Hi Matt
I have just started researching the Keen family for a friend - I have tried to find the wills of both John 1670 & Jane 1685 on ancestry, but they are not showing up in the PCC wills - are they in a different category?
Many thanks
Jane
Hi Jane
I've got copies of both the Will of John Keene and Jane Keene if you want copies.
In his Will, John Keene mentions the following people:
"my son Barnard"
"Mary his daughter" - ie daughter of Barnard
"my daughter Dorothy"
"her children George Barnard and Mary" - ie children of Mary
"my daughter Elizabeth"
"my two sons John and Silvester"
"my daughters Joane and Jane"
"my brother Thomas"
"my sister Katherine"
"Jane my wife and Thomas my son"
The Will was dated 23 June 1670 [the three and twentieth day of June] and Jane and Thomas were made joint executors.
Barnard died in 1690 and left a Will (dated 7 Jauary 1689) in which he made his brother, Thomas Keene, one of the Overseers. The Will was proved on 7 May 1690.
Jane Keene left her Will in 1685 (dated 29 October - "the nine and twenteth day of October")
Her Will is a bit shorter but does mention the following people
"my son John Keene"
"my daughter Dorothy Hiscox" [Hiscock] [see note below]
"my daughter Elizabeth Tellen" [Elizabeth married Henry Telling on 29 June 1671 in Minety]
"my daughter Joane Norton"
"my daughter Jane Keen"
"my son Barnard Keene"
"Thomas Parker" - he is mentioned in relation to a debt
Jane makes her daughter Jane her sole executrix of her Will. One of the witnesses is Barnard Keene, who I think was her son.
Dorothy Keene married George Hiscock in - he died in 1697 and left a Will. The witnesses to his Will were Henry Tellin [Dorothy's sister in law] and John Keene [Dorothy's brother]. Henry Telling was also one of the appraisers of George's inventory.
Dorothy Hiscock (nee Keene) died 19 years later in 1716. She also left a Will dated 21 February 1714. She makes her four sons "George Hisocke, Barnard Hiscocke, John Hiscocke and Joseph Hiscocke" joint executors of her Will [Barnard may have been named after her brother Barnard Keene, and John may have been named after her brother or father]. She also makes her brother in law Henry Telling, Overseer of her Will. The Will is quite long, but thankfully very clearly written. One of the witnesses is - Elizabeth Tellin, obviously Dorothy's sister Elizabeth who was married to Henry Tellin. Her Inventory was taken by the same Henry Telling and Christopher Norton [Dorothy's brother in law]
Let me know if you want copies of these if you want to read them in full.
More info to the follow tomorrow once I've gone through my notes.
Matt