|
Edward HEATH was born 1 about 1525 in Ware End, Great Amwell, Hertford, England, United Kingdom. He was buried 1, 2 on 8 Mar 1592/1593 in Ware End, Great Amwell, Hertford, England, United Kingdom. Edward married 1 Alice about 1550 in Ware End, Great Amwell, Hertford, England, United Kingdom.
Edward had a will 1 on 6 Mar 1592/1593 in Ware End, Great Amwell, Hertford, England, United Kingdom. His will was probated 1 on 23 Mar 1592/1593 in Ware End, Great Amwell, Hertford, England, United Kingdom.
1. EDWARDS HEATH, the earliest proven Heath ancestor in England, was born say 1525. He lived at Utile Amwell, a hamlet in the parish of Ware, Hertfordshlre, where he was buried 8 March 159213. He was a collarmaker. He married say 1550, ALICE who was buried at Ware 24 December 1593.
In his will, dated 6 March 1592/3 and proved 23 March 159213, witnessed by Wilm Nycoll and George Bearstolke (Essex Record Office, Chelmsford [hereinafter ERO], D/ABW 19/222), Edward Heath of Ware ... "Collermaker sycke in bodie,a asked to be buried in the churchyard of Ware and made bequests as follows:
unto Alyce my wyff xl s a yere duryng her lyff, And her dwellyng in my howse, that ys to saye the chamber that she nowe useth to he yn wthall moveables of houshold stuff nowe thereyn, the kytchen & the Buttrye, wth ffree egresse ingresse & regresse into the same & easyanients in the basksyde duryng her naturafl lyff I And A table with a ffourme in the hall/ Provided, alwayes and my wyll ys that two of my daughters men & Kateryn shall have all the aforeseid houshold Stuff after my wyffs decease equal]ie to be devided
1992 The Heath Connection 265
betwene them by the Discreccon of my sonn Willm / ... to my said two daughters men & Kateryn xx s a pece to be payd them At the daye of their Maryage/ ... to Johan my daughter vj s viij d to be payd to her wthin one yere after my decease/...to my daughter johan her sonn xiij s viij d to be payd At his age of xv yeres ... to Elizabeth my daughter vj s viij d within one yore after my decease ... to eyther of her children John & Margarett vj s viij d a pece At their Age of xv yeres ... to Thomas my sonn xl s whereof xx s to be payd wtbin one yere after my decease And the other xx s wthin the next yere then nextffolowyng ... to my sonn John xx s to be payd hym wthin one yore next after my decease ... to my daughter Margaretts children now Alyve vs a pece to be payd At their Age of xvyeres after my decease...to my sonn Wiflm All that my nowe dwelling house wtha]l the edifice yards gardens wthall the Appurtenances therunto belongyng scituat in lytle Amwefl in the countie of Hertf to hym & his heyres for ever, And all the resideue of my goods & moveables unbequeathed ... to my sonne Wl]rn his children nowe Alyve vj s viij d A pece At their Age of xviij yeres / All wch severafl somes of money to be payd by my sonn WiUm whom I do ordeyne & make my sole Executor of this my last Wyll & Testament. [The following bequest is written on the left margin, evidently intended to be pm of the main body of the wilL I urn I geve unto my sonn Robt xl s wherof xx s wthin one yere after my decease and the other xx s wthin the yere then ffolowyng And all my apparel]/ Itm I geve unto everie of my sonn Robert his children v s A pece to be payd to them at the Age of xv AgeI Md that Robt his gyft was entred before the ensealyng herof.
Printed from NEHG Register, Volume 146, July 1992,0 New England Historic Genealogical Society & Broderbund Software, Inc., Banner Blue Division, Februazy 11,2002
|