John Fenwick Esq. (abt. 1620 - bef. 1683)

Born about 1620 in Northumberland, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Covert) Fenwick — married before 10 May 1644 in England

Husband of Mary (Martin) Rogers — married 5 May 1655 in London, England

Descendants

Died before 17 Dec 1683 before about age 63 in Salem, Province of New Jersey [uncertain]

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Biography

John Fenwick Esq. is Notable.

John Fenwick Esq. was an early settler in New Jersey.

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Fenwick, second son of William Fenwick Esq. and Elizabeth Gargrave^[1] was not named in the 1615 Visitation of Northumberland,^[2] but was called the second son in an indenture of 8 July 1636.^[3] He was born probably about 1620 based on the date of his admission to Gray's Inn 15 March 1638/9.^[1][4] He is misidentified and given a birth year of 1618 in several early secondary sources. See research note below for more information.

Marriages and Children

John married first, Elizabeth Covert, before 10 May 1644 (date of lawsuit),^[1][5][6] (but perhaps before 27 November 1642)^[7] and they had three daughters:

• Elizabeth Fenwick, married John Adams^[1] in England, before 1664 (first child age 11 in 1675); died before 27 November 1689 (deed);^[8] issue.^[9]
• Anne Fenwick, married Samuel Hedge^[1] before 30 November 1676 (land patent);^[10] died after 1 July 1703 (deed);^[11] issue.^[12]
• Priscilla Fenwick, married Edward Champneys^[1] at Reading, Berkshire, 16 January 1671/2; died before 5 February 1675/6 (husband's second marriage); issue.^[13][14]

Elizabeth died and was buried at Thakeham, Sussex, 30 August 1654.^[1][15]

He married second, as her second husband, "Dame Mary Rogers", widow of Sir Richard Rogers and sister of Sir Henry Marten, MP and Regicide.^[1] They published their intentions "in the Market," 21, 25 and 30 April, and were married at St. Bride's Fleet Street, London, 5 May 1655.^[16]

The couple are named in at least two separate lawsuits:

• In 1658, he and his wife "Dame Mary Rogers" sued Alexander Denton and another person over the rectory of Bray, Berkshire.^[17]
• In 1663, Richard Worseley and another sued him and his wife "Dame Mary Roger alias Dame Mary Fenwick" over the manor of Eaton Hastings, Berkshire.^[1][18]

They had no children together and she apparently remained in England when he immigrated. Several letters from each of them are extant^[19] and have been published.^[20][21][22] He did not name her in his will, but as "Dame Mary Rogers alias Fenwick, of London, widow," she left a will dated 19 September 1699 and proved 17 February 1699/1700, naming grandchildren and great-grandchildren, all issue by her first husband.^[23][24]

Military Service

He is noted in three commissions or appointments to the parliamentary army under Oliver Cromwell:

• 27 October 1648 as a Major under Colonel Barwis' cavalry regiment in Westmoreland.^[25][26]
• as Major of Cavalry to attend the decapitation of Charles I, 30 January 1648/9.^[25][27]
• 4 September 1651 as Captain of a troop of horse he was to raise from volunteers, to guard the Parliament.^[19][25]

See the research note below for another possible instance of service.

Offices Held

• In 1654, he was a Justice of the Peace for Sussex when he performed a marriage at Steyning.^[28]
• 21 June 1676, he took the oath of office as Governor of Fenwick's Colony.^[29][30]
• In New Jersey, he was elected to the colonial assembly for Salem in 1683, but never served, probably due to ill health as he died before the end of the year.^[31]
• When he wrote his will in 1683, he styled himself "… Esq. the late absolute lord or Chief propriatary by law and survivership of the province of New Cassaria or New Jersie and now of ffenwick's Collony."^[32]

Religious Affiliations

According to a church membership certificate, he had been a member of an Independent congregation led by Pastor John Goodwin, for several years before the date of the certificate, 11 February 1649[/50?].^[19][33][27] Sellers notes that John Goodwin, Gent. of London, loaned John Fenwick and his wife £950 in 1651.^[7]

He was at least nominally associated with the Church of England in the mid-1650's, with both his first wife's burial in 1654^[15] and his second marriage in London in 1655^[16] being recorded in parish registers.

