Athelstand Tyndale, Bristol upholsterer
My 8th great-grandfather, Edmund Howard (b. 1655-Norfolk, England, d. 1713 in Charles county, Maryland), in will dated 3 Dec 1709 in Charles county, Maryland, United States gave 'personality' to 'brother Rich'd Eyton, merchant in London,and only sister, Mrs. Hester tyndale, wife of Athelstand Tyndale, upholsterer in Bristol' Edmund listed on colonial tax records as 'gentleman' & 'planter', served on colonial courts, married to Margaret Dent, daughter of Judge Thomas Dent, of Gishborough, England & St. Mary's county, Maryland, United States. Looking for link to parents of Edmund. Any assistance much appreciated!
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The only Edmund Howard I could find (through Mormon Church copies of English parish records) who was born at the right time to be our ancestor came from Heaton (Greater Manchester). There are an Edmund and John Howard who were transported from Bristol to Richmond, VA. in 1664. If this is our Edmund may explain why he had a sister who married an upholsterer in Bristol. His brother Richard Eyton of London may have a different surname because he become known as Richard of Heaton (pronounced Eyton in Cheapside, London?) I did quite a lot of research a few years ago (before there were online records) and this was the most convincing guess I could make of Edmund Howard's origins.
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I took it to be 2 marriages for Edmund Howard's mother, found entries in the 1838 & 1852 editions of John Burke's 'landed gentry and nobility' (paraphrased)genealogical & historical publications that show William Tyndale's son Athelstand m. Hester Eyton, dau. of Gerard Eyton of Barbados. Haven't gotten more than that, though I believe safe to assume our Howard/Eyton wife is of a respectable family as she marries into 2 well-known English families. Which of Edmund Howard's children do you descend from? I am as follows: Edmund Howard, George Howard, Mary Howard, George Howard Aydelott, Elizabeth H. Aydelott, John Baird, Jr, Sarah Baird, Charles W. Scott, James B. Scott, Robert James Scott, myself, then my children, & grandchild.
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I think it's very strange there would be a 17th c Barbados connection. Still think the Eyton surname may have referred to Heaton if that was where they all came from (there wasn't much consistency in spelling of people's or place names at that time).
William Stevens Howard.
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eytons were in barbados & jamaica; many landed & wealthy families had business interests in the West Indies and it was a stepping stone for many American colonists of that time period; will check into Heatons but Burke's was a very well-known and well-regarded publications; families referred to it to see how potential marriages would ally the respective families. (We all like our own theories best, dont we?) Have been working on other lines (in fact, will be in KY in 4 weeks checking various records in both Marion & Nelson counties) but your posts may s
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I think Burke's is very reputable. But the reason I wonder if the Eytons in Barbados were connected to Edmund Howard's sister who married Athelstand Tyndale in Bristol is how and why would one have returned to England? I suppose anything's possible but travel wasn't casual in the mid 1600's. Those who travelled to America and the W Indies were seeking a new life and opportunities.
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The other thing I found was that spelling was very haphazard in parish records from the 17th c. Edmund Howard may well have been Edmundi Heywood or Hewood (or other similar variations). I thought the ones from Prestwich Parish (Gr Manchester) records who lived in Heaton and Rhodes Green were very likely our family because the DOB's and first names fit better than others I found elsewhere. I found a 1664 ship's list of passengers transported from Bristol to Richmond that included an Edmund and a John Howard. The dates of his arrival would fit with this.
There is also, strangely, a second ship's list in 1666 (also Bristol to Richmond) with an identical list of transported passengers but a different captain! At the time captains were given land in exchange for each person transported. I thought it possible that if our Edmund was one of the people on those lists, might he not have made a deal with one (or both) of the captains in order to get out of his 7 year indenture and even gain some land (in Maryland) for himself?
If Edmund boarded a ship in Bristol, perhaps his sister stayed there and married A. Tyndale. And possibly their brother Richard went on to London where he married and had (at least) two daughters (whose baptisms are recorded there).
I have no proof of this, just did a lot of detective work a few years ago (in a local Morman library and at the Richmond State Library). So take all this for what it's worth and with a big grain of salt.
Many years ago my grandmother spent a lot of money hiring people at the Royal College of Geneology to try to establish a link between Edmund Howard and the noble Howard family. They could find no link.
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