Maj. Henry Filmer

1607 - Aft 1671  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Henry Filmer
  Title	Maj.
  Born	Oct., 1607	East Sutton, Kent, England
  Christened	01 Nov 1607	Kent, England
  	Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies. Name: Henry Filmer Event Type: Baptism Birth Date: 1607 Baptism Date: 1 Nov 1607 Baptism Place: East Sutton, Kent Relation: Son Father Name: Edwd Fylmer
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft Feb. 21, 1671	Warwick Co. VA
  	now Newport News, VA
  Buried	Mulberry Island, Warwick Co. VA
  Notes	Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59610547 Henry Filmer was a burgess from James City county in the assembly of 1642-1643. He resided in James City and Warwick counties. He was an officer of the British army of occupation. He and his wife, Elizabeth Austin Filmer, daughter, son, cook and nephew Samuel, came to Virginia on ship "John & Ambrose" that embarked on 13 Mar 1652, off of Gravesend (northwest of Maidstone at the mouth of the Thames River and east of London). Upon arriving in Virginia, he moved to Mulberry Island where he had a plantation called "Laus Deo". Henry referred to himself as "of Mulberry Island in Virginia, Gentleman" in an August 27, 1664 letter in the Kent Archives Office. "Laus Deo" was located in or near Felker Field, about where the site of the first heliopad ever built in the U. S. is now located at Fort Eustis. The plantation adjoined the land of his friend Emmanuel Wills, which gave Henry access to Wills' Mulberry Island Pier. After living on Mulberry Island for eighteen years, Henry died in 1671, (his will is dated 21 Feb 1671), and was buried on Mulberry Island, Warwick County, Virginia, either on his plantation or in one of the two churches on the Island. Possibly in the church or church yard of the church that was built by Captain William Pierce at Baker's Neck. --------------- SOURCES John Walton Green, "A Chest of History," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr., 1924), pp. 92-98. "Thomas 'The Seagull' Green married Martha, the daughter of Major Henry Filmer, a British officer, whose wife's name was Elizabeth, both of whom were born in England. Henry Filmer was a member of the House of Burgesses from Charles City County in 1642. (Henings Statutes, Vol. 1" ------------ Bruce John Filmer, The Filmer Family of Kent-Part One, Henry left a will dated 1672. Under it he left a legacy to provide plate for the Mulberry Island parish church. ---------------- 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 -." ---------------- Major Henry Filmer, (COLONIAL DAMES) b. 1600/07, E. Sutton Manor, E.Sutton, Kent, Eng., occupation County Court Justice, farmer, m. pre 1640, inKent, England, Elizabeth ____, b. Eng., d. Va. Major died post 1673, will dated 21 Feb1671, alive 1666/7, Warwick co., Virginia, 5th or 8th son, to Virginia Mar 1640,Burgesses of Va. ----------------- 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 Henry received a BA at Queen's Cambridge 1624 & a MA in 1631. In VA pre1642; called his plantation "Laus Deo", on Mulberry Island, Wm. & MaryQuarterly vol. 5 1918 p.531; 1st settled in James City, office of the British army of occupation; Colonial Families in the U.S. p. 147; Wurts p. 1964; came on ship "John & Ambrose" ------------------ Source: Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954. Name: Henry Filmer College: QUEENS' Entered: Easter, 1624 More Information: Matric. pens. from QUEENS', Easter, 1624. Of Kent. Doubtless 6th s. of Sir Edward (1584), of East Sutton. B.A. 1627-8; M.A. 1631. (Vis. of Kent.) ----------------- Land Records On 27 Oct 1673, Henry Filmer acquired 360 acres in Warwick County formerly granted to Anthony Barham, "and later found esceat. --------------- Wills and probate WILL OF DAME ELIZABETH FILMER Dated 23 March 1635/ Codicil 2 August 1638; Proved 16 August 1638. Son, HENRY, L 10. Published August 2, 1638 - Wa. RETROVICK< Scrivener.
  Person ID	I35956	Master File
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Sir Edward Filmer,   b. 17 Jan 1566, East Sutton, Kent, England ,   d. 02 Nov 1629, East Sutton, Kent, England  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Argall,   b. 1575, East Sutton, Kent, England ,   d. 09 Aug 1638, East Sutton, Kent, England  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F14805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Austen/Austin,   b. ca 1622, East Sutton, Kent, England
  Married	29 Mar 1641	Horsmonden, Kent, England
  	Familysearch. England Marriages, 1538-1973 Marriage Henry Filmer to Elizabeth Austen 29 Mar 1641, Horsmonden, Kent, England. "Elizabeth Austen of Goudhurst" Place: Horsemonden, Kent, England; Date Range: 1568 - 1643; Film Number: 992521 Name: Henry Filmer Gender: Male Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1641 Marriage Place: Horsemonden, Kent, England Spouse: Elizabeth Austin
  Children	+ 1. Martha Filmer,   b. 1640, Kent, England ,   d. 1714, Dinwiddie Co. VA  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F14804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart