Frances Deighton

• Parents: John Deighton (1568 - 1640) & Jane Basset Deighton (1586 - 1631)
• Birth: Mar. 1, 1611, Gloucestershire, England
• Death: 1706, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
• Burial:Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County Massachusetts, USA
• Plantagenet Ancestry, #198. Williams, Frances (Deighton), of Taunton, Massachusetts, page 263

Married

• Married : Richard Williams, (1607 - 1693) on February 11, 1632 in the Parish of Witcombe Magna Gloucestershire England

Children:

• Nathaniel Williams (1630 - 1692)
• Joseph Williams (1640 - 1692)
• Elizabeth Williams Bird (1647 - 1724)
• Benjamin Williams (1651 - 1701)

Dighton was originally part of Taunton's South Purchase and other surrounding towns. It was separated in 1672, officially incorporated in 1712. It was named for Frances Dighton Williams, wife of Richard Williams, a town elder. "True, Dighton, a former part of Taunton, "was named for Frances Dighton Williams, wife of Richard Williams, a town elder" [*]

Deighton Ancestry, by Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, Page 630.

Ancestry of Richard Williams and Francis Deighton

Previous historians and genealogists have shown royal descent for the Richard Williams family, either through Richard Williams or his wife Frances Deighton, who is traced to Charlemagne by the medieval historian von Redlich, (NEHG 97:342-343). In his "Descent of General Douglas McArthur." von Redlich produced an ancestry chart leading from Richard and Frances to "Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Emperor of the West, born 2, Apr 747, died 28 Jan. 814; married in 771 the Swabian Princess Hildegard, died 30 Apr. 783. .

The line continues with

1. Pepin, King of Italy,
2. Bernard, King of Italy,
3. Pepin, Count of Senlis,
4. Herbert I, Count of Vermandois,
5. Herbert II,
6. Albert 1,
7. Herbert III,
8. Otho,
9. Herbert IV,
10. dau. Adelaide (Adelheid), who m. Hugh, the Great, Duke of France and Burgundy, son of Henry I, King of France, by Anne, dau. of Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev;
11. Isabel de Vermandois who m. 2nd William de Warenne, second Earl of Surrey,
12. Gundred de Warenne w. m. Roger de Newburgh, second Earl of Warwick;
13. Waleran de Newburgh,
14. Alice de Newburgh, w. m. William, Baron Mauduit,
15. Isabel de Mauduit, who m. William, fifth Baron Beauchamp of Elmley Castle;
16. Walter de Beauchamp, Steward of the Household of Edward I, King of England;
17. Giles de Beauchamp,
18. John de Beauchamp,
19. Sir William de Beauchamp,
20. Sir John de Beauchamp, Lord Treasurer of England;
21. Sir Richard de Beauchamp,
22. Anne de Beauchamp.

• (See family tree for the more recent lines that lead to Richard and Frances Williams). Richard Williams is Charlemagne's 21st grandson.

Born- Glamorganshire, England Married Gloucesterhire,England- , Williams Family

Richard Williams of Taunton, Massachusetts Bay Colony, was baptized in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin in Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucester, England in 1607 and died in Taunton, Massachusetts in August 1693. Richard married Frances Deighton, sometimes spelled "Dighton". Richard and Frances Williams' descendants are linked in marriage with many well-documented early American families such as those of Captain John Gallup, Governor Thomas Dudley, John Woodbridge VI, Pilgrim Thomas Rogers, Pilgrim John Howland, Pilgrim Samuel Fuller (the son of Pilgrim Edward Fuller), Reverend John Lothrop, and Governor William Leete.

Richard was a tanner by trade. He was a man of good abilities, was deputy to the General Court of Plymouth Colony from 1645 to 1665; selectman in 1666 and 1667. It is not known exactly when Richard Williams came to New England, nor upon which vessel. The biographer Charles Williams believes him to have come about 1636/7, rather than in 1633, as Pope suggests. He came with his wife, Frances and two children, probably her two eldest sisters and their spouses. Richard and Frances settled soon in Taunton. He was among the original purchasers of the Teticut Purchase, The North Purchase and the South Purchase, now comprising collectively the towns of Taunton, Raynham, Berkeley, Norton, Mansfield, Easton and Dighton, the last so named for his wife Francis. He was one of the original shareholders in the Iron Works of Taunton and received income from this venture until 1691. In 1693, his son Thomas directed that these moneys go to his Mother, Francis, these sums continuing until 1700. He, himself, was a tanner, as his son Joseph succeeds to this business after his death about 1692/3. He was called by Emery, the "Father of Taunton." He was a member and deacon of the First Church. He died in the year 1693, aged eighty-seven years. The children born to Richard and his wife Frances (Dighton) were: John (died England), Elizabeth (died England), Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Benjamin.

Richard and Frances' children married children of other early settlers, e.g., children of John Rogers and Anna Churchman of Duxbury, Thomas Gilbert and Joan Rossiter of Taunton, George Macey and Susanna Street of Taunton, and Thomas Bird Sr and Ann ? of Dorchester. Samuel married Mary (Jane) Gilbert. Samuel married as his second wife Hannah (Anna) Rogers, daughter of John Rogers (her third marriage) late in life. Nathaniel married Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of John Rogers, granddaughter of Pilgrim Thomas Rogers. Joseph married Elizabeth Watson. Elizabeth married John Bird of Dorchester. Thomas married Mary Macey. Hannah married John Parmenter of Boston. Benjamin married Rebecca Macey, Mary's sister. See the Richard Williams Family project for more details.

Sources

In the Genealogical Gleanings in England, Vol. I page 551, Lists, Richard Williams & Elizabeth Deighton Date Of Marriage: February 11, 1632 in the Parish of Witcombe Magna Gloucestershire England - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000005732954682?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081765498026&position=0

• The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall
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• Pg.37
• 15. ELIZABETH LYGON; m. Edward Basset of Uley, co. Gloucester, will dtd. 3 June 1601. pr. 5 Nov. 1602.
• 16. JANE BASSET, d. 23 Apr. 1631; m. Dr. John Deighton, gent., d. 16 May 1640, of St. Nicholas, Gloucester, co. Gloucester, will made 31 Jan 1639, pr. 21 May 1640.
• 17. KATHERINE DEIGHTON, bp. Gloucesster, 16 Jan. 1614/5, d. 29 Aug. 1671, m. (1) Samuel Hackburne; m. (2) Roxbury, Massachusetts, 14 Apr. 1644 GOVERNOR THOMAS DUDLEY, (50-14); m. (3) Rev. John Allin of Dedham; children by all three husbands. (DEBORAH DUDLEY, m. Jonathan Wade; GOVERNOR JOSEPH DUDLEY, A.M., Harvard College, 1665, Governor of Mass., 1702-1715, m. 1669 Rebecca Tyng, dau. of Major-General Edward Tyng; HON. PAUL DUDLEY, m. Mary Leverett.)
• 17. FRANCES DEIGHTON, bp. 1 Mar. 1611, d. Taunton, Mass., Feb. 1705/6; m. Witcombe Magna, co. Gloucester, 11 Feb. 1632, Richard Williams, bp. Wooton-under-Edge, 28 Jan. 1607, d. Taunton, Mass., Aug. 1693.
• 17. JANE DEIGHTON, bp. 5 Apr. 1609, St. Nicholas Church, Gloucester; liv. at Boston, Mass., 1671; m. (1) St. Nicholas, 3 Jan. 1627, John Lugg, came to New England, 1638, d. aft. 1644; m. (2) by 27 Oct. 1647, Jonathan Negus, b. c. 1601, England, d. bet. 1675/6 and 1682, Boston, Mass., appointed clerk of the writs, 1651, by the General Court in which capacity he served through 1675/6; children by both husbands. (The Genealogis, 6: 195-196). ____________________________
• Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... By Douglas Richardson
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• 14. ISABEL (or ELIZABETH) LIGON, was a legatee in her father's 1577 will. She married EDWARD BASSET, Gent., of Uley, Gloucestershire, son and heir of William Basset, of Uley and Highfield, Gloucestershire, by Jane, daughter of John Ashe (or Asshe), Esq. They had four sons, William, Esq., Barnaby, Edward, and Giles, and four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of William Clayfield, Gent., and Thomas Poyntz, Gent.), Margery (or Margaret) (wife of Samuel Shellom), Susanna (wife of Michael Dorney), and Jane. EDWARD BASSET, Gent., left a will dated 3 June 1601, proved 5 Nov. 1602 (P.C.C. 77 Montague), requesting burial in the chapel of Uley, Gloucestershire. His widow, Isabel, married (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) RICE (or REES) DAVIS (or DAVIES), Esq., of Tickenham, Somerset. They had no issue. At some unknown date, Rice and his wife, Isabel, conveyed a 1/ 9th share of the manor of Furnax (in Warminster), Wiltshire to Simon Sloper, of Warminster. Following her death, he married (3rd) MARY PITT, widow of Robert Owen of Bristol, merchant, by whom he had a daughter, Eleanor (wife of Nicholas Poyntz). RICE DAVIS, Esq., left a will dated 28 Aug. 1638, proved 23 April 1639 (P.C.C. 41 Fairfax), requesting burial at the chapel of Backwell, Somerset between his 1st wife, Dorothy Rodney and his 2nd wife, Isabel Ligon. .... etc.
• 15. JANE BASSET. She was a legatee in her father's 1601 will. She married at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire 12 April 1605 JOHN DEIGHTON, Gent., of St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, surgeon, Sheriff of the City of Gloucester, son of Thomas Deighton, of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Anne (or Agnes). He was baptized at Cirencester, Gloucestershire 18 Nov. 1568. They had three sons, John, John (again), and Thomas, and five daughters, Jane, Frances, Katherine, Damaris, and Mary. His wife, Jane, died 23 April 1631. JOHN
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• DEIGHTON, Gent., died 16 May 1640. He left a will dated 30 Jan. 1639, proved 21 May 1640. He and his wife Jane, were buried in the south aisle of the church of St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. .... etc.
• Children of Jane Bassett, by John Deighton, Gent.:
  • i. JANE DEIGHTON, baptized at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, England 5 April 1609. She married (1st) St. Nicholas, Gloucester 3 Jan. 1627/8 JOHN LUGG. They had two sons, one unnamed and John, and four daughters, Jane, Esther (wife of James Bell and Richard Marshall), Elizabeth, and Mary (wife of Nathaniel Barnard). They immigrated to New England in 1637-8, whre JOHN LUGG died after 1644. His widow, Jane, married (2nd) at Boston, Massachusetts 27 Oct. 1647 JONATHAN NEGUS, of Boston, Massachusetts, Clerk of the Writs. He was born about 1601. They had one son, Isaac, and one daughter, Maria. His wife, Jane, was living at Boston, Massachusetts in 1671. JONATHAN NEGUS died there shortly before 11 April 1682. .... etc.
  • ii. FRANCES DEIGHTON, baptized at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, England 1 March 1611/2. She married at Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire 11 Feb. 1632/3 RICHARD WILLIAMS, baptized at Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire 28 Jan. 1607/8, son of William Williams, of Synwell (in Wotton under Edge), Gloucestershire, yeoman, by his 2nd wife, Jane Woodward. They had six sons, John, Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Thomas, and Benjamin, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Elizabeth (again) (wife of John Bird), and Hannah (wife of John Parmenter). He was a legatee in the 1618 will of his father. He and his family immigrated to New England about 1636 or 1637, where they settled at Taunton, Massachusetts. RICHARD WILLIAMS died at Taunton, Massachusetts in Aug. 1693. His widow, Frances, died there in Feb. 1705/6. .... etc.
  • iii. KATHERINE DEIGHTON, baptized at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire 16 Jan. 1614/5. She married (1st) at Sst. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire 25 Dec. 1633 SAMUEL HACKBURNE (or HAGBORNE). They had two sons, Samuel and John, and two daughters, Elizabeth (wife of John Chickering) and Hannah (wife of Samuel Hunting). They immigrated to New England, where they settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts. SAMUEL HACKBORNE was buried 27 Dec. 1642. His widow, Katherine, married (2nd) at Roxbury, Massachusetts 4 April 1644 (as his 2nd wife) [Gov.] THOMAS DUDLEY, of Cambridge, Ipswich, and Roxbury, Massachusetts [see DUDLEY 18 for further particulars of his life]. They had two sons, Joseph and Paul, and one daughter, Deborah (wife of Jonathan Wade). [Gov.] THOMAS DUDLEY died at Roxbury, Massachusetts 31 July 1653. Katherine married (3rd) at Dedham, Massachusetts 8 Nov. 1653 (as his 2nd wife) [Rev.] JOHN ALLIN, of Dedham, Massachusetts. They had three sons, Benjamin, Daniel, and Eliezer. She died 20 Aug. 1671. .... etc. _______________________
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ... By Douglas Richardson
• http://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&printsec=frontcover&d...
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• 16. ISABEL (or ELIZABETH) LIGON, was a legatee in her father's 1577 will. She married EDWARD BASSET, Gent., of Uley, Gloucestershire, son and heir of William Basset, of Uley and Highfield, Gloucestershire, by Jane, daughter of John Ashe (or Asshe), Esq. (descendant of King John) [see BASSET 15 for his ancestry]. They had four sons, William, Esq., Barnaby, Edward, and Giles, and four daughters, Elizabeth (wife of William Clayfield, Gent., and Thomas Poyntz, Gent.), Margery (or Margaret) (wife of Samuel Shellom), Susanna (wife of Michael Dorney), and Jane. EDWARD BASSET, Gent., left a will dated 3 June 1601, proved 5 Nov. 1602 (P.C.C. 77 Montague), requesting burial in the chapel of Uley, Gloucestershire. His widow, Isabel, married
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• (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) RICE (or REES) DAVIS (or DAVIES), Esq., of Tickenham, Somerset. They had no issue. At some unknown date, Rice and his wife, Isabel, conveyed a 1/ 9th share of the manor of Furnax (in Warminster), Wiltshire to Simon Sloper, of Warminster. Following her death, he married (3rd) MARY PITT, widow of Robert Owen of Bristol, merchant, by whom he had a daughter, Eleanor (wife of Nicholas Poyntz). RICE DAVIS, Esq., left a will dated 28 Aug. 1638, proved 23 April 1639 (P.C.C. 41 Fairfax), requesting burial at the chapel of Backwell, Somerset between his 1st wife, Dorothy Rodney and his 2nd wife, Isabel Ligon. .... etc.
• 17. JANE BASSET. She was a legatee in her father's 1601 will. She married at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire 12 April 1605 JOHN DEIGHTON, Gent., of St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, surgeon, Sheriff of the City of Gloucester, son of Thomas Deighton, of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, by his wife, Anne (or Agnes). He was baptized at Cirencester, Gloucestershire 18 Nov. 1568. They had three sons, John, John (again), and Thomas, and five daughters, Jane, Frances, Katherine, Damaris, and Mary. His wife, Jane, died 23 April 1631. JOHN DEIGHTON, Gent., died 16 May 1640. He left a will dated 30 Jan. 1639, proved 21 May 1640. He and his wife Jane, were buried in the south aisle of the church of St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. .... etc.
• Children of Jane Bassett, by John Deighton, Gent.:
  • i. JANE DEIGHTON, baptized at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, England 5 April 1609. She married (1st) St. Nicholas, Gloucester 3 Jan. 1627/8 JOHN LUGG. They had one son, John, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary (wife of Nathaniel Barnard). They immigrated to New England in 1637-8, whre JOHN LUGG died after 1644. His widow, Jane, married (2nd) at Boston, Massachusetts 27 Oct. 1647 JONATHAN NEGUS, of Boston, Massachusetts, Clerk of the Writs. He was born about 1601. They had one son, Isaac, and one daughter, Maria. His wife, Jane, was living at Boston, Massachusetts in 1671. JONATHAN NEGUS died there shortly before 11 April 1682. .... etc.
  • ii. FRANCES DEIGHTON, baptized at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, England 1 March 1611/2. She married at Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire 11 Feb. 1632/3 RICHARD WILLIAMS, baptized at Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire 28 Jan. 1607/8, son of William Williams, of Synwell (in Wotton under Edge), Gloucestershire, yeoman, by his 2nd wife, Jane Woodward. They had six sons, John, Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Thomas, and Benjamin, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Elizabeth (again) (wife of John Bird), and Hannah (wife of John Parmenter). He was a legatee in the 1618 will of his father. He and his family immigrated to New England about 1636 or 1637, where they settled at Taunton, Massachusetts. RICHARD WILLIAMS died at Taunton, Massachusetts in Aug. 1693. His widow, Frances, died there in Feb. 1705/6. .... etc.
  • iii. KATHERINE DEIGHTON, baptized at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire 16 Jan. 1614/5. She married (1st) at Sst. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire 25 Dec. 1633 SAMUEL HACKBURNE (or HAGBORNE). They had two sons, Samuel and John, and two daughters, Elizabeth (wife of John Chickering)
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  • and Hannah (wife of Samuel Hunting). They immigrated to New England, where they settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts. SAMUEL HACKBORNE was buried 27 Dec. 1642. She married (2nd) at Roxbury, Massachusetts 4 April 1644 (as his 2nd wife) THOMAS DUDLEY, Esq., Governor of Massachusetts [see PUREFOY 18]. They had two sons, Joseph and Paul, and one daughter, Deborah (wife of Jonathan Wade). [Gov.] THOMAS DUDLEY, Esq.., died at Roxbury, Massachusetts 31 July 1653. She married (3rd) at Dedham, Massachusetts 8 Nov. 1653 (as his 2nd wife) [Rev.] JOHN ALLIN, of Dedham, Massachusetts. They had three sons, Benjamin, Daniel, and Eliezer. She died 20 Aug. 1671. .... etc.

