Rev Francis MARBURY

1555 - Bef 1611  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Francis MARBURY  [1, 3, 4]
  	Rev. Francis Marbury, son of William Marbury, Gent., of Girsby in Burgh-upon-Bain co. Lincoln, by his wife Agnes, daughter of John Lenon, Esq., probably of Aldwinkle, co. Northampton. He was baptised at St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London, on 27 Oct 1555. He was matriculated pensioner from Christ College, Cambridge, in May, 1571, but did not receive a degree. He was ordained deacon in 1578. He was married for the first time about 1580 to Elizabeth Moore, with three children. His reformist preaching led to imprisonment in the Marshalsea where he wrote an allegorical play entitled "The Contract of Marriage between Wit and Wisdom" in 1579. By 1585 he was a curate and schoolmaster in Alford, co. Lincoln. Francis and Bridget had fifteen children. He was ordained priest in 1605 and became successively Rector of Martin's Vintry, London, of St. Pancras, Soper Lane, and of St. Margaret's New Fish Street. The will of the Rev. Francis Marbury was dated 25 Jan. 1610/11 and proved 14 Feb 1610/11. [1] He was ordained deacon in 1578. He m. 1st Elizabeth Moore and had three children. It was about this time that Francis began to teach and preach at the church in Northampton near the Dryden estate. Although he had been educated at Cambridge University, he soon found that many of the Anglican ministers were not well educated but appointed to their positions by the ruling bishops for political reasons. The young minister so openly opposed this lack of an educated clergy that in 1578 he was arrested and sent to jail. After he was released and now a widower, he chose to move from Northampton; m. Bridget Dryden and they settled in Alford co. Lincoln, about 125 miles from London. There, Francis supported his growing family by preaching and teaching at St. Wilfred's Church.... Bridget's older brother Erasmus Dryden later became the grandfather of the famous English poet John Dryden. many in her family were Puritans, and at least one relative had been imprisoned in the Tower of London for suggesting religious reforms. The Dryden ancestry traces back through English nobility and the royal lines of Alfred the Great and Charlemagne. Bridget bore Francis thirteen children, the second of whom was Anne later to become the famous Ann Hutchinson, defender of religious freedom. At the time of Anne's birth in 1591, her father was again in trouble over his quarrels with the Anglican leaders. They accused him of being a Puritan and, even though he won his trial, he was forbidden to preach again for several years. This was a benefit for Anne, for now her father could spend his time tending the fields near their home and teaching his young daughter. Anne learned to read though the Bible and an account of her father's first trial, which he had published. Anne moved to the American Colonies, where she and her youngest sister Katherine were destined to play an historic role in the theocratic village of Boston by demanding religious freedom and the right to assemble peaceably. Francis and Bridge had provided the upbringing necessary for these girls to play such a vital role. [2]
  Prefix	Rev
  Christening	27 Oct 1555	St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of William Marbury and Agnes Lenton   [3]
  Death	Bef 14 Feb 1610/11  [3]
  Person ID	I82026	Main Tree
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family	Bridget DRYDEN,   b. Abt 1563   d. Bef 2 Apr 1645 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1587  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Anne MARBURY,   c. 20 Jul 1591, Alford, co. Lincoln d. Aug 1643, Killed by the Indians in New York (Age ~ 52 years)  [Birth] + 2. Katherine MARBURY,   b. Abt 1610, Alford, co. Lincoln d. 2 May 1687, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F33369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Christening - 27 Oct 1555 - St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S9594] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. II Reverend Francis Marbury. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700. [S12066] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2020, Vol. 174 Summer.