William Helme, Gent.

Biography

William Helme, aka Elme, the son of William Helme and his wife Elizabeth Baynes, was born 1581 in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England, and died there after 1648.

He married three times:

• Husband of Grisill Spratt — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Husband of Anne (Smith) Elme — married 9 Jul 1617 [location unknown]
• Husband of Priscilla (Wentworth) Elme — married 1 Sep 1619 in Waltham, Lincolnshire, England

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These children need checking before entry. They don’t align with the Will below.

Children by his 1st wife:

• Thomas Spratt, Alexander Elme, Joan Elme, Ashton Elme, William Elme, Christopher Helme, Mary Elme and Richard Elme

Children by his 2nd wife:

• Matthew Elme

Children by his 3rd wife:

• Mother of Grissell Elme, George Elme, Nicholas Elme, Edward Elme, John Helme and Priscilla Elme

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Will

• "In the name of God, Amen! I William Elme of Long Sutton in the part of Holland in the County of Lincoln, Gent. being sicke in body but sound in mind & having my perfect memory praised be Allmighty God for this his great mercy towards me, doe this one & twenty day of March in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred and fourty-eight make this my last Will & Testament in manner following ...
• unto Allmighty God my body, soule & spirit ... my body decently buryed in the Parish Church of Sutton St. Maries under the blew stone where the body of my first wife was layed. ...
• unto John Elme my eldest sonne my mansion house and all my free& copy-hold lands in Sutton St. Maries & Sutton St. Nicholas alias Lutton ...
• unto James Elme my youngest sonne one messuage & five acres and an halfe of free-hold land lying & being in Sutton St. James ...
• unto Mary ?Gyps my daughter five pounds
• unto my daughter Grissell Elme thirty pounds
• all the rest of my goods & chattels whatsoever undisposed of I give will & bequeathe unto John Elme myeldest sonne ... sole executor ... John Elme my sonne would give unto my daughter Grissell Elme his sister a bed with that furniturebeloning thereunto. And that hee would allsogive unto James Elme my sonne a bed to lay his body upon.
• And if that Christopher Elme my sonne by my first wife be living and come lawfully to demand that legacy wch I give unto him I will that my sonne John Elme give five pounds a yeare unto him the sayd Christopher Elme during the term of the natuarall life of the sayd Christopher ...
• Item I will that the executor of this my last Will & Testament doe within halfe a yeare after mydecease bestow upon the impotent poore in sutton St. Maries twenty shillings.
• This is the last Will & testament of me the aforesayd Willm Elme, witnesse my hand & seale hereunto the day & yeare first above written vz. March 21mo 1648." witnessed and signed[1]

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From: Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of ..., Volume 1 By William Richard Cutter. Pg. 493

• (XIX) Christopher Wentworth, son of William Wentworth (18), was born probably in 1556; married, August 19, 1583, at the church of St. Peter, at Gowts, in the city of Lincoln, Catherine, youngest daughter of William Marbury Esq., of Girsby, in the parish of Burgh-upon-Main, Lincolnshire, by his wife Agnes, daughter of John Lenton. One of her younger brothers was Rev. Francis Marbury, whose daughter Anne married William Hutchinson and became afterwards the famous religious leader in New England. Christopher seems to have been constantly changing his residence, the baptisms of his eight children have taken place in five different places. His will was dated December 8, 1628, at Barrow, a village near Goxhill, the seat of his ancestor, but it was not proved until May 15, 1633, and then at Alford, forty miles distant.
  • Children:
    • 1. William; mentioned below.
    • 2. Anne, baptized at Ireby, Lincolnshire, October 28, 1585; married Rev. John Lawson.
    • 3. Faith, baptized at Great Grimsby, May 14, 1587.
    • 4. Elizabeth, baptized at Ireby, August 15, 1589; married John Winne.
    • 5. Frances, baptized at Ireby, November 8, 1590.
    • 6. Francis, baptized at Conisholm, May 24, 1593, died young.
    • 7. Priscilla, baptized June 14, 1594; married September 1, 1619, William Holmes.
    • 8. Christopher, baptized at Waltham, February 27, 1596-97, died young. ____________________

From: The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870). pg 31

• XIX. Christopher Wentworth, third but only surviving son of William Wentworth, of Waltham, and Ellen Gilby his first wife, was born probably about 1556, and was therefore about eighteen years of age at his father's death in 1574. On the 19th of August 1583, he was married, at the Church of St. Peter at Gowts, in the City of Lincoln, to Catharine, youngest daughter of William Marbury, Esq., of Girsby, in the parish of Burgh-upon-Bain, in Lincolnshire, by his wife Agnes, daughter of John Lenton, Esq. One of her younger brothers was the Rev. Francis Marbury, whose daughter Anne married William Hutchinson, and became afterwards the famous religionist of New England and the ancestress of the Governor of that name. .....
• His children were as follows:
  • 7. Priscilla, who was baptized at Waltham, 14 June, 1594, and married there, 1 September, 1619, to William Helmes, Gentleman, of Long Sutton, otherwise Sutton St. Mary, in Lincolnshire. She was living in 1528, but died some time before 1648, and was buried in the parish church of Sutton St. Mary. Her husband married once or twice; but in his will, dated 21 March, 1648-9, directed to be buried near her, and bequeathed five pounds per annum to her son Christopher, if he were living, which he seemed to doubt. ______________
• Priscilla WENTWORTH
• Born: BEF 14 Jun 1599, Lincoln, England
• Died: BEF 1648, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England
• Buried: Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire, England
• Father: Christopher WENTWORTH of Alford
• Mother: Catherine MARBURY
• Married: William HELME 1 Sep 1619, Waltham, Lincolnshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Christopher HELME
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Priscilla WENTWORTH1 ________________
• Lincolnshire pedigrees Vol. III
• http://www.archive.org/details/lincolnshirepedi03madd
• http://www.archive.org/stream/lincolnshirepedi03madd#page/641/mode/1up
• Christopher Wentworth of Barrow, supervisor to Francis Wentworth 1611. Will dated 8 Dec. 1628; proved at Alford 15 May 1633. marr. Katherine, dau. of William Marbury of Gersby; mar. at St. Peter-at-Gowts, Lincoln, 19 Aug. 1583; ex'trix 1628.
  • Priscilla, bapt. at Waltham 14 June 1594; mar. there 1 Sept 1619 (mar. lic. 28 Aug. 1619, aet. 24). mar. William Elmes of Sutton, aet. 38 in 1619. ____________________

William Helme (c.1580 Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England - 21 Mar 1647 Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England)

MARRIED 1602 Sutton, Lincolnshire, England

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References

• Donald Henry Stahle, June Bennett Helme and Charles Milton Helms. “Some North American Descendants of John Elmes of Lincolnshire, England through his Great-Grandson, Christopher Helme of Rhode Island.” (April 2006); digital images, < FamilySearchBooks > . John Elmes was born in about 1533 in England. He married Mary Cockson in about 1556. They had one son, William. William's grandson, Christopher Helme, was baptized 24 July 1603 in Long Sutton Lincolnshire. Page 9-11, 14-21. (document attached).