Mary Hunt

Native of England

Mary Hunt, wife of Edward Waldron, lived in Warwickshire, England. The Renaissance had brought Europe out of the Dark Ages, and two events of the turn of the century (1492 & 1517) would influence the direction of the Waldron family. The New World was discovered, the era of exploration followed soon by that of colonization; and the Protestant Reformation began, with its attendant religious and political turmoil all over Europe.
The only child of Edward and Mary Hunt Waldron known to us was John Waldron,(known as Johannes Waldron after his immigration to Holland).
The religious preference of the Hunt and Waldron families of England is unknown to us. The tumultuous reversals of church loyalty by the changing monarchs left the populace always insecure, whether Catholic or Protestant. The Waldrons, at least in later generations, were Protestant. (For the family of Edward's great-grandson Joseph Waldron, the family records are to be found in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam.) Mary Hunt (1560-1620) lived during the reign (1553-1558) of the aggressively Catholic Queen Mary whose heresy trials threatened all Protestants, followed in 1558 by the reign of the Protestant Queen Elizabeth. Whether this family was caught up in the religious turmoil or managed to avoid it,that or something of politics or land availability perhaps caused Edward and Mary's son John to migrate to the tolerant country of Holland along with many other religious refugees of the era.

English history in the time of Mary Hunt Waldron

• The religious Reformation movement began in 1517.
• Henry VIII ruled England from 1509-1547, instituting the Protestant Church of England.
• The child Edward VI and his two Protectors ruled from 1547-1553; the country remained Protestant.
• Queen Mary ruled from 1553-1558. She was, like her mother, Catherine of Aragon, a fervent Catholic, and under her direction many Protestants were convicted of heresy and burned at the stake.
• Elizabeth I, a Protestant, ruled from 1558-1603. The Spanish Armada was defeated in 1558.

There are obvious errors in the dates & information for Maria Goverts and Resolved Waldron (1594)which put their entire line of ancestry in question; see their pages.

UNDOCUMENTED ANCESTRY We find numerous sources with tantalizing data, but hesitate to adopt their findings when: the lines of descent conflict from one web source to another. documentation & sources are absent or insufficient the sources listed are unavailable to us, so that scope or ambiguity can't be assessed We offer this page as an ancestral possibility, with the caveat that it is unconfirmed by us.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1560	Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Marriage			To Edward Waldron (1552-1619)
Death	1620	Alcester, Warwickshire, England

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 13        Generation 14     Generation 15          
                                            +-- Edward Waldron                       
                                            |   (1552-1619)
                     +-- Johannes Waldron --+
                     |   (1579-1650)        |
                     |                      +-- Mary Hunt
 Resolved  Waldron --+                          (1560-1620)
   (1594- 1670)      |
                     |                      +-- Unknown    
                     |                      |
                     +-- Maria Covert ------+
                         (1590-1650)        |
                                            +-- Unknown
                    
                                                
     
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Children with Edward Waldron

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Johannes Waldron	M	1579	Alcester, Warwickshire, England		died 1650 at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Alcester, Warwickshire, England	1560-1620		[W1]</sup>

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
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Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
W1	"Kircher Family tree", at Ancestry.com. Owner: royalribbonsfarm. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=3086178&pid=-1158918341 This tree lists 6 generations of the Waldron family, plus spouses: siblings Judith and Daniel Waldron<Joseph Waldron< Resolved Waldron < Johannes Waldron < Edward Waldron. Johannes Waldron born 1579 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England; died 1650 at Waldron Hall, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, netherlands ; spouse Maria Covert (1590-1650); parents Edward Waldron (1552-1619) and Mary Hunt (1560-1620); no siblings shown. This site lists as its only source other Ancestry.com family trees.