Who was Matthew Craddock's servant John Jolliffe?

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Who was Matthew Craddock's servant John Jolliffe?

Legg inn av John Brandon » 25 jan 2007 00:35:07

RCA, in the April/June 2006 _Great Migration Newsletter_ says,

In the same letter [of 1636], [Matthew] Cradock [of London] speaks of
"my servant Jno. Jolliffe" and his dealings with Mayhew. John
Jolliffe was a young man when he came over in the service of Mathew
Cradock, but he matured into a leading Boston merchant, who himself had
many servants.

http://www.greatmigration.org/gmletter/ ... vants.html

This seems obviously correct, as there was an "eminent merchant" named
John Jolliffe or Joyliffe at Boston in the late seventeenth century.
However, I do not think it is correct.

The first mention of John Joyliffe (the wealthy merchant) in _Records
of the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay_ comes in 1659, though
Savage mentions that he married at Boston in 1657:

JOYLIFFE, JOHN, Boston 1656, m. 28 Jan. 1657, Ann, wid. and extrix. of
Robert Knight, wh. had, also, been wid. and extrix. of Thomas Cromwell,
the wealthy privateersman, had only ch. Hannah, b. 9 May 1660. He was
freem. 1673, many yrs. a selectman, one of the patriots of 1689, wh.
put Andros in prison, town recorder in 1691; and was made by Increase
Mather one of the Counc. in the Chart. of William and Mary, but drop.
at the first pop. choice, d. 23 Nov. 1702. Hutch. I. 374 and H. 14.

The date "Boston 1656" indicates this is the earliest Savage found
record of this person at Boston. Although vol. 5 is missing in our set
of the Winthrop Papers, there is no mention of Jolliffe in vol. 6
(1650-54), and the last mention of Craddock's servant John Jolliffe is
on p. 42 of vol. 4 (circa 1638). It seems there was a period of almost
twenty years (1638-1656) in which there is no mention of John Jolliffe
in the New England records.

B.D. Henning, ed., _The House of Commons, 1660-1690_ has a more
promising candidate for Craddock's servant John Jolliffe of the late
1630s.

vol. 2, pp. 657-58,

JOLLIFFE (JOLLEY), John (1613-80), of Threadneedle Street, London.

HEYTESBURY 1660, 24 May 1661

bap. 29 Aug. 1613, 2nd s. of Thomas Jolliffe, mercer, of Leek, Staffs.,
being 1st s. by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Edward Mainwaring of Whitmore,
Staffs. m. (1) 27 June 1650, Rebecca (bur. 23 June 1674), da. of
Walter Boothby, Haberdasher, of London and Tottenham, Mdx., 3s. (2
d.v.p.) 5da.; (2) lic. 30 Apr. 1675, Anne, da. of John Gurdon of
Assington, Suff., wid. of Samuel Brandling of Ipswich, Suff., 1s.

Member, Skinners' Co. 1642, asst. 1656, master 1661-2; asst. Levant Co.
1650-78, treas. 1659-61 ...

Jolliffe was apprenticed first to a leading London Grocer, and then to
his kinsman Matthew Cradock, MP for London and a leader of the puritan
opposition in the early days of the Long Parliament. His half-brother,
the head of the family, was an active member of the Staffordshire
committee. But Jolliffe himslef was of a timorous disposition and
seems to have taken no part in the Civil War or in public affairs until
the eve of the Restoration. ...

+ + + +

The 1699 will of John Joyliffe/ Jolliffe of Boston mentions his
(deceased) brother Dr. George Joyliffe, who--the Roll of the Royal
College of Physicians shows--was a native of East Stower, Dorset ...

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC7 ... #PPA263,M1

The 1623 Dorset Visitation has a family that is a good match:

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC6 ... A1-PA61,M1

Note that the son John was aged 8 in 1623, hence born in 1615. John
Jolliffe of Boston deposed to age 64 or 65 in 1680 (_Records and Files
of the Essex County Quarterly Courts_, 8:115-16); hence born in 1615.
Together these facts prove the origin of the Boston merchant (who was
oddly close in age to Craddock's kinsman and servant, though probably
not identical). The second John Jolliffe, at least, would be a
candidate for Nat Taylor's heraldic roll.

Nathaniel Taylor

Re: Who was Matthew Craddock's servant John Jolliffe?

