Goodere, Samuel (1687–1741), naval officer and murderer, was born in Charleton, Worcestershire, the youngest son of the three sons and a daughter of Sir Edward Goodere, third baronet (b. in or after 1649, d. 1739), of Burhope, Herefordshire, and his wife, Eleanor...
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Johnston, Sir John, third baronet (1647/8–1690), army officer and kidnapper, was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, the son of Sir George Johnston, second baronet, of Caskieben, Scotland, and his wife, a daughter of Sir William Leslie, third baronet, of Wardes. According to an account written in 1714 ...