Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Colonial Families in the U.S. [database online]. Orem, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, Ed. Colonial Families of the United States of America. New York: 1907. Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 2, ISSUE BY 1ST m.
"DERRICK ANTHONY was born at St. Katherine's, near the Tower, London. He was an eminent goldsmith, and had employment of value in the jewel office during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603). The earliest recorded docket of a Patent-of-Arms to the family of Anthony is dated 12th Aug. 1559, to Derrick ANTHONY, of London, Gent., by Diedrich. The college references are F. 1, 45, and Misc. Grants V. 237. He m. (firstly) Elizabeth ERLEY, dau. of Richard ERLEY, alias ELLERICLE, of Lincolnshire; m. (secondly) Margaret RIDGE, dau. and co-heir of Edward RIDGE of Staffordshire."
Father might be Richard Erlye born abt. 1500 in Lincolnshire, England.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Colonial Families in the U.S. [database online]. Orem, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Mackenzie, George Norbury, Ed. Colonial Families of the United States of America. New York: 1907. Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 2, ISSUE BY 1ST m.
"DERRICK ANTHONY was born at St. Katherine's, near the Tower, London. He was an eminent goldsmith, and had employment of value in the jewel office during the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603). The earliest recorded docket of a Patent-of-Arms to the family of Anthony is dated 12th Aug. 1559, to Derrick ANTHONY, of London, Gent., by Diedrich. The college references are F. 1, 45, and Misc. Grants V. 237. He m. (firstly) Elizabeth ERLEY, dau. of Richard ERLEY, alias ELLERICLE, of Lincolnshire; m. (secondly) Margaret RIDGE, dau. and co-heir of Edward RIDGE of Staffordshire."
