| Submitted by: | Joyce M Oates |
| Date: | 26 September 2018 |
| Original: | 0106204 |
Archdeacon Will 1683A #48 German will of Mary Christian alias Cooper, died 18 March 1683/4: Summary: husband Daniel Christian, dau Joney, dau Ann, eldest son John, son William, dau Betty/Bessy, dau Jane, witnesses: Sam Watteworth & John Cooper, pledges: Silvester Mylchreest & William Mylchreest. German parish register: Marie Cooper buried 19 March 1683/4 Husband: German parish register: Dan: Christian buried 1 March 1700/1 Husband & his 2nd wife: German parish register: Daniel Christian married Dorothy Whitehead 16 July 1684 in German Will of husband: ArW 1700 #30 Peel, German will of Daniel Christian, weaver, died about 28 Feb 1700/1, 1st wife Mary Christian [d.1684, ArW 1683A #48 German], 2nd wife Dorothy/Dolly Fairbrother alias White [d.1699, EpW]: dau Ann (youngest dau, married Thomas Curry by 1717) & dau Jane & dau Joney Christian, son John Christian (went to Ireland in 1699), son William (dead), dau Elizabeth/Bessy (dead), stepson William Fairbrother, stepson Thomas Fairbrother (they have a blind aunt), stepdau Dorothy Fairbrother (married Silvester Ellison); cousin Patrick Quark of Bride, overseers Charles Cowle & William Fairbrother, pledges: Silvester Fairbrother & Charles Cowle, also: Captain Christian of KK Bride. 2nd wife of husband Dan: German parish register: Dorothy Christian buried 28 August 1699, see EpW 1699 German Will of husband of Daniel Christian's 2nd wife: ArW 1677A #062 German will of Randle Fairbrother, died 10 June 1677, intestate: wife [Dorothy/Dolly White] is alive (remarried Daniel Christian), 3 children Thomas (underage, married Catharine Callister) & William (underage, never married) & Dorothy Fairbrother (underage, married Silvester Ellison), brother Silvester Fairbrother, sister Elizabeth Fairbrother, pledge for wife is Michael White (wife's brother), sister Isabel [?sic, Elizth: often 'Isabel' would be written of Elizabeth, with the recorder apparently hearing 'Elsabeth' and thinking it is Isabel; there is no other record of an Isabel in this family] Fairbrother. Will of father in law: ArW 1672A #14 German will of William White/Whitehead, died 3 December 1672, wife xxxx Crellin is alive: son Michael, dau Jane, dau Dolly/Dorothy (married Randle Fairbrother), grandson Thomas Fairbrother, granddau Isabel Whitehead, brother Henry Young, Richard Whitehead.
German 1684 This is affirmed to be the last will & Testamt: of Marie Christian als Cowper who departed this life ye 18th of March 1683/4. first she committed her soul to God, & her bodie to Christian burial; Itm: she left to her husband Dan: Christian her pt of ye netts, loomes and sheep; Itm: to her daughter Ann five shillings & a red petticoate; Itm: to her daughter Jonie five shillings & as much linnen as would make her two shifts; Itm: to her eldest son John her pt of ye dwelling house & garden thereto belonging. Lastly to her other children Willm, Betty & Jane ye brewhouse & other two gardens betwixt them to whom also she left ye rest of her goods moveable & unmoveable & appointed them her lawfull Executrs: testes Sam: Watleworth} The husband sworne in behalf of ye Executrs John Cowper......} jurati who are undr: age, & to be a fairthfull suprvisor to ye Executrs: pbatum est et solvit 6d The Inventorie of ye deceadt: taken by four men vizt Willm: Ffairebrother Gilbt Kaighin Willm Craine & Willm: Christian amounts to in all 3£ - 12s - 0d, yt is to say for the deads part of all ye houshold stuffe &c .......................... 2£ - 12s - 0d her pt of ye abovesd brewhouse & two gardens ....... 1 - 00 - 0 3 - 12 - 0 The goods in ye fathers hand who hath give in pledges Sill: MacleXt & Will MacleXt Debts deducted out of this Inventory To Mr Tho: Harrison on ye deads pt pd.. 0 - 3 - 6 To Patr Clerk on ye deads pt pd ....... 0 - 1 - 6
Last Modified 26 September 2018