Dear burge,
After careful consideration, I have decided to give you the
information I found as an answer. It is, as I already mentioned,
derived from sources other than the "Topographical Dictionary of
English Emigrants" you mentioned; but since the odds are not very good
that any of my colleagues has access to such a specialized work, I
believe and hope that my sources will also meet your needs.
George Fenwick was born in 1603 in Brinkburn, Northumberland, England.
This information comes from a biography of Col. George Fenwick (1603 -
15 March 1656) that also mentions his role in Saybrook, Connecticut,
in the second half of the 1630s:
Morpeth Today: The Morpeth MP who beacame a Governor of Berwick
http://www.morpethtoday.co.uk/Custom_Pages/CustomPage.asp?Page=45
Brinkburn as George Fenwick's place of birth has also been confirmed
by two entries in the International Genealogical Index of the Latter
Day Saints' genealogy database, FamilySearch:
The first entry indicates that George Fenwick, son of George Fenwick
and Dorothy Forster was born in 1603 in "Brinckburne", England.
The second entry indicates that George Fenwick, son of George Fenwick
and Dorothy Forster was born in 1603 in "Brinkborne", England.
Considering the fact that in the 17th century the spelling of place
names was still far from being standardized, there can be no doubt
that this is the George Fenwick you are searching for. This is
substantiated by data from a second genealogy database, RootsWeb's
WorldConnect Project:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
It has two entries of one George Fenwick who was born in 1603 and died
in about 1656, with no place of birth mentioned, but with the names of
his parents: George Fenwick and Dorothy Forster. Regarding the life
dates and the names of his wives (Alice Apsley, Catherine Haselrige)
that comply with the biography from Morpeth Today, it is obvious that
this is the correct George Fenwick.
In case you would like to know the source for the FamilySearch data,
you can request information on the origin of the first entry using
these file registration numbers:
Batch Number: 5016977
Sheet: 12
Source Call No.: 1553685
For a request, please refer to:
Family History Library
35 North West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150-3400
Phone: 801-240-2331
Fax: 801-240-5551
E-Mail: help@productsupport.familysearch.org
Website: http://www.www.familysearch.org/
Search terms used:
"GEORGE FENWICK " Connecticut Northumberland
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&q=%22GEORGE+FENWICK+%22+Connecticut++Northumberland&btnG=Google+Suche&meta=
I hope this answers your question, though I could not refer back to
the "Topographical Dictionary of English Emigrants" as my source of
information.
Best regards,
Scriptor |
