Notes:

Generation 3

+Prudence Wager (John 1, Charles 2) ca1664-before 1743. She
married ca1685 ????? Bolton.
i. Charles Bolton
ii. Martha Bolton
Sir Charles Wager (John 1, Charles 2) 1666-24 May 1743. Sir Charles wasborn an orphan and grew up in Jamestown (Conanicut Island), Rhode Island,raised by a Quaker sea captain named John Hull (1654-1733), whose familyis accounted for in Pre-Pedigree III below (a first cousin once removedof John did move to Roxbury, Morris County). One can only conjectureabout the relationship of the Quaker movement in the American Coloniesand Sir Charles the Quaker, not to mention his good friend Governor LewisMorris
(1671-1746) of New Jersey (also a Quaker who at one time
owned the Bronx--a subway station near Yankee Stadium is
still named "Morrisania" after him; famous constitutionalist GouverneurMorris (1752-1816) is also a direct grandson of Lewis Morris). The Wagerclan that stems from Andrew Wager, along with several other Long Islandfamilies, moved en masse to Morris County, New Jersey, named after SirCharles's friend Lewis Morris. As evidence that this Wager clan might berelated to Sir Charles, one of the Wager children born circa 1805 wasnamed "Admiral Wager." Sir Charles married 8 December 1691 MarthaEarning, but had no children. The heir to Sir Charles Wager's fortune wasby and large his nephew, Charles Bolton, with legacies to his half-sisterMary Parker and niece Martha Watson. He is buried with his wife inWestminster Abbey.
From Greg Wager Jan 2004



People Buried or Commemorated - Charles Wager
Admiral Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743) was a grandson of John Wager,mariner of Rochester in Kent, and son of Charles Wager (1630-66), captainin the Navy, and Prudence (Goodsonn). He served chiefly in theMediterranean, becoming Captain 1692, Rear-Admiral 1707 and Commander inChief in the West Indies. His most famous exploit, known as "Wager?sAction" was on 28 May 1708 aboard the Expedition when he defeated anddestroyed the Spanish treasure fleet at Cartagena. This made him awealthy man and he was knighted in 1709. He was promoted to Admiral in1731 and was also Treasurer of the Navy. He married Martha Earning on 8December 1691 but they had no children. He died on 24 May 1743 and wasburied in the north transept of the Abbey. His wife was buried with himin 1748. A monument by Peter Scheemakers was erected in 1747 against thenorth wall of this transept. The bas-relief shows his famous navalengagement, with the inscription "The destroying & taking the SPANISHGALLEONS A.D. 1708". The main inscription reads:

To the memory of Sir CHARLES WAGER Kt. Admiral of the White, FirstCommissioner of the Admiralty and Privy Counsellor. A man of greatnatural talents, improved by industry and long experience; who bore thehighest commands, and passed through the greatest employments, withcredit to himself and honour to his country. He was, in his private life,humane, temperate, just and bountifull; in his publick station, valiant,prudent, wise and honest; easy of access to all; plain and unaffected inhis manners; steady and resolute in his conduct; so remarkably happy inhis presence of mind, that no danger ever discomposed him; esteemed andfavoured by his King; beloved and honoured by his country. He dyed 24 May1743, aged 77. This monument was erected by Francis Gashry, Esq. ingratitude to his great patron A.D.1747.

His coat of arms (argent, on a cross azure five bezants), and crest of aMoor?s head crowned with rush leaves, appears at the top of the monument.On the pedestal a mourning figure of Fame holds an oval relief portraitof the admiral and on either side are carved naval trophies.


Photographs of the monument can be purchased from Westminster AbbeyLibrary.
? Dean and Chapter of Westminster 2002

Further reading:
"The Dictionary of National Biography" London 1908.
Collections of his letters are noted on www.hmc.gov.uk/nra
From http://www.westminster-abbey.org/library/burial/wager.htm
Dean & Chapter of Westminster Abbey 2003

Charles married Martha Earning on 8 Dec 1691. Martha died in 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

+Charles Wager (John 1) 1630-24 February 1665/6. He was a
famous naval hero and there are accounts of him by Samuel
Pepys in his diary: 11 April 1663, "After dinner in comes Captain Lambertof the Norwich, this day come from Tangier, whom I am glad to see. Therecame also with him Captain Wager, and afterwards in came Captain Allen tosee me, of the Resolution."; 2 November 1665, "He [Sir W. Warren] gone, Ihome to my lodgings to dinner, and there comes Captain Wagers newlyreturned from the Streights, who puts me in great fear for our last shipsthat went to Tangier with provisions, that they will be taken. A brave,stout fellow this Captain is, and I think very honest."; and 27 March1668, "This day Creed at White Hall in discourse told me what informationhe hath had, from very good hands, of the cowardice and ill-government ofSir Jer. Smith and Sir Thomas Allen, and the repute they have both ofthem abroad in the Streights, from their deportment when they did atseveral times command there; and that, above all Englishmen that everwere there, there never was any man that behaved himself like poorCharles Wager, whom the very Moores do mention, with teares sometimes."The marriage of King Charles II and Catherine of Braganza of Portugaloccured 20 May 1662 and part of the dowry included the city of Tangier,which became an English city for a short period of time (the British weredriven out by Moulay Ismail in 1679). Charles Wager must have been somesort of ruling governor in Tangier. He married Prudence Goodsonn(ca1632-1688). His widow married 8 April 1669 Alexander Parker(1628-1689) and had six more children. One of these daughters was themother of Rear-Admiral Charles Watson (1714-1757), whom Sir Charlessubstantially helped rise to prominence in the British Navy.
i. Prudence Wager
ii. Sir Charles Wager
From Greg Wager Jan 2004

Charles + Prudence Goodsonn. Prudence was born about 1632; died in 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

+John Wager ca1610-23 July 1656. He was a mariner from St.
Margaret's Rochester, Kent County, England, where he died.
The Dictionary of National Biography claims he was the
father of Charles Wager, although no sources are mentioned.
He married ca1630 Elizabeth ????? in Rochester.
From Greg Wager

Died:
Date of death 1656 whilst acting captain of the "Greyhound". Ship blew up Whilst engaged with pirates off Faroe. Source: David Wager

John married Elizabeth about 1630. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]