This does an excellent job of sorting out the four wives of Colonel St
Leger Codd. It's copied from Google Groups:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/za-YZrvbJUg
St. Leger Codd and Pett/ Pitt
6 posts by 2 authors
ravinma...@yahoo.com
6/2/17
Can anyone explain the following tangle?
The link below, a book which does not seem particularly well-sourced, gives
four marriages for the Virginia/ Maryland colonist St. Leger Codd:
(1) 18 May 1667, to Beatrice Pitt, daughter of Anne Pitt [no children]
(2) ca. 1668, to Mrs. Anne (Mottrom) (Wright) Fox [sons James Codd and
Berkeley Codd]
(3) 1671, to Mrs. Anne (Bennett) Bland [son St. Leger Codd, daughter
Beatrice and Sarah Codd]
(4) Mrs. Anna (Hynson) (Randall) Wickes
https://tinyurl.com/yy96vn38 [reduced link]
_The Ancestor_, vol. 10 (1904), pp. 161-63, shows a William Pett (not Pitt),
with a second wife, Anne Garbrand, by whom he had a youngest daughter,
Beatrix Pett:
https://archive.org/stream/ancestorquarterl10unse#page/162/mode/2up
Of the daughter Beatrix Pett, the article says, "She married one ...
Codd, of the Kentish family of that name. Her brother William Pett, in his
will of 1692, speaks of her as a widow deceased, and names her children
James Codd, and Beatrix wife of Robert Thornton."
Also discussed in _Ancestor_ is Peter Pett of London, sibling of Beatrix
and William above, whose will of April 1680 names his kinswoman Elizabeth
Codd, daughter of St. Leger Codd.
Various sources do claim that St. Leger Codd of Virginia had children
called James Codd and Beatrice Codd, though I don't find an Elizabeth
ascribed to him.
At any rate, the husband of Beatrice Codd must really have been RICHARD
Thornton, per this London-area marriage record from 1689:
https://tinyurl.com/y2v2wtf2 [reduced link]
This Beatrice/Beatrix must be the Beatrix Thornton of St. James
Clerkenwell, Middx., living in 1717 as the widow and executrix of Richard
Thornton, late citizen and apothecary of London:
https://tinyurl.com/yxwkw4vq [reduced link]
The _Ancestor_ article does show the mother of Beatrice Pett, married ...
Codd, as an Anne (Garbrand) Pett, which shows a similarity to the claimed
marriage of St. Leger Codd in the book first mentioned (1667 to "Beatrice
Pitt, daughter of Anne Pitt").
If Beatrice Pett/ Pitt died a widow, doesn't that mean she would have been
the LAST wife of St. Leger Codd?
More standard accounts of St. Leger Codd seem to omit the Pitt/Pett
marriage.
https://tinyurl.com/y4qjhof8 [reduced link]
ravinma...@yahoo.com
6/2/17
This marriage license tells more:
June 11 [1689.] Richard Thornton, of All Hallows, Lumbard Street,
London, Cit. & Apothecary, Bach[elo]r, abt 23, & Mrs Beatrix Codd, of the
same, Sp[inste]r, above 21, with consent of her uncle, Mr William Pett, her
parents beyond seas; at St Dyonis Backchurch, Lond.
https://tinyurl.com/y64h5boe [reduced link]
Nathan Murphy
6/3/17
On Friday, June 2, 2017 at 3:39:38 PM UTC-6, ravinma...@yahoo.com wrote:
This marriage license tells more:
St. Leger Codd, bp. Lenham, Kent, 23 Nov 1638,[1] m. (1) St Mary Magdalen,
Bermondsey, Surrey, 23 Oct 1660, Beatrix Pett.[2] Dorman states St. Leger
Codd had m. Ann (Mottrom) Wright Fox by 11 May 1670. He provides an
excellent account of Codd's Virginia and Maryland wives.[3]
Children of St. Leger Codd by Beatrix Pett (order unknown; baptisms
haven't been found):
i. James Codd, Gentleman, of Wateringbury, Kent and St Mary Whitechapel,
Middlesex. Legatee in the will of [his uncle] William Pett, 1692.[4]
Legatee in father's will, 1706.[14] The parish register of St Mary
Whitechapel records that on 23 Nov 1715, 'James Codd, a man bur[ied] at
Lumbard Street.'[5] James Codd of the Parish of St Mary Matfellon al[ia]s
White Chappel in the County of Middx Gentleman, left a will dated 29 Oct
1715, proved 5 May 1716. He mentions lands in Wateringbury, Kent, and left
everything to his niece Jane Thornton of London St Botolph Bishopsgate,
spinster, whom he appointed sole executrix.[6] He mentions no children in
his will.
ii. Elizabeth Codd, legatee in will of [her uncle] Peter Pett, 1680.[11]
Perhaps d. by 1692, not a legatee in will of [her uncle] William Pett,
1692.[4] She is not a legatee in her father's will, 1706.[14] No further
information.
iii. Beatrix Codd, b. by 1668 (age above 21 in 1689), d. living 2 Jul
1717, St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex,[12] m. London St Dionis Backchurch,
18 Jun 1689 (Vicar General licence dated 11 Jun 1689), Richard
Thornton.[7][8] Richard Thornton, Citizen and Apothecary of London, of
London All Hallows Lombard Street, b. c1666 (age about 23 in 1689).
Legatee in will of [her uncle] William Pett, 1692.[4] Richard Thornton, wife
Beatrix, and daughters Jane and Mary taxed in 1695.[13] Legatee in father's
will, 1706.[14] The will of "Richard Thornton of parish of Allhallows
Lombard Street London Apothecary" is dated 1 Feb 1704[/5], and was proved 18
Nov 1708. He appoints his wife Beatrix Thornton executrix and mentions sons
and daughters who are under age 21 (but not by name).[9] Issue, all bp.
London All Hallows Lombard Street:[10] (1) Jane bp. 16 Jul 1691, universal
legatee in will of James Codd, 1715,[6] (2) Mary bp. 22 Aug 1693, (3) Ann
bp. 7 Oct 1694, (4) Richard bp. 11 Oct 1695, (5) Thomas bp. 9 Dec 1696,
(6) Mary bp. 10 Apr 1698, and (7) Elizabeth bp. 6 Aug 1699.
Credit: John Brandon.
Notes:
1) The marriage to Beatrix Pett occurred in 1660, rather than 1667.
2) References to Beatrix Codd in 1692 will of William Pett refer to her as
deceased, but do not call her a widow in the portion that is legible on
Ancestry (much of the will is unreadable).
3) In APP, James Codd is assigned to St. Leger Codd's second wife Anne,
but because he is called a kinsman in his uncle William Pett's will, he is
probably a son by Codd's first wife Beatrix. James continued association
with his sister Beatrix (Codd) Thornton's daughter Jane Thornton.
4. Apothecary Company apprenticeship bindings and freedom admissions do
not begin until 1694 at FHL. Court minutes go back to 1661.
5. Percival Boyd created three family group records for William Codd that
mention his son St Leger Codd (see below). He also created a record of the
family of Richard Thornton, all available on findmypast.co.uk.
6. For the Pett family, see H. Farnham Burke and Oswald Barron, "The
Builders of the Navy: A Genealogy of the Family of Pett," The Ancestor 10
(1904):147-178. Beatrix is mentioned at p. 163.
7. There are no Codd(e) taxpayers in these www.british-history.ac.uk
collections: (1) London Hearth Tax: City of London, 1662; (2) London Hearth
Tax: Westminster 1664; (3) London Hearth Tax: City of London and
Westminster, 1666.
Sources:
[1] Lenham, Kent, bishop's transcripts, FHL Microfilm 1736839, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNVZ-CRH).
[2] St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey, parish registers, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31280_199007-00283).
[3] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, 3 vols. (4th ed., Baltimore, 2007), 3:107-109; citing Lancaster County, Virginia Order Book 1666-1680:147 and Charles Arthur Hoppin, ‘Some Descendants of Richard Wright, Gentleman, of London, England, and Northumberland, Virginia, 1655,’ Tyler’s Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine 1 (1919-1920), 127-130 (https://archive.org/stream/tylersquarterly00tylegoog#page/n144/mode/2up).
[4] Will of William Pett, Prerogative Court of Canterbury [PCC] 230 Fane (1692) folios 279-281, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310610-00753/978030).
[5] St Mary Whitechapel, Middlesex, parish registers, Ancestry.
[6] Will of James Codd, PCC 94 Fox (1716) folios 52-53, Ancestry
(https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310755-00422/1000863).
[7] London St Dionis Backchurch, parish registers, Ancestry.
[8] George J. Armytage, Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the
Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury July 1687 to June 1694,
Harleian Soc. Pubs. 31 (London, 1890), 108
(https://books.google.com/books?id=AH0_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA108). Found by John
Brandon.
[9] Will of Richard Thornton, PCC 274 Barrett (1708) folios 101-103,
Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310726-00106/754610
[10] London All Hallows Lombard Street, parish registers, Ancestry.
[11] Will of Peter Pett, PCC 50 Bath (1680) folio 394, Ancestry
(https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310575-00258/704599).
[12] John M. L. Booker and Stephen Freeth, The Wiston Archives: A
Catalogue (1975), 2:179. Found by John Brandon.
https://tinyurl.com/yxwkw4vq [reduced link]
[13] London Inhabitants Within the Walls, London Record Soc. Pubs. 2
(London, 1966), pp. 285-299
(http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol2/pp285-299).
[14] Will of St Leger Codd, dated 9 Sep 1706, proved 9 Feb 1707[/8],
Maryland Prerogative Court, Vol. 12, p. 195, Ancestry
(https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737516_00324).
Abstracts:
Will of William Pett Citizen and Apothecary of London
Will dated:16 Jun 1692
Will proved:2 Dec 1692 by oaths of Richard Hoare and Richard Edmondson
executors
Requests burial at Coxton in the County of Kent as neare (to my late Father
Mother and Brother who lye interred there) as may bee
Capitall Messuage called Hewett house and severall Lands in parishes of
Willesborough and Ashford al[ia]s Eshensford in the County of Kent, by
indenture 23 Apr 1669, by fine and recovery, to the use of mee the said
William Pett and Elizabeth my then wife (since deceased) and the heirs of
our two bodies
Two children by my late wife: Marriott Pett and Elizabeth Gell; in case
they shall happen to dye without lawfull issue then and in such case I doe
give devise and bequeath the said Messuages Lands and Tenements with
thappurtenances unto my Cosen James Codd sonn of my late Sister Beatrix Codd
deceased and to the heires of his body lawfully to bee begotten and for want
of such issue to Beatrix Thornton wife of Richard Thornton and sister to the
said James Codd, and to the heires of her body lawfully begotten or to bee
begotten and for want of such issue then to remaine to my right heires for
ever
Whereas the aforesaid parish of Allhallowes Lumbard streete doth owe and
is indebted unto mee £100 ...
Note: Many others named, along with lands. Much of the will is illegible
on Ancestry. He didn't say his sister was a widow in the portion I read.
PCC 230 Fane (1692) folios 279-281
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310610-00753/978030
Will of Peter Pett Cittizen and Mercer of London Being sicke and weake in body
Will dated: 1 Apr 1680
Will proved: 9 Apr 1680 by oath of brother William Pett
Wife: Jane Pett £600
Kinswoman Elizabeth Codd daughter of St Leger Codd the sum[m]e of Fifty
poundes
Sister: Mary Bettenham £50
Nephew: Marriott Pett and niece Elizabeth Pett son and daughter of my
Brother William Pett £50 each
Brother: William Pett £100, residuary legatee, executor
Friends and chapmen: John Freind of Canterbury, Thomas Marsden Junr.,
Samuell Fox of Rochester, Thomas Piper of Canterbury, and Edmond Harris of
Canterbury 20s. each for rings
Witnesses: Ro: Edmondson, Roger Thrupp[?], John Wing Scr[ivener]
PCC 50 Bath (1680) folio 394
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310575-00258/704599
Will of Richard Thornton of parish of Allhallows Lombard Street London Apothecary
Will dated: 1 Feb 1704[/5]
Will proved: 18 Nov 1708 by oath of relict Beatrix Thornton; power reserved
to Richard Rider, Peter Pett Esq., and St. Nicholas Watts the other
executors when they demand it
Desires to be privately interred without Funerall pomp in the parish Church
of Alhalows where I now dwell
Bequest 40s. to poor of Allhallows Lombard Street Parish
Executors: 20s. each for remembrance rings to Richard Ryder of London
Skinner, Peter Pett of London Esqr., and St. Nicholas Watts of London
Merchant
Wife: Beatrix Thornton, executrix
He has children who are under age 21 (not named)
Witnesses: John Emes, Jno Hammerse, Henry Ellis, Samll. Stable
PCC 274 Barrett (1708) folios 101-103, Ancestry.
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310726-00106/754610
Will of St Leger Codd of Cecill County in ye Province of Maryland
Will dated: 9 Sep 1706
Will proved: 9 Feb 1707[/8] by oaths of witnesses Henry Anderson and Thos
Simson; oath of Lothland Orchatt; Tho: Smyth renounced executorship
[Relevant bequests:]
Impr[imi]s I Give and bequeath to my Son James Codd all my Lands in the parishes of wateringbury Lenham & witchlin in the County of Kent in old England to him & his heirs Lawfully begotten forever and for want of such heirs my will is yt [that] all ye aforementioned Lands be Equilly devided between my two Sonns Berkley Codd and St Leger Codd & their heirs forever
...
4ly I Give to my Daughter Beatrix five pounds Ster[ling] & to my Daughter
mary Perdison five shill[ings].
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9068/007737516_00324?pid=405124
Will of James Codd of the Parish of St Mary Matfellon al[ia]s White Chappel
in the County of Middx Gentleman
Will dated: 29 Oct 1715
Will proved: 5 May 1716 by oath of Jane Thornton executrix
Has advanced £750 to Sir Thomas Style of Wateringbury, Kent, Barr[one]t;
Style hath by Indentured of bargain Sale and demise 17 Jun 8 Anne, farm let
to the said James Codd by the name of James Codd of Wateringbury, Gentleman,
various lands [locations not specified]. Codd leaves these lands to his
beloved niece Jane Thornton of the Parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate London
Spinster, whom he appoints sole executrix.
Trustees: Friends John Trowt of White Chappel Gentleman and Roger Osmond of
the same Distiller, for their pains, two Guineas apiece
Witnesses: Thomas Houmpharson Barber Tobias Harbrough Joyner John Coverly
Serv[an]t to Mr Trowt Scr[ivener] all of White Chappell
PCC 94 Fox (1716) folios 52-53, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5111/40611_310755-00422/1000863
Boyd's Marriage Index
1660 Saint Leger Codd m. Beatrc Pett at Bermondsey St Mary Magdalen, Surrey
St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey (Southwark Borough), Surrey
1660 Oct 23 St Leger Codde and Beatrix Pett marryed
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31280_199007-00283
London St Dionis Backchurch, Ancestry
1689 Jun 18 Richard Thornton of St Alhollowes Lombard Streett London and
Beatrice Codd of ye same Parish were Maried ye Eighteenth day of June by Mr
Blackall Lecherer
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31281_A101467-00062/6472453
London All Hallows Lombard Street, Ancestry
1691 Jul 16 Jane the Daughter of Richard & Beatrix Thornton was Baptized
1693 Aug 22 Mary the Daughter of Richard & Beatrix Thornton was Baptized
1694 Oct 07 Ann the Daufter of Richard & Beatrix Thornton was Baptized
1695 Oct 11 Richard the Sonn of Richard & Beatrix Thornton was Baptized
1696 Dec 09 Thomas the Sonn of Richard & Beatrix Thornton Baptized
1698 Apr 10 Mary the Daughter of Richard & Beatrix Thornton was born & Baptized
1699 Aug 06 Elizabeth the Daughter of Richard & Betrix Thornton was Baptized
Percival Boyd, Inhabitants of London, findmypast.co.uk
St Leger Codd S[on] & h[eir] bapt. Lenham, 23 Aug. 1638 mar. 18 May 1667
Beatrice da. of Anne Pett of Millsborough.
St Leger Codd, of Wateringbury etc. bp. 1638 Nov 23, adm. To Gray's Inn 9
May 1656 m. Beatrice daur of Amy Pitt of Millsborough 18 May 1667, aet.
18. Source: MSS. Chart Ped. by J. Harvey Bloom
St Leger Codd, of Wateringbury & Barbadoes, s[on] & h[eir] bapt. Lenham
23 Aug 1638, adm. To Gray's Inn 1656, m. 18 May 1667 Beatrice d. of Anne
Pett of Hillsborough, then aet. 18.
His brother Anthony Codd, of St Martin in Fields ? Draper conveyed lands
in Nettlested to James Codd. Source: MS. Chart Ped. by J. Harvey Bloom
[Question (NWM): Is this James Codd the son of St Leger Codd?]
Nathan
Nathan Murphy
6/3/17
On Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 2:28:56 PM UTC-6, Nathan Murphy wrote:
> iii. Beatrix Codd, b. by 1668 (age above 21 in 1689), d. living 2 Jul
> 1717, St James Clerkenwell, Middlesex,[12] m. London St Dionis
> Backchurch, 18 Jun 1689 (Vicar General licence dated 11 Jun 1689), Richard
> Thornton.[7][8] Richard Thornton, Citizen and Apothecary of London, of
> London All Hallows Lombard Street, b. c1666 (age about 23 in 1689).
London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932, Ancestry
1692 Dec 25, Bishopsgate Within Ward, The First Division, Bell yard
Richard Thornton & Will[ia]m Marriott, lands: 2.8.0, 100 each, stock: 0.6.0
each
1693 Mar 25, Bishopsgate Within Ward, The First Division, Bell-yard
Richard Thornton & Will[ia]m Marriott p[ar]tners, lands: 2.8.0, 100, stock:
0.6.0 [Marriott:] 100, stock: 0.6.0
1693 Jun 24, Bishopsgate Ward Within, The First Division, Bell-yard
Richard Thornton & William Marriott, lands: 2.8.0, stock: 0.6.0 each
1693 Sep 29, Bishopsgate Ward Within, The First Division, Bell yard
Richard Thornton & William Marriott, lands: 2.8.0, stock: 0.6.0 each
1703 Mar 25, Bishopsgate Within Ward, Allhallowes Precinct
Richard Thornton, rents: 10.0.0 (p. 5)
1703, Bishopsgate Within Ward, Second Division of the parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate, North Side of Rose And Crowne Court
John Philips, Catherine Roberts, and Rich[ard] Thornton, rents: 0.16.0 (p. 14)
1705, Bishopsgate Within Ward, Bell yard
Richard Thornton, personal estate: 0.18.0, rent: 0.10.0 (p. 5)
1706, Bishopsgate Within Ward, Bell yard
Richard Thornton, personal estate: 0.18.0, rent: 0.10.0
& Mrs Hopkins Lodg[e]r, personal estate 0.12.0 (f. 6)
1707, Bishopsgate Within Ward, Bell yard
Richard Thornton, personal estate: 0.18.0, rent: 0.10.0 (p. 6)
1708, Bishopsgate Within Ward, Bell Yard
Richard Thornton, personal estate: 0, rents: 0.10.0 (p. 5)
1709, Bishopsgate Within Ward, North Side of Angell Ally
Richard Thornton, lands: 1.4.0 (p. 7)
1710, Bishopsgate Within Ward, North Side of Angell Allye
Richard Thornton, lands: 1.4.0 (p. 7)
1711, Bishopsgate Within Ward, North Side of the Ally
Richard Thornton, lands: 1.4.0 (p. 7)
Nathan
ravinma...@yahoo.com
6/3/17
Thanks, Nathan ... great work!
Percival Boyd's research explains where the initial source got the reference
to Beatrix "Pitt" as a first wife for St. Leger Codd, though I wonder where
he got the precise "18 May 1667" marriage date, when it was actually in the
month of October seven years previous.
It's good to have such detailed info on the first wife of St Leger Codd.
Nathan Murphy
6/4/17
- show quoted text -
You've discovered an addition to Royal Ancestry and Adventurers of Purse and
Person.
Best,
Nathan
