On Monday, August 14, 2017 at 12:25:54 PM UTC-6, Paulo Canedo wrote: > In 2015 there was a discussion in this newsgroup that started with a question about the validity of immigrant Henry Gregory as a Gateway Ancestor to Royalty. I saw it a few days ago and today I saw a post of 2000 in www.genealogy.com it is http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/gregory/2742/ that affirms that the immigrant Henry being son of John Gregory of Nottinghamshire is not proven however the evidence they say there seems to me enough to make a good case. John's son William who was styled Gentleman in his will dated 18 June 1650 and proved on 5 February 1651, gave a legacy to his brother Henry Gregory "now in New England." There is no other known Henry Gregory in New England at the time. Henry of Nottingham son of John is known to have been a shoemaker and Henry the Immigrant was also one. Henry the Immigrant named his eldest son John that was the name of Henry of Nottingham's father and Henry of Nottingham is known to have had a daughter named Anne who has the correct age to be Henry the Immigrant's daughter Anne. > > I think this is convincing enough but comments on the topic are welcome. With some trepidation, I'll offer this: Coddington (TAG 38:173) at gen 9 mentions that Richard Parr m. "Emme Hulton, daughter of Roger Hulton, of Hulton, co. Lancaster by his wife Katherine Harrington, daughter and heiress of Sir James Harrington of Wolfedge, Co Lancaster." The two sources given by Coddington do not mention the wife of Roger Hulton, but it is found in Foster's Lancashire Pedigrees. With more credibility, there is a thread from 2008 (search on "roger hulton") that explains that Katherine Harrington had two husbands, Roger being not mentioned in her mother's IPM, and not given in other published sources that I could find (see also Anc John Barber White, 1913). This apparently leads to pre-conquest royalty for Henry Gregory. See Anc Roots line #34-37. Corrections? Comments? New Gateway? Thanks Greg Cooke

Dear Greg ~ My research indicates that Katherine Harington, daughter and co-heiress of Sir James Harington, of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, Westleigh (in Leigh), Lancashire, etc., married (1st) William Mirfield/Myrfeld (born c. 1486-1520) and (2nd) Thomas Burgh (or Brugh), Knt. (died by 1537). See Yorkshire Notes & Queries 1 (1888): 105–120 (re. Mirfield fam.), which is available at the following weblink: https://books.google.com/books?id=8PQvAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA115 Also see the following Chancery Proceedings available at the online Discovery catalogue: C 1/421/4; C 1/421/7; C 1/467/55; C 1/467/56; C 1/498/47 (available at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk). Benolte, Vis. of Lancashire 1533 2 (Chetham Soc. 110) (1882): 190 includes the following editorial note: “Adam Hulton was eldest son of Roger Hulton of the Park, who had married Katherine, one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir James Harington. She was his widow in 16 Henry VII. (1500), as appears by an indenture quoted by Mr. Hulton. This alliance has been overlooked by the Editor in previous notices of the heiresses of Sir James Harington and of his wife Isabella - Katherine being, at the time of her mother’s death, named in her will as one of her heirs, and wife of William Mirfyld.” END OF QUOTE. There is a discussion of the daughters of Sir James Harington, including Katherine, published in Benolte, Vis. of Lancashire 1533 1 (Chetham Soc. 98) (1876): xii–xv. This material may be viewed at the following weblink: https://books.google.com/books?id=SwEVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR12 The editor identifies of only one husband for Katherine Harington, namely William Mirfyld, whereas the evidence I have cited above proves had two husbands. No mention is made of a marriage to Roger Hulton. It seems that a certain Katherine Harington did marry a Roger Hulton. See, for example, St. George Vis. of London 1633–5 1 (H.S.P. 15) (1880): 400 (Hulton ped.) which reads as following: "Roger Hulton of the Parke = Katherin da. of Sir James Harington Kt." However, I doubt that she was the same person as the Katherine Harington who married William Mirfield and Sir Thomas Burgh. I say that because Roger Hulton's wife, Katherine, is known to have been a widow with at least four children in 1500 [see Benolte, Vis. of Lancashire 1533 2 (Chetham Soc. 110) (1882): 189–190], whereas the other Katherine Harington's first husband, William Mirfield, was born about 1486 (aged 22 in 1508). Without doing more research, my guess is that there is a generation difference between the two Katherine Harington's. Lastly, I might mention that Benolte, Vis. of Lancashire 1533 1 (Chetham Soc. 98) (1876): xii–xv states that Katherine Harington's sister, Margaret Harington, married (1st) Christopher Hulton and (2nd) Thomas Pilkington. Benolte, Vis. of Lancashire 1533 2 (Chetham Soc. 110) (1882): 189–190 specifically quotes a record dated 1517 which mentions "the last wyll of Margett Pylkenton sumtyme 1ife of Cristoffe Hulton of ffarnworthe." The latter source pg. 190 adds that "it seems clear"that "there were two Margaret Haringtons, in different generations, each married to a Pilkington." But Benolte, Vis. of Lancashire 1533 1 (Chetham Soc. 98) (1876): xiii-xiv appears to dispute that there were two Harington-Pilkington marriages, saying that "Margaret wife of Sir Thomas Pilkington was therefore Aunt to Margaret who married Christopher Hulton." Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah