From: OregonGal9@aol.com
Subject: [BRANSON] Nathaniel Branson Jr. imprisoned in Reading, Berkshire
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:09:57 EST
Subject: [BRANSON] Nathaniel Branson Jr. imprisoned in Reading, Berkshire
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:09:57 EST
October 17, 1675: Reading, Berkshire, England Nathaniel Branson Jr.
Edward Lamboll of Reading, clothier, was mentioned in a letter to regarding
Richard Bye of London. William Lamboll witnessed the marriage of John Bye
of Reading, Berkshire and Mary Taylor Nov 17, 1685. Nathaniel "Branston"
Jr. and William Lamboll witnessed the Quaker marriage of John Littlewood and
Mary Tudway, Jan 31, 1681 in Reading, Berkshire.
History of the Bye family and some allied families
Easton, Pa. :: Correll Print. Co.,, 1956, 464 pgs.
[this is an abstract]
Twenty two years after the coming of George Fox there arose throughout
England the Wilkinson-Story Controversy, famous in Quaker annals, which shook
the very foundation of the new belief. In Reading the opposition in the
Society to the influence of George Fox and the Yearly Meeting was strong.
Thomas Curtis, Benjamin Coale, and many others were adherents of Wilkinson
and Story, and their spirit of unfriendly disaffection was the cause of much
sad disturbance in Reading.
Most of the members of the meeting did not follow these leading Friends but
remained with the Society -- the most prominent of these being John
Buy/Bye, William Lamboll, Abraham Bonnifield and Christopher Cheeseman. The two
factions remained apart until 1716 when the Separatists were induced to
capitulate and admit their fault, thus ending a controversy that had lasted thirty-six years.
John Buy/Bye wrote a pamphlet with William Lamboll against the Separatists
in 1685. Nathaniel "Branston" (Jr.) was imprisoned in Reading, Berkshire,
England on October 17, 1675 along with several other Quakers as they were
walking home from a meeting, for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance.
Some of them were held as long as five years. George Fox frequently attended
the Reading Quaker meetings. However, Nathaniel Branson was not held past
May 15, 1677 when he was a witness to a Quaker marriage at Reading MM. The
meeting just ended, the authories stopped thirteen persons on the street as
they were going home, viz: Thomas Tudway, John Harrington, John Buy/Bye, John
Hill, Richard Breach, John Aslett, John Thorne, William Yeate, John Groome,
John Price, Nathaniel Branston, Daniel Hickus, Nicholas Waite.
They were sent to prison for refusing to take the Oath, confined in two
small rooms over the dungeon in which a felon then lay sick of the Small Pox.
They were kept close locked up to seventeen hours of twenty-four, and were
not suffered to go out to ease themselves. Their working tools were taken
from them, and their wives and servants not suffered to bring them
necessities, nor were they allowed the benefit of air which the felons had.
On the 21st day of the same month seven others were taken from the meeting
and refusing to take the Oath of Allegience, were committed to prison. On
the 13th day of the month called January, 1675, Thomas Davie, George Ball,
Richard Nash, Thomas Pretty, Thomas Draper, William Ward and John Wyran, all
of New Windsor, were arrested by Walter Coudry, under gaoler, for not going
to church and for not repairing it, and not receiving the sacrament. They
were all carried to Reading gaol, where they remained close prisoners for five
years.
> From the Minutes dated 3rd month, 31st, 1692:
John Buy (Bye) was a friend of William Penn, who living nearby at
Rushcombe, frequently attended Reading meetings.
In 1692 John Buy (Bye) wrote a deed to the Reading meeting for a place to
hold meetings. The deed was witnessed by Andrew Hatt, Daniel Bullock and
John Thorne.
John Buy (Bye) had a daughter Mary who married William Passmore of Hurst,
clothier, who emmigrated to Pennsylvania and became the ancestor of the
Passmores of Chester Co.
William Lamboll was a Burgess of Reading in 1602 with his brother Robert
until about 1611. John Buy was Mayor of Reading in 1570. The Lendalls came
from the same place as the Byes, Colthrop in Thatcham, where the name occurs
as early as the fourteenth century as Lambel, Lanbel and Landel. William
Lendall, the Mayor, died in 1599. His daughter Joane married John Bye.
It is because of Nathaniel Branson's connection to William Lamboll that I
believe Nathaniel was probably related to John Brunsden who married Alice
Glover, daughter of Alice Lamboll.
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In a message dated 1/22/2011 6:19:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, Edward Lamboll of Reading, clothier, was mentioned in a letter to regarding
Richard Bye of London. William Lamboll witnessed the marriage of John Bye
of Reading, Berkshire and Mary Taylor Nov 17, 1685. Nathaniel "Branston"
Jr. and William Lamboll witnessed the Quaker marriage of John Littlewood and
Mary Tudway, Jan 31, 1681 in Reading, Berkshire.
History of the Bye family and some allied families
Easton, Pa. :: Correll Print. Co.,, 1956, 464 pgs.
[this is an abstract]
Twenty two years after the coming of George Fox there arose throughout
England the Wilkinson-Story Controversy, famous in Quaker annals, which shook
the very foundation of the new belief. In Reading the opposition in the
Society to the influence of George Fox and the Yearly Meeting was strong.
Thomas Curtis, Benjamin Coale, and many others were adherents of Wilkinson
and Story, and their spirit of unfriendly disaffection was the cause of much
sad disturbance in Reading.
Most of the members of the meeting did not follow these leading Friends but
remained with the Society -- the most prominent of these being John
Buy/Bye, William Lamboll, Abraham Bonnifield and Christopher Cheeseman. The two
factions remained apart until 1716 when the Separatists were induced to
capitulate and admit their fault, thus ending a controversy that had lasted thirty-six years.
John Buy/Bye wrote a pamphlet with William Lamboll against the Separatists
in 1685. Nathaniel "Branston" (Jr.) was imprisoned in Reading, Berkshire,
England on October 17, 1675 along with several other Quakers as they were
walking home from a meeting, for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance.
Some of them were held as long as five years. George Fox frequently attended
the Reading Quaker meetings. However, Nathaniel Branson was not held past
May 15, 1677 when he was a witness to a Quaker marriage at Reading MM. The
meeting just ended, the authories stopped thirteen persons on the street as
they were going home, viz: Thomas Tudway, John Harrington, John Buy/Bye, John
Hill, Richard Breach, John Aslett, John Thorne, William Yeate, John Groome,
John Price, Nathaniel Branston, Daniel Hickus, Nicholas Waite.
They were sent to prison for refusing to take the Oath, confined in two
small rooms over the dungeon in which a felon then lay sick of the Small Pox.
They were kept close locked up to seventeen hours of twenty-four, and were
not suffered to go out to ease themselves. Their working tools were taken
from them, and their wives and servants not suffered to bring them
necessities, nor were they allowed the benefit of air which the felons had.
On the 21st day of the same month seven others were taken from the meeting
and refusing to take the Oath of Allegience, were committed to prison. On
the 13th day of the month called January, 1675, Thomas Davie, George Ball,
Richard Nash, Thomas Pretty, Thomas Draper, William Ward and John Wyran, all
of New Windsor, were arrested by Walter Coudry, under gaoler, for not going
to church and for not repairing it, and not receiving the sacrament. They
were all carried to Reading gaol, where they remained close prisoners for five
years.
> From the Minutes dated 3rd month, 31st, 1692:
John Buy (Bye) was a friend of William Penn, who living nearby at
Rushcombe, frequently attended Reading meetings.
In 1692 John Buy (Bye) wrote a deed to the Reading meeting for a place to
hold meetings. The deed was witnessed by Andrew Hatt, Daniel Bullock and
John Thorne.
John Buy (Bye) had a daughter Mary who married William Passmore of Hurst,
clothier, who emmigrated to Pennsylvania and became the ancestor of the
Passmores of Chester Co.
William Lamboll was a Burgess of Reading in 1602 with his brother Robert
until about 1611. John Buy was Mayor of Reading in 1570. The Lendalls came
from the same place as the Byes, Colthrop in Thatcham, where the name occurs
as early as the fourteenth century as Lambel, Lanbel and Landel. William
Lendall, the Mayor, died in 1599. His daughter Joane married John Bye.
It is because of Nathaniel Branson's connection to William Lamboll that I
believe Nathaniel was probably related to John Brunsden who married Alice
Glover, daughter of Alice Lamboll.
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OregonGal9@aol.com writes:
William Vestal of Chester, PA married Alice Lamboll. Alice was the widow of George Glover and their daughter, Alice Glover, married John Brunsden/Branson of Bucklebury, Berkshire, England, recorded there in Quaker records. William Vestal was the son of William Vassall of Essex, England (died in PA). William Vassall's grandfather, John Vassall, was married at least twice - to Anne Russell and Judith Burrough of Colchester, Essex, England.
The Burrough family of Essex and Suffolk, England was connected to the Branston family of East Bergholt, Suffolk (just across the border from Essex Co.). Christopher Burrough of East Bergholt married Anne Cardinall. Anne's sister, Judith Cardinall, married John Branston of East Bergholt. These Burroughs had relatives in Essex, England where Thomas Branston of Flowton, Suffolk owned land that he bequeathed to his son John.
I'm 99% certain that Thomas L. Branson Sr. was related to the Branstons of East Bergholt. Nicholas Branston of East Berholt, Suffolk, England (grandfather of John Branston "the elder" of East Bergholt), owned land in St. Nicholas Parish-Ipswich, Suffolk when he died in 1491. St. Nicholas is the parish where Thomas L. Branson, Sr. was baptized.
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