Bamfield, John

- Abt 1362

• Name	Bamfield, John  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1362  [1]
  Person ID	I2370	Shane and Beck
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Bamfield, John II,   b. Abt 1300   d. Aft 1337 (Age ~ 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Cobham, Isabel
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gilbert, Joan
  Children	1. Bamfield, John  [Father: natural] + 2. Bamfield, Thomas,   b. Bef 1345, Huxham, Devon, England d. Aft 1392/93 (Age > 50 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023

  
  

• Notes

  John was of Poltimore and, later, Huxham, seen 1361 on presenting the priest, but d. by 1362. He married Joan, dau. of Geoffrey, sister of William Gilbert, ancestors of the Elizabethan colonial explorers to N. America, Sir Humphrey and Raleigh Gilbert. Geoffrey founded Compton Castle, Marldon, Devon (The National Trust). He was M.P. Totnes 1626, Commissioner, and tax gatherer for Edward 11. John and Joan received from her father's feoffees 60 acres of Huxham land with reversion to their s. & h. John, and yr. son Thomas. (Pole Coll. No. 328; The Gen., cit.).

  
  

• Sources

  [S210] Weis, Frederick L, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who came to America before 1700, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore MD; Date: 2004;), Line 246G-33.