Symon Awood (bef. 1568 - aft. 1619)

Born before 1568 in Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, , England

Husband of Mary (Syforde) Awood — married 3 Feb 1588 in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, England

Husband of Welthian (Tratman) Awood — married 20 Jun 1603 in Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died after 14 Nov 1619 after age 51 in Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, , England

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NOTE: There were two Symon Awoods living in King's Stanley in the late 16th century, Symon son of John Awood, and Symon son of William Awood.

Biography

Symon was born before 1573/4, which were the start of recorded baptisms at King's Stanley. Based on his marriage in 1587/88, he was probably born about or before 1568. In 1608 he was tallied "about 40" (as opposed to being closer to 20 or over 50).

He was the son of William (mentioned in his will),^[1] and probably his wife Elynor.

Symon Awood was a smith at King's Stanley.^[2]

Symon married Mary Syforde at King's Stanley on 1587/8-02-03.^[3] They had:

1. possibly a child early 1589

   The father's names were recorded starting March 21,1589/90:

2. William bp. September 9, 1590^[4]
3. Catherine bp. July 9, 1592^[5]
4. Thomas bp. October 22, 1595^[6]
5. Thomasonne bp. September 4, 1597^[7]
6. Alis bp. December 22, 1599^[8]

On November 8, 1595, William Awood made his will, and bequethed to his son Symond "A Cover".^[1] On December 14, John Awood of King's Stanley bequethed to his brother Symon £10, and "also a f[ink blot] of the best yeorves[?] I have and halfe a skore of my best [Eo?]gges", and to the daughter Katherine of Symon a "little roser"^[9]

Mary was buried on January 28, 1602/3.^[10] Simon married again Welthian Tratman on 20 June 1603 at King's Stanley.^[11] They had, probably named after Simon's first wife:

1. Mary bp. January 20, 1604/5^[12]

He may have also had:

Elnor, buried February 17, 1614/15^[13]

Symon Awood was listed in 1608 as a smith, and tallied to be "about 40", "lower stature fitt to serve with a Calyver", and "that at the takinge of this viewe, hee was then a trayned soldyer".^[2]

Welthian was buried on May 26, 1617.^[14] Symon married Katheren Kimberly on November 14, 1619.^[15] This may have been Katherine (Howe) Kimberley, who was widowed in 1617, and whose son married Symon's daughter Alice.

Research Notes

There were two Symons in King's Stanley at the time. A Symon was baptized in 1576, and buried in November 1597. There are wills from two branches to consider:

• John Awood does not name a son Symon in his 1571 will (died 1577), but his wife Alice in her will (1588) mentions in addition to what was mentioned in her husband's will, sons Robert and Symon. John and Alice's son John the elder mentions in his will (1606), his brothers John the younger and Ambross, with no mention of Symon.
• In a different branch of the King's Stanley Awoods, Symon is mentioned in both the wills of his father William (1595), and brother John (December 1597).

From these dates, it looks like the Simon baptised 1576 was the son of John and Alice, died November 1597, and the other Simon was born before 1573/4 (the start the register), and was living in December 1597.

Considering that a Symon marries in 1587, and children follow every two years (and the eldest named William), including a Catherine (presumably the same Catherine d. Symon s. William mentioned in Symon's brother's December 1597 will), that only one Symon was married at that time in King's Stanley, and that it was Symon son of William. His subsequent marriages and deaths of his wives follow sequentially, again suggesting just one Symon living then,

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Gloucestershire Consistory Court Original Wills, 1596, no. 171 "William Awood".
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Smith, John, compiler. Men and Armour for Gloucestershire in 1608. (London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1902), p. 301.
3. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 61.
   It Symond Awod & Mary Syforde were married the 3 day of february [1587].
4. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 10.
   Item Willm Awod sonne of Symon Awode was Baptized the 9 day of September [1590].
5. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 12.
   It Catherine Awod daughter of Symond Awod was Baptized the 9 day of July [1592].
6. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 14.
   It Thomas Awod sonne of Symon Awood was Baptized the 22 day of October [1595].
7. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 16.
   It Thomasonne Wode daughter of Symond Awode was Baptized the 4 day of September [1597].
8. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 18.
   Item Alis [illegible] wood daughter of Symon A wood was baptyssed the 22 day of december [1599].
9. ↑ Gloucestershire Consistory Court Original Wills, 1597, no. 134 "John Awood".
10. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 79.
    Ite Mary Awood the wife of Simon was buried the xxviii^th day of January [1602].
11. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 64.
    Ite Symon awood ^& Welthian Tratman were married the xx^th of June [1603].
12. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 23.
    Ite Mary a Wood the Daughter of Symon was Baptized the xx^th day of January [1604/5].
13. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 84.
    Ite 17^th day of ffebruary [1614/15] was buried Elnor Awood daught of Simon Wood.
14. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1, p. 85
    Welthian Awood the wiffe of Symon Awod was buryed the xxvj^th daye of May [1617]
15. ↑ King's Stanley Parish Registers, vol. 1 p. 67.
    Symon Awood and Katheren CKimberly were married the xiiij of November. [1619].
    (The "C" and "K" are written over each other - there are other "C"s on the page to compare to).

• King's Stanley, Gloucestershire. Parish Registers, Volume 1: 1573-1677. Digital images of microfilm. Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
• Consistory Court of the dioceses of Cloucester. Original Wills. Imaged, Ancestry.com