Ancestors of David Anthony Windham

Table of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. Generations
    1. One - Ten
    2. Eleven - Twenty
    3. Twenty-One - Thirty
  5. Pedigree Doubt
  6. Notes

Preface

Please keep in mind that this document is a work in progress that I dabble with for fun. It began as a couple pdf's and text files sitting in a folder on an external hard drive that I finally decided to publish in 2015 at https://davidawindham.com/ancestors/. I have not taken the time to verify the sources that were provided to me originally, but I have been working though the document to do so. I would hope that this page is indexed by various archiving services because of the nature of web publishing in that the domain, nor I, will not exist permanently into the future. As I find time, I will add more documentation and external links to resources. I will try to only link to verified, peer reviewed, or otherwise juried sources. You will find that some of the superscript footnotes have been marked as (00) becuase these items are being added from a printed document I recieved from my father. I've put many new references in blockquotes and any new footnotes are being added with decimal places so that I can discern the new citations and not have to adjust the six hundred plus footnote order. I have also added some outgoing links as reminders to cite them. You may also find some formatting errors because I had originally transferred part of this document to HTML from this Adobe PDF file. I will reformat and add those items back as I find time. I've also compressed some of the notes for readability and you can expland them by clicking on the titles. I would like to make note that I am in no way a research geneologist, hence the majority of the formatting of this document has been modeled on the work of others. I've noticed different formatting from other publishers and I've tried to be as consistent as possible. Please feel free to contact me via the email address on the home page of this website if you have any questions or suggestions regarding this document.

Acknowledgements

I've compiled this document with the help of many others who researched the family long before I had any interest. This started from a printed document I recieved in the mail from my father. I'm unaware as to who did the research in that document, but I would like to thank them regardless. I am indebted to Edwin Lavin Large, Jr., of the Old Darlington District Chapter of the Souch Carolina Genealogical Society. His published works are the second most cited in this document. I would like to thank John B. Windham of Metarie, Louisiana for his assistance. John is often seen coordinating efforts of various online geneology forums and DNA research groups. He is who originally let me to other valuable reaseach publications. Of which, I would also like to thank the late Amasa B. Windham, whom the majority of much of the research into the Windham family in America originates. His publication, The Windham Farmily of England, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas was professional and thouroughly researched. It has been the backbone of most all research I could find going forward. His wife, Kathryn Tucker Windham was a celebrated writer whom must have had and influence on his work. In the late 70's Jeffie Windham More of Atlanta Georgia published a book entitled The Windham Family. There used to be an edited version of that document published online. I had made a copy of the text of that site and I've included the unformatted raw text here. For those interested in continuing this research, here is a list of publications that you may find helpful.

Intoduction

I think the most appropriate introduction can be derived from Amasa B. Windham's original 'Origin of the Name' page written in 1947:

The name Windham is a variation of the ancient English name Wyndham, which was taken by its first bearers because of their residence in Wymondham, Norfolk County, England. The most reliable authorities believe that the original derivation of the name was from Wymond, a Saxon personal name, combined with "ham," meaning "home," and, therefore, meant "Wymond's home." It is found in the ancient records in such varied forms as Wymondham, Wimundham, Wyndhame, Wyndam, Windome, Windhom, Windhom, Windam, Wyndham, Windham and others, of which the last form is that most generally used and accepted in America today and next to last form is that most generally predominates in England and Australia.

Families of the name were to be found at early dates in the English counties of Norfolk, Leicester, Somerset, Wilts, Hants, York, Devon, Sussex, Hetford and London as well as in various parts of Wales and Ireland at slightly later dates. The Sussex Domesday Book lists a Windeha', and an early 12th Century charter shows John de Windeha' as the holder of a knight's fee in the Hundred of Pourstock in Dorset. But the Wymondham, Norfolk family clearly was the stem from which the family grew. At one time, this village of Wymondham was thought to be Sitomagus, the ancient village established by the Romans in Britain. This has been discounted by historians, however, and no Roman remains have ever been found there. Says Blomefield, the Norfolk historian: "Windham, Wimondham, Wimundham or Wimuntham, notwithstanding some have imagined it of Roman original, is certainly Saxon and might take its name from its pleasant situation, for "win' signifies a chosen or beloved place so that 'win-munde-ham' is a village 'on the pleasant mount' and the situation exactly answers.

In the time of Edward the Confessor, the whole town belonged to Stigand, the Saxon bishop. William the Conqueror seized it and gave it to Ralph de Warren. At that time it was four miles long and two miles broad. The Conqueror later gave it to William d'Albini for services as the king's butler. The first mention of the name of Wymondham as a surname in connection with this William d'Albini, who was the founder of the Priory of St. Mary's between the years 1100 and 1107. Four of the witnesses to the charter were Ailwardus, Richard, Hugh and Payne de Wymondham.

Today, the Windham family is established on every continent in the world and may be may be seen on the rolls in Australia as well as in Alabama. There are Windham counties in at least four of the New England states as well as numerous Windham cities and other places and geographical names. One very famous one is Windham's Point at the tip of Terra del Fuega, southernmost point of South America. The famous painter Sargent immortalized the Wyndham sisters in his renowned painting titled "The Three Graces." It was Senator Windom who introduced Anthony Comstock's famous bill to bar "obscene" literature from the mails back in 1873. The loyalty of the Windham family, recognized among the strongest in English history, became proverbial from the emphatic admonition of Sir Thomas to his five sons in 1636, not to forsake the crown "though it hang on a bush!" Such loyalty was evident, too, in old Benjamin, who dropped his plow, bade his wife and large family good-bye and rushed to join a company of Virginia militia when the infant American Colonies were threatened back in 1775.


Generation One

1. David A.1 Windham (Leon Roland, #2).1

David A. Windham, son of Leon Roland Windham, was born in 1973.2

Generation Two

2. Leon Roland2 Windham (Woodrow Draten, #3).3

Known children of Leon Roland2 Windham include:

  1. David Anthony1 Windham.
  2. Kristopher Roland Windham.

Generation Three

3. Woodrow Draten3 Windham (Leon Roland, #5).6

Woodrow Draten Windham, son of Leon Roland Windham and Rosa Cornelia Stokes, was born on 18 Aug 1911 in Philadelphia, Darlington County, South Carolina.7

Woodrow Draten Windham (195?)


Woodrow Draten Windham married Sarah Melinda Adams (#4).8

Woodrow Draten Windham died on 13 Aug 1997 in Timmonsville, Darlington County, South Carolina, at age 85.9 He was buried on 15 Aug 1997 in Timmonsville, Darlington County, South Carolina.10

Known children of Woodrow Draten3 Windham and Sarah Adams (#4) are:

  1. Mary Frances Windham, b. June23, 1937, Waukegan, Ill..
  2. Woodrow Draten Windham Jr., b. June 21, 1940 Hawaii.
  3. James Hale Windham, b. Jan 09, 1946, Camp Lejune NC..
  4. Leon Roland2 Windham, b. May 09, 1950, Camp Lejune NC..
  5. Paul Arthur Windham, b. Feb 04, 1956, Vally Forge, PA..

4. Sarah3 Adams.11

Sarah Adams was born on 15 May 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois.12

Sarah Adams married Woodrow Draten Windham (#3), son of Leon Roland Windham and Rosa Cornelia Stokes.13

Generation Four

5. Leon Roland4 Windham (John W., #7).14

Leon Roland Windham, son of John W. Windham and Elizabeth Stokes, was born on 12 Oct 1872 in Darlington County, South Carolina.15

Leon Roland Windham married Rosa Cornelia Stokes (#6) in 1901 in Darlington County, South Carolina.16

Leon Roland Windham was a members of the 74th General Assembly of the South Carolina House of Representatives for District 20 from 1920 to 1922

Leon Roland Windham was a trustee of the Philadelphia School District 20 in July, 1919.

Leon Roland Windham died on 23 Oct 1954 in Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina, at age 82.17 He was buried on 24 Oct 1954 in Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina.18

Known children of Leon Roland4 Windham and Rosa Cornelia Stokes (#6) were:

  1. Marie Windham00
  2. Marie Windham was born 24 July 1903 and died 15 Dec. 1991

  3. Thelma Windham00
  4. Thelma Windham was born 07 July 1905 and died 20 Aug. 1989

  5. Orlander Calhoun Windham00
  6. Elizabeth Windham00
  7. Woodrow Draten3 Windham.
  8. Kermit Hansel Windham00
  9. Benjamin Franklin Windham00
  10. Eldridge Frierson Windham00
  11. Mary Francis Windham00

Three Generations of the Windham Family pose for the camera of the old homestead at Windham’s Crossroads around 1902. Left to Right ~ Leon Roland Windham, Mrs. Roland Windham, John Windham, Harold Windham, Marie Windham, Emmaline Stokes Windham, Sara Windham (sister of Leon Roland), and farmhand Ira Dorrity on horse Ben.


6. Rosa Cornelia4 Stokes.19

Rosa Cornelia Stokes was born on 7 Jun 1885 in Darlington County, South Carolina.20

Rosa Cornelia Stokes was burried 14 July 1942 in Lamar, South Carolina.20

Rosa Cornelia Stokes married Leon Roland Windham (#5), son of John W. Windham and Elizabeth Stokes, in 1901 in Darlington County, South Carolina.21

Generation Five

7. John W.5 Windham (Eli W., #9).22

John W. Windham, son of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 8 Nov 1827.23 John W. Windham married Elizabeth Galloway Stokes (#8).24

John W. Windham died Feb 18, 1916 in Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina.25 He was buried in Lamar Cemetery in Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina.26

John W. Windham married first Elizabeth Stokes.

John W. Windham married second Emeline Galloway Stokes.

Known children of John W.5 Windham and Elizabeth Stokes (#8) were:

  1. Charles Bingley Windham00
  2. Charles Bingley Windham was born Nov 10, 1857

    Charles Bingley Windham died 1944

    Charles Bingley Windham is buried with his sister Abigail and her two children Jesssie Spires and Harold Windham in Magnolia Cemetery in Hartsville, South Carolina.

  3. Henry Cassius Windham00
  4. Henry Cassius Windham was born 1860

    Henry Cassius Windham died 1930

  5. Sarah Abigail Windham00
  6. Sarah Abigail Windham was born July 09, 1866

    Sarah Abigail Windham died born July 08, 1946 in Darlington County, South Carolina.

  7. Leon Roland4 Windham.
  8. Leon Roland Windham was born Oct 12, 1872 in Darlington County, South Carolina.

    Leon Roland Windham died Oct 23, 1954 in Darlington County, South Carolina.

8. Elizabeth5 Galloway Stokes.27

Elizabeth Stokes was born on 7 Jan 1830 in Darlington County, South Carolina.28

Elizabeth Stokes died April 10 1872 in Darlington County, South Carolina.28

Elizabeth Stokes married John W. Windham (#7), son of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----).29

Emeline Galloway Stokes.00

Emeline Galloway Stokes was born 1 November 184300

Emeline Galloway Stokes died 10 April 192000

When Emeline Galloway Stokes married John, she had a daughter Cornellia Doretha Stokes, who later married Leon Roland Windham (#5)


1-5 David A. Windham, "Windham Family information," 2 Jul 2015.

6-21 RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Kevin L. Privette, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

22 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., compiler, Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds (n.p.: Old Darlington District Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, Inc, Copyright 2000), page 74;

23 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 74.

24 RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Kevin L. Privette, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.

25 David A. Windham, "Windham Family information," e-mail to John B. Windham, 2 Jul 2015.

26-28 RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Kevin L. Privette, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/.


Generation Six

9. Eli W.6 Windham (James, #11).

Eli W. Windham, son of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born on 10 Jun 1812.30

Eli W. Windham married first, Mary (----?----) (#10) circa 1833.31

10. Mary6 (----?----).54

Mary (----?----) was born on 7 Jan 1809.55 She married Eli W. Windham (#9), son of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, circa 1833.56

Mary (----?----) died after Sep 1847.57

Eli W. Windham married second, Eliza Jane Reynolds circa 1848.32

Windham et al. v. Howell et al. Supreme Court of South Carolina. July 10, 1907. The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 59 (West Publishing Company 1908), pages 852-856


Eli W. Windham died on 16 Dec 1889 at age 77.33

Known children of Eli W.6 Windham and Mary (----?----) (#10) were as follows:

  1. 7. John W.5 Windham.(#7)
  2. John W. Windham, child of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 8 Nov 1833.34.5

  3. Martha J. Windham.34
  4. Martha J. Windham, child of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 5 Nov 1835.35

  5. Calvin W. Windham.36
  6. Calvin W. Windham, son of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 18 Mar 1837.37

  7. C.(Columbus) R. Windham.38
  8. C. R. Windham, son of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 18 Apr 1839.39

    C. R. Windham died on 17 Sep 1863 at age 24. He was killed in action during the War Between the States.40

  9. Mary R. Windham.41
  10. Mary R. Windham, daughter of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 24 Mar 1840.42

  11. Eliza A. Windham.43
  12. Eliza A. Windham, daughter of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 13 Aug 1842.44

    Eliza A. Windham married Thomas Troublefield say 1862.45 Thomas Troublefield.46

    Thomas Troublefield was born circa 1840.47

  13. Sarah Windham.48
  14. Sarah Windham, daughter of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born in Feb 1844.49

  15. Caleb A. Windham.50
  16. Caleb A. Windham, son of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 4 Sep 1845.51

  17. James R. Windham.52
  18. James R. Windham, son of Eli W. Windham and Mary (----?----), was born on 16 Sep 1847.53

Known children of Eli W.6 Windham and Eliza Jane Reynolds were as follows:

  1. Hester A. Windham.00
  2. Eli H. Windham.00
  3. Lany A. Windham.00
  4. Helen Windham.00
  5. Charles T. Windham.00
  6. Garon G. Windham.00
  7. Lula M. Windham.00
  8. Lula Windham is the plaintiff in the SC Supreme Court Case35.5

  9. Lousiana L. Windham
  10. Lousiana L. Windham married George C. Howell

    Lousiana Howell is the defendent in the SC Supreme Court Case35.5


29 RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Kevin L. Privette, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

30 1860 Darlington County, South Carolina, census used to determine his year of birth; Edwin Lavin Large Jr.,

34.5 1830 Census Report for Darlington County, South Carolina. Page 235;

35.5 Windham et al. v. Howell et al. Supreme Court of South Carolina. July 10, 1907. The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 59 (West Publishing Company 1908), pages 852-856

31-57 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 74.


Generation Seven

11. James7 Windham ('Old' John, #13).

James Windham, son of 'Old' John Windham and Sarah 'Sallie' (Windham?), was born in 1784 in Cheraw District, South Carolina. He was born in the area that later become Darlington County, South Carolina.58

James Windham married Nancy Reynolds (#12), daughter of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), circa

He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Darlington District, South Carolina, enumerated 4 Aug 1860.

James Windham died circa 1867 in Darlington County, South Carolina.60

Known children of James7 Windham and Nancy Reynolds (#12) were as follows:

  1. William6 Windham.

    William Windham, son of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born circa 1804 in South Carolina.61

    William Windham is said to have married Mary Galloway say 1830 but this has not been proven. William Windham died in 1875 in Syracuse Community, Darlington District, South Carolina.

    Mary Galloway.

    Mary Galloway was born circa 1803 in South Carolina.62

  2. James R. Windham.
  3. James R. Windham, son of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born circa 1805 in Darlington District, South Carolina.63

    James R. Windham married Anetta/Arretta Reynolds say 1833 probably in Darlington County, South Carolina.64

    Anetta/Arretta Reynolds was born circa 1810 in South Carolina.67

    James R. Windham died between 1860 and 1870 in Dale County, Alabama.65 Anetta/Arretta Reynolds.66

  4. John Wesley 'Wes' Windham.
  5. John Wesley 'Wes' Windham, son of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born in 1808 in Darlington District, South Carolina. This 1808 birth year for John Wesley 'Wes' Windham is listed in a bible record.

    John Wesley 'Wes' Windham married first, Mary (----?----) circa 1830 in Darlington District, South Carolina.

    John Wesley 'Wes' Windham married second, Alice M. Devine say 1843.

    John Wesley 'Wes' Windham died circa 1871 in Darlington District, South Carolina. Mary (----?----).

    Mary (----?----) was born circa 1818.

    Mary (----?----) died circa 1834.

    Alice M. Devine.

    Alice M. Devine was born in 1815.

  6. Daniel Glenn Windham.68
  7. Daniel Glenn Windham, son of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born circa 1809.69

    Daniel Glenn Windham married Elizabeth Reynolds circa 1837.

    Elizabeth Reynolds.

    Elizabeth Reynolds was born in 1820.70

  8. Eli W. Windham.57.1
  9. Mary Ann Windham.71
  10. Mary Ann Windham, daughter of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born circa 1815 in South Carolina.72

    Mary Ann Windham married Jarrot Watford say 1835.73 Mary Ann Windham died in 1904.74

    Jarrot Watford.75

    Jarrot Watford was born in 1805.76 Jarrot Watford died in 1860.77

  11. Sarah E. Windham.
  12. Sarah E. Windham, daughter of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born circa 1822.78 Sarah E. Windham married Jesse Watford say 1842.79

    Jesse Watford.80

    Jesse Watford was born say 1820.

  13. Amos Kennedy Windham.
  14. Amos Kennedy Windham, son of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born circa 1825.

    Amos Kennedy Windham married Annie (----?----) say 1845.

    Amos Kennedy Windham died in 1862 in Darlington District, South Carolina. Annie (----?----).

    Annie (----?----) was born say 1828.

    Annie (----?----) died in 1892 in Darlington District, South Carolina.

  15. Thomas W. Windham.
  16. Thomas W. Windham, son of James Windham and Nancy Reynolds, was born circa 1832.81 Thomas W. Windham died circa 1879 in Darlington District, South Carolina.

12. Nancy7 Reynolds (William, #15).

Nancy Reynolds, daughter of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born circa 1784.82

Nancy Reynolds married James Windham (#11), son of 'Old' John Windham and Sarah 'Sallie' (Windham?), circa 1802.83

Nancy Reynolds died before 23 Feb 1856 in Darlington District, South Carolina.84

On December 16, 1859, James Windham deeded a tract of land bounded east by James Windham and the heirs of Amos Windham, south by William J. Windham, and west by John W. Windham, Jr. and Thomas W. Windham and run of Sparrow Swamp (Deed Book TT - p. 32 - Darlington County Courthouse, Darlington, S.C.). The will of James Windham was signed on February 23, 1856, and was witnessed by George Mims, Abraham S. Mims, and J.F. Eliot. The will was probated in Darlington County, South Carolina, on December 28, 1867 (The Windham Manuscript - Andrea - 1950 - pp. 9,22 - South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina - Columbia, S.C.). The heirs mentioned in the will were:

Eli W. Windham, Daniel G. Windham,Thomas W. Windham, John W. Windham executor, James R. Windham, William J. Windham, Amos K. Windham, Mary A. Watford, James T. B. Windham grandson, William J. Windham grandson.


57.1 1830 Census Report for Darlington County, South Carolina. Page 235; List children 2 of age under 5; +1. Thomas W. Windham ( 5 );2. Amos K. Windham ( 7 ):2 of age 10 and under 15;=1. Eli W. ( 12 ); 2. John Wesley ( 11);

58 James Windham household, 1860 U.S. Census, Darlington County, South Carolina, population schedule, sheet unknown page, dwelling unknown dwelling, family unknown family.

59 probable marriage date determined by the probable date of birth of their first born child.

60 Probate Court, Darlington County, South Carolina, 28 Dec 1867.

61 4 Aug 1860 Darlington District, South Carolina, census.

62-63 1860 Dale County, Alabama, census used to determine his year of birth; James R. Windham household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dale County, Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division, sheet 214 (stamped), 427 (written), dwelling 662, family 662, shows his age to be 45 in 1850.

64 James R. Windham household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dale County , Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division. 65deceased) 'Ritty' Windham (wife of James R. Windham household, 1870 U.S. Census, Dale County, Alabama, population schedule, Ozark, sheet 210 (stamped), dwelling 89, family 89, James R. Windham was not listed in the 1870 census so he was probably dead by 1870.

66 1860 Dale County, Alabama, census; James R. Windham household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dale County , Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division, shows her name to be spelled 'Arretta.'

67 James R. Windham household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dale County , Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division, shows her age to be 40 in 1850.

68 Roger W. Windham, "Windham family information 28 Apr 2006," e-mail message from (San Antonio, Texas) to John B. Windham, middle name provided.

69-70 1850 Dale County, Alabama, census used to determine his year of birth.

71 Don Miller, "Windham-Watford Family Information," e-mail message from (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) to John B. Windham, 29 Nov 2010, supplied middle name, Ann.

72 1850 Darlington County, South Carolina, census used to determine her year of birth; Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 98.

73 1850 Darlington County, South Carolina, census.

74 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 98.

75 1850 Darlington County, South Carolina, census.

76-77 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 98.

78-80 1860 Darlington County, South Carolina, census.


Generation Eight

13. 'Old' John8 Windham (Charles, #17).85

The exact actual birthdate of 'Old' John Windham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. 'Old' John Windham, son of Charles Windham and Mary (Turbeville?), was born say 1735. The descriptive word, 'Old' in his name, was not used as part of his name when he was alive. The usage of 'Old' John is used, now, to distinguish him from other 'John Windhams' who lived at about he same time period and in about the same area as did this John Windham.

He also got his name because in the 1830 Darlington District, South Carolina, he was listed as being age 90 to 99 in 1830. So, he was 'old.'

'Old' John Windham married first, Sarah 'Sallie' (Windham?) (#14) est 1760.

'Old' John Windham was in military service during the Revolutionary War.

Rachel Windam made a decalration in Dale County, Alabama, on 28 May 1856, for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855" for her husband, John Windham, who served in the Revolutionary War. In this decalration, Rachel Windham stated that her husband, John Windham, was a private in the company commanded by Captain George King in the war with Great Britian during the Revolution and that her husband was drafted at Darlington, South Carolina, for the term of three months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Charleston, South Carolina.

'Old' John Windham was listed in the 1790 Federal Census in Darlington District, South Carolina. His age was listed as 'age 16 and over', which would include circa 1735 when the writer believes he was born.

'Old' John Windham married second, Rachel Windham on 1 Apr 1790.

Rachel Windam made a declaration in Dale County, Alabama, on 28 May 1856, for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855" for her husband, John Windham, who served in the Revolutionary War. In this decalration, Rachel Windham stated that she married her husband, John Windham, in Darlington, South Carolina, on the 1st day of April 1790 by Benjamin Mosely a Minister of the gospel and that her name before said marriage was Rachel Windham.86 He was listed in the 1800 Federal Census in Darlington District, South Carolina. Old John's age was listed as '45 and over', which means he was born 1755 or before. He was listed in the 1810 Federal Census in Darlington District, South Carolina. Old John's age was listed as 'age 45 and over', which would include circa 1735 when the writer believes he was born. He was listed in the 1820 Federal Census in Darlington District, South Carolina. Old John's age was listed as 'age 45 and over', which would include circa 1735 when the writer believes he was born. He was listed in the 1830 Federal Census in Darlington District, South Carolina. Old John's age was listed as being between age 90 and age 99 years old in 1830. That would mean he was born between 1730 and 1740.

'Old' John Windham died in Nov 1830 in Dale County, Alabama.87

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This transcription from Harry Windham, Houston, Texas--03 Jan 2012:

Not too clear but does provide a definite link between these people. I believe William Reynolds' s wife to be a Windham, but have no proof at all., just references. I believe this to be the admin of the Old John estate.

Administrative Bond- [From the Chatham Press-Cheraw State of South Carolina, Darlington District

Know all men by these presents, That we James Windham and William Reynolds are holden and firmly bound unto Sheppard Williams Esq. Ordinary for the district in the full and just sum of two hundred dollars to be paid to the said Shephard Williams ordinary or to his successors, Ordinaries of this district or their certain Attorney or assigns. To which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and every of us, our and every of our heirs, executors and administrators, for the whole, and in the whole, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals, the nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one and in the fifty sixth year of American independence.

The condition of the above obligation is such, That if the above bound James Windham Administrator of the goods, chattels, and credits of John Windham deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of the said James Windham administrator or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made, do exhibit into the said court of Ordinary, when he shall be thereunto required , and such goods, chattels and credits, do well and truly administer according to law, and do make a just and true account of his actings and doings therein, when required by the said court; and all the rest of the said goods, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administration, the same being first allowed by the said court, shall deliver and pay

unto such persons respectively as are entitled to the same by law; and if it shall hereafter appear, that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the same be proved in court, and the executors obtain a certificate of the probate thereof, and the said James Windham do in such case, if required, render and deliver up the said letters of administration, then this obligation to be void, or else to remain in full force.

Witness,

Jarrod Watford

James + Windham

William Reynolds

Buyers at the estate sale of "Old John" Windham (I did not list purchased items)

Rachel Windham signed a power of attorney to William Windham "....to sell and dispose of a certain tract of land belonging to myself in the State of South Carolina Darlington District bounded North and West by William Runnels land East by Spencer Atkinson's land South by Jas. Windham Sd. Willliam Runels land or otherwise to dispose..." ...signed: Rachel Windham on 23 Aug 1833 in Dale County, Alabama. This tract of land in Darlington District, South Carolina, had been owned by Old John Windham, husband of Rachel, before he died in Dale County in November 1830. Old John Windham and Rachel, wife of Old John, moved from South Carolina to Dale County, Alabama, about late 1830.88

14. Sarah 'Sallie'8 (Windham?).95

Sarah 'Sallie' (Windham?) was born say 1740. She married 'Old' John Windham (#13), son of Charles Windham and Mary (Turbeville?), est 1760.

The children of 'Old' John Windham and 1st wife, Sarah 'Sallie' (Windham?) are believed to be son, James Windham and son, John Windham and probably others.

  1. James7 Windham.
  2. John Windham Jr.
  3. The exact actual birthdate of John Windham Jr. is not available, therefore, a 'circa' birthdate is used here. John, son of 'Old' John Windham and Sarah 'Sallie' (Windham?), was born circa 1785.

    John Windham Jr. married Virginia 'Ginny' Jane Bartlett, daughter of Zilpha Bartlett, on 11 Feb 1808.89

    John Windham Jr. died on 4 Jan 1836 in Dale County, Alabama.90

    Virginia 'Ginny' Jane Bartlett.91

    Virginia 'Ginny' Jane Bartlett, daughter of Zilpha Bartlett, was born in 1793 in South Carolina.92 Her first name is believed to be 'Virginia' but, it has not been satisfactorily proven that her first name is 'Virginia.'

The children of 'Old' John Windham and 2nd wife, Rachel Windham are believed to be:

  1. 16. Mary8 (Windham?).
  2. Mary (Windham?) was born say 1764.

    Mary (Windham?) married William Reynolds (#15) say 1779. Mary (Windham?) died before 1850.153

    15. William8 Reynolds.

    William Reynolds was born say 1764.

    William Reynolds married Mary (Windham?) (#16) say 1779.

    William Reynolds died in 1836 in Darlington District, South Carolina.

    Known children of William8 Reynolds and Mary (Windham?) (#16) were as follows:

    1. Abraham 'Abram'7 Reynolds.96
    2. Abraham 'Abram' Reynolds, son of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born say 1780.97

    3. James Reynolds.98
    4. James Reynolds, son of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born say 1782.99 James Reynolds married Matilda (----?----) say 1802.100

      Matilda (----?----).101

      Matilda (----?----) was born say 1782.102

    5. Nancy Reynolds.
    6. Daniel Reynolds.103
    7. Daniel Reynolds, son of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born say 1787.104

      Daniel Reynolds married Winneford Reynolds.105

      Daniel Reynolds died on 27 Dec 1852.106

      Winneford Reynolds.107

      Winneford Reynolds was born say 1787.108

    8. William 'Billy' Reynolds.109
    9. William 'Billy' Reynolds, son of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born circa 1787.110

      William 'Billy' Reynolds married Elizabeth Moore circa 1807.111

      William 'Billy' Reynolds died on 5 Mar 1872.112 Elizabeth Moore.113

      Elizabeth Moore was born say 1790.114

      Elizabeth Moore died before 1840.115

    10. Elizabeth Reynolds.116
    11. Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born say 1791.117

      Elizabeth Reynolds married George Mims.118

      George Mims.119

      George Mims was born say 1790.120

    12. Dolly Reynolds.121
    13. Dolly Reynolds, daughter of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born say 1795.122

      Dolly Reynolds married Daniel Windham, son of 'Old' John Windham and Rachel Windham, say 1820.123

      Dolly Reynolds died before 1836 probably in Dale County, Alabama.124 Daniel Windham.125

      Daniel Windham, son of 'Old' John Windham and Rachel Windham, was born say 1799.126 He moved from Darlington District, South Carolina, to Dale County, Alabama, in 1818.127 Daniel Windham returned to Darlington District, South Carolina, to live about 1843 or maybe before. He brought, at least, two of his childern back to Darilngton District, SC, that is, William K. Windham and Dilley A.K. Windham.128

    14. Sarah 'Sallie' Reynolds.129
    15. Sarah 'Sallie' Reynolds, daughter of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born on 20 Nov 1798.130

      Sarah 'Sallie' Reynolds married Amos Windham, son of 'Old' John Windham and Rachel Windham, on 20 Oct 1813.131

      Sarah 'Sallie' Reynolds died on 18 Oct 1873 at age 74.132 She was buried in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina.133

    16. Penelope 'Penny' Reynolds.139
    17. Penelope 'Penny' Reynolds, daughter of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born on 25 Aug 1807.140

      Penelope 'Penny' Reynolds married George W. Mims in 1824.141 Penelope 'Penny' Reynolds died on 28 Oct 1877 at age 70.142 George W. Mims.143

      George W. Mims was born on 7 Apr 1802.144

      George W. Mims died on 15 Apr 1858 at age 56.145 He was buried in Newman Swamp Cemetery in Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina.146

    18. Mary Reynolds.147
    19. Mary Reynolds, daughter of William Reynolds and Mary (Windham?), was born say 1810.148 Mary Reynolds married William Spires.149

      Mary Reynolds died in 1840.150 William Spires.151

      William Spires was born say 1810.152

  3. Amos Windham.134
  4. Amos Windham, son of 'Old' John Windham and Rachel Windham, was born on 22 Jun 1796.135 The writer thinks that 'Old' John Windham (born say1735) is the father of this Amos Windham (1796-1871), however, there is a possibility that the parents of this Amos Windham (1796-1871) is Anthony Windham (born about 1771) and his wife, Sarah Mixon. This Anthony Windham is a son of Amos Windham of Revolutionary War fame. He was in the War of in 1812 as a substitute for Eliaha Trewitt (also sometimes spelled Truet or Truett).136

    Amos Windham died on 20 Feb 1871 in Darlington County, South Carolina, at age 74. There is a death date of 18 Feburary 1854 on his tombstone but that 1854 death date is incorrect.137 He was buried in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina.138

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Harry Windham of Houston, Texas, believes Virginia 'Ginny' Jane Bartlett has some Indian ancestry.

On 28 Dec 2011, Harry Windham emailed John B. Windham the following information: (Begin information from Harry Windham)


Jane Bartlett Theory – Revised

Who were the mother and father of the wife of John Windham?

Who was the wife of John Windham?

Starting with the most basic information, I think it has to be the Bounty Land application Jane Windham made in Barbour County (but as a resident of Dale Co.) on 18 Sept. 1855. In this application, she states she was 65 years old, the widow of John Windham, that they were married 11 February 1808, in Darlington, SC and that he died in the year 1836 and that she is now a widow. She further states that her maiden name was Bartlett, and that her husband was a private in the Company commanded by Capt. McKeever in the SC or AL Regiment of infantry (militia) commanded by (she forgot) in the war with Great Britain.

This declaration was witnessed by Joseph W. Lowe, the attorney appointed by her, and Anthony Windham. I am quite certain this Anthony Windham was her son, due to her filing in Barbour County, where Anthony was known to reside.

The declaration and affidavit were sworn to by D. A. Bush, J. P. This D. A. Bush further testifies that “Jane Bartlett and John Windham was private married on the 11th day of February A. D. 1808 and that I certify that Jane Windham is a widow that the said husband is now dead. That I extracted the above information from her own family Bible that John Windham died on 4th January A. D. 1836”.

I believe this gives us further confirmation that Jane Windham was nee Bartlett and she was born at or very near 1790, since she, her attorney, her son and the Justice of the Peace agreed she was nee Bartlett and was 65 years old. If this were a mistake, someone (one of the 4 of them) would have caught it. I would also assume applying for a land patent was considered very serious business.

Who was the mother of Jane Bartlett Windham? Minnie Lee Cox

The following letter was written by Minnie Lee Cox of Attapulgus, Ga. Who was a daughter of John Taylor Lee and Sophronie Windham. Ms. Cox was a granddaughter of Samuel Windham. She was 77 years old at the time the letter was written and apparently in good health and sound mind. It was addressed to a Mr. John Brady Judah in Columbus, Ga. who was also working on the Windham/Lee and Mixon connections. Mr. Judah was a great grandson of Samuel Windham (b 1813)

"Dear Brady;

Well Now, for the Windham - Epistle, Now Brady, I Think, In how Dallas Windhams Niece had Things, Mixed-up, about my Old Great-Grandmother, -Not many people knew just how it was, -I guess her name was Virginia as my Dad called her, Aunt Ginny. But, she was step-Daughter of Thomas Andrews. Her Mother was a Bartlett, but Grandmother was 2 or 3 years old, when her mother married Thomas Andrews and she called him Daddy Tommy-But he was not her natural Father for My mother told me so and grandmother tells my mother so. Yes, I think most people called grandmother Ginney Andrews, So Brady, you can help those People clear things up. She Was Virginia Mixon, or Ginny Mixon... Minnie Lee Cox"

In the above letter, Minnie Lee Cox confirms Jane Windham was nee Bartlett, and that Jane’s mother was a Bartlett, but also goes on to say Jane’s mother was a Mixon. There is no hint as to how she arrived at Jane’s mother being a Mixon. This suggests to me that Jane Bartlett’s mother was nee Mixon and had married a Bartlett. Alternatively, Jane Bartlett’s mother could be nee Bartlett and also married a Bartlett. But that leaves out a Mixon connection. The only other option I can think of is that Jane’s mother could have had Jane by a Mixon out of wedlock and kept the name Bartlett for Jane. I find it interesting in dealing with the Andrews side of the family, that there seems to be very little to no data about the Zilpha/Bartlett connection. With the exception of Zilpha, the Andrews family is fairly well documented for many years back. This could suggest the relationship between Zilpha and Thomas is considered somewhat of a skeleton in the closet. At any rate, there does not seem to be any evidence that a Jane Bartlett married one of the Mixon’s prior to her marriage to Thomas Andrews.

In the book, Pea River Trails by Clayton Metcalf, winter 1997, he lists John Windham as marrying Virginia Mixson ….

"John Windham - born 1776 in Darlington Dist., SC. Came to Dale County AL in 1820. He was a son of Amos Windham and Sarah McAnock. He was married to Virginia Mixson - born 1784. She was a daughter of Micah Mixson. They had nine children but little is known of several of them"

Clayton Metcalf does not give sources for this information, so it makes it difficult to digest. We know from the obituary of Samuel Windham that John Windham came to Dale Co. in 1827, not 1820. We also know from the estate settlement of William McHugo in Darlington, that Amos Windham was married to Sarah McHugo. As to Micah Mixon, I have seen no information even suggesting that he had a wife named Virginia or Jane. I tend to discount some of this work.

Who was Thomas Andrew’s wife?

In a deed of land dated 24 Dec.1806 in Darlington, SC from Thomas Andrews to Peter DuBose, for

$500 for 640 acres between Lynches Creek and Newman Swamp, there was a Dower Release by - Zilpha Andrews (her X mark) dated 27 July 1807. This deed was signed by Thomas Andrews and witnessed by Enos Mathis and Moses Mathis (Matthews). The fact that Zilpha Andrews signed the dower release indicates she was most likely a spouse. No maiden name was given.

I believe the Indians take the last name of the mother instead of the father. If true, then that is how the wife of my John, became Jane Bartlett. I am pretty sure Jane's mother was Zilpha Bartlett and she married Thomas Andrews, an Indian agent in SC or NC.93


Here is a rough draft of the Indian connection.

The first Thomas Andrews (a Virginian of Scottish ancestry) was a trader with the Chickasaws and Upper Creeks, especially the "Coosaws" who are the Coushatta (Coosadas), a branch of the Alibamo Indians. These Indians were part of the Upper Creek Confederacy. Napochi was a Coosada town of Alibamo and Shawnee Indians and Thomas was to have a close relationship with this town. Napochi is today's Bessemer, Alabama. (see Swanton's early studies of the Creeks and “Bartrams Travels Among the Creeks” as well as DeJarnette’s archaeological study of the Bessemer Mound site.

Martha Andrews (the first Thomas's wife) was probably a Coosada or a half-breed although she might have been Yamasee. She had been married before and her first husband was most likely a white settler

or a half- breed Creek. there were far fewer white women than men in the west (modern Alabama and Mississippi) and white traders often married Indian women. Many of these Indian women had Christian names and were sometimes listed as the "children" (actually god-children) of the whites who sponsored their baptism.

Indian wives are often simply listed by the Christian name….. Elizabeth, Martha, etc without any reference to family. White women are almost alway listed in colonial era records with maiden name, name of father (and sometimes mother) as well as the name of her husband.*

His grandson's wife Zilpha (Sefaya) was Alibamo Coosada and a daughter of the Napochi Mi'ko. Sefaya (the Alibamo dialect form of Sehoy) was a common Creek name at that time. Even if illiterate, most white women in the Southern Colonies could at least sign their names but she put an "X" in the Indian style. The name Bartlett was borrowed from 'one of the British Indian Agents of the time James Bartlett, a close friend of the Napochi Mi'ko who adopted the name Bartlett (this was a common practice among Creeks). Her older brother was Napochi Hadjo (also known as Tommy Bartlett) who took part in the assault on Fort Mims and was an implacable enemy of US expansion into Creek lands.

He was a red stick (hostile Creek) and a close ally of the British in both the revolution and the War of 1812. After the Creek defeat in 1815 he settled in Broken Arrow (near Talladega). His sister and brother-in-law would later join him in Alabama. During the Creek uprising of the 1830s, Napochie Hadjo (now Nabochi Emarthla)** signed the famous peace letter of the Creeks pledging not to wage war against the US any more and to commit the Creek peoples to peace. During this conflict he was confined to a military reservation in South Alabama (the site where Ft Rucker is today). This was basically a concentration camp for those Indians and half-breeds who refused to move to Oklahoma.

Most of the Alibamos and Coushattas had earlier moved to Texas and Louisiana.

His sister (Zilpha) lived nearby and the soldiers would let them visit each other without interference. In 1839, the three families who refused to leave were released under the proviso that they were subject to the laws of Alabama and could no longer "live like Indians", an amusing provision since this son-in-law had been a wealthy landowner in South Carolina.

The heavy mixed-blood Indian connection to South Carolina may seem strange until you consider that many South Carolina Indians of the Peedee, Yamasee and Shawnee nations moved to the Creek Confederacy after the Yamasee war in the 1730s.

The Indian traders like Thomas Andrews and his half-breed sons would have maintained their wealth and status in the Carolinas by continuing the Indian trade. The famous half-breed Creek leader William Weatherford (Red Eagle) lived with his white father's people in Savannah, Georgia as a child and was related through his father and his third wife to the Mathis family. The Griswold family is also related to Weatherfords.

The last Indian connection is through Martha Thompson, most likely a full blooded Alibamo, but there is little information on her.

* Confusion arises unless you consider that the old Creek inheritance passed to the son of your sister. This means that maternal uncles are considered fathers and paternal first cousins are considered brothers and sisters. Add to this the fact that cousin marriage was common among both whites and Indians at the time, so the husband and wife would often share a set of grandparents. Also many Indians were also polygenous. All this makes a geneological chart a little more complicated.

** These are not proper names but titles. Napochi Mi'ko is the headman of Napochi (a minor chief sometimes called a cacique). Hadjo is the title born by a warrior. It literally means wild or fearless in Alibamo and is usually translated as "a brave". When he was older he was known as Napochi Emathla which means the good leader of Napochi. Emathla means a good or respected teacher and was almost a religious title among the Upper Creeks.

Napochie Emathla's personal name was Tommy and is listed on the 1832 Creek census as Tom Bartlett. Many Creeks had adopted English personal names even at this early stage. Differences m spelling of Indian names and titles are due to the white transcriber trying to write down Muscogean words based on how they sound to him.

Also shared by Harry Windham of Houston, Texas:

SC Darlington 1806 Deed Thomas Andrews to Peter DuBose 24 December 1806-

Thomas Andrews to Peter DuBose.....$500....640 Acres between Lynches Creek and Newman Swamp Witnesses- Enos Matthis, Moses Matthis Signed- Thomas Andrews

Dower Release by - Zilpha Andrews (her X mark) 27 July 1807 (End information from Harry Windham).94


123-126 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 2.

127-128 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 10.

129-130 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 101.

131 1812 War Pension Records; Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 101.

132-135 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 101.

136 1812 War Pension Records.

137 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 101; date of death from Amos' War of 1812 pension application.

138 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 101.

139 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 2.

81 1860 Darlington County, South Carolina, census used to determine his year of birth.

82 probable birth date determined by the probable date of birth of their first born child.

83 probable marriage date determined by the probable date of birth of their first born child.

84 she was not listed in the signed will of James Windham on 23 Feb 1856.

85 "Windham Research Report", 1950-1953, Leonardo Andrea (Columbia, South Carolina), to Mrs. Elliott Butt Loyless (Tallahassee, Florida), page 3, Andrea also stated "John Windham was of an age to have been a son of Charles"; Clayton Library, Houston, TX, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

86 Brent H. Holcomb, compiler, Marriage and Death Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate, Vol. 1 : 1837-1860 (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.), stated: "Issue of Aug. 5, 1858 - Rachel Windham, wife of John Windham, dec., died on the 15th July, at the residence of Elijah Reynolds, Esq., near Newton, Dale Co., Ala. She was born in Darlington Dist., S.C., Nov. 22nd 1764, where she grew up amid the scenes of the Revolutionary War. Married raised a family.....J.S. Sappington."

87 Rachel Windam made a decalration in Dale County, Alabama, on 28 May 1856, for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855" for her husband, John Windham, who served in the Revolutionary War. In this decalration, Rachel Windham stated that her husband, John Windham, died in November 1830 in Dale County, Alabama. This John Windham was listed in the 1830 Darlington County, South Carolina, federal census, so he apparently had just moved to Dale County, Alabama, from Darlington, South Carolina, when he died in Dale County, Alabama, in November 1830.

88 Darlington County Deeds, Book E, pages 391-392 roll C7004, SC Dept. Archives and History.

89 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family of England, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas (n.p.: privately printed, 1982), page 69.

90 The 4 Jan 1836 death date of her husband, John Windham, was stated in Jane (Bartlett) Windham's application for obtaining Bounty land to which she may be entitled under Act of March 3rd, 1855.

91 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 69; Thomas Windham household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dale County, Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division, sheet 369 (written), dwelling 272, family 272, 1850 Dale Co., Ala census has her name to be 'Jane;' Minnie Mae Lee Cox, daughter of John Taylor Lee and his second wife, Saphronia E. Windham (daughter of Samuel Windham and Elander Dupree Woodham), called her 'Ginny Mixon'. Minnie was probably mistaken about the surname, Mixon, but probably had her nickname correct.

92 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 69; Thomas Windham household, 1850 U.S. Census, Dale County , Alabama, population schedule, Southern Division, 1850 Dale Co., Ala. census shows her to be 56 years old and born in South Carolina.

93-94 Harry Windham, "Windham Family information," e-mail to John B. Windham, 28 Dec 2011.

95 Leonardo Andrea, "Windham Research Report", Page 37 of the Andrea Report is a letter to Mr. Andrea from E. B. Loyless dated 21 Jan 1951. In this letter, E.B. Loyless states that he (meaning E.B. Loyless) has an ancestral chart of John B. Judah, a descendant of John Windham brother of James and Rachel and he (meaning John B. Judah) shows their (meaning John and James Windham) mother as 'Sallie Windham.'

96-153 Edwin Lavin Large Jr., Descendants of William and Mary Reynolds, page 2.


Generation Nine

17. Charles9 Windham (Clere Wyndham, #19)

Chalres Windham 154 was baptized on 9 May 1695 in England.

Previously, it was thought by the writer that this Charles Windham was born estimated about 1709, but using new and additional data, it has now been determined that this Charles Windham was born before or by 09 May 1695 when he is recorded to have been baptized in England.155

Charles Windham came to British North America as one of forty (40) persons transported from England by Col. Robert Bolling. Col. Robert Bolling was granted 1973 acres of land in Prince George County, Virginia, on 01 May 1706 as a Land Grant for transporting these forty people from England to Virginia in 1706. This 1973 acres Land Grant that Col. Robert Bolling recieved was in Prince George County, beginning at the mouth of Moccosoneck Creek, to Cross Branch, to Stony Creek, to Nottoway River.

The forty persons transported were: Geo. Benford, Matt. Eennys, Cha. Windham, Tho. York, Theo. Peirson, Joan Woodward, Margt. Nicholls, Debora Mumford, Isabell Collyer, Eliza. Florence, Tho. Banford, John Butler, Wm. Wilkeson, Ed. Benn, Mary Ball, Matt. Deane, Wm. Jemson, Geo. Casleton, Nich. Arnold, Anne Armstead, Saml. Thurwell, Tho. Brown, Richd. Merchant, Peter Russell, Geo. Homes, John Boss, Sarah Cooper, Tho. Jones, Wm. England, Mary James, Mary Ponyard, John Fox, Anne Faring, Tho. Burton, John Hardiman, Richd. Lookman, James Walke, Eliza. Putman, Hannah Selby, Sarah Clark.

It seems probable, Charles Windham was in the care of one of these other transported persons (or he could have been in the care of Robert Bolling) because Charles was only about 11 or 12 years old at the time of his emigration from England. Interestingly, the transported persons names indicate there were many single females in the group who were apparently not married. Also, interesting is the fact that Robert Bolling born 26 Dec 1646 came to Virginia, British North America 02 Oct 1660 when he was only fourteen years old. Robert Bolling died 17 July 1709 in Virginia.156

Charles, s. of Clere Windham gent. bapt. 9th May (Image available from the actual register.)

Wakefield York Parish Registers 1600 to 1812 – For the year 1695 – Found in the archives held by the Borthwich Institute, Yorkshire County, England.

Prerogative Court of Canterbury Administration Act Book – Year 1712 – Found in the National Archives of England, Kew Gardens, Surrey, England.

The actual record is in Latin and for the year 1712 is from folio 219. A translation of the record follows:

1712, Nov. 10. Clere Wyndham, Administration granted to Charles Wood, guardian of Elizabeth Wyndham and Robert Wyndham, minors, children of said defunet; and also Charles Wyndham (now beyond the seas), another son of Clere Wyndham. The relict, Catherine Wyndham, and John Wyndham, the son of the said Clere Wyndham, first renouncing."157

Charles Windham married first, Mary (Turbeville?) (#18).158 Charles Windham married second, Anne (Turbeville?).159 Charles Windham died circa 1770 in South Carolina.

18. Mary9 (Turbeville?).183

The exact actual birthdate of Mary (Turbeville?) is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. Mary (Turbeville?) was born say 1710.

She married Charles Windham (#17), son of Clere Wyndham and Catherine Wall.184

Known children of Charles9 Windham and Mary (Turbeville?) (#18) were as follows:

  1. Patience8 Windham.160
  2. Patience Windham, daughter of Charles Windham and Mary (Turbeville?), was born circa 1730.161 She married John Bonnell on 3 Dec 1747 in Prince Frederick Parish Episcopal Church on the Black River near George-town in Craven County, South Carolina, British North America.162

    John Bonnell.163

    John Bonnell was born say 1697.164

    On 28 Oct 2006, Sharon Lee posted the following note on Rootsweb: During a trip today to the DAR Library in DC, I located documents that prove:

    "Mary Lisembert" came to South Carolina aboard the Margaret as the servant of Margaret Bonecou. Later this Marie Isambert married and bore Daniel Bonnell two children, Suzanne and John. By Oct. 14, 1699 both Bonnells were dead, leaving both children in the care of a Mary Bonval/Bouval. When Mary Bonval/Bouval died soon afterwards, the children became the wards of Elie (Elisha) Prioleau. Sources: Records of the Secretary of the Province of SC 1692-1721; Transactions of the Huguenot Society of SC. John Bonnell shows up on the Black River in Craven Co, SC, as early as 1736 although his land grant of 800 acres in Craven Co is on 8 Aug 1741. His last recorded date in Pee Dee 1744. Sources: Transactions of the Huguenot Society of SC reprinting SC Land Grants to Huguenots 1674-1765; SC Deed Abstracts 1719-1772 Vol I and II;Early Pee Dee Settlers Part II.165

    John Bonnell married first, Honora White.166

  3. William Windham.167
  4. William Windham, son of Charles Windham and Mary (Turbeville?), was born circa 1732.168

    William Windham married Sarah (----?----).169 Sarah (----?----).170

    Sarah (----?----) was born say 1732.171

  5. 'Old' John Windham.
  6. Mary Windham.172
  7. Mary Windham, daughter of Charles Windham and Mary (Turbeville?), was born on 7 Sep 1735.173

  8. Daniel Windham.174
  9. Daniel Windham, son of Charles Windham and Mary (Turbeville?), was born on 1 Sep 1738 in Craven County, South Carolina, British North America. Craven County was one of the three original counties of

    South Carolina. It was established in 1683 and discontinued in 1769.175 He was baptized on 5 Feb 1739 at the Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish Church on the Black River near George-town in Craven County, South Carolina, British North America.176

  10. Amos Windham.177
  11. Amos Windham, son of Charles Windham and Mary (Turbeville?), was born in Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish on 11 Nov 1741 in Craven County, South Carolina, British North America.178

    Amos Windham married Sarah MacHugo circa 1761.179

    Amos Windham died in St. David's Parish before 21 Apr 1798 in Darlington County, South Carolina.180 The burial place of Major Amos Windham (1741-1798) is not known. Some researchers think he was likely buried in the old Windham Cemetery north of Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina. This Old Windham Cemetery is no longer in existence. It was removed or destroyed and the land was returned to cultivation and should not be confused with the present Windham Cemetery off Windhamtown Road near Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina. In recent years, many researchers and Windham descendants have been mistaken in thinking that Major Amos Windham (1741-1798) is buried at the present-day fenced-in Windham Cemetery in the cow-pasture just off Windhamtown Road (hwy. 131), north of Lamar, Darlington County, South Carolina. There is a 'memorial' marker in this present cemetery off Windhamtown Road. This memorial marker was placed there sometime about in the 1970s by a good-intentioned person to serve as a remembrance of Major Amos Windham (1741-1798). This 'memorial' monument should not be mistaken for a grave stone, marking the place of Major Amos Windham's burial. Unfortunately, there are some confused Windham researchers who have observed this recently placed memoiral stone and have passed-on the untrue rumor that Major Amos Windham is buried at this cemetery.

    Robert Mills., Mills' Atlas Darlington District 1820

    w. Amos Windham location marked and overlayed with current Windham's Crossroads


    Amos Windham owned lands located on Jeffreys Creek, Middle Swamp, Lake Swamp, Sparrow Swamp, Deep Hole, Bay Branch, Newman's Swamp, and Boggy Gully in Darlington County, formerly Cheraw District, formerly Craven County, South Carolina. He received seven hundred acres in royal land grants between 1769 and 1772.

    The following list of royal plats indicates the locations of the lands, acreage, dates lands were surveyed, and record books in which plats were listed (Index to Royal Plats Prior to 1776 - South Carolina Archives - Columbia, S.C.).

    *As noted previously, the 300 acres recorded on plat dated July 29, 1754, were surveyed for Charles Windham to whom the grant was never issued. The land was certified for Amos Windham by the court on August 30, 1771, and the grant was issued to him and recorded on September 14, 1771 (see below).

    In accordance with the royal plats, the following royal land grants were issued and recorded to Amos Windham (Index to Royal Land Grants Prior to 1776 - South Carolina Archives - Columbia, S.C.)

    On July 9, 1773, Amos Windham of St. David's Parish was qualified by the Court of the Ordinary as an administrator on the estate of William MacHugo, deceased of the same parish. Amos claimed next of kin in the right of his wife who was not named (Probate Records of South Carolina - Vol. 2 - #119,122 - South Carolina Archives, Columbia, S.C.). An interpretation of the existing records seems to indicate that the wife of Amos Windham was Sarah MacHugo.

    On December 13, 1778, Amos Windham made a contribution of twenty-five pounds to St. David's Society for the establishment of St. David's Academy (Minutes of St. David's Society - South Carolina Archives, Columbia, S.C.; Darlingtoniana - Ervin and Rudisill - 1976 - p. 29).

    During the Revolutionary War, Amos Windham served in the South Carolina Militia. He received his appointment as Lieutenant on February 21, 1776, in the St. David's Parish, and began his service in Colonel G.C. Powell's Regiment. He served as Captain during 1781, 1782, and 1783 in Colonel Kolb's Regiment, Marion's Brigade, and was commissioned Major after the war had ended (Records of the Council of Safety, February 21, 1776 - South Carolina Archives, Columbia, S.C.; The Windham Manuscript - Andrea - 1950 - pp. 4,14 - South Caroliniana Library, University of S.C. - Columbia, S.C.).

    Following the Revolutionary War, Major Amos Windham received thousands of acres in state land grants between 1785 and 1795 in Cheraw District, which was formerly Craven County and later became Darlington County (Index to State Land Grants - 1784-1821 - South Carolina Archives, Columbia, S.C.).

    Sarah MacHugo.181

    Sarah MacHugo was born say 1745.182

In 1737 a group of Welshmen obtained from the Council of King George II of England a grant of 173,840 acres of land on the Pee Dee River. At that time they were settled in Delaware on lands purchased from William Penn. In 1736 they came up the Pee Dee River to stake out their claims, 250 acres each, on the east bank of the river in what is now Marion County. In 1737 the grant was extended up the river above the present North Carolina line and included all lands lying within eight miles on each side of the Pee Dee River. On February 10, 1737, the Honourable Thomas Broughton, Governor of South Carolina, instructed the Surveyor General "not to survey for any other persons than the said Welsh people any more of the said lands lying within eight miles on each side of the river and so up to the Branches aforesaid." By 1747 practically all the lands were taken. The known families of the Welsh settlers were: James James and wife, Philip James and wife, Daniel Devonald, Abel James, Daniel James and wife, Thomas Evans and wife, Thomas Harry and wife, John Harry and wife, Samuel Evans and wife, David Jones and wife, Thomas James, William James, Evan Harry, John Jones and wife, Samuel Wilds and wife, Daniel Harry and wife, Thomas Jones and wife, Griffeth Jones and wife, Griffeth John, John Newberry, Henry Oldacre, William Eynon, David James, Samuel Sarance, and William Terrel (Darlingtoniana, A History of the People, Places and Events in Darlington County, South Carolina - Edited by Eliza Cowen Ervin and Horace Fraser Rudisill - 1976 - pp. 24,26,27,28). It should be noted that Windham is not included among the names of the known families who settled at Britton's Neck, Sandy Bluff and the Welsh Tract, although the records clearly indicate that Charles Windham was living in the vicinity from 1735 until 1771. According to the existing church records, it appears that Charles arrived in South Carolina before the establishment of the above settlements. He was associated with the Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish Church on the Black River near George-town and the Reverend John Fordyce who was rector from 1734 until 1751 and who officiated at the Britton's Neck Church and extensively up the Pee Dee River into the Cheraws (A Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina - Albert Sidney Thomas p. 349). The rector recorded the following information (The Register Book of Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish Church - published by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America - 1916 - pp. 7,9,16,38)

When he arrived in South Carolina, Charles Windham appears to have bought lands along the Pee Dee river near Mars Bluff in Craven County. The records indicate that he did not receive a royal land grant. However, after the Welsh Tract was settled he petitioned the Council in 1754 for three hundred acres-----stating that he had a wife, three children (under sixteen) and one Negroe (Council Journal Number 23 - p. 108 - South Carolina Archives - Columbia, South Carolina). The petition was granted, and a tract of land containing three hundred acres was laid out on Jefferies Creek on the south side of the Pee Dee River in Cravens County on July 20, 1754. According to the plat, the grant was not issued but was held in reserve for Charles Windham from 1754 until August 30, 1771, when the Court of the Ordinary certified the grant for Amos Windham, his son. This action by the Court indicates that Charles was deceased by this time (Pre-Revolutionary Loose Plats - Folder Number 2039 - South Carolina Archives- Columbia, South Carolina). The Index to Royal Plats Prior to 1776 shows this plat dated 1754 in the name of Amos Windham, who was twelve years old at the time.


154 A. W. Hughes Clarke and Arthur Campling, editors, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, Vol. 2 (M-Z) of 2 volumes (London, England: The Harleian Society, Quintin Publications, 1933-34). The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, was made by Sir Edward Bysshe, Knt., Clarencieux King of Arms, pages 246, 247, and 248---page 248 gives a "Charles" as being a son of Clere Wyndham (baptized 1663-died 1713 in Holland) and Cath. Wall (buried 1733)l who married in London, England in 1685. It has not been positively proven, but it is believed by the writer that this is the same 'Charles' Windham who was living in South Carolina, British North Amercia by about 1734.

155 Windham Family GenForum--Jim Windham, online at: http://genforum.genealogy.com/windham/, from information posted by Jim Windham, posted 26 Dec 2009, message number 2048.

156 Louise Pledge Heath Foley, compiler, Early Virginia Families Along the James River (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.), Prince George County, VA, Land Patents Book Number 9, page 92.

157 Windham Family GenForum--Jim Windham, online http://genforum.genealogy.com/windham/, message number 2048.

158 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 33.

159 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 34.

160-161 Windham Family GenForum-- Wilma Broderick High, online at: http://genforum.genealogy.com/windham/, from information posted by Wilma Broderick High (wbhigh@mailcity.com), posted 14 Mar 2000.

162 John Fordyce, Reverend, Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish (SC) Register Book (n.p.: n.pub., early to past the mid-1700s). This information provided by Harry Windham of Houston, Texas., page 56, recorded the following "1747/8 Dec 3rd married John Bonnell and Patience Windham;" Windham Family GenForum-- Wilma Broderick High, online http://genforum.genealogy.com/windham/, posted 14 Mar 2000, gave date and place of marriage as: 3 Dec 1747/8 at Prince Frederick Parish, Wynaw, South Carolina; RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Jack P. Dean, online at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/, from a database compiled by Jack P. Dean, viewed online 19 Feb 2010, gave a marriage date of 3 Dec 1747.

163 Windham Family GenForum-- Wilma Broderick High, online http://genforum.genealogy.com/windham/, posted 14 Mar 2000.

164 Windham Family GenForum-- Wilma Broderick High, online http://genforum.genealogy.com/windham/, posted 14 Mar 2000; RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Jack P. Dean, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/, viewed on line 19 Feb 2010-stated a birth date of about 1697 for John Bonnell.

165 RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Jack P. Dean, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/, viewed on line 19 Feb 2010.

166 Windham Family GenForum-- Wilma Broderick High, online http://genforum.genealogy.com/windham/, posted 14 Mar 2000.

167 Leonardo Andrea, "Windham Research Report", page 2, Andrea stated: that this William Windham was a "likely son of Charles". Andrea also stated that some of his conclusions were drawn from the Prince Frederick Parish Episcopal Church Register Book in Craven County, South Carolina.

168 Leonardo Andrea, "Windham Research Report", page 2, Andrea stated: that this William Windham was "likely son of Charles."

169-171 Leonardo Andrea, "Windham Research Report", page 2, Andrea stated: that Sarah, was the wife of William Windham ("likely son of Charles"). Andrea also stated that some of his conclusions were drawn from the Prince Frederick Parish Episcopal Church Register Book in Craven County, South Carolina.

172-173 Reverend John Fordyce, Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish (SC) Register Book, page 7, recorded her as: " Mary Windham daughter of Charles Windham and of Mary, his wife, born Sep 7th 1735, baptized Dec 1737;" Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 33.

174-176 Reverend John Fordyce, Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish (SC) Register Book, page 9, recorded him as: " Daniel Windham son of Charles Windham and of Mary, his wife, born Sep 1st 1738, baptized Feb 5th 1739;" Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 33.

177 Reverend John Fordyce, Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish (SC) Register Book, page 16, recorded him as: "Amos Windham son of Charles Windham and of Mary, his wife, born Nov 11th 1741, baptized Oct 23rd 1743;" Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 33.

178 Reverend John Fordyce, Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish (SC) Register Book, page 16, recorded him as: "Amos Windham son of Charles Windham and of Mary, his wife, born Nov 11th 1741, baptized Oct 23rd 1743;" Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, pages 33, 39.

179 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 42.


Generation Ten

19. Clere10 Wyndham (Charles, #21)185 was christened on 24 Sep 1663.

Clere Wyndham married Catherine Wall (#20) on 30 Dec 1685 in St. Giles In The Fields.186

Clere Wyndham died in 1712 in Holland.187

20. Catherine10 Wall.194

Catherine Wall was born say 1667.195

Catherine Wall married Clere Wyndham (#19), son of Charles Wyndham of Stokesby and Elizabeth Clarke of Essex, on 30 Dec 1685 in St. Giles In The Fields.196 She was buried on 18 Aug 1733.197

Known children of Clere10 Wyndham and Catherine Wall (#20) were as follows:

  1. John9 Wyndham of London.188
  2. John Wyndham of London, son of Clere Wyndham and Catherine Wall, was born say 1687.189

  3. Robert Wyndham.190
  4. Robert Wyndham, son of Clere Wyndham and Catherine Wall, was born say 1692.191

  5. 17. Charles Windham.
  6. Elizabeth Wyndham.192
  7. Elizabeth Wyndham, daughter of Clere Wyndham and Catherine Wall, was born say 1700.193


180 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 39.

181 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 42.

182 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 42.

183 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 33; Leonardo Andrea, "Windham Research Report", page 2, Andrea stated: "It seems that the wife of Charles Windham may have been Mary Turbeville but this I was unable to prove."

184 Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 33.

185 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

186 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

187 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248 (page 248 states he died in Holland in 1712. It is not known if he was residing in Holland when he died or if he was just visiting there when he died); Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, publishers, Norfolk Archaeology, Vol. 5, Miscellaneous Tracts related to The Antiquities of the County of Norfolk (Rampart House Street, Norwich, England: Cundall, Miller, and Leavins, 1859), page 332, gave place of death, Holland, and year, 1712, of death.

188 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.


Generation Eleven

21. Charles11 Wyndham of Stokesby (Thomas, #23).198

Charles Wyndham of Stokesby, son of Thomas Wyndham of Stokesby and Anne Windham, was born say 1635.199

Charles Wyndham of Stokesby married Elizabeth Clarke of Essex (#22).200

He was buried on 6 Feb 1668 in Stokesby, Norfolk, England.201

22. Elizabeth11 Clarke of Essex.216

Elizabeth Clarke of Essex was born say 1640.217

Elizabeth Clarke of Essex married Charles Wyndham of Stokesby (#21), son of Thomas Wyndham of Stokesby and Anne Windham.218

Known children of Charles11 Wyndham of Stokesby and Elizabeth Clarke of Essex (#22) were as follows:

  1. Charles10 Wyndham of Stokesby.202
  2. Charles Wyndham of Stokesby, son of Charles Wyndham of Stokesby and Elizabeth Clarke of Essex, was born circa 1654.203

    Charles Wyndham of Stokesby married Elizabeth Berney, daughter of Thomas Berney Baronet.204 Charles Wyndham of Stokesby died at age 24 on 31 Jul 1685 in Stokesby, Norfolk, England.205

    Elizabeth Berney.206

    Elizabeth Berney, daughter of Thomas Berney Baronet, was born say 1665.207

  3. Elizabeth (not Margaret) Wyndham.208
  4. Elizabeth (not Margaret) Wyndham, daughter of Charles Wyndham of Stokesby and Elizabeth Clarke of Essex, was born say 1660.209

    Elizabeth (not Margaret) Wyndham married William Barnham of Norwich.210

    Elizabeth (not Margaret) Wyndham married Sir Francis Bardett Baronet of Burthwaite.211 William Barnham of Norwich.212

    William Barnham of Norwich was born say 1650.213 Sir Francis Bardett Baronet of Burthwaite.214

    Sir Francis Bardett Baronet of Burthwaite was born say 1660.215

  5. Clere Wyndham.

189-193 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

194 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248 (page 248 shows her as "Cath. Wall, mar. St. Giles in the Fields, London, 1685, Bur. 18 Aug 1733").

195-200 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

201 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248 (page 248 gives date of burial).

202 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

203 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248; "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," online on unknown compiler,<http://www.multiwords.de/genealogy/wyndham01.htm>, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

204 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.


Generation Twelve

23. Thomas12 Wyndham of Stokesby (Thomas Windham, #25).219

Thomas Wyndham of Stokesby, son of Thomas Windham of Pentney and Susan Anne Clere, was born say 1596.220

Thomas Wyndham of Stokesby married Anne Windham (#24), daughter of Sir Robert Windham of London.221

Known children of Thomas12 Wyndham of Stokesby and Anne Windham (#24) were as follows:

  1. Charles11 Wyndham of Stokesby.
  2. Robert Wyndham.222
  3. Robert Wyndham, son of Thomas Wyndham of Stokesby and Anne Windham, was born circa 1640.223

  4. Thomas Wyndham.224

    Thomas Wyndham, son of Thomas Wyndham of Stokesby and Anne Windham, was born circa 1643.225

24. Anne12 Windham (Robert, #27).226

Anne Windham, daughter of Sir Robert Windham of London, was born say 1600.227

Anne Windham married Thomas Wyndham of Stokesby (#23), son of Thomas Windham of Pentney and Susan Anne Clere.228

A.D. Bayne, The Royal History of Easter England pages 532 and 534

In the reign of Henry I., the family of De Reedham possessed the Manor of Stokesby in Norfolk; from them it passed to the Berneys, of whom Thomas Berney, second son of John Berney of Witchingham married Margery, daughter and heiress of William de Reedham. John, the son of Thomas, presented to the living in 1356, and in this family the presentation continued for many generations, Richard Berney, of Worstead being rector in 1748. The manor passed by marriage to the Cleres, of Ormesby, and the marriage of Susan Clere, daugther of Thomas Clere, of Stokesby, with a Wyndham, it came to a branch of hat family who had property at Mileham. Le Neve in a MS. says Sir Henry Wyndham, of Mileham, was knighted on July 23rd, 1603 and was buried at Great Walsingham. Thomas Wyndham, his son, married the above Susan Clere, and was the first of the family resident at Stokesby. Thomas Wyndham of that place succeeded him, and he had a son Charles who died there, and was buried in the church, February 6th, 1668, and his son, another Charles, seems to have had no male issue, and the estate on his death passed to his brother, Clere Wyndham, the second son. About 1710 he sold the property to George England, Esq., Mayor of Yarmouth, and went to Holland, where he died in 1712


205-207 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

208 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011, stated her name was Margaret, not Elizabeth; Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, Norfolk Archaeology, Vol. 5, page 332, stated Margaret to be a sister of Clere Wyndham.

209 Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, Norfolk Archaeology, Vol. 5, page 332, stated Margaret to be a sister of Clere Wyndham.

210 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

211 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

212-213 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

214-215 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

216 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248; "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

217-218 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

219 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire (London, England: Oxford University Press, 1950), rear of book fold-out genealogy chart; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248; Walter Rye, editor, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613 (London, England: Harleian Society, Quintin Publications, 1891). The visitation of Norfolk, made and taken by William


Generation Thirteen

25. Thomas13 Windham of Pentney (Henry Wyndham, #28).229

Thomas Windham of Pentney, son of Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock, was born say 1570.230

Thomas Windham of Pentney died in 1631.232

Thomas Windham of Pentney married Susan Anne Clere (#26), daughter of Thomas Clere of Stokesby, in 1594.231

26. Susan Anne13 Clere (Thomas, #30).258

Susan Anne Clere, daughter of Thomas Clere of Stokesby, was born in 1576.259

  1. 26. i. Susan Anne13 Clere.

Susan Anne Clere died on 13 Jun 1620.261

Susan Anne Clere married Thomas Windham of Pentney (#25), son of Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock, in 1594.260

The following was written and recorded by Amasa B. Windham in 1949-50:

(begin quote from Amasa B. Windham book)

THOMAS WYNDHAM (Died 1631) Of Pentney, Norfolk. His date of birth is not known. Among the first mentions of him is the time when he was sent by his father to collect a 100 pound debt from his cousin, Roger. He did this with such thoroughness, Roger later instituted suit for damages. (The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset - Page 113.)

He was left the properties of Bentley and Hamthwaite in Yorkshire by Sir Francis Wyndham, his third cousin. (Ibid - Page 140.)

He is buried in the church at Stokesby. He married Susan Clere (1576-1620), daughter of Thomas Clere, of Stokesby. (Norfolk Families - Page 1043: Norfolk Archaeology - Vol. 5 - Page 331.)

The marriage license was dated 1594. She died on June 13, 1620 aged 44. There is a brass on the nave floor of the church at Pentney, with two shields (Wyndham and Clere) reading: "Here lyeth interred the bodie of Mrs. Susan Wyndham the late wife of Tho. Wyndham, esq. whose course of life was holly ledd in the exercise of vertu and practise of pietie, being frequent in prayer, upright in conversation carefull over his family charitable to the poor, and friendly to all and as she was religious in hir lyfe, so she was blessed in hir end and hath no dought obtayned the crowne of immortalitie. She died the 13 day of June Anno Dm 1620 being the 44 yeare of hir adge." (Church Heraldry of Norfolk - Farrer - Norwich - 1889 - Vol. 2 - Page 263; Norfolk Archaeology - Vol. 2 - Page 88.)

The children of Thomas and Susan were Thomas, Henry, Francis, Edmond, Edward (baptised 1612) and Ann, who married Thomas Thoroughgood. Thomas' will was proved March 5, 1631. (Visitation of Norfolk, 1664 - Bysshe - Harleian Society - London - 1934 - Vol. 86 - Pages 246-7; Visitations of Norfolk, 1563. 1589 and 1613 - Hervey - Harleian Society - London - 1891 - Vol. 32 - Page 324.)

(end quote from Amasa B. Windham book).233

Thomas Windham of Pentney and Susan Anne Clere had six (6) children for whom something is known, there may have been other children who were born to them but for whom we have not yet found any recorded information.

  1. Thomas12 Wyndham of Stokesby.
  2. Henry Windham.234
  3. Henry Windham, son of Thomas Windham of Pentney and Susan Anne Clere, was born in 1598.235 Henry Windham died His Will proven 10 Apr 1632 shows he died 's.p.'........ "s.p.' means [Latin] sine prole; without offspring. in 1632.236

  4. Francis Windham.237
  5. Francis Windham, son of Thomas Windham of Pentney and Susan Anne Clere, was born circa 1599.

    Francis Windham married Elizabeth Sparling, daughter of James Sparling.238 Francis Windham died in 1660 in York, England.

    Elizabeth Sparling.239

    Elizabeth Sparling, daughter of James Sparling, was born say 1605.240

  6. Edmund Windham of Grimston.241
  7. Edmund Windham of Grimston, son of Thomas Windham of Pentney and Susan Anne Clere, was born in 1600.242

    Edmund Windham of Grimston died in 1627.243

  8. Edward Windham I.244
  9. Edward Windham I, son of Thomas Windham of Pentney and Susan Anne Clere, was born in 1608 in Norfolk, England.245

    He was baptized on 15 Apr 1612 in Norfolk, England.246

    Edward Windham I married first, Abigail Offley, daughter of Robert Offley Jr. and Anne Osborne, circa 1628 in England. This was Edward Windham's first marriage. While there is no evidence that

    Edward married more than once, there is the possibility that he may have married a second time before his death in 1664.247

    Edward Windham I died in 1664 in England after returning to England on a trip from his home in Virginia, British North America.248

    He was buried on 6 Sep 1664 in St. Andrew's Church cemetery in Stokesby, Norfolk, England. Stokesby is a village located in County of Norfolk, England, on the River Bure on the road between Norwich, England, and Great Yarmouth, England.249

    Abigail Offley250 was baptized on 4 Oct 1604 in England. Her actual birth date is unknown but it was sometime before her baptism on 4 Oct 1604.251

    Abigail Offley was not recorded as a passenger on the ship, John and Dorothy, when Edward Windham first went to America in 1634. She could have been on the ship but just not recorded. Most of the recorded passenger's names, were men. It is not known if she went to America on a later ship to be with her husband, Edward Windham, but there is no reason to believe that she did not go to America on a later ship.

    There is a, yet unproven, recorded death date of before 1650/51 for Abigail Offley. Her husband, Edward Windham, was in America and later traveled back to England where he died. Edward Windham's wife, Abigail Offley could have been in America and traveled back to London, England where she died. We have not found a record of Abigail Offley Windham coming to America. However,the lack of a record does not mean that she did not come to America. We know that Edward Windham was politically connected and probably wealthy enough that he and his family had the means to travel back and forth to England from America.

    Abigail Offley died before 7 Mar 1650/51 in London, England.252

  10. Anne Windham.253
  11. Anne Windham, daughter of Thomas Windham of Pentney and Susan Anne Clere, was born say 1615.254

    Anne Windham died circa 1640 in Norfolk, England. Thomas Thorogood.256

    Anne Windham married Thomas Thorogood, son of (--?--) Thoroughgood, Thomas

    Thorogood is a brother of Captain Adam Thorogood (Thorowgood-Thoroughgood).

    Captain Adam Thorogood transported Edward Windham (1604-1664) to British North America in 1634. Edward Windham married Abigail Offley and Captain Adam Thorogood married Sarah Offley, a sister of Abigail Offley. Thomas Thorogood, Adam's brother, was also transported to Virginia, British North America but he did not stay there. He went back to England where he lived and died.255

    Thomas Thorogood, son of (--?--) Thoroughgood, was born say 1610.257

    Thomas Thorogood died in 1669 in Norfolk, England.

    27. Sir Robert13 Windham of London.262

    Sir Robert Windham of London was born say 1550.263

    Known children of Sir Robert13 Windham of London include:

      Anne12 Windham.


Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, enlarged with another visitation made by Clarenceux Cooke, with many other descents; and also the visitation made by John Raven, Richmond, anno 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

220 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart.

221-228 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

229 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1410-1688, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset (London, England: Oxford University Press, 1939), page 113; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections (Selma, Alabama: privately printed, 1947-1948), page 11 typed, 17 written; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

230 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1410-1688, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset, page 113.

231 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, pages 216, 217 and fold-out chart inside back cover: 'Genealogy IV, Descendants of Thomas Wyndham and Susan Clere;' Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

232 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1410-1688, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset, page 113; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 11 typed, 17 written; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages246, 247, and 248....page 247 shows that his Will was proven 5 Mar1631.

233 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 11 and 12 typed.

234 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

235 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart.

236 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

237 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, pages 216, 217 and fold-out chart inside back cover: 'Genealogy IV, Descendants of Thomas Wyndham and Susan Clere;'

Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

238-240 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, page 247, states her name was Eliz daughter of James Sparling.

241 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

242 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart gave year of birth to be 1600.

243 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, page 247, shows his will proven 7 Aug 1627 and on page 247 it states he died 's.p.'........ "s.p.' means [Latin] sine prole; without offspring.

244 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 12 typed (page 18 written); Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, pages 22-24; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, page 216-217 and rear of book fold-out genealogy chart; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

245 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 12 typed (page 18 written); Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 22; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, page 216-217 and rear of book fold-out genealogy chart.

246 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 12 typed (page 18 written); Brig. General Bulwer, editor, The Visitation of Norfolk, in the Year 1563, Vol. II (Norwich, England: Agas H. Goose, Rampant House Street, 1895). The Visitation of Norfolk, in the Year 1563, was made by William Harvey, Clarencieux King of Arms, page 274, gave 15 Apr 1612 baptism date; Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, page 22; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

247 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections , page 12 typed, page 18 written; RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Richard Helm, online at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/, from a database compiled by Richard Helm, viewed online 17 Dec 2009.

248 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 13 typed (page 19 written); Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, pages 24; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, pages 216, 217 and fold-out chart inside back cover: 'Genealogy IV, Descendants of Thomas Wyndham and Susan Clere.'

249 Email message from Harry Windham (Houston, Texas) to John B. Windham , 16 Nov 2004; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 13 typed (page 19 written); Jeffie Windham Moore, The Windham Family, pages 24; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, pages 216, 217 and fold-out chart inside back cover: 'Genealogy IV, Descendants of Thomas Wyndham and Susan Clere;' David B. Windham, "Windham family information 28 May 2006," e-mail message from EMAIL ADDRESS ON FILE FOR PRIVATE USE (Marietta, Georgia) to John B. Windham; Brig. General Bulwer, The Visitation of Norfolk, in the Year 1563, page 274, gave burial date and place to be 'Stokesby, 6 Sept. 1664.'

250-253 RootsWeb WorldConnect Project--Richard Helm, online http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/, viewed online 17 Dec 2009.

253 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

254-255 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart.

256 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, page 247, mentions Thomas Thoroughgood was husband of Ann Windham.

257 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, rear of book fold-out genealogy chart.

258 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 11 typed, 17 written; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

259 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, page 247, states she died 13 Jun 1620 at age 44; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 11 typed, 17 written.

260 Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1688-1837, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, pages 216, 217 and fold-out chart inside back cover: 'Genealogy IV, Descendants of Thomas Wyndham and Susan Clere;' Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.


Generation Fourteen

28. Sir Henry14 Wyndham (Thomas, #31).264

Sir Henry Wyndham, son of Sir Thomas Wyndham and Mary Evarard, was born circa 1545.265

Sir Henry Wyndham of Mileham was knighted 23rd July 1603

Sir Henry Wyndham was buried at Great Walsingham

Sir Henry Wyndham married Bridget Mannock (#29), daughter of Thomas Mannock.266

Following was written and recorded by Amasa B. Windham in 1949-50:

(begin quote from Amasa B. Windham book)

17. SIR HENRY WYNDHAM Of Mileham. The dates of his birth and death are not known but he was very young when his father died in 1553. He became a customs official at the port of London, serving as Collector of Subsidies on Exports, and he introduced many reforms in that office. For some reason not known today, he was incarcerated in prison at Marshalsea, and little else is heard of him. (The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset - Page 149-156. )

He was knighted on July 23, 1603 and is buried at Great Walshingham. (Norfolk Archaeolgy - 1859 - Vol. 5 - Page 331; The Progress of James I - Nichols Vol. 1 - Page 200.)

He married Bridget, the daughter of Thomas Mannock, of Wyrmingford, Essex. Their children were Susan (married Myles Clark of Wroxham, Norfolk); Frances (married Sir Henry Frankland of Auldwark, York); Elizabeth (married John Harper of Norwich); Bridget (married Thomas Frankland of Auldwark, York). Mary, Judith and Thomas. (Visitations of Norfolk, 1563, 1589 and 1613 - Hervey - Harleian Society - London - 1891 - Vol. 32 - Page 324-5.)

(end quote from Amasa B. Windham book).267

Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock had seven (7) children for whom something is known, there may have been other children who were born to them but for whom we have not yet found any recorded information.268

  1. Susan13 Wyndham.269
  2. Susan Wyndham, daughter of Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock, was born say 1562.270

    Susan Wyndham married Miles Clark of Wroxham.271

    Miles Clark of Wroxham.272

    Miles Clark of Wroxham was born say 1562.273

  3. Frances Wyndham.274
  4. Frances Wyndham, daughter of Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock, was born say 1564.275

    Frances Wyndham married Sir Henry Frankland of Auldwark.276

    Sir Henry Frankland of Auldwark.277

    Sir Henry Frankland of Auldwark was born say 1564.278

  5. Elizabeth Wyndham.279
  6. Elizabeth Wyndham, daughter of Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock, was born say 1566.280

    Elizabeth Wyndham married John Harper of Norwich.281

    John Harper of Norwich.282

    John Harper of Norwich was born say 1566.283

  7. Mary Wyndham.284
  8. Mary Wyndham, daughter of Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock, was born say 1568.285

  9. Thomas Windham of Pentney.
  10. Judith Wyndham.286
  11. Judith Wyndham, daughter of Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock, was born say 1572.287

  12. Bridget Wyndham.288
  13. Bridget Wyndham, daughter of Sir Henry Wyndham and Bridget Mannock, was born say 1574.289

    Bridget Wyndham married Thomas Frankland of Auldwark.290

    Thomas Frankland of Auldwark.291

    Thomas Frankland of Auldwark was born say 1574.

29. Bridget14 Mannock (Thomas, #33).292

Bridget Mannock, daughter of Thomas Mannock, was born say 1550.293

Bridget Mannock married Sir Henry Wyndham (#28), son of Sir Thomas Wyndham and Mary Evarard.294

30. Thomas14 Clere of Stokesby.295

Thomas Clere of Stokesby was born say 1550.296

Known children of Thomas14 Clere of Stokesby include:


261 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 11 typed, 17 written; Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, page 247, she is called 'Anne' in this 1664 visitation.

262-263 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, pages 246, 247, and 248.

264-267 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 11 typed, page 17 written; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

268-270 Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

271-273 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

274-275 Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

276-279 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

279-280 Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

281-283 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

284-280 Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.


Generation Fifteen

31. Sir Thomas15 Wyndham (Thomas, #34).297

Sir Thomas Wyndham, son of Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg and Elizabeth Wentworth, was born in 1510.298

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wyndham,_Thomas

Sir Thomas Wyndham married Mary Evarard (#32) say 1535.299

Sir Thomas Wyndham died in 1553.300

Sir Thomas Wyndham and Mary Evarard had one (1) child for whom something is known, there may have been other children who were born to them but for whom we have not yet found any recorded information.

  1. Sir Henry14 Wyndham.

32. Mary15 Evarard.302

Mary Evarard was born say 1515.303

Mary Evarard married Sir Thomas Wyndham (#31), son of Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg and Elizabeth Wentworth, say 1535.304

Following was written and recorded by Amasa B. Windham in 1949-50:

(begin quote from Amasa B. Windham book)

16. THOMAS WYNDHAM He was born at Crownthorpe in 1510 and died on a sea voyage in 1553. He probably was the most colorful of all the Wyndham family, as far as his personal history goes. At various times, he was a famous navigator, a pirate and a slave trader. (Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to Amercia - Donnan - 1930 - Vol. 1 - Pages 8, 9, 11 and 13.)

He was about 12 years old when his father died and he was then being educated by William Chamberlain, the family tutor. His father wanted him to attend the Universities of Louvain and Bologna, but Thomas was not by nature a student. He was an adventurer rather than a humanist. When he was about 25, he was serving under Thomas Cromwell in Ireland. In October 1539, he was sent as captain of a hundred men to serve under the Earl of Ormonde, and during November and December he saw a good deal of fighting in various parts of Ireland. (Letters and Papers of Henry VIII - Pages 303, 611, 709, 710.)

In March 1539-40 he was compelled to return to Englsnd through ill health and on the 20th of June following was granted the dissolved monastery of Chicksand, Bedfordshire. Pending further employment, he married and settled in Somerset. He was among those who advocated war on Scotland and declared "unless you will handle them with fire and sword they will never be good, but give you fair words and will perform nothing." War was declared in 1544 and Thomas was placed in command of a "west country ship", the New Bark, a vsssel of 160 tons. He did not see much action in the North Sea that year but next year he was put in command of the Struse of Danzig, a vessel of 400 tons and 200 men, and took part in the action in the Solent. (Dictionary of National Biography - Vol. 21 - Page 1164.)

Thomas, however, like most Tudor seamen, combined these legitimate commissions with filibustering on a somewhat extensive scale and a few years later, the French ambassador described him as an expert in piracy as well as "un grand homme de marine." (Commission des Archlves Diplomatigues, Correspondence Politigue de Odet de Selve - Pages 235, 240)Early in May 1545 Thomas, sailing in a bark called the Martin Russell, captured the Santa Maria de Guadelope and brought her into Plymouth, where he merged his freebooting activities with William Hawkins, father of Sir John Hawkins, the brilliant English navigator. On May 11, the Council ordered its restoration and on the 23rd of November, directed Thomas to come to London to answer for his conduct. In May 1546, another prize which he had taken was seized at Bristol by the Council's order, because Thomas had failed to satisfy the prior seizure claims, and on the 18th day of July he was ordered to pay 380 pounds compensation. (Dictionary of National Biography - Vol. 21 - Page 1164.)

In October 1547, Thomas was given the office of "master of the ordnance in the king's ships", was appointed vice-admiral under Clinton, of a fleet sent to the east coast to enforce the Protector's Scottish policy. Its object was to partly intercept French aid but especially to support the English and reforming party in the east of Scotland. Thomas' flagship was the Ager, of 240 tcns and 200 men. The other ships under his command were the Mary Hamburgh, the Phoenix, the Saker, the Double Rose and the Galleot of Yarmouth. In December he anchored in the Firth of Fay and on the 18th, he wrote promising "not to leave one town nor village nor fisher-boat unburned from Fifeness to Combe's Inch" and trusting soon to "suppress an abbey or two." On the 22nd, he fortified Dundee and burned Balerino Abbey and early in January, he captured some French ships bound for Leith. In April, he waa detached for service at Haddington and constructed "Wyndham's Bulwark", which proved of great service to the defense.

Thomas was not in Haddington during the seige but in July he was one of the officers under Sir Thomas Palmer who vainly attempted to relieve it. Apparently, he escaped Palmer's fate and in March 1548-49 again was in command of the ships in the mouth of the Tay. (Ibid - Page 1164.)

With the peace of 1550, Thomas turned his energies to trade and exploration. With "a tall ship of 150 tons celled the Lion of London", of which he was the captain and part owner, he joined in what Hakluyt calls "the first voyage for traffique into the Kingdom of Maracco in Barbarie." No details of this expedition, which sailed from Portsmouth in 1551, are known. On the 29th of January 1551-2, Thomas was summoned before the Privy Council for plundering some Danish ships and in May he was one of the adventurers in the proposed north-east voyage of discovery. (Strype - Eeelestiel Memoirs - Vol. 2 - Pages 76-231.)

In the same year he set out on his second voyage to Morocco, the account of which, printed by Hakluyt, was written by "Master James Thomas, then page to Master Thomas Wyndham, chiefe captain of this voiage." Thomas is there described as a Norfolk "gentleman born, but dwelling at Marshfield Park in Somersetshire." The expedition sailed from Bristol Channel at the beginning of May, reached Morocco in a fortnight and traded for three months at Santa Cruz in Teneriffe. On the way back, the English

captured the governor of Lanzarote in the Canaries but released him and reached England in October. At

Christmas, Thomas took part in the court revels and participated in the revels of the "lord of misrule." (Literary Remains of Edward VI - Page 382.)

Thomas' preparations for his third and most important voyage were interrupted by the death of Edward VI, at the time, he appears to have been with the ships guarding the coast of Norfolk and his attitude was doubtful. On the 25th day of July, Queen Mary's Council ordered him to repair to London, but five days later, they wrote to the governor of Plymouth "for the dismissing of Mr. Wyndham's ship, of which they have made a stay, that he may be forth to his intended voyage." He is there described, apparently in error, as "Sir" Thomas. (Dictionary of National Biography - Vol. 21 - Page 1164.)Thomas sailed from Portsmouth in the Lion of London on August 12, 1553 accompanied by the Primrose, commanded by Antonio Pinteado, a Portugese refugee and experienced mariner. They passed Madeira, the Canaries and reached the Gold Coast. Hakluyt describes the actions of Thomas in black language, declaring he assumed command of the expedition and ordered Pinteado to take him on to the Bight of Benin. Says Hakluyt: "Being counseled of the said Pinteado........ to go no further, Windam fell into a sudden rage, reviling the said Pinteado, calling him Jew, with other opprobrious words, saying, This whoreson Jew hath promised to bring us to such places as are not, or as he cannot bring us unto: but if he do not, I will cut off his ears and nail them to the maste." (The Prlncipal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation - Hakluyt.)

In the face of such threat, Pinteado took the expedition on to the Bight of Benin and Thomas thus became the first Englishman who "fairly rounded Cape Verde and sailed into the Southern Sea." He remained with the ships in the bight while Pinteado sailed up the Niger to trade; fever broke out among his men and Thomas himself succumbed to it. (Ibid.)

Thomas married Mary Everard, daughter of Henry Everard, of Lynnstead, Suffolk, and was the father of Henry and two daughters, one of whom married Andrew Luttrell. (Dictionary of National Biography - Vol. 21 - Page 1164; The Wydhams of Norfolk and Someraet - Page 55.)

It is here that the great family of Wyndham begins its division. The eldest son of Sir Thomas (15 on the pedigree) and his wife, Eleanor Scrope, was Sir John Wyndham, proganitor of the branch which was later to give England some of its finest judges, lawmakers and members of the peerage, including the Earls of Egremont and Dunraven. The youngest son of Sir Thomas by his second wife, Elizabeth Wentworth, was his namesake and was the progenitor of the other branch of the family which found its way to foreign shores and in 1634, became one of the first families of America. Of the older branch of the family, probably the best memorial is compiled in a description of Adare Manor, the famous abode of the Earl of Dunraven. Adare is a beautiful sylvan valley in the County of Limerick, Ireland, and the manor is described in detail by Caroline, Countess of Dunraven, in a book printed for private circulation by the Messrs. Parker. (Oxford, MDCCCLXV, 4 tomes, ppxii - 303, 31 lithographic plates and 55 woodcut vignettes.) The major feature of Adare Manor is five large bay windows illustrating the pedigree and descent of the Wyndhams, designed and executed by Thomas Willemont of London in 1838 and erected by Windham Henry Wyndham, second Earl of Dunraven. In the west window are memorials of Ailwardus, 1139; Hugh, 1152; Edricus, 1170; Thomas, 1197; John, 1223; Rodolph, 1250. In the north window No. 1, William and Johanna de Castell, 1284; John, 1325; John and Katherine Redsham, 1357; Thomas and Margaret Walcot, 1386; in the north window No. 2 are full length figures of Sir John Howard in his robes of state and Sir John Wyndham in complete armour; in the No.3 window memorials to John and Elizabeth Sharington, 1415: John and Margaret Segrave, 1440; John and Margaret Clifton, 1456, and John and Margaret Howard, 1502. In the east window, Sir Thomas and Elizabeth Scrope, 1535; Sir John and Ellen Sydenham, 1574; John and Florence Wadham , 1572; John and Joan Portman, 1645; Sir George and Florence Davy, 1671, and Francis and Sarah Dayrell, 1694. (The Herald and Genealogist - 1866 - Vol. 3 - Page 490.)

(end quote from Amasa B. Windham book).301

33. Thomas15 Mannock.305

Thomas Mannock was born say 1520.306

Known children of Thomas15 Mannock include:

  1. 29. i. Bridget14 Mannock.

290-291 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

292-294 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 11 typed, page 17 written; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

295-296 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, page 247.

297 Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry (London. S. W., England: Harrison and Sons, 1891), page 303; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 8 typed, page 14 written; John Hughes, editor, The Boscobel Tracts relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester and His Subsequent Adventures, Second Edition (Edinburgh and London, England: William Blackwood and Sons, MDCCCLVII, (1857)), Page 386.

298-301 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 8 typed, page 14 written.


Generation Sixteen

34. Sir Thomas16 Wyndham of Felbrigg (John, #36).307

Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg, son of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born in 1468.308

Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg married first, Eleanor Scrope, daughter of Sir Richard Scrope of Upsal and Eleanor Washbourne.309

Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg and Eleanor Scrope had two children for whom something is known.313

  1. ____ ? _____
  2. Sir John Wyndham 315.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyndham

    Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham died 1573

    Sir John Wyndham married Elizabeth Sydenham, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Sydenham of Orchard Sydenham in the parish of Watchet, Somerset. Through his wife he inherited the manor of Orchard, which later became known as Orchard Wyndham, which estate is occupied today by his descendants in a direct male line

Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg married second, Elizabeth Wentworth (#35), daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth, say 1508.310

35. Elizabeth16 Wentworth (Henry, #38).314

Elizabeth Wentworth, daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth, was born say 1450.315

She married Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg (#34), son of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, say 1508.316

Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg died at Crownthorpe in 1521.311

Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg and Elizabeth Wentworth had one child for whom something is known.313

    31. i. Sir Thomas15 Wyndham.

Following was written and recorded by Amasa B. Windham in 1949-50:

(begin quote from Amasa B. Windham book)

15. THOMAS WYNDHAM He was born in 1468 and died at Crownthorpe in 1521. Through his mother, he was a direct descendant of all the royal families of Europe - of the English king from Alfred the Great to Edward I - of the French kings from Charlemagne to Philip III - of the German emperors from Conrad "the Red" to Frederick Barbarossa - of the Spanish emperors Garsias Ximenes to Ferdinand III - of the ancient Scottish kings, the ancient rulers of Wales and the ancient monarchs of Ireland, who claimed they traced their lineage back to Adam. (Royal descent recorded in Browning's "Americans of Royal Descent" - 1883 edition - Pedigree XXXI; also the 1911 edition of this work under Pedigree LXXX - Page 335.)

Thomas succeeded to the family estates in the early 16th Century after the death of his elder brother without issue. King Henry VIII relieved him of all the penalties attaching to the son of an attainted man and "restored him in blood" on November 4, 1512, making him also a knight of his body-guard, a Privy Councillor, vice-admiral of England and Lieutenant-General of the Army and Navy. (Letters and Papers of Henry VIII - London - 1862 - Vol.1 - Pages 437-515,)

Thomas served in the Navy under his cousin, Sir Edward Howard, Lord High Admiral of England in the French War of 1512-13, being at least 40 years old when he joined the fleet. He was captain of Sir Edward's flagship, the Mary Rose, at a salary of 18 d. a day, the regular wage of an officer of that rank. On board were 200 soldiers recruited in Norfolk and as Thomas had been a member of the Commission of Array for that county, it seems likely they were of his own choosing. Thomas was knighted in Croyton Bay with seven other captains in order that they may "the more earnestly show their valiancy." He took part in the Battle of Brest Harbor on August 10, 1512 and handled his ship to such good advantage that in March 1513, he was appointed "Treasurer of the King's Army by the sea" - the equivalent of fleet paymaster. He also was given the captaincy of a new ship, the John Baptist. (The Wypdhams of Norfolk and Somerset - Pages 30-35; The French War of 1512-13 - Navy Records Society; Letters and Papers of Henry VIII - Vols. 1 and 2; Norfolk Families - Page 1039.)

Thomas was with the Army at the Sieges of Therouene and Tournay and was also at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in May 1520, where he had in his retinue a chaplain, eleven servants and eight horses. His highest assignment came when he was relieved of his duties as treasurer and was appointed deputy- lieutenant and Vice-Admiral to Sir Thomas Howard. His flagship was the Trinity Sovereign and his pay 10

s. a day. (A Royal Descept - Sharpe - Page 9; The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset - Page 36.)

Thomas married first, Eleanor Scrope, daughter of Sir Richard Scrope. Their children were John, Edmund and Elizabeth. (Visitations of London, 1633-35 - Vol. 2 - Harleian Society.)

He was married a second time to Elizabeth Wentworth, daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Latherjngsett, Suffolk, and widow of Sir Roger d'Arcy of Danbury, Essex. The license for this second marriage was granted August 4, 1509. (Letters and Papers of Henry VIII - Page 54)

By Elizabeth Wentworth, Thomas was father of Thomas, Maragert and Mary.

Sir Thomas made a testsment and will at Felbrigg on October 22, 1516 as "son and heir of Sir John Wyndham, Knt." The testament was proved April 28, 1522 and the will on March 4, 1523 at the Principal Court of Probate. In the testament he desires to be buried in the Lady Chapel of Norwich Cathedral "without damnable pompe and superfluitie" but there, he says, "uppon my body I woll have a tombe as shall be thought convenient to myn executors, sufficient in largess for me and my two wyffs, yf my wife Elizabeth woll be there buried." He provides for masses to be said "perpetuum for the said waives' souls" and his own, and leaves various sums "to be expended for other. pious purposes and in honour of the nine orders of aungels." In the will he treats of his estate and those of all his ward at great length, mentioning also "My fader, Sir John Wyndham" and the three Miss Scropes, "my first wyf's sisters." Executors for the will are "my wife, Dame Elizabeth Wyndham, my singular goode lorde my Lorde Thomas, Erle or Surrey, Peter Nobys, Doctor of Divinitie, and my well beloved brother, George Wyndham." Supervisor, "my Lorde of Norfolke", the testator's uncle Sir Thomas was buried, as he desired, in the Lady Chapel of St. Peter's Cathedral, Norwich, whence his altar tomb was removed, first to the Jesus Chapel when the Lady Chapel was destroyed between the years 1573 and 1589 and then to the north side of the cathedral nave, where it is now. The inlaid brass effigies of himself and his wives and all other ornaments, shields of arms, badges and devices that formerly adorned it have long since disappeared together with the whole of the inscription. In 1630, this much remained of the latter: "ORATE P.A' IAB. THOME WYNDAM, MILITIS, ELEANORE ET DOMINA ELlZABETHE UXORUM EJUS, QUI QUIDEM THOMAS FUIT UNUS CONCILIARIORUM D'NI REGIS HENRICI OCTAVI, ET UNUS MILITUM PRO CORPORE EJUSDEM D'NI REGIS NECNON VICE ADMIRALLUS .......... ". (A Royal Descent -

Sharpe - Page 9; Norfolk Archaeology - Vol. 25 - Page 175; Works of Thomas Browne - 1852 - Vol. 3 - Page 284; History of Norfolk - Blomefield - Vol. 2 - Page 490.)

Sir Thomas' will showed that he had in his possession the lordships of Botley, Hamesthwayt, Wighton in Yorkshire, Crownthorpe, Wickelwode, Hackford, Aylmerton, Rungton, Ingworth, Baningham, Tuttington, Colby Briston, Wolterton, Metton, Melton Cockfelds and Felbrigg. (History of Norfolk - Blomefield - Vol. 8 - Page 112)

(end quote from Amasa B. Windham book).312


302 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 10 typed, page 16 written.

303 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 10 typed, page 16 written.

304 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 10 typed, page 16 written.

305 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

306 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

307 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, page 246; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.

308 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written.

309 Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 303; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 7 typed, page 13 written.

310 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 7 typed, page 13 written.

311 Clarke and Campling, The Visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664, page 246, shows his Will was proven 4 Mar 1522; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written.


Generation Seventeen

36. Sir John17 Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg (John, #39).317

Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg, son of John Wyndham and Margaret Clifton, was born circa 1451.318

Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg married first, Margaret Howard (#37), daughter of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk, in 1467.319

Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg married second, Eleanor Washbourne, daughter of Norman Washbourne Esq. of Washbourne, say 1495. Eleanore was the widow of Richard Scrope.320

He and Eleanor Washbourne had no children.321

Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg died while a resident of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg. on 16 May 1502.

He was condemned for high treason and beheaded.322

Following was written and recorded by Amasa B. Windham in 1949-50:

(begin quote from Amasa B. Windham book)

14. SIR JOHN WYNDHAM He was born about 1451 and died May 16, 1502 while a resident of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg. In 1483, he was Commissioner of Array in Norfolk to raise forces for Richard, Duke of Gloucester. He also was a justice of the peace and held membership on several committees. In

1480 he bought lands in Yelton Constable, Briston, Briningham, Burgh, Stody and Gunthorpe. (The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset Page 25.)

He was at the Battle of Stoke on June 16, 1487 against the Earl of Lincoln, Lambert Simnel snd their adherents. He was knighted immediately after the battle for bravery, by King Henry VII. But he was afterwards accused of working in the interests of the House of York and was implicated in the conspiracy of Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, whereupon he was condemned for high treason, arraigned in Guildhall on May 2, 1502 and beheaded on Tower Hill with Sir James Tyrell, Lieutenant of Gusines Castle on May 16, 1502. He was buried in the Austin Friars Church in London. (Dictionary of National Biography

- Oxford Press - Vol. 21 - Page 1164; History of King Henry VII - Bacon - London - 1825 - Vol. 4 - Pages 384-5.)

Sir John was married in 1467 to Margaret Howard, fourth daughter of John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, the premisr duke of England. The marriage treaty stipulated that "Sir John Howard, Knt., should provide all manner of array for Margaret, his daughter, and John Wyndham, junior, Esq., at and for the said marriage; and all manner of meat and drink for all manner of persons and all other things necessary behofful and convenient at the proper charge and cost of the said Sir John, for the space of two years following the said marriage, continually with meat and drink for the said John and Margaret, convenient for them, their servants and their horses." (A Royal Descent - Sharpe - 1904 - Page 8.)

Sir John was married a second time to Eleanore; widow of Sir Richard Scrope but by her, had no children. His children by his first wife were Roger, Thomas, Edward, George, Edmund, Ann, Elizabeth, Margaret and Mary. Ann married Geoffrey Radcliffe and Elizabeth married Francis Calthorpe. (Collin's Peerage Vol. 5 - Page 206: Dictionary of National Biography - Vol. 10 - Page 44: Vol. 21 - Page 1164; Norfolk Families - Page 1039; Viisitations of Essex - Harleian Society - Part 2 - 1879; The Herald and Genealogist - 1866 - Vol. 3 - Page 490.)

(end quote from Amasa B. Windham book).323

Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard had nine (9) children for whom something is known, there may have been other children who were born to them but for whom we have not yet found any recorded information.

  1. 34. i. Sir Thomas16 Wyndham of Felbrigg.
  2. Roger Wyndham.324
  3. Roger Wyndham, son of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born say 1469.325

  4. Edward Wyndham.326
  5. Edward Wyndham, son of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born say 1470.327

  6. George Wyndham.328
  7. George Wyndham, son of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born say 1471.329

  8. Edmund Wyndham.330
  9. Edmund Wyndham, son of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born say 1472.331

  10. Ann Wyndham.332
  11. Ann Wyndham, daughter of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born say 1473.333

    Ann Wyndham married Geoffrey Raclyffe of Farmesden.334 Geoffrey Raclyffe of Farmesden.335

    Geoffrey Raclyffe of Farmesden was born say 1473.336

    Geoffrey Raclyffe of Farmesden died in 1505.337

  12. Elizabeth Wyndham.338
  13. Elizabeth Wyndham, daughter of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born say 1474.339

    Elizabeth Wyndham married Francis Calthorpe of Ingham.340 Francis Calthorpe of Ingham.341

    Francis Calthorpe of Ingham was born say 1474.342

  14. Margaret Wyndham.343
  15. Margaret Wyndham, daughter of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born say 1475.344

  16. Mary Wyndham.345
  17. Mary Wyndham, daughter of Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg and Margaret Howard, was born say 1476.346

37. Margaret17 Howard (John, #41).347

Margaret Howard, daughter of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk, was born say 1450.348 She married Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg (#36), son of John Wyndham and Margaret Clifton, in 1467.349

38. Sir Henry17 Wentworth.350

Sir Henry Wentworth was born say 1420.351

Known children of Sir Henry17 Wentworth include:

  1. 35. Elizabeth16 Wentworth.

312 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, pages 6, 7 and 8 typed.

313 Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 303.

314 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 7 typed, page 13 written.

315 Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 7 typed, page 13 written.

316-321 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 7 typed, page 13 written.

322 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written; Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.

323 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed; Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302.

324 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.

325-333Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

334 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

335 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

336 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

337 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

338 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.

339 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written.

340 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

342 "Wyndham 1- Some Ralph de Wimondham Descendants," unknown compiler, viewed online 09 Dec 2011.

343-349 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 6 typed, page 12 written.

350-351 Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 303.

352 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1410-1688, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset, pages 2, 17, 20-22; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1410-1688, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset, inside back cover, fold-out chart, Genealogy I; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.


Generation Eighteen

39. John18 Wyndham (John Wymondham, #42).352

The exact actual birthdate of John Wyndham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date.

John Wyndham, son of John Wymondham and Margaret Segrave, was born say 1430 in Norfolk, England.353

John Wyndham married first, Margaret Clifton (#40), daughter of Sir Robert Clifton of Buckingham, in 1450 in England. Margaret was the widow of Sir Edward Hastings.354

John Wyndham married second, Lady (--?--) Heveningham widow of John Heveningham in 1458.355 John Wyndham died in 1475 in Norwich, England.356

Following was written and recorded by Amasa B. Windham in 1949-50: (begin quote from Amasa B. Windham book)

13. JOHN WYNDHAM - He died in 1475 after an eventful and checkered political career which raised the Wyndham family to prominence in England. He is first heard from in 1439, when he was elected by freeholders of Norfolk to be one of their representatives in Parliament (The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset - Wyndham - Oxford Press - 1939 - Page 2.)

In 1459 he was returned to Parliament for a second time and was one of those knights for Norfolk in the Parliament held at Coventry (1459-60), wherein the Earl of Warwick and other accomplices of the Duke of York were attainted of high treason. At this time, John was an ardent supporter of the House of Lancaster (Ibid - Page 17).

In 1467, he again was returned to Parliament as a member for Ipswich. (Ibid - Page 21).

In 1450, he purchased the estate of Felbrigg from the trustees of Sir John Felbrigg, K. G., and this property was to become the main seat of the Wyndham family in England. But John had much trouble keeping the property and his right to it was disputed by some of the former owner's heirs. In June 1461, one of them attacked the house in his absence and threatened his wife. The incident was related thus: "Sir John Felbrigg... made a forcible entry and in the absence of her husband, threatened to fire the house, she having locked herself up in her room to keep possession, and at last dragged her out by the hair of her head and took possession; but John Wymondham having the king's order to Thomas Montgomery. Esq., the sheriff of the county, to be put in possession, he came to an agreement and Wymondham paying to Sir John 200 marks, he released all his right and claim to his lordship; and in the 39th Henry VI, Sir John and his wife conveyed it to John Wymondham by fine" (A Royal Descent - Thomasin Elizabeth Sharpe - 1904 - Page 8; History of Norfolk - Blomefield - Vol. 8 - Page 112; The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset – Wyndham –Oxford Press – 1939 - Page 20).

John was married first to Margery Clifton, Widow of Sir Edward Hastings and daughter of Sir Robert Clifton, of Buckingham. She died in 1456 and was buried in the Church of the Austin Friars. After her death, John married a second time in 1458 to Lady Heveningham, widow of Sir John Heveningham. John died in Norwich and was buried in the Church of the Austin Friars (History of Norfolk - Blomefield - Vol. 4 - Page 80; The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset - Page 22).

The children of John and Margery his first wife, were John, Roger, Ela, Isabel. Ela married in 1458 to Thomas Fastolf of Cowhawe, and Isabel married Sir Simon Wiseman of Great Thornham, Suffolk

(Baronagium Genealogicum - Segar and Edmundson - Vol. 3 - Page 273; Norfolk Visitations - Harleain Society - 1891 - Page 324-325).

(end quote from Amasa B. Windham book).357

John Wyndham and Margaret Clifton had four (4) children for whom something is known, there may have been other children who were born to them but for whom we have not yet found any recorded information.

  1. Sir John17 Wyndham of Crownthorpe and Felbrigg.
  2. Roger Wyndham.358
  3. Roger Wyndham, son of John Wyndham and Margaret Clifton, was born say 1452.359

  4. Ela Wyndham.360
  5. Ela Wyndham, daughter of John Wyndham and Margaret Clifton, was born say 1455.361

  6. Isabel Wyndham.362
  7. Isabel Wyndham, daughter of John Wyndham and Margaret Clifton, was born say 1456.363 Isabel Wyndham married Simon Wyseman.

    Simon Wyseman.

    Simon Wyseman was born circa 1455 in Thornham, Suffolk, England.

40. Margaret18 Clifton (Robert, #44).364

Margaret Clifton, daughter of Sir Robert Clifton of Buckingham, was born say 1425.365

She married John Wyndham (#39), son of John Wymondham and Margaret Segrave, in 1450 in England. Margaret was the widow of Sir Edward Hastings.366

Margaret Clifton died in 1456.367

41. John18 Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (Robert, #45).368

John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk married Katherine Moleyns circa 1442.370

John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk died at Bosworth Field on 22 Aug 1485 in Leicestershire, England. He was killed in battle.371

Known children of John18 Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk include:

  1. Margaret17 Howard.

353 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

354 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1410-1688, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset, inside back cover, fold-out chart, Genealogy I; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

355 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written.

356 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

357 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, pages 5 and 6 typed.

358-363 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written.

359 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written.

364 John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, page 386; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written.

365 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written.

366 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1410-1688, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset, inside back cover, fold-out chart, Genealogy I; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

367 John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, page 386; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written.

368 Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections; Hugh Archibald Wyndham, A Family History 1410-1688, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset, rear of book Genealogy Chart I.


Generation Nineteen

42. John19 Wymondham (John de Wymondham, #47).372

The exact actual birthdate of John Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date.

