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 1648 - Abt 1724 (~ 75 years)
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| Name |
Thomas POULSOM |
| Christened |
3 Feb 1647/1648 |
Melksham, Wiltshire, England  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
61B5C91A248C4347A5BDB278523C96F9DCC4 |
| Died |
Abt 1724 |
| Person ID |
I1800 |
Chamberlain Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Dec 2017 |
| Father |
Thomas POULSOM, c. 9 Feb 1622/1623, Melksham, Wiltshire, England , d. Abt 1708, Melksham, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 84 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1647 |
| _UID |
A835E9B2963CE74F9390BAC48A73947F31AC |
| Family ID |
F713 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary BRINSDON, b. of Bremhill, Wiltshire |
| Married |
30 Nov 1675 |
Melksham, Wiltshire, England [3] |
| _UID |
E37CE1C0943FEB4DBC60367B355CB72141AC |
| Children |
| | 1. Ales POULSOM, c. 18 Feb 1675/1676, Melksham, Wiltshire, England |
| | 2. Thomas POULSOM, c. 11 Jun 1678, Melksham, Wiltshire, England , bur. 10 Aug 1751, Melksham, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 73 years) |
| | 3. Jacob POULSOM, b. Abt 1688, bur. 14 Sep 1722, Melksham, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 34 years) |
| | 4. Mary POULSOM, b. Abt 1693, d. Aft 1724 (Age ~ 32 years) |
| | 5. Jane POULSOM, b. Pre-1708, bur. 15 Oct 1765, Melksham, Wiltshire, England (Age ~ 57 years) |
| | 6. James POULSOM, b. Pre-1708, d. Pre-1724 (Age ~ 16 years) |
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| Last Modified |
15 May 2022 |
| Family ID |
F710 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S121] Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace, London, England, (Name: England, Kew: The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office);), PROB 11/600.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I, THOMAS POULSUM, SENIOR, of Whitely, in the parish of Melksham, in the County of Wilts, yeoman, being of sound mind and memory thanks be to God for the same, do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (making all other and former Will and Wills heretofore by me made utterly void and this only to be taken for my last Will and Testament ) (that is to say),
First and principally, I give my Soul to God that gave it me and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter to be named and as for such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bestow on me I give and bequeath thereof as followeth,
Imprimus, I will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid and discharged.
Item I give and bequeath unto my two trusty and wellbeloved friends, JOHN RUTTY of Melksham, yeoman and SAMUEL RUTTY, of the said, shopkeeper, all that my freehold estate lying and being in Atford and Whitly [sic] in the said County of Wilts, unto them and their heirs forever unto them and their heirs and assigns for evermore, in trust to and for the only uses hereafter to be mentioned and also I do further give and bequeath unto them, the said JOHN RUTTY and SAMUEL RUTTY all my leasehold estate whether it be housing or ground standing lying and being within the tything of Whitley aforesaid, to them, their Executors and assigns for, by and during all the term in the said lease or leases thereof mentioned that are yet to come and unexpired, in trust also to and for the several uses hereafter to be limited and declared (that is to say), to and for the sure and honest payment of all my debts which are due in law or equity and also to and for the true and faithful payment of all legacies hereafter and herein by me bequeathed and to and for none other use whatsoever but to and for the right and lawful heirs of the said THOMAS POULSUM, SENIOR, forever, his heirs and assigns for evermore.
Item I give and bequeath unto MARY, my wife, the sum of six pounds [£6] the year of good and lawful money of Great Britain presently after my decease to be paid quarterly by even and equal portions as the same shall become due out of my said estate for and during her widowhood but no longer, and further, I do give and bequeath unto MARY, my said wife, my dwelling house, little buttery and colehouse [sic] with my garden and half the fruit of the orchard and one hundred [100] of fagotts all during her widow’s estate but no longer, and the use of all the household goods. Only my will and meaning is that my daughter, JANE, shall have her being in the said house so long as she shall remain unmarried if my said wife shall so long live.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, ALICE TUTON, the sum of two [2] shillings and six [6] pence of lawful British money.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, MARY HAYWARD, the sum of five pounds [£5].
Item, I give and bequeath unto my son-in-law, JOHN HAYWARD, all my wearing apparel.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, JANE POULSUM, the sum of two [2] shillings the week to be paid unto her weekly and every week for and during her natural life out of my said estate abovementioned and the bedstead, bed and bedding standing in the innermost chamber.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter, MARY HAYWARD, the sum of ten pounds [£10] of lawful British money the interest thereof to be paid for her use from and immediately after my decease half-yearly and the principal money when she shall attain her age of one and twenty years [21].
Item, I give and bequeath unto the said JOHN RUTTY and SAMUEL RUTTY, each of them the sum of five [5] shillings and do hereby nominate and appoint my two friends aforesaid, JOHN RUTTY and SAMUEL RUTTY, Trustees of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby constitute and appoint my only son and heir, THOMAS POULSUM, full and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventeenth [17th] day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and twenty-four [1724].
These words was interlined before the insealing hereof (that is to say) between the 19th and 20th line these words (her (and the use of all the household goods) and between the eighteenth and 19th lines are these words (and one hundred of fagots) and between the 24 and twenty-fifth line these words (and the bedstead, bed and bedding standing in the innermost chamber)
SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED in the presence of “Thomas Poulsum, Senior”
John Tayler
The marke if Isaac Nutt
Zeb: Marsham
PROBATUM fuit HUIUSMODI Testamentum apud London secundo die mensis Novembris Anno Domini millesimo septimgentesimo vicesimo quarto coram venerabili viro Gulielmo Phipps legum doctore Surrogato venerabilis et egregii viri Johannis Bettesworth legum doctois curia Praerogativae Cantuariensis Magistri Custodis sive Commissarii legitime constiituuuti juramento THOMAE POULSUM filii et Executoris in dicto Testamento nominato cui commissa fuit Administratio ominum et singulorum benorum jurum et creditorum dicti defuncti de bene et fideliter administrando eadem ad Sancta dei Evangelia jurat.
PROBATE granted at London by William Phipps, doctor of laws and surrogate of John Bettesworth, doctor of laws and keeper of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on the 2nd day of November 1724 to THOMAS POULSUM, son of the deceased and the Executor named in the said Testament he having been first sworn by commission duly and faithfully to administer the estate of the said deceased.
- [S5] Parish Register, Church of England, (Name: U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah;), GSU Film #1279376 (items 21-30).
Microfilm of original records in the Wiltshire County Record Office at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Wiltshire Record Office archival number: 2619/1
- [S142] Bishop's Marriage Licence Bond, Diocese of Sarum, (Name: Not published;), Bonds 1606-1700, WCRO (Trowbridge) D1/62.
Bond issued for intended marriage of
Thomas Poulsham [sic], [no age stated] yeoman of Melksham, Wiltshire [no marital status stated] and Mary Brinsdon, [no age stated], of Bremhill, Wiltshire, spinster. Bondsman: Hugh Hillman of Devizes.
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