[*] Frances Deighton Williams or Frances Williams (born Deighton), along with her mother Jane Deighton (born Basset), are some of the Americans of Royal Descent listed until1800 as shown in this link: http://www.constitution.org/primarysources/royal.html ____________________________

Place of Burial: Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States

Birth:

circa March 1, 1610  

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England  

Death:

October 20, 1702  (92) 

Taunton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts  

Frances Williams

New Royal Lines for Frances, Jane, & Katherine Deighton

In recent time, I've worked out several new royal lines for three 17th
Century New World immigrants, namely Frances, Jane, and Katherine Deighton, each of whom has modern descendants. The first line featured below is through King John's alleged illegitimate daughter, Isabel, wife of Richard Fitz Ives. I use the word "alleged" here as neither King John or any of his immediate successors appear to have acknowledged Isabel or her issue as royal kinsfolk. However, Isabel is styled daughter of King John ["filie Regis Joh’is"] in an ancient obit of her recorded in Cornwall records [see Herald & Genealogist 7 (1873): 229–231].

Besides the Fitz Ives line, I've dredged up three additional Plantagenet descents for the Deighton sisters, interestingly all being lines from illegitimate children of various kings.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

• 1. John, King of England, by an unknown mistress, _____.
• 2. Isabel Fitz Roy, illegitimate daughter, married Richard Fitz Ives, Knt., of Degembris (in Newlyn East), Cornwall.
• 3. William Fitz Richard, Knt., of Lanisley [in Gulival], Cornwall, married Rose Bevyle.
• 4. Isabel Fitz William, married Stephen de Beaupré, Knt., of Kelynack (St. Just), Cornwall.
• 5. Ralph de Beaupré, Knt., of Trenoweth-with-Trewithgy (in Probus), Cornwall, married Margaret de Furneaux.
• 6. Isabel de Beaupré, married John de Longland (or Langelonde), Esq., of Grove (in South Brent), Somerset.
• 7. Agnes Longland, married John Farway (or Fareway), of Penhallam (in Jacobstow), Cornwall.
• 8. Margaret Farway, married John Seymour.
• 9. Elizabeth Seymour, married Thomas Berkeley, of Tickenham, Somerset.
• 10. Cecily Berkeley, married James Ashe.
• 11. Richard Ashe, married Margaret _____.
• 12. John Ashe, Esq., married Isabel Rudhale.
• 13. Jane Ashe, married William Basset, Esq., of Uley, Gloucestershire.
• 14. Edward Basset, Gent., of Uley, Gloucestershire, married Elizabeth Ligon.
• 15. Jane Basset, married John Deighton, Gent., of St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, surgeon.

Children of Jane Basset, by John Deighton, Gent.

