Sarah Holden

Notes:

Her will names her sons -- Stukley (eldest), Joseph (second), and John (third), four living daughters -- Frances, Elisabeth, Mary, & Margaret, and three Smith granddaughters.

Sarah married Joseph Stafford Abt 1678. Joseph (son of Thomas STAFFORD and Elizabeth Unknown) was born 21 Mar 1647/48, Warwick, RI; died Aft 1697. [Group Sheet]

1. Frances Stafford was born 1679, Warwick, RI; died Abt Aug 1775, North Kingstown, RI.
2. Sarah Stafford was born Abt 1682; died Bef 1726.
3. Stukely Stafford was born Abt 1685; died 4 Jun 1740.
4. Elizabeth Stafford was born Abt 1688; died 21 Aug 1756.
5. Joseph Stafford was born Abt 1691; died Aft 1770.
6. John Stafford was born Abt 1694; died 1767.
7. Mary Stafford was born Abt 1697.
8. Margaret Stafford was born Abt 1700.

Notes:

Randall Holden was one of the signers of the first Portsmouth Compact, 7 March 1638. He was also one of the original settlers of Warwick, along with the Gortons and Greenes.

On 24 March 1639 Randall Holden witnessed the deed of the purchase of Rhode Island (Aquidneck Island) from the Indians. (source: RI Genealogical Register, Vol 14, p. 220)

Randall married Frances DUNGAN 1648, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Frances (daughter of William DUNGAN and Frances LATHAM) was born 1630, London, England; died 1697, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William & Frances and their family resided in St. Martin's in the Fields, London, England. William was a "Gentleman."

William married Frances LATHAM Abt 1628. Frances (daughter of Lewis LATHAM and Elizabeth Unknown) was born 15 Feb 1609/10, Kempston, Bedford, England; died Sep 1677, Newport, RI; was buried , Governor's Lot, Newport, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

When Frances died in 1677, she left 86 grandchildren.

The following note is from a website: "The writer can state definitely that the Dungan family, of whom were the Earls of Limerick, was the only manorial family into which Frances Latham could have married, her father being the King's Sergeant Falconer, and a member of his household. There is no doubt in the writer's mind after an extended search, that William Dungan was a grandson of Sir John Dungan by his wife Margaret Forster, and this conclusion was arrived at by Mr. Howard O. Folker and an Irish genealogist in Dublin, who conducted their investigations without consultation with the writer." (source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mylines/dungan108_09.htm)

The following information is from another website: http://pages.prodigy.net/reed_wurts/heraldry/latham.htm

Frances Latham now generally called "The Mother of Governors," because no less than fourteen of her direct descendants, and many sons-in-law in succeeding generations, became Governors or Lieut. Governors. Baptized 15 February 1609/10, she was the eldest of nine children of Lewis Latham whose portrait is in the collection of the late George W. Elkins, a descendant of Lewis Latham.

He who was of Elston, co. Bedford, England, was born about, 1584 and buried 15 May 1655, aged about 71 years. He was a member of the King's household, and Falconer to Prince Henry in 1612, and later was Sergeant Falconer to King Charles I.

ARMS-Or, on a chief indented azure, three bezants
CREST-An eagle standing on an empty cradle with wings displayed, reguardant or.

(NEHGR, Roll of Arms, Vol. LXXXII, p. 156; A.R. Justice, ANCESTRY OF JEREMY CLARKE..., p. 72)

We can imagine Frances as a young girl on the moors in companionship with her father as he attended the Royal Princes, Henry and Charlie, in their hunting with falcons, ever a favorite royal sport, the birds being highly trained to search out and pounce upon rabbit, grouse and other small game and bring them to their master.

Frances Latham was married in 1627 at age 17 to William Dungan, Gentleman, who was born about 1606, a London Merchant and Perfumer. His wares were in great demand and quite necessary to offset the obnoxious odors arising from the gutters in a thickly settled district subject to heavy fog and having surface drainage.

They made their home at St. Martins-in-the-Fields where later he died and was buried 20 September 1636, leaving her a widow at age 26 with four little children between the ages of 2 and 8 years. By his Will dated 13 September 1636 he gave all his property to his wife Frances, after bequeathing

Notes:

Lewis Latham, Gentleman, was sergeant falconer to King Charles I.

Lewis died at age 80. His will, dated 6 May 1653 and proved 1 Sep 1655, leaves legacies to sons Henry and John; dtrs Ann Segar, Frances Clarke, Catherine Garrett, Elizabeth Bibble, Ellen Sherringham, and Winifred Downes; his wife and executrix was Winifred Latham.

Lewis married Elizabeth Unknown Abt 1606, England. Elizabeth died Abt 12 Sep 1620, Elstow, Bedfordshire, England; was buried 14 Sep 1620, Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet]