BOSTIC’S  OF DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C.

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BY: Wanda Karyn Bostic Feb. 2004 Updated: DEC. 2009     My Guestbook NO RESEARCH SERVICES PROVIDED

Wanda Bostic Dunlap chantileee@mydunlap.net Jerry & Wanda Dunlap's Home in Danville, Va

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Last Twelve Generations

King Charles I, a Roman Catholic, came to the English throne in 1625; a time known as “The Persecution of the Protestant Puritans”. Many of our Protestant ancestors made an escape to America to avoid persecution; and others left to escape the "Black Plaque" that swept through Europe.

My family decent originates in Wales, migrated to Chester (Cheshire), Surrey, Sussex, England; and worked in London, before immigrating to America in 1671:

Charles Bostock(b 1569) at St. Wilfrid, Grappenhall;  married Mary Saunders (b1575) in London in 1600 at St. Helen's. B. Shopgate. Charles and Mary had three  sons:  My Charles (b.1606), Arthur (b1612), and John (b1616), and five daughters (Mary, Susan, Elizabeth, Anne, Katherine).  The "Bostock Manuscripts" now located in the British Museum in London; records Charles Bostocke family living in London in 1625 and of:  "Master of Scrivener's Co. at St. Bartholomew's of London"; and lists him as a "Master Worshipful". 

Mary Saunders was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Saunders of Surrey. Sir Thomas Saunders : Member of Parliament for Lewes in 1534; High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex 1553".  Granted lands in "Wates, Michleham, Dorking"

Through Thomas Saunders's daughter; Mary, is our direct link to "Alexander The Great's" second son  Robert. of Mechleham.

                     Click here to read about the Saunders lineage: THOMAS SAUNDERS OF AGMONDESHAM

Rawlinson "Scrivener's Company Common Papers" 1357-1678 lists Charles Bostocke of Broadstreet, London as son of Robert Bostocke of late, Ches. gent.   Records of the "Writers of the Court Letter: Company of Scriveners of the City of London": lists Giles Bostock son of William Bostock of Sevenoak, Kent.  It lists Giles Bostocke  as a Scrivener's assistant to Charles Bostocke {1595}and Charles as Warden 1614. Wardens of the "Cinque Ports" were  the Kings peace keeper and the tax collector for the South Eastern counties of Kent, Sussex, Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich.. 

"Sevenoak, Kent" was also mentioned in my Thomas family lineage.  Read more under the "Thomas" link.

 Oxford "Bodeian" Library Guildhall notes:  Charles Bostocke resided at the "Bacon-House" on Oat Lane, St. Mary Staining, London  conveyed to him from Sir Arthur Savage in 1628.  The Bacon-House became the residence of the "worshipful scrivener's" and was formally known as the "Shelley House" Nobel Street, Aldergate in London.  (One link to Charles's chosen profession; THOMAS  SAUNDERS, who married Elizabeth Bathurst, whose father was an Alderman of the City of London, of Earl Bathurst's family)

Robert Bostocke (b 1522/25) married Emme Bromfeld (b 1535) at St. Martin/Martyn Parish,  (More on Robert  and Emma at the end of this web page)

Read more about the "Bacon-House": Bacon-House of London

Click here to read more about the history of   Scrivener's

Through out my fifteen years of research, I have discovered that many Englishman marry the sole heirs of other prominent Englishman.  They inherit their wife's property and sometimes the BARONY title of their wife's father.  This was done for several reasons: if the family name was near extinction and to acquire the title and estate of the sole heiress..  For example: Thomas Audley became Thomas Stanley;  John Legh was the eldest son of William Venables  Edmund Audley became Edmund Touchet, and Robert Davenport became Robert Lawton.  One of Richard Bostock's sons did the same thing.  He changed his name from Charles Bostock to Charles Rich;. upon his marriage to the sole heir of Sir Robert Rich; Mary Frances Rich.  You can read about thie Barony of Charles Bostock Rich below.

The Barony of Bostock, Saunders and Rich  Families:  Read More

Read more about the Bostock and Huddleston Family of "Millom Castle" and Tattenhall

My Lineage follows:   Charles  (b1600/1606),   Baptized at St. Bartholomew Exchange in London 9 June 1606.  "The Harleyan Manuscripts" list's the:  " Bostock's of Bostock originated from Chester (Cheshire), England; an area known as Tarpoley and Davenham; located 170 miles NW of London".. 

Charles (b1606) attended  Oxford  University in 1627, Cambridge University  in 1631;    MA at Oxford in 1634, and received his MD in 1640. Also studied at Leyden in the Netherlands in 1639.  He was a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (LRCP) in London in 1643.  His pedigree was given in the Herald's Visitation of London 1634.   Charles (1606) married Mary and had three children:  Charles  (b1642), William, and Mary.   (SOURCE:  "Oxford University Alumni Oxoniensis 1500-1714)

Charles (b1642) married Mary (Horsley?) in England in 1669.  They arrived in the United States from, England in the 1671. They settled east of Richmond, New Kent County, VA and are listed in "Blisland Parrish in 1682" records..  (VA Patent Book 6 p. 352). Listed on the ship’s (“Upton Magna”) manifest as a Charles Bostick “Headwright”; which means “a recipient of a land". . Transported on the ship of G. Poole, R. Fastingale, J. Barningham & J. Forsith 1671. He left England as Bostocke and arrived America as Bostick.  

The Horsley family is directly involved  and related to the Bassett family below:  Read more

Charles died in 1701, and Mary died in1709; they were both buried there in New Kent County, VA. Charles & Mary had five children born in VA:   Mary (married William Leake), William (married Elizabeth Audley), John , and  my lineage: Charles (b1675) married Phoebe /Pheby Ann Bassett.   Mary and William both died in Goouchland, VA approx. 1740. 

Charles  (b.1675) at St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Va; married Phoebe/Pheby  Ann Bassett (b1670). Daughter of William Bassett, Sheriff & Vestryman St. Peter Parish,. Virginia.  His grandfather, T. Bassett sailed to America on the ship "Truelove" departed from London in 1635.  T. Bassett was recorded in VA in 1639. 

St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, VA is also mentioned in my Thomas family link,

Source: 1710 in Hanover County, Va. magazine of History, Vol 1 1894 "Church Warden 1700". 

The Bassett's of the Jamestown Massacre are direct descendents of Ann Bassett:  Read More

Read More about Charles and St. Peter's Parish:  General George Washington married Martha.

There are many researchers concentrating on  Pheobe/Pheby's maiden name and there are other accounts that her maiden name was "Ware"; but I have not uncovered any supporting documents. I have decided not to dwell on her maiden name since it will not have and major effect on lineage.  There is also much speculation that Charles and Pheby/Pheobe had several other sons and daughters, but that also would not change my lineage. The same speculation  suggests that Valentine's wife Mary's maiden name was Graves and they had 4 other sons besides Charles b. 1740/43.

Charles and Pheby/Phoebe  had  son, Valentine  (b 1700) in VA. Valentine married Mary and had  son Charles 7 (b 1740) in Va.

I uncovered a document that states that Valentine of Hanover County Virginia, sold 400 acres of land to John Woodson in 1741. Charles’s   (b. 1675) WILL to Valentine written in 1750 and recorded in Onslow County, NC indicates that after their Virginia land was sold; they left Virginia in 1741. Valentine and Mary’s  son Charles (b. 1740) was born in Va. and died in Duplin/Onslow County, NC.  Valentine purchased land in NC from his uncle John Bostick who migrated to Georgia.  Uncle John died at age thirty which may be the reason Valentine went to Georgia ; I am certain her retuned to Onslow County, NC  prior to his death; but it is not certain when he died .  ..

Click here to read more about Valentine Bostock in Georgia

Charles (b1740),  purchased 100 acres from Henry Allen along the Northwest branch of the New River in what is now Duplin Co., NC (Sampson/Duplin Co., NC Deed Book 6 p 232); one mile southwest of Beulaville, NC, where my father (Milton Bostic) was raised.

I uncovered the WILL of Valentine’s father Charles (b. 1675); The WILL dated 1750 is recorded in Onslow County deed book; leaving their  son Valentine 9 of their 11 slaves and household goods once he turned age 21. The other slaves were WILLED to their newborn grandson Charles (b. 1740). Charles (b.1675) left a stipulation in his will that Valentine would receive his inheritance “provided his mother Phoebe receives sufficient maintenance for the rest of her life”. This establishes the fact that ALL OF THEM WERE IN ONSLOW COUNTY in 1750.

