Thomas is the earliest proven ancestor of Joanna and her brother Jacob Sheafe, the immigrants to New Haven, Connecticut. H[is] will directs his executors to bury him in the Church of St. Dunstan's at Cranbrook, "within St. Thomas's chancel, before the image of Our Lady of Pity there, by discretion of my Ex'er".
This seems to indicate that Thomas was probably a large land owner, tenants on his land and a Manor House. His is the oldest legible tomb in the church at St. Dunstan's.
(Mormon family record sheet, including reference to: The American Genealogist vol. 22, p. 85).
The Sheaffe's were a family of weavers. The First of the family in England is supposed to have come from Flanders in the time of Edward III (1312-1377) when a great number of young Flemings came to England to establish the cloth trade, and settled at Cranbrook. Many of the cloth halls built at that time are standing there today.
This seems to indicate that Thomas was probably a large land owner, tenants on his land and a Manor House. His is the oldest legible tomb in the church at St. Dunstan's.
(Mormon family record sheet, including reference to: The American Genealogist vol. 22, p. 85).
The Sheaffe's were a family of weavers. The First of the family in England is supposed to have come from Flanders in the time of Edward III (1312-1377) when a great number of young Flemings came to England to establish the cloth trade, and settled at Cranbrook. Many of the cloth halls built at that time are standing there today.
Thomas is the earliest proven ancestor of Joanna and her brother Jacob Sheafe, the immigrants to New Haven, Connecticut. H[is] will directs his executors to bury him in the Church of St. Dunstan's at Cranbrook, "within St. Thomas's chancel, before the image of Our Lady of Pity there, by discretion of my Ex'er".
This seems to indicate that Thomas was probably a large land owner, tenants on his land and a Manor House. His is the oldest legible tomb in the church at St. Dunstan's.
(Mormon family record sheet, including reference to: The American Genealogist vol. 22, p. 85).
The Sheaffe's were a family of weavers. The First of the family in England is supposed to have come from Flanders in the time of Edward III (1312-1377) when a great number of young Flemings came to England to establish the cloth trade, and settled at Cranbrook. Many of the cloth halls built at that time are standing there today.
This seems to indicate that Thomas was probably a large land owner, tenants on his land and a Manor House. His is the oldest legible tomb in the church at St. Dunstan's.
(Mormon family record sheet, including reference to: The American Genealogist vol. 22, p. 85).
The Sheaffe's were a family of weavers. The First of the family in England is supposed to have come from Flanders in the time of Edward III (1312-1377) when a great number of young Flemings came to England to establish the cloth trade, and settled at Cranbrook. Many of the cloth halls built at that time are standing there today.
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