VERRY, VERY, VERREY, VARY
My 10th great grandfather, Thomas Verry, died 29
October 1631 in Strood, Kent, England.
He left his wife a widow with four small children (another one had died
about a month before his death). The
widow, Bridget, remarried to Edward Gyles sometime before 1635, which was about
the time he immigrated to Salem, Massachusetts.
Bridget (my 10th great grandmother) and Edward Gyles (also my
10th great grandfather, see below) had five children together.
Bridget is probably a granddaughter or kinswoman to Henry
Scudder of Strood, Kent, England, who was the ancestor of other immigrants to
New England. There is an article in The
American Genealogist, Volume 72, pages 285 – 300, by Jane Fletcher Fiske, that explores her
English origins.
On 6 October 1635 Edward Gyles was fined 40 shillings for “knoweing
his wife carnally before marriage”. By
his first wife, he had two children, Hannah and Matthew (who died on Isles of
Shoals in 1667). Hannah Gyles was the
step sister to Thomas Very, one of Bridget’s sons. Hannah and Thomas Very were married by
Governor Endicott "upon the 6th of the 5th mo. 1650”
in Gloucester. They were my 9th
great grandparents.
I descend from two of the daughters of Hannah and Thomas
Very. The eldest daughter Hannah Very (my 8th great grandmother)
married Bartholomew Foster. Abigail Very
(also my 8th great grandmother) married Ralph Andrews. Abigail’s daughter, Susannah Andrews, married
Hannah’s son, Benjamin Foster – they were first cousins and also my 7th
great grandparents.
Some VERRY resources:
The American
Genealogist, Volume 60 pages 174 – 184; Volume 72, pages 285 – 300 (for the
English origins of the widow Bridget Verry Gyles).
Be very cautious using the VERRY family articles written by
Jones Very for the Essex Institute
Historical Collections in Volume
1, pages 115 – 116, and Volume 2, pages 35 – 38. These articles were corrected in the TAG
articles above.
The Great Migration Begins, page 764, page 2386 – see the
sketch of Edward Giles (second husband of the widow Bridget Verry)
The Giles Memorial, by John Adams Vinton, 1864 for the
GILES/GYLES family
My VERRY genealogy:
Generation 1: Thomas
VERRY, died 29 October 1631 in Stood, Kent, England; married Bridget
Unknown. Five children. Bridget remarried to Edward Gyles as his
second wife and had two more children.
Generation 2: Thomas VERY, born about 1625, died 28 March
1694 in Gloucester, Massachusetts; married on 6 May 1650 in Gloucester to
Hannah Gyles (his step-sister), daughter of Edward Gyles and Unknown. She was born about 1625 and died 25 August
1687 in Gloucester. Nine children, and I descend from two daughters.
Lineage A:
Generation 3A: Hannah
Very, born 31 March 1653 in Gloucester; married on 9 September 1668 to
Bartholomew Foster. He was born about
1646 and died 5 December 1689 in Gloucester.
Ten children.
Generation 4A:
Benjamin Foster m. Susanna Andrews (first cousins)
Generation 5A: Lucy
Foster m. William Younger
Generation 6A: Levi Younger m. Mary Wotten
Generation 7A: Levi Younger, Jr. m. Catherine Plummer Jones
Generation 8A: Mary
Esther Younger m. George Emerson
Generation 9A: Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E.
Batchelder
Generation 10A: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer
Allen
Generation 11A: Stanley
Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)
Lineage B:
Generation 3B: Abigail
Very, born 16 June 1661 in Gloucester; marriage intention filed 12 December
1682 in Gloucester to Ralph Andrews. He
died on 25 February 1718. Six children.
Generation 4B:
Susanna Andrews m. Benjamin Foster
(see above)
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Ok this has to stop. Once again I am researching my ancestor only to find information previously shared amost to the day of my search. This post is one day shy of two years old. I am a Thomas Verry, Hannah Gyles, Bartholomew Foster descendant. Hello cousin and thanks for sharing!
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