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STEEL, Jessie Edgoose (1905-1917)		STEEL, Jessie Edgoose (1905-1917)
Jessie Edgoose STEEL was born on 22 September 1905, daughter of Stanton Charles EDGOOSE and Angelina STEEL, widow. According to her birth certificate she was the daughter of Charles Edgoose STEEL, a dockside labourer, and Angelina STEEL formerly CROSBY of Back of 52 Queen Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
(GRO December Q 1905 Grimsby 7a 580)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was admitted to the South Parade Mixed School on 21 November 1910. Her date of birth was given as 22 September 1905. Her address was 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, and her father's name was Charles. She had no previous education. Her last attendance at school was on 8 March 1912 and she left on 11 March 1912, transferring to the Junior Girls School.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_732_1_2)

The 1911 census of 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire:
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 38, married 9 years, labourer deal jewier (carrier?), born at Wisbech;
Lena EDGOOSE, wife, aged 40, born at Sutton Bridge;
Harry SYKES, son, aged 17, single, fishhouse labourer, born at Sutton Bridge;
Nora COTTRELL, daughter, aged 14, born at Sutton Bridge;
Ivy COTTRELL, daughter, aged 12, born at Sutton Bridge;
*Jessie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, born at Grimsby;
Walter RHODES, boarder, aged 30, single, labourer ship unloader, born at Leeds.
(RG14PN19957/RG78PN1197A/RD422/SD1/ED11)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was admitted to the South Parade Junior Girls School on 11 March 1912. Her parents' address was 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, her date of birth was 22 September 1905 and her father's name was Charles. Her last school was South Parade Infants. The date of her final attendance was 24 November 1913 and she left the district.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_719_1_7)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was re-admitted to the South Parade Junior Girls School on 25 August 1914. Her parents' address was 35 Charlton Street, Grimsby, and her date of birth was 22 September 1905. Her father's name was Charles. Her last school was Central Market. The date of her final attendance was 18 June 1915. the cause of her leaving was a transfer to the Senior Girls School.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_719_1_7)

From the 1921 census of 85 Ayscough Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, taken on 19 June 1921:
Angelina EDGOOSE, head, 51y 11m, Widow, born Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, Household & Fish shop, own account.
*Jessie EDGOOSE, Daughter, 15y 9 m, single, born Lincolnshire, Grimsby, at home.
Catherine Ivy MAJOR, Daughter, 22y 5m, married, born Cambs, Wisbech, at home.
Joseph Edward MAJOR, Son in Law, 27y 4m, married, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, labourer, out of work.
Nora MAJOR, grandchild, 4y 6m, both alive, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, at home.
Walter RHODES, Boarder, 42y 3m, single, Leeds, labourer, out of work.
Ralph SYKES, Son, 28y 5m, married, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech, Fisherman, out of work.
Lena SYKES, Daughterin Law, married, Mansfield, at home.
(RG15 Piece No. 15464)01201

She married Robert KEYWORTH at Grimsby Register Office on 25 October 1924. Robert KEYWORTH was 24 years old, a bachelor, and a fish dock worker of 36 Albert Street, Grimsby. He was the son of Martin KEYWORTH, butcher. Jessie EDGOOSE was a braider of 85 Ayscough Street, Grimsby, and daughter of Stanton Charles EDGOOSE, deceased, deal carrier. Witnesses were Catherine Ivy MAJOR and Albert WILLOWS. (Catherine Ivy MAJOR was born Catherine Ivy COTTRELL, Jessie's half sister.

From the 1939 Register of 10 Armstrong Place East, Grimsby C. B., Lincolnshire:
Robert KEYWORTH, born 18 April 1900, wharf labourer, married;
*Jessie KEYWORTH, born 22 September 1905, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Kenneth R. KEYWORTH, born 25 November 1924, seeking work, single;
Stanton M. KEYWORTH, born 26 October 1926, at school, single;
1 CLOSED RECORD
Eileen M. CLARK (KEYWORTH), born 20 September 1934, at school.
(RG101/6404D/004/43+44 and /005/01-04 Letter Code TKAU)

In 1968 she was living at 60 Queensway, Willows Estate, Grimsby.

She had five children:
Molly KEYWORTH
Eileen KEYWORTH
Margaret KEYWORTH
Stanton KEYWORTH
Kenny KEYWORTH
All three sisters were alive in June 2004 (numberonescrobbo@hotmail.com)

Jessie Edgoose KEYWORTH formerly STEEL died at South Road Hospital, Grimsby, County of Humberside, on 18 April 1977. The was described as the widow of Robert KEYWORTH, a fish lumper, of 60 Queensway, Grimsby. The informant was her son Stanton Martin KEYWORTH of 171 Fairmont Road, Grimsby. The cause of death was Multilobular Cirrhosis.
(GRO June Q 1977 Grimsby 7 0422)


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STEEL, Jessie Edgoose (1905-1917)		STEEL, Jessie Edgoose (1905-1917)
STEEL, Jessie Edgoose (1905-1977)

Jessie Edgoose STEEL was born on 22 September 1905, daughter of Stanton Charles EDGOOSE and Angelina STEEL, widow. According to her birth certificate she was the daughter of Charles Edgoose STEEL, a dockside labourer, and Angelina STEEL formerly CROSBY of Back of 52 Queen Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
(GRO December Q 1905 Grimsby 7a 580)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was admitted to the South Parade Mixed School on 21 November 1910. Her date of birth was given as 22 September 1905. Her address was 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, and her father's name was Charles. She had no previous education. Her last attendance at school was on 8 March 1912 and she left on 11 March 1912, transferring to the Junior Girls School.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_732_1_2)

The 1911 census of 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire:
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 38, married 9 years, labourer deal jewier (carrier?), born at Wisbech;
Lena EDGOOSE, wife, aged 40, born at Sutton Bridge;
Harry SYKES, son, aged 17, single, fishhouse labourer, born at Sutton Bridge;
Nora COTTRELL, daughter, aged 14, born at Sutton Bridge;
Ivy COTTRELL, daughter, aged 12, born at Sutton Bridge;
*Jessie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, born at Grimsby;
Walter RHODES, boarder, aged 30, single, labourer ship unloader, born at Leeds.
(RG14PN19957/RG78PN1197A/RD422/SD1/ED11)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was admitted to the South Parade Junior Girls School on 11 March 1912. Her parents' address was 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, her date of birth was 22 September 1905 and her father's name was Charles. Her last school was South Parade Infants. The date of her final attendance was 24 November 1913 and she left the district.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_719_1_7)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was re-admitted to the South Parade Junior Girls School on 25 August 1914. Her parents' address was 35 Charlton Street, Grimsby, and her date of birth was 22 September 1905. Her father's name was Charles. Her last school was Central Market. The date of her final attendance was 18 June 1915. the cause of her leaving was a transfer to the Senior Girls School.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_719_1_7)

