John Deighton

John Deighton

An inscription in St. Nicholas Church in Gloucester City, Gloucestershire, England, no longer visible, read as follows, as documented by Bigland:

" Here lie interred the bodies of John Deighton, of this city, gent., and Jane, his wife, daughter to Edward Bassett, of Uley, by whom he had issue, three sons and four daughters. He spent all his time in the study of chirurgery, and attained to great knowledge therein. He died 16 May, 16[40], and she the 23 April, 1634."

Chirurgery means surgery. Deighton was a surgeon and a sheriff. His son John was also a surgeon, and there is an inscription still visible for him here:

http://stnicholaschurchuk.webs.com/groundfloor.htm

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• John Deighton, Gent., Sheriff of the City of Gloucester1,2,3,4,5,6
• M, #88685, b. 18 November 1568, d. 16 May 1640
• Father Thomas Deighton7,2,5 b. c 1540
• Mother Anne (Agnes)7,2,5 b. c 1545
• John Deighton, Gent., Sheriff of the City of Gloucester was christened on 18 November 1568 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.1,2,5 He married Jane Basset, daughter of Edward Basset, Gent. and Elizabeth (Isabel) Lygon, on 12 April 1605 at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; They had 3 sons (John; John; & Thomas) and 5 daughters (Jane, wife of John Lugg, & of Jonathan Negus; Frances, wife of Richard Williams; Katherine; wife of Samuel Hackburne, of Gov. Thomas Dudley; & of Rev. John Allin; Damaris; & Mary).1,2,3,4,5,6 John Deighton, Gent., Sheriff of the City of Gloucester left a will on 30 January 1639; He was a surgeon. Buried in the south aisle of St. Nicholas, Gloucester.1,2,5 He died on 16 May 1640 at of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, at age 71.1,2,5 His estate was probated on 21 May 1640.1,2,5
• Family Jane Basset b. c 1582, d. 23 Apr 1631
• Children
  • Frances Deighton+7,2,5 b. 1 Mar 1611, d. Feb 1706
  • Katherine Deighton8,2,3,4,5,6 b. 16 Jan 1615, d. 20 Aug 1671
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 262.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 39-40.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 97-98.
• 4.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 57-58.
• 5.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 411-412.
• 6.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 477.
• 7.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 262-263.
• 8.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 281.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2952.htm#... _______________________
• John Deighton1,2
• M, #407703, b. 1570, d. 1640
• Last Edited=28 Jul 2012
• John Deighton was born in 1570 at England.1,2 He married Jane Basset, daughter of Edward Basset and Elizabeth Lygon, at England.1,2 He died in 1640 at England.1,2
• Children of John Deighton and Jane Basset
  • 1.John Deighton2 b. 1605
  • 2.Jane Deighton2 b. 1605
  • 3.Frances Deighton+2 b. 1610, d. 1693
  • 4.Catherine Deighton2 b. 1614
• Citations
• 1.[S480] Unknown author, The M (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date).
• 2.[S4132] Robin J Conisbee Wood, online <e-mail address>, Robin J Conisbee Wood (unknown location), downloaded 23 November 2009.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p40771.htm#i407703 ___________________
• The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall
• http://books.google.com/books?id=59XcwoRK9jkC&pg=PR9&lpg=PR9&dq=the...
• 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
• http://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&printsec=frontcover&d...
• Pg.39
• 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
• Pg.40
• 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...
• Pg.634
• 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
• Pg.635
• (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)
  • Pg.636
  • 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. ____________________________
• Gloucestershire Notes and Queries (1894)
• https://archive.org/details/gloucestershire00unkngoog
• https://archive.org/stream/gloucestershire00unkngoog#page/n122/mode...
• Pg.95
• But these more recent discoveries have not been confined to the paternal family of Richard Williams. "The Gloucestershire wife," doubted by Savage, has been established. It was known that the wife of Richard was Frances Dighton, sister of Katherine, the wife of Gov. Thomas Dudley, but the discovery of their family had baffled the efforts of all investigators. Early in 1889 the record was discovered which shows that on 11 Feb., 1632, Richard Williams was married at Witcombe Magna, to Frances Deighton, of Gloucester.
• The will of John Deighton, dated 31 Jan., 1639, proved 21 May, 1640, mentions his eldest son, John, his eldest daughter, Jane, his daughter Frances Williams, his daughter Katherine Haighburne, at that date wife or widow of Samuel Haighbume, and his daughter Damaris, who was residuary legatee and executrix. All these names have been used among the descendants of Richard Williams to the present day.
• Among the inscriptions in St. Nicholas' church at Gloucester, Bigland gives the following :
• "Here lie interred the bodies of John Deighton, of this city, gent., and Jane, his wife, daughter to Edward Bassett, of Uley, by whom he had issue, three sons and four daughters. He spent all his time in the study of chirurgery, and attained to great knowledge therein. He died 16 May, 16[40], and she the 23 April, 1634."
• The registers of the same church show the christening of Frances and Katharine, daughters of John Deighton :
  • Frances, bap. 1 March, 1611.
  • Katharine, bap. 16 Jan., 1614.
• The accounts of Katharine make her, when she married Gov. Dubley (14 April, 1644), the widow of Samuel Hackburne, The name in some records is Haighburne ; in her father's will it is Hayburne. The pronunciation of Haighburne is not known. The name "Haigh," at the present time is variously pronounced
• https://archive.org/stream/gloucestershire00unkngoog#page/n123/mode...
• Pg.96
• — Hay, Hague, Hake, etc. The transformation of "Haighburne" lo "Hackburne," therefore, is not surprising.*
• We now return to the Williams family.
• Richard Williams, the son of William Williams of Sinwell, baptized as already mentioned at Wotton-under-edge, 28 Jan., 1606 [not in 1599], died in Taunton, Mass., in 1693. He married Frances, daughter of John and Jane [Bassett] Deighton, who was baptized at Gloucester, 11 March, 1611. She died at Taunton, Mass., in 1706. Her mother being one of the Bassetts of Uley, was a descendant of the ancient Berkeley family. The record of the marriage is :
• "Richard Williams, of the parishe of St. Johns, in Glouc', and Frances Deighton of the parishe of St. Nicholas, in Glouc' aforesaid, were marryed the XIth day of February, at Witcombe Magna, by Mr. Stubbs, [t]eacher, 1632."
• II. Children, born in Gloucester, England :
  • 1 John Williams, bap. 27 March, 1634 ; died young.
  • 2 Elizabeth, bap. 7 February, 1635-6; died young.
• Children, born in Taunton, Mass. :
  • 3 Samuel Williams, b. about 1639.
  • 4 Nathaniel Williams, bap. 7 February, 1641.
  • 5 Joseph Williams.
  • 6 Thomas Williams.
  • 7 Elizabeth, b. 1647.
  • 8 Hannah.
  • 9 Benjamin Williams, who died in 1701, from whom Gov. Williams traces his descent.
• https://archive.org/stream/gloucestershire00unkngoog#page/n166/mode...
• Pg.135
  • The Deigbtons of Gloucester
• As some reference to the Deightons occurs in the article on the Williams family, p. 112, ante, the following details may be of interest to the reader.
• John Deighton, of St Nicholas, Gloucester, chirurgeon, sheriff of the city 1620 and 1624, had 3 sons: John born in 1605, who died in infancy ; another of the same name born in 1607, and Thomas; and five daughters: Jane,* Frances, Katherine,* Mary, and Damaris, so that the inscription in St Nicholas church, copied by Bigland, is not quite accurate. A letter is extant in the Harleian MSS. which John Deighton wrote about 1636 to the editors of Foxes' Acts and Monuments to correct an error of Foxe's, respecting the martyrdom of Horne at Newent. In it he says he knew Foxe who died in 1587. This letter has been published in Narratives of the Days of the Reformation, edited by Nicholls (Camden Society).
• In his will made 31 Jan., 1639, and proved 21 May, 1640, John Deighton leaves to his daughter Damaris and her heirs several houses in Westgate Street, some pieces of ground and leaseholds, and appoints her sole executrix. To Richard Deighton he leaves a pair of gloves, and appoints him one of the overseers of his will. Two of the witnesses are Nathaniel and Samuel Deighton. The parentage of John, Richard, Nathaniel, and Samuel Deighton is not known, and there is nothing in the will but the coincidence of an uncommon name to show that they were relatives. John Deighton's arms on his tombstone were, according to Bigland, Argent, a lion passant between three crosses crosslet fitchee gules, the same as those borne by Robert Dighton, of Sturton, Lincolnshire, illegitimate son of Christopher Dighton, fourth in descent in the Lincolnshire pedigree of the family.
• Richard Deighton was also a chirurgeon of St. Nicholas', Gloucester. He had a son Richard baptized in 1623, and two daughters. In 1636, he married secondly Elizabeth Whithorne, a widow with one son. By his will, dated 26 Dec, 1936 (transciption error), he bequeathed to his wife ;L20, and to his son Richard Deighton,
