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Several sites give he and his wife's christening/birth dates on the same day in towns that were 135 miles apart though this believed to be an error in transcription along the way. His wife's birthdate is not known. It has been proven that Major-General Denison, a close friend of Thomas, who was mentioned in Thomas' will, emigrated from Bishop's-Stratford. Thomas Emerson was probabably born in Sedsfield Parish, Durham, England. He was baptized at Bishop's-Stratford, England, July 26, 1584 and was married July 1, 1611 in that parish to Elizabeth Brewster. Their children were recorded in St. Michael's Church at Bishop's Stratford as: Robert, Benjamin, Ralph, James, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Nathaniel and Susan. According to the church warden's book of St. Michael's, he is recorded as a collector for the poor in 1636. He was at Ipswich, Massachusetts, as early as 1638, when 80 acres of land was granted to him. English records indicate the family was non-conformist.

Thomas married Elizabeth BREWSTER on 1 Jul 1611. Elizabeth was born before 1598 in of Scrooby, Bassetlaw District, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 10 Aug 1638 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Coat of Arms was granted to Radus/Ralf Emerson in 1535 of Foxton, co. Durham, England who is a presumed ancestor of Robert. Robert Emerson owned twelve acres in Bishop's Stortford, called Haggle's Dale, England. It is thought that he is the same Robert Emerson who was baptised in Dunmow. In his will proved 1620, he is listed as a "currier" and landholder of Bishop's Stortford. He probably was a migrant from Essex, and the son of Thomas Emerson, of Great Dunmow, baptized 1561. Great Dunmow and Bishop's Stortford are within seven miles of each other. The Stortford Register begins in 1561 and no Emersons appear till Robert married there in 1578 leading to the conclusion that he came from elsewhere. The same remark applies to his father Thomas, of Great Dunmow; the Register begins in 1537, and the first baptism is in 1561.

His occupation is interesting. It can be interpreted as a leather maker, a groomer of horses or a postman. The believed interpretation is a groomer of horses as he bequethed "Muggles Dale" in his will, it would indicate he owned land for horses.

A transcription of his will is as follows: I, Robert Emberson of Stortford in County Herts currier, being aged and sickly"; to wife Susan lands in S. called Muggells Dale, containing about 12 acres, near a field called Woodfeild, to hold for her life with remainder after her death to Thomas Emberson, my eldest son; I give her also the messuage wherein I now dwell for the term of fifty years; afterward the same to go to Margaret my daughter now the wife of Thomas Browne of Southwarke for 50 years; after her decease to James Browne her son for all the term of years then to come. The residue of my goods to the said Susan for her life, and after her death to my four children Thomas, John, Anne and Margaret. (Com. Ct. of London.) Will of Robert Emberson of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, currier <http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=449608>http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=449608

Robert married Susanna CRABBE on 24 Nov 1578 in Bishops Stortford, East Hertfordshire, England. Susanna (daughter of John CRABBE and Margerie SCAWYN) was born in 1556 in Bishops Stortford, Heretfordshire, England; died on 20 Nov 1626 in Bishops Stortford, Heretfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Margerie SCAWYN before 1554. Margerie (daughter of William SCAWYN) was born in 1540 in of Molinick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]