Thomas BAKER

Bef 1582 - 1638  (> 56 years)

• Name	Thomas BAKER
  Birth	Bef 1582
  	Old enough to serve as witness at a trial in 1605.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	labourer/yeoman
  Occupation	01 Aug 1605	Copford, Essex
  	Husbandman
  	Indictment of Thomas George of Copford, yeoman, for stealing one ewe sheep worth 2s. 6d. belonging to Thomas BAKER of the same, husbandman, at the same. Witness, Edward Stanton of the same, gent
  Probate	WILL of Thomas Baker, labourer, of Copford 1639 In the name of God, amen. I Thomas Baker of Copford in the County of Essex, labourer being sick and weak in body but of good and perfect remembrance thanks be unto Almighty God do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First I give and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God my *** but hoping to be saved by the only[?] merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer and my body to be buried in the churchyard of Copford. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son William Baker this my dwelling house called Thurgoves with all the land belonging thereunto after the decease of my wife Katherine Baker unto him and his heirs for ever and if it happen he die without issue I give unto Mary my daughter and to her heirs for ever and if it happen both of them shall die without issue I give and bequeath the same house and land unto John Miller of Copford and to his heirs for ever. Item: I give unto Mary my daughter my little house being part of Thurgoves abutting upon the east, joining to my house that I dwell in after the decease of my wife to her and her heirs for ever and if it happen that the said Mary my daughter die without issue I give the same house to William my son and if they happen both to die without issue I give the same unto John Miller of Copford and to his heirs for ever. Item: I give unto Mary my daughter the flock bed that I now lie on with the bedstead, blankets coverlet and one pair of sheets with all thereunto belonging. All the rest of my goods unbequeathed I give unto Katherine my wife whom I make and appoint my lawful Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal dated the twentieth day of March in the fourteenth year of Our Sovereign Lord King Charles and in the year of our Lord 1638 X Thomas Baker in the presence of William Hurrell[?], Thomas Ambler.
  		Will: Thomas BAKER of Copford, labourer
  Death	CIR 1638
  Residence	20 Mar 1638	"Thurgoves", Copford, Essex
  Person ID	I13095	Gadd
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Roger BAKER,   b. Bef 1564   d. CIR 1612 (Age > 48 years)
  Mother	Mary _______   d. Aft 25 Feb 1612
  Marriage	Bef 1590
  Family ID	F5224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine _______   d. Aft 20 Mar 1638
  Children	1. Thomas BAKER,   b. Bef 1623   d. Aft 26 May 1636 (Age > 13 years)   2. William BAKER,   b. Bef 1623   d. Aft 20 Mar 1638 (Age > 15 years)   3. Mary BAKER   d. Aft 20 Mar 1638
  Family ID	F5226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart