Wilmot Grubb

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Henry Grubb was the son of Wilmot Grubb. Before Henry left on the Kent, he received a certificate (effectively a letter of introduction) from the Ratcliffe Quaker Meeting. The Quaker archive at Swathmore College confirmed that the Ratcliffe Meeting was in London, one of the two points of embarkation for the settlers on the Kent. Wilmot Grubb signed Henry’s certificate as his mother clearly establishing the relationship. Unfortunately, the Quaker archives in London confirmed that the minutes of the Ratcliffe Meeting for the period no longer exist, but the text of the certificate survives in the minutes of the Salem Meeting.

Henry Grubb was from Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. The location of Henry’s family was established through Henry’s 1695 will that named Wilmot as his mother and indicated that she was then living in Stoke Climsland. This will survives in the New Jersey Archives. According to parish records, Wilmot Grubb, a Quaker, died in Stoke Climsland in 1698. The certificate Henry received at the Ratcliffe Quaker Meeting in 1677 was also signed by a number of Quakers who are known to have been from Stoke Climsland including Daniel Clark, Tristam Clark and Walter Hawkin. Significantly, one of the other passengers on the Kent was William Clark who was married at Salem in 1679. Henry Grubb was recorded as present at William’s marriage.

_________________ Wife: Helen Vivian Wilmont DOB: 1629, Stoke, Climsland, Cornwall, England DOD: 04 Feb 1698, Stoke, Climsland, Cornwall, England