Bostick Early Land Deeds

Charles   (b.1740) married Nancy Ann James (b. 1750) of  Duplin County. ALL NINE of Charles and Nancy’s children were born in Duplin Co. Their children were:  My John  (b 1788), Samuel (b.1790), Sarah Sally (b.1793),  William (b.1794), Richard (b.1798), Daniel (b. 1803), Venica Polly (b 1805); Jacob James (b. 1807), Charles (b.1810).  

 I read an article written by William Dickson born 1780 in Duplin county, where he was “positioned” as recorder of records for Duplin County, and who wrote “The History of Duplin County to 1810” published in the Wilmington Star Newspaper in 1922.. His article gave an authentic representation of life in Duplin County prior to and long after the Revolutionary War . Dickson was 30 years old at the time and had lived there all his life.

In his article he describes the influx of Irish and Scottish Immigrants in 1736 into Duplin County. He made the comment that “At the commencement of the Revolutionary War. Duplin County contained about 1000 white poll taxpayers and very few of them were emigrants from Europe”. Apparently none of the 1000 English decent Duplin County residents considered themselves as “immigrants” since they were there by permission of the King of England. They defended what they believed to be English Soil against any other immigrants whether they were Indian, Scottish, Dutch, Irish, etc.

The article does verify that there were many other immigrants (OTHER THAN ENGLISH ), in and around Duplin County, desperately trying to find a place to settle in America;.even though the English did run the immigrants out of Duplin County at the time; they were able to settle outside of the county, away from the English colonies. This establishes the fact that ONLY English settlers were allowed to be part of the English colonies in their early stages of development. (To become a member of an English Colony, you had to “pray” to the other colony members to be accepted.)

1736 a flood of Scotch-Irish immigrants arrived from Ulster, Northern Ireland with Henry McCulloch; a wealthy London Merchant.  The British Crown has given him seventy one grants of land.  Each grant contained 160 acres in the Warsaw/Kenansville, NC area.

Dickson's article also mentioned that “The people of Duplin County generally RESENTED the King of England sending in representatives to cause them to take and Oath of Allegiance to the King and pay English taxes; since it was not required in other countries”. He notes that in April 1781, “When Earl Cornwallis marched to Wilmington, he marched through Duplin. As he approached, the inhabitants of Duplin retreated to places of safety out of the enemy’s way.” They saw the British “redcoats” as their enemy; even though they themselves were of English decent." 

In July 1781 Col. James Kenan and 250 Duplin Militia formed to prevent any British parties from coming in the county to drive off stock, etc.” “He was joined by Major Griffin from Halifax and about 150 men.

" Charles Bostic (b 1740) in Onslow Co. N.C.; was a private in the American Revolution serving as "Deputy Constable" under Capt. William Southerland sheriff of Dup Co. and is recorded as a member in the Duplin County Revolutionary War roster. ( the records dropped the “k” from our name) He was granted 150 acres of land for this service. Charles bought another 150 adjoining acres.

Even though most of  the inhabitants of Duplin County were from English origin; they obviously felt that the land they had worked to improve and the lives they had struggled to carve out for themselves and their families now belonged to them as “Americans”; they no longer felt any loyalty to Great Britain taxation and dictator policies.. This best describes the attitude of the inhabitants of the southern English colonies of Duplin County in new America.

Dickson's article states: “In 1784, Duplin County being remote from navigation, the general individual’s wealth or income came from the production off their land. (Those that survived well became farmers) The first inhabitants of Duplin and Sampson Counties built and lived in log cabins; and as they became wealthier, some built Clapboard Houses with clay chimneys. At present in 1810, there are many good houses, well constructed of brick chimneys and glass windows. There are no stone or brick walled houses.” “The produce raised for market in the lower parts of the county is pitch, tar and turpentine, sawed lumber, and staves. In the upper part of the county, the lands are most fertile and remote from navigation where the produce marketed was pork, bacon, Indian corn, and cotton and conveyed in carts and wagons to the market.”

  Charles and Nancy’s oldest son was born in 1788-John Bostick. ( d 1848); is recorded in Beulaville, NC , Duplin County. This is our ancestor: (Throughout the recordings of Duplin and Onslow County records our name is appear both with and without the “k”)

Many times my dad mentioned a story that had been handed down through the generations, that John Bostic owned the “Bostic Plantation”. In 1996 my dad  (Milton Bostic) took me to a place where he remembered to be the location if the “Bostic Plantation”. Fields had grown up, not seeing a plow in years; and showing little signs of ownership or civilization (no buildings or remnants of buildings were left.) In years to come, I would be truly thankful that dad took the initiative and time to take all of us to visit the family home places and graveyards. If he hadn’t instilled that sense of family pride and connection in me at an early age, I might never have had the curiosity necessary to do the research and find the truth. Thanks dad!

I wonder who owns the land now? (It is near the Bostic/Sandlin Cemetery on Hallsville Road in Hallsville, NC).

I decided to do some research to find out if the “Bostic Plantation” ever really existed!

Dad told me that for years rumors had circulated that John Bostic was into gamblin’ and that he lost the Plantation in a game of poker. I decided to do some research to see if this RUMOR was true. This motivated me to search for Duplin and Onslow County Deeds or transactions involving John and his son John Miller.

It was Charles Bostick (b. 1740) that bought and established the infamous “Bostic Plantation” located in Duplin County, where all nine of his children were born. (where his oldest son John Bostic  (b.1788) was born – OUR JOHN).

In 1778 Charles Bostick (b. 1740) bought 100 acres of land from Henry Allen of Duplin County, he paid Henry Allen “50 English pounds”. Described as “land south of Muddy Creek and NE Cape Fear River, bordering John Brown and Z. Hollingsworth’s land.” Recorded in Duplin County Deed Book letter F, pages 190, 191 and 192.

In 1788 Charles Bostick (b. 1740) received a LAND GRANT of 150 acres in Duplin County for serving in the Rev. War under Captain William Southerland, and he was appointed "Deputy Constable Of Duplin County.  The land is described as “Allen’s Swamp to Drew Hall’s line to Woodward’s land connecting with Bostick’s existing line.” Recorded in Duplin County Book 66, page 339, Grant No. 1023 Issued July 11, 1788. (The same year our John was born)

This 250 acres were what the children of Charles (b. 1740) and Nancy Bostick would refer to as the “Bostick Plantation”. Land that was bought when Charles was just 38 years old. (We established the fact that they sold their land in Virginia in 1741, they recorded a WILL, and Charles bought the acres of property in 1778.)

I found the deed documenting: This land was handed down to Charles (b. 1740) and Nancy Ann James oldest son John Bostick (b.1788) the year of Charles death in 1814. This land was handed down again to John Bostick’s oldest son in 1848;  John Miller Bostic (b.1824). Recorded in Duplin County Deed Book on April 1848. It is a well documented English tradition to hand down all inheritance to the oldest born son. At first I thought this very unfair to the other children; but it did keep the estate in tact!

John Bostick (b. 1788) at age 23, married in 1811 to Elizabeth Miller (b. 1791). They had two daughters and one son: John Miller Bostic  (b 1824), (Mosley b. 1814). Mosely Bostick married Drew Thigpen in Duplin county; the same Drew Thigpen that shows up as one of the witnesses on almost all the deeds and wills in Duplin County! Celea Bostick (b 1811) married Hosea Hunter (b. 1807) of Limestone, NC. Hosea and Celea had only one son- John Edward Hunter (b 1834). There are many ties between the Hunters and Thigpen's to the Bostick family of Duplin County. For ten years John Miller and Elizabeth Miller would not have another child after Mosely was born in 1814. Their only son (OUR John Miller Bostick) was born Feb. 23, 1824. (My father Milton Bostic shared the same birth date as his great grandfather and never knew it!)

Elizabeth Miller (b. 1791) died twenty years after the birth of her son in 1824 but sometime prior to 1840 because:

Records show John (b. 1788) married again in 1841, to Emily “Emma” Lanier (born 1807). Emma was 29 years younger than John; John was 53 years old when he married Emma. They had 4 children:  Thomas (b. 1841), Jacob (b. 1844), Samuel (b.1845), and Mary (1847); all born in Duplin county.  John died in 1848 a year after their last child Mary was born, John was 60 years old. (Leaving a 41 yr. old widow Emma and 4 young children under the age of 7).

I located a deed transaction between the two Johns recorded in Duplin County in 1848. John gave his son John Miller 220 acres of his land defining the boundary lines that go “through my Plantation”, running along Stephens Swamp known by the name of J. HALL place”.  John left the other 30 acres and the house to his wife Emily Lanier Bostick in 1898 and the 4 small children under the age of 7 when John died in 1848; the same year John Miller Bostick received 220 acres of LAND. (Recorded in Duplin County Court Deed Transactions on April, 1848)

John Miller Bostick born (Feb. 23, 1824); married Sarah Elizabeth Williams at age 24. They had 9 children : Sarah E. (b. 1849), Stokley Sidbury (b. 1851), Mary G. (b. 1856), Chancy W. (b.1854), Ira M. (b. 1859), Jesse Thomas. (b.1862/63), John "Willie". (b. 1864), Arthur O.. (b. 1888), and our descendent Osker  (b. 1867).

If John Miller Bostick continued his forefathers custom of handing down his property to his oldest son; then Stokley Sidbury Bostick (b.1851) would have inherited the 220 acres of the “Bostick Plantation”. 

 John Millers’ wife Sarah Elizabeth Williams Bostick stopped that English custom. I found evidence that Sarah deeded each of her children land ranging from 25-35 acres. Registered in Duplin County Deed book in 1897. It was all the proof I needed to prove that the “Bostic Plantation” did exist and that the RUMOR was false: it was never lost in any game of poker.

John Miller Bostick served in the Civil War between 1861-1865. He served first in the Cavalry in the 8th Battalion Partisan Rangers in 1863, which later merged into the infantry of the NC 66th Regiment Infantry under Major John H. Nethercutt. (He was a horseback ranger!)

My dad Milton Bostic (b. 1922) shared the love of the military with his great grandfather, and his great great grandfather. My father served for 26 yrs. in the US Navy. He participated in the Korean War and World War II, with active combat in Europe, Africa and several Pacific locations, involved in 12 major battles. If I had not asked my father to name his service to his country while he was alive, this history would be lost to my family in the future.  I encourage everyone to ASK QUESTIONS while you still have the chance; and write it down in the family BIBLE.  In years to come that information is priceless to our heritage!  Ask to see your grandparents home place, the oldest family graveyards, pictures and stories of your ancestors!

We have now established that our ancestors participated in the Revolution, Civil War, Korean and World War II; We can be proud of our family patriotism! In 2008 I did more research to find out where Charles (b.1569) roots would lead me. I have written Part II and Part III tracing my heritage back 30 generations. Very exciting story!

Through the census of the 1600, 1700, and 1800’s: I was able to see how many families took in other family members under their roofs during hard times in the 1700 and 1800’s.  

Tracing the roots of our ancestor, John Miller’s youngest son Osker (b.1867), proved to be very difficult. Osker did show up on the last census made in 1870; (where all the records were gathered and furnished to the Mormon Church of Later Day Saints.). While the Root Web and Ancestry Tree does verify some of the information; the puzzle could not have been put together without the Mormon's census records. This was the only record of him I could find. Our family was always so uncertain on the way Osker was spelled, and we had no idea what his middle name was. It was these same records that dropped the “K” from Bostick.

The census had his name spelled “Osker W. Bostick” . It also listed the correct names and birthdates, parents, and sibling information that identified our Osker Urias Bostic as we know him.

My great grand father: Osker Bostic  (B. 1867) was the youngest son of John Miller and Sarah Bostick; and married Melissa Thomas (b 1870).  Osker and Melissa had four sons:  MY Rushin (b 1897), Chancey Miller (b. 1901), Macy Calvin (b. 1904), and Seth (b. 1907); and three daughters:  Lura E. (b1898), Lyda G. (b 1906), and Betha (b 1911).

"Libby" Melissa Thomas (b. 9-4-1870) is the link to our "Irish" ancestry.  Milton Bostic, (my father), would never concede to anything but an Scot-Irish ancestry. It took me ten years to discover our "Irish Link".  My dad's grandmother (Melissa Thomas) must have had a powerful influence on him and my grandfather Rushin Bostic.  They lived their life only claiming to be "Scotch-Irish" and had a sour face when I suggested otherwise!  The Thomas family ancestry descended from the "De Coursey" family of Dublin, Ireland; descendents of John de Coursey, Earl of Ulster 1177-1205).  The family holds the ancient barony of "Kingsale" in the peerage of Ireland, created by King John.  "Kingsale" is the most ancient barony in Ireland.  

Click here to read more: de Coursey Family of Kingsale Ireland

My lineage follows Osker  Bostic’s eldest son Rushin   (born 1897) married Lucretia Mobley (b1902).. She was the eldest child of Edgar L. Mobley and Elizabeth Ann Craft.   I am proud that I too am the eldest of their first son Milton B. Bostic (b 1926).  Elizabeth is the daughter of John F. Craft and Linda "Lindy" Brown (b. 1853) of Cypress Creek, NC.  I hope to discover more on the Craft family of Cypress Creek, "Little Juniper Creek" in Onslow Co., Richlands, NC..

Rushin and Lucretia Bostic had three sons: Milton, Macon and Rivers.  Rivers has 3 sons: Ronald, Charles and James. They lived in Baltimore MD for years and now reside in Shrewsbury, PA.

A very interesting story about the town of  Bostic, NC   Was Abraham Lincoln really born their?

"BOSTIC BROTHERS STORIES"

The Name originated from BOTESTOCK:

Bostocke to Bostock to Bostoc to Bostwick to Bostick to Bostic:
30 Generations to OSMAER

Part II will start with Charles (1606) and the further back my research went, I discovered a past none of us knew anything about. Ancestors of English Knights and Barons;. Ancestors with lineage back to “King Alfred the Great”!!!!

CHARLES BOSTICK’S HERITAGE: Where did he come from: a family whose name has been changed seven times! ROOTS of CHARLES BOSTOCKE (b1569):

Sources are all listed on my "Source Page"  at the bottom of this website.. (Since old documents can be interpreted in many difference ways,)

Cheshire, England; between the ancient salt towns of Northwich & Middlewich  ; Old CHESTER  stands proud, as a fine example of an 'ancient walled city'. This once 'Roman Fortress' is encircled by two miles of road, from where one can look far across the landscape, toward the north of   Wales  , as well as back into the city streets. Remnants of the Roman occupation are very evident in and around the shops, in obscure places, in the city streets, creating a wonderful venue for tourists. Located on the River Dee, it was once the primary headquarters fir the Roman Legion.  Later Chester remained the "seat" for Palatine Earldom.  After 1284 it was associated with the direct heir to the Throne of England. Home of  St. Peters Church and the Roman Cross, built on the site of the Roman Principia.

Some of our ancestors listed below were Chester Earls:  Ranulf le Mechine 1120-1129,  and Earl of Chester, Hugh Kevielioc (1153-1181) (father of Hawise; married Warin Bostock).

"BOSTOCK, a township in Davenham parish Cheshire ; on the Chester canal, near the Grand Junction railway, 2½ miles NW of Middlewich. Acres, 1,111. Real property, £2,411. Pop., 154. Houses, 30. Bostock Hall  (there are many Bostock Halls and Manors).    We first appear in William the Conqueror’s “Doomsday Book”:  (1105) Roger, father of Gilbert (b1130). The two men are mentioned in a deed dated 1174 on the occasion of the marriage of Amice, an illegitimate daughter of Earl Hugh of Chester, to Randle Mainwaring of Warmingham. Gilbert is mentioned in a document of the late-12th century concerning fishing rights in the river Dane, which ran through Bostock. The document shows his seal which bears an eagle with its wings displayed and the inscription S. Gilberti de Bostocke.        

 Sir Gilbert Adam Botestock  (b 1130), also referred to as "SIR ADAM"; was the son of Roger  (b 1105), son of Richard  (b 1075, son of Hugh  (b 1050), son of OSMER de Bostock     (b 1025).

Osmaer/Osmer/Osmus "OLIVER”(b1025),  “Saxon Lord of Botestock in Cheshire (Chester) England.  son of Hugh Fitz Richard   of "Botestock"(b1000) lived during the reign of the last Anglo-Saxon King Edward “The Confessor” 1042-1066. Upon the death of King Edward; his cousin Duke of Normandy (Duke William II) “William the Conqueror” claimed the throne of England and invaded England Sept. 1066; known as the “Norman Conquest”. He defeated the English at the “Battle of Hastings” and accessed his new property via a survey, under the name of “The DOOMSDAY BOOK”.

Osmaer de Bostock (1025)

Osmaer heads the tree according to the Visitations of Cheshire [VCB]
Son of: Hugh Fitz Richard (1000) [HMS 1535]  of  "Botestock"
Children: Hugh (1050) [VCB] or Richard (1075) [HMS 1535]

"At the time of the conquest of England by the Normans he was Lord of Bostock, Shipbrooke, Davenham, Audlem, Claverton, Crewe, a part of Edlaston, a part of Wybunbury-cum-Frith, a part of Leftwich, a part of Wistaston, two hedged enclosures for deer, an eyrie for hawks, houses in Chester, and a saltpit in Northwich, all in Cheshire. (Most of these lands were granted after the conquest to Richard de Vernon, Baron of Shipbrook, as recorded in the Doomsday Book.)"

It is probable that after confiscation of his lands Osmaer and family were allowed to live in the manor of Bostock, one of his smaller manors, and either allowed to retain it, or hold it doing feudal service to the Vernons in the 12th Century.   

Quote "Richard de Vernon holds a series of estates including Botestock. ( Osmaer held it prior to the conquest.). There is 1 hide that pays geld. The land is for 2 ploughs. They are there with 3 radmen and 2 serfs, and 2 acres of meadow, and 2 acres of wood. In 1066 it was worth 3/-, now 10/-. He found it waste."  

Osmaer (b 1025) son: Hugh  Fitz Richard of "Botestock"(b1080), and Hugh's son Richard (b1100); drowned by the sinking of the ship "Blaush Nef" off the coast of France. Richard's son Roger (1130) and Roger's Son Gilbert (1150) married the daughter of Rafe Mainwarming and his wife, Amicia Keveliock.  (Their daughter's name was Amicia Mainwarming).  Amicia's Keveliock's father,   Earl of Chester, Hugh Kevielioc styled Gilbert Bostock as a Knight in 1174.  Mainwarming head of house was seated at Warmimchan in Cheshire. The absence of a male Mainwarming heir caused a succession of the MANOR.  John Bostock of Warmingham in the year 1435 became in possession of the Manor and it's lands.  .

In the time of Philip de Orreby, Justice of Chester (1209-29); Gilbert's first son William Ranulp Bostock acknowledges holding the lands of Warin de Vernon.. (Gained through marriage of William Ranulp Bostock to Warin's daughter Margaret Vernon,).

Gilbert Adam Bostock  (b 1130) SON: : William Randle/Ranulp  marrried Margaret Vernon. (daughter of Warin de Vernon, Baron of Shipbrook).     

Notes: the Shipbrook Vernons of Cheshire had risen to the top of the Cheshire aristocracy, Sir Richard de Vernon having been chosen the second baron in the ranks of Earl Hugh Lupus ( Hugh of Avranche, otherwise Hugh Lupus) , cnephew of William the Conqueror. Among the Earl's original establishment in 1087 A.D. Four barons were chosen:. The first in rank was Sir William de Venables. The third was Sir Hugh de Malbank. Later, these families intermarried..

William Randle/Ranulph and Margaret Vernon’s son: Warine 24 (b 1185) married Hawise (sister and coheir to Randoll 3rd Earl of Chester and Lincoln).

Sir Warine de Bostock (Botestock) married Lady Hawise, or Hawissa, Countess of Lincoln in her own right, widow of Sir Robert de Quincey.  Quincey's first wife was Helen of Wales, daughter of the Last King of Wales "Llewelyn". 

Click here to read more about the: KEVELIOC, Devereaux and Montfort families:

Children ot Warin and Hawise:  Sir. Henry Gilbert (b 1205); son William; daughter Margaret married Nicholas de Harley (of the Harleian Manuscripts), and son Joceram.. .

Warine  (b 1185) & Hawise had son:  Sir Henry Gilbert  (b 1205) married Eleanor Poole;  daughter of Robert Poole (b1170); and  had  son William (b1225/40) who married first to Elizabeth Audley (b 1227) (daughter of James/Hugh  Lord of Audley) William (b1225/40) married second to Amice Arclid.

Eleanor  & Robert Poole are descendents of  Sir Gilbert Poole, Knight.  Sir Gilbert  married Catherine; daughter of Llywelyn; the illegitimate son of King Gruffydd of Powys, Wales.  It is through the marriage of Sir Henry Gilber Bostock (b 1205) and Eleanor Poole that we unite with the royal blood of Wales.

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William (b 1225/1240) and Elizabeth Audley had sons:  Edward Phillip (b 1245/1260), Hugh (1247),  and Gilbert ( b1245).   Elizabeth Audley was the daughter of Lord James de Audley and Ella Longspee.

"Phillip or Edward" married to Mary Vernon, daughter of Matthew Vernon.   Philip Edward Bostock and Mary de Vernon Bostock lived on Bridge St. in Chester.  (I have seen Mary also listed as Maria Vernon)

Phillip Edward  (b 1245) married "Lady Trumpington" ; Maria/Mary de Vernon and had two sons: Adam (b.1270) and Ralph (b. 1272).   Phillip de BOSTOCK (b 1245/60); occurs in many deeds dated between 1260 and 1288. From one dated 1270 we know that he was a son of William: "Joceramo fratre Phillipo filio Willio de Bostoc". The deed is a grant of premises in Bridge Street, Chester, to a Hugh Bostock, by Alice de Helesby, on the occasion of the marriage of Hugh and her daughter, Havice.

BOSTOCK LAND
Previously
“VERNON/MOULTON” LAND

The Bostock men served their Kings and were rewarded by Knighthood and/or grants of land.  These knights married well.  It is through marriage that the Bostock's inherited Vernon and Moulton lands;  it is through marriage that the Bostock bloodline entwines with the Kings of France, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland.

 William Randle/Ranulp married Margaret Vernon. He frequently occurs in documents relating to the salt town of Middlewich. The documents are dated 1253, 1260, 1273, 1274 and 1275. In the last he is styled 'Lord of Bostock'.

1218 Manor of Bostock  was held by Ranulp Bostock (b 1155), descendent of Gilbert Bostock.  The Bostock lands were awarded to his family from Warren Vernon, Baron of Shipbrook for military service.  

Ranulp aka William Randle/Ranulph Bostock(b1155) known as "Lord of Bostock" and “Earl of Chester”; was the son of Gilbert Adam  (b 1130); Gilbert is listed as Prince Charles of Wales 33rd great grandfather.  William Ranulp married Margaret Vernon.

Margaret Vernon was the daughter of Warin de Vernon, Baron of Shipbrook.  William Ranulp and Margaret named their son after Margaret's father.  Warin Bostock (b1185).   Warin inherited his father's land which was given in dowry by Warin Vernon upon the marriage of his daughter Margaret to William Ranulp Bostock.  

 Warin Bostick (b1185) married Hawise de Mechines Kevelioc;  daughter of Hugh Kevelioc, the Earl of Chester (1153-1181) and Hawise's mother: Maud Ritz Robert, daughter of the "Earl of Gloucester" Robert Caen (b1090).  Hugh Kevelioc was granted "Sutton Hall" by the Norman Earls.

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Warin Bostock and Hawise's first son:  Sir Henry Gilbert (b1205)  married Eleanor Poole. daughter of Sir Gilbert Poole and Catherine, daughter of  Llewellyn; the Last Prince of Wales.

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Henry and Eleanor's son:  William (b1240) married Elizabeth Audley of St. Martin Parish, Surrey..                                      Children of:  William and Elizabeth Audley:  Edward or Phillip Bostock (1260); Gilbert Bostock, Lord of Tarpoley.. 

There are reports that Edward Phillip Bostock married  "Lady Trumpington".  Other reports show him marrying the daughter of Matthew Vernon:   Maria Vernon ; the mother of Adam (b1270)  They could be "one in the same".

Adam's brother:  Ralph de Bostock (b 1272), served the Abbot of Vale Royal as his seneschal (steward of the manor and household responsible for legal and domestic administration). He was no doubt a busy man for during the first half of the 14th century the peasants living and working on the abbey estates rebelled against the abbot's authority and there were many bloody feuds. Ralph lived in Moulton and founded a family that  lived there for many centuries. 

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Adam de Bostock (1270) of the Manor of Bostock; journeyed to Scotland with King Edward I's army at the battle of Stirling on 11 September 1297. The following July, he was at the battle of Falkirk where he received the honor of knighthood from the ‘Hammer of the Scots’; King Edward 1298.

Early in the 14th century, Sir Adam was appointed as one of the king's purveyors for the hundreds of Northwich occupants;  prior to a further expedition to Scotland. Between 1316 and 1343 he occurs many times in documents relating to the administration of the town of Middlewich and its salt industry; he also occurs in documents of a civil nature. In 1343; he granted to Nicholas, son of Ralph Vernon of Shipbrook, a parcel of land in Whatcroft, with rights to fish in the river Dane; this was on the occasion of the marriage of Adam's daughter to Nicholas Vernon.

Adam  (b 1270) and Joan Brereton's son, William (1310).  Adam and Joan's son: : William (b 1300/1305/10), served on the French campaigns, and served as "Scneschal of the Lordship of Frodsham". Also known as "Raffe";  Sir William de Bostock.  acquired lands in Bradwall, and Cheshire.   William (b 1310/13) married  first the daughter of Richard Winnington.  Married second to Joan Brereton: (daughter of William Brereton and Margaret Bosley; granddaughter of Sir William de Brereton and Rose de Vernon.)

Adam and Joan's Brereton's only daughter also born about (1310) Joan Bostock;  married Thomas/Nicholas Vernon, son of Ralph Vernon of Shipbrook.  Adam Bostock gave them a parcel of land on the River Dane known as "WHATCROFT" as a wedding present.

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"Raffe" Sir William de Bostock (b1300/1305/10) married: Joan Matilda "Alice"Winnington of Moulton (b 1312); daughter & sole heir of , Lord of Moulton juxta Bostock:  Richard de Leftwich, (Richard Winnington of Leftwich) born 1256 and died in Shipbrooke, Cheshire in 1307; and grandaughter of  Robert Winnington  (b1204)and Matilda de Wilbraham; (Matilda is the daughter of Margaret Vernon b 1182);   ggrandaughter of  Lidulf de Croxton (Lidulf Winnington of Croxton).  William and ."Alice" had a son Adam (b1325/30); born in Henbury, Cheshire. It is thought Alice that the Bostock family came into possession of the Winnington's land of Moulton; and the Vernon lands of Cheshire.  

Children of William and "Alice" Winnington of Moulton:  William, Adam, Robert of Warmingham, Ralph of  Wixhall, & David.

It is through the Winnington's of Moulton and the Keveliock's that we become linked to King Robert I (Robert the Bruce) King of Scotland. (Spelled BRUS, Broase, Breuse, Bruce)  Robert BRUS V (b1185) married Isabel Scott of Huntington.  Isabel Scott's mother was Matilda de Keveliock.  The Scott's as in Sir Walter Scott.  Robert Brus V's mother was Isabel, Princess of Scotland, daughter of William I "Lion King" of Scotland.

Read more about the Bruce-Stewart connection under my "Graham" family link on my main webpage.

 William (b1305/10).   married  Joan Matilda; "Alice" Winnington of Moulton (b1312); heir of Sir Richard Winnington..  In 1350,  his widow, Matilda "Alice" sued John de St. Pierre of Malpas for dower: She claimed four messuages and sixty acres of land in and around the village of Bostock. (The acreage stated is in Cheshire acres and represents about 126 statute acres.) Although Adam was Lord of the manor he held it on the basis of feudal tenure and his superior lord was St.Pierre, a descendant of an heiress of the Vernon family who had been the Barons of Shipbrook.   William (1305/10) married second to Joan Norreys.and had sons Thomas and Hugh..

William (b1305/10) and J.M."Alice" Winnington of Moulton's  son  Adam 19 (b.1325/30) (d.1374).  Adam married Margery DeArderne Wettenhall/Wetenhale; daughter of Sir John Wettenhall/Wetenhale of Kingsley, Lord of Acton.                              John married Agnes Arderne.  The Arderne's are direct descendents of King Alfred the Great. 

In the winter of 1361 the "Black Plaque" spread through out Europe;  many people sold or abandon their property and fled Europe to escape death:  Perhaps this is why Adam (b 1363) lost his father mentioned below:

Adam Bostock (b 1330) and Margery de Arderne Wettenhall ;  had  five sons.  Their eldest son Adam (b.1363); he was only eight when his father died in 1374. His property was put into trust  held by Vicar of Weaveham, Parson of Davenham; until Adam reached age 24. He  was placed as a ward to Sir William Leigh of Bagguley.; (descendent of John de Leigh of the manor of Sandbach, John Leigh married Elizabeth Sandbach the only heir of the High Sherriff; Richard de Sandbach.  Johh Leigh a; descendent of Randle de Mechines, Earl of Chester 1086).  Adam then lived in the household of the old knight’s son, Randle; and after his death he became a ward  in the house of Sir Henry Bradshaw, whose daughter (Jonet b. 1365) he later married.     

 ( 16th Century Bradshaw was "Lord President of the High Court Justice" which pronounced sentence on  King Charles I.)

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Adam Bostock and Margery Wettenhall's daughter: Margaret married first to Henry Davenport and second to Thomas Audley Stanley.

Adam (b1363) married Jonet Bradshaw (b 1365) and was a bodyguard for King Richard II at the Battle of Shrewsbury; for which he was knighted in 1386.

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Bostock: Knights of England
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Adam De Bostock  (b1325/30/40-1374) held the land at "Little Stanthurle", Stanthrone.

Adam is rarely found in documentary evidence as he was probably away in France in the service of Edward, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester - the Black Prince. In 1357, he served in France at the famous  "Battle of Poitiers" (1356). Adam followed the Prince to Spain in 1367 and was knighted on the field of the battle of Najera/Nazaret, Spain on 3 April 1367..

Adam (b1325/30) married Margaret de Arderne Wettenhale/Wettenhall (b 1340) of St. Martin Parish; daughter and co-heiress of Sir John de Wettenhale and Agnes De Arderne. Adam and Margaret had sons: Adam (b 1363), David  (b 1366) settled at Churchton, William (b1368), Thomas (b1370), and Richard (b1372).  

In 1374 Adam's inquisition post mortem was held. The enquiry revealed that on the day of his death the Manor of Bostock had already been granted to the parson of Davenham and the vicar of Weaverham, to hold as trustees until the eldest son and heir should attain the age of twenty-four. The son, Adam, was then age eight. It was stated that the manor was worth 20 marks (£13 6s 8d or £13.33) per annum, and that it was held by military service from the heirs of the St.Pierre family.

Adam de Bostock  18 (1363/65 – 1414)  Baptized at Davenham Church in 1365.

The childhood of this next Lord of Bostock:  Adam’s  (proof of age) was heard at Middlewich in May 1386. Witnesses gave evidence that he was born at Bostock on 25 March 1365 and was baptized at Davenham Church. After his father’s death the Prince of Wales granted Adam’s ward ship to Sir William Leigh of Baguley. Adam then lived in the household of the old knight’s son, Randle, where he was taught all that was necessary for a boy of those times. 

At age eight, Adam Bostock  was placed in the care of Sir William Leigh. William's father, Robert Leigh (b1269) married Matilda de Arderne; descendents of Hugh Dutton and the Funk "Count of Anjou". All decedents of "Ivo Visount of Cotentin" (b1020) in Normandy, France. The Leigh's were Noble relatives   William Leigh, through lines of the Morville and Meschines family was directly descended from Emma; daughter of Ariotta (mother of William the Conqueror, sixth son of Charlemagne). When Adam was sixteen his guardian Sir William Leigh of Baguley, died.  Adam was placed under the care of Sir Henry Bradshaw of Bradshaw, whose daughter, Jonet/Jenet Bradshaw (b1365); .they married .at St. Martin Parish.

William Leigh's  daughter Elizabeth married William de Dykes who represented county of Parliment during the reign of             King Henry VI.  The "Bostock of Moulton":  William "Raffe" Bostocke and Alice Winnington of Moulton's son David Bostock married the daughter  and soul heir of William Leigh of Baguley.   Records also show that King Henry VIII's fifth wife: "Queen Catherine Howard"' descended from the Leigh family.   

Adam grew up during the reign of Richard II. When the king began to recruit an army in Cheshire, Adam answered the call and became one of the captains of the sovereign’s elite bodyguard of archers. He was Knighted in 1386 by King Richard II and later by King Henry IV at Bostock.

Rebellion against King Henry IV culminated in the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. Adam had a command in the rebel army that was eventually defeated. Confiscation of lands held by the rebels was ordered. It does not seem that it was actually executed against Adam. The vicar of Weaversham held Adam’s property “in trust”;  he was under the protection of the Prince of Wales; and Adam was the eldest son and of noble/royal lineage.  His friends and neighbors were not so lucky: On 23 July, three days after the battle, Sir Richard Vernon, baron of Shipbrooke, and Sir Richard Venables, baron of Kinderton, were executed and their bodies displayed on the" city gates of Chester.

Adam's  (b1363)  and Jonet /Jenet Bradshaw children were: Ralph (b 1391);  Hugh (1393) (Lord of Hassell & Moreton & Salop); Henry Gilbert(1393/95)(Lord of Huxley , Tarporley, & Tattenhall); William (1398) (Lord of Huntingdon); Matilda, Margaret, Elizabeth and Agnes.   Jonet/Jenet Bradshaw Bostock died at age 34.

Note on: The Bostock's of "Huxley" originated from Hugh & Henry's lineage; and this lineage is the only place the family of       Samuel Bostock and Ellen Wrench Bostock of Banbury/Tarporley  (that existed there in the 15th century) has been mentioned throughout my research. .Henry Gilbert Bostock of "Moreton Say" married Mary Huddleston. Their son Hugh Bostock inherited 200 acres of land in "Moreton Say" and a watermill.  Hugh's son John Bostock of "Wheathamshed" was the 33rd and the 35th Abbott of St. Albans, Tarporley.  John Bostock married Jane Vernon; and his tomb is located at the Moreton-Say Church in Shropshire.  He died in 1611.

Adam(1363):  After his death it was recorded that Adam had held the manor of Bostock, valued at £20 per annum, from Hugh Cokesay by military service. Bostock Hall/House was located in "Little Hassall", Parish of Sandback & Middlewich.  Adam also held the manor of Huxley, half the manor of Wettenhall and lands in Tattenhall, Christleton, Tatton, Eccleston and Coppenhall, to a total value of £63 3s 2d (£63.16) per annum, directly from the Earl of Chester.

Ralph de Bostock   (1391 - 1421)

The next Lord of Bostock was born in 1391. Ralph, like his father and grandfather, was an experienced warrior. He fought at the  battle of Agincourt in 1415 and  received the order of knighthood there by King Henry V. The following year he led a company of archers back to France. Iin 1417, he was commissioned to raise 3000 marks in the Northwich Hundred to help finance a further invasion of France.  He was in France in 1419 and 142. Latter he was one of fifteen Cheshire captains commanding 180 archers from the county.

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Sir Ralph died in 1421 probably in France.  The extent of his estates were: manor of Bostock, half the manor of Wettenhall and lands in Occlestone, Calveley, Alsager, Moulton, Tatton and Church Lawton.

Ralph (b 1391) married Isabel Lawton (1393), the daughter and heiress of William de Lawton of Wigland, who in her own right was also heiress to half of the ancient barony of Malpas. The couple had the following children: Adam (b 1412), Hugh (who lived at Wharton) and Henry (who lived in Middlewich);  Alice Bostock (b 1419), and son John.

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 Alice Bostock (b1419) is another link where the Bostock family entwines with the Vernon, Veneables, Arderne, Buckeley, Mainwarming, Brereton, and Griffith families.  She married Richard Buckeley (b1417); their son Richard Buckeley married Margery Venables.   Richard's gggrandfather Ralph Vernon (b1241 de 1325)  7th Baron of Shipbrook and the oldest "liver" in recorded history.  Ralph Vernons's daughter Alice Vernon married William Buckeley (b1347)  which was Richard Bukeley's father

Adam de Bostock  (1412 - 1475) 

"In 1433 an enquiry was held to determine the age of Sir Ralph’s heir. Witnesses recorded that Adam de Bostock was the son and heir of Sir Ralph who was a tenant-in-chief of the king. At the hearing held at Tarporley, William de Bostock of Huntington, aged 60 years, was the senior witness. He stated on oath that Adam was aged 21 years and that he had been born at Bostock and baptized at Davenham church. Other witnesses included David de Bostock of Churton, aged 54; Ralph de Bostock, aged 49; and Henry de Bostock, aged 60. All testified that Adam was born in September 1412."  

For some time during his minority Adam was placed in the care of John de Kingsley, but details of his youth are vague. In 1424,   conditions were  put in place that the young Adam did not leave the inner bailey of Chester Castle until Kingsley died. Once he was age 21 he came into his inheritance of his title and property as “Lord of Bostock".

Adam   (b 1412) married Elizabeth Venables of St. Martin Parish; daughter  and one of two heiresses of Sir Hugh Venables, baron of Kinderton. Their sons were: Ralph (b1434/40), John of Belgrave (b 1436); Nicholas of Mobberly (b 1437); William of Whatcroft, Stapleton, Bostock and London (b 1450).

Note:  Nicholas Bostock married the daughter of Sir William Mobberly (Catherine Mobberly)  another family connection.  It is through this branch of the Bostock family that we become related to Thomas Jefferson

Adam is found in connection with the administration of the salt industry in Middlewich. Between 1456 and 1460, he was the farmer of the town (i.e. he held the rents and profits of the industry..  He also had an illegitimate daughter, Jane Bostock, who married her cousin Robert Bostock of Churton and after him Sir Edward Holt of Wimboldsley.  Edward Holt and Jane Bostock are the parents of our Emme Holt that married our George Bostock (b.1481/85)

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In 1462, Adam (b 1412) and his son, Ralph, were bound over to be loyal to the Yorkist king, Edward IV.

The enquiry into Adam’s estate, heard in 1475, states that Adam (b 1412) died in May of that year, leaving his heir Ralph aged 30 years. (Later Ralph’s only son William (1470) died leaving without a male heir so the Bostock property was passed to sister Anne. Anne married John Savage and for over ninety years,  the property was controlled by the Savages.  Upon the death of John Savage in 1572;  Ralph’s youngest brother William (b 1450) and widow "Lady Elyenor"  descendents contested the marriage settlement of Anne Bostock upon John's Savage's death in 1572..  The court awarded  in favor of the Bostock of Moulton descendents 1578.

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Adam Bostock (b1412)  (although married to Elizabeth Venables:  also had six illegitimate children:

Illegitimate Children of Adam (b 1412) are recorded as:

Adam (b1412) reportedly had a son Adam (b 1452) by a ward named Ellen.

Adam (b1412) reportedly had 2 sons and 2 daughters by a ward of William Bradshaw: Jane b1454, John b1462, Arthur b 1464, Emma b 1467

Ralph de Bostock (b 1434-1482)   Also Spelled "Raufe"   1st son of Adam b.1412 and Elizabeth Venables:

In 1458 Ralph married Elizabeth Dutton, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas de Dutton of Dutton: they had two children, William (b 1468/70) and daughter Anne Bostock (1472).   Ralph has one illegitimate son listed as:  John (b 1470).      

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Ralph (b 1434); served  in the civil wars. Like his father, they would be loyal to King Edward  and paid in the sum of 500 marks.

As a result of his loyalty to King Edward, and in consideration of his services "at his own cost"; he received license to enter his share of the barony of Kinderton. The rights to the barony were in dispute between the Venables family and William de Brereton; both of whom had also put forward a claim for the barony.

In 1482, it is speculated that Ralph died from poisoning at age 48.. His inquisition was held that year and reveals that Ralph held the manor of Bostock from the earl of Chester and that it was valued at £10 3s (£10.15) per annum. He also held the manor of Wigland, and lands in Newton (Middlewich), Huxley, Foulewiche, Bradley, Occlestone, Marsheton, Brereton, Leigh and Newton (in Wirral). Ralph's son and, heir is given as William (b 1470), then aged 13 years.

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William de Bostock (1468/70 - c1515?):

William (b1468) (only "legitimate" son  of Ralph (b 1434);   . William died in 1489  without any known issue.  William choose to leave his only sister Anne, to inherit the manor of Bostock and the estate. .   .

With the death of Adam (b1412) & Elizabeth Veneables's oldest son (Ralph b.1434); the Estate went to Ralph's only son William (b1468). Under traditional English law,  after the passing of William (b1468) the estate would have passed the property to Adam's #2 son  John (b. 1436) to keep the estate intact as  a "Bostock Estate". William (b1468) chose to leave the estate to his only sibling and sister Anne Bostock (b1472).  She married John Savage of Clifton, and the estate remained under John Savage's control for over ninety years until  John Savage died in 1572.   There are nine John Savage's in succession, all descending from Archbishop Thomas Savage.

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William (b1450) of Whatcroft, Stapleton, Bostock and London;  was the 4th son of Adam (b1412) and Elizabeth Veneables.

The Cholmondeley family entwines with the Brereton Family of Malpas, both marrying Gruffydd of Penrhynhe's daughter Mary. Their decendents entwined with the Savage Family, and the Spencer Family.  .    

                                                            Bostock's of Davenham, Cheshire

A branch of the family continued to reside at "Bostock Hall", farming the manor as tenants of the Savage family. This branch was descended from William Bostock, (b1450) youngest brother of Ralph de Bostock (1445 - 1482); William was the youngest  child and legitimate son of Adam (1412) and Elizabeth Venables.  Adam and Elizabeth had 4 sons and 5 daughters.  

It is through William's oldest brother Ralph's lack of a male heir, that the Bostock/Moulton/Vernon property fell into the hands of the "Savage" family;  through the marriage of Ralph's only daughter Anne to John Savage.  

William  Bostock(1450) seems to have resided at several places: Stapleford , Cheshire, Huxley, Bostock, and London.. 

From Generation to Generation" by: Henry M.Neil   is the first place I have  seen William 15 (b1450) listed as "MARRIED" to Ellen Bostock. "Lady Eleynor"

Wife: #1  Alice Patrick b. 1460 bore one son: Edward or Edmund Bostock b. 1481  Edmund was known as "The Keeper of the Castle".  This branch of the Bostock family lived at "Bostock Hall" until it was badly damaged in the Civil War. (See the picture and information listed below on the original "Bostock Hall".)   It was not pulled down until the early 1800's.

Edmund/Edward married Anne Shaw (b1483) and  had daughter Margaret Bostock (b1508) in Walcroft/Whatcross, Cheshire  (d 1540) in Alegate, London.  In 1524 Margaret married the "Duke of Devonshire", William Cavendish.  William and Margaret had one daughter: Anne Cavendish (b1534) in Chatsworth, Derbyshr.  It is through Anne Cavendish's marriage in  1582 to Henry Baynton (son of Sir Edward Baynton and Isabel Leigh the wealthiest land owners in England) that we Connect with King Henry VIII..  Isabel Leigh remarried to Sir Edward Howard and is the mother of Queen Catherine Howard and the aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn. We become linked to the wives of King Henry VIII . 

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Wife  #2 Ellen:  As indicated in Henry Neil's book; "the children of William and.: Elyanor "Ellen" Bostock (b1455): five sons: George Bostock 14 (b1485/90), Ralph (b1489/91), Arthur (b1493), Humpry (b1497), and Roger (b1501)".  Henry Neil's account  of William being "MARRIED" to Ellen Bostock at St. Martin Parish;  produces the theroy that Alice Patrick died after Edmund's birth in 1481, that Elyanor "Ellen" died after Roger's birth in 1501 and that Elizabeth Done did in fact become William's third wife; especially given her social standing as Sir Robert Done of Utkinton's daughter.  (also backed up by the birth of William and Elizabeth Done Bostock's daughter "Anne" in 1505).  I believe Ellen/Elyanor Bostock was the daughter of Henry Bradshaw.   .

Wife #3 Elizabeth Done b. 1480 bore one daughter: Anne Bostock b. 1505 (notice Elizabeth is forty year's Williams junior).  Elizabeth Done, daughter and heiress of  Sir Robert Done of Utkinton.  See: Utkinton Hall in Cheshire, seat of the "Done/Doane" family listed above.   

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BOSTOCK'S OF CHESHIRE

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George Bostock (b1485/90):

William and Elyanor "Ellen" Bostock's first son:George 14 (b 1485) is the forefather of our five Charle’s:

George (b1485)  married Emma Holt of St. Martin Parish. . Emma (b 1487) was the daughter of   Sir Edward Holt and           Jane Bostock. Edward and Jane were: married at the ancient St. Martin-in-the-Field Parish, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey..  

 Robert (b1522/5) in Mobberley, Cheshire, England; son of George and Emma Holt; married to Emme Bromfeld of St. Martin Parish..   (Children of George and Emma Holt::  Ralfe/Robert (b1522/25), Jane(b 1523) married William Abraham of London, Margarey, Isabell, Anne, Emme, Edward, Arthur)  

Emma Holt's mother:  Jane Bostock was the daughter of Sir Adam Bostock (b 1412) .

Many records also indicate that Emma Holt was George Bostock's second wife. I have found no solvent records of his first wife  Elizabeth (b 1493).

St. Martin-in-the-Field , Epsom, Ewell, Surrey:  records confirm that George's parents were William Bostock and Ellen Bostock.  It also records Ellen as Williams  wife, "married" in that parish.   This is the second record, besides the book by Henry Neil ; that supports the fact that our descendent George was a legitimate child of William (b 1450) and Ellen Bostock.  

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Robert Bostock (b1522/25) of Cheshire:

 Robert is buried at Davenham, Cheshire and died in 1582/83.

Robert married Elizabeth "Emme" Bromefeld/Bromfield ; she was the grand daughter of  William Abraham Bromefeld/Bromfield of London; and  Jane Humfrey of London.  Her father was Humfrey Bromefeld/Bromfield.  .  Robert and Emma's  7th son Charles 12 (b 1569) is my lineage. Robert and Emma had twelve children.  Three sets of twins:  two sets of twin boys and a set of twin girls. Listed as: Arthur (b 1559) married Ellen Dennis,  Edward (b1561), John & Simon (b 1564), Humphrey (b1566), Ralph (b1567, My Charles (1569) and his twin Isaac, Robert (b1570), George (b1571), Anne & Katherin (b1573).

 Robert Bostock (d 1583) at the age of 48, and is buried in Davenham, Tarporley,Cheshire.

Elizabeth "Emme" Bromefeld/Bromfield (b1535) at St. Martin Parish,  (d 1632) age 97, and is buried at Bunbury, Cheshire.

The Bromfeld/Bromfield family were the owners of many "Salt Houses" of Northwich' descendents of Thomas Bromfield of Witton.  

I am not certain why Robert and Emme are not buried together. Emme lived 49 yrs after Robert died and could be living in Bunbury near some of her twelve children.  It is ironic that their son Arthur (b 1559) died 1632  and is buried at Bunbury, Cheshire. Arthur's wife: Ellen Dennis Bostock died in 1642 and is buried at Tarporley, Cheshire England.  Arthur is buried with his mother Emme in Bunbury; both of them died in 1632; which leads me to believe they were victims of the "Black Plague" that swept Europe in the winter of 1631.  

It is also curious to note that one of  William Shakespere's wives was Alice Bromefeld. Most of us only know about Anne Hathaway.

Arthur Bostock (b1558/59):

Charles (b 1569) brother: Arthur (b1558/59) was baptized in Davenham, Cheshire and married Ellen Dennis in 1603, and for a while exiled to Dublin Ireland. St. Martin Parish  identifies the "DENIS/DENNIS" family origin as County Galloway, Ireland; which would explain their exile to Ireland for a few years prior to returning to England  Where Arthur died 1632  and is buried at Bunbery, Cheshire. Ellen Dennis Bostock died in 1642 and are buried at Tarporley, Cheshire England..

 Arthur & Ellen Dennis had three sons: Arthur, Richard, and William. Their son Arthur (b 1603) was baptized at Tarporley in 1603.  He married Jane Whittle (daughter of Rev. Robert Whittel) in 1627 and had four children: Charles, John, William, and Mary (Harris).  Just prior to his death, Arthur left his estate to his eldest son Charles in 1740.  Arthur's son William  left for America in 1639/40, seeking religious freedom. They settled in Stradford,  Fairfield, Connecticut.  Henry Anton Bostick lived in the early 1900's and it is not certain what evidence his "Genealogy" account was based on; but the dates given in his account differ from other proven genealogy documentation.. 

Arthur's son: John Bostock/Bostwick; baptized at St. Helen's, Tarporley, Cheshire in 1638 and died in 1688.  John Bostwick married Mary Brimsmead in 1665; (daughter of John Brimsmead and Mary Carter).  I believe this John is the second son of Arthur and Jane Whittle listed above.

Click here to read:  Denis Family  

King Alfonso Denis,  3rd King of Portugal :   Ancestors of "Denis Family of Galloway, Ireland": 

Charles Bostock (b1569):

Apparently not much was gathered and documented on  Arthur's younger brother Charles (b1569)at St. Wilfrid, Davenham, Cheshire;  married Mary Saunders in London in 1600 at St. Helen's. B.Shopgate; so not much was known about Charles's branch; perhaps because he moved to London in 1625 and  worked at the:  "Master of Scrivener's Co. at St. Bartholomew's of London"; and lists him as a "Master Worshipful" and son of Robert.

Source:   Call 034423:  St. Bartholomew in London records: Print call 6903504; Batch C022312; Dates:1558-1736

Mary Saunders was the daughter of Sir Thomas Saunders; KNIGHT and  Sherriff of Surrey 1553; and member of parliament for Lewes in 1534. This is the obvious MAIN reason for Charles to migrate to the county Surrey; 200 miles away from his ancestors lands in Cheshire.. Read more about "Sir Thomas Saunders of Agmondesham" above.

His son Charles was baptized at St. Bartholomew Exchange in London in 1606.  He attended  Oxford  University in 1627, Cambridge University  in 1631;     MA at Oxford in 1634, and received his MD in 1640. Also studied at Leyden in the Netherlands in 1639.  He was a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (LRCP) in London in 1643.  His pedigree was given in the Herald's Visitation of London 1634.  :

It would be another thirty years before my/our ancestor Charles's (b 1569): grandson:  Charles (b 1642) left for America in 1671 and settled in New Kent, VA; .Later migrated to Onslow/Duplin County, NC in 1673. .  

The town of Northwich was mapped out in 1600.  The Bostock's are shown owning two residents #52,  #75, and #63 and "the Swan"  also known as the "Trinity House Estate".  Throughout my research "High Street" continues to appear.  Bostock House #52 is on High Street.  The Swan #63 is in the Towns "Market Square".  Northwich is known for it's ancient salt mines.

 1614. Charles Bostock was assigned of the Wardens of the "Cinque Ports" were  the Kings peace keeper and the tax collector for the South Eastern counties of Kent, Sussex, Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich.. (This is the SECOND main reason for Charles to migrate to Surrey)

Our branch of the Bostock family of Cheshire migrate to Surrey in the 15th century upon Charles appointment as Warden.  A migration that obviously came with ease; since Charles had  many of  ancestors knew St. Martin's Parish, Surrey well::

Lord William Bostock , Knight (b 1225) in Cheshire; married Elizabeth Audley (b 1225 at St. Martins Parish).

Their great grandson: Lord William Bostock, Knight (b1305/10) of Cheshire; married Joan Matilda "Alice" Winnington of Moulton (b1300) of St. Martin Parish

Their son: Sir Adam Bostock (b 1330) in Cheshire; married Margaret Wettenhall (b 1330) of St. Martin Parish.

Their son:  Lord Adam Bostock (b 1363) in Cheshire; married Jonet Bradshaw of St. Martin Parish.

Their descendent:  Lord Adam Bostock (b  1412) married Elizabeth Venables born abt. 1415 at St. Martin Parish.

William's (b 1450) second wife Elyanor "Ellen" Bostock is the mother of our ancestor George Bostock (b 1485/90); married Emma Holt , daughter of Sir Edward Holt of Wimboldsley.  Sir Edward Holt married Jane Bostock at  St. Martin's.  Jane was the daughter of Adam Bostock (b 1412).

George and Emma's son Robert Bostock (b. 1525) married Emme Bromeeld (1535) of St. Martin Parrish     .

Click here to see the 1600 town of Northwich layout

"The Swan", Trinity House Estate; Northwich

(Thomas) Edward Bostock:     wasn't a Bostock )

Source:  "The complete book of Emigrants" 1607-1660"     by Peter Coldham 1987

With the permission of King Charles I: to form the "Massachusetts Bay Company":

1000 Colonists and 17 ships sailed to America seeking religious freedom;  Among them was a ship                                       named  "Defence".  It  sailed from Fenchurch, London June 1635 and arrived in Boston Oct. 1635.

Master of the ship:  Edward Pearce who changed his name to Thomas or EDWARD Bostock.  

Among his passenger list was the family William French of Halstead, Essex Co., England; seated at Bostock Hall.  

Bostock Estate: Cheshire England: “Broadbottom Hill” 

Broadbottom was nothing more than several remote houses and farms before the industrial revolution. The oldest building is possibly Home Farm, Hill End Lane with a date stone showing 1604. Broadbottom Hall was built in 1680 although the Bostock family in the 19th century had deeds for the land dating back to 1330 where William de Brodebothum left his land to Henry his son. During most of the 19th century, Broadbottom Hall and much of the surrounding land was owned by the Bostock family. During the 18th and 19th centuries the village grew with much of its industry using water taken from the nearby river Etherow. 

The Bostocks of Cheshire

Bostocks who lived in Cheshire had their ancestry in one Osmear, the Saxon Lord or Thane of the Manor of Bostock. Strict puritans by the time of the Reformation and dissatisfied by the Church's tolerance of Catholics.. The Bostocks held extensive lands throughout Cheshire and parts of Lancashire including at Great Budworth, Warmingham, Church Coppenhall and in Church Minshull. Broadbottom Hall was built by them in 1680 and up to the 19th century, Broadbottom Hall and much of the surrounding land was owned by the Bostock family. The name is sometimes written as Bostwick, Bostick or Bostic in America, but have the same root.

The Bostock family of Holt were direct cousins to the Bostock's of Churchton, and close kinsfolk of the Bostock's at Tattenhall, the Bostock's of Bruern Stapleford,  and the Bostock's of Farndon".

Richard Bostock of "Tattenhall"  also had a son Charles Bostock of "Shirley House"  Charles Bostock married Mary Smedley at Collegiate  Church before 1642.  Mary was born 1624 and the daughter of Leonard Smedley of "Smethley Mills" in county Chetham, township of Manchester.  Leonard was "Deputy Herald"  agent of  "College of Arms" in Lancashire. (arms painter and stainer).  .It is easy to confuse the Bostock's of Tandridge with those of "Tattenhall".

1555 Thomas Bradshaw was owner/ proprietor of the "Manor of Tandridge Hall" also known as "North Hall".  1576 Richard Bostock purchased Tandridge Hall from Thomas Bradshaw.  Richard's oldest sister Katherine Bostock Fuller were proprietors of the "Beverly Manor" & other Tandridge lands.  1625 Edward Bostock was owner of Tandridge Hall.

During the reign of Elizabeth I; "The Trinity House" Estate was owned by the Bostock family.  Also referred to as the "Swan". 

1581 Queen Elizabeth (volume 150) paid Mr. Bostock 401 for the "Old Shire Hall" which she delivered to Richard Spencer for the building of the new "Exchenqer" in "Chester Castle". 

Thomas Bostock (a merchant of London)  married Mary Abdy and was the proprietor of "Walworth Manor".

Palantinate of Chester: Concerns a 50 yr. lease to Hugh Bostock by John Savage. Also Hugh Bostock  and his wife Alice Corbett of Moreton Saye Manor in 1581, Son of John Bostocke, in the Stropshire records.  Also, William Bostock 1455 as a citizen and merchant of London.  Edward Bostocke in 1614 as an ironmonger.  Robert Bostock 1779-92 as a Ship Captain & Liverpool merchant/slave trader in the British West Indies to Liverpool England. 

John Bostock Abbot of St. Alban 1906  (Click here to read)

House of ST. Albans  (click here to read)

Cheshire Area (Click here to read more about the Cheshire areas):

Cheshire Tarporley

"Bostock Hall"::  The Old House" was moated but pulled down in 1803. The original property owners were decendents of "OSMERUS", Lord of Bostock.   Currently there is a Bostock Hall located in Bostock and now called Bostock Green. The new Bostock Hall is privately owned and can't be toured. It is not the original Bostock Hall, however the original foundation and mote is viewable in the pastures of Bostock Green.  The exact location is given as "Middlewich-Shipbrook", Cheshire England. "  "Bostock Hall" as "Bostoeks of Moreton Saye co,Salop, and Henry Bostock of that place" Salop                                                                                                                                    Inq. p.m. 23, Elizabeth  

Bostock Hall  Click on the link below:                                       

“The Lowndes of SC”     and    “Bostock Hall”:

TATTENHALL
Actually built in 1622 by Richard Bostock:

Grid Ref: SJ 486 586
16 April 2002

St. Alban's, Tattenhall		The church with its decorative iron gates
Tattenhall Hall		Cottage in the main street

 With the exception of the tower, the church of St. Alban's in Tattenhall was rebuilt in 1869.

Tattenhall Hall:   It is an early example of a brick house in Cheshire. It was built for Richard Bostock, some time before 1622. The windows have stone mullions. During most of the 18th century and the early 19th century it was used a farmhouse before it was purchased and restored by Robert Barbour of nearby Bolesworth Castle, in 1856.

Tandridge Hall    Tattenhall Hall   "Bostock , Fuller and Huddleston Family

Arderne Hall 

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Attie Bostick missionary in China in 1900

The Bostock Coat of Arms

ARMS: Sable; a fesse humette, argent
MOTTO: Semper Presto Servire ..... "Always Ready to Serve"
CREST: On the stump of a tree, eradicated, argent; a bear's head, erased, sable, muzzled

The Bostock family crest was a play on words. It depicts a tree-stump or “stock” of the tree and when combined with a bear's head atop it we have “Bear-Stock”.

The shield, or escutcheon, is black (sable). A "fesse" is formed by two horizontal lines drawn across the field and should contain one-third part of the escutcheon. The fesse is supposed to represent the military belt or "girdle of honor". A "fesse humet" is a fesse whose ends do not reach to the side extremities of the escutcheon but a "fesse humette" should also show thickness. Some authorities in Heraldry call it a "gravestone". On top of the shield is a wreath supporting the tree trunk, atop of which is the head of a muzzled black bear. The word "eradicated", in heraldry, means "torn up by the roots" and "erased" means torn off leaving jagged edges".

A Knight is one who holds the dignity of Knighthood, conferred by the sovereign, entitling the holder to the title of Sir prefixed to his name. The wife of a knight is legally entitled to the designation of dame but commonly is addressed as Lady. Although the dignity is not hereditary, many of the ancient and medieval Bostock's were Knights.

 Click here to see the Bostock    LINEAGE OF "King Alfred the Great"

Click here to read about the Davidic Throne of England   "Joseph of Arimathea"

Several researchers have made comments to me that:  "it is of no particular privy to attach ourself to the past"

To that I respond:      "Nothing can we call our own------except our dead!"

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Written and Researched by:  Wanda Bostic Dunlap, Danville Virginia

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