  • * Jane married John Lugg, who came of a very numerous and influential civic family in Gloucester. Katherine married Samuel Hagbourne at St. Nicholas Church, 26 Dec., 1633. The three sisters, Jane, Frances, and Katharine, with their respective spouses, sailed for New England, 1636-7, where descendants of the two first named live at the present.
• https://archive.org/stream/gloucestershire00unkngoog#page/n167/mode...
• Pg.136
• "a bed with th' appurtenance." His two daughters were to have all his "household stuffe," and after the settlement of an account between him, his wife, and her son, the residue of his estate was to be equally divided, "with his studdie of books " among his four children. His "servant mayd " Joyce was to have 20 shillings for attending him in his sickness, and his son Richard Deighton was appointed executor. The testator died in the following year.
• The second John Deighton, of Gloucester, was like his father, a medical man. He is called "Practitioner in Physic and Chirurgery" on his tombstone in St. Nicholas' Church, and in Dr. Munk's recently published Roll of the Royal College of Physicians, London, he is mentioned as practising in Bristol in 1665. He married Mary, daughter of Edmond Arislye, of Brooking House, Chasilton, Oxfordshire. In his will, dated 14 July, 1676, he leaves 10/- each to his son John, his " beloved aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Brown," and his "beloved kinswoman Katharine Walker," to buy memorial rings. His real property goes to his son, and his personal property to his wife, who is appointed sole executrix.
• Another member of this family, probably son to the forgoing, 1642, July 7th, John, the sonne of Mr John Deighton (Baptisms), St. Nich. Parish Register, was John Deighton, minor canon and vicar of St. Mary de Lode in 1675. His wife was Anne, daughter of Francis Urutt, of Herefordshire, according to the inscription on their tomb in the cathedral, given by Bigland. He died in 1695, aged 53, and she in 1722, aged 78. They had a son John who died young, and a daughter Anne married to a gentleman named William Walter. To conclude this long list of John Deightons, there was another John Deighton, of Gloucester, who died on the 27 Jan., 1755, aged 61, and was buried at St. Mary de Crypt. Conway Dighton. ___________________________________
• John Deighton[1, 2]
• Christened 18 Nov 1568 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
• Died 16 May 1640 [1, 3]
• Father Thomas Deighton
• Mother Anne
• Family Jane Basset, b. Abt 1585, of, Uley, Gloucestershire, England , d. 23 Apr 1631
• Married 12 Apr 1605 St. Nicholas', Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
• Children
  • 1. John [1st] Deighton, b. Abt 1606, d. Young
  • 2. John [2nd] Deighton, c. 9 Apr 1607, St. Nicholas', Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
  • 3. Jane Deighton, c. 5 Apr 1609, St. Nicholas', Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England , d. Aft 1671
  • 4. Frances Deighton, c. 1 Mar 1611, St. Nicholas', Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England , d. Feb 1706, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
  • 5. Katherine Deighton, c. 16 Jan 1615, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England , d. Aug 1671
  • 6. Damaris Deighton, c. 22 Mar 1616, St. Nicholas', Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England , d. Aft 1640
  • 7. Mary Deighton, b. Abt 1618, d. Young
  • 8. Thomas Deighton, c. 19 Aug 1621, St. Nicholas', Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England , d. Aft 1640
  • 9. [Unknown] Deighton, d. Bef 1624
• Sources
• 1.[S394] #230 [5th edition, 1999] The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 (5th edition, 1999), Adams, Arthur, (5th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1999), FHL book 973 D2aa 1999., p. 37 line 28:16.
• 2.[S347] Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists: the Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies Before 1701 (2nd ed., 1999), Faris, David, (2nd edition. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), FHL book 973 D2fp., p. 126 DUDLEY:1.i.
• 3.[S266] #379 [7th edition, 1992] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came to America Before 1700 (7th edition, 1992), Weis, Frederick Lewis, (7th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1992), FHL book 974 D2w 1992., p. 83 line 84:39.
• From: https://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I2831&tree=... _______________________
• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before ... 8th Edition By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Kaleen E. Beall
• http://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&q=deighton#v=snippet&...
• Pg.90
• Pg.139 _______________________
• Links
• http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ProbateRecords/GLS1619.html#D

