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Dear All,

I was hoping for some help with filling in the gaps in a transcript I made from the 1710 will of Richard Puttick (otherwise Puttock or Puddock).

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post an image of the original will but it can be found on Ancestry here:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/437444:1704?tid=&pid=&queryId=124f5db7-0578-4225-b75b-2ef6fcd321a2&_phsrc=TKa4353&_phstart=successSource

I'd be particularly interested in: (i) ascertaining the word at the end of the fifth line down from the top ("churchyard of [...]"), (ii) filling in the significant gaps towards the end, and (iii) confirming the married name of his daughter.

Anyway, here is what I've got (be it right or wrong).

[torn off]  the twenty-fifth day of October in the year of our Lord [illegible] 1710 I Richard Puttick of
[torn off]  yeoman being [illegible] in body and well in mind [illegible]
[torn off]  of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do [illegible] make and
[torn off]  last will and testament in manner and form following  First of all I give and [?recommend]
[torn off]  hands of God that gave it and my body to be buried in Christian burial in the parish churchyard of [illegible]
[torn off]  like manner at the discretion of my executor nothing doubting but at the general resurrection
[torn off]  the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching my [?worldly] estate wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me in this life I give and [?dispose] of the same in following manner and form  Imprimis I
[?give] & bequeath John Puttick my son the sum of fifty pounds in one year after my decease to be paid him by Jane
my wife or her assigns   Item I give unto Joane my wife whom I make and ordain my [illegible] and sole
executor of this my last will and testament all and singular my lands messuages and tenements [illegible]
Item I give unto Jane Bucker my daughter the sum of fifty pounds [illegible] and ten pounds after my
decease  And all the rest of my lands and goods and chattels [illegible] I give and [?bequeath] [illegible] my wife
whom I make my sole executor [?till] my son John Puttick [illegible] to the age of one and twenty
years  And then all my land ground and barns stables and stalls [illegible] shall be [illegible]
to John Puttick my son by Joane Puttick my executor paying her ten pounds [illegible]
[illegible] [?revoking] [illegible] all and every other
[illegible] former wills and legacies and executors by me in [?any way before] [illegible]
named [illegible] and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my
last will and testament  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal the day and year above written.
[illegible]
in the presence of
Ann [?Bolding]
her  A  mark                               Richard Puttick
                                                    his mark
Mary [illegible]
her mark

Walter Knight



Thanks!

Richard

Hi all,

Any knowledge or advice in relation to the following would be warmly received.

Family legend has it that one of my great, great grandmothers, called Jane Weatherby, was adopted.

She was born at Market Drayton, Shropshire in 1846. It's said that she was born to unknown parents there, at an inn where a man named William Weatherby worked as an ostler. He then apparently adopted her into his family.

Nothing in her birth certificate or parish register entry points to an adoption: the father is named as William Weatherby and the mother as Amelia Caswell, who were an estalished couple with children already - see for instance 1851 census HO107/1996/189/9 at Church Lane, Market Drayton.
 
It is said that Jane was made a ward in chancery, and that money for her keep was paid through a
firm of London Solicitors.

After going to school in Derby, she later became a ward of Dr Stocker at Draycott in the Moors, where he was rector.

So, for instance, is there any chance of tracking down court of chancery records from the 1840s and how would I go about that? Maybe, I'm also missing other possible lines of inquiry?

Thanks a million,

Richard

I found the baptism of an ancestor Emily Elizabeth Allen at Walworth Wesleyan Chapel in 1837 (RG4/4328).
I suspect that her siblings Charles, Isabella and Frances may also have been baptised there subsequently.
Would anyone happen to know where I might find the relevant baptism register for the same chapel / circuit (neither Lambeth Archives nor the LMA seem to have anything)?

Thanks,

richard

Can anyone help with deciphering the birth place on the first line please. This comes from the 1851 census for Sarah Baron nee White (RG number: HO107; Piece: 1864; Folio: 358; Page: 29).

Thanks