Mary RIGDEN

1639 - 1673  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Mary RIGDEN
  Christened	13 Oct 1639	Wye, Kent, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	548BABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35AF44
  Buried	20 Oct 1673	Wye, Kent, England
  Person ID	I3883	YoungFamily
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas RIGDEN,   c. 18 Aug 1580, Brooke, Kent, England ,   d. 1658  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Katharine WARMAN,   c. 24 Mar 1604, Brabourne, Kent, England ,   d. 1690, Wye, Kent, England  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1618	Brabourne, Kent, England   [2]
  _UID	1C05F0F8D34F5F4C8D8015E46BD8718010DE
  Family ID	F4023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry AUSTIN,   c. 6 Mar 1645, Wye, Kent, England ,   bur. 14 May 1699, Wye, Kent, England  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Married	4 Nov 1662	Mersham, Kent, England
  _UID	7380ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35C38F
  Children	1. Elizabeth AUSTIN,   c. 16 Oct 1664, Wye, Kent, England   2. Anne AUSTIN,   c. 16 Dec 1666, Wye, Kent, England   3. Mary AUSTIN,   c. 11 Mar 1669, Wye, Kent, England   4. Susanna AUSTIN,   c. 12 Jun 1671, Wye, Kent, England   5. Henry AUSTIN,   c. 29 Sep 1673, Wye, Kent, England ,   d. Bef 14 May 1699, Wye, Kent, England  (Age ~ 25 years)
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F1523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  One possibility is that she was the daughter of Nicholas and Ann of Stelling and Elmstead: c 3 May 1640 Rigden Mary Nicholas/Ann Elmstead m 17 Jul 1639 Rigden Nicholas Lushington Anne Stelling c 8 Feb 1618 Rigden Nicholas son of Nicholas Stelling m 24 Nov 1608 Rigden Nicholas Welmer Eleanor Bishopsbourne c 20 Jan 1577 Rygdene Nicoleys npl possibly son of Edmund Stelling or Littlebourne ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But there is the Wil of Thomas Rigden at Wye 1658 as follows: Prerogative Court of Canterbury Will at London IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I THOMAS RIGDEN, of Wye in the County of Kent, yeoman, this tenth day of January one thousand six hundred fifty two being of perfect memory, though weak in body, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following: First and principally I will and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God in whom I hope by the death and passion of Jesus Christ to be saved. And my body to be decently buried in Christian burial according to the discretion of my Executor. Item, I give and bequeath unto THOMAS RIGDEN, my son, the sum of one hundred pounds being in the hands of John Bull of Brabourne, in the County of Kent, Gentleman, when he shall accomplish the age of twenty-two years. Item, I give unto SUSANNA RIGDEN, my daughter, the sum of thirty pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto her within twelve months next after my decease. Item, I give unto MARY RIGDEN, my daughter, the sum of thirty pounds of like lawful money of England when she shall accomplish the age of twenty-one years. All the residue of all my goods, chattels and cattle before not bequeathed, my debts and legacies first paid and funeral expenses discharged, I give wholly unto KATHARINE, my well beloved wife, whom I make and ordain my whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament dated the day and year first above written. Thomas Rigden his mark READ, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED in the presence of William Pantrye January one thousand six hundred fifty two, John Carter THIS WILL was proved at London the twenty-ninth day of June in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty and nine before the Judges for the probate of Wills and granting Administrations lawfully authorized by the oath of KATHARINE RIGDEN the relict and sole and only Executrix named in the above written last Will and Testament of the deceased, to whom administration was granted and committed she being first legally sworn by virtue of a Commission truly and faithfully to administer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Wye, Kent, England, 13 Oct 1639. Rigden Mary C 13 Oct 1639 daughter of Thomas and Margaret [S65] Archdeacon's Transcript, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Brabourne, Kent, England FHL film #1751592, 1 Nov 1618.