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Colonists, p. English Origins of AMERICAN COLONISTS [p.1] CLUES FROM ENGLISH ARCHIVES CONTRIBUTORY TO AMERICAN GENEALOGY. [p.94] CLUES FROM ENGLISH ARCHIVES CONTRIBUTORY TO AMERICAN GENEALOGY. BY J. HENRY LEA AND J. R. HUTCHINSON. page 98 |
| Will of WILLIAM WALL of Standon, co. Hertford. I give and bequeath unto my brother John Wall of the parish of Goshen in Chester County and Province of Pensilvania in America the sum of thirty pounds, and if he should happen to be dead before me then I will and order the same to be paid to his children. I give to my nephew Richard Wall £20 over and above the £20 I gave [p.98] him in my lifetime, or, if he die before me, to his children; to John Barler who married Anne, daughter of my brother Thomas Wall, £20, or if they be dead before me, then to their children; to my kinsman Richard Deane £20, or to his children; to my kinsman Richard Holford £10, or to his children; to my nephew Thomas Wall £10, or to his children; to Henry Madder £5, or to his daughter Elizabeth; to my sister Elizabeth Wall, widow of my brother Walter Wall, £5; to Edmond Rowley who married my niece Sarah Wall, £10; to Catherine Begford, daughter of my niece Mary, wife of John Hollis, £5; to John, son of said John and Mary Hollis, £5; to my sister in law Mary, widow of Thomas Wall, £5, or to the children of her daughter Anne, wife of John Barler; to Joseph Sollam who married Elizabeth my sister in law, £5; to the poor of Tixall, co Stafford, 20s.; to my nephew William Wall and heirs all my free and copyhold lands at Latchford in Standon, co. Hefts; to Catherine Dale of Standon one guinea; to Edward Moore of Standon, gardiner, 20s.; to the poor of Standon 40s.; to Joseph Mitchell of Standon 20s.; to Edward Odell of Puckridge, carpenter, 20s.; to my nephew William Wall and John Bridges of Standon, my friend, £180-2 in trust for the payment of the foregoing legacies. I order my body to be buried in the upper part of the South Isle of Standon Church, near to the body of Hannah Edwards, deceased. All my wearing apparel I give to my three nephews Richard Wall, Thomas Wall and William Wall. Executors: my nephew William Wall and my friend John Bridges. Dated 13 Sept., 1754. Witnesses: John Goodwin the elder, John Goodwin the younger, Henry Roberts. Proved 2 Oct., 1754, by the Executors. (Arch. Middlesex, Essex and Herts, Amis, 43.) |
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Colonists, p. English Origins of AMERICAN COLONISTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO NAMES OF IMPORTANCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. BY WILLIAM GILBERT, [p.186] SOME NOTABLE DEPOSITIONS FROM THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. BY J. R. HUTCHINSON. page 200 |
| 20. EDWARDE, JOHN, of Little Thurrock, Essex. To be buried in churchyard. To poor of Lt. Thurrock £10, namely to Whytt-feild 6/8, Hicks 6/8, Tymothe Tybolde 6/8, Peche 6/8, Rowlye 3/4, Crose 3/4, Chalke 3/4, 3/4 towarde a Byble. To William Holidaye, clarke, 6/8. To Nicholas Greene 6/8. To the 3 children of James Humfrye, my predecessor, according to their fathers will, £11. I owe Henry Devenish .£14, widow Edlynne of OeseddeBuried 17 March, 1582-3.* £10, William Humfrye of Thundersley 48/- & William Castle 6/-. William Castle owes me 13/-. John Slaterford of Stanford, butcher, hath received of me for hides £11-7-8 whereof I have received 9 hides and an halfe, four at 5/- apeece and five and a halle at 5/2 apeece. Lewes Jonsonne of Horndon owes me 20/-, Thomas Cardye of Laindon Hills 5/-, Edward Austen of Greens End 20/-, Lucas of Greens End 7/10, William Standbace of London, curryer, 20/-, Duffeild of West Thoroke 4/4. I bequeath to my servant Henry Devenish my mill — Ollyfe the wife of Timothy Tybolde. To Agnes Humfrye a bed &c. To Elizabeth Humfrye 20 marks Buried 20 Sept., 1582.* besides her father's gift which is 11 nobles. William and John, sons of Matthew Fletcher, bap. 1597 and 1600 respectively.* To James Humfrye 20 marks. To Margaret Savage 20 marks. Ex. William Humfrye of Thundersley. Overseers William Holydaye, clarke, and William Hickes. Res: equally between my Ex. and my overseers. Wit. Nicholas Greene(x) Timothie Tybolde(x). Pr. 1 March, 1593. (Arch. Essex. Stephen.) |
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| English Origins of American
Colonists, p. English Origins of AMERICAN COLONISTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO NAMES OF IMPORTANCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. BY WILLIAM GILBERT, [p.186] SOME NOTABLE DEPOSITIONS FROM THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. BY J. R. HUTCHINSON. page 203 |
| 31. KING, ELLEN, [Lowunt should probably be Loueron or Loveron, a common name in Ardleigh. John Loveron was churchwarden about 1555 and put his cross on every page of the oldest register to testify to its accuracy (though he could not read!).*] of Halstead, Essex, 14 Jan., 1627, widow, late wife of Edmund King, gent, deceased. My son in law Crowehe oweth me £40 to be divided equally between his children (not named) £10 each. To my son John Chambers £40 and various household articles. To my grandchild Anne Rowley a bed &c. To my daughter Katherine Lewes 20/-. To my daughter Clarke 5/-. To son-in-law John Rowley 20/-. To my grandchild John Rowley 20/-. To Mathewe Rowley daughter (?) to my son John Rowley 2 pr. of sheets &c. Servants — Sarah and Mary Raven & Edward Briggs. If my Executors are vexed in law by Peter King, or Thomas King, for any of my goods, then my son John Chambers to bear part of the charge. Res and Ex: my son Felix Chambers & my daughter Elizabeth Langham. Wit: William Bramstoon, Charles Owsold. Pr. 29 Dec., 1628, by Ex. named. (P.C.C. Barrington, 110.) |
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