Robert Thomas Byng

Robert Thomas Byng was born about 1540 and died on 2 September 1595. Family-tree notes identify him as Robert Byng, Esq., of Wrotham, Kent, and name Frances Hill as his wife. The same notes place him in a Byng family later associated, in family tradition, with Virginia Company interests, but the chronology requires verification because Robert’s reported death predates the Virginia Company references in the notes.

Robert Thomas Byng was born about 1540. Family-tree notes identify him as Robert Byng, Esq., and associate him with Wrotham, Kent, England.

The notes name Frances Hill as his wife. They list their children as George, John, Francis or Frances, Robert, William, and Anne. William is said in the notes to have been born about 1571 at Wrotham, Kent.

The same family-tree material states that George and Robert Byng of Wrotham were involved with the Virginia Company and that Robert corresponded with the Earl of Warwick and Mr. Ferrar, described there as important figures in Jamestown. These statements should be treated cautiously. Robert’s reported death on 2 September 1595 is earlier than the Virginia Company and Jamestown references described in the notes, and the material does not provide supporting citations for the claimed correspondence or involvement.

Robert Thomas Byng died on 2 September 1595.

Historical context

The family-tree notes connect later members or alleged members of the Byng or Binge family with the Virginia Company, Jamestown, tobacco patents, and factions associated with the Earl of Warwick and Mr. Ferrar. They also speculate that William Binge, an immigrant of 1619, may have been Robert’s brother or son. These are family-tree interpretations rather than documented conclusions in the supplied material, and they should not be treated as established details of Robert Thomas Byng’s life.

Sources & research

Original Family Tree Maker Notes: Supplied family-tree notes, including the proposed pedigree of Thomas Byng and Joan Hicks; John Byng and Agnes Spencer of Essex; Robert Byng, Esq., and Frances Hill; and the discussion of William Binge, the Virginia Company, Jamestown, the Earl of Warwick, and Mr. Ferrar.

[DRC]: Identifier appearing in the supplied notes after the statement that William Binge was listed as an Adventurer and not a Planter; no further source details were provided.