Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
Proposed Gateways - Brothers Rev. Stephen Bordley and Thomas Bordley, Esq., of Maryland
138 views
Skip to first unread message
Nathan Murphy
May 31, 2020, 9:45:32 PM5/31/20
to
Rev. Stephen Bordley immigrated to Maryland in 1697, where he was appointed Rector of St. Paul’s Parish, Kent County. His younger brother, Thomas Bordley, according to a granddaughter, accompanied him. Thomas settled in Annapolis and held many public offices, including Attorney General of Maryland.
GENERAL SOURCES about the Bordleys of Maryland:
1. Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family, of Maryland (Philadelphia, 1865), https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/n7/mode/2up .
Mary Bourke Emory, Colonial Families and Their Descendants (Baltimore, 1900), 228-237, https://archive.org/details/colonialfamilies00emor/page/228/mode/2up .
2. Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History with Sketches of Early Maryland Families, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1913), 2:261-264, https://books.google.com/books?id=kb4-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA261&lpg=PA261 .
Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 1:145-148, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--145.html .
3. Robert W. Barnes and F. Edward Wright, Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 23 vols. (1996-2007), Vol. 2 [I haven’t viewed this account due to COVID-19 closure of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.]
4. Robert W. Barnes, British Roots of Maryland Families (Baltimore, 2002), 64, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49095/FLHG_BritishRoots-0104/15513 .
CREDIT: Suzanne Roff, PhD, who blogs at Descent by Sea http://descentbysea.org/ , shared her royal descent for the Bordleys with me. Many of the sources in this soc.genealogy.medieval post, as can be seen cited in her blog posts, were found by Dr. Roff. Relevant posts:
1. Suzanne Roff, ‘Stephen Bordley,’ Descent By Sea, 13 Aug. 2011, http://descentbysea.org/stephen-bordley/ .
2. Suzanne Roff, ‘Reverend Stephen Bordley,’ Descent By Sea, 18 Aug. 2012, http://descentbysea.org/reverend-stephen-bordley/ .
3. Suzanne Roff, ‘Cuthbert Proctor of Newcastle,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/cuthbert-proctor-of-newcastle/ .
4. Suzanne Roff, ‘Roger Proctor of Shawdon,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/roger-proctor-shawdon/ .
5. Suzanne Roff, ‘Sir Thomas Grey,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/sir-thomas-grey-of-horton/ .
6. Suzanne Roff, ‘Sir Roger Grey of Horton,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/sir-roger-grey-horton/ .
7. Suzanne Roff, ‘Lord Ralph Ogle, 3rd Baron,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/lord-ralph-ogle-3rd-baron/ .
Gabriel Brooke has also written extensively about the Bordleys: https://web.archive.org/web/20040708045524/http://www.dixclemens.com/bordley/s_bord_1637.asp .
See also research notes at ‘Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties’:
Rev. Stephen Bordley, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I066802&tree=Tree1
Thomas Bordley, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I039905&tree=Tree1
PROOFS OF IMMIGRANT ORIGINS:
Thomas Bordley: In his will, dated 29 June 1726, proved in both the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and the Prerogative Court of Maryland, he described himself as ‘I Thomas Bordley of the City of Annapolis in the Province of Maryland Esq’r the youngest Child of the Reverend Stephen Bordley Clerk late Prebendary of S’t Pauls and Rector of S’t Mary Newington London’
Sources: Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 19:99-104 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737520_00054/392581 ; PCC 253 Farrant [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310283-00342/699657 .
Stephen: In records of Christ’s College, at the Cambridge University, Stephen Bordley, admitted 1690, is described as the son of Stephen Bordley, Vicar of South Sheilds, Co. Durham. The Venns couldn’t find a trace of him after he was ordained a priest 20 Sept. 1696.
Source: John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1922), 1:181, https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/181/mode/1up .
Both: In her book, published in 1865, Thomas Bordley’s granddaughter wrote: ‘Thomas Bordley, the more immediate object of our attention, was born in Yorkshire, about the year 1682; he was the youngest son of Stephen Bordley, the above-mentioned Prebendary, and nephew of the Rev. Wm. Bordley, from whose correspondence we have quoted. He came over to America in 1694, with an elder brother (Stephen Bordley, of Kent County, Maryland), who was a clergyman.’
Source: Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family, of Maryland (Philadelphia, 1865), 14, https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/n7/mode/2up . [Note: This year of immigration seems to be a few years off, as Rev. Stephen was still at university in 1694.]
DESCENDANTS include:
1. Judge John Beale Bordley, who substantially funded renowned painter Charles Willson Peale’s trip to Europe for his art education. Source: Simon Baatz, ‘Bordley, John Beale (11 February 1727-26 Jan 1804), American National Biography, https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1000164 .
2. Stephen Bordley, Attorney General of Maryland, Mayor of Annapolis (1761-1762). Source: Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 146-147, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--146.html .
3. Mary Edwardine (Bourke) Emory (1830-1907), one of the first female historians of Maryland. Source: Mary Edwardine Bourke Emory Foundation, https://mebefoundation.org/history/ .
A pedigree of Barbara Grey (no. 10) is found in ‘Europe. Royal and Noble Houses,’ a database created by FamilySearch’s Medieval Unit: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:Q6TD-2PZ .
In RD900:327, Roberts states that several leading Maryland government officials and their wives descend from Margaret (Gascoigne) Ogle (no. 8 below) in common with the Bordleys. The others being William Bladen (1673-1718), Attorney General of Maryland; Samuel Ogle (c1702-1752), Governor of Maryland; Ann Bladen, wife of Benjamin Tasker, President of the Council (and Acting Governor) of Maryland; and Anne Tasker, wife of above Gov. Samuel Ogle.
ROYAL DESCENT (one of several)
1. EDWARD III, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Aquitaine, Guardian of England, b. Windsor Castle, Berkshire, 13 Nov. 1312, d. Sheen Palace (now Richmond), Surrey, 21 June 1377, m. York, 24 Jan. 1327/8 (by papal dispensation dated 30 Aug. 1327), PHILIPPE OF HAINAULT. Phiippe, b. abt. 1313-1315. Both bur. Westminster Abbey. ---Source: RA1:80-85.
2. JOHN OF GAUNT, K.G., Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, etc., b. St. Bavon's Abbey, Shent in Flanders, March 1340, d. Leicester Castle, 3 Feb. 1398/9, bur. St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 16 March 1398/9, m. (3) Lincoln Cathedral, 13 Jan. 1395/6 (by dispensation dated 1 Sept. 1396), KATHERINE DE ROET. Katherine, d. Lincoln, 10 May 1403, bur. in the angel choir, Lincoln Cathedral. ---Source: RA3:491-496
3. JOAN BEAUFORT, b. abt. 1379, d. Howden, Yorkshire, 13 Nov. 1440, bur. Lincoln Cathedral, m. (1) bef. 30 Sept. 1390, ROBERT FERRERS, kt., 2nd Lord Ferrers of Wem. Robert, b. abt. 1372, d. bef. 29 Nov. 1396. Joan, m. (2) bef. 29 Nov. 1396, Ralph Neville, K.G., 4th Lord Neville of Raby, 1st Earl of Westmorland. Ralph, d. Raby Castle, Northumberland, 21 Oct. 1425, bur. Staindrop, Co. Durham. ---Source: RA5:340-341
4. MARY FERRERS, b. abt. 1394, d. 25 Jan. 1457/8, m. bef. 1411, Sir RALPH NEVILLE, kt., in right of his wife, of Oversley, Warwickshire and Tyrley, Staffordshire. Ralph, d. 26 Feb. 1457/8. ---Source: RA3:77
5. JOHN NEVILLE, esq., b. abt. 1418, d. 17 March 1481/2, m. ELIZABETH NEWMARCH ---Source: RA3:77-78
6. JOAN NEVILLE, m. Sir WILLIAM GASCOIGNE, kt., of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire. William liv. 15 July 1461. ---Source: RA3:78-79
7. Sir WILLIAM GASCOIGNE, kt., of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, etc., b. abt. 1450, d. 12 March 1487, m. bef. 1469, MARGARET PERCY. ---Source: RA3:79-80
8. MARGARET GASCOIGNE, liv. 6 July 1515, m. RALPH OGLE, 3rd Baron Ogle. Ralph, b. 7 Nov. 1468, d. 16 Jan. 1512/3, bur. Bothal, Northumberland.
-----Sources----
[a] RA3:79
[b] RD900:327-330; see also RD600:186-188, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49324/FLHG_RoyalDescentsof600Immigrants-0290/93747 .
[c] CP10:33, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/57180-redirection
[d] Gerald Paget, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1977), 2:170.
[e] Henry A. Ogle, Ogle and Bothal … (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1902), pp. 179, 298a (pedigree), https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/194975-redirection .
[f] IPM, C 142/27/126, 4 Hen VIII, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7818638 .
[g] Deed poll, quitclaim, first party Geo. Percy, esq., and wife Lady Alianora, widow of Edward, Lord of Ogyll, second party Ralph, Lord of Ogyll, 1491, DD/4P/42/16, Nottinghamshire Archives, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e9b9cd8b-d4d3-47c2-a8d6-7bd2ed8e404d .
[h] Plaintiff Margaret, relict of Ralph lord Ogle, defendant Gawen Ogle, Henry Ogle, and William Ogle, 1509-1547, STAC 2/17/280, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3974351
[i] Robert Ogle lord Ogle; lands of his inheritance from Ralph lord Ogle deceased, 11 May 5 Hen VIII [1513], E 41/43/ii, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7688983
------------------------------
9. DOROTHY OGLE, m. (1) Sir Thomas Forster, m. (2) Sir THOMAS GREY, kt., of Horton, Northumberland.[a] Thomas, b. by 1515, d. Bethnal Green, Middlesex, 7 Aug. 1570,[b] bur. St. Botolph's without Aldgate, London, 10 Aug. 1570 (‘Sir Thomas Graye Knighte’).[c] He requested to be buried nighe to the sepulture or grave where Sy’r Arthure Darcie lyeth buried.’[d] MP, Northumberland (1553, 1554, and 1558).[e] Co-executor to the will of his father Syr Rog’r Gray Knyght (1540[/1]).[f] He only names two children in his will: Katherine Carre and Isabell wife of Syr Rauffe Grey, with most legacies going to extended family members.[d]
Children of Thomas Grey by Dorothy Ogle:[g]
i. Isabel Grey, m. Sir Ralph Grey, of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. Ralph, d. 17 Dec. 1564.[h] Legatee in her father’s will. Their son, Sir Ralph Grey (c1552-1623), of Chillingham Castle, held many public offices, including Sheriff of Northumberland (1582-3, 1591-2, 1593-4, 1611-2), and Member of Parliament (1604). Paul Hunneyball writes ‘With a cumulative estate of almost 250,000 acres, he was possibly Northumberland’s richest resident.’[i]
ii. Agnes/Ann Grey, co-heir, m. Robert Clavering, esq., of Callaly Twp., Whittingham Par., Northumberland. Robert, d. betw. 30 Nov. 1582 and 19 Jan. 1582/3, bur. Whittingham (in the church, south side of the quire, next the wall before my wife’s seat), Northumberland.[j]
iii. Margery Grey, m. John Heron
iv. Barbara Grey
v. Roger Grey
vi. Ursula Grey, m. Humphrey Heron
vii. Margaret Grey, m. betw. 1563 and 1570, John Baxter.
Proof of parentage (1): In 1558, William Harvey, Norroy King of Arms, recorded that ‘Sir Thomas Grey that nowe ys, knight, weddyd Dorothe, doughtre to [crossed out: Roberte] [blank] [sic], and sustre to Roberte, Lord Ogle…’[k]
Proof of parentage (2): In 1563-4, William Flower, esq., Norroy King of Arms, recorded that ‘Sir Thomas Grey Knight …=Doraty daughter to … Ogle and syster to Robert Lord Ogle.’[l]
Proof of parentage (3): In 1570, for the funeral certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, kt., a herald recorded that ‘sir Thomas Grey married Doraty, daughter to the Lord Ogle.’[b]
-----References----
[a] Henry A. Ogle, Ogle and Bothal … (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1902), p. 82a (pedigree), https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/194975-redirection; RD900:327-330; see also RD600:186-188, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49324/FLHG_RoyalDescentsof600Immigrants-0290/93747 .
