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Humphery Swinnerton 1 was born about 1435. He married Ann UNKNOWN.

Ann UNKNOWN 1 was born about 1440. She married Humphery Swinnerton.

They had the following children:

  F i Helena Swinnerton was born about 1460.

Bernard Randolph 1 was born about 1530 in Sussex, England. He married Judith UNKNOWN.

Judith UNKNOWN 1 was born about 1538 in Sussex, England. She married Bernard Randolph.

They had the following children:

  F i Judith Randolph was born about 1555 and died 1583.

Samuel Ambrose Shrode [Parents] was born 1 Jul 1792 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania and was christened 10 Jul 1792 in Saint Mary's Roman Catholic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was buried 5 Feb 1864 in St Peter's, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Samuel married Mary Elizabeth Grofs (Gross) about 1817.

Event: Last Name Spelled 1792 Schroat  
Event: Last Name Spelled 1850 Shroad  
Census: 1850 Lancaster County, West Donegal Twp, Pennsylvania, Roll: M432_788, Page:48
Census: 1860 Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Roll M653_1120, page 404
Occupation: 1850 Tailor  
Occupation: 1860 Tailor

Mary Elizabeth Grofs (Gross) was born 1784 in At Sea. She died Nov 1860 and was buried 24 Nov 1860 in St. Peter's, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Mary married Samuel Ambrose Shrode about 1817.

Children
Ignatius Aloysius Shrode b: 9 MAR 1818 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Antonius Josephus Shrode b: 24 APR 1820 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Mary Rossanna Shrode b: BET 24 AND 25 SEP 1821 in Pennsylvania
Alexius Ambrose Shrode b: 27 OCT 1823 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Mary Elizabeth Shrode b: 13 APR 1827 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

They had the following children:

  M i Ignatius Aloysis Shrode was born 9 Mar 1818 and died 8 Jul 1864.

Richard Pershall [Parents] 1 was born 1508 in Horsley, Stafford, England. He died about 1569 in Horsley, Stafford, England. Richard married Isabel Rolleston.

Isabel Rolleston [Parents] 1 was born 1505 in Rolleston, Staffordshire, England. She died about 1566 in Juddonham, Suffolk, England. Isabel married Richard Pershall.

They had the following children:

  M i Edmund Pershall was born about 1559 and died Apr 1629.

Edmund Pershall [Parents] 1 was born about 1559 in Horsley, Chekley, England. He died Apr 1629 in London, Middlesex, England. Edmund married Mary Maria Bathurst.

Mary Maria Bathurst [Parents] 1 was born about 1564 in Alderman, Bathurst, London, England. She died in Juddonham, Suffolk, England. Mary married Edmund Pershall.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas Pearsall (Parsell) was born 1571 and died 1642.

Arthur Purcell [Parents] 1, 2 was born about 1640 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He died 1729 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Arthur married Mary Joyner about 1670 in Isle of Wight County VA.

DOCUMENTATION: VAIOW-WL1 p. 107 ! GIFT-WITNESS: VAIOW-DE1 p. 47, from WALTER RUTTER to daughter MARTHA, all his land that DAVID PRICE now lives on adjoining GREENE dated 31 Mar 1694, ALSO: WILLIAM (signed) GREENE, MARY (M) GREENE, and WILLIAM (signed) KERLE, S: ARTHUR (signed) PURCELL ! ESTATE-APPRAISER: VAIOW-WL1 p. 5, THOMAS JOYNER dated 6 Oct 1695, ALSO: WILL GODWIN, ALEK MATHEWS, and WILL BRADSHAW ! ESTATE-APPRAISER: VAIOW-WL1 p. 39, WILLIAM JOYNER recorded 14 Dec 1698, ALSO: HENRY (mark) TURNER, S: ARTHUR (signed) PURCELL ! LAND-PURCHASE: VAIOW-DE1 p. 66, from THOMAS JOYNER SR and wife ELIZABETH, 400 acres bounded by Capt. JOHN FULGHAM and the main Blackwater Swamp (being a patent granted said THOMAS JOYNER SR on 15 Oct 1698) dated Apr 1698, W: BRIDGEMAN (B) JOYNER and THOMAS MANDEN, S: THOMAS (signed) JOYNER and ELIZABETH (E) JOYNER ! LAND-PURCHASE: VAIOW-DE1 p. 111, from JOHN SIKES, 1 acre bounded by the swamp (being part of an Escheat patent of WILLIAM SIKES with the upper part conveyed to said JOHN SIKES) dated 19 Jun 1710, W: ARTHUR (signed) SMITH, THOMAS (signed) COOPER, and ROBERT (signed) COOPER ! LAND-PURCHASE: VAIOW-DE1 p. 110, from ROBERT COOPER, 1 acre (being in a patent of JAMES LONG and part of a neck of land conveyed by JANE ROBERTS to THOMAS GALE after the original deed by ROBERT STORK to said GAYLE'S father was burnt with the Nansemond County records) dated 19 Jul 1710, W: ARTHUR SMITH, THOMAS COOPER, and JOHN SIKES ! NEIGHBOR: VAIOW-DE1 p. 124, WILLIAM POPE, ANDREW WOODLEY, WILLIAM BODDIE, THEOPHILUS JOYNER and THOMAS SUMMERELL on the Western Branch Swamp in Isle of Wight County, Virginia dated 15 Dec 1714. He was a mill operator. ! ESTATE-APPRAISER: VAIOW-WL1 p. 84, JOHN BODDIE dated 28 Nov 1720, ALSO: THOMAS WOODLEY and JAMES BRAGG ! WILL-WITNESS: VAIOW-WL1 p. 121, (probably the ARTHUR PURCELL) JAMES MERCER dated 11 Dec 1720, ALSO: WILLIAM (signed) KINCHEN, S: ARTHUR (signed) PURCELL ! WILL-ABSTRACT: VAIOW-WL1 p. 107, dated 21 Apr 1717, recorded 27 May 1729; EX: sons ARTHUR and THOMAS, W: ARTHUR SMITH, JOSHUA TURNER, and MATTHEW LOWRY ! ESTATE-APPRAISER: VAIOW-WL1 p. 108, recorded 25 Aug 1729, AD: not listed, AP: JOHN (signed) JOHNSON, JOHN (IT) TURNER, and DANIEL (signed) HERRING REFNNCS

Mary Joyner [Parents] 1 was born about 1640. She married Arthur Purcell about 1670 in Isle of Wight County VA.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas Purcell was born about 1700.
  F ii Isabella Purcell was born 1685 and died before 1750.

Thomas Joyner [Parents] was born 14 Nov 1619. He died 21 May 1698.

He had the following children:

  M i Thomas Joyner was born 1653 and died 21 Apr 1708.

Piers Warburton was born about 1428 in Arley, Cheshire, England. He died after 1475. Piers married Elizabeth Mainwaring about 1469.

Other marriages:
Savage, Ellen

Ellen Savage, a daughter of Sir John Savage, of Clifton, had a license
from the Pope for marrying Peter Legh 4 of Pope Paul II. This first
contract was dissolved, and she married Piers Warburton, son of Sir
Geoffrey Warburton, who died 1448. Piers Warburton in 1436 had
married Elizabeth Mainwaring, and this contract was dissolved, and
she was living 33 years after. He married Ellen Savage in 1469, by
dispensation. References: Ormerod's Chester--Warburton, Vol. 1,
pp. 428-9; Savage, Vol. 1, p. 527

Elizabeth Mainwaring was born about 1440. She married Piers Warburton about 1469.


Piers Warburton [Parents] was born about 1490. He married Elizabeth Winnington.

Elizabeth Winnington was born about 1490. She married Piers Warburton.

They had the following children:

  M i Sir John Peter Warburton was born 1520 and died 31 Aug 1575.

Piers Warburton was born about 1428 in Arley, Cheshire, England. He died after 1475. Piers married Ellen Savage about 1458.

Other marriages:
Mainwaring, Elizabeth

Ellen Savage, a daughter of Sir John Savage, of Clifton, had a license
from the Pope for marrying Peter Legh 4 of Pope Paul II. This first
contract was dissolved, and she married Piers Warburton, son of Sir
Geoffrey Warburton, who died 1448. Piers Warburton in 1436 had
married Elizabeth Mainwaring, and this contract was dissolved, and
she was living 33 years after. He married Ellen Savage in 1469, by
dispensation. References: Ormerod's Chester--Warburton, Vol. 1,
pp. 428-9; Savage, Vol. 1, p. 527

Ellen Savage [Parents] was born 1432 in Clifton, Cheshire, England. She married Piers Warburton about 1458.

They had the following children:

  M i John Warburton was born 1459 and died 1524/1525.

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