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 462 NOTES AND QUERIES. 1 12 S.IX.DEO. 10,1921. proceedings it is clear that the same John Minge was a citizen and cordwainer of London, 1626 to 1640, after which date I have no further notes regarding him. It seems more than probable that this John Minge, shoemaker in 1622 in St. Katherine's, is identical with the John Mings married in 1623 at Salthouse, Nor- folk, as of " St. Katherine's in the City of London." If this is so, then Sir Christopher Mings was of Kentish and not Norfolk descent. As to the spelling of the name, it may be ^observed that in the body of the registered 'copy of Sir Christopher's will (167 Mico) it is spelled " Minge." In Shaw's ' Knights of England,' voL ii., p. 241, it .appears as follows : " 27 June, 1665, Christopher Minnes (Mynns, Mings) " ; and in the will, proved 1723 in Commissary Court of London, of Thomas Minge, writing master, of St. Paul's, Shadwell (probably a relative) is a bequest to " my son Christopher " of " the funeral ring of Sr Christopher Minge." Judith Mynge, whose will, proved in 1616, has been already referred to, was a daughter of William Hamon of Acrise, Kent, and she mentions in the will her brother Sir Thomas Hamon and several of her sisters, who are recorded in the Visitation of Kent for 1619. GEORGE S. FRY. 15, Walsingham Road, Hove. BRITISH SETTLERS IN AMERICA. MR. M. RAY SANBORN, at 12 S. viii. 375 (s.v. ' Lancashire Settlers in America '), states that there is a strong desire on the part of most New England families to locate the district which was the early home of their ancestors in England, &c. I therefore have pleasure in submitting the following in- formation. 1. Dr. Thomas Gerrard, who was granted Bashford Manor, on the Wicomico, in 1650, belonged to the family of Gerard of Lanca- shire. Samuel Gerrard, first President of the Bank of Montreal, was probably of this family. 2. George Talbot, Lord of Susquehanna Manor in Cecil County in 1680, was cousin of Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell. Some of the Talbots settled in Nova Scotia in 1783. 3. Gov. Robert Brooke, of Brooke Place Manor, in 1654 was President of Lord Baltimore's Council. I do not appear to have a note of the county to which he belonged, but he went from England with his wife and 10 children and 28 other persons servants, retainers and colonists. His eldest son was Baker Brooke. 4. Hon. Thomas Cornwaleys had Cross Manor, on St. Inigoes Creek, in 1639. The Cornwaleys, or Cornwallis, family were re- presented in Nova Scotia, and hailed from North Wales. 5. Col. William Digges possessed War- burton Manor, in Prince George's County, in 1690. He was a son of Governor Digges of Virginia, whose father was Sir Dudley Digges, Master of the Rolls to King Charles I. He married Jane Sewall, daughter of Lady Baltimore by her former marriage with the Hon. Henry Sewall of London. Some of the Digges settled in Ontario. 6. The Snowden family, owners of Re- surrection Manor, between Tower and Cuck- old Creeks, in 1655, belonged to Wales. They left many descendants. A leading member of this family, Randolph Snowden, was a loyalist grantee of St. John, New Brunswick. 7. Augustine Herman, to whom Bohemia Manor, in Cecil County, was conceded by Lord Baltimore, as a reward to him fo: making the first map of Maryland, came of a respectable family in Bohemia. In 1651 he married Jane Varlett. The families of Thomson, Foreman, Chambers and Spencer claim descent from the Lords of Bohemia Manor and were among the loyalists who left Maryland when the ancient regime was overthrown. 8. The Tildens, or Tyldens, had Grea Oak Manor, in Kent County. Their an- cestors were Lords of Great Tyldens, n Marden, Kent. Marmaduke Tylden w cousin of Sir Richard Tylden of Mi The family had possessed lands in th parishes of Brenchley, Otterden, Kenning- ton and Tilmanstone in the reign of King Edward III., and Sir William Tylden paid for lands in Kent when the Black Prince was knighted. 9. Giles Brent had Fort Kent Manor, on Kent Island. The Brents were related to the Calverts, Lords of Baltimore. They consisted of two brothers, Giles and Foulk, and two sisters, Margaret aYid Mary. They also went out from Kent in 1638. Of their descendants Robert Brent married Anna M. Parnham, of the family of the Hon. John Pole, of the Privy Council ; James Fenwick Brent married Laura, daughter of Gen. Walter H. Overton, of Louisiana ; and Gen. Joseph L. Brent married Frances R. Kenner, daughter of Duncan Kenner, of Louisiana. V^CMJ.* mer, "