By the time of the Visitation of Berkshire in 1665/66, he was holding to Quaker beliefs when he was summoned as one of the householders in Cookeham Hundred, Binfield, but could not appear, being imprisoned at Redding[sic] for being a Quaker.^[34] In Besse's Quaker Sufferings, an imprisonment at about the same time is mentioned in the Buckingham chapter, which could be either a second imprisonment or a misstatement as to the county.^[35] In 1670, at Bracknell in Berkshire, he had goods valued at 11s taken for a fine of 5s.^[36] This latter event is reported in full from an unknown source in the Sketch of John Fenwick.^[37] Further research in the many works of Joseph Besse^[38] or perhaps William Penn^[39] may yield a more contemporary source.

Within a year of arriving in New Jersey, Fenwick is the first signatory of the minutes to organize the Monthly meeting of Friends in Salem.^[40]

Twice in New Jersey, a committee from the Salem Quaker Meeting met with him to ascertain that he was still following the truth, which he affirmed, but after the second time his name no longer appears in meeting minutes,^[41] though in his will, all of the named Executors were Quakers.^[42]

Immigration

John and his three children and their husbands immigrated to New Jersey aboard the Griffin in 1675 and founded Fenwick's Colony at Salem, New Jersey.^[1][19][43] Records of the Salem Quaker Meeting report him as being there in November 1675.^[44] Please see the Research note below for more about the Griffin and her voyages.

Fenwick's Colony

The first known publicity of Fenwick's Colony appeared in a broadside he wrote, addressed to "Friends," and dated the 8th of the first month [March] 1675. He was still in England at this time, and he planned to sail for New Jersey the next month, though this would be delayed.^[45][46]

The history of Fenwick's colony in New Jersey begins with the grant by Charles II to his brother, James, Duke of York, in 1663. The Duke in turn granted a moiety each to George Carteret (East Jersey) and John, Lord Berkley (West Jersey). Then, for £1000, Lord Berkley granted his moiety to Fenwick and Edward Bylling. On 28 June 1675, Fenwick sold ninety-hundredths of that moiety of New Jersey to William Penn, Gaven Lawry and Nicholas Lucas. The record also included an agreement as to the government of the parcel.^[47][48][49]

The land transactions leading to the establishment of Fenwick's Colony took place mostly in England, and are difficult to follow due to a very complicated mortgage that led to considerable difficulties for Fenwick and his purchasers.^[50][51] Some of these transactions are also recorded in the land records of Salem.^[48]

Some of his land he purchased from the Indians and some were briefly abstracted in the New Jersey Archives but completely transcribed in Indians of Southern New Jersey’.^{[52][48] [44][53]} The New Jersey Historical Society holds these records. ^[19]

1. 17 November 1675 "Copy, thought to be in Fenwick’s handwriting, of the grant from the Indians to John Fenwick for the first tract purchased by him."^[48]
2. 6 February 1675[/6?] "Grant from the Indians to Fenwick for “Little and Great Cohansey.'”^[48]
3. 8 January 1675/6 "Agreement of the Indians with Fenwick on what terms to relinquish all claims for further compensation on account of the first purchase of lands."
4. 14 March 1676 "Grant from the Indians to Fenwick for lands between Salem Creek and Cohansey."^[48]
5. 2 March 1676 "Grant from the Indians to Fenwick for lands along Salem Creek from its mouth to its head and thence to the river."

Fenwick thought his grants gave him the power to establish the government of the colony, and in the initial agreements with the first purchasers, Fenwick promised a liberal form of government consisting of a governor and 10-12 councilmen, all to be elected by the proprietors and freeholders of the colony.^[54] However, buried in the complexities of the mortgage documents, this appears to have been transferred to the mortgage holders. Twice, once in late 1676 and again in 1678, Fenwick would be imprisoned or detained for attempting to usurp the power of Governor Andros of New York, who had jurisdiction over East and West Jersey.^[55]

In 1676 he sued John Eldridge and another over property in New Jersey.^[56]

Transcripts of the various court and land records pertaining to Fenwick and his difficulties, many copied from earlier publications, were published in 1880 as part of the first volume of the Archives of the State of New Jersey.^[57] As he wrote in his will, Fenwick maintained he was governor of Fenwick's colony to his dying days.

In 1682, he sold to William Penn most of his interest in West Jersey except for about 150,000 acres.^{[19][58][42][59]}

Death

John wrote his will 7 August 1683. In it, he named or mentioned:^[19]

• that he was late of Bindfield[sic], Berkshire, England, now of Fenwick's Colony.
• Grandchildren: Fenwick Adams, Samuel Hedge junior, John Champneys, Mary Champneys, Walter Adams, Mary Adams, Ann Adams, the second son of Samuel Hedge, daughters of Ann Hedge, wife of Samuel, all under age.
• John Adams.
• friend Mary White.
• nephew Roger, eldest son of his deceased brother, Capt Ralfe Fenwick.
• excluded an apparent granddaughter, Elizabeth Adams, for her "abominable transgression" against the Lord, "me, and her poore father."
• appointed son-in-law Samuel Hedge Secretary and Register, Richard Tindall Surveyor General, and Thomas Smith Deputy Surveyor General of the colony, all for life.
• Executors Governor William Penn, John Smith of Smithfield, Samuel Hedge of Hedgefield, Richard Tindall of Tindall's Bowery, each to have 500 acres for their trouble.
• Witnesses Thomas Yorke alias Carey and Thomas Webley.

