Jone (Prater) Stephens (1518 - 1618)

Born 1518 in Inglesham Eaton, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Stephens — married before 1535 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Died 1618 at about age 100 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England

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Biography

Jone, mar. to John Stephens of Sherborne, co. Dorset.

Thomas Stephens of Burderopp, Gent, eldest son and heir of Richard, mar. Jone, da. of John Prater of Inglesham, co. Berks, Gent., and by her hath issue, –Thomas, son and heir ; Nicholas, second son ; Jerom, third son; and Richard, fourth son; Jane, mar. to William Yorke of Kinsford, co. Gloc.^[1][2]

Jone Prater was the only daughter of John and Elene (Kingston) Prater. Her brother, George already being well established in a much finer manor (Latton Manor) and holding his own property prior to becoming the heir at his father's death, gave Inglesham Manor as dowery to his sisters husband. Thomas Stephens of Swindon (son of Sir Thomas Stephens) was Jone's husband. Thomas became the Rector of the church at Inglesham. ( I believe that George Prater was Rector sometime before him.) Thomas and Jone had a son named Thomas, who was granted the Rectory and Advowson of Swindon Church the same year his father died - 1560.

He held the Rectory until his death in 1596. (he also held the grant of Advonson in 1575,1579,1580, and 1581. This Thomas had 2 sons: John and Nicholas. One son John Stephens (wife: Bridget) was the primary heir to his father but only held the Grant of the Rectory for sin years when his brother, Nicholas became of age and received the Rectory by the Will of his father, while John Stephens retained all other property. The Rectory was awarded to the Praters and then to the Stephens by the Crown. John and Nicholas Stephens conveyed the Rectory to two persons in 1602, to "hold" as a trust for Nicholas Vilett, their nephew, who received it the same year.

The Rectory paid about 14 pounds a year with other payments for the land that went with it, which totaled about 40 pounds a year. It later went to John Vilett and then to John Goddard, then the Martins, Webbs and Rollestons. (All descendants)

The tax paid to the church was a tenth of the income of the Parish. The grant of the Rectory could supply a person a very high standard of living during this time in history. research by Gary Benton Prather^[3]

Name: Jone /Prater/ (DCD)^[4][5][6]

Baptism: 25 MAR 1597, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England^[7]

Residence: England^[8]

Wife: Jone Prater

Marriage: 29 JUN 1630, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England^[9]

AKA: Jane Joanne Prater

Source

1. ↑ The Visitation of Wiltshire 1565 By William Harvey
2. ↑ [1]The Visitation of Wiltshire
3. ↑ prathergenealogy.
4. ↑ Source: #S63
5. ↑ Source: #S62
6. ↑ Source: #S2
7. ↑ Source: #S62  ;
8. ↑ Source: #S62
9. ↑ Source: #S63

• Source: S2 Ancestry.
• Source: S62 Ancestry.com. Place: Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England; Date Range: 1594 - 1711
• Source: S63 Ancestry.com. England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940. Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; Collection: St Thomas; -; Date Range: 1570 - 1906
• Source S-1968866219 Ancestry.

DNA Notes

DNA confirmation between downs- 977 & Yates-4563

Acknowledgment

• Prater-594 was created by [[Darnell-283 | Lenny Darnell