William Case, Sr.

William Case

• Born: 1591 at: Aylesham, England
• Died: ABT. 1635 at sea, En route to Boston, MA on the ship Dorset.
• [Note: no record of him]
• Father: William Case, b. 27 Oct 1560, Norfolk, England
• Mother: Susan Rodich, b. 1570, Aylsham, Norfolk, England AKA William "Solomon" Case (note: no middle names in use in 1591)

William came over in the ship Dorset

Notes

"William Case was born about 1590 in the town of Aylesham, England. There is no documented information about his life in England or his profession. Also, there is no available information about his wife, where he lived or what motivated is the decision to emigrate with his five sons to the New World. However, but for that decision, the Case family line in the United States as documented herein would never have existed.

"There is a sailing list for the ship "Dorset" showing that William Case and his five sons sailed from the port of Gravesend, England, for the New World on September 3, 1635. The sailing list shows the sons as William Solomon Case, age 24, Thomas Terril Case, age 18, John Trustin Case, age 16, and William Case, age 19. There also appears to have been a son, Richard, age not shown. [source needed. Not listed at https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/dorset.htm]

'William Case is reported to have died at sea on the voyage but the cause of death is not documented. At that time he was about 45 years of age. William Case's sons landed at Ipswich, Massachusetts, which is north of Gloucester. At least 15 ships were reported to have sailed that route from England in 1635."

Source: (incomplete) Ralph Case Brunton and Mary S.

WWW. Familyhistory.com, states, William Solomon Case, b.1590, Alysham, England,and five sons, including Henry, b. 1616, left Gravesend bound for Boston on the ship Dorset, of the Winthrop fleet, in 1635. The father died en route. Henry m. Martha Corwin and went to Southhold, Long Island.

Family

He married Ruth James,(b. Abt. 1595) daughter of Reverand Thomas James

Children [ DISPUTED]

• Thomas Terrill Case
• Richard Case, Sr, d. 1694, m. Elizabeth PURCHASE
• John Case, b. 25 JUL 1616, Aylesham, England; d. 21 FEB 1703/04, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, m. 17 AUG 1656, Windsor, Harford, CT, Spouses: Sarah SPENCER Elizabeth MOORE
• William Case II, b. Abt 1626 England; d. 1676, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
• Henry Case, Sr., b. 1630, Lancastershire, England ; d. 1665, Southold, Suffolk, New York, m. NOV 1658, Southold, Suffolk Co., NY, Martha CORWIN [NO]

William died aboard the ship Dorset en route to Boston, MA. He and his family were migrating to what was to become the United States of America.

Evidence needed to support this life history:

When William Solomon Case was born on 20 August 1582, in Aylsham, Norfolk, England, his father, William Solomon Case, was 21 and his mother, Susan Mary Rodich, was 17. He married Ruth James about 1610, in England. They were the parents of at least 6 sons.

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The Case Family of Connecticut

http://westoverfamilyhistory.weebly.com/case-family-of-connecticut....

The Case family legend sets the family as far back as the year 1200 in York, England. They eventually settled in Aylesham, England, holding all the land surrounding the town, giving them the name "Case" because they "Cased in" the town. According to lore (for the time being), they are connected to the Boleyn family by marriage and the Cromwell family by noteriety. At the time of this writing, I've only been able to trace the family as far back as a one John Case in Connecticut, born about 25 Jul 1616 in Aylesham, England. We know that he was in the Hartford area in 1636-37 and was likely in the Pequot Indian War of the time because he was granted two parcels of land for his military service. There are other Cases in the area: Henry, Richard, Thomas and William who MAY be his brothers (all being sons of William Case and Susan Rodich and sailed over on the "Dorset" in 1635), but at the time of this writing there is no solid evidence that allows for this presumption.

Sources:

1. September or October, 1635 The Dorset departed London forBermuda Sources: "Hotten's Lists", pages 132-135; American Plantations and Colonies
2. William Case of England and Some of His Descendants in the New World, 1635-1984, Compiled by Clayton Case-Mankato, MN, 1984. States: William Case with 5 sons sailed to America on the "Dorset" from Gravesend England on 3-Sep-1635. William Case is reported to have died at sea however, the cause of death is not documented. He would have been 45 years of age. His sons did land at Ipswitch, MA.
3. Ancestry.com, One World Tree
4. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Case-Family/1999-10/0...
5. http://loricase.com/gedcom/fam00150.htm
6. Case, Clayton C. (1984) "William Case of England and some of His Descendants. GoogleBooks In copyright, no view.
7. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=greenmaev...
8. Descendants of William Arnold of Hingham, Mass , Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Page 21. AncestryImage father of John Case (1616 - 1703) who married Sarah Spencer.
9. Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. “ Name: William Case Arrival year: 1635 Arrival Place: Rhode Island Primary Immigrant: Case, William”
10. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Case-274 Cites
    1. Case Family of Connecticut & Long Island. By George E. McCracken. Richard and Elizabeth Purchase Case were not the parents of John Case (1616-1704).
    2. "William Case of England and Some of His Descendants in the New World, 1635 - 1984", Compiled by Clayton C. Case, Mankato, Minnesota, 1984.
    3. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality..1600-1700, James Camden Hotten, 1874
    4. ”William Case of Rhode Island and Some of His Descendants”, Carol Case Greene, Gateway Press, 2002
11. http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I3247...
12. The Dorset sailed September 1635 to Babardoes with Master John Flowers. https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/dorset.htm Casse Wm 19
13. Voyages of Captain John Flower https://robertsbeazer.wordpress.com/2015/05/30/voyages-of-captain-j...