, 13 Sept. 1677, Job Drake of Windsor; Mary m.
13 Dec. 1683, John Gaylord, jr. (if Goodwin is right), when she would
have been 25 yrs. old, and he less than 17; and she next m. a. 1700,
Jedediah Watson, and d. 14 Apr. 1738; and Sarah m. a. 1685, Isaac
Pinney, and had a sec. h.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=03lZi ... ke+windsor
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC4 ... ke+windsor
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC6 ... rke+daniel
Savage's _Gene. Dictionary_:
[CLARK,] DANIEL, Windsor, came, 1639, in comp. with Rev. Ephraim Huet,
by h. he was nam. excor. 1644. of his will, m. 13 June of that yr.
Mary, d. of Thomas Newberry, had Mary, b. 4 Apr. 1645, d. young;
Josiah, 21 Jan. 1649; Elizabeth 28 Oct. 1651; Daniel, 10 Apr. (as
Goodwin says), or 14 April 1654, as ano. rec. reads; John, 10 Apr.
1656; Mary, again, 22 Sept. 1658; Samuel, 6 July 1661; Sarah, 7 Aug.
1663; Hannah, 25 or 29 Aug. 1665, d. soon; and Nathaniel, 8 Sept. 1666,
wh. was k. by the Ind. unm. 1690. His w. d. 29 Aug. 1688, and his sec.
w. Martha, sis. of William Pitkin, wid. of Simon Wolcott, and mo. of
Roger W. Gov. of the Col. d. 13 Oct. 1719. He was rep. 1657-61, secr.
of the Col. 1638-63, Assist. 1662-4, capt. of the cavalry troop 1664,
and at his d. 12 Aug. 1710, aged 87, left Josiah, Elizabeth Daniel,
John, Mary, Samuel, and Sarah. Elizabeth m. 25 Nov. 1669, Moses Cooke
of Northampton, and, next, 13 Sept. 1677, Job Drake of Windsor; Mary m.
13 Dec. 1683, John Gaylord, jr. (if Goodwin is right), when she would
have been 25 yrs. old, and he less than 17; and she next m. a. 1700,
Jedediah Watson, and d. 14 Apr. 1738; and Sarah m. a. 1685, Isaac
Pinney, and had a sec. h.
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
So who was Sir W. W. living at Siwell, Northamptonshire, circa 1620?
There was a prominent Wilmer family at Sywell, Northants.
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
There are quite a few patron submissions in the IGI showing that
Valentine Overton married an Isabel Higginson.
The 1619 Northamptonshire Visitation shows a Robert Wilmer of Sywell,
Northants., died 1612, whose wife was "Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Higgenson of Berkeswell, co. Warwick." Robert and Elizabeth
(Higginson) Wilmer were the parents of Sir William Wilmer of Sywell,
alive in 1618, whose only living child was a daughter Elizabeth.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... mer+sywell
Valentine Overton married an Isabel Higginson.
The 1619 Northamptonshire Visitation shows a Robert Wilmer of Sywell,
Northants., died 1612, whose wife was "Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Higgenson of Berkeswell, co. Warwick." Robert and Elizabeth
(Higginson) Wilmer were the parents of Sir William Wilmer of Sywell,
alive in 1618, whose only living child was a daughter Elizabeth.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... mer+sywell
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
Presumably these Huits, Overtons, and Clarkes were related in some way
to Rev. Francis Higginson of New England and Capt. Robert Higginson of
Virginia:
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... berkeswell
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... berkeswell
to Rev. Francis Higginson of New England and Capt. Robert Higginson of
Virginia:
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... berkeswell
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... berkeswell
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
I think "Hewitt" and "Huit" are interchangeable in this period, but
don't know about their ultimate origins ...
don't know about their ultimate origins ...
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
This should be interesting to the Higginson descendants in Virginia ...
