Deborah Royce

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Birth: Mar. 18, 1643 Gloucester Essex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Oct. 2, 1724 Lebanon New London County Connecticut, USA

wife of John Woodward

aged 83 years

Deborah was born in Gloucester, Essex Co., Massachusetts and she died in Lebanon, New London Co., Connecticut. Deborah Calkins (Caulkins) was born 18 Mar 1648. She married John Woodwar 14 Dec 1709. Find A Grave contributor Karen Kelley

Deborah Caulkins first married Jonathan Royce (98932102) in Norwich, CT on June 4, 1660 and they were the parents of at least 10 children. Jonathan died in 1690 and she married John Woodward in 1692. Rose Mary Royce Moszer

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Parents:

 Hugh Calkins (1603 - 1690)

 Ann Eaton Calkins (1605 - 1688)

Spouse:

 Jonathan Royce (1638 - 1690)

Children:

 John Royce (1663 - 1724)*

 Ruth Royce Chappel (1669 - 1768)*

 Jonathan Royce (1678 - 1725)*

Siblings:

 John Calkins (1634 - 1703)*

 David Calkins (1639 - 1717)*

 Deborah Calkins Woodward (1643 - 1724)

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Old Cemetery Lebanon New London County Connecticut, USA

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32. Jonathan Royce45, born 18 Mar 1644 in Wallingford, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died 22 Sep

1690 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He was the son of 64. Robert Royce and 65. ?????. He married 33. Deborah Caulkins Calkins Nov 1656 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

33. Deborah Caulkins Calkins45, born 18 Mar 1643 in Cloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; died 11 Feb 1724 in Lebanon, Connecticut.

Child of Jonathan Royce and Deborah Calkins is:

16 i. John Royce, born 09 Nov 1663 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died 29 Nov 1724 in Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut; married Sarah Perigoe 29 Nov 1683 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

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Category: Gloucester, Massachusetts

Biography

: Deborah Calkins (aka Caulkins)
: Birth: 18 Mar 1642/1643, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Colony. : Death: 25 Nov 1717, New London, Connecticut.<ref>An alternate deathdate has been given as 11 Feb 1723/1724, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.</ref> : Father: Hugh Calkins, born 1600, Waverton, Cheshire and died 1690, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.: Mother: Ann Eaton, born 1605, Cheshire and died Jun 1688, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. : Deborah's parents were married about 1622, in Cheshire. : Married (1): Jonathan Royce, born ca 1638-1644, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut and died 22 Sep 1690, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Jonathan was the son of Robert Royce, (ca b. 1603; d. 22 Sep1676), and Mary Royce, (ca b. 1609; d 4 Jul 1697). Marriage: Norwich, Connecticut. : Johnathan was made freeman Oct 1663.

