Family:Whitney, William (s1600-1634)

William Whitney's Locations

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William Whitney, parentage unknown, born say 1600, died in 1634, after 1 May and before 13 Aug.

He married Anne -----. He refers to his father Powell in his will, so perhaps she was Anne Powell.

On 1 May 1634 made his nuncupative will, which was probated 13 Aug 1634. In it, he

authorized and appointed Mr Thomas Franklin and Mr Edward Sutton of Bisren, Oxfordshire to sell his 3 houses at Woodstoke and his farm at Wootton and his land in St. Nicholas, Herefordshire in the possession of Mrs Joane Johnseys, widow, valued at L40, to pay his debts.
gave his land in Brill to his wife Anne for life and then to his son James
appointed Anne and James to pay his father Powell 20 per year for life
appointed his crops of corn at Hensington, Wootton and Brill to be sold by Franklin and Sutton, the proceeds to be equally divided between his 5 daughters and the child that his wife then carried, to be used to care for them until they were married or turned 18
gave all other belongings to his wife Anne
named his wife Anne executrix
appointed Mr. John Pym of Brill, Gent. and Thomas Hunt of Brill as overseers
gave his great gold ring to his son James
gave to each daughter 20s

Children of William and Anne (-----) Whitney (order uncertain):

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