from A2A:
LANDOR OF RUGELEY (STAFFS.) AND BISHOPS TACHBROOK
Catalogue Ref. CR 1908
Creator(s):
Landor family of Rugeley, Staffordshire
Savage family of Bishops Tachbrook, Warwickshire
SAVAGE AND LANDOR OF BISHOPS TACHBROOK
DEEDS
DEEDS RELATING TO ELSEWHERE IN WARWICKSHIRE
BERKSWELL
FILE - Marriage settlement of Robert Higgenson, son of
Thomas Higgenson gent. and Anne his wife of Coventry and Joanna
Torkesey daughter-in-law of William Holbech of Fillongley, gent.,
whereby in consideration of £443. 16s. 11d. and £17 worth of linen,
plate etc. paid by William Holbech and Joanna, Thomas and Anne
Higgenson enfeoffed Stephen Hales of Newland, Coventry esq. and Holbech
with a capital messuage now or late of Roger Roden, John Anstie and
named closes therewith enjoyed, 20th Sept. 22 Jas. I - ref. CR
1908/148 - date: 1624
from A2A:
LANDOR OF RUGELEY (STAFFS.) AND BISHOPS TACHBROOK
Catalogue Ref. CR 1908
Creator(s):
Landor family of Rugeley, Staffordshire
Savage family of Bishops Tachbrook, Warwickshire
SAVAGE AND LANDOR OF BISHOPS TACHBROOK
DEEDS
DEEDS RELATING TO ELSEWHERE IN WARWICKSHIRE
BERKSWELL
FILE - Marriage settlement of Robert Higgenson, son of
Thomas Higgenson gent. and Anne his wife of Coventry and Joanna
Torkesey daughter-in-law of William Holbech of Fillongley, gent.,
whereby in consideration of £443. 16s. 11d. and £17 worth of linen,
plate etc. paid by William Holbech and Joanna, Thomas and Anne
Higgenson enfeoffed Stephen Hales of Newland, Coventry esq. and Holbech
with a capital messuage now or late of Roger Roden, John Anstie and
named closes therewith enjoyed, 20th Sept. 22 Jas. I - ref. CR
1908/148 - date: 1624
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
FILE - Marriage settlement of Robert Higgenson, son of
Thomas Higgenson gent. and Anne his wife of Coventry and Joanna
Torkesey daughter-in-law of William Holbech of Fillongley, gent.,
whereby in consideration of £443. 16s. 11d. and £17 worth of linen,
plate etc. paid by William Holbech and Joanna, Thomas and Anne
Higgenson enfeoffed Stephen Hales of Newland, Coventry esq. and Holbech
with a capital messuage now or late of Roger Roden, John Anstie and
named closes therewith enjoyed, 20th Sept. 22 Jas. I - ref. CR
1908/148 - date: 1624
There is a "submitted" entry in the IGI, a marriage 9 Oct. 1604 between
John Torksey and Mary Culverwell at Cherry Burton, Yorkshire. Then,
the 1619 Warwickshire Visitation shows William Holbech of Fillongley
married secondly to Mary, daughter of Nicholas Culverwell of Cherry
Burton (her first marriage to Torksey is left out of the equation).
These Culverwells had many colonial connections ...
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... visitation
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
The 1619 Northamptonshire Visitation shows a Robert Wilmer of Sywell,
Northants., died 1612, whose wife was "Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Higgenson of Berkeswell, co. Warwick." Robert and Elizabeth
(Higginson) Wilmer were the parents of Sir William Wilmer of Sywell,
alive in 1618, whose only living child was a daughter Elizabeth.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... mer+sywell
Guess there was a son living in 1618, but Elizabeth was the only
daughter.
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
Also on A2A:
Collection: LEIGH OF STONELEIGH
Reference: DR 18/10/49/2
Fillongley
Creation dates: 1663-1703
Scope and Content
Copy of will of John Cammell of Fillongley, yeoman, 20 June 1655.
To be buried in the churchyard. Wife, Margery, closes called Stokes and
Breaches, for life, Eldest son, William, tenement and close called Long
Peece in Mettle End, bought of John Torksey, gent:; and the Palmers in
Woodend, To 2nd son Thomas Samuel, house near Chappel Greene bought of
John Browne, with closes called Stokes and Breaches; Son Thomas 12d as
a childs part. Wife, executrix. Overseers, Wm Holbeche, Barth: Smith.
Wit: Francis Basnett, John Launder, Edw: Basnett, John Launder, jun:.
Collection: LEIGH OF STONELEIGH
Reference: DR 18/10/49/2
Fillongley
Creation dates: 1663-1703
Scope and Content
Copy of will of John Cammell of Fillongley, yeoman, 20 June 1655.
To be buried in the churchyard. Wife, Margery, closes called Stokes and
Breaches, for life, Eldest son, William, tenement and close called Long
Peece in Mettle End, bought of John Torksey, gent:; and the Palmers in
Woodend, To 2nd son Thomas Samuel, house near Chappel Greene bought of
John Browne, with closes called Stokes and Breaches; Son Thomas 12d as
a childs part. Wife, executrix. Overseers, Wm Holbeche, Barth: Smith.
Wit: Francis Basnett, John Launder, Edw: Basnett, John Launder, jun:.
