Anna (Cordray) Bernard (bef. 1609 - bef. 1671)

Born before 29 Apr 1609 in Chute, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Bernard — married 25 Nov 1634 in London, England

Descendants

Died before 25 Sep 1671 at about age 62 in Purton, Petsoe Parish, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Anna Cordray/Cowdray was the daughter of William Cowdrey/Cordray of Chute, Wiltshire and Bridget Goddard.^[1][2] She was baptised on 29 April 1609 at Chute, with her father named as William and her last name spelt Corderoy in a transcript on FindMyPast,^[3] and this was likely to have been her birthplace.

On 25 November 1634 Anna married Richard Bernard, son of Richard Bernard and his second wife Elizabeth Woolhouse. They wed at St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, London.^[1][2] They had the following children:

• Richard^[1][2][4]
• Corderoy^[1][2]
• probably Francis,^[1][2] who witnessed her transfer of Priors Plantation in 1661^[5]
• Anna, who married John Smith^[1][2] and who is named as Anna Smith in a 1653 letter of her mother's^[4]
• Elizabeth^[1][2]
  

  Anna (Cordray) Bernard was a Virginia colonist.

Anna's husband took a three year lease on Priors Plantation, York County, Virginia on 3 January 1647,^[4] so she and Richard Bernard were in Virginia by then.

Douglas Richardson says that Anna's husband died before 3 April 1651,^[1][2] when she was granted 1000 acres on the south side of the Potomeck River. However, the list of names in the headright includes two Richard Bernards, one of whom is named before Anna, and this may cast doubt on the death date given by Richardson for Anna's husband.

• The full list of names given in Nugent's Cavaliers and Pioneers is: Mr Richard Bernard, Mrs Anna Bernard, Mrs Elinor Corderoy, Eliza. (Elizabeth) Barnett, Cordery Barnett, Richard Barnett, Wm. Cordery, Edward Cordery, Wm. Ironmonger, Fra. (Francis) Ironmonger, Eliza. (Elizabeth) Ironmonger, Eliza. (Elizabeth) Percy/Perry, Eliza. (Elizabeth) Ashton, John Smith, Thomas Sheld, Joseph Bacon, Ann Whitlock, John Fuller, Leonard Lett, and Henry Fabitt.^[6] The Ironmongers are probably children of her sister Bridget.
• Two articles refer to a 1652 grant to Anna of 1000 acres at the head of Jones' Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia, with a similar list of names (with one or two spelling differences), again including two Richard Bernards, one named before Anna.^[4][7]

In 1652 she bought Priors Plantation:^[4][5] she transferred her title to this to Robert Baldry in 1661.^[1][2] (The 1896 article in the William and Mary Quarterly on the Bernard family gives the year as 1662.^[4]) In the deed she describes herself as a widow of Purton, Petsoe Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia.^[5] This suggests that her husband died no later than 1652.

In 1654 500 acres were added to Anna's landholdings in Gloucester County.^[4][8]

Anna died a little before 25 September 1671.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Priors Plantation; Purton

There are many references to the house known as "Purton". A 1649 grant for 1665 acres was made to William John Clarke. This house in Gloucester, commanding a view of the York River, was built on that land.^[9]

"Old Purton," the early Barnard-Bernard home, and the first church of Petsworth Parish were near each other and were both probably built about 1650. The parish may have been named for Mrs. Barnard’s home parish in England.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} 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), Vol. I, p. 187, BERNARD 14.ii.a, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. I, pp. 345-346, BERNARD 17.ii.a
3. ↑ Wiltshire Baptisms Index 1530-1917, transcript by Wiltshire Family History Society, FindMyPast
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Bernard Family in 'The William and Mary Quarterly', Vol. 5, No. 1, 1896, pp. 62-64, JSTOR (account = free - required)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} The Smiths of Virginia in 'The William and Mary Quarterly', Vol. 4, No. 1, 1895, pp. 46-47, Hathi Trust
6. ↑ Nell Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800, Vol. I, Dietz Printing Co, 1934, p. 211, Hathi Trust
7. ↑ Virginia Gleanings in England in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 11, 1903, p. 75, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Nell Marion Nugent. Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. I, p. 304, Hathi Trust
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Arthur Gray. Purtan, The Site of Werowocomico, in 'The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography', Vol. 42, No. 2, 1934, pp. 116–122, [www.jstor.org/stable/4244577 JSTOR]

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 26 October 2023.

Anna (Cordray) Bernard 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). She is also a Gateway in trail badged in 2015 to surety barons Saher de Quincy and Robert de Vere. These trails are set forth 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 Malet (MCA II: 459-460 IREMONGER):

Iremonger Gateway Ancestors

Martha (Iremonger) Jones (badged/re-reviewed 28 October 2023)

William Ironmonger (badged/re-reviewed 1 November 2023)

Francis Iremonger (badged/re-reviewed 30 October 2023)

1. Iremonger Gateways are children of Bridget Cordray (badged/re-reviewed 3 November 2023)

2. Bridget and Gateway Ancestor Anna Cordray (badged/re-reviewed 26 October 2023) are the daughters of William Cordray (badged/R&A 7 November 2023)

3. William is the son of Thomas Cordray (badged/re-reviewed 9 November 2023)

4. Thomas is the son of Joan Seymour (badged/re-reviewed 12 November 2023)

5. Joan is the daughter of Roger Seymour (badged/re-reviewed 14 November 2023)

6. Roger is the son of John Seymour (badged/100% 5-star)

7. John is the son of Roger Seymour (badged/100% 5-star)

8. Roger is the son of William de Seymour (badged/100% 5-star)

9. William is the son of Cecily de Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Cecily is the daughter of John de Beauchamp (badged/100% 5-star)

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

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

13. Cecily is the daughter of William de Forz (badged/100% 5-star)

14. William is the son of Mabel Malet (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Mabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety William Malet

Badged trails to Quincy and Vere (2015):

10. Cecily is the daughter of Margaret de St John (badged/100% 5-star)

11. Margaret is the daughter of Isabel de Courtenay (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Isabel is the daughter of Hugh de Courtenay (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Hugh is the son of Isabel de Vere (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Isabel is the daughter of Hawise de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Hawise is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy

14. Isabel de Vere is the daughter of Hugh de Vere (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Hugh is the son of Magna Carta Surety Robert de Vere