Tracing Death Details For Abraham Heyes Of Leigh In Lancashire

[Bookbox]

Is this the same Abraham Heyes whose will (proved 1847) has been posted in another thread?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=790236.msg6460585

[George Shaw]

Is this the same Abraham Heyes whose will (proved 1847) has been posted in another thread?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=790236.msg6460585

It is. The Will (attached to that thread) has a codicil attached dated 1849....otherwise a 1847 death for Abraham might be compelling.

[Bookbox]

Is this the same Abraham Heyes whose will (proved 1847) has been posted in another thread?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=790236.msg6460585

It is. The Will (attached to that thread) has a codicil attached dated 1849....otherwise a 1847 death for Abraham might be compelling.

From the will itself ...

It was written on 14 April 1840.
The codicil was added on 23 April 1845.***
The will was first proved in Chester on 10 July 1847.
The will was proved again in the PCC on 18 April 1849.

I think you can be confident that the 1847 death/burial records found above are correct.

*** ADDED - I think you may have been misled by the codicil of the preceding will in the register (for Jane Handley), part of which you included in your transcript.

[George Shaw]

Thanks to all for your help. I must admit that reading all of the evidence so far suggests a compelling case for a 1847 death and burial.