The Stallion/Stallon alias Butler Family

The Stallion/Stallon alias Butler Family:

 

First Generation

 

1.  Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler]^1–2 was born circa 1509 in Harlow, Essex, England.^1,3 alternate date: 1515 He died in Aug 1556 at the age of 47 in Harlow, Essex, England.^1,3 The surname Stallon is a corruption of the place name Stalham, a parish in Norfolk. The derivation of the name is "ham by a stall or pool." There were several shallow pools in the area. Thomas Stallon's parentage is unproven, but a John Stallon and Bennet Howe [or de Hoo] of Foxearth, Essex, not far from Hallow, are likely candidates. Bennet was the daughter of William Howe of Foxearth, who left his lands to her. Howe died in 1516.
The Stallons resided in Harlow, Essex, England. Thomas evidently ran a shop of some sort based on his will. Stallon bequeathed to his son John an astrolabe, a quadrant and an anemometer suggesting that he may have been a sea captain, or associated closely with the seafaring trade. He may also have been an amateur astronomer.

Thomas and Elizabeth had three children: John [b. 1532], Alice [b. 1537] and Thomas [b. 1541].

Thomas made his will on 5 August 1556 at Harlow. He requested to be buried in the Harlow churchyard. To eldest son John he left "my chest standing at London and that which is in it," an anemometer, his great written book with a boarded cover that Isaac wrote, a quadrant, a great astrolabe that hung over the sphere in the hall, 20 marks, the lease on the moor and Park Land in the parish of Latton following the decease of wife Elizabeth and a house in Harlow called Harlowes. To son Thomas his press, jack, shears, cutting board, clock, joined chest in the shop, a box of iron, 20 marks, and the lease on Brome Lees in Latton following the death of wife Elizabeth. To daughter Alice, a great chest in the chamber, a little coffer with two bottoms,
a brazen mortar, 20 marks, a feather bed, honest apparel for a chamber at her mother's appointment. John and Thomas were to receive their bequests within a year of their father's death, Alice two years after, or upon her marriage. Should any of the children die before inheriting, his or her share would be divided equally between the survivors. Thomas made several other bequests, including one to his brother, John. All property was willed to Elizabeth until her death or remarriage. Elizabeth was named sole executrix.

Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler] and Elizabeth [Stallion] were married circa 1531 in Harlow, Essex, England.¹ Elizabeth [Stallion]⁴ was born circa 1513 in Harlow, Essex, England.⁵ alternate date: 1520 She died on 15 Sep 1557–26 Aug 1559 at the age of 44 in Harlow, Essex, England.³ Elizabeth's will was made on 16 September 1557 and proved on 26 April 1559. It is believed that she died closer to the date of her will.
In her will, Elizabeth made bequests to the following individuals: son John, daughter-in-law Agnes Stallon, John's daughter Alice,  John's sons Zachary, Samuel and Christopher, son Thomas, daughter Alice Knyght and son-in-law Thomas Knyght. John and Thomas Stallon were named executors.

 

Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler] and Elizabeth [Stallion] had the following child:

 

              2              i.   Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler], born ca 1540, Harlow, Essex, England; married Joan Delow/Delowe, 24 Apr 1567, Holy Trinity Church, Littleburg, Essex, England; died 13 Sep 1587–25 May 1590, Latton, Essex, England.

 

Second Generation

 

2.  Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler]^6–7 (Thomas-1) was born circa 1540 in Harlow, Essex, England.¹ He died on 13 Sep 1587–25 May 1590 at the age of 47 in Latton, Essex, England.¹ Thomas Stallon alias Butler and Joan Delow lived at Latton, two miles from Harlow following their marriage in 1565. They had the following children baptized at St. Mary's in Latton: Thomas [21 August 1567], John [26 August 1568], twins Jone/Joan and Alice [1573],* Robert [12 November 1574] and William [31 August 1580]. Eldest son, Emmanuel was born about 1565.
Thomas was apparently a prosperous businessman with rental property. He also farmed.

In 1560, Thomas received a cottage in the Wood of Harlow from his brother John who was residing at Clavering. The cottage had been left to John by their mother.

Thomas was twice fined for having two tenants in one house, which violated manor court order.

Stallon alias Butler made his will on 13 September 1587. He left Joan the "lease house where I now dwell, with all lands, meadows, pastures, yards, orchards, gardens, ponds," the 2½ acres lying on the road from Harlow to Roydon being let by his brother-in-law Nicholas Sybley. The land was to revert to his sons upon their mother's death or immediately should she remarry. Joan was to receive assorted household items as well. Son Emmanuel was bequeathed much of his father's clothing and personal items. Son Thomas was to have his father's tools and related items as well as some clothing. Son John was to have a variety of household items and clothing. Sons Robert and William received similar bequests. The sons also were willed various properties. The will was proved at Stortford on 25 May 1590.

