Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Beaconfield England - Virginia Colony
Surname/tag: WALLER

Running commentary on notes and sources CO MINGLED IN VARIOUS BIOS regarding the Waller Family - PRE 1700 TO 1800 -- AFTER THAT SHOULD BE CENSUS TRAIL. SOURCE TO SOURCE DISCREPANCIES.

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Contents 1 Templates 2 Sample Bio Template 2.1 Discrepancy 2.1.1 Paternal Line 2.2 Biography 2.3 Waller Research 2.4 Birth 2.5 Marriage 2.6 Death 2.7 Children 2.7.1 Sources 3 Research Info 3.1 Disputed Spouse 3.2 Dates 3.3 Summary DR JOHN WALLER 3.3.1 Marriage 3.3.2 Timeline Mary 3.4 Children 3.5 *(1) William 3.6 Will of Stephen 3.7 (7) Edmund 3.8 Will of Edmond 3.9 Dr. John Waller Will 4 Additional Beaconsfield Wills 4.1 Beaconfield Links 5 Edmund Waller The Poet 6 Passenger List 7 TO RE-REVIEW 7.1 Various Sources - Some Suspect 7.2 Herndon - Waller Families (Schmidt) 7.3 ACTUAL BIO INFO SEE DR. JOHN WALLER Timeline 8 Sources 9 Footnote References 9.1 Acknowledgement Research Notes - Acknowledgement 9.1.1 Ancestry Trees 9.1.2 Import / Merge Info

Templates

in order to conform the early family, it is suggested that a template be used to keep information uniform person-to-person - keep to concise facts -- support each fact -- Note any discrepancies.

Those Born in England

Those relocating to the US or Born in US up to 1725

Those after 1725 - Use Categories Only

Sample Bio Template

Multiple Reference citation ^[1] Short Form for in-line use within Bio Text ^[1]

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Discrepancy

No original source records have been located to confirm birth, marriage or death records. It appears that some erroneous information may have been published, and perhaps republished/reported, making the “actual facts” obscure. There is a great deal of conflicting information; Several Source-to-Source discrepancies; co-mingling, Lack of records; conflicting family stories; number of Waller’s with the same names, etc. See additional research notes at Waller Research

Paternal Line

• Source for earliest connections are
• Digital Copy Internet Archives Will of Thomas Waller and Additional Beaconsfield Wills (Below)
• IGI Index.

Some serious doubt cast on actual parents of Dr. John Waller. May need a DISCLAIMER on his profile. This issue may never be satisfactorily resolved. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2012-11/1353342779 https://books.google.com/books?id=sLEKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA458#v=onepage&q=waller&f=false p.458]

• The will of Anne Keats names two sons, Edmund Waller, Esq., of Gregories in Co. Bucks and John Waller, of London, Merchant. here is a reference to John (Merchant) in the Calendar of Treasury Papers dated in 1695 p.458
• Since Dr. John Waller, Gentleman (died 1723), apparently lived his entire adult, married life in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, and was trained and evidently worked as a doctor, It seems logical and obvious that he is not the same person as Anne Keat's son, John Waller, of London, Merchant, who occurs in records of 1695 and 1706.
• Further research into actual parish records to establish parents of Dr. John is in order to establish validity of prior claims. (Earliest Pedigree - Mr. Leo Gulleton, of London sent an extract from the Waller pedigree in Berry's Buckinghamshire Genealogies, which gives the ancestry of Dr. John Waller; published in "Virginia Gleanings in England" ; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 27) Digital Copy

Biography

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Waller Research

Birth

Name, Date, Location Parents ^[1]

Marriage

Married Date; Location; Spouse Name; Spouse Parents ^[1]

Death

Date, Location/ Will Date/Proved Date, location etc. Will Date, Location, Proved Date, Codicils, etc. ^[1]

Children

Names of Children from Will or other Source

Sources

The majority of the information online is excerpted from two articles by Andrew Lewis Riffe, “The Wallers of Endfield, King William County, Virginia” (Part 1 and Part 2), which were published in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in July and October 1951. Additional information was extracted from The Spirit in the South: Stories of Our Grandmothers’ Spirit by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Vold Forde (Bloomington, Indiana: authorHOUSE 2009.

• “The Wallers of Endfield by Riffe" -- Seems to be the most widely used and accepted resource (with the least embellished consolidation of the Waller Family). The digital version contains updated notes. Riffe's information appears to be a result of the published information by the Virginia Historical Society. ^[2]
• Digital Transcription THE WALLERS OF ENDFIELD], KING WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA BY Andrew Lewis Riffe; with notes by CLAYTON TORRENCE
• Includes photos of the Virginia plantations and plat maps

Research Info

Lowest ID Waller-80 Dr. John Waller m. Mary Pomfrett

Presumed Son of Thomas Waller and Anne Keates [No Parish Record located] (aka Keats)

Birth Estimate 1645 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England

Died 1723 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England (Will)

[WILL- published in Andrew Lewis Riffe's "The Wallers of Enfield, King William County, Virginia" Son John was in VA by [Will date] 1714 and had a daughter Mary (named in DR John's will) Dr. John had a brother Thomas also in VA]

BIO TEXTS CO-MINGLES Waller - FATHER VS SON or other Wallers -- See Notes in [ ]

• Dr. John sometimes confused with his son John (the Colonel). Note however that while the Colonel went to Virginia the M.D. did not.

Disputed Spouse

Conflict between [DR JOHN] wife [[Pomfrett-1|Mary Pomfrett vs Mary Key (or Kay).

• Widely reported to have married Mary Key vs Mary Pomfrett.
• The marriage of John Waller to Mary Key is Disputed/discredited by the research of Robert M. Allen.^[3]
• The marriage to Mary Pomfrett is proven by Parish Register ^{[4] [5]}
• "Pomfrett" remained a family name 200 years later: Dr. John's great-great-granddaughter (born approx. 1840) was named Martha Pomfrett Waller, according to the 1933 memoir of Martha's great-niece Ethel Waller.

Dates

Dr. John died about 1723 (9 May 1723 Newport, Pagnall, Bucks, England; buried in the family vault that he had built at the cemetery of the Church of Newport Pagnell, England (for son James (vs died 05 AUG 1723 St Giles, Cripplegate, London, England) ^{[4] [6] [7] [8]}

Summary DR JOHN WALLER

Marriage

Dr. John married January 13 1669 - Mary Pomfrett, [SOURCE] ^[4]

• [Per will Mary Pomfrett was a cousin who lived with his wife -- Speculation open as to whether John may have been married more than once; or, this was a close relative to his wife Mary Pomfrett] now deceased (perhaps companion/caregiver). (not unusual for this time period); past tense text.

Timeline Mary

1649 Mary Pomfrett Est Birth 1669-20 = 1649) Buckinghamshire England)(
1669 married January 13 1669 Walton Parish ^[4]
1716 - Aug 1716 Dr John's Will Written
1723 - 54 yrs to Death of Dr. John - 9 children over period of 13 yrs. Mary (the Widow) still in Buckinghamshire - Most liikely deceased
1724 - Herndon Family Story/Legend - Widow Mary relocates to Virginia; living next to Daugher Mary and her Husband Herndon, and Mary's Son Col. John. This appears to have been concluded because of 1724 Land (Spotsylvania) where "Mrs. Mary Waller" had land adjacent to Herndon's land.

• Logic would rule this out - It is unlikely that Mary Pomfrett (about 80 yrs) would undertake such a hazardous journey to reside with her son/daughter when others of her family were still in England. It is more likely Mary died before 1716 Will as she was Not Named as a beneficary or an executrix; Dau Jemima inherited all (un-entailed) personal property and goods and was Executrix of will. Benjamin was primary Heir and Executor; Edmond a Dr. in Cambridge -- William a Minister at Walton (nearby parish);
  

(a) Daughter Mary died age 2 so can't be wife of Herndon;
(b) Mary m. Herndon can't be dau of Col. John - (b. 1699) too young; unmarried as of 1716 (per Dr. John Will); Herndon children birth 1698-1716 - Herndon died 1758
(c) Mary dau. of Col John married Zachary Lewis 1725 (confirmed in wills before Herndon died -- 1754 and 1759; Lewis died 1765.

How did Mrs. Mary Waller acquire this land and when -- was she a wife or daughter of Dr. John's Brother Thomas? Who was Mary Key married to and what proof? Some researchers show as the wife of John Pomfrett (aka Pomfret)

Contemporary Mary's
(Lowest ID Pomfrett-1) Mary Pomfrett married Dr John Waller

• Mary Waller daughter of Dr. John and Mary Pomfret; died at age 2 Death Record in England^[2]
  

Mary Key
Mary Pomfrett - cousin of Dr. John
Mary Waller m. Edward Herndon
Mary Waller m. Zachery Lewis dau of Col John (Proved by 3 Wills)

• Relationship (if any to Beaconsfield Wallers) Unknown
• Pomfrett-44 Mary Pomfrett married Issac Butler Parents Father: John William Fernor Pomfrett III b: 2 FEB 1720 in King William, Virginia, Mother: Ann Hunt b: 14 JAN 1723 in King William, Virginia, [NOT A CHILD OF John Pomfrett and Mary (Keates) s/b unattached]]

Children

-- Named in Will. {SOURCE] The register of Newport Pagnell, Bucks, England, contains the births of the following children of Doctor John Waller and Mary his wife: ^[9]

*(1) William

• born Sept. 24, 1671; ^[7]

son William Waller (Grandchildren John, William and Graciana Waller, the Sons and Daughter of my Son William Waller)

Husband of Elizabeth Savile , Dau of Rev. William Saville^[10]

Venn and Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses… Part I to 1750; Volume IV, page 321, column 7 (research made since the publication of Alumni Cantabrigienses has proved that this Reverend William Waller, was William, son of Doctor John and Mary [Pomfrett] Waller, of Newport Pagnell, Bucks; and that the said William was brother of Edmund Waller [1680-1745/6], a graduate of Cambridge; see note below regarding Edmund Waller). In The Register of the Parish of Walton (near Bletchley) Buckinghamshire, 1598-1812… page 2, we find: Gulielmus Waller, Rector de Walton Junii: 23o Anno Dom: 1711. Mr. Waller was buried Febry. 25, 1750/1.” (The will of William Waller, rector of Walton, Bucks; dated October 26, 1747; probated March 28, 1751; recorded Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 100 Busby.) Lips­cornbe, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Volume IV, page 387 states that “William Waller, A.M. who was presented 23 June I711 [to rectorship of Walton, Bucks] by John Waller, Gent. an Attorney of Newport Pagnell. He died 18 Feb. 1750, aged 8o years, and was buried 25 Feb. in the church-yard, under the east window of the chancel.” The item in Lipscombe does not state that “John Waller, an Attorney” was the father of William Walton, whom he presented to the rectorship of Walton. He may, however, have been the father of the rector as surmised by Dr. John G. Herndon in his Waller note in William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Volume 22 (July 1942), page 313.

