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Richard Upham

Male Abt 1556 - 1635  (79 years)


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  • Name Richard Upham 
    Born Abt 1556  Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Dec 1635  Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I540  B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 

    Father John Upham,   b. Eatenton, Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1584, Eatenton, Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Joan,   d. Apr 1608, Eatenton, Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Unknown,   b. Abt 1572, Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1634, Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 1595  Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Deacon John Upham,   b. Abt 1596, Bicton,Devon,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1681, Malden,MX,MA age 84 Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 
    Family ID F270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: NEHGR V.41, July 1887, page 316:

      "UPHAM - The following additional item (see July, 1886, REGISTER, page 326) is desireable for preservation, with a view to finally establishing the origin of John Upham, 1635.

      "The Genealogist," New Series, Vol. III, page 97, Visitation of Dorsetshire, 1565, Lovell of Tarrant Rawston alias Antyocheston, Dorset, Jane dau. of John Lovell, mar. Richard Upham," (No date,but before 1565, probably as early as 1500.)

      Source: Search for the Passengers of Mary & John, 1630, V.19, page 155:
      Richard Upton - Buried 19 Dec. 1635, Bicton, Devon, England. He m. Maria _____, who was buried there, 26 July 1634. His will dated 12 Dec. 1635.

      Will of Richard Upton (1635) Archdeaconry Court of Exeter:
      Yeoman of parish of Bicton.
      Annie Chilper, wife of Thomas Chilper of Otery (Ottery St. Mary?).
      Peter Morrice of Budleigh (East Budleigh).
      Gartred Gutter of Budleigh.
      Son, Thomas Upham.
      "Sarah, my daughter, in New England."
      "Son, John Upham, in New England."
      John Martin,m son of "my daughter, Judith."
      Edward Martin and Judith, his wife.
      Richard and Thomas, sons of "my son, Thomas Upham."
      Dau., Frances Upham (unmarr.).
      Dau. Joan Upham.
      John, Joan, Mary & Sara, children of "my son, Thomas Upham."
      Dau. Jane Upham.
      Overseers & witnesses: Thomas Morris and Robert Conant (NOTE: This is no doubt brother of Roger and Christopher Conant of nearby East Budleigh, who came to Cape Ann in 1623.)
      Inventory taken by Thomas Morris, Robert Conant and Edward Martin.

      Children: (The Mayflower Quarterly, Nov., 1983, pp. 170-171)
      a. Joan Upham - (see her FTM record on this file).
      b. Thomas Upham - His father's successor at Bicton. Buried there 2 March 1668. He married there Sarah Slade, 15 June 1625, buried 21 Oct. 1667. His wife may have been a sister of John Upham's wife, Elizabeth. Eight children at Bicton.
      c. Susanna Upham - B.a. 1595. Alive in 1635. Probably the sister Smith named in the will of Joan Upham Martin in 1666.
      d. John Upham - (see his FTM record on this file.)
      e. Judith Upham - B.a. 1606. She married Edward Martin, 14 June 1632, Ottery St. Mary (who may have been a cousin, but not brother of Robert Martin), see FTM record of Richard Martin of Rehoboth, MA in Vol. 19 (Search for Mary & John).
      Child:
      1. John Martin - Baptized 22 Feb. 1634/5, Ottery St. Mary,Devon. Died 31 March 1713, aged 80, Swansea, MA. He married Johanna Esten, 26 April 1671, Swansea (1645-1733), daughter of Thomas Eston and Ann of North Providence, RI. John came
      about 1656. His will dated 28 Aug. 1711, probated 6 April 1713. Nine children (1672-1686).
      f. Sarah Upham - (see FTM record on this file.)
      g. Francis Upham - B.a. 1610. She married William Ebdon, 1 Nov. 1636, Bicton.
      h. Jane Upham - B. a. 1612. She married Thomas Eliote, 1 Nov. 1642, Bicton.