Edward Waldron

Native of England

Edward Waldron lived in Warwickshire, England The tumultuous reversals of church loyalty by the changing monarchs left the populace always insecure, whether Catholic or Protestant. Apparently 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.) Edward Waldron (1552-1619) 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.
If our birth date and place for Edward's son John/Johannes Waldron are correct, the family was still in England in 1579, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. John appears to have left sometime before 1610, the year in which he married Maria Covert in Harlem, Netherlands.

English history in the time of the Waldrons

• 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.

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	1552	Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Marriage			To Mary Hunt (1560-1620)
Death	11 Feb 1619	Alcester, Warwickshire, England

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 14          Generation 15     
    
                                        +-- unknown
                                        |
                   +-- Edward Waldron --+
                   |   (1552-1619)      |
Johannes Waldron --+                    +-- unknown
(1579-1650)        |  
                   +-- Mary Hunt
                       (1560-1620)
     
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Children with Mary Hunt

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	1552-1619		[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.

Conjecture

While our Waldrons appear to have been from Warwickshire (in central England just south of Birmingham), Waldron is an old family name in England, and found in widespread areas. "Wald" refers to one who lived in the woodlands or a forester; thus the name would be as common as "Smith", or "Miller". However, just for fun, view the minimal remains of a moat fortification, "Waldron Castle", found in Sussex. It is about 12 miles due north of Eastbourne (which lies on the southwest coast of England). Waldron Castle is about halfway between Eastbourne and Royal Turnbridge Wells. See photos and map at: http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_south/199/waldroncastle.htm