• (2) John, born Feb. 23, 1673; (1673 - 1754)^[7]

John Waller (in Virginia before 1716) (Eldest Daughter Mary; rest of his Children Unnamed)

Col John Waller m. Dorothy King,^[2][10]

• (3) [[Waller-81|Mary born May 23, 1674; [UNNAMED IN WILL BUT DAU OF SON JOHN WAS NAMED] [Reportedly died age 2 yrs ; Death record located in England.^[6]
• (4) [[Waller-552|Thomas, born Oct. 17, 1675;^[7]

Thomas Waller (Wife Unnamed) -

• [[Waller-553|Steven, born Nov. 24, 1676; [UNNAMED IN WILL - PRESUMED DIED

(Maybe not dead - check further)

Will of Stephen

p.481 https://books.google.com/books?id=f8kWVOafFtQC&pg=PA529&lpg=PA529&dq=dr+john+waller+presented+william+waller+to+rectory+of+walton&source=bl&ots=LZ1EsmXwvJ&sig=Zmw21EsmPu-udvXKeo0XQAfKZKI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc19Ds8MPKAhWM5SYKHfhAD6kQ6AEIIjAC#v=onepage&q=Waller&f=false

• (6) [[Waller-554|Benjamin, born March 18, 1678; ^[7]

son Benjamin Waller (Heir)

(7) Edmund

• ,born Feb. 3, 1680; ^[7]
• Edmund Waller (Doctor - St Johns College in Cambridge)

Will of Edmond

8 Jan 1745-6: Abstract of the Will of EDMUND WALLER, Doctor of Physic, Senior Fellow of St. John's College, in the University of Cambridge. Dated 20 Nov. 1745. Codicil 11 Dec. 1745. Proved 8 Jan. 1745-6. Adm.. 29 Jan.. 1746-7.

If I die in Cambridge I desire to be buried there, if at Newport; then in the family Vault in the churchyard.

To my nephew, Mr. WILLIAM WALLER, an apothecary, in London and second son of the Revd. Mr. WILLIAM WALLER, £300.

To each of my late brother BENJAMIN'S daughters, MARY PERROTT & ELIZABETH PERROTT, £200.

To my brother, JOHN WALLER, in Virginia, or if he be dead to be divided amongst his children, £100, excepting his eldest son JOHN, to whom, £50.

£40 to be laid out by my executor so that the interest be yearly applied by way of augmentation to be a benefaction given some time ago for preaching a sermon. on Good Friday by the Vicar of Newport Pagnel.

To my sister ELIZABETH WALLER, relict of my late brother, BENJAMIN WALLER, £50.

To St. John's College, £200, also to the said College Library the "Curiosties" of the Bones mentioned in Weevers Monuments, page 30 together with a very antient calendar.

To Dr. PHILIP WILLIAMS and the Revd. Mr. THOMAS ROWE, 5 guineas each, and to ROBERT GREEN, Esq., of Cambridge, my silver cup.

Residuary Legatee and sole executor:-my nephew, the Revd. Mr. JOHN WALLER. _- ANDREW WHITE, JOHN INGR_EY;

Witness. Codicil 11 Dec. 1745. My purse containing all my silverpieces, to my brother, the Revd. Mr. WILLIAM WALLER.

To Mr. Alderman WHITE, a ring. To the Revd. Dr. PRIME, a ring. To Mr. LUNN, the Surgeon, a ring. Proved 8 Jan. 1745-6, by the sole Executor named.

31 Edmunds. 29 Jan. 1746. Administration granted to WILLIAM WALLER, one of the executors named in the WILL of iRev. JOHN WALLER, now also deceased, to administer etc. Virginia Gleanings in England p.478 [SOURCES] See Also Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 2006, p. 346,

Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th-century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians : a Consolidation of Articles from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Lothrop Withington; Genealogical Publishing Com, 1980 - 745 pages; (p.456; p.478; p.479; p.481, p.529) Digital Copy

• (8) [[Waller-557|Jemima, born Aug. 31, 1684.^[7]

Daughter Jemima Waller (Aunt Alice Waller; deceased as of 1716)

OTHERS Named in Will

• (9) Son James (d. before 1716)^[7]
• Brother Thomas Waller who liveth in Virginia
• My Cozen Mary Pomfrett who lived with my wife (Wife Unnamed)

Dr. John Waller Will

[KEEP THIS ONE] ^[7] WILL OF Dr. John Waller Transcription (published in Andrew Lewis Riffe's "The Wallers of Enfield, King William County, Virginia"; Will [written] August 21 1716 Newport Pagnell in the County of Bucks; Proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury on November 6, 1723

