There is no christening record for Anne Smith in Eynsham, and the name is somewhat unusual in the parish. There was a marriage for Frances Folliott of Eynsham marrying William Bowell 1669 in Oxford. There is also a record for the marriage of Henry Folliatt and Elizabeth Butler of Yarnton in St. Mary Magdalen parish in Oxford on 23 May 1703, fifteen years before Anne's marriage in the same place. Yarnton is a parish about four miles east of Eynsham. Henry and Elizabeth then had children christened in Eynsham.

Anne was too old to be a child of Henry and Elizabeth, (and marrying Charles at 15 years old or younger). One other Follet record is found in Eynsham - the marriage of Thomas Day and Ffrancisca Ffollet 14 September 1713 in Eynsham. This Frances is likely Anne's sister, as they are both mentioned as nieces in the will of Anne Wise in 1734. Anne was the widow of John Wise of Eynsham. Frances was also too old to be a child of Henry and Elizabeth, and marrying Thomas at 13 years old or younger.

Anne and Frances were both mentioned in Ann Wise's will:

"Imprimus I give unto my neece Ann Wise wife of Stephen Wise of Southleigh the summ of fifteen pounds for her separate use for which her receipt shall be a sufficent discharge."

"Lastly after my debts and funeral charges shall be fully satisfied and payd I give the rest and residue of my estate to my neece Frances Day wife of Thomas Day of Ensham tanner for her sole and separate use and I do nominate constitute and appoint my said neece Frances Day sole executrix of this my last will and testament and I revoke all former wills by me made and declare this to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fouerteenth day of April in the yeare of our Lord 1733." (Will of Anne Wise, widow of Eynsham, 1734; Oxfordshire Wills)

Stephen Wise was Anne's second husband. Frances married Thomas Day in 1713. Both were named as Anne Wise's nieces in her will. Some other interesting relationships are found in the will of John Wise, Anne Wise's husband, in 1729:

"Item I give & bequeath unto John Smith ye son of Chas Smith late of Southley aforesd ye sum of fifty pounds...I give & bequeath unto ye children of Thomas Day of Ensham aforesd tanner all my wareing apperal to be equally divided between them...I do appoint my sd nephews Wm Wise and Step: Wise joynt executors” (Will of John Wise of Eynsham, 1729)

John Smith was the son of Anne Fawlett and Charles Smith. Charles had died in 1728, just one year earlier than John's will. Since both Anne's and Frances' children received bequests from John Wise in his will, he must have known them well.

Ann Wise was born as Ann Folloatt in about 1661 of Piddington, Oxfordshire. She married John Wise 15 April 1687 in Canterbury, Kent, England.

The reference to Piddington leads to the Folliotts of Edgcott and Ludgershall in Buckinghamshire, about twenty miles east of Eynsham. Piddington is an Oxfordshire parish just 1 1/2 miles from Ludgershall over the border in Buckinghamshire. The Folliott family is founded in Edgcott in Buckinghamshire, with later migrations to Ludgershall and Piddington, about four miles west of Edgcott. By 1702 the Folliotts disappear from the Edgcott parish registers. One branch of the family is found in Ludgershall near Piddington in the mid to late 1600s, but is also gone from the parish registers by 1702. In 1694 John Folliott is found living about 15 miles west in the Oxfordshire village of Yarnton. This is the same village mentioned as the home of Henry Folliott "of Yarnton" at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Butler in 1702. Yarnton is just four miles from Eynsham. It is likely that John Folliott was Henry, Anne and Frances's father.



John Folliott was christened 12 October 1648 in Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire, the son of Henry and Frances Folliott. He married 1) Sarah, who died and was buried 9 December 1680 in Ludgershall. John was listed as being "of Dourton" at the burial of his son John in 1684 in Edgcott. "Dourton" is Dorton, a parish about three miles south of Ludgershall.


John then married 2) Sara. John moved to Yarnton, Oxfordshire by 1694, where he owned an public house, the Red Lion.


John was mentioned in a history of Yarnton: “In the seventeenth century the greater portion of the village lay upon the east side of the Church lane, and the houses were approached by bridges over barrel arches across the ditch. Pater Noster meadow was divided into 12 or 13 plots, which formed paddocks to the cottages. At the bottom of this lane, which was the highway to Oxford, stood Folliat’s public-house, part still remaining, at that time the Red Lion…Folliat’s house was used by the tradesman, who were sent there to drink their beavers.” (Three Oxfordshire Parishes, A History of Kidlington, Yarnton, and Begbroke)

John was mentioned in a list of contributors to aid fire victims in Warwick in 1694: “List of inhabitants who contributed to the Warwik Brief, 1694: - Mrs. Richards, 6d; Mrs. Jane Marwood, 6d: Mary Brocks, 3d; Alice Hails, 3d; Gerry Claidon, 3d; John Moors, 1d; John Folliet, 6d; Richard Clarke, 6d; John Fawdrey, 2d; Philip Doe, 6d; Nick Aubrey, 6d; Widow Minn, 1s, 0d; Abel Evans, 2d; George Bushnell, sen., 1d; Henry Timcocks, 6d; Eliz. Ingram, 2d; Francis Hall, 2d; John Parrett, sen., 2d; Gerry Bushnell, jun., Edward Murrice, 1 d; Mr. Hallat, 6d, Catherine Porter, 1d; Robert Phipps, 4d; Robert Saunders, 4d; Stephen Young, 2d; Robert Michell, Vicar, 6d – 12s. 3d” (Three Oxfordshire Parishes, A History of Kidlington, Yarnton, and Begbroke)

In 1696, John Folliott was listed as a churchwarden in Yarnton: "1696 Nicholas Aubrey and John Folliott". (Three Oxfordshire Parishes, A History of Kidlington, Yarnton, and Begbroke)

John and Sara were likely the parents of Henry, Frances and Anne. John was still in Ludgershall in 1680, but was in Yarnton by 1694. Henry was shown as being of Yarnton at the time of his marriage in 1703. He may have still been living with his parents at that point. By the next year, in 1704, his first child was christened in Eynsham. Frances, likely his sister, was married in Eynsham in 1713. Anne was shown as being of Eynsham at the time of her marriage to Charles Smith in Oxford city in 1718. John and Sara were still living in Yarnton, so perhaps Frances and Anne were living with their brother Henry until married, or possibly their aunt Ann Wise in Eynsham.


Sara Folliott died and was buried 7 April 1724 in Yarnton.

 
John and his first wife Sarah had the following child:

1. John, buried 15 February 1684 in Edgcott.


John and Sara likely had the following children:

1. Henry, born in about 1683 of Yarnton; married Elizabeth Butler in St. Mary Magdalen parish in Oxford on 23 May 1703. Henry was shown as being of Yarnton at the time of his marriage in 1703. His first child was christened the next year in Eynsham. They had children: Sarah, christened 25 June 1704 in Eynsham; John, christened 3 January 1705 in Eynsham; buried 3 February 1705 in Eynsham; and Maria, buried 13 November 1708 in Eynsham. There is also a burial record for Elizabeth Follet 21 December 1707 in Eynsham. This may be Henry's wife Elizabeth, or another daughter.

2. Frances, born in about 1693; married Thomas Day, a tanner, 14 September 1713 in Eynsham; had children Frances, Mary and Ann; died 1745 in Eynsham.

3. Anne, born in about 1698; married Charles Smith 14 April 1718 in St Mary Magdalen, Oxford city, and she was shown as being of Eynsham at the time of her marriage; married Stephen Wise in about 1729 in Eynsham.


SOURCES: Eynsham parish register; St Mary Magdalen Oxford parish register; Oxfordshire Marriage Bonds, www.findmypast.com; will of Anne Wise, widow of Eynsham, 1734; will of John Wise, plumber of Eynsham, 1729; Yarnton parish register; Three Oxfordshire Parishes, A History of Kidlington, Yarnton, and Begbroke by Mrs Bryan Stapleton.
 
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Henry Folliott was christened 3 December 1620 in Edgcott, Buckinghamshire, the son of John Folliott and Frances Barker. He married Frances.


Henry's two oldest children, Frances and John, were left a bequest in the will of their grandfather John Folliott in 1649: "Item I give to my sonne Henry’s two children xli betwixt them."


Edgcott is a small village. In 1800 there were 122 inhabitants.



By 1645 Henry had moved to Ludgershall, a parish about four miles west of Edgcott.


Henry died and was buried in 18 March 1674 in Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire.


Frances died and was buried 30 March 1688 in Ludgershall.



Henry and Frances had the following children:

1. Frances, christened 9 November 1645 in Ludgershall.

*2. John, christened 12 October 1648 in Ludgershall; married Sara; buried 21 January 1725 in Yarnton.

3. Henrie, christened 3 October 1650 in Ludgershall.

4. William, christened 18 January 1652 in Ludgershall.

5. Elizabeth, christened 2 January 1653 in Ludgershall.


SOURCES: Ludgershall parish register; Edgcott parish register; Yarnton parish register: will of John Folliatt husbandman of Edgcott, 1649.




John Follyet was christened 26 October 1560 in Edgcott, the son of William and Margaret Follyet. John married Frances Barker 13 October 1614 in Twyford, Buckinghamshire. John was a husbandman in Edgcott.

In 1610 John was appointed a feoffer (trustee) for the land of Isabel Ledbrook, which provided funds for the poor of the town of Edgcott: "This charity dates from 1582, when an acre of land was left by Isabel Ledbrook, widow, to the poor of Edgcott, the proceeds to be distributed in cakes and ale at the perambulation of the parish every Rogationtide." (British History Online: Edgcott) The feoffers walked the bounds of the parish and distributed cakes and ale to the poor of the town: "That the xiiij daye of Maye this yeare ___ had of former feoferes for the land of Isabel Ledbrooke for the poore of the towne of Edgescott and for the drinkinge to be made after the perambulation and the feoferes then found by the perfect remembrance of men then in company of the parishioners William Pagett John Maio John Follyett & Robert Nash which Robart then not having a plough was dismissed and after were taken by consent of the feofers were nominated to be feoferes Henry Slymaker parson Nicolas Feld & Thomas Clarke".


In 1620 John was a feoffee for the charity land of Isabel Ledbrook.


In 1644 and 1646 John was appointed a feoffee for the parish of Edgcott. A feoffee was a trustee for the parish, generally a landholder.


John died and was buried 19 March 1649 in Edgcott: "Joh Folleat the elder buried 19 March".


John left a will written 2 December 1648 and proven 5 December 1649:

Witnesses Edward March and Ffrances Slemaker The marke of Edward March the marke of Ffrancis Slemaker.


In 1651 John was mentioned when his son John was appointed as a feoffer (trustee) for a will: "Memorandum ye fifth day of May in ye yeare of our Lord God 1651 was chosen John Folleat ye sonn of John Folleat deceased & Thomas Aylesworth for two feofers to see performed the will is Isabell Ledbrooke". (Edgcott parish register)


Frances died and was buried 2 September 1654 in Edgcott: "Francis Folleat widdow was buried September the 2".



Frances left a will proven in 1665. Thomas, her son, was the administrator.


John and Frances had the following children:

1. William, christened 29 August 1615 in Edgcott; married Mary; occupation - yeoman; had a daughter Mary who married John Walker; died and was buried 24 April 1694 in Edgcott; his wife Mary died the same year. William was shown as being of Chilling Place in Piddington, Oxfordshire at the time of his death. An administration and inventory were created for William, which listed William Bowell, fuller, as an administrator. This is likely the William Bowell who married Frances Folliott of Eynsham in Oxford in 1669.

2. John, christened 7 January 1618 in Edgcott; married Ann; had daughters Frances (1652), Jane (1654), Ann (1656, possibly the Ann who married John Wise) and Mary (twins, 1656); died and was buried 24 April 1658. John left a will proven in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: "In the name of God Amen Anno Dom 1658 this one and twentieth day of Aprill I John Ffolliatt of Edgcott in the County of Bucks yeoman being infirme and weake of but of good and pfect memory thanks be to God doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following that is to say first I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator trusting and assuredly beleiveing through the merritts of Christs death and pashion to be made a partaker of his heavenly kingdome and my body to be decently buried in such sort as shall seeme best in the discretion of my executor hereafter named and others my good friends. Item that all such debts and dues as I owe of right or owing to any pson or psons whatsoever be well and truly paid without any letts or molestations and after my debts paid and funeral expences discharged I will that all my goods chattel and catell shall be devided as followeth Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Anne ffolliatt my bigger premise now in the occupation of Nicholas Buies. Item I give unto my wife Anne ffolliatt my lesser premise now in the occupation of Edward March. Item I give and bequeath to my foure daughters all my money goods catells and cattell to be equally devided betwixt them when the come to the age of fourteene yeares each of them then to have use of her part if in case my wife doeth not change her name but when my wife shall change her name then my desire is that my executors hereafter named I doe intrust set that they shall have all theirs stocks presently put forth for my children us as my executors hereafter named  shall think most convenient my true meaning is that what money my wife shall make use of my childrens portion that she shall give sufficient bond for it to my executors hereafter named and what goods she hath my desire is that she shall make them good to my children when they come to age above expressed if any one of my four daughters shall depart this life then my desire is that her portion shall be parted equaly amongst the rest of my children. Item I make full and who executors my brother William ffolliatt and my brother Thomas ffolliat and my brother Edmond Broune of this my last will and testament and hereunto sett my hand and thereunto I sett my hand – John ffolliatt wittnesseth John Rothman his marke William Bray"

