Dr. Edmund Waller

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Apparently John Waller and his wife resided in Newport Pagnell for in the register of that parish we find the births of their numerous children recorded.

Doctor John and Mary (Pomfrett) Waller had issue:

• William Waller, born September 24, 1671
• John Waller, born February 13, 1673; emigrated to Virginia;
• Mary Waller born May 23 1674.
• Thomas Waller, born October 17, 1675.
• Steven Waller, born November 4, 1676
• Benjamin Waller, born March 18, 1678 died 1735; his will is recorded Archdeaconry of Bucks, Register 1734, No. 67.
• Edmund Waller, born February 3, 1680
• James Waller, born May 25, 1683; died January 1683/4
• Jemima Waller, born August 3, 1684; she was still unmarried at probate of her father's will in November, 1723.

Edmund Waller, admitted Pens. (age 16) at St. John's [Cambridge] March 30, 1698 son of John Waller (1664 [Cambridge]%29 M.D Born at Newport Pagnell, Bucks; School, Newport Pagnell (Dr. Banks), matriculated 1698 B.A. 1701/2; M.A 1705; M D. 1712; Fellow 1705-45. Died 1745; buried in the College Chapel. Venn and Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses . . . Part 1 to 1750, Volume IV, page 321 Column 1. The will of Edmund Waller, Doctor of Physic, Senior Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge; dated November 21, 1745; codicil December 11, 1745; probated January 8, 1745 [1745/6], among other bequests: "to my brother John Waller in Virginia or if he be dead to be divided amongst all his children 100 pounds excepting his eldest son John to whom in particular I give 50 pounds" He also directs: 'If I die any great distance from Cambridge or Newport Pagnell, Bucks, to be buried where I die; if at Newport Pagnell, aforesaid, in family vault in the Church yard." Edmund Waller's will was recorded Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 31 Edmunds an abstract thereof is given in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 26 pages 275-6.