Notes

Matches 3,601 to 3,650 of 3,765

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3601	Wife was born around 1614	FLEXNEY, Justinian (I15325)
3602	Wife widow when daughter Ellen died.	Source (S144)
3603	Wife's age	Source (S194)
3604	Will	Source (S40)
3605	Will (26/2/1790) mentions only wife and executor John Duffield.	BAKER, Thomas (I15212)
3606	Will (Wiltshire Archdeaconry): copy on file.	Source (S217)
3607	Will checked: S469 1851, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Butcher 244/866 -copy on file.	SKRINE, William (I5722)
3608	Will dated 1618.	Source (S106)
3609	Will dated 3 August 1678. Inventory on file.	BAKER, John (I15200)
3610	Will found for a John Scott, butcher of South Shields, died 22/4/1874.	SCOTT, John (I607)
3611	Will in Bristol Record Office.	_______, Rebecca (I9873)
3612	Will in Gloucester for Thomas Buttler of Horton, proven 19th April 1711: all goods left to nephew Henry Pinkott. Other administrators: William Rouch & Thomas Morley.	BUTLER, Thomas (I1410)
3613	Will made 26/7/1888, leaving entire estate to spinster daughter Emma, sole executrix.	SKRINE, David (I12245)
3614	Will made this date	Source (S97)
3615	Will of Agnes BUTLER, 1620 In the name of God Amen. I Agnes Butler also hence of Horton in the County of Gloucester,widow, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following, although sick in body yet perfect in memorie, Blessed be to God for it, instead I beseech Almighty God to accept my soul and desire my body to be buried in Horton Churchyard as near to the place as where my husband was buried as may be. And I give and bequeath to Agnes my daughter wife of John Powell? All my Sunday clothes both linen and woollen except one silk gown and all my sheep in ------ and o nely ---------. And I give to Marie, my daughter's daughter any three swine to be disposed by my overseer hereafter mentioned for the good of the child. And I give to Margaret BUTLER of cottonwork, my worsed gown and one of my Sowe piggee. And I give to John BUTLER also ever my friend all all the rest of my goods, moveable and immovable. Lastly I give to John HOWARD my brother and William PLUMBER my neighbour ten shillings a peece . I make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Witness thereto I have put my hand and oath this 30 day of November 1620 Mark Agnes BUTLER Marks of Agnes HALL and Thomas BUTLER	BUTLER of Horton (I1430)
3616	WILL OF REV. SEABORN COTTON, 20 May 1684 - 7 Oct 1686: The Last Will, & Testament of Seaborne Cotton, Minister of the Word of God, at Hampton, in His Majestyes Province of New Hampshire, made, & signed May 20. 1684. In the 36th yeare of His Majestyes Reigne, is, as followeth. In the Name of God Amen, & of His Son Christ Jesus, Who is Lord both of Quicke, & Dead, Who hath taught us by Precept, & Example, not to doe our owne Will, bu the Will of our Heavenly Father: yet in his Word hath ratifyed the Will of a Testator, when He is dead. I Seaborne Cotton of Hampton, in His Majestyes Province of New Hampshire, in New England, doe Make, & declare this my Last Will & Testament, & (I trust) according to the Will of God, in the manner following. First, My Soule, which Hee hath chosen, & Redeemed, & (I hope) called out of the Power of darkenesse, I doe (according to His Appointment) resign It, into his Hand, at His Call, as Into the Hand of a gracious, & Faithfull Creator, Redeemer, & Comforter: My Body after my decease, I leave to bee decently Com'itted to the Earth, til ye day of ye Resurrection of ye Just. And as to the Outward estate, which God hath given mee; As It is ye will of God, So my Will is, That out of It, My Debts bee first payed, & then my Wife, & children Live of ye Rest, as is after mentioned: My Debts are only at Portsmouth, & Boston, my Debts at Portsmouth are few, & small, & will easily bee paid by debts due to mee in Hampton, which debts from Hampton, I Appoint my dear Wife Prudence, with my after named Exequetors, to se Improved for that end; & the remaining part of those debts from Hampton, If they bee found, I bestow upon my sd Wife Towards the maintenance of Her Selfe, & my Son Rowland. My Debt at Boston is only to my Honored, & good Freind Captaine Sewall Administrator to my Honored, & good Benefactor Captaine Hull deceased, who hath promised mee to bee satisfyed with part of the Rent of my Farme at Muddy River yearely, untill the Principall bee paid; for which end, I Appoint a convenient part yearely to bee paid, as may best Content, except only some part of the Rent hereafter Excepted, unlesse my selfe before my decease shall pay Him, or my Exequetors shall find an easier, & nearer way not contradicting any other part of my will. Furthermore, in Consideration of the Christian Com'union of my selfe, & present deare Wife, about the space of Eleven yeares, as also having received for the good of the whole Family, hers & mine, the sum'e of about an hundred, & twenty pounds in Countrey pay, by reason of some Lane of her owne, (not inventoryed, as her Husband Crosbeys Estate being made over to Feoffees in trust, for Her use before) & by mutuall Consent sold at Topsfeild: my selfe having paid about an hundred pounds in silver & as silver, to satisfy her former Husbands debts, as will appeare by bills taken up, & accounts now in my hand, not at all accounting my Time, paines, or expences, nor the charge I have bestowed upon Her Three Sons in theyre Education to this day: Out of my Hearty Love, & good will towards Her (the former Sale at Topsfeild standing good, & firme) I truly give, & hereby Assigne all Bills, & Bonds whatsoever, relating to Her Husband Crosbey in my keeping, (all of which I have satisfyed) to my said wife, & doe hereby acquit & exonerate her from making satisfaction to any children, or Heyres of mine, for any such disbursements, strictly charging all mine, to forbeare demanding any payment for the same: yet advising my said deare Wife, as sole Administratrix to Mr Crosbeyes Estate, to keepe the staffe in her owne Hand, that neither Forreigne, nor domesticke claimers may recover any thing of Her, that I have payed, Her Bowells being more likely to yerne towards Her children, then theyrs towards theyre mother: Likewise I freely returne to her the Estate, that was Mr Crosbeys, to which shee is Administratrix, not at all Expended by mee (as shee well knowes) but as I found It, so I leave It, except one small parcell thereof disposed by herselfe, to one Pearty, for the advantage of the whole: Also whatsoever Household goods sometimes Mr Crosbeyes, which my wife at any time brought to Hampton & are not worne out in the use of the whole, I returne them to her, in the Condition, they shall be in, at my decease, desiring Her, & charging her, to Bee Kind to, & Prudent for, Her, & my son Rowland---& for her Encouragement To Remember mee, & to endeavour to Her Utmost, with others hereafter mentioned, the good Education of Rowland Her son, & mine, I doe give unto my aid wife ten pounds yearely out of the Rent of my Farme at Muddy River during the terme of Her widowhood to Her Selfe, but after Her Marriage, or if shee dye before, the said sum'e of ten pounds to bee disposed towards Rowlands subsisting, not exceeding the terme of twenty yeares ensuing the date of my decease: I also give unto Her two milch Cowes, such as shee shall chuse, out of my stocke, for Her use, only if Rowland live to bee one & twenty yeares of Age I require them, or the Value of them to bee returned to Rowland, by His mother, or Her Heires, if He dye before that time, let her keep of them, what shee doth not bestow, on His decent Funerall. I also give unto her, & Rowland Joyntly, whatsoever estate shall be due to mee, by the decease of my Honord Father Wade, which property is at my disposall: I also give her the Iron tongs, and Andirons Com'only used in the Parlour, as also for her further Encouragement to due care of Rowland for this life, & a Better, I give to my sd wife, the time I have in Joseph Elkins, whome I require to serve Her faithfully that shee may the better looke to her selfe, & son as also I require my sd wife to fullfill my part of the Indenture to sd Joseph. As for my Deare Children, which god hath graciously given mee, my sons are two, John, & Rowland, the former already brought up to Learning, & through gods goodnesse, as able to live as my selfe, therefore I doe for the space of twenty yeares after my decease Appoint the sd son John, his heires, to pay to my son Rowland (if living) the full sum'e of ten pounds yearly out of the Rent of my farme at Muddy River, for His use, with His mother during her widdowhood, but to his only use after her marriage; for twenty yeares after my decease & considering the dividing such a Farme might spoile it, I therefore, for the fulfilling of the Legacy aforesd, doe bequeath unto Him my Farme at Muddy River with all Buildings thereupon, all Fences, Orchards, Meadowes, Marsh, Pastures, and Arable Grounds, with timber, Priviledges, & Appurtenances thereunto belonging, the Same to Have, & to Hold to Him, & His Heires for ever, Hee paying to His mother, & Rowland as abovesd, but in case my son John dye without Lawfull Issue, my son Rowland shall Inherit the said Farme, He paying such Legacyes to His Sisters, as shall be herein Appointed: & if both dye without Issue as Aforesaid, it shall be divided among my daughters, & theyre Heires, that shall be living: & if Rowland should dye before twenty yeares expired after my Decease, the ten pounds remaining of what should be paid of those twenty yeares, shall be Equally divided among my daughters, or theyre heirs living. Item, I give to my two sons my Library to bee equally divided between them, for theyre use & benefit, only excepted, what English Books I may give to my Daughters for theyre Instruction: Item I give to my son John a guilt silver Tankard; as also my Red Curtaines Lined with silke, red coverlid, Carpett, & Cupboard cloaths but if my son John dye without Lawfull Issue, I will them all, of not worne Out, to fall to Rowland, & if Rowland dye without Lawfull Issue, They shall descend to the next Heire male, borne among my Daughters. Item to Rowland I give my biggest silver Beere Bowle, for ever at His dispose As for my Remaining estate, which is in plate, Household goods, Horses, Catle, etc: I doe will It bee divided betwixt Rowland, & my six daughters, as is after expressed, my Three Eldest Daughters, Dorothy, Anne, & Sarah, to have my three silver Beere Cups remaining, they chusing each of them one, according to theyre Ages: My three Younger Daughters, Elizabeth, Mercy, & Maryah, to Have my silver wine cups, & spoones Among them to make up, what they want of the value of theyre sisters cups, as farre as It will reach: all other Household goods whatsoever (not already disposed) whether of Woollen, Linnen, Pewter, or Brasse, or Iron, Feather beds, wooden ware, chayres, stooles Cushions etc: & catle, Mares, & Horses, to be Equally divided among Rowland, & his sixe Sisters, only what any Daughter hath received upon marryage, before that time, to bee deducted out of the abovesd Division; excepting the plate mentioned, which I would have each enjoy, as It is written: only there is a chest, that was formerly bought of Dr Groth which I give to Rowland, together with a Birding Peice Besides, & above the Division mentioned, I give my first Wives Trunke to Maryah that shee may have some Remembrance of Her Mother. As also besides the Division forenamed, I give to Elizabeth, a Table Cloath, & six Napkins marked R.O. said to bee given her by Mr Richard Oliver, at my decease, or her marriage; I also acknowledge my pocket Pistoll to bee given my Son John long agoe: Furthermore if my wife Prudence shall not accept of my foregoing Legacyes to Her, but require her Thirds according to custome of Law, then I doe hereby make void my foregoing gifts bequeathed to Her, both of bonds, & bills satisfyed be mee & of ten pounds per Annum, as relating to Her Selfe, or what ever else mentioned out of my Estate And to this my Last Will, & Testament, I doe Constitute, & Appoint my Beloved Sons, John, & Rowland Joint Exequetors, & in case of ye death of ye One the Survivour to bee Sole Exequetor, & by reason of Rowlands Nonage, I Appoint, & Earnestly desire my Deare Couzen Mr Cotton Mather, & my Dear Brother Mr Nathaniell Wade to bee tender Guardians to Rowland, and Overseers to the Accomplishment of this my Will, for which the Lord will Reward them, & my sons will thanke them, whome I fervently begge to doe theyre Utmost, to assist my Deare wife in Educating Rowland to Learning, & if that bee not attainable, to some worth, & Noble Employment. Further, my Daughter Elizabeth being Single, I beseech my Honored Uncle Mr Joseph Dudley, to take the Care of Her. My Daughter Mercy is of age to chuse a Guardian, I pray God to direct her to doe It wisely; My Daughter Maryah being Youngest, I com'end her to the Lord, & to my son & daughter Smith praying them to take care of Her for Her best good, till shee bee of Age to chuse a Guardian, or provide for her selfe; Item, what Estate the Honorable Governour Bradstreet shall by his last will bequeath to mee, or my Children by his Daughter, according to Promise, if Hee Himselfe doe not divide It by name, my Will is, It bee divided among them Equally. I can in no wise worthily Gratify my Deare Brother, & Couzen, Overseers of this my Will, but only request them to chuse for themselves, what Authors a peice, they please, in my study, as a poore token of unfeigned Love, & Gratitude./ Thus Com'ending my selfe your selves, my Dear Wife, Sons, & Daughters to the Infinite Grace of God All sufficient I doe in the presence of God, & man revoke all former wills & signe This, my Last Will, & Testament with my Hand, & seale, May the Twentieth, one thousand, sixe hundred Eighty & Foure, while I am well, & in good Health Seaborne Cotton (seal) This Instrument was signed, & sealed by Seaborne Cotton, & Affirmed by Him to bee His last will, & Testament, Before us Witnesses: sold) in the first page, of my decease) in the 2d page interlined before signing, & sealing. Live) also interline in page 2d Memorandum, if my son John dye, so as Rowland live to possess that Farme, Hee shall pay sixty pounds, to my sixe daughters, or to theyre Heires living, by paying ten pounds yearly, for sixe yeares, paying the first yeare to ye eldest Daughter, & son Successively yeare, by yeare to the Rest, according to theyre Age; except the persons concerned, doe otherwise mutually Agree; this also I signe the day, & yeare above written Seaborne Cotton Mr Cotton of Hampton owned this Instrument to bee His last will & Testament, as above exprest, June 2. 1684. before us witnesses Samuell Shuerburne James Carr Proved October 7, 1686 Inventory of the estate of Rev. Seaborn Cotton, who died April 20, 1686; taken April 26, 1686; amount, £309.13.6; amount of goods given to Mrs. Prudence Cotton which belonged to her former husband, Mr. Crosby, £68.2.0; signed by John Sanborn, Henry Dow, Samuel Sherburne, and John Tuck.	COTTON, Reverend Seaborn (I21945)
3617	Will of Thomas ROSE of Stratford-upon-Avon, farmer and coaldealer, proved 1837.	ROSE, Thomas (I16723)
3618	Will proved 14/8/1798.	GADD, Joseph (I14390)
3619	Will proved by brother, Alexander, listed as a teacher.	SCOTT, John (I12264)
3620	Will proved on this date	Source (S96)
3621	Will proved this date.	Source (S133)
3622	Will witnessed by William SULYARD - an ancient Wetherden family with monuments in the church, and lords of the manor. Suggests that the GIBSONs held reasonably high social status.	GIBSON, Samuel (I15238)
3623	Will written 16/6/1645.	RUTTER, Marmaduke (I12431)
3624	Will written 1810, codicil added 1814.	GADD, Rebecca (I14398)
3625	Will written 20/11/1687. Name spelt as both MILLENER and MILNER in Will, and as MILLNOR in codicil.	MILLINER, William (I14856)
3626	William adopted a military career and was wounded at the Battle of Dettingen (1743) and defeated, not ingloriously, at Fontenoy in 1745 by Marshal Saxe. He was next sent to crush the Young Pretender's rebellion and did so effectively at the Battle of Culloden Moor in 1746. By doing so he earned the lasting title of "Butcher" Cumberland. He retired after two defeats during the Seven Years War in 1757. {Chamber's Biographical Dictionary}	HANOVER, William Augustus "The Butcher" (I6466)