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
"While at Shotwick he [Samuel Clarke] married, February 2, 1625-6,
Katherine, a daughter of Valentine Overton, rector of Bedwork in
Warwickshire, a well-known midland clergyman, of whom Baxter speaks in
1640 as 'a very humble, godly, cheerful old minister, above eighty
years of age.' His daughter proved worthy of her parentage and was, as
her husband said of her, 'a prudent and sweet-natured yoke-fellow.' An
elder daughter, Sarah Overton, married his kinsman, Sabbath Clark, the
vicar of Tarvin" (_The saint's nosegay_, pp. ix-x). See
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0sX1P ... bath+clark
See (for what it's worth) Joan S. Guilford's _The Ancestry of Dr. J.P.
Guilford_ which has a sketch of Rev. Ephraim Huit and mentions that one
of Isabel (Overton) Huit's sisters married Sabbath Clarke and was
mother of Daniel Clarke of Windsor.
Rev. Sabbath Clarke's will was proved at Chester in 1663 -- maybe that
would clear up with matter ...
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... bath+clark
Katherine, a daughter of Valentine Overton, rector of Bedwork in
Warwickshire, a well-known midland clergyman, of whom Baxter speaks in
1640 as 'a very humble, godly, cheerful old minister, above eighty
years of age.' His daughter proved worthy of her parentage and was, as
her husband said of her, 'a prudent and sweet-natured yoke-fellow.' An
elder daughter, Sarah Overton, married his kinsman, Sabbath Clark, the
vicar of Tarvin" (_The saint's nosegay_, pp. ix-x). See
http://books.google.com/books?vid=0sX1P ... bath+clark
See (for what it's worth) Joan S. Guilford's _The Ancestry of Dr. J.P.
Guilford_ which has a sketch of Rev. Ephraim Huit and mentions that one
of Isabel (Overton) Huit's sisters married Sabbath Clarke and was
mother of Daniel Clarke of Windsor.
Rev. Sabbath Clarke's will was proved at Chester in 1663 -- maybe that
would clear up with matter ...
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... bath+clark
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John Brandon
Re: Clue to Overton-Huitt/Hewitt family connections
That Rev. Francis Higginson was a descendant of these Higginsons of
Berkswell is very probable. Thomas Wentworth Higginson made good sense
when he summed it up:
"Thomas Higginson of Berkeswell, the son of Joane, left legacies [in
his will of 1573] to his sons Robert, Thomas, and George; to his
daughters Joyce, Dorothy, Ursula, and Elizabeth. He also left legacies
to his brothers Nicholas and Mr. John Higginson. The prefix Mr. or
Magister was at that period almost wholly confined to persons in holy
orders, and this makes it practically certain that this brother was a
clergyman. The only English clergyman bearing these names at that
period ... was the Rev. John Higginson ... of Claybrooke [Leics.] ..."
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... berkeswell
While T.W. Higginson was not correct that the usage of Mr. was "almost
wholly confined" to the clergy, the fact that he had one brother who
was "Mr." (John) and one who was not (plain Nicholas) supports this
interpretation. The fact that Claybrook, Leics., is in the same
general orbit as Barwell, Bedworth, Fillongley, and Berkswell also
makes this probable:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi? ... ight.y=144
The will of Rev. John Higginson (d. 1623) mentions Coventry, and shows
he had a son Nicholas, perhaps in honor of his brother Nicholas (see
pp. xiii-xiv of the BYU book below):
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/docum ... 0426&REC=2
Berkswell is very probable. Thomas Wentworth Higginson made good sense
when he summed it up:
"Thomas Higginson of Berkeswell, the son of Joane, left legacies [in
his will of 1573] to his sons Robert, Thomas, and George; to his
daughters Joyce, Dorothy, Ursula, and Elizabeth. He also left legacies
to his brothers Nicholas and Mr. John Higginson. The prefix Mr. or
Magister was at that period almost wholly confined to persons in holy
orders, and this makes it practically certain that this brother was a
clergyman. The only English clergyman bearing these names at that
period ... was the Rev. John Higginson ... of Claybrooke [Leics.] ..."
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... berkeswell
While T.W. Higginson was not correct that the usage of Mr. was "almost
wholly confined" to the clergy, the fact that he had one brother who
was "Mr." (John) and one who was not (plain Nicholas) supports this
interpretation. The fact that Claybrook, Leics., is in the same
general orbit as Barwell, Bedworth, Fillongley, and Berkswell also
makes this probable:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi? ... ight.y=144
The will of Rev. John Higginson (d. 1623) mentions Coventry, and shows
he had a son Nicholas, perhaps in honor of his brother Nicholas (see
pp. xiii-xiv of the BYU book below):
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/docum ... 0426&REC=2