otes prob by Dean Dudley Edward Dillingham
... Most probably the son of Edward Dillingham Gent Freeholder in
1630 (see Nichols History of Leicester Vol 4 Part 1 Page 42) Son
of Rev Henry Dillingham Rector of Cottesback who was also patron
of the living of Bitteswell in 1606 (ditto p 47) Rev Henry
Dillingham of Cottesback d.Dec 9 1625 and on his monument is
"Henry Dillingham qui his sepullus est Dec 9 1625". He
was Rector of the Parish of Cottesback from 1607 until Dec 1625 (ditto
p 148,150). Edward Dillingham of Sandwich named his eldest son
after his own grandfather the Rector. Notes by ED Later it seems
to have been figured out that Edward Dillingham Gent Freeholder
was in fact the immigrant. He married and had one of his sons in
England. His brother John came here in 1630 with Gov Winthrop;
Edward followed in 1632. Rev Henry b c1555 Rector 1607 d 1625
Edward Gent b c1580 Edward Immigrant b c1605 m c1626 Emigrant
1630 Deputy 1642 d 1667 Henry his son b 1627 in England Rev Henry
b c1570 Rector 1607 d 1625 Edward Immigrant b c1600 m c1626
Emigrant 1630 Deputy 1642 d 1667 Henry his son b 1627 in England
The latter seems more likely, since all the generations of our
family run more than 30 years. The former requires that the Rev
Henry was 52 years old when he became Rector. If we could find
the Rev Henry's date of birth it would probably settle the
question completely. [WE DID! He was the second of four brothers
and was born in 1568, son of William.] But Margaret Haile says
Henry received his BA from Christ’s College (Cambridge) in
1574/5; MA 1578; ordained Deacon and Priest 1581; Rector of
Cotesbach 1581; died there December 1625. This makes him born c.1550
and getting on when Edward was born 1595, but certainly more
likely his father than his grandfather. Based on these arguments
I show The Rev Henry as the father of Edward, both Gent
Freeholder and Immigrant. Why would a freeholder emigrate? Maybe
because the Puritan son of a Church of England clergyman was
uncomfortable in England under Charles I, or perhaps because he
saw the civil war coming (it started in 1644, I think) and didn’t
want to disagree with his father, whom he chose to honor by
naming his son Henry. The Reverend Henry Dillingham was born
during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and died (Dec 1625, from
his tombstone) during the reign of Charles I. [DILLIN.GED]
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