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John Deighton Memorial

Birth: 1568 Gloucestershire, England Death: May 16, 1640 Gloucester Gloucestershire, England

Family links:

Spouse:

 Jane Basset Deighton (1586 - 1631)

Children:

 Frances Deighton Williams (1611 - 1706)*

 Katherine Deighton Hagborne Dudley Allin (1614 - 1671)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester Gloucester City of Gloucester Gloucestershire, England

Created by: Anonymous Record added: Mar 24, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 144124938

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Dec 24 2019, 20:41:56 UTC
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Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth ===John Deighton, was the son of Deighton-145|Thomas Deighton of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England and his wife Unknown-435780|Anne (or Agnes).<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> He was baptized at Cirencester on November 18, 1568.<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/>

Related to Yorkshire Dightons? ===It is suspected that John was related to the Staincliffe Hall/Woodsome, Yorkshire branch of the Dighton family, based on the fact that the coat of arms inscribed on his tombstone (argent a lion passant between three crosses crosset fitchee gules) is so similar to the coat of armsgranted in 1592 to John Dighton of Staincliffe Hall/Woodsome (argent a lion passant between three crosses patee fitches gules). However, norecord has been found that establishes the link.<ref name="TAG9p217"/>

Possible Brothers ===According to Phillimore's 1894 "Gloucestershire Notes and Queries," John had brothers named Richard, Nathaniel and Samuel,<ref name="GloucNotesVp135"/> which is supported by the fact that a Richard Deighton wasappointed as an overseer in John's will and his will was witnessed bya Nathaniel Deighton and a Samuel Deighton.<ref name="TAG9p218-9"/>

Marriage ===John married Bassett-755|Jane Basset at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire on April 12, 1605.<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/><ref name="TAG9p216-7"/> The marriage is supported by the pedigree of the issue of Sir John Berkeley and Isable Dennys in Smyth's "Lives of the Berkeleys" written in the 1620s, which states that Jane Basset, daughter of Edward Basset of Uley, was, as of 1626, married to "John Deighton, surgeon of Gloucester, had issue John, and 5 others."<ref name="SmythPedigree"/><ref name="GloucVisitations"/>

Children

John and Jane had the following children:* John, bpt. March 6, 1605/6 at Saint Nicholas, Gloucester,<ref name="JohnBpt1"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp135"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> died in infancy<ref name="GloucNotesVp135"/>* Deighton-5|John, bpt. April 9, 1607 at Saint Nicholas, Gloucester,<ref name="JohnBpt2"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp135"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> m. 1st before 1642 _____,<ref name="SonProfile"/> m. 2d August 5, 1664 Mary Arislye/Ausley/Anstye at St Nicholas,<ref name="SonProfile"/> Gloucester, d. October 31, 1676<ref name="TAG9p215"/><ref name="SonProfile"/>* Deighton-6|Jane, bpt. April 5, 1609 at St Nicholas, Gloucester,<ref name="JaneBpt"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> m. 1st January3, 1627/8 John Lugg at Saint Nicholas, Gloucester,<ref name="JaneMarriage"/> m. October 27, 1647 2d Jonathan Negus at Boston, MassachusettsBay Colony,<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> d. after 1671 probablyin Boston<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/>* Dighton-45|Francis/Frauncis, bpt. March 1, 1610/1at St Nicholas,Gloucester,<ref name="FrancisBpt"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> m. February 11, 1632/3 Richard Williams at Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire,<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/><ref name="TAG10p25"/> d. February 1705/6 in Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/>* Deighton-7|Katherine, bpt. January 16, 1613/4 at St Nicholas, Gloucester,<ref name="KatherineBpt"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/>m. 1st December 25, 1633 Samuel Hackburne (or Hagbourne) at St. Nicholas, Gloucester,<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> m. 2d April 4, 1644 Gov. Thomas Dudley at Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony,<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> m. 3d November 8, 1653 Rev. John Allin at Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony,<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> d. August 20, 1671<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/>* Damaris,<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> bpt. March 22, 1616/7 atSaint Nicholas, Gloucester,<ref name="DamarisBpt"/> living and unmarried in 1640 (based on being referred to as Damaris Deighton in her father's will)* Mary,<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> d. probably before 1640 (based on not being mentioned in father's will)* Dighton-19|Thomas,<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> bpt. August 19, 1621 at Saint Nicholas, Gloucester,<ref name="ThomasBpt"/> living in 1640 (based on being mentioned in father's will)

Public Life ===An entry in the 1608 "Men and Armour of Gloucestershire" (which is a listing of men who might be eligible for military service) for John Deighton of the The West Ward of the City of Gloucester describes him as "A40. lower stature. has musket furnished," which meant that he was probably somewhere between 30-50 (the only choices were A20 (about 20), A40 (about 40) and A60 (about 60)), of a lower stature (suitable to serve with a caliver, a type of gun lighter than a musket), and that he owned a musket. (The only other Deighton included in "Men and Armour of Gloucestershire" was a Nathaniel Deighton of Castle Street, Cirencester, tailer, A20, tallest stature (suitable for being a pikeman).<refname="MenAndArmour"/><ref name="TAG9p216-7"/>

