Meautis Family - Part 2

Fourth Generation

 

4.  Sir Henry Meautis^4–5 (Peter-3, Philip-2, John-1) was born in Feb 1539 in West Ham, Essex, England.⁶ Child baptized in Feb 1539. He died circa 1588 at the age of 49 in West Ham, Essex, England.⁶ Henry was the son of Peter Meautys and Jane Astley. He had two brothers [Thomas and Hercules] and a sister [Frances].

The National Archives Prob 11/45/221 and the Jermy site give Henry's birth as about 1525 or 1526. This would make his mother about 8 or 9 at his birth and over ten years before his parents' marriage. It is noted in Sir Peter's bio, that he and Jane had a child baptized in February 1539, either Henry or Frances. This date would be close to the two year mark after the wedding and fitting the birth of the eldest child.

Henry sold the site of Stratford Abbey, with 240 acres and the Abbey mills to Sir John Nulls in 1633. [Newham Docs by Banfi, Westham [p. 245-272], Daniel Lysons, 1797, www.banfi.com/newhamdocs/lysons1html.]

Anne Jermy⁶, daughter of John Jermy and Margaret Tay/Tey, was born circa 1530 in Brightwell, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.⁶

 

Henry Meautis and Anne Jermy had the following child:

 

5 i. Thomas Meautis, born ca 1572, West Ham, Essex, England; married Elizabeth Coningsby, ca 1590, Westham, Essex, England; died 1614, West Ham, Essex, England.

 

 

Fifth Generation

 

5.  Thomas Meautis (Henry-4, Peter-3, Philip-2, John-1) was born circa 1572 in West Ham, Essex, England.⁷ He died in 1614 at the age of 42 in West Ham, Essex, England.¹ Thomas Meautis was Clerk of the Privy Council. He was a "confidential friend and secretary" to Sir Francis Bacon.

Thomas Meautis and Elizabeth Coningsby¹ were married circa 1590 in Westham, Essex, England.¹ Elizabeth Coningsby¹, daughter of Henry Coningsby and Elizabeth Boteler, was born circa 1574 in Grimston, Norfolk, England.⁸ She died in Aug 1641 at the age of 67 in prob. Westham, Essex, England.¹ She was buried on 19 Aug 1641 in prob. Westham, Essex, England.¹

 

Thomas Meautis and Elizabeth Coningsby had the following child:

 

6 i. Frances Meautis, born ca 1596, West Ham, Essex, England; married Sir John Thorowgood, bef 1613, England; died ca 1650, West Ham, Essex, England.

 

 

Sixth Generation

 

6.  Frances Meautis (Thomas-5, Henry-4, Peter-3, Philip-2, John-1) was born circa 1596 in West Ham, Essex, England.⁹ She died circa 1650 at the age of 54 in West Ham, Essex, England.⁹

Frances Meautis and Sir John Thorowgood were married before 1613 in England.^9–10 Sir John Thorowgood^9–10, son of William Thorowgood and Anne Edwards, was born circa 1586 in Grimston, Norfolk, England.^9–10 He died circa 1664 at the age of 78 in Kensington, Middlesex, England.^9–10 Sir John Thorowgood was born about 1586 in Grimston, Norfolkshire to William Thorowgood and Anne Edwards.

John was Secretary to the Earl of Pembrooke. He was inservice to the Duke of Buckingham, Gentleman Petitioner to King Chsrles I. Thorowgood was knighted by Charles I at his coronationation in Scotland in 1630. Sir John took part in the Civil War on the side of Parliament. He was a member of the Privy Council under Charles II. John resided at Kensington, Middlesex.

He married Frances, daughter of Thomas Meautis, Esquire, of West Ham, Essex before 1613.

John was named overseer of his brother Adam's will dated 17 February 1639/40. Adam became a prominent settler in Lynnhaven Parish, Lower Norfolk Co., Virginia after serving as an indentured servant. He would go on to transprt 105 persons to Virginia and amass land holdings of over 5000 acres thanks to those 105 headrights. Among those whom he transported to Virginia was Thomas Keeling, the future husband of his niece Anne.

Sir John Thorowgood died in 1664.

 

John Thorowgood and Frances Meautis had the following child:

 

7 i. Ann Thorowgood, born ca 1613, Hertfordshire, England; married Thomas Keeling, ca 1634–1635, England; married William Jermy, ca 1665, Lower Norfolk Co., Virginia, British America; married Robert Bray, aft 1666, Lower Norfolk Co., Virginia, British America; died ca 16 Jan 1687, Lower Norfolk Co., Virginia, British America.

 

Sources:

1. Nina Green, "The National Archives Prob 11/45/221," database, Nina Green, Oxford Authorship Site (www.oxford-shakespeare.com/PROB_11_45_221.pdf: accessed ), ; citing National Archives of Britain.

        2. Green, Oxford Authorship Site, Peter Meautis.

        3. "Jane Meutas," article, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Meutas : accessed 25 July 2017), Jane Astley - Peter Meutas.

        4. John Millman, "The Genealogy of the Jermy Family," database, John Millman, The Tripartite Website (myweb.tiscali.co.uk/tripartite/jermyhomepage.htm: accessed 20 August 2016), Jermy family.

        5. Green, Oxford Authorship Site, Meautys family.

        6. Green, Oxford Authorship Site, Meautys Family.

        7. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS], "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (www,familysearch.org : accessed 25 July 2017), Thomas Meautis birth; submission 2011.

        8. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS], "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 July 2017), Eliz. Coningsby birth; submission 2011.

        9. "Ancestry Family Trees", database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 September 2016), "Ridley Branches," Thorowgood family; submitted 2007 by jridley47, [contact information for private use].

        10. William Weish Harrison, Harrison, Waples & Allied Families: Being the ancestry of George Leib Harrison of Philadelphia & and his wife Sarah Ann Waples (Philadelphia: author, 1910), 130-132; digital images, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : T 10 September 2016; Thorowgood section.