Bartholomew Partridge (bef. 1545 - 1598)

Born before 21 Mar 1545 in Navestock, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Parnell (Greene) Partridge — married 21 Jan 1567 in St. Thomas's Church, Navestock, Essex, England

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1598 after age 53 in Navestock, Essex, England

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Biography

Bartholomew Partridge was born in England.

Bartholomew Partridge was christened in Navestock, Essex on 21 March 1544/45 and died 7 August 1598^[1].

Abstract of the will of Bartholomew Partridge of Navestock, Essex, Yeoman; dated 27 Oct 1597; Proved 20 Oct 1598 in the Court of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral:New Hampshire Marriages - Chesterfield, Cheshire - 2 Jul 1889 Hattie L Pattridge & Fred J Harris);

"... my body to be buried in the little chancell in Navestock where my great-grandfather lyeth...

"to the poore people of the parish of Navesstock 30 shillings...

"to my eldest son John Partridge my house wherein I now dwell called Mardeynes with lands and four adjoining tenements (another called Clement Meade; another called Coppie Landes , being coppiehold lying in Navestock; another tenement copyhold in Hutton)...

"to my second son Bartholomew Partridge (who is under 21): lands bought of Richard Greene and Robert Greene sons to Nicholas Greene...

"to my youngest son Gabrell (Gabryell, Gabraell) (under 21): lands in Navestock and High Ongar...

"to my daughter Katherine: £100 at the day of her marriage or 1 year after my decease...

"to daughter Marie (Marye): £100 at age 21 or on the day of her marriage...

"to my brother William Partridge's children: Johanne (my god-daughter), Margerie, Gabreyell...

"my loving brothers in law Richard, Thomaas, Reynold and Robert Greene...

Witnesses: Thomas Camp, John Benton, Thomas Perry

Partridge pedigrees abstracted from the 1634 Heraldic Visitations of Essex: ^[2].

Bartholomew Partridge of Navestock, county Essex, married Pernell Green, daughter of John Greene, also of Navestock. ^[3]

Children listed in the pedigree:

1. Captain John Partridge - married Jane, daughter of _____ Hogg of Bedenhall (Bethnal) Greene, county Middlesex. They resided in Navestock in 1634. John Partridge, their eldest son, was about 14 years old in 1634. Other children listed were: William, Jane, and Margerett.
2. Bartholomew Partridge of Widdington, Essex - married Mary, daughter of Edmond Stubbin of Bumpsted, Essex. Their eldest son, Bartholomew, was about 22 years old in 1634; daughter Margerett was about 23 years old in 1634. Other children listed were: William, John, Edmond, Mary, Sarah, Bridgett, Martha, Pernell, Anne, and Elizabeth.
3. Gabriell Partridge, haberdasher of London Bridge.
4. He also names his daughters Katherine Partridge and Mary in his will.

Research Notes

• [a] As was common in those less literate times, Bartholomew's first name was spelt in many different ways on different records: Bartholomew, Bartholemewe, Bathelmew, etc.
• [b] Regarding the question of whether Bartholomew had a second wife, Anne Amyas: Bartholemew married Parnell Green in 1566, when he was 20, and Parnell died in August 1597. Bartholomew's will was dated a year later, in October 1597 and was proved 1598. The will mentions nieces, nephews, and brothers-in-law by name, but does not mention a wife. Therefore, it does not appear that he remarried after Parnell died. See summary here.
• [c] FamilySearch.org currently (2/2/2019) and several ancestry.com trees show this Bartholomew Partridge and his wife Pernell Greene as the parents of an Elizabeth Margy Partridge born in Swimbridge, Devonshire in 1576 who later married William Mease / Mays and emigrated to Virginia; others show a similar birth date in London. It is 100% certain that the Elizabeth Partridge born in Swimbridge, Devonshire in 1576 is NOT closely related; she is the daughter of a different Bartholomew Partridge, born in North Devonshire. There seems no evidence or valid reference that Bartholomew and Pernell Partridge of Navestock, Essex (who also lived in London) ever had a daughter called Elizabeth. There were several persons named Bartholomew Partridge living around the same time; two in Devonshire, two in Essex, one or two in London and others in the north of England; and this appears to have added to confusion and mistaken assumptions.

Sources

1. ↑ Essex Archives, Essex Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms D/P 148/1/1 - Navestock, Essex / 21 Mar 1544/45 baptism of Bartholomew Partridge;
2. ↑ Harleian Society, Vol. 13, p. 465.
3. ↑ The Visitation of London 1633 - 1635 Vol. II https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7405/7405-Volume2-0148/602

• Navestock, Essex, England Parish Registers on-line at <http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/ParishRegisters.aspx/>
• "Visitation of Essex, 1634"; The Publications of the Harleian Society: Volume 13 page 465.
• A Brief Pedigree of Greene, of Navestock, Co. Essex. The East Anglian (Whittaker & Co., London, 1869) Vol. 3, Page 86.