[b] Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133; IPM, WARD 7/13/46, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7736634 .
[c] St. Botolph's without Aldgate, London, parish register [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31281_a101163-00030/5530070 ; William A. Shaw, Knights of England, 2 vols. (London, 1906), 2:57, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t9s210n6w&view=1up&seq=65 .
[d] PCC 34 Lyon [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_311317-00492/913884?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return ; James Raine, Wills and Inventories … of the Northern Counties of England (London, 1835), 2(1):115-117, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101076190550&view=1up&seq=71 .
[e] Fuidge, ‘Grey, Sir Thomas (bef.1512-70), of Horton and Newstead, Northumb. and Bethnal Green, Mdx.,’ in P.W. Hasler, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558-1603 (1981), http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/grey-sir-thomas-i-1512-70 ; D.F. Coros, ‘Grey, Sir Thomas (by 1515-70), of Horton and Newstead, Northumb., and Bethnal Green, Mdx.,’ in S.T. Bindoff, ed., The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1509-1558 (1982), http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/grey-sir-thomas-1515-70 .
[f] James Raine, Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, &c. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards, Surtees Soc. Pubs.2 (London, 1835), 115-117, https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA115 .
[g] Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133 ; Visitations of the North, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 122 (Durham, 1912), 1:134, https://archive.org/details/visitationsofthe00surtuoft/page/134/mode/2up .
[h] Alan H. Nelson, Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (Liverpool, 2003), 35, https://books.google.com/books?id=WcfiqlOjEKoC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35 ;
[i] Paul Hunneyball, “Grey (Gray), Sir Ralph (c. 1552-1623), of Chillingham Castle, Northumb.,” in Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, eds., The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1604-1629 (2010), https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/grey-sir-ralph-1552-1623 ; William A. Shaw, Knights of England, 2 vols. (London, 1906), 2:100, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t9s210n6w&view=1up&seq=108 .
[j] Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham, Part II, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 38 (Durham, 1860), 56-60, https://books.google.com/books?id=qy48AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false .
[k] Visitations of the North, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 122 (Durham, 1912), 1:134, https://archive.org/details/visitationsofthe00surtuoft/page/134/mode/2up .
[l] William Flower and Charles Best Norcliffe, ed., The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, Harl. Soc. Pubs. 16 (London, 1881), 150, https://archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow/page/150/mode/1up .
------------------------------
10. BARBARA GREY, m. by 1558,[a] ROGER PROCTOR, esq., of Shawdon [Twp., Whittingham Par.,], Northumberland.[b] Roger, b. 1535 (age 8 in 1543],[c] liv. 1589.[d]
In 1568, the Attorney General brought a case against Richard Read, Robert Rodham, Roger Procter, and others in Star Chamber.[e] In 1570[/1], Roger procto’r and luke ogle Esquiers appraised the goods and cattell of late Will’m heron of Crawleye [Whittingham Par., Northumberland] gentleman deceased.[f] In 1577, the Middleham family sold their holding of the hamlet of Glanton, in Whittingham Par., to ‘Roger Proctor of Shawdon who had acquired the estate partly through marriage and partly through purchase from the Lilburns.’[g] Roger Procter witnessed the will of [his wife’s brother-in-law] Roberte Clavering, esq., of Callelie [Callaly Twp., Whittingham Par.], Northumberland, dated 30 Nov. 1582.[h]
Proof of parentage (1): In 1558, William Harvey, Norroy King of Arms, recorded that ‘Sir Thomas Grey [and] Dorothe … Ogle … had issue … Barbara, wyefe to Roger Proctor of Shawdon.’[a]
Proof of parentage (2): In 1563-4, William Flower, esq., Norroy King of Arms, recorded that ‘Sir Thomas Grey Knight [and] Doraty … Ogle [had issue] ... Barbara [Grey] wyff to Roger Proctor of Shadon in Northumberland.’[i]
Proof of parentage (3): In 1570, for the funeral certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, kt., a herald recorded that the issue of sir Thomas Grey and Doraty Ogle included ‘Barbara, wyff to Roger Proctor.’[j]
Children of Roger Proctor by Barbara Grey:[k]
i. Thomas Proctor, esq., eldest son, of Shawdon, Whittingham Par., Northumberland, liv. 1612.
ii. Cuthbert Proctor, second son
iii. John Proctor, liv. 1612.
iv. Rowland Proctor, liv. 1612.
-----References----
[a] Visitations of the North, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 122 (Durham, 1912), 1:134, https://archive.org/details/visitationsofthe00surtuoft/page/134/mode/2up .
[b] William Flower and Charles Best Norcliffe, ed., The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, Harl. Soc. Pubs. 16 (London, 1881), 150, https://archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow/page/150/mode/1up ; Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133 ; George W. Marshall, The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615 (London, 1878), p. 12, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6m044c04&view=1up&seq=20 ; Maureen Manuel Meikle, ‘Lairds and Gentlemen: A Study of the Landed Families of the Eastern Anglo-Scottish Borderlands c. 1540-1603,’ dissertation, 1988, p. 618, https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/6875/2/234233_vol2.pdf (citation found through Roger’s WikiTree page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Proctor-2924 ).
[c] Edward Bateson, A History of Northumberland, 15 vols. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London, 1893-1940), 2:192-193, 195, https://books.google.com/books?id=H2wgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193 : His father Cuthbert Proctor’s IPM dated 8 Feb. 1544. Cuthbert d. 6 May 1543.
[d] Joseph Bain, Calendar of Letters and Papers Relating to the Affairs of the Borders of England and Scotland, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1894-1895), 1:360, 364, https://books.google.com/books?id=1T8NTKgBCLwC&pg=PA364&lpg=PA364 ; Whittingham’s parish registers begin late, so there is no record there of Roger’s burial. No will has been found for Roger.
[e] STAC 5/A35/28, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5389880 .
[f] James Raine, Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, &c. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 2 (London, 1835), 335, https://books.google.com/books?id=meoU4_UxKcgC&pg=PA335&lpg=PA335 .
[g] John Swanson, Parish History, http://www.glanton.org.uk/files/4-Parish-History.PDF .
[h] Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham, Part II, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 38 (Durham, 1860), 56-60, https://books.google.com/books?id=qy48AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false .
[i] William Flower and Charles Best Norcliffe, ed., The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, Harl. Soc. Pubs. 16 (London, 1881), 150, https://archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow/page/150/mode/1up .
[j] Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133 .
[k] Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133 ; C78/180, no. 1, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no180/IMG_0088.htm ; C78/180, no. 2, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no180/IMG_0082.htm .
------------------------------
11. CUTHBERT PROCTOR, esq., merchant, second son, bur. All Saints (in the church), Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1 Aug. 1633 (‘M’r Cuthbert Procter gentlem[an]’),[a] m. ELINOR MITFIELD.[b] Elinor, bur. All Saints (in the church), Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 13 Aug. 1624 (‘Ellinor Procter wif to Cuthbert Procter, gentlman’).[a] In 1577, Cuthbert Procter [father not named] was apprenticed to Andrew Westwood, Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle upon Tyne.[c]
Children of Cuthbert Proctor by Elinor Mitfield (2-5 bp. All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland):[a]
i. Dorothy Proctor, bp. St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 7 March 1602,[d] d. unm., d. Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 24 June 1634.[e] Legatee in father’s will. In her own will, Dorothy appointed her sister Isabell Proctor sole executrix.[e]
ii. Cuthbert Proctor, bp. 13 Sept. 1603, legatee in father’s will.
iii. Barbara Proctor, bp. 16 April 1606 (‘Berborey’)
iv. Isabel Proctor, bp. 21 June 1608 (father: ‘gent’), legatee in father’s will.
v. Mathias Proctor, bp. 26 Feb. 1609[/10] (father: ‘m’rchant’)
vi. Margaret Proctor, legatee and co-executrix in father’s will.
Proof of parentage (1): 1612 May 19, ‘Cuthbert Proctor of the towne of newcastle upon Tyne and of the Countie of the same towne gentleman exhibited his bill of Complainte into this most Honorable Courte of Channcerie against Thomas Proctor Esquier declareinge thereby that whereas Roger Proctor late of Shawden within the Countie of Northumberlande esquier was seised in his demeasne as of Fee of in and upon the manors Townes villages and lordshipps of Shawden lilburne Glanton and WarkesBaronie within the countie aforesaid … and haveinge an earnest and longing desire to settle a quiett estate in the premisses for his posterity and for and in considerat[i]on of the loveinge and naturall affecc[i]on that he the said Roger did beare unto Barbara Proctor his wife the Complaynante his sonne John Proctor Rowland Proctor and Thomas Proctor likewise his sonnes…’[f]
Proof of parentage (2): 1612 May 19, ‘Thomas Proctor of Shawden in the Countie of Northumberland Esquier exhibited his Bill of Complainte into this most Honorable Courte of Channcerie against Cuthbert Procter John Proctor Rowland Proctor and Cuthbert Chesman declaring thereby That Whereas Roger Proctor the Complaynantes father was lawfully seised in his demeasne as of Fee tayle general … upon the mannors of Shawdon Glannton and Westlilburne in the Countie of Northumberland and of and upon a parcel of grounde called lilburnes acre lying in Warke in the said Countie … And the said Roger … [out of] his fatherlie affecc[i]on did upon his the Complaynantes marriage with a gentlewoman of a worshipfull family about the twentieth years of the raigne of our late Soveraigne ladie Quene Elizabeth which was had and solemnised with the consent and approbation of the said Roger… enjoyed the same … for many years together shortlie after which tyme the Complaynantes father binge a man of great age and falling into divers ymbecillities and weaknes of understanding and iudgment the said Cuthbert Proctor the Complaynantes second brother being knowne to be of a cunning and deceitful disposic[i]on ...said father … about August in the thirtieth yeare of her said late maiesties raigne did by …’[g]
-----References----
[a] All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, parish register [online images, familysearch.org]; Will of Cuthbert Procter, the elder, merchant, esquire, of towne and countie of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated 23 March 163[2/]3, proved 17 Dec. 1633, Northeast Inheritance Database (no images), http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/simple.php ; Copy of will, Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/25a, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf .
[b] Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/21a, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf ; C78/192, no. 16, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no192/IMG_0005.htm .
[c] Extracts from the Records of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 101 (Newcastle upon Tyne and London, 1899), 2:212, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3l14&view=1up&seq=250 .
[d] IGI. Original parish register inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[e] Consistory Court of Durham, DPRI/1/1634/P4/1-2, Northeast Inheritance Database, http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ark/32150_s1ww72bb50g.xml .
