Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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William Gylby

Recorder of Lincoln & Agent to Duke of Newcastle
Male Abt 1669 - 1744  (~ 75 years)

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  • Name William Gylby 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1669  [1] 
    Occupation Agent to Duke of Newcastle 
    Occupation Recorder of Lincoln 
    Death 10 May 1744  [1] 
    Burial Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Siblings 2 brothers 
    Last Modified 31 May 2023 

    Father Anthony Gylby, of Everton
              b. Abt 1640  
              d. 9 Jun 1676 (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Scroggs
              b. Abt 1649  
              d. 22 May 1724 (Age ~ 75 years) 

  • Notes 

    • Only surviving son at the time of his mother's death in 1724.

      Some correspondence between William, and John Holles, Duke of Newcastle, mentioned here: https://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=Pw2%2f1-305%2f87-88 regarding the manor of Keysoe in Bedfordshire; William is described as 'Agent to the 3rd Duke of Newcastle'.

      Death
      Mentions the following family in his will:

      • Uncle: William Gylby
      • Cousins: Lovelace Gylby, Elizabeth Fosse, Ruth Welsh, Bridget Fretwell, Isabella Scott (last 4 all sisters of Lovelace)
      • Uncles to the cousins (so also possibly uncles of his): Thomas Gylby, Elizabeth Gylby
      • Cousin: Thomas Gylby, minister of Retford and his brother John
      • Father "in law": Charles Hatton (step-father)
      • Cousin: William Scroggs of Chute Lodge, Wilts (heir at Law to Elizabeth Scroggs), Thomas Scroggs, brother of William, John Scroggs (late) also a brother
      • Cousin: Ann Popham (poss. nee Scroggs), wife of Rev. George Popham
      • Cousin: George Fettiplace

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0153] Gravestone Photographic Resource, (https://www.gravestonephotos.com), Scroggs/Hatton/Gylby; http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?grave=388096.