• i. Jane Deighton, married (1st) John Lugg; (2nd) Jonathan Negus, of Boston, Massachusetts
• ii. Frances Deighton, married Richard Williams, of Taunton, Massachusetts.
• iii. Katherine Deighton, married (1st) Samuel Hackburne (or Hagborne), of Roxbury, Massachusetts; (2nd) [Gov.] Thomas Dudley; (3rd) [Rev.] John Allin, of Dedham, Massachusetts.

Line 2

• 1. John, King of England, by a mistress, [Isabel?] de Warenne.
• 2. Richard Fitz John, Knt., of Chilham, Kent, married Rose de Dover.
• 3. Isabel de Dover, married Maurice de Berkeley, Knt., of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
• 4. Thomas de Berkeley, Knt., 1st Lord Berkeley, married Joan de Ferrers.
• 5. Maurice de Berkeley, Knt., 2nd Lord Berkeley, married Eve la Zouche.
• 6. Thomas de Berkeley, Knt., 3rd Lord Berkeley, married Katherine de Clivedon.
• 7. John Berkeley, Knt., of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, married Elizabeth Betteshorne.
• 8. Maurice Berkeley, Knt., of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, married Lora Fitz Hugh.
• 9. Thomas Berkeley, of Tickenham, Somerset, married Elizabeth Seymour [see Line 1, Gen. 9 above].

Line 3

• 1. Henry II, King of England, by a mistress, Ida de Tony.
• 2. William Longespeé, Knt., Earl of Salisbury, married Ela of Salisbury.
• 3. Ida Longespeé, married Walter Fitz Robert, Knt., of Little Dunmow, Essex.
• 4. Ela Fitz Walter, married William de Oddingseles, Knt., of Solihull, Warwickshire.
• 5. Margaret de Oddingseles, married John de Grey, Knt., of Rotherfield, Oxfordshire.
• 6. John de Grey, K.G., 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield, married Avice Marmion.
• 7. Robert de Grey, Knt., of Wilcote, Oxfordshire, married Lora de Saint Quintin.
• 8. Elizabeth Grey, married Henry Fitz Hugh, K.G., 3rd Lord Fitz Hugh
• 9. Lora Fitz Hugh, married Maurice Berkeley, Knt., of Beverstone, Gloucestershire [Line 2, Gen. 8 above].

Line 4

• 1. John, King of England, by a mistress, [Isabel?] de Warenne.
• 2. Richard Fitz Roy, Knt., of Chilham, Kent, married Rose de Dover.
• 3. Lora de Dover, married William Marmion, Knt., of West Tanfield, Yorkshire.
• 4. John Marmion, Knt., of West Tanfield, Yorkshire, married Isabel _____, widow of Ralph de Plaiz.
• 5. John Marmion, Knt., 2nd Lord Marmion, of West Tanfield, Yorkshire, married Maud de Furnival.
• 6. Avice Marmion, married John de Grey, K.G., 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield [see Line 3, Gen. 5 above].

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Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth ===Frances Deighton, daughter of John Deighton and Jane Bassett, was baptized in St. Nicholas parish, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England on March 1, 1610/1.<ref name="OurRoyals"/><ref name="FrancisBpt"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> Her baptismwas recorded as follows::The first of March was baptized Frances the daughter of John Dighton.<ref name="QuarterMillen163"/>

Marriage ===Frances married Richard Williams on February 11, 1632/3 at Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire.<ref name="OurRoyals"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/><ref name="Marriage"/><ref name="TAG10p25"/> Their marriage was recorded as follows:: Richard Williams of the parishe of St. Johns in Gloucr and Frances Deighton of the parishe of St Nicholas in Gloucr Aforesayd, were marryed the xith day of February at Witcombe Magna, by Mr Stubbs [t]eacher 1632.<ref name="QuarterMillen163"/><ref name="Marriage"/><ref name="TAG10p25"/>

Immigration; Residency at Dorchester and Taunton ===Several sources say that Frances and Richard and their family immigrated to New England about 1636 or 1637.<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/><ref name="TAG10p25"/> It is unlikely that they arrived in 1636, however, as there is a record of the baptism of their son Samuel at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, England in February 1636/7.<ref name="SamuelBpt"/>

Although Richard was one of the original 46 purchasers in 1637 or 1638of land that became Taunton, Plymouth Colony,<ref name="TauntHist28-9"/><ref name="QuarterMillen114"/> he also purchased land in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637.<ref name="QuarterMillen114"/> It appears that Frances and Richard initially lived in Dorchester for a few years, as they are listed as having been members of the First Churchof Dorchester prior to 1639.<ref name="DorchesterChurch4"/><ref name="TauntHist83"/> They probably moved to Taunton by 1639.<ref name="QuarterMillen114"/><ref name="TauntHist83"/>

Children

Frances and Richard had the following children:# John, bpt. March 27, 1634 at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, England,<ref name="JohnBpt"/><ref name="QuarterMillen163"/><ref name="TAG10p28"/> d. young<ref name="TAG10p28"/># Elizabeth, bpt. February 7, 1635/6 at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, England,<ref name="Elizabeth1Bpt"/><ref name="QuarterMillen163"/><ref name="TAG10p28"/> d. February 15, 1635/6 at Gloucester, England<ref name="Elizabeth1Bpt"/># Samuel, bpt. February 2, 1636/7 at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, England,<ref name="SamuelBpt"/> m. Jane Gilbert,<ref name="TAG10p28"/> d. August 1697 at Taunton<ref name="MayFams"/># Nathaniel, b. November 17, 1639 at Taunton,<ref name="MayFams"/> bpt. February 7, 1641,<ref name="TAG10p29"/> m. November 17, 1668 Elizabeth Rogers in Taunton,<ref name="TAG10p29"/> d. August 16, 1692 at Taunton<ref name="MayFams"/># Joseph, b. about 1643 at Taunton,<ref name="TAG10p29"/> m. November 28, 1667 Elizabeth Watson in Taunton,<ref name="TAG10p29"/> d. August 17, 1692 at Taunton<ref name="MayFams"/># Thomas, b. about 1645 at Taunton,<ref name="MayFams"/><ref name="TAG10p29"/> m. Mary _____,<ref name="TAG10p29"/> d.1706at Taunton<ref name="MayFams"/># Elizabeth, b. about 1647 at Taunton,<ref name="MayFams"/><ref name="TAG10p29"/> m. John Bird,<ref name="TAG10p29"/> d. October 20, 1724 at Dorchester, Province of Masschusetts Bay<ref name="NEHGR5p257"/><ref name="MayFams"/># Hannah, b. about 1649-50 at Taunton,<ref name="MayFams"/><ref name="TAG10p29"/> m. John Parmenter,<ref name="TAG10p29"/>d. August 12, 1683 at Taunton<ref name="MayFams"/># Benjamin, b. June 1652 at Taunton,<ref name="MayFams"/><ref name="TAG10p29"/> m. March 12, 1689/90 Rebecca Macy in Taunton,<ref name="TAG10p29"/> d. July 1701 at Taunton<ref name="MayFams"/>

Will; Death ===Frances's husband, Richard, died in 1693.<ref name="TAG10p28"/> Frances made her will on October 20, 1703 and it was proved on March 7, 1705/6,<ref name="Will"/><ref name="TAG10p28"/> which means that she died sometime between the two dates. Several sources state that she died inFebruary 1705/6,<ref name="OurRoyals"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> which is reasonably likely but also probably uncertain. In her will, Frances made bequests to son[-in-law] Parmiter, the widow of son Nathaniel, the widow of son Joseph, the widow of son Benjamin, son Thomas, and daughter Elizabeth Bird, and named son Thomas and daughter Elizabeth Bird as her executors.<ref name="Will"/><ref name="TAG10p28"/>

