Ellin Leece alias Taubman 1681

Submitted by: John Lawson, Joyce M Oates
Date: 26 December 2014, updated 29 July 2018
Original: 0106204

Archdeacon Will 1681A #31 German will of Ellin Leece alias Taubman, died February 1681/2: 
Summary: husband xxxx [John] Leece is not mentioned, dau Ann, granddau Elizabeth/Bessy Leece, son John Leece, dau Ellin (sick); 
witnesses: John Crellin & Henry/Harry Bell & John Leece, pledges: John Crellin & John Vinch
German parish register: Ellin Leece als Tubman  bur 4 Feb 1681/82
will of halfbrother: ArW 1651A #08 German will of Captain Thomas Taubman/Tunman, died about 1651 German: wife remarried to Thomas Craine, father Captain Silvester 
Taubman is alive, illegitimate half-sister Ann (father's daughter), son & heir Thomas, son Radcliffe, ?other children; overseers & brothers in law:  Thomas Caine, 
Thomas Craine senior, Michael Crosse, & John Leece; godson John Marshall
will of brother in law: ArW 1654A #10 German of Thomas Craine of Loughton, dated 1 April 1654: wife Dorothy Taubman, 
has children unmarried, dau Alice who married son in law Radcliffe Taubman/Tunman (a nephew of Dorothy Taubman)
will of husband's brother in law: ArW 1659A #02 Patrick of Thomas Shimmin, died 10 December 1658: wife [Jane Leece] is alive, son Thomas, 
dau Catharine (of age), overseers (?brother in law) Hugh Craine, (?brother) Hugh Shimmin, (?brother in law) Thomas Craine, & (brother in law) 
John Leece (who is married to Ellin [Taubman] & they have a son John) 
will of halfsister: ArW 1649A #015 German, of Jane Taubman, died intestate in Ireland in 1639: father Silvester Taubman/Tunman & mother 
Anna Fletcher, brother Thomas (son & heir of Silvester & Ann), sister Margery, sister Dorothy (mentioned in 1635, but not in 1649), 
William Tomerson of Branstie & his dau Jane (who married heir Thomas Taubman)
will of mother: ArW 1650A #12 German of Elizabeth or Isabel Tunman als Garrett als Barrows, dated 14 August 1649: 2nd husband Silvester Taubman/Tunman, 
husband's illegitimate daughter Ann Taubman/Tunman, husband's illegitimate son? Robert Taubman/Tunman, stepson Captain Thomas Taubman/Tunman, also: 
Henry Caine & his son John, Margaret Lamb, Elizabeth/Bessy Lamb, Margaret Taubman/Tunman, Elizabeth Cosnahan, Catharine Thomason

March ye 9th 1681/2 This is affirmed to be ye last will & Testamt: of Ellin Tubman ------[edge] who departed this life in februaryie last. first she committed her ------[edge] to God & her body to Christian buriall. It: to her daughter Ann ------[edge] sheep & a shute of cloathes. It: to her grandchild Bessie Leece a ker------[edge] It: to yt any yt would claime a part of her goods 6d in legacie. It: ------[edge] minister a mutton. Itm: she contituted her son John & daughter El------[edge] her lawfull executors of ye rest of her goods moveable & unmoveable Testes John Crellin} juratus Harrie Bell } to be sworn at next Court John Leece } juratus John Leece one of ye Execrs at lawfull age is sworn in Court in form of law & to be true to ye other execr: who is sick & cannot appear The Inventorie taken according to Law amounts to .... 1£ - 2s - 6d Salvo tamen unicuig Probatum et solvit xijd suo jure pledges in form of Law Jon Crellin & Jon Vinch

Last Modified 4 August 2018