History and Genealogy of Wolstone Child

English Ancestry of the American Immigrant Descendants of Wolstone Child

The Child Line The Empson Line

Descendants of Wolstone Child

1 Wolstone Child 1570 - 1601 b: Abt. 1570 in England
.. +Ellen Empson 1570 - 1616 b: September 21, 1570 in St. Margaret Westminster, England

Patriarch and Matriarch of this bunch of immigrants. Ellen was baptized in St. Margaret, Westminster, on the eastern side of London. They resided in St. Ethelburga Bishopsgate, in the northeastern part of London. They are buried there.

"...From the will of John Bradshaw, brewer, of Westminster, co Middlesex, England. In
1606, Bradshaw bequeathed to an abundant number of friends and relatives. Among
these legacies were forty shillings "a peece" to "Nathaniell, Beniaym, Ephraim, Joshua, and
Elizabethe Childe and to Abigail Warren all the children of my sister Warren."" TAG Vol 63:17-28. John Bradshaw was the husband of Ellen Empson's sister. She had married Edward Warren after Wolstone Child's death and was "my sister Warren" referred to above. A chart for her is:

Descendants of Ellen Empson

1 Ellen Empson 1570 - 1616

.. +Wolstone Child 1570 - 1601

........ 2 Nathaniel Child 1591 - 1627

............ +Isabel Treadway 1591 -

........ 2 Benjamin Child 1592 - 1634

............ +Sarah Shenton 1610 -

........ 2 Ephraim Child 1593 - 1663

............ +Elizabeth Bond 1599 - 1664

........ 2 John Child 1595 - 1595

........ 2 Joshua Child 1597 - 1638

............ +Mary Sadler 1597 -

........ 2 Elizabeth Child 1599 - 1662

............ +Benjamin Miles 1608 - 1631

........ *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Child:

............ +Robert Foote 1577 - 1646

*2nd Husband of Ellen Empson:

.. +Edward Warren 1570 - 1616

........ 2 Abigail Warren 1602 -

........ 2   Nathaniel Child 1591 - 1627 b: May 01, 1591 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
............ +Isabel Treadway 1591 - b: Abt. 1591
.................. 3   Mary Child 1623 - b: May 1623 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
.................. 3   Richard Child 1624 - 1691 b: June 14, 1624 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
...................... +Mary Linnell 1630 - b: Abt. 1630
.................. *2nd Wife of Richard Child:
...................... +Mary Truant 1624 - b: Abt. 1624
........ 2   Benjamin Child 1592 - 1634 b: September 01, 1592 in Prob St. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate, London, England
............ +Sarah Shenton 1610 - b: March 20, 1610 in Croft, Leicestershire, England

Benjamin and Sarah migrated to America in the 1630's and lived in Watertown, Mass.

They became the ancestors of Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph.

.................. 3   Elizabeth Child 1629 - b: September 04, 1629
.................. 3   Benjamin Child 1632 - 1678 b: January 15, 1632 in Cottesbach, Leicestershire, England
...................... +Mary Bowen 1630 - 1707 b: Abt. 1630 in Wales, England
.................. 3   Nathaniel Child 1634 - b: September 29, 1634
.................. 3   Ephraim Child 1635 - b: Abt. 1635
........ 2   Ephraim Child 1593 - 1663 b: Abt. 1593 in Prob St. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate, London, England
............ +Elizabeth Bond 1599 - 1664 b: March 12, 1599 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Came probably in Winthrop's Fleet, the only Child documented in America before 1633.

Lived in Watertown, Mass.

........ 2   John Child 1595 - 1595 b: May 14, 1595 in Stephaney, St. Mary, Middlesex, England
........ 2   Joshua Child 1597 - 1638 b: 1597 in Prob St. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate, London, England
............ +Mary Sadler 1597 - b: Abt. 1597 in England
.................. 3   Joseph Child 1629 - b: Abt. 1629 in England, Prob Nayland, Suffolk
...................... +Sarah Platt 1636 - b: Bef. 1636
.................. 3   Richard Child 1631 - 1694 b: 1631 in Prob Nayland, Suffolk, England
...................... +Mehitabel Dimmick 1642 - 1676 b: April 18, 1642 in Barnstable, Mass
.................. *2nd Wife of Richard Child:
...................... +Hannah Traine 1657 - b: September 07, 1657 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, Mass
.................. 3   John Child 1636 - 1676 b: Abt. 1636 in England
...................... +Mary 1636 - 1668 b: Abt. 1636
.................. *2nd Wife of John Child:
...................... +Mary Warren 1651 - 1734 b: December 29, 1651 in Watertown, Middlesex Co, Mass

John and Mary Warren are ancestors of George Bush.

........ 2   Elizabeth Child 1599 - 1662 b: November 25, 1599 in Prob St. Ethelburga, Bishopsgate, London, England
............ +Benjamin Miles 1608 - 1631 b: Bef. 1608 in England
.................. 3   Elizabeth (1) Miles 1627 - 1629 b: Abt. 1627 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England
.................. 3   Joseph Miles 1629 - 1661 b: December 27, 1629 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England
.................. 3   Elizabeth Miles 1631 - b: Abt. 1631 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England
...................... +William Goddard 1630 - 1691 b: Abt. 1630 in England

William Goddard is a Spencer descendant. He and Elizabeth are ancestors of Calvin

Coolidge. See the Spencer lineage to Coolidge including this couple.

........ *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Child:
............ +Robert Foote 1577 - 1646 b: Abt. 1577 in England, Prob London
.................. 3   Benjamin (1) Foote 1633 - 1636 b: June 02, 1633 in St. Dunstan in the East, London, England
.................. 3   Robert (1) Foote 1635 - 1636 b: January 11, 1635 in St. Dunstan in the East, London, England
.................. 3   Robert Foote 1637 - b: January 20, 1637 in St. Dunstan in the East, London, England
...................... +Anne [Skinner] 1646 - b: Abt. 1646
.................. 3   Benjamin Foote 1639 - 1641 b: April 04, 1639 in St. Dunstan in the East, London, England

Primary Source: (For generations 1 and 2) TAG Vol 63:17-28, 1988, Child - Foote - Goddard Connections by Myrtle Stevens Hyde and Paul L. Child.

The Empson Line

1 Thomas Empson 1550 - 1595

.. +Amy Ymal 1550 - 1611

........ 2 Elizabeth Empson 1568 -

............ +John Bradshaw 1564 - 1606

It was this fellow's will that led to the discovery of the English kinships of the Childs and Empsons.

........ 2   Ellen Empson 1570 - 1616
............ +Wolstone Child 1570 - 1601
.................. 3   Nathaniel Child 1591 - 1627
...................... +Isabel Treadway 1591 -
.................. 3   Benjamin Child 1592 - 1634
...................... +Sarah Shenton 1610 -
.................. 3   Ephraim Child 1593 - 1663
...................... +Elizabeth Bond 1599 - 1664
.................. 3   John Child 1595 - 1595
.................. 3   Joshua Child 1597 - 1638
...................... +Mary Sadler 1597 -
.................. 3   Elizabeth Child 1599 - 1662
...................... +Benjamin Miles 1608 - 1631
.................. *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Child:
...................... +Robert Foote 1577 - 1646
........ *2nd Husband of Ellen Empson:
............ +Edward Warren 1570 - 1616
.................. 3   Abigail Warren 1602 -
........ 2   Anne Empson 1560 -
............ +Simon Geering 1560 -
........ 2   Thomas Empson 1560 -
........ 2   William Empson 1560 -

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