Noyes family

The name of NOYES is derived from the residence of its first bearers at the town of Noye or Noyers, in Normandy, and was probably taken into England at the time of the Norman Conquest under William the Conqueror, in 1066, in the form of de Noye. It is found on ancient English and early American records in the variants of Noyers, Noiers, Noies, Noers, Noese, Noice, Noye, Noy, Noys, Noyce, Noyse, Noise, Noyes and others, of which the last is the most generally used spelling in America today.

Reverend William Noyes was born in England during the year 1568. He matriculated at University College, Oxford, 15 November, 1588, at the age of twenty years. He was Rector of the Parish of Choulderton in Wiltshire, situated between Amesbury in Wiltshire and Andover in Hampshire, and eleven miles from Salisbury, which contains the great Salisbury Cathedral, built in the year 1220, whose lofty tower overlooks "Stonehenge," the ruins of the wonderful pre-historic temple of the ancient Celtic Druids, in the midst of Salisbury Plain. ...... more


Nathaniel Noyes

  • A1. Robert Noyes, b:1445, Ramridge Manor, Weyhill Parish, Hampshire, England;
    • B1. William Noyes, b:1500, m. Agnes Holbrook;
      • C1. Robert Noyes, b:1530, m. Joan Attridge;
        • D1. Rev. William Noyes, b:1568, m. Anne Parker;
          • E1. Nicholas Noyes, b:1615, m. Mary Cutting;
            • E1. John Noyes, b:1645, m. Mary Poor;
              • F1. Mary Noyes, b:1675, m. John Noyes **;
            • E2. Cutting Noyes, b:1649, m. Elizabeth Knight;
              • G1. John Noyes **, b:1674, m. Mary Noyes;
                • H1. Nehemia Noyes, b:1704, m. Anne Strickney;
                  • I1. Nathaniel Noyes, b:1740, m. Mary Tenney;
            • E3. Col. James Noyes, lvd:1657/1723, m. Hannah Knight;  ==>  Knight family

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The Reverend William Noyes was the rector of the Parish of Choulderton in Wiltshire, near the great Salisbury Cathedral