Thomas Moone of Fant Sussex left a will dated 1688 ref: PCC Wills
names wife Sarah
all my children that shall be living (he doesn't name them)
children of late brother John (John died 1678)
William and John Ovenden children of my sister******* (your Elizabeth?)
Mary daughter of my sister Mary wife of James Fry (looks like)
brother Joseph
Thomas son of my nephew John Moone.
Looks like the right family although Joseph would be a brother in law not an uncle if he were
Elizabeth' brother. I am putting a modern interpretation on relationships though
Hiya
Thanks for that. I have a copy of Thomas Moone's 1688 Will although I hadn't spotted the mention of Elizabeth.
I think you are right about Mary being married to James Fry as I am sure I've seen the name before.
I also have the Will of Thomas Moone's brother John who died in 1678 (again proved in the PCC) so I'll see if I can tie them up.
So based on the info in the Will of Thomas Moone we can establish:
1) he had two brothers (John and Joseph) - at least
2) he had two sisters (Mary and presumably Elizabeth)
3) William and John Ovenden were his nephews (being the children of his sister Elizabeth)
4) He had a nephew named John Moone who had a son named Thomas.
If I can find the marriages for Thomas and Sarah, Mary and James, then I might be able to establish approximately when they were all born. This will help me work out who the parents of Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary, and Joseph were. I strongly suspect that Elizabeth, Thomas, and Joseph were the children of Thomas Moone and were born in 1634, 1636 and 1648 respectively.
I'll have another look through my notes and Wills and see what I come up with.
Thanks for the help
Matt