John "of Cowford" Hodsoll

John HODSOLL Gentleman [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born 1555 in Stansted, Kent, England. He died Nov 1617 in Cowfold, Sussex, England and was buried 20 Nov 1617 in Cowfold, Sussex, England.

Married

1. Anne MAUNDY on 1579 in London, Middlesex, England. 12 children.
2. Faith Moorer on 1614 in Sussex, England. She was the widow of Thomas Bareham; her 1st marriage was to William Bacon. 1 child.

Sources

1. Bush, Richard L., "English Ancestry of Bennett Hodsoll, First Wife of Edmond Freeman of Sandwich, Massachusetts," NEHGR 164:2 (Apr 2010) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 109

Links

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg544...
• http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/Freeman.htm
• http://helenesgenes.com/Hodsoll.html#jon
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=michelot...
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/hods1617.... (will of John Hodsoll 1617)

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We don't know (9479) Faith Hodsoll's birth name. All we know is that, in his will of 1 Aug 1617, proved 16 Nov 1617, (9478) John Hodsoll named his wife's daughter (9479[1]a) Faith Bacon. The Gratwick connections were only introduced when his son, also named (9479vi) John Hodsoll, married (9479vi) Elizabeth Gratwick, daughter of John Gratwick of Cowfold, whom (9479vi) John Jr., in his will fo 11 Jun 1628, proved 25 Nov 1628, named as father-in-law. (9478) John Hodsoll Sr.'s will also clearly names (18956) John Hodsoll as his father."

-- Austin W. Spencer austinwspencer@juno.com 16 Dec. 2002 c/o http://genforum.genealogy.com/hodsoll/messages/2.html

JOHN HODSOLL (c. 1555 - 1617) of Cowfold, Sussex

Parents: John Hodsoll [Ref] and (perhaps) Anne Unknown [Ref]

John Hodsoll was born about 1555, according to his stated age on 10 May 1608. [Ref] He died between 17 and 26 Nov 1617. [Ref] He married first Anne Maundy. [Ref] He married second, as her third husband, Faith Moorer. [Ref] Faith was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Barto) Moorer. [Ref] She was baptised on 28 Sep 1576 in St. Mary Colechurch, London. [Ref] She married first William Bacon. [Ref] She married second Thomas Bareham. [Ref] Administration was granted on the estate of Faith (Moorer) (Bacon) (Bareham) Hodsoll, a resident of Newington, Surrey, on 4 Aug 1641. [Ref]

John Hodsoll was a mariner and a major supplier of planking and other wood products to the Royal Navy. [Ref] He appears to be the John Hodsoll, who is listed as an investor in the Virginia Colony in 1612. [Ref]

John Hodsoll's will mentions property in Ratcliffe, Middlesex. Ratcliffe is in the parish of Stepney.

John Hodsoll, gentleman of Cowfold, signed his will on 1 Aug 1617; he added a codicil on 17 Nov and it was proved on 26 Nov. [Ref] He mentions his wife Faith; his son-in-law William Scates and his wife Elizabeth; godson John Scates, the son of his daughter Elizabeth; daughter Anne Sheffield, the wife of Thomas Sheffield, and her children; daughter Bennett Freeman, the wife of Edmond Freeman; daughters Katherine and Christian Hodsoll; sister Joan Whiteacre; brother-in-law Richard Moorer; his wife's daughter Faith Bacon; son John Hodsoll; nephew John Hodsoll, the son of his late brother Robert Hodsoll; his brother Thomas Hodsoll and his children. He left his daughter Elizabeth an orchard in the manor of Barking in Essex. He left his son John a farm called Bakers in Stansted, Kent, that had belonged to his deceased father John Hodsoll and, after him, to his deceased brother Henry Hodsoll. The executors were to be his brother John Gratwick and his son-in-law Thomas Sheffield. He left small bequest for the poor in the parishes of Ash and Stansted in Kent. [Ref]

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"The will of John HODSOLL was made 1 Aug. 1617, pr. 16 Nov. 1617. The will named wf. Faith; daus. Elizabeth & her h. Wm. SCALES; Anne, wf/o Thos. SHEFFEILD; Bennett, wf/o Edmond FREEMAN; Katherine HODSOL, & Christian HODSOLL; sister Joan WHITEACRE; bro-in-law Richard MOORER; wife's dau. Faith BACON; nephew John HODSOLL; late bro. Robert HODSOLL; brother (in-law?) John GRATWICKE. To son John, "Bakers," in Stanstead, Kent, "sometyme lands of my father John HODSOLL, decd., which descended after death of my brother Henry HODSOLL." [JEWITT's Reliquary 19:163-4; M. inscription, Ash Church; Reg. Ref. p. 780; probate reg. Weldon, fol. 101. --I haven't checked these references.]"

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UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 about Hodsoll, John, gent. Name: Hodsoll, John, gent. Dates: 1617 Place: General, England Book: Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, and now Preserved in the Principal Probate Registry. 1605 to 1619. (Will) Collection: England: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1605-1619 Text: 1617 Hodsoll, John, gent., Cowfold, Sussex 101 Weldon