On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 11:59:02 AM UTC-7, Marcia via wrote: > Good day all! - This is my first post, but I have studied your posts for > years, researching the Maryland USA Gateway ancestors of my own: Digges, > Lowe, Brent, Brooke, Mainwaring, Calvert and Gerard. The recent proof of > Margaret Domville Hatton adds one more. I thank you for informative and > lively discussions. > > > > Here's another Gateway ancestor that needs further research and official > addiction to the 'list': Anne Fielder who m. (1) Thomas Gantt (in Hampshire > EN) and (2) Dr. John Wight (in Calvert County MD). > > > > Would anyone like to work with me on this? > > > > I purchased last year Colonial Chesapeake Families, British Origins and > Descendants, Vols. 1 & 2, by Dr. Harrison Dwight Cavanagh of Dallas, TX > (2014). His extensive research ties Anne Fielder to the English families of > Cole, Tipping, Dering, Waller, Archdeacon/l'Arcedekne, Weston, Gerard, Page, > Mainwaring, Cotton, and many more with whom we are all familiar. > > > > https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/colonial-chesapeake-families-british > -origins-and-descendants-1 > > > > http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-000753362/colonial-chesapeake-fami > lies-british-origins-and-descendants.aspx > > > > The well-researched MD families of Gantt, Bradford, Wharton, Brooke and > Lancaster descend from this couple. (Myself, from Eleanor Bradford and > Raphael Lancaster Sr. of Prince George's County MD. Raphael was the son of > Capt. John Lancaster of Liverpool.) > > +++ > > Thomas Gantt, merchant and planter, was born 1630-1638 in (prob.) Bulwick > Parish, Northamptonshire, immigrating to Calvert County MD about Oct. 4, > 1653; transported as a "servant" (Calvert Maryland Patent Book 6, Folio > 126). He died before Jan 1692 (probate date, Calvert MD). > > > > Dr. Cavanagh cannot prove a deep (English) lineage for Thomas, but connects > Anne Fielder, Thomas's second wife, to the families mentioned above. > > > > Anne Fielder Gantt Wight, born c1662 in Hartley Wespall, County Hampshire, > and died before (probate date) May 26, 1726, in (now) Prince George's County > MD. She m. Dr. John Wight before April 22, 1697 as his second wife, the > first being Mary Gittings, daughter of John Gittings of Gedstone, Surrey (d. > Calvert County MD bef. probate date Feb 1676). > > > > Here is the truncated ancestral line for Anne Fielder, starting with: > > > > Generation One: Sir George Tipping > > Of Wheatfield/Whitfield, Oxon. c1564-1627/28, m. Dorothy Borlase/Burlace of > Little Marlow, Bucks. (1564-1637), daughter of Sir John Borlase Esq., M.P., > Bucks. and Anne Lytton (c1541-Jan 1621). > > > > Two children of Sir George and Dorothy Tipping: > > (1a) John Tipping (of Wheatfield Hall, c1590-1618) m. Anne Pigot/Pigott > (prob. Bucks. c1592-1617). Father of Sir Thomas Tipping, prominent > Parliamentarian during the English Civil War. > > (1b) Anne Tipping (bef 1590 -?) m. John Fielder, Heir of Burrough Court and > Polling Manor. (See next.) > > > > Generation Two: Anne Tipping Fielder > > >From Chesapeake Families: "John Fielder II, eldest son [of John] and heir to > Burrough Court and Polling Manor, Odiham Hundred, Hampshire, was born c1585. > He matriculated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University on 22 Oct 1602, aged > 17 years and died in September 1638 (Chan. Inq. p.m. [Ser. 2], 15 Charles > 1640, pt II no. 34). He married firstly about 1610 Anne TIPPING, eldest > daughter and heiress of Sir George Tipping (Typping) of Wheatfield Manor, > Oxfordshire. He married secondly Mary Pinke, widow of Robert Payne of > London, merchant." Issue from first marriage. > > > > The book does not determine the lineage of this John II Fielder, or his > (presumed) parents John I Fielder and Alice Cooke. > > > > He states: ". Fielders are numerous in the 16th and 17th century records in > Hampshire, especially in and around the environs of the ancient market town > of Petersfield. There are two armigerous branches of the family dating from > the mid-16th century registered in the various Visitations of Hampshire > (1530, 1575, 1624, 1686) emblazoning the same arms with no cadence > difference but without identifying earlier pedigree connections between > them. ....The Fielders of Burrough Court (Odiham Hundred) and their kin of > Cleer Place (Crundall Hundred) both used Field arms as fules,....No mottos > for either branch are recorded in the Visitations or in the College of > Arms." > > > > And, "John Fielder I was probably born c1530 and purchased Burrought Court > in 1561 from John Dale. At his death in 1620, the entailed manor passed to > his son John II who died testate in September 1628, and thence to his > grandson John III by 1640 (Inq. p.m. W. and L., 7 Jan 1 [1640] pt. ii, no. > 34). In 1699 John IV sold Burrough Court to Frederick TYLNEY of Rotherwick > (Feet of Fines, Hampshire Mich. II Will III). In 1596-1597, John I also > purchased the adjacent Manor of Polling from Robert Young, son of Nicholas > Young, died 1595; and at the death of John II in 1638, Polling was also > inherited by his son John III. In 1639-1640 John III sold part of Polling > Manor to Anthony Pickering and in 1649, part of Polling to his youngest > brother, William FIELDER, father of Ann Fielder GANTT. (Chan. Inq. p.m. > [Series 2] CCXLV, 56; ibid 15 Charles I; 59M87/48, RRO, Hampshire (1649). ." > > > > Children of John and Anne Tipping Fielder: > > (1) Susan Fielder born about 1610 m. John Bradley of Wokingham, > Berkshire > > (2) John Fielder III eldest son and heir to Burrough Court and > Polling Manors, Hampshire, gave his age to the Heralds in 1686 as 72 years > old (thus bc 1614). > > (3) Edward Fielder ESQ of Gray's Inn. > > (4) Capt. William Fielder, gent. Military Career, youngest son; d. > 1679. (See next.) > > > > Generation Three: Capt. William Fielder > > Born c1620 Hampshire, died abt. Oct 1679, buried Hartley Row Churchyard [?] > m. Margery COLE of Liss, Hampshire, (bef. Jul 31, 1697-buried Sep 9, 1699 > Hartley Row Churchyard. She was the daughter of Thomas COLE (c1573-1641) of > Liss, Hampshire, and Mary WALLER (c1595-c1672) of Beaconsfield, Bucks., dtr. > of Thomas WALLER ESQ (1546-Sep 1626 Beaconsfield), Justice of the Common > Pleas, and Dorothy GERARD (c1548-bef. Dec. 16, 1626) of Harrow-on-the-Hill, > Middlesex. > > > > Generation Four: Anne Fielder > > Daughter of Capt. William and Margery Cole Fielder: > > Anne Fielder who married Thomas Gantt (See above.) > > > > Would any researchers like to help by adding to, corroborating or disputing > any findings in these lines, per Dr. Cavanagh's book? It is the FIELDER line > that goes deep into familiar ancestral lines. > > > > Thanks to all - I welcome any correspondence and can reference the book at > any time. It would be nice to be able to add ANNE FIELDER GANTT WIGHT to the > established Gateway list of ancestors, and link many more English families > to USA descendants. > > > > I thank you - Regards, > > MEMattingly/Texas USA