William Pynchon, Colonel

Notes:

Source: "Register of Pedigrees & Services of Ancestors", The Society of
Coloniel Wars in the State of Connecticut. Hartford, CT, 1941. p 683.

see my Whiting file.

Source: "Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair", by Hannah
Crawford.

Buried in Wraysbury Churchyard, Wraysbury, Bucks., England.

Will proved 8 Dec. 1662 and names sisters, Jane & Susan.

Founder of Roxbury, Mass. in 1630 and Springfield, Mass. in 1636.
Governor of Springfield Colony.
Came to America in 1630. Left from the Isle of Wight, March 29, 1630.
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FGR in possession of Anna Marie Smith, SLC, UT.
Genealogical Gleanings in England, by Waters, vol. 1. Will of John
Pynchon
Might only be of Springfield, Essex, England.
Might have been born in 1585
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The Ancestral File also lists a son born abt 1627 in Dorchester, Dorset,
England, who died as a child
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!McIntryre, Ruth. William Pynchon : merchant and colonizer, 1590-1662.
US/CAN 921.73 A1, no. 99

!Writtle is close to Chelmsford.
!William was first cousin to Sir Edward Pynchon of Writtle.
!His ship arrived in Salem in June 1630.
!His first wife died soon after arriving in Massachusetts, and he later
married Frances Sandford, a widow from Dorchester, where he had lived
briefly.

!Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes, or, Contributions to the family
history of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
pub. 1987, p 344

Hinman, R.R. A Catalogue of the names of the first Puritan settlers of
the Colony of Connecticut... c1968, p. 66-67 Lists his activities in Conn.
Lists children.

William married Anna Andrew 1623/1624, Springfield, Essex, England. Anna (daughter of William Andrew and Brigetta Risley) was born Abt 1594, Twiwell, Northampton, England; died 30 Aug 1630, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

1. Ann Pynchon was born Abt 1609, Springfield, Essex, England; died Aft 1682, , , England.
2. Mary Pynchon was born Abt 1623, Springfield, Essex, England; died 26 Oct 1657.
3. Margaret Pynchon was born 1624, Dorchester, Dorset, England; died 3 May 1633.
4. John Pynchon was born 1621/1625, Dorchester, Dorset, England; died 17 Jan 1703, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
5. Pynchon was born Abt 1627, Dorchester, Dorset, England.

Notes:

!Source: "Register of Pedigrees & Services of Ancestors", The Society of
Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut. Hartford, CT, 1941. p 683.
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!"Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair", by Hannah Crawford.

!John was of Springfield, gets lands, etc. in Weeke Street, Writtle, from
his father. Inq. p.m Anno IX Jacobi.
!Will proved 12 Sept. 1610 orders lands in Weeke St. sold.

!Perhaps these two:
!Elizabeth = Geoffrey Gates or Gatts of Bury St. Edmunds
!Jane = Andrew Paschal or Pascall of Springfield.
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!see my Whiting file.
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!FGR in possession of Anna Marie Smith, SLC, UT
!Married 1) Rochard or Orchard, ?
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!Ancestral File said of Writtle, Springfield, Essex, England
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!McIntryre, Ruth. William Pynchon : merchant and colonizer, 1590-1662.
US/CAN 921.73 A1, no. 99
!a graduate of New College, Oxford (England)

!Ancestral File, 1996, gives marriage date. Says he is of Writtle, Essex,
England.

John married Frances Brett 3 Oct 1588, Springfield, Essex, England. Frances (daughter of Brett) was born 1568, of Terling, Essex, England; died 1630. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Source: "Register of Pedigrees & Services of Ancestors", The Society of
Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut. Hartford, CT, 1941. p 683.
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!"Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair", by Hannah MacNair. (in
Whiting file)

!Sister of Thomas Brett of Terling, whose will 1676 names her & her
children.
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!FGR in possession of Anna Marie Smith, SLC, UT
!Frances was John's 2nd wife.
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!Ancestral File gives Orchard, Stafforshire, England as her birthplace.

!Might only have been born about 1568.

verify death date?

Notes:

from "Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair", by Hannah
Crawford. see my Whiting file.

Eldest son and heir
Probably bailiff for lands owned by New College, Oxford.
Held the Manor of Eas Hall in Bradwell of New Coll.
Inq. p.m.
Will names sister, Dennys. Refers to daughter, Elizabeth as owning
Cookes land in Roxwell since death of his father, William.

!Married (1) Helen, named in will of William Pinchon, her father-in-law.
Elizabeth mentioned above is the daughter of John and Helen.

!Ancestral File, 1996, gave death and marriage places.

John married Jane Empson Aft 1552, Writtle, Essex, England. Jane was born Abt 1542, of Writtle, Essex, England; died Abt 14 Feb 1587, , , England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Will proved 14 Feb. 1587.

!Second wife of John Pinchon.

!Daughter and coheir of Sir Richard Empson, Knight.

!Married (2) Rt. Hon. Thomas Wilson, Esq., LL.D. 15 July 1576 at Terling
(P.R.). His will was proved 19 July 1582.

!from "Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair", by Hannah
Crawford.

!see my Whiting file.