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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
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1561 - 1620 (59 years)
