HENRY B. CONVERSE
(1832 - 1920)
2nd WI Infantry - Field & Staff


FIRST GENERATION

1.  HENRY B. CONVERSE (2nd WI - F&S): born on 27 Jan 1832 in Dummerston, VT; died on 9
Aug 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN



SECOND GENERATION

2.  John Prentice Converse: born on 9 Nov 1797 in Randolph, VT; married on 10 Jun 1822 in
Stafford, CT; died on 10 Aug 1879 in Dundas, MN

3.  Azuba Pinney: born on 13 Jul 1795 in Stafford, CT; died in Feb 1886 in Wyocena, Columbia, WI



THIRD GENERATION

6.  Daniel Pinney: born on 17 Dec 1761 in Stafford, CT; married; died on 27 Jun 1823 in Stafford,
CT

7.  Martha Greene: born on 10 Mar 1763 in Woodstock, CT; died in Jul 1815 in Stafford, CT



FOURTH GENERATION

14.  John Greene: born on 12 Oct 1736 in Surinam, South America; married on 26 Dec 1765; died
in Stafford, Tolland, CT

15.  Azubah Ward: born about 1740; died



FIFTH GENERATION

28.  Nathaniel II Greene: born on 14 May 1709 in Boston, Suffolk, MA; married on 27 Jun 1729
in Boston, Suffolk, MA; died in 1792 in Guiana, Surinam River, South America

29.  Elizabeth Taylor: born in 1706 in Boston, Suffolk, MA; died



SIXTH GENERATION

56.  Nathaniel I Greene: born on 10 Apr 1679 in Warwick, Kent, RI; married on 27 Feb 1703 in
Boston, Suffolk, MA; died on 8 Aug 1714 in Boston, Suffolk, MA

57.  Anne Gould: born about 1685 in Boston, Suffolk, MA; died on 16 Jan 1728 in Boston, Suffolk,
MA

58.  John Taylor: married

59.  Anne Winslow



SEVENTH GENERATION

112.  Thomas Greene: born on 4 Jun 1628 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; married on 30 Jun
1659 in Warwick, Kent, RI; died on 5 Jun 1717 in Warwick, Kent, RI

113.  Elizabeth Barton: born in 1637 in Warwick, Kent, RI; died on 20 Aug 1693 in Warwick,
Kent, RI

118.  Edward Winslow: married

119.  Elizabeth Hutchinson



EIGHTH GENERATION

224.  John I Greene (Dr): born on 9 Feb 1597 in Gillingham, Dorset, England; married on 4 Nov
1619; died on 7 Jan 1659 in Warwick, Kent, RI

225.  Joan Tattershall: born about 1598 in Gillingham, Dorset, England; died on 6 Apr 1635 in
Onboard the "JAMES"

226.  Rufus Barton: born about 1620 in Warwick, Kent, RI; married about 1636; died in 1648 in
Warwick, Kent, RI

227.  Margaret (Barton): born about 1622; died

236.  John Winslow: born on 16 Apr 1597; married; died in 1674

237.  Mary Chilton: born about 1607; died about 1 May 1674

238.  Edward Hutchinson: born about 1613; married; died on 19 Aug 1675 in Marborough, MA

239.  Catherine Hamby: born in 1615 in Alford, Lincoln, England; died



NINTH GENERATION

448.  Richard II Greene: born about 1556 in Gillingham, Dorset, England; married about 1584 in
England; died in 1608

449.  Mary Hooker: born about 1560 in Salisbury, Hampshire, England; died after 1609 in
Gillingham, Dorset, England

450.  Richard Tattershall: born in 1572; married about 1592; died

451.  Margaret Fox: born in 1576; died

472.  Edward Winslow (Gov): born on 17 Oct 1560 in Droitwich, Worchester, England; married in
1620 in Droitwich, Worchester, England; died before 1631 in England

473.  Eleanor Pelham: born in 1564 in Droitwich, Worchester, England; died about 1589 in
Droitwich, Worchester, England

474.  James "Mayflower" Chilton: born about 1560 in Canterbury, Kent, England; married before
1587; died on 8 Dec 1620 in Cape Cod, Barnstable, MA

475.  Susanna "Mayflower" Furner: born about 1564 in Canterbury, Kent, England; died in 1621
in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

476.  William Hutchinson: born on 14 Aug 1586 in Alford, Lincoln, England; married on 9 Aug
1612 in London, Middlesex, England; died in 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, MA

477.  Anne Marbury: born on 20 Jul 1591 in Alford, Lincoln, England; died on 20 Aug 1643 in New
York City, NY

478.  Robery Hamby: born about 1580 in Brocklesby, England; married; died

479.  Elizabeth Arnold: born about 1580; died



TENTH GENERATION

896.  Richard I Greene: born about 1527 in Gillingham, Dorset, England; died on 3 May 1608

898.  John Hooker Chamberlain/Exeter: born about 1528 in Devonshire, England; married in 1555
in England; died in 1601 in Devonshire, England

899.  Rachel Grindall: born about 1530 in Wiltshire, England; died

944.  Kenelem Winslow: born in 1534 in Droitwich, Worchester, England; married about 1559 in
Worcester, England; died on 9 Nov 1607 in Worcester, England

945.  Catherine Bucke: born in 1532 in Droitwich, Worchester, England; died on 4 Apr 1607 in
Worcester, England

946.  Herbert Pelham (Knight): born about 1534; married; died

947.  Elizabeth West: born about 1573; died

948.  Lyonell Chilton: born about 1530 in Canterbury, Kent, England; married on 20 Sep 1580;
died on 15 Feb 1583 in Canterbury, Kent, England

949.  Isabell (Chilton): born about 1533; died

950.  Francis Furner: married

951.  Isabell (Furner)

952.  Edward Hutchinson: born in 1564 in Alford, Lincoln, England; married in 1585 in Alford,
Lincoln, England; died on 14 Feb 1631 in Alford, Lincoln, England

953.  Susanna (Hutchinson): born in 1564 in Alford, Lincoln, England; died in 1646 in Wells, York,
ME

954.  Francis Marbury (Rev): born on 27 Oct 1555 in London, Middlesex, England; married about
1587 in Alford, Lincoln, England; died on 14 Feb 1611 in Alford, Lincoln, England

955.  Bridget Dryden: born about 1565 in Canons Ashby, England; died on 2 Apr 1645 in
Berkhamstead, Hertford, England

956.  William Hamby: born about 1550 in Brocklesby, England; married; died

957.  Margaret Blewett

958.  William Arnold



ELEVENTH GENERATION

1792.  Robert Greene: born about 1499 in Bowridge Hill, Dorset, England; married; died in 1558
in Bowridge Hill, Dorset, England

1793.  Johane (Greene): born about 1503 in Berkampsted, Suffolk, England; died

1796.  Robert Vowell Hooker: born about 1495 in Cathedral Exeter, England; married about
1523; died in 1534 in Exeter, Devonshire, England

1797.  Agnes Doble: born about 1502 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England; died

1798.  William Grindall: born about 1494 in St. Bees, England; died

1888.  William Winslow: born in 1509 in Kempsey, Worcester, England; married about 1533 in
Droitwich, Worchester, England; died in England

1889.  Mary Bucke: born in 1503 in Kempsey, Worcester, England; died after 1560

1890.  Kenelm Bucke: born in 1504 in Kempsey, Worcester, England; married; died before 2 Jan
1550

1891.  Ellen Neville: born in 1508; died after 1547

1894.  Thomas West L/Waar (2): born about 1556 in Berkampsted, Suffolk, England; married
about 1580 in Gloucester, England; died on 4 Mar 1602 in England

1895.  Ann Knowlys: born about 1553 in Berkampsted, Suffolk, England; died about 1608 in
Lansium, England

1896.  Richard Chilton: born about 1505 in Canterbury, Kent, England; married; died in 1549 in
Canterbury, Kent, England

1897.  Isabell (Chilton): born in 1509 in Canterbury, Kent, England; died before 21 Sep 1549

1904.  John Hutchinson: born about 1514 in Sussex Square, London, Middlesex, England; married
about 1554; died on 24 May 1565 in Lincolnshire, England

