John Brundish, of Wethersfield

Biography

From https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/brundage/145/

John 1 Brundish, chr. June 5 1593 at Rattlesden Parish in Co., Suffolk, England, came from Felsham Parish to Mass ca. 1632, a tanner, made a freeman at Watertown 1635, d. between May 20 & Oct 27 1639 in Wethersfield, Ct.

John was a son of Thomas Brundish and Agnes Tompson who were married in 1584 at Rattlesden.

John m. 1621 at Belstad Parish to Rachel Hubbard b. abt 1600 Mendlesham, Co., Suffolk, d. 1656 to 59, daughter of James and Naomi (Cook/Cooke) Hubbard.

Rachel m. second 1642 to Anthony Wilson, had a dau. Sarah Wilson. Wilson m second 1659 to Sarah (Jones) Buckley; he d. 1662.

At Wethersfield John and Rachel lived on what is now Sandy Lane. He died , probably by suicide, without a will; his estate was valued at 174pounds. in chattels and 130 pounds in house and land. The chattels included books as well as tools. Rachel was granted the chattels and the real estate was to be for the children's portion when they reached sixteen. The land was sold before may 1641, presumably when Rachel left Wethersfield for Fairfield.

Children of John and Rachel:

• 1.James Brundish, b. Apr 11, 1627 at St mary at the Elms parish, Ipswich, no further info.
• 2.Mary, b. Dec 10 1628 at St. Mary at the Elms, died post 1710, married 1st Francis Purdy, married 2nd John Haight.
• 3.Ann, b. 1631 St. Margaret Parish, Ipswich, d. 1639-48
• 4. John b. 1633-35, Watertown?, d. ante Oct 2 1697, Rye.
• 5.Bethia, b. abt 1638, Wethersfield. m. 1658? Timothy Knapp, b. Dec 14,1632 d. at Rye.
• 6. Posthume, b. abt 1639. m. 1657 John Winter

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At Wethersfield John and Rachel lived on what is now Sandy Lane. He died , probably by suicide, without a will; his estate was valued at 174pounds. in chattels and 130 pounds in house and land. The chattels included books as well as tools. Rachel was granted the chattels and the real estate was to be for the children's portion when they reached sixteen. The land was sold before may 1641, presumably when Rachel left Wethersfield for Fairfield.

Origins

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brundish-5

Robert Charles Anderson reports John Brundish's origin is unknown. However, Brundish family researcher Perry Streeter makes a cogent case for his origin and the surname of his wife based upon an examination of parish records detailed herein. Therefore, we attach Streeter's proposed parents here and mark them as uncertain

Anderson estimates his birth date as c. 1604, based on his estimated date of marriage. The surname is seen spelled both Brundish and Brundage with Brundish becoming the more common spelling which is used by Anderson in the Great Migration series[1]

Doherty, preferring the surname spelling "Brundage,"[2] in his Settlers of Beekman Patent, ... cites Families of the Colonial Town of Philipsburgh by Grenville C. MacKenzie (1966) and reports that John was born c. 1585 at Ipswich, England (no parents mentioned) and married c. 1620 to Rachel, daughter of James and Naomi (Cook) Hubbard of Mendleson, Suffolk Co, England.[2]

Perry Streeter, long-time Brundish family researcher, believes John somewhat older than Anderson's estimate and shows his christening on 5 June 1593 at Rattlesden Parish, Suffolk, England a son of Thomas Brundish who married, on 30 August 1584 at Rattlesden Parish, to Anne "Agnes" Tompson, daughter of Robert and Agnes (Raynolde) Tompson.[3][4] There is currently no definitive documentation that the John Brundish christened 1593 in Rattlesden, Suffolk is the John Brundish who marries Rachel and arrives in the Colonies. Streeter creates a plausible scenario for this but it remains unproven.

References

• A Brundage Family Genealogy, An Account of Some of the American Descendants of John Brundish (1593-1639), Who Came from England to Massachusetts in 1635 by Thomas William Brundage, 1989. The following web site appears to contain 13 pages of Chapter 2, and a couple pages of Chapter 3, that is, 3-33 and 3-34. There appears to be a total of 54 pages in Chapter 2 that is not in this web site. So, apparently there are only 13 pages out of 54 pages. See: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/73570863?p=21538652&r...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brundish-5
• Streeter, Perry. John Brundish [Brundage] of Wethersfield, Connecticut. (1999, updated 2009). <PDF >