From the 1921 census of 85 Ayscough Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, taken on 19 June 1921:
Angelina EDGOOSE, head, 51y 11m, Widow, born Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, Household & Fish shop, own account.
*Jessie EDGOOSE, Daughter, 15y 9 m, single, born Lincolnshire, Grimsby, at home.
Catherine Ivy MAJOR, Daughter, 22y 5m, married, born Cambs, Wisbech, at home.
Joseph Edward MAJOR, Son in Law, 27y 4m, married, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, labourer, out of work.
Nora MAJOR, grandchild, 4y 6m, both alive, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, at home.
Walter RHODES, Boarder, 42y 3m, single, Leeds, labourer, out of work.
Ralph SYKES, Son, 28y 5m, married, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech, Fisherman, out of work.
Lena SYKES, Daughterin Law, married, Mansfield, at home.
(RG15 Piece No. 15464)01201

She married Robert KEYWORTH at Grimsby Register Office on 25 October 1924. Robert KEYWORTH was 24 years old, a bachelor, and a fish dock worker of 36 Albert Street, Grimsby. He was the son of Martin KEYWORTH, butcher. Jessie EDGOOSE was a braider of 85 Ayscough Street, Grimsby, and daughter of Stanton Charles EDGOOSE, deceased, deal carrier. Witnesses were Catherine Ivy MAJOR and Albert WILLOWS. (Catherine Ivy MAJOR was born Catherine Ivy COTTRELL, Jessie's half sister.

From the 1939 Register of 10 Armstrong Place East, Grimsby C. B., Lincolnshire:
Robert KEYWORTH, born 18 April 1900, wharf labourer, married;
*Jessie KEYWORTH, born 22 September 1905, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Kenneth R. KEYWORTH, born 25 November 1924, seeking work, single;
Stanton M. KEYWORTH, born 26 October 1926, at school, single;
1 CLOSED RECORD
Eileen M. CLARK (KEYWORTH), born 20 September 1934, at school.
(RG101/6404D/004/43+44 and /005/01-04 Letter Code TKAU)

In 1968 she was living at 60 Queensway, Willows Estate, Grimsby.

She had five children:
Molly KEYWORTH
Eileen KEYWORTH
Margaret KEYWORTH
Stanton KEYWORTH
Kenny KEYWORTH
All three sisters were alive in June 2004 (numberonescrobbo@hotmail.com)

Jessie Edgoose KEYWORTH formerly STEEL died at South Road Hospital, Grimsby, County of Humberside, on 18 April 1977. The was described as the widow of Robert KEYWORTH, a fish lumper, of 60 Queensway, Grimsby. The informant was her son Stanton Martin KEYWORTH of 171 Fairmont Road, Grimsby. The cause of death was Multilobular Cirrhosis.
(GRO June Q 1977 Grimsby 7 0422)


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STEELE, Jessie Edgoose (1905-1977)		STEELE, Jessie Edgoose (1905-1977)
Jessie Edgoose STEEL was born on 22 September 1905, daughter of Stanton Charles EDGOOSE and Angelina STEEL, widow. According to her birth certificate she was the daughter of Charles Edgoose STEEL, a dockside labourer, and Angelina STEEL formerly CROSBY of Back of 52 Queen Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
(GRO December Q 1905 Grimsby 7a 580)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was admitted to the South Parade Mixed School on 21 November 1910. Her date of birth was given as 22 September 1905. Her address was 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, and her father's name was Charles. She had no previous education. Her last attendance at school was on 8 March 1912 and she left on 11 March 1912, transferring to the Junior Girls School.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_732_1_2)

The 1911 census of 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire:
Stanton EDGOOSE, head, aged 38, married 9 years, labourer deal jewier (carrier?), born at Wisbech;
Lena EDGOOSE, wife, aged 40, born at Sutton Bridge;
Harry SYKES, son, aged 17, single, fishhouse labourer, born at Sutton Bridge;
Nora COTTRELL, daughter, aged 14, born at Sutton Bridge;
Ivy COTTRELL, daughter, aged 12, born at Sutton Bridge;
*Jessie EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 5, born at Grimsby;
Walter RHODES, boarder, aged 30, single, labourer ship unloader, born at Leeds.
(RG14PN19957/RG78PN1197A/RD422/SD1/ED11)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was admitted to the South Parade Junior Girls School on 11 March 1912. Her parents' address was 24 Annesley Street, Grimsby, her date of birth was 22 September 1905 and her father's name was Charles. Her last school was South Parade Infants. The date of her final attendance was 24 November 1913 and she left the district.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_719_1_7)

School records show that Jessie EDGOOSE was re-admitted to the South Parade Junior Girls School on 25 August 1914. Her parents' address was 35 Charlton Street, Grimsby, and her date of birth was 22 September 1905. Her father's name was Charles. Her last school was Central Market. The date of her final attendance was 18 June 1915. the cause of her leaving was a transfer to the Senior Girls School.
(National School Admission Registers and Log-Books 1870-1914, Archive Reference 166_719_1_7)

From the 1921 census of 85 Ayscough Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, taken on 19 June 1921:
Angelina EDGOOSE, head, 51y 11m, Widow, born Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, Household & Fish shop, own account.
*Jessie EDGOOSE, Daughter, 15y 9 m, single, born Lincolnshire, Grimsby, at home.
Catherine Ivy MAJOR, Daughter, 22y 5m, married, born Cambs, Wisbech, at home.
Joseph Edward MAJOR, Son in Law, 27y 4m, married, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, labourer, out of work.
Nora MAJOR, grandchild, 4y 6m, both alive, Lincolnshire, Grimsby, at home.
Walter RHODES, Boarder, 42y 3m, single, Leeds, labourer, out of work.
Ralph SYKES, Son, 28y 5m, married, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech, Fisherman, out of work.
Lena SYKES, Daughterin Law, married, Mansfield, at home.
(RG15 Piece No. 15464)01201

She married Robert KEYWORTH at Grimsby Register Office on 25 October 1924. Robert KEYWORTH was 24 years old, a bachelor, and a fish dock worker of 36 Albert Street, Grimsby. He was the son of Martin KEYWORTH, butcher. Jessie EDGOOSE was a braider of 85 Ayscough Street, Grimsby, and daughter of Stanton Charles EDGOOSE, deceased, deal carrier. Witnesses were Catherine Ivy MAJOR and Albert WILLOWS. (Catherine Ivy MAJOR was born Catherine Ivy COTTRELL, Jessie's half sister.

From the 1939 Register of 10 Armstrong Place East, Grimsby C. B., Lincolnshire:
Robert KEYWORTH, born 18 April 1900, wharf labourer, married;
*Jessie KEYWORTH, born 22 September 1905, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Kenneth R. KEYWORTH, born 25 November 1924, seeking work, single;
Stanton M. KEYWORTH, born 26 October 1926, at school, single;
1 CLOSED RECORD
Eileen M. CLARK (KEYWORTH), born 20 September 1934, at school.
(RG101/6404D/004/43+44 and /005/01-04 Letter Code TKAU)

In 1968 she was living at 60 Queensway, Willows Estate, Grimsby.

She had five children:
Molly KEYWORTH
Eileen KEYWORTH
Margaret KEYWORTH
Stanton KEYWORTH
Kenny KEYWORTH
All three sisters were alive in June 2004 (numberonescrobbo@hotmail.com)

Jessie Edgoose KEYWORTH formerly STEEL died at South Road Hospital, Grimsby, County of Humberside, on 18 April 1977. The was described as the widow of Robert KEYWORTH, a fish lumper, of 60 Queensway, Grimsby. The informant was her son Stanton Martin KEYWORTH of 171 Fairmont Road, Grimsby. The cause of death was Multilobular Cirrhosis.
(GRO June Q 1977 Grimsby 7 0422)


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STEVINSON, John (14??-1505/06)		STEVINSON, John (14??-1505/06)
JOHN STEVINSON (14??-1505/06) [UNRELATED INDIVIDUAL]

The Will of John STEVINSON (14??-1505) of Poplar, Middlesex, mariner:
[surnames capitalised, abbreviations expanded, and clauses separated for clarity]

"In the name of god Amen The xxviij Day of the Moneth of December In the yere of our Lord god 1505. I John STEVYNSON of popelar in the Countie of Midd(lesex) Maryner being [???] of mynde and in good memory lawde and praysing be to my maker make orde(y)n and declare this present testament conteyning therin my last will in maner and fourme folowing that is to Wit
First I geve bequeth(e) and Recomende my soule unto Almighty god my Creatour and Redemour and to his most glorious moder our blessed lady saint Mary the virgyn. And to all the Celestiall [illegible] of hevyn my body to be buried in the Churche or Churche yarde of saint Dunstane in Stebenheth I am [per????] by the discrecion of myn(e) Executouri Underwretyn.
It(e)m I bequeth(e) to the high [illegible, possibly "altar"] of the same Churche for my tithes and offerynges by me forgot(t)en or necligently witholden in discharging of my soule iij s iiij d.
It(e)m I bequeth(e) to the Rep(ar)acions of the same Churche xiij s [illegible]
It(e)m I bequeth(e) to the Almes hous of Depford xx s.
It(e)m I bequeth(e) to y Cosyn John STEVINSON in money xl s.
It(e)m I bequeth(e) unto Deonyse my wyfe my ij houses w(i)t(h) the grounde and all thapp(ur)te(nences) in which I now dwell nowe and my tenement therto annexed to have and to hold to her during her lyfe And aftre [sic] her deceas I woll [sic] that all the said ij houses and groundes w(i)t(h) all singuler the appurten(e)nces holy remayn unto my said Cosyn John STEVINSON To have and to holde to him and to his heires forev(er) more provided alwey that if it hap(pens) the said my Cosyn John STEVINSON ta[illegible] and deceas before my said wyf than I woll the said ij houses w(i)t(h) all the landes and their app(ur)ten[illegible] be solde and the money therof comyng to be distributed in dedes of Cheritie mercy and pitie by discrecion of my Executours Underwretyn for my soule my fadyr and moder soules and all [xpen] soules.
It(e)m I bequeth(e) to Deonyse HUETT in money xxvj s ?iij d.
It(e)m I bequeth(e) to my said Wyfe t(wo) termes of yeres that I have yet tocom(e) of and in those v Acres of londe in popelar Marshe the Which [are] holde by leas for termes of my lorde of London And yf it happen my said wyf to deceas beforoore the leas be excluded and Ron. Then I woll that all the termes of yeres then tocom(e) expressed in the leas hooly Remayne Unto the forsaid John STEVYNSON my Cosyn. And yf it happen the said my cosyn John dye or decesse before the said Lees be fully ron and excludid. then I will that all the the termes of yeres yet tocom(e) expressed in the same leas hooly Remayne to myn(e) executours undrewretyn.
It(e)m I woll that of the Ship called the Peter of london be solde by myn(e) executours undrewretyn and the [illegible] comyng therof I woll shalbe disposed in dedes of pitye and Cheritie w(i)t(h)in the parisshe of saint Dunstan forsaid by the discrecion of my said Executours for my soule and all [xpen] soules
It(e)m I bequeth(e) to my said Wyfe in money viij li xiij s iiij d.
It(e)m I bequeth(e) to John REYNOLDE my Childe xxvj s viij d.
The Residue of all and everyche of my goodes cattalls and dettes aftre the dettes the which of right [illegible] be principally paid my burying made and this my present testament fulfilled and hooly I geve and bequeth(e) unto John Fissher of Redclyff in the Countie of Midd(lesex) yoman and Ambrose EDGORE of Popelar in the same Countie yoman they therwt to dispose aswell to my wyf as in deades of petie [illegible] as by their discrecions they shall think most meritory for my soule and all [xpen) soules And bequeth(e) to either of them for their labours had in this behalf xx s
Writyn the day and yere abovesaid there being present Richard DRYVER John ETGOSE of Lymoste lyman Thomas Rauf GAULL and John REVE Citezein and Scryvener of London and notary publik and other"
Probate was granted at Lamehith on 7 January 1505/06.
(Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will PROB 11/15/03)
© Crown Copyright Image reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, England.
www.NationalArchives.gov.uk & www.TheGenealogist.co.uk

An Index of the Will of John STEVINSON (14??-1505), mariner, of Poplar, Middlesex. The Will was made on 28 December 1505. Probate was granted on 7 January 1505/06.
Beneficiaries:
EDGORE, Ambrose, yeoman of Poplar, Middlesex
ETGOSE, John, of Lymoste, lime-man
FISSHER, John, yeoman of Redclyff, Middlesex
GAULL, Thomas Rauf
HUETT, Deonyse
REVE, John, citizen, scrivener of London and notary public.
REYNOLDE, John, child of the Testator
STEVINSON, Deonyse, wife of the Testator
STEVINSON, John, cousin of the Testator
Witnesses:
DRYVER, Richard

(Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will PROB 11/15/03)



(revised 03.10.2026) 		 
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The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON (16??-1679) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England.		The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON (16??-1679) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England.
The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON (16??-1679) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, labourer:
(surnames capitalised and abbreviations expanded)

"In the name of God amen I Thomas HAMERTON of Pinchbeck in the county of Lincolne Labourer being sicke in body, but of [good] and perfect memory praised be God doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament , in manor and form following this tenth day of October 1679
Imprimis I give and bequeath my soule into the hand [of] Almighty God trusting to be saved by the alone merits of J(esus) Christ my saviour and redeemer, and my body to be buried by the discrestion of my executrix, all my worldly goods I bequeath as followeth.
Imprimis I give unto William HAMERTON my sonne one shilling
It(em) I give unto Millicent the daughtrer of William HAM(M)ERTON forty shillings to be paid into the hand of Richard GILL by my executrix with one yeare next after my diseas(e) to go use upon use untel shee shall attaind the age of one and twenty yeares if she die before the age of aforesaid then I give it to (ne??est) of my Kindred then living
It(em) I give unto Thomas HAMERTON my sonne six pounds to be paid into the hand of Richard GILL by my executrix three pounds within the first yeare after my desease and three pounds the next yeare followeing for his use also give him all my apparell
It(em) I give unto James EDGOOSE my Boate
It(em) I give unto Richard GILL haulfe a Crowne to buy h(im) gloves
It(em) I give all the rest of my goods and Chattles unto Al(se) my Wife whome I make my soule executrixe b(ut) if the said Alse my Wife doe chance marrie againe then my will is that she the sa(id) Alse shall pay forty shilling to Rachel EDGOOSE, t(he) Child of my daughter Alse, and if it die then I give to the next Child of Alse.
Signed & sealed Thomas HAM(M)ERTON his marke
and declared to
bee my last Will
in presence of
George GILL
Henery MARRAT
Rich(ard) GILL"

Probate was granted at Boston in 1680 (precise date illegible)
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1680 i 180)


Thomas HAMMERTON, labourer, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 3 November 1679.
(Parish Register)


  
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The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England		The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England
The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON (16??-1679) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, labourer:
(surnames capitalised and abbreviations expanded)
"In the name of God amen I Thomas HAMERTON of Pinchbeck in the county of Lincolne Labourer being sicke in body, but of [good] and perfect memory praised be God doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament , in manor and form following this tenth day of October 1679
Imprimis I give and bequeath my soule into the hand [of] Almighty God trusting to be saved by the alone merits of J(esus) Christ my saviour and redeemer, and my body to be buried by the discrestion of my executrix, all my worldly goods I bequeath as followeth.
Imprimis I give unto William HAMERTON my sonne one shilling
It(em) I give unto Millicent the daughtrer of William HAM(M)ERTON forty shillings to be paid into the hand of Richard GILL by my executrix with one yeare next after my diseas(e) to go use upon use untel shee shall attaind the age of one and twenty yeares if she die before the age of aforesaid then I give it to (ne??est) of my Kindred then living
It(em) I give unto Thomas HAMERTON my sonne six pounds to be paid into the hand of Richard GILL by my executrix three pounds within the first yeare after my desease and three pounds the next yeare followeing for his use also give him all my apparell
It(em) I give unto James EDGOOSE my Boate
It(em) I give unto Richard GILL haulfe a Crowne to buy h(im) gloves
It(em) I give all the rest of my goods and Chattles unto Al(se) my Wife whome I make my soule executrixe b(ut) if the said Alse my Wife doe chance marrie againe then my will is that she the sa(id) Alse shall pay forty shilling to Rachel EDGOOSE, t(he) Child of my daughter Alse, and if it die then I give to the next Child of Alse.
Signed & sealed Thomas HAM(M)ERTON his marke
and declared to
bee my last Will
in presence of
George GILL
Henery MARRAT
Rich(ard) GILL"

Probate was granted at Boston in 1680 (precise date illegible)
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1680 i 180)



  
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The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON, 1629-1679		The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON, 1629-1679
THOMAS HAMMERTON 1629 (?) -1679

PREAMBLE:
Is there some confusion in the register of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, between the name HAMERS or HAMMERS and HAMERTON or HAMMERTON?

Nicholas HAMMERTON and Isabell YBTON or EBTON were married at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 8 July 1614.
(FreeReg)
Isabell, the wife of Nicolas HAMER, was buried at Pinchbeck on 15 December 1622. Alce , daughter of Nicolas HAMERS, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1622 and an Alce HAMER was buried on 15 December 1622. [Nicholas HAMMERS did not marry until 1623]. Are Isabell and Alce HAMER or HAMERS really Isabel and Alce HAMMERTON?

Thomas, son of Nicholas HAMERS, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 11 April 1624. The baptism of a Thomas HAMMERTON, has not been found in the Pinchbeck register between 1620 and 1641 when the will of his father shows him to have been under 21 years old. Is this Thomas HAMERS really Thomas HAMMERTON?

From the Will of Nicholas HAMMERTON 1592-1641:
John HAMMERTON, son, beneficiary;
Richard HAMMERTON, son, beneficiary;
*Thomas HAMMERTON, son, beneficiary, under 21 [i.e. born after 1620];
Henrie HAMMERTON, son, beneficiary, under 21;
Margrett HAMMERTON, wife, executor;
Richard HARBIE (or HARVIE), witness;
Tho, GARNAR, witness.
(LCC Will 1641/97)

Thomas HAMMERTON and Joan GAMBLE were married at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 17 July 1645.
(PR)

The date and place of his marriage to Alice has not been traced.