John was a "chirurgeon" or surgeon by profession.<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp135"/> He served as Sheriff of the City of Gloucester in 1620 and 1624.<ref name="GloucHist146"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp135"/>

Will; Death; Burial ===John made his will on January 30, 1639/40.<ref name="TAG9p218-9"/><refname="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp135"/> He died on May 16, 1640 and his will was proved on May 21, 1640.<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp135"/> His will (a full transcription of which can be found at TAG 9:218) mentioned his eldest son John, his eldest daughter Jane Lugge, daughter Frances Williams, daughter Katherine Hagburne, son youngest son Thomas, and daughter Damaris Deighton whom he left several houses on Westgate Street in Gloucester and some other real property and appointed sole executrix. The will appointed Richard Deighton (relationship not mentioned) and Thomas Pearce as overseers and was witnessed by Nathaniel Deighton, Samuel Deighton, Thomas Harris and Francis Harris.<ref name="TAG9p218-9"/>

John was buried in the south aisle of the church of at St. Nicholas, Gloucester.<ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp411-2"/> An inscription in the church, no longer visible, read as follows, as documented by Ralph Bigland's 1819 "Original History of the City of Gloucester"::Here lie interred the bodies of John Deighton, of this city, gent., and Jane, his wife, daughter to Edward Bassett, of Uley, by whom he hadissue, three sons and four daughters. He spent all his time in the study of chirurgery, and attained to great knowledge therein. He died 16May, 16[40], and she the 23 April, 1634.<ref name="TAG9p217"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp95"/>

<ref name="ThomasBpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWDF-D2F : 23 March 2020), Thomas Deighton, 1621.</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="MenAndArmour">"Men & Armour for Gloucestershire in 1608" (online searchable database of the information produced bya military survey of the county of Gloucesteshire conducted by John Smyth the Steward of the Berkeley Estate in that year)</ref> <ref name="TAG9p221-2">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 9 (1932), pp 221-2: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="TAG9p218-9">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 9 (1932), p 219: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="GloucVisitations">"The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, Taken in the Year, 1623," The Harleian Society, 1885, p 207</ref> <ref name="SmythPedigree">Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, "Berkely Manuscripts: Abstracts and Extracts of Smyth's Lives of the Berkeleys," 1821, p 170</ref> <ref name="TAG9p217">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 9 (1932), p 217: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="TAG9p216-7">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 9 1932, pp 216-7: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="TAG9p215">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 9 1932, p 215: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="SonProfile"> See the profile for Deighton-5|John Deighton, Jr.</ref> <ref name="GloucHist146">"The History and Antiquities of Gloucester: Including the Civil and Military Affairs of that Ancient City," 1781, p 146</ref> <ref name="GloucNotesVp95">W.P.W. Phillimore, "Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, Volume V, 1891-1893," 1894, p 95</ref> <ref name="GloucNotesVp135">W.P.W. Phillimore, "Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, Volume V, 1891-1893," 1894, p 135</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="JohnBpt1">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPJY-JMC : 11 February 2018, John Deinton, 06 Mar 1605); citing , index based upon data collected bythe Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 855,634, 855,635.</ref> <ref name="JohnBpt2">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPJY-JMD : 11 February 2018, John Deinton Or Dighton in entry for John Deinton, 09 Apr 1607); citing, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 855,634, 855,635.</ref> <ref name="JaneMarriage">"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL9Y-83P : 10 February 2018), John Lugg and Jane Deighton, 03 Jan 1627; citing Saint Nicholas,Gloucester,Gloucester,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 855,634.</ref> <ref name="KatherineBpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPJB-6X5 : 11 February 2018, John Deighton in entry for Katherin Deighton, 16 Jan 1613); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 855,634, 855,635.</ref> <ref name="DamarisBpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J38S-4MT : 11 February 2018, John Deighton in entry for Damaris Deighton, 22 Mar 1616); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, SaltLake City; FHL microfilm 855,634, 855,635.</ref> <ref name="JaneBpt">"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPJB-3V8 : 11 February 2018, Jane Dighton, 05 Apr 1609); citing , index based upon data collected bythe Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 855,634, 855,635.</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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See also:* Frost, Josephine C. Space:Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams|Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams (Not Published, 1920)