Twin daughters Alice and Joan were not mentioned in the will. They undoubtedly predeceased their father.

Emmanuel became a haberdasher in London. Joan remarried following Thomas' death to Robert? Walet.

*The corner containing the date is torn from the page. The previous entry shows the 20th [page torn] and the next entry is the 8th of August 1573. The final entry on the previous page is 28 January 1572. The girls were then baptized between the beginning of the year and 8 August 1573.

Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler] and Joan Delow/Delowe were married on 24 Apr 1567 in Holy Trinity Church, Littleburg, Essex, England.⁶ Joan Delow/Delowe⁸ was born circa 1542 in England.¹

 

Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler] and Joan Delow/Delowe had the following child:

 

              3              i.   Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler], born Aug 1567, Latton, Essex, England; married Mary Dalton, 8 Apr 1594, St. Mary the Virgin, Great Parndon, Essex, England; married Elizabeth Benlow, 5 Oct 1612, St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England; died ca 18 Jun 1619, Latton, Essex, England.

 

Third Generation

 

3.  Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler]^6,9 (Thomas-2, Thomas-1) was born in Aug 1567 in Latton, Essex, England.⁶ He was baptized on 21 Aug 1567 in St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England.⁶ He died circa 18 Jun 1619 at the age of 51 in Latton, Essex, England.⁶ Thomas was buried on 18 Jun 1619 in St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England.⁶ Thomas was baptized in 1567 at Latton. He married Mary Dalton at Great Parndon in 1594.  According to his will, Thomas Stallon alias Butler was a carpenter.
The same year Thomas married the Homage [manor] Court found that he had surrendered the east part of the family tenament Harlowe, formerly let to Robert Weylet, which Stallon himself had moved into in 1592, to his brother John. That same property was passed on to George Wright and finally to Nicholas Sibley.

He served on a Latton Inquest Jury involving the death of one-year old Thomas Wade, accidentally killed by the discharge of a fowling piece on 5 February 1605.

Thomas also served on a murder by witchcraft trial. John Cornell and Robert Parker  were charged with the 25 July 1612 murder by bewitching of Thomas Browne, Jr.
Thomas Stallon made his will on 13 June 1619 and was buried on 18 June. He made bequests to the following: wife Elizabth, daughter Parnell, daughter Elizabeth, daughter Susan, daughter Margaret, daughter Dorcas, son Emmanuel, son-in-law Abraham Beltoft and his mother Joan Walet. [proved 22 June 1619]

He fathered six children by first wife Mary, all baptized at St. Mary's, Latton: Mary [24 December 1595], Parnell (daughter) [3 December 1598], Elizabeth [30/31 August 1600], Susanna [1 May 1603], Margaret [10 March 1604] and Dorcas [8 February 1606/7].

The children of Thomas and Elizabeth baptized at St. Mary's were: Katheryn [20 September 1614], Emmanuell [6 January 1616/7] and Thomas [10 September 1619] (born after his father's death).

Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler] and Mary Dalton were married on 8 Apr 1594 in St. Mary the Virgin, Great Parndon, Essex, England.⁶ Mary Dalton was born circa 1569 in Latton, Essex, England.¹ She died circa 14 Aug 1610 at the age of 41 in Latton, Essex, England.⁶ She was buried on 14 Aug 1610 in St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England.⁶

 

Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler] and Mary Dalton had the following child:

 

              4              i.   Mary Stallion/Stallon, born 24 Dec 1595, St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England; married Abraham Belknap/Beltoft, 28 Oct 1617, St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England; died bef 1672, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

 

Thomas Stallion/Stallon [alias Butler] and Elizabeth Benlow were married on 5 Oct 1612 in St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England.⁶ Elizabeth Benlow was born (date unknown).

 

Fourth Generation

 

4.  Mary Stallion/Stallon (Thomas-3, Thomas-2, Thomas-1) was born on 24 Dec 1595 in St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England.¹⁰ She died before 1672 at the age of 77 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹¹

Mary Stallion/Stallon and Abraham Belknap/Beltoft were married on 28 Oct 1617 in St. Mary, Latton, Essex, England.¹² Abraham Belknap/Beltoft^13–14, son of Bennet Belknap/Beltoft and Grace Adam, was born in Mar 1589/90 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England.¹⁵ He was baptized on 10 Mar 1589/90 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England.¹⁵ He died in Sep 1643 at the age of 53 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.¹⁵ Abraham was the first child of Bennet and Grace [Adam] Beltoft, baptized on 10 March 1589/90. He married Mary Stallion at Latton, Essex, England on 28 October 1617.
Abraham Belknap/Beltoft arrived in New England about 1635 with his wife and children. He received a grant of 40 acres at Lynn, Massachusetts in 1638. Youngest daughter Hannah was born at Lynn.

Abraham died in early September 1643. The inventory of his estate taken in February 1643/4 included a house and five acres, two acres of planting land, two acres of salt marsh, six acres of salt marsh at Fox Hill and 50 acres in "the village." There was a number of sheep, cows, goats and pigs in addition to the standard household items.

Widow Mary Stallion Belknap married Francis Ingall.

 

Abraham Belknap/Beltoft and Mary Stallion/Stallon had the following children:

 

                              i.   Abraham Belknap/Beltoft was born in 1618–1620 in Essex, England.¹⁶ He died circa 6 Dec 1620 at the age of 2 in Netteswell, Essex, England.¹⁶ He was buried on 6 Dec 1620 in Netteswell, Essex, England.¹⁶

                             ii.   Abraham Belknap/Beltoft¹⁶ was born in 1621–14 Apr 1623 in prob Netteswell, Essex, England.¹⁶ He died after 14 Apr 1623 at the age of 2 in England or Massachusetts.¹⁶ Abraham was named in his grandfather's will. It is not know if he died young or lived long enough to accompany the family to America.

                            iii.   Daniel Belknap/Beltoft was born circa 1624 in Essex, England.¹⁷ He died circa Mar 1624/5 at the age of 1 in North Weald, Essex, England.¹⁷ He was buried on 2 Mar 1624/5 in St. Andrew, North Weald, Essex. England.¹⁷

              5            iv.   Samuel Belknap/Beltoft, born 16 Mar 1627/8, North Weald, Essex, England; married Sarah Jones, ca 1652, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; died 11 Nov 1701, Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                             v.   Dorcas Belknap/Beltoft was born in Feb 1629/30 in North Weald, Essex, England.¹⁸ She was baptized on 7 Feb 1629/30 in St. Andrew, North Weald, Essex. England.¹⁸

                            vi.   Joseph Belknap/Beltoft was born on 12 May 1633 in North Weald, Essex, England.¹⁹ He died on 14 Nov 1712 at the age of 79 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹⁹ He was buried in Kings Chapel, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.¹⁹

                           vii.   John/Jeremy Belknap/Beltoft was born in May 1635 in North Weald, Essex, England.²⁰ He was baptized on 10 May 1635 in St. Andrew, North Weald, Essex. England.²⁰

 

So:urces:

        1. Simmons Family, Roy W. Simmons online [http://www.storycapsule.com/simmons/familytree/pedigree.php], accessed 29 Oct 2009.

        2. John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins (not recorded, Madison, WI, 1990), 24, 33, 34.

        3. John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins, 24.

        4. John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins, 24, 34.

        5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS], "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 2016), Elizabeth [Stallon] birth; submitted by MM7V-DR3.

        6. Belknap Family Organization, Belknap Family Organization, Belknap Family Organization (http://www.belnapfamily.org/bfo.htm : accessed 17 July 2011), Stallion family [citing parish registers].

        7. John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins, 25-28.

        8. John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins, 12.

        9. John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins, 21-22.

        10. Organization, Belknap Family Organization, Mary Stallion birth.

        11. Organization, Belknap Family Organization, Mary Stallion death.

        12. Organization, Belknap Family Organization, Abraham Beltoft - Mary Stallion marriage.

        13. Henry Wyckoff Belknap, "The English Ancestry of the American Belknaps," article, NEHGS, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 15 July 2011), Abraham Belknap; citing prior publication in NEHGS Register (January and April 1914).

        14. Kathryn Basset & Denise Stanley, Stanley History Project, Ancestry of DeWolf Melvin Stanley (http://stanleyhistory.net/descnarratives/RichardBeltoft.htm : accessed 22 February 2016), Abraham Beltoft.

        15. Belknap, "The English Ancestry of the American Belknaps," Abraham Belknap.

        16. Belknap, "The English Ancestry of the American Belknaps," Abraham [son].

        17. Organization, Belknap Family Organization, Daniel [son]; burial record image.

        18. Organization, Belknap Family Organization, Dorcas [dau.]; baptismal record image.

        19. Belknap, "The English Ancestry of the American Belknaps," Joseph [son].

        20. Organization, Belknap Family Organization, John [son]; baptismal record image.