Person:Edmund Munnings (3)

Information about this family was obtained from the Edmund Munnings sketch in the book "The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P," by Robert Charles Anderson, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2007.

The Edmund Munnings family migrated from England to New England on the ship "Abigail" departing London on 17 June 1635. The passengers included "Edmond Munings" aged 40; "Mary Munings" aged 30, "Mary Monnings" aged 9, "Anna Monnings" aged 6, and "Michelaliell Monings" aged 3 (Hotten, page 92).

The family resided in Dorchester in Massachusetts Bay Colony, where Edmund Munnings was named Fenceviewer on 16 January 1636/7 and 18 March 1637/8 (Dorchester Town Records). "Goody Munnings" was admitted to the Dorchester church on 16 April 1641 (Dorchester Church Records, page 5).

On 18 January 1635/6, the town of Dorchester ordered Edmund Munnings, Joseph Flood, Thomas Joanes shall have eight acres on Squantum Neck as an addition to their great lots on Roxbury bounds bought of William Hulbert, John Haydon and George Phillips (Dorchester Town Records, page 15). On 2 January 1637/8, the town ordered Edmund Munnings shall have part of the land adjoining to his house in lieu of Calves Pasture, and on 18 March 1637/8, Ed Munnings was granted ten acres, three quarters and ten rods in the Neck and the same acreage in the Cows' Pasture (Dorchester Town Records, pages 26 and 29). On 8 December 1651, "Goodman Moninges desireth to have the land about his house recorded" (Dorchester Town Records, page 35).

Edmund Munnings, his wife and some of his children returned to England permanently after 1643, and resided in Dengie in County Essex.

Edmund Munnings wrote a will dated 2 October 1666 and proved 28 July 1667. Some excerpts:

"Edmund Munnings of Denge in the County of Essex" bequeathed to "Markiet my wife ten pounds ... and the household stuff which her father gave me"; to "Return my second son twenty pounds to be paid by my executor within one year after demand be made of it"; to "Takeheed my third son forty pounds to be paid by my executor within six months after my decease;" to "Hann my eldest daughter ten pounds to be paid within one year after demand be made of it;" "my executor pay unto Rebecca my second daughter ten shillings"; "Hopestill my eldest son" to be executor; "if it shall happen that I leave my wife Markit with child and it shall live to accomplish the full age of [illegible] years then my last will is that my executor shall pay it ten pounds." (PCC 95 Carr; Waters, 10-11).