rom IGI data, William is given as the father of several brothers, including The Reverend Henry, Rector of Cotesbach. 1527 is a guess, based on the known birth date of Henry and on the death of his father who had eight sons, a daughter and a wife great with child at his death in 1540. It makes William seven years older than Edward VI, son of Henry VIII. Edward appears as a son of William in IGI records, but his exixtence is doubtful. William Jr more so. From the Visitation of the County of Leicester in 1619 by William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms, on page 101, is given a pedigree of Marston: Katherina Marston, daughter of Johannes Marston and Maria Turuile, uxor W’mi Dillingham rectoris Eccl’iae de Cranfeild in Com’ Northamp. This may be not be our ancestor, since William was so common a name among cousins in those years. Dates are not given in the pedigree. There is apparently a further page of the Marston pedigree which I failed to copy, which might improve the dating. At least we know that Katherina’s older half brother Willm’s Marston de Slawton had children by 1619, and possibly even grandchildren. The commonality of trade between this William and our Henry, known to be the son of William, suggests that we have found here the mother of the Reverend Henry. In the same document, on page 195, we find Katherina daughter of Henry Dillingham de Deane in Com’ Leicester. She marries William Allen de Burrow and starts having children in 1619. She might well be a sister of Edward the immigrant. Her name would suggest that she is Katherina Marston's granddaughter. [Marriage was 1 Jan 1616 in Dean - see DFGEB V8p2]

Correspondence from Margaret Haile, author of "Dillinghams of Big Ivy, Buncombe County, N.C." 16 June 1992: "You also mentioned WILLIAM DILLINGHAM of Cotesbach, Leicestershire as possible father of Rev. Henry. Volume 1 of the bulletin contains extracts from the will of William, which appears to prove the relationship." William's children John, Harry and Margaret are identified in the will of their grandmother. The attachment of William Jr is entirely speculative. His death on 24 Feb 1603 was obtained from Tim Cole, 74461,322 in a Compuserve Genealogy Forum communication on 4 June 1994. According to Winthrop Alexander (page 12) he was a husbandman of Corresbach, and Leicestershire, and owned land in Bitteswell. He was a native of Deane in Bedfordshire, and a brother of Walter and Thomas of that place. His wife is unknown. [DILLIN.GED]

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