WILLIAM PASSMORE
THE STORY AS I KNOW IT
William Passmore II was born 1655 Hurst,
Berkshire to Margery Ball
and William Passmore
for some reason this story is hard to nail down.
Maybe there were too many William Passmore's in
the Berkshire/Wiltshire area. Bits I know.
From The Ancestry of the Passmore Sisters of
Nottingham there is a suggestion from a family tree
in Ancestry that William Passmore wed Mary Bye.
But without documentation and the list of children
made no sense.
There is an assertion on Family Search that says
his parents married on Jan 6, 1654/55. So that would
fit with William II being the eldest child of the
family. But again no documentation.
There is in Find a Grave a William Pasmore
buried in the Quaker Burial Ground in Reading, who died
Nov. 17, 1730. And from the
Pergorative court of Canterbury Wills 1384 - 1858 a
probate for William Passmore that was before the
court March 10, 1731. That is very likely the
same William Passmore. To nail this
detail from England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage
and Death Registers, page 277, "William
Pasmore of Hurst (in that part which lieth in ye
County of Wilts) departed this life he 17th of ye 9th
m:1730 and was buryed ye 20th of ye same in ye new burying
ground in Reading Aforst" I do not know that the
last word means?? but I can accept that this is
our William, a Quaker from Hurst.
Here's what I think, William and Margery
Passmore were the ancestors of the Quaker Passmore's
who migrated to America about 1710. The
original immigrant was John
Passmore. Some consider him the
son of William and Margery, but the parents would
have been mid- forty's when he would have been born.
Not impossible, but there could have been a generation
that has been missed, ie our William Passmore and Mary
Bye. I can't prove it, but then I have no
documentation that connects John to William
and Margery either.
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