An Index of the Will of Thomas HAMMERTON (16??-1679) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 10 October 1679. Probate was granted at Boston, Lincolnshire in 1680.
01*Thomas HAMMERTON, the Testator.
Beneficiaries:
02 William HAMMERTON, son of the Testator.
03 Millicent, daughter of William HAMMERTON.
04 Thomas HAMMERTON, son of the Testator
05 Richard Gill, executrix [sic] and witness.
06 James EDGOOSE.
07 Alse [HAMMERTON], wife of the Testator.
08 Rachel EDGOOSE, child of Testator's daughter ALSE.
Others:
09 Henery MARRAT, witness.
10 George GILL, witness.
Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1680 i 180

The Will of Thomas HAMMERTON (16??-1679) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, labourer:
(surnames capitalised and abbreviations expanded)
"In the name of God amen I Thomas HAMERTON of Pinchbeck in the county of Lincolne Labourer being sicke in body, but of [good] and perfect memory praised be God doe make and ordaine this my last will and Testament , in manor and form following this tenth day of October 1679
Imprimis I give and bequeath my soule into the hand [of] Almighty God trusting to be saved by the alone merits of J(esus) Christ my saviour and redeemer, and my body to be buried by the discrestion of my executrix, all my worldly goods I bequeath as followeth.
Imprimis I give unto William HAMERTON my sonne one shilling
It(em) I give unto Millicent the daughter of William HAM(M)ERTON forty shillings to be paid into the hand of Richard GILL by my executrix with one yeare next after my diseas(e) to go use upon use untel shee shall attaind the age of one and twenty yeares if she die before the age of aforesaid then I give it to (ne??est) of my Kindred then living
It(em) I give unto Thomas HAMERTON my sonne six pounds to be paid into the hand of Richard GILL by my executrix three pounds within the first yeare after my desease and three pounds the next yeare followeing for his use also I give him all my apparell
It(em) I give unto James EDGOOSE my Boate
It(em) I give unto Richard GILL haulfe a Crowne to buy h(im) gloves
It(em) I give all the rest of my goods and Chattles unto Al(se) my Wife whome I make my soule executrixe b(ut) if the said Alse my Wife doe chance marrie againe then my will is that she the sa(id) Alse shall pay forty shilling to Rachel EDGOOSE, t(he) Child of my daughter Alse, and if it die then I give to the next Child of Alse.
Signed & sealed Thomas HAM(M)ERTON his marke
and declared to
bee my last Will
in presence of
George GILL
Henery MARRAT
Rich(ard) GILL"

Probate was granted at Boston in 1680 (precise date illegible)
SOURCE: Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1680/i/180, uploaded with permission.
COPYRIGHT © Lincolnshire County Council 2019.

Thomas HAMMERTON, labourer, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 3 November 1679.
(Parish Register)

NOTES & QUERIES:
Thomas, son of a Nicholas HAMERTON,was baptised at Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 31 May 1629.
No evidence of a Horncastle connection has been found.

When and where did Thomas HAMMERTON marry Alice in 1655-1656? The relevant pages in Pinchbeck parish register are missing. The marriage was not found amongst Spalding marriages.

Did Alice HAMERTON [sic] marry Henry BOARDMAN at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 6 May 1680? Her husband Thomas HAMMERTON was buried at Pinchbeck on 3 November 1679.


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TURNER, Ena Nellie (1907-1991)		TURNER, Ena Nellie (1907-1991)
TURNER, Ena Nellie (1907-1991)

ENA NELLIE TURNER was born on 15 December 1907.
(GRO death certificate).
Her birth was registered in 1908.
(GRO March Q 1908 Hartley Wintney 2c 196)

From the 1911 census of Lynchford Road, Farnborough, Hampshire:
Arthur TURNER, head, widower, aged 60, furnishing ironmonger and general stores, born at Bermondsey, London;
Annie BROWNE, daughter, married 5 years, aged 32, born at Farnborough, Hampshire;
Ethelbert BROWNE, son-in-law, married, aged 34, plumber and gas fitter, born at Kingston, Surrey;
Frank BROWNE, grandson, aged 5, born at Farnborough, Hampshire;
Harry TURNER, son, married, aged 28, ironmonger's assistant, born at Farnborough, Hampshire;
Mabel Mary TURNER, daughter-in-law, married 6 years, aged 27, born at Woolmer, Hampshire;
Dorris (sic) TURNER, granddaughter, aged 5, born at Farnborough, Hampshire;
*Ena TURNER, granddaughter, aged 3, born at Farnborough, Hampshire.
(RG14PN6255/RD109/SD2/ED5/SN275)

Ena TURNER married John LAWSON at Westminster in March 1959.

The death of Ena Nellie LAWSON was registered in 1991.
(GRO June Q 1991 North East Hampshire 20 436)


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TYLER, Robert (1754-1805)		TYLER, Robert (1754-1805)
TYLER, Robert (1753 -1805)

There is no record of his baptism at Gosberton, Lincolnshire. There is a record of a baptism of a Robert TYLER at Osbournby in Lincolnshire on 15 July 1753.

John EDGOOSE, grazier from Gosberton, and Ann DOLTON, spinster from Gosberton, were married at Gosberton Parish Church on 21 September 1768.

John EDGOOSE was buried at Gosberton on 27 May 1781. Ann EDGOOSE, widow of John EDGOOSE, administered his estate and Edward HARE, farmer of Gosberton, and Robert TYLER, yeoman of Gosberton, were named in the Administration Bond with her.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Administrations 1781/30)

An Index to the Administration Bond of John EDGOOSE (1732-1781), grazier, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
01*John EDGOOSE, the Intestate.
02 Ann EDGOOSE, widow of the Intestate.
03 J. DINHAM, Surro(gate).
04 Edward HARE, farmer, of Gosberton.
05*Robert TYLER, yeoman, of Gosberton.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Administration 1781/30)

Robert TYLER of Gosberton married Ann EDGOOSE of Gosberton at Gosberton on 10 October 1781.

Ann, infant daughter of Robert and Ann TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on on 7 June 1782. There is no record of her baptism at Gosberton.

William, infant son of Robert and Ann TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on 9 October 1783. There is no record of his baptism at Gosberton.

Ann, wife of Robert TYLER, was buried at Gosberton on 20 June 1786 aged 46.

The Will of Robert TYLER, farmer and grazier, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, made on 19 March 1805
[surnames capitalised, abbreviations expanded, and clauses separated]:

"In the Name of God Amen I Robert TYLER of the Parish of Gosberton in the County of Lincoln, Farmer & Grazier, being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory (thanks to Amighty God,) calling to mind the mortality of the Body, and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die; do constitute make, ordain & publish this my last will & Testament in form and manner following. That is to say principally and first, I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, and my body I commit to the Earth to be buried with decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor hereinafter named, nothing doubting, but that I shall receive the same again at the General Resurrection by the power of Almighty God; And as touching such worldly Estate and Effects wherewith Almighty God hath blessed me in this Life, I give, bequeath, and dispense of in the form and manner following.

First I give and bequeath unto my well beloved nephew Robert TYLER, son of my Brother Thomas TYLER of Osbournby in the said County of Lincoln the Sum of five Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto the said Robert TYLER by my Executor out of my Estate & Effects, a Twelvemonth and a Day after my decease and it is my wish that the said Sum may be imployed towards putting him out to some useful Trade if approved of by him & those concerned

I also give and bequeath unto my well beloved Niece Elizabeth TYLER Daughter of my Brother Thomas TYLER of Osbournby aforesaid the Sum of five pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto her by my Executor out of my Estate & Effects, a Twelvemonth and a Day after my decease

I further give and bequeath unto my well beloved Nephew William TYLER Grocer of Billingborough in the said County of Lincoln the Sum of five pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid unto him by my Executor out of my Estate and Effects a Twelvemonth and a Day after my decease

I likewise give and bequeath unto my well beloved Nephew Sutton TYLER of Horbling in the county of Lincoln, Taylor the further sum of five pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid as above.

I further give and bequeath unto my well beloved son in law John HEADGOOSE of the Parish of Walton near Wisbeach in Cambridgeshire the Sum of Ten Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor as above.

Lastly I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son in Law James HEADGOOSE of the Parish of Gosberton aforesaid, who now resides with me, and whom I also nominate, make, appoint and ordain the Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament, AlAlAll my Estate, Effects, Goods, Chattels & Money possessed by me at the Time of my Decease my lawful Debts, Funeral Expenses, & the above Legacies being first duly discharged as the same shall become due; by the said James HEADGOOSE his Executors, Heirs and Assigns forever to be be possessed and enjoyed, without any Molestation, let or Hindrance from or by any person whatsover;

And I do hereby declare this and this only to be my last will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Nineteenth Day of March, in the Year of our Lord One thousand & Eight Hundred and Five

Signed, sealed, published pronounced and declared by the within named Testator to be his last Will & Testament in the presence of us who in is presence and in the Presence of each other have hereunto set our Hands the Day & Date above written.

Witness John LITTLEBERREY
John BROWN His Mark

On the Twenty fourth day of August 1805 James HEADGOOSE the Executor in this Will named was duly sworn and also made Oath that the within named Robert TYLER deceased did not die possessed of Goods Chattels and Credits to the Amount or Value of three Hundred Pounds before Me John SHINGLAR Surr.

A Transcript of Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1805, uploaded with permission of Lincolnshire Archives.
Copyright Lincolnshire County Council 2019.

Robert TYLER was buried at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 25 March 1805.


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VALETTA POWELL		VALETTA POWELL
CLARA VALETTA RIGGALL 1896-1970

Clara Valetta RIGGALL was born at Malta House, Alford, Lincolnshire, in 1896.
(GRO June Q 1896 Spilsby 7a 581)

The 1911 census of 67 Forest Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire:
Marmaduke RIGGALL, head, aged 60, Wesleyan Methodist Minister, born at Warne, Yorkshire;
Harriet RIGGALL, wife, aged 52, married 19 years, 4 children (all living), born at Algarkirk, Lincolnshire;
*Clara Valetta RIGGALL, daughter, aged 14, born at Alford, Lincolnshire;
Kate FLETCHER, servant, aged 20, single, general domestic servant, born at Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire;
Mary Ann Bates FLETCHER, servant, aged 16, general servant domestic, born at Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire.
(RG14/19117)

She eloped to Gretna Green with MALCOM POWELL who was twenty years her junior.

Malcom McInnes POWELL and Clara Valetta RIGGALL married for a second time in Inverness, Scotland:
(1938 Inverness 098/A 257)

NOTES & QUERIES:
"Re Malcolm POWELL - He was 20 years younger than Valette - they eloped to Gretna Green & mum insisted they got "properly" married in Inverness at 14 Ardross Street - must have been 1938 or 37. Their only son Malcolm was born Sept '39 - he lives in Vancouver now - Malcolm Sn. left Valette for another woman and died in USA."
(letter from Harriet MITCHELL)

CLARA VALETTA RIGGALL'S NOTES
[Sent to me by Colonel J. S. Riggall MBE in 1999 and slightly edited by me]

"The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna
We buried him darkly at dead of night
The sods with our bayonets turning
By the struggling moonbeams misty light
And the lanterns dimly burning

Not a shot was heard, not a funeral note
As his corpse to the ramparts we hurried
Not a soldier discharged a farewell shot
O'er the grave where our hero was buried

My Great Grandfather Trooper Jones was present at this Burial. He eloped with my Great Grandmother Grace O'Grady when stationed in Ireland with the Cavalry. He was a Welsh non-conformist and his bride a Roman Catholic of good family who disowned her in consequence. She went to war as a trooper's wife and was at the Battle of Waterloo. My Great Grandmother was sent to England in a troopship as she was pregnant and my Grandmother Betsey Grace Jones was born at sea during the crossing and born in the Camp supposed to be lucky. She was their only child, and after Waterloo when the war ended, they settled in Algarkirk near Boston. Great Grandfather Jones as an unemployed trooper still had his black mare "Poppit" which he'd ridden through the wars, and he had the job of Riding Post in the country district around Boston on Poppit.
One market day he and his wife rode into Boston market, she on a horse and he on Poppit. He was drinking in the Red Lion (?) at the end of the day, and she rode on ahead to Algarkirk. In mounting in the Inn yard he must have been intoxidler his horse on his head on the cobbled inn yard & was killed
This is one of the reasons for my Mother's horror of drink handed down from her Mother Betsy Grace whose father died in this way. She was brought up by a Methodist, but I often heard my Mother refer to her strong Catholic flavoured princit passed on by her Roman Catholic Grandmother, i.e. Grace O'Grady (Jones).
The widow Grace Jones somehow brought up her only child Betsy Grace who married Joel Edgoose, one of the Dutch engineers who at that time came to Lincolnshire to show how to drain the fens like Holland, i.e. land drains are still called DYKnshire. They had several children, Mother Harriet Edgoose being, I think, the youngest. She told me she remembered always being cold in the winter as she wore woollen dresses with no sleeves - low neck - and how she used to rub her poor little arms blue with cold.
I have a dress belonging to my Grandmother Betsy Grace Edgoose of sprigged muslin with a full skirt and linea shaped bodice showing she was very tiny. As a young girl my Mother Harriet used to stay with a Mrs. Armstrong in Boston who wasr and to whom she confided her anxiety about their family poverty. I think Mother must have worked for Mrs. Armstrong as she told me the first money she earned she bought as a present for her mother a small barrel of Porter? stout. No doububt thinking it would be good for her. Through the interest Mrs. Armstrong took in her she planned to take a job as companion so as to help her family. I imagine her Father was at this time dead. ith a reference from Mrs. Armstrong Mother wenenent to the Cockers of Belle Vue Hathersage as nurse companion. She must have been very attractive with chestnut brown hair, brown eyes and rosy cheeks which she always had all her life. She was full of fun, I think an interesting mixture of her Irish Grandmother's adventurous spirit and the practical sensibility of her Dutch Edgoose Father.
The fantastic story of her happiness with the Cockers and eventual marriage to their only son John is another story, of which I know many details."
[signed Valetta Powell, Bushton 1963]

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WADE, James Edgoose (1856-1857)		WADE, James Edgoose (1856-1857)
James Edgoose WADE, son of William WADE and his wife Jemima born EDGOOSE, was born at William Street, St. Margaret's, Leicester, Leicestershire, on 27 October 1856. His father William WADE, a journeyman shoemaker, from 14 William Street, Leicester, informed the Registrar on 7 November.
(Birth Certificate: GRO December Q 1856 [EDGOOSE] Leicester 07A 161)

His death was registered in in 1857.
(GRO December Q 1857 Leicester 6d 108)


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WEST, Kerrenhappuck née EDGOOSE (1828-1909), wife of David WEST (1837-1895)		WEST, Kerrenhappuck née EDGOOSE (1828-1909), wife of David WEST (1837-1895)
Kerrenhappuck EDGOOSE was born on 15 November 1828, daughter of James and Mary EDGOOSE.

James EDGOOSE had married Mary WINFREE by licence at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 14 December 1807.

Keren Happuch, daughter of James and Mary EDGOOSE of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, was baptised at Gosberton on 23 November 1828. Her father was described as a yeoman.
(Parish Register)

From the 1841 census returns for Gosberton Risegate:
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, aged 20, dressmaker, born in Lincolnshire;
Elmet (sic) EDGOOSE, aged 15, agricultural labourer, born in Lincolnshire;
Kezia EDGOOSE, aged 15, born in Lincolnshire;
*Kerenhappuch EDGOOSE, aged 13, born in Lincolnshire;
John EDGOOSE, aged 10, born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/607/11/31)
Their mother Mary EDGOOSE was elsewhere.

At the time of the 1851 census she was living at Surfleet Risegate:
Mary EDGOOSE, head, aged 63, widow, born at Long Sutton (she was actually 66 years old);
Elmit (sic) EDGOOSE, son, aged 25, agricultural labourer, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
*Kerenhappuck EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 22, milliner and dressmaker, born at Gosberton.
(HO107/2096/250v)

She was living at 14 William Street, Leicester, when she married David WEST at the Bishop Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on 24 July 1860. She gave her age as 26, two years older than her husband, when in fact she was almost 32! David WEST was a carpenter and joiner of 56 Waterloo Street, Leicester, son of William WEST, farmer. Witnesses were Daniel PACEY and Emily Anne BAKER, the latter possibly daughter of her sister Caroline BAKER who is known to have been living in Leicester in 1862.
(GRO September Q 1860 Leicester 7a 309)

At the time of the 1861 census she was living with her husband David WEST and her mother Mary EDGOOSE at 14 William Street, Leicester:
David WEST, head, married, aged 24, carpenter & joiner, born at Middleton, Northamptonshire;
*Kerenhappuch WEST, wife, married, aged 30, dressmaker, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Mary EDGOOSE, mother-in-law, widow, aged 75, formerly farmer's wife, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2285/49/2)

They had a son Jesse WEST in 1865. He died in 1933.
(Source: Heather Tapley)

The 1871 census returns for 22 William Street, Leicester:
David WEST, head, aged 34, carpenter, born at Middleton, Norhamptonshire;
*Kerinhappuck (sic) WEST, wife, aged 37, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jessie WEST, son, aged 7, scholar, born in Leicestershire;
William WEST, son, aged 3, born in Leicestershire;
Mary Edgoose WEST, aged 2, born in Leicestershire.
(RG10/3271/104/12)

The 1881 census returns for 35 Stanley Street, Leicester St. Margaret:
David WEST ,head, aged 44, carpenter and joiner, born at Shilton, Northamptonshire;
*Heren H. WEST (sic), wife, aged 47 (!), born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Jessie (sic) WEST, son, aged 17, pupil teacher, born in Leicester;
William WEST, son, aged 13, born in Leicester;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 12, born in Leicester.
(RG11/3164/41/12)

David WEST is listed in the city directories at 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, from 1888 to 1895-96.

The 1891 census returns for 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester:
David WEST, head, aged 54, carpenter, born at Middleton, Northampton.;
*Kerrenhappuch West, wife, aged 57, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
William WEST, son, aged 23, heel builder, born in Leicester;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 22, schoolteacher, born in Leicester.
(RG12/2528/32/15)

From a letter which her sister Jemima WADE wrote to her sister Elizabeth O'CONNOR on 14 September 1895 it appears that Jemima lodged with Kerrenhappuck at 30 St. Saviour's Road.

The 1901 census of 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester:
*Kerenhappuch WEST, head, aged 72, widow, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Mary WEST, daughter, aged 32, Certif. Assist. Board School teacher, born in Leicester. (RG13/2999/169/18)
William WEST and family and Jemima WADE lived next door at No. 30.

She died aged 80 at 30 St. Saviour's Road, Leicester, on 29 October 1909. She was described as the widow of David WEST, master carpenter. Her son J. WEST of 25 Larches Lane, Wolverhampton, was present when she died.
Cause of Death: Senile Decay.
(GRO December Q 1909 Leicester 7a 134)


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WILKINSON, Mary (16??-1737) late EDGOOSE née		WILKINSON, Mary (16??-1737) late EDGOOSE née
  
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WILKINSON, William (????-1745)		WILKINSON, William (????-1745)
WILLIAM WILKINSON -1746

An Index of the Will of John EDGOOSE (1649-1715), yeoman of Pinchbeck. The Will was made on 30 March 1715.
01*John EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 John EDGOOSE, grandson of the Testator.
03*William WILKINSON, tenant.
04 MARROT, tenant.
05 John GRIMES, grandson of the Testator.
06 James GRIMES, grandson of the Testator.
07 Elizabeth GRIMES, granddaughter of the Testator.
08 Anne GRIMES, granddaughter of the Testator.
09 William LEWIN, tenant.
10 William WIMBER, tenant.
11 Joseph MASON, tenant.
12 John BRICKLES, tenant.
13 Henry ELLWOOD, tenant.
14 Thomas BAKER, tenant.
15 Judith HAMERS, reversion following her death.
16 Jane CHAMBERLAIN, wife of John CHAMBERLAIN.
17 John CHAMBERLAIN.
18 COLE
19 James EASDALE, tenant.
20 Elizabeth, wife of James GRIME, daughter of the Testator.
21 Mary, wife of John WILKINSON, grandaughter of the Testator.
22 John WILKINSON, who married Mary GRAYHAM, granddaughter of the Testator
23 Elizabeth LAWSON of Gosberton, widow.
24 Mary, the wife of Joseph MASON, kinswoman of the Testator.
25 Mary HOULDEN, the Testator's maid servant.
26 Robt. NEWTON, the Testator's manservant.
27 John PAGE, the Testator's manservant.
28 John CRUNKHORN, son of the Testator's brother-in-law Richard CRUNKHORN.
29 Richard CRUNKHORN, brother-in-law of the Testator.
30 Luke CRUNKHORN, son of the Testator's brother-in-law Richard CRUNKHORN.
31 Mr. Edward DALE, guardian of the Testator's grandson John EDGOOSE.
32 Mr. Squire HUDSON, guardian of the Testator's grandson John EDGOOSE.
33 James GRIMES, son-in-law of the Testator.
34 Martha CRUNKHORN, witness.
35 John HUCKBODY, witness.
36 John WEYMAN jun., witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1715/i/51)

From the Will of John EDGOOSE made on 30 March 1715:
"Imprimis I Give and bequeath unto my Grandson John EDGOOSE one Messuage or Tenement with the Appurtenes & Twenty one acres (be the same more or less) Situate Lying & being in Pinchbeck aforesaid now in the Tenure or Occupacion of William WILKINSON"
(LCC Will 1715)

William WILKINSON married a Mary EDGOOSE, widow, at Pinchbeck on 3 June 1720. Her husband Thomas EDGOOSE had been buried at Pinchbeck on 9 April. She was mentioned in her late husband's will, as was her father Richard PARKINSON.
(PR)
(LCC Wills 1720 i)

Mary, wife of William WILKINSON, was buried at Pinchbeck on 19 November 1737.

William WILKINSON was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 5 February 1744/45.
(PR)

NOTES & QUERIES:
A Susannah, daughter of a Wm WILKINSON, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 3 April 1706.
(PR)

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William Johnson CLEGG (1827-1895) Solicitor and Family Friend		William Johnson CLEGG (1827-1895) Solicitor and Family Friend
WILLIAM JOHNSON CLEGG 1827-1895 Solicitor and Family Friend
The notes are intended to investigate the connection between William Johnson CLEGG and two very young sisters from a humble background. The conclusion is that the friendship between the CLEGG family and Elizabeth and Harriet EDGOOSE somehow grew out of the professional relationship between the COCKERs and their solicitor John Charles CLEGG, son of William Johnson CLEGG.

(1) HARRIET EDGOOSE (1858-1916)
The younger of the two sisters, Harriet EDGOOSE, was born on 14 November 1858, daughter of Joel EDGOOSE (1804-1883) and his wife Mary nee JONES (Circa 1814-1888). In her own words she "was the child of a poor home. A few acers (sic) of landndnd, a cow and a few sheep, were all the earthly goods my Father and Mother had when I came the eleventh child in their family, nine were living and I made ten, and ten we remained till I was nine years old". When she was about seventeen she felt that she could help her ageing parents most by leaving home, and she took a job as a housekeeper, sending home what little money she earned (Letter dated 11 February 1905).
In the early summer of 1879 she took a similar job at Hathersage in Derbyshire. There she met her employer's son John Armstrong COCKER, a 27 year old Hathersage merchant, and began a romantic courtship which was not to end in marriage for another four years. They married at Hathersage Parish Church on 5 December 1883. John Armstrong COCKER's parents, Joseph Robert and Margaret COCKER, were witnesses.

Harriet's happiness was, however, shortlived. According to a tombstone in Hathersage Churchyard John Armstrong COCKER of Belle-Vue, Hathersage, the beloved husband of Harriet COCKER and only son of Joseph ROBERT and Margaret COCKER, died on 14 December 1887. He was born on 15 November 1851. In his will made on 14 November 1887 he referred to his friend John Charles CLEGG (1850-1937) the Sheffield solicitor. John Charles CLEGG, later Sir Charles, was the son of William Johnson CLEGG.

In the letter referred to above, Harriet describes how she was tenderly watched over by her husband's half cousin, the wife of the Reverend John JULIAN of Hymnology House, and by her Solicitor John Charles CLEGG of Sheffield and his devoted wife during the first days and weeks of sorrow. She refers also to the fatherly care of Alderman [William Johnson] CLEGG, Mayor of Sheffield at the time.

Four years later, Harriet married the Rev. Marmaduke RIGGALL, Superintendent of the Devon and Dorset Methodist Mission, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Hathersage, on 24 November 1891. The former mayor of Sheffield, Alderman W.J. CLEGG, escorted her up the aisle of the Chapel. Witnesses were Wm. J. CLEGG and Robert W. RIGGALL.
(The Bradwell Wesleyan Circuit Monthly Greeting No. 24 December 1891)
(Marriage Certificate)

(2) ELIZABETH EDGOOSE (1852-1944)
Elizabeth, Harriet's older sister, was born at Swineshead, Lincolnshire, on 16 November 1852. According to her daughter Clara Strohmeier CLARK, her mother went to Sheffield when she was 13 years old to learn the dressmaking trade. By the time she was 18 years old in 1871 she was employed as a domestic nurse by general surgeon Herbert J. WALKER at 12 Paradise Square, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

No evidence has been found to support the contention in the Early History of Brown County South Dakota that a "Lady Terry", a member of the royal family, asked Elizabeth to come to live with her as her "ladies companion". This companionship apparently lasted until the spring of 1873.

She emigrated to the USA, landing at New York on 14 November 1873, two days before her twenty-first birthday. She lived with her sister in Chicago for 5 years before moving to Manistee, Michigan, for a further 7 years. Clara Strohmeier CLARK said that the Mayor and Mayoress of Sheffield, Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson CLEGG, saw her off when she left England in May 1889 and presented her with a manicure set in a leather case, her name embossed in gold on the lid, which was still in her possession in 1972. Whether or not they waved farewell in 1873, six years before her sister Harriet moved to Hathersage in Derbyshire, is unproven and unlikely.

See also Harriet EDGOOSE (1858-1916) and Elizabeth EDGOOSE (1852-1944)

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