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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):
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]
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.)
The following have previously been shown as children of William Ironmonger and Elizabeth Jones, with no sourcing.
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Thank you!
(FindAGrave also shows his wife and daughter buried there while the church does not.)
Cheers, Liz
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.