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Margaret (Unknown) Filley (abt. 1621 - abt. 1665)

Margaret Filley formerly [surname unknown] aka Easton
Born about in Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 2 Sep 1642 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 44 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticutmap
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Biography

The maiden surname of Margaret, wife of William Filley, is not known, nor is her parentage or place of origin, other than the effective certainty that she came from somewhere in England. Her marriage to William in 1642, at Windsor, in Connecticut Colony, suggests that she was probably born close to 1620 (based on the approximate average age of Colonial brides at the time). A Find A Grave memorial page places her birth in 1621, but the source for this claim is not given; nor is the memorial's source for the claim that she died in 1665, and its indication that her maiden surname was Cockney appears to be unfounded.

There were, it is true, various Cockneys in Thorncombe, Dorset, in England at the right time period (see Research Notes below); it is of course possible that this is where Margaret came from, but no known, transcribed documentation exists.

Research Notes

The book History of Simsbury, Granby, and Canton from 1642 to 1845 does not give a maiden name for Margaret nor a place of origination. Nor does FindAGrave have any sourcing.

There is no known sourcing for the Cockney surname or location. It is possible that this claim originated with a misinterpretation of the marriage record of a William Filly to a Margerye Cookeney; that couple wed at Thorncombe, Dorset, on 4 August 1607[1]. (The husband may be the William Philly buried at Thorncombe on 13 May 1664[2].)

Death

BET 1667 1716

[Previously included in this profile without indication of a primary source.]

Sources

  1. Thorncombe, Weddings 1552 – 1690, transcription by Kim Parker taken from Dorset Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 2, edited by W. P. W. Phillimore & Edmund Nevill, published in 1908; https://www.opcdorset.org/ThorncombeFiles/ThorncombeMars1.htm
  2. "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDH-BBVG : 2 June 2020), William Philly, 1664.
  • Marriage (NEHGS): "William Filly [of Simsbury] and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sept. 1642" -- NEHGR Vol. 5 (851), p. 225, "Records of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, Connecticut", communicated by Samuel H. Parsons, Esq.; Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21069/225/1426565003 (by subscription)






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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:

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A profile of her inferred mother, Anne Stanhope, can be found on thepeerage.com. That profile cites Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

As shown on that profile, there is no mention of a daughter named Margaret. I agree with the previous posts that Thomas Cokayne and Anne Stanhope should be removed as Margaret's parents. No reason to believe this connection has been provided.

Source: http://www.thepeerage.com/p32617.htm#i326163

posted on Cockney-1 (merged) by Laurence Mohr
I propose we remove her from her parents with a note in the bio. There’s no source at present to support her parents.
posted on Cockney-1 (merged) by Michael Stills
Highly unlikely to be the daughter of Thomas Cockayne and Anne Stanhope.
posted on Cockney-1 (merged) by Stephen Heathcote
Phelps's "History" and NEHGS do not assign a maiden surname to Margaret, the wife of William Filley. Her Find A Grave entry offers "Cockney", but cites no source. Some primary, or at least reputable secondary, source is needed for the surname, and for the indicated additional marriage to "Easton". She's an obvious PGM Project candidate, but needs further research.
posted on Cockney-1 (merged) by Christopher Childs
Her CT Marriage Record states she was born in CT - Has anyone located Immigration from England to America info for her?
posted on Cockney-1 (merged) by Patricia (Long) Kent
UNKNOWN-135151 and Cockney-1 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profiles.
posted on Cockney-1 (merged) by Karen (Old) Panek
http://suffieldhistoricalsociety.org has Mararet Filley's maiden name as Carkney. Have you seen that elsewhere? Where does Cockney come from?
posted on Cockney-1 (merged) by Joni (Riesdorph) Kirkpatrick
Cockney-1 and Cockney-2 appear to represent the same person because: The profiles of both Margaret Cockneys are identical except for the married surname Skinner, which should be Filley (Skinner is the married name of Margaret's daughter Mary).
posted on Cockney-1 (merged) by Bertram Sluys

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