In the name of God Amen, the twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and forty seven, I Walter Adamson of Chelmsford in the county of Essex, Brewer, being weak in body but perfect in memory, thanks be to God, doe make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following. Continue reading
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WELCOME TO THE MARKHAM & COLLINS FAMILIES GENEALOGY & FAMILY HISTORY WEBSITE!
Home of research information on the Markham and Collins families of Old England from around 1550 to 1700 AD, with some work done in New England. You’ll find a wealth of genealogy & family history records relating to these families with supporting documentation.
In Memoriam
Audrey (Markham) Ruddick passed from mortal life on 20 November, 2016. She spent decades pursuing her ancestral lineage and was meticulous when it came to detail and accuracy. Even in her last months here, she could remember stories, intricate details about family connections and had a never-ending passion for her genealogical work.
This is Audrey’s website with only a small fraction of what she had archived. I’m Colin, Audrey’s son, and I’ll maintain here what she worked so hard on for the majority of her life.
SAMUEL COLLINS OF BRAINTREE
Some Events in the Life and Times of a
Seventeenth Century Essex Vicar
By Bernard Davies
THE PRESENT STATE OF RUSSIA
In a Letter to a Friend at London; Written by an Eminent Person Residing at the Great Czar’s Court at Mosco for the Space of Nine Years: Illustrated with many copper plates. (1671)
By Samuel Collins
Thomas Rogers of Moulsham ‘shoemaker’
Thomas Rogers and Sara his first wife only had one son, Thomas, before her death. Continue reading
John Rogers of Moulsham ‘shoemaker’
John Rogers, shoemaker of Moulsham, was the brother of Richard Rogers and Mary Rogers Duckfield. They were the children of John Rogers, the younger, and Agnes his wife. Continue reading
John Rogers of Moulsham ‘the younger’
John Rogers the Younger family chart
This John Rogers was the father of John Rogers, shoemaker, Richard Rogers, minister of Wethersfield and Mary Duckfield, along with six others.
The appellation ‘the younger’ naturally indicates that there was an ‘elder’ as well. Sure enough, the St. Mary the Virgin parish register mentions one entry that says ‘the elder’; “Jone Rogers, wife of John Rogers the elder, carpenter, was buried on Wednesday the 3rd day of November, 1540“. This doesn’t tell us if ‘the elder’ was the father of ‘the younger’, however since John the younger named one of his daughters Jone, the name of the wife of John the elder, it does seem likely that he named his daughter after his mother. Continue reading