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Old 08-07-13, 20:08
Lindsay Lindsay is offline
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Default Where there's a Will...

..there's a happy family history researcher

I recently downloaded the Will of John Stace who died in Buckinghamshire in 1661. He named his father-in-law, his wife and their children, including my hitherto anonymous 9xg-grandfather, Christopher, who was helpfully described as 'recently deceased'. Armed with that info, I found Christopher's burial in London, together with his children's baptisms.

It also allowed me to take John's wife's family back another couple of generations. Her grandfather's Will named his 5 children and 14 grandchildren, and her grandmother's Will (made 5 days after her husband was buried and only two days before she was buried herself) distributed the contents of their house, including 'the bed in which I lye'. Each granddaughter was bequeathed a sheet.

I love it when it all comes together!
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