Captain Sir William Fernald, of Tremountain, Earl of Southhampton, son of Dr. John and Annietta (De Coligny) Fernald, was born June 12, 1575. He was an officer in the British Navy; fought the Spanish Armada when thirteen years old ; was commander of the Garland and Cadiz expedition in April, 1596; was knighted by Essex, October 8, 1597 ; and created a Viscount in 1624. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Commander Amand, of the British Navy, May 16, 1594, and died April 8, 1665. Mrs. Elizabeth (Amand) Fernald was named by Queen Elizabeth of England, who gave her as a souvenir an ancient silver tea pot, made by Francis De Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, about 1580, which was brought to America by Dr. Renald Fernald, and as late as 1896 was still in the possession of Dr. C. A. Fernald, of Boston, Massachusetts. Captain Sir William Fernald gave the sword of Jean Fernel, which was a Damascus blade, its hilt being four per cent gold and made in Italy, to his eldest son. Dr. Renald Fernald. He also brought Temperance Washington, who afterwards married Thomas Fernald, and her parents, who were the ancestors of General George Washington.

nine children of Captain Sir William and Elizabeth (Amand) Fernald, was born in Bristol, England, July 6, 1595. He married Johanna Warburton, January I, 1619. He resigned his commission in the English Navy to come to America, sailed on the barque, "Warwick," from Downe, England, and landed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, or Kittery, Maine, July 4, 1631. He was captain of a military company; town recorder, 1654 to 1656; recorder of deeds; trial justice of the peace, and was New Hampshire's first surgeon. He died October 6, 1656.