Ashford, Kent
Wills - collected
by the late Arthur
Ruderman
IRELAND
John Ireland of Ashford, taylor
PRC17 ‑ 89/39
12 August 1729
to wife Deborah, copyhold messuage in my occup in Ashford for life,
then to son John & daughter Margaret
to son John & daughter Margaret £100 each
to daughter Deborah, wife of Arthur Robins of Hythe, surgeon, 5/‑
to wife all goods & chattels for life, then to John & Margaret
to daughter Margaret additional £100 if Mary remarries
Exors: friends John Tritton & Thomas Tournay, to receive £5 each
Witness: J Marshall, Mary Coxen & Thomas Waterman
Probate: 7 June 1734 to Debora Ireland, widow, on renunciation of exors J
Tritton &
Thomas Tournay
[bur 19 Sep 1733]
Inventory: PRC11 80/1767 30 May 1734.
Appraisers Christopher Worger,
draper, &
William
Spratt draper.
Total £451.5.8½d
Margaret Ireland of Ashford,
spinster PRC17 - 91/25
24 April 1741
to friend John Marshall of Ashford, surgeon £5
¾ share of goods left by father John Ireland to sister Deborah Robins,
wid, unless remarried,
then repair & for benefit of her 3 children Mary, Catherine
& John Robins
½ share of land in Eastbridge in R Marsh to sister Deborah for life, then
to her children
Exors: friends Rchd Greenhill, tanner & Mrs Deborah Clarke, spinster
Witness: Sarah Tritton, Tho Waterman & Eliz Waterman
Probate: 14 Oct 1741 to Rchd Greenhill
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IRONS
Thomasine Irons of Ashford, wid
PRC17 ‑ 77/36
10 September 1686
to grandson Thomas Apsley, son of daughter Elizabeth Apsley, dec'd £10
to granddaughter Elizabeth Apsley ‑ my messuage 'Red Lyon' lately
purchased of Mr John Wade
in
North land in Ashford, now occupied [
] Edwards, widow & Rchd Ore, but she to pay
£30 to her bro Thomas Apsley
[MR 178]
to Thomazine Irons, dau, my other messuage purchased of John Wade in North
lane, occupied
by
son Arthur Apsley with use of pump in Red Lyon yard, but to pay £30 to
grandson Thomas
Apsley & £20 to grandson Benjamin Apsley
Exor : daughter Thomasine Irons &
all goods & chattels.
Witness: John Whitfeild, Alexander Lucas, Thomas Ramsden
Probate: 16 March 1686/7
[bur 12 Feb 1686/7]
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IVY
William Ivy of Ashford, draper
PRC17 ‑ 105/35
14 November 1812
to wife Eleanor ‑ her clothes, all stocks of provisions, wines etc
& hsehold goods etc.
to exors messuage or tenement in my occup in Ashford or elsewhere as
trustees for benefit of wife
for life, then children, also £100 for upkeep of children
to children ‑ £1200 between them
Exors: wife Eleanor, Robert Page of Ramsgate, innkeeper & John Elliott
of Ashford, watchmaker.
Witnesses: Jas Lester, atty, Geo Elliott, Thomas Hill, journeyman to
William Ivy
Probate: 23 October 1813 to Page & Elliott
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JACKSON
Henry Jackson of Ashford, sadler
PRC17 ‑ 48/155
21 January 1590[/1]
to sons Roger, Jeames &
Caleb Jackson ‑ 10sh each
daus
Elizabeth, Joan, Mary & Susan Jackson ‑ 10sh each
Exor : wife Marie, and to have
residue.
Witness: Daniel Morcocke, John Robins the writer
Probate: 21 April 1591 [bur
1 Feb 1590/1]
John Jackson of Ashford, husbandman
PRC17 ‑ 69/29
nuncuperative
‑ given 3 or 4 days before death
Thomas ffoord of Lidd to have all goods etc and to be excutor.
Residue to two brothers, or in default to Thomas ffoord
Witness: John Dane, John Fage & John Paynex, all of Ashford
Probate: 9 January 1634 [/5]
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JACOB
Amos Jacob, elder, of Barrowhill
[physician]
PRC 17 ‑ 77/234
19 May 1688
to be buried in Ashford, near old couzen Ralph Scott
8 servants to be
bearers, to receive
2/6d each
to daughter ffrances Austen [wife of John, married November 1667] &
daughter Susanna Page
[wife of Daniel, married Oct 1676]
10sh each
daughter Deborah
Browning [wife of William married February 1684/5] 20sh
prentice girl
Susanna Handwill £6
grandson Amos
Jacob, son of son Richard Jacob dec'd 10sh
to
wife Mary, land ½ acre on which I am now building a house, &
all buildings etc on it. If house not finished, to be sold & proceeds
divided betw sons Edward & Amos J.
If finished, to wife for life,
then to son Amos Jacob, or if
no heirs then to 3 daus ffrances, Susanna & Deborah Austen
Residue: to wife
Exor : wife Mary.
Witness: Sarah Hills, William Hilles, Thomas Young
Probate: 12 Oct 1688 to Mary Jacob
[bur 12 Sep 1688]
Thomas Jacob of Ashford
PRC17 ‑ 95/304
16 July 1756
to be buried in Ashford, near to wife Grace
[bur 24 April 1743]
to Jacob Watson, son of daughter of my brother James Jacob £100
Henry [Harris] of
Wingham, £20 & silver
Mr Richard Denn
of Wingham ring value £1.1.0d
Mary Wood, widow
of Kennington £5.
George Patey
‑ large bible
Jane Pilcher of
Deal £100 ‑ Jane P whose grandmother was Jane Jacob
servant Martha
Ellse £2, furniture etc because she took so much care of me when I was in
that malnicholy
way & likely prevented my destruction both body & soul.
Exor: Henry Harris of Wingham
Witness: John Impett, Edward Else, John Sampson
Codicil 14 Mar 1757:
to Martha Else dec'd [ ]
& to her brother Edward Else, butcher, furniture, balance to executor
to Mr Elgles, Mr Adcock & Mr John Barton at the Park ‑ £1.11.6d
for ring
Additional £20 to Jane Pilcher, with furniture etc
Probate: 19 Sep 1757 to Henry Harris
[bur 29 July 1757]
James Jacob of Ashford, taylor
PRC17 ‑ 109/50
4 November 1827
[ maried Elizabeth Fisherton, 11 October, 1770 ]
to son Edward Jacob ‑ messuage or tenement in which I dwell in
Ashford High St
[ MR 48 - 32m, High street ]
"
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& friend James Jenkins as trustees all money & goods, to
pay daughter Amy Jacob £250,
then -
1/6th to daughter Mary, wife of William Bodkin
[ mar. 24 Feb. 1805 ]
" Ann,
" "
John Miller
[ mar. 7 July, 1805
]
" Frances, widow
of Thomas Apps
[ mar. 22 Apl. 1811 ]
son James Jacob
daughter Amy "
son Edward "
Exors: son Edward & Jas Jenkins
Witness: Norman Greenhill, solicitor, Richard & John Laker of Ashford
Codicil: 1 May 1828
£200 to be given to Amy, not £250
£50 to daughter
Frances
Witness: Norman Greenhill & Thomas Weller of Ashford
Probate: 15 August 1832 to exors.
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JEFRE
John Jefre of Ashford, yeoman
PRC32 ‑ 44/336
20 January 1617 [/18]
to poor of Tenterden 20sh
All property to be sold, and used for benefit of children of Hilkiah
Reader & Lydia, my dau.
Lands to wife Joane Jefre
daughter Lydia to have annuity of £6
Exor: Hilkiah Reader
Witness: John Wallis, John ?
, Thomas Marsh jun
Probate: 13 Nov 1618 to executor
[bur 18 October 1618]
Joanne Jeffrey of Ashford, widow
PRC17 ‑ 64/72
22 December 1624
to be buried in chyard of Ashford
All jewels & plate to be divided between grandchildren Abigail &
Lydia Butcher & likewise household stuff.
to Lydia, Abigail & Elizabeth Reader, my grandchildren £20 ea
Ellinor Austen,
my sister 20sh & gowns
Margaret Muslocke
" "
gowns, etc
son in law
Hilkiah Reader & his children 22sh in gold betw them
brother Thomas
Woodgate 20sh
Edward
" his
son 10sh
Exor: Hilkiah Reader, and to have residue. Will to be held by John Hatch
of Tenterden
Witness: William Stone, Rchd Osborne
Probate: 25 January 1624 [/5]
[ bur. 28 Dec. 1624 ]
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JEFFERAY
Thomas Jefferay of Ashford, gent
PRC17 ‑ 80/231
18 May 1704
to Grindall & Thomas Jefferay, my sons, & Mary Allen my daughter
5s each.
to wife Joyce 3 parcels land called great Worting, little Worting &
the Rushey ffeild, 26 acres in
parish of Gt Chart, for life, then to son Grindall & his wife
as per jointure dated 11 July 1702.
If no heirs then to son William & heirs.
Reference to lands in Great Chart leased from Christ Church, Canterbury
Exor: wife Joyce, to have all goods etc
Witness: Grindal Painter, Avery Giles, George Ellis junr
Probate: 1 Aug 1704 to Joyce Jefferay [bur
2 July 1704]
[ Joyce Jefferay, widow from Wye bur 18 May1734 ]
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JEMMETT
Thomas Jemmett of Ashford,
carpenter
PRC 17 - 77/33
26 July 1687
to daughters Anne & Susan Jemmett £250 each when 21 years.
to daughter Mary Jemmett £200 when 21 years.
to eldest son Thomas Jemmett £300 when 21 years.
If any child die before 21 years, then their legacy to be divided between
those surviving.
to each child and my wife Anne a broad piece of gold.
to wife Anne bed etc. in servants' chamber over sister Norton's [Morden]
room.
[Richard Morden married Susanna Jemmett 1664]
to son William Jemmett lease of messuage in Ashford where I now live, but
sister Norton to have
use of her room for life.
Residue between all children at 21 years.
Will -
to son Thomas Jemmett my messuage or tenement, lands etc at Orlestone,
Warehorne, Ruckinge, lately purchased from heirs of Thomas Bradner, Robert
Cressingham, John Parker, Reginald Mantle
and
others
to son William my messuage or tenement lately called the King's Head, in
Ashford, lately occupied by
Edward
Vincer, and three pieces of pasture land at Bearsend, 7 acres, which (with
the messuage
given
to son William) I purchased from James Bate.
wife Anne to have annuity of £16 from these lands.
to son William copyhold land & messuage in Ashford, occupied by Thomas
Wightwick.
If either son dies before 21 years, the lands etc., to the survivor.
Legacies to daughters to be void if married without consent of their
mother.
Witness : Daniel Nower, Richard Martin, and John Marsh.
Exor : son Thomas and friend Robert Greenhill, tanner, he to have £15.
Probate : 15 November 1687 to executors.
bur.19 October 1687
Daniel Jemmett of Ashford,
linenweaver.
PRC17 80/157
25 May 1702
to daughter Sarah Eldrige £10
son John Jemmett
£60, he to pay my wife interest on this sum at 6% pa.
son Daniel
Jemmett messuage in which I live in Ashford, he to pay his mother £4 pa
rent.
Exors : sons Daniel & John, and to have residue.
Witness : Elizabeth Reader, Thomas Reader and James Reader.
Probate : 4 January 1703[/04] to executors
[ bur 13 December, 1703
]
Daniel Jemmett elder, of Ashford,
linenweaver.
PRC17 86/40
10 November 1718
to wife Elizabeth Jemmett for life messuage or tenement in Ashford where I
now dwell, and another
near a
place called New Rents, late occupied by Ann Jemmett widow [his mother]
and
[sister
Mary] widow Mason, her daughter.
After her death premises to be sold, proceeds to be paid -
to daughter
Mary £25
daughter
Elizabeth £40
daughter Ann,
wife of Thomas Lavender £20
daughter Rebecca
£20
to son Daniel all tools etc for trade of linen weaver, and residue.
Wife to have use of all household goods etc. and residue for life, then to
children equally.
Exor : brother in law Christopher Goatley of Boughton Aluph, yeoman
Witness : Thomas Taylor, maulster, Sarah Eldridge x, Free Stace.
Probate : 21 June 1727 to executor.
[ bur. 21 June 1727 ]
Elizabeth Jemmett of Ashford,
spinster
PRC17 99/187
13 February 1772
to nephew John Lavender
£5
niece Elizabeth
Lavender £10
nephew John
Lishley of Ashford, blacksmith £25
and all land.
Exor : niece Anne Lishley, and to have residue.
[daughter of Daniel
& Elizabeth Jemmett. Sister Ann married Thomas Lavender
[John Lishley & Mary Jemmett, both of Ashford married 7 July 1722 CML]
Daniel Jemmett of Faversham, coal
merchant
PRC17 104/272
23 April 1808
refers to son Daniel [married Lydia Eldridge 1786]
grandchildren Thomas William, James, & Thomas Bandfield.
Probate : 4 April 1810
William Jemmett, esquire of Ashford
PROB 153 Sutton 112
6 July 1821
to trustees Nicholas Roundell Toke of Godinton, George Elwick Jemmett of
Ashford, solicitor,
[brother],
and Thomas Dawes of Angel Court, London, £7000, to be invested in public
funds,
interest
to wife Ellen for life, then to grandchildren William J, Thomas, Edmund
George, Ellen,
and
Cordelia Maude, and Edward Hussey.
Trustees to recieve £100 each for acting.
£20,000 invested in 4% Consols - ½ to daughter Margaret Eleanor, widow
of Thomas Maude and
½
to daughter Anne, widow of Edward Hussey.
to niece Esther, wife of Thomas Dawes, 200 guineas.
to nephews and nieces George Elwick, William, Sarah, & Martha Jemmett
and Catherine wife of
Thomas Burt, solicitor, £100 each
to wife for life then to daughters Margaret Eleanor Maude and Anne Hussey
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two pieces of land (previously one piece) in Ashford called Crown
field, 14 acres, now in my
occupation, and land called Ten Acre field purchased of Francis
Whitfeld in Ashford and
Willesborough.
to same purposes as marriage settlement dated 14 March 1778 between George
Geree Elwick of
Bredgar and others -
my moiety (other in marriage settlement below) in 4 pieces of marsh
land, 82 acres in Orgarswick in
my
occupation, held by lease from Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.
to trustees first named for benefit of wife for life then in trust for
daughter Margaret Eleanor Maude
for
life, and then to be sold for benefit of her children and those of
daughter Anne Hussey -
messuage in North street in Ashford, part copyhold, and 3 pieces of
land, previously one called
Lower
Pell hill all in my occupation : tenement adjoining my dwelling in North
street occupied by
Uriah
Blink : land in parish of St Thomas the Apostle in Harty, Isle of Sheppey,
previously
occupied
by Thomas Grant, now Edward Toker : two tenements (now 3 dwellings) and
land in
parishes
of Kennington and Boughton Aluph, now occupied by John Pellatt : messuage,
farm,
land
etc. called Ousley farm, part copyhold of Wye,in parishes of Hinxhill,
Mersham and Wye,
occupied
by William Clarke : lanfd part copyhold in Ashford, 8 acres called Pell
hill, lately
conveyed
to me by Robert Mascall and now occupied by William Wells
to trustees for benefit of wife for life then to daughter Anne Hussey then
her son Edward and his
children
or those of daughter Margaret Eleanor Maude
Exor : wife Ellen, and to have residue.
Witness : Frederick Turner and William Robert Hutchinson, both of 5
Bloomsbury Square, solicitors
and
John Theobald, their clerk.
Codicil : 3 April 1824 - 4% Consols to be replaced by 3½% Additional £1000
each to two daughters.
`Witness : Jane Bell, Mary Humphrey and George Elwick Jemmett.
Probate : 15 March 1828 to executors.
[ bur. 9 Feb. 1828 ]
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JENNER
Isaac Jenner of Ashford, blacksmith
PRC17 ‑ 112/223
4 March 1851
to daughter Harriot ‑ all plate (wife to have use for life) &
all real estate
wife Ruth ‑
use of linen, furniture etc for life, then to daughter.
I have provided for all my sons except youngest James, he to have 2/3 of
residue, 1/3 to daughter Harriot
Witness: Robert Furley, Mary Shilling of Wye
Exor: George Elliott, younger of Ashford, bookseller (to have £5)
Probate: 16 April 1851 to executor
[bur Mar. 26 1851]
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JENNINGS
James Jennings of Ashford, hairdresser
PRC17 ‑ 106/63
16 February 1815
to wife Elizabeth ‑ £8 p a from interest on £160
Residue to 6 chldren, James, Sarah Shistsall, Jane Rolfe's two children
James & Sarah, [ ]
Foord,
John
& Joseph, & to share £160 after death of wife
Exors: Robert Houghton & Edw Field, both of Ashford
Witness: William Sharp, William Foster
Probate: 19 August 1819 to exors.
[ bur. 30 Nov. 1818 ]
John Jennings of Ashford, grocer
PRC17 ‑ 108/253
21 December 1829
to wife Lydia ‑ messuage or tenement in Ashford in my occup for
life, then to son John & friend
Sharp
Avery of Bethersden as trustees, they to spend not more than £30 to
apprentice son
James
Jennings
Residue betw sons & daughters ie Sarah (wife of John Atwood) of Ville
of Sanwich ?, innkeeper,
daughter Ann Jennings,
my son John Jennings, daughter Charlotte Jennings, daughter Martha
Jennings & son
James Jennings.
Exor: wife Lydia, Sharp Avery & son John Jennings
Witness: Thomas Humphery, senior & junior, James Piper
Probate: 7 August 1830 to exors
Joseph Jennings of Ashford,
hairdresser & perfumer
7 April 1829 PRC17
‑ 108/358
to wife Jane for life ‑ all goods etc then to four children, Jane,
Ann, James & Mary Jennings.
Exor: wife Jane & Mr Hammon Vidgeon of Wye
[no witnesses, not signed]
Will sworn to be in handwriting of Joseph Jennings by personal appearance
of ‑
Jane Jennings, widow, Hammon Vidgeon of Wye, tailor, John Tunbridge
of Ashford, postmaster & William Browning of Mersham, schoolmaster.
Joseph Jennings dec'd 18 August last, after week of delirium.
Children aged 19, 15, 13 & 8 yrs.
Property between £500‑600
Probate: 18 October 1831 to exors
[bur 24 Aug 1830]
James Jennings of Ashford,
hairdresser
PRC17 ‑ 111/551
24 March 1846
all real & personal estate to mother Jane Jennings
Exor: mother Jane Jennings
Witness: John Read & Robert Furley, both of Ashford
Probate: 26 May 1846 to exor
[ bur. 25 May 1845 ]
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JEWHURST
Sarah Jewhurst of Ashford, spinster
PRC17 ‑ 105/39
10 May 1806
to
Sarah widow of Thomas Loveday of Ashford ‑ £30 or if she
predeceases me to her daughter
Sarah Thomas (sic) wife of Samuel Fairbrass
to Hy Back of
Canterbury, carpenter £10
William
Jewhurst Cutbert younger of Romney, labourer £10
Adam,
son of Jane Hammond of New Romney £10
Catherine,
wife of Richard Maplisden of Ashford, wheelwright £10
Mrs
Sarah Smith of Cranbrook £5
Exors : friend John Gold of Ashford, woolstapler & his wife Margaret
Elizabeth & to have residue.
Sarah Jewhurstx
Witness: James Nickalls, John Bozie
Probate: 4 February 1813 to Margaret Elizabeth Gold, widow
[ bur. 24 Jan. 1813 ]
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JOHNSON
Thomas Johnson of Ashford, butcher
PRC17 ‑ 104/112
25 July 1808
to
Rchd Greenhill & John Austen of Ashford ‑ all personal
estate, as trustees, together with messuage
in
High St, Ashford, in my occupation, part freehold, part copyhold, with
slaughterhse etc
to wife Susan & daughter Mary Ann ‑ £10 each for mourning
Wife to have reasonable amounts during life, not exceeding £30 pa, then
to
daughter Mary Ann
Exors: Richard Greenhill & John Austen
Witness: Stephen Clinch, William Dawson, James Potts
Probate: 29 October 1808 to exors
[bur 9 Aug 1808]
[Thomas mar Rose Burch 31 Aug 1789 & then Susan Castle 26 Aug 1793
Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas & Rose baptised 15 June 1791 ]
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JONES
Ann Jones of Ashford, spinster
PRC17 ‑ 106/241
15 September 1818
to sister Caroline Baker, widow of Ashford ‑ £50
John & Ann
Jones, children of nephew Michael Jones ‑ £50 each
Residue between Henry Jones, Caroline Packham & Ann Lisney (children
of late brother William
Jones), Ann De Graves, Deborah Docharine & Chas Jones (children of
deceased brother Michael Jones), Michael Jones (son of late brother Henry
Jones) & friend Thomas Fullager of Woodchurch, farmer.
Share to Thomas Fullager is in trust for benefit of Sarah, widow of nephew
William Jones for life,
then to her
children Anne, James, Mary, John, Thomas & Sarah Jones.
Exors: nephews Michael Jones & Charles Jones & Ann Lisney
Witness: Richard Greenhill, Lifford Bourne junior.
Probate: 12 February 1821 to exors.
[ bur. 28 Dec. 1820 ]
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JOY
Thomas Joy of Ashford, bricklayer
PROB ref 81/fee 1736
21 May 1819
to sons Cooper & John ‑ all clothes
grandson Thomas
son of Cooper ‑ silver watch
"
Thomas & granddaughter Ann, daughter of my daughter Elizabeth,
wife of Nathaniel
Hunt ‑ £25 each
son John messuage or tenement in Castle
Street, Ashford, now occup Mary Reeves, with store
house behind [MR
222b]
daughter Ann Joy, messuage or tenement adjoining that I occupy, with all
household goods &
furniture etc for life, then
to executors as trustees, and meadow & pasture, 6 acres, in my
occupation, subject to £300
+ interest secured on part of this land, and residue
Exors & trustees : Alexander Power of Ashford, schoolmaster &
William Pilcher, grocer,
Son John may take messuage of Ann Joy at valuation after her death.
Proceeds equally between
children
Cooper, John, Ann & Elizabeth.
Thomas indebted for son Cooper by promissory notes ‑ this amount to
be deducted from his share.
Witness: Henry Mount, William Grix, Elizabeth Power, all of Ashford
Codicil 13 Jan 1826 ‑ revokes bequests to grandson Thomas &
granddaughter Ann
Witness: Henry Loftie Rutton, solicitor, & clerk Henry Coxhead.
Codicil 25 May 1827
messuage in Castle Street, previously Mary Reeves now John Joy to him for
life & of wife Sarah,
then to daughter Ann
& after to Power & Pilcher in trust for sale, half proceeds to son
Cooper,
interest on half to
daughter Elizabeth for life then to her children.
Witness: Henry Coxhead, Elizabeth Power, James Jenkin Skinner, taylor, all
of Ashford
Probate: 7 Feb 1828 to exors.
[ bur. 20 July 1827 ]
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KEMSLEY
Stephen Kemsley of Ashford, innholder
PRC17 98/445
11 Aug 1768
to wife Eleanor for life -
2
mess (prev 1) called George Inn, occup by Self & Wm Hopkins
Little
Tilton, 3 roods
5
acres in Willesborough prev occup by George Cage [?Page] now Thos Punnet
all
chattels
then to son Stephen
witnesses : A Ingles, Wm Hunt & Wm Hopkins
Exor : wife Eleanor
Codicil 13 Feb 1770 ‑ all premises to wife
witnesses : Janes Mascall,
Anthony Ingles & Wm Hunt
Probate: 4 July 1771 to executor
[bur 13 Sep 1770]
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KENNARD
Stephen Kennard of Ashford,
innholder
PRC16 / a 517
11 December 1644
to be bur in Ashford churchyard
to Bershebah & Temperance Somersole, 2 daus of Henry Somersole ‑
10sh each
Residue to wife Bershebah
Exor : Thos Cuckowe of Ashford
Witnesses : Peter Ellis & John Sturton
Probate: 5 February 1644 [/45] to executor
[regi ster missing]
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KENNET
Alse Kennet of Ashford 'virgen'
PRC16 / 302
7 November 1679
to my dau Eliz, wife of John Sherwood of Ashford clothier ‑ all
money, goods etc for life then
residue
to Hilkiah Sherwood, son of Eliz & John
Exor : John Sherwood
Witnesses: Thos Thorpe, Robt Millen & Briget Millenx
Probate: 10 February 1679 [/80] to executor
[bur 11 Dec 1679]
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KESBIE
John Kesbie of Ashford, batcheller
PRC16 a 942
8 April 1647
to bro Johnson's son Thomas £5
said Thos Johnson
‑ cupboard etc & clothes
bro Johnson's dau
Anne £5 ‑do‑
bro Jeames
Johnson 1sh
landlord Robert
Porter & his wife, 2/6d each
& their son
2/6d
Henery Oliver
2/6d
Richard Lyne of
Ashford ‑ my fowling piece
Marjene Line
[sic] 5sh
Henry
" 5sh
Sarah
" 10sh
Elizabeth Lyne ?
bro Allexander
Hart 5sh
Witness: Richard Lynbe, Henery Lyne
Exor : ?
Probate: 8 June 1647
[not buried in Ashford]
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KINGHAM
Thomas Kingham of Ashford, salesman
PRC32 58/438
5 July 1711
to son Joseph (or if no heirs, my dau Mary) mess or ten in which he lives,
& hse where I live,
adjoining, which
I purch of John Greenhill, subject to £8 pa payable to my son Thos
son Joseph £60,
being part of money held by Robt Lott of Mersham
dau Mary, land at
Bever called ffrith land, 4 acres, occup Rchd Hodgkins
to dau Eliz 40sh
kinswoman Abigale
Kingham 40sh
"
Mary Kent 40sh
Mary Taylor,
wid., Eliz Cox, wid & Eliz Loveday, wid., £5 [each?]
dau Mary £40
(bal of money with Robt Lott) & £60 on mortgage in Lidd, & hsehld
goods
son Joseph,
hsehld goods in his house
sons Joseph &
Thos & dau Mary, share of £200 lent on bond to Rchd Philcott, to be
paid after
death of my dau
Eliz his wife viz (1) £40 6 mos after, (2) £40 12 mos after, (3) £40 18
mos after,
(4) £60 2
yrs after ‑ £180 in satisfaction of bond.
Exor: son Joseph & Boys Ower
Witness: Wm Rumfield, Jane Hasell, Kath Russell
Probate: 15 Aug 1711 to exors. [Quaker]
Joseph
Kingham of Ashford, salesman
PRC17 94/147
18 May 1750
[Blundell given as Blunden throughout]
to John Blundell & wife ‑ my dau Margaret 5sh
John
Alexander "
‑ " "
Katherine 5sh
Margaret Blundell
for life, hse, gdn etc & new hse I built, then to granddau Margaret
& Katherine
Blundell ‑ prems in Ashford [MR 41]
Margaret Blundell,
80 acres in psh Whichlyn [Wychling] Kent for life then to 4 grandchildren
Joseph, Rebecca, Elizabeth & John Blundell
Kath Alexander
‑ lands in Shadoxhurst for life, then to grandson Kingham Alexander
Kath Alexander
the house she & John live in [MR 13 ‑ 36/38 High Street] for
life, then to daus Eliz
& Mary Kingham
dau Eliz Kingham,
barn & land in Bethersden.
in default of child, then to grandson (?) Rebecca Blundell
dau Mary Kingham, farm etc in Shadoxhurst & hse I now occup, with
furniture etc., except that in
my room,
which to dau Eliz. House in
which I live in New Rents to dau Mary, [MR 220] & also
cottage
at Hinxhill
Exors: dau Kath Alexander & Mary Kingham
Witness: Wm Weller, Thos Hubbard & Wm Wootton
Probate: 25 Sep 1750 to exors [Quaker
bur 8 Jul 1750]
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KINGSLAND
Daniel Kingsland of Ashford, tailor
PRC17 109/63
25 August 1825
to son Daniel Kingsland, shoemaker, & son in law John Allen of
Ashford, fellmonger ‑ freehold
mess in which I
dwell in High St of Ashford, and all household goods, as trustees for
benefit of
wife Catherine,
she to have use of house & goods for life, then to be sold and divided
between
children
‑ John Kingsland of Westminster, sign writer, Daniel
Kingsland, Mary Kingsland of
Winchelsea,
Sx, Sarah, wife of John Allen
Witnesses : Hy Loftie Rutton, solr., Hy Coxhead, S Stringer his clerk
Probate: 8 October 1832 to Daniel Kingsland
[ bur 22 June 1832 ]
Daniel Kingsland of Ashford,
cordwainer
PRC17 111/563
6 April 1848
Confirms settlement on wife of 6 April 1848
to wife ‑ all her clothes etc
friends Mark
Dorman, currier, Rchd Rabson, draper & John
Miller, cordwainer, all of Ashford,
as trustees, all
property for benefit of all children
Exors & trustees : Mark Dorman, Rchd Rabson & John Miller.
Trustees to carry on business until youngest son John Kingsland is 21 yrs.
Witnesses : Wm Cruttenden, solr Ashford, Weller Norwood, solr Charing
Probate: 14 July 1848 to exors. [bur
11 June 1848]
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KNOCKE
Mildred Knocke of Ashford, widow
PRC17 ‑ 62/7
22 December 1617
to sister Jane Harding ‑ all clothes
to Rapon & Andrew Knocke, sons of late husband ‑
all moveable
goods after one year,
but for
that
year use to brother Jeremy Osborne
Exor: bro Jeremy Osborne
Witness: John Wallis, Robt S [?], gent
Probate: 10 March 1619
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KNOTT
Edward Knott of Ashford, blacksmith
PRC17 - 101/318
6 March 1788
to wife Mary ‑ £5 pa, & residue for life, then to three sons
Edward, George & Henry & dau Mary
son George
‑ my horse, with saddles, bridles etc
grandson John
Knott ‑ silver watch
From residue to be divided ‑
Edward to deduct
£30 paid to him to set him forward in the world
George to deduct all money paid on annuity to my wife, & £40,
being half value of implements
&
cows used on 2
pces land in Ashford by George & myself in trade of blacksmith &
milkman, by
indenture
dated 24 August last
Exors : wife Mary & son George
Witnesses : Drayson Austen, A Ingles
Probate: 6 May 1788 to exors. [bur
24 May 1788]
George Knott of Ashford, yeoman
PRC17 110/97
29 February 1832
All property to son John Cullen Knott, except silver watch to grandson
George Elliott
Exors : son John & Thos Gibbons of Hythe, coalmerchant
Witnesses : Robt Furley, solr, Ashford, Wm Sladden & Rchd Pettman,
clerks to Furley
Probate: 29 July 1837 to John Cullen Knott
[not buried in Ashford]
Mary Knott of Ashford, spinster
PRC17 110/379
30 March 1837
All property to Elizabeth Knott, spinster, dau of nephew John Cullen Knott
of Ashford, schoolmaster
Exor: John C Knott
Witness: Robt Furley, solr, Ashford & Geo Furley his clerk
Probate: 14 March 1840 [bur 19 Feb
1840]
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KNOWLDEN
John Knowlden of Ashford, linen weaver
PRC17 ‑ 72/249
18 July 1666
to wife Elizabeth ‑ dwelling house in Ashford, for life (then to son
John) and all goods etc
Exor: wife Elizabeth
Witness: Daniel Reat, Wm Robards, Henry Wise
Probate: 21 August 1666
[not buried in Ashford]
Elizabeth Knowlden, widow (nuncuperative)
PRC16 276
9 November 1666
Exor : loving friend Amos Jacob, he to bring up her son John Knowlden and
to pay him residue of
estate when he is 21 yrs
Witness: James Boorne & Mary Bullen
Probate : 28 Nov 1666 to exor. [not
buried in Ashford]
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KNOWLER
James Knowler of Ashford, woolstapler
PRC17 113/337
6 November 1856
to wife Hannah, all hsehld goods & to be Exor
Witness: H V Barrett, Rchd Foord & John Bridger
Probate : 9 Jan 1858 to exor
[not buried in Ashford]
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