1905.  Ann Clinte: born about 1519 in Sussex Square, London, Middlesex, England; died on 25
Mar 1586

1908.  William Marbury: born about 1524 in Grisby, Lincoln, England; married in 1554 in Grisby,
Lincoln, England; died in 1581 in Grisby, Lincoln, England

1909.  Agnes Lenton: born about 1528 in Aldwinkle, Northampton, England; died in Grisby,
Lincoln, England

1910.  John Dryden (Esquire): born about 1525 in Staffe Hill, England; married; died on 3 Sep
1584 in Staffe Hill, England

1911.  Elizabeth Cope: born about 1529 in Canons Ashby, England; died

1912.  Edward Hamby: born about 1520 in Brocklesby, England; married; died on 29 Jun 1559 in
Great Lymber, England

1913.  Eleanor Booth: born about 1520 in Killinghome, England; died

1916.  Ralph Arnold



TWELFTH GENERATION

3584.  John "Fugitive" Greene: born in 1450 in Gillingham, Dorset, England; married about 1448
in England; died about 1520 in England

3585.  Elizabeth (Greene): born about 1452 in England; died

3594.  John Doble: born about 1480; died

3776.  Thomas Winslow (Esquire): born in 1452 in Burton, Oxford, England; married in England;
died

3777.  Cecilia Agnes Tansley Lady/Tansley: born about 1475 in England; died

3778.  Kenelm Bucke: Same as person number 1890

3779.  Ellen Neville: Same as person number 1891

3782.  Thomas Neville: born in 1484 in Mathan, Worcester, England; married; died in 1546

3783.  Lettice Harcourt: born in 1488 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England; died

3788.  William West: born about 1520 in Warbleton, England; married in 1554 in Gloucester,
England; died on 10 Dec 1595 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England

3789.  Elizabeth Strange: born about 1534 in Berkampsted, Suffolk, England; died

3790.  Francis Knowlys: born about 1526; married; died

3791.  Mary Katherine Cary: born about 1526 in Oxford, England; died on 15 Jan 1568

3808.  William Hutchinson: born about 1480 in Sussex Square, London, Middlesex, England; died

3816.  Robert Marbury Mayor/Lincoln: born about 1490 in Lowick, England; married about 1523;
died on 28 Sep 1545 in Grisby, Lincoln, England

3817.  Catherine Williamson: born about 1494 in Grisby, Lincoln, England; died on 17 Aug 1525 in
Grisby, Lincoln, England

3818.  John Lenton (Esquire): born about 1500 in Old Wynkill, England; died

3820.  David Dryden: born about 1500 in Staffe Hill, England; married; died

3821.  Isabel Nicholson: born about 1504 in Sussex Square, London, Middlesex, England; died

3822.  John Cope (Knight of Cannons Abbey): born about 1498 in Ashby, Leicester, England;
married; died in 1557

3823.  Bridget Raleigh: born about 1506 in Farneborough, Warwick, England; died

3824.  George Hamby: born about 1490 in Hamby, England; married; died in Brocklesby, England

3825.  Margaret Green: born about 1490 in Sussex Square, London, Middlesex, England; died

3826.  John Booth: born about 1487 in Killinghome, England; married; died on 23 May 1537

3827.  Anne Thimbleby: born about 1490 in Edlington, England; died

3832.  Richard Arnold: married

3833.  Agatha Fransham



THIRTEENTH GENERATION

7168.  Thomas I de Greene: born in 1373 in Green's Norton, Northamptonshire, England; married
about 1449 in England; died in 1461 in England

7169.  Ela Malorie: born about 1420 in Gillingham, Dorset, England; died about 1465 in England

7552.  Thomas William Winslow: born in 1416 in Burton, Oxford, England; married; died

7553.  Agnes Throckmorton: born in 1420 in Coughton, Warwick, England; died

7564.  Henry Neville (Sir): born about 1433 in Raby, Durham, England; married; died on 26 Jun
1459

7565.  Joan Bourchier: born about 1442; died

7566.  John Harcourt (knight): born about 1450 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, England; married
about 1470; died on 26 Jun 1485

7567.  Ann (Norreys) Norris: born about 1450 in Bray, Berkshire, England; died

7576.  George West (Knight): born in Warbleton, England; married; died in Sep 1538 in England

7577.  Elizabeth Morton: born about 1512 in Lechlade, Gloucester, England; died

7578.  Thomas Strange: born about 1504 in Chesterton, Gloucestershire, England; died

7582.  William I Carey: born in 1495 in Hertfordshire, England; married in 1520; died on 22 Jun
1528

7583.  Mary Boleyn: born in 1504 in Devonshire, England; died on 19 Jul 1543

7632.  William Marbury: born in 1446 in Lowick, England; married about 1475; died in 1508 in
Lowick, England

7633.  Anne Blount: born in 1453 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England; died in 1513 in Lowick,
England

7634.  Henry Williamson: born about 1468; married about 1493; died

7635.  Jane Angering: born about 1472 in Cransby, Northampton, England; died

7640.  William Dryden: born in 1470 in Cumberland, England; died

7642.  William Nicholson: born in 1490 in Staffe Hill, England; died

7644.  William Cope (Knight): born about 1470 in Grimsbury, Northern England; married before
1496; died in 1513 in Grimsbury, Northern England

7645.  Jane Spencer: born in 1465 in Hodnel, Warwick, England; died on 12 Feb 1525

7646.  Edward II Raleigh (Knight): born about 1470 in Farneborough, Warwick, England; married;
died

7647.  Anne Chamberlayne: born about 1478; died

7652.  William Booth: married; died on 20 Oct 1509

7653.  Elizabeth Ayscough: born about 1465; died

7654.  Richard Thimbleby (Esquire): married; died on 24 Apr 1522

7655.  Elizabeth Hilton: born about 1455; died between 1496 and 1522

7664.  John Arnold: married

7665.  Isabel Hawkins

7666.  Geoffrey Fransham



FOURTEENTH GENERATION

14336.  Henry II de Greene L/Greene: born in 1341 in Boughton, Northampton, England; married
about 1368 in England; died on 2 Sep 1399 in Green's Norton, Northamptonshire, England

14337.  Matilda de Mauduit: born about 1344 in Warminster, Wiltshire, England; died

15106.  John I Throckmorton L/Coughton: born in 1382 in Throckmorton, Warwick, England;
married in 1409; died on 12 Apr 1445 in Fladbury, Warwick, England

15107.  Eleanor de la Spine: born in 1385 in Coughton, Warwick, England; died in 1466 in
Fladbury, Warwick, England

15128.  George Neville B/Latimer (1): born about 1414 in Castle Raby, Raby-Keverstone,
Durham, England; married about 1436 in Castle Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 30 Dec
1469

15129.  Elizabeth Beauchamp: born on 16 Sep 1417 in Castle Warwick, Warwickshire, England;
died before 2 Oct 1480 in Chapel Beaumont, St. Mary's, Warwick, England

15130.  John Bourchier B/Berners (1): born about 1410 in Eu, France; married; died in May 1474

15131.  Margery Berners: born about 1410 in Weat Horsley, England; died on 18 Dec 1475

15132.  Robert Harcourt (Knight): born on 20 Sep 1410 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, England;
married about 1440; died on 14 Nov 1470

15133.  Margaret Byron: born about 1420 in Clayton, Lancashire, England; died after 1476 in
England

15134.  John Norris: born about 1424; died

15152.  Thomas West B/Ware: born in 1457 in England; married; died on 11 Oct 1525 in England

15153.  Eleanor Copley: died in 1536 in England

15154.  Robert Morton (Knight): born in Lechlade, Gloucester, England

15164.  Thomas Carey: born between 1455 and 1465 in Moulsford, Berkshire, Chilton Foliot,
England; married about 1492; died in 1500 in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England

15165.  Margaret Spencer Lady/Cary: born in 1471 in Devonshire, England; died on 16 Aug 1501

15166.  Thomas I Boleyn E/Wiltshire: born in 1477 in Blicking, Norfolk, England; married about
1500 in Blicking, Norfolk, England; died on 12 Mar 1539 in Hever, Kent, England

15167.  Elizabeth Howard Countess/Wiltshire: born between 1480 and 1486 in Norfolk, England;
died on 3 Apr 1537 in Castle Barnard, Durham, England

15264.  John Marbury: born in 1413 in Cransby, Northampton, England; married about 1445 in
Cransby, Northampton, England; died about 1460

15265.  Eleanor Cotton: born in 1418 in Cransby, Northampton, England; died

15266.  Thomas II Blount (Knight): born in 1414 in Grisby, Lincoln, England; married in 1453 in
Grisby, Lincoln, England; died in 1468 in Stoneleigh, Warwicks, England

15267.  Agnes (Anna) Hawley: born about 1422 in Conons, Utterby, Lincoln, England; died on 14
Oct 1462

15288.  Stephen Cope: born in 1450 in Deanshager, England; married; died in 1513

15290.  John II Spencer: born in 1446 in Cransby, Northampton, England; married about 1464 in
Towcester, Northampton, England; died in 1499

15291.  Ann Empson: born in 1450 in Cransby, Northampton, England; died

15292.  Edward I Raleigh (Knight): born about 1444 in Thornborough, Warwick, England; married
in 1467; died before 20 Jun 1509 in Farneborough, Warwick, England

15293.  Margaret Verney: born about 1445 in London, Middlesex, England; died

15294.  Richard IV Chamberlain: born about 1438 in Shirbourne, Oxford, England; married about
1469; died on 28 Aug 1496

15295.  Sybel Fowler: born about 1455 in Rycote, Oxford, England; died in 1525

15304.  Henry "of Middle Soyle" Booth: married

15305.  Elizabeth Gascaryk

15306.  John Ayscough: married; died on 20 Jul 1491

15307.  Margaret Talboys: born about 1446; died before Jul 1491

15310.  Godfrey II Hilton B/Luttrell: born on 9 Nov 1419; married in 1453; died on 18 May 1472

15311.  Margery (Hilton): died on 14 Nov 1495

15328.  Thomas Arnold (Esquire): born in 1468 in Llanarth, Monmouth, Wales; married; died on
15 Sep 1545 in Monmouth, England

15329.  Agnes Wairnstead: born in 1470 in Llanarth, Monmouth, Wales; died

15330.  Jeremy Hawkins



FIFTEENTH GENERATION

28672.  Henry I de Greene (Knight): born in 1310 in Greens Norton, Northampton, England;
married about 1339; died in 1370 in Broughton, Dorset, England

28673.  Catherine de Drayton: born about 1325 in Broughton, Dorset, England; died

28674.  Thomas Mauduit (Knight): born about 1325 in Warminster, Wiltshire, England; married;
died

28675.  The Lady Mauduit

30212.  Thomas de Throckmorton (Knight): born about 1356 in Throckmorton, Warwick, England;
married about 1381 in Throckmorton, Warwick, England; died between 1411 and 1428

30213.  Agnes de Besford: born about 1350 in Besford, Warwick, England; died after 1428

30214.  Guy de la (Spineto) Spine B/Coughton: born in 1350 in Coughton, Warwick, England; died
after 1403

30215.  Katherine Holt: born about 1354 in Coughton, Warwick, England; died

30256.  Ralph I de Neville E/Westmorland (1): born in 1364 in Castle Raby, Raby-Keverstone,
Durham, England; married on 29 Nov 1396 in Chateau Beaufort, Meuse-et-Loire, France; died on
21 Oct 1425 in Castle Raby, Raby-Keverstone, Durham, England

30257.  Joan de Beaufort (Countess): born about 1375 in Chateau Beaufort, Meuse-et-Loire,
France; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England

30258.  Richard de Beauchamp E/Warwick: born on 28 Jan 1381 in Castle Warwick,
Warwickshire, England; married in Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 30 Apr 1439 in Rouen,
Seine-Inferieure, France

30259.  Elizabeth de Berkeley: born about 1385 in Abergavenny, Monmouth, Wales; died on 28
Dec 1422

30260.  William II de Bourchier C/Eu: born about 1386 in Little Easton, Essex, England; married
on 20 Nov 1405; died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, Aube, France

30261.  Anne Plantagenet (Countess): born in Apr 1383 in Pheshy, Essex, England; died on 16 Oct
1438

30262.  Richard Berners (Knight): married

30263.  Philippa Dalynridge

30264.  Thomas II Harcourt (Knight): born in 1377 in Bosworth, Leicestershire, England; married
on 2 May 1405; died on 3 Jun 1460

30265.  Jane Franceys (Francis): born about 1385 in Foremark, Derby, England; died

30266.  John Byron: born in 1394; died

30304.  Richard de West: born on 28 Oct 1430 in Oakhanger, Hampshire, England; married on 10
Jun 1451; died on 10 Mar 1476 in England

30305.  Catherine Hungerford: born in 1438 in Oakhanger, Hampshire, England; died on 12 May
1493

30306.  Roger de Copley (Knight): married

30307.  Anne Jane Jeanne de Hoo: born about 1447 in England; died in 1535

30328.  William Carey (Knight): born on 12 Aug 1437 in Bristol, England; married; died on 6 May
1471 in England

30329.  Elizabeth Paulett: born about 1437 in Bristol, England; died

30330.  Robert Spencer: born about 1430 in Spencercombe, Devonshire, England; married about
1470 in England; died about 1502

30331.  Eleanor Beaufort: born about 1431 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 16 Aug 1501

30332.  William I Boleyn (Knight): born about 1449 in Blicking, Norfolk, England; married about
1473 in Blicking, Norfolk, England; died on 10 Oct 1505 in Hever, Kent, England

30333.  Margaret Butler: born in 1460 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 3 Apr 1537

30334.  Thomas I Howard D/Norfolk (2): born in 1443 in Stoke Nayland, Suffolk, England;
married on 30 Apr 1472; died on 21 May 1524 in Castle Farlingham, Farlingham, Norfolk, England

30335.  Elizabeth Tilney Duchess/Norfolk: born about 1455 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England;
died on 4 Apr 1497 in Sussex Square, London, Middlesex, England

30532.  Thomas I Blount (Knight): born in 1378 in Rock, Worcester, England; married in 1413 in
Elvanston, England; died in 1456 in Elvanston, England

30533.  Margaret Gresley: born in 1393 in Rock, Worcester, England; died

30534.  John Hawley (Knight): born between 1392 and 1400 in Conons, Utterby, Lincoln, England;
married; died

30535.  Margaret (Hawley): born about 1388; died

30580.  John I Spencer: born about 1418 in Hodnel, Warwick, England; married about 1443 in
Hodnel, Warwick, England; died

30581.  (Miss) Warsted: born about 1422 in Towcester, Northampton, England; died

30582.  Peter Empson: born about 1414 in Cransby, Northampton, England; married about 1433 in
England; died

30583.  Elizabeth Joseph: born about 1418 in Towcester, Northampton, England; died

30584.  William Raleigh (Esquire): born about 1420 in Thornborough, Warwick, England; married
in 1440; died in 1460

30585.  Elizabeth Greene: born about 1421 in Greenes Norton, Northumberland, England; died

30586.  Ralph II Verney (Knight): born about 1412 in Fleet Marston, Buckingham, England;
married about 1435 in Fleet Marston, Buckingham, England; died on 11 Jun 1478

30587.  Emma Pyking: born about 1412 in Fleet Marston, Buckingham, England; died

30588.  Richard III Chamberlain (Sir/Knight): born about 1392 in Shirbourne, Oxford, England;
married about 1435; died in 1439

30589.  Margaret Knyvett: born about 1418 in Norfolk, England; died in 1458

30590.  Richard Fowler: born in 1420 in Rycote, Oxford, England; married about 1446; died on 3
Nov 1477

30591.  Joan Danvers: born about 1427 in Cothorp, Oxford, England; died

30610.  William Gascaryk: married

30612.  William Ayscough Chief/Justice of Common Pleas: married

30613.  Elizabeth Claythorpe

30614.  John "Younger" Talboys (Esquire): married; died before 1467

30615.  Katherine Gibthorpe

30620.  Godfrey I Hilton (Sir): married; died on 5 Aug 1459

30621.  Hawise Luttrell Baroness/Luttrell: born about 1393; died on 24 Mar 1422

30656.  Roger ap Arnold ap Arnholt-Vychan (Esquire): born about 1442 in Llanarth, Monmouth,
Wales; married; died

30657.  Joan Gamage (Lady): born about 1444 in Llanarth, Monmouth, Wales; died

30658.  Richard Warnsted (Knight): born about 1444; died