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John Terry

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John Terry

Birth
Long Sutton, Hart District, Hampshire, England
Death
10 May 1625 (aged 69–70)
Stockton, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Burial
Stockton, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Inside the Church
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Married to Mary (White) Terry. Sister to John White, Patriarch of Dorchester.
Their known children:
John (1592 - 1637)
Stephen Terry (1592-1608)
Samuel Terry (1595 -)
Josiah Terry (1597-?)
Nathaniel Terry (1599-1637)
Stephen Terry. (1608-1668) Immigrant to USA, Windsor, Conn. & Hadley, Mass.
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The following memorial is found at the church in Stockton, Wiltshire, England:
"If men should be silent, this stone shall speak the due praise of God's grace in John Terry, lately a faythful, paynful, vigilant and Fruitful Minister of God's truth in this Church of Stockton. He was born of substantial parentage at Long Sutton, in Hampshire: bredde a well deserving Member of New College in Oxford; Freely presented to this charge by the Right Rev. Bishop of Winchester, An. Dom. M.D.X.C., and now in his ripe age of LXX. An. Do. M. DC. XXV., May XXX, sleepeth happily in the public Cemetery of this Church, till the last trumpet shall awake him to a joyful resurrection in Christ:

He lived, he learn'd, he wrat, he tought, Well, much, truly, duly, he brought Hoame the lost sheep, which Christ's Blood bought, Against Hell's power he stoughtly Fought. Terrae Terra datur, Caelum sed spiritus ornat, Mundus habet famam, lusa Gehenna fremit."
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From the "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886.
John Terrye, age 19, scholar 1575, from Winchester school, fellow 1576, B.A. 12 Nov. 1578. M.A. 15 June, 1582.
Rector of Stockton Wilshire church 1589 until his death 1625.
"He lived, He learned, He wrought, He taught
well much, truly, duly, he brought
home, the lost sheep, which Christ's blood bought,
against Hell's power he stoutly fought"
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John TERRY'S records include his entry and residence as a fellow at Winchester and the New College, Oxford in 1576. There he earned his BA on 12 Nov 1582. He was appointed Rector of Stockton, Wiltshire in 1590, a position he held until his death.
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Descendant, USAJohn TERRY was the son of Alice CANNOR and Stephen TERRY of England. His memorial states he was born of "substantial parentage". An alternate birthplace for him is Long Sutton, Hampshire.
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Another Source: TERRY-WADSWORTH history, From the files of Stephen M. Lawson; Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
Married to Mary (White) Terry. Sister to John White, Patriarch of Dorchester.
Their known children:
John (1592 - 1637)
Stephen Terry (1592-1608)
Samuel Terry (1595 -)
Josiah Terry (1597-?)
Nathaniel Terry (1599-1637)
Stephen Terry. (1608-1668) Immigrant to USA, Windsor, Conn. & Hadley, Mass.
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The following memorial is found at the church in Stockton, Wiltshire, England:
"If men should be silent, this stone shall speak the due praise of God's grace in John Terry, lately a faythful, paynful, vigilant and Fruitful Minister of God's truth in this Church of Stockton. He was born of substantial parentage at Long Sutton, in Hampshire: bredde a well deserving Member of New College in Oxford; Freely presented to this charge by the Right Rev. Bishop of Winchester, An. Dom. M.D.X.C., and now in his ripe age of LXX. An. Do. M. DC. XXV., May XXX, sleepeth happily in the public Cemetery of this Church, till the last trumpet shall awake him to a joyful resurrection in Christ:

He lived, he learn'd, he wrat, he tought, Well, much, truly, duly, he brought Hoame the lost sheep, which Christ's Blood bought, Against Hell's power he stoughtly Fought. Terrae Terra datur, Caelum sed spiritus ornat, Mundus habet famam, lusa Gehenna fremit."
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From the "Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886.
John Terrye, age 19, scholar 1575, from Winchester school, fellow 1576, B.A. 12 Nov. 1578. M.A. 15 June, 1582.
Rector of Stockton Wilshire church 1589 until his death 1625.
"He lived, He learned, He wrought, He taught
well much, truly, duly, he brought
home, the lost sheep, which Christ's blood bought,
against Hell's power he stoutly fought"
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John TERRY'S records include his entry and residence as a fellow at Winchester and the New College, Oxford in 1576. There he earned his BA on 12 Nov 1582. He was appointed Rector of Stockton, Wiltshire in 1590, a position he held until his death.
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Descendant, USAJohn TERRY was the son of Alice CANNOR and Stephen TERRY of England. His memorial states he was born of "substantial parentage". An alternate birthplace for him is Long Sutton, Hampshire.
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Another Source: TERRY-WADSWORTH history, From the files of Stephen M. Lawson; Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.


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  • Created by: L. A. C.
  • Added: Jun 5, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91431654/john-terry: accessed ), memorial page for John Terry (1555–10 May 1625), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91431654, citing St John the Baptist Churchyard, Stockton, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England; Maintained by L. A. C. (contributor 46486104).