Hi Matt
I think Ann's husband is Reginald(er) Jarvice (Jarvis) - though I cant find any records for him yet
claire
Hi Claire
That roughly what I thought it was but I've not seen a name like it before. Like you I can't find any reference to him in any records yet.
Just doing some groundwork on the Homewood Page families today. The Homewoods are ok but there is a puzzle regarding the Page family.
I have wills for Francis Page [dated 1696] and David Page [dated 1693/94] who are father and son.
We can be certain these are father and son based on the contents of these wills
In his will Francis refers to "my son in law Richard Willard of Chiddingly" and also mentions his "three grandchildren Marie Willard, Richard Willard and Francis Willard"
In his 1693/94 will David Page refered to "Mary, Richard & Frances Willard ye children of my brother in law Richard Willard of Chddingly"
So clearly both David Page and Richard Willard's wife were children of Francis Page who died in 1696. Oddly he mentions his son David in his will but it could have been written before David died.
Anyhow here is the odd thing.
David named his nephew "Francis Page son & heir of my brother Edmund Page of Maresfield" as his sole executor.
I've established that Francis married Mary Pritchet in June 1643 at Fletching. They had the following children who were all christened at Fletching:
Mary Page 1643
Edmund Page 1646
David Page 1648
Mary Page 1651
Frances Page 1655
Frances Page married Richard Willard in Chiddingly in 1678 and the three children named above in the wills above were born there in the 1680s.
Now the executor David names is "Francis Page son & heir of my brother Edmund Page of Maresfield"
We know that the Francis Page who married Anne Homewood was christened in Maresfield in March 1688/89 and was apparently the son of Edmund Page [possibly Edward].
He'd only about 5ish in 1693/94 so surely not old enough to be the executor of his uncle David's will.
I can't see any other Francis Pages who are sons of Edmund though.
The other odd thing is this. There is an Edward Page born in Buxted in 1660 who appears to have been the son of an Edmund Page born in Buxted in 1641. This Edward would certainly be old enough to be the father of Francis Page born in 1688/89.
It looks to me like we are missing a Francis Page somewhere. I think the one born in Maresfield in 1688/89 is more likely to be the son of Edward/Edmund Page who was born in 1660, than the son of the Edmund born 1646. Edward/Edmund [1660] doesn't seem to have a brother called David also.
I just wish I could find another Francis Page born to Edmund probably in the 1660s or 1670s who I could be certain was old enough to be the executor of that will.
Definitely a puzzle.
Matt
