Samuel married Sarah COOPER on 23 Mar 1661/62 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. Sarah was christened on 21 Sep 1645 in New Haven, New Haven, CT; died about 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Ralph Hemingway is the common ancester for our


For those of you interested in Ralph Hemenway, who is the undisputed earliest recorded ancestor of a great many North American Hemingways including the famous author Ernest Hemingway, I have chosen to express a few thoughts here. I am not disputing the lines back to Ralph at all. A great many individuals have undertaken this research and I believe they have all reached the same conclusion. That is that they are descended from Ralph Hemenway who married Elizabeth Hewes in Roxbury 5 July 1634. Ralph had at least seven children with Elizabeth between 1635 and 1647 and he died 1 June 1678. Amongst other locations where this is well documented, is an excellent 856 page text that is still in print that was produced by Patricia S Hemingway.*
However, a statement made in the book and repeated in various forms in other works is that Ralph Hemenway, “…was born c1603 near Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England”. There is no evidence that I have seen that can support this assertion. I have tried very hard and a great many other researchers have struggled to try to find any evidence of Ralph’s parents, birthplace or even record of emigration to North America. To date, none of these have been found.
Having failed to find any evidence of his origins, I am led to believe that a very real possibility is that Ralph Hemenway, was not a Hemenway at all. Given that he just “appears” in the Roxbury records in 1634 with no trace of an origin or in any passenger list, I am led to believe that he perhaps assumed the Hemenway name when starting his new life in Roxbury, or what is now Boston, Mass, USA.
The longer that I have had to reflect upon this theory, the more trust I have in its value. I am the first to admit that I have no more hard evidence to support the suggestion than those that say that Ralph came from England, but whilst we search for any hard evidence of his origin, it must be a very real possibility. It is for this reason that I believe that all those Hemenways and Hemingways etc in North America, including Ernest and his family, may not Hemenways or Hemingways in the usual or genetic sense. However, they carry the surname of Hemenway and Hemingway (or a similar variant) and they are perfectly entitled to do so, but cannot claim to be descended from a Yorkshire Hemingway, without some hard evidence. One of the reasons that I have created the Hemingway DNA Project is in order to try to provide some hard evidence about the family of Ralph Hemenway in the hope that we will sooner or later provide some evidence to prove or disprove the connection. If you are a male (direct line) descendent of Ralph, it is vital that you join our project.
Meanwhile, I urge all researchers not to promulgate this myth that Ralph was a Hemingway from Bradford or anywhere else in England until there is some evidence.
Maurice Hemingway
© Maurice Hemingway 25 Oct 2011
http://www.hemingway.uk.com/ralph.htm

Ralph married Elizabeth HEWES on 5 Jul 1634 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of John HEWES and Mary FOOTE) was born in 1603 in Royston, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND; died on 2 Feb 1686 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reference says their are more children but does not name them.
Other sources say there were nine children.

John married Mary FOOTE on 14 Feb 1602 in Shalford, Essex, ENGLAND. Mary (daughter of Robert FOOTE and Joan BROOKE) was born about 1585 in Shalford, Essex, ENGLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Note:
Reference says their are more children but does not name them.
Other sources say there were nine children.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 27 Jan 1608

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As is commonly known, a Yeoman in old England was a Freeholder, next under the rank of Gentleman, and in the early times a person who owned a small estate with attached lands. Robert of Shalford was such a man. He owned property in both towns of Shalford and Royston.

Will:
The probate record for Nathaniel includes a complete inventory; it is recreated here with the spelling as found in the original:
To The Children:
1. Nathaniel Foote, about 24 years, to have £148
2. Robert Foote, about 17 years, to have £74
3. Frances Foote, about 15 years, to have £74
4. Sarah Foote, about 12 years, to have £74
5. Rebecca Foote, about 10 years, to have £74
6. The Wyddow of sd. Nathaniel Foote Adms. her portion, £212
Other Possession s
· Imprs His purse and apparrell, £7-16-00 It.
· In neat Cattel and in Hay, £93-00-00 It.
· in horsse fleshe, £34-00-00 It.
· in hoggs, £66-60-00 lt.
· in debts, £29-03-04 It.
· In Englishe Corne, £70-00-00 It.
· in goats, £3-15-00 It. in Carts, ploughs, etc. £6-00-00 It.
· in nayles, £1-10-00 Ite.
· Indean Corne, £8-00-00 It.
· in old Wheat and pease, £6-06-00 It.
· for certain things in the chamber, £2-00-00 It.
· for ammunition, £5-00-00 Ite.
· for fouer beds with the furniture, £13-06-08 It.
· in fyne lynen, £5-10-00 Ite. 2 table boards, 2 chests, 1 TGrunke, with other Implts. £5-00-00 It. pewter & brasse and other vseful vessells, £12-00-00 It.
· in husbandry tooles, £3-00-00 It. in beife, butter, and cheese and other necessary provision for the howse, £8-10-00 It.
· in poultry, £1-00-00
somm: £380-17-00
The Land:
Ten acres of home lotts with one dwelling howse and 2 barnes with other buildings thereuppon
· 4 acres of home lotts
· 6 acres of meadow with an acre of swampe
· 20 acres of plaine fenced in being 14 ac. broke vp
· 7 acres of plaine meadow plowed vp
· 20 acres in the great meadow of hay ground
· 4 acres in bever meadow
· 27 acres of Swampe Ground
· 81 Acres of Vpland in the Weste field 32 Rod broad beyond the River, being 3 Miles in length

Land Devided to The Widow
· 4 a-c house lott wherr her house is
· The hoseing
· 2 ac Unsubdued
· 7 ac plaine brok
· 3-1/2 plaine med:
· 14 ac meadow
· 3 ac plaine not broaks up
· 30 ac upland in Westfield
Land Devided to The Eldest Sonne
· 3 ac home lot next her
· 2 ac unsubdued
· 7 ac plaine broke up
· 3-1/2 of meadow
· 3 ac in great med:
· 4 ac in beavermed:
· 27 ac swampe
· 3 ac not broke up
· 30 ac upland West Field
· Halfe the east side
Land Devided to The youngest Sonne
· 3 ac homelott
· 6 ac med: in the swamp
· 21 ac West Field
· halfe of the east sd.
The age of the 5 children Dewelling with their mother.
· Nathaniel Foote - 24 years
· Rob Foote - about 17 years
· Francis - about 15 years
· Sara - about 12 years
· rebecka - about 10 years.
The widdowe of the said Nath: ffote is admitted to administer the Estate, and the eldest sonne is to have the lands before mentioned as they are valued at 1261. 10s wch is to be made uppe 1481, and the youngest sonne the particular landes above mentioned for him at 651. wch is to be made uppe 741, and the daughters disposed in merrage are to have 301 .8 peece wch they have receevede made uppe 741. and the other children are to have 741. a peece provided it is left at the dispose of their mother to etacte from any of them if she sees just cause 51. of the portion here sett downe and to adde yt to such of the other as best desearve yt.
The Will was endorsed by the inventorers, Richard Trott, Samuel Smith, and Nathaniel Dickinson

Robert married Joan BROOKE on 18 Jun 1576 in St. Leonard Eastcheap, London, ENGLAND. Joan (daughter of John BROOKE and Elizabeth WHETMAN) was born on 18 Jun 1559 in London, ENGLAND; died on 10 Oct 1634 in St. Leonards Parish, London, ENGLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]