Oliver Mainwaring (abt. 1587 - 1673)

Born about 1587 in Devon, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Prudence (Ashe) Mainwaring — married 1618 in Heavitree, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1673 at about age 86 in Dawlish, Devon, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Mainwaring Name Study.

Oliver was the son of Oliver Mainwaring and Margaret Torbock. He was said to be 79 in 1666,^[1] so he was likely to have been born in about 1587. He may have been born in Devon, where his father had his main property, but his parents also had property in Lancashire.^[2][3]

Oliver was brought up as a Catholic, but, unlike his brothers Edward, Christopher and George, Oliver did not train as a Catholic priest. His brother Christopher said in 1617 that, while he knew two of his brothers were Catholics, he was uncertain about the third. His brother Edward stated in 1622 that "deceived by the darkness of heresy, or rather schism, [Oliver] reposes in this error, in false security", indicating that Oliver abandoned his Catholicism.^[4]

In 1618 Oliver married Prudence Ashe^[5] at Heavitree, Devon. She was the daughter of Henry Ashe of Sowton, Devon and his first wife Loveday Moyle.^[2][3][6] Their children included:

• Christopher^[2][3]
• Esse,^[2][3] who died on 13 May 1674^[7]
• Oliver,^[2][3] said to have been 89 at his death in November 1723, pointing to a birth date of about 1634,^[8] and to have been baptised at Dawlish, Devon on 16 March 1633/4^[2][9][7]
• William^[2][3]
• Richard ^[2][3]
• Anne^[2][3]
• Prudence,^[2][3] baptised at Sowton, Devon on 28 April 1623^[10]
• Loveday,^[2][3] baptised at Sowton, Devon on 23 December 1625^[11]

In 1634 Oliver was heir to his uncle Christopher Mainwaring.^[2][3][12] The next year he was involved in a lawsuit relating to the rectory of Dawlish, Devon.^[13]

Oliver held property at Exeter, Sowton and Dawlish, Devon.^[2][3]

Oliver's wife was buried at Dawlish, Devon on 1 October 1643.^[2][3][14] He died on 14 March 1672/3 and was also buried at Dawlish.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the year 1915, p. 212 (Stray Notes), Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} 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. III, p. 129, MANWARING 16, Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, pp. 27-28, MANWARING 20
4. ↑ Henry Foley. Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus, Vol. I, first series, Burns and Oates, 1877, pp. 653-657, Internet Archive
5. ↑ England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850, FindMyPast
6. ↑ J L Vivian. The Visitations of the County of Devon 1531, 1564 and 1620, privately published, 1895, p. 25, Hathi Trust
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Howard Mendenhall Buck. 'Parentage of Oliver Manwaring', in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 79. 1925, pp. 110-111, American Ancestors website ($)
8. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. 'Notes on Connecticut Families. XI. Manwaring Family of Lyme', in The American Genealogist, Vol 41, 1965, pp. 225-227, viewable on American Ancestors website ($)
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. IV, p. 28, MANWARING 21
10. ↑ South West Heritage Trust, ref. 780A/16/1/1, Devon baptisms, FindMyPast
11. ↑ South West Heritage Trust, ref. 780A/16/1/1, Devon baptisms, FindMyPast
12. ↑ Devon Notes and Queries, Vol. V, 1909, p. 58, Internet Archive
13. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 3/395/47, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
14. ↑ South West Heritage Trust, ref. 1859A/PR/1/1, FindMyPast

See also:

• Weis, Frederick Lewis. American colonists who came to America before 1700, 8th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, p. 196, line 217A/42
• Dobson, John B. "The Ancestry of Oliver Mainwaring: The Paternal Line", Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson, University of Winnipeg, last revised 2 July 2014, web, accessed 1 February 2024

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 1 February 2024.

Oliver Mainwaring appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from his son, Gateway Ancestor Oliver Manwaring, to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. III, pages 126-129 MANWARING) that was badged in February 2015 by the Magna Carta Project. The Project later identified this profile in other badged trails between Gateway Oliver Manwaring to surety barons Roger le Bigod, Hugh le Bigod, Henry de Bohun, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, Saher de Quincy (2nd trail) and Robert de Vere. A trail to surety William Malet was also badged by the Project in July 2022. The trails were re-reviewed in February 2024. They are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

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".