Boleyn
Boleyn – Knollys – West
The new queen [Elizabeth] also found more practical ways to honour her late mother [Anne Boleyn]. In appointing the men and women who would serve her, she prioritised her Boleyn relatives.
This was particularly apparent in her private household, where almost all of the most prized positions went to her maternal relatives and supporters. The Careys, descendants of Anne Boleyn’s sister Mary, were especially prominent. Foremost among them was Lady Katherine Knollys. Katherine was the daughter of Mary Boleyn – and was, therefore, Elizabeth’s first cousin.
But it was rumoured that Katherine was the result of a relationship between Mary and Elizabeth’s father, Henry – which would have made the two women half-sisters. One contemporary claimed that the new queen “loved Lady Knollys above all other women in the world”.
Katherine and her family certainly reaped the rewards of their royal connection. Her husband, Sir Francis, was admitted to the privy council and appointed vice-chamberlain of the household, as well as captain of the halberdiers. He was appointed Treasurer of the Royal Household. Her daughter, Lettice – who may have been among Elizabeth’s household at Hatfield for a time – also secured a place in the privy chamber.
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Whenever one of Elizabeth’s Boleyn relatives died in service, she replaced them with their sons or daughters, so she was surrounded by Boleyns throughout her 44-year reign. She also favoured those families who had supported her late mother.
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Mary Boleyn’s children: Katherine and Henry
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Mary Boleyn
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In March 1539, when her father died, Mary inherited the Boleyn estate, which allowed her to fund her children Henry and Catherine’s careers at court. Her daughter Catherine served in the households of Anna von Kleefes and Elizabeth I, and made a fine marriage to Francis Knollys.
Catherine Carey Knollys
As a Protestant, Lady Knollys (pronounced knowles) fled England during the reign of the Catholic monarch Mary I. Knollys returned from Germany after Elizabeth I’s accession in 1558. She was then appointed as a Lady of the Bedchamber — an official and influential position within the royal household, which gave her influence over access to the queen and, with that, political power. Here, she is shown at 38 years old and pregnant with her son Dudley. In her left hand she holds a pair of gloves. In her right hand is the gold chain of a girdle, which is strung around her waist and has a large enameled jewel at its end. A faithful dog stands by her side on a velvet covered table — one the earliest depictions of a pet in British art.
Katherine Knollys (née Carey) was the daughter of Anne Boleyn’s sister, making her a first cousin of Elizabeth I. Katherine is shown pregnant with her son Dudley, one of the sixteen children she had with her husband, Francis Knollys (1511/12–1596). Having returned from exile in mainland Europe after Elizabeth I’s accession, Katherine was appointed as a Lady of the Bedchamber—an official and influential position within the royal household. This painting was previously attributed to the Flemish painter Steven van der Meulen (d. 1563), who arrived in England in around 1560. However, recent technical examination indicates that it was made by the same artist who painted a three-quarter-length portrait of Henry Fitzalan, twelfth earl of Arundel, in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, which is inscribed with the date 1565, that is, two years after Van der Meulen’s death in 1563. The identity of the artist remains unknown.
Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey had 14 children (13 which lived). They were important members of the court of Elizabeth (the last monarch of the House of Tudor).
Their daughter Anne Knollys married Thomas West, 2nd Baron de la Warr.
In November 1606 the king appointed De La Warr to the royal council that oversaw the Virginia Company of London. De La Warr invested £500 in the company, by far the largest investment of any company officer during the following decade. During the critical first years of the Virginia colony, De La Warr monitored from London the deteriorating situation in the colony and worked toward revamping its governance. He may have assisted in drafting the Charter of 1609, which abolished the royal council and authorized the company to appoint a resident governor with the power to name his subordinate officers. Noble rank, stature at court, military experience, and his own substantial personal investment in the company combined to make De La Warr the obvious choice as Virginia’s governor, and on February 28, 1610, the company commissioned him governor and captain-general for life.
Sailing in March 1610 with three ships, 150 settlers, and supplies, he arrived at Jamestown on June 10, in time to intercept the colonists who had embarked for England and were abandoning the enterprise. De La Warr constructed two forts near the mouth of the James River, rebuilt Jamestown, and in general brought order out of chaos.
On June 25, 1611, Thomas West, twelfth baron De La Warr, governor of the Virginia colony, addressed this letter to his superiors at the Virginia Company of London. He had left Virginia with plans to recuperate from illness in the Bermuda islands, but a storm forced his fleet of ships west, first to the Azores and then to England. Back home, he felt obliged to explain his presence and the dismal state of the colony.
He returned to London in 1611, where he published, at the request of the company’s council, his Relation (1611, reprinted 1858) https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/relation-of-the-right-honourable-the-lord-d-la-warre-lord-governour-and-captaine-generall-of-the-colonie-planted-in-virginea-the-1611/ of the condition of affairs in Virginia. He remained in England until 1618, when the news of the tyrannical rule of the deputy, Samuel Argall, led him to start again for Virginia. He embarked in May but died en route and was buried at sea. He died June 7, 1618, at sea off the coast of Virginia or New England.
Early in 1618 De La Warr boarded the Neptune to return to Virginia and resume his work as governor. John Pory reported in the autumn that De La Warr had “dyed in Canada,” suggesting that the governor died near the coast north of the charter boundaries of Virginia, probably off Nova Scotia or perhaps Newfoundland. One of De La Warr’s servants later testified that the governor’s body was carried to Virginia and buried there.
Thomas West and Anne Knollys son John West became governor of Virginia.
John West married Anne Claiborne Percy.
She was the daughter of George Percy, Governor of Virginia, and Anne Floyd.
Their son Lt. Col. John West II married Ursula Unity Croshaw, daughter of Maj. Joseph Croshaw and Elizabeth Yeardley (daughter of George Yeardley and Temperance Flowerdew).
Lt. Col. John West and Ursula Unity Crowshaw’s daughter Anne West married Henry Fox.
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Colonel John West (1632-circa 1689), son of Captain John West and Anne, his wife, married Unity Croshaw,8 daughter of Major Joseph Croshaw9 of York County, and had issue: Anne, who married Henry Fox;10 and sons Thomas, John, and Nathaniel.
(Hening, Statutes at Large, VI, p. 321; Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, l, p. 424, and II, p. 338.) Through this marriage Major Joseph Croshaw became an ancestor of the descendants of Henry Fox.
Madame West (Unity Croshaw) was living in June, 1707, for she at that time purchased a lot (No. 46) on the Matitaponi River in Delawia.retown.
Major Joseph Croshaw (died April 10, 1667), father of Unity Croshaw, who married Colonel John West, was a wealthy and prominent citizen of York Couruty. He was Justice of the Peace of -that County; major of militia; and member of the House of Burgesses, 1659 and 1660. He is said w have mar- ried five times. Unity was a daughter by his first wife.-Wil- liam and Mary Quarterly, II (1), pp. 270, 271, 272.
Major Croshaw gave in 1658 one acre of his plantation called “Poplar Neck,” near .the “Indian Fields/’ to .the Parish of Marston “for a church-yard, on which land there was already a church.” Major Croshaw was a vestryman in this parish.- William and Mary Quarterly, III (1), p. 170.
A copy of ,the will of Joseph Croshaw may be seen in the York County Records for 1664-72, page 180. In the will he JTientions his wife Mary and son Joseph. “I doe make & ap-
‘point my Sonne in Lawe Major John West my full & whole Executr, of .this my last will & Testam’t.” The will was pro- bated in 1667.
In 1687 Colonel John West and Unity, his wife, conveyed “Poplar Neck,” residence of the late Major Joseph Gros.haw, to Edmund Jenings, Esquire, Secretary of State. The latter renamed the place “Rippon Hall.”-William and Mary Quar- terly, II (1), p. 271.
There iis in Bmton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, a tablet “to the Glory of God and to the memory of Maj. Joseph Croshaw-member of House of Burgesses.”
‘°Colonel John West, in his will, recorded on November 15, 1689, in King and Queen Counry, mentions his “daughter Anne, wife of Henry Fox.”-Hening, Statutes at Large, VI, p. 321.
Colonel John West served as Burgess from New Kent County 1680-1682. (Journals, House of Burgesses, II.) He -lived at West Point, in what is now King William Coun·ty. He sat on the courts martial which ,tried the rebels .in Bacon’s time; in 1680 he was senior justice and colonel commanding the militia of New Kent County.-Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, I,
p. 424.
An act was passed in March, 1659-60, by the Assembly: Be-
cause of “the many important favors and services rendered to the countrey of Virginia by the noble family of the West, predecessors of Mr. John West, their now only survivor, . . . It is ordered, That the levies of the said Master West and his family be remitted, and that he be exempt from payment thereof during life.”- Hening, Statutes, I, p. 547
When Elizabeth Convers was born in 1601, in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Converse, was 14 and her mother, Susan Shamike, was 31. She married Captain John Fox Sr in 1623, in Lincolnshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1659, in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 58, and was buried in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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This is all through the Canty side of our family – through the Richbourg line.
The Richbourg Family in America
CLAUDIUS RICHBOURG was the son of Anne Chastain and Rev. Claude Philippe de Richebourg who came from England (originally from France) about 1700.
CLAUDIUS served in Indian War of 1759-60, under the Command of Col. Richard Richardson, and it is believed for this service, received in 1765 one of the earliest land grants in Sumter Dist, on headwaters of Jack’s Creek, a branch of the Santee River.
His sons fought in the Revolutionary War. John was a Captain and son Henry fought for both sides. For this he was exiled to England, but was pardoned and allowed to return.
CLAUDIUS RICHBOURGH, the youngest son of Claude Philippe de Richebourg, and his wife, Anne Chastain, was about three years of age at the time of his father’s death.
After attaining maturity, he acquired substantial holdings in land on Jack’s Creek and the Santee River in that portion of Craven County which subsequently became Clarendon County. Here he pursued the calling of a planter, and spent the remainder of his days. The tax lists of Clarendon County revealed that at the time of his death he owned 1050 acres of land and 12 slaves.
The will of CLAUDIUS RICHBOURG gives the Christian name of his wife as UNITY, and discloses that he had five sons and two daughters. They were:
i. Henry Richbourg, who supported the colonies in their fight for independence during the Revolution by supplying provisions for Continental soldiers and the state militia. (1) Henry Richbourg was listed in the census of l1800 for Clarendon County as “Henry Richbourgh, Senr.,” and as the head of a family consisting of one free white male of 45 years and upwards, three free white males between 16 and 26 years, three free white males between 10 and 16 years, one free white male under 10 years, one free white female of 45 years and upwards, one free white female under 10 years, and fifteen slaves. (2) https://richbourg.net/richbourg-family-in-sc/6/
Item – I give and bequeath to my beloved son Henry Richbourg a negroe man by name Minsor to him the said Henry Richbourg, his heirs and assigns forever.
Lt. Josiah Teige Cantey – Elizabeth Boswood
William b. 1732 – Elizabeth Brunson m. 1752
Josiah Cantey b. 1760 – Rebecca Richbourg
When Josiah Cantey was born on 20 January 1760, in South Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, William Cantey, was 27 and his mother, Rebecca Brunson, was 27. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Rebecca Richbourg. He died on 6 October 1817, in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 57.
When Rebecca Brunson was born on 6 November 1732, in Berkeley, Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, James Brunson, was 21 and her mother, Rebecca Elizabeth, was 21. She married William Cantey about 1754, in South Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died on 3 May 1824, in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 91.
When James Brunson was born on 25 July 1711, in Dorchester, Charleston, South Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Isaac Bronson, was 39 and his mother, Margaret Oldys, was 39. He married Rebecca Elizabeth. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Charleston, South Carolina, United States in 1770. He died on 9 January 1771, in Craven, South Carolina, British Colonial America, at the age of 59, and was buried in South Carolina, British Colonial America.
When Isaac Bronson was born in 1672, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, John Bronson Jr., was 29 and his mother, Hannah Scott, was 26. He had at least 7 sons and 5 daughters with Margaret Oldys. He died on 20 February 1732, in Dorchester, Charleston, South Carolina, British Colonial America, at the age of 60.
When John Bronson III was born on 16 January 1644, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Bronson, was 41 and his mother, Mary Francis Hills, was 38. He married Hannah Scott on 25 October 1664, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died from 11 January 1711 to 28 April 1712, in Craven, South Carolina, British Colonial America, at the age of 68.
When Hannah Scott was born about 1647, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Edmund Scott Sr, was 37 and her mother, Hannah Bird, was 25. She married John Bronson Jr. on 25 October 1664, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 4 December 1725, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 79.
Hannah (Bird) Scott 1623-1679 parents migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). daughter of Thomas Bird and Mary Belden.
When Mary Francis Hills was born on 23 July 1605, in Halstead, Essex, England, her father, William Hills, was 23 and her mother, Sybilla Baldocke, was 25. She married John Bronson on 19 November 1626, in Halstead, Essex, England. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 November 1690, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 85, and was buried in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/94GX-K8F/mary-francis-hills-1605-1690
When Margaret Oldys was born in 1672, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Joseph Oldys, was 24 and her mother, Margaret Sullivan, was 24. She had at least 7 sons and 5 daughters with Isaac Bronson. She died on 26 December 1761, in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 89.
Joesph Oldys b. 1648 Lancashire, England, d. 1692 Charleston, Soutrh Carolina …
son of Sir Richard Oldys and Elnora Paviot
Sir Richard Oldys b. 1620 Dorset, England, d.1650
son of William Oldys, 1591-1645, and Margaret ___
Elnora Paviot, 1627-1660, b.Beaminster, Dorset, England, d. Chetnole, Dorset
daughter of Margreta Paviot
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Colonel Henry Fox III, Sheriff, Justice, Burgess, in 1698 New Kent Co VA to 1770 Camden District SC @ Geni.com: + Mary Goodwyn, + Martha Keen/Keene; children: Unity Ridgell Fox de Richbourg, Thomas Fox, John Fox, William Fox; parents: Henry Fox Jr., Esq. + Mary Hendrick/Kendrick {See also:
Colonel Henry Fox III in “The Fox Family of Lexington” @ Lexington SC Chronicle: “… served as Sheriff and Justice in King William Co [VA] and Justice and Burgess of Brunswick Co [VA] … first of this family to come to SC … first came to Marlboro Co SC in 1733, later moving to present day Richland Co SC near Eastover SC on Colonel’s Creek SC … Colonel Fox was sent to the area west of the Wateree River SC to quell Indian uprisings. During this time Colonel Fox also received a land grant along the North Edisto River SC …”;
Colonel Henry Fox III in 1698 New Kent Co VA to 1770 Craven Co SC @ Ancestral File: b 1698 New Kent Co VA; Christening: 1698 Brunswick Co VA; d 1770 Craven Co SC; + (≈1721 King and Queen Co VA) Mary Goodwyn, + (08/20/1738 Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church, Georgetown SC) Martha ?; children: Unity Fox, Henry Fox, John Fox, Thomas Fox, William Fox, Temperance Fox, Joseph Fox; parents: Henry Fox II + Mary Kendrick;
Colonel Henry Fox in 1698 New Kent Co VA to 1770 Craven, Richland Co SC @ Family Pursuit.com: “… settled on an unnamed or unknown creek [Colonel’s Creek SC?] in Craven Co SC (now Richland Co SC) … later named Colonel’s Creek … on land that from the 1850s is part of Fort Jackson US Army Training Center …”; + Mary Goodwyn (1702-1736); children: Unity Fox (1724-1788), Thomas Fox (1725-1822), Henry Fox (1727-1759), John Fox (1729-1781; + Martha Keen/Keene; children: Temperance Fox (1741-?), William Fox (1743-1816), Joseph Fox (1745-1790), Richard Fox (1701?-1771); parents: Henry Fox (1674 New Kent Co VA to 1750 Brunswick Co VA) + Mary Kendrick (1678 New Kent Co VA to 1704 King William Co VA);
Henry @ Fox Hound Database @ Roots Web.com: “… b ≈1698 New Kent Co VA … s/o Henry FOX II b ≈1674-1676 New Kent Co VA + Mary KENDRICK b 1678 New Kent Co VA … + Mary GOODWYN b ≈1698 VA …”;
Teige O’Kainti
He married Elizabeth Eleanor Dauley on 28 August 1662, in Christ Church, Barbados.
ELIZABETH ELEANOR DAULY
Birth
1621 – Christ Church, Cork, Ireland
Death
20 Sep 1678 – Charles Town, South Carolina, USA
Mother
Laurence Cadou 1586-1624 b. Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Father
Jacques Dauly b.1595 France
Born in Christ Church, Cork, Ireland on 1621 to Jacques Dauly and Laurence Cadou. ELIZABETH ELEANOR DAULY married Teige Cantey (O’Kainty) and had 5 children. She passed away on 20 Sep 1678 in Charles Town, South Carolina, USA.