In The Name of God Amen the twenty first day of August in the third year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith . . .Annoqui Domini one thousand and seven hundred and sixteen, I John Waller of Newport Pagnell in the County of Bucks Gent. being in health of body and of a sound and perfect mind and memory praise be given to Almighty God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say First and principally I commend my soul into the Hands of Almighty God my heavenly Father by whom of his meer and only Grace I trust to be saved and received into eternal rest through the meritorious passion Resurrection and Ascention of my ever blessed saviour and Reedeemer Jesus Christ and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred and laid in that vault of Monument which I caused to be built on the Southside of the Church of Newport Pagnell aforesaid at the bottom of the Hill near the River Wall and fenced it about with Iron Rails and a Gate and built first for my dear Son James and remains for a burying Place for myself and those of my Family of the Wallers forever when it shall please God to call them And as for the worldly Estate where with it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me I dispose thereof as followeth.

Item I give and devise unto my loveing son Benjamin Waller and his heirs forever all my Messuage Tenement or farm house with the appurtenances in Sherington in the said County of Bucks with all thearable Land Ley Ground Meadow Ground and Pasture Ground with the appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining which I lately purchased of Samuel Cunningham and also all other my Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever in Sherington aforesaid and my will and meaning further is that my said Son Benjamin shall pay unto my sons William Waller Thomas Waller John Waller and Edmund Waller and to my Daughter Jemima Waller the sums of fifty pounds apiece within twelvemonths next after my Decease and I do hereby give and devise unto my said four sons William, Thomas, John and Edmund and to my said Daughter Jemima the said Legacy or sums of fifty pounds apiece to be paid unto them respectively by my said son Benjamin at the time before prefixed for the payment thereof and I do hereby charge all my aforesaid Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Sherington aforesaid for and as Security for the payment of the said sums of fifty pounds apiece as a Legacy to my said sons and Daughter Jemima respectively.

Item I give and devise unto my said son Benjamin Waller and his Heirs for ever All that Messuage or Tenement with the appurtenances in Newport Pagnell aforesaid in which he now dwelleth and also all that Close of Pasture Ground with the appurtenances in Newport Pagnella fore said In the Marsh End there called the Redhouse Close which I sometime since purchased of Ralph Hooton.

Item I give and devise unto my said son Benjamin Waller the further sum of fifty pounds to be paid him out of my personal Estate.

Item I give and bequeath unto my three Grandchildren John, William and Graciana Waller, the Sons and Daughter of my Son William Waller five pounds apiece to buy them mourning.

Item I give and bequeath unto my said three Grandchildren John, William and Graciana Waller the further Legacy or sums of five pounds apiece to be paid unto them respectively within twelve months next after my Decease by my Executors hereafter named.

Item I give and devise unto my Son John Waller who liveth in Virginia over and above what I have already given and lent him the Legacy or sum of twenty pounds and to his Eldest Daughter Mary ten pounds and to the rest of his Children five pounds apiece each to be paid unto them respectively by my Executors within one year next after my Decease.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Thomas Waller and his Wife twenty Guineas apiece to buy them Mourning in remembrance of me.

Item I give and bequeath unto my dear Son Edmund Waller, Doctor of Physick and Fellow of St Johns College in Cambridge, fifty pounds to buy him a Ring and Mourning.

Item I give and devise unto my Daughter Jemima Waller the further sum or Legacy of five hundred pounds to be paid her out of my personal Estate.

Item I give and devise unto my brother Thomas Waller who liveth in Virginia the Legacy or sum of twenty pounds to be paid unto him by my Executors within twelve months next after my Decease.

Item I give and bequeath unto my Cozen Mary Pomfrett who lived with my wife twenty pounds which is in the hands of Mr. Kilpin of Astwood to be paid her within six months next after my Decease.

Item I give and devise unto my said Daughter Jemima Waller the Mohair bed and bedding and all things belonging to it as silk curtains and other things suitable which I bought of Mr. John Chiball of Great Woolston and also all the present furniture and all other household Goods whatsoever in the Chamber over the Hall called the best Room and the little Room next at the Stairs Head in my dwelling house and also all my Plate and Linen with my Clock and Clock Case and all the Pictures most of which are of her own making and all the Goods and Furniture that were her Aunt Alice Waller's which she gave her at the time of her Decease and also all my English Books such as she shall choose or desire to have. All the rest and residue of my Goods and Chattels and personal Estate whatsoever and of what nature Kind or Sort soever and wheresoever after my Death Legacies and Funeral Expenses are paid and discharged I give and devise unto my said well beloved son Benjamin Waller and Daughter Jemima Waller whom I do hereby constitute and appoint joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said loving son Edmund Waller and Mr. John Mathew the Elder to be Overseers of this my last Will and Testament and to be assistant to my Executors in the Execution thereof And I do hereby revoke disannull and make void all former and other Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Day and year first above written -

/S/ J: Waller
Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Waller the Testator for and as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us and attested in the presence of the said Testator by us - John Mathew Sen:- Hen: Wagstaffe Fr. Wagstaffe. . . .
Probatum [continues in Latin to say that Will was proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury on November 6, 1723 by Benjamin Waller & Jemima Waller the Executors thereto]

[Keep above - delete other duplicate will text]

Additional Beaconsfield Wills

• Margaret Waller Will 1632 and Ann Waller 1653 [SOURCE] “Virginia Gleanings in England (continued)”. “Virginia Gleanings in England (continued)”. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 26.1 (1918): 32–40.
• Internet Digital Copy Internet Archives Will of Thomas Waller p. 306 THOMAS WALLER], of Beacorisfeild, co. Bucks., Esqr. Dated 8 Dec. 1621. Codicil 16 Dec. 1626. Proved 9 May 1627. p. 306;- p.308 VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE ; (XXVI, 32-35, 275-278). One of these, the will of Edmund Waller (1747). (Earliest Pedigree information provided by Mr. Leo Gulleton, of London, who sent an extract from the Waller pedigree in Berry's Buckinghamshire Genealogies, which gives the ancestry of Dr. John Waller)

Beaconfield Links

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol3/pp155-165#h3-0003 which seems to refer to Thomas Waller. It talks of Gregory's manor in the parish of Beaconsfield, rather than a place called Gregories. The Wallers are mentioned in the Wikipedia page for Beaconsfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaconsfield

See also http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3019510&partId=1 for an engraving of the mansion !!

Edmund Waller The Poet

Relationship may be erroneous to Dr. John - due to Parent Conflict Wikipedia Bio Edmund Waller the Poet (said to be son of Ann and of the Virginia Wallers because of the same heraldy used by John m Dorothy [Crozier]) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Waller#CITEREFCrozier1908

[SOURCE] Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 59 No. 3 (July 1951)
THE POET [Edmond Waller] writes of the happy return of Charles the Second.

Hammers resound with the restoration of churches throughout the width and breadth of the land. This England, tired of long years of curfewed nights, tired of wineless dinners, tired of puritanical living, welcomed back the gay and gallant Charles the Second and went about with alacrity to wipe from their lives all trace of Cromwell. England's colonies changed governors and the great upper middle class gave more thought to these colonies, a rich source of revenue and expanseless territory for the settlement of young colonists. Yea! More and more thought was given to America. This was England; and her ships plying the seven seas over which she was undisputed mistress.

Lying in the south-centre of this land is Buckinghamshire; adjoining London and bounded on the south by the river Thames. Drained by the Ouse, near the centre of this shrine, referred to as Bucks, lay the Hundred of Newport. Pagnell is nearly in the centre of the Hundred and thus in the heart of England. The great road to Liverpool passes through Pagnell and is in some parts dead flat with hedgerows on either side; though occasional glimpses of the surrounding country-side may be had and a church spire appears between great branches of English oak.

The Church of Walton parish, dedicated to St. Michael, was already an old edifice, irregular and consisting of a square tower, a nave and chancel when our story begins. The low ground on which the church stands in this flat country-side causes it to be excessively damp, giving it a sombre air. So we find Walton, Bucks, England, in 1669.

On a winter day of that year - January 13, to be exact - came John Waller and Mistress Mary Pomfrett to Walton, to be married. Of Mary Pomfrett little is known. We learn that William Promfrett A.B. was vicar of Astwood, May27, 1689 through December 21, 1704; and that Mr. Benjamin Pomfrett, of Newport Pagnell, purchased of Sir William Tyreyham, Knt., the right of advowson; while later, Robert Pomfrett was rector of Emberton from April 30, 1753 until 1804.

Apparently John Waller and his wife resided in Newport Pagnell for in the register of that parish we find the births of their numerous children recorded. The family of Waller is one of the most ancient and distinguished among English ancestry. There is an unbroken male line from William the Conqueror's time down to the present time. An English genealogist claims to have traced the name back to the sixth century.

The English speaking branch of the Waller's was founded by two brothers, John Henry David de Waller and Alfred deWaller, Norman's, who came into England with William the Conqueror the year 1066 and fought with him at Hastings. John Henry David Waller was given lands in Nottingham County;Alfred in the County of Kent. The American Branch traces descent from Alfred de Waller of Kent, who died in 1083 (Domesday Book)

Passenger List

[May Refer to different Wallers] [Note error/conflict on Birth of 1617 d. 1688 vs birth of John (son of Dr and Mary Pomfret) (b.1673 Parish Register and d.1754 VA Will]

Source Patricia Watkins-Schmidt

• Patricia Watkins-Schmidt - Jan 14, 2002 The following is the passenger list of the ship the Transport, which sailed 4 July 1635 from London and arrived in Virginia some weeks later. John Waller, b. 1617, d. 1688 and was of Newport, Berks, England. This was the first Waller in our line to travel accross the Atlantic.

[SOURCE] The source for this passenger list is The Complete Book Of Emigrants-- 1607-1660, Vol. 1, pgs. 153-154, Peter Wilson Coldham, Genealogical Publishing County., Inc., Baltimore 1987 sailed 4 July 1635 from London. Persons to be transported [from London] to Virginia by the Transport of London,

• Mr. Edward Walker, by certificate from the Minister of Gravesend:

Oliver Van Heck 35, his wife Katherin Van Heck 34, Peter Van Heck 7 Richard Maton 23 William Page 18 Robert Kevynn 19 Peter Smith 25 Brian McGawyn 3 Daniell Sympson 17 Patrick Breddy 21 Henry Castell 22 Steeven Block 18 Gowen Lancaster 28 Robert Farrar 24 Bryan Glynn 20 Humfrey Hadnet 22 John Woddall 18 William Wallington 32 Richard Sharp 15 Marmaduke Kidson 18 John Godfrey 21 Richard Critch 27 Ellis Baker 21 Johnathan Neale 12 John Bush 17 William Neese 23 John Spreate 20 Thomas Steevens 25 John Waters 29 Robert Fossitt 26 Walter Downes 24 Symon Jones 40 Robert Jenkinson 18 Francis Clark 28 Francis Bick 23 Thomas Cranfield 14 Thomas Payne 23 Phillip Jones 22 John Goodson 21 Steeven Beane 20 George Barber 20 Richard Wheatlie 32 Richard Lloyd 28 Henrie Barnes 22 Thomas More 21 John Harrison 30 William Hudson 20 William Mason 30 Mark Briggoll 21 Henry Porter 30 Patrick Woddall 20 John Gee 18 Richard Cooper 28 Richard Eggleston 24 William Harbert 15 John Wise 18 Thomas Coles 32 Thomas Williams 18 George Ashon 22 Peter Sexston 20 Thomas Johnson 23 Thomas Saunders 20 John Lee 16 Robert Forest 20 Richard Bick 18 William Hardisse 22 Daniel Rose 25 Richard Anderson 17 James Phillips 26 Robert Tynman 21

• Peter Waller 24 (b. 1611)

Richard Petley 22 Roger Hollidge 19 William Reddman 18 Robert Greene 20 Henry Meddowes 20 George Johnson 19 John Voss 22 Andrew Adams 18 John Wilson 32 Nathan Auley (or Anley) 28 Anthony Grimston 20 Thomas Hatchet 19 Robert Honniborn 21 John Parson 18 Alexander Burlie 18 William Hart 26 Nathaniell Patient 16 Henry Armstrong 22 Katherin Long 34 Elizabeth Sames 19 Joan Hardiss 18 Elizabeth Riley 18 Ellin Rogerson 20 Elizabeth Lincoln 23 Elizabeth Corker 19 Ann Wandall 18 Sibbell Lakeland 25 Ellin White 26 William White 7 weeks Ellener Rogers 19 Dorothie Charles 20 Hester Brotherton 18 Margaret Watson 18 Oliff Sprawe 21 Ann Brisco 22 Ann Godderidge 23 Rabecca Lane 22 Elizabeth Yore 23 Ralph Golthorpe 20 Edward Thomson 24 William White 37 Robert Lewes 38 Barnabie Barnes 35 Edward Ison 20 John Henry Banister 22 Thomas Richardson 26

• John Waller 19 (b. 1616)

Richard Wever 27 John True 26 John Horne 21 Robert Medly 16 Richard Atkinson 21 John Pownd 20 Edward Roe 17 Francis Webster 27 John Syard 38 George Nidland 19 William Watson 24 Harbert Judd 16 John Fox 33 Henry Burket 34 Bennet Freeman 20 Edward Salter 19 Robert Covett 25 Thomas More 18 John Russell 16 Edward Hunt 19 Robert Beckwith 21 John Witton 16 John Harris 28 John Baylie 42 John Hathorn 20 Edward Drue 18 John Arp 19 *Edmond Pryme 16 (Birth: 1645) Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire, England Death: Aug. 21, 1716 Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire, England

TO RE-REVIEW

[SOURCE FOR OTHER CHILDREN - CO-MINGLED]

• Husband of Mary (Pomfrett) Waller and Mary Waller [Note the conflict between wife Mary Pomfrett and Mary Key]
• Father of Mary Arthy; Anne Waller; William Waller; Henry Waller; John Waller, V, Col., The Immigrant and 7 others
• Brother of Dorothy Waller; Dr. John (5th son) Waller; Thomas (2nd son) Waller; Alice Waller; Susan Waller and 5 others
• Half brother of Edward Waller; Anne WALLER; Mary Waller and Susan Langthorne

Various Sources - Some Suspect

[SOURCE}^[3]

[SOURCE - - Conflicts - Refers to Son] C.W. Tazewell (1917- ), Copyright 1990 by C.W. Tazewell, W.S. Dawson County; Publisher According to the Genealogist, R. M. Conway, he came to Virginia about 1635, locating in New Kent County. He brought with him a seal bearing the arms of "Waller of Kent." He received a grant for 126 acres in Gloucester County, dated February 20th, 1667. Together with his brother, William Waller, and Gerard Martin he received another grant for 800 acres in Stafford County, dated July 2nd, 1669. He married Mary Kay or Key.

Herndon - Waller Families (Schmidt)

[SOURCES - SUSPECT - CONFLICTS WITH RECORD PROOF] Patricia Watkins-Schmidt - Oct 24, 2001 John Waller is a descendant of William 1 the Lion, King of Scotland I have also read that in "Dr. John Wallers Will", probated in England after his death does show the sums and properties left to his children including our Mary Waller that his son John Waller received little as Dr. Waller had already provided his son with monies to come to Virginia and buy the land that he did. Now, I go with his will that Dr. John Waller married to Mary Pomfrett died in England as that is where his will was probated.

