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Robert FRENCH, Sr.

Male 1608 - Bef 1660  (< 52 years)


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  • Name Robert FRENCH 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 1608  Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 92Q7-7V 
    Will 29 Aug 1653  Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Bef 10 Dec 1660  Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 10 Dec 1660  Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: Mara French .

      (2) Will of Robert French of Gosfield ERO D/AMW 6/4, transcribed by Peter Nutt :

      In the name of God Amen The 29th of August Anno Domini one thowsand six hundred Ffyty and three I Robt French of Gosfield in the countie of Essex Gent Being sick and whole of body att this present but of perfitt memorie praised be god Doe make and ordaine this my last will & testament in manner and form following Imprimis I bequeath my soule into the handes of Allmightie God trusting through the merrits of my blessed Saviour that the same shall be received to everlastiang happiness My bodie I commit to the earth from whence it was att first taken stedfastly hoping for a ioifull resurrection att the last day And my request is that my executours hereunder named [when it shall please god to call mee out of this sinnfull world] I doe cause my corps to be buried in the chancel of the p[ar]ish church of Gosfield near unto my former wife And as for the outeward estate it hath pleased god to bless me withall I dispose of the same as followeth I give to the poor of the p[ar]ish of Gosfield twentie shillings Item I give unto Thomas Wiltshire the sonne of John Wiltshire the summe of tenn shillings to buie him clothes Item I give unto John Bacon a boy now in my house tenn pound to binde him an apprentice Item I give unto the said John Bacon and annuitie of ffortie shillings to be allowed and paid by my executours for the keeping of the said John till he come be puttforth to prentice Item do give and bequeath to my loving wife ffortie pounds in monie to be paid her within seven months after my decease I doe also give unto my wife the lease of Highgates with all the landes comprised in the said lease Conditionally and provided that shee do bring upp my daughter Elisabeth my sonne Thomas my daughter Susann and the childe she now goeth with. Item it is my will that my executors doe allow unto my wife one moiete of the profits that shall be raised out of my children portion towards their education and bringing upp Item I doe give unto my sonne in law Thomas Peirson fortie shillings to buie him a ring Item I give unto my sonn Richard fourescore pound to be paid him att the age of twentie one years Item I give unto my daughter Elisabeth my sonne Thomas my daughter Susann and to the childe my wife Elisabeth [sic] now goeth with to each of them threescore pounds to be paid unto them according as they shall attain unto the age of one & twentie yeares Item my will and minde is that if any of my aforenamed children shall decease before they shall accomplish the said term of one and twentie yeeres that then the portion due to that childe shall be equally divided between the surviving children Item my will and intent is that all my plate [except what is allreadie my childrens] together with all my goods and chattels shall be sold att the best rate to pay these legacies allwaies provided that I doe herein except the lease of the tenement named Highgates above mentioned together with the landes comprised in the said lease my leases of my houses in Oxford and some small things hereunder specially bequeathed. Item I give unto my sonne Phillipp twentie pounds and the leases of my houses in Oxford Item I give to my sonn Phillip my watch Item I give my sonne Richard my new stocket? gunn and my little wheellock? gunn I give my daughter Elisabeth a silver picture which I have appointed my wife to keep for her and also I give her my Indian Carpett I give to my sonn Thomas my best silver and silke belt Item my will is that after my debts and funeral discharged if my goods and chattels shall amount to more then my former legacies bequeathed that them the over plus shall be equally divided betweene these my children Phillipp Richard Elisabeth Thomas Susan and the childe my wife now goeth with & no other I give unto my win . . . mother twenty shillings a yeer during her life Item I doe appoint and ordaine my loving friend Jonathan Stubbin Gent and Edward Cornell yeoman my true and lawfull executours and I give to each of them twentie shillinjs to buie them a ring And my will and desire is that my said executors doe improve my childrens portion to the best advantage of my said children them having a reasonable allowance for their paines In witness the premises?? I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this twentie ninth of August 1653.

      Robert French

      sealed and delivered in the presence of us

      John Russell
      Elizabeth Johnson

      Proved 10th December 1660
    Person ID I23847  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Family ID F202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Thomas FRENCH, III,   b. 1565, Wethersfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 20 Nov 1613, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 48 years) 
    Mother Anne OLMSTEAD   d. Bef 11 Feb 1625, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 26 Jul 1587  Farnham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Edith (FRENCH)   d. Bef 17 Jan 1644, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Phillipp FRENCH,   b. Bef 29 Aug 1632
     2. Richard FRENCH,   b. Aft 29 Aug 1632
     3. Thomas FRENCH,   b. Bef 28 Dec 1636, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 17 Jan 1637, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 0 years)
     4. Francis FRENCH,   b. Bef 17 Jan 1644, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 3 Feb 1644, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 0 years)
    Family ID F10533  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Elizabeth MAN 
    Marriage 17 Feb 1644  Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert FRENCH, Jr.,   b. Bef 8 Jan 1646, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 19 Nov 1648, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 2 years)
     2. Elizabeth FRENCH,   b. Bef 8 Feb 1649, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Thomas FRENCH,   b. Bef 29 Oct 1650, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Susan FRENCH,   b. Bef 15 Apr 1652, Gosfield, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. --- FRENCH,   b. Aft 29 Aug 1653
    Family ID F10534  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024