Roger Hunting (1543 - abt. 1591)

Born 10 Jan 1543 in Palgrave, Suffolk, England

Husband of Jane (Leche) Hunting — married 27 Jul 1567 in Palgrave, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died about 1591 at about age 47 in Palgrave, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Roger was born in the early 1540s.^[1]

Roger Hunting married Jana Leche in Palgrave, Suffolk, England, on 27 jul 1567.^[1] They had at least the following children:^[1]

• William bp. Palgrave 1570
• Richard bp. Palgrave 1573
• Roger bp. Palgrave 1576
• Thomas bp. Thrandeston 1578

Roger died before the 1591 spring session of the manorial courts of Palgrave and Thrandeston.^[1]

Research Notes

(1) Note 21 in NEHGR 152 article on ancestry of Joseph Clarke:^[2]

Archdeaconry of Norfolk, 335 Porridge. The 1544 Banham subsidy contains adjoining entries for a Richard and a Thomas Huntinge. In his will dated 8 Nov. 1558, proved 10 Oct. 1559 (Norfolk Consistory Court, 24 Goldingham), John Hunting of New Buckenham mentions his brother Thomas, his "sisters" Johan and Margaret Hunting, John Hunting the son of his brother Richard Hunting, and Roger and Margaret, the children of his brother William Hunting, whom we suppose to have been the unidentified husband of Margaret. Johanne's son John Hunting was probably not old enough to have been the unidentified husband of the Margaret Hunting of Palgrave, Suffolk, grandmother of John Hunting of nearby Hoxne and later Dedham, Mass. (Anderson, NGSQ [note 16], 78:85-95). A Stephen Hunting of Banham left a will dated 1662-3 (Archdeaconry Court of Norfolk [1662-3], 339), witnessed by Robert Clarke of Banham, in which he mentions a son John Hunting, probably the same who witnessed the 1685 will of Robert Clarke, gentleman of Banham (abstracted below, p. 23). We can conclude that this family was kin to the Huntings of Hoxne. The Roper family of Winfarthing, adjacent to Banham, had a presence in Hoxne, about which further comments are offered below.

This note appears to indicate that Roger's father was William Hunting, brother to John Hunting of New Buchenham. John's siblings are Thomas, Richard, William, ?Johan, ?Margaret (probably wife of William).

(2) A probate record from Palgrave in 1574 possibly names Margaret Hunting as Margaret Fairchilde Hunting. The Consistory will record registers were named for the person whose will was first in the folio preceded by the will number in the folio, hence 453 Fairchilde. However, her name is listed initially as Margaret Fairchilde Hunting...is this a scribal error or was she related to the first Fairchilde represented in the folio?^[3]

From these, we might surmise that Roger's parents were William Hunting and Margaret, that his uncles were at least John, Thomas, Richard Hunting, and that Johan was either an aunt or the wife of one of these uncles.

(3) Some relevant sources are:

• Robert Charles Anderson, The English Origin of John Hunting (1602-1689) of Dedham, Massachusetts, NGSQ Vol. 78 (June 1990):85-97.
• Christopher Gleason Clark, The English Ancestry of Joseph Clark (1613-1683) of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts, NEHGR 152:3-23, p. 8.
• Robert Charles Anderson, Clark, Hunting, and Wheelock Families of Dedham, Massachusetts: Some English Clues, NGS 74(1986):3-6.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Robert Charles Anderson, The English Origin of John Hunting (1602-1689) of Dedham, Massachusetts, NGSQ Vol. 78 (June 1990):85-97. p. 86-87.
2. ↑ Christopher Gleason Clark, The English Ancestry of Joseph Clark (1613-1683) of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts, NEHGR 152:3-23, p. 8.
3. ↑ UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 Name Hunting, Margaret Fairechilde Dates 1574 Place Palgrave, Suff., Norfolk, England Book Marriages Collection Norfolk: Nowich - Index to Wills, Consistory Court of Norwich, 1550-1603 Volume Diocese of Norwich Wills Proved in the Consistory Court 1550-1603 Chapter There are gaps from 1340 to 1377 and from 1405 to 1413. Text 1574 Hunting, Margaret, Palgrave, Suff., widow 453 Fairechilde