<ref name="Will">Bristol County Probate Records, Vol. 2:152 Will of Frances Williams 1703.</ref> <ref name="TauntHist83">Samuel Hopkins Emery, "History of Taunton, Massachusetts from its Settlement to the Present Time," 1893, p 83</ref> <ref name="TauntHist28-9">Samuel Hopkins Emery, "History of Taunton, Massachusetts from its Settlement to the Present Time," 1893, pp 28-9</ref> <ref name="QuarterMillen114">"Quarter Millennial Celebration of the City of Taunton, Massachusetts, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4 and 5, 1889," City Government of Taunton, 1889, p 114</ref> <ref name="DorchesterChurch4">"Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England, 1636-1734," 1891, p 4</ref> <ref name="NEHGR5p257">"Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground in Dorchester, MS," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 5 (1851), p 257</ref> <ref name="Elizabeth1Bpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQ13-BZP : 11 February 2018, Elizabeth Williams, 15 Feb 1635); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm855,634, 855,635.</ref> <ref name="SamuelBpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPJY-SX3 : 11 February 2018, Samuel Williams, 02 Feb 1636); citing , index based upon data collectedby the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 855,634, 855,635.</ref> <ref name="JohnBpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM23-JBH : 11 February 2018, John Williams, 27 Mar 1634); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 855,634, 855,635.</ref> <ref name="OurRoyals">"Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors", citing Douglas Richardson's books (with page numbers)</ref> <ref name="MayFams">"Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620." (New England - United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants., Various), 19:15,18.</ref> <ref name="QuarterMillen163">"Quarter Millennial Celebration of the City of Taunton, Massachusetts, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4 and 5, 1889," City Government of Taunton, 1889, p 162</ref> <ref name="Marriage">Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire, England; Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: GDR/V1/274</ref> <ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2">Douglas Richardson, "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Volume II," 2013, pp 411-2</ref> <ref name="TAG10p28">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 10 (1933), p 28: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="TAG10p29">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 10 (1933), p 29: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="TAG10p25">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 10 (1933), pp 25-6: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-.(Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="FrancisBpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM23-G8Q : 11 February 2018, Frauncis Dighton, 01 Mar 1610); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 855,634, 855,635.</ref>

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<references /> See also:*“Waters, Henry. Genealogical Gleanings in England (New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1901): Volume 1” Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters 1901 pages 551 and 552* Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding ReferenceGDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK.Search: Will > 1640. Accessed on ancestry.com, 4 June 2020. View 129260 (requires subscription). Will of John Deighton, 1640, Will Number 117, Consistory Court of Gloucester, ReferenceCode: 223526.* English Origins of New England Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. II, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, MD 1985, Page 674 #28*Taunton, Mass. Quarter Millennial Celebration of the City ofTaunton, Massachusetts (Taunton, Mass. City Government, 1889) Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4 and 5, 1889 pages 53 113-116 162-164*Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time (D. Mason & Company, Taunton, Mass., 1893) pages 81 and82*The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, taken in the year 1623 byHenry Chitty and John Phillipot page 207* 11266085 for Frances Deighton WIlliams. The memorial states that she was buried in 1706 at the Mayflower Hill Cemetery in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. An image of a note shares that she could not have been, as the cemetery was established in 1840 (citing city of Taunton). See the image. Another image appears to be a record of her 1632 marriage to Richard Williams (see the jpg) accessed 29 March 2019.* Dudley, Dean. History of the Dudley Family with genealogical tables, pedigrees, &c, Number VI, Wakefield, Massachusetts, 1892, p. 717,Internet Archive. See also WikiTree free space page for the set of books.* Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial andMedieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. Volume II, p. 40, DEIGHTON 15.ii, Google Books. See also WikiTree's source page for "Magna Carta Ancestry". * Roberts, Gary Boyd, English Origins of New England Families, Publication: From NEHGS Register Three Volumes. Genealogical PublishingCo., Inc. 1984* Frost, Josephine C. Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams (Not Published, 1920) Page 17, Page 45* The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry. Lineage ofMember* Macomber, Donald & Macomber, Harriet Seaver. The Ancestry of Donald Macomber, Ethel Jaynes Macomber, and Harriet Seaver Macomber, revised edition (William F Macomber, compiler), Volume Four, Thomas S Leue, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, 1994, Part Three, pp. 125-348. See also WikiTree free space page for the set of books.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project ===: is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. II, pages 34-40 [https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA34#v=onepag...]). This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree. See profiles on that trail in the Magna Carta Trails section of her mother's profile.

• Needs Development: This profile needs development against the project's checklist to bring itup to current project standards. ~ Thiessen-117 17:47, 29 July 2020 (UTC) : See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

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