John Titus

Notes:

Christening: Ancestry File lists the place as "Stanstead Abbey".

"There is an immediate and obvious problem. It is clear that the people from "Stanstede Abbey" had a certificate from their "Minister and Justice of the Peace." There is no way that the Hertfordshire histories detailed above could have failed to record a church with a minister in place in 1635 so it is obvious that the place name as recorded on the list on the passenger list MUST be wrong.

What could have happened? One can never be certain but the scribe may not have been familiar with Hertfordshire towns and villages (or a Hertfordshire accent). In Hertfordshire there was a parish called Stanstead Abbots which had a minister called Robert Ballard. If "Stanstead Abbots" is said with minimal emphasis on the last syllable it would sound rather like "Stanstead Abbey." There are very many places in England ending in "Abbey" and few in "Abbots" so if the scribe drafting the list misheard he would be far more likely to write "Abbey". There can be little doubt that the reference to "Stanstede Abbey" on the shipping list relates to the parish of Stanstead Abbots."

John married Abigail Carpenter in 1659 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of William Carpenter and Abigail Sale) was born on 9 Apr 1643 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Mar 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Titus was born on 18 Dec 1650 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Dec 1697 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Notes:

Christening: Ancestry File lists the place as "Stanstead Abbey".

"There is an immediate and obvious problem. It is clear that the people from "Stanstede Abbey" had a certificate from their "Minister and Justice of the Peace." There is no way that the Hertfordshire histories detailed above could have failed to record a church with a minister in place in 1635 so it is obvious that the place name as recorded on the list on the passenger list MUST be wrong.

What could have happened? One can never be certain but the scribe may not have been familiar with Hertfordshire towns and villages (or a Hertfordshire accent). In Hertfordshire there was a parish called Stanstead Abbots which had a minister called Robert Ballard. If "Stanstead Abbots" is said with minimal emphasis on the last syllable it would sound rather like "Stanstead Abbey." There are very many places in England ending in "Abbey" and few in "Abbots" so if the scribe drafting the list misheard he would be far more likely to write "Abbey". There can be little doubt that the reference to "Stanstede Abbey" on the shipping list relates to the parish of Stanstead Abbots."

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Robert married Hannah on 24 Jun 1624 in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Hannah was born in 1604 in St. Katherine's, London, England; died on 14 May 1672 in Huntingfield, Suffolkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Did she return to England, or is Ancestry File in error?

Silas married Constance Colly on 10 Apr 1621 in The Church of St Benet Paul's Wharf, London, England. Constance was born in 1580 in St. Katherine's, London, England; died on 22 Oct 1667 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Silas married unknown wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]