Lt. Edward Berkeley

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Berkeley-267

A previous version of this profile claimed that Edward was the son of Sir Maurice Berkeley and his wife, Barbara Longe, daughter of Sir Walter Longe.[18]

Biography

Lieutenant Edward4, of Coxendale, Henrico, and Southampton Hundred Va., died ante 1630 in Va. Came over in ships Unitie and Seafloure, 1623. He married Jane ___, and had an only child, Jane5, who was unmarried in 1639. Jane, widow of Edward Berkeley married secondly, Capt. Nicholas Martian, of Kiskiak (Yorktown, Burgess 1632 &c, will York Co., 1651.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Berkeley-179

In an article in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine Edward is named as son of Maurice Berkeley who "came to Virginia with his father, but happily escaped the massacre [of 1622]." Maurice married Barbara Longe "and had issue, Edward and others."[1]. Edward "is believed to have been father of Edmund Berkeley, whose name appears in the records of Middlesex, as late as 1674."

But this Edward cannot have been that Edward. …

The Widdow Jane Berkeley had one daughter, Jane, by her husband Edward Berkeley. She married Nicholas Martieu after her first husband died. Nicholas and Edward were close friends and served in the King's Militia together. Nicholas and Jane had three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary and probably one son, Nicholas. The Son probably died young and unmarried because his sister Elizabeth inherited the bulk of her father's estate.

Supporting data, has errors

• Pg. 203
  • ' 4. . . . . He served an a jury of inquest in 1625, but this is the last notice of him that is to be found in any record. It is probable that he died soon thereafter, for before 1630, Captain Martian married his widow. No record of the family name of this Jane Berkeley exists. There is also no record of other children to Jane and Lieut. Berkley' than Jane, the daughter who accompanied them from England, and who was then about seven years of age. In 1645, Captain Martain married Isabel Beech, and died in 1651. The three daughters of Jane Barkley and Nicholas Martian (Will. and Mary Mag. V. XII), were Elizabeth, who married George Reade; Mary, married John Scasbrooke of York Co.; and Sarah married Captain William Fuller, Governor of the Palatinate of Maryland.
  • 5. Jane Berkley, the only child of Edward and Jane, appears not to have married, but lived in the household of her mother and Captain Martian. In 1639 her name is mentioned in a land patent to Nicholas Martian in Charles City County as his daughter. In the register of Bruton Church, Williamsburg, there is an entry of the death of "Jane Berkley, 1666". At that date, she would of been about 53 years of age.

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• The Virginia magazine of history and biography, Volume 26 By William Glover Stanard, Virginia Historical Society
• The Virginia magazine of history and biography, Volume 26 By William Glover Stanard, Virginia Historical Society
• Pg. 202
• William Berkeley had, by his marriage with Margaret Paulet, several daughters, and a son John, who dissipated the family estate, except Beverstone, and died 16 October, 24 Elizabeth. This John married Frances, daughter of Sir Nicholas Poynts, of Acton, Gloucestershire, and had issue:
• 1. John2, sold Beverstone Castle to Sir John Poyntz 1597, appointed to take charge of iron works in Virginia, May 11, 1621, vice Mr. Blewett, dead; killed in the Indian Massacre of 1622. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Snell; 2. Joan, Abbess at Brussels; 3. Katherine, married Thomas Symonds, a minister; 4. Margaret married Jasper Merricke, of Bevington.
• John and Margaret (Snell) Berkeley, had issue:
• 1. Sir Maurice3, married Barbara, daughter of Sir Walter Longe; 2. John, unmarried 1630; 3. Henry, unmarried 1630; 4. William, unmarried 1630; 5. Edward, unmarried 1630; 6. Thomas, unmarried 1630 (all then in England); 7. Mary married ___ Conway of Gloucester; 8. Frances, born 1596, unmarried 1623; 9. Elizabeth married Sir John Sutton, Lord Dudley, Bedfordshire.
• Maurice and Barbara (Longe) Berkeley had a son:
• Lieutenant Edward4, of Coxendale, Henrico, and Southampton Hundred Va., died ante 1630 in Va. Came over in ships Unitie and Seafloure, 1623. He married Jane ___, and had an only child, Jane5, who was unmarried in 1639. Jane, widow of Edward Berkeley married secondly, Capt. Nicholas Martian, of Kiskiak (Yorktown, Burgess 1632 &c, will York Co., 1651.
• Pg. 203
  • 4. . . . . He served an a jury of inquest in 1625, but this is the last notice of him that is to be found in any record. It is probable that he died soon thereafter, for before 1630, Captain Martian married his widow. No record of the family name of this Jane Berkeley exists. There is also no record of other children to Jane and Lieut. Berkley than Jane, the daughter who accompanied them from England, and who was then about seven years of age. In 1645, Captain Martain married Isabel Beech, and died in 1651. The three daughters of Jane Barkley and Nicholas Martian (Will. and Mary Mag. V. XII), were Elizabeth, who married George Reade; Mary, married John Scasbrooke of York Co.; and Sarah married Captain William Fuller, Governor of the Palatinate of Maryland.
  • 5. Jane Berkley, the only child of Edward and Jane, appears not to have married, but lived in the household of her mother and Captain Martian. In 1639 her name is mentioned in a land patent to Nicholas Martian in Charles City County as his daughter. In the register of Bruton Church, Williamsburg, there is an entry of the death of "Jane Berkley, 1666". At that date, she would of been about 53 years of age. _________________________
• The Berkeley manuscripts. The lives of the Berkeleys, lords of the honour, castle and manor of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, from 1066 to 1618; (1883)
• http://www.archive.org/details/berkeleymanuscri00smytuoft
• http://www.archive.org/stream/berkeleymanuscri00smytuoft#page/235/m...
• 4. Jone Berkeley youngeft daughter of this lord Thomas, was on Midfommer day in the nineteenth year of king Henry the 8th maryed at Yate, her fathers houfe, to Nicholas Poynz, (after knight,) . . . .
• http://www.archive.org/stream/berkeleymanuscri00smytuoft#page/239/m...
• 9. The faid Frances daughter of the faid Jone Berkeley, was maryed to S'r John Berkeley of Beverfton caflle, knight, by whom fhee had iffue John Berkeley, Jone, Katharine and Margaret. Which John, by Mary his wife daughter of John Snell Efqr, had iffue, 1 Maurice, 2 John, 3 Henry, 4 William, 5 Edward, 6 Thomas, 7 Mary, 8 ffrances, 9 Elizabeth, and 10 Anne. Whereof the faid Maurice, by Barbara his wife daughter of S'r Walter Longe, hath iffue Edw'd; and others ; And the faid Mary his fifter is marryed to Edward Conway of Gloucefter fhire. The other eight are unmarryed . 1623. As alfo is Jone the eldeft fifler of the faid John Berkeley, leading a Nunnes life at Bruffells, beyond feas ; And now lady Abbeffe there . 1630. ________________
• Edward Berkeley
• M, d. before 1614
• Edward Berkeley married Jane Scarsbrook, daughter of Lt. Col, Sir John Scarsbrook, circa 1611. Edward Berkeley died before 1614.
• Family Jane Scarsbrook b. 1593, d. 1625
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1745.htm#...

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References

• “Berkeley Manuscripts.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 3, 1898, pp. 135–152. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1914598. Accessed 27 Apr. 2021.