VARNEY
William Varney married "within the Castle of Windsor" on 7 April 1629 to Bridget Deverell. She was the daughter of Robert Deverell and Grisell Button, baptized at Hurley, Berkshire, England on 7 April 1629. History does not say why this marriage took place in such a famous location!
By 1649 the Varney family was settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. William Varney, my 10th great grandfather died intestate in 1654 and the inventory of his estate mentions his wife, Bridget, three sons and one daughter. His widow sold her land in 1669 and removed to Gloucester. She died in 1672 and left a will:
I
Bridget Verney |of Glocester in ye County of Essex in New England| being by
Gods Providence Cast upon my Bed of Sickness & weaknesse & not knowing
how neare the time of my death & departure out of this world may be at hand
yet knowing that all men are borne to dye & depart out of this world doe
therefore declare & make knowne this my last will & Testmanet in manner
& forme following. And first I commit & commend my Soule into the hands
of God the Father of Spirits & my Body to the Grave to be decently buryed
by my Suruining Freinds. And for my Goods and Estate I give & bequeath in
the first place unto my Sonne Humfrey Verney the Summe of twenty Pounds to be
payd by my sonne Jeffrey Parsons of this Towne in foure yeares. five pounds per
Annum during the space of foure yeares after my decease.
Item
I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Rachel Vinson (the wife of William
Vinson) twenty Pounds to be payd out of my estate according as hee the sayd
william vinson my sonne in Law Can best order it for Her And this to be for my
sayd Daughter after my decease
Item
I give and bequeath unto my sonne Thomas Verney Seaven Sheepe after my decease.
And for the rest of my goodes or estate besides what is above mentioned &
bequeathed I leave in the hands of my Sonne in Law william vinson as he shall
see meet And to the end this my Last will & Testament may be duely &
truely performed in manner and forme abovesayd I doe hereby
appoynt
constitute & ordayne my sayd Sonne in Law william vinson to be sole
Executor. In wittnesse whereof I the sayd Bridget have hereunto Set my Hand
&
Seale the tenth day of this instant November Anno Dom. one thousand Six
hundred
& Seaventy one.
Bridget
(her B mark) Verney (SEAL)
Witness:
John Emerson, William Ellery, William (his + mark) Winson, Joh
(his
mark) Row.
Proved
in Salem court 27:9:1672 by William Ellery and John Row.
The inventory was her estate was
taken on November 21, 1672 by Thomas Millett Sr., and John Collins Sr.
"Tow
Cowes and two hefer Calves, £8; nine sheepe, £3 10s; Twp swine, 16s; Three akers
of marsh in Chebacco, £4; beding, £1 5s; Paire of sheets, 15s; wearing Clothes,
£3 14s; Linen Clothes, £2; box and two Loks, 6s; woole and yearne, £1; old
timber vesels, 3s; debts oweing her, £4 2s; total £66 11s."
Attested in Salem court 27:9:1672
by William Vinson, executor.
For more information:
A Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of William Varney of Ipswich, Mass 1649 and more Particularly of his son Humphrey Varney of Dover, NH, 1659 by Herbert Clarkson Varney, 1949
Thomas Varney of Boston and his Descendants, by George W. Varney, 1995 manuscript at the New England Historic Genealogical Society library in Boston. [Mss A 528]
"William Varney of Ipswich and Gloucester, Massachusetts" by Kathleen Canney Barber and Janet Ireland Delorey, The American Genealogist, Volume 81, No. 3, July 2006
My VARNEY genealogy:
Generation 1: William Varney, born about 1599 in
England, died 1 March 1654 in Ipswich, Massachusetts; married to Bridget Deverell. She died 25 October 1672 in
Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Generation 2: Thomas Varney, born about 1630, died 4 December 1692 in Ipswich; married Abigail
Proctor, daughter of John Proctor (hung as a witch in 1692) and Martha Harper. She was born about 1639 and died 1 March 1732
in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich. Thomas married second to Mary Lovering
before 1679 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Generation 3: Mary Varney, born 1699 in Ipswich,
died 19 November 1733 in Ipswich; married in 1690 in Ipswich to Thomas Choate,
son of John Choate and Ann Unknown. He
was born about 1671 in Ipswich and died 31 March 1745 in Ipswich.
Generation 4: Anne Choate m. John Burnham
Generation 5: Jeremiah Burnham m. Abigail Andrews
Generation 6: Abigail Burnham m. Isaac Allen
Generation 7: Joseph Allen m. Judith Burnham
Generation 8: Joseph Allen m. Orpha Andrews
Generation 9: Joseph Gilman Allen m. Sarah Burnham
Mears
Generation 10: Joseph Elmer Allen m. Carrie Maude
Batchelder
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude
Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)
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Hi Heather-- yet another cousin connection! I'm descended from John Proctor's sister Mary, who married John HADLEY.
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Hi Heather - I've been reading and enjoying your blog for months and only today recognized our Varney connection. George W. Varney is my second cousin. I'm connected to you via (the Gen 2) Thomas Varney. Thank you so much for posting this will.
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