Capt. Thomas Fenner

Not the same as Thomas Fenner, MP

Family

From https://www.fennertree.com/thomas-fenner-1540-1601

Thomas Fenner was born in Horley, Surrey, England in 1540. He married 1st Mary —, m 2nd Elizabeth — [bur 4 May 1614]. Thomas was buried on 18 December 1601. He wrote his will on 14 December 1601, leaving his son Samuel messuage and lands called "Tye Meadow" and "Tye Grove" in Burstow, "Little Harrowby" in Horne, "Tanners" in Horley, and "Cox Crofts" in Worth, Sussex Co. To his eldest son, Arthur, he left land called "Lakeland" and additional lands and tenements in Horne and Horley. To his youngest daughter, Sarah, he left £100 11d. He named his wife Elizabeth as executrix and residuary legatee, and asked that she would continue to raise the children on the farm named "Harrowby" The will was probated on 4 March 1601/2 and was confirmed on 30 June 1603. All the children were probably born from Mary.

• 1. Lucy [b ca. 1568]; m — Edshaw.
• 2. Susanna [b ca. 1570]; m John Falkner on 25 Nov. 1588.
• 3. Arthur [b 1575; d 1646]; m Sarah Browne.
• 4. Thomas [b 1578; d 16 Sept. 1638]; was a resident of Burstow, Surrey Co.
• 5. Sarah [b 1581]; m — Heathfield.
• 6. Samuel [b 1583].

Sources:

• a. Thomas' will information from Rick Buckingham, The Book of Begats. Line 2: 1.
• b. Birthdates of Thomas, Sarah, and Samuel from Richard Lee Fenner, unpublished Fenner history, p. 5
• https://archive.org/details/visitationsofcou5354beno/page/n125
• Surrey Archaeological Collections: Relating to the History and ..., Volume 11 By Surrey Archaeological Society Page 112 GoogleBooks will of Thomas Fenner, “the elder,” of Horne, Yeoman, 14 December, 1601.
• 'Parishes: Horley', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 200-208. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp200-208 [accessed 6 October 2019].

Origins

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• Thomas Fenner. b 1538, Horley, Surrey. Death 18 December 1601, Horley, Surrey.
• His father is Arthur Fenner 1521-1565.
• Mother is Sarah Browne 1521-1555.
• His wife is Mary Bellingham. Marriage: 1568 Horley, Surrey.

Disambiguation

From http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/fe...

... The many contemporary references to Thomas Fenner concern another New Shoreham man [this one], a naval officer who served against the Armada, and who corresponded with Burghley, Drake and Walsingham. Both Thomas Fenners married into the local Bellingham family, but their relationship to each other, if any, is unknown.

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https://archive.org/details/visitationsofcou5354beno/page/n125

... Fenner (no wife listed) father of

• 1. .... Fenner the Judge
• 2. Thomas Fenner of Shoram m Mary daughter of John Bellingham of Hartingham. Children: Anne.

Different from

Thomas Fenner of Shoram, a Captain, m Mary daughter of Edward Bellingham of New Timber in Sussex. Children: Edward, Jane, Mary.