Corrections to "Plantagenet Ancestry" , Launce pg 441
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Page 442 Launce
15. Thomas Darcy..."[by his first wife] three sons, George, Richard and Arthur...He married 2nd before 7 Dec 1499 Edith Sandys..."
But then in
16. Arthur Darcy... "3rd son by his father's 1st marriage, born about 1505".
If Arthur was by the first marriage then he must have been born by 1499 when his father married again, not "about 1505".
Also at
18. Isabel Darcy... "married (2nd) before 18 Jan 1639/40 Rev Sydrach Simpson..."
The second marriage has been extracted and is
recorded on 23 July 1638 at St. Thomas the Apostle in London.
According to the DNB, Rev. Simpson "migrated to Holland, probably in 1638." He probably left shortly after his second marriage. He returned to England in 1641.
Rev. Simpson's first wife was named Priscilla. They had at least four children. Their daughter Katherine m. Joseph Denham. Both are mentioned in Rev. Simpson's will of 1655. Katherine and Joseph were married 13 Nov. 1650 at St. Dunstan, Stepney. His other three children's baptisms are recorded at All Hallows London Wall: Priscilla in 1633, Sydrach in Jan. 163[4?]/5 and Sarah in Feb. 1636/[7?]. His first wife Priscilla apparently died between this latter date and the re-marriage of Sydrach in 1638. Katherine, Priscilla, and Sydrach are mentioned in their father's will. Sarah is not, and probably died before her father's will was written. Rev. Simpson's will also mentions his "son in law" James Lane. He probably had another daughter who married James Lane, though it is possible that James was Rev. Simpson's stepson, being a son of Priscilla from a prior marriage.
Sydrach's will mentions his brother Robert, of Bristol, and his brother Joshua, of Boston (co. Lincoln). Three men of those names have their baptisms recorded in Boston, sons of Henry Simpson. Robert in 1599, Sidrack in 1601, and Joshua in 1603. Rev. Sydrach Simpson's baptism was recorded 3 July 1601 in Boston, Lincolnshire. This would also be an addition to PA3.
The Visitations of Cornwall, 1530, 1573 & 1620 (Exeter, 1887), p. 280, shows that John Launce & Isabella Darcy had children: James, John, Darcy, John (again) and Frances. Baptismal records in St. Clement, Cornwall exist for the following children:
Frances, 25 Jun. 1622
John, 7 Aug. 1623
Darcy, 1 Aug. 1624
Isabella, 16 Dec. 1628
Elizabeth, 16 Mar. 1629[/30]
These would be an addition to PA3. Also, John Launce was stated to be "aged 23 in 1620". He was the son of Robert Launce. There is a baptismal record for John Launce, son of Robert, on 27 Dec. 1595, at St. Clement. This is probably the baptismal record for John, husband of Isabella Darcy.
Additionally, Isabella Darcy is the youngest of thirteen children of Edward & Elizabeth (Astley) Darcy. She is stated to be born circa 1600. The second youngest daughter of Edward Darcy was Philadelphia. Her baptismal record has been extracted in the I.G.I. It is recorded at Dartford, Kent on 15 Nov. 1593. The marriages for two of their sisters, Elizabeth & Frances are both dated in 1605. These dates indicate that Edward & Elizabeth (Astley) Darcy's children were born between the mid 1570's and 1600, not as early as the 1550's & 1560's as many online databases indicate.
Finally, Doug identifies Abiah Sherman as a daughter of Rev. John & Mary (Launce) Sherman. Helen Ullmann, FASG, citing Bond's Watertown Genealogies 2:935, notes that Abiah or Abiel was a witness, aged 19, on 24 Sept. 1683, and was of Watertown when admitted a freeman 22 March 1689/90. Abiah or Abiel was a son, not daughter, of John & Mary (Launce) Sherman.
Contribution of Hal Bradley to Gen-Med 19 Jul 2008