Susan Markham

Biography

Susan Greenleafe arrived in America in May 1620, six months before the Mayflower, on board the Jonathan. She arrived in Virginia with two children, Thomas, born about. 1615 and Ann, born 1620 by her first husband Robert Greenleafe. Robert first arrived in America in August 1610 aboard the Tryall.

Susan Markham was not the wife of Thomas Warren, Gent.. "Susan the relict of Robert Greenleafe" married Thomas Markham on 11 July 1636. On 11 July 1637 there is a reference to Susan Markham, relict of Robert Greenleafe.

The following is from "An article in VMH&B, 6:2201, states his (Thomas Warren of Surry County, Va) first wife was a Susan Greenleaf, widow of Robert Greenleaf; this has been declared an error in a much later article in VMH&B, 47:369. . . . Inasmuch as the erroneous information in VMH&B, 6:201 remains to mislead current researchers, the following is presented to place another Thomas Warren and his wife, Susan Greenleafe, at a date when Catherine Gookin's son Thomas Warren was only 11 years old and would not have departed from Co. Kent for another 5 years. 'Thomas Warren, 300 acs. Chas City County, 20 Nov 1635, p. 314. S. upon Bayliffs, E. upon the maine woods, W. upon the river, & N. upon 4 Mi. Cr. 150 acs in right of his wife Susan Greenleafe, the relict of Robert Greenleafe; 50 acs due for her per. adv. & 100 for ad Robert her former husband, being an Ancient Planter in the time of Sir Thomas Dale.' (Ref: Early Va. Fam. Along the James River, 1:2, Henrico & Goochland). Further, according to the muster of Robert Greenleafe, his wife Susan was 23 in 1620 (born about 1597)." (Descendants of Catherine Gooking of co. Kent, revised 9 November 1987)

References

1. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary By Martha W. McCartney. < GoogleBooks >
2. A History and Genealogy of the Warren Family in Normandy, Great Britain and ... By Thomas Warren. Appendix B. “Warrens of Maryland and Virginia.” Page 385-386. < GoogleBooks >
3. WikiTree contributors, "Susan (Unknown) Markham (1601-aft.1636)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-238814 : accessed 07 April 2024). Cites
   1. Hotten, John Camden, 1874 The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles ... London : Hotten Archive.org accessed 5 August 2016 (Pages 169-170, 204).
   2. https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/jonathan.htm
   3. https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/jonathan.htm
   4. Jonathan Ship, Packrat Pro-com, citing Hotten book 8a from the Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia 1624/1625 chapters, pages 201 thru 265, which lists the muster captain, and what ship the individual arrived on: "Greenleafe, Susan, 1620 voyage, aged 23 at muster. Husband, Robert was on the Tryall." NOTE: No mention of children.
   5. Muster Search Results for the name, "Greenleafe." Virtual Jamestown, accessed 2 June 2016.
   6. Nugent, Nell Marion, 1934 Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. [1st ed.] Richmond: Dietz Print Co., Archive.org accessed 24 May 2016, (Vol 1, Pages xxx, 34, 45, 60).
   7. C. H. B., (Oct., 1898) "Warren of Virginia and Maryland." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society, JSTOR.org accessed 24 May 2016, Vol. 6, No. 2 , pp. 200-203.
   8. Bruce, Philip Alexander, (1896) Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. New York: MacMillan and Co., Archive.org accessed 5 August 2016 (Pages 487-571). See also:
   9. McCartney: Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, pages 342-3.
   10. User reviews of McCartney book argues on the Warren side accessed 12 Sept 2016.
   11. Merrill, Kathy, transcriber, "Henrico County, Virginia: Beginnings of Its Families: Part I" by William Clayton Torrence, (Oct., 1915) from William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, (Vol. 24, No. 2, pp 116-42) published by USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project.
   12. Not quite clear though. We're told that in the original grants, all details are identical "except the surname". This appears to link up with the statement that "one is even to Susan MARKHAM". Which, and what does the other say?. And we're also told here that she was "widow of Robert Greeneleafe and Thomas MARKHAM". Was Markham dead then?. Or should there be a comma after Greenleafe?.
   13. Ref.: Torrence http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/henrico/bios/earlyfam.txt