Individual Details
Henry Filmer
(Abt 1600 - Aft 21 Feb 1671)
[[Category:5-Star Magna Carta Project Profiles]][[Category:Huntingfield-11 Descendants]][[Category: Colony of Virginia, Immigrants from England]][[Category: Warwick County, Virginia Colony]][[Category: Virginia Colonists]]
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==Biography==
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}'''Henry Filmer''', Gent.Douglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA165 volume II, pages 165]-166 FILMER. Douglas Richardson. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, page 584 FILMER 21.
:Henry, son of [[Filmer-5|Sir Edward Filmer]] and [[Argall-4|Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer]], was born about 1600.[http://www.jamestowne.org/fawdone---fitzhugh.html Jamestowne Society]: Filmer, Henry - A2611; born 1600, died after 1676, James City Co.: 1643 (Burgess); Warwick Co.: 1666-76 (Burgess). ''accessed 12 February 2019'' He attended Queen's College, Cambridge University (B.A., 1624; M.A., 1631).
: He married Elizabeth _____, by whom he had a son and a daughter:Richardson, ''Magna Carta Ancestry,'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA166 II:166] FILMER 16.i.* son FilmerTheir son is not further identified by Richardson. * daughter Martha Filmer, married Thomas Greensoc.genealogy.medieval: [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/0hqwQN4HtMU Did Henry Filmer of James City Co., VA leave descendants?], 2016 post by Nathan Murphy.
: Henry Filmer "immigrated to Virginia in 1640, where he settled in James City and Warwick Counties, Virginia. He served as a member of the House of Burgesses for James City County, 1642-3, and for Warwick County, 1666-7." In 1667, he was a justice for Warwick County. He had land grants as early as 1637 in James City County.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015046361062;view=1up;seq=5 Vol II of the Compendium of American Genealogy], Virkus, Frederick Adams, Marquis, Albert Nelson, d. 1943. Chicago, A.N. Marquis & company, 1925 In the Isle of Wight Records is a Bill of Exchange, dated 16 June, 1668, "on Mr. Robert Filmer, Esq., of London," and signed "Your loving uncle, Henry Filmer." The above Robert was created a Baronet in 1675. [https://archive.org/stream/virginiaheraldic00croz#page/n59/mode/2up Virginia Heraldica]: being a registry of Virginia gentry entitled to coat armor, with genealogical notes of the families. By Crozier, William Armstrong, 1864-1913, ed. Page 31–2. Published 1908. Publisher New York : The Genealogical Association. http://archive.org/stream/virginiaheraldic00croz/virginiaheraldic00croz_djvu.txt
:Henry Filmer left a will dated 21 February 1671. He died at Mulberry Island, Warwick, Colony of Virginia,[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/62631 Major Henry Filmer of England and Virginia a partial list of descendants : genealogical report], Allen, James M., Jr., Genealogy Collection. State Library of North Carolina, 2005 after 1673.
=== Family Crest / Arms ===:Crest: A falcon volant ppr. beaked and legged or, standing on a ruined castle of the last. [https://archive.org/stream/visitationofkent00camd#page/166/mode/2up The visitation of Kent : taken in the years 1619-1621] by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux, by Camden, William, 1551-1623; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Hovenden, Robert, 1830-1908; Harleian Society
:Arms: Barry of six, or and sable, on a chief of the last three cinquefoils of the first.
== Research Notes ==
=== Additional Information ===: The following information is provided as research notes mostly because it conflicts with more reliable sources or needs to be corroborated.
:1.) Filmer had land grants in James City County abt 1637; was a member of the House of Burgesses for James City County 1642-43; Justice of Warwick County 1647; member of the House of Burgesses for Warwick County 1666-67; Major in British Army of occupation in Virginia; before leaving England married Elizabeth.
:2.) Filmer was born c1607 at East Sutton Manor, Kent, England. He was christened at East Sutton on November 1, 1607."England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTLV-ZHG : 30 December 2014, Henry Filmer, ); citing East Sutton, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,752,236. :'''NOTE''': From the [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Births_and_Christenings_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records Family Search description of this collection]: "As this is an index of records compiled from various sources, it is strongly recommended that you verify any information you find with original records."
:3.) On 27 Oct 1673, Henry acquired 360 acres in Warwick County formerly granted to Anthony Barham, "and later found esceat." There is a reference to Henry in Vol II of the Compendium of American Genealogy that reads: 'Maj. Henry Filmer (d. post 1673) from Eng. to Va. ante 1642, settled first at James City and later in Warwick Co. Burgess James City Co. 1642-43, Justice of Warwick 1647, had land grants as early as 1637. Officer British Army of Occupation, m. Elizabeth -.'
:4.) Another note in ''Letters at County Hall'' (reproduced Vol.18 (1960) p. 408-428) edited by Peter Walne reads, "Henry Filmer of Mulberry Island, Gentleman 1653-1671. On Mar 13, 1652/3 he embarked on the ''John and Ambrose'' off Gravesend having narrowly avoided missing the boat. With him sailed his wife, son and daughter, their cook and Samuel, younger son of Henry's brother Sir Robert.
:5.) Major Henry Filmer, (COLONIAL DAMES) b. 1600/07, E. Sutton Manor, E. Sutton, Kent, Eng., occupation County Court Justice, farmer, m. pre 1640, in Kent, England, Elizabeth ____, b. Eng ., d. Va. Major died post 1673, will dated 21 Feb 1671, alive 1666/7, Warwick co., Virginia , 5th or 8th son, to Virginia Mar 1640, Burgesses of Va.
:6.) VA Magazine of History & Bio. vol. 68 p. 408-428, vol. 15 p 181;V. 24 & 17; Stanard: ''Some Emigrants to VA'', 2nd ed. p. 34; Berry's ''Kentish Genealogies''; ''Visitation of Kent 1619''; Benning: Francois ''Benin Descendants'' p. 68
:7.) Filmer was in Virginia before 1642; called his plantation "Laus Deo", on Mulberry Island, Wm. & Mary Quarterly vol. 5 1918 p. 531; 1st settled in James City, officer of the British army of occupation; Colonial Families in the U.S. p. 1 47; Wurts p. 1964; came on ship ''John & Ambrose''
:8.) Filmer named his plantation located on Mulberry Island "Laus Deo".Definition from wiktionary: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laus_Deo "Laus Deo"]
:9.) Justice of Warwick in 1647Virginia Magazine of Biography and History 15: 181-2, 24: 158-60; Clay Family[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/62631 Major Henry Filmer of England and Virginia a partial list of descendants] : genealogical report
Creator Allen, James M., Jr. 2005
=== Immigration ===: Sometime before 1637 he went to Virginia, by which time he had established himself on Mulberry Island, just down the James River. He was an officer in the British Army of Occupation. In 1642/3 he became a Burgess for James City but moved to Warwick County where in 1647 he became Justice of Warwick. In 1653 he returned to England but went back to Virginia aboard the ''John Ambrose.'' His nephew Samuel Filmer joined him in Virginia in 1654. He seems to have visited England again in 1662. He died after 1673, leaving at least one daughter Martha by his wife Elizabeth. According to Bruce John Filmer's book, 'The Filmer Family of Kent- Part One', he left a will dated 1672. Under it he left a legacy to provide plate for the Mulberry Island parish church.
: On March 13, 1652/3, Henry Filmer of East Sutton embarked on ''The John and Ambrose'' off Gravesend, having narrowly avoided missing the boat altogether.... With him, sailed his wife, his son and his daughter, their cook and"my kinsman," possibly his neph.[http://www.petersheritage.com/uploads/henry_filmer_info.pdf Letters at County Hall] (reproduced Vol.18 (1960) p. 408-428) edited by Peter Walne
=== Two Henrys? ===: Henry is shown as 6th son of Edward and Elizabeth (Argyll) Filmer in the 1619 Visitations of Kent, and is not shown with a wife.''The visitation of Kent : taken in the years 1619-1621 by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux,'' by Camden, William, 1551-1623; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Hovenden, Robert, 1830-1908; Harleian Society, Publication date 1898. Filmer, [https://archive.org/stream/visitationofkent00camd#page/166/mode/2up page 167]. His father's 1629 will names him 5th son.[[Filmer-5|His father's profile]] has a transcription of his father's will (accessed 26 October 2019). Neither his father's will, nor his mother's (written 1635/proved 1638) mentions a wife or children for Henry,[https://books.google.com/books?id=f8kWVOafFtQC&pg=PA347 Will of Dame Elizabeth Filmer, widow (transcription), Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th-century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians] : a Consolidation of Articles from The Virginia Magazine of History, Lothrop Withington, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1980 - (note: mother of Henry Filmer) so his marriage was probably after both of his parents had died.
: However, records for Elizabeth Filmer cast doubt on a 1641 marriage and her immigration in 1652 (although the record indicating she was both born c1601 and in Virginia c1650From [https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/27/ this GenForum post], citing "''Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription,'' by Richard Dunn, editor, concerning orders dated 1648-1651, p. 164....entries on that page cover the year 1650". could possibly be for a different Elizabeth Filmer, as is the 1641 marriage of "Henry Filmer and Elizabeth Austin of Goudhurst,"Records abstracted from "Horsmonden Parish Register Transcripts, SLC, 942.23/H3 K29c, Q book" by y Cindy Henslee Stamps and posted to [https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/26/ GenForum] on 17 November 2006 (accessed 25 Oct. 2019). as discussed in the following "Marriage" section).
: The Henry Filmer of Virginia, who left a will dated 1671, is not the same Henry Filmer who married Elizabeth Austin of Goudhurst in 1641, as it appears that she was the Elizabeth Filmer, widow of Henry, who was buried in Goudhurst in 1664.Goudhurst : St Mary the Virgin : Transcript : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5915c492f493fd1046da177c : viewed 24 Oct 2019) burial Elizabeth Filmer 1 Aug 1664
: Richardson does not give a maiden name for the Elizabeth who married Henry, son of Edward and Elizabeth. Nor does he give a date of marriage or a birth date for either Henry or his wife. The parish register for Horsmonden shows birth, marriage, and burial records for an Elizabeth Austen, which show that the Elizabeth born to Jeffery Austen in 1622/3 died young (buried 1629) and could not be the Elizabeth Austin who married a Henry Filmer in 1641. Henry's wife Elizabeth, by her testimony about 1650, was born about 1601. To [[Noland-165|me]], this also casts doubt on a 1641 marriage as well as the immigration date of 1652 for Henry's family (while it appears he did sail from England to Virginia in 1652/3, reports of who accompanied him vary).
=== Marriage ===: The GenForum discussion about Henry and Elizabeth, including posts by Cindy Henslee Stamps and Katharine E. Harbury, conclude that the Elizabeth Austin who married Henry Filmer in 1641 in Horsmonden was not the same Elizabeth Austen, daughter of Jeffrey Austen, who was born in 1622/3 (she died young).See the following posts in that GenForum thread (accessed 25 October 2019):
* https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/16/
* https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/26/
* https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/28/
* https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/29/
: At one point, Henry Filmer was believed to have married Elizabeth Austin (Austen) on March 29, 1641 at Horsmonden, Kent, England."England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLCQ-R5T : 10 December 2014), Henry Filmer and Elizabeth Austin, 29 Mar 1641; citing Horsmonden, Kent, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 992,521. Record Origin: Indexing Project (Batch) Number M13147-1, England-ODM, GS Film number: 992521
: An abstract from the parish register for Horsmonden shows the entry as* "29 March 1641, Henry Filmer to Elizabeth Austin of Goudhurst (License)
: There is a 1664 record of burial, in Goudhurst, for an Elizabeth Filmer, "widow of Henry poor", which is most likely for the Elizabeth Austin of Goudhurst who married Henry Filmer in 1641. Since the Henry Filmer who immigrated to America left a will dated 1671, this could not be the immigrant's wife.Goudhurst : St Mary the Virgin : Transcript : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5915c492f493fd1046da177c : viewed 24 Oct 2019) burial Elizabeth Filmer 1 Aug 1664
: Douglas Richardson, in both ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' and ''Royal Ancestry,'' does not give a maiden name for Elizabeth, nor does he give dates for her or Henry's birth or marriage. There is a 2005 blog post that states a baptism record was found that shows Elizabeth Austin was christened 20 March 1622, as a dau of Jeffrey Austen [http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/16/ Henry Filmer & Elizabeth ?] By Katharine E. Harbury July 17, 2005, In Karen Hamilton's Rootsweb tree, she indicates that Elizabeth could not have been the daughter of Jeffrey Austen because his daughter by the same name died young.See Karen Hamilton's Rootsweb online tree, entry for [https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alaskalady&id=I36031 Elizabeth Austen] (accessed 25 October 2019). The discussion following the initial 2005 post also concludes that Elizabeth Austen baptized 1622/3 died young and was not the woman who married Henry Filmer in 1641. Jim Cowan shows Henry, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer, as marrying "Elizabeth Standards" before 1640.Jim Cowan's Rootsweb online tree, entries for [https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jimcowan&id=I013515 Henry Filmer] and [https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jimcowan&id=I013758 Elizabeth Standards] (accessed 25 October 2019).
: The Austin Family Pedigree is documented in Pedigree of Austen: Austen Papers, 1704-1856 Pedigree of Austen: Austen Papers, 1704-1856 , Volume 5, Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh, Routledge/Thoemmes, 199. This leads us to the conclusion that Henry Filmer married Elizabeth Austen, based on the marriage record, however her parents are unknown. It is known that she returned to England after the 1676 rebellion as she and her husband Henry were close friends of Gov. William Berkeley and wife Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley.
:: Sources to support the statements in this paragraph are needed.
=== Daughter Martha ===:Richardson lists Martha Filmer who married Thomas Green as daughter of Henry Filmer, Gent., and Elizabeth _______. He does not give dates for anyone's birth or marriage.* Jim Cowan shows Martha Filmer as the child of Elizabeth Standards, whom Henry, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer, married "before 1640".* Karen Hamilton shows Elizabeth Austen as mother of Mary Elizabeth Filmer, born about 1640 in East Sutton, Kent, England, in her entry for Elizabeth Austen. In Hamilton's entry for Mary Elizabeth, which shows Mary married Thomas Green in Charles City, Virginia in 1662, inculdes the following text, quoting Thomas Bruce Green as posted to [http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/jstovall/web/stovall/pafg20.htm Dallin Stovall's webpages]::* 'This would indicate that the mother-in-law of Thomas "Seagull" Green, w ho was Elizabeth (Standards) Filmer, was born about her 1601...':: '''Note''': The "This", which Hamilton does not define, is probably the Warwick County testimony of Elizabeth Filmer, c1650, giving her age as about 49. The information from this testimony posted online does not include a maiden name.
=== Ancestors ===: Henry Filmer was a descendant of a long line of royalty and noble families descended from William the Conqueror and the Emperor Charlemagne.Langston & Buck, "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants" 1986, vol. II, chapter XXVII, pp. 132-133; chapter XLI, pp. 185-186; and chapter XLV, pp. 202-203
== Sources ==
:'''See also:'''*Richardson, Douglas. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families,'' 2nd Edition, 2011 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA416 vol. II p. 48]).*[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/0hqwQN4HtM RD600 Did Henry Filmer of James City Co., VA leave descendants?], soc.genealogy.medieval (Google Groups). citing Robert, Gary, Robert, Royal Descendants of 600 Immigrants*Pinkethman & Tyler, [https://books.google.com/books/about/Genealogies_of_Virginia_Families.html?id=55I38FXWyPgC "Genealogies of Virginia Families"], From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine", vol. III, p. 125 '''Note: Use with caution. Contains some information that may be in error.'''*[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/62631 Major Henry Filmer of England and Virginia a partial list of descendants : genealogical report], May 20, 2005, Compiled by James M. Allen, Jr., Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27804, Genealogy Collection. State Library of North Carolina*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4246692?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents "Henry Filmer of Mulberry Island, Gentleman":] A Collection of Letters from Virginia, 1653-1671, Peter Walne, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 68, No. 4 (Oct., 1960), pp. 408-428*Lothrop Withington, "Elizabeth Filmer Will, 1638 England," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol 21, No. 2 (April 1913): pages 153-4. Hereinafter cited as "Elizabeth Filmer Will 1638, England".*[https://books.google.com/books?id=f8kWVOafFtQC&pg=PA347 Will of Dame Elizabeth Filmer, widow (transcriotion), Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th-century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians] : a Consolidation of Articles from The Virginia Magazine of History, Lothrop Withington, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1980 - (note: mother of Henry Filmer)*''40 Generations of the Ancestors of Major Henry Filmer'', June Shaputis, june[at]webpanda.com, (online http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/index.html, p. 1.) Hereinafter cited as "40 Generations of the Ancestors of Major Henry Filmer".*Aileen Lewers Langston & J. Orton Buck, compiler, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants - Volume II (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Reprint 1996), p. 133. Volume II. *[https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1719&context=edissertations Prykhodko, Yaroslav, "Mind, Body, and the Moral Imagination in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World"] (2011). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 561, Pg 15, citing Peter Walne, ed., “’Henry Filmer of Mulberry Island, Gentleman’: A Collection of Letters from Virginia, 1653-1671,” VMHB 68, no. 4 (11960): 408-428.* Sir Edward Filmer] born abt 17 Jan 1566, of East Sutton, Kent, England, East Sutton Park, Kent, England History, citing Monumental Brasses from the 13th to the 16th century by John Green Waller and Lionel A. B. Waller p. 61; Visitations of Kent 1619; Weis (dead link removed, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20180903042112/http://www.webpanda.us/URU_UKtripOct2007/East_Sutton_Park/eastsuttonparkhistory.htm WayBack Machine capture] of 3 September 2017). *[http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/7/ Sir Edward Filmer/County Kent, England d/Bef. December 05, 1629], patrick mcmorris August 23, 2003* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Virginia_House_of_Burgesses List of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses]* Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. [http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol1-22.htm Henry Filmer] (accessed 26 October 2019)* } for Henry Filmer ''caution: includes information discussed in this profile and shown to be outdated''
== Acknowledgements ==
=== Magna Carta Project ===:This profile was reviewed and approved for the [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta Project]] on 30 March 2018 by [[Douglass-990|David Douglass]] and re-reviewed 26 October 2019 by [[Noland-165]].
: } is listed in Richardson's ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' as a [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]], on a trail to [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Baron]] [[Huntingfield-11|William de Huntingfield]] ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA165 II:165-166] FILMER). [[Smith-56571|EuGene Smith]], the Gateway Guardian for this profile, developed the trail from Henry to [[Lewknor-25|Roger Lewknor]], who connects to an existing trail to Huntingfield that was badged in 2015. The trail from Filmer to [[Lewknor-25|Roger Lewknor]] was badged 26 December 2019 by [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]]. The trail can be seen in the Magna Carta Trails section, below.
: See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's [[Space:Magna Carta Project Glossary|glossary]] for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
===Magna Carta Trails===:Badged Richardson-documented trail to Huntingfield (MCA II:165-166 FILMER)::: '''Gateway Ancestor [[Filmer-6|Henry Filmer]]''' (badged/100% 5-star)
::1. Henry is the son of [[Argall-4|Elizabeth Argall]] (badged 2019)::2. Elizabeth is the daughter of [[Scott-2035|Mary Scott]] (badged/100% 5-star)::3. Mary is the daughter of [[Scott-238|Reynold Scott]] (badged/100% 5-star)::4. Reynold is the son of [[Scott-239|John Scott]] (badged/100% 5-star)::5. John is the son of [[Lewknor-3|Sibyl Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::6. Sibyl is the daughter of [[Lewknor-92|Thomas Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::7. Thomas is the son of [[Lewknor-25|Roger Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::8. Roger is the son of [[Lewknor-5|Thomas Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::9. Thomas is the son of [[Lewknor-26|Roger Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::10. Roger is the son of [[Lewknor-29|Thomas de Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::11. Thomas is the son of [[Lewknor-7|Roger de Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::12. Roger is the son of [[Lewknor-76|Thomas de Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::13. Thomas is the son of [[Keynes-21|Joan de Keynes]] (badged/100% 5-star)::14. Joan is the daughter of [[Keynes-20|Richard de Keynes]] (badged/100% 5-star)::15. Richard is the son of [[Huntingfield-16|Sarah de Huntingfield]] (badged/100% 5-star)::16. Sarah is the daughter of '''Magna Carta Surety [[Huntingfield-11|William de Huntingfield]]'''
See also: [[Argall-31#Magna_Carta_Trails|Argall]] and [[Barham-65#Magna_Carta_Trails|Barham]] trails.
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==Biography==
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}'''Henry Filmer''', Gent.Douglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA165 volume II, pages 165]-166 FILMER. Douglas Richardson. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume II, page 584 FILMER 21.
:Henry, son of [[Filmer-5|Sir Edward Filmer]] and [[Argall-4|Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer]], was born about 1600.[http://www.jamestowne.org/fawdone---fitzhugh.html Jamestowne Society]: Filmer, Henry - A2611; born 1600, died after 1676, James City Co.: 1643 (Burgess); Warwick Co.: 1666-76 (Burgess). ''accessed 12 February 2019'' He attended Queen's College, Cambridge University (B.A., 1624; M.A., 1631).
: He married Elizabeth _____, by whom he had a son and a daughter:Richardson, ''Magna Carta Ancestry,'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA166 II:166] FILMER 16.i.* son FilmerTheir son is not further identified by Richardson. * daughter Martha Filmer, married Thomas Greensoc.genealogy.medieval: [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/0hqwQN4HtMU Did Henry Filmer of James City Co., VA leave descendants?], 2016 post by Nathan Murphy.
: Henry Filmer "immigrated to Virginia in 1640, where he settled in James City and Warwick Counties, Virginia. He served as a member of the House of Burgesses for James City County, 1642-3, and for Warwick County, 1666-7." In 1667, he was a justice for Warwick County. He had land grants as early as 1637 in James City County.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015046361062;view=1up;seq=5 Vol II of the Compendium of American Genealogy], Virkus, Frederick Adams, Marquis, Albert Nelson, d. 1943. Chicago, A.N. Marquis & company, 1925 In the Isle of Wight Records is a Bill of Exchange, dated 16 June, 1668, "on Mr. Robert Filmer, Esq., of London," and signed "Your loving uncle, Henry Filmer." The above Robert was created a Baronet in 1675. [https://archive.org/stream/virginiaheraldic00croz#page/n59/mode/2up Virginia Heraldica]: being a registry of Virginia gentry entitled to coat armor, with genealogical notes of the families. By Crozier, William Armstrong, 1864-1913, ed. Page 31–2. Published 1908. Publisher New York : The Genealogical Association. http://archive.org/stream/virginiaheraldic00croz/virginiaheraldic00croz_djvu.txt
:Henry Filmer left a will dated 21 February 1671. He died at Mulberry Island, Warwick, Colony of Virginia,[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/62631 Major Henry Filmer of England and Virginia a partial list of descendants : genealogical report], Allen, James M., Jr., Genealogy Collection. State Library of North Carolina, 2005 after 1673.
=== Family Crest / Arms ===:Crest: A falcon volant ppr. beaked and legged or, standing on a ruined castle of the last. [https://archive.org/stream/visitationofkent00camd#page/166/mode/2up The visitation of Kent : taken in the years 1619-1621] by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux, by Camden, William, 1551-1623; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Hovenden, Robert, 1830-1908; Harleian Society
:Arms: Barry of six, or and sable, on a chief of the last three cinquefoils of the first.
== Research Notes ==
=== Additional Information ===: The following information is provided as research notes mostly because it conflicts with more reliable sources or needs to be corroborated.
:1.) Filmer had land grants in James City County abt 1637; was a member of the House of Burgesses for James City County 1642-43; Justice of Warwick County 1647; member of the House of Burgesses for Warwick County 1666-67; Major in British Army of occupation in Virginia; before leaving England married Elizabeth.
:2.) Filmer was born c1607 at East Sutton Manor, Kent, England. He was christened at East Sutton on November 1, 1607."England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTLV-ZHG : 30 December 2014, Henry Filmer, ); citing East Sutton, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,752,236. :'''NOTE''': From the [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Births_and_Christenings_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records Family Search description of this collection]: "As this is an index of records compiled from various sources, it is strongly recommended that you verify any information you find with original records."
:3.) On 27 Oct 1673, Henry acquired 360 acres in Warwick County formerly granted to Anthony Barham, "and later found esceat." There is a reference to Henry in Vol II of the Compendium of American Genealogy that reads: 'Maj. Henry Filmer (d. post 1673) from Eng. to Va. ante 1642, settled first at James City and later in Warwick Co. Burgess James City Co. 1642-43, Justice of Warwick 1647, had land grants as early as 1637. Officer British Army of Occupation, m. Elizabeth -.'
:4.) Another note in ''Letters at County Hall'' (reproduced Vol.18 (1960) p. 408-428) edited by Peter Walne reads, "Henry Filmer of Mulberry Island, Gentleman 1653-1671. On Mar 13, 1652/3 he embarked on the ''John and Ambrose'' off Gravesend having narrowly avoided missing the boat. With him sailed his wife, son and daughter, their cook and Samuel, younger son of Henry's brother Sir Robert.
:5.) Major Henry Filmer, (COLONIAL DAMES) b. 1600/07, E. Sutton Manor, E. Sutton, Kent, Eng., occupation County Court Justice, farmer, m. pre 1640, in Kent, England, Elizabeth ____, b. Eng ., d. Va. Major died post 1673, will dated 21 Feb 1671, alive 1666/7, Warwick co., Virginia , 5th or 8th son, to Virginia Mar 1640, Burgesses of Va.
:6.) VA Magazine of History & Bio. vol. 68 p. 408-428, vol. 15 p 181;V. 24 & 17; Stanard: ''Some Emigrants to VA'', 2nd ed. p. 34; Berry's ''Kentish Genealogies''; ''Visitation of Kent 1619''; Benning: Francois ''Benin Descendants'' p. 68
:7.) Filmer was in Virginia before 1642; called his plantation "Laus Deo", on Mulberry Island, Wm. & Mary Quarterly vol. 5 1918 p. 531; 1st settled in James City, officer of the British army of occupation; Colonial Families in the U.S. p. 1 47; Wurts p. 1964; came on ship ''John & Ambrose''
:8.) Filmer named his plantation located on Mulberry Island "Laus Deo".Definition from wiktionary: [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laus_Deo "Laus Deo"]
:9.) Justice of Warwick in 1647Virginia Magazine of Biography and History 15: 181-2, 24: 158-60; Clay Family[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/62631 Major Henry Filmer of England and Virginia a partial list of descendants] : genealogical report
Creator Allen, James M., Jr. 2005
=== Immigration ===: Sometime before 1637 he went to Virginia, by which time he had established himself on Mulberry Island, just down the James River. He was an officer in the British Army of Occupation. In 1642/3 he became a Burgess for James City but moved to Warwick County where in 1647 he became Justice of Warwick. In 1653 he returned to England but went back to Virginia aboard the ''John Ambrose.'' His nephew Samuel Filmer joined him in Virginia in 1654. He seems to have visited England again in 1662. He died after 1673, leaving at least one daughter Martha by his wife Elizabeth. According to Bruce John Filmer's book, 'The Filmer Family of Kent- Part One', he left a will dated 1672. Under it he left a legacy to provide plate for the Mulberry Island parish church.
: On March 13, 1652/3, Henry Filmer of East Sutton embarked on ''The John and Ambrose'' off Gravesend, having narrowly avoided missing the boat altogether.... With him, sailed his wife, his son and his daughter, their cook and"my kinsman," possibly his neph.[http://www.petersheritage.com/uploads/henry_filmer_info.pdf Letters at County Hall] (reproduced Vol.18 (1960) p. 408-428) edited by Peter Walne
=== Two Henrys? ===: Henry is shown as 6th son of Edward and Elizabeth (Argyll) Filmer in the 1619 Visitations of Kent, and is not shown with a wife.''The visitation of Kent : taken in the years 1619-1621 by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux,'' by Camden, William, 1551-1623; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Hovenden, Robert, 1830-1908; Harleian Society, Publication date 1898. Filmer, [https://archive.org/stream/visitationofkent00camd#page/166/mode/2up page 167]. His father's 1629 will names him 5th son.[[Filmer-5|His father's profile]] has a transcription of his father's will (accessed 26 October 2019). Neither his father's will, nor his mother's (written 1635/proved 1638) mentions a wife or children for Henry,[https://books.google.com/books?id=f8kWVOafFtQC&pg=PA347 Will of Dame Elizabeth Filmer, widow (transcription), Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th-century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians] : a Consolidation of Articles from The Virginia Magazine of History, Lothrop Withington, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1980 - (note: mother of Henry Filmer) so his marriage was probably after both of his parents had died.
: However, records for Elizabeth Filmer cast doubt on a 1641 marriage and her immigration in 1652 (although the record indicating she was both born c1601 and in Virginia c1650From [https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/27/ this GenForum post], citing "''Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription,'' by Richard Dunn, editor, concerning orders dated 1648-1651, p. 164....entries on that page cover the year 1650". could possibly be for a different Elizabeth Filmer, as is the 1641 marriage of "Henry Filmer and Elizabeth Austin of Goudhurst,"Records abstracted from "Horsmonden Parish Register Transcripts, SLC, 942.23/H3 K29c, Q book" by y Cindy Henslee Stamps and posted to [https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/26/ GenForum] on 17 November 2006 (accessed 25 Oct. 2019). as discussed in the following "Marriage" section).
: The Henry Filmer of Virginia, who left a will dated 1671, is not the same Henry Filmer who married Elizabeth Austin of Goudhurst in 1641, as it appears that she was the Elizabeth Filmer, widow of Henry, who was buried in Goudhurst in 1664.Goudhurst : St Mary the Virgin : Transcript : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5915c492f493fd1046da177c : viewed 24 Oct 2019) burial Elizabeth Filmer 1 Aug 1664
: Richardson does not give a maiden name for the Elizabeth who married Henry, son of Edward and Elizabeth. Nor does he give a date of marriage or a birth date for either Henry or his wife. The parish register for Horsmonden shows birth, marriage, and burial records for an Elizabeth Austen, which show that the Elizabeth born to Jeffery Austen in 1622/3 died young (buried 1629) and could not be the Elizabeth Austin who married a Henry Filmer in 1641. Henry's wife Elizabeth, by her testimony about 1650, was born about 1601. To [[Noland-165|me]], this also casts doubt on a 1641 marriage as well as the immigration date of 1652 for Henry's family (while it appears he did sail from England to Virginia in 1652/3, reports of who accompanied him vary).
=== Marriage ===: The GenForum discussion about Henry and Elizabeth, including posts by Cindy Henslee Stamps and Katharine E. Harbury, conclude that the Elizabeth Austin who married Henry Filmer in 1641 in Horsmonden was not the same Elizabeth Austen, daughter of Jeffrey Austen, who was born in 1622/3 (she died young).See the following posts in that GenForum thread (accessed 25 October 2019):
* https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/16/
* https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/26/
* https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/28/
* https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/29/
: At one point, Henry Filmer was believed to have married Elizabeth Austin (Austen) on March 29, 1641 at Horsmonden, Kent, England."England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLCQ-R5T : 10 December 2014), Henry Filmer and Elizabeth Austin, 29 Mar 1641; citing Horsmonden, Kent, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 992,521. Record Origin: Indexing Project (Batch) Number M13147-1, England-ODM, GS Film number: 992521
: An abstract from the parish register for Horsmonden shows the entry as* "29 March 1641, Henry Filmer to Elizabeth Austin of Goudhurst (License)
: There is a 1664 record of burial, in Goudhurst, for an Elizabeth Filmer, "widow of Henry poor", which is most likely for the Elizabeth Austin of Goudhurst who married Henry Filmer in 1641. Since the Henry Filmer who immigrated to America left a will dated 1671, this could not be the immigrant's wife.Goudhurst : St Mary the Virgin : Transcript : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5915c492f493fd1046da177c : viewed 24 Oct 2019) burial Elizabeth Filmer 1 Aug 1664
: Douglas Richardson, in both ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' and ''Royal Ancestry,'' does not give a maiden name for Elizabeth, nor does he give dates for her or Henry's birth or marriage. There is a 2005 blog post that states a baptism record was found that shows Elizabeth Austin was christened 20 March 1622, as a dau of Jeffrey Austen [http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/filmer/16/ Henry Filmer & Elizabeth ?] By Katharine E. Harbury July 17, 2005,
: The Austin Family Pedigree is documented in Pedigree of Austen: Austen Papers, 1704-1856 Pedigree of Austen: Austen Papers, 1704-1856 , Volume 5, Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh, Routledge/Thoemmes, 199. This leads us to the conclusion that Henry Filmer married Elizabeth Austen, based on the marriage record, however her parents are unknown. It is known that she returned to England after the 1676 rebellion as she and her husband Henry were close friends of Gov. William Berkeley and wife Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley.
:: Sources to support the statements in this paragraph are needed.
=== Daughter Martha ===:Richardson lists Martha Filmer who married Thomas Green as daughter of Henry Filmer, Gent., and Elizabeth _______. He does not give dates for anyone's birth or marriage.* Jim Cowan shows Martha Filmer as the child of Elizabeth Standards, whom Henry, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Argall) Filmer, married "before 1640".* Karen Hamilton shows Elizabeth Austen as mother of Mary Elizabeth Filmer, born about 1640 in East Sutton, Kent, England, in her entry for Elizabeth Austen. In Hamilton's entry for Mary Elizabeth, which shows Mary married Thomas Green in Charles City, Virginia in 1662, inculdes the following text, quoting Thomas Bruce Green as posted to [http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/jstovall/web/stovall/pafg20.htm Dallin Stovall's webpages]::* 'This would indicate that the mother-in-law of Thomas "Seagull" Green, w ho was Elizabeth (Standards) Filmer, was born about her 1601...':: '''Note''': The "This", which Hamilton does not define, is probably the Warwick County testimony of Elizabeth Filmer, c1650, giving her age as about 49. The information from this testimony posted online does not include a maiden name.
=== Ancestors ===: Henry Filmer was a descendant of a long line of royalty and noble families descended from William the Conqueror and the Emperor Charlemagne.Langston & Buck, "Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants" 1986, vol. II, chapter XXVII, pp. 132-133; chapter XLI, pp. 185-186; and chapter XLV, pp. 202-203
== Sources ==
:'''See also:'''*Richardson, Douglas. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families,'' 2nd Edition, 2011 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA416 vol. II p. 48]).*[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/0hqwQN4HtM RD600 Did Henry Filmer of James City Co., VA leave descendants?], soc.genealogy.medieval (Google Groups). citing Robert, Gary, Robert, Royal Descendants of 600 Immigrants*Pinkethman & Tyler, [https://books.google.com/books/about/Genealogies_of_Virginia_Families.html?id=55I38FXWyPgC "Genealogies of Virginia Families"], From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine", vol. III, p. 125 '''Note: Use with caution. Contains some information that may be in error.'''*[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/62631 Major Henry Filmer of England and Virginia a partial list of descendants : genealogical report], May 20, 2005, Compiled by James M. Allen, Jr., Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27804, Genealogy Collection. State Library of North Carolina*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4246692?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents "Henry Filmer of Mulberry Island, Gentleman":] A Collection of Letters from Virginia, 1653-1671, Peter Walne, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 68, No. 4 (Oct., 1960), pp. 408-428*Lothrop Withington, "Elizabeth Filmer Will, 1638 England," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol 21, No. 2 (April 1913): pages 153-4. Hereinafter cited as "Elizabeth Filmer Will 1638, England".*[https://books.google.com/books?id=f8kWVOafFtQC&pg=PA347 Will of Dame Elizabeth Filmer, widow (transcriotion), Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th-century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians] : a Consolidation of Articles from The Virginia Magazine of History, Lothrop Withington, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1980 - (note: mother of Henry Filmer)*''40 Generations of the Ancestors of Major Henry Filmer'', June Shaputis, june[at]webpanda.com, (online http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6025/index.html, p. 1.) Hereinafter cited as "40 Generations of the Ancestors of Major Henry Filmer".*Aileen Lewers Langston & J. Orton Buck, compiler, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants - Volume II (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Reprint 1996), p. 133. Volume II. *[https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1719&context=edissertations Prykhodko, Yaroslav, "Mind, Body, and the Moral Imagination in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World"] (2011). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 561, Pg 15, citing Peter Walne, ed., “’Henry Filmer of Mulberry Island, Gentleman’: A Collection of Letters from Virginia, 1653-1671,” VMHB 68, no. 4 (11960): 408-428.
== Acknowledgements ==
=== Magna Carta Project ===:This profile was reviewed and approved for the [[Project:Magna Carta|Magna Carta Project]] on 30 March 2018 by [[Douglass-990|David Douglass]] and re-reviewed 26 October 2019 by [[Noland-165]].
: } is listed in Richardson's ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' as a [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestor]], on a trail to [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Baron]] [[Huntingfield-11|William de Huntingfield]] ([https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8JcbV309c5UC&pg=RA1-PA165 II:165-166] FILMER). [[Smith-56571|EuGene Smith]], the Gateway Guardian for this profile, developed the trail from Henry to [[Lewknor-25|Roger Lewknor]], who connects to an existing trail to Huntingfield that was badged in 2015. The trail from Filmer to [[Lewknor-25|Roger Lewknor]] was badged 26 December 2019 by [[Noland-165|Liz Shifflett]]. The trail can be seen in the Magna Carta Trails section, below.
: See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's [[Space:Magna Carta Project Glossary|glossary]] for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
===Magna Carta Trails===:Badged Richardson-documented trail to Huntingfield (MCA II:165-166 FILMER)::: '''Gateway Ancestor [[Filmer-6|Henry Filmer]]''' (badged/100% 5-star)
::1. Henry is the son of [[Argall-4|Elizabeth Argall]] (badged 2019)::2. Elizabeth is the daughter of [[Scott-2035|Mary Scott]] (badged/100% 5-star)::3. Mary is the daughter of [[Scott-238|Reynold Scott]] (badged/100% 5-star)::4. Reynold is the son of [[Scott-239|John Scott]] (badged/100% 5-star)::5. John is the son of [[Lewknor-3|Sibyl Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::6. Sibyl is the daughter of [[Lewknor-92|Thomas Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::7. Thomas is the son of [[Lewknor-25|Roger Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::8. Roger is the son of [[Lewknor-5|Thomas Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::9. Thomas is the son of [[Lewknor-26|Roger Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::10. Roger is the son of [[Lewknor-29|Thomas de Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::11. Thomas is the son of [[Lewknor-7|Roger de Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::12. Roger is the son of [[Lewknor-76|Thomas de Lewknor]] (badged/100% 5-star)::13. Thomas is the son of [[Keynes-21|Joan de Keynes]] (badged/100% 5-star)::14. Joan is the daughter of [[Keynes-20|Richard de Keynes]] (badged/100% 5-star)::15. Richard is the son of [[Huntingfield-16|Sarah de Huntingfield]] (badged/100% 5-star)::16. Sarah is the daughter of '''Magna Carta Surety [[Huntingfield-11|William de Huntingfield]]'''
See also: [[Argall-31#Magna_Carta_Trails|Argall]] and [[Barham-65#Magna_Carta_Trails|Barham]] trails.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1600 | East Sutton, Kent County, England | |||
| Death | Aft 21 Feb 1671 | Mulberry Island, Warwick County, Colony of Virginia | |||
| Reference No | 1575563 | ||||
| Reference No | 1601056 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Sir Edward Filmer Sr. (1566 - 1629) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Argall (1570 - 1638) |
| Sibling | Katherine Filmer (1597 - 1662) |
| Sibling | Mary Filmer (1586 - 1647) |
| Sibling | Robert Filmer (1588 - 1653) |
| Sibling | Margaret Filmer (1588 - 1629) |
| Sibling | Edward Filmer Jr (1589 - 1651) |
| Sibling | John Filmer (1590 - 1624) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Filmer (1592 - 1678) |
| Sibling | Judith Filmer (1594 - 1629) |
| Sibling | Thomas Filmer (1595 - 1614) |
| Sibling | Reginald Filmer (1596 - 1638) |
| Sibling | Jane Filmer (1598 - 1629) |
| Sibling | Anne Filmer (1599 - ) |
| Sibling | Susanna Filmer (1603 - 1629) |
| Sibling | Richard Filmer (1604 - 1629) |
| Sibling | Sarah Filmer (1606 - ) |
| Sibling | Augustinus Filmer (1609 - 1629) |