Edward Proctor (abt. 1590 - 1660)

Born about 1590 in St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

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Died 1660 at about age 70 in Amelia, Virginia

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Biography

An Edward Proctor was resident in Virginia ^[1].

Research notes

Edward Proctor, as per the original import, is said to married to Margaret Smyth and for them to be the parents of Mary (Proctor) Yarborough. The link being a marriage (of a husband from London to a wife from Buckinghamshire) in 1628 in Laneham, Nottinghamshire ^[2][3][4] and the marriage licence of the daughter in London in 1635 when she is stated to be 20 years old and marrying with the consent of her father.

Clearly, at least two different Edward Proctors have been conflated here.

There is no evidence found as to the name of the mother of Mary (Proctor) Yarborough but it was evidently not the Maragret Smyth who married in 1628, who was probably not the Margaret Smyth from Buckinghamshire.

Margaret Smyth has been disconnected as the spouse of Edward Proctor and mother of Mary (Proctor) Yarborough.

There is also no evidence offered to connect this Edward Proctor to his stated parents, nor to the Edward Proctor said to have died in 1660 in Virginia.

The one solid fact is that an Edward Proctor, Gentleman, was father of Mary (Proctor) Yarborough who was born c1615 ^[5].

Edward Proctor was baptized 14 Apr 1577 in Rylstone, York, England. His father was Anthonie Proctor^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 at Ancestry.com
2. ↑ "England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991". Ancestry Record 9840 #7667326 (accessed 25 February 2022). Edward Proctor marriage to Margaret.
3. ↑ "Nottinghamshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records". Ancestry Record 5917 #48026 (accessed 25 February 2022). marriage.
4. ↑ "Nottinghamshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1837". Extracted Church of England Parish Records for Nottinghamshire, England; Author: Various Titles and Publications. Ancestry Record 61547 #21589 (accessed 25 February 2022). Edward Proctor marriage to Margaret Proctor on 18 Dec 1628 in Laneham, Nottinghamshire, England.
5. ↑ The marriage record from 1635 says that Frances Proctor was born in 1615 and married with the consent of her father Edward, Gentleman of St Dunstan in the West. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FCOA%2FMARRLICENCE%2F00107762%2F2
6. ↑ "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975". Ancestry Record 9841 #179687753 (accessed 25 February 2022). Edward Proctor baptism on 14 Apr 1577, son of Anthonie, in Rylstone, York, England.

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Acknowledgements

• Proctor-1986 was created by Don Stone through the import of 06292014.ged on Jun 29, 2014.