: Children of Jonathan Royce and Deborah Calkins Royce::# Elizabeth Royce Birth: (1661/62-1687-88)<ref>Elizabeth Royce: Jan 1661/1662, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Death: 28 Mar 1687/1688, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Married: William Backus, (born 11 May 1660, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut and died 25 Jan 1741/1742, Windham, Windham, Connecticut.) Marriage: 8 Nov 1681, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.</ref>:# John Royce (1663-1724)<ref>John Royce: b. 9 Nov 1663, Norwich, New London, Connecticut; Death: 29 Nov 1724, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut. Married: Sarah Perigo (1663-1738). Sarah Perigo: born 1663, Norwich, New London, Connecticut and died 3 Nov 1738, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut.) Marriage: 29 Nov 1683, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.</ref>:# Sarah Royce <ref>Sarah Royce: Birth: Oct 1665, Norwich, New London,Connecticut; Death: 3 Nov 1688, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Married: Samuel Lincoln, (born 16 May 1658, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts and died 1704, Windham, Windham, Connecticut.) Marriage: 1683, Taupon, Windham, Connecticut.</ref>:# Abigail (Abijah) Royce (1)<ref>Abigail Royce: Birth: Sep 1667, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Death: Aug 1668, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Infant death</ref>:# Ruth Royce<ref>Ruth Royce: Birth: Apr 1669, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Death: Dec 1768, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Married: Caleb Chappell, (born 7 Oct 1671, New London, New London, Connecticut and died 29 Mar 1733, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.) Married: 4 Jun 1694.</ref>:# Hannah Royce<ref>Hannah Royce: Birth: Apr 1671, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.Death: 1713, New London, New London, Connecticut.</ref>:# Abigail "Abiah" Royce (2)<ref>Abigail Royce: Birth: Apr 1673, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. (OR Sep 1667.); Death: Aug 1668, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. (OR died after 1691.)Married: Robert Wade, (born about 1666, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.) Marriage: 11 Mar 1691. 'The Royce family in America' says she died before 1712.</ref>:# Jonathan Royce, Jr.<ref>Jonathan Royce: Birth: 16 Aug 1678, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Death: 28 Apr 1725, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Married: Ruth Beckwith, (born 14 Mar 1680/1681, Lyme, New London, Connecticut and died 3 Mar 1747/1748, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.) Marriage: Mar 1700, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.</ref>:# Deborah Royce<ref>Deborah Royce: Birth: 10 Aug 1680, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Death: Oct 1724, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Married: Thomas Stoddard.Marriage: Dec 1699, Norwich, New London,Connecticut.</ref> :# David Royce<ref>David Royce: Birth: 19 Aug 1682, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.Death: Before 13 Nov 1711, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Never married.</ref> : Deborah Calkins Royce Married (2): John Woodward, b. 18 Jul 1647, at Dorchester, Massachusetts. Baptized 28 Mar 1749, at Dorchester, Massachusetts; son of Henry Woodward, (b. 22 May 1607, d. 7 Apr 1683), & Elizabeth Mather, (ca b. 1618, d. 13 Aug 1690). John Woodward was born on 18 Jul 1647, at Dorchester, Massachusetts. Baptized on 28 Mar 1749, at Dorchester, Massachusetts. John died at Lebanon, Connecticut, 5 Oct 1724.

Calkins Family History ===: Origin of Hugh Calkins Found

: "Origin of Hugh Calkins Found," by Ken Calkins, Calkins Family Association newsletter, Calkins World, Vol. 7, No. 3, July 2000, pages 8-10[posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009<ref> "Origin of Hugh Calkins," with notes in brackets by Robert D. Calkins, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html</ref> : "A genealogy and family history workshop was held at the Calkins International Family Reunion on Saturday morning, March [sic; should be "May"] 6, 2000. Highlight of the session, without question, was the presentation by Roy Edwards of Hayes, Middlesex, England on the search for the origin of Hugh Calkins and his family in Wales or England. : Since Hugh and his wife Ann, with at least four of their children, came to America with a group called the 'Welsh Company' led by the Reverend Richard Blynman of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, it has generally beenassumed and often reported that this was the birthplace of Hugh and others in his family. However, thorough searches of records in that area have failed to reveal any records of anyone by that name. : Following leads provided in 1998 by Marilyn Brown of Ogden, Utah, and by Robert Charles Anderson (NEHGS), Roy and Leslie Edwards began a search of available records from the city of Chester and surrounding communities in Cheshire, a county to the north and east of Monmouthshire. In particular, microfilm copies of Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts starting from the mid-1500's to the mid-1600's were reviewed for many of the parishes around Chester. Unfortunately, many of the records are incomplete, with key years missing in some cases, and many of the ones that exist are of such poor quality that deciphering is nearly impossible. In conducting the search Roy and Leslie looked for anyconceivable spelling of the names Calkins and Eaton (for Ann), and also for other names that were known to be associated with the 'Welsh Company.' : In many of the parishes searched no information was located that wasuseful. In numerous others, however, the names Calkin, Caulkin, Calkyn, Cawkin, Corkin, Calken, Calker, etc., were found. A map located elsewhere in this issue [p.10] shows some of the areas where such names were located. [p. 9 is titled "Calkins…Vital and other Records from Waverton, Cheshire, England and other parishes in the surrounding area"and contains entries from Waverton (includes some entries from Chester St. Oswald), Christleton and Tattenhall, dated 11 May 1998, revised 26 Apr 2000, by Roy Edwards.] In addition, a lesser number of entries contained the name Eaton, and other members of the Company, such as Bruen and Hough. : The parish of Waverton, Cheshire, provided the greatest number of record entries and those of greatest interest in Calkins genealogy. Those that seem to be directly applicable to Hugh and his family are listed below. It should be noted that these parish registers do not normally record birth dates of children, but christening dates. As in the modern world, the christening can be several months to a number of years after a birth. Similarly, burial dates are given rather than death dates, although these are usually within a few days after a death." : "An Outline of the English Origins of Hugh Calkins" by Roy Edwards, 18 July 2000, monograph on file at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)<ref>posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, "Origin of Hugh Calkins," with notes in brackets by Robert D. Calkins, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html</ref> : There is no evidence to support the myth that Hugh Calkins was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in 1600. The date derives from a depositionmade by him in 1672 when he stated he was aged about 72 years. A letter from Daniel Clark of Windsor, CT, to Hugh Calkins clearly implies that both men and others of their circle came from Cheshire. The 17th century distribution of the name Calkin in England, based on parish record extracted data in the IGI, is restricted to three counties - Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire. The 17th century and earlier occurrence of the name in Cheshire is all in the western part of the County,almost entirely in three parishes East of Chester, with some events (mostly marriages) in some of the City parishes. : Hugh Calkins was baptized 8 April 1603 at Waverton, the son of Rowland Calkin and Ellen (Payne) who were married in 1597. Hugh had an elder brother William, who appears to have survived, if the marriage of 1631 to Elizabeth Siverston is pertinent. A younger brother Peter, baptised 18 August 1605, probably did not survive because his mother Ellen was buried five days later. Obviously arrangements amongst the Calkin clan were made to aid Hugh's survival chances, but Rowland did not appear to remarry immediately. He did remarry much later, in February 1624/25. While the Bishop's Transcript record is defective, the marriage license dated the previous day (12th February) gives a full version, namely: Rowland Cawken and Margaret Kirfoot, widow, of Waverton. Re-inforcing [sic] this is the Will of Margaret Calkin of Waverton in 1637 where she leaves bequests to her three children John, Mary and Ralph Kirfoot. So Rowland had died between 1625 and 1637 but we have no recordof his burial. Rowland was born in the late 1570's probably the son of Hugh Calkin. : The marriage of Hugh Calkin has not been found, probably because theBishop's Transcripts are not extant for the most likely year, 1626. We then have the baptisms of three of his known daughters, Sara 6 May 1627, Mary 27 December 1629 and Rebecca 9 November 1631. An infant burial of a Margaret [sic; parish list gives it as Elizabeth Callkin] on 26 Mar 1629 may be relevant. There is then a big gap before the baptismand burial of a Deborah in 1639. This is significant because when they were in America they named another daughter Deborah (baptised 18 March 1643/44). What is missing from the Waverton register is the baptisms of the two sons John and David. According to F. M. [Frances Manwaring] Caulkins ([historian of] New London) David was the younger and was probably born in America. She provided no supporting evidence. The period between the 1631 and 1639 baptisms at Waverton and Chester St. Oswald, could easily accommodate the births of both sons. [The age given at John's death in Norwich, Ct., on 8 January 1702/03 provides a birthyear of about 1634; David's birth year has been given as 1636 to 1644, but only in unreliable secondary sources] The baptismal register forWaverton is unusual and this may account for the missing baptisms. Inbaptismal registers for nearby parishes which cover the period from at least 1600 there are no fundamental trends in the number of baptismsuntil the nearly universal collapse of registration in the 1640's. AtWaverton however, the baptism numbers drop to half the previous levelin the 1630's. There was a new vicar from 1632 and this may representslack recording or some more fundamental problem over the baptism of the children of Dissenters. Under Archbishop Laud's regime non-conformists may not have accepted the official baptism procedure and did not get their children officially registered. Perhaps the new vicar tolerated or sympathised with them. The baptism and burial of the first Deborah at Chester St. Oswald rather than Waverton may have significance in this respect. : Though there are record gaps that one expects at this period, the above story is convincing on its own. But there is additional data pointing towards Cheshire. While the so-called 'Welsh Company' which emigrated to America probably did have some Welsh members, there is evidencethat part of the group besides Hugh Calkins, came from Cheshire. Obadiah Bruen, son of John from Bruen Stapleford in the parish of Tarvin was baptised there 25 December 1606 only two to three miles away from where Hugh Calkins was born. [See Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, ed., 2004, p.162-163, for a royal descent of Obadiah Bruen] Obadiaha Draper, became a Burgess of Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1633 while still a single man. He must have married very soon afterwards because hehad a daughter by his wife Sarah, baptised there on 12 June 1634. He returned to Tarvin where a second daughter Sarah was baptised on 1 May1636. According to published American genealogies two other Company members seem to have come from Cheshire, although in neither case has this been substantiated. William Hough is alleged to have been born at Westchester (an old name for Chester) in 1619. Andrew Lester is supposed to be derived from the distinguished family of that name in Cheshire. : The Reverend Richard Blinman who led the party to America almost certainly was born at Chepstow, Monmouthshire (baptised 1608). He graduated from Oxford in 1636 and held temporary posts in 1638-9. One was in North Herefordshire and the other just over the border in Shropshire at Brampton Bryan with Sir Robert and Lady Brilliana Harley, prominent Puritans. This couple knew Obadiah Bruen's father John, who[m] they called 'Bishupp Bruen.' It was Lady Brilliana who tells us that Richard Blinman in 1640 'had goon into New England.' A line of communication along the Welsh Borderland can thus be envisaged. : While outside the scope of this summary, the above evidence highlights the problem of where the group, possibly equally well called the 'Cheshire Company' gathered, and from which port they ultimately sailed to America. Did Hugh Calkins start sailing from Chester or Liverpool? Or did he travel through the Welsh Borderland down to Bristol? It is unlikely that we shall ever know, but we do know that he came from Cheshire." : Entries reported by Robert D. Calkins (from parish lists in the above mongraph by Roy Edwards).