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HARRISON, Thomas
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Name HARRISON, Thomas Gender Male Death 1681 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Burial 25 Apr 1681 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Person ID I8410 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family [HARRISON], Ann d. 1681, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Children 1. HARRISON, Richard d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. HARRISON, John d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F3061 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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THOMAS HARRISON 16??-1681
Ann, wife of Thomas HARRISON, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 26 March 1681.
(Parish Register)
An Index to the Will of Thomas HARRISON of Pinchbeck, husbandman.
01*Thomas HARRISON, the Testator.
02 Richard HARRISON, son of the Testator
03 John HARRISON, son of the Testator
04 Frances HARRISON, sister of the Testator
05 John HARRISON, brother of the Testator, executor - wife and four children of.
06 Zachariah WATTERS, brother of the Testator - wife and 6 living children of.
07 William PACEY, joint executor with the Testator's brother John HARRISON.
08 Adler EDGOOSE [1646-1692], witness.
09 Robrt SLATER, witness.
10 Gregory TEBB, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1681/ii/544)
The Will of Thomas HARRISON (16??-1681) of Pinchbeck, husbandman:
(surnames capitalised and abbreviations expanded)
[The first lines of this will are illegible or missing. This transcription begins with the second paragraph]
"First I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty god my Maker: hopeinge that through the Meritorious death & passion of Jesus Christ my onely saviour & redeemer to Recieve free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins; And as for my body to bee Buried in Christian Buriall att the discretion of my Executrix, hereafter Mentioned
Item I give to my sonn Richard HARRISON the sum of Fifteene pounds to be payd him when hee comes to the age of Twenty yeares to be paide by my Executrixes here after Mentioned.
Item I give to my sonn John HARRISON the sum of fifteene pounds to be payd him when he comes to the age of twenty yeares; to be payd by Executrixes here after mentioned.
Item I give to my sister Frances HARRISON one Redd Cow & one Redd Calfe to bee deliver(e)d to her at Michellmas next after my death Allsoe I give to my sister Frances HARRISON two Coats w(hi)ch was my wives to bee delivered to her w(i)thin fourteene dayes after my deceise
Item I give more to my sister Frances one hatt to be delivered to her w(i)th fourteen days after my deceise
Item I give to my brother John HARRISONs wife one Redd peticoate to bee deliver(e)d to her w(i)th in fourteene days after my deceise allsoe give to my brother John HARRISONs wife one peece of new cloth
Item I give to my brother Zachariah WATTERS his wife one box
Item My will is that if one of my sonns dye before he comes to the age of twenty yeares that the fifteene pound w(hi)ch I give to him shall fall to my other sonn & that he have all the thirty pound; And my will is that if they both dye beforrre they shall attaine to the age of twenty years that fifteene pounds I give to John HARRISONs four children w(hi)ch is now liveinge & att the sayd John HARRISONs disposing And my will is the other Fifteene pounds I give to Zachariah WATTERS his Children being six now Liveinge & to be equily devided a mongst them & that fifteene pounds to be paide to the sayd Zachariah WATTERS w(i)th in one Month after their deceise for the use of his six children;
Item all the rest of my goods & Chattles whatsoever I give unto John HARRISON my brother & William PACEY upon condicon they shall pay all my debts & Legacyes doe bringe my body to the ground att their owne cost & Charges; And doe make them whole Executrixes [sic] of this my last will & Testament Revoking all other wills & Testaments in witnesse whereof I have here unto sett my hand & seale the day and yeare first above written
Witnesses The Marke of Thomas HARRISON
Adler EDGOOSE
Robrt SLATER his Marke
Gregory TEBB his Marke"
Probate was granted at Boston on 14 October 1681.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1681/ii/544)
Thomas HARRISON, husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 25 April 1681.
(Parish Register)
A Mary HARRISON, widow, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 11 April 1681.
(Parish Register)
Gregory TEBB, labourer, who witnessed Thomas HARRISON's Will, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 1 May 1681.
(Parish Register)
Zachariah WATTERS, parish clerk and brother of Thomas HARRISON referred to in the latter's will, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 7 January 1681/82.
(Parish Register)
Ann, daughter of a John HARRYSON, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 20 February 1681/82.
(Parish Register)
NOTES & QUERIES:
A Robert HARRISON and Mary WATERS were married at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 4 May 1658.
(revised 02.05.2020)

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