Edward Bagley (abt. 1602 - 1645)

Born about 18 Oct 1602 in Dudley St Edmund, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Olive (Unknown) Bagley — married 1633 in England

Descendants

Died Nov 1645 at about age 43 in Dudley St Edmund, Worcestershire, England

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Edward Bagley has a disproved royal and Magna Carta ancestry which was shown to be incorrect in an article in The American Genealogist. ^[1]

Biography

Birth

Baptized: 18 October 1602 at Dudley St Edmund, Worcestershire, England. ^[2]

Marriage and Children

Married: Olive Unknown about 1633. Her given name is known as it is recorded in the baptisms of her sons.

Estimate based on known baptism of child in April 1634, could be earlier. ^[3]

Children of Edward and Olive Bagley: ^[4]

1. Ann Bagley. Baptized 27 April 1634 at Dudley St Edmund, Worcestershire.
2. Sutton Bagley. Baptized 22 April 1637 at Dudley St Thomas, Worcestershire.
3. Edward Bagley. Baptized 6 June 1641 at Dudley St Thomas, Worcestershire.
4. John Bagley. Baptized 14 April 1644 at Dudley St Edmund, Worcestershire.

Death

Died: About 1649.

Estimate based on his son-in-law's statement in 1699 that Edward had died "some fifty years ago".

Research Notes

In 1699 following the death of his wife Ann, William Brinton wrote an account of his wife Ann and her family. Regarding her parents, William Brinton wrote: ^[5]

"Her ffather's name was Edward Bagley, a man of good account as to worldly Rank. He dyed some fifty years ago. Her mother became a Friend and so continued until her death. She remayned a Widow all her Dayes, which was some thirty years after her husband's decease."

Disproved Royal Ancestry

A royal ancestry can frequently be found on the internet where Edward Bagley is said to be the grandson of Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley. This was disputed in an article in The American Genealogist and is almost certainly incorrect. ^[6]

Edward's father, John Bagley, received a grant from Lord Dudley along with Robert Dudley and George Guest. Robert Dudley was a known illegitimate son Lord Dudley, and George Guest was the husband of an illegitimate daughter. Elizabeth Tomlinson, the mistress of Lord Dudley by whom he had 11 illegitimate children, left a bequest of £30 to this Edward Bagley and then made him an executor of her will. The reasonable assumption then was that John Bagley had married one of the illegitimate daughters of Lord Dudley by Elizabeth Tomlinson.

However, Charles Hansen in his TAG article points out that in the will of Elizabeth Tomlinson, Edward Bagley is called nepoti ex matre which he translates as "nephew through his mother." Therefore, John Bagley did not marry the daughter of Elizabeth Tomlinson, but had married the sister of Elizabeth Tomlinson. This breaks the supposed royal descent which would have run through Lord Dudley.

Sources

1. ↑ The American Genealogist, vol. 71 (1996): 36-48. Ancestry of William and Ann (Bagley) Brinton, by Charles M. Hansen.
2. ↑ The American Genealogist, vol. 71 (1996): 47.
3. ↑ The American Genealogist, vol. 71 (1996): 36-48. Ancestry of William and Ann (Bagley) Brinton, by Charles M. Hansen.
4. ↑ The American Genealogist, vol. 71 (1996): 48.
5. ↑ Schoonover, The Brinton Genealogy, (1924), Page 105-106.
6. ↑ The American Genealogist, vol. 71 (1996): 36-48. Ancestry of William and Ann (Bagley) Brinton, by Charles M. Hansen.

• The American Genealogist vol. 71, no. 1 (January 1996): 36-48. The Ancestry of William and Ann (Bagley) Brinton: Quaker Immigrants to Pennsylvania, by Charles M. Hansen. AmericanAncestors.org LINK
• Schoonover, Janetta W, Gilbert Cope, and Ellen S. Brinton. The Brinton Genealogy: A History of William Brinton Who Came from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1684 and of His Descendants, with Some Records of the English Brintons. (Trenton, N.J: Press of MacCrellish & Quigley Co, 1924): 60, 96-104.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYGN-FX2 : 30 December 2014), Edward Bagley, 18 Oct 1602; citing SAINT EDMUND,DUDLEY,WORCESTER,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 477,645.