No accounting of the execution of his will was ever found, though an investigation was made in 1736.^[60] His inventory, which did not include his land holdings, totaled 20£ 9s 8d.^[61] After his death, his executors made an agreement to sell his remaining property and continued to do so until at least 1699.^[62][63]

See the research note below for published accounts of his will and probate.

Earlier research gave his death as before 16 April 1684 when his will was proved, but later it was shown his death must have been sometime before 17 December 1683 when his inventory was taken.^[1][9]

His exact burial location is unknown, but is memorialized at Fenwick's Grove Cemetery, Mannington Township, Salem County, New Jersey.^[64]

Research Notes

Disambiguation

There are several John Fenwicks in England in the early 1600's and they have confused some early researchers. Some have given 1618 as the year of birth.^{[65][66][67][21]} This is perhaps due in thinking Fenwick was knighted at age 18 in 1636, ^[65][21] though Shaw's Knights of England shows no such dubbing.^[68]

As shown by various deeds and other records, this John Fenwick, Quaker and founder of Fenwick's colony in New Jersey, was not:

• Sir John Fenwick of Wallington, Knt. & Bnt.^[69][65][70]
• Arthur Adams points out several other John Fenwicks of varying relationship to John Fenwick of New Jersey.^[71]
• Because of his age, it is doubtful that Fenwick was the Captain in Sir William Constable's regiment of foot in Essex in 1642.^[72][73]

Most of the records cited in this profile place this John Fenwick in southeastern England, particularly after his studies at Gray's Inn in London, and marriage to Elizabeth Covert, daughter of Walter Covert, Knt., an earlier, but deceased member of Gray's Inn, from Sussex. Counties mentioned in the various records include, Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, and Surrey.

The Griffin

The Griffin, Robert Griffin, Master, is known to have sailed from London to Virginia in November 1673 and March 1675.^[74] She had returned by May when she was seized for landing in Ireland with "20,000 wt. of Virginia Tobacco contrary to law." In July, she was discharged from the seizure^[23] and by August was ready to sail from Portsmouth bound for New Jersey, presumably with John Fenwick and his family on board, though these records do not include passengers, only shippers of goods.^[75]

Property in England

The British National Archives holds many records of John Fenwick and his wives. Some of these are referred to above or published in whole or in part in several of the secondary sources cited above.

In 1652, he was leasing Worminghurst [or Warminghurst], Sussex from his cousin, George Fenwick. William Penn perhaps learned of the property from his later association with Fenwick, and subsequently purchased the property in 1676.^[73][76]

About the same time, he and his wife Elizabeth, they being of Brockham, Surrey, sued Walter Franckyn, Esq. over property in Cuckfield, Sussex.^[77] A comprehensive abstract of this proceeding has been published.^[78]

In 1662, his brother Edward sued him over property in Stanton manor in Northumberland.^[79]

Published Probate

There are three versions of John Fenwick's probate record: An incomplete abstract of a copy of the will from Salem County will books was published in the New Jersey Archives;^[80] Lewis Cook published a extensive abstract;^[81] Frank Stewart included in his treatment a complete transcript of the will, inventory, and probate proceedings from the original at the New Jersey Historical Society.^[19][32]

New Jersey Manuscripts

In "Manuscript Group 3, West Jersey Manuscript Collection, 1648-1829" the New Jersey Historical Society holds numerous original records relating to John Fenwick, most of which are referenced or published in the secondary sources cited above. See New jersey Historical Society for a catalog listing.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., Kimball G. Everingham ed., (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), 2:559, FENWICK 16ii.
2. ↑ George W. Marshall, The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615 (London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1878), 45, Internet Archive.
3. ↑ Edwin Jaquett Sellers, "Parentage of Major John Fenwick, Founder of Salem, New Jersey," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 49 (1925): 151-162, 256-260 ; 50 (1926): 267-272 at 49:153, Google Books.
4. ↑ Joseph Foster, The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889 … (London: Hansard Publishing, 1889), 221, Internet Archive.
5. ↑ Edwin Sellers, "Parentage of John Fenwick," 50:268, Google Books.
6. ↑ Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Mitford, C 8/57/11, National Archives Discovery Centre catalogue entry.
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8. ↑ William Nelson, Documents Relating to The Colonial History of The State of New Jersey 42 vols., (Newark, New Jersey: Daily Journal Establishment, 1880-1949), 21: 592, Internet Archive
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11. ↑ William Nelson, Documents Relating to Colonial History of New Jersey, 21: 641, Internet Archive.
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13. ↑ Lewis Cook, "Fenwick…of Salem," 111.
14. ↑ William Nelson, Documents Relating to Colonial History of New Jersey, 21: 580, Internet Archive.
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22. ↑ Frank H. Stewart, Major John Fenwick: Colonizer and Founder of the First Permanent English Speaking Colony on the Delaware River: Salem County, New Jersey, 1675 (Reprint from Salem Standard and Jerseyman, Woodbury, New Jersey, 1939), 47-48, FamilySearch catalog entry.
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27. ↑ ^{27.0 27.1} John Clement, Sketch of John Fenwick, 11.
28. ↑ W. Powell Breach, "Steyning Marriages, &c., during the Commonwealth, 1653 to 1658, Extracted from the Steyning Parish Registers" Sussex Archaeological Collections 42 (1899): 111-116 at 112, Archealogical Data Service.
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34. ↑ The Four Visitations of Berkshire made and taken …1532; …1566; … 1623; … 1665-66 Vol. II (London, The Harliean Society, 1908), 43, Internet Archive.
35. ↑ Joseph Besse, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers 2 vols. (London: Luke Hinde, 1753), 1:78, Internet Archive.
36. ↑ Joseph Besse, Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers, 1: 29.
37. ↑ John Clement, Sketch of John Fenwick, 16.
38. ↑ Joseph Smith, A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books: or Books Written by Members of the Society of Friends…., (2 vols., London: the author, 1863-1867), 1: 251-258, Internet Archive.
39. ↑ Joseph Smith, A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books, 2: 282-326, Internet Archive.
40. ↑ John Clement, Sketch of John Fenwick, 47.
41. ↑ Frank Stewart, Major John Fenwick, 59-60.
42. ↑ ^{42.0 42.1} Thomas Shourds, "John Fenwick" in History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey. (Bridgetown, New Jersey: George F. Nixon, 1876), 9-17 at 12, Internet Archive.
43. ↑ William Nelson, ed., Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, vol. 21 (Paterson: New Jersey Historical Society, 1899), 21: 590, Internet Archive.
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45. ↑ "Fenwick's Proposal for Planting His Colony of New Cæsarea or New Jersey," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 6 (1882): 86-90, FamilySearch microfilm #1697356, item #4, DGS #009157525, img #934, FamilySearch Image: 3QHV-8QMB-Z78H
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48. ↑ ^{48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 48.4 48.5} William Nelson, Documents Relating to Colonial History of New Jersey, 21: 559-560, Internet Archive.
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51. ↑ R. G. Johnson, An Historical Account of the First Settlement of Salem, 8-10.
52. ↑ Frank Stewart, Indians of Southern New Jersey’, (Woodbury, New Jersey: Gloucester County Historical Society, 1977, c1932).
53. ↑ R. G. Johnson, An Historical Account of the First Settlement of Salem, 14-15.
54. ↑ John Clement, Sketch of John Fenwick, 32.
55. ↑ John Clement, Sketch of John Fenwick, 63-78.
56. ↑ Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714, Bridges, C 5/480/59, National Archives Discovery Centre catalogue entry.
57. ↑ William Whitehead, 'Documents Relating to Colonial History of New Jersey, 1: 118, 185n, 186-240, 274-281, Internet Archive.
58. ↑ R. G. Johnson, An Historical Account of the First Settlement of Salem, 26.
59. ↑ William Whitehead, Documents Relating to Colonial History of New Jersey, 1: 370, Internet Archive.
60. ↑ Frank Stewart, Major John Fenwick, 46.
61. ↑ Frank Stewart, Major John Fenwick, 45.
62. ↑ William Whitehead, Documents Relating to Colonial History of New Jersey, 1: 507, Internet Archive.
63. ↑ William Nelson, Documents Relating to Colonial History of New Jersey, 21: 341-344, Internet Archive.
64. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/199916163/john-fenwick: accessed March 2, 2024), memorial page for MAJ John Fenwick (1618–11 Dec 1683), Find A Grave: Memorial #199916163, citing Fenwicks Grove, Mannington Township, Salem County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by bdysr (contributor 47620336).
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73. ↑ ^{73.0 73.1} Frank Stewart, Major John Fenwick, 54.
74. ↑ Peter Wilson Coldham, The Complete Book of Emigrants: 1661-1699: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1990), 206, 239.
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76. ↑ "Warminghurst : Manors and other estates," in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 2, Bramber Rape (North-Western Part) Including Horsham, (London, 1986), 52-54, British History Online(accessed 4 March 2024)
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78. ↑ Edwin Sellers, "Parentage of John Fenwick," 50:270-272, Google Books.
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81. ↑ Lewis Cook, "Fenwick…of Salem," 116-119.

See also:

• Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., Kimball G. Everingham, ed., (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), 2:150, FENWICK 16ii, Google Books.
• Samuel Smith, The History of the Colony of Nova-Cæsaria, Or New-Jersey Containing An Account of Its First Settlement, Progressive Improvements, the Original and Present Constitution, and Other Events, To the Year 1721 : With Some Particulars Since; and a Short View of Its Present State (1765; reprint of revised 1890 edition, Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Company, 1975), 79-94, FamilySearch catalog.
• Jasper Danckaerts, Journal of Jasper Danckaerts: 1679-1680, Bartlett Burleigh James and J. Franklin Jameson, editors, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913), 154-155, Internet Archive.
• Wikipedia: John Fenwick.
• Dictionary of American Biography 6 (1931): 330-331 (sub Fenwick), Internet Archive.
• John Comber, Sussex Genealogies, 3 vols., (Cambridge: W. Heffer, 1931), 2:185-186 (sub Covert), FamilySearch microfilm #924767, img 330, FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSZ6-J9BF-C

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John Fenwick Esq. is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, page xxv #95) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray (vol. II, pages 148-150 FENWICK), through his father. The Magna Carta Project identified an additonal trail from John, through his mother, to surety baron Saher de Quincy. Both trails need development on WikiTree and are outlined below.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Badged Richardson-documented trail to Mowbray (MCA II:148-150 FENWICK), through his father:

Gateway Ancestor John Fenwick (badged/R&A 18 March 2024)

1. John is the son of William Fenwick (badged/R&A 7 February 2024)

2. William is the son of Richard Fenwick (badged/R&A 7 February 2024)

3. Richard is the son of Ralph Fenwick (badged/R&A 5 February 2024)

4. Ralph is the son of John Fenwick (badged/R&A 5 February 2024)

5. John is the son of Ralph Fenwick (badged/R&A 31 January 2024)

6. Ralph is the son of Agnes Harbottle (badged/R&A 20 January 2024)

7. Agnes is the daughter of Bertram Harbottle (badged/R&A 17 January 2024)

8. Bertram is the son of Margaret Ogle (badged/R&A 15 January 2024)

9. Margaret is the daughter of Maud de Grey (badged/R&A 8 January 2024)

10. Maud Gray is the daughter of Joan de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

11. Joan Mowbray is the daughter of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

12. John is the son of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

13. John is the son of John de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

14. John is the son of Roger de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Roger is the son of Roger de Mowbray (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Roger is the son of Magna Carta Surety William de Mowbray

Unbadged Richardson-documented trail to Saher de Quincy through his mother:

Gateway Ancestor John Fenwick (trail pending/R&A 18 March 2024)

1. John is the son of Elizabeth Gargrave (MCA II:242-243 GARGRAVE) (trail pending/needs development)

2. Elizabeth is the daughter of Anne Waterton (MCA IV:296-297 WATERTON) (trail pending/needs development)

3. Anne is the daughter of Thomas Waterton (trail pending/needs development)

4. Thomas is the son of Thomas Waterton (trail pending/needs development)

5. Thomas is the son of Muriel Leeke (trail pending/needs development)

6. Muriel is the daughter of Elizabeth Savage (MCA III:488-494 SAVAGE) (trail pending/needs development)

7. Elizabeth is the daughter of John Savage (trail pending/needs development)

8. John is the son of John Savage (trail pending/needs development)

9. John is the son of Maud Swinnerton (badged Apr 2020)

10. Maud is the daughter of Robert de Swinnerton (badged Apr 2020)

11. Robert is the son of Maud de Holand (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Maud is the daughter of Maude la Zouche (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Maude is the daughter of Alan la Zouche (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Alan is the son of Roger la Zouche (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Roger is the son of Ellen de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Ellen is the daughter of Roger de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

17. Roger is the son of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy