Mary Keig alias Bridson 1665

Submitted by: Joyce M Oates
Date: 5 December 2020
Original: 0106201

ArchdeaconWill 1665A #006 Arbory will of Mary Keig alias Bridson, died 9 April 1665:  
Summary: husband [Nicholas] Keig is not mentioned [his will ArW 1661A #003 Arbory], dau Ann Kewn als Keig (married to John Kewn, their dau Jane Kewn); dau 
Joney Keig (her father is dead & left her intack land); son Thomas Keig, witnesses: Henry Maddrell & William Comish & John Crellin vicar, pledges: Thomas 
Clague & Henry Maddrell.
Will of husband: ArW 1661A #003 Arbory will of Nicholas Keig, dated 5 March 1661/62: wife (Mary Bridson) is alive [died 1665, her will ArW 1665A #006 
Arbory], dau Ann Keig (married to John Kewn), son Thomas Keig, dau Joney Keig, witnesses: Peter Comish & Henry Quirk & John Crellin vicar, pledges: 
William Keig & Peter Comish.
Will of mother in law of daughter Ann: ArW 1669A #37 Arbory will of Elizabeth Kewn alias Cubbon, died about February 1669/70: husband Nicholas Kewn 
(?weaver) died November 1668, ArW 1668A #26 Arbory, son John Kewn who married Ann Kegg/Keig dau of Nicholas Kegg/Keig & wife Mary, Articles of Marriage 
made 2 December 1655, also: bought croft from Henry Norris, witnesses: Wiliam Harrison & George Harrison & Thomas Parr & William Cubbon, pledges are 
Robert Cubbon & George Corrin, appraisors: William Cubbon BallyBeg & William Cubbon Ry, William Comish mentioned.
Will of father in law of daughter Ann: ArW 1668A #26 Arbory will of Nicholas Kewn, dated 3 November 1668: wife [Elizabeth Cubbon] is alive [died 1669/70, 
ArW 1669A #37 Arbory], dau in law Isabel Cray/Cry [married to Nicholas Kewn about 1644, he died in the late 1640s, & she remarried to xxxx Callin], 
grandson Robert Kewn, grandson William Kewn, son John Kewn (married Ann Kegg). 

(7) Aprill ye 9th 1665 In ye name of God Amen; I Mary Kegg alias Brideson sick in body but of pfect memory praise be God doe make this my last will & testament in manner & forme following Imprimis I committ my soule to God who created me, & to his sonne Jesus Christ who redeemed mee, & to ye Holy Ghost who sanctified mee. Itt: I leave to ye poor to be distributed at ye usuall time halfe a firlet of mault & a kissan of wheate, Itt: I cut of my daughter Anne Kegg alias Kewne from have- ing any interest in any part of my goods or lands with 6d legasie, & a lambe to her daughter Jaine Kewne. Itt: I leave to my daughter Jony Kegg my Part of ye Intack house wth yt part wch her father left her, & if shee doe sell or lett it, yt her brother Thomas Kegg shall have ye first proffer of it before any other for 5s. Itt: I leave to my daughter Jony all my woollen wearing cloathes both new and old wth my best red peticoate, & my part of my linnen good & bad save onely a kerchief and a sheete to my sonne Thomas. also I leave over & above to my sonne ye keenes Itt: I leave to my sonn halfe ye colt & ye rest of ye other beast betwixt my daugh- ter Jony & my sonne Itt: I leave, constitute and appoint my sonne Thomas Kegg & my daughter Jony sole executors of all ye rest of my goods moveable & unmoveable whatsoever The execr sworne in Court wittnesses hereunto Henry Maddrell his mrke X Willm: Comish his mrke XX jurati John Crellin vicar pbatum et Solvit 6d The whole Inventory is but 2£ - 9s - being prized by 4 sworne men Will: Comish, Robt: Comish Will Curghy & Georg Corrin: The goods in ye execrs owne hands & -----[torn] given in pledges secunda forman legis Tho: Cluage & Henry Maddrell [next page] John Kewne of KK Arbory entereth his clame against ye execrs of Mary Kegg for ye sume of 10s in moneys a fir: of malt & 2 sheepe, & corbs all due dept as hee will make to appeare & craveth tryall June ye 14th 1665

Last Modified 5 December 2020