Legg inn av Nathaniel Taylor » 25 jan 2007 03:00:19

In article <1169681707.632970.229690@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com>,
"John Brandon" <starbuck95@hotmail.com> wrote:

The 1699 will of John Joyliffe/ Jolliffe of Boston mentions his
(deceased) brother Dr. George Joyliffe, who--the Roll of the Royal
College of Physicians shows--was a native of East Stower, Dorset ...

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC7 ... 262&lpg=PA
262&dq=%22george+joyliffe#PPA263,M1

The 1623 Dorset Visitation has a family that is a good match:

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC6 ... 1-PA61&lpg
=RA1-PA61&dq=estouer+jolliffe#PRA1-PA61,M1

Note that the son John was aged 8 in 1623, hence born in 1615. John
Jolliffe of Boston deposed to age 64 or 65 in 1680 (_Records and Files
of the Essex County Quarterly Courts_, 8:115-16); hence born in 1615.
Together these facts prove the origin of the Boston merchant (who was
oddly close in age to Craddock's kinsman and servant, though probably
not identical). The second John Jolliffe, at least, would be a
candidate for Nat Taylor's heraldic roll.

The identification is clear, but the pedigree includes no arms.

Nat Taylor
http://www.nltaylor.net

Douglas Richardson

Re: Who was Matthew Craddock's servant John Jolliffe?

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 25 jan 2007 05:35:21

Dear John ~

Wonderful post as always. You're dah man!

The source cited below agrees with your identification of the
immigrant, John Joliffe, as the "son of John Joliffe of East Stour,
Dorset, England."

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... 2-PA133,M1

Interestingly, immediately following the account of John Joliffe in
this source is an account of my own male line progenitior, Mr. Amos
Richardson (c. 1618-1683), of Boston, Massachusetts and Stonington,
Connecticut.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Douglas Richardson

Re: Who was Matthew Craddock's servant John Jolliffe?

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 25 jan 2007 05:59:32

Dear John ~

Speaking of Mr. Amos Richardson (died 1683), of Boston and Stonington,
I believe the records below show that Amos was an "assignee" of your
John Giffard.

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... 8-PA424,M1

Small world, eh?

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

John Brandon

Re: Who was Matthew Craddock's servant John Jolliffe?

Legg inn av John Brandon » 25 jan 2007 16:20:26

Hi Doug,

I remembered John Gifford's connection to Mr. Amos Richardson, but did
not know this was your paternal line. Interesting! I've always liked
the name Amos--one of my 'favorite' Quaker ancestors was Amos Hawkes of
Windham, Maine (who was a descendant of JG).

John


Dear John ~

Speaking of Mr. Amos Richardson (died 1683), of Boston and Stonington,
I believe the records below show that Amos was an "assignee" of your
John Giffard.

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC0 ... C&pg=RA8...

Small world, eh?

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

John Brandon

Re: Who was Matthew Craddock's servant John Jolliffe?

Legg inn av John Brandon » 25 jan 2007 16:51:14

As I noted a while back, Jolliffe's mother Katherine was a daughter of
Dorothy (Warham) Henning, a kinswoman of Rev. John Warham of New
England ...

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prai ... arham.html

John Joyliffe's 1699 will mentions, in addition to his brother Dr.
George, sister Dorothy Cave, sister Martha Cooke, sister Rebecca
Woolcot, sister Margaret Drake, and sister Mary Biss. The early
marriages from East Stour, Dorset, are online at

http://www.dorset-opc.com/StourFiles/Ea ... 4-1812.htm


and show the following:

--John of Gillingham son of Morgan Cave & Dorothy daughter of John
Joyliffe married 24-Aug 1630
--Mathew of Stower Provost son of Mathew While & Elizth. daughter of
Mr. John Joyliffe married 08-Jun 1631
--John COOKE Clearke & Marth daughter of John Joyliffe gent married
24-Aug 1635
--John WOOLCOTT of St. Nicholas Olives London. & Rebecca daughter of
John Joyliffe gent dec. married 18-Sep 1642
--James BISSE of Shepton Mallard & Mary daughter of Mrs. Kath Joyliffe
married 20-Dec 1643
--Peter BLANCHARD clerke and minister of this parish & Anne daughter of
Mrs. Kath Joyiffe wid. married 02-Feb 1646

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