Thomas
Grubb
aka Grubbe
Born before in Devizes, Wiltshire, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of Henry Grubbe MP
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Elinor (Grubbe) Moody and Joane (Grubbe) Sampson
Husband of
Susan (Hart) Grubb
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
after about age 59
in Potterne, Wiltshire, England
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Biography
The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Thomas Grubb's birth has been estimated to be shortly before 1559, based on the baptismal dates of siblings.
Thomas drew up his will on 7 April 1617 and it was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 27 April 1618. [1] Will of Thomas Grubb of Potterne, Wiltshire 1618
Of note it showed that he had four living sons, but two of them were named Thomas.
The will was challenged, and the Judgment (in Latin) was entered into the registers of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 17 June 1618. [2] Names from this Judgement have been abstracted at the end of the list of persons in the Will.
Persons mentioned in the Will:
- Thomas Grubb of Potterne in the Countye of Wiltes yeoman Testator
- my second sonne Thomas Grubbe beinge the eldest of my sonnes of that name under the age of 23 years, received £1200
- my third sonne Henrye Grubbe under the age of 23 years, received £1200
- my younger sonne Thomas Grubb beinge the youngest of my sonnes under the age of 23 years, received £1000
- my daughter Susanna unmarried, received £1000. No age given.
- my lovinge wife unnamed in the will, maintenance for life
- my sister Ellinor Moodye received £5
- my sister Joane Sampson received £5
- my servant Nicholas Chiffinche received £5
- John my sonne Executor and residuary legatee. Testator's wife and daughter were to live with him.
- my faythfull and lovinge freinds overseers of the will
- Thomas Baskervile Esquire
- John Hitchcock of Potterne gentleman also witness to Will
- my Cosen William Blancharde
- Thomss Lye witness to Will
- John Ferris witness to Will
- Phillppa Wheller witness to Will
Persons mentioned in the Judgement:
- Before John Benet knight, Doctor of Laws
- In the case of Thomas Grubbe formerly of Potterne, Wiltshire, gentleman deceased
- Between John Grubbe the son and executor of the Testament and last will
- and Suzanna Grubbe widow
- Henry Grubbe, Thomas Grubbe the elder, Thomas Grubbe the younger, Suzanna Grubbe the natural and legitimate children of the said deceased
Research Notes
Magaret Ailene Beeson's book "A Genealogy of The Beeson Family" contains the now disproved Grubb / Grubbe line which conflates the Grubb(e) families of North Mymms in Hertfordshire, Potterne and Devizes in Wiltshire, and Stoke Climsland in Cornwall. [3] Please do not use this book as a basis for the Grubbe line which emigrated to West Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Sources
- ↑
Will of Thomas Grubbe or Grubb 1618:
"England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 131
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #909906 (accessed 21 August 2022) - ↑
Judgement of the challenged will of Thomas Grubbe of Potterne 1618:
"England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 131
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #910017 (accessed 21 August 2022) - ↑ "A Genealogy of The Beeson Family" Magaret Ailene Beeson, September 1973 p 10. Family Search books full text accessed 1 July 2021
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Categories: Wiltshire, Unsourced Profiles | Estimated Birth Date
wives. Thomas manied Agnes Jeffrey on January 5, 1562, a second unknown wife after Agnes died, and Johan Williams (Wills), a widow in nearby St Dominic on April 23, 1604. Johan outlived Thomas by eleven years and was buried in St Dominic on November 22, 1627. We know Thomas probably had a second wife because there were no children by his third marriage and there were simply too many children for all of them to have had the same mother. Thomas had eleven children who were still alive when he died.
I will disconnect them as father and son. If evidence of a relationship is found, they can be reconnected.
Jo, England Project Managed Profiles coordinator
Many thanks, Jo, England Project Managed Profiles team coordinator
Thomas Grubb, John Grubb’s [an immigrant to the American colonies] great grandfather: By the time John Grubb was born, all known members of the Stoke Climsland Grubb family were descended from Thomas Grubb. Thomas was born about 1540 and was of England’s yeomen class, roughly equivalent to the modern middle class. At the time of his death in July 1616, his assets were valued at 137 pounds. Thomas’ parents are unknown, although his father or grandfather may have been named Henry because Thomas named two surviving sons Henry.
Interestingly, Alex Grubb’s 1688 notes indicate that in 1554 a Henry Grubb baptized a son in Stoke Climsland. While this was too late to have been Thomas, this does establish that there was a Henry Grubb in Stoke Climsland that may have been Thomas’ father. Grubbs about the Globe claims that Thomas was the son of the Sir Henry Grubb of Hertfordshire who married Lady Joan Radcliffe. However, this story is contradicted by the evidence in Alex Grubb’s notes that there were Grubbs in Stoke Climsland before Thomas.
Jo, England Project Managed Profiles co-ordinator