<ref>"Origin of Hugh Calkins," posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html</ref> : Marriages<ref>St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted</ref>: 23 Jun 1597 Roland Calken & Elen Payne, Chester St. Oswald 12 Feb 1624/25 Rowland Cawken & Margaret Kirfoot, widow, of Waverton [license] 13 Feb 1624/25 Rowl ... & widowe Kirffot [hole in page] 28 Dec 1631 William Calkin & Elizabeth Siverston of Shocklach : Baptisms<ref>St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted</ref>: 27 Nov 1583 Peter, s. of Hugh Calkin 11 Jan 1600/01 William s. of Rowland Calkin 8 Apr 1603 Hugh s. of Rowland Calkin 18 Aug 1605 Peter s. of Rowland Calkin 6 May 1627 Sara, d. of Hugh Calkin 27 Dec 1629 Mary, d. of Hugh Cawkin 9 Nov 1631 Rebecka, d. of Hugh Calkin 17 Apr 1639 Deborah, d. of Hugh Calkin, Chester St. Oswald, Cheshire : Burials<ref>St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted</ref>: 29 Dec 1599 Elizabeth, w. of Hugh Calkin 23 Aug 1605 Ellin Calkin26 Mar 1629 Elizabeth Callkin, infant 4 Oct 1639 Deborah, d. of Hugh Calkin, Chester St. Oswald, Cheshire. : "Hugh Calkins was likely still in England on 4 Oct 1639 when his infant daughter Deborah was buried [she had been baptized 17 Apr the sameyear]. He was clearly in America on 2 Mar 1640/41, the date when the Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England state 'Mr. Richard Blindman, Mr. Heugh Prychard, Mr. Obadiah Brewen, John Sadler, HeughCauken, Walter Tibbott' were propounded to be made free the next Court. Since crossing the Atlantic seldom occurred in the winter due to the often hazardous travel conditions, it's clear that Hugh Calkins mostlikely arrived in America in 1640, if his wife and children accompanied him. He could have come slightly earlier if his wife had remained in England, and came over after the birth and burial of daughter Deborah."<ref>"Origin of Hugh Calkins," posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html</ref>: "Henry Caukin, probably Hugh Calkins (1600-1690), was possibly a Welshman. He was in Gloucester in 1640; was made a freeman at Gloucester 27 Dec 1642; was a selectman 1643-48, a Representative 1650-52, and removed to New London after 1650, was a selectman and Representative in that town; was also a town clerk for many years. He removed in 1662 toNorwich and was the first deacon of the Norwich church; also a Representative in 1663-64, and died in 1690, aged ninety years. From Englandhe came with wife Ann, children John, Sarah, Mary and possibly others."<ref>Atwater, Edward E. History of the Colony of New Haven to its absorbtion into Connecticut, Meriden, Conn., The Journal Publishing Company, 1902. ISBN1-55613-224-7</ref> : "Deacon Hugh Calkins--deputy in 1663, two sessions, from New London,with James Rogers. Appointed in '59 with James Morgan and J. Avery, to lay out to Governor WInthrop, 1500 acres of land at the head of Paugatuck Cove on fresh river."<ref>A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, collected from the state and town records by R. R. Hinman, Hartford, 1846, Reprinted Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968, p. 122</ref> : "Hugh Calkins was a radical, in religion a non-conformist, and living in the troublous times of Charles, the First, soon became satisfied that there were safer countires than England and Wales—for men who wished to worship God according to the dicatates of their own consciences. Accordingly, he with his wife, Ann, and John, their son, then fouryears old, joined a body of emigrants called the 'Welch Conspany,' and with their pastor, Rev. Richard Blinman, embarked and came to America, about 1638 or 1640. : They settled first at Green's Harbor (now Marshfield) in New Plymouth colony, but religious dissentions arising, Mr. Blinman, Hugh Calkinsand others removed to Gloucester. Hugh Calkins became one of the first board of selectmen, and in 1650 was chosen deputy to the general court of Massachusetts Bay colony. He was chosen again in 1651, but for some reason he and others removed in that year to Connecticut colony, some say to Saybrook, but he could not have remained there long, as he was soon in New London. The Connecticut colonial records show that Hugh Calkins was deputy at the general court from New London, May 20 1652. In all, he served twelve times as deputy from New London. By order of the general court, held October 3, 1654, Hugh and another were appointed a committee for enlisting men to fight the Naragansett Indians. The records also show that he was a deputy magistrate. In 1660 he againchanged his residence to the place where the city of Norwich now stands, then a wilderness and owned by the Mohegan Indians. Just previously a treaty had been concluded, by and between the celebrated major Mason and others with the Mohegan chiefs, by which a tract of land nine miles square around Norwich was ceded to the whites, for the sum of seventy pounds sterling. Hugh and his son, John, were of the thirty-five original proprietors. Hugh appears in the colonial records as a deputyfrom Norwich to the general court, ten times. He was an active workerthere in all measures for the public good; and also at home constantly identified with public interests. He was a deacon in the first churcth built in Norwich."<ref>William Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, 1910] Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy 2012/09/01</ref>

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• "Origin of Hugh Calkins Found," by Ken Calkins, Calkins Family Association newsletter, Calkins World, Vol. 7, No. 3, July 2000, pages 8-10[posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, "Origin of Hugh Calkins," with notes in brackets by Robert D. Calkins, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html]:* Kenneth W. Calkins, "Calkins Family In America", Calkins Family Association, September 2000*Caulkins2: Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866, Friends ofthe Author, New London, 1874. On Archive.org
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
• 'The Royce family in America'

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Parish records from Cheshire, England documenting Deborah Calkin's christening and burial:Baptisms (St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted) 27 Nov 1583 Peter, s. of Hugh Calkin 11 Jan 1600/01 William s. of Rowland Calkin 8 Apr 1603 Hugh s. of Rowland Calkin 18 Aug 1605 Peter s. of Rowland Calkin 6 May 1627 Sara, d. of Hugh Calkin 27 Dec 1629 Mary, d. ofHugh Cawkin 9 Nov 1631 Rebecka, d. of Hugh Calkin 17 Apr 1639 Deborah, d. of Hugh Calkin, Chester St. Oswald, Cheshire Burials (St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted) 29 Dec1599 Elizabeth, w. of Hugh Calkin 23 Aug 1605 Ellin Calkin 26 Mar 1629 Elizabeth (Margaret) Calkin, infant 4 Oct 1639 Deborah, d. of Hugh Calkin, Chester St. Oswald, Cheshire : Name: Debrorah /Calkins/<ref>Source: #S-2050775427 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13232476&pid...</ref>

Origin of Hugh Calkins Found,===by Ken Calkins, Calkins Family Association newsletter, Calkins World,Vol. 7, No. 3, July 2000, pages 8-10 [posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, "Origin of Hugh Calkins," with notes in brackets by Robert D. Calkins, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html]:

"A genealogy and family history workshop was held at the Calkins International Family Reunion on Saturday morning, March [sic; should be "May"] 6, 2000. Highlight of the session, without question, was the presentation by Roy Edwards of Hayes, Middlesex, England on the search for the origin of Hugh Calkins and his family in Wales or England. Since Hugh and his wife Ann, with at least four of their children, came to America with a group called the 'Welsh Company' led by the Reverend Richard Blynman of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, it has generally been assumed and often reported that this was the birthplace of Hugh and others in his family. However, thorough searches of records in that area have failed to reveal any records of anyone by that name. Following leads provided in 1998 by Marilyn Brown of Ogden, Utah, and by Robert Charles Anderson (NEHGS), Roy and Leslie Edwards began a search of available records from the city of Chester and surrounding communities in Cheshire, a county to the north and east of Monmouthshire. In particular, microfilm copies of Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts starting from the mid-1500's to the mid-1600's were reviewed for many of the parishes around Chester. Unfortunately, many of the records are incomplete, with key years missing in some cases, and many of the ones that exist are of such poor quality that deciphering is nearly impossible. In conducting the search Roy and Leslie looked for any conceivable spelling of the names Calkins and Eaton (for Ann), and alsofor other names that were known to be associated with the 'Welsh Company.' In many of the parishes searched no information was located that was useful. In numerous others, however, the names Calkin, Caulkin, Calkyn,Cawkin, Corkin, Calken, Calker, etc., were found. A map located elsewhere in this issue [p.10] shows some of the areas where such names were located. [p. 9 is titled "Calkins…Vital and other Records from Waverton, Cheshire, England and other parishes in the surrounding area" and contains entries from Waverton (includes some entries from Chester St. Oswald), Christleton and Tattenhall, dated 11 May 1998, revised 26Apr 2000, by Roy Edwards.] In addition, a lesser number of entries contained the name Eaton, and other members of the Company, such as Bruen and Hough. The parish of Waverton, Cheshire, provided the greatest number of record entries and those of greatest interest in Calkins genealogy. Those that seem to be directly applicable to Hugh and his family are listed below. It should be noted that these parish registers do not normally record birth dates of children, but christening dates. As in the modern world, the christening can be several months to a number of years after a birth. Similarly, burial dates are given rather than death dates, although these are usually within a few days after a death." "An Outline of the English Origins of Hugh Calkins" by Roy Edwards, 18July 2000, monograph on file at the New England Historic GenealogicalSociety (NEHGS), [posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, "Originof Hugh Calkins," with notes in brackets by Robert D. Calkins, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html]: "There is no evidence to support the myth that Hugh Calkins was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in 1600. The date derives from a deposition made by him in 1672 when he stated he was aged about 72 years. A letter from Daniel Clark of Windsor, CT, to Hugh Calkins clearly implies that both men and others of their circle came from Cheshire. The 17th century distribution of the name Calkin in England, based on parish record extracted data in the IGI, is restricted to three counties - Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire. The 17th century and earlier occurrence of the name in Cheshire is all in the western part of the County, almost entirely in three parishes East of Chester, with some events (mostly marriages) in some of the City parishes. Hugh Calkins was baptized 8 April 1603 at Waverton, the son of RowlandCalkin and Ellen (Payne) who were married in 1597. Hugh had an elder brother William, who appears to have survived, if the marriage of 1631to Elizabeth Siverston is pertinent. A younger brother Peter, baptised 18 August 1605, probably did not survive because his mother Ellen was buried five days later. Obviously arrangements amongst the Calkin clan were made to aid Hugh's survival chances, but Rowland did not appear to remarry immediately. He did remarry much later, in February 1624/25. While the Bishop's Transcript record is defective, the marriage license dated the previous day (12th February) gives a full version, namely: Rowland Cawken and Margaret Kirfoot, widow, of Waverton. Re-inforcing [sic] this is the Will of Margaret Calkin of Waverton in 1637 where she leaves bequests to her three children John, Mary and Ralph Kirfoot. So Rowland had died between 1625 and 1637 but we have no record of his burial. Rowland was born in the late 1570's probably the son of Hugh Calkin. The marriage of Hugh Calkin has not been found probably because the Bishop's Transcripts are not extant for the most likely year, 1626. We then have the baptisms of three of his known daughters, Sara 6 May 1627, Mary 27 December 1629 and Rebecca 9 November 1631. An infant burial of a Margaret [sic; parish list gives it as Elizabeth Callkin] on 26 Mar 1629 may be relevant. There is then a big gap before the baptism and burial of a Deborah in 1639. This is significant because when they were in America they named another daughter Deborah (baptised 18 March 1643/44). What is missing from the Waverton register is the baptisms of the two sons John and David. According to F. M. [Frances Manwaring] Caulkins ([historian of] New London) David was the younger and was probably born in America. She provided no supporting evidence. The periodbetween the 1631 and 1639 baptisms at Waverton and Chester St. Oswald, could easily accommodate the births of both sons. [The age given at John's death in Norwich, Ct., on 8 January 1702/03 provides a birth year of about 1634; David's birth year has been given as 1636 to 1644, but only in unreliable secondary sources] The baptismal register for Waverton is unusual and this may account for the missing baptisms. In baptismal registers for nearby parishes which cover the period from at least 1600 there are no fundamental trends in the number of baptisms until the nearly universal collapse of registration in the 1640's. At Waverton however, the baptism numbers drop to half the previous level inthe 1630's. There was a new vicar from 1632 and this may represent slack recording or some more fundamental problem over the baptism of thechildren of Dissenters. Under Archbishop Laud's regime non-conformists may not have accepted the official baptism procedure and did not gettheir children officially registered. Perhaps the new vicar toleratedor sympathised with them. The baptism and burial of the first Deborahat Chester St. Oswald rather than Waverton may have significance in this respect. Though there are record gaps that one expects at this period, the above story is convincing on its own. But there is additional data pointing towards Cheshire. While the so-called 'Welsh Company' which emigrated to America probably did have some Welsh members, there is evidence that part of the group besides Hugh Calkins, came from Cheshire. Obadiah Bruen, son of John from Bruen Stapleford in the parish of Tarvin wasbaptised there 25 December 1606 only two to three miles away from where Hugh Calkins was born. [See Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham,ed., 2004, p.162-163, for a royal descent of Obadiah Bruen] Obadiah aDraper, became a Burgess of Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1633 while still a single man. He must have married very soon afterwards because he had a daughter by his wife Sarah, baptised there on 12 June 1634. He returned to Tarvin where a second daughter Sarah was baptised on 1 May 1636. According to published American genealogies two other Company members seem to have come from Cheshire, although in neither case has this been substantiated. William Hough is alleged to have been born at Westchester (an old name for Chester) in 1619. Andrew Lester is supposedto be derived from the distinguished family of that name in Cheshire. The Reverend Richard Blinman who led the party to America almost certainly was born at Chepstow, Monmouthshire (baptised 1608). He graduatedfrom Oxford in 1636 and held temporary posts in 1638-9. One was in North Herefordshire and the other just over the border in Shropshire at Brampton Bryan with Sir Robert and Lady Brilliana Harley, prominent Puritans. This couple knew Obadiah Bruen's father John, who[m] they called 'Bishupp Bruen.' It was Lady Brilliana who tells us that Richard Blinman in 1640 'had goon into New England.' A line of communication along the Welsh Borderland can thus be envisaged. While outside the scope of this summary, the above evidence highlightsthe problem of where the group, possibly equally well called the 'Cheshire Company' gathered, and from which port they ultimately sailed toAmerica. Did Hugh Calkins start sailing from Chester or Liverpool? Ordid he travel through the Welsh Borderland down to Bristol? It is unlikely that we shall ever know, but we do know that he came from Cheshire." Entries reported by Robert D. Calkins (from parish lists in the above mongraph by Roy Edwards) ["Origin of Hugh Calkins," posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html] Marriages (St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted) 23 Jun 1597 Roland Calken & Elen Payne, Chester St. Oswald 12 Feb 1624/25 Rowland Cawken & Margaret Kirfoot, widow, of Waverton [license] 13 Feb1624/25 Rowl ... & widowe Kirffot [hole in page] 28 Dec 1631 William Calkin & Elizabeth Siverston of Shocklach Baptisms (St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted) 27 Nov 1583 Peter, s. of Hugh Calkin 11 Jan 1600/01 William s. of Rowland Calkin 8 Apr 1603 Hugh s. of Rowland Calkin 18 Aug 1605 Peter s. of Rowland Calkin 6 May 1627 Sara, d. of Hugh Calkin 27 Dec 1629 Mary, d. ofHugh Cawkin 9 Nov 1631 Rebecka, d. of Hugh Calkin 17 Apr 1639 Deborah, d. of Hugh Calkin, Chester St. Oswald, Cheshire Burials (St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted) 29 Dec1599 Elizabeth, w. of Hugh Calkin 23 Aug 1605 Ellin Calkin 26 Mar 1629 Elizabeth Callkin, infant 4 Oct 1639 Deborah, d. of Hugh Calkin, Chester St. Oswald, Cheshire "Hugh Calkins was likely still in England on 4 Oct 1639 when his infant daughter Deborah was buried [she had been baptized 17 Apr the same year]. He was clearly in America on 2 Mar 1640/41, the date when the Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England state 'Mr. Richard Blindman, Mr. Heugh Prychard, Mr. Obadiah Brewen, John Sadler, Heugh Cauken, Walter Tibbott' were propounded to be made free the next Court.Since crossing the Atlantic seldom occurred in the winter due to the often hazardous travel conditions, it's clear that Hugh Calkins most likely arrived in America in 1640, if his wife and children accompaniedhim. He could have come slightly earlier if his wife had remained in England, and came over after the birth and burial of daughter Deborah." ["Origin of Hugh Calkins," posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html] "Henry Caukin, probably Hugh Calkins (1600-1690), was possibly a Welshman. He was in Gloucester in 1640; was made a freeman at Gloucester 27Dec 1642; was a selectman 1643-48, a Representative 1650-52, and removed to New London after 1650, was a selectman and Representative in that town; was also a town clerk for many years. He removed in 1662 to Norwich and was the first deacon of the Norwich church; also a Representative in 1663-64, and died in 1690, aged ninety years. From England he came with wife Ann, children John, Sarah, Mary and possibly others."[Atwater, Edward E. History of the Colony of New Haven to its absorbtion into Connecticut, Meriden, Conn., The Journal Publishing Company, 1902. ISBN1-55613-224-7] "Deacon Hugh Calkins--deputy in 1663, two sessions, from New London, with James Rogers. Appointed in '59 with James Morgan and J. Avery, to lay out to Governor WInthrop, 1500 acres of land at the head of Paugatuck Cove on fresh river." [A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, collected from the state andtown records by R. R. Hinman, Hartford, 1846, Reprinted Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968, p. 122] "Hugh Calkins was a radical, in religion a non-conformist, and living in the troublous times of Charles, the First, soon became satisfied that there were safer countires than England and Wales—for men who wished to worship God according to the dicatates of their own consciences. Accordingly, he with his wife, Ann, and John, their son, then four years old, joined a body of emigrants called the 'Welch Conspany,' and with their pastor, Rev. Richard Blinman, embarked and came to America,about 1638 or 1640. They settled first at Green's Harbor (now Marshfield) in New Plymouth colony, but religious dissentions arising, Mr. Blinman, Hugh Calkins and others removed to Gloucester. Hugh Calkins became one of the first board of selectmen, and in 1650 was chosen deputy to the general courtof Massachusetts Bay colony. He was chosen again in 1651, but for some reason he and others removed in that year to Connecticut colony, some say to Saybrook, but he could not have remained there long, as he was soon in New London. The Connecticut colonial records show that Hugh Calkins was deputy at the general court from New London, May 20 1652. In all, he served twelve times as deputy from New London. By order of the general court, held October 3, 1654, Hugh and another were appointed a committee for enlisting men to fight the Naragansett Indians. Therecords also show that he was a deputy magistrate. In 1660 he again changed his residence to the place where the city of Norwich now stands, then a wilderness and owned by the Mohegan Indians. Just previously a treaty had been concluded, by and between the celebrated major Masonand others with the Mohegan chiefs, by which a tract of land nine miles square around Norwich was ceded to the whites, for the sum of seventy pounds sterling. Hugh and his son, John, were of the thirty-five original proprietors. Hugh appears in the colonial records as a deputy from Norwich to the general court, ten times. He was an active worker there in all measures for the public good; and also at home constantly identified with public interests. He was a deacon in the first churcthbuilt in Norwich." [William Cutter, Genealogical and Personal MemoirsRelating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, 1910] Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy 2012/09/01 [edit/delete] [1]

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