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1585 - Peter Ware of Tenterden, co. Kent, England was born about 1585, he married Catherine Iton [Eaton] on June 8, 1612 according to Tenterden, Kent Marriages 1597-1894 by Peter Smith http://www.austins.org/aarcKFHS/CD07/Tentmarpres1597-1894exalphg.PDF  

William Vassall, (27 Aug 1592 Stepney, Middlesex, England-13 Jul 1655 Bridgetown, Barbados) was the son of John Vassall and Ann Russell and the grandson of John Vassall, a Huguenot of Normandy, who immigrated from France to Stepney, England, he was the builder and owner of the Mayflower that carried the pilgrims to the shores of Cape Cod.  He married Anne King born about 1593, daughter of George King of Cold Norton, Essex, and his wife Joane, 9 Jun 1613, in London. Upon formation of the MA Bay Company on 4 Mar 1629, he was named as an assistant to the governor in the charter. He was well-educated and a man of some wealth in England, he came to Scituate, MA, where he built the "Belle House" on his plantation, "West Newland". He seems to have run afoul of his neighbors in matters of religion, and became a follower of Rev. John Lathrop [of Egerton], a religious refugee from London. In 1646 after lacking support in New England, he traveled to England with a petition "to allow and maintain full and free tolerance of religion to all men that would preserve the civil peace, and submit unto Government; and there was no limitation or exception against Turk, Jew, Papist, Arian, Socinian, Nicholaytan, Familist, or any other."  This would allow law-abiding citizens the right to practice whatever religion they chose. This right to religious freedom was not fully established until the Bill of Rights was passed almost 150 years later.  Winthrop adds the following about William Vassall, "finding no entertainment for his Petitions, he went to Barbadoes."   William Vassall remained in Barbados where he prospered until his death in 1655.  William's daughter Anne married Nicholas Ware and they later move to Rappahannock Co., VA. A William Wassall was a headright for Capt John West, Esq. in 1652 (county not shown), Capt John West was the brother of Thomas West, Lord de la Ware.  Capt John West, Esq. also named Elizabeth Powell listed as a headright in 1652.  In the book, Early Virginia Immigrants by George Cabell Greer, page 344,, a Nich. Ware was a headright for George White in 1648 for Lower Norfolk Co. About 1636 New Norfolk Co. was formed out of Elizabeth City east of Hampton Roads and then subdivided into the counties of Lower and Upper Norfolk.  In March 1645/46 Upper Norfolk Co. was renamed Nansimum, later Nansemond.  On April 22, 1648 Rev. George White received 900 acres in Nansimond Co.

Will - John Hatch, Tenterden, Co. Kent, yeoman, 23 Mar 1628/9, mentions: wife Dorothy [Philpott], children of his brother William Hatch: Thomas, William, Elizabeth, wife of Robert Soan of Brasted, Judith, wife of Joseph Osborne of Ashford and her sons Jeremy and Robert, Margaret, widow of Wm Wood of Tenterden, Mary, wife of Wm Shusall of New Romney, and Anne Hatch, sister Winnfred, wife of Stephen Huckstepp and her children: Thomas, John, Stephen, Nathaniel, Joan, widow of Robert Newman, late of Crayford, Anne, wife of Wm Snatte of Unton, and her daughter Susan, wife of Benjamin Robus of Kennarton and her children: Thomas Ramkyn, Wm Rambyn, Mary Rambyn, Katherine Robus, Lydia Robus and Susan Robus. Lydia, wife of Nathaniel Tilden, and her children Thomas, Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Judith, and Lydia. Sister Katherine’s children: John Dunke, Wm Dunke, Daniel Dunke. Ann, wife of Robert Glover. Katherine, daughter of Martin May of Old Romney that he had by Margaret Dunke, my sister Katherine’s daughter, and her daughter Elizabeth Hubbard, wife of ? Hubbard. Sister Ellinor, wife of Robert Chittenden and her children: Thos, John, Wm and Nathaniel, and Nathaniel's son Nathaniel. Wife’s siblings: Elizabeth Pargiter, Peter Philpott, her half-brother's Thomas Philpott and Thomas Brattell. Thomas Smith, "that have married my kinswomen".  To Mr. Warren of Sandwich, late lecturer of Benenden, Mr. Lotropp late minister of Egerton, James Wills and his wife Mary, my wife’s brother’s daughter, and their daughter Dorothie Wills. To brother Peter Philpott’s sons, Thomas Philpott of Arundell and John Philpott of Tenterden.  Thomas, son of my brother Thomas Philpott of Rochester. My uncle Peter Ware. John Hatch of [Mayfield, Sussex], my brother William Hatch’s eldest son. Witnesses: Francis Smith, Daniell Benison, and Job Cushman. Has land in Tenterden on the dens of Elarinden, Ealvinden, Shrubcot, Donny, and Preston.

In preparation for his journey to the colonies, William Hatch moved his family to Sandwich sometime before 1634. Sandwich, located in Kent, is on the seacoast, directly east of Canterbury. On 17 Mar 1634/5, Thomas Gardener, Vicar of St. Mary's in Sandwich, gave him the necessary certificate of conformity so that he and his family were able to embark on the Hercules. He set sail from Sandwich on the Hercules with his wife Jane, five children, and six servants, his cousin, Lydia Huckstep Tilden and her husband, Nathaniel Tilden, and their children along with Dr. Comfort Starr and his family. William Hatch, Nathaniel Tilden, and Dr. Comfort Starr were co-owners of the Hercules. Along with many of their fellow passengers, the Hatch family settled in Scituate, MA, and became known as the "men of Kent."  He was made a freeman of the Plymouth Colony on 5 Jan 1635/6. In early 1638, he returned to England, and upon his return to New England on the Castle that same year, he was accompanied by his brother Thomas Hatch and his sister Elizabeth Soan and their families. Sarah Tilden, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Huckstepp, married George Sutton who was baptized on April 12, 1613 in Tenterden, Kent Co. England, and died April 12, 1669 in Albemarle Precinct, Perquimans District, NC. He came to America in 1634 aboard the Hercules as an indentured servant to Nathaniel Tilden his future father-in-law. Their son Nathaniel Sutton was born 1643 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, MA and married Deborah Astine on Aug 12, 1668 in Nansemond Co., VA.  The following Lower Norfolk, VA lease names Walter Huckstepp b. Feb 10, 1621/22 in Tenterden, Kent, England, [son of Thomas Huckstepp and Mary Reeve and grandson of Stephen Huckstepp and Winifred Hatch].  Lease: Granted to Thomas Ward of the Little Creek of the Co of Lower Norfolk, Wit: Walter Huckstep, Tho: Bridge. p.51. At a Court held 15th August 1653.  His brother Edward Huckstepp also settled in Lower Norfolk, VA.

Rev. John Lathrop, son of Thomas and Mary (Howell) Lathrop, baptized 20 December 1584 Elton, East Riding, Yorkshire, England, died 8 November 1653 Barnstable, Ma. He married in England to Hannah House, daughter of Rev. John and Alice (Lloyd) Howes or House, born Eastwell, Kent, England, died 1633 Lambeth, London, England. Rev. John Lathrop married on 17 February 1636/7 Ann (?) Hammond. He first settled in Egertown in co. Kent, and afterwards succeeded Henry Jacob as pastor of the Southwark Church in London. He was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1605 and M.A. in 1609. In 1611 he became vicar of Edgerton (Parish Church) co. Kent, England but resigned in 1623 and went to London where he became pastor of the First Independent Congregational Church of England. On the April, 22, 1632, he, with others of this church were arrested and imprisoned in the Old Clink Prison at Newgate for practicing the teachings of the New Testament. He and some others were released two years later on condition of leaving the country. In 1635, he with his wife and child, and several of his parishioners, sailed for America on the "Griffin" to Boston. He was the "First Minister" of Scituate, MA. Having met with opposition, Rev. Lathrop and his friends decided to move and settled in Barnstable, MA. He was a strong advocate of freedom in religion. 

In 1620 Richard Bennett arrived in Virginia, aboard the "Seafloure" with his brother, the Rev. William Bennett, and Mrs. Utie and her son John.  The Bennett plantation was on the Elizabeth River in Nansemond Co., Virginia.  Richard Bennett and William Claiborne were both appointed Commissioners of the Commonwealth, and were heavily involved with both Virginia and Maryland. Captain John Utie and Captain John West, brother of Lord Delaware, were allowed 600 acres each on the York river, on opposite sides of the mouth of King's creek. Capt Utie settled at "Utimaria," on the west side, and Capt John West on the east side, at a plantation afterwards called "Bellfield".  In 1624 in England, John Lothropp was called to succeed the Rev Henry Jacob, the first minister of the First Independent Church of England, who had resigned his position of eight years in London to leave for Virginia. The book, History of Education in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, states, "Henry Jacob the eminent scholar and writer, and founder of the First Independent Church of England in London, was induced to come to Virginia about 1624.....It is supposed that he may have gone to the Puritan plantations of Warasqoyak [Nansemond] established by Edward Bennett and other merchants, and perhaps succeeded [Rev] William Bennett.

1585 - Peter Ware of Tenterden, co. Kent, England was b. c1585 m. Catherine Iton [Eaton] on June 8, 1612 - Tenterden,

Kent Marriages 1597-1894 by Peter Smith http://www.austins.org/aarcKFHS/CD07/Tentmarpres1597-1894exalphg.PDF   Note: It's possible for them to be the parents of Peter Ware of York Co., VA, as a birth year of 1613 does not conflict with known documents.  It's also possible for the Peter Ware mentioned in the above will of John Hatch of Tenterden to be the father of Peter Ware, spouse of Catherine Eaton.  

The Charter of Massachusetts Bay dated 1629 was by and between the following gentlemen (other were also named):  Samuel Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, William Vassall, William Pinchion.  William Pinchion was the administrator of the will of Nicholas Ware of Rappahannock who married Anne Vassall.  Theophilus Eaton was an eminent London merchant who had been minister of Charles I in Denmark. William Eaton, of Dover, grocer, about 25, son of Nicholas Eaton s. p. merchant, who consents and Susan Witherden, of Tenterden about 17, dau of John s. p., g., who also consents as is certified by Thomas Witherden of Canterbury. g. at New Romney July 7, 1635. Stephen Huckstep, born in Tenterden, co. Kent, England 1548, married Winnifred Hatch daughter of Thomas Hatch and Joan (probably Ware as her son named Peter Ware as his uncle). Joan married Richard Brissenden after the death of her first husband Thomas Hatch. The will of Stephen’s brother, John Huckstep, dated 1624 in Tenterden, mentions his kinswomen Lydia Tilden, wife of Nathaniel Tilden and kinswoman Susanna Witherden, wife of Henry Witherden. Winifred is mentioned in the will of her brother John Hatch in 1628. A Samuel Eaton was with Rev Henry Jacob and Rev John Lathrop in April of 1632 when they were arrested. Samuel Eaton remained in prison from 1632-34. In early 1634, he was released and became the lay minister of a new congregation of strict Separatist leanings and died in 1639 in England. 

Samuel Eaton, son of Richard Eaton, Vicar of Great Budworth, was a prolific pamphleteer and a contentious activist in litigation and the first nonconformist minister in Cheshire. He was educated at Oxford and took orders under the Church of England, but soon dissented about certain ceremonies. He first went as minister to West Kirby on the Wirrall, but was suspended by Bishop Bridgeman in 1631, taken prisoner by Bishop Laud and imprisoned at Newgate. He fled to Holland after his release. 

Meanwhile in 1624 John Davenport had just been elected to serve as minister at St Stephen’s Church, Coleman Street, London. Davenport was born in 1597 and baptized by Richard Eaton at Coventry 9th April 1597. Before he could take up his post he was accused of Puritanism by King James I which he denied at the time. About 1630 Theophilus Eaton, a wealthy merchant, son of Richard and brother to Samuel took over a house in Swanne Alley, off Coleman Street. He had served as Deputy Governor of the Eastland Company at Elbing. The group received a grant of territory from the Council for New England and as “The Gov. and Co. of the Massachusetts Bay in New England”, received a charter from the crown.

 

The earliest mention of Peter Ware in York County, VA was: 1646 - 4 Sep - Peter Ware and Thomas Gibson inventory estate of John Davis, Sr. of Queen's Creek, York Co., VA, estate totaled 3066 lbs. Tobacco. (Beverly Fleet, VA. Colonial Abstract 25, York Co. Page. 19).