[SOURCE] Source: Patrica Watkins-Schmidt; www.myfamily.com; A WORK IN PROGRESS-OUR FAMILY NAMES -WALLER, HERNDON-ETC Newport, Pagnall, Buckinghamshire County, England Dear Patti; Your grandparents were correct, Catherine Digges was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Digges. Edward and Elizabeth had five children: William, Catherine, Mary, Ann and Dudley.

Catherine Digges B: 1654 D: 1729 Spouse: William Herndon Married: 1677 in New Kent County, Virginia Children: James and Edward Herndon [Conflict - Dau died at age 2] Edward Herndon married Mary Waller, daughter of John Waller and Mary Pomfrett.

• No Record found other than "tradition" [ Speculation -- may have been contemporary Waller; possibility of dau of Thomas the Brother]

[schmidt] Oddly enough, my husband and I were visiting Bellfield Plantation the day after Christmas and discovered an underground burial vault.This vault was not previously known about. The Bellfield Plantation is on Navy Property, but leased by the National Park Service. This is important because the Navy is responsible for the follow through. Navy Archeologist have been to Bellfield and have tentatively dated the casket to the late 1700's to mid 1800's and feel it is a Digges family member, female or a child due to the size. The body is enclosed in a cast iron casket which meant the individual was of prominence. I do have pictures of the vault, but can not send them to you at this time due to security concerns by the Navy. They are protecting the vault and fear looting may take place. I will keep you updated on this situation if you like. I do have a picture of Edward Digges Crypt that is located on Bellfield Plantation if you like. The Plantation is now closed to the public. [Dr John] "John Waller was apprenticed 23 Jun 1658 to the Barber Surgeons Company; was admitted to Freedom 06 Feb 1665; admitted to St Catherine's College, Cambridge 10 Jun 1664 M. B. 1667; Married at Walton, Bucks, Eng13 Jan 1669 to Mary Pomfrett of Newport Pagnell,Bucks. One of the functions of the Barber Surgeons' Company in the 17th century was closely analogous to that of a medical school of today. After nearly seven years training there John Waller was a master surgeon. Before achieving his freedom (somewhat similiar to saying, before he was admitted to practice) he entered St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, and after three years there he received his degree, which in the record is printed as the M. B. which seems to be erroneous to M.D. degree being probably intended. The Cambridge Alumni directory incorrectly states that the father of this John was John Waller , a clothier, of Braintree, Numerous errors are contained therein as to relationships, Mr. Glencross himself is mentioned therein as calling attention to certain of them. Nearly all the writers on the subject of Waller genealogy have agreed that Colonel John Waller, who was of 'Enfield' King William County Virginia, and later of' Newport' in Spotsylvania, was the son of Dr. John Waller, of Newport Pagnell,Bucks, Eng. They are, moreover, completely justified in making this assumption since the arms on his tombstone are identical with those which Dr. John Waller, of Newport Pagnell, Bore, and his Spotsylvania plantation was doubtless named "Newport" in memory of the place of his birth in England. They have usually, however, stated that Dr. John Waller's wife was Mary KEY or Kay). concerning that Mr. Glencross has written: 'With regard to Dr. John Waller who, you say , married Mary Key, I have found no such marriage.' [This seems to be error Per Will Transcript] Dr John Waller's will was probated in 1723 in the prerogative Court of Canterbury: In it he refers to his eldest daughter Mary, and son John, as being then in Virginia, Dr John's widow Mary (Pomfrett) came to Virginia, for as early as 03 Nov 1724 she made her home with either her son, Colonel John Waller or her daughter, Mary (Waller) Herndon.'"

[SUSPECT SOURCE - Likely Error] Burke's Landed Gentry states that "John Waller (1617-1688) of Newport,Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, youngest brother of Edmund Waller, thecelebrated poet, . . . left England and settled in New Kent County,Virginia, 4 July 1635." Also, John Waller's wife, Mary, returned temporarily to England for the birth of her son, Colonel John Waller(1673-1754). The latter was the father of Judge Benjamin Waller.

ACTUAL BIO INFO SEE DR. JOHN WALLER Timeline

[SOURCE] will & Parish Records /source-to-source discrepancy]

John WALLER M.D. was born about 1645 at Newport Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, England and wrote his will there on 21d 8m 1716. The parish records there do not show a baptismal or a burial record for him. ^[11]

JOHN WALLER, Gent., of unknown parentage. � He was admitted sizer at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge University June 10, 1664, and obtained a Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1667.
� He married at Walton, Buckinghamshire 13 Jan. 1669 MARY POMFRETT.
� [Conflicts] They had nine sons, Leonard, [Rev.] William, [Col.] John, Thomas, Stephen, Benjamin, [Dr.] Edmund, M.D., James, and James (again), and two daughters, Mary and Jemima.
� He occurs on a list of the inhabitants of the high Town of Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire in 1672 as “John Waller Gen.”
� In 1690 William Thorpe, of Newport Pagnell, tanner, and Elizabeth his wife gave a lease to John Waller, of Newport Pagnell, Gent., and Mary his wife for a messuage where William Thorpe now dwells in the Marsh end, Newport Pagnell.
� In 1697 Anthony Chibnall, of Sherington, Gent., and his son and heir, John Chibnall, of Sherington gave a mortgage bond to John Waller, of Newport Pagnell, Gent.
� As “John Waller, Gent.,” he presented his son, William Waller, A.M. to the rectory of Walton, Buckinghamshire 23 June 1711.
� JOHN WALLER, Gent., was buried at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire 6 August 1723.
� He left a will dated 21 August 1716, proved 6 Nov. 1723 (P.C.C. 248 Richmond).
[Sources on this Text - some of which conflicts]

• Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckingham 4 (1847): 387.
• Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 7 (1889): 487.
• Bull Hist. of Newport Pagnell (1900): 128, 139.
• Wm. & Mary Quarterly 9 (1900): 60–64; 2nd Ser. 22 (1942): 302–316.
• Venn & Venn Alumni Cantabrigiensis to 1751 4 (1927): 321 (biog. of Edmund Waller, M.D.), 321 (biog. of John Waller), 321 (biog. of William Waller).
• Gens. of Virginia Fams. from Wm. & Mary Quarterly (2006): 345–349.
• Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies: Basden Collection, D 114/15 (lease dated 1690) (available at www.a2a.org.uk//asp).
• Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies: Ivinghoe Manor and Newport Pagnell Deeds, D 27/176 (mortgage bond dated 1697) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/asp). on 18 November 2012.

Sources

Multiple Source References to Keep ^[2]

• Digital Transcription THE WALLERS OF ENDFIELD], KING WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA BY Andrew Lewis Riffe; with notes by CLAYTON TORRENCE

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Footnote References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Source of Birth, Marriage or Death Info
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Andrew Lewis Riffe. “The Wallers of Endfield, King William County, Virginia”. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 59.4 (1951): 458–493.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Waller Scrapbook: Hero or Butcher of Samar? Vol 7, Tazewell and Allied Families Scrapbook: Anthologies on the Tazewell, Goode, Bradford,Parks, Walke, Waller, Littleton, Jackson, etc., Families in Virginia 9 Volumes
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} The Register of the Parish of Walton (near Bletchley) Buckinghamshire, 1598-1812. Privately printed for the Bucks Parish Register Society by permission of the Reverend Algernon E. Tollemache, B.A.; Rector of Walton. Page 18: "1669 Mr. John Waller and Mistress Mary Pomfrett of Newport Pagnell were married January 13th 1669). (Transcription by Cynthia Forde November 20, 2005
5. ↑ Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 59 No. 3 (July 1951]
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} [http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/waller/2385/
   Rev. Cynthia Forde] Source References (Excerpts from the Herndon and Waller Family The Spirit in the South)
   (1) The Herndon’s of Virginia, Volume One, Three Generations, By Dr. John Goodwin, Herndon, Fellow, American Society of Genealogists).;
   (2) Waller’s of Endfield, King William County, Virginia by Andrew Riffe which appeared in the Virginia Magazine of History and Genealogy.Vol. 59, `951, pp. 336-362 and 458-493 and
   (3) also Message Boards, Gen Forum, and The History of King William County website.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9} WILL OF Dr. John Waller; Transcription published in Andrew Lewis Riffe's "The Wallers of Enfield, King William County, Virginia"; Will [written] August 21 1716 Newport Pagnell in the County of Bucks; Proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury on November 6, 1723
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Ancestry Family Trees
9. ↑ See William and Mary Quarterly, IX. 63 JSTOR
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1}
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Find A Grave Memorial# 58875311 Dr. John Waller; Created by: treerpgmo Record added: Sep 19, 2010
12. ↑ Forde, Cynthia Vold (Main Author); Terry, Anne Curtis (Added Author) The spirit in the South : stories of our grandmothers' spirit : Bankston, Brooks, Cobb, Henderson, Hendon; FHC Digital Copy
13. ↑ Digital Copy Admissions to the College of St. John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge ...St. John's College (University of Cambridge) College at the University Press, 1903 p. p.403 <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-omPLYeCtsQC&pg=PA346&lpg=PA346&dq=William+Waller+Elizabeth+Savile&source=bl&ots=QJdTOLhDc2&sig=bF2RwwixYO8ufXzjGG1-DOMAGFM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwij69Kng7rKAhXK7iYKHQNvCRsQ6AEILjAC#v=onepage&q=William%20Waller%20Elizabeth%20Savile&f=false Berry's Buckingham Genealogies published in Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly; William and Mary College Quarterly Staff; Genealogical Publishing Com, 1982 - Virginia - 4740 pages (p.346)[use with caution Wm & Mary this copy also states Mary Pomfrett to VA to live with daughter [proven to be deceased]</li></ol></ref>

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• See Geni Entry
• Descendants of John Waller
• A 1930 book by Edna Hillard White Wood
• The Wallers of Enfield
• Huddlestone compilation of Virginia documents

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Import / Merge Info

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• Family sources and details supplied in part by Melissa McKay

Profiles created through import

• MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
• Dana Waller,
• WikiTree profile Waller-391 created through the import of Harrington _ McLaurin .ged on Aug 1, 2011 by Linda Griffin.
• WikiTree profile Waller-677 created through the import of Carroll-Dabney-Simons-Wells Fa.ged on Oct 8, 2012 by Janet Dabney.
• WikiTree profile Waller-237 created through the import of Lea and Randol and Ely and Si.ged on May 31, 2011 by Maude Randol
• WikiTree profile Waller-558 created through the import of Laura's Family Tree_2012-04-21.ged on May 4, 2012 by Laura Mittler.