RALPH   MADDOCK


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                                        From the Encylopedia of American Quakers Vol II "1638. John Maddocks son of Ralfe Maddocks in Cheshire England                                                     was born in or about the year 1638.  With this statement we connect John Marddocks, an early immigrant to New Jersey                                                 to a Ralfe Maddocks in Cheshire.

                                        Julia Mortenson has gathered the following information from The Over Parish Records are on FamilySearch.  Over is a                                                     small village about 20 miles due east of Chester. believe this is the Ralfe Maddocks noted above.                       

Ralph (Radulphus) Maddock was  the son of John (Johis) Maddock and an unknown wife. There are baptismal. records in Over for the following children of Johis:

                                                1. George, b. 5/19/1591  d. 4/23/1640 married Jana Holbrooke 1614 in Minshull, Cheshire. She died 11/1633 in                                                                 Over. 4 bapt. certs for their children: Margeria, Johannes, Radulphus and Jana. George was mentioned in                                                                     Ralph's Will.
                                                2. Elena, b. 9/1595 d. 4//30/1682 married Radulphi Ratcliffe, had son Radulphi Ratcliffe 9/21/1615. Her husband                                                             was born in Weaverham.
                                                3. Ralph (Radulphi) b. 6/1596 d. 11/11/1637. Married Margery.
                                                4. Johis, d. 5/5/1602, probably as infant.
                                                5. Johis, d. 1/25/1608, probably as infant.
                                      
                                        Ralph Maddocke
married Margery, last name unknown about 1615, probably in Over. 

                                        T
he children of Ralph and Margery Maddocke were:
                                        1.  Elena born 1/28/1616,
                                        2.  Elizabeth  (haven't found baptismal. certificate for her yet but she is mentioned in the Will),
                                        3.  Anna born 3/23/1621, d. 6/10/1658, married George Sumner 8/24/1655 in Over,
                                        4.  Susan born  6/1/1629,
                                        5.  Maria born 4/27/1632,
                                        6.  John born 2/4/1638  he married Mrs. Elizabeth Burnam 12/16/1669 in St. Sepulchre without Newgate, London,                                                             England.  He died March, 1700 in Salem, NJ.           
                       
                                    
     Ralph Maddocke died Nov. 11, 1637.  There is an Inquisition listed in Chester Inquisitions, page 159 describing how                                                      Margery was pregnant with son John at the time of her husbands death and is proper heir to his father's estate   .Ralph                                                  Maddocke was noted as yeoman of Over.  His estate consisting of over 14 acres of meadow, pasture, gardens, an                                                              orchard, a mess and a tentament.
               
                                         from Julia Mortonson " The Inquisition said that he got 100th of a Knight's share. I looked up Knight's share. The King                                                     would grant his knights enough land that they could produce enough to live on and be available to be called up for military                                             service at any time. This was called a Knight's share. The amount of land varied  depending on location. As time went                                                     on, the kings realized they were giving up too much land so they started giving out a fraction of a knight's share. This land                                                 they got would have  been "of the King" which firmer form of "ownership" than other kinds, which is the terminology                                                     used in the Inquisition."  So we have Sir Ralph and Dame Margery!

                                       Ralph left a will. Cheshire Probate Records, 1492-1940  In the Will, he mentions daughters that I can read: Maria, Anna,                                                Ellin and Elizabeth. Another daughter's name looks like England Maddock.  Julia has a copy of the Will.  It is                                                                handwritten in Old English and Latin and very hard to read.

                                       Margery Maddock died  1/11/1643, perhaps a victim of the Sack of Over. "In 1643, Royalists escaping from Nantwich                                     "sacked" Over. The situation during the English Civil War was very dangerous to everyone.  As that was the                                         year Margery died. Perhaps John was whisked to Nantwich which was held by the  Parliamentarians after his                                     mother was killed. There were many Maddocks in Nantwich and many in the joiner trade. (Carpentry).                                                 Nantwich was about 12 miles due south of Over.  We've long thought  that John went to London after the 1666                                     Great Fire of London to help rebuild the city.


                                  

RESEARCH QUESTIONS


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1.  What was Margery's birth name.
2.  Was their son John, the same John who went to London and married Elizabeth Burnham. 

 

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