Thomas Sabean was christened 16 April 1551 in Cropredy, the son of Richard and Margery Sabean. He married Alyce Mannsell 14 December 1584 in Cropredy. The Sabeans or Sabins of Great Bourton were thought to have been gardeners: "Sabins who followed Normans into their Church Street cottage were known as gardeners and there may have been work for them at Prescote. The estate was owned by the Danvers of Chelsea who had laid out a London garden in the Italian style by the end of the sixteenth century, though Walter Gorstelow's believed their garden layout came from the distant past. Even so the walks, groves and vegetable garden all required gardeners who must have lived in Cropredy." (The Town of Cropredy)  No christening record has been found for Alyce, but the Mansells were millers of Slat Mill in Great Bourton. Thomas left a will, written in 1614, and at that point his two married sons, Thomas and Richard still lived at home. Thomas was buried 14 April 1620 in Cropredy. Alyce was buried 15 December 1634 in Cropredy. Thomas and Alyce had the following children:
 

1. Thomas, christened 27 October 1585 in Cropredy.
 

2. Richard, christened 11 February 1587/8 in Cropredy.
 

3. Audrey, christened 15 March 1590/1 in Cropredy; married George Sherman about 1629 in Cropredy; buried 4 January 1678/9 in Cropredy.

4. John, christened 19 October 1594 in Cropredy.
 
 

SOURCES: IGI; Cropredy parish register; The Town of Cropredy, Pamela Keegan.
 
 

Richard Sabean was born in about 1530 of Cropredy. He is most likely the son of Thomas and Margarytt Sabean. Richard married first, Margery. They had a son, Thomas in April of 1551. Margary must have died because Rechard then married Joan Gregory 14 July 1551. Richard was buried 16 October 1581 in Cropredy. Joan was buried 11 June 1596 in Cropredy.

Richard and Margary had the following child:
 

1. Thomas, christened 16 April 1551 in Cropredy; married Alyce Mannsell 14 December 1584 in Cropredy; buried 14 April 1620 in Cropredy.

Richard and Joan had the following children:

1.  Ellyn, christened 29 September 1554 in Cropredy.

2. Hughe, christened 16 June 1564 in Cropredy.
 

3. Anne, christened 6 August 1566 in Cropredy.
 

4. Henry, christened 14 November 1566 in Cropredy.
 

5. Richard, christened 29 April 1570 in Cropredy.
 

6. Margery, christened 2 May 1574 in Cropredy.
 

7. Alice, christened 16 May 1576 in Cropredy.
 

8. Nycholas, christened 2 August 1579 in Cropredy.
 

9. William, christened 15 March 1582 in Cropredy.
 
 

SOURCES: Cropredy parish register on CD.
 
 

Thomas Sabin was born in about 1500. He married Margarytt. Thomas was buried 11 October 1544 in Cropredy. Margarytt was buried 26 July 1545 in Cropredy.

The Sabin/Sabean surname "dates back to the time of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It comes from Sabinus and Sabine. The personal name is derived from the Sabines, a people who lived in the Appenines northwest of Rome. By the third century BC the Sabines had become fully Romanized."  (www.houseofnames.com)

Thomas and Margarytt were most likely the parents of the following children:
 

1. William, born about 1520 of Cropredy; married Alys Atkynson 3 November 1544 in Cropredy.

2. Ellyn, born about 1524 of Cropredy; married Richard Schowell 26 June 1544 in Cropedy.

3.  John, born about 1527 of Cropredy; married Phyllyppe Gullover  7 July 1547 in Cropredy.

4.  Richard, born about 1530 of Cropredy; married 1) Margery in about 1550, 2) Joan Gregory 14 July 1551 in Cropredy; buried 16 October 1584 in Cropredy.

 
5 . Eme, born about 1532 of Cropredy; married Thomas Hale 2 November 1552 in Cropredy.

6. Ayllys, born about 1536 of Cropredy; married John Humpfray 18 July 1556 in Cropredy.

SOURCES: Cropredy parish register on CD.
 
 

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