Marianne, William Eltonhead was captured and executed at the Battle of the Severn on March 25, 1655. 4/9/1664: The Depositione of Jno Anderton. This depont aged 36 yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined Sayth that about the 28th of March in the yeare 1655 att Seauerne Mr William Eltonhead Called to him this Deponant and desired him to take notice of what hee then said, as to the disposing of his Estate, was and should stand for his last Will hee being a Prisoner, and hauing the Benifitt of paper and inke which caused him to declare by word of mouth to which this Depont was a wittnes as followeth Impr that hee left his land and prsonall Estate to his wife att her disposing, and farther did desire his said wife to bestow on Robert and Richard ifenwicke something as a remembrance of him. John Anderton. Taken before mee this 9th Aprill 1664. Charles Caluert. (Archives of Maryland, Vol. 49, p. 206). NOTE: Robert and Richard Fenwick were the children of Cuthbert Fenwick and his second, wife Jane Eltonhead, widow of Robert Moryson. 1667/1668: Thomas Smyth was put to death in a rebellion on Kent Island. His estate was delivered to Jane Smyth, relict of sd. Thomas Smyth for the use of her two young female children. The land is now in dispute by Gutrud, wife of John Anderton and dau. of sd. Thomas Smyth. Kent Co. (Archives of Maryland). William Eltonhead's wife was Jane Fenwick, sister of Cuthbert Fenwick. She didn't have a lot of luck with husbands. Her first husband, Thomas Smyth (Smith) was captured by Governor Leonard Calvert after the reduction of Kent Island in 1645 and hanged as a pirate. 1667/1668: Thomas Smyth was put to death in a rebellion on Kent Island. His estate was delivered to Jane Smyth, relict of sd. Thomas Smyth for the use of her two young female children. The land is now in dispute by Gutrud, wife of John Anderton and dau. of sd. Thomas Smyth. Kent Co. (Archives of Maryland). Her second husband, Philip Taylor died in 1649 and then, of course, the third husband was William Eltonhead. Ann Sutton, wife of Richard Eltonhead. This is now the third version I've heard of her surname. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature says she was Elizabeth Osbaldeston. Jane Eltonhead was b. about 1633 presumably in Lancashire. Her father, Richard Eltonhead, had been b. in 1611 and at an early age married Anne, dau. of Richard Massey of Ruxton, Lancashire. Six Eltonhead sisters married VA gentlemen, yet it is not known how and when these Eltonhead maidens arrived in VA. The other five daughters of Richard Eltonhead who came to VA were: Martha who became the second wife of Edwin Conway; Agatha who married Ralph Wormeley; Eleanor who married Edward Brocas; Alice who married Rowland Burnham and William Henry Corbin; and Katherine who married Thomas Mears. Richard Eltonhead was the son of Richard Eltonhead, Gent. who was b. in 1582 and who married Anne, dau. of Edward Sutton of Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire. It was he, the grandfather of Jane (Eltonhead) Moryson-Fenwick who at his estate Ormeskeite on 9/23/1664 recorded his paternal ancestry back seven generations to one Henri Eltonhedde de Eltonhead, the manuscript being now in the British museum. (Flowering of the Maryland Palantine by Harry Wright Newman). Linda Reno ----- Original Message ----- From: "marianne dillow" <mdillow31@verizon.net> To: <MDSTMARY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:34 PM Subject: [MDSTMARY] Eltonhead Line in Maryland, Virginia. and England, > My 9th great grandparents are Martha Eltionhead that married Edwin Conway. > Martha is the daughter of Richard Eltonhead and Anne Sutton. I am > attempting to trace Richard Eltonhead's lineage but there appears to be > several generations going to Henry Eltonhead, first I see of the line. > > According to another persons research the following is noted. > " Parrin, in his Register of Maryland Heraldic Families Pages 273-277 > shows that family of NORRES or NORRIS family were owners of the manor of > Eltonhead. The origins of the NORRES family became Eltonhead and started > in Sutton, Lancashire, England before the beginning of the reign of Henry > III." > > " In his comment on Eltonhead, Sir william Norres of Speke affirms that > there were families in Sutton who had once carried the name of Norres but > had given it up." > > " The Eltonheads original crest was on a window in Chidwell Church, > County, Lancashire. It displays the same crest as Sir Henry Norres who > married Alice of Chester, daughter of Roger de Ernys." > > I have as data, Richard Eltonhead was born ca 1582 in Eltonhead, > Lancashire England and died 23 Sep 1664 in the same location, son of > William Eltonhead and Anne Bowers. His wife Anne Sutton was born ca 1586 > in Rushton, Staffordshire, England and died about 1686 in England. She is > the daughter of Edward Sutton and Theodosia Harrington. > > Richard Eltonhead and Anne Sutton had five daughters that came to Virginia > and a brother William Eltonhead that came to Maryland. > > Children: > i. William Eltonhead born ca 1615 in Lancashire, England and died 14 May > 1657 in Calvert Co., MD. He was a member of the Maryland Council. Hayden > shows that William Eltonhead took the oath of fealty on 2 Jan 1646, and > that he was a member of the King's Privy Council 29 Sep 1649, or a little > more than two years after taking his oath of fealty to the Stuarts. He > took the oath as a member of the Privy Council 22 Jul 1650 and undertook a > mission to the colony of Maryland as agent of Lord Baltimore 1654-5. There > he was killed in the conflict between Governor Stone and Fenwick. > > ii. Agatha Eltonhead m (1) Luke Stubbins ; (2) Ralph Wormley, Sr. ; (3) > Henry Chicheley. > > iii. Alice Eltonhead m (1) Rowland Burham; (2) Henry Corbin; 93) Henry > Creyke. > > iv. Martha Eltonhead m (1) Edwin Conway (my grandparents) ; m (2) William > Stanard. > > v. Jane Eltonhead m (1) Robert Moryson; (2) Cuthbert Fenwick. > > vi. Eleanor Eltonhead m (1) Col. John Carter; (2) Capt. William Brocus. > > Any information on the Eltonhead line are others kin to the ones mentioned > I would like to hear from. I descend from Martha Eltonhead that married > Edwin Conway. > > Marianne Dillow > Illinois > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message