[f] C78/180, no. 1, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no180/IMG_0088.htm
[g] C78/180, no. 2, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no180/IMG_0082.htm
------------------------------
12. MARGARET PROCTOR, liv. 1663,[a] m. (1) St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 29 Dec. 1635, RALPH CORRALL/CURLE,[b] m. (2) by licence from York, 1637, WILLIAM COLSTON, gent., of Newburn, Northumberland.[c]
Proof of parentage (1): 1632[/3] March 23, Will of Cuthbert Procter the elder, merchant, esquire, of towne and countie of Newcastle upon Tyne … daughter Margaret appointed co-executrix. On 25 Feb. 165[?1/]2, decreed that ‘the original will may be delivered out of the registry to William Coulston on Ponteland, husband of the deceased’s daughter and co-executor Margaret Proctor, for use in a law suit.’[d]
Proof of parentage (2): 1660 Dec 03, Assignment: Margaret Coulson of Pont Iland widow, a daughter of Cuthbert Procter senr. (as DDCA2/43/25a) and wife Ellinor (a daughter of Anthony Mitford of Pont Iland esq. dec’d) to Margaret Coulson of Pont Iland spinster, her daughter by William Coulson dec’d.[e]
Proof of parentage (3): 1718 May 22, Will of ‘Margrett Bordeley of Newcastle the Widow of the Rev’d Stephen Bordley late of S’t Mary Newington in Southwark Clerk dec’d. … I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Dear Daughters Mary and Elizabeth Bordley all that my reall estate which came from my Grandfather Procter to my Mother Colston and from her to me…’ will dated 22 May 1718, will proved 1720.[f]
Children of William Colston by Margaret Proctor:
i. Margaret Colston
-----References----
[a] ‘In the Northumberland Rentals of 1663, Margaret Colston was rated for lands in Ponteland township at 301.’ The parish register of All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne was read from 1600 through 1617, but Margaret’s baptism was not found. Images of the original register of St Andrew’s parish are not accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[b] St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, parish register transcript, findmypast.co.uk. Original record inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[c] Durham Diocese, marriage bonds, https://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ . Original record inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[d] Will dated 23 March 1632[/3], proved 17 Dec. 1633, DPR/I/1/1633/P7/1-2, and copy act of court, DPR/I/1/1633/P7/5, Consistory Court of Durham, Northeast Inheritance Database, http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/simple.php; Records of the Committees for Compounding, etc. with Delinquent Royalists in Durham and Northumberland During the Civil War, etc. 1643-1660, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 111 (Durham, 1905), 173-174, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3l1k&view=1up&seq=213 .
[e] Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/26, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf .
[f] Consistory Court of Durham, original will, DPRI/1/1720/B5 [online images, familysearch.org], https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZC9-H6T . Dr. Roff discovered this important source that identifies the maiden name of Margaret, wife of Rev. Stephen Bordley.
------------------------------
13. MARGARET COLSTON, bur. St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 30 Dec. 1719 (‘M’rs Margaret Bordley Widow’),[a] m. betw. 1661 and 1665, Rev. STEPHEN BORDLEY.[b] Stephen, bp. Tunstall, Lancashire, 1 Jan. 1636[/7],[c] bur. St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, 16 Aug. 1695.[d] Cambridge graduate. Vicar of South Shields, Co. Durham; Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Prebend of Willesdon); Rector of Newington Butts, Surrey.[e] On 30 Sept. 1695, administration of his estate was granted to Margaret Bordley, his widow and relict.[f]
Proof of parentage (1): 1660 Dec 03, Assignment: Margaret Coulson of Pont Iland widow, a daughter of Cuthbert Procter senr. (as DDCA2/43/25a) and wife Ellinor (a daughter of Anthony Mitford of Pont Iland esq. dec’d) to Margaret Coulson of Pont Iland spinster, her daughter by William Coulson dec’d.[g]
Proof of parentage (2): 1685 May 08, Mortgage for £300: Rev. Stephen Bordley of South Sheeles and wife Margaret (nee Coulson, as DDCA2/43/26) to Isabell Ellison of Newcastle on Tine widow.[h]
Proof of parentage (3): 1718 May 22, Will of ‘Margrett Bordeley of Newcastle the Widow of the Rev’d Stephen Bordley late of S’t Mary Newington in Southwark Clerk dec’d. … I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Dear Daughters Mary and Elizabeth Bordley all that my reall estate which came from my Grandfather Procter to my Mother Colston and from her to me…’ will dated 22 May 1718, will proved 1720.[i]
Children of Stephen Bordley by Margaret Colston (a-g bp. South Shields, Co. Durham):[j]
i. Margaret Bordley, bp. 16 Aug. 1666.
ii. William Bordley, bp. 25 April 1671.
iii. Mary Bordley, of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, bp. 26 Sept. 1672, legatee in brother Thomas’s will.[k]
iv. Rev. Stephen Bordley, bp. 24 Aug. 1674. Maryland immigrant.
v. Elizabeth Bordley, of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, bp. 18 April 1676, legatee in brother Thomas’s will.[k]
vi. [male] Bordley, bp. 21 May 1677 [no father’s name].
vii. John Bordley, bp. 16 June 1681.
viii. Thomas Bordley, Esq., b. South Shields, ca. 1683. Maryland immigrant.
-----References----
[a] St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, parish register [online images, familysearch.org].
[b] Still at university (unmarried) in 1661 (John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1922), 1:181, https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/181/mode/1up ), eldest-known child baptized 1666.
[c] Tunstall, Lancashire, parish register [online images, findmypast.co.uk], https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FLANCS%2FBAP%2F00239577; William Harold Chippindall, A History of the Parish of Tunstall, Chetham Soc. Pub. N.S. 104 (1940), 13-14 [cited by Dr. Roff, I haven’t had the chance to personally check this source].
[d] St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, parish register [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31280_198025-00200?pid=1542470 .
[e] John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1922), 1:181, https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/181/mode/1up ; ‘Bordley, Stephen (1661-1695),’ CCEd Person ID: 86394, Clergy of the Church of England Database, https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/index.jsp ; Robert Surtees, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 vols. (London, 1816-1840), 2:[94-104], https://www.british-history.ac.uk/antiquities-durham/vol2/pp94-104 ; Ida Darlington, ed., Survey of London, 47 vols. (London, 1955), pp. [91-94], https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol25/pp91-94 .
[f] Prerogative Court Of Canterbury Administrations 1660-1700, abstract, findmypast.co.uk, https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=OR%2FCANT%2FCOURT%2F0008975 .
[g] Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/26, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf .
[h] Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/29, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf .
[i] Consistory Court of Durham, original will, DPRI/1/1720/B5 [online images, familysearch.org], https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZC9-H6T . Dr. Roff discovered this important source that identifies the maiden name of Margaret, wife of Rev. Stephen Bordley.
[j] IGI, familysearch.org. Original parish register inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[k] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 19:99-104 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737520_00054/392581 ; PCC 253 Farrant [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310283-00342/699657 .
------------------------------
14. Rev. STEPHEN BORDLEY, bp. South Shields, Co. Durham, 24 Aug. 1674 [a], bur. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., 25 Aug. 1709,[b, p5] m. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., 14 Oct. 1700, ANN HYNSON.[b, p4] Cambridge graduate.[c] Immigrated 1697 to serve as Rector of St. Paul’s Parish, Kent Co., Md.[d] Ann, m. (2) Kent Co., Md., bef. 27 Feb. 1710/1, Rev. Alexander Williamson.[e] Alexander, d. Kent Co., Md., betw. 30 April 1740 and 9 Sept. 1740 (dates of will and probate).[f] Alexander, Rector of St. Paul’s Parish, Kent Co., Md. 11 May 1711.[g]
Children of Stephen Bordley by Ann Hynson (all events at St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., unless otherwise specified):[b]
i. Margaret Bordley b. 3 July 1701, bp. 4 May 1701,[b, p4] bur. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., 13 Dec. 1702.[b, p4]
ii. Ann Bordley, b. 22 Oct. 170[3], bur. 27 Oct. 170[3].[b, p5]. The margin of the page is torn away making year illegible, but dates before and after this entry state 1703.
iii. Thomas Bordley, b. 22 Oct. 1704,[b, p4] d. 1752,[h] m. (1) 19 Dec. 1727, Mary Smithers.[b, p7] Mary, d. 31 July 1729.[b, p7] Thomas, m. (2) 21 Feb. 1731[/2], Ann Miller.[b, p7] Has descendants.
iv. Mary Bordley, b. 22 July 1707, bp. 10 Aug. 1707,[b, p4] liv. 19 Oct. 1737,[i] m. 15 April 1725, Elias Ringgold.[b, p58] Elias, b. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., 6 Sept. 1702,[b, p54] d. Kent Co., Md., betw. 19 Oct. 1737 and 21 Nov 1737 (dates of will and probate).[i] Their two children Ann and Thomas died as infants on 25 Aug. 1729.[b, p59] Elias made provisions in his will in case his wife was with child at his death.[i]
v. Stephen Bordley, b. 13 Jan. 1709[/10],[b, p5] d. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., betw. 19 Aug. 1776 and 7 Sept. 1776 (dates of will and probate),[j] m. 22 April 1731, Priscilla Murphy.[b, p7] Priscilla, b. 18 June 1714,[b, p49] d. 4 Feb. 1741/2.[k] Stephen, m. (2) by 11 March 1744[double?], Susan Harris.[l] Has descendants.
-----References----
[a] IGI, familysearch.org. Original parish register inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[b] St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., parish register [online images, msa.maryland.gov], http://speccol.msa.maryland.gov/pages/speccol/microfilm.aspx?speccol=2650 .
[c] John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1922), 1:181, https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/181/mode/1up ; ‘Bordley, Stephen (1695-1696),’ CCEd Person ID: 161170, Clergy of the Church of England Database, https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/index.jsp : ordained a deacon 22 Sept. 1695 at church of St Botolph, Aldersgate, London; ordained a priest 20 Sept. 1696 at church of St Paul’s, Covent Garden, Middlesex.
[d] St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., vestry minutes, 2 July 1697, pp. 19-20 (appointment) [online images, msa.maryland.gov], http://speccol.msa.maryland.gov/pages/speccol/microfilm.aspx?speccol=2650 .
[e] Rev. Mr. Stephen Bordley 33A.171 A KE £309.12.5 £208.18.8 Feb 27 1711. Administratrix: Ann Williamson, wife of Mr. Alexander Williamson, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I090889&tree=Tree1 .
[f] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 22:244-245 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737521_00669/396138 .
[g] Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 2:892, http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000426/html/am426--892.html .
[h] Ancestral Records and Portraits: A Compilation from the Archives of Chapter I., The Colonial Dames of America (New York, 1910), 2:668, https://books.google.com/books?id=Pox2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA668&lpg=PA668 , I haven’t tracked down the source of this death year.
[i] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 21:802-803 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737521_00408/394923 .
[j] Kent Co., Md., will liber 5:227-228 [online images, familysearch.org], https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTY5-98KG?i=307&cc=1803986&cat=41277 .
[k] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck Counties, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I066809&tree=tree1&sitever=mobile , I haven’t tracked down a source for this date.
[l] Marriage Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s1500/s1527/html/ssi1527bl.html , citing MDAD 21:159, 163.
------------------------------
14. THOMAS BORDLEY, esq., of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, b. South Shields, co. Durham, 1682 (according to granddaughter), or c1683 (age 41 or thereabouts on 17 Feb 1724/5),[a] d. soon after an operation for ‘the stone’ in London, England, 11 Oct. 1726,[b] bur. St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, 18 Oct. 1726,[c] m. (1) St. Anne, Annapolis, 26 Dec. 1708, RACHEL BEARD.[d, p10] Rachel, d. Annapolis, 21 Nov. 1722.[d, p76] Thomas, m. (2) Annapolis, 1 Sept. 1723, ARIANA (FRISBY) VANDERHEYDEN.[e] Ariana, d. of a smallpox inoculation, bur. St Clement Danes, Middlesex, England, 29 April 1741.[f] After Thomas’s death, ‘Ariana Bordley, widow of Thos. Bordley, Esq., deceased’ married ‘Edmond Jenings, son and heir of Edmond Jenings of the Colony of Virginia, Esq.’ at Annapolis ‘by the Rev. Mr. John Humphreys.’[d, p93 - quoting transcript, not original record] Portrait painted by Gustavus Hesselius.[g]
Thomas's career: ‘studied law in Annapolis;’ Anne Arundel County Court Clerk (1703-1708/9), Lower House, Annapolis (1708-1711, 1715, 1716-1718, 1719, 1722-1724, 1725-1726), Upper House (1720-1721), Clerk, Secretary’s Office and Provincial Court (1703-1707), Clerk, Committees of the Lower House (1704, 1706, 1714), Clerk, Prerogative Office (1708-1712), Surveyor General, Western Shore (1717-1718), Attorney General (1718-1721), Commissary General (1718-1721), Council (April 1720-September 1721).[h]
Proof of parentage: In his will, dated 29 June 1726, proved in both the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and the Prerogative Court of Maryland, he described himself as ‘I Thomas Bordley of the City of Annapolis in the Province of Maryland Esq’r the youngest Child of the Reverend Stephen Bordley Clerk late Prebendary of S’t Pauls and Rector of S’t Mary Newington London’[i]
Children of Thomas Bordley by Rachel Beard (all bp. St. Anne, Annapolis):[d]
i. Stephen Bordley, bp. 21 March 1708[/9][d, p7], bur. there, 1709.[d, p9]
Stephen Bordley, esq., bp. 30 March 1710,[d, p13] d. ‘after a tedious Indisposition with complicated Disorders’ at his house in Annapolis, 6 Dec. 1764,[j] bur. family vault, St. Anne, Annapolis.[k] Stephen Bordley, gent., son and heir of Thomas Bordley, esq., of Annapolis, Md., was admitted to Inner Temple in London on 1 Nov. 1729.[l] Attorney General of Maryland, Mayor of Annapolis.[m] A portrait by John Wollaston survives.[n]
ii. William Bordley, bp. 24 March 1714[/15],[d, p23] d.s.p. at his plantation in Cecil Co., Md., 11 Feb. 1762,[o] m. ----- Pearce.[p, p73] They had a son and a daughter who both died in infancy.[p, p73] In 1750, William’s brother Stephen described him as ‘a Gentleman-farmer,’ ‘who lives on his own land, which is of the best sort amongst us, & as good as any in England.’[p, p46]
Elizabeth Bordley, bp. 7 Feb. 1716/7,[d, p41] d. unm., of a paralytic affection, 28 Nov. 1789,[p, p54] bur. family vault, St. Anne, Annapolis.[q] Godmother to Ariana, daughter of Edward Jenings and Ariana, at her baptism 26 July 1730.[d, p98] Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of her c1770.[r]
iii. John Bordley, bur. 1 Feb. 1718/9[d, p48]
iv. Margaret Bordley, b. 23 Nov. 1718,[d, p54] bp. 14 Dec. 1718,[d, p55], bur. 29 Jan. 1718/9.[d, p55]
v. Margaret Bordley, bp. 20 Jan. 1719[/20] (no parents named)[d, p63].
vi. John Bordley, merchant, of Kent Co., Md., bp. 11 June 1721,[d, p68] d.s.p. betw. 2[2?] Oct. 1754 and 31 March 1761 (dates of will and probate),[s] m. Isabella.[s]In 1750, John’s brother Stephen described him as ‘a trader.’[p, p46]
vii. Mary Bordley, b. 8 July 1722,[d, p74] bp. 22 July 1722,[d, p74] d. 30 Aug. 1722.[d, p75]
Child of Thomas Bordley by Ariana Vanderheyden (10-11 and probably 12 bp. St. Anne, Annapolis):[d]
viii. Thomas Bordley, bp. 4 Oct. 1724,[d, p83], d.s.p. unm., of smallpox soon after returning to England (where he had lived since he was 10 years old),[p, p56] bur. St Clement Danes, Middlesex, 18 Sept. 1747.[t] In 1737, in a letter to his aunts Mary and Elizabeth Bordley in England, Stephen wrote that his half-brother Thomas ‘is now in England, under Mr. Saml. Hyde’s care, Merchant in London.’[p, p43] In his will dated 4 June 1747, ‘Thomas Bordley at Present of Annapolis in the Province of Maryland but intending this day to depart for Great Brittain’ he left legacies to his friend Mrs Margaret Smith of Mark Lane London haberdasher and her family, a moiety of 4 lots in Annapolis to his brother John [Bordley], ¼ part of Augustin mannor to his brother Matthias Bordley agreeable to his father’s inclination as well as mine, and the residue of his Maryland real estate to his sister Elizabeth Bordley and his brother Beal Bordley. He appointed Mr. Martin Smith of Mark Lane aforesaid executor, with Mr Jennings and his brother Stephen [Bordley] assisting him.[u]
ix. Matthias Bordley, clerk, planter, and tobacco merchant, bp. 6 Oct. 1725,[d, p87] d.s.p. Charles Town, Cecil Co., Md., 15 Sept. 1756,[v] m. Peggy Bigger when she was 16.[p, p56-57] Peggy, d. in giving birth to her first child.[p, p56-57] In 1750, his brother Stephen stated Matthias had ‘a genteel and beneficial place under Government.’[p, p46] In his will, dated 1756, he made bequests to Ann Stewart and Mrs. Bigger and appointed his brother Beale Bordley executor. John Bordley [his half-brother] witnessed Matthias’s will.[w] Legatee in half-brother John’s will.[s]
x. Judge John Beale Bordley, esq., merchant, lawyer, agriculturalist, b. Annapolis, 1 Feb. 1726/7 (O.S.), 11 Feb. 1726/7 (N.S.)[p, p65], d. Philadelphia, Pa., 26 Jan. 1804 (age 78y 11m),[p, p142] bur. St. Peter, Philadelphia, Pa.,[x], m. (1) 13 Oct. 1751, Margaret Chew.[y] Margaret,b. 1735, d. 1773, bur. Bordley family vault, St. Anne, Annapolis.[z] John, m. (2) Philadelphia, Pa., by Right Reverend Bishop White, 8 Oct. 1776, Sarah (Fishbourne) Mifflin, widow.[p, pp109-110] Sarah, b. 31 Oct. 1733, d. 16 May 1816, bur. St. Peter, Philadelphia, Pa.[aa] ‘Had approximately two years of schooling under Rev. Charles Peale in Chestertown, Kent County; studied law under his half brother Stephen Bordley (1710-1764) in Annapolis from 1744 to 1749.’[bb] Appointed executor to his brother Matthias’s will.[w] Will abstract Phila.[cc] Portrait by Peale’s son, Charles Willson Peale.[dd] In 1750, his brother Stephen described him as ‘a trader.’[p, p46] In her book published in 1865, Judge Bordley’s daughter stated that ‘the only one of Mr. [Thomas] Bordley’s seven children, whose progeny now survives’ was her father John Beale Bordley. In 1766, he ‘succeeded in gaining a handsome subscription for him [Charles Willson Peale], to which he largely contributed, to enable him to visit Europe, to take lessons in painting from his countryman Mr. West, now Sir Benjamin West.’ Peale was friends with Bordley’s family ‘throughout life.’[p, p80] Biography.[ee]
-----References----
[a] E.B. Gibson, Sketches of the Bordley Family (Philadelphia, 1865), 14, https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/14/mode/2up ; William Hand Browne, ed., Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1698-1731, Archives of Maryland 25 (Baltimore, 1905), 439, http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000025/html/am25--439.html : 17 Feb. 1724/5, ‘The Deposition of Thomas Bordley aged 41 Years or thereabouts.’
[b] ‘An Elegy on the Death of Thomas Bordley, Esq;’ https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-elegy-on-the-death-of-thomas-bordley-esq/ : ‘In Magna Obijt Britania Undecimo die Octobris…Epitaph: Here Bordley lyes, the brightest Sage, With Lawyer ever did engage, In Maryland, -to Clients true…;’ Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family, of Maryland (Philadelphia, 1865), 19, https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/18/mode/2up .
[c] St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, parish register [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31280_198027-00063/2600393 .
[d] Annie Walker Burns, St. Anne’s parish register, 2 vols. (1939?), https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008423940?cat=514991 .
[e] E.B. Gibson, Sketches of the Bordley Family (Philadelphia, 1865), 18, https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/18/mode/2up ; John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 3 vols. (Baltimore, 2004), 1:201-202.
[f] St Clement Danes, Middlesex, parish register [online images, findmypast.co.uk], https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FD%2F490574765%2F1 : ‘Ariana Jennings.’
[g] Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000113/html/113images.html .
[h] Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 147-148, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--147.html .
[i] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 19:99-104 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737520_00054/392581 ; PCC 253 Farrant [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310283-00342/699657 .
[j] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 33:39-42 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737527_00024/319308 ; Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md., 13 Dec. 1764, p. 2, col. 2 [online images, msa.maryland.gov], https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001280/html/m1280-1353.html ; Joseph C. Morton, ‘Stephen Bordley of Colonial Annapolis,’ Winterthur Portfolio 5 (1969):1-14, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1180509 ; Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 146-147, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--146.html .
[k] Memorial 70612471, St. Anne’s Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Md. [online image, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70612471/stephen-bordley .
[l] The Inner Temple Admissions Database, http://www.innertemplearchives.org.uk/detail.asp?id=9113
[m] Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 146-147, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--146.html .
[n] Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000113/html/113images.html .
[o] Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md., 25 Feb. 1762, p. 3, col. 2 [online images, msa.maryland.gov], https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001280/html/m1280-0702.html .
[p] E.B. Gibson, Sketches of the Bordley Family (Philadelphia, 1865), https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs : The author is immigrant Thomas Bordley’s granddaughter (Judge John Beale Bordley’s daughter).
[q] Memorial 70612574, St. Anne’s Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Md. [online image, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70612574/elizabeth-bordley .
[r] Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000113/html/113images.html .
[s] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 31:212-213 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737526_00110/410150 .
[t] St Clement Danes, Middlesex, parish register [online images, findmypast.co.uk], https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FD%2F490577263%2F1 .
[u] Prerogative Court of Canterbury 222 Potter [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_311624-00099/519616 .
[v] Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md., 16 Sept. 1756, p. 3, col. 2, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001279/html/m1279-1008.html .
[w] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 30:211-212 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737525_00005/339386 .
[x] Memorial 11318502, St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. [online images, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11318502/john-beale-bordley ; Olive Moore Gambrill, ‘John Beale Bordley and the Early Years of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society,’ The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 66 (1942), 410–439, https://www.jstor.org/stable/20087528 .
[y] Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md., 16 Oct. 1751, p. 2, col. 2 [online images, msa.maryland.gov], https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001278/html/m1278-1485.html .
[z] Memorial 70612620, St. Anne’s Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Md. [online image, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70612620/margaret-bordley .
[aa] Memorial 11318516, St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. [online images, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11318516/sarah-mifflin-bordley ; Lawrence Buckley Thomas, Genealogical Notes (Baltimore, 1878), 12, https://books.google.com/books?id=WbFsJ5MA7RoC&pg=PA11-IA1&lpg=PA11-IA1 .
[bb] Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 145-146, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--145.html .
[cc] ‘Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Will Index, 1682-1819,’ Ancestry, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=4695&h=11376&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7486 : 1:165, Will dated 19 Jan. 1801, proved 30 Jan. 1804, Will of John Beale Bordley. City of Philadelphia, lately of Maryland. Sons: Matthias and John Bordley. Daughters: Elizabeth Bordley and Henrietta Maria, wife of David Ross of Bladensburgh. John F. Mifflin of Union Street, Philadelphia, son of wife. Robert Milligan of Bohemia. Children of dau. Henrietta Maria, names not mentioned. Mrs. Penn. Granddaughter: Peggy Ross. Emancipates his family slaves, Moses, Charles and Jemmy. Lands on Bear Creek in Chester Co. and lots in Baltimore and Annapolis. Exec: Wife (name not mentioned), dau. Elizabeth and friends John F. Mifflin and Robert Millegan.
[dd] Portrait, c1790, https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/john-beale-bordley-1727-1804 .
[ee] Simon Baatz, ‘Bordley, John Beale (11 February 1727-26 Jan 1804), American National Biography, https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1000164 .
GENERAL SOURCES about the Bordleys of Maryland:
1. Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family, of Maryland (Philadelphia, 1865), https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/n7/mode/2up .
Mary Bourke Emory, Colonial Families and Their Descendants (Baltimore, 1900), 228-237, https://archive.org/details/colonialfamilies00emor/page/228/mode/2up .
2. Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History with Sketches of Early Maryland Families, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1913), 2:261-264, https://books.google.com/books?id=kb4-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA261&lpg=PA261 .
Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 1:145-148, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--145.html .
3. Robert W. Barnes and F. Edward Wright, Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, 23 vols. (1996-2007), Vol. 2 [I haven’t viewed this account due to COVID-19 closure of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.]
4. Robert W. Barnes, British Roots of Maryland Families (Baltimore, 2002), 64, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49095/FLHG_BritishRoots-0104/15513 .
CREDIT: Suzanne Roff, PhD, who blogs at Descent by Sea http://descentbysea.org/ , shared her royal descent for the Bordleys with me. Many of the sources in this soc.genealogy.medieval post, as can be seen cited in her blog posts, were found by Dr. Roff. Relevant posts:
1. Suzanne Roff, ‘Stephen Bordley,’ Descent By Sea, 13 Aug. 2011, http://descentbysea.org/stephen-bordley/ .
2. Suzanne Roff, ‘Reverend Stephen Bordley,’ Descent By Sea, 18 Aug. 2012, http://descentbysea.org/reverend-stephen-bordley/ .
3. Suzanne Roff, ‘Cuthbert Proctor of Newcastle,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/cuthbert-proctor-of-newcastle/ .
4. Suzanne Roff, ‘Roger Proctor of Shawdon,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/roger-proctor-shawdon/ .
5. Suzanne Roff, ‘Sir Thomas Grey,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/sir-thomas-grey-of-horton/ .
6. Suzanne Roff, ‘Sir Roger Grey of Horton,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/sir-roger-grey-horton/ .
7. Suzanne Roff, ‘Lord Ralph Ogle, 3rd Baron,’ Descent By Sea, 10 April 2016, http://descentbysea.org/lord-ralph-ogle-3rd-baron/ .
Gabriel Brooke has also written extensively about the Bordleys: https://web.archive.org/web/20040708045524/http://www.dixclemens.com/bordley/s_bord_1637.asp .
See also research notes at ‘Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties’:
Rev. Stephen Bordley, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I066802&tree=Tree1
Thomas Bordley, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I039905&tree=Tree1
PROOFS OF IMMIGRANT ORIGINS:
Thomas Bordley: In his will, dated 29 June 1726, proved in both the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and the Prerogative Court of Maryland, he described himself as ‘I Thomas Bordley of the City of Annapolis in the Province of Maryland Esq’r the youngest Child of the Reverend Stephen Bordley Clerk late Prebendary of S’t Pauls and Rector of S’t Mary Newington London’
Sources: Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 19:99-104 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737520_00054/392581 ; PCC 253 Farrant [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310283-00342/699657 .
Stephen: In records of Christ’s College, at the Cambridge University, Stephen Bordley, admitted 1690, is described as the son of Stephen Bordley, Vicar of South Sheilds, Co. Durham. The Venns couldn’t find a trace of him after he was ordained a priest 20 Sept. 1696.
Source: John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1922), 1:181, https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/181/mode/1up .
Both: In her book, published in 1865, Thomas Bordley’s granddaughter wrote: ‘Thomas Bordley, the more immediate object of our attention, was born in Yorkshire, about the year 1682; he was the youngest son of Stephen Bordley, the above-mentioned Prebendary, and nephew of the Rev. Wm. Bordley, from whose correspondence we have quoted. He came over to America in 1694, with an elder brother (Stephen Bordley, of Kent County, Maryland), who was a clergyman.’
Source: Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family, of Maryland (Philadelphia, 1865), 14, https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/n7/mode/2up . [Note: This year of immigration seems to be a few years off, as Rev. Stephen was still at university in 1694.]
DESCENDANTS include:
1. Judge John Beale Bordley, who substantially funded renowned painter Charles Willson Peale’s trip to Europe for his art education. Source: Simon Baatz, ‘Bordley, John Beale (11 February 1727-26 Jan 1804), American National Biography, https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1000164 .
2. Stephen Bordley, Attorney General of Maryland, Mayor of Annapolis (1761-1762). Source: Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 146-147, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--146.html .
3. Mary Edwardine (Bourke) Emory (1830-1907), one of the first female historians of Maryland. Source: Mary Edwardine Bourke Emory Foundation, https://mebefoundation.org/history/ .
A pedigree of Barbara Grey (no. 10) is found in ‘Europe. Royal and Noble Houses,’ a database created by FamilySearch’s Medieval Unit: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:Q6TD-2PZ .
In RD900:327, Roberts states that several leading Maryland government officials and their wives descend from Margaret (Gascoigne) Ogle (no. 8 below) in common with the Bordleys. The others being William Bladen (1673-1718), Attorney General of Maryland; Samuel Ogle (c1702-1752), Governor of Maryland; Ann Bladen, wife of Benjamin Tasker, President of the Council (and Acting Governor) of Maryland; and Anne Tasker, wife of above Gov. Samuel Ogle.
ROYAL DESCENT (one of several)
1. EDWARD III, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Aquitaine, Guardian of England, b. Windsor Castle, Berkshire, 13 Nov. 1312, d. Sheen Palace (now Richmond), Surrey, 21 June 1377, m. York, 24 Jan. 1327/8 (by papal dispensation dated 30 Aug. 1327), PHILIPPE OF HAINAULT. Phiippe, b. abt. 1313-1315. Both bur. Westminster Abbey. ---Source: RA1:80-85.
2. JOHN OF GAUNT, K.G., Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, etc., b. St. Bavon's Abbey, Shent in Flanders, March 1340, d. Leicester Castle, 3 Feb. 1398/9, bur. St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 16 March 1398/9, m. (3) Lincoln Cathedral, 13 Jan. 1395/6 (by dispensation dated 1 Sept. 1396), KATHERINE DE ROET. Katherine, d. Lincoln, 10 May 1403, bur. in the angel choir, Lincoln Cathedral. ---Source: RA3:491-496
3. JOAN BEAUFORT, b. abt. 1379, d. Howden, Yorkshire, 13 Nov. 1440, bur. Lincoln Cathedral, m. (1) bef. 30 Sept. 1390, ROBERT FERRERS, kt., 2nd Lord Ferrers of Wem. Robert, b. abt. 1372, d. bef. 29 Nov. 1396. Joan, m. (2) bef. 29 Nov. 1396, Ralph Neville, K.G., 4th Lord Neville of Raby, 1st Earl of Westmorland. Ralph, d. Raby Castle, Northumberland, 21 Oct. 1425, bur. Staindrop, Co. Durham. ---Source: RA5:340-341
4. MARY FERRERS, b. abt. 1394, d. 25 Jan. 1457/8, m. bef. 1411, Sir RALPH NEVILLE, kt., in right of his wife, of Oversley, Warwickshire and Tyrley, Staffordshire. Ralph, d. 26 Feb. 1457/8. ---Source: RA3:77
5. JOHN NEVILLE, esq., b. abt. 1418, d. 17 March 1481/2, m. ELIZABETH NEWMARCH ---Source: RA3:77-78
6. JOAN NEVILLE, m. Sir WILLIAM GASCOIGNE, kt., of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire. William liv. 15 July 1461. ---Source: RA3:78-79
7. Sir WILLIAM GASCOIGNE, kt., of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, etc., b. abt. 1450, d. 12 March 1487, m. bef. 1469, MARGARET PERCY. ---Source: RA3:79-80
8. MARGARET GASCOIGNE, liv. 6 July 1515, m. RALPH OGLE, 3rd Baron Ogle. Ralph, b. 7 Nov. 1468, d. 16 Jan. 1512/3, bur. Bothal, Northumberland.
-----Sources----
[a] RA3:79
[b] RD900:327-330; see also RD600:186-188, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49324/FLHG_RoyalDescentsof600Immigrants-0290/93747 .
[c] CP10:33, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/57180-redirection
[d] Gerald Paget, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1977), 2:170.
[e] Henry A. Ogle, Ogle and Bothal … (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1902), pp. 179, 298a (pedigree), https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/194975-redirection .
[f] IPM, C 142/27/126, 4 Hen VIII, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7818638 .
[g] Deed poll, quitclaim, first party Geo. Percy, esq., and wife Lady Alianora, widow of Edward, Lord of Ogyll, second party Ralph, Lord of Ogyll, 1491, DD/4P/42/16, Nottinghamshire Archives, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/e9b9cd8b-d4d3-47c2-a8d6-7bd2ed8e404d .
[h] Plaintiff Margaret, relict of Ralph lord Ogle, defendant Gawen Ogle, Henry Ogle, and William Ogle, 1509-1547, STAC 2/17/280, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3974351
[i] Robert Ogle lord Ogle; lands of his inheritance from Ralph lord Ogle deceased, 11 May 5 Hen VIII [1513], E 41/43/ii, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7688983
------------------------------
9. DOROTHY OGLE, m. (1) Sir Thomas Forster, m. (2) Sir THOMAS GREY, kt., of Horton, Northumberland.[a] Thomas, b. by 1515, d. Bethnal Green, Middlesex, 7 Aug. 1570,[b] bur. St. Botolph's without Aldgate, London, 10 Aug. 1570 (‘Sir Thomas Graye Knighte’).[c] He requested to be buried nighe to the sepulture or grave where Sy’r Arthure Darcie lyeth buried.’[d] MP, Northumberland (1553, 1554, and 1558).[e] Co-executor to the will of his father Syr Rog’r Gray Knyght (1540[/1]).[f] He only names two children in his will: Katherine Carre and Isabell wife of Syr Rauffe Grey, with most legacies going to extended family members.[d]
Children of Thomas Grey by Dorothy Ogle:[g]
i. Isabel Grey, m. Sir Ralph Grey, of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. Ralph, d. 17 Dec. 1564.[h] Legatee in her father’s will. Their son, Sir Ralph Grey (c1552-1623), of Chillingham Castle, held many public offices, including Sheriff of Northumberland (1582-3, 1591-2, 1593-4, 1611-2), and Member of Parliament (1604). Paul Hunneyball writes ‘With a cumulative estate of almost 250,000 acres, he was possibly Northumberland’s richest resident.’[i]
ii. Agnes/Ann Grey, co-heir, m. Robert Clavering, esq., of Callaly Twp., Whittingham Par., Northumberland. Robert, d. betw. 30 Nov. 1582 and 19 Jan. 1582/3, bur. Whittingham (in the church, south side of the quire, next the wall before my wife’s seat), Northumberland.[j]
iii. Margery Grey, m. John Heron
iv. Barbara Grey
v. Roger Grey
vi. Ursula Grey, m. Humphrey Heron
vii. Margaret Grey, m. betw. 1563 and 1570, John Baxter.
Proof of parentage (1): In 1558, William Harvey, Norroy King of Arms, recorded that ‘Sir Thomas Grey that nowe ys, knight, weddyd Dorothe, doughtre to [crossed out: Roberte] [blank] [sic], and sustre to Roberte, Lord Ogle…’[k]
Proof of parentage (2): In 1563-4, William Flower, esq., Norroy King of Arms, recorded that ‘Sir Thomas Grey Knight …=Doraty daughter to … Ogle and syster to Robert Lord Ogle.’[l]
Proof of parentage (3): In 1570, for the funeral certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, kt., a herald recorded that ‘sir Thomas Grey married Doraty, daughter to the Lord Ogle.’[b]
-----References----
[a] Henry A. Ogle, Ogle and Bothal … (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1902), p. 82a (pedigree), https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/194975-redirection; RD900:327-330; see also RD600:186-188, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49324/FLHG_RoyalDescentsof600Immigrants-0290/93747 .
[b] Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133; IPM, WARD 7/13/46, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7736634 .
[c] St. Botolph's without Aldgate, London, parish register [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31281_a101163-00030/5530070 ; William A. Shaw, Knights of England, 2 vols. (London, 1906), 2:57, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t9s210n6w&view=1up&seq=65 .
[d] PCC 34 Lyon [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_311317-00492/913884?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return ; James Raine, Wills and Inventories … of the Northern Counties of England (London, 1835), 2(1):115-117, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101076190550&view=1up&seq=71 .
[e] Fuidge, ‘Grey, Sir Thomas (bef.1512-70), of Horton and Newstead, Northumb. and Bethnal Green, Mdx.,’ in P.W. Hasler, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1558-1603 (1981), http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/grey-sir-thomas-i-1512-70 ; D.F. Coros, ‘Grey, Sir Thomas (by 1515-70), of Horton and Newstead, Northumb., and Bethnal Green, Mdx.,’ in S.T. Bindoff, ed., The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1509-1558 (1982), http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/grey-sir-thomas-1515-70 .
[f] James Raine, Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, &c. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards, Surtees Soc. Pubs.2 (London, 1835), 115-117, https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA115 .
[g] Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133 ; Visitations of the North, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 122 (Durham, 1912), 1:134, https://archive.org/details/visitationsofthe00surtuoft/page/134/mode/2up .
[h] Alan H. Nelson, Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (Liverpool, 2003), 35, https://books.google.com/books?id=WcfiqlOjEKoC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35 ;
[i] Paul Hunneyball, “Grey (Gray), Sir Ralph (c. 1552-1623), of Chillingham Castle, Northumb.,” in Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, eds., The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1604-1629 (2010), https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/grey-sir-ralph-1552-1623 ; William A. Shaw, Knights of England, 2 vols. (London, 1906), 2:100, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/t9s210n6w&view=1up&seq=108 .
[j] Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham, Part II, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 38 (Durham, 1860), 56-60, https://books.google.com/books?id=qy48AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false .
[k] Visitations of the North, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 122 (Durham, 1912), 1:134, https://archive.org/details/visitationsofthe00surtuoft/page/134/mode/2up .
[l] William Flower and Charles Best Norcliffe, ed., The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, Harl. Soc. Pubs. 16 (London, 1881), 150, https://archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow/page/150/mode/1up .
------------------------------
10. BARBARA GREY, m. by 1558,[a] ROGER PROCTOR, esq., of Shawdon [Twp., Whittingham Par.,], Northumberland.[b] Roger, b. 1535 (age 8 in 1543],[c] liv. 1589.[d]
In 1568, the Attorney General brought a case against Richard Read, Robert Rodham, Roger Procter, and others in Star Chamber.[e] In 1570[/1], Roger procto’r and luke ogle Esquiers appraised the goods and cattell of late Will’m heron of Crawleye [Whittingham Par., Northumberland] gentleman deceased.[f] In 1577, the Middleham family sold their holding of the hamlet of Glanton, in Whittingham Par., to ‘Roger Proctor of Shawdon who had acquired the estate partly through marriage and partly through purchase from the Lilburns.’[g] Roger Procter witnessed the will of [his wife’s brother-in-law] Roberte Clavering, esq., of Callelie [Callaly Twp., Whittingham Par.], Northumberland, dated 30 Nov. 1582.[h]
Proof of parentage (1): In 1558, William Harvey, Norroy King of Arms, recorded that ‘Sir Thomas Grey [and] Dorothe … Ogle … had issue … Barbara, wyefe to Roger Proctor of Shawdon.’[a]
Proof of parentage (2): In 1563-4, William Flower, esq., Norroy King of Arms, recorded that ‘Sir Thomas Grey Knight [and] Doraty … Ogle [had issue] ... Barbara [Grey] wyff to Roger Proctor of Shadon in Northumberland.’[i]
Proof of parentage (3): In 1570, for the funeral certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, kt., a herald recorded that the issue of sir Thomas Grey and Doraty Ogle included ‘Barbara, wyff to Roger Proctor.’[j]
Children of Roger Proctor by Barbara Grey:[k]
i. Thomas Proctor, esq., eldest son, of Shawdon, Whittingham Par., Northumberland, liv. 1612.
ii. Cuthbert Proctor, second son
iii. John Proctor, liv. 1612.
iv. Rowland Proctor, liv. 1612.
-----References----
[a] Visitations of the North, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 122 (Durham, 1912), 1:134, https://archive.org/details/visitationsofthe00surtuoft/page/134/mode/2up .
[b] William Flower and Charles Best Norcliffe, ed., The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, Harl. Soc. Pubs. 16 (London, 1881), 150, https://archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow/page/150/mode/1up ; Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133 ; George W. Marshall, The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615 (London, 1878), p. 12, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6m044c04&view=1up&seq=20 ; Maureen Manuel Meikle, ‘Lairds and Gentlemen: A Study of the Landed Families of the Eastern Anglo-Scottish Borderlands c. 1540-1603,’ dissertation, 1988, p. 618, https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/6875/2/234233_vol2.pdf (citation found through Roger’s WikiTree page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Proctor-2924 ).
[c] Edward Bateson, A History of Northumberland, 15 vols. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London, 1893-1940), 2:192-193, 195, https://books.google.com/books?id=H2wgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193 : His father Cuthbert Proctor’s IPM dated 8 Feb. 1544. Cuthbert d. 6 May 1543.
[d] Joseph Bain, Calendar of Letters and Papers Relating to the Affairs of the Borders of England and Scotland, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1894-1895), 1:360, 364, https://books.google.com/books?id=1T8NTKgBCLwC&pg=PA364&lpg=PA364 ; Whittingham’s parish registers begin late, so there is no record there of Roger’s burial. No will has been found for Roger.
[e] STAC 5/A35/28, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5389880 .
[f] James Raine, Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language, Statistics, &c. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 2 (London, 1835), 335, https://books.google.com/books?id=meoU4_UxKcgC&pg=PA335&lpg=PA335 .
[g] John Swanson, Parish History, http://www.glanton.org.uk/files/4-Parish-History.PDF .
[h] Wills and Inventories from the Registry at Durham, Part II, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 38 (Durham, 1860), 56-60, https://books.google.com/books?id=qy48AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false .
[i] William Flower and Charles Best Norcliffe, ed., The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564, Harl. Soc. Pubs. 16 (London, 1881), 150, https://archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow/page/150/mode/1up .
[j] Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133 .
[k] Funeral Certificate of Sir Thomas Grey, knt., 1570, College of Arms, I. 5, fol. 179 b, abstract in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 12 vols. (Canterbury, 1797-1801), 3:133, https://books.google.com/books?id=MjVTNK5ObWoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133 ; C78/180, no. 1, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no180/IMG_0088.htm ; C78/180, no. 2, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no180/IMG_0082.htm .
------------------------------
11. CUTHBERT PROCTOR, esq., merchant, second son, bur. All Saints (in the church), Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1 Aug. 1633 (‘M’r Cuthbert Procter gentlem[an]’),[a] m. ELINOR MITFIELD.[b] Elinor, bur. All Saints (in the church), Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 13 Aug. 1624 (‘Ellinor Procter wif to Cuthbert Procter, gentlman’).[a] In 1577, Cuthbert Procter [father not named] was apprenticed to Andrew Westwood, Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle upon Tyne.[c]
Children of Cuthbert Proctor by Elinor Mitfield (2-5 bp. All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland):[a]
i. Dorothy Proctor, bp. St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 7 March 1602,[d] d. unm., d. Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 24 June 1634.[e] Legatee in father’s will. In her own will, Dorothy appointed her sister Isabell Proctor sole executrix.[e]
ii. Cuthbert Proctor, bp. 13 Sept. 1603, legatee in father’s will.
iii. Barbara Proctor, bp. 16 April 1606 (‘Berborey’)
iv. Isabel Proctor, bp. 21 June 1608 (father: ‘gent’), legatee in father’s will.
v. Mathias Proctor, bp. 26 Feb. 1609[/10] (father: ‘m’rchant’)
vi. Margaret Proctor, legatee and co-executrix in father’s will.
Proof of parentage (1): 1612 May 19, ‘Cuthbert Proctor of the towne of newcastle upon Tyne and of the Countie of the same towne gentleman exhibited his bill of Complainte into this most Honorable Courte of Channcerie against Thomas Proctor Esquier declareinge thereby that whereas Roger Proctor late of Shawden within the Countie of Northumberlande esquier was seised in his demeasne as of Fee of in and upon the manors Townes villages and lordshipps of Shawden lilburne Glanton and WarkesBaronie within the countie aforesaid … and haveinge an earnest and longing desire to settle a quiett estate in the premisses for his posterity and for and in considerat[i]on of the loveinge and naturall affecc[i]on that he the said Roger did beare unto Barbara Proctor his wife the Complaynante his sonne John Proctor Rowland Proctor and Thomas Proctor likewise his sonnes…’[f]
Proof of parentage (2): 1612 May 19, ‘Thomas Proctor of Shawden in the Countie of Northumberland Esquier exhibited his Bill of Complainte into this most Honorable Courte of Channcerie against Cuthbert Procter John Proctor Rowland Proctor and Cuthbert Chesman declaring thereby That Whereas Roger Proctor the Complaynantes father was lawfully seised in his demeasne as of Fee tayle general … upon the mannors of Shawdon Glannton and Westlilburne in the Countie of Northumberland and of and upon a parcel of grounde called lilburnes acre lying in Warke in the said Countie … And the said Roger … [out of] his fatherlie affecc[i]on did upon his the Complaynantes marriage with a gentlewoman of a worshipfull family about the twentieth years of the raigne of our late Soveraigne ladie Quene Elizabeth which was had and solemnised with the consent and approbation of the said Roger… enjoyed the same … for many years together shortlie after which tyme the Complaynantes father binge a man of great age and falling into divers ymbecillities and weaknes of understanding and iudgment the said Cuthbert Proctor the Complaynantes second brother being knowne to be of a cunning and deceitful disposic[i]on ...said father … about August in the thirtieth yeare of her said late maiesties raigne did by …’[g]
-----References----
[a] All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, parish register [online images, familysearch.org]; Will of Cuthbert Procter, the elder, merchant, esquire, of towne and countie of Newcastle upon Tyne, dated 23 March 163[2/]3, proved 17 Dec. 1633, Northeast Inheritance Database (no images), http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/simple.php ; Copy of will, Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/25a, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf .
[b] Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/21a, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf ; C78/192, no. 16, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no192/IMG_0005.htm .
[c] Extracts from the Records of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 101 (Newcastle upon Tyne and London, 1899), 2:212, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3l14&view=1up&seq=250 .
[d] IGI. Original parish register inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[e] Consistory Court of Durham, DPRI/1/1634/P4/1-2, Northeast Inheritance Database, http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ark/32150_s1ww72bb50g.xml .
[f] C78/180, no. 1, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no180/IMG_0088.htm
[g] C78/180, no. 2, AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/C78/C78no180/IMG_0082.htm
------------------------------
12. MARGARET PROCTOR, liv. 1663,[a] m. (1) St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 29 Dec. 1635, RALPH CORRALL/CURLE,[b] m. (2) by licence from York, 1637, WILLIAM COLSTON, gent., of Newburn, Northumberland.[c]
Proof of parentage (1): 1632[/3] March 23, Will of Cuthbert Procter the elder, merchant, esquire, of towne and countie of Newcastle upon Tyne … daughter Margaret appointed co-executrix. On 25 Feb. 165[?1/]2, decreed that ‘the original will may be delivered out of the registry to William Coulston on Ponteland, husband of the deceased’s daughter and co-executor Margaret Proctor, for use in a law suit.’[d]
Proof of parentage (2): 1660 Dec 03, Assignment: Margaret Coulson of Pont Iland widow, a daughter of Cuthbert Procter senr. (as DDCA2/43/25a) and wife Ellinor (a daughter of Anthony Mitford of Pont Iland esq. dec’d) to Margaret Coulson of Pont Iland spinster, her daughter by William Coulson dec’d.[e]
Proof of parentage (3): 1718 May 22, Will of ‘Margrett Bordeley of Newcastle the Widow of the Rev’d Stephen Bordley late of S’t Mary Newington in Southwark Clerk dec’d. … I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Dear Daughters Mary and Elizabeth Bordley all that my reall estate which came from my Grandfather Procter to my Mother Colston and from her to me…’ will dated 22 May 1718, will proved 1720.[f]
Children of William Colston by Margaret Proctor:
i. Margaret Colston
-----References----
[a] ‘In the Northumberland Rentals of 1663, Margaret Colston was rated for lands in Ponteland township at 301.’ The parish register of All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne was read from 1600 through 1617, but Margaret’s baptism was not found. Images of the original register of St Andrew’s parish are not accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
[b] St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, parish register transcript, findmypast.co.uk. Original record inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[c] Durham Diocese, marriage bonds, https://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ . Original record inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[d] Will dated 23 March 1632[/3], proved 17 Dec. 1633, DPR/I/1/1633/P7/1-2, and copy act of court, DPR/I/1/1633/P7/5, Consistory Court of Durham, Northeast Inheritance Database, http://familyrecords.dur.ac.uk/nei/data/simple.php; Records of the Committees for Compounding, etc. with Delinquent Royalists in Durham and Northumberland During the Civil War, etc. 1643-1660, Surtees Soc. Pubs. 111 (Durham, 1905), 173-174, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx3l1k&view=1up&seq=213 .
[e] Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/26, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf .
[f] Consistory Court of Durham, original will, DPRI/1/1720/B5 [online images, familysearch.org], https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZC9-H6T . Dr. Roff discovered this important source that identifies the maiden name of Margaret, wife of Rev. Stephen Bordley.
------------------------------
13. MARGARET COLSTON, bur. St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 30 Dec. 1719 (‘M’rs Margaret Bordley Widow’),[a] m. betw. 1661 and 1665, Rev. STEPHEN BORDLEY.[b] Stephen, bp. Tunstall, Lancashire, 1 Jan. 1636[/7],[c] bur. St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, 16 Aug. 1695.[d] Cambridge graduate. Vicar of South Shields, Co. Durham; Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, London (Prebend of Willesdon); Rector of Newington Butts, Surrey.[e] On 30 Sept. 1695, administration of his estate was granted to Margaret Bordley, his widow and relict.[f]
Proof of parentage (1): 1660 Dec 03, Assignment: Margaret Coulson of Pont Iland widow, a daughter of Cuthbert Procter senr. (as DDCA2/43/25a) and wife Ellinor (a daughter of Anthony Mitford of Pont Iland esq. dec’d) to Margaret Coulson of Pont Iland spinster, her daughter by William Coulson dec’d.[g]
Proof of parentage (2): 1685 May 08, Mortgage for £300: Rev. Stephen Bordley of South Sheeles and wife Margaret (nee Coulson, as DDCA2/43/26) to Isabell Ellison of Newcastle on Tine widow.[h]
Proof of parentage (3): 1718 May 22, Will of ‘Margrett Bordeley of Newcastle the Widow of the Rev’d Stephen Bordley late of S’t Mary Newington in Southwark Clerk dec’d. … I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Dear Daughters Mary and Elizabeth Bordley all that my reall estate which came from my Grandfather Procter to my Mother Colston and from her to me…’ will dated 22 May 1718, will proved 1720.[i]
Children of Stephen Bordley by Margaret Colston (a-g bp. South Shields, Co. Durham):[j]
i. Margaret Bordley, bp. 16 Aug. 1666.
ii. William Bordley, bp. 25 April 1671.
iii. Mary Bordley, of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, bp. 26 Sept. 1672, legatee in brother Thomas’s will.[k]
iv. Rev. Stephen Bordley, bp. 24 Aug. 1674. Maryland immigrant.
v. Elizabeth Bordley, of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, bp. 18 April 1676, legatee in brother Thomas’s will.[k]
vi. [male] Bordley, bp. 21 May 1677 [no father’s name].
vii. John Bordley, bp. 16 June 1681.
viii. Thomas Bordley, Esq., b. South Shields, ca. 1683. Maryland immigrant.
-----References----
[a] St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, parish register [online images, familysearch.org].
[b] Still at university (unmarried) in 1661 (John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1922), 1:181, https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/181/mode/1up ), eldest-known child baptized 1666.
[c] Tunstall, Lancashire, parish register [online images, findmypast.co.uk], https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FLANCS%2FBAP%2F00239577; William Harold Chippindall, A History of the Parish of Tunstall, Chetham Soc. Pub. N.S. 104 (1940), 13-14 [cited by Dr. Roff, I haven’t had the chance to personally check this source].
[d] St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, parish register [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31280_198025-00200?pid=1542470 .
[e] John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1922), 1:181, https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/181/mode/1up ; ‘Bordley, Stephen (1661-1695),’ CCEd Person ID: 86394, Clergy of the Church of England Database, https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/index.jsp ; Robert Surtees, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 vols. (London, 1816-1840), 2:[94-104], https://www.british-history.ac.uk/antiquities-durham/vol2/pp94-104 ; Ida Darlington, ed., Survey of London, 47 vols. (London, 1955), pp. [91-94], https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol25/pp91-94 .
[f] Prerogative Court Of Canterbury Administrations 1660-1700, abstract, findmypast.co.uk, https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=OR%2FCANT%2FCOURT%2F0008975 .
[g] Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/26, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf .
[h] Papers of the Stapleton Family, U DDCA2/43/29, Hull History Centre, http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/u-ddca.pdf .
[i] Consistory Court of Durham, original will, DPRI/1/1720/B5 [online images, familysearch.org], https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZC9-H6T . Dr. Roff discovered this important source that identifies the maiden name of Margaret, wife of Rev. Stephen Bordley.
[j] IGI, familysearch.org. Original parish register inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[k] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 19:99-104 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737520_00054/392581 ; PCC 253 Farrant [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310283-00342/699657 .
------------------------------
14. Rev. STEPHEN BORDLEY, bp. South Shields, Co. Durham, 24 Aug. 1674 [a], bur. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., 25 Aug. 1709,[b, p5] m. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., 14 Oct. 1700, ANN HYNSON.[b, p4] Cambridge graduate.[c] Immigrated 1697 to serve as Rector of St. Paul’s Parish, Kent Co., Md.[d] Ann, m. (2) Kent Co., Md., bef. 27 Feb. 1710/1, Rev. Alexander Williamson.[e] Alexander, d. Kent Co., Md., betw. 30 April 1740 and 9 Sept. 1740 (dates of will and probate).[f] Alexander, Rector of St. Paul’s Parish, Kent Co., Md. 11 May 1711.[g]
Children of Stephen Bordley by Ann Hynson (all events at St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., unless otherwise specified):[b]
i. Margaret Bordley b. 3 July 1701, bp. 4 May 1701,[b, p4] bur. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., 13 Dec. 1702.[b, p4]
ii. Ann Bordley, b. 22 Oct. 170[3], bur. 27 Oct. 170[3].[b, p5]. The margin of the page is torn away making year illegible, but dates before and after this entry state 1703.
iii. Thomas Bordley, b. 22 Oct. 1704,[b, p4] d. 1752,[h] m. (1) 19 Dec. 1727, Mary Smithers.[b, p7] Mary, d. 31 July 1729.[b, p7] Thomas, m. (2) 21 Feb. 1731[/2], Ann Miller.[b, p7] Has descendants.
iv. Mary Bordley, b. 22 July 1707, bp. 10 Aug. 1707,[b, p4] liv. 19 Oct. 1737,[i] m. 15 April 1725, Elias Ringgold.[b, p58] Elias, b. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., 6 Sept. 1702,[b, p54] d. Kent Co., Md., betw. 19 Oct. 1737 and 21 Nov 1737 (dates of will and probate).[i] Their two children Ann and Thomas died as infants on 25 Aug. 1729.[b, p59] Elias made provisions in his will in case his wife was with child at his death.[i]
v. Stephen Bordley, b. 13 Jan. 1709[/10],[b, p5] d. St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., betw. 19 Aug. 1776 and 7 Sept. 1776 (dates of will and probate),[j] m. 22 April 1731, Priscilla Murphy.[b, p7] Priscilla, b. 18 June 1714,[b, p49] d. 4 Feb. 1741/2.[k] Stephen, m. (2) by 11 March 1744[double?], Susan Harris.[l] Has descendants.
-----References----
[a] IGI, familysearch.org. Original parish register inaccessible during COVID-19 pandemic.
[b] St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., parish register [online images, msa.maryland.gov], http://speccol.msa.maryland.gov/pages/speccol/microfilm.aspx?speccol=2650 .
[c] John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge, 1922), 1:181, https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/181/mode/1up ; ‘Bordley, Stephen (1695-1696),’ CCEd Person ID: 161170, Clergy of the Church of England Database, https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/persons/index.jsp : ordained a deacon 22 Sept. 1695 at church of St Botolph, Aldersgate, London; ordained a priest 20 Sept. 1696 at church of St Paul’s, Covent Garden, Middlesex.
[d] St. Paul, Kent Co., Md., vestry minutes, 2 July 1697, pp. 19-20 (appointment) [online images, msa.maryland.gov], http://speccol.msa.maryland.gov/pages/speccol/microfilm.aspx?speccol=2650 .
[e] Rev. Mr. Stephen Bordley 33A.171 A KE £309.12.5 £208.18.8 Feb 27 1711. Administratrix: Ann Williamson, wife of Mr. Alexander Williamson, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I090889&tree=Tree1 .
[f] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 22:244-245 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737521_00669/396138 .
[g] Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 2:892, http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000426/html/am426--892.html .
[h] Ancestral Records and Portraits: A Compilation from the Archives of Chapter I., The Colonial Dames of America (New York, 1910), 2:668, https://books.google.com/books?id=Pox2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA668&lpg=PA668 , I haven’t tracked down the source of this death year.
[i] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 21:802-803 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737521_00408/394923 .
[j] Kent Co., Md., will liber 5:227-228 [online images, familysearch.org], https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTY5-98KG?i=307&cc=1803986&cat=41277 .
[k] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck Counties, https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I066809&tree=tree1&sitever=mobile , I haven’t tracked down a source for this date.
[l] Marriage Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s1500/s1527/html/ssi1527bl.html , citing MDAD 21:159, 163.
------------------------------
14. THOMAS BORDLEY, esq., of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, b. South Shields, co. Durham, 1682 (according to granddaughter), or c1683 (age 41 or thereabouts on 17 Feb 1724/5),[a] d. soon after an operation for ‘the stone’ in London, England, 11 Oct. 1726,[b] bur. St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, 18 Oct. 1726,[c] m. (1) St. Anne, Annapolis, 26 Dec. 1708, RACHEL BEARD.[d, p10] Rachel, d. Annapolis, 21 Nov. 1722.[d, p76] Thomas, m. (2) Annapolis, 1 Sept. 1723, ARIANA (FRISBY) VANDERHEYDEN.[e] Ariana, d. of a smallpox inoculation, bur. St Clement Danes, Middlesex, England, 29 April 1741.[f] After Thomas’s death, ‘Ariana Bordley, widow of Thos. Bordley, Esq., deceased’ married ‘Edmond Jenings, son and heir of Edmond Jenings of the Colony of Virginia, Esq.’ at Annapolis ‘by the Rev. Mr. John Humphreys.’[d, p93 - quoting transcript, not original record] Portrait painted by Gustavus Hesselius.[g]
Thomas's career: ‘studied law in Annapolis;’ Anne Arundel County Court Clerk (1703-1708/9), Lower House, Annapolis (1708-1711, 1715, 1716-1718, 1719, 1722-1724, 1725-1726), Upper House (1720-1721), Clerk, Secretary’s Office and Provincial Court (1703-1707), Clerk, Committees of the Lower House (1704, 1706, 1714), Clerk, Prerogative Office (1708-1712), Surveyor General, Western Shore (1717-1718), Attorney General (1718-1721), Commissary General (1718-1721), Council (April 1720-September 1721).[h]
Proof of parentage: In his will, dated 29 June 1726, proved in both the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and the Prerogative Court of Maryland, he described himself as ‘I Thomas Bordley of the City of Annapolis in the Province of Maryland Esq’r the youngest Child of the Reverend Stephen Bordley Clerk late Prebendary of S’t Pauls and Rector of S’t Mary Newington London’[i]
Children of Thomas Bordley by Rachel Beard (all bp. St. Anne, Annapolis):[d]
i. Stephen Bordley, bp. 21 March 1708[/9][d, p7], bur. there, 1709.[d, p9]
Stephen Bordley, esq., bp. 30 March 1710,[d, p13] d. ‘after a tedious Indisposition with complicated Disorders’ at his house in Annapolis, 6 Dec. 1764,[j] bur. family vault, St. Anne, Annapolis.[k] Stephen Bordley, gent., son and heir of Thomas Bordley, esq., of Annapolis, Md., was admitted to Inner Temple in London on 1 Nov. 1729.[l] Attorney General of Maryland, Mayor of Annapolis.[m] A portrait by John Wollaston survives.[n]
ii. William Bordley, bp. 24 March 1714[/15],[d, p23] d.s.p. at his plantation in Cecil Co., Md., 11 Feb. 1762,[o] m. ----- Pearce.[p, p73] They had a son and a daughter who both died in infancy.[p, p73] In 1750, William’s brother Stephen described him as ‘a Gentleman-farmer,’ ‘who lives on his own land, which is of the best sort amongst us, & as good as any in England.’[p, p46]
Elizabeth Bordley, bp. 7 Feb. 1716/7,[d, p41] d. unm., of a paralytic affection, 28 Nov. 1789,[p, p54] bur. family vault, St. Anne, Annapolis.[q] Godmother to Ariana, daughter of Edward Jenings and Ariana, at her baptism 26 July 1730.[d, p98] Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of her c1770.[r]
iii. John Bordley, bur. 1 Feb. 1718/9[d, p48]
iv. Margaret Bordley, b. 23 Nov. 1718,[d, p54] bp. 14 Dec. 1718,[d, p55], bur. 29 Jan. 1718/9.[d, p55]
v. Margaret Bordley, bp. 20 Jan. 1719[/20] (no parents named)[d, p63].
vi. John Bordley, merchant, of Kent Co., Md., bp. 11 June 1721,[d, p68] d.s.p. betw. 2[2?] Oct. 1754 and 31 March 1761 (dates of will and probate),[s] m. Isabella.[s]In 1750, John’s brother Stephen described him as ‘a trader.’[p, p46]
vii. Mary Bordley, b. 8 July 1722,[d, p74] bp. 22 July 1722,[d, p74] d. 30 Aug. 1722.[d, p75]
Child of Thomas Bordley by Ariana Vanderheyden (10-11 and probably 12 bp. St. Anne, Annapolis):[d]
viii. Thomas Bordley, bp. 4 Oct. 1724,[d, p83], d.s.p. unm., of smallpox soon after returning to England (where he had lived since he was 10 years old),[p, p56] bur. St Clement Danes, Middlesex, 18 Sept. 1747.[t] In 1737, in a letter to his aunts Mary and Elizabeth Bordley in England, Stephen wrote that his half-brother Thomas ‘is now in England, under Mr. Saml. Hyde’s care, Merchant in London.’[p, p43] In his will dated 4 June 1747, ‘Thomas Bordley at Present of Annapolis in the Province of Maryland but intending this day to depart for Great Brittain’ he left legacies to his friend Mrs Margaret Smith of Mark Lane London haberdasher and her family, a moiety of 4 lots in Annapolis to his brother John [Bordley], ¼ part of Augustin mannor to his brother Matthias Bordley agreeable to his father’s inclination as well as mine, and the residue of his Maryland real estate to his sister Elizabeth Bordley and his brother Beal Bordley. He appointed Mr. Martin Smith of Mark Lane aforesaid executor, with Mr Jennings and his brother Stephen [Bordley] assisting him.[u]
ix. Matthias Bordley, clerk, planter, and tobacco merchant, bp. 6 Oct. 1725,[d, p87] d.s.p. Charles Town, Cecil Co., Md., 15 Sept. 1756,[v] m. Peggy Bigger when she was 16.[p, p56-57] Peggy, d. in giving birth to her first child.[p, p56-57] In 1750, his brother Stephen stated Matthias had ‘a genteel and beneficial place under Government.’[p, p46] In his will, dated 1756, he made bequests to Ann Stewart and Mrs. Bigger and appointed his brother Beale Bordley executor. John Bordley [his half-brother] witnessed Matthias’s will.[w] Legatee in half-brother John’s will.[s]
x. Judge John Beale Bordley, esq., merchant, lawyer, agriculturalist, b. Annapolis, 1 Feb. 1726/7 (O.S.), 11 Feb. 1726/7 (N.S.)[p, p65], d. Philadelphia, Pa., 26 Jan. 1804 (age 78y 11m),[p, p142] bur. St. Peter, Philadelphia, Pa.,[x], m. (1) 13 Oct. 1751, Margaret Chew.[y] Margaret,b. 1735, d. 1773, bur. Bordley family vault, St. Anne, Annapolis.[z] John, m. (2) Philadelphia, Pa., by Right Reverend Bishop White, 8 Oct. 1776, Sarah (Fishbourne) Mifflin, widow.[p, pp109-110] Sarah, b. 31 Oct. 1733, d. 16 May 1816, bur. St. Peter, Philadelphia, Pa.[aa] ‘Had approximately two years of schooling under Rev. Charles Peale in Chestertown, Kent County; studied law under his half brother Stephen Bordley (1710-1764) in Annapolis from 1744 to 1749.’[bb] Appointed executor to his brother Matthias’s will.[w] Will abstract Phila.[cc] Portrait by Peale’s son, Charles Willson Peale.[dd] In 1750, his brother Stephen described him as ‘a trader.’[p, p46] In her book published in 1865, Judge Bordley’s daughter stated that ‘the only one of Mr. [Thomas] Bordley’s seven children, whose progeny now survives’ was her father John Beale Bordley. In 1766, he ‘succeeded in gaining a handsome subscription for him [Charles Willson Peale], to which he largely contributed, to enable him to visit Europe, to take lessons in painting from his countryman Mr. West, now Sir Benjamin West.’ Peale was friends with Bordley’s family ‘throughout life.’[p, p80] Biography.[ee]
-----References----
[a] E.B. Gibson, Sketches of the Bordley Family (Philadelphia, 1865), 14, https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/14/mode/2up ; William Hand Browne, ed., Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1698-1731, Archives of Maryland 25 (Baltimore, 1905), 439, http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000025/html/am25--439.html : 17 Feb. 1724/5, ‘The Deposition of Thomas Bordley aged 41 Years or thereabouts.’
[b] ‘An Elegy on the Death of Thomas Bordley, Esq;’ https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-elegy-on-the-death-of-thomas-bordley-esq/ : ‘In Magna Obijt Britania Undecimo die Octobris…Epitaph: Here Bordley lyes, the brightest Sage, With Lawyer ever did engage, In Maryland, -to Clients true…;’ Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, Biographical Sketches of the Bordley Family, of Maryland (Philadelphia, 1865), 19, https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/18/mode/2up .
[c] St Mary Newington, Southwark, Surrey, parish register [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31280_198027-00063/2600393 .
[d] Annie Walker Burns, St. Anne’s parish register, 2 vols. (1939?), https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008423940?cat=514991 .
[e] E.B. Gibson, Sketches of the Bordley Family (Philadelphia, 1865), 18, https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs/page/18/mode/2up ; John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 3 vols. (Baltimore, 2004), 1:201-202.
[f] St Clement Danes, Middlesex, parish register [online images, findmypast.co.uk], https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FD%2F490574765%2F1 : ‘Ariana Jennings.’
[g] Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000113/html/113images.html .
[h] Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 147-148, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--147.html .
[i] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 19:99-104 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737520_00054/392581 ; PCC 253 Farrant [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310283-00342/699657 .
[j] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 33:39-42 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737527_00024/319308 ; Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md., 13 Dec. 1764, p. 2, col. 2 [online images, msa.maryland.gov], https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001280/html/m1280-1353.html ; Joseph C. Morton, ‘Stephen Bordley of Colonial Annapolis,’ Winterthur Portfolio 5 (1969):1-14, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1180509 ; Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 146-147, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--146.html .
[k] Memorial 70612471, St. Anne’s Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Md. [online image, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70612471/stephen-bordley .
[l] The Inner Temple Admissions Database, http://www.innertemplearchives.org.uk/detail.asp?id=9113
[m] Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 146-147, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--146.html .
[n] Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000113/html/113images.html .
[o] Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md., 25 Feb. 1762, p. 3, col. 2 [online images, msa.maryland.gov], https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001280/html/m1280-0702.html .
[p] E.B. Gibson, Sketches of the Bordley Family (Philadelphia, 1865), https://archive.org/details/biographicalsket01gibs : The author is immigrant Thomas Bordley’s granddaughter (Judge John Beale Bordley’s daughter).
[q] Memorial 70612574, St. Anne’s Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Md. [online image, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70612574/elizabeth-bordley .
[r] Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/000100/000113/html/113images.html .
[s] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 31:212-213 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737526_00110/410150 .
[t] St Clement Danes, Middlesex, parish register [online images, findmypast.co.uk], https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FD%2F490577263%2F1 .
[u] Prerogative Court of Canterbury 222 Potter [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_311624-00099/519616 .
[v] Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md., 16 Sept. 1756, p. 3, col. 2, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001279/html/m1279-1008.html .
[w] Prerogative Court of Maryland, will bk. 30:211-212 [online images, ancestry.com], https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737525_00005/339386 .
[x] Memorial 11318502, St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. [online images, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11318502/john-beale-bordley ; Olive Moore Gambrill, ‘John Beale Bordley and the Early Years of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society,’ The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 66 (1942), 410–439, https://www.jstor.org/stable/20087528 .
[y] Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md., 16 Oct. 1751, p. 2, col. 2 [online images, msa.maryland.gov], https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001278/html/m1278-1485.html .
[z] Memorial 70612620, St. Anne’s Churchyard, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Md. [online image, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70612620/margaret-bordley .
[aa] Memorial 11318516, St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. [online images, findagrave.com], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11318516/sarah-mifflin-bordley ; Lawrence Buckley Thomas, Genealogical Notes (Baltimore, 1878), 12, https://books.google.com/books?id=WbFsJ5MA7RoC&pg=PA11-IA1&lpg=PA11-IA1 .
[bb] Edward C. Papenfuse et al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1979), 145-146, https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000426/html/am426--145.html .
[cc] ‘Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Will Index, 1682-1819,’ Ancestry, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=4695&h=11376&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7486 : 1:165, Will dated 19 Jan. 1801, proved 30 Jan. 1804, Will of John Beale Bordley. City of Philadelphia, lately of Maryland. Sons: Matthias and John Bordley. Daughters: Elizabeth Bordley and Henrietta Maria, wife of David Ross of Bladensburgh. John F. Mifflin of Union Street, Philadelphia, son of wife. Robert Milligan of Bohemia. Children of dau. Henrietta Maria, names not mentioned. Mrs. Penn. Granddaughter: Peggy Ross. Emancipates his family slaves, Moses, Charles and Jemmy. Lands on Bear Creek in Chester Co. and lots in Baltimore and Annapolis. Exec: Wife (name not mentioned), dau. Elizabeth and friends John F. Mifflin and Robert Millegan.
[dd] Portrait, c1790, https://www.nyhistory.org/exhibit/john-beale-bordley-1727-1804 .
[ee] Simon Baatz, ‘Bordley, John Beale (11 February 1727-26 Jan 1804), American National Biography, https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1000164 .
0 new messages