Simon Vertue

George Vertue was a shipbuilder according to the attached will and had substantial land/messuages. According to Mary’s will it would seem his ship business may have been based in Ipswich.

Mary was the eldest daughter of George’s 1669 will. Also see IGI. Died after 1686, as mentioned in mother Mary’s will.

Will 18 Nov 1693, Ramsholt, Suffolk, according to IGI

Mentioned in 1686 will of grandmother Mary Vertue.

Not mentioned in 1686 will of grandmother Mary Vertue. However, IGI have him marrying Ann Scott 2nd Oct 1698:

John Jeaffreson Pedigree   Male   Family Event(s): Birth:  1671   Ramsholt, Suffolk, England Christening:  Death:  01 MAY 1747   Roushall, Clopton, Suffolk, England Burial:  05 MAY 1747   Clopton Church, Clopton, Suffolk, England Parents:   Father:  Samuel Jeaffreson Family   Mother:  Mary   Marriages:   Spouse:  Ann Scott Family   Marriage:  02 OCT 1698   Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England

Mentioned in 1686 will of grandmother Mary Vertue.

Not mentioned in 1686 will of grandmother Mary Vertue, unlike brothers Christopher and Simon. Source IGI.

One of three younger daughters of George’s 1669 will

Grace was one of George's younger three daughters in his 1669 will, see attached. Also see igi

Benjamin was George’s youngest son of his 1669 will, see attached image. See also IGI

Martha was one of George’s younger three daughters mentioned on his 1669 will. See also IGI. Died after 1686, as mentioned in mother Mary’s will.

Buried 23rd May 1749, mother Martha, father Bence, England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991.

possibly married Mary Nelson 1713, Alderton, Suffolk, Boyd’s marriage index

Simon was a Merchant Tailor living in London according to attached will believed to be his which also shows he married Hannah Roberts in 1733. At that time (1733) he subscribed to poems on several occasions according to records on Ancestry.

In the will he also mentions cousins Stephen Abbott and John King.

Gearing Roberts. The Mark of Bridget Couttier. Benja Cooke - the last line of the will, witnesses. Gearing Roberts died in 1783 at the age of 78 and was presumably a relation of his wife, see also attached burial record and FMP have probate records for him.

See also attached Indenture, in Ancestry’s Freedom of the City section. For the cost of £35, quite a large sum at the time, Simon signed 7 years of his life away to become an apprentice Merchant Taylor. 

”This indenture witnesseth, That Simon Vertue son of Simon Vertue late  of Doabauch in the County of Suffolk Yeoman deceased (the sum of thirty five pounds being paid or secured to the Master ...) ... to Philip Glass – Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London ... 7 years ... He shall not commit Fornication nor contract Matrimony within the said Term. ... He shall not haunt Taverns or Play-houses, nor absent himself from his said Master’s Service Day nor Night unlawfully: But in all Things, as a faithful Apprentice, he shall behave himself towards his said Master, and all his, during the said Term...” Extract - view image for full story.

Lived in Manningtree, Essex - but married in Melton by license. As non-conformists they chose not to marry at their local church. See Sue Peggram’s notes at suepeggram.tribalpages.com/family-tree/suepeggram/2284/84/John-Vertue-Family