Missen Family

of West Wratting and Weston Colville in Cambridgeshire, England



by Pam Cooper

This page first produced on 10 September 1999.
While it may be freely linked to, this page should not be duplicated in any way without my written consent.


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My research into the Missen surname in South-Eastern Cambridgeshire spans around two decades. They are amongst my earliest known ancestors in the villages of West Wratting and Weston Colville. Most Missens in that area seem to share as their common ancestors, William Missen and his wife, Elizabeth (formerly Fincham or Fyncham), who married at Little Thurlow in Suffolk in 1588. Following their marriage, William and Elizabeth settled in William's home village of West Wratting, where their descendants were still to be found in quite recent times. Other branches of their family moved into neighbouring parishes, notably Weston Colville, but also Balsham, Carlton-Cum-Willingham and Fulbourn.

To sort out the various family branches, it was necessary for me to obtain most wills and administrations for members of the Missen family at West Wratting and Weston Colville. Those documents proved invaluable in correctly establishing family ties. They show that, in early years, the Missens were yeoman farmers of some means. In 1662, Robert Missen left an estate at West Wratting valued at £ 653-16-5. Amongst his bequests, he directed his sons, or their "heyers or assignes", to make regular payments of ten shillings per annum to the "poore people" of West Wratting and Balsham "yearly and every year soe longe as ye world shall endure". Sadly, his own descendants were to number amongst the poor of West Wratting and Weston Colville before too many more generations had evolved. Try reading the Inventory of Robert Missen's estate - it tells a lot about village life in the 1600s.

My Missen research forms a part of my recently published book, Great Queenslanders: the story of George & Rachel Williams, their ancestors and descendants. Originally from Weston Colville, George and Rachel Williams were my Great Grandparents. They immigrated to Queensland, Australia, in 1874. Not only do they each descend from the Missens, but Rachel descends from that family on two different lines.

Set out below is a brief account of the first seven generations of known descendants of William and Elizabeth Missen. Vital dates for most, but not all, of these people have been found in the Parish Registers of West Wratting and Weston Colville. Use your "Find" button to search for significant names. I would be pleased to hear from other researcher who feel their research may tie into this family.


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1. William MISSEN ( - Sep 1625) & Elizabeth FINCHAM (About 1567 - Aug 1632)
|  1. Robert MISSEN (About 1589 - Sep 1662) & Alice LORD (About 1586 - Jan 1661)
|  |  1. Robert MISSEN (About 1615 - Jun 1615)
|  |  2. Robert MISSEN* (About 1616 - Aug 1690) & Annis SIMON ( - May 1662)
|  |  |  1. Annis MISSEN (About 1652 - )
|  |  |  2. Robert MISSEN (About 1654 - Before 1659)
|  |  |  3. Alice MISSEN (About 1657 - ) & Henry WRAY 
|  |  |  4. Robert MISSEN (About 1659 - )
|  |  2. Robert MISSEN* (About 1616 - Aug 1690) & An CHAPMAN ( - Feb 1688)
|  |  3. John MISSEN (About 1618 - )
|  |  4. Thomas MISSEN (About 1620 - Apr 1675) & Priscilla MORDEN (About 1611 - Jun 1696)
|  |  |  1. Thomas MISSEN (About 1642 - Feb 1726) & Martha? ( - Jun 1723)
|  |  |  |  1. Martha MISSEN (1677-1703) & Richard Flack 
|  |  |  |  |  1. Martha FLACK (About 1717 - )
|  |  |  |  |  2. Ambrose FLACK (About 1719 - )
|  |  |  |  |  3. Richard FLACK (About 1723 - )
|  |  |  |  2. Mary MISSEN (1679-1684)
|  |  |  |  3. Mary MISSEN (1685-1706)
|  |  |  2. Robert MISSEN (About 1644 - Apr 1713) & Mary ( - Dec 1749)
|  |  |  |  1. Robert MISSEN (About 1689 - )
|  |  |  |  2. Gamaliel MISSEN (About 1691 - )
|  |  |  |  3. Timothy MISSEN (About 1692 - )
|  |  |  |  4. Edward MISSEN (4 Jan 1695 - )
|  |  |  |  5. John MISSEN (About 1697 - Sep 1717)
|  |  |  |  6. Mary MISSEN (About 1699 - )
|  |  |  |  7. Ann MISSEN (About 1701 - )
|  |  |  |  8. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1703 - Jan 1707)
|  |  |  |  9. Thomas MISSEN (About 1707 - )
|  |  |  |  10. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1711 - )
|  |  |  3. John MISSEN (About 1647 - Apr 1706) & Ann CHAPMAN ( - Oct 1727)
|  |  |  |  1. John MISSEN (About 1680 - Nov 1757)
|  |  |  |  2. Thomas MISSEN (About 1682 - Oct 1750) & Elizabeth SHIPP 
|  |  |  |  3. Edward MISSEN (About 1684 - )
|  |  |  |  4. Ann MISSEN (About 1687 - )
|  |  |  4. Gilbert MISSEN (About 1651 - May 1705) & Joan JAGGARD (About 1655 - Feb 1728)
|  |  |  |  1. Thomas MISSEN (About 1680 - Jan 1680)
|  |  |  |  2. Joan MISSEN (About 1682 - ) & John STARLING 
|  |  |  |  |  1. John STARLING (About 1713 - )
|  |  |  |  |  2. Ann STARLING (About 1720 - )
|  |  |  |  3. Gilbert MISSEN (About 1683 - 1707/1710)
|  |  |  |  4. Thomas MISSEN (About 1686 - Jan 1703)
|  |  |  |  5. Mary MISSEN (About 1689 - ) & NORFOLKE 
|  |  |  |  6. Martha MISSEN (About 1691 - ) & Thomas HULLIER 
|  |  |  |  7. Ann MISSEN (28 Aug 1695 - )
|  |  |  |  8. John MISSEN* (About 1698 - Jan 1787) & Mary WOOLLARD (About 1723 - Apr 1771)
|  |  |  |  |  1. John MISSEN (About 1746 - May 1746)
|  |  |  |  |  2. Mary MISSEN (About 1747 - Oct 1767)
|  |  |  |  |  3. Sarah MISSEN (About 1749 - Sep 1818) & William ASHMAN (About 1739 - Oct 1808)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Mary ASHMAN 
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Frances ASHMAN (About 1773 - Jul 1773)
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Anne ASHMAN (About 1776 - Dec 1776)
|  |  |  |  |  |  4. Elizabeth ASHMAN (About 1776 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  5. William ASHMAN (About 1780 - ) & Catharine SIMMONCE 
|  |  |  |  |  |  6. Benjamin ASHMAN (About 1783 - Apr 1857) & Ann MANSFIELD (About 1782 - May 1865)
|  |  |  |  |  |  7. George ASHMAN (About 1782 - Oct 1795)
|  |  |  |  |  |  8. Joseph ASHMAN (About 1787 - ) & Charlotte RADFORD (About 1794 - )
|  |  |  |  |  4. Ann MISSEN (About 1752 - Oct 1777) & Thomas COCKERTON (About 1750 - Dec 1814)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Hannah COCKERTON (About 1774 - Apr 1774)
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Jonathan COCKERTON (About 1775 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. William COCKERTON (About 1777 - Nov 1777)
|  |  |  |  |  5. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1755 - Sep 1825) & George WILLINGS/WILLIAMS (About 1754 - Nov 1784)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. John WILLIAMS (About 1776 - About May 1800)
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Edward WILLIAMS (About 1780 - May 1849) & Elizabeth WILLIS (About 1775 - 12 Feb 1873)
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Mary WILLIAMS* (About 1782 - Sep 1854) & Unknown 
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Mary WILLIAMS* (About 1782 - Sep 1854) & Charles TAYLOR (About 1796 - Jul 1876)
|  |  |  |  |  6. John MISSEN (About 1757 - Dec 1819) & Mary ANDREWS (About 1765 - Nov 1812)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Anne MISSEN (About 1784 - Apr 1798)
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. William MISSEN (About 1786 - ) & Judith BEETON (Circa 1801 - Jan 1868)
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Richard MISSEN (About 1788 - Sep 1851)
|  |  |  |  |  |  4. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1789 - 1 Dec 1851) & William POTTER (About 1787 - Aug 1866)
|  |  |  |  |  |  5. Sarah MISSEN (About 1791 - ) & James TAYLOR (About 1798 - Jul 1876)
|  |  |  |  |  |  6. Catherine MISSEN (About 1793 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  7. James MISSEN (About 1796 - Apr 1873) & Mary (About 1790 - Feb 1872)
|  |  |  |  |  |  8. Fuller MISSEN (About 1798 - Oct 1798)
|  |  |  |  |  |  9. Ann MISSEN (About 1800 - Jul 1863) & Phillip WATERS (About 1799 - Aug 1865)
|  |  |  |  |  |  10. Mary MISSEN* (About 1802 - ) & BONE 
|  |  |  |  |  |  10. Mary MISSEN* (About 1802 - ) & Benjamin ASHMAN (5 Sep 1807 - Dec 1887)
|  |  |  |  |  7. Gilbert MISSEN (About 1759 - Jun 1779)
|  |  |  |  |  8. Daniel MISSEN (About 1761 - Sep 1762)
|  |  |  |  |  9. Daniel MISSEN (About 1763 - ) & Elizabeth WHITAKER 
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Edmund/Edward MISSEN (About 1795 - Apr 1798)
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Ann MISSEN (About 1798 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Edward MISSEN (About 1799 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  4. Gilbert MISSEN (About 1802 - )
|  |  |  |  |  10. William MISSEN (About 1765 - Jul 1765)
|  |  |  |  |  11. Edward MISSEN (About 1765 - Jul 1765)
|  |  |  |  8. John MISSEN* (About 1698 - Jan 1787) & Elizabeth SYMONDS ( - Aug 1792)
|  |  |  5. Priscilla MISSEN (About 1655 - May 1672)
|  |  |  6. Edward MISSEN (About 1656 - Before 1657)
|  |  |  7. Edward MISSEN (About 1657 - Dec 1729) & Ann WOOLARD (About 1664/1665 - Feb 1709)
|  |  |  |  1. Edward MISSEN (About 1688 - May 1689)
|  |  |  |  2. Edward MISSEN (About 1689 - ) & Mary ELLUM 
|  |  |  |  3. Ann MISSEN (About 1691 - )
|  |  |  |  4. Mary MISSEN (About 1692 - ) & William CREEKE 
|  |  |  |  5. Priscilla MISSEN (About 1694 - Nov 1750)
|  |  |  |  6. Thomas MISSEN (About 1696 - Jul 1787)
|  |  |  |  7. Martha MISSEN (About 1698 - ) & Jeffry BRIDGE 
|  |  |  |  8. John MISSEN (About 1700 - Apr 1701)
|  |  |  |  9. Robert MISSEN (About 1702 - Dec 1786) & Martha FROST ( - Mar 1765)
|  |  |  |  |  1. Robert MISSEN (About 1727 - )
|  |  |  |  |  2. Ann MISSEN (About 1730 - Aug 1730)
|  |  |  |  |  3. Edward MISSEN (About 1731 - )
|  |  |  |  |  4. John MISSEN (About 1734 - )
|  |  |  |  10. John MISSEN (About 1704 - Sep 1786) & Elizabeth ( - May 1784)
|  |  |  |  |  1. John MISSEN (About 1731 - Jun 1781) & Anne EVE ( - Mar 1784)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Priscilla MISSEN (About 1774 - ) & Thomas BITTON 
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Thomas MISSEN (About 1777 - 5 Sep 1860) & Alice JACOB (1780 - 22 Feb 1862)
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. John MISSEN (About 1781 - Jan 1782)
|  |  |  |  |  2. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1733 - Nov 1733)
|  |  |  |  |  3. Ann MISSEN (About 1734 - Sep 1804) & Thomas WHITTAKER 
|  |  |  |  |  4. Thomas MISSEN (About 1737 - Dec 1737)
|  |  |  |  |  5. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1738 - )
|  |  |  |  |  6. Edward MISSEN (About 1740 - ) & Sarah GALLEY 
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1769 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Catherine MISSEN (About 1770 - )
|  |  |  |  |  7. Thomas MISSEN (About 1743 - About 1759)
|  |  |  |  |  8. George MISSEN (About 1746 - ) & Mary SWANN (1747 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Edward MISSEN* (1772 - Aug 1829) & Sarah ( - Nov 1806)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Edward MISSEN* (1772 - Aug 1829) & Mary BRIDGE 
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Elizabeth MISSEN (1774 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Thomas MISSEN (1775 - Jan 1776)
|  |  |  |  |  |  4. Anne MISSEN (1779 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  5. George MISSEN (1784 - Dec 1784)
|  |  |  |  |  |  6. Hannah MISSEN (1787 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  7. John MISSEN ( - Aug 1782)
|  |  |  |  |  9. Mary MISSEN (About 1749 - ) & John TILBROOK 
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Elizabeth TILBROOK (About 1772 - ) & John PAGE 
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Hannah TILBROOK (About 1774 - ) & Esau MOORE 
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Peter TILBROOK (About 1777 - Feb 1780)
|  |  |  |  |  |  4. Anne TILBROOK (About 1779 - Mar 1780)
|  |  |  |  |  |  5. John TILBROOK (About 1781 - Aug 1820) & Mary BROWNE 
|  |  |  |  |  |  6. Peter TILBROOK (About 1785 - Apr 1864) & Mary 
|  |  5. Alice MISSEN (About 1621 - Jan 1628)
|  |  6. Catherine MISSEN (About 1623 - Jun 1647)
|  |  7. Edward MISSEN (About 1624 - Jul 1644)
|  |  8. Annis MISSEN (About 1626 - About 1700) & Robert SPARROW (About 1620 - )
|  |  |  1. Annis SPARROW (About 1652 - )
|  |  |  2. Alice SPARROW (About 1656 - )
|  |  |  3. Joan SPARROW (About 1656 - )
|  2. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1591 - ) & Gilbert HITH 
|  3. Francys MISSEN (About 1593 - ) & Thomas SALE 
|  4. Anne MISSEN (About 1594 - )
|  5. Edwarde MISSEN (About 1598 - Aug 1598)
|  6. Marye MISSEN (About 1599 - ) & Thomas MARSH 
|  7. Thomas MISSEN (About 1602 - Jan 1664) & Mathie (Martha) CHAPMAN (About 1601 - Jun 1649)
|  |  1. Annis MISSEN (About 1627 - ) & Robert ASHBIE 
|  |  |  1. Robert ASHBIE (About 1653 - ) & Elizabeth 
|  |  |  |  1. Elizabeth ASHBY (About 1676 - Feb 1752) & Henry MANFIELD (About 1678 - Apr 1741)
|  |  |  |  |  1. Elizabeth MANFIELD (About 1702 - Jul 1731) & Thomas MARSH (chr.30 Dec 1700 - br.4 May 1781)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. John MARSH (chr.24 Sep 1727 - br.5 Mar 1789)
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Thomas MARSH* (chr.4 Apr 1731 - br.30 May 1799) & Susanna MANFIELD (About 1733 - br.18 May 1777)
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. Thomas MARSH* (chr.4 Apr 1731 - br.30 May 1799) & Elizabeth LOYDE ( - br.8 Sep 1844)
|  |  |  |  |  2. Henry MANFIELD (About 1704 - Oct 1765) & Sarah BENSTEAD ( - 1781)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Henry MANFIELD (About 1733 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. John MANFIELD (About 1735 - Jun 1735)
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Elizabeth MANFIELD (About 1736 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  4. John MANFIELD (About 1737 - About 1738)
|  |  |  |  |  |  5. Stephen MANFIELD (About 1739 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  6. Sarah MANFIELD (About 1741 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  7. Thomas MANFIELD ( - br.29 Dec 1743)
|  |  |  |  |  |  8. Mary Clements MANFIELD (About 1744 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  9. John MANFIELD (1746 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  10. Sarah MANFIELD (About 1747 - Sep 1747)
|  |  |  |  |  |  11. Sarah MANFIELD (About 1751 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  12. Sarah MANFIELD (About 1752 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  13. William MANFIELD (About 1753 - Aug 1753)
|  |  |  |  |  3. Mary MANFIELD (About 1710 - )
|  |  |  |  |  4. John MANFIELD (About 1712 - Jan 1758) & Mary SMOOTHY (About 1714/1715 - Jan 1766)
|  |  |  |  |  |  1. Mary MANFIELD (About 1736 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  2. John MANFIELD (About 1738 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  3. Henry MANFIELD (About 1740 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  4. Richard MANFIELD (About 1743 - Dec 1749)
|  |  |  |  |  |  5. Sarah MANFIELD (About 1745 - ) & William CLAYDON (About 1739 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  6. Stephen MANFIELD (About 1747 - Jan 1813) & Agnes ELLAM (About 1744 - Aug 1804)
|  |  |  |  |  |  7. Thomas MANFIELD (About 1753 - )
|  |  |  |  |  |  8. Elizabeth MANFIELD (About 1756 - )
|  |  |  2. Susan ASHBIE (About 1655 - )
|  |  |  3. Simon ASHBIE (About 1658 - )
|  |  |  4. John ASHBIE (About 1661 - )
|  |  |  5. Edward ASHBIE (About 1663 - )
|  |  2. Thomas MISSEN (About 1630 - Aug 1650)
|  |  3. Mathie (Martha) MISSEN (About 1631 - )
|  |  4. James MISSEN (About 1632 - ) & Ann HANCOCKE 
|  |  |  1. Ann MISSEN (About 1666 - ) & William CHALLIS 
|  |  |  2. Mary MISSEN (About 1666 - )
|  |  |  3. Thomas MISSEN (About 1670 - ) & Grace HANCOCK 
|  |  |  4. Mary MISSEN (About 1673 - )
|  |  |  5. James MISSEN (About 1675 - )
|  |  5. Dorathie MISSEN (About 1634 - )
|  |  6. Alice MISSEN (About 1636 - )
|  |  7. John MISSEN (About 1639 - Jul 1700) & Martha ( - Nov 1682)
|  |  |  1. John MISSEN (About 1664 - May 1664)
|  |  |  2. Catherine MISSEN (About 1664 - May 1664)
|  |  |  3. John MISSEN (About 1665 - ) & Alice WILLYS ( - Jun 1699)
|  |  |  4. Edward MISSEN (About 1667 - )
|  |  |  5. Robert MISSEN (About 1670 - )
|  |  |  6. Thomas MISSEN (About 1674 - )
|  |  |  7. Martha MISSEN (About 1677 - Nov 1703) & Richard Flack 
|  |  |  8. Mary MISSEN (About 1679 - Apr 1684)
|  |  |  9. Mary MISSEN (About 1685 - May 1706)
|  |  8. Mary MISSEN (About 1640 - 1648/1684)
|  |  9. Abraham MISSEN (About 1641 - Jul 1680) & Elizabeth JAGGARD ( - Jan 1707)
|  |  |  1. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1665 - Nov 1665)
|  |  |  2. Mary MISSEN (About 1666 - ) & William MARTIN 
|  |  |  3. Abraham MISSEN (About 1669 - Sep 1680)
|  |  |  4. Gilbert MISSEN (About 1672 - 1707/1710)
|  |  |  5. Thomas MISSEN (About 1674 - Sep 1680)
|  |  |  6. Elizabeth MISSEN (About 1677 - ) & Edward BURLING 
|  |  10. Susan MISSEN (About 1646 - )
|  8. Alice MISSEN* (About 1604 - ) & Thomas WEBB 
|  |  1. Elizabeth MISSING (About 1631 - )
|  8. Alice MISSEN* (About 1604 - ) & Robert WOLLARD 
|  9. Sara MISSEN (About 1607 - ) & James? SANDERSON
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