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 1623 - Abt 1708 (~ 84 years)
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| Name |
Thomas POULSOM |
| Christened |
9 Feb 1622/1623 |
Melksham, Wiltshire, England  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
14C8DB0A4F8B244192675E41B7BA77830327 |
| Died |
Abt 1708 |
Melksham, Wiltshire, England |
| Person ID |
I1810 |
Chamberlain Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Dec 2017 |
| Father |
Antonie POULSOM, bur. 2 May 1667, Melksham, Wiltshire, England |
| Mother |
Unknown, bur. 23 Feb 1664/1665, Melksham, Wiltshire, England |
| Married |
Abt 1615 |
| _UID |
0E816D43ECB92A488F215651F56761DB4599 |
| Family ID |
F716 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Married |
Abt 1647 |
| _UID |
A835E9B2963CE74F9390BAC48A73947F31AC |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas POULSOM, c. 3 Feb 1647/1648, Melksham, Wiltshire, England , d. Abt 1724 (Age ~ 75 years) |
| | 2. Mary POULSOM, c. 4 Nov 1649, Melksham, Wiltshire, England , d. Aft Apr 1708 (Age ~ 59 years) |
| | 3. Elizabeth POULSOM, c. 24 Aug 1651, Melksham, Wiltshire, England , d. Apr 1708 (Age ~ 56 years) |
| | 4. John POULSOM, b. Abt 1660 |
| | 5. Female POULSOM, b. Abt 1662 |
| | 6. Alice POULSOM, b. Abt 1665 |
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| Last Modified |
15 May 2022 |
| Family ID |
F713 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S119] Will, Testator/Testatrix named therein, (Name: Not published;), Salisbury Diocesan Probate Collection P-R, WCRO (Trowbridge) P2/P/731.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I, THOMAS POULSUM, SR., of Whitly, in the parish of Melksham, in the County of Wilts [sic], yeoman, being of sound and perfect mind and memory praise be given to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, vis.
First and principal I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping to have full and free pardon of all my sins through the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ and to inherit everlasting life and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as touching the disposition of all such temporal effects, lands, goods and chattels whatsoever which it hath pleased God to bestow on me, I give and bequeath thereof as followeth:
IMPRIMIS I will that all my debts and funeral expenses be discharged
Item I give and bequeath unto my son, JOHN POULSUM, the sum of fifty shillings the year to be paid unto him during his natural life to be paid quarterly each quarter twelve shillings and six pence as the same shall become due, the first to begin three months after my decease, all this if he shall quietly and peaceably depart from my house without any molestation or tumult otherwise to have but forty shillings the year to be paid as aforesaid and also the use of the bed which he now lay on and bedding thereunto belonging during his natural life and after his decease to ANTHONY POULSUM, son of the said JOHN POULSUM.
Item I give unto my daughter, MARY NUTT, the sum of forty shillings the year during her natural life to being and to be paid quarterly as aforesaid.
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter, ELISABETH BURRIS, the like sum of forty shillings the year to begin and be paid quarterly during her natural life.
Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson, CHARLES POULSUM, the sum of five pounds to be paid two years after my decease.
Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson, WILLIAM POULSUM, son of my son, JOHN POULSUM, my flock bed bedsted whereon I lay and the things thereunto belonging and half my brass and the coffer at my beds feet at my decease, also a ground called Winsells with the dwelling house, orchard, garden and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging with all the hedges, wood, timber and trees that is now on it without any waste and is to be possessed when he shall attain to the age of one and twenty years.
Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson, ANTHONY POULSUM, son of my son, JOHN POULSUM, the other half of my brass, one coffer and to join stools at my decease and also that dwelling house, outhousing, orchard, garden with all and singular the premises thereunto belonging called by the name of Castles situate lying and being in Whitly [sic] to be possessed when he shall attain to the age of one and twenty years.
Item I give and bequeath unto my three granddaughters, JANE, UNITY and LOVE BURRIS, daughters of my daughter, ELISABETH BURRIS, (vis) to JEANE [sic] and UNITY aforesaid each of them the sum of four pounds of lawful money to be paid two years after my decease and to LOVE aforesaid the like sum of four pounds to be paid when she shall arrive at the age of one and twenty years.
Item I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter, ELISABETH STEPHENS, the sum of forty shillings.
Item I give unto JOHN NUTT the like sum of forty shillings of lawful money
Item I give unto my grandson, WILLIAM NUTT, the sum of four pounds of like lawful money
Will of Thomas Poulsum, Sr. of Whitley, Yeoman, dated 20 April 1708.
Item I give unto my grandson, JAMES NUTT, the like sum of four pounds..
Item I give unto my grandson, ISAAC NUTT, the sum of four pounds of like lawful money.
Item I give unto my granddaughter, MARY NUTT, the like sum of four pounds.
Item I give unto my granddaughter, ANNE NUTT, sister of the said MARY NUTT, the sum of four pounds these last seven are to be paid two years after my decease.
Item I give to my granddaughter, RACHELL NUTT, the like sum of four pounds.
Item I give unto my granddaughter, SUSANA NUTT, the like sum of four pounds.
Item I give unto my granddaughter, MARTHA NUTT, the like sum of four pounds these last three to be paid as each of them shall attain to the age of one and twenty years.
Item I give and bequeath to my son-in-law, EDWARD NUTT, all my wearing apparel, linen and woolen.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Poulsum’s children as followeth:
Item I give unto my granddaughter, ALICE HAWKESWORTH the sum of twenty shillings of lawful money.1
Item I give unto my grandson, THOMAS POULSUM, the sum of twenty shillings.
Item I give unto my grandson, JACOB POULSUM, the like sum of twenty shillings of lawful money.
Item I give unto my grandson, JAMES POULSUM, the sum of twenty shillings.
Item I give unto my granddaughter, MARY POULSUM, the sum of twenty shillings.
Item I give unto my granddaughter, JEANE POULSUM2, the sum of twenty shillings.
Item I give and bequeath unto the children of my grandson, THOMAS NUTT, deceased, as followeth:
Item I give unto my great-grandson, THOMAS NUTT, the sum of forty shillings of lawful money.
Item I give unto my great-granddaughter, MARY NUTT the sum of forty shillings.
Item I give unto my great-grandson, SAMUEL NUTT, the sum of forty shillings.
Item I give and bequeath unto my great-granddaughter, MARTHA NUTT, the sum of forty shillings.
Item I give unto my great-grandson, EDWARD NUTT, the like sum of forty shillings to be paid as they shall attain to the age of one and twenty years.
Item I give unto my grandson, THOMAS BURRIS and to his three children now in being each of them the sum of five shillings.
Will of Thomas Poulsum, Sr., of Whitley, Yeoman, dated 20 April 1708.
And I also doth give and bequeath unto all and every of my great-grandchildren now in being unnamed the sum of five shillings and their friends or guardians receipt shall be your discharge.
All the rest and residue of my goods, chattels, debts and ready money whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my son, THOMAS POULSUM, whom I constitute and ordain full and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and also appoint my cousens [sic] JAMES UNCLES, Yeoman, and JOHN POULSUM, malster, to be overseers of the same and doth give each of them the sum of two shillings and six pence.
IN WITNESS HEREOF I have hereunto set my hand April the twentieth in the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the Grace of God of Magna Brittainia, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, etc. 1708.
Signed, sealed, published and declared in the the mark of
Presence of: Thomas X Poulsum
John Day
Susanna Poulsam
Zebulun Marshman
Probate granted at Sarum Court on the 21 March 1708 [old style] by George Woodford, Registrar
Notes:
1. Notwithstanding that Thomas Poulsum, the Testator herein, specifies certain bequests to the children of his son, Thomas Poulsum, Jr., there appears this bequest to Alice Hawkesworth. The implication is that she was the daughter of Thomas Poulsum, Jr.. However, there is a marriage that took place at the Quaker Bristol meeting of Alice Poulsum to Peter Hawksworth on 1 October 1686. The marriage records states that Alice as the daughter of Thomas Poulsum of Melksham. Peter Hawksworth was of Bristol. Alice Poulsum, the daughter of Thomas Poulsum, Sr. would only have been 10 years old at the time of the marriage in 1686. The allowable age of marriage of a girl was 12 years. Accordingly, I have to conclude that the Alice Hawkesworth referred to in the Will really should have been a reference to a daughter of the Testator’s own daughter, also named Alice, rather than a reference to Alice Hawkesworth being the granddaughter and specifically the daughter of the Testator’s son, Thomas Poulsum, Jr..
2. The bequest here to Jeane [sic] Poulsum, daughter of the Thomas Poulsum, Jr. must be a reference to the child named Jane who is also mentioned in the will of Thomas Poulsum, Jr. in 1724 and again in the Will of Thomas Poulsum, whose Will was dated during 1763. The bequest in this Will to this individual in a specified relationship effectively ties together three Thomas Poulsums in a relatively close relationship to one another, vizt: Thomas Poulsum, the Testator herein; his named son, Thomas Poulsum, Jr.; and the Thomas Poulsum whose Will was dated during 1763. Adding into this line of descent is the administration that was granted to Thomas Poulsum, “son of the deceased, Thomas Poulsum” in 1759 and we can now piece together a descent of four generations of men named Thomas Poulsum, the earliest being the great-grandfather of the latest.
- [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
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