3627	William Charles Henry	ORANGE, William IV, Prince of (I6461)
3628	William COOPER of Littledean, labourer, aged 38, height 5ft 6 3/4", brown hair, grey eyes, oval visage, fresh complexion, mole left side of face. Charged with stealing a Ewe, the property of John HALE at East Dean. Committed by Sir MHC BOWEY, Bart., & D. Pyrke, Esq. at the Winter Assizes 5 Dec 1860. Guilty of Sheepstealing, sentenced to 9 calendar months hard labour in the penitentiary. Term expired 4 Sep 1861. Native of Coleford at Berry Hill. Single. Has been working for George BENFIELD, a shoemaker, for 2 months at Coleford. "Church" [indicating that he was an Anglican?] (Q/Gc6/4)	COOPER, William (I14693)
3629	William DONALDSON of the parish of Forgan, Margaret CAMERON of the parish of Dundee.	Family: William DONALDSON / Margaret CAMERON (F6634)
3630	William Henry [Orange]	ORANGE, William III of King of England (I6381)
3631	William is shown as married in 1851 census, while Maria was still a servant in Cheltenham - her marital status is not given. Both are listed as unmarried (he in prison) in 1861, by which time he and Maria had 3 daughters. William is listed as a widower in each census after Maria's death.	Family: William COOPER / Martha Maria MURRELL (F5728)
3632	William taught trainee seamen for their "tickets", and "Could recite Tennyson by the yard". Died suddenly. [Ella FARRAGE]	RUTTER, William (I537)
3633	William WILLIAMSON, buried Stanton Drew, 18 Apr 1779.	WILLIAMSON, William (I2348)
3634	William's will is unfriendly to Ann OWENS (his wife), and her will in turn is hostile to William's children William & Jane, and does not claim them as her own children. Therefore it is to be assumed that Ann OWENs was not their mother.	Family: William MILLINER / (F5816)
3635	Willmus GADD of Mudsley (Mudgley, south of Wedmore?) - age not given, so identity not confirmed.	GADD, William (I20076)
3636	Wiltshire NIMROD index searched for all marriages at or of Melksham, Box & Holt.	BANKS, WILTSHIRE (I14793)
3637	Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), Great Britain's greatest 20th century statesman, best known for his courageous leadership as Prime Minister during World War II.	CHURCHILL, Winston Leonard Spencer Kt. (I7616)
3638	with consent of parents, not banns.	Source (S304)
3639	With reference to Stanton Wick, Somerset SMR BN2247 records that "The works existed from the late 17th Century until 1815 when fifteen local families of workers were transferred to Nailsea to work at the parent company there." See also Oakley, AP "Stanton Wick Glasshouse: Over 150 Years of Glass- making near Chelwood, Somerset." Glass Circle News, no. 83, June 2000, pp. 3-4, ill. Established "prior to 1658 and closing some time in the 1820s." [Referenced in Google Books snippet view.]	WILLIAMSON, William (I276)
3640	With this family in 1871 are Martha's REED grandchildren, Clara (9), Menna (8), Frederick (6) and Arnold (2), all born in India. No indication given of their parents, either of whom might have been Martha's child by James THOMAS or by a previous marriage.	WILSON, Martha (I17397)
3641	With this family in 1881 is granddaughter Elizabeth A. THOMAS (18), Apprentice Dressmaker b. Calcutta.	WILSON, Martha (I17397)
3642	Witness at brother John's marriage.	GALE, Abraham (I270)
3643	Witness at marriage of brother Roland. According to Ella Farrage, he went on the stage, and married a cousin of Jose Collins (23 May 1887 ? 6 December 1958), the actress.	RUTTER, David William (I580)
3644	Witness at marriage of Hannah Brand and George Perry in 1823.	BRAND, Thomas (I13078)
3645	Witness at the marriage of Barbara Chistie & Alfred Matthews	Source (S216)
3646	Witness at trialof Jobling for murder or Fairles.	GREY, Elizabeth (I12161)
3647	Witness at wedding of brother Roland.	RUTTER, Frances (Petty) Scott (I590)
3648	Witness to a grant by Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester and Constable of Scotland.	ELPHINSTONE, John de (I8169)
3649	Witness: Chas. Wyer	Source (S300)
3650	Witness: Susannah Fry	Source (S323)

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