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     Oliver Crofton was born. He was the youngest son of Sir Edward Crofton, Bart. He survived his widow..
Oliver Crofton married Catherine Armstrong, daughter of Thomas Armstrong and Grissel Beatty.

     Sir Oliver Crofton was the son of Oliver Crofton and Catherine Armstrong.

     Cecilia Crofts was born. She was the daughter of Sir John Crofts of Saxham, Suffolk, Kt. and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley.
Cecilia Crofts married Thomas Killigrew, son of Sir Robert Killigrew and Mary Woodhouse, on 29 June 1636 in Oatlands, Sussex.
     Cecilia died on 1 January 1637/38. She was buried on 5 January 1637/38 in Westminster Abbey, London. Mrs Cicely, wife of Mr Thomas Killigrew, in the church.

     Edward Crofts was christened on 14 January 1609/10 in Lt Welnetham, Suffolk. He was the son of John Crofts.
Edward Crofts married Margaret Unknown (Crofts) in 1636 in Timworth, Suffolk.
     Edward Crofts was named in the militia list taken in January 1638 in Timworth, Suffolk.

     John Crofts was born before 1590 in Suffolk, England.

     Margery Crofts was christened on 24 December 1643 in Timworth, Suffolk. She was the daughter of Edward Crofts and Margaret Unknown (Crofts).
Margery Crofts married John Cocksedge, son of John Cocksedge, on 4 October 1666 in Rushbrooke, Suffolk. John Cocksedge of Rougham & Margery Crofts of Rushbrooke, both single. Banns.
     In Margery Crofts's will dated 20 December 1693 in Rougham, Suffolk, Margery Crofts was named as executrix of the estate; His will mentions his wife Margery and his six children John, Thomas, Mary, Robert, Peter & Joseph and his cousin William Cocksedge of Rougham.
In the name of God amen I John Cocksedge of Rougham Sfk yeoman being unsound in body by reason of old age but otherwise in good health and of perfect mind and memory blessed be God do make and ordain this my last will and testament this twentieth day of December in the fifth year of the reign of our Sov. lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary over England Scotland France & Ireland Defenders of the Faith ... and in the year of our Lord 1693. First I commend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God my maker in the moderation of Jesus Christ my blessed saviour and redeemer my body I committ to the earth to be decently buried and for my wordly estate I dispose thereof as followeth:
ITEM I give unto my son John Cocksedge the house where I now dwell with the home sitting thereunto adjoining conteyning six acres more or less for terme of his life and after his decease to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten for ever
ITEM I give unto Margery my loving wife the tenement where my son John Cocksedge now dwells during her natural life and after her decease to my son John Cocksedge and to the heirs of the his body lawfully begotten for ever
ITEM I give and devise unto Margery my wife the inclosed piece of land lying in Easty Feild by London Road containing three acres more or less and I give unto Margery my wife three other acres of land lying in Easty Feild more or less during her natural life and after the decease of the said Margery I give the six acres of land to be sold and the money for which the said land is sold to be equally divided among these my children here named Thomas Cocksedge Mary Cocksedge Robert Cocksedge William Cocksedge Peter Cocksedge Joseph Cocksedge excepting my daughter Mary Cocksedge and to her I give five pounds of lawfull English money more than to any of my other children out of that money the land shall be sold for. If any of these my children dye before the money be payable then I bequeath their portion or parts to the survivors and I request my cosen William Cocksedge of Rougham to assist my children in the sale of this land
Further my will and meaning is that if the said Margery my wife shall happen to marry again or to be marryed to any man after my decease then and in such case the six acres of land more or less lying in or nigh Easty Feild and in this my will before mentioned I give and devise the said six acres of land after such the second marriage to be forthwith sold and the money to be disposed of after the same manner to those my six children in this my will before mentioned and my desire is if my son John Cocksedge can or will purchase the said six acres of land that he may have it as cheap or cheaper than any other person all the rest and residue of my goods & chattels Cowes Houses and all manner of Household stuffe whatsoever I doe hereby give and devise unto Margery my wife for the payment of my debts funerall charges and performance of this my will which said Margery my wife I make constitute and appoint Executor of my last will and testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the marke of John Cocksedge published sealed and subscribed for my last will and testament in the presence of Geo Turner Richard Noble the marks of Thomazin Noble. She was an executor of John Cocksedge's estate on 9 April 1697 in Sudbury.
     Margery died before 24 January 1720/21 in Rougham, Suffolk. She was buried on 24 January 1720/21 in Rougham.

     Mary Crofts married Robert Mothersole, son of John Mothersole and Catherine Dandy, on 10 December 1762 in Hessett, Suffolk.

     Matilda Copperwheat Crofts was the daughter of Samuel Crofts and Matilda Copperwheat.

     Samuel Crofts married Matilda Copperwheat, daughter of William Copperwheat and Isabella Lamsdill, on 21 July 1849 in St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex. He was a carver?, son of Frederick John Crofts, she was the daughter of William Copperwheat, wheelwright. They were both of full age and living in George Street. Both signed in the presence of J J & Alice Hurst.

     Claude Victor Crombie was born circa 1886 in York?, Yorkshire, England. He was the son of George Crombie and Annie Watson and aged 27 in May 1911.
     Claude was educated from from 1896 to 1902 at St Peter's School, York, England. He left at Easter 1902 when he was 16 years of age. The school has information about him spending much time in Canada, playing rugby football, and joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1914.
Claude Victor Crombie married Katharine Margaret Dempster, daughter of William Arnold Dempster and Mary Chipman Rounsefell, on 10 May 1911 in St James, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Family members relate that Claude married Catherine Dempster against her mother's wishes. They eloped and married in Vancouver, departing immediately for San Francisco. Catherine's step-father, Arthur Haine, promptly followed them. He left San Francisco on 16 May with Catherine, returning her to the family farm at Dewdney, BC, arriving there on 19 May 1911. Arthur Haine quickly had the marriage annulled, but Catherine was already pregnant. The family moved to Kamloops, BC before the end of 1911, and that is where Claude's son was born.

     Patrick C Ethelbert Crombie was born in 1912 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. He was the son of Claude Victor Crombie and Katharine Margaret Dempster.
     Patrick died on 23 July 1990 in Mission, British Columbia, Canada.

     Elizabeth Cromer (Lovelace) married Sir William Finch. She was the widow of Sir Richard Lovelace.. Elizabeth Cromer (Lovelace) was born in Tunstall, Kent, England. She was the daughter of Sir James Cromer.

     Sir James Cromer was born in Kent, England.
He was of Tunstall, Kent..

     Elkanah Crompton was christened on 6 March 1728/29 in All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire. He was the son of Samuel Crompton and Martha Rich.
     Elkanah died in 1756?.

     Samuel Crompton was born on 28 June 1679 in Derby, Derbyshire. He was the son of Abraham Crompton (1649?-1724) and Elizabeth Bourne (1653-1690), For more information on this family see: http://www.jjhc.info/cromptonsamuel1757.htm. He was christened on 6 July 1679 in Derby.
Samuel Crompton married Ann Rodes, daughter of William Rodes and Mary Wilson, on 3 April 1710 in Yorkshire.
Samuel Crompton married secondly Martha Rich on 18 January 1728. Martha remarried Samuel Crompton, a banker (the husband of her first husband's sister Ann) 18 Jan 1728. Ann Rodes/Crompton died 16 May 1724, buried in Aldermandbury church, London.
Lease and release: 1. Aymor Rich of Bulhouse in the Parish of Penistone, esq Samuel Crompton of Derby, esq and Martha his wife 2. John Spencer of Cannon Hall, esq. Property: 2 messuages called the Abbey, with closes called Wharley Field, Upper Donffin, Nether Donffin, Upper Hall Royd, Nether Hall Royd, Great Lee, Little Lee, Hanging Croft, Well Ing, Storth, High Owler Ing, New Lands, Lower Close, Little Close, Upper Cross Field and Nether Cross Field, in Shepley. 9-10 Oct 1728.
     Samuel died on 18 April 1757 in Derby, Derbyshire, aged 77. Dickenson's Northowram register reports: Mr Saml Crompton of Darby died in the small pox, July 18. He was buried in All Saints, Derby.

     Hugh de Cromwell was the son of Haldane de Cromwell.

     Ralph de Cromwell was born in England. He was the son of Hugh de Cromwell.

     Ralph de Cromwell was the son of Ralph de Cromwell.
Ralph de Cromwell married secondly Margaret de Somery (Bassett) before 26 January 1270/71.
Ralph de Cromwell served in the military in the Army between 1276 and 1283. He was with the King in the Army of Wales, 10 Edw I, and was summonded for Military service from 12 Dec (1276) 5 Edw I to 14 Mar (1282/3) II Edw I, by writs directed Radulfo de Crumwell, Crumbwell, or Crumbewell.
     Ralph died before 18 September 1289 in England.

     Ralph de Cromwell was the son of Ralph de Cromwell and Margaret de Somery (Bassett).
Leo Van de pas suggests: Richardson, in his Merlay-Somerville-Griffith line, gives
Isabel de Merlay, married before 7 May 1275 Robert de Somerville and two children are mentioned :
1.Philip de Somerville
2.Joan de Somerville, married Ralph de Cromwell, knt, Lineal ancestors of Ralph Cromwell, 1st Lord Cromwell

CP doesn't seem to record any of the Cromwells as knight. Joan Somerville seems to have married the Ralph de Cromwell who died before 2 March 1298/99.
This Ralph was born after "before 26 January 1270/71" and died about 28 years old.
Joan de Somerville's parents married "before 7 May 1275" which is about 23 years before Joan's husband died. This makes Joan a very young widow.
As CP does not give a wife to Ralph de Cromwell who died before 2 March 1298/99, what would be the source for making this Joan de Somerville the wife of _that_ Ralph?.
     Ralph died before 2 March 1298/99.
     Ralph de Cromwell was the subject of an Inquisition Post Mortem held on 2 March 1298/99.

     Ralph de Cromwell was born before March 1292 in England. He was the son of Ralph de Cromwell. Ralph de Cromwell was the heir of Ralph de Cromwell at the Inquisition Post Mortem held on 2 March 1298/99.
Ralph de Cromwell married Joan de la Mare.

     Ralph de Cromwell was born circa 1315. He was the son of Ralph de Cromwell and Joan de la Mare.
Ralph de Cromwell married Anice de Bellers, daughter of Roger de Bellers, before 1344.
     Ralph died before 28 October 1364. He was off Cromwell & West Hallam.

     Ralph de Cromwell was the son of Ralph de Cromwell.
Ralph de Cromwell, of Cromwell, Notts, West Hallam, co. Derby etc.
He held West Hallam, 1 fee, and Cromwell 1 fee, both of the Bishop of Lincoln: he held nothing of the King in chief, save of the inheritance of his second wife ... her purparty of Barrow-on-Soar, co. Leicester, and Campden, co. Gloucester.

      He was summoned to Parliament from 19 Aug 1399 to 3 Sep 1417 by writ. Constable of Castle Rising 1404 till his death.. Ralph de Cromwell 3rd Baron was born circa 1368 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England. He was aged 30 at his father's death.. He was the son of Lord Ralph Cromwell (2nd Baron) and Maud Bernake.
Ralph de Cromwell 3rd Baron married Joan Unknown (Cromwell). He left issue..
     Ralph died in 1417.

     Maud Cromwell was born before 1360 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England. She was the daughter of Lord Ralph Cromwell (2nd Baron) and Maud Bernake.
Maud Cromwell married Sir William Fitzwilliam, son of Sir John Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Clinton, before 1379. Maud Cromwell was listed in the household of Sir William Fitzwilliam paying tax in Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England, in 1379.

     Lord Ralph Cromwell (2nd Baron) was born circa 1340. He was the son of Ralph de Cromwell and Anice de Bellers.
Lord Ralph Cromwell (2nd Baron) married Maud Bernake, daughter of John Bernake and Joan Marmion, before 20 June 1366 in Lincolnshire. He married before 20 June 1366, Maud, sister & heir of William, and daughter of John Bernake of Tattershall afsd, by Joan, daughter & co-heir of John Marmion (Lord Marmion). By his wife's right he became lord of the manor of Tatshall, co. Lincoln, by lineal succession from the heirs female of Rpbert de Tatshall, sometime owner thereof, whereupon he fixed his chief residence there.
Ralph de Cromwell acquired with his wife the estate of Tattershall, Lincoln, livery being granted to them 18 Mar 1366/7, it having been in the King's hands owing to the death of Sir John de Kirketon.
He was summoned to Parliament from 28 Dec (1375) 49 Edw III to 6 Nov (1397) 21 Ric II, by writs directed Radulfo de Crombwell or Cromwell, whereby he is held to have become Lord Cromwell. In 10 Ric II (1386-7) he was a Banneret, and retained to served the King in the event of invasion.
     Ralph died on 27 August 1398 in Lincolnshire.

     Jock McPherson Crook was born before 1930.
Jock McPherson Crook married Sheila O'Rorke, daughter of Hugh Michael O'Rorke and Dorothy Elizabeth Dunbar, after September 1950. On 2 Sep 1950 the engagement was annouinced: O'RORKE—CROOK. — Sheila, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs H M O'Rorke, "Killigrew," Westmere, to Jock Macpherson, only son of Mrs. A. F Crook, 19 Widford street, Hawthorn, and the late Mr Roy Crook.

     Annie Croot was born in 1894 in Yanac, Victoria.
Annie Croot married Thomas Bernard Colbert, son of John Colbert and Susan Jane Jarred, in 1922 in Victoria.
     Annie died in 1962 in Broughton, Victoria.

     Gwendoline Annie Croot was born in 1911 in Fitzroy North, Victoria. She was the daughter of Annie Croot. She was the daughter of Annie Croot.
Gwendoline Annie Croot married Ernest William Colbert, son of John Colbert and Susan Jane Jarred, in 1934 in Victoria.

     Beatrice Cropper was born say 1895 in Liverpool, Lancashire. Her surname is possibly WILLINK.
Beatrice Cropper married Christopher Maude Chavasse, son of Bishop Francis James Chavasse and Edith Jane Maude, on 15 July 1919 in St Paul's, Prince's park, Liverpool, Lancashire.
     Beatrice died before 3 August 1977 in Oxfordshire?. Beatrice Chavasse, Widow of prominent Oxford Clergyman. Obituary. Oxford Mail, 3.8.1977. p.7 & 5.8.1977 p.2.