John Wymondham, son of John de Wymondham and Elizabeth Sharrington, was born say 1410.373

He shortened the spelling of the name from 'Wymondham' to 'Wyndham.374'

John Wymondham married Margaret Segrave (#43), daughter of Sir John Segrave.375

John Wymondham died while a resident of Crownthorpe in 1450.376

Known children of John19 Wymondham and Margaret Segrave (#43) were:

  1. 39. John18 Wyndham.

43. Margaret19 Segrave (John, #49).377

Margaret Segrave, daughter of Sir John Segrave, was born say 1410.378

Margaret Segrave married John Wymondham (#42), son of John de Wymondham and Elizabeth Sharrington.379

44. Sir Robert19 Clifton of Buckingham.380

Sir Robert Clifton of Buckingham was born say 1390.381

Known children of Sir Robert19 Clifton of Buckingham include:

  1. 40. i. Margaret18 Clifton.

45. Sir Robert19 Howard.382

Sir Robert Howard was born in 1384.383

Sir Robert Howard married Margaret Mowbray (#46), daughter of Thomas Mowbray and Elizabeth Fitzalan, before 1420.384

Sir Robert Howard died in 1436.385

Known children of Sir Robert19 Howard and Margaret Mowbray (#46) were:

    41. John18 Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk.

46. Margaret19 Mowbray (Thomas, #50).386

Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray and Elizabeth Fitzalan, was born say 1390.387 Margaret Mowbray married Sir Robert Howard (#45) before 1420.388


369-371 A Royal Genealoy Database, online at: www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011; Walter Rye, The Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, and 1613, pages 323, 324, and 325.

372-375 John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, page 386; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, 11 written.

376 John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, page 386; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 5 typed, page 11 written, gave death year to be 1440.

377-379 John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, page 386.

380-381 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections.


Generation Twenty

47. John20 de Wymondham (Thomas, #52).389

The exact actual birthdate of John de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date.

John de Wymondham, son of Thomas de Wymondham and Margaret Walcot, was born say 1385.390

No record of his activities have been found.391

John de Wymondham married Elizabeth Sharrington (#48), daughter of John Sharrington.392

John de Wymondham died in 1415 in Norfolk, England.393

Known children of John20 de Wymondham and Elizabeth Sharrington (#48) were:

    42. i. John19 Wymondham.

48. Elizabeth20 Sharrington (John, #54).394

Elizabeth Sharrington, daughter of John Sharrington, was born say 1385.395

Elizabeth Sharrington married John de Wymondham (#47), son of Thomas de Wymondham and Margaret Walcot.396

47. Sir John20 Segrave.397

Sir John Segrave was born say 1370.398

Known children of Sir John20 Segrave include:

  1. 43. Margaret19 Segrave.

50. Thomas20 Mowbray (John, #55).399

Thomas Mowbray, son of John Mowbray and Elizabeth Segrave, was born circa 1362.400 Thomas Mowbray married Elizabeth Fitzalan (#51) in 1384.401

Thomas Mowbray died in 1399.402

Known children of Thomas20 Mowbray and Elizabeth Fitzalan (#51) were:

  1. 46. Margaret19 Mowbray.

51. Elizabeth20 Fitzalan.403 Elizabeth Fitzalan was born in 1371.404

Elizabeth Fitzalan married Thomas Mowbray (#50), son of John Mowbray and Elizabeth Segrave, in 1384.405 Elizabeth Fitzalan died on 8 Jul 1425.406


382-388 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

389-393 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written--gave year of death as 1415; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.


Generation Twenty-One

52. Thomas21 de Wymondham (John, #57).407

The exact actual birthdate of Thomas de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. Thomas de Wymondham, son of Sir John de Wymondham and Catherine de Redisham, was born say 1355.408

Thomas de Wymondham married Margaret Walcot (#53), daughter of Sir Robert Walcot.409 Thomas de Wymondham died in 1386.410

Known children of Thomas21 de Wymondham and Margaret Walcot (#53) were:

47. i. John20 de Wymondham.

53. Margaret21 Walcot (Robert, #59).411

Margaret Walcot, daughter of Sir Robert Walcot, was born say 1355.412

Margaret Walcot married Thomas de Wymondham (#52), son of Sir John de Wymondham and Catherine de Redisham.413

54. John21 Sharrington.414

John Sharrington was born say 1340.415

Known children of John21 Sharrington include:

  1. 48. i. Elizabeth20 Sharrington.

55. John21 Mowbray.416

John Mowbray was born on 25 Jun 1340.417

John Mowbray married Elizabeth Segrave (#56), daughter of John Segrave and Margaret Plantagenet, in 1353.418 John Mowbray died on 9 Oct 1368 at age 28.419

Known children of John21 Mowbray and Elizabeth Segrave (#56) were:

  1. 50. i. Thomas20 Mowbray.

56. Elizabeth21 Segrave (John, #60).420

Elizabeth Segrave, daughter of John Segrave and Margaret Plantagenet, was born on 25 Sep 1338.421 Elizabeth Segrave married John Mowbray (#55) in 1353.422

Elizabeth Segrave died in 1368.423


394-396 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written.

397 Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302.

398 Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302.

399-406 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

407-415 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written--gave year of death as 1386; Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302.

416 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

417-420 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.


Generation Twenty-Two

57. Sir John22 de Wymondham (John, #62).424

The exact actual birthdate of Sir John de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. Sir John de Wymondham, son of John de Wymondham, was born say 1325.425

Sir John de Wymondham married Catherine de Redisham (#58), daughter of Sir John de Redisham of Redisham, Norfolk.426

Sir John de Wymondham died in 1357.427

Known children of Sir John22 de Wymondham and Catherine de Redisham (#58) were as follows:

  1. Sir Richard21 de Wymondham.428
  2. Sir Richard de Wymondham, son of Sir John de Wymondham and Catherine de Redisham, was born say 1346.429

  3. Henry de Wymondham.430
  4. Henry de Wymondham, son of Sir John de Wymondham and Catherine de Redisham, was born say 1348.431

  5. 52. Thomas de Wymondham.

58. Catherine22 de Redisham (John, #63).432

Catherine de Redisham, daughter of Sir John de Redisham of Redisham, Norfolk, was born say 1325.433 Catherine de Redisham married Sir John de Wymondham (#57), son of John de Wymondham.434

59. Sir Robert22 Walcot.435

Sir Robert Walcot was born say 1330.436

Amasa B. Windham in his "Some Prominent Families with Alabam Connections" stated his name was 'Walter' Walcot.

In Burkes' "Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry" it is stated that his name is 'Robert' Walcot.437

Known children of Sir Robert22 Walcot include:

  1. 53. i. Margaret21 Walcot.

60. John22 Segrave.438

John Segrave was born say 1320.439

John Segrave married Margaret Plantagenet (#61), daughter of Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton and Alice Hayles, after 3 Mar 1327.440

John Segrave died on 20 Mar 1353.441

Known children of John22 Segrave and Margaret Plantagenet (#61) were:

  1. 56. Elizabeth21 Segrave.

61. Margaret22 Plantagenet (Thomas, #64).442

Margaret Plantagenet, daughter of Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton and Alice Hayles, was born in 1321.443 Margaret Plantagenet married John Segrave (#60) after 3 Mar 1327.444

Margaret Plantagenet died on 24 Mar 1399.445


421-423 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

424-427 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written--gave year of death as 1357; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.

428-434 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written.


Generation Twenty-Three

62. John23 de Wymondham (William, #66).446

The exact actual birthdate of John de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. John de Wymondham, son of William de Wymondham and Johanna de Castell, was born say 1300.447

In 1947, Amasa Benjamin Windham stated the following about this John Wymondham:

Little is known of him or of his activities and some genealogists omit him entierly from the lineage but he may have been the John de Wymondham who was the incumbent of a chantry dedicated to the Virgin Mary, n the Church of Tarring, Suffolk County, in 1324.448

Known children of John23 de Wymondham include:

  1. 57. Sir John22 de Wymondham.

63. Sir John23 de Redisham of Redisham, Norfolk.449

Sir John de Redisham of Redisham, Norfolk was born say 1280.450

Known children of Sir John23 de Redisham of Redisham, Norfolk include:

  1. 58. Catherine22 de Redisham.

64. Thomas23 Plantagenet of Brotherton (Edward I, #68).451

Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton, son of King Edward I Plantagenet of England and Margaret Capet of France, was born on 1 Jun 1300.452

Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton married Alice Hayles (#65) in 1319.453 Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton died in Aug 1338 at age 38.454

Known children of Thomas23 Plantagenet of Brotherton and Alice Hayles (#65) were:

  1. 61. Margaret22 Plantagenet.

65. Alice23 Hayles.455

Alice Hayles was born circa 1301.456

Alice Hayles married Thomas Plantagenet of Brotherton (#64), son of King Edward I Plantagenet of England and Margaret Capet of France, in 1319.457

Alice Hayles died in 1330.458


435 Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302, gives his name to be Sir Robert Walcot, Knt; Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written.

436-437 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written; Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302.

438-445 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

446-450 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.

451-458 "English Monarchs--King Edward I, 1272-1307," online on unknown compiler,<www.englis hmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_5.htm>, viewed online 27 Jan 2011


Generation Twenty-Four

66. William24 de Wymondham (Ralph, #70).459

The exact actual birthdate of William de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. William de Wymondham, son of Ralph de Wymondham and Agnes (----?----), was born say 1260.460

In 1947, Amasa Benjamin Windham wrote the following about this William de Wymondham:

He was overseer of silver mines in Devonshire, had offices in the Exchequer and was a great chemist. By his art in 1293 he refined 270 pounds of fine silver out of the lead ore which King Edward I gave for a potion with his daughter Eleanor to the Count of Barr. In the next year there were 521 pounds of Silver sent to London and coined, and the following year, when the Derbyshire miners were sent to help the Devonian, Mr. Wimindham sent 700 pounds of silver to the mint. (History of Norfolk--Blomefield--Vol. 2--page 533)

He was not possessed of the manors of Crownthorpe and Wickelwode in 1316 as Burke says (Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry--Burke--London--1925--page 1947), as these manors were not purchased by the Wyndhams until1436 (Norfolk Families--Rye--1913--Page1039) but in 1284 he purchased by fine, rents in Norwich, and in 1303 he and his wife purchased lands at Redenhale, in Norfolk, by fine. (History of Norfolk--Blomefield--Vol. 8--Page 115).461

William de Wymondham married Johanna de Castell (#67).462 William de Wymondham died say 1310.463

Known children of William24 de Wymondham and Johanna de Castell (#67) were:

  1. 62. John23 de Wymondham.

67. Johanna24 de Castell.464

Johanna de Castell was born say 1260.465

Johanna de Castell married William de Wymondham (#66), son of Ralph de Wymondham and Agnes (----?----).466.

68. King Edward I24 Plantagenet of England (Henry III, #72).467 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England

Caroline Wyndham Memorials of Adare manor. With historical notices of Adare, by the earl of Dunraven [E.R.W. Wyndham-Quin] (1865)., pages 21-22


King Edward I Plantagenet of England died on 7 Jul 1307 at age 68.473

King Edward I married Leonora or Eleanor of Castile 1 November 1254

King Edward I Plantagenet of England married second, Margaret Capet of France (#69), daughter of King Phillip III "The Bold" Capet of France and Mary Louvain of Brabant, on 8 Sep 1299.472

Known children of King Edward I24 Plantagenet of England and Margaret Capet of France (#69) were:

  1. 64. Thomas23 Plantagenet of Brotherton.

69. Margaret24 Capet of France (Phillip III "The Bold", #74).474

Margaret Capet of France, daughter of King Phillip III "The Bold" Capet of France and Mary Louvain of Brabant, was born in 1279.475

She married King Edward I Plantagenet of England (#68), son of King Henry III Plantagenet of England and Eleanor _____ of Provence, on 8 Sep 1299.476


459 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, 10 written; John Hughes, The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.

460 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, page 10 written.

461 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 3 and 4 typed, page 9 and 10 written; Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, page 302, incorrectly states that this William de Wymondham was possesed, 10th Edward II, of the manors of Crownthorpe and Wicklewode, Norfolk. Crownthorpe and Wicklewode were not purchased until 1436 by the Wyndhams.

462-466 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 4 typed, page 10 written.

467 "English Monarchs--King Edward I, 1272-1307," unknown compiler , viewed online 27 Jan 2011; A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

468 "English Monarchs--King Edward I, 1272-1307," unknown compiler, viewed online 27 Jan 2011.

469 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.


Generation Twenty-Five

70. Ralph25 de Wymondham (John, #76).479

The exact actual birthdate of Ralph de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date.

Ralph de Wymondham, son of John de Wymondham and Margaret Curzon, was born say 1240.480

In 1947, Amasa Benjamin Windham wrote the following about this Ralph de Wymondham:

In the time of Edward I, he was the recipient of a grant of land with buildings on it in "Wodemarket-gate of Hedon" (Yorkshire)". The grant was made by John de Melsa son of Sir Godfrey de Melsa to Ralph and Agnes, his wife, who paid a yerly rent of four shillings. (Report of Historical Manuscripts Commission - London - Vol. 37 - Page 230.)

In the absence of documentary evidence, many of the later genealogists, notably Burke, begin the family lineage with Ralph. Few records exist on him.481

Ralph de Wymondham married Agnes (----?----) (#71).482

Known children of Ralph25 de Wymondham and Agnes (----?----) (#71) were:

  1. 66. William24 de Wymondham.

71. Agnes25 (----?----).483

Agnes (----?----) was born say 1240.484

Agnes (----?----) married Ralph de Wymondham (#70), son of John de Wymondham and Margaret Curzon.485

72. King Henry III25 Plantagenet of England (John, #78).486. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_England

King Henry III Plantagenet of England died on 16 Nov 1272 at age 66.491

73. Eleanor25 _____ of Provence.492

Eleanor _____ of Provence died on 24 Jun 1291.495

74. King Phillip III "The Bold"25 Capet of France (Louis IX, #80).496

75. Mary25 Louvain of Brabant.502


470 "English Monarchs--King Edward I, 1272-1307," unknown compiler.

471 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

472-478 "English Monarchs--King Edward I, 1272-1307," unknown compiler, viewed online 27 Jan 2011.

479-485 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 3 typed, page 9 written; John Hughes,The Boscobel Tracts, Page 386.

486-488 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

489 "English Monarchs--King Henry III, 1206-1272," online on <http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_4.htm>.

490-498 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.


Generation Twenty-Six

76. John26 de Wymondham (Thomas, #82).506

The exact actual birthdate of John de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. John de Wymondham, son of Thomas de Wymondham, was born say 1220.

In 1947, Amasa Benjamin Windham wrote the following about this John de Wymondham:

Who owned land in Bedford and Norfolk Counties. On June 27, 1286, he ackowledged that "he owes to William de Holecote, clerk, 30 s., to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in Cos. Bedford and Norfolk." (Close Roll - Vol. 15 -1902 - Page 421.)

A deed (circa 1250) shows the sale of land in St. Johns Parish, Maddermarket, to one John Martin of Norwich by one Samuel, the land having formerly belonged to John de Wyondham. (East Anglian Notes and Queries - Ipswich - 1893 - Vol. 5 - Page 169.)

He was among the benefactors of the Priory of Wymondham. (Baronetage - Wotton - London - 1727 - Vol. 3 - Page 346.)

He married Margaret, daughter of Robert Curzon. (The Wyndham Family in the Elder Male Line - Wyndham - London - 1918 - Page 6; A Complete English Peerage - Jacob - London - 1766 - Vol. 2 - Page 181.)

He was the the father of Ralph and William.507

John de Wymondham married Margaret Curzon (#77), daughter of Robert Curzon.508

Known children of John26 de Wymondham and Margaret Curzon (#77) were as follows:

  1. 70. Ralph25 de Wymondham.
  2. William de Wymondham.509
  3. William de Wymondham, son of John de Wymondham and Margaret Curzon, was born say 1241.510

77. Margaret26 Curzon (Robert, #83).511

Margaret Curzon, daughter of Robert Curzon, was born say 1220.512

Margaret Curzon married John de Wymondham (#76), son of Thomas de Wymondham.513

78. King John26 Plantagenet of England (Henry II, #84).514

King John Plantagenet of England married second, Isabel _____ of Angouleme (#79) on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France.518

King John Plantagenet of England died on 19 Oct 1216 at age 49.519

79. Isabel26 _____ of Angouleme.520

Isabel26 _____ of Angouleme died on 31 May 1246.523


499-505 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

506-513 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 3 typed, page 9 written.

514-516 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

517 "English Monarchs--King John, 1199-1216," online on <http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_3.htm>.

518-526 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.


Generation Twenty-Seven

82. Thomas27 de Wymondham (Eric, #88).534

The exact actual birthdate of Thomas de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. Thomas de Wymondham, son of Eric de Wymondham, was born say 1190.

In 1947, Amasa Benjamin Windham wrote the following about this Thomas de Wymondham:

He appears to have been a personage of some importance, bearing the title of Precentor of Litchfield and Clerk of the King's Treasury, and the records mention him for approximately 50 years (Close Roll - Public Records Office - London - Vol. 3 - 1908 - Page 243; Vol. 4 - 1911 - Page 446; Vol. 5 - 1916 - Page 478; Vol. 6 - 1922 - Page 223; Vol. 15 - 1902 -

Page 351; Dugdale's Warwickshire; Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae - LeNeve - Oxford - 1854).

On August 4, 1237, "Master Thomas de Wymondham, a king's clerk" was declared "a fit person to receive one benefice in addition to what he has" by special dispensation of the Pope (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Public Records Office - London - Vol. 1 - 1906 - Page 191).

On March 2, 1245, he was described as "precentor of Litchfield and pastor of the church at Ferneberg" (Papal Registers - Vol. 1 - 1893 - Pages 214-221.)

On October 31, 1259, Thomas de Wymondham with Hugh le Bigod, justiciary of England; William Aquilon, Constable of the Tower, and Simon Passelewe delivered on Monday the eve of St. Simon and St. Jude to the clerks of the wardrobe, 85 marks 40 d. of gold and chattels of Salomon de Eweske, Jew, of London (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Vol. 3 - 1901 - Page 98.)

On February 28, 1260, Thomas de Wimundeham with Gilbert de Preston and John de Wivill were commissioned to extend certain manors in Nottingham, Derby, Gloucestor, Hertford and Dorset, committed in tenancy to Simon de Monte Forti, Earl of Leicester, and Eleanor, his wife (Ibid - Vol. 3 - Page 98.)

On February 7, 1260, Thomas "presented to the church of Chetinton the king's gift of a third part of the manor thereof." (Ibid - Vol. 3 - Page 116).

On April 4, 1264, Thomas was granted "protection without clause until Michelmas." (Ibid - Page 350.)

On September 24, 1264, Thomas was granted "simple protection without clause until Christmas." (Ibid - Page 350.)

On May 4, 1265, Thomas, with others, was commissioned to extend manors in Salop, Stafford, and Nottingham. (Ibid - Page 421.)

On August 8, 1265, Thomas was granted "simple protection until Easter." (Ibid - Page 436.)

On May 4, 1265, Thomas and others were commissioned to extend manors in Stafford, Salop and Nottingham. (Ibid - Page 485.)

On April 4, 1266, "Master Thomas de Wimundham, king's clerk, the treasurer" was granted the next ward that fell to him worth 50 pounds unless he should provide for him by giving him a benefice of the value of 200 marks yearly, which was promised. (Ibid - Page 580.)

On June 14, 1266, "simple protection for one year" was granted to Thomas described as "pastor of the church at Farneberg." (Ibid - Page 56).

On October 20, 1279, safe conduct was granted to Thomas, who as king's clerk was "sent to Norway with jewels for the king." (Ibid - Page 328.)

On September 2, 1277, Thomas was granted "protection with clause nolumus." (Ibid - Page 228.)

Sometime prior to 1288, Thomas was listed as a benefactor of the Gray Friars Church in Norwich. (History of Norfolk - Blomefield - Vol. 4 - Page 108.)

Dugdale says that Thomas died on March 24, 1277 but cites no authority for the statement, which is in conflict with some of the references listed above.

Thomas was the father of John de Wymondham. (Collins - Page 203).535

Known children of Thomas27 de Wymondham include:

  1. 76. John26 de Wymondham.

73.


527 "French Monarchs--King Louis IX," online <http://www.nndb.com/people/231/000092

527-533 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

534 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 1 typed, page 7 written.

535-537Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 1 typed, page 7 written.

538-541 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.

542"English Monarchs--King Henry II," online on unknown compiler, <http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet.htm>.

543-546 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.


Generation Twenty-Eight

Eric28 de Wymondham (Richard, #93).558

The exact actual birthdate of Eric de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. Eric de Wymondham, son of Richard de Wymondham, was born say 1140.559

In 1947, Amasa Benjamin Windham wrote the following about this Eric de Wymondham:

Oldest son of Richard. Other than those contained in the genealogy, there are no records of his activities. He was the father of Thomas. (Ibid) -.560

Known children of Eric28 de Wymondham include:

    82. Thomas27 de Wymondham.


547-557 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/.

558-560 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 1 typed, page 7 written.

561-574 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.


Generation Twenty-Nine

Richard29 de Wymondham (Ailwardus, #98).580

The exact actual birthdate of Richard de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. Richard de Wymondham, son of Ailwardus de Wymondham, was born say 1075.581

In 1947, Amasa Benjamin Windham wrote the following about this Richard de Wymondham:

Oldest son of Aiwardus, is mentioned only in the chapters above. He was the father of Eric, Nigel, John, Robert, Geoffrey. (Collin's Peerage - London - 1779 -Vol. 5 - Page 203.).582

Known children of Richard29 de Wymondham include:

88. i. Eric28 de Wymondham.

Nigel de Wymondham.583

Nigel de Wymondham, son of Richard de Wymondham, was born say 1142.584

John de Wymondham.585

John de Wymondham, son of Richard de Wymondham, was born say 1143.586

Robert de Wymondham.587

Robert de Wymondham, son of Richard de Wymondham, was born say 1145.588

Geoffrey de Wymondham.589

Geoffrey de Wymondham, son of Richard de Wymondham, was born say 1147.590


575-579 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/.

580-590 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 1 typed, page 7 written.

591-609 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/, viewed online 28 Jan 2011.


Generation Thirty

Ailwardus30 de Wymondham.613

Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical., Volume 4. (F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, 1812), pages 401-427


The exact actual birthdate of Ailwardus de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. Ailwardus de Wymondham was born say 1040.615

Ailwardus was the father of Richard, Hugh and Payne. In the early 13th Century, Hugh was a benefactor of the monastery of Wymondham (History of Norfolk - Blomefield - Vol. 2 Page 517) and in a late 12th Century deed is named (Hugh filius Wimundh') in connection with the sale of land in Crofts (Calendar of Ancient Deeds - Public Records Office - London _ Book B - 3492.).616

Known children of Ailwardus30 de Wymondham include:

93. i. Richard29 de Wymondham.

Hugh de Wymondham.617

Hugh de Wymondham, son of Ailwardus de Wymondham, was born say 1077.618

Payne de Wymondham.619

The exact actual birthdate of Payne de Wymondham is not available, therefore, a 'say' birthdate is used here. A 'say' date is the same as an estimated date. Payne de Wymondham, son of Ailwardus de Wymondham, was born say 1078.620

In 1947, Amasa Benjamin Windham wrote the following about this Ailwardus de Wymondham:

Ailwardus, the original progenitor, was a Saxon of Norfolk County, England, who possessed land in or near Wymondham and adopted the surname of that town soon after the Norman Conquest.

The evidence is uncertain but he apparently was the Ailwardus who held land in Norfolk during the reign of King Edward "the Confessor" before the conquest by William the Conqueror, and who was so recorded in the Norfolk Domesday Book. (Domesday Book - translation by Abraham Farley in the Chapter House at Westminister - Vol. 2 - Folio 247; An Analysis of the Domesday Book of the County of Norfolk - Mumford - London - 1858 - Page 114.)

The evidence also indicates he was the Ailwardus who possessed 13 borderers and half a curasate in Sustead (which grant went to Roger Bigod, then to the Felbriggs by enfeoffment and eventually back to the Wyndhams), and two socmen with 12 acres of land and three borderers in Felbrigg (also bought by the Wyndhams later). (An Essay Towards the Topographical History of Norfolk - Blomefield - London 1805 - Vol. 8 - Page 81, Page 168.)

Between the years 1100 and 1107, he and his three sons were witnesses to the foundation charter of Wymondham Priory in the reign of Henry I. William d'Albini, the king's chief butler, who was Lord of Buckingham in Norfolk, made the grant to the priory, which was dependent at that time upon the great Benedictine Abbey of St. Albans in Hertfordshire (Monasticon Anglicanum - Dugdale - London - 1779 - Vol. 1 - Page 43.)

Sometime between 1121 and 1135, William d'Albini made a further grant to the Priory of Wymondham on the occasion of the funeral of his wife, Maud, daughter of Roger le Bigod. Ailwardus and his three sons again were witnesses (Ibid - Vol. 5 - Page 203; History of Norfolk - Blomefield - London - 1805 - Vol. 8 - Page 115.)


610-612 A Royal Genealoy Database, online www.royalist.info/.

613-620 Amasa B. Windham, Some Prominent Families with Alabama Connections, page 1 typed, page 7 written.



Pedigree Doubt

In 1947-48, Amasa Benjamin Windham wrote the following 'Forward' section about his research on the Windham family in his 1947-48 twenty four (24) page type-written manuscript titled, "Some Prominent Families With Alabama Connections". What you will see following, is what Amasa B. Windham wrote in his original 1948 manuscript:

For the record, it must be pointed out that the pedigree has some doubters.

These are chiefly Dr. John Horace Round, the eminent British historian and genealogical expert, and Mr. Walter Rye, the Norfolk historian. Dr. Round's has the following to say:

"The Wyndham story obviously rests on the evidence of 'Ailwardus,' that 'eminent Saxon' who held an estate in Wymondham. But in the Domesday Book we look in vain for this 'eminent Saxon' whether in the days of Edward or in the days of William. It is only with eminent trouble that we run him down at last. The proof of his existence is a charter of William d'Aubigny ('de Albini') to Wymondham Priory, among his witnesses to which are found 'Ailwardus de Wymondeham et filii ejus, Ricardus, Paganus, etc., Edricus de Wymondham.' But in the first place, the charter can be dated as not earlier than June 1121, when Ebrard, bishop of Norwich (who was present at its granting) was consecrated, so that when we do meet with Aethelward ('Ailwardus'), it is 55 years at least after the Norman Conquest. And in second place, he cannot have borne, at this date, an hereditary surname, and was merely styled 'of Wymondham' from the place of his abode. For all that we can see, Edric 'of Wymondham' might have been claimed as the ancestor instead."

"But here again we note the singular fact that the actual pedigree given in 'Burke' begins only some 250 years after the Conquest, when 'William, son of Ralph de Wimondham was possessed, 10th Edward II, of the manors of Crownthorpe and Wicklewode, Norfolk.' And alas, we find that even this statement, comparatively modest though it is, will not bear investigation. The official evidence of Feudal Aids confirms that of the local historian, and proves that neither of these manors were held by the Wyndhams at the time. It is strangely difficult indeed, to find satisfactory information on the history, at this period, of this ancient and distinguished house. Indeed, although in Feudal Aids the Norfolk returns are very full and extend down to the year 1428, there is not a Wyndham to be found in them. It appears to have been only later in the reign of Henry VI that the family acquired their manors in Crownthorpe, Wicklewode, and Felbrigg. The Norfolk Wymondham was not the only place of its name in England and the family, probably would not claim Richard de Wymondham, a burgess of Reading (1348), Adam de Wymondham, a London mercer (1350) of John de Wimondham, a London Ironmonger (1310), as among their ancestors." (Peerage and Pedigree - Round - London - 1910 - Vol. 2 - Pages 93-96.)

The second doubter, Mr. Walter Rye, speaks of "the early absurd descent from Ailwardus" and questions marriages shown in the pedigree, of John (No. 9) to the daughter of Sir John de Redisham, and of Thomas (No. 10) to Margaret Walcot.

Dr. Round's arguments are invalidated by the fact that (1) We do not look in vain for Ailwardus in the Domesday Book, we look at the Abraham Farley's translation in the Chapter House at Westminister – Vol. 2 - Folio 247; (2) he (Ailwardus) not only "cannot have borne. . . an hereditary surname," he actually did not bear it but assumed the "de Wymondham" just as did Ailwardus de Felbrigg, who likewise assumed his surname from his place of residence - about the same time and in the same vicinity - and held it at the Domesday survey (Norfolk Archaeology - Report of 1921 - Vol. 21 - Page xxx); (3) Edric "of Wymondham" might not have been "claimed as the ancestor instead" - not since he is definitely and separately set apart after a careful study of the record by no less a historian than Blomefield, who even distinguishes between the two in the spelling of the name. (History of Norfolk - Vol. 2 - Page 510 and Page 533.; (4) Dr. Round is correct in his statements about the possession of Crownthorpe and Wicklewode and nine sources of the pedigree agree with him. Only Burke (Genealogical and Heraldic History of Landed Gentry - 1925 - Page 1947) possibly Collins in his "Peerage" make the assertion that the Wyndhams held these manors in 10th Edward II. Burke and Collins no doubt were confused by the fact that the William de Wymondham they list as holding the manors, was a grandson of the Cruzons who actually did hold manors there in the late 13th century (History of Norfolk - Blomefield - London - 1805 - Vol. 2 - Page 499); But the

ownership of the manors since the time of Edward the Confessor is very clearly outlined (Ibid - Page 400); (5) depending solely on Feudal Aids, Dr. Round finds no Wyndham in them and infers that the only landed possessions of the family were acquired in the reign of Henry VI. One has only to read the pedigree to find the sources which prove the family held property in Norfolk, Bedford, London, Somerset and elsewhere in the 12th and 13th Centuries; (6) "the Norfolk Wymondham was not the only place of its name in England" is of course, true and admitted. Indeed, the original name goes much further back than even Dr. Round suspects. For example: "There was one Wymund, son of Witlaf, King of the Mercians, and this town being in that province, probably he had it for part of his maintencence and so gave name to the place. (History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester - Nichols - London - 1815 - Page 399.) But Dr. Round singles out three names which, he infers, the family would not claim as among their ancestors.

The last statement is utterly ridiculous, of course. Also among others who are not claimed as ancestors - because they were not ancestors - but who undoubtedly were members of the family, were:

Reymund de Wymundham, resident of Norwich in 1226 and a witness at the Norwich Cathedral Priory (Norfolk Records Society - Vol. 11 - Page 111.)

Walter de Wymundham, mentioned in connection with the Priory of Wymondham in 1225 (Close Roll - Public Records Office - London - Vol. 9 - Page 174.)

Richard de Wymondham, witness in a Norfolk coroner's case in 1267 (Norfolk Archaeology - Vol. 2 - Page 270).

Geoffrey de Wymundham, hung at Norwich in 1272 for taking part in a riot (Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany - Rye - Norwich

- 1880 - Vol. 2 - Page 17-31).

Sewall and his son, Geoffrey, de Wymundham were residents of Norwich in 1276 (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Public Records Office - London - Vol. 2 - Page 179).

Galfridus de Wymundham, resident Norwich in 1288 (Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany - Vol. 2 - Page 50). Reginald de Wymundham, resident of Norwich 1290 (Ibid - Vol. 3 - Page 346).

Robert de Wymondham, resident of Norwich in 1293 (Norfolk Archaeology - Vol. 25 - Page 210.)

Walter de Wymundham, resident of Norwich in 1304 (History of Norfolk - Blomefield - Vol. 4 - Page 285.)

Nicholas de Wimundham, sub-prior of Binham in the diocese of Norwich in 1321 (Papal Register - Public Records Office - London - Vol. 2 - Page 213.)

Paul de Wymundham, resident of Blakeneye, Norfolk, in 1322 (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Vol. 8 - Page 159.) Hugo de Wymundham, resident of Bokenham, Norfolk, in 1334 (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Vol. 12 - Page 68.) William Wyndham, of Norfolk, was among those putting up a bond in 1386. (Close Roll - Vol. 34 - Page 247.)

William de Wymundham, guardian of a tower near Berstrete Gates in Norwich in 1385 (Norfolk Archaeology - Vol. 16 - Page 67.)

Adam de Wymundham, a grocer (1396); John de Wymondham, a tailor (1394); Richard de Wymondham, a webster (1349); William de Wymundham, a cordwainer (1347); John

de Wymedhain, a smith (1342) - all freemen of the city of Norwich (Calendar of the Freemen of Norwich - L'Estrange - London - 1888 - Page 153.)

In 1385 there is listed a deed from May to Wymondham; in 1386 one from Pilly Wymondham; in 1396 one from Robins to Wymondham; in 1397 one from Blakeney to Wymondham; in 1399 one from de Wymondham to Neke (Calendar of Norwich Deeds Enrolled - Rye - 1910 - Pages 19, 23, 49, 50, 58.)

Lawrence de Wendeham (1232), among the "men of the chamberlain of the exchequer" (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Vol. 3

- Page 6.)

William de Wymundeham, canon of Derleg in 1261 (Ibid - Vol. 1 - Page 168.)

Walter de Wenham, who went to Wales with Prince Edward in 1263 (Ibid - Vol. 3 - Page 286.) Simon de Wymundeham, parson of the church at Buketon in 1277 (Ibid - Vol. 3 - Page 224.)

Thomas de Wymundham, of Lancastershire, who in 1279 was among those who "ought to be knights and are not" (Ibid - Vol. 3 - Page 342.)

Thomas de Wymundham, resident of Hertford in 1286. (Calendar of Fine Rolls - Vol. 1 - Page 229.)

Thomas, son of Robert de Wymundham, resident of Cumberland County in 1304. (Close Roll - Vol. 18 - Page 203.) Thomas de Wymundham, parson of the church at Aldington in 1307 (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Vol. 5 - Page 537.) John de Wymundham (1311), king's clerk, of Durham (Ibid - Vol. 6 - Page 336).

Richard de Wymundham and Amice, his wife, residents of Northampton in 1333 (Ibid - Vol. 10 - Page 476.) Simon de Wymundham, a wool dealer in London in 1338 (Close Roll - Vol. 25 - Page 429.)

John de Wymundham, resident of Berkshire in 1331 (Calendar of Patent Rolls - Vol. 14 - Page 242.) Adam Wymondham, sheriff of London in 1368 (Close Roll - Vol. 32 - Page 493.)

These are names picked almost at random from early British records and many of them were clergymen who wore the name "de Wymondham" - or some varied form - simply as a designation of office. The fact is there were scores of other Wyndhams living in other counties as well as in Wales and Ireland during the same period of time. Naturally, this makes Dr. Round's suggestion that the burgess, the mercer and the ironmonger were the only Wyndhams around ridiculous in the extreme and shows up the shallowness of his study into the history of the family history. In fact, nowhere is his argument does Dr. Round offer any solid evidence to contradict the pedigree.

As for Mr. Rye, who uses the phrase "the absurd descent from Ailwardus", he simply follows Dr. Round in his conclusions and gives no reason whatever for the statement. As to his doubts about the marriages listed, ironically it is Mr. Rye himself (Norfolk Families - 1913 - Vol. 2 under "Walcote") who states that Thomas Wyndham married Margaret Walcote, daughter of Walter Walcote (died 1335). As for the Redisham marriage, a better historian than Mr. Rye verifies it: "on the walls of Norwich Cathedral and in its windows are to be found, in many places, the arms of Windham, impling Redishm, Fastolf, Clifton, Cayly and Howard." (History of Norfolk - Vol. 4 - Page 50).

There are others who disagreed on both names and marriages in the pedigree. Jacob was one. In his A Complete English Peerage - London - 1876 - Part 1 - Vol. 2 - Page 181, he lists the first nine generations as (1) Ailwardus, (2) Richard, (3) Richard, (4) John, (5) John, (6) Ralph, (7) William, (8) John and (9) Thomas. This apparently substitutes Richard for Eric (No. 3 on the pedigree); John for Thomas (No. 4 on the pedigree) and eliminates John (No. 9 on the pedigree) entirely. Jacob also lists (4) John as the husband of Margaret Curson, and (5) John as the brother of Thomas (No. 4 on the pedigree), the chanter of Litchfield. Burke is later editions of his numerous genealogical works, simply begins the pedigree with Ralph (No. 6 on the pedigree), apparently confused by such writings as those of Dr. Round.

But these dissenters are outweighed by the mass of the evidence found in the early charters and the researches of reliable historians. So, until better arguments are posted, the pedigree may, therefore, stand as it is.

Amasa B. Windham Selma, Ala., Jan 20, 1948


Notes


Last Updated: 19 November 2015

David A. Windham