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William Worster

Male 1578 - 1623  (~ 45 years)


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  • Name William Worster 
    Birth Bef. 1578  [1
    Christening 1578  St Giles, Cheddington, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Will 1623  [2
    WILL OF WILLYAM WOSTER -1623-
    Court of the Archdeacon of Buckinghamshire
    Register 33. folio 34.
    In the name of God Amen.
    Dated 30 October, 1623
    Willyam Woster of Chedington, Co, Bucks.
    I bequeath my soule to almightie God, my maker & redemer, & my bodie to be buried in the churchyarde or church of the parishe of Chedington aforesaide att myne execs. appointement.
    Item. I give & bequeth unto Willyam Woster, myne eldest sonne ten pounds
    To my sonne Thomas £10
    To my sonne Edward £10
    To George my sonne, & his heires forever, one messuage lately purchased of Robert Steevens, & all my free groundes, & yarde lande of copie holde in the feildes of Chedington within the parishe of Ivinghoe, after my wife's decease. Unto Ffrancis, my sonne, all the rest of my copie holde lands, being by estimation one yarde be it more or lesse, after my wife's decease.
    To Mary, my eldest daughter £100, & to Rebecca my younger daughter £100, to be paid when they shall come to the age of twentie years, or at their date of mariage; Looke wh. shall happen firste.
    Item. My will is that my three sonnes, Willyam, Thomas & Edward, shall have their severall legacies bequeathed as they shall come to the age of one & twentie years.
    To the poore of Chedington 10 S.
    The rest of my goodes & chattels, my debtes paide, my funerall discharged, I bequeath to Rebecca, my lovinge wife, whom I make my full & lawfull executrix. I desire my loving ffreindes, George King, my ffather-in-lawe, & Thomas Wigge of the Rectory of Mentmore to be overseers.
    Witnesses:
    Richard Reynolds
    Thomas Wigg
    John Houghton
    George King
    Probate granted 20th Novr. 1623 to the executrix. 
    Death Bef. 3 Nov 1623  [3
    Burial 3 Nov 1623  St Giles, Cheddington, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I3  Cheddington Woosters
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

    Father Edward Worster,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN 
    Mother UNKNOWN,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca King,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN 
    Children 
     1. Edward Worster,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN
     2. Thomas Worster,   b. Bef. 12 Sep 1613   d. UNKNOWN
     3. Mary Worster,   b. Bef. 26 Dec 1617   d. UNKNOWN
     4. Rebecca Worster,   b. Bef. 21 Mar 1619   d. UNKNOWN
    +5. George Wooster,   b. Bef. 4 Feb 1620   d. Bef. 3 May 1659 (Age ~ 39 years)
     6. Francis Worster,   b. Bef. 5 Aug 1623   d. UNKNOWN
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 1578 - St Giles, Cheddington, Buckinghamshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 3 Nov 1623 - St Giles, Cheddington, Buckinghamshire Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Buckinghamshire Family History Society Baptisms (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S4] Wooster Family Group (Ray Wooster) (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S2] Buckinghamshire Family History Society Burials (Reliability: 3).