JOHN FLEGG 1555-1618

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The Flegg Pedigree 23 [John Flegg (1551-1618)]

Pages 430-432; Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England: My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking
By Ernest Flagg
Published by Genealogical Pub. Co., 1973
ISBN 0806305339, 9780806305332
440 pages
Reprint of the 1926 ed.

23. John16 Flegg (19. Richard15, Richard14, John13, James12, William11, John10, John9, William8, Philip7, Philip6, Philip5, Sir John4, Sir John3, Henry2, Algar1), was born in Shipdham about 1551, and although the eldest son of the family, was given no bequests whatever in the will of his father in 1587, and is merely mentioned in that instrument as father of Allen17 Flegg, grandson of the testator, who was given 20s. when he should be eighteen years of age. It therefore seems evident that when John16 Flegg married about 1574, his father advanced him his portion by buying for him a farm in the adjoining parish of Whinbergh where he settled and resided over forty years until his death in 1618, aged about sixty-seven years. That he was one of the most substantial inhabitants of the parish is apparent from the fact that he is listed at Whinbergh on two subsidies to which on a small per cent of the householders were liable, viz.: on the subsidy of 35 Elizabeth (1593) he paid 4s. on lands rated at 30s.; and on the subsidy of 8 James I (1610) he paid 4s. on lands rated at 20s., there being but eight persons in the whole parish, of over a hundred householders, with enough estate to be liable to this subsidy. (Lay Subsidies, Norfolk, 152-477 and 153-596.)

The parish registers of Whinbergh before 1703 are lost, but the will of John16 Flegg supplies the names of his surviving children. In the rural parishes of England, copyhold farms were often named for families that at some period held leases of them, and often a name thus given to a farm would remain for centuries while the farm was later leased by families of various other names. Among the manuscript collections of Walter Rye, Esq. of Norwich, is an account dated 8 Apr. 1664 for some detailed rents due to the Manor of Whinbergh, listed as follows: Masson’s, for copyholds 13s. 9d. and freeholds 4s. 6d.; Fleg’s, for freeholds and copyholds, 23 ½d.; Paine’s, 22 ½d. and for two hens and ten eggs, 14d.; Darcie’s, 5 ½d.; Farwell’s 4s.; and Baffield’s 4s. 1d. This farm called Flegs evidently derived its name from John16 Flegg, the first of that family name in the parish, or from one of his descendants.

The will of “John Flegge of Whinburghe,” co. Norfolk, dated 5 Sept. 1613. To be buried in the churchyard there. My close called Codlings Hyern in Yaxham (copyhold of the Manor of Whinburgh) to my three children, Allinge Flegge, Bartholomew Flegge and Rebecca Flegge; said two sons, with the advice of John Scott of Whinburgh, yeoman, to sell said close, and the proceeds to be divided equally among said three children; if my eldest son Allin Flegge refuse to join in sale, then the other two children to have the right to sell it and divide the proceeds. To my daughter Rebecca and my sons Allin and Bartholomew, various household articles, pewter, copper-ware, bedding, etc. [specified]. To my wife’s nephew, Edward Bennington, a bedstead with bedding. Each of my three children to pay the aforesaid John Scott 6s. 8d. for his pains. To Richard Church, parson of Whinburgh, 10s. for his pains in often writing for me. All residue of goods to said Allen and Bartholomew Flegge, executors. Witnesses, John Skott and Richard Church. Proved by the executors, 16 February 1617/18. (Consistory of Norwich, vol. for 1617, fol. 24.)

John16 Flegg married about 1574, Aveline -----, who evidently died before him.

Children, born probably in Whinbergh:
i. Allen17, born about 1575; was given a legacy of 20s. in the will in 1587 of his grandfather 19. Richard15 Flegg, and another 20s. in the will in 1614 of his uncle Richard16 Flegg; also was a residuary legatee of half of his father’s goods, by the latter’s will of 1613, and probably on his father’s death in 1618 succeeded, as eldest son, to most of the paternal lands in Whinbergh. Entries of his name on the registers of Shipdham from 1598 to 1616, show that he lived in this parish during this period; but in 1618 he doubtless returned to Whinbergh to reside on lands inherited that year from his father, and he probably died there. The loss of the Whinbergh registers and the fact that he left neither a will nor an administration cause the time of the decease of Allen17 Flegg to remain unknown.

He married (1), about 1597, Alice -----; she had four children and was buried in Shipdham, 20 November 1614.

He married (2), in Shipdham, 17 July 1615, Susan Huke; no children of this marriage are recorded in Shipdham; whether or not they had any born after removing to Whinbergh in 1618, is unknown.

Children born in Shipdham:
1. Elizabeth18, baptized 19 August 1598; was left a legacy of 40s. by the will in 1614 of her great-uncle Richard16 Flegg of Shipdham.
2. Richard, baptized 18 October 1603; was left a legacy of 40s. by the will in 1614 of his great-uncle Richard16 Flegg of Shipdham.
3. Mary, baptized 19 June 1608; buried 22 December 1613.
4. Allen, baptized 17 February 1610/11; buried in Shipdham, 6 March 1610/11.

ii. Rebecca, born about 1580; was living unmarried in 1613, according to her father’s will; further history untraced.

iii. Bartholomew, born about 1585, probably resided in Whinbergh until 1619 when he moved into the adjoining parish of Shipdham to settle upon the estate there left to him that year by the will of his childless uncle, Richard Flegg of Shipdham. He continued in Shipdham about ten years until his death, and was buried there, 7 March 1628/9. Unfortunately he left no will, nor was there any administration of his estate. He had five children baptized in Shipdham after he settled there; but as the Whinbergh registers before 1703 are lost, it is uncertain whether or not he had any children born there before moving in Shipdham. For over half a century it has been claimed in America that the emigrant Thomas Flegg was “baptized in Shipdham in 1615,” son of this Bartholomew 17 Flegg; the Shipdham registers have no such record, and as the Whinbergh registers before 1703 have been lost for over a century at least, there is no evidence available to show that Bartholomew17 Flegg had any son Thomas born in Whinbergh. Protracted efforts have been made by all other available means to secure proofs that Bartholomew17 Flegg had children older than the five recorded in Shipdham between 1620 and 1628; but the results have been fruitless. It is true that the names of the children of emigrant Thomas Flegg strongly suggested that the latter might have been a son of Bartholomew17 Flegg of Shipdham; but it is no longer necessary to assign an imaginary son Thomas to this Bartholomew17 Flegg, to provide the emigrant to America.

He married Alice ----- who survived him, but her later history is unknown.

Children recorded in Shipdham:
1. John18, baptized 24 August 1620; buried 31 August 1620.
2. Robert, baptized 7 September 1623.
3. Mary, baptized 31 July 1625.
4. Anna, baptized 30 December 1626.
5. Alice, baptized 27 September 1628.
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John Flagg, http://cybergata.com/roots/129.htm

John Flegg

Born: About 151, Shipdham, England 567
Marriage: Aveline (Elizabeth ) Bennington
Died: Before 16 February 1617, Norfolk, England 567

Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information.

The family of Flagg, originally Fleg, derives the name from East Flegg and West Flegg in County Norfolk, England. Thomas Flegg's ancestors lived in this area for a least six centuries prior to his emigration to America in 1637. The capital of this area is the ancient city of Norwich. The chief in industry of this county is generally agriculture, with the manufacture of cloth an important trade in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Mentions of persons termed "de Fleg" first appear in about 1125, and a family of the name flourished as armiger, landed gentry for five generations down to about 1280, and were lords of Manor of Fleg Hall in Winterton and Manor of Kirkhall is Sall. In three generations the heads of the Flegs of Fleg Hall Attained the honor of knighthood. Upon the death of Sir William de Fleg, Knight, without surviving male issue, the ancient estates of the family passed to his daughters as co- heiresses; and thereafter the later generations of the family name, descended from landless younger sons of substantial yeoman; farming lands they leased from manorial families of other names.

During the one hundred sixty years between the death of Sir William de Fleg and the birth of James Flegg in about 1440, the history of the family in Norfolk is rather obscure and difficult to trace. As late as 1378, the number of families of the name was small. In the poll-tax of 1378, only a dozen Fleg names appear in Norfolk. During the two centuries from 1440 to 1640, there exists many records to clearly establish an unbroken line for seven generations of Flegs to emigrant, Thomas Flegg.

~ Originally, The English Ancestry of Thomas Flegg, by Gardiner Bartlett found in Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, by Earnest Flagg, pgs. 401-4102

• Background Information.

John Flegg married a woman named Aveline about 1574. His father advanced him his portion of his estate by buying him a farm in the adjoining parish of Whinbergh, where he settle and resided for over forty years until his death in 1618 at about seventy seven years in age.

The will of "John Flegge of Whinburghe," county Norfolk is dated 5 September 1613. He asked to be burid in the churyard in Whinburghe. His will further states to my close called Codlings Hyern in Yaxham (copyhold of the Manor of Whinburgh) to my three children, Allinge Flegge, Bartholomew Flegg and Rebecca Flegge; said two sons with the advice of John Scott of Whinburgh, yeoman, to sell said close, and the proceeds to be divided equally among said three children; if my eldest son Allin flegge refuse to join in the sale, then the other two children to have the right to it and divide the proceeds. To my daughter Rebecca and my sons Allin and Bartholomew, various household articles, pewter, copper-ware, bedding ... To my wife's nephew, Edward Benninton, a bedstead with bedding. Each of my three children to pay the aforesaid John Scott 6 shillings for his pains. To Richard Church, parson of Whinburgh, 10 shillings for pain in often writing for me. All residue goods to said Allen and Bartholomew Flegge, executors. Witnesses, Hon Skott and Richard Church. Proved by the executors, 16 February 1617/18.

~Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, pgs. 230-231
John married Aveline (Elizabeth ) Bennington. (Aveline (Elizabeth ) Bennington was born in 1546.)
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