Thomas More

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• FamilySearch ID: 9K71-FDZ
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Feb 2013, PROVO

Thomas married Lady Margaret Cressett about 1543 in Shipton, Shropshire, England. Margaret was born in 1510 in Upton Cressett, Shropshire, England; died in Shipton, Shropshire, England; was buried on 28 Feb 1566 in Shipton, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L6LM-GG3
• Initiatory (LDS): 2 Mar 1921, LOGAN

Jasper married Agnes Anne Norwood on 24 Sep 1581 in Great Canfield, Essex, England. Agnes (daughter of Henry Norwood and Katherin Throckmorton) was born in 1567 in Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, England; died on 23 Mar 1626 in Henham-on-the-Hill, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: MDYP-947
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Aug 1946, SLAKE

Samuel married Katherine More on 4 Feb 1610 in Shipton, Shropshire, England. Katherine (daughter of Jasper More and Agnes Anne Norwood) was born on 23 Nov 1586 in Shipton, Shropshire, England; was christened on 23 Nov 1586 in Shipton, Shropshire, England; died in 1623 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LHQ1-PN1
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Jun 1927, SLAKE

Katherine married Samuel More on 4 Feb 1610 in Shipton, Shropshire, England. Samuel (son of Jasper More and Agnes Anne Norwood) was born in 1585. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 27GX-MJJ
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 Apr 1939, MANTI

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: MHX4-2XR

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• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED, SLAKE
• FamilySearch ID: LB5Q-Y42

Notes:

Mayflower - Pilgrim

Richard More (1614—c.1694/1696) was born in Corvedale, Shropshire, Engla n d and was baptised at St. James parish church in Shipton, Shropshire o n 1 3 November 1614. Richard and his three siblings were at the center o f a m ystery in early 17th century England that caused early genealogist s to wo nder why the More children's father, believing him to be Samuel M ore, wou ld send his very young children away to the New World on the May flower i n the care of others. It was in 1959, that the mystery was expla ined. Jas per More, a descendant of Samuel More prompted by his genealogi st friend , Sir Anthony Wagner, searched and found in his attic a 1622 do cument, wh ich detailed the legal disputes between Katherine More and Sam uel More an d what actually happened to the More children. It is clear fr om these eve nts that Samuel did not believe the children to be his offsp ring.To rid h imself of the children, he arranged for them to be sent t o the Colony o f Virginia. Due to bad weather, the Mayflower finally anch ored in Cape Co d Harbor in November 1620 where one of the More childre n died soon after ; another died in early December and yet another died l ater in the firs t winter. Only Richard survived, and even thrived, in th e perilous enviro nment of early colonial America, going on to lead a ver y full life.
Richard More was a passenger on the MAYFLOWER. At the time he was six ye a rs old. In 1616, Samuel More accused his wife of adultery and, at the d ir ection of his father, Richard, devised a plan to rid himself of Kather in e and the children. The adultery was supposedly committed with Jacob B lak eway, a young man near in age to Katherine who lived close by and who se f amily had been More tenants for several generations. In 1608, Jaco b Blake way and his father Edward, a yeoman, had renewed a lease on a par cel of l and owned by Katherine More's father, Jasper More of Larden Hall . The man or of Larden Hall was about half a mile from Brockton where th e Blakewa y family lived. By a deed dated 20 April 1616, Samuel cut the e ntail on t he Larden estate to prevent any of the children from inheritin g. During t he long court battle, Samuel would deny that he was the fathe r of the chi ldren borne by his wife, Katherine, and stated them to be ch ildren of th e adulterous relationship. Katherine did not deny her relati onship with J acob Blakeway, stating there was a former betrothal contrac t with him, an d therefore he was her true husband. This would have mad e her marriage t o Samuel invalid. Samuel quotes her words in his declara tion, "though sh e could not sufficiently prove by witnesses yet it was a ll one before go d as she sayed". At that time any of the usual witnesse s would likely hav e been dead. David Lindsey has written a book about hi m entitled THE MAYF LOWER BASTARD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_More_%28Mayflower_passenger%29

The story of the four More children, Ellen, Jasper, Richard, and Mary , i s a tragic one. They were all baptized in the parish of Shipton, Shro pshi re, England to Samuel and Katherine (More) More, cousins from a weal thy a nd prominent family that had had their marriage prearranged. It wa s no t a happy marriage, and Katherine had a longstanding but secret extr amari tal affair with a neighbor by the name of Jacob Blakeway. At some p oint , husband Samuel More began to notice a resemblance between "his" ch ildre n, and Jacob Blakeway whom he had come to suspect was with his wife . Whe n he realized his four children were not actually "his", but were b astard s, he and his wife engaged in a bitter divorce and Samuel ended u p gettin g custody of the children he claimed were not his. He promptly p aid for t hem to be shipped off to America with a band of "honest and rel igious" Se paratists.

The four children, aged 4 to 8 years old, were placed into the househol d s of some of the most prominent Pilgrims. Richard and Mary More were pl ac ed with Elder William Brewster. Jasper was placed with Governor John C arv er. And Ellen was placed with Edward Winslow.

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: LZ42-JYG