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William Ironmonger (abt. 1630 - aft. 1695)

William Ironmonger aka Iremonger
Born about in Berkshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1651 in Virginiamap
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Died after after about age 65 in Gloucester County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Biography

William was the second son of Samuel Iremonger of Donnington, Berkshire and Bridget Cordray.[1][2] His birth date is uncertain, but the licence for his parents' marriage was dated 28 July 1628: so, given that he had at least one older sibling, it will not have been before 1630. William is named as eldest (surviving) son in his father's 1643 will (proved in 1650): this left him £200 to be paid when he came of age.[3]

William married Elizabeth Jones before 1651. Douglas Richardson just gives her first name.[1][2] Her last name is evidenced by a deed of 1665 in which she appointed her brother Robert Jones as attorney.[4] They had at least one child (not mentioned by Richardson):

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William Ironmonger migrated from England to Virginia.
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William emigrated to Virginia by 1651.[1][2] On 3 April that year he and other members were listed in a headright for land in Northumberland County granted to his aunt Anne (Cordray) Bernard[6]

By 3 April 1651 (when he is named in a headright granted to his aunt Anne (Cordray) Bernard), William moved to Lancaster County, Virginia,[1][2] where he lived on a plantation on the eastern branch of the Corrotoman River.[7]

William and other members of his family were also named in a headright dated 2 July 1652 which was granted to his aunt Anne (Cordray) Bernard - Anne's last name is spelt Barnett in the headright, which related to 700 acres at the head of Jones Creek, Gloucester County.[4][8][9]

In 1662 John Edwards bought 700 acres in Lancaster County, Virginia on the eastern branch of the Corrotoman River. This was assigned to William on 12 December 1663.[10] William refers to this plantation in a grant of two men servants and their crop of corn on 28 February 1664/5.[11]

On 3 June 1664 William was granted 350 acres in Gloucester County, Virginia at the head the Ware River.[12] In June 1666 he sold his plantation on the Corrotoman River, describing it in the sale deed as his previous residence, and referring to himself as a planter of Gloucester County.[4][7][13]

A memorandum of 1665 records the gift of a heifer to his goddaughter Anne, daughter of John Meredith.[14] In 1668 he gave a heifer to his nephew William Jones, son of his brother-in-law Robert Jones.[15]

In 1668 William granted a power of attorney to collect debts to his sister Martha and her husband Robert Jones.[11][16]

William's will was dated 30 August 1695.[1][2] In it he left land at Potomac Neck to John Cooke, son of his daughter Frances and Mordecai Cooke.[4]

Research Notes

Previously-shown daughter Mary

Mary Ironmonger has previously been shown as daughter of William Ironmonger and Elizabeth Jones. This is a mistake. Mary became William's sister-in-law when she married Corderoy Ironmonger.[1][2] (See the profiles of Mary and her first husband Abraham Field for more discussion, and also Corderoy's profile.)

Other Previously-attached children

The following have previously been shown as children of William Ironmonger and Elizabeth Jones, with no sourcing.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Viol. II, p. 460, IREMONGER 15.i, Google Books
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 402, IREMONGER 21.i
  3. The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/213/736, Will of Samuell Iremonger, Gentleman of Donnington, Berkshire, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Genealogical Gleanings in England, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 11, 1903, pp. 75-76, Internet Archive
  5. Dr and Mts William Carter Stubbs. Descendants of Mordecai Cooke and Thomas Booth (New Orleans, 1923), pp. 25-26, Hathi Trust
  6. Neil Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, Vol. 1, Dietz Printing Co., 1934, p. 211, Internet Archive
  7. 7.0 7.1 Polly Cary Mason. Records of colonial Gloucester County, Virginia, Vol. 2, George C Mason, 1948, p. 124, family search
  8. Neil Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, Vol. 1, p. 278, Internet Archive
  9. Polly Cary Mason. Records of colonial Gloucester County, Virginia, Vol. 1, George C Mason, 1946, p. 5, Familysearch
  10. Neil Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, Vol. 1, p. 437, Internet Archive
  11. 11.0 11.1 Paul C Reed. The Royal Descent of the Bernard, Corderoy, and Ironmonger families of Virginia through the Seymour family, concluded, in 'The American Genealogist', Vol. 73, 1998, pp. 299-301, American Ancestors website
  12. Neil Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, Vol. 1, p. 514, Internet Archive
  13. Neil Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, Vol. 1, p. 561, Internet Archive
  14. Beverley Fleet. Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 1, Genealogical Publish Company, 1988, p. 156, Google Books
  15. Beverley Fleet. Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 1, p. 556, Google Books
  16. Polly Cary Mason. Records of colonial Gloucester County, Virginia, Vol. 2, p. 125, Familyseaerch

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by [[Cayley-55|Michael Cayley][][ on 1 November 2023.
William Ironmonger is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a project approved/badged Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet (vol. II, pages 459-460 IREMONGER). He is also a Gateway in trail badged in 2015 to surety barons Saher de Quincy and Robert de Vere. These trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of his aunt, Anna Cordray's profile.
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".




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I plan to do some work soon on this profile for the Magna Carta Project
posted by Michael Cayley
I have now finished the work I currently intend on this profile. If anyone spots any typos etc, please either correct them or message me. Thanks!
posted by Michael Cayley
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013), Vol. III. page 402.

Thank you!

the FindAGrave memorial says he's buried in Ware Episcopal Church cemetery, but he's not listed by the church - see http://www.warechurch.org/Cemetery/Names_in_the_Cemetery/

(FindAGrave also shows his wife and daughter buried there while the church does not.)

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Find A Grave: Memorial #130618798 (making it clickable)
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Findagrave # 130618798
posted by Patricia (Long) Kent
Hi! I added myself back as a manager. I forgot that I needed to be one for him since I listed him as a Magna Carta Project "example" (see the Examples Gallery). I had removed myself from his profile because I try to keep my watchlist to just lineal ancestors, and William is only a very distant cousin (10th cousin, 9 times removed).

Cheers, Liz

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
See, for a full discussion of the older generations of this, articles in The American Genealogist,

July and October 1998.

Briefly, William Ironmonger and his brother Francis and sister Elizabeth came to America with Anna (Corderoy), Corderoy (a first name), Elizabeth, and Richard Bernard,and Elinor, William and Edward Corderoy. The Ironmongers and most of the others are all descendents of Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, King Henry I of England, and the Magna Charta baron Saier de Quincy.

posted by Debra (Downs) Allison