*3. Henry, christened 3 December 1620 in Edgcott; married Frances; buried 18 March 1674 in Ludgershall.

4. Thomas, christened 10 September 1626 in Edgcott; married Joanne Morgon; had daughter Frances (1664); buried 11 August 1702 in Edgcott, the last Folliott mentioned in the Edgcott parish register. Thomas was a feoffee in Edgcott in 1658. Thomas Folliett of Grendon Underwood was mentioned in a land deed in 1693. Thomas Mason of Ludgershall, clerk, John Coker and John Wilson, both of Bicester, Oxfordshire, gentlemen, Thomas Folliett of Grendon Underwood, yeoman, Richard Burroughs of Banbury, Oxon, weaver, Christopher Eaton of the City of Oxford, maltster, John Harris of Astropp in Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire, yeoman, and George Maule of Kings Sutton, butcher purchased the manor of Ludgershall and several pieces of land there from Arthur Warren of Stapleford Hall, Nottinghamshire, esquire. (Deed of collateral security; Buckinghamshire Archives)

Thomas left a will, proven in 1702 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury: "In the name of God Amen I Thomas ffolliat of Grendon Underwood this ffifteenth day of November thanks bee to God doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forme following that is to say Ffirst I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator trusting and assuredly believing thro the meritts of Christs death and passion to bee made a pertaker of his heavenly kingdome and my body to bee decently buried in such sort as shall seeme best in the discretion of my executors hereafter named and other my good ffreinds and after my debts paid and my funeral expenses discharged I will that all my goods chattels and cattell be divided as followeth Imprimis Itm I give to my grandsonne John Mason all my ffreehold estate in the parish of Grendon Underwood when hee shall come to the age of twenty one yeares. Item I give to my grandsonne Henry Mason all my ffreehold land in the parish of Lurgisell alis Lurgishall when hee shall come to the age of twenty two yeares after my decease. Itm I give to the poore of Edgcott ffifty shillings to bee paid them within one yeare after my decease and be divided as the minister and overseers shall thinke most fit.  Itm I give to the poore of Lurgisell alis Lurgishall ffifty shillings to be divided as the minister and overseeres shall thinke fit. I give to my servants fforty shillings a peece one yeare after my decease. Itm I give to my couzn Tho: Martham the summe of ten pounds for his trust to helpe oversee it. Itm I make my sonne in law John Mason full and whole executor of this my last will and testament renounceing all former wills by mee made whatsoever. Itm I give to my grandsonne ffrancis Mason all that my college lease copyhold in the parish of Ipston lying in the County of Bucks and Oxon to him and his heirs forever hereunto sett my hand. Tho: ffolliatt sealed and delivered in the presence of John Mason the marke of Ann Morgan, the marke of Will: Barnes Ann Tims." Thomas' will includes bequests to the poor of Edgcott and Ludgershall, and bequests of land in Grendon Underwood (one mile from Edgcott), Ludgershall, and Ipsden to his grandsons.


SOURCES: Edgcott parish register; Twyford parish register, www.findmypast.com; Act Book entry for Frances Folliot widow of Edgcott; will of John Folliott of Edgcott, 1658, PCC; Ludgershall parish register; will of Thomas Folliat of Grendon Underwood, 1702, Prerogative Court of Canterbury; will of John Folliatt husbandman of Edgcott, 1649. 

William died and was buried 25 June 1578 in Edgcott: "Itm the xxvth of June was buryed William Follyett"