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(1) John Foote of Royston
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(First Direct Ancestor In England)
- Birth Date: About the year 1530
- Birth Place: Royston, Hertfordshire, England.
- Christening: Unknown.
- Death: before. January 1558/59
- Burial: Royston, , Hertfordshire, England
- Children: Four Children
- Generation: First Generation In England
- Father: Possibly James John Foote B: 1496 in Linconshire, England (This is not confirmed with currently available records)
- Mother:Possibly Helen Warren b: ABT. 1500 in Bessinghome, Cambridge, England (This is not confirmed with currently available records)
John Foote of Royston was one of our oldest confirmed ancestors. He was born about the year 1530 in the town of Royston, Hertfordshire, England.. He owned a small manor house along with some land in the town. John was the father of Robert Foote of Shalford, and the Grand Father of Nathaniel Foote the Settler. John died before. January 1558/59 in Royston, , Hertfordshire, England.
Marriage: Parish records show that in the year 1548 John was married to Helen or Ellen Warren_(Waryn) the daughter of Richard Warren and Alice Jenway in Hertfordshire, England. She was born Abt. 1529 in Bassingbourn, Cambridgshire, Eng. Her death was recorded at St. Leonard,N/E Chapel, London,England.
John and Helen had four children
(2) i ROBERT FOOTE OF SHALFORD
Robert Foote of Shalford was the first son of John Foote of Royston. He is our second generation ancestor in England. He was born in the year 1552 and died. January 28, 1607/08, London, England.
(3) ii JOHN FOOTE OF LONDON
John Foote of London was born about the year 1555 In Royston, Hertsfordshire, England. He married Margaret Brooke the daughter of John Brooke of London. He was nathaniel Foote's uncle. John was a citizen and Grocer of London. He died about the year 1616 and was buried at London England. John was married in the year 1581. His wife died about the year 1634 and is buried at St. Benets Grace Church in London. They had six children.
(-) iii AVES FOOTE.
(-) iv ELIZABETH FOOTE.
John's Will
Source (PCC 34 noodles; George McCracken, "Nathaniel Foote's English Relatives" in The American Genealogist 1977 53: 193, hereafter McCracken; Janice Greene Valore, "More on Nathaniel Foote's Ancestors" in The American Genealogist (April 1978, 99, hereafter Valore)
John Foote died before 18 Jul 1558. When the undated will of John Foote of Royston, Cambridgeshire, England, tallow chandler, was probated His will revealed that he had a wife named Helen, sons Robert and John, and daughters Aves or Avis (Alice) and Elizabeth. The will also alluded to the testator's brother Foote, first name not stated and his two older children.
- He left to the church of Royston, 20s;
- To wife Helen, all lands and tenements in Royston for life; and L80 to be divided among all the children;
- To servant Maud Smythe L6/13/4 to her marriage;
- L3 that my brother Foot oweth to his two eldest children;
- To wife's brother Richard Warren the younger and to her uncle John Jenawaye of Stoone, 40s each;
- To wife the rest;
- To son Robert a goblet, feather bed and bedding;
- To son John Foot a silver salt, feather bed and bedding;
- To Aves Foote and Elizabeth Foote, daughters, each three of the best spoons, bed and bedding;
- All the remainder to wife named executrix.
Witness
- William Meede, citizen and grocer of London;
- John Jenaway,
- Nicholas Warreyn of Bassingbourn
- Richard Warreyn of Bassingbourn.
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