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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Miner, John A. (John Augustus). Thomas Minor Descendants, 1608-1981. (Trevett, Maine: J.A. Miner, Jan 2001 (Second Edition))
pages 7-8, 2001.
William is the earliest member of the family from whom a connected line of descent can be shown. He was the great-grandfather of the Thomas Myner baptized at Chew Magna on 23 April 1608. Thomas, son of William, occurs as a witness to the will of John Veale of Chew Magna, husbandman on 16 January 1572/73 and was buried at Chew on 15 November 1573. He was a tailor and an abstract of his will (dated 20 October 1573, proved 15 September 1574) survives here, most original Somerset wills having been destroyed by German bombing at Exeter in 1942. Thomas asked to be buried at Chew and mentioned his wife, his children Clement, John, Edith, and also Richard Kente, possibly his son-in-law (ref. DD/X/SR 3b, pp. 48-9). The Manor Court Rolls show Joan succeeding her husband Thomas in the same messuage on 19 July 1574 under a grant of 29 June 1554, probably the approximate date at which they were married. Joan was buried at Chew on 21 Dec. 1592.
Of Thomas's children, John Miner was aged 'twelve and more' on 2 Apr. 1578, married Philippa Simons on 23 June 1587, having by her Thomas (bap. 12 Dec. 1588) and John (bap. 29 Oct. 1592, buried 21 Oct. 1599). His second wife was Joan Roe (married 18 Sept. 1598, buried 5 March 1627/8) by whom he had a further five children: John (bap. 2 July 1606), Clement (bap. 12 Jan. 1610/11, buried 8 Feb. 1610/11) and Bridget (gap. 7 June 1612).
Clement Miner, the eldest son of Thomas, had eight children, although the identity of his wife is not recorded: Joan (baptism not recorded, buried 23 March 1585/6), John (bap. 23 April 1587, buried 3 Dec. 1597), Joan (bap. 19 Oct. 1589, buried 9 Nov. 1595), Mary (bap. 19 Feb. 1591/2, buried 9 Feb. 1640/1), Elizabeth (bap. 7 Sep. 1594, married John Tonkins 14 Jan. 1629/30), Edith (bap. 6 Feb. 1596/7, married Thomas Bucke 31 Oct. 1623), Clement (bap. 23 Nov. 1600, father of William and Israel, living in 1640), and Thomas (bap. 23 April 1608).
Excerpt from the report of Robin J.E. Bush, specialist of note in medieval genealogical research engaged by John A. Miner.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Miner, John A. (John Augustus). An Ancestral Narrative : Descendants of William Myner, b. c.1450. (Trevett, Maine: John A. Miner, 2000)
pages 11-12, 2000.
Of additional interest to descendants of Thomas, further research does provide at least a bit more framing of the [family's history]. Though we do not know the occupation of Thomas's great-grandfather, William, we do know (as reported earlier) that in 1523 he paid a tax of 4 pence on good which had been assessed at 2 pounds 4 shillings.
As also reported earlier, records show grandfather Thomas's occupation to have been a tailor. His will dated 1573, proved 1574, indicated his desire to be buried in the churchyard of Chew. To the church at Chew he granted 4 pence; to sons Clement and John and Richard Kente, a lamb each; to daughter Edith a lamb and a yearling heifer; residue to wife Joan, executrix; to William Winchcombe and Thomas Horte as witnesses he granted each 20 pence. The inventory of his estate totaled 16 pounds 5 shillings.
We know nothing further of Thomas's father, Clement, other than that he was buried 31 March 1640. (A letter from Mr. Robin Bush dated 22 May 1996, indicated he had located a marriage entry for Clement at Portishead, Somerset, dated 5 Feb. 1582/3, a welcome addition to the record.)
Church register notes regarding Thomas's sister, Mary, are of interest: "Mary Mynor of Chew Magna, spinster, will dated 4 Dec. 1640, proved 23 Feb. 1640/1. Richard, Mary and John, children of Edith and husband Thomas Bucke; William and Israel, sons of Clement Mynor; John, Eleanor and Mary, children of sister Elizabeth and her husband John Tonkins; Elizabeth (Mynor) Tonkins, and John Tonkins the elder, executor.
Note - about one day before her death the deceased caused a child of eight years old or thereabouts to burn her will as the said child doth say and as appears as a memorandum on the will substituted and proved of which the above are the particulars. Inventory, 25 lbs. 2 shillings 10 pence" - quite a sum for the day!
(Unfortunately, detailed records of most families in these early years, likely due to their station in life, are typically unrecorded.)
- ↑ Miner, John A., and Robert F. Miner. The Curious Pedigree of Lt. Thomas Minor. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul 1984).
Thomas Minor/Miner is a colonial ancestor of many people. However, his ancestry is incorrectly listed in many records.
Between 1683 and 1684, Thomas wrote back to England from his Stonington, Connecticut home in search of answers to how his family name was historically spelled (Miner versus Minor) and who his ancestors were. In an early example of fraudulent family history, the response he received, "An Herauldical Essay Upon the Surname of Miner," now in possession of the Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut, included a detailed pedigree and family coat of arms. The Essay, which has been accepted by Minor/Miner family researchers for 300 years, was proven to be mostly false in a 1984 study published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Ref: Miner, John A. and Miner, Robert F. "The Curious Pedigree of Lt. Thomas Minor." [1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. July 1984, pg 182-185.
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