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                                                5. Johis, d. 1/25/1608, probably as infant.

                                        Ralph Maddocke married Margery, last name unknown about 1615, probably in Over.

                                        The children of Ralph and Margery Maddocke were:
                                        1. Elena born 1/28/1616,
                                        2. Elizabeth (haven't found baptismal. certificate for her yet but she is mentioned in the Will),
                                        3. Anna born 3/23/1621, d. 6/10/1658, married George Sumner 8/24/1655 in Over,
                                        4. Susan born 6/1/1629,
                                        5. Maria born 4/27/1632,
                                        6. John born 2/4/1638 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Burnam 12/16/1669 in St. Sepulchre without Newgate, London,                                                         England. He died March, 1700 in Salem, NJ.

                                       Ralph Maddocke died Nov. 11, 1637. There is an Inquisition listed in Chester Inquisitions, page 159 describing how                                                      Margery was pregnant with son John at the time of her husbands death and is proper heir to his father's estate   .Ralph                                                Maddocke was noted as yeoman of Over. His estate consisting of over 14 acres of meadow, pasture, gardens, an                                                          orchard, a mess and a tentament.

                                         from Julia Mortonson " The Inquisition said that he got 100th of a Knight's share. I looked up Knight's share. The King                                                     would grant his knights enough land that they could produce enough to live on and be available to be called up for military                                           service at any time. This was called a Knight's share. The amount of land varied depending on location. As time went                                                   on, the kings realized they were giving up too much land so they started giving out a fraction of a knight's share. This land                                               they got would have been "of the King" which firmer form of "ownership" than other kinds, which is the terminology                                                   used in the Inquisition." So we have Sir Ralph and Dame Margery!

                                       Ralph left a will. Cheshire Probate Records, 1492-1940 In the Will, he mentions daughters that I can read: Maria, Anna,                                                Ellin and Elizabeth. Another daughter's name looks like England Maddock. Julia has a copy of the Will. It is                                                                handwritten in Old English and Latin and very hard to read.

Margery Maddock died 1/11/1643, perhaps a victim of the Sack of Over. "In 1643, Royalists escaping from Nantwich "sacked" Over. The situation during the English Civil War was very dangerous to everyone. As that was the year Margery died. Perhaps John was whisked to Nantwich which was held by the Parliamentarians after his mother was killed. There were many Maddocks in Nantwich and many in the joiner trade. (Carpentry). Nantwich was about 12 miles due south of Over. We've long thought that John went to London after the 1666 Great Fire of London to help rebuild the city.