Richard Luther of Kelvedon Hatch (Born 1626)

8th Great Grandfather – FFFMFFMFFF1

Edward Luther my 7th great grandfather's father was Richard Luther..

Richard Luther was born in 1626/27 and baptised at St. Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch in Essex on 8th April 16272. His parents were Anthony and Jane (nee Armstrong) Luther. He was part of a large family of at least 10 children, but many of his siblings died in infancy or childhood.

He was educated at Cambridge University being admitted to Queen’s College on 20th September 1644. and on 31st October 1646 he was admitted to the Middle Temple3. Richard along with his younger brother Gilbert was mentioned in both the 16344 and 16645 Visitations of Essex.

Richard married Rebecca Rudge on 21st September 16476. Rebecca was the daughter of Edward Rudge a London alderman. On the same day, Richard’s younger sister Jane married Edward Rudge, Rebecca’s older brother.

Figure 1: Marriage Register Entry for Richard Luther and Rebecca Rudge

Richard and Rebecca had 7 children although only his two youngest children Jane and Edward outlived him.

Figure 2: The Family of Richard and Rebecca Luther

Richard died in 1688 and was buried in Kelvedon Hatch on 13th June 16887. In his will, he left some property to his wife Rebecca, but most of his property he left to his son Edward, As his son was not 21 years old he appointed his wife Rebecca, Thomas Luther Esquire, who was a second or third cousin and Edward Rudge, his brother-in-law, as Trustees8. I haven’t been able to find any reference to the death of Rebecca, but she was obviously still alive when Richard wrote his will.

References

“Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812.” 2019. Ancestry.com. 2019. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61698/.

“Essex Record Office.” 2024. Chelmsford, Essex, England: Essex County Council. 2024. https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/.

Howard, J. J., ed. 1888. A Visitations of the County of Essex, 1664 - 1668 by Sir Edward Bysshe, Knt. London: Mitchell; Hughes. https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00byss/page/n8/mode/1up.

Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. 1872. The Visitations of Essex, 1552,1558,1570,1612,1634. London: Mitchell; Hughes. https://archive.org/details/visitationsofess1314metc/page/n8/mode/1up.

Venn, John. 1924. Alumni Cantabrigienses; a Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Part 1. Vol. 3. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. https://archive.org/details/p1alumnicantabri03univuoft/p1alumnicantabri03univuoft/page/n10/mode/1up.

Footnotes

  1. When showing relationships F means Father, M means Mother, U means Uncle and A means Aunt. So FFM is my father’s father’s mother, and FFMU is my father’s father’s mother’s uncle.↩

  2. Parish Register of St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, 1560 – 1695, , (see “Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812” 2019), D/P 296/1/1, pt 10.↩

  3. Alumni Cantabrigienses (see Venn 1924), part 1, volume 3, p. 119.↩

  4. The Visitation of Essex by Owen and Leslie, 1634, (Metcalfe 1872) p. 438.↩

  5. The Visitation of Essex by Bysshe, 1664, (Howard 1888) p. 63.↩

  6. Parish Register of St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, 1560 – 1695, , (see “Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812” 2019), D/P 296/1/1, pt 21.↩

  7. Parish Register of St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, 1560 – 1695, , (see “Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812” 2019), D/P 296/1/1, pt 14.↩

  8. The Will of Richard Luther, dated 21 Jun 1687, (“Essex Record Office” 2024), D/AEW 27/292.↩

Created: Mar 21 2024, Last Modified: Apr 12 2024

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