{"id":6405,"date":"2020-09-26T10:16:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T00:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?page_id=6405"},"modified":"2020-09-26T14:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T04:44:59","slug":"christopher-towne-and-rachel-goodwin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?page_id=6405","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Towne and Rachel Goodwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Christopher Towne<\/strong> was born around 1586 in Sydenham, Oxfordshire, England.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5951\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/St-Marys-Sydenham2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5951\" class=\" wp-image-5951\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/St-Marys-Sydenham2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/St-Marys-Sydenham2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/St-Marys-Sydenham2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Marys, Sydenham<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christopher married<strong> Rachel Godwin<\/strong> around 1611 in Sydenham.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel was the daughter of William Godwin (d 1628), a husbandman of Sydenham. It appears she was an only child.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"http:\/\/wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk\/az\/wtext\/godwin_001.html\">will of William Godwin<\/a> written on 5 January 1625, he mentions his daughter Rachel, her husband Christopher Towne, and their children Robert, Christopher, Rachel, Jeffery and Agnes.<\/p>\n<p>There is a treasure trove of papers on the Goodwin \/ Godwin family on Ancestry including this excerpt &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6415 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-1.jpg 942w, http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-1-300x124.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-1-768x316.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6414\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6414\" class=\"wp-image-6414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-2.jpg 967w, http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-2-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/will-of-William-Godwin-d-1628-Sidenham-Oxfordshire-English-Goodwin-papers-Ancestry-2-768x219.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">English Goodwin family papers, Oxfordshire Wills &amp; Admins Vol II<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sydenham, is a small parish in Thame district, Oxfordfordshire, 3 miles south east of Thame. In 1871 the population was 397 with 86 houses.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6405 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?attachment_id=6421'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sydenham-thatched-house-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?attachment_id=6422'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/The-Stag-Inn-Sydenham-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6422\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6422'>\n\t\t\t\tStag Inn, Sydenham\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?attachment_id=6423'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sydenham-old-house-Oxfordshire-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?attachment_id=6424'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sydenham-house-Oxfordshire-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Christopher and Rachel had the following children in Sydenham &#8211;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Robert b 1612<\/li>\n<li>Christopher b 1614<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?page_id=6343\"><strong>Rachel<\/strong> <\/a>b 1616 d 1689 Sydenham, marr John Croxford, 6 children.<\/li>\n<li>Jeffery b 1618<\/li>\n<li>Agnes b 1620 married Samuel Eustice<\/li>\n<li>Martha b 1629 married Mr Nash<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Christopher wrote a will, while he was residing in Sydenham in 1660 which was probated on 10 August 1660. It is in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will collection 1384-1858.<\/p>\n<p>The will is very difficult to read but I can see the following bequests &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Croxford, my grandchild, my now dwelling house<\/li>\n<li>Agnes, my daughter&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey, my son&#8230;..<\/li>\n<li>Robert Croxford, my grandchild, my little house<\/li>\n<li>daughter Martha&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>William Croxford, my grandchild, land in Kingston<\/li>\n<li>John Nash, 50 shillings<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Nash, 10 shillings<\/li>\n<li>Christopher, my son&#8230;..<\/li>\n<li>Robert, my son&#8230;..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6425\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sydenham-church-graveyard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6425\" class=\" wp-image-6425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sydenham-church-graveyard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sydenham-church-graveyard.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sydenham-church-graveyard-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Sydenham-church-graveyard-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydenham church graveyard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christopher Towne died in 1660 in Sydenham and his wife Rachel sometime before him. They are most likely buried at Sydenham, Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Towne was born around 1586 in Sydenham, Oxfordshire, England. Christopher married Rachel Godwin around 1611 in Sydenham. Rachel was the daughter of William Godwin (d 1628), a husbandman of Sydenham. It appears she was an only child. In the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?page_id=6405\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6405"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6436,"href":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6405\/revisions\/6436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}