John Brundish (abt. 1593 - bef. 1639)

Born about 5 Jun 1593 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Hubbard) Brundage — married 13 Sep 1621 in Belstead Parish, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died before 27 Oct 1639 before about age 46 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

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John Brundish migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 1, p. 445) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Origin

Robert Charles Anderson reports John Brundish's origin is unknown. However, Brundish family researcher Perry Streeter makes a cogent case for his origin and the surname of his wife based upon an examination of parish records detailed herein. Therefore, we attach Streeter's proposed parents here and mark them as uncertain

Anderson estimates his birth date as c. 1604, based on his estimated date of marriage. The surname is seen spelled both Brundish and Brundage with Brundish becoming the more common spelling which is used by Anderson in the Great Migration series^[1]

Doherty, preferring the surname spelling "Brundage,"^[2] in his Settlers of Beekman Patent, ... cites Families of the Colonial Town of Philipsburgh by Grenville C. MacKenzie (1966) and reports that John was born c. 1585 at Ipswich, England (no parents mentioned) and married c. 1620 to Rachel, daughter of James and Naomi (Cook) Hubbard of Mendleson, Suffolk Co, England.^[2]

Perry Streeter, long-time Brundish family researcher, believes John somewhat older than Anderson's estimate and shows his christening on 5 June 1593 at Rattlesden Parish, Suffolk, England a son of Thomas Brundish who married, on 30 August 1584 at Rattlesden Parish, to Anne "Agnes" Tompson, daughter of Robert and Agnes (Raynolde) Tompson.^[3][4] There is currently no definitive documentation that the John Brundish christened 1593 in Rattlesden, Suffolk is the John Brundish who marries Rachel and arrives in the Colonies. Streeter creates a plausible scenario for this but it remains unproven.

Perry Streeter says the source for the marriage year of 1621 in Belstead, Suffolk, England is:^[5] This reference is contained in the following document:^[6]

Perry Streeter says that John Brundage (Thomas) immigrated to MA c. 1632-1635 from Felsham County Suffolk, England to Watertown, MA, and then to Wethersfield, CT. He and Rachel Hubbard had the following children: James, Mary, Anne, Susan, John, Bethia, and Posthume.^[7]

According to Thomas William Brundage,^[8] John Brundish was Christened 6/5/1593 at Rattlesden Parish in County Suffolk, England. He came from Felsham Parish to MA in 1632, a tanner, made a freeman at Watertown 1635, d. betw. 5/20 and 10/27 1639 in Wethersfield, CT. John was a son of Thomas Brundish and Agnes Tompson, who were married in 1584 at Rattlesden. John m. 1621 at Belstead Parish to Rachel Hubbard, b. 1600 at Mendlesham, County Suffolk, d. 1656-59, d/o James and Naomi (Cook/Cocke) Hubbard. Rachel m2. 1642 Anthony Wilson, had daughter Sarah Wilson. Wilson m2. 1659 Sarah (Jones) Bulkley; he d. 1662. The children were James, Mary, Ann, John Bethia, and Posthume. (There is more information about dates of the birth of children and locations.)

Thomas William Brundage goes on to say: At Weathersfield John and Rachel lived on what is now Sandy Lane. He died, probably by suicide, without a will; his estate was valued at 1746 in chattels and 1306 in house and land. The chattels included books as well as tools. Rachel was granted the chattels and the real estate was to be for the childrens' portion when they reached 16. The land was sold before 5/1641, presumably when Rachel left Weathersfield for Fairfield.

According to the book entitled, From Bulkeley to Bulkley to Buckley The Ancestors and Descendants of Moses Bulkley (1727-1812) by Thomas Taylor, Pub. 2008, Chapter: The Brundidge Family Connection: John Brundish, b. 1593 in Rattlesden Parish, Suffolk, England; died between 5/20-10/27/1639 in Wethersfield, CT. He married Rachel Hubbard 1621 in Belstead Parish, England, daughter of James Hubbard and Naomi Cook/Cooke. Rachel was born 1600 in Mendelsham, Suffolk, England and died between 1656-1659. In 1642, she married Anthony Wilson of Fairfield, CT.

Immigration

The date and voyage of John's immigration is unknown. He was made freeman on 4 March 1634/5 at Watertown as "John Brandishe."^[1] He and his family removed to Wethersfield with the first settlers there. Record of the distribution of the estate of his widow, Rachel, included reference to their son, "John is to have the money that the tools of a tanner were sold for."^[1] So John worked as a tanner at Wethersfield.

Uncertain Wife's Maiden Name

Anderson reports that John married by about 1629 to Rachel ______,^[1] but Doherty reports she was Rachel Hubbard [SBP 11:819].^[2]

According to Boyd's Marriage Index ...: 1621, Brundish, Jn & Rach Hubbard, Belstead.^[9]

After John's death, Rachel married again on (or soon after) 5 August 1642 at Fairfield to Anthony Wilson; she died by 1648 [Fairfield PR 1:88].^[1][10]

Children

John and Rachel had one son and four daughters: "two eldest daughters, the next a boy, the other two girls."^[11] NE Marriages before 1700, by Clarence A Torrey, :443

Children:^[1]

1. Mary Brundish, b say 1629; m 1) Francis Purdy, 2) John Hoyt, son of Simon Hoyt.
2. Daughter Brundish, b say 1632, d between 1640 and 1648.
3. John Brundish, b c. 1636; m Hannah Unknown
4. Bethia Brundish, b c. 1638; may have m Timothy Knapp or Joseph Tayor (or both).
5. Posthume, b late 1639 or early 1640, poss. m John Winter of Westchester.

The word posthumos means occurring or continuing after one's death.. Perry Streeter says that the name Posthume was sometimes given to a child born after the death of the father and usually it was only temporary nomenclature. Additionally, an Order of the Particular Count of the Colony of Connecticut in 1640 definitely shows one male child and four female children. Thus, John Brundish was succeeded by only one male heir, his son John.^[12] On pp. 11-13, Perry Streeter lists the children of John Brundage and Rachel Hubbard, as follows:

James Brundish, Undoubtedly never

Mary Brundish m. 1) Francis Purdy and 2) John Hoyt/Hoit

Anne Brundish m. Undoubtedly never

Susan Brundish m. Undoubtedly never

John Brondig m. Hannah ____________

Bethia Brundish m. 1/ Timothy Knapp, 2) Joseph Taylor, and 3) John Malove

Posthume Brundish, m. John Winters

Brundish family researcher Perry Streeter believes there may have been a first son James, baptized on 11 April 1627 at St. Mary-at-the-Elm, Ipswich, Suffolk, England; parents named as John and Rachel Brundish; probably died young.^[3] Also possibly two daughters, Anne and Susan, baptized in 1631 at St. Clement's Church, Ipswich, but the parents were not specified in those last two girl's records.^[3]

Death and Legacy

John died between 20 May 1639 [FOOF 1:107 citing an unrecorded deed] and 27 October 1639 (inventory date).^[1] According to Perry Streeter: John Brundish was alive on 20 May 1639 at the time of the writing of an unrecorded deed.^[13]

On 2 April 1640, "Rachel Brundish of Weathersfeeld" presented the Particular Court with an inventory of her husband. The court ordered that Rachel "shall haue to her owne use" the land "with the house to be for the Childrens portions viz 30 to the sonne and 25 a peece to each of the 4 daughters, to be payd into the Court for thier use when each of them come to the age of sixteene yeares and in the meane tyme the widow to haue the use of the land, for bringing up the Children." They also gave Rachel the authority to sell the house and land.^[14]

According to Doherty, John was killed by Indians in 1637.^[2] However, the unrecorded deed, cited by Anderson and reported by Jacobus in Families of Old Fairfield, disproves that idea.^[15] The unrecorded deed's 1st part, dated 20 May 1639, was witnessed by Andrew Ward, Edmund Wood, and Robert Rose (last by mark), not signed by grantor John Brundish. The 2nd part, 23 November 1639, was a confirmation by the widow, Adm'x, "but Providence so disposing of the aforesayd John Brundishe that before the tym that the mony & ye writing (?) confermed He put an end unto his lyf."^[15]

Inventory for John was taken on 27 Oct 1639 and totaled £304.6s, including £130 in real estate and £2 in books.^[11]

Wife Rachel died about 1648 at Fairfield, Connecticut, and her 2nd husband, Anthony Wilson, was to have the homelot at Fairfield and to pay legacies to the children: John Brundish, Mary wife of Francis Purdy, Bethia Brundish, and Posthume.^[15]

Other

According to the following record, pages 510-511, John Brundage (Brundish, Brondig, Brondige) born in England 1585, came to America in 1632 after a temporary sojourn in MA, settled in Wethersfield, CT, where he died in 1639, leaving him surviving his widow Rachel and the following children: Mary, John, Posthume, Bertha: "Ye Historie of Ye town of Greenwich" by Spencer Mead, New York, 1911. Rye where many Brundages originated is next to Greenwich. Many early Brundages are listed in this sources including Revolutionary War soldiers: https://archive.org/stream/yehistorieofyeto00mea#page/644/mode/2up/search/brundage Note: this early source lacks citations for its Brundage genealogy, see other sources with documentation.

According to the unsourced book by Thomas Taylor,^[16] In 1642, the widow of John Brundish, Rachel (Hubbard) married Anthony Wilson of Fairfield, CT. The Brundidge family name changed immediately from Brundish to Brundige following the alleged suicide of Rachel's husband in 1639. Sometime before 1659, Rachel died, and Anthony Wilson married once again, this time to Sarah (Jones) Bulkeley, the widow of Thomas Bulkeley. (See the Jones family section on pages 184-186).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "John Brundish" Featured name, Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B.AmericanAncestors.org (Volume 1, A-B, Pages 445- ).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Doherty, Frank J, (1990–2003 )The Settlers of the Beekman Patent ... ten volumes. AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 2, Page 819).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Streeter, Perry (© 1999, updated 16 September 2009) "John Brundish [Brundage of Wethersfield, Connecticut."].
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYLJ-RZR : 11 February 2018, John Brundishe, 05 Jun 1593); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0453039 IT 1.
5. ↑ Boyd's Marriage Index of Suffolk, England, Vol 7, 1601-1625, Belstead Parish Register.
6. ↑ John Brundish (Brundage) of Wethersfield, CT by Perry Streeter - www.perrystreeter.com/brundage.pd
7. ↑ The Colonial Ancestry, p. 2, which may be found at http://www.perrystreeter.com/brundage.pdf compiled by Perry Streeter
8. ↑ A Brundage Family Genealogy, An Account of Some of the American Descendants of John Brundish (1593-1639), Who Came from England to Massachusetts in 1635 by Thomas William Brundage, 1989. The following web site appears to contain 13 pages of Chapter 2, and a couple pages of Chapter 3, that is, 3-33 and 3-34. There appears to be a total of 54 pages in Chapter 2 that is not in this web site. So, apparently there are only 13 pages out of 54 pages. See: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/73570863?p=21538652&returnLabel=John%20Brundage%20(LDBV-TG7)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FLDBV-TG7
9. ↑ Boyd, Percival, Boyd's Marriage Index, Suffolk ... Vol. 7 Grooms, 1601-1625. (Vol. 7, Page 81, citing Belstead Parish Register).
10. ↑ "Descendants of Nicholas Knapp: Generation No. 1." CTGenWeb.org.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Trumbull, J H, ed., The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, Brown & Parsons, 1850) Vol. 1, Page 444-5
12. ↑ The Colonial Ancestry, pp. 4-5, which may be found at http://www.perrystreeter.com/brundage.pdf compiled by Perry Streeter
13. ↑ The Colonial Ancestry, pp. 4-5, which may be found at http://www.perrystreeter.com/brundage.pdf compiled by Perry Streeter
14. ↑ Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663; Published by The Connecticut Historical Society And The Society of Colonial Wars In The State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1928. Page 6 & 10; (FamilySearch.org link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZC-S739-J : 4 April 2022)
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} Jacobus, Donald Lines, (1930-1932) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, 2 vols. AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 1, Pages 107-9).
16. ↑ From Bulkeley to Bulkley to Buckley The Ancestors and Descendants of Moses Bulkley (1727-1812) by Thomas Taylor, Pub. 2008, Chapter: The Brundidge Family Connection.

• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,
  Name: John Brundishe
  Gender: Male
  Baptism Date: 05 Jun 1593
  Baptism Place: Rattlesden, Suffolk, England
  Father: Thomas Brundishe
  Mother: Agnes
  FHL Film Number: 0453039 IT 1

See also:

• (archived 1 August 2003) "Grenville MacKenzie Sources." Archive.org.
• The Williams Families of New Jersey by Lyle Keith Williams, page 279, and digital page 287/422; and page 280, digital page 288/422
• Hoppin, Charles Arthur, (1932) The Washington Ancestry ... Greenfield, OH: Priv. print.
• MacKenzie, Grenville C., (1966) Families of the Colonial Town of Philipsburgh copies in Westchester County Historical Society Library and NYG&BS.
• Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904) Vol. 1, Page 3-4
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1862) Vol 1, Pages 238 "Brandishly," 281 "Brundish."
• Banks, Charles. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650 (The Bertram Press, Philadelphia, Pa., 1937)
• NOTE: the following source offers no documentation for its claims. The following source says that John and Rachel Hubbard had the following children: 1) James Brundage, 2) Mary Brundage, 3) Ann Brundage, 4) John Brundage, 5) Bethia Brundage and 6)Unknown Brundage: Page 260 FULL Family group: https://books.google.com/books?id=1dCMAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA260&lpg=PA260&dq=daNIEL+BRUNDAGE+1672+rYE&source=bl&ots=m0oZF8g2Qs&sig=U4V_ChixMKhU0InPN1UiGzZYMVo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8l6X218LaAhXqilQKHZLTAsYQ6AEIZzAQ#v=onepage&q=daNIEL%20BRUNDAGE%201672%20rYE&f=false
• "American Ancestors," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:3:MMPW-7C8 : accessed 18 December 2019), entry for John Brundish Brundage I; "User:darrellyoung Tree:young Family 2700 tree" file (2:3:2:MMMS-Q